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Hi guys, I got my Samsung Omnia 7 yesterday, been having fun with it at home however it keeps disconnecting/reconnecting to my wifi, which is odd in itself, even if I stand right next to the router.
More annoying than this however, is that I was out and about today, in the center of a city where I know has full Orange 3g signal (my friend on Orange was with me) and I had no 3g. Absolute pain as I wanted to show off my new phone, but it couldn't do anything!
I then went about 10 miles away to another area with full Orange 3g signal and have nothing! I have no 3g in my house, at college, in town, it's ridiculous. A soft reset will sometimes make it work for all of 30 seconds before it drops again!
Anyone else having these issues? Hardware or software related? Cheers guys, Jacob.
Hmm my 3g has all of a sudden come on with full bars :S Maybe it was a network issue after all...
Hey guys I'm completely new here as a member. But over the past month or two I've been reading on XDA to see Q & A's about the Galaxy Nexus.
So I bought this phone on launch day after going through massive hell to be able to even purchase one. Long story short went to 3 different stores back and forth and at the end of the night, GOT ONE.
I've been having the huge signal issues with the phone like everyone else since Day 1. The issues with the 3G/4G switching off, extremely poor reception, stuck on 2G (calls/text only) and a lot of times, not having a signal at all!
So after looking on the forum, I decided I'd wait it out and not root my phone/update to 4.0.3/update radios, etc. I've also talked to Verizon Reps over the phone and they wouldn't really help me out. I've gotten so frustrated with the phone that I almost wanted to return it and get a Rezound or Razr JUST to be able to have a 4G signal.
YESTERDAY THOUGH, I spoke to a 2nd Level Tech Support person and we went through all the steps the 1st Level Tech did and what not to make sure I had my Data Connection on, battery pull, LTE/CDMA on and not CDMA only, etc. you get the point. One of the other things she told me to do was to make sure in the Mobile Network Settings that Data Roaming was checked. I told her that it wasn't because it said that I will incur charges and what not. She told me as long as I'm in the United States, with it checked, I won't receive any extra charges. It's only if you leave the United States to a different country.
I asked her why should it be checked out of curiosity and she said that by having it checked, it searches for any and all towers around you instead of trying to be locked on one or something like that. So I did that. After, she told me it probably won't work to get 4G signal yet because of the LTE Power Outage that was going on the same time I was on the phone with her.
Well later last night the LTE Power Outage was fixed and starting last night I started seeing 3-4 Bars or -82 to -96 dBm continuously. Well waking up this morning for work and throughout the entire day today, I've been getting a consistent 4G signal (with 3G coming on for 3-5 minutes about two times, then back to 4G) My speedtest results were great. Getting 16-23 mbps with my 4G signal in Orange County, California (Piggy backing off of LA).
Now I have no idea if it was 3 things. The Power Outage coming back on fixed it, the new extended battery fixed it (haha joking) or the fact that I turned on Data Roaming fixed it by connecting to all towers near me. Either way I've been completely happy since last night and all day today with it working. I literally lost signal once and it was for a good 5 seconds lol then went back to 4G.
Has anyone else turned on their Data Roaming or has seen their signal start to work after the LTE Outage? Let me know. Because I know that I didn't update the software to 4.0.3 or any other software update on it.
Thanks everyone and I hope all the Nexus phones' signals get fixed soon!!! This phone is completely amazing but without signal, it's like a paperweight.
Having to turn on data roaming to increase signal seems like bollocks to me. It would be interesting to try turning it off and check if you see any difference, now that the shortage is over.
Thanks for sharing, anyway
Yeah I'm not sure what fixed my phone but its now fixed. I'm getting full bars of 4G as I'm typing this. Did you check the Roaming Data and did a soft reset to see if that worked?
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so wouldn't "roaming" mean that if you're in an area where verizon's towers aren't sending out a good signal, you'll pick up on sprint's towers if they're stronger?...
I believe so. Or something close to that. The rep said that I would only get roaming charges if I go out of the US with the Roaming check marked.
She's the one that told me I should get a better signal with Roaming check marked in. Then after the outage 2 days ago, that night, my signal was working and I was getting a constant 4G signal with good strength.
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Gonna try this, thanks for the heads up.
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Just turned this on at work and went from one bar of 4G to three. Don't know if it is a fluke or placebo, but a difference.
Edit: Maybe I spoke too soon. Back down to one. I'll wait til I get outside. Don't have the strongest signal in this building anyway.
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@OP where in orange county?? I live in HB.. my signal is not that great there.. but in Irvine its full bars.. I never really had an issue to my knowledge at least.. may give your method a try at home to see if my sig improves.
I live in Garden Grove and Anaheim. But I'm constantly traveling throughout OC on an ambulance for work from Whittier all the way to San Clemente. So my signal ranges.
Funny you say that because I usually get horrible signal in Irvine on the 5 or 405 freeway. Haha.
Yeah I would try the roaming checked. Do a sim pull, battery pull, and see if it works. I assume that's what worked for me.
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My gsiii for some odd reason loses 4G and sometimes even service. Last night when i was on a call, it dropped and the signal reflected that i was running on edge then it switched to someting that said "G." I looked at my brother's siii and he was also on edge. So i tried putting it on airplane mode however it would not go through. It's as if i never pressed anything. So i had to restart the phone and it was on airplane mode, so i took it off then about a minute and a half later i got 4G back. Today when i was browsing the web, i randomly lost 4G again but this time i continued to have signal just no data. About a minute later I got it back. About a minute later i lost it again and regained it about a minute later. I havent noticed anything else about the phone and ive had it for about a week and last night was the first time that i restarted it. Any ideas? Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks!
I'm also having the same problem it just happened to me today also and happened the other day when I restarted phone it did nothing then I did airplane mode that didn't do anything so I clicked the enable packet data off then on an item came back in hoping it's not going to be a hardware problem cause I've dropped calls for no reason and had no service or bars were showing but had no edge 4G etc
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ballenone said:
I'm also having the same problem it just happened to me today also and happened the other day when I restarted phone it did nothing then I did airplane mode that didn't do anything so I clicked the enable packet data off then on an item came back in hoping it's not going to be a hardware problem cause I've dropped calls for no reason and had no service or bars were showing but had no edge 4G etc
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Yeah it's really weird, when I was using mt4g, it would do that randomly as well, I'm not sure if it's a phone or a network issue. Anyone else experiencing this random drop in data?
Same here I think it's a common issue with tmobile devices.
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I think is just the network it had happened to me but while driving some place and Idk if is the coverage but other then that I do see going from h+ and 3g, I have a custom theme install
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I just moved from Sprint to Tmo and I'm getting the same on my S3. It would look like i have good 4g coverage with 3 bars then all of a sudden it goes to Edge. So I have to wait for it to go back to 4g to start surfing. Edge is like 15kbps for me which is not even modem speed which is 56k. If I accidentally start surfing on Edge it seems to wanna stick to Edge until I close whats using data then it will eventually go to 4g. But when I get 4g its awesome and I get over between 6meg to 12 but only 40% of the time. I called Tmo and they said I have great 4g coverage where I'm at....ya sure.
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I just moved from Sprint to Tmo and I'm getting the same on my S3. It would look like i have good 4g coverage with 3 bars then all of a sudden it goes to Edge. So I have to wait for it to go back to 4g to start surfing. Edge is like 15kbps for me which is not even modem speed which is 56k. If I accidentally start surfing on Edge it seems to wanna stick to Edge until I close whats using data then it will eventually go to 4g. But when I get 4g its awesome and I get over between 6meg to 12 but only 40% of the time. I called Tmo and they said I have great 4g coverage where I'm at....ya sure.
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Ha ha tell them to give you credit Lmao
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It's them rebooting equipment due to all the upgrades they're adding.
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It's them rebooting equipment due to all the upgrades they're adding.
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This is very good for a lot of reasons!! Can't wait.
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I just checked settings... battery... cell standby... 45 percent without signal.... anyone else check those stats? I got people telling me they called but no record on my phone
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I just checked settings... battery... cell standby... 45 percent without signal.... anyone else check those stats? I got people telling me they called but no record on my phone
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I've only experienced outright loss of signal once, which was last night. So far nothing else has happened really. It was just odd that my phone won't even go into airplane mode until I rebooted the device.
Same thing happened to me. I was actually quite worried and about to send my phone back. Everything seems to be working okay now. No issues.
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this has driven me mad for the past few days. recently I upgraded to a S3 and my dad got a S 4G (which was released 2 years ago). while we were in Costco, my S3 randomly switched to Edge while the S 4G has 4G all the time. ALso we were on vacation to San Francisco so I could experience "Tmo largest 4G network." While we were in a hotel in Fremont, my S3 again switched to Edge and back to 4G randomly while the S 4G had 4G. also the signal is not stable at all. sometimes(1 or 2 times) it even dropped to zero bar. SOMETHING wrong with samsung phones. I read somewhere someone had this issue with the S2 also. I can live with the HSPA+ for 2 years, but hey dont give me random Edge like that
I plan to go exchange for a new phone at Costco... probably a new S3 to see if the issue still exists...
K12123 said:
My gsiii for some odd reason loses 4G and sometimes even service. Last night when i was on a call, it dropped and the signal reflected that i was running on edge then it switched to someting that said "G." I looked at my brother's siii and he was also on edge. So i tried putting it on airplane mode however it would not go through. It's as if i never pressed anything. So i had to restart the phone and it was on airplane mode, so i took it off then about a minute and a half later i got 4G back. Today when i was browsing the web, i randomly lost 4G again but this time i continued to have signal just no data. About a minute later I got it back. About a minute later i lost it again and regained it about a minute later. I havent noticed anything else about the phone and ive had it for about a week and last night was the first time that i restarted it. Any ideas? Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks!
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T-Mobile's 4G network works in a interesting way (do all HSPA+ networks work this way?). They idle in UMTS mode (3G) until there is network activity, and then switch to HSPA+ (4G) mode. The network changing is an automatic thing does to save battery life ("Cellular standby" is often the largest battery drains).
Ever use an AOSP-based ROM (i.e. Cyanogenmod)? You'll sometimes see the network indicator in the status bar switch between 3G to H+ to 4G, etc as you use it. Stock T-Mobile ROMs are hard-coded to always say "4G", but if you go to Settings → About phone → Status, you can watch the network type there change as well as the phone does anything over the cellular network.
You should never be dropping to GPRS or EDGE. Perhaps the mechanism described is defective on your phone?
Happened again today. Had signal but no 4G, not even Edge, just bars. i think it happens whenever the signals low. Thoughts?
I'm having the same issue at my work place. I'm getting Edge (50-80%) more often at my desk, when previously with my SGS2 it stayed at 4G all the time. Checking Cellstandby I am getting 31% time without signal.
Is there a setting to force 4g connection?
My office is in Cupertino, CA and reception is not bad in general, but there are a few locations with 4G dead spots.
I'll check my reception again at home (Santa Clara, CA). I can do a side by side comparison with my SGS2 (now belongs to my wife).
On call with TMO right now, they are going to do a reset of the phone in their system, then I will need to do a reboot. Fingers X'd that things will improve.
BTW, what options do I have to get a replacement phone if I bought mine from Walmart? Do I need to send it in or can I do an instore exchange? Just got it on Sunday. Will I incur any fees if I returned the phone?
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Reset didn't work. Passed on to level 2, there submitting a service request to check reception in the area. Need to follow-up on Friday if the reception is still bad. Since I'm in Cali I do have 30 days to return the phone.
I have similar reception issue but I dont lose signal completely. I will go from 4g(hspa+) to 3g to edge then it will switch back to 4g after 30secs-60secs. Quite annoying since I will be stationary and it will happen and it happens more when Im in a car. Never had this problem when I had the Nexus One.
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I'm having the same issue at my work place. I'm getting Edge (50-80%) more often at my desk, when previously with my SGS2 it stayed at 4G all the time. Checking Cellstandby I am getting 31% time without signal.
Is there a setting to force 4g connection?
My office is in Cupertino, CA and reception is not bad in general, but there are a few locations with 4G dead spots.
I'll check my reception again at home (Santa Clara, CA). I can do a side by side comparison with my SGS2 (now belongs to my wife).
On call with TMO right now, they are going to do a reset of the phone in their system, then I will need to do a reboot. Fingers X'd that things will improve.
BTW, what options do I have to get a replacement phone if I bought mine from Walmart? Do I need to send it in or can I do an instore exchange? Just got it on Sunday. Will I incur any fees if I returned the phone?
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Question. With your s2 what happens if you're in an area without 4g? Do you get edge?
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I am having the same issue. I had perfect 4g coverage all over my town, (I live in south texas). The problems started 2 days ago, when I lost all 4g coverage. I took out my sim card and placed it back in and the 4g logo came back on. But now I have been noticing that my cell signal will completely drop and then slowly come back up. This has happened several times. I also went to tmobile and changed my micro sim card and the issue remains. AND NOW I AM ON EDGE!!!!!
Has anyone been able to get a replacement and did it fix the problem?
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Hello all!
I have had a recent problem develop with my HTC EVO 4G that is the same one I purchased in July 2010 (never had replaced). Quick info is that the phone is rooted with S-OFF, using SmelkusMOD recovery, am using the FireRats MTD patcher (1.5.8) and has been using the 5.07.651.1 stock / rooted rom from Captin_Throwback here on the forums. Prior to this I had been using the 4.67 Stock rooted rom I also found here too. Lastly, my baseband version is 2.15.00.12.19.
Anyway, a few weeks ago (unable to pinpoint exactly when) I started noticing that my phone was having problems acquiring good signal in the town I travel through every day. There is a 3G cell tower less than 3/4 of a mile (line of sight) from mainstreet and I noticed I had been getting 1, 2, or 3 bars when I would stop at the gas station there on main street. Or worse, if I went into a restaurant, store, or any building, my phone would dance around with 1 bar or show no service at all. Even when I come home and use my Airvana, I have varying degree's of reception that have gotten progressively worse recently. My Airvana is in my bedroom on the second floor of the house. Previously, I had a guaranteed 5 bars in this room, or just about anywhere on the second floor with 4 bars or so on the first floor and 3-4 bars in the basement. However now, as I sit here with my phone less than 4' away from the Airvana, I have 1-2 bars, up to 4, then back down to 1, and so forth. No obstructions, no other issues.
Prior to noticing this issue, I had my phone for 2+ years here in this same town, area, and house using the same Airvana with no issues. I would go through main street with full signal inside the stores/gas station and never had a problem with having several bars everywhere, all the time in that town.
To rule out rom based issues, I have formatted / wiped my phone and have been testing this using a clean install of a stock based rooted rom which otherwise had worked for months without issue. No apps installed except default stock and no alternate configurations. This evening I even formatted and installed both the 4.67 and 5.07 stock rooted roms as clean format & installs and both give the same issue.
I have been wondering if this might be a physical issue with the cellular radio built into the phone? Is that possible? Has that happened to anyone else?
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Bradley
Where do you live? Are they trying to put lte up? I know my 3g speeds went down for a bit when they were messing with lte.
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No, our town is less than 250 people and I know the local Sprint reps, no LTE here.
But the issue isn't confined to just the tower in town, it's even an issue here at home with my Airvana and when in distance of other towers too. It's definitely appearing to be an issue with the phone, not towers.
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Where do you live? Are they trying to put lte up? I know my 3g speeds went down for a bit when they were messing with lte.
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bawalker said:
No, our town is less than 250 people and I know the local Sprint reps, no LTE here.
But the issue isn't confined to just the tower in town, it's even an issue here at home with my Airvana and when in distance of other towers too. It's definitely appearing to be an issue with the phone, not towers.
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I have the same issue and I live in NYC... Looks like Sprint signal has become unstable recently...
And to me it was happening with stock ROM and without root since this summer (August if I remember correctly)
It was first identified in downtown Manhattan
qwerty1gr said:
I have the same issue and I live in NYC... Looks like Sprint signal has become unstable recently...
And to me it was happening with stock ROM and without root since this summer (August if I remember correctly)
It was first identified in downtown Manhattan
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Just an FYI, I solved the issue. I disassembled my phone and a metal spring connector on the motherboard had come off which connected the motherboard to the red plastic coated antenna in the rear of the handset. The metal spring connector was damaged so I ended up making a custom mod using heavy aluminum foil to create my own replacement and sure enough it worked. Instead of having 2-3 bars sitting beside my micro-cell, I have 5 bars and 3-5 bars in the basement now too. Looks to have solved the problem!
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Just an FYI, I solved the issue. I disassembled my phone and a metal spring connector on the motherboard had come off which connected the motherboard to the red plastic coated antenna in the rear of the handset. The metal spring connector was damaged so I ended up making a custom mod using heavy aluminum foil to create my own replacement and sure enough it worked. Instead of having 2-3 bars sitting beside my micro-cell, I have 5 bars and 3-5 bars in the basement now too. Looks to have solved the problem!
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Sweet, I've been noticing some signal strength issues too and was starting to wonder if it was something internal. I'll have to try that fix!
Glad to hear that you've solved your problem. The Kansas City area has really had some issues with signal strength. I would think of all places, the hometown of Sprint would see a little more love.
Not sure what to make of this. I'll be somewhere, usually indoors but not always. I know there are some places indoors that you can barely get a signal (I usually go by how many bars there are in cases like that). But I'll grab my phone, lookup something on the internet, or check flipboard and no data at all.
The status bar will show 4G LTE with the little orange things going back and forth. Sometimes I can reboot the phone and it will work but more often than not it doesn't Just seems weird that if I can't get data, why is the 4G icon acting like there's no problem, and why can't it revert to either plain 4G (HSPDA+) or even 3G? I'm on the stock rom, rooted.
I live in Southwest Houston, TX, and rarely go out of that area so I don't know if it's a local problem or not. On that subject, I was in downtown Houston last week and was told that nobody's data will work there which seems very odd...?
I'm thinking maybe I need another SIM card?
anyone?
I had the same problem on my gs3. I called att they just had me reset the phone and disconnected me from there network then put me back on it.. Still had the problem. att sent me a new gs3 after that.. Same problem. I now got them to upgrade me to the note 2 . Love this phone.. Also has the same problem and i am on a new sim card with this phone. Its not as bad as the gs3 but the problem still happens. I am in Denver , Colorado.
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anyone?
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It the network in Houston it has to be. I am from Louisiana and was in Houston all weekend and had problems non stop and battery draining very fast. I have had no problems in New Orleans or outside of Houston. Most of the issues are in downtown.
This happens to me also. Inside my house, I have poor coverage and this will happen to me even sometimes when the phone shows 1-3 bars of signal. Can't sent a txt message or anything. Sometimes it will start working again in a few minutes... sometimes I toggle airplane mode to make it work again. Frustrating!
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This happens to me also. Inside my house, I have poor coverage and this will happen to me even sometimes when the phone shows 1-3 bars of signal. Can't sent a txt message or anything. Sometimes it will start working again in a few minutes... sometimes I toggle airplane mode to make it work again. Frustrating!
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This happens to me sometimes, but only with sending and receiving mms. I'm in Dallas, but it also happens when on our microcell. We're on our way to Houston right now, so this should be interesting. Partner's mom says gps/google maps is useless down there. Ugh.
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