Wondering if anyone else has been experiencing this issue:
I'm on t-mobile and coming from a G2x.
For some reason when I'm in the office, despite having 4 bars on H, any app (browser, youtube, market etc...) that uses a data connection takes forever to load. Sometimes the connection even times out.
Then when I go outside things work well again, but I never had this issue on my G2x. Its really frustrating, especially when I have downtime at the office and want to start downloading apps etc.
What can it be? Anyone experiencing similar issues??
UPDATE:
Think I may have found the cause of this issue. I was stuck on edge in the office (which used to happen on my G2x as well) so I switched to WCDMA-only. Going back to auto/prl fixed the issue. But still I wonder why. I would like to keep it on WCDMA-only if possible. Any thoughts?
Towers might be overloaded. It is peaktime.
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I have been having some major problems with my EVO regarding the data. If I use anything that is on the heavy side of bandwidth, like downloading a file from android marketplace, surfing the web, watching sprint tv, using the GPS, etc...the data will just time out for about 3 min at a time. For instance if I am downloading a 5mb app from android marketplace, it will maybe download a megabyte, then it will just stop downloading. If you look at the 3G symbol at the top, it will be white, but only the upstream indicator will be on. I can then open any other internet application on the phone, and nothing will work. It usually lasts for about 3 minutes at a time and happens fairly regularly. It will end up taking me 15-20 min to download a 5mb file from the marketplace. Same thing if I browse a bandwidth heavy site like digg.com. It will just time out after a while and it will just show the upstream indicator as solid and not do anything in any program.
This problem is not location dependent. I have this issue at my apartment, at work, at my friend's house, at the Sprint store...anywhere.
In chronological order, this is what I have done to troubleshoot/fix the problem:
First noticed problem
Turned off phone/Turned back on
Rooted and installed custom version of 2.1 w/ Sense
Removed battery (power cycle)
Talk to Sprint cust care. They sent signal over that reactivated the phone (2x)
Did factory reset on phone and formatted SD card
Swapped phone at Sprint store with new one
So even after swapping my EVO with a new EVO from the Sprint store and not fooling with the phone at all, I am still having the same exact issue.
I am absolutely at wit's end with this and I have no idea what to do at this point.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does this happen over wifi too, or only 3g?
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Thats a good question. I dont have a wifi connection to try it on at home because I keep my wifi on 5ghz N. I will take it to a friend's house and try.
yeah good luck testing it with WIFI. I'd say my WIFI is about 10 times less reliable than 3G.
I have not been able to test with Wifi yet, but I just had one of my coworkers that has the same phone to replicate the issue on his phone. He is having the same exact problem.
We set our phones next to each other and downloaded Space Buster 3D Lite off the Android Marketplace. Mine crapped out about 2mb in and so did his. He wasnt able to surf or do anything else on his phone for a few minutes just like mine.
I'm wondering if this a network problem in our area or if there is a problem with the phone.
Also, I downloaded a continuous ping program and did 3,000 pings with no packet loss, so it seems to only happen with heavy data usage ie. saturating your bandwidth.
Either way, it makes me feel a lot better to see this problem happening with other people lol
dude... i was just about to post a thread on this. im tearing my hair out with this horrible horrible problem. tmobile was better and more consistent its ridiculous...
i'm having the exact same problems, and not only just this, but i'm sending and receiving texts hours and hours off... its just not instant. wheerever i am. and sometimes i'm sending a text and this data "blackout" happens. also when i'm receiving texts i can't send texts out at the same time.. the phone gives me sms errors and then the data timeouts for minutes.. i have to wait minutes to resend the texts or use data..
Well it turns out that my friend that got this phone too is having the same exact problem......
WTF is going on here? Can people test this on their phones? Just try downloading a large file (5mb+) off android marketplace 2-3 times and watch the download. See if it stops or says download paused. Then try surfing the web when this happens.
Including myself, thats 3/3 people that are having this problem that I know personally.
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Well it turns out that my friend that got this phone too is having the same exact problem......
WTF is going on here? Can people test this on their phones? Just try downloading a large file (5mb+) off android marketplace 2-3 times and watch the download. See if it stops or says download paused. Then try surfing the web when this happens.
Including myself, thats 3/3 people that are having this problem that I know personally.
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I have no issues downloading large files, maybe it is location based?
It appears the OTA update that was released today fixed the problem. I've been running Sprint TV for about 4 hours with no issues. Thank god...I was about to cancel my service over this.
Hey, not sure if it's just me or what, but my map isn't working. When I try to load a new section of the screen, it says "data connection lost, retrying..."
Tried it on 4g and 3g. No wifi right now.
Anyone else having this issue or is it just me? I'm non-rooted, just so you know.
There was a Google Maps update today.
On the other hand, their servers could be down, or maybe we have a routing issue.
EDIT: it appears that it just takes a long time to load more map data. I'm having a similar issue, except that it loads after 10-15 seconds.
Looks like their servers are at fault.
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There was a Google Maps update today.
On the other hand, their servers could be down, or maybe we have a routing issue.
EDIT: it appears that it just takes a long time to load more map data. I'm having a similar issue, except that it loads after 10-15 seconds.
Looks like their servers are at fault.
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I just checked and there was no update available. Well hopefully that is a good sign. Mine's still not loading even after the wait. Thanks for the reply.
I am having a similar issue here..except that my maps load up ok, but directions and navigation time out after 5 minutes or more and it tells me data lost. I also did not have a Google maps update.
maps was slow this afternoon and wouldn't load this morning
MAN I am so glad to read this thread. I was having the same/similar issues yesterday and the day before (just seems to have started.)
"data connection lost, retrying."
I thought it was Sprint ****ty coverage...
Odd though, my pandora and speedtest.net seemed to have similar issues.
I'm still not entirely convinced it's not ****ty coverage... has anyone tried out sensorly maps? The sprint coverage looks terrible compared to VZW, att, and even tmob... anyone have any idea why?
I've got to decide whether to keep this or take it back by Tuesday.
INput please!
I'm wondering if anyone has been having some problems with 3G dropping in and out intermittently. It's been going on for at least 2 months now, but it was never an issue before. Basically, my 3G drops in and out what seems randomly, and sometimes more often than others.
The DB shows as -118 when it drops out, and it will fluctuate somewhere around 90 but then suddenly go up to -118 for moments. It really sucks when trying to stream music or play any online games.
I'm using CM 6.1 RC1, but this has been going on for a while. I've tried altering my PRI, PRL, and Radio to earlier versions and nothing seems to work.
I don't believe this to be inherently an issue with 3G strength where I live, as it happens at my job as well (over 7 mile difference), not to mention this wasn't a problem before I had used CM or updated the PRI or Radio.
If anyone has any suggestions on possible fixes, I'd appreciate it. I've done full wipes, tried flashing older radios, prls, pri's, and I'm still having issues.
Thanks.
I think that it has something to do with CM. I have noticed on my phone where the data will just stop completely sometimes. No idea why though...
I'm not sure if it's CM. I remember not having a real problem with 6.0 RC1 at the least, however, if it is a problem, you'd think it'd be documented more.
As I'm typing this right now, I've had streaming radio songs skip at least 5 or 6 times through the song. Also, when I'm playing an online game, such as Galcon, I am riddled with bad lag often, likely due to the momentary jumps to -118 DB.
Is there perhaps a way to force the phone to stay connected to 3G?
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I'm not sure if it's CM. I remember not having a real problem with 6.0 RC1 at the least, however, if it is a problem, you'd think it'd be documented more.
As I'm typing this right now, I've had streaming radio songs skip at least 5 or 6 times through the song. Also, when I'm playing an online game, such as Galcon, I am riddled with bad lag often, likely due to the momentary jumps to -118 DB.
Is there perhaps a way to force the phone to stay connected to 3G?
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Maybe your phone is having tower issues? Try setting your phone to stay only on the Sprint network and see if that helps. Not sure about your service area, but maybe your phone is jumping around on multiple towers. I don't think this would really cause that type of data interruption though.
Worth a shot...
Anyone else experiencing this? I've had this going on for about 5 days now and for the life of me couldn't figure it out. I notice that whether it's my 3G or my WiFi connection, my phone was continuously streaming data. If I'm at work where I don't have WiFi activated, my 3G is on non-stop streaming, making matters worse, sucking the life out of my battery. Of course my phone was running warm. Imagine that!
I know there's got to be something running in the background and I think I nailed it down to Google's email app. There wasn't any huge file to upload/download which I think could have caused this to happen.
Luckily I may have found a remedy. Microsoft has finally gotten around to updating their Hotmail software for ICS. It's been over 30 mins since the Hotmail app install and the data transfer thingy doesn't seem to be so intense now. In fact it's down to nil.
Strange.
Hotmail.. ಠ_ಠ
yea, i dont think its hotmail.
go to data usage...thast why its there..you can see which app is taking the most data...you can also stop the background data for that app
I have been having some connectivity issues and I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing. It will happen randomly during the day, where I will have full bars of 3g+ but yet when I try to use the browser or any other applications that uses the internet (instagram, FB, etc) nothing will load and eventually time out. Rebooting and turning off 3g/2g/mobile network and back on does nothing. Connectivity seems to come back whenever it feels like it. Ive talked to one of my other friend and she has also experience the same problems on her Note 2 and neither of us has reached the 5gb cap either. Are there any fixes for this?
Have you tried flashing a different ROM to see if that corrects the issue or going back to stock? maybe flashing a different modem my work
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