Can my antenna in my phone break if so can it be replaced our repaired or would I need a new phone. I have dropped it numerous times with very little exterior physical damage. My 3g download speed is .06 mbps and upload of .07. 4G doesn't connect anymore either.
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I have had this problem too with ei22 for some reason it sucks
I would run a 3g turbocharger script and see if that improves it any I'll provide the script and instructions let me find my previous post about this
3G Turbocharger RC 3 : http://db.tt/sHUsSnUr
Download this and run it in script manager found on the market.
1. Open script manager and find the rc3.txt
2. A screen will pop up and make sure that the su icon is green or checked this means your running as root. Hit run
3. The command line will go through its script and at the end it will give you 6 options to choose from to boost speed.
4. There is not best option you need to play with them. So prior to installation you should run a speedtest.net to see what your current stats are.
5. Select whichever option I use epieremental 1, and reboot.
6. Run a test and see if its better
7. Test all of them and see which has the best result for you.
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
If none of this helps then I would take it into sprint and ask them to test the antenna to see if its faulty
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Thanks I did that earlier as I read into a post in the Q& A thread where you had given someone that same advice. It might not be my antenna because I went to Lunch and I had better signal elsewhere other than work. I've never had that problem before with my service at work. Also when I tilt my epic counterclockwise I lose signal. So maybe it its my antenna.
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It is also possible if your cell signal is very erratic that you have damaged the antenna connection. More than likely it is issues with a tower near you. Odin back to EC05 and see if 4G works again. Check with other Sprint users near you to see if their 4G is working.
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If it is the antenna, Sprint will replace it. $35
I had my 4G go bad after jamming a copper wire in to far on the 4G port on the back killing the internal.
I've checked with other sprint users and there 3g is fine and they connect with 4g. like I said I got better 3g reception when I left work but still couldn't get 4g to connect. My wifi works great when i'm at home.
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I've checked with other sprint users and there 3g is fine and they connect with 4g. like I said I got better 3g reception when I left work but still couldn't get 4g to connect. My wifi works great when i'm at home.
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If it sits there and tries twice with no go and there is 4G. Then it's probably the antenna. It can just brake like that when dropped. Sprint will take it and turn it on. If it doesn't connect then they won't even question you. $35 new phone. well... refeb but you get the idea. If everything else works and it tries to connect, I wouldn't think its the modem or software. In those cases it will lockup or start force closing. But... It work, you dropped it, it doesn't work.... Antenna or like. There really isn't to much to do to fix it either. Do a CWM backup, get the new phone and restore.
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I've checked with other sprint users and there 3g is fine and they connect with 4g. like I said I got better 3g reception when I left work but still couldn't get 4g to connect. My wifi works great when i'm at home.
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Then you should Odin back to EC05 and try it there. I lost 4G with data corruption once. Putting it back to stock fixed it, restoring data broke it. Manually restored my phone after Odining the second time.
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Thanks I will try to Odin back to stock and see if that helps if not then I will go up to the sprint store and have them check it out.
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plus you have to odin either way before you take it up there so... Good luck! Let us know.
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Thanks I will try to Odin back to stock and see if that helps if not then I will go up to the sprint store and have them check it out.
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Yes, that is best, and head straight to Sprint while still on EC05 unrooted. Then they can't blame it on rooting or software.
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I have flashed numerous ROMs and none have had working Wimax. I am in Everett/ Lynnwood and can't get wimax to even to last long enough to measure. I have tried a number of modems as well. EL 29, FF18, FG20 and even the newest one which was available thru the goodness updater. By the way has anyone figured out how to measure Wimax? I used to have the Evo 4g and got a great signal and the Evo would tell you if you had good or poor signal, however I have not found anything to measure 4g speed on my E4GT and without 4G I can't do the adjustments suggested in another post.
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I have flashed numerous ROMs and none have had working Wimax. I am in Everett/ Lynnwood and can't get wimax to even to last long enough to measure. I have tried a number of modems as well. EL 29, FF18, FG20 and even the newest one which was available thru the goodness updater. By the way has anyone figured out how to measure Wimax? I used to have the Evo 4g and got a great signal and the Evo would tell you if you had good or poor signal, however I have not found anything to measure 4g speed on my E4GT and without 4G I can't do the adjustments suggested in another post.
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Are you running a Ics ROM? Try a GB ROM I get best 4g on GB.
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Are you running a Ics ROM? Try a GB ROM I get best 4g on GB.
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Thanks for the heads up on that, right now I am going through the different modems to see if one of them will work. Is it possible this E4GT is a dud? Although my daughter is still on stock EL29 and she has bad Wimax as well.
I did notice that if I kept toggling the 4g and ran a speed test that I sometimes got better results - so far I am at FC14 and sometimes I get 2+ mb down with a ping under a hundred. My area of Seattle sucks, as I just tried Clearwire and am sending it back as well. Does anyone know of a good app that will measure the wimax, the one one the E4Gt doesn't work very well compared to what HTC has. Well I have been working on this for quite a while so time to crash
If you go to settings than go to 4g it shows you your connection in bars like back on gingerbread. If you want to get a more accurate reading than ##DEBUG# is your best option. It gives you your connection status in dbm. Lock code is 777468 not your msl. You'll find it in Wimax DM.
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Would be great but Wimax not coming on, so can't get to first base.
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If you go to settings than go to 4g it shows you your connection in bars like back on gingerbread. If you want to get a more accurate reading than ##DEBUG# is your best option. It gives you your connection status in dbm. Lock code is 777468 not your msl. You'll find it in Wimax DM.
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I can get in there with the lock code that you supplied - thanks so very much, however I can't modify anything because the Wimax DM says I need to turn on the Wimax and for some reason it will not turn on. Peace and thanks a lot.
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If you go to settings than go to 4g it shows you your connection in bars like back on gingerbread. If you want to get a more accurate reading than ##DEBUG# is your best option. It gives you your connection status in dbm. Lock code is 777468 not your msl. You'll find it in Wimax DM.
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I'm in Kent area and am having no issues. Take that beast into a sprint store and see what's up. Could be that it is wonky lol. Don't go to the tukwila store they have shady practices there and not to friendly.
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deddy777 said:
I can get in there with the lock code that you supplied - thanks so very much, however I can't modify anything because the Wimax DM says I need to turn on the Wimax and for some reason it will not turn on. Peace and thanks a lot.
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In that same menu screen go to Wimax CT and click open device. After that scroll all the way down and click on both the load default and odb load default. This resets 4g back to default sprint values. Try that and then try turning on 4g and see if it works. Lil hint clicking on Wimax IP in that same screen will automatically start up 4g
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In that same menu screen go to Wimax CT and click open device. After that scroll all the way down and click on both the load default and odb load default. This resets 4g back to default sprint values. Try that and then try turning on 4g and see if it works. Lil hint clicking on Wimax IP in that same screen will automatically start up 4g
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Gibsonusa said:
I'm in Kent area and am having no issues. Take that beast into a sprint store and see what's up. Could be that it is wonky lol. Don't go to the tukwila store they have shady practices there and not to friendly.
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Thanks to everyone who had advice for me. Took it to the store and they gave me a new refurb with working 4G, ain't Sprint the greatest, the tech told me that things burn up on the boards all the time, that I probably got the battery to hot or that the 4g part of the board just died for no particular reason (last billing cycle I did 4Gb of Wimax and 3+ Gb of 3g - that is why I stay with Sprint lol, no throttling and no warning call or text)
I'm often connected to Wimax 4G but there is no internet connection. I'm using the latest I27 modem. I've had this issue with previous modems as well. Is there an issue with the OS not renewing the IP address?
Just wondering as this is definitely bugging me.
I'm using Paranoid Android 2.16.
Thanks!
Try a modem known working to you?
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This is a question and should be in the Q&A section.
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It can be a number of issue you can determine ONLY yourself. I'd flash back to a stock ROM of your choice, along with EL29 modem (my personal favorite). Try out the 4G connection and see if it works then. It can also just be that the 4G towers around you are down or not working properly. Give clearWire a call if you have concern.
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Try a modem known working to you?
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bobwonderful said:
I'm often connected to Wimax 4G but there is no internet connection. I'm using the latest I27 modem. I've had this issue with previous modems as well. Is there an issue with the OS not renewing the IP address?
Just wondering as this is definitely bugging me.
I'm using Paranoid Android 2.16.
Thanks!
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I get that sometimes too. I like how everybody just told you go to a previous build when you clearly stated it was present in them too. When it happens to me I just disconnect and connect again. This also happened when I owned an og Evo and the og epic. This has been a issue since the beginning of wimax. It freezes and all u see is the download arrow continuously blinking and won't sleep.
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I get that sometimes too. I like how everybody just told you go to a previous build when you clearly stated it was present in them too. When it happens to me I just disconnect and connect again. This also happened when I owned an og Evo and the og epic. This has been a issue since the beginning of wimax. It freezes and all u see is the download arrow continuously blinking and won't sleep.
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No he said; " I've had this issue with previous modems as well".Keyboard is modem, not another ROM/build. Did you mean modem by build? I personally think he should call up sprint or clear. They will be able to tell him if there is issues in his area. Or its possible be lost his WiMax keys? I seen that issue on previous devices like evo 4g and evo 3D.
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No he said; " I've had this issue with previous modems as well".Keyboard is modem, not another ROM/build. Did you mean modem by build? I personally think he should call up sprint or clear. They will be able to tell him if there is issues in his area. Or its possible be lost his WiMax keys? I seen that issue on previous devices like evo 4g and evo 3D.
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Ok true he did say modem so I take the builds part back. But in all honesty this has nothing to do with either. It happened on all my 4G Wimax phones. And I doubt there's a fix besides toggling 4G off and on. 4G Wimax always had this happen from time to time in my experience with other phones besides the E4GT.
Edit: also I've noticed it happens a lot when your 4G connection is only at one bar. So I guess coverage plays a role in it.
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Ok true he did say modem so I take the builds part back. But in all honesty this has nothing to do with either. It happened on all my 4G Wimax phones. And I doubt there's a fix besides toggling 4G off and on. 4G Wimax always had this happen from time to time in my experience with other phones besides the E4GT.
Edit: also I've noticed it happens a lot when your 4G connection is only at one bar. So I guess coverage plays a role in it.
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Could be that he is indeed under weak wimax signal or near the edge of it. He prob has his settings to connect above the -89dbm. So it connects but cant process it.
I think it's just wimax. I'm in Tyson's corner, VA on the Beltway heading towards Maryland. moving from a 3G network, connecting to a 4G Wimax but it's probably for about 20 seconds, then I'm probably on the edge of it. So it seems like it connects but never gets internet connection, unless I toggle the 4G button again.
I have suddenly been having problems with my 3g. I look at the symbol in the status bar and it will upload but it will not download. It's almost like the code is stuck in a loop. It will randomly start to work again for awhile and then act up later. I have wiped dalvik, cache, and I even reflashed my ROM (FREE GS3). I updated profile and PRL. That was even a problem because I would get an error since it wouldn't download. Before I flash back to stock and call sprint, does anybody have any ideas? One other note. I have driven through LTE areas and both downloads and uploads work with no problem.
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Have you tried going back to complete stock unroofed.
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Not yet. I'm trying to see what else I can do first
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Before reflashing call Sprint and see if they are doing tower improvements, this can cause that when they are working in things
I'm going to flash stock and unroot to see if that helps. I work 75 miles from my house and have experienced the problem at homd and at work so I'm pretty sure it's not a tower issue.
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I'm going to flash stock and unroot to see if that helps. I work 75 miles from my house and have experienced the problem at homd and at work so I'm pretty sure it's not a tower issue.
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Try updating PRL and Profile then restart the phone? That may help, I mean if it does then you just saved like an hour of resetting and restoring. If it doesn't then you just wasted maybe 2 minutes.
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Try updating PRL and Profile then restart the phone? That may help, I mean if it does then you just saved like an hour of resetting and restoring. If it doesn't then you just wasted maybe 2 minutes.
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I've tried this with the exception of rebooting my phone right afterwards. I just updated my PRL but I could not update my profile. I got an error. I'm running out of options
I appreciate everybody's help though.
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I've tried this with the exception of rebooting my phone right afterwards. I just updated my PRL but I could not update my profile. I got an error. I'm running out of options
I appreciate everybody's help though.
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This happens to my wife all the time on her evo lte, trying again 15 to 20 minutes later usually fixes it so she can update profile and prl
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Happens to me when I shut off data for any length of time....I just reboot...and it works fine
I called Sprint and they couldn't fix it. I switched the network mode to CDMA from CDMA/LTE and it worked flawlessly. I don't know what that means but something told me my LTE and 3G weren't playing nicely. Whenever I go through a 4G area, it works to perfection. Then I get back in a 3G area and back to the same old thing.
I forgot to mention I flashed to stock unrooted and it seemed to function better but the problem still existed.
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I called Sprint and they couldn't fix it. I switched the network mode to CDMA from CDMA/LTE and it worked flawlessly. I don't know what that means but something told me my LTE and 3G weren't playing nicely. Whenever I go through a 4G area, it works to perfection. Then I get back in a 3G area and back to the same old thing.
I forgot to mention I flashed to stock unrooted and it seemed to function better but the problem still existed.
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I have the same problem I have no idea what to do. I have a custom ROM the only way I get it to work is when I toggle Data on and off really fast. I didn't try the CDMA only though. Either way it's no excuse why our phone's are acting like this.
There was a DATA_HANDOFF.ZIP floating around somewhere....it was made for AOSP but if you make a backup and flash it, it might do some good
I had the same problem. In your phone key pad enter ##72786#. Its going to do hands free activation, prl update, profile update, firmware update (at that point you can cancel)
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I called Sprint and they couldn't fix it. I switched the network mode to CDMA from CDMA/LTE and it worked flawlessly. I don't know what that means but something told me my LTE and 3G weren't playing nicely. Whenever I go through a 4G area, it works to perfection. Then I get back in a 3G area and back to the same old thing.
I forgot to mention I flashed to stock unrooted and it seemed to function better but the problem still existed.
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Same thing started happening to me a couple weeks ago. Tried everything. Only "fix" was setting network to CDMA only. Frustrating.
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OK this is pissing me off so much but I used to have 4g then it went out and had 3g it would do that like every 2 weeks and now (I know it sounds weird) I have to bring the 4g in like if I go to the corner block and pick up 4g and go back to my house it will stay till new reboot then I will go back to 3g I just want to know what's going on? Is there a fix ? Or is it normal
Also I have 2 more questions
How the hell to I fix the lost and found error on twrp? It bothers me
And finally I can't transfer my back up to my laptop like only 2 files will copy I can't also transfer it to my SD card it says root permissions required!
Thanks in advance if u reply ^_^
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Well first of all Sprints 4G coverage is rather spotty right now since they are still making progress on their massive network upgrade. So yes it is probably normal.
I am not sure of the error you speak of in TWRP but I am sure if you ODIN back to stock and re root and install TWRP again everything will be fine.
And I assume the backup transfer issue is also related to the problem you are having with TWRP.
Instead of walking down the street to pick up the 4g have you tried just toggling airplane mode on and off and seeing if it picks up the 4g.
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Yeah I have tried airplane mode and I don't go down the street to pick it up im just saying when I walk back from the store I pick it up
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It's just because Sprint is making incredibly large expansions in their LTE department.
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Hey all,
I could really use some advice. I live in North Carolina, my phone has worked just fine for over a year. Monday I went on a business trip to Dallas Texas and my phone won't connect to Voice or Data services at all. What can I do?
I tried turning airplane mode on and off, removing the battery, chatted with Sprint online, called the Support number. Sprint is NO help at all. They didn't outright tell me that my phone was broken, but practically did. I guess it just magically broke on the plane to Dallas??
Even in areas with good coverage, like my bars show good connection, I can't connect. I can hook to wifi just fine, but that is it. Sprint support told me that they can't even see where my phone has connected at all since I arrived in Texas.
Should I try flashing one of those PRLs from another thread? I'm not sure what to do. I assume that as is my phone will start working again when I get back to North Carolina though. I tried reflashing a "stock" rom and some of those "#" number calls, but none of them work since my phone isn't connected to any towers. Help!
Did u by chance try ##72786#? That's the hands free activation. Will turn ur phone off and should boot back up after a few seconds
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Did u by chance try ##72786#? That's the hands free activation. Will turn ur phone off and should boot back up after a few seconds
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That is what is so strange, I can dial that number, even from a stock rom, and my phone doesn't do anything, it just sits on "dialing" then makes the hang up noise after 15 or so seconds.
That's definitely weird! I'm from this area so I know it's not the water...lol. Have u taken to an actual sprint store?
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That's definitely weird! I'm from this area so I know it's not the water...lol. Have u taken to an actual sprint store?
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Not yet, since I'm here on business I don't have much time to do that, but honestly I don't think they would be able to do much more than the support person over the phone did. I'd have to unroot it and all of that before bringing it in, the folks in the store would try those ## type calls, wipe my phone and reset it, then probably tell me my phone is broken and try to sell me another phone, especially since I am eligible for an upgrade.
I don't want to actually buy a new phone until I get back to NC since I still think my phone will start working once I am back there, which would be just as confusing.
This is the same phone I brought here to Texas last October and it worked fine, so I don't know what exactly the issue could be.
Check ur messages
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If you are still having this issue I would suggest you try an app called Network Signal Refresher. It basicly updates your prl and profile by connecting you to the nearest tower
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Or try flashing another radio
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Spider_Pig27 said:
If you are still having this issue I would suggest you try an app called Network Signal Refresher. It basicly updates your prl and profile by connecting you to the nearest tower
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Thanks, I gave this a try, but it doesn't look like it worked. Part of the issueI think even for PRL updates is that my phone won't connect to the towers. Like with a Stock Rom in the Sprint Zone you can get to that section where you can do a Profile update and all of that, it always fails with a connection error. I gave that error message to Sprint support but they couldn't do anything with it. I will keep trying it though now and then.
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Or try flashing another radio
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Is there a good updated guide for doing that? I did that on my EVO 4G, but never on the S3. I haven't looked yet but I will check into it this evening for sure.
They could be working on the towers in the area. When they did in my area, it showed I had bars but could not text or call. I would try flashing the 2 PRL, as it helped me get my phone working until they fixed it or in your case until you get Home. I can upload it if you need it.
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