Phone sometimes stuck searching for signal? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Sometimes my phone, even when there definitely is signal, would say searching for signal. It would take a couple reboots before I get my signal back. Even tried manual registration, it would get stuck registering on the tmobile network. Im running darkside v8, could anyone help with this annoying issue?

Flash another radio?
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Trying lc8 radio , hope this solves the issue
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For Darkside ICS roms, you need to use their modded radios, if you don't flash theirs, you will get data and signal issues. Check their thread for downloads.

I tried this , still didn't help. I switched to cm9 and installed the recommended uvle1 radio , and I still had the same problem. Either I had to manually register on T-Mobile or keep rebooting until signal came back (I'm in a full signal area)
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agentg1001 said:
I tried this , still didn't help. I switched to cm9 and installed the recommended uvle1 radio , and I still had the same problem. Either I had to manually register on T-Mobile or keep rebooting until signal came back (I'm in a full signal area)
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I'm pretty certain this is an ics issue for some people. I had same thing last night, flashed gb, instant signal. If yours is consistent then I suggest running logcat to see what android is doing .
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My wifes is doing the same thing. It hasn't ever been rooted. Sometimes all she can get is E or G and then it drops. We have 3G area but it doesn't pick it up. Maybe I need to root it and flash a new radio. Any thoughts would be great. Thanks
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Hmmm strange , actually, mines worked fine before I upgraded to an ics rom , either cm9 or darkside evo . No signal drops whatsoever , not sure what's going on now , sim card seems to be fine , no drops In a froyo sidekick 4g
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A strange update on this thread, my problems with signal loss are now gone now that I'm on cm10
Edit: when it boots I have to make sure its 2g/3g setting otherwise it boots with no signal
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Disregard what I said in my previous post, I'm really hoping for a real solution/possible flaw with my gs2. I had to move my sim in my sidekick 4g, because my gs2 didn't seem to pick up any signal, and registering on the network would take forever . This is the biggest problem I have with my gs2. I can't always be moving my sim to the sk4g everytim my gs2 doesn't want to pick up signal, its very inconvenient. If it helps at all, I've had this issue every since I've gone beyond gb (this only seems to happen in ics and jb)
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[Q][GSM] Losing data connection all the time

A few weeks ago I started to have this problem; i'm ussually connected to the HDSPA network, but the phone turns data off all the time and the only way to get the signal back is rebooting (even turning on and off plane mode doesn't solve it). Calls work perfectly.
I'm on stock 4.0.4, no modified kernels or roms. My carrier is Simyo, Spain.
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Egoz3ntrum said:
A few weeks ago I started to have this problem; i'm ussually connected to the HDSPA network, but the phone turns data off all the time and the only way to get the signal back is rebooting (even turning on and off plane mode doesn't solve it). Calls work perfectly.
I'm on stock 4.0.4, no modified kernels or roms. My carrier is Simyo, Spain.
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im having the same issue here. i noticed it right away when i just got my phone today and it also has stock 4.0.4. are u on tmobile as well?
s10shane said:
im having the same issue here. i noticed it right away when i just got my phone today and it also has stock 4.0.4. are u on tmobile as well?
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No, I'm from Spain, my carrier is called Simyo, but it uses the Orange network.
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Egoz3ntrum said:
No, I'm from Spain, my carrier is called Simyo, but it uses the Orange network.
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/gsm-galaxy-nexus-signal-problem-issue-android-4-0-4/
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s10shane said:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/gsm-galaxy-nexus-signal-problem-issue-android-4-0-4/
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That´s not my problem; the phone functions work great all the time, but data connection goes off. It happened when I was on 4.0.2 and now on 4.0.4 the issue is still there.
I too am having this same issue with a GSM Galaxy Nexus on stock yakju 4.0.4, but I'm in Canada on the Bell network, and did change the radio to the one they install on their phones.
I've been having this same problem just in the last day or two, ever since I enabled NFC. 4.04, stock kernel, calls go through as normal but no network data. When I disable NFC, everything is back to normal. Anyone else notice conflict with NFC enabled?
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/gsm-galaxy-nexus-signal-problem-issue-android-4-0-4/
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I believe this is with the 4.0.4 IMM76D build, it's fixed on 4.0.4 IMM76I.
Again, what the OP has reported, and I am experiencing the same, is that network connectivity does not drop, rather that at least in some scenarios (as is my experience with NFC enabled) network data drops. Really curious if anyone else out there has seen the same on the most recent build and in particular if anyone else has seen a conflict with NFC enabled.
Try matching your radio interface layer with the radio version. This app will help
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sibbor.getril
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My baseband and RIL match. Now i'm using franco m4 but the problem persists.
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RIL and baseband matching here too. Thx for suggestion though. Handy little app too.
Unrelated, perhaps.
Sorry, but this might not be related: I have an issue with the phone going into 2G when I'm at work -- 23rd floor office. I must manually change it to 2G/Edge every time. All the other folks around me seem to continue without issue and are able to make calls although their signal isn't too hot. GetRIL says baseband and RIL match. I'm using XXLA2 on AT&T in NYC.
Tried searching around for a solution, but I'm not finding anything.
I had the data drop issue as well, not sure if this is related, but around the same time I matched up my RIL, I also switched from francokernel to glados. I have been using glados 1.34 & have not had the issue since.
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I've noticed that data connection seems to drop when I switch apps. Does this happen to anybody else? Whenever I switch from one app to another, say from Chrome to Twitter, data connection is lost and then reconnects in about 5 to 10 seconds. There's been occasions when I've lost network signal completely and the only fix, other than to reboot, seems to be to turn airplane mode on and to turn it off again.
I have a GSM Gnex. Is this a hardware problem or will it be fixed with 4.0.5?

Anyway to boost the signal reception on the gs2?

I signed up with tmobile about two weeks ago and have had no complaints until now. All of a sudden I am having trouble keeping a constant data connection at my place of business. Idk if its my phone or a problem with the local tower but the signal is all over the place while browsing the web. It looks like a strong signal until I go to use data then it drops to nothing. Last week this wasn't a problem at all.
Any tweeks or hardware I can buy to help remedy this?
My phone is completely stock and I am on the 30/month pre paid plan if that makes a difference.
Are there any better radios out that can be installed maybe?
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Is WIFI available at your place of business? If you are completely stock I'm assuming you are on GB. If that is the case use the WIFI calling feature offered by T-Mobile. If WIfI is not availiable you can try flashing the Blaze modem it improved my data speeds.
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Unfortunately WiFi is not available. I will look onto flashing the blaze modem. Thanks!
If ICS is indeed right around the corner will it come with different modems?
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busab said:
Unfortunately WiFi is not available. I will look onto flashing the blaze modem. Thanks!
If ICS is indeed right around the corner will it come with different modems?
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Well hopefully it is right around the corner and we can have the current crop of ICS roms rebased off the T-Mobile S2 stock build and not from our distant cousin AT&T SkyRocket's build. But to be honest I’m not sure if it will or will not but I’m assuming it will as the current set of radios needed to be tweaked to work on current ICS roms. Any who if you want Mr. X has a list of some radios that he has tried and reported working he listed radios for both GB & ICS which I will post a link to his thread below. Try them out and you might just find one that works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426001
I called tmobile about what was going on. They said they were going to try to reset my data connection and that I should reboot my phone and of its not fixed in a couple hours then to call them back.
I did this and all is well again! I'm back to a good signal and have not had any data issues in the past couple hours!
Thanks for all your help though it was greatly appreciated!
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Glad to hear T-Mobile was able to help fix your issue
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ROMS not keeping 4G

I have been flashing for years and i just came over from ATT SG3 where i had no problems flashing and retaining 4g, but now on tmobile every rom i flash all i ever get is 3g and never 4g .. only for a brief second. the reason i came from ATT was the unlimited data.. can someone please assist as i used CM10, AOKP, WICKEDv5, blackjelly..... i cant figured it out. any help would be appreciated.
So you have the T-Mobile version now? Tried different radios
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Teo032 said:
So you have the T-Mobile version now? Tried different radios
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I have tried every single radio but alas.. i have had no luck and i live in Phoenix, AZ and i have tried all the 4.1.1 modems
OptimusSteel34 said:
I have tried every single radio but alas.. i have had no luck and i live in Phoenix, AZ and i have tried all the 4.1.1 modems
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Hmm i would think Phoenix should have good service. Maybe you should Odin back to stock and start all over. Radio is the only reason i can think of that would affect the speed.
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How are you distinguishing what connection you are on? Many roms will show H+ instead of 4g
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I'm on stock. Rooted yesterday and download speeds seem slower now. I will do more testing this afternoon.
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well on the t-mobile variations the best you can get is H+ and most ROMs show that. other than that, try using a different kernel. that was the problem for me where my data wouldn't even work sometimes.
It looks like op knows the difference between 3g and 4g/H+ he noticed that he only gets 4g for like a second here and there and that's it.
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I had a similar problem. What happened with me was one day I went from great 4G (HSPA+) speeds 80ms Ping, 25MB Down, 4MB Up to all of the sudden a 1200ms Ping with 0.05MB Down and NO UPLOAD.
Turns out it was a problem with some towers in my area. Took T-Mobile two weeks to fix everything. Not sure if that is what's happening here but it could be possible.
OptimusSteel34 said:
I have tried every single radio but alas.. i have had no luck and i live in Phoenix, AZ and i have tried all the 4.1.1 modems
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I live in phoenix, Arizona.
My sun niggaa!
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Same issue AOKP Build5 4.2.2
I too have this same issue with AOKP build 5 solid 3g but no 4g (H+) (tmo)
Stock however has solid 4g (chandler AZ)
gonna try CM and see what happens there.
Also gonna research radios aswell (really really really liked AOKP just didnt like being back on 3g)

4g lte not working

I am running the latest cm10 nightly and I haven't been able to connect to 4g lte for the last week or two. Is anyone else having this problem? Has anyone found a solution?
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Which market are you in? There's a chance that the tower was only on for testing and has since been turned off. There's also a chance that another tower closer to you is currently being upgraded, so the phone is trying to connect to that tower's LTE, getting rejected, and falling back to 3G. That's what's happening to me, and it's frustrating because I had a steady 4G signal for a week and a half, then one day, it refused to stay connected to 4G for longer than a minute. Now, I just have to wait for them to finish the new tower.
The reason could be just about anything depending on your market.
I am in the Atlanta market which has been officially announced. Friends that live nearby have not been having this problem on stock ux software. I was wondering if cm10 has a big or something?
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I am in the Atlanta market which has been officially announced. Friends that live nearby have not been having this problem on stock ux software. I was wondering if cm10 has a big or something?
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Actually, it has a couple LTE bugs. CM10 doesn't currently handle 3G/4G handoffs properly, so that could be part of the issue, but it holds a 4G connection fine if the signal is strong enough, at least from my experience. Another bug is that it will just stop making connections, and you have to wipe data to fix it. Have you tried toggling airplane mode? If that doesn't work, make a nandroid and try a clean install of CM10. I had to do that recently because it completely stopped connecting to 4G and barely connected to 3G. As soon as I booted up, 4G was back (didn't last long, but I explained that in my other post). If wiping data doesn't work, flash to TW and see if the problem persists. If it still doesn't connect, then you may have a hardware issue, but I think that's unlikely since it was working for you before. You never know, though.
Keep in mind, even though Atlanta's been officially launched, it's only about one third complete, so lots of towers are still being upgraded. It's possible you're facing the second issue in my first post, like I am. If so, then just concentrate on how much better it'll be when the new tower is finished.
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Another bug is that it will just stop making connections, and you have to wipe data to fix it. Have you tried toggling airplane mode? If that doesn't work, make a nandroid and try a clean install of CM10. I had to do that recently because it completely stopped connecting to 4G and barely connected to 3G. As soon as I booted up, 4G was back (didn't last long, but I explained that in my other post).
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Happened to me several times. The best thing you can do is make a nandroid once you get your favorite AOSP rom set up to your liking, and restore to it once LTE stops working. I tried to get myself to go to TW but its just so slow
What is TW?
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TouchWiz
I have a similar issue. If i go into settings, about phone, and status I pick up LTE:13, but I get no connection or IP address so I have to change over to 3g. Is this a known issue, and if so is it being addressed? I am currently running nightly 10-14-2012 if it helps. Thanks
Edit: I've tried TW and it works just fine there. 14 down and 6 up.
Its likely to do with cm10. And the handoff issue like it was explained a few posts back. I love cm10 but data would work if u was lucky for 2 hours out of the whole day. So I'm on the leaked lih build. Just gotta wait patiently for the great devs to figure it out.
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Is there an issue with broken Lte after rooting like with wimax and evo?
Even if you are running the stock rom?
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No, not that I've heard about. You should be safe.
What about Google wallet breaking? Thanks
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eyecon82 said:
What about Google wallet breaking? Thanks
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Never heard of that happening, either.

Unlocked att note 2 reception issues on t mobile

This is my first post on xda. Ive searched high and low for a solution. I get very poor reception on my note despite my friends having full bars. I understand I wont get full speeds, but shouldnt I atleast get consistent enough reception to talk and text? Ive also popped in an att sim in to confirm it wasnt hardware.....consistent full bars. Ive tried t mobile roms (jedi x), modem flashes and factory resets. This is really stumping me so I would be very gratefull for any advice or suggestions.
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I also had my t-mobile sim replaced to confirm it wasnt the sim card. I also popped my friends sim who had full bars on his s3 in my note. He also had little to no reception
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I have the same issue. I'm wondering if flashing a tmobile modem will fix the issue.
baseddaddyd said:
I also had my t-mobile sim replaced to confirm it wasnt the sim card. I also popped my friends sim who had full bars on his s3 in my note. He also had little to no reception
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If your phone is a AT&T then try this it's the newest modem
release! :thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274854
varem said:
I have the same issue. I'm wondering if flashing a tmobile modem will fix the issue.
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NEVER flash another carrier modem because all you end up with is boot loops!! Fyi
Try the same as^^^^^^^^^^.
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This worked for me....
baseddaddyd said:
This is my first post on xda. Ive searched high and low for a solution. I get very poor reception on my note despite my friends having full bars. I understand I wont get full speeds, but shouldnt I atleast get consistent enough reception to talk and text? Ive also popped in an att sim in to confirm it wasnt hardware.....consistent full bars. Ive tried t mobile roms (jedi x), modem flashes and factory resets. This is really stumping me so I would be very gratefull for any advice or suggestions.
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I was plagued with weak reception, even got AT&T to send me a MicroCell as calls were dropping at home. I tried rom after rom going from Android 4.1.1 to 4.4.2 and they all had bad reception. I read about people putting wires and things in the external antenna port, but decided against that as I also read that LOTS of people damaged their phone doing that and had to replace the phone. Well, I decided to wipe the phone and normally I wipe Dalvic Cache, Cache, System and Data, then install a new rom...but this time I was going to go back to the original recovery and rom and start all over so I wiped the Internal Cache as well this time, BUT I could not find a stock recovery to install, so I went back to 4.1.1...to my surprise, once I rebooted my reception was strong! I then went back to my nandroid backups and loaded various roms...they were all strong!
Point is, make sure if you are having reception problems to wipe the phone completely (remove your SDCard if you don't want to lose what you have on that) then try reinstalling the rom and see if your reception comes back. Mine has been solid since I wiped the Internal Cache with TWRP and this is the longest I have had good reception in a long time. I am back on Android 4.4.2 and my reception is working great again!
Flash your carrier modem people....done...
And that can even mean a 2 year old modem ....but...
It "must" be the carrier you currently use....g
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