For like the past month my 3g has been disappearing at random moments and then reappearing. Mostly when I'm on the web or using an app that requires internet. It's very annoying and frustrating. The problem began when I installed the gingerbread leak EH06 and even was present with EH17.. But now even going back to previous stock froyo EC05 the problem is still there. Anyways my question is can it be that the leak gingerbread screwed my phone up or maybe its sprints network that's been acting up?
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Did you switch back to the EC05 modem too? About a month ago is when the iPhone started causing havok to the sprint network. Some places worse than others.
Yes. I even went as far as to odin the DG27 and the 3g disappearing is still an issue. And the whole iphone thing crossed my mind too. Even my 3g speeds are horrible at times. Good thing for me 4G is pretty good here in CT I get 3 bars from in my home.. But when I'm at school or work the 4g is horrible at piercing thru the building so I be on 3g.
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During the day time I'm getting the crappy 3g speeds iPhone users been complaining about. Once its past midnight it jumps up and becomes pretty fast I'm always getting up to 1mb or higher in download...
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yep
I had that for a while too. I am hoping it is due to sprint updating their network; I haven't noticed it this week. Perhaps they're done in my area.
I hope sprint updating their network is the issue. Idk though because I asked my sister and a friend and they both said they haven't encountered any problems. Maybe its my phone
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i have experieced the same thing. in my house i can sometimes have full bars and occasionally it wil drop to nothing, and sometimes it will go into 1x (bonsai rom).
I be having full bars too. Mine doesn't drop to 1x though. Soon as it disappears it returns and disappears again then returns for good till it does the cycle again at another random time. I'm starting to think it's my phone. If I get a replacement I think I'll lay off of flashing leaks smh
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3g signal drops while toggling wifi/3g mode
I have noticed that when I toggle to 3g mode after using wifi for data , the signal drops to 0.
also the 3g speeds and signal strengths are way weak than GSM phones on same network. do we have some tweaks that can help here out ?
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well dropping signal to 0 while the signal area changes is not affected by the ROM as far I can tell .. PRL is one factor that matter and can help to get stable signals.
Just a honest opinion.. take it or leave it ...
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Lately something strange has been going on with my data speeds. For starters I have tested this one two tmobile s3s in the same location so it must be a service issue. Well at my house I used to get pretty decent speeds I have slow ass wifI so my 4g was always being used instead simply because it was always faster. Well for the passed 5 days I cant even load pages inside or around my house even a block down.. it says 4g in the status bar and the arrows light up like normal but I cant do anything! Couldnt send pics thru mms or load web pages and fb, twitter etc same thing with my friends s3.. is anyone experiencing this anywhere else? I live in Miami.. the funny thing is not even 15 min away from.my neighborhood I hit 20mb down.. wtf. Maybe tmobile doing somethin to the towers in my area?? Anyone seeing this type of service?
Ps. Ive flashed several modems and all give same result. I'm on stock rooted lh2..
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That is usually the case. Gotta give it a few days, if the problem persists then call tmo.
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Definately sounds like a problem with the tower. Id call tmobile anyway. If its a problem they're not aware of, the longer it takes em to find out the longer till its fixed.
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having the same problem. been a week now and nothing. drive a mile away, perfect data and data restored
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Have you tried apps like Network Signal Speed boost from the playstore.
Same here. I drive a minute and have perfect service. It has been almost a month and it seems to be getting worst. I get no bars on 4g and 2 average on edge. I now have to rely exclusively on wifi calling. I think my 10 years of tmo are finally up
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I recieved a text from tmobile that they will be servicing NJ area towers on 9/17 and it has never been the same since. About 2 years ago my service degraded but I was still able to get at least a few bars of 4G which was alleviated by the house signal booster. That booster is not compatible with EDGE.
I've called TMO at least 4 times, they always say give it 72 hours to hear back from the engineers. I call back 3 days later and get the same story. I do not know what is going on at this company right now but I do not like the direction they seem to be heading.
Damn, I thought it was only me, LOL.
I'm getting terrible speeds, like 200-300kbits.
Other places in the city (Sugar land) I usually get 15-16mbits.
Is tmobile doing things to their towers or something last couple of days my connection been a little slow and no my text message wont send now ?
I rebooted and now it seem to wanna send weird
ooo I noticed you were in jax. I too have noticed data acting stupid lately. my data will be fine,but come night time, it get slow. as slow as .2mbps. I used to be able to hit 22+mbps tops n 13mbps on average.
Yeaa maybe its in our area bro idk was going on but maybe itll get back to normal im also getting like 3 bars when i use to get like full bars
There are some troubles with tmobile network since they offer unlimited 4G. I had suffered from very low data speed for month. It was almost zero kbps or could not connect with 4G. However. Edge worked fine. My Data speed goes back to normal this week.
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I know that they are upgrading towers to +42 but I'm not sure if it's still in ur area
I did see Jacksonville in the upgrade List along with Orlando where I live but I haven't noticed anything
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Also is anyone else having trouble keeping an internet connection? and 3g or 4g? IT BLOWS>>.. sometimes i just have bars with no 3g/4g and can't get on internet.. then i poweroff turn back on and it'll have 4g for a min.. switch to 3g and then eventually no internet at all.. and im in Dallas TX so i know ther's plenty of towers...
sprint galaxy s3
Is it your upload, your download, or both?
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it's both. i have no internet connection.. i just have bars sometimes full bars with no 3g/4g. and i can get txts and calls while i have the bars..
if i power off and power on.. then it will work again.. and if im in 4g coverage it starts off saying 4g.. that doesnt' last long, then it'll say 3g, then go down to 1x, then go down to just bars.. i'm beginning to wonder if it's my refurbished phone i got from the insurance company..i didn't have my new one for one day and bricked it so i didn't get a chance to see if it was the phone or not..
just recently, i have been sitting in the same spot, trying to find roms and stuf, and i switched from cyanogen to slimbean and it said 3g once.. but i can't imagine it having anything to do with the roms..
thanks for any help you may have.
I would recommend flashing one of the more stable ROMs in the android development section. If that doesn't work flash a sprint PRL.
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what do you consider to be stable roms?
i enjoyed cyanogenmod10 and am using the slim bean now. it's ok
not sure how to flash sprint prl...
i searched and didn't find much..
offer any assistance on that?
Im in Dallas as well. Its not your phone. its the network. Right around the middle of December i noticed it starting to get worse.
Its actually back to pre network vision speeds. 4G at my office is less then a meg down. Month or two ago i was getting 4-10 megs down on LTE.
Ive also noticed my 3G speeds are slower then normal as well. Sprint said Dallas has been undergoing some network testing issues and hoped to have it resolved by the 16th of this month. So 5 more days.. But i tend to not believe what they say. TO much bad info from them too often.
FYI, happens on my EVO LTE and GS3..
So I live in the city. Right now I'm using MOAR v4.01 and I cannot achieve a connection other than 1x no matter where I am in the city. I had this problem on other ROMS so I don't think it's MOAR.
I was using the Anthrax Aosp rom a few months ago and noticed I achieved a 4g connection on the upper east side but ever since then I cannot get higher than 1x.
Is there anyone else in NY getting a 3g or 4g connection? Does anyone know what I can do to try to fix this? I am using the MD4 modem (had the problem on MB1 too) and update my profile and prl often. I am really getting frustrated paying for services I can't even use. I am hoping that I won't have to unroot and reset my flash counter to bring the phone to a sprint store.
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So I live in the city. Right now I'm using MOAR v4.01 and I cannot achieve a connection other than 1x no matter where I am in the city. I had this problem on other ROMS so I don't think it's MOAR.
I was using the Anthrax Aosp rom a few months ago and noticed I achieved a 4g connection on the upper east side but ever since then I cannot get higher than 1x.
Is there anyone else in NY getting a 3g or 4g connection? Does anyone know what I can do to try to fix this? I am using the MD4 modem (had the problem on MB1 too) and update my profile and prl often. I am really getting frustrated paying for services I can't even use. I am hoping that I won't have to unroot and reset my flash counter to bring the phone to a sprint store.
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I'm nowhere near NYC (in fact, Southern California is pretty much as far away as you can get from NYC without going to Alaska or Hawaii), but it sounds like Sprint might be updating their network. I know in many areas (myself included), Data services were extremely crippled when they were installing 4G. I would regularly get 1x in areas where I would get decent 3G. Then a few weeks later, the 3G was back. Then a month or so later 4G was up and running (it's pretty nice here at my work desk). Others have reported similar issues when the network is being upgraded.
So maybe it'd be worth a call to Sprint to see what's up with them. A part of me doubts that most of NYC would be upgraded at once, but maybe in your area there's work going on. It's worth a (relatively) quick call.
Yes, I get 3g and 4g depending where I am. I'm stock rooted md4.
Had that issue once but update profile and prl over wifi fixed it for me.
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I emailed them and they told me there is network outages in my area, but then the guy above me just said he's getting a 3g and 4g connection. Sprint really frustrates me. When I got my phone, it would say I was connected to 3g but after doing speed tests I would only get about 115kbps down. Now I'm using MOAR and it shows 1x and if I do a speed test on 1x its about the same. However, I used to get a 4g connection on 44th street and 6th ave but now I don't. I think I'm gonna go to the store today and ask them. If they tell me to bring my phone in I'll have to unroot it and reset the flash counter :/
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Yes, certain spots in lower Manhattan I get signal but can't use the service. It just don't work. Text won't send or calls won't go thru.
Yes sprint turns on and off the 4g.
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Yes, certain spots in lower Manhattan I get signal but can't use the service. It just don't work. Text won't send or calls won't go thru.
Yes sprint turns on and off the 4g.
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So I found out what was causing the issue. I went into the ##3282# menu and navigated to Others > HDR/1X Selection and turned it to Hybrid mode and now I can access 3G and I'm gonna test 4G after work.
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At first I thought it might have been my rom, but it seems it's happening with my GF's note 2 also.
Coverage we used to receive in some areas is almost completely gone. It will show signal and the 4g symbol but basically have NO internet service whatsoever.
On a better note, we've been receiving coverage in some areas we don't usually have it.
I'm hoping this is just a temporary thing due to the attempts to upgrade towers for LTE.
I don't know if it's because of the UVBMB4 update, but t-mobile service has been pretty crappy lately. Period.
We're in the San Gabriel Valley area.
Link for older UVALL4 modem below, people seem to experience better service
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=36786363
I believe my service has suffered as well. Before the last update that enabled our Lte radios, I had great speeds, now it's slowed Way down. I'm in San Diego CA. Hope that it's just as the Op said, LTE towers being updated and what not.
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Definitely have noticed a deterioration of service over the past month here in NYC.
Its because for some reason that new LTE APN is slow on HSPA+.. unless you have LTE in your area switch to the EPC APN. You can find the settings online. Its litter ally consistently a difference of 6+ mbps I have extensively speed tested lol..... click thanks if this helped
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I also had problems even with old apn.
Flashed previous radio and service is top notch again.
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Same here, I thought it was rom related.
YES! My service has sucked royally for the past month or so. Data latency/hangups/slowness, and the signal will just completely go away sometimes. I noticed that it started as soon as I flashed the most recent radio too, I'm about to go back to the old one.
Count me in, even my regular phone reception went from 4 bars no 1 or 0!
Can anyone point to towards old radio to flash? I go from no signal downstairs to full bars upstairs...theres an obv issue with new radio.
Yup I've noticed this beginning this week I've made zero changes to the phone. I used to get full bars at work and this week it bounces between full and 1 bar regularly. Theure messing with towers for sure
North Carolina by the way. Charlotte. Big City of 1 million people.
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Can anyone point to towards old radio to flash? I go from no signal downstairs to full bars upstairs...theres an obv issue with new radio.
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Can anyone point to towards old radio to flash? I go from no signal downstairs to full bars upstairs...theres an obv issue with new radio.
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I'm also experiencing significant decrease on data speed. Has your data speed improve after flashing with older radio and APN setting?
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I'm also experiencing significant decrease on data speed. Has your data speed improve after flashing with older radio and APN setting?
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I was getting about 9/0.6 and with flashing back Im getting... 14/2 Though Ive been on HSDPA 15 & 21. Though Im not getting 4G as much, but it was sporadic anyways and I lost signal...and now I am not. So, Im happy now even though I am on 3G. However... in my corner big red has same problems as they wanted to not have tons of towers in this corner and theres only a ATT Tower....for a decent distance. basically reception fringe. though I am a new subscriber so i haven't experienced normal TMO, I literally got my device yesterday around 6pmish but it def wasn't normal and flashing previous radio did fix it like it solved everyone elses issue
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Yup I've noticed this beginning this week I've made zero changes to the phone. I used to get full bars at work and this week it bounces between full and 1 bar regularly. Theure messing with towers for sure
North Carolina by the way. Charlotte. Big City of 1 million people.
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my problems started last friday. i have limited to no service at all; no data, no voice, even no signal at times (circle with line through it, not just no bars). when i do get a signal, the phone refuses to register on the network. when im at home, i have intermittent service. i miss calls, texts wont send, if i do get a working call, it drops after a bit. there are times when it works fine, even on LTE but it never last long. went to the tmo store last night and they gave me a new sim which didnt do squat. already done the factory reset option (twice). phone has never been rooted, all stock. im in the KC metro so not like in the middle of nowhere. they said my next step is a warranty replacement phone if the sim didnt help. not sure if my problem is at all related to everyone elses in this thread, but yeah, service has sucked.
One of the issues, especially if you switch from 4g to edge to gprs a lot, is a setting in the new modem.
It's something called acquisition order. It has 3 settings:automatic, gsm_umts, umts_gsm. In short it tells the phone what kind of network to prefer. It will search for and use that type of network first.
Prior to the latest update it was set to auto. Now it is set to prefer umts. For some reason this has caused an issue I've come to call phantom 4g. Where it'll say 4g with no bars and no data service.
That is my guess. I'll look into it further.
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Thanks guys for the heads up on switching to an older radio, I dont have LTE in Miami yet and was having slow internet for the last 3 weeks, I just switched and wow! What a difference. I'm also using the Epic APN.
I also noticed that speeds were degraded after the update. However, there is a simply fix to make your web a tad bit faster....
Go into your network settings, and switch your mobile network from LTE/4g/3g/2g to just 4G/3g/2g
your device will stop looking for an LTE connection and will just utilize HSPA+
Made a world of a difference on my own device. Connecting to the play store, opening web pages, everything was right back to where it was before the update.
Obviously if you live in an LTE area, there is no need to do this...
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I believe my service has suffered as well. Before the last update that enabled our Lte radios, I had great speeds, now it's slowed Way down. I'm in San Diego CA. Hope that it's just as the Op said, LTE towers being updated and what not.
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I dont know about you but I live in san diego too my data speed stay above 10meg and max is 15meg.
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So I'm gonna be a noob here for a sec. When people say they are flashing the previous radio (I'm referencing the link that was posted) are people just flashing the modem from the section under the most recent? (the one with the January date on it). Just thought I would ask. Better safe than sorry. Thanks!
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So I'm gonna be a noob here for a sec. When people say they are flashing the previous radio (I'm referencing the link that was posted) are people just flashing the modem from the section under the most recent? (the one with the January date on it). Just thought I would ask. Better safe than sorry. Thanks!
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Yup, radio is synonymous with modem in this case. UVALL4 is the previous version.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement