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Connectivity Issues

Anyone else having connectivity issues with this phone? Just seems to disconnect from the network a ton.
I heard there was a rumor of 4.0.3 coming out soon from the Verizon rep. Can anyone confirm that?

The rep doesn't know anything more than you can read here.. 4.0.3 was halted for the nexus s so I doubt we will sew it soon. Try a new radio
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I have flashed 4.0.3 to mine and the radio is the latest gsm version. Not much has changed and it still has poor cell reception.

Like seriously. This phone is great when it works. But thats only half the time. The other half I cant text or make a phone call. Its not just a lack of a few bars, its NO SERVICE at all...I'm not sure what gives here.
EDIT** Went to the Verizon store and swapped out my phone for another one. Apparently it was the phone itself that had issues. This new one works great.

Verizon Gnex - signal dropping

okay so i've had my verizon gnex for over a month now, and i have tried almost every set of radios on this thing and i cannot for the life of me get a reliable signal.
whenever i reset the phone, it comes up with good signal and 4G every time. but after a while of watching the signal icon, i notice that it stops downloading and will only try uploading. after about 10-20 seconds of that, it flat out drops all signal and goes to no bars with no data. now depending on what radio im trying, it will take between 1 and 10 minutes to regain signal and data again.
I've spend hours and hours searching the web for a fix for this... i've tried different roms, kernels, radios, setting my minimum CPU to 700mhz, etc and have not found a way to get this thing to hold signal 100% of the time. my girlfriend has the rezound and she gets very good signal everywhere we go, and so do i, until it randomly drops then regains it.
It seems like the signal falls asleep then has to reboot or something.
I've read that people with similar issues have exchanged their devices for another gnex through verizon and will get one that works great, while others say they've had 3 or 4 and all of them act the same.
I would exchange this in a heartbeat if i knew the next one i got actually worked, but if it didnt i would hate the fact that i was now stuck with a refurb when i did have a virgin device that worked just as good.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!!
P.S. Radios I've Tried:
4.0.1 EK02-LTE EK01-CDMA
4.0.2 EK02-LTE EK05-CDMA
4.0.3 EK04-LTE EK06-CDMA
4.0.4 FA02-LTE FA02-CDMA
4.0.4 FC05-LTE FC04-CDMA

Your running Verizon correct???
There are official 4.0.4 radios that I have been using and hand offs and signals are better and faster and more efficient on the battery because it uses the stronger 4G for larger task and would drop to a low 4G speed for energy saving and then shoot up when needed most.
Would you like the radio file???
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Also it's not the phone or your coverage. It's your sim card. Verizon have just started their sim card program and they admit that it is flawed and should improve as the years go by.
So your sim card is always looking for a 4g signal. But for some reason it is flawed. There I'd a comment about it (read em) that talks about it.

Official 4.0.4 radio?
Which radios do you have? I thought the FC04 / FC05 were the newest and supposed to be the official? If you have newer could you send them to me please.

DLD511 said:
Your running Verizon yes???
There are official 4.0.4 radios from that I have used and hand offs and signals are better and faster and more efficient on the battery because it uses the higher for larger task and would drop to a low 4g speed for energy saving and then shoot up when needed most.
Would you like the radio file???
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Also it's not the phone or your coverage. It's your sim card. Verizon have just started their sum card program and they admit that it is flawed and should improve as the years go by.
So your sin card is always looking for a 4g signal. But for some reason it is flawed. There I'd a comment about it (read em) that talks about it.
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I would like the radios as well, if possible. I'm currently running 4.0.4 (I was under the impression it was the 'official' Verizon release) which is on I515.10 V.FC04/I515.FC05. Are your radios different? I've heard the 4.0.4 that was released in February has better radios than the one that was released recently, but I haven't checked it out myself.

http://androidcommunity.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-4-0-4-radios-improve-3g4g-download-20120502/The ones I'm are i515.09 VFC04/ i515.FC05. I think they have different codings or something. Because the one im using gives me 32mbps on maxed 4g bars after I flashed the radios in the link. the one I would get stock from AOKP on Maxed 4G bars 23mbps.
So yeah the ones in the link are better for me. You just gotta do speed tests and experiment for a week or two. I'm satisfied with the radios in the link.
Here's the link:
http://androidcommunity.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-4-0-4-radios-improve-3g4g-download-20120502/
Remember, they will exactly the same in about phone. They are just coded slightly different I guess of the official Verizon Radios. But I'm pretty sure Verizon will have the radios a little bit different once the OTA is finally released.
(It's a galaxy nexus with a Sense 4 theme. So ignore the sense status bar!)
Here's the picture of my average result.

Get a replacement phone. That type of drop shouldn't be happening.

No don't get a replacement. Had the same data dropping problems.
After I flashed the new radio files in the link, I stopped getting data drops.
It's just the Sim card that could be doing that if it continues after flashing the radios in the link I provided. So get a new sim card. Not the phone.
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xm0nkey said:
Get a replacement phone. That type of drop shouldn't be happening.
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I went through 4 GN's. The first 3 dropped signal to varying degrees. Radios or a new SIM card didn't fix it. The fourth was finally a keeper and *never* drops. Get a replacement.

I have a new gnex headed my way after going through the same rigamarole as the OP with the radios. The lady at the Verizon store wanted to switch my sim card, I said I wanted a new phone. She has one headed my way, but said to call for a new phone if that one didn't work and to complain to google for making bad software and not releasing the updates (as if google didn't want to push 4.0.4 down). I asked her, "So you're telling me I bought a $ 600 brick?" "Yep."
My phone would drop signal randomly for random periods of time throughout the day since the beginning. I loved my HTC Incredible 2, now I'm kinda sad I broke it.
My issue was signal DROP, not quality, which should not be happening and seems to be a hardware issue.

No. It's all Nexus phones are fine. It's just the radio files. And I haven't suffered any drops since I've flashed the radios.
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So i ended up sending it in (reluctantly) and got a new one mailed.
I've had my replacement for about a week now and not 1 dropped call, no data problems, nothing!!
I unlocked, rooted, and flashed AOKP M5, and ugraded to the latest official radios FC04 and FC05.
I am one damn happy customer with my VZW GNEX, its by far the greatest device that I've ever owned.
and as for the people looking for radios, feel free to directly download fully flashable zips of every Radio i own. these are not updates, but the full radio. so feel free to download to your SD card, and flash it in your custom recovery.
here are the links! (dont forget to hit the thanks button )
4.0.1 Radios EK02, EK01
4.0.2 Radios EK02, EK05
4.0.3 Radios EK04, EK06
4.0.4 Radios FA02, FA02 (old)
4.0.4 Radios FC05, FC04 (new)

Hello I have kind of just been lurking on this post and I suffer from the same problem. My first gnex was perfect I never knew anything about data drops until someone stole my original and I got a replacement. Now I'm finding myself flashing a new radio every week. I really hope these 4.0.4. Radios work.
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Grandadd said:
Hello I have kind of just been lurking on this post and I suffer from the same problem. My first gnex was perfect I never knew anything about data drops until someone stole my original and I got a replacement. Now I'm finding myself flashing a new radio every week. I really hope these 4.0.4. Radios work.
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If your phone is like my original, the new radios will not help at all.
I recommend talking to verizon and demand that you have a new phone sent.
Verizon told me that they had no records of this phone having data drop issues, which is a complete load of bullcrap. Just make sure you tell them that you have tried multiple hard resets and that it doesnt do a thing. also, if they bring up the upcoming 4.0.4 update, tell them you just want a new device, as this update will not fix your problem.
Also, make sure to revert to complete stock before you send in your current one.
Good luck.

This was my biggest fear....leaving the iPhone on Sprint and coming to the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon and getting worse signal then Sprint (never thought that possible...lol).
However, I got the GNex on VZW and the signal was 'decent' for Cocoa Beach....but when I rooted and upgraded to 4.04 with the new radios that came along with it, my signal get a lot better. Not had one dropped call or signal since purchase.
Even got decent 4G in Orlando....and 4G is coming to Cocoa this year

I'm on my 4th replacement...not getting 20 drops a day but around 5...should I still exchange?
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subsoniic said:
I'm on my 4th replacement...not getting 20 drops a day but around 5...should I still exchange?
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i would see what kind of signal other verizon phones are getting in your area. if you both have equally bad signal, i would say its probably just your area. but if you have 1 bar when they have 5, i would get another one.
something to consider is switching to a different phone. i believe (someone correct me if im wrong), that you can switch to a different handset after receiving 3 faulty devices.

subsoniic said:
I'm on my 4th replacement...not getting 20 drops a day but around 5...should I still exchange?
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I would exchange it still. I got my new phone and it is the way it should be. Went back to AOKP b37 w/ 4.0.4 radios and I couldn't ask for a better phone. No amount of flashing will correct the phone. I told the clerk I had factory reset with the same issues, I think that was what got me the new phone.

DLD511 said:
No don't get a replacement. Had the same data dropping problems.
After I flashed the new radio files in the link, I stopped getting data drops.
It's just the Sim card that could be doing that if it continues after flashing the radios in the link I provided. So get a new sim card. Not the phone.
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Sorry but this is wrong.
My first phone had a faulty radio/antenna. A hardware defect. The replacements I've gotten since have all worked fine on 4G. Same location, same SIM card. Unfortunately the screens are all terrible compared to my first one.
I have tried the new radios on my first phone and it didn't fix a damn thing. Changing SIM cards won't do anything, although Verizon might make you go through that step.
If someone is having the exact problem described in the OP, they need to get a replacement.

xm0nkey said:
Sorry but this is wrong.
My first phone had a faulty radio/antenna. A hardware defect. The replacements I've gotten since have all worked fine on 4G. Same location, same SIM card. Unfortunately the screens are all terrible compared to my first one.
I have tried the new radios on my first phone and it didn't fix a damn thing. Changing SIM cards won't do anything, although Verizon might make you go through that step.
If someone is having the exact problem described in the OP, they need to get a replacement.
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I had the exact same problem as the OP and all I did was a complete wipe from my recovery (including dalvik) and flashed the newest CM9 Nightly (06/03/2012). I haven't had a dropped signal since that, and it's been over 12 hours now and I've been on my phone almost non-stop.
Please try a full wipe and re-flash before you get a Verizon Refurbished phone. It worked in my case and it has to work in others.

Verizon Wireless GNex here...
Zero signal issues in Brevard County, Florida.
Brilliant 4G in Orlando as well

Will a sprint galaxy nexus work in India?

I've got a photon that I can fall back on but I hugely prefer my JB-powered gnex... just trying to understand if it is compatible with the networks in India (Mumbai specifically).
Thanks!
Jeff
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HiBoost said:
I've got a photon that I can fall back on but I hugely prefer my JB-powered gnex... just trying to understand if it is compatible with the networks in India (Mumbai specifically).
Thanks!
Jeff
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are you going to be using a GSM network and have a GSM galaxy nexus? if so, yes it should work.

Sprint no, its CDMA.
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I've read that there is cdma service in India, but is it some other frequency or something that makes it incompatible?
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Just to finalize this thread, the Sprint Galaxy Nexus DOES work here in Mumbai. No problems or special settings needed. CDMA signal is significantly stronger than it is back in the states which is quite pathetic (on Sprint's behalf).

Wow I learned something new, I had no idea India had CDMA.

HiBoost said:
Just to finalize this thread, the Sprint Galaxy Nexus DOES work here in Mumbai. No problems or special settings needed. CDMA signal is significantly stronger than it is back in the states which is quite pathetic (on Sprint's behalf).
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What network are you using it on? I am going to India later this year and it would be awesome if I would be able to use my GNEX (Verizon) there. I would be in Gujarat for the most part.

super_dk said:
What network are you using it on? I am going to India later this year and it would be awesome if I would be able to use my GNEX (Verizon) there. I would be in Gujarat for the most part.
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I'm not even sure what the network is because this isn't anything I had to buy a SIM card for... I just turned the phone on and it popped up "Mumbai" on the screen, showed full strength (with the "R" by the bars for roaming), and sent me a text message saying voice was $2.49/min, incoming text is $0.05 and outgoing is $0.50 and data is $0.008/kb. I just used 3G watchdog to turn off mobile data completely. The guys here tell me that CDMA and GSM are both built up everywhere. It's pretty crazy to be driving in a cab through an area where people aren't even wearing shoes and there's stray dogs running through the street and I have 5 bars of signal. Yet back in the US I have 1-2 half the time... dammit Sprint really sucks.

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I'm not even sure what the network is because this isn't anything I had to buy a SIM card for... I just turned the phone on and it popped up "Mumbai" on the screen, showed full strength (with the "R" by the bars for roaming), and sent me a text message saying voice was $2.49/min, incoming text is $0.05 and outgoing is $0.50 and data is $0.008/kb. I just used 3G watchdog to turn off mobile data completely. The guys here tell me that CDMA and GSM are both built up everywhere. It's pretty crazy to be driving in a cab through an area where people aren't even wearing shoes and there's stray dogs running through the street and I have 5 bars of signal. Yet back in the US I have 1-2 half the time... dammit Sprint really sucks.
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Thanks. I thought you changed the sim card to use it on one of the Indian networks. They do have good coverage in Urban areas both CDMA and GSM. I noticed that last year when I went there and my OG droid came up with a signal and an R just like yours. I did not use it however because of the high rates.

NYC and Data Coverage

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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davelikestacos said:
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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vibes340 said:
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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Anyone notice their service getting worse?

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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nxneko said:
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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nxneko said:
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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zen0s said:
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

janjannsen99 said:
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...

newageoutlaw said:
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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superkamiguru31 said:
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