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Ever since eclair, I've been using the Roam Control app alot on my Epic. There are certain areas that I am in daily that just get spotty/no signal at all. I flash ROMs quite often, and one of the ROMs I flashed in the past killed the Roam Control app. I'm not sure if flashing Froyo was the reason, but I do know that it worked perfectly in the past with this phone.
When I press roam only, it doesn't do anything. It asks for SU permission but the signal bars stay the same. I don't lose signal all together or roam-- this app has no effect on me anymore.
What is the problem here? I am using the latest version of the app (1.5.4) and if it means anything, I'm on ACS' wonderful ROM- 1.1.1.
Does this happen to anyone else, and is there any way to fix it or any other way to force roam?
Thanks!
I had mine break before as it kept telling me to purchase it even though I had already. After numerous attempts of clicking roam, switching devices in settings and trying to connect, uninstalling and reinstalling, and reboots it randomly started working again. Sorry that's not much help but maybe one of those techniques will work for you I wish I knew what exactly fixed but I was doing everything that I don't remember what it finally was, sorry.
I now just use a verizon prl instead so I can get 3g and not just the 1x roam control only allows. Good luck. If I think of anything about exactly what I did I'll let u know.
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I checked the auto reboot and when it eventually rebooted, it actually messed up my phone and I got a bunch of FC's
How do you use the Verizon PRL?
Roam control actually works much better for me now the I'm on the ee03 modem
Hmm...theres something wrong on my end then? I tried installing the Roam Control before anything else and it still doesn't work.
Are there any other apps that force roam?
i intsalled roam control and it did nothing. i set everything up and when i manually set it to roam it does nothing. i set it to auto and move to an area i know i get terrible signal and nothing. odd seeing as it has worked for so many.
In my house I get 1 bar on sprint towers, and when I turn on roam control I get 5 on verizons, Ive been using it since February and I believe twice it would kinda wig out and say no signal for about 10 mins or so no matter what I did, I believe it was some kind of auto update or perhaps just resetting itself? Anyways it always came back, the first time was like 10 mins the second was about 5 mins. I know that doesnt explain anything but Its what I have experianced using it. All in all a great app that I use all the time.
I am on the SFR 1.1.1 with EE03 modem and use Roam Control while at work all the time with no problems. I have had the license issue before, but a phone reboot and data connection fixed that.
I would recheck Superuser to see if Roam Control still had permission, also check mobile network settings set to Automatic, and then maybe fix permissions with CWM.
Disclaimer: I am not very developer savvy, so I do not know if these are a waster of time or not.
notmyepic said:
I am on the SFR 1.1.1 with EE03 modem and use Roam Control while at work all the time with no problems. I have had the license issue before, but a phone reboot and data connection fixed that.
I would recheck Superuser to see if Roam Control still had permission, also check mobile network settings set to Automatic, and then maybe fix permissions with CWM.
Disclaimer: I am not very developer savvy, so I do not know if these are a waster of time or not.
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I wiped all my data and started from fresh, installing Roam Control, making sure that it had SU permission, and made sure that roaming was allowed in the mobile network settings. I went into CWM and fixed my permissions, but it's still the same
Edit: I also updated my PRL but no dough.
brianhuangbh said:
I wiped all my data and started from fresh, installing Roam Control, making sure that it had SU permission, and made sure that roaming was allowed in the mobile network settings. I went into CWM and fixed my permissions, but it's still the same
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I am on my own version of SRF 1.1.0 called RandomRom linked in my signature. I baked in a lot of the mods that are now added into SRF 1.1.0. It uses Genocide to avoid freezing issues, and comes pre-journaled.
Using my Rom and EC05, roam control works great for me every day in my house. I know for a fact that RC can be a fickle app, so maybe give it a try?
brianhuangbh said:
I checked the auto reboot and when it eventually rebooted, it actually messed up my phone and I got a bunch of FC's
How do you use the Verizon PRL?
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In the development section they'd a section on how to manually update your prl. Its pretty good instructions. Just find the prl u want to use. I'm u do ng a 0001. I can't remember where I found it if its not in that thread. I'll look later.
Every few weeks I get rolled back to sprint prl but I just take the 2 to change back. If u need any thing else let me know.
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stormglove said:
In the development section they'd a section on how to manually update your prl. Its pretty good instructions. Just find the prl u want to use. I'm u do ng a 0001. I can't remember where I found it if its not in that thread. I'll look later.
Every few weeks I get rolled back to sprint prl but I just take the 2 to change back. If u need any thing else let me know.
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Just be warned, 3G roaming on Verizon may venture into excessive roaming of your Sprint contract and get your account cancelled. No one has a completely clear answer on what excessive is.
RandomKing said:
Just be warned, 3G roaming on Verizon may venture into excessive roaming of your Sprint contract and get your account cancelled. No one has a completely clear answer on what excessive is.
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I used roam control pretty much non stop for a couple months and have been on this prl for about another two months and no warnings or anything here. I'm in ms and we don't even have 3g where I'm at. The 0001 prl claims to trick your phone into showing sprint also . So that could be why.
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If you are using a backup version of Roam Control then it will not work for some reason.. everytime I change to a diffrent ROM and try reinstalling my apps that I backed up.. Roam Control does the samething.. it wont change your signal.. it just does nothing..
this happens no matter how I restore it.. using Titanium Backup, APP Monster or MyBackup Pro.
Roam Control is the only app I have to reinstall from the Market for it to work properly.
Hope this helped!!
Just to be sure, everyone having problems with Roam Control is going into settings and choosing Samsung as their phone model...yeah?
I've had a few problems with roaming on the GB leak, but it's mostly just more of the same weirdness where I randomly have to reset the modem to get a data connection, and Android refuses to 'Never Ask Again', no matter what settings I check.
Otherwise, I've been roaming with Roam Control daily at work. Mind you, I'm not on any custom kernels.
/sometimes if I start Roam Control when I have absolutely no signal, it'll try to confirm my license, fail, and then get really really pissy until I close out of it, get data back, and run it again, at which point it behaves like I just installed it
//Roam Control is fantastic for when Gingerbread's data breaks, even when on Sprint, since you can just go in, tap Automatic, and it'll reset the modem for you without requiring a reboot
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In the development section they'd a section on how to manually update your prl. Its pretty good instructions. Just find the prl u want to use. I'm u do ng a 0001. I can't remember where I found it if its not in that thread. I'll look later.
Every few weeks I get rolled back to sprint prl but I just take the 2 to change back. If u need any thing else let me know.
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Hey, thanks for that. What do I lose using a Verizon PRL? Do I still get my WiMAX 4g access if I use verizon PRL?
i use RC1.4 on EE03, works great for calls...data is 1xrtt as u might already know
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I'm using rc1.5.4 and I don't think it works either. I installed it after a day at work which was a bad spot for sprint service but watched my battery drain from 50% in 3 hours with a couple phone calls, emails and texts. Then my battery died. I was not happy that it drained sooo fast. Do any of the earlier versions work? Before 1.4?
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I'm using rc1.5.4 and I don't think it works either. I installed it after a day at work which was a bad spot for sprint service but watched my battery drain from 50% in 3 hours with a couple phone calls, emails and texts. Then my battery died. I was not happy that it drained sooo fast. Do any of the earlier versions work? Before 1.4?
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Hmm. Whenever I used to use Roam Control in the past, it gave me much much more battery life. (almost double actually)
But now it doesn't work at all.
The developer of Roam Control is here on XDA, shoot him a PM. He's a really helpful kind of guy.
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So I have been using ICS starting with FD05 upgraded to FD10 and started having issues a few days after i upgraded... until today I cant make any calls but only in roaming mode... downgraded to EL29 and even went completely stock with no root to see if I could get a system update or anything.. and no luck.. sometimes it will let me update prl and profile.. but other times it errors out...also for a second it seemed if I turned off 3g service my calls work connect to sprint service.. but I couldn't simulate that so called fix again..
my plr is 60686 near the Seattle area if that makes any diff...
missed a call from work and almost lost my job because of this... any help would be great...
I seen some new post about prl... but nothing really what I am experiencing..
Jeepguyxj said:
So I have been using ICS starting with FD05 upgraded to FD10 and started having issues a few days after i upgraded... until today I cant make any calls but only in roaming mode... downgraded to EL29 and even went completely stock with no root to see if I could get a system update or anything.. and no luck.. sometimes it will let me update prl and profile.. but other times it errors out...also for a second it seemed if I turned off 3g service my calls work connect to sprint service.. but I couldn't simulate that so called fix again..
my plr is 60686 near the Seattle area if that makes any diff...
missed a call from work and almost lost my job because of this... any help would be great...
I seen some new post about prl... but nothing really what I am experiencing..
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Your post was a little hard to follow. You have used the one-click odin to go back to a stock rooted rom and are still having problems, is that correct?
Try this
##72786# then enter your MSL code then click okay to reset data. This will only reset and re-provision/activate your phone to Sprint. This will create a new profile on Sprints network and will give you any new network settings that may have changed in your area
1. Download "Terminal Emulator" from the app market.2. Open Terminal Emulator.3. type in getprop ril.MSL (make sure the .MSL is capitalized)4. Press enter and poof, you have your MSL code.
Helps to not use swype .....while doing this as Swype will capitalize the i in ril
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Epix4G said:
Try this
##72786# then enter your MSL code then click okay to reset data. This will only reset and re-provision/activate your phone to Sprint. This will create a new profile on Sprints network and will give you any new network settings that may have changed in your area
1. Download "Terminal Emulator" from the app market.2. Open Terminal Emulator.3. type in getprop ril.MSL (make sure the .MSL is capitalized)4. Press enter and poof, you have your MSL code.
Helps to not use swype .....while doing this as Swype will capitalize the i in ril
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Great info. Will this have any other affect other than reprovisioning the phone?
tdunham said:
Great info. Will this have any other affect other than reprovisioning the phone?
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Not that i know of .... Then do a prl and profile update....
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Epix4G said:
Try this
##72786# then enter your MSL code then click okay to reset data. This will only reset and re-provision/activate your phone to Sprint. This will create a new profile on Sprints network and will give you any new network settings that may have changed in your area
1. Download "Terminal Emulator" from the app market.2. Open Terminal Emulator.3. type in getprop ril.MSL (make sure the .MSL is capitalized)4. Press enter and poof, you have your MSL code.
Helps to not use swype .....while doing this as Swype will capitalize the i in ril
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Dang Was hopeful that this was going to work... Did everything you said and I still cant make sprint network calls only roaming... tho now it updated prl and profile very fast.. just wont let me make phone calls...
Jeepguyxj said:
Dang Was hopeful that this was going to work... Did everything you said and I still cant make sprint network calls only roaming... tho now it updated prl and profile very fast.. just wont let me make phone calls...
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Next is to use Odin to flash modem and then see if it still don't work
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Epix4G said:
Next is to use Odin to flash modem and then see if it still don't work
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Ive already flashed a EL29 modem and still no luck
Im on EL29 GB complete stock no root or anything... should I reflash the same modem (EL29) or go with like EL26?
also I chatted with sprint today and they said there is an outage in my area and it started today at 12:00... even tho my issue started yesterday at 4pm ish... looks like im going to have to wait to see if they fix it on there side before I can say there is something wrong on my end... THANKS SPRINT!!!
Jeepguyxj said:
Dang Was hopeful that this was going to work... Did everything you said and I still cant make sprint network calls only roaming... tho now it updated prl and profile very fast.. just wont let me make phone calls...
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You didn't associate your phone with google voice at any point did you? Caused me a ton of problems.
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tdunham said:
Your post was a little hard to follow. You have used the one-click odin to go back to a stock rooted rom and are still having problems, is that correct?
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So basically... Last week i was running ICS FD05 for a few days and then upgrade fresh install to FD10 ICS... Monday this week I missed a phone call around 5AM for my work.. didn't think about it much...
but yesterday I was having issues with getting text and sending them... with double sending and just not sending at all.. so I figured maybe its the new leak that messed up so I went back to stock rooted EL29 with one click (done it before several times) but went I went back it seemed that I cant make phone calls to my Voicemail or anyone else for that matter unless I was roaming...
I have tried flashing back to an ICS build and that hasn't helped... also I reinstalled a 60686 prl from a post in development (thought that my prl was corrupt) and also did a factory reset with my MSL number like Epix4g told me to do.
and No never used google voice at all.. was thinking about it after this fiasco... but staying away till i get a better picture of whats going on
Jeepguyxj said:
No never used google voice at all.. was thinking about it after this fiasco... but staying away till i get a better picture of whats going on
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FYI, I can relate with you. For the last several weeks I can't recieve phone calls or voicemails. The problem has been intermittent. Calls drop straight to voicemail and I'll get the visual voicemail notification hours later.
I can't blame this one on ICS, I've been using GB roms and it's happened on several (worth a try). But I swear it started happening after I thought I'd give Gvoice a try. Getting rid of it is a different conversation. I've been back and forth with Sprint a few times too. Just got off of the phone a few minutes ago because it happened again today.
Keep me apprised too.
I don't have any problem with gv but I don't inter grate it with sprint I just use the voice mail part ....when u first install just click skip and then go from there .... I hated it making u hit 1 to answer and the look of the text part ....it is OK for just voicemail though to me
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Going about 30miles away from my house to see if it has anything to do with the cell tower.. wish me luck..
Jeepguyxj said:
Going about 30miles away from my house to see if it has anything to do with the cell tower.. wish me luck..
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LOL, bring back some hot wings please.
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LOL, bring back some hot wings please.
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Well I get great service anywhere else other than my house... I do think that my prl was corrupt.. but im going to flash the new FD16 ICS and call it good....
and tdunham... all I have is a half ate bag of funyuns... sorry no wings for you!...lol
so im going to give sprint a few days to fix their tower before I give them hell for bad service... thanks for your help all
Update to my problem
So if anyone cares I still don't have a native signal from sprint in my house.. they say that are still working on it and cant find the problem... so sprint tech support sent me an Airave ... hooked it up today... I get full bars now and pretty clear signal (just don't stand in front of it) and best of all no fee and no monthly charges unless you have an issue with credit then they charge you 5 bucks a month
the only things that suck with this is that when you make or get a call it has 3 beeps (letting you know that you are on the Airave signal)
also if you are roaming you get the same 3 beeps but you have a triangle above your signal bars
but non the less no more dropped calls from my house and has built in GPS
So if you have a weak signal or or none at all this might be right up your ally.
It seems that you get your signal from your high speed internet so make sure you have that before getting an Airave... thanks for all your help!
Ok so I bought roam control and it seems as tho it refuses to go into roaming.
I read this faq and it says,
"My phone does not get any signal when in “roam only” mode.
Chances are you have a Samsung phone. Samsung phones have different behavior - when in "roam only", they only roam on the 800mhz frequency band. There are areas in the US that are 1900mhz only, which means that Samsung phones will not get a signal in those areas."
However, when i'm not trying to force roam, it still goes into roaming sometimes but only when i'm not forcing it.
Is there any way I can change something to make it work?
Some one here may have an answer but if the application is 'acting up'/buggy you may have to contact the developer
Did you see this:
"Please send all questions and comments to [email protected]" The developer may be able to help you.
Or this one:
"If you wish to contact us, please send questions and comments to [email protected]. Make sure to include as many details as possible in your email."
Yeah I noticed that but I had assumed that this was something I could get a quicker response from our community. I'll contact him.
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I have been using roam control since I got this phione and before on a Samsung Moment.
When I was running GB roms on this phone it worked flawlessly with it set to:
Phone Manufacturer: Samsung
Action after selection: exit app
Since I changed to ICS roms it has been a bit wonky though (same settings). It sometimes takes a minute or two to switch in or out of forced roam. Very infrequently it drops out of the app without doing anything. Make sure you have the roam notification box checked off while troubleshooting so you know what state it is really in. Also maybe try changing the action setting to reboot after selection as that was required for my Moment to work correctly. Since you have just installed it, this is probably not an issue for you but several times after flashing new roms it stopped working and I had to delete/reinstall it after restoring my apps. Just deleting data and cache never fixed it. Even now I "think" it is acting up a little but it is working correctly.
Well I have actually tried it on 3 roms now and its the same result. I've tried the rebooting option but that didn't work either. I first tried on aokp and then on stock fe10 and now on gb el29, none of which will pick up the roaming.
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peanut1596 said:
Well I have actually tried it on 3 roms now and its the same result. I've tried the rebooting option but that didn't work either. I first tried on aokp and then on stock fe10 and now on gb el29, none of which will pick up the roaming.
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Of you have not already, try updating your PRL. After that maybe try changing to a custom PRL for the sake of troubleshooting. I am currently using 11119
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
Care must be taken with regards to bandwidth of you were to stay running that way, but it might help. I wouldn't want to see you lose your contract on accounts of listening to me. LOL
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Yeah I forgot to mention that I have used custom prls. However, I haven't yet tried 11119. I'll give it a shot and post an update in a bit.
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...same **** different day.... Its just refusing to connect. Developer hasn't responded yet but I'm waiting.
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been using an older version of roam control for a while now.. just downloaded cm9a4 last night while using roam control to force roam.. has worked flawless on multiple roms for me.. when i have issues i go into network settings and make sure its set to automatic, and turn the data roaming guards off, then open up rc and set to roam only
Is there a link so I can try an older version? Or could you email me the apk or something? Maybe that's all I need, an older version.
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I'm running the newest version of ROAM Control with PRL 11115 and it works flawlessly on both GB and ICS.
The trick, you really need to pay for it. The newest versions hacked and cracked simply do not work right. Sometimes they work for a while then they do not but paid for legit keys work 100% from what I've seen.
Out of respect for Mr Greg I'd rather not say which one older version seems to work 100% even if its pirated but as I said above, the newest one with a legit key will work.
I think a lot of it has to do with the part of the country your in. In the Omaha area...feel free to chime in Omaha-ens, it just won't work. I think it has to do with the frequency issue and the network your trying to roam too.
I'm not looking for a freebie. I did buy it. It just won't work for me, which is why i'm looking for an older version.
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I'm not looking for a freebie. I did buy it. It just won't work for me, which is why i'm looking for an older version.
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In which case if you go to RC's webpage and email Mr. Greg I would assume he can hook you up with what you need.
Yeah, i'm waiting on a response. I trust that we will figure this out.
If you searched any of the other 10 or so threads on this you would see Samsung cannot always roam 3G depending on what spectrum Verizon is using, it has to do with PCS block.
If you roam 1x at all forced it is working.
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No, it gets absolutely NO signal of any sort when trying to force roam.
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Then your probably not in an area where there is a roaming partner broadcasting on 800mhz.
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Have you tried out any of the other PRLs yet Peanut?
This is the thread I use for PRLs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521343
for some reason i cant connect to my browser or anything using Data. i've flashed 3 different roms to see if i got the same results and still no data but everything else works fine Voice and Text.. and im in Orlando Fl. in case you guys were wondering
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mackentosh said:
for some reason i cant connect to my browser or anything using Data. i've flashed 3 different roms to see if i got the same results and still no data but everything else works fine Voice and Text.. and im in Orlando Fl. in case you guys were wondering
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I'm having the same issue, I didn't check this morning before I left Lakeland, but I'm near Lee and OBT and have no data on my Evo LTE. I am at least glad to see its not my ROM either.
:crying: im having the same issue. since i woke up about an hour ago ive noticed i have absolutely no data(west palm beach fl)... sprint has me on hold now
I spoke with Sprint and they said the network was down in Orlando and they are crediting my account for the down time.
Ok so it's not just me then but I'm calling to get my credit tho
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I'm back online
Hearing stuff like this makes me wanna switch carriers.
Not sure if its just the carrier here. I've had this trouble on 2 different ROMs and the millisecond I wipe and re-flash I get data back. Some people have the same thing, others have not a clue in hell what were talking about.
Check your APN setting. Under setting- more setting- mobile network - APN.
What ROM are you on now?
If not call your carrier operator.
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Check your APN setting. Under setting- more setting- mobile network - APN.
What ROM are you on now?
If not call your carrier operator.
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I don't have that option, task&ktoonsez aokp jellybean. Had problems on cm10 nightlies and this. This ROM is epic awesome but I can't not have data. I had stock ROM rooted on stock lf9 radio, never un-rooted and updated. Not a single problem for months. Put cm10 on and within the first week, no data. Re flashed, still none. Flashed all 4 radio versions, then lost phone service. Flashed aokp last Monday, good until I woke up this morning. Went to bed last night with 20mbps 4glte connection, phone never moved, woke up with no data. I can get 3g once every 2 hours or so at a bandwidth of .6kbps ( speed test certified).
Try calling your network operator. Or you can reflash stock firmware and see if problem persist.
But CM10 by default has a wrong APN setting (For me) and I just change according to the right one and it is perfect now.
But reflash stock.one and try.
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amosljl1995 said:
Try calling your network operator. Or you can reflash stock firmware and see if problem persist.
But CM10 by default has a wrong APN setting (For me) and I just change according to the right one and it is perfect now.
But reflash stock.one and try.
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Called net op, reset connection with., otherwise... no help. Also I know nothing about apn's, however there was an APN update in the last change log. When I say I know nothing about apn's, that's literal. I don't even know what the acronym stands for.
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pimpitout007 said:
I spoke with Sprint and they said the network was down in Orlando and they are crediting my account for the down time.
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My friend is having a lot of issue with data in NJ with sprint. Maybe the they are testing LTE which is causing issues?
Data is back. titanium backup of user apps+data, backed up the built in launcher to SD, wiped, flash, gapps. Data working and phone is like I never left. Going to use all of the dev logging and track what I do day to day to see what the hold up is here.
No idea then....
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Call to action!
mackentosh said:
for some reason i cant connect to my browser or anything using Data. i've flashed 3 different roms to see if i got the same results and still no data but everything else works fine Voice and Text.. and im in Orlando Fl. in case you guys were wondering
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TO ALL!!!! this is a call to action. I too, like many others are experiencing unacceptable data speeds while on 3G and in great reception while using the Galaxy S III. the speeds I should be receiving are 1.5-3 MB/s but instead I am receiving around 128Kb/s in the city and within excellent service. We all have to pay a 'Premium Data Add-On' charges just to own these phones and this is unacceptable. Please write an Email to [email protected], vice president of customer experience at sprint and let him know what you are experiencing. Maybe if enough pissed off customers write, they will finally listen!
When I try to update my data profile (because of VERY slow 3G speeds on my E4GT converted to Boost) I get "The profile update could not be completed. Error: Unknown error". Sometimes, I also get the Error 67, that my Sprint data username and password are incorrect. The E4GT is on a stock GB ROM.
The 3G symbol and arrows take several seconds to appear after I take the phone out of airplane mode, sometimes requiring a restart, and even then, once they appear, they sometimes stay greyed out even though apps are asking for data. When the arrows do go green and orange to indicate active data transfer, it's VERY slow, almost 1x like.
Also, sometimes, far far more often than my Galaxy S1, the signal bars will drop from very good signal (full or almost full) to half or to almost none, then come back up.
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In testing my 3G connection speed with the Ookla Speedtest.net app right now, my first test got a 962ms ping, a download of 121kbps, and an upload of 152kbps. Two further tests resulted on "network communication issues) with the 3G icon's arrows being greyed out. It was on the Witchita, KS server. I could not get it on the San Francisco server that my Galaxy S1 tested on, as the listbox to choose the server would not scroll to server more than about 1,000 KM away.
For reference, in the same spot, my Sprint/Samsung Galaxy S1 (on Boost, with the same account that's now on the E4GT - Neither is on the network at the same time as the other) scores thus: 126ms ping, a download of 470kbps, and an upload of 797kbps. It was on a local (to me, as in, in my city) server, San Francisco.
Help!
Not saying I know anything about being on Boost but found a couple of XDA threads that talk about Profile/Prl updating on Boost and tweaks for speeds on 3g/4g and wifi.
I'm sure there's a better/quicker answer from the Boost folks here but this might help get you started if you haven't seen them.
Also, saw some outside threads on the same issue you had via Google.
If you've seen these, sorry, just was looking into it.
This post talks about 3g stops working but the method, the poster believes, reset the radio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30389012&postcount=3
Tweaks, general. May help? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506199
MoHoGalore said:
Not saying I know anything about being on Boost but found a couple of XDA threads that talk about Profile/Prl updating on Boost and tweaks for speeds on 3g/4g and wifi.
I'm sure there's a better/quicker answer from the Boost folks here but this might help get you started if you haven't seen them.
Also, saw some outside threads on the same issue you had via Google.
If you've seen these, sorry, just was looking into it.
This post talks about 3g stops working but the method, the poster believes, reset the radio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30389012&postcount=3
Tweaks, general. May help? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506199
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Thanks. I saw the first thread you linked (In fact, that's how I got my OG Epic onto Boost) and did use it (and others) to get my S2 onto Boost. But where in there do you see talk of resetting the radio?
As far as the second thread, I haven't done those tweaks on my OG S1, and it gets MUCH faster data than this S2, so it must be something else.
SweetBearCub said:
Thanks. I saw the first thread you linked (In fact, that's how I got my OG Epic onto Boost) and did use it (and others) to get my S2 onto Boost. But where in there do you see talk of resetting the radio?
As far as the second thread, I haven't done those tweaks on my OG S1, and it gets MUCH faster data than this S2, so it must be something else.
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Sorry, check the link again. I had posted the wrong link originally. Hang on, I'll copy it over to here in case I linked it wrong.
:edit: Here's the post. Sorry about that. And this was taken from a Boost user post on 3g stops functioning.
peryp9 said:
I fixed the problem. Here's what I did, just in case someone else's phone experiences the same symptoms.
-from the dialer, type ##3282# ...
-click EDIT and type your MSL code
-select EVDO from the menu
-I waited about 3 seconds while the signal bars and the 3G icons disappeared ... then I waited another couple of seconds for the icons to re-appear
-then I pressed the back button until I was back in the Home screen
NOTE: I didn't change any settings during this procedure, the 3G restored itself just by entering and exiting this menu
It looks like the radio resets during this procedure and everything restores back to normal. It's interesting that updating the Profile and the PRL did not help, even though the radio resets itself after performing said updates.
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MoHoGalore said:
Sorry, check the link again. I had posted the wrong link originally. Hang on, I'll copy it over to here in case I linked it wrong.
:edit: Here's the post. Sorry about that. And this was taken from a Boost user post on 3g stops functioning.
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I tried the radio reset procedure you quoted, but it had no effect. Here's a video (4m, 14s) showing me trying the reset procedure and a speed test afterward, as well as my profile update difficulties.
Take a look. My apologies for the focus issues. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MMh4gD7sGA
Have you manually set prl or tweaked anything on any settings?
And is this new or always after you changed it to boost?
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MoHoGalore said:
Have you manually set prl or tweaked anything on any settings?
And is this new or always after you changed it to boost?
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I have not set a PRL. The only thing I tweaked was to remove the Sprint proxy in ##3282, though this did not help my speeds. When I bought the phone it had a bad ESN, so I never activated it on Sprint, only on Boost.
SweetBearCub said:
I have not set a PRL. The only thing I tweaked was to remove the Sprint proxy in ##3282, though this did not help my speeds. When I bought the phone it had a bad ESN, so I never activated it on Sprint, only on Boost.
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Only thing i would think to try is flashing a one click, since I've seen others on boost that says it doesn't change keys etc, and seeing of that helps.
Wish i had more experience with boost to be of any help.
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MoHoGalore said:
Only thing i would think to try is flashing a one click, since I've seen others on boost that says it doesn't change keys etc, and seeing of that helps.
Wish i had more experience with boost to be of any help.
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I tried a one click back to EL29 (Gingerbread) last night since I read that I must be on a GB ROM to install CWM and proceed from there. No change in speeds, still have the error 67 registration failure.
Further, I rolled my OG Epic 4G back to stock so that I could get at the dialer codes and get it recognized in QPST, read its settings and saved them to a file, then opened up my E4GT in a window beside it. I then duped all the M.IP and PPP Config settings. I also checked the NAM settings to make sure they agreed.
No luck, I'm still having the same issues, while my OG Epic 4G is not.