My nexus is a hw version 9. it had some hand off issues from wifi to data with the 4.0.2 radios. the 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 work so well i almost thought they could do no wrong. until i got my wife's nexus which is hw version 10. this one works fine with 4.0.2 doing handoffs just fine, but with 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 i get this weird signal drop every once in a while where the network goes away, the bars become a solid dark grey triangle for 2-3 seconds, then connectivity comes back and data shortly thereafter. anyone else seen this?
UPDATE:
i noticed the problem happened even with the 4.0.2 radio. also the longer the phone went without a boot cycle the more frequent the problem became. asked for a replacement and got a CLNR which is hw9 that doesnt seem to have a problem.
see post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23621403&postcount=15
where are you determining what hw version you have?
the bootloader for one. also the about phone says it in the radios/baseband.
the version 9 reads 1515.09
and the 10 reads 1515.10
Got it. I have version 9 as well. I live outside of a 4G area so I pop in and out of 4G coverage quite often. Personally the 404 radios are working the best for me right now, switching between 3G/4G is pretty seamless. Though I cant honestly say I have had the device in my hand, screen on, and using DATA while it went from one service to another.
yeah thats how my hw9 behaves.
im parked solidly in the middle of a 4g zone and the hw10 just loses all connectivity albeit for just a couple of seconds on the 4.0.4.
4.0.2 works fine.
I'm on HW 10 and the 4.0.2 radios work great.No issues here and no problems with dropped data.
I am HW 10, 4.02 Stock.
And my GNex has been dropping data+voice every 5 mins when I try to use 4G. As long as LTE is off, 3G+voice is fine.
I also have tried 4.04, and same problem...and came back to stock 4.02 and waiting for OTA I guess..or that's what VZW tells me to do...
I had just mentioned this in another thread, but I haven't had the loss of call audio bug since my rev 10 device.
At the same time, my wife has a rev 09 device, and never had it. We are both on 404 radios, and I only drop data when in fringe areas. I never, ever, drop voice.
charlescom, dropping LTE does not affect voice.
adrynalyne said:
I had just mentioned this in another thread, but I haven't had the loss of call audio bug since my rev 10 device.
At the same time, my wife has a rev 09 device, and never had it. We are both on 404 radios, and I only drop data when in fringe areas.
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Consider yourself very lucky. I'm about to get rid of this phone because of it.
adrynalyne said:
I had just mentioned this in another thread, but I haven't had the loss of call audio bug since my rev 10 device.
At the same time, my wife has a rev 09 device, and never had it. We are both on 404 radios, and I only drop data when in fringe areas. I never, ever, drop voice.
charlescom, dropping LTE does not affect voice.
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Adrynalyne, that is what I thought until I bought gnex.
Check out this google issue if you are so lucky to have picked a good gnex out of lemons.
This is one of major flaws that affected so many gnex users. Officially titled gray triangle of death....
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24345
If you scroll all the way down, you will see all the screen shots I uploaded on exactly what a user faces as the voice and lte drops...
Thank you..
Yeah, I have never seen that before.
Weird.
Edit: Allow me to rephrase. I did have that once. It was a bad sim.
I have this issue. Stock 4.0.2. Have only had the phone for like a week and it is pissing me off
That does look potentially SIM related. The VZ phones do have a micro sized SIM card.
With posters reporting the same issue on multiple replacement phones, I wonder... was the same SIM card transferred to the next new phone?
At least at my location SIM replacement was the first thing on the list way before vzw even start thinking about giving out a replacement. And yes, I have been given so many SIM replacements you dont even know....and as far as bad batch goes.....why are there so many bad batches to begin with.....hahahahahaha...it is almost a joke. I am not even getting frustrated any more...i just laugh....lol
it was definitely not sim related. its my wifes gnex and i swapped sims with her. her phone gave me the same problem with my sim and her sim worked fine in my phone.
doing some more research, here is the findings.
my phone - hw9 - works flawlessly
her phone - hw10 - has problem
got a CLNR from verizon which is hw9 which seems to work flawlessly again.
interesting thing is the difference between the stickers on the insides of the bad and replacement phone:
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there is a long thread on rootz about this very issue and the conclusion is that if u have this particular problem, its hardware, go get a replacement.
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I got a Galaxy Nexus 9 days ago (along with a rezound for my wife).
I have been dropping connection constantly every since then (and I'm in a strong 4G area in the chicago burbs).
I had Verizon replace the sim card... but it didn't help.
Now they are sending me a new galaxy nexus.
They said that if this one doesn't work they'll wave the restocking fee and send me a new rezound.. I'm wondering if I should just go ahead an do that.
I'm worried that I'm going to end up being stuck with a lemon.
Is there anyone out there who never drops connection with this phone? I never dropped a connection with my incredible in almost 2 years and my wife's rezound has also been rock solid
UPDATE: I called Verizon and had them send me a new Galaxy Nexus and so far this one works flawlessly. I've had it up for almost 3 hours without a single drop on 4G. I'll update again after a few days, but this is a HUGE HUGE HUGE improvement. I couldn't go more than 20-30 minutes max without drops before and my phone would often show that it was off the network in the battery gauge over 50% of the time. So for those of you having this issue make verizon send you a new phone. It appears some of them are simply defective
I went from a rezound to the nexus and I'll say the only thing I liked about the rezound better was the fact that the signal was WAY stronger. I drop calls constantly now and my 4g is actually slower on the nexus... kinda sucks BC its a great phone otherwise
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If you are comfortable with or if rooting isn't problem for you try flashing new radio like UGKL1 or XXKL1 or KRKL1. But actually first flash 4.0.3 based ROM and then one of those.
Yes other people also had problems with their connections being droped, but AFAIK 4.0.3 + one of above mentioned radios work for most of people.
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If you are comfortable with or if rooting isn't problem for you try flashing new radio like UGKL1 or XXKL1 or KRKL1. But actually first flash 4.0.3 based ROM and then one of those.
Yes other people also had problems with their connections being droped, but AFAIK 4.0.3 + one of above mentioned radios work for most of people.
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He is correct flashling the UGKL1 radio fixed my constant loss of data.
I already tried flashing the leaked radio. I did not flash full 4.0.3 however.. Maybe I'll try that on the new phone.
Thanks for the tip
Sounds more like a busted phone to me. My phone stopped doing that after Verizon came back up from that last outage. My husband's Nexus behaves better as well.
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That would be helpful if he were running a GSM Nexus, but if you actually read the OP, you'd see that he wasn't.
I had a terrible singal on my gnex (VZW) when I got it. I tried the 4.0.3 radios which proved a marginal improvement. I ended up reverting the phone to stock and going back to VZW. They replaced my SIM card which left with only brief occasional drops over long black outs that I was having before. After getting a new SIM card I updated the radios again to 4.0.3 and it works flawlessly (3G- I haven't re enabled 4G yet). I think this phone is amazing hardware and personally would very much avoid going to the Rezound. According to VZW, the phone should work but it has seemed to have some issues.
I'm going to turn on 4G now, so if you are curious about that PM me and I'll let you know.
UPDATE: Turned on 4G which locked instantly. I checked my phone a while later to learn that I was without service (data and phone) for 10+ minutes solid. Apparently 4G is the issue for me, at least at work. My signal strengths aren't the best here.
My first Nexus had this problem. Swapping the SIM card didn't help, so VZW replaced the phone. The replacement Nexus doesn't have the problem at all.
Star this issue and hope for the best.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24345
I have the same issue and I am waiting for a response.
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I'm on my second Nexus and sim card, network connectivity is pretty bad. My signal at home is -100 most of the time and at a pizza place in the same neighborhood a few blocks away it's -75 to -80, I don't get it. This afternoon I charged my Nexus up and power cycled it at 6:00 PM. At 10:15, I checked the battery and had not had a network connection for over 3 hours and Cell Standby was at 57% and Screen was at 25%. I power cycled the phone again and got 4 texts sent to me hours before. Should I get a Rezound or a Razr Maxx or wait for a software update and hope that takes care of it. Any advise is welcome!
I got a new GN from verizon.. WAY better.. i updated the first post
Woke up late today because phone died. Does WiFi really kill the battery this bad or did I get the grey triangle of death? I have signal where the phone was laying. I'm currently rocking AOKP and Frank (Turtle) kernel.
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looks like you totally lost signal and the radio kept trying to find one
Wifi does NOT kill the battery that bad. And the GN in my experience and others too I see has excellent idle life. Something is wrong.
I have WiFi on 24/7 and have no issues. The Verizon phones are meant to have battery issues aren't they (as in ICS not liking them)?
I received this phone through Amazon on Monday. I can recall about 3 different times where I would be using the phone and have great signal and then all of a sudden I would lose internet connection. It would take a minute or so but it would come back. 2 of those occasions happened before I even rooted the phone. Yesterday, it happened when I was on a call. On all occasions I had at least 2 bars if not more when it happened.
Seems to be when the drop happens I also lose voice. Does anyone else have similar problems?
That's due to no cellular reception, not WiFi. The red under, "Mobile Network Signal" represents time where your phone had zero reception.... not to mention that your stats told you that you didn't have signal 93% of the time.
KWKSLVR said:
That's due to no cellular reception, not WiFi. The red under, "Mobile Network Signal" represents time where your phone had zero reception.... not to mention that your stats told you that you didn't have signal 93% of the time.
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This, exactly. Almost the entire time you were on battery the phone was searching for a cell signal for voice and SMS, killing your battery.
Zabalba said:
I received this phone through Amazon on Monday. I can recall about 3 different times where I would be using the phone and have great signal and then all of a sudden I would lose internet connection. It would take a minute or so but it would come back. 2 of those occasions happened before I even rooted the phone. Yesterday, it happened when I was on a call. On all occasions I had at least 2 bars if not more when it happened.
Seems to be when the drop happens I also lose voice. Does anyone else have similar problems?
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I have never had even a remotely similar experience, it seems that if you were in the same spot that entire time and that happened, the handset may be faulty and you will want to exchange it for a replacement.
mutelight said:
This, exactly. Almost the entire time you were on battery the phone was searching for a cell signal for voice and SMS, killing your battery.
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Yep. Keep in mind that when your phone loses signal it will increase the power to the radio in an attempt to find a signal (since that's the primary purpose of a phone, or so I'm told). If you know you're in a spot with poor signal, put it in Airplane Mode to keep it from searching (and thus draining the battery).
As mutelight mentions, if your phone is going from good signal to none without moving, there's something else wrong. Trying different radio firmwares may help, or it could be a hardware issue.
KWKSLVR said:
That's due to no cellular reception, not WiFi. The red under, "Mobile Network Signal" represents time where your phone had zero reception.... not to mention that your stats told you that you didn't have signal 93% of the time.
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What's interesting is I left it on my desk. I get good reception at my desk (get 4G there).
I have the problem that after almost every text message I receive, I lose all voice and data signal, but it comes back within 5-10 seconds later. Very annoying.
spencer88 said:
I have the problem that after almost every text message I receive, I lose all voice and data signal, but it comes back within 5-10 seconds later. Very annoying.
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That is also not normal behavior. Are you running all stock? If so, definitely seek a replacement.
In those situations, put your phone in airplane mode and turn on wifi.
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I just contacted Verizon and Amazon (I bought the phone from them).
Verizon had me pull out the LTE sim and reinsert it. The rep said she did something on her end to refresh my line. I've been around the block to know that means jack **** but we will see.
I spoke with Amazon it was reassuring. If I keep having issues with the signal they will overnight replacement phones. If I keep having an issue with them I can replace them for another phone.
I love this phone so far with the exception of the problem that was stated so far. I already bought all sorts of accessories for the phone. But in the event I have to move on from the GNEX, which phone would you guys recommend?
I like this phone too much to switch to another brand/phone.
I ended up asking Amazon for a replacement phone. Hopefully this new phone comes without issues.
Zabalba said:
I like this phone too much to switch to another brand/phone.
I ended up asking Amazon for a replacement phone. Hopefully this new phone comes without issues.
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Good.
I couldn't come up with a phone I'd rather have than the GNex :-D
Just got the brand new replacements from Amazon. Same exact problem. After speaking to Verizon and Amazon, I'm going to replace the sim. If my problem does not resolve itself, looks like I'm going to AT&T for the Galaxy Note.
Wish me luck!
Zabalba said:
What's interesting is I left it on my desk. I get good reception at my desk (get 4G there).
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it could be that you lost signal and the phone was unable to get it back for some reason even though you were in a good reception area. Some of the radios that i tried had problems going from edge to 3G and would either take too long or not be able to go back to 3g again. i would try flashing 4.0.3 or a different radio.
Conclusion to the story.
I ended up getting the sim cards replaced. Same issue. I was even able to show the rep. Looks like I'm going to end up getting the Galaxy Note.
Thanks to those who replied and read the thread.
Sorry Verizon LTE. It was nice while it lasted (or connected) ;_;
have you tried different roms/kernels ?
try to switch it off of 4g
it definitely seems to be a connection issue
I had this exact problem with my first Gnex. Left it unplugged on the nightstand and woke to a dead phone. Same battery profile: No mobile signal and a steep discharge graph. My wife's Gnex, 6 ft away in the same room, was just fine.
Verizon swapped me a new phone and I haven't seen that problem again. To be fair, I've only repeated the conditions a few times, so it's hardly conclusive.
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I really want to keep this phone, so please help me out, lol. I am in an extended network area for Verizon. My Gnex drops 3g and it will not come back for hours or longer. The phone will show a signal, full bars -75 signal strength, but the 3g icon will not be there, so no email, speed test, web browsing.
I tried two gnex's and sim cards. The Rezound I have works perfect right next to the gnex, so I don't know what to think? They are both on the same prl. I called verizon, but they are no help, pull battery, factory reset, ect. I tried all the radio's I can find, tried three roms.
I am at a loss, if I can't figure it out I will be forced to live with a rezound for the next two years, help please, thanks.........Brian
B-Mod said:
I really want to keep this phone, so please help me out, lol. I am in an extended network area for Verizon. My Gnex drops 3g and it will not come back for hours or longer. The phone will show a signal, full bars -75 signal strength, but the 3g icon will not be there, so no email, speed test, web browsing.
I tried two gnex's and sim cards. The Rezound I have works perfect right next to the gnex, so I don't know what to think? They are both on the same prl. I called verizon, but they are no help, pull battery, factory reset, ect. I tried all the radio's I can find, tried three roms.
I am at a loss, if I can't figure it out I will be forced to live with a rezound for the next two years, help please, thanks.........Brian
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Shot in the dark here, but did you enable Data Roaming in the Mobile Network settings? When I was in Indiana a while back (when I still used my Nexus One on T-Mo) it wouldn't use data until I turned on roaming. Which is kinda silly, because that setting is meant for international roaming, but then again America isn't a typical wireless market.
Yes, that and automatic, tried lte/cdma, and cdma only. Tried all the normal stuff, pulling the sim card, ect. It is weird these phones do this, but the rezound just plain works.........
Nothing? Amazon just sent me a brand new Rezound to try, but I really like the gnex, but I need good data. Thanks..........Brian
B-Mod said:
Yes, that and automatic, tried lte/cdma, and cdma only. Tried all the normal stuff, pulling the sim card, ect. It is weird these phones do this, but the rezound just plain works.........
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Automatic is the right setting.
Radio could matter.
LTE/CDMA shouldn't matter.
ROM doesn't matter (at all).
Dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to Phone information and post a screenshot (scroll down just enough to move the IMEI/MEID and your Phone number out of view to save yourself from some post-editing).
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Help, please........
I have the exact same issue. I live in a 3G Extended Network area. Data on Droid X worked fine. Got Galaxy Nexus knowing I wouldn't have 4G (3G has been perfect for me). I was out of town when I got it in a Verizon Network. Drove home and...well...no data on Galaxy Nexus. Told Verizon tier 2, and they said it was a "known issue". I've flashed all radios and combinations and nothing has worked yet.
There isn't much you can do, but I bet if you petition/complain enough VZW could actually expand the network. Get others in your area to call in about it. You can't really blame the phone, even if the Rezound is working correctly.
Glad to see I'm not the only one with this issue. I'm also in an extended coverage only area and tend to have 6 or 7 hour stretches of no data. I've gotten two nexuses and neither has been better than the other. Previously had a Droid that never lost signal. As far as getting them to expand their network here, it won't happen because of some stupid municipal law in the county I live in that only allows a certain number of wireless providers and vzw was late to the party. In my case, I'm holding out hope that my situation will improve when the provider here (Cellcom) lunches their 4g network in q2 since they are one of the rural roaming partners for verizon.
I have been having real weird issues with my text messages, and I've been told that people called me, but my phone doesnt say so. Yesterday I got on chat with sprint, the said that they troubleshooted the phone and to leave the battery our for 1/2 hour and reboot, all should be good. I did it(after ##72786# to reset the phone info), and it worked for a while. I checked my voicemail and had 5 messages from missed calls yesterday. Today Sprint was supposed to call me back to see if the troubleshooting thing worked, I checked my voicemail, and sure enough, I missed their call. So today they told me that they were updating towers...blah, blah..lte....., blah, blah.....fixed by the 11th. I got to researching and found this: http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/92214?tstart=0
I also got a $10 credit
Just putting it out there. If anyone else is having issues, please post.
Edit: here is another one http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/441250#441250
I live in baltimore MD and between them updating the towers and that storm coming through last friday and damaging there towers service has been pretty bad as of late
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I had a similar issue yesterday. I rebooted my phone because I though it was strange nobody texted me all day(someone usually texts me) then right after it boots the notification sound goes crazy haha missed 20ish texts D:
First time its happened to me, will see how today goes. Besides that signal is fantastic.
My signal is fine, the phone just doesnt receive anything, or will receive multiple copies of the same text. They said that towers are being updated in Boise, and they expect a fix by the 11th. Gave me a ticket number and everything. I might talk to tech support around lunch to see what their response is. Judging by what the Sprint community says, all of their LTE phones are having issues. Even the Gnex.
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like this lol that was just the first scroll i recieved more, look at the times weird.
Yep, I got the same messages all night long. Once or twice every hour. I had to turn notifications off.
newalker91 said:
Its all phones in general. Network vision has destroyed the network. On average every market currently has between 30 to 50 towers at 0% function. We are encountering this every day and we're getting our asses handed to us because we can't fix it from the store. Everyone swears its their phone despite all the info we show them.?
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Not all stores or Sprint customer service telling the truth....they make it seem like the phone in my case when I know the deal....net to mention they don't want to credit me for rendering poor service so they deny it's service......sad
Its pretty rediculous, I call my phone from my desk (that the phone is sitting on) and it rings a few time and goes to voicmail, but the phone doesnt do anyting.
I'm down in the oc in California and signal is decent, 3g been slower lately due to updating the towers, so far no phone call issuers, had the text problem and failing to send texts or not receiving or receiving many times, for now insurgent u set google voice to notify you since it uses data to communicate so it's better at Texts and such, at least til sprint is done with the upgrades.
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newalker91 said:
Its all phones in general. Network vision has destroyed the network. On average every market currently has between 30 to 50 towers at 0% function. We are encountering this every day and we're getting our asses handed to us because we can't fix it from the store. Everyone swears its their phone despite all the info we show them.?
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Happens on my HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO 4G, so it's not just a phone issue. And my fools at the local Sprint store in my area claim there's no issues. Of course, these are the same fools that think 3rd party launchers are rooting your phone.
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Well, google voice solved the text issue. Im happy now.
The threads the OP referenced are pretty much what I was looking at.
I too am experiencing the worst luck when it comes to signal strength. My friend has the good old evo 4G. I put the two phones side by side. I can observe the signal fluctuate on my s3 as the evo has a perfect full bars.
The sprint forum seems to suggest that it might be a network issue. I don't buy it. I think it is a hardware issue unfortunately.
The phone is nice and fast. But this connectivity issue is a deal breaker for me.
CB
I am having problems with my 6506 GPS locking. I have tried three factory resets, and after contacting Sony, two software restores.
Yet I continue to get "searching for GPS" when I try to navigate either in Google Maps or Navigon.
Location services are all on.
Would a new ATT sim work? Any other help appreciated.
Do you have Google apps location access turned on? Settings/Google Account/Location settings.
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Do you have Google apps location access turned on? Settings/Google Account/Location settings.
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Yes
Download GPS test apk to check it or *#*#7378423#*#* do GPS location test
Me also - turning into a deal killer for me
I'm having a similar problem. Stock firmware (rooted, not unlocked) and GPS fixes are problematic. This morning in Chicago suburbs (i.e. no tall buildings or obstructions) the first fix took maybe 2 minutes. I then ended GPS Test, waited about a minute, started again. Time to first fix was 48 seconds, which is extremely long for a fix when that warm.
I've also been comparing to the Galaxy S2 (I777), and doing so WITHOUT a sim card meaning it's AGPS ability is very limited, and even so every single time it locks faster and had greater resulting accuracy.
The problem is consistent with the GPSTest program, also google maps (and the resulting accuracy shown). The signal level of each satellite when it does see them is almost entirely orange on the ZL, but generally yellow or green on the SG2 in the same area.
As a quick test I am standing in my office, it's got a corner view south east. I powered up the GS2 which had not been in use for 2 days, and it got a lock in 9 seconds according to GPSTest's time to first fix. No SIM card either.
Then I did the ZL in the exact same spot, and after about 4 minutes I gave up. Screen shots below; notice that 3 additional minutes have passed on the ZL and still no lock, and I started them at the same time.
I've also used the GPSTest to clear and update the AGPS data, it made no apparent difference.
So far, even with the camera's over processing, I love the phone. Everything else I've got straightened out, but this may become a deal killer, as I really do use the GPS.
Is it just me? (Well, and the OP?).
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Edit PS: Just to head off one area -- I am familiar with the NTP pool issues, have tried Faster Fix, but the issue is not that -- the issue is inadequate satellite signal, it's just not receiving enough/well-enough.
is lack of response indicative that the OP and I may have hardware problems and this is not normal for this device?
I called Sony, they had me do a complete restore with PC Companion, which reloaded all the software as best I can tell; I did not root or anything after, and spent 10 minutes in a parking lot without a lock. Later in the morning I tried and got a lock in about a minute, which is still slow, so it still is flakey.
And despite three attempts at calibrating the compass, when using it (and not GPS) it's WAY off, part of the time about 30 degrees, then as you swing around through (real) sourth it jumps drastically.
It's going back today, will see whether they have another to try, but this is a deal killer for me if the GPS doesn't work. I'm hoping the relative silence is a sign that it's not a general problem (a la Captivate of years past) and so will probably try another handset if they have one.
No issues with the GPS or compass on mine (C6502). It takes about few secs (usually <5-10 secs) to lock the position. Screenshot below was taken while testing GPS indoors (locked on in 8 secs).
New Handset
Oh what a difference a new handset made.
Kudo's to Sony Store in Wisconsin (an hour north of Chicago). I called, they had one, drove up and they swapped me out. One of the reps also spent time with my old phone and never could get a lock.
The brand new handset locked in a measured 7 seconds from the system test menu, cold start. THAT's what it is supposed to be like. I just tried indoors at the hotel in an elevator (glass sided though) and about 10 seconds.
So definitely had a bad handset. Definitely a working one has acceptable performance!
Thank you -- being able to explore here kept me from assuming that the model was poor and just returning it. Happy camper again. to the OP JUST GET IT REPLACED!
Linwood.Ferguson said:
Oh what a difference a new handset made.
Kudo's to Sony Store in Wisconsin (an hour north of Chicago). I called, they had one, drove up and they swapped me out. One of the reps also spent time with my old phone and never could get a lock.
The brand new handset locked in a measured 7 seconds from the system test menu, cold start. THAT's what it is supposed to be like. I just tried indoors at the hotel in an elevator (glass sided though) and about 10 seconds.
So definitely had a bad handset. Definitely a working one has acceptable performance!
Thank you -- being able to explore here kept me from assuming that the model was poor and just returning it. Happy camper again. to the OP JUST GET IT REPLACED!
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Sent it back two days ago. New one should be here this weekend.