do you use the sprint connection optimizer? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

just curious of people use it or not? On the EVO LTE you wanted to keep wi-fi off as it tended to cause problems when switching from wi-fi to 4g (the problem being you would not get any 4g signal.)

Nope. Annoying having that crap pop up constantly
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mine is checked (which I believe means it is on) but I never have anything pop-up to suggest a different network etc. It does automatically switch to wi-fi given the chance.

God no.

freeza said:
God no.
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lol yeah no.. i'm smart enough to know when to connect to a network

jeeplj8 said:
just curious of people use it or not? On the EVO LTE you wanted to keep wi-fi off as it tended to cause problems when switching from wi-fi to 4g (the problem being you would not get any 4g signal.)
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Wait.. we have a Sprint Connection Optimizer??? Since when???

Optimizer
jeeplj8 said:
just curious of people use it or not? On the EVO LTE you wanted to keep wi-fi off as it tended to cause problems when switching from wi-fi to 4g (the problem being you would not get any 4g signal.)
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That is one of the 109 items that are frozen.

Deleted from my phone, long time ago.
That's the Sprint "don't use your unlimited data".
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I can't stand it. I have to disable it then remove the apk to actually turn it off. Very frustrating. My girlfriends Zte Flash won't allow you to disable either. Kind of a crappy "feature".
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I drive around doing property maintenance all day and have lots of hotspots so leave mine on. I am surprised at how many times I pull out my phone and am on a wifi network, and no pop-up for me either. There is a setting to disable that somewhere.

kennyglass123 said:
I drive around doing property maintenance all day and have lots of hotspots so leave mine on. I am surprised at how many times I pull out my phone and am on a wifi network, and no pop-up for me either. There is a setting to disable that somewhere.
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Settings>Wifi>Menu Soft Key>Advanced
There's a few hidden goodies in that menu.
ROM - Odexed Blue LJ7 JB "Holy Grail"
Kernel - KT747
Baseband - LJ7
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It seems to me that you need it to get 4g. Am I wrong in this observation? Is it just coincidence that I don't pick up 4g when its off?
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matchstick13 said:
It seems to me that you need it to get 4g. Am I wrong in this observation? Is it just coincidence that I don't pick up 4g when its off?
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You don't need it at all to get 4G.

I hate the thing. First thing to go when I flashed.

Heck no.

The optimizer did not seem to optimize anything for me.
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Absolutely not! As soon as QBKing77 showed how to stop it, it was gone!

Freeze that bbbbyyyyyyaaaaattttcccchhhh!!!

Freeze it every time. Seems pretty pointless to me.
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mionky said:
The optimizer did not seem to optimize anything for me.
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The only thing it did for me was to optimally drain my battery.

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Weird GSM issue on T-Mobile?

Its somewhat sporadic but like just now I'm in an area of full hspa coverage and then all of a sudden the signal dies and it says no service. Usually an airplane mode toggle does the trick but this time I had to restart the phone to get it back. I just had installed widgetsoid so not sure if its related but I've uninstalled it for now. Anybody see similar?
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I have not experienced this with Tmobile and the nexus but I know if you used a toggle app for some Verizon lte phones you would have to call in and provision the phone again..had widgetsoid installed earlier but did not fool with the toggles
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I sometimes lose my signal exiting the subway. It's like it just doesn't reconnect. It has happened on my nexus s as well.
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What baseband are you guys running?
If your APN settings for Data have a proxy entered, try removing it as well as the port. That can cause issues sometimes.
The above is assuming your carrier would allow you to use it without the proxy.
[hfm] said:
I sometimes lose my signal exiting the subway. It's like it just doesn't reconnect. It has happened on my nexus s as well.
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This sounds like the problem I have. I think its just a T-Mobile issue since I remember having this issue a few times on Sensation. I just hope they try to fix this in future basebands and software.
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try contacting them and have them reset your connection to the tower???
dunno if that would help, but i always do that when i switch out my phones.
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This sounds like the problem I have. I think its just a T-Mobile issue since I remember having this issue a few times on Sensation. I just hope they try to fix this in future basebands and software.
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It doesn't happen that often. Its actually rather rare. My SIM is pretty old, I've had it since before TMo even got 3G. I was thinking of going into a store and asking for a replacement just to rule that out.
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I as well have the exact same problem with the Mytouch. I have found that keeping it at 2G will preserve my connection though at limited speeds and I can simply bump up to 3/4G when I have to. It kinda sucks due to the reconnection time but it saves me battery and random signal loss
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[LTE] Grey data connectivity

Is it me or do I seem to always have an issue with data and my phone. There are many times when I go to pick it up to use and the data, either 3G or 4G, is greyed out.
I've noticed it even if I switch my phone to CDMA only.
Any suggestions on how to fix it other than the obvious reboot or airplane mode?
Unfortunately, this might just be reception issues in your area. I have no LTE problems where I live.
That's what I'm thinking. The phone may just not know what mode to chose cause I'm in between the two.
I have to bump this thread. I'm sick of this. I can hardly ever send MMS messages when I'm on WiFi.
I'm not in a 4G area, that I know. I was successful in updating my PRL which I thought fixed my issue, but didn't.
It's not like I have no signal, 1 bar, -90dBm in my house. Even switching the phone to 3G only doesn't fix this. Rebooting is my only option, as turning on airplane mode doesn't help.
Does anyone else have issues connecting to data? I'm tempted to root, just to flash a new(er) radio, but I don't feel like restoring my phone.
Have you tried updating to the new radio?
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No. That isn't the solution. Thus is s documented and serious problem. Its on google code and tickets have been opened with Verizon
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dudeimgeorge said:
No. That isn't the solution. Thus is s documented and serious problem. Its on google code and tickets have been opened with Verizon
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Whoops! That's what I get for opening up threads in multiple tabs. I replied to the wrong thread.
Haven't tried a new radio, still would have to root it.
As for the wifi sleep policy, it's set to always. I dunno...
shoman24v said:
Haven't tried a new radio, still would have to root it.
As for the wifi sleep policy, it's set to always. I dunno...
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As for the wifi sleep policy, it's set to always. I dunno...
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Yeah, that was my bad. I had multiple tabs open with different threads and posted in the wrong one.
I live in a spotty 4g area so its constantly switching from 3g to 4g and before it locks onto one signal it always does the stupid grey bar deal and sometimes it won't lock on at all even though I'm in a strong (3g) area. Restarting the phone works sometimes. All I know is that it better be fixed soon or this phone will be going back.
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the_gonz79 said:
I live in a spotty 4g area so its constantly switching from 3g to 4g and before it locks onto one signal it always does the stupid grey bar deal and sometimes it won't lock on at all even though I'm in a strong (3g) area. Restarting the phone works sometimes. All I know is that it better be fixed soon or this phone will be going back.
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Yup, this is the issue I have. I can have strong 3G signal (all bars grey) but it just won't connect. Airplane mode sometimes fixes it, but I usually have to reboot the damn thing.
shoman24v said:
I have to bump this thread. I'm sick of this. I can hardly ever send MMS messages when I'm on WiFi.
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Turn wifi off for it to send/receive mms messages better
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wayneb02 said:
Turn wifi off for it to send/receive mms messages better
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Except the issue is... the data won't connect after I disable wifi lol. Hence why it won't even send with wifi on...
Do you live in a4g area?
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wayneb02 said:
Do you live in a4g area?
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We have 4G here in town, but I live on the outer city limits. When I get closer to town I get 4G.
I know where I live sometimes I need to reboot my phone for it to change successfully from 3g to 4g... Another thing people suggest is toggling airplane mode on and off to make it pick up signal
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wayneb02 said:
I know where I live sometimes I need to reboot my phone for it to change successfully from 3g to 4g... Another thing people suggest is toggling airplane mode on and off to make it pick up signal
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Yeah, I don't know why airplane doesn't work like rebooting usually does.
You might possibly have an actual defective phone
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wayneb02 said:
You might possibly have an actual defective phone
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I thought about taking it in and replacing it.... I don't have any reception issues, just this issue with the phone not wanting to get on data about 50% of the time.

Lte!!!! Holy poop nugget

Well I was sitting at work and bam, 4g came on, way to go sprint!!!! (Shentel for my area) So glad I hung in there, screw the haters!!!!
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Those are some damn good download speeds!
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Not bad at all
I know, it's on, but I still feel like they're testing it, still goes off and on from time to time, but when it's on..oooohhhh boy is this fast,lol
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I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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epicnoob66 said:
I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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fryingpan0613 said:
You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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A2CKilla said:
Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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Ya I know what you mean, I just wasn't sure if you knew you could turn it off since other carriers force you to have it on.
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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Does it work with EasyTether?
Yeah its really spotty and on/off for me. Weird observation though... I get 4g with my note in places I don't with my Galaxy Nexus.
Darn them, talked to a shentel rep (people that control sprint towers where I am) and these lte siting are just the test sites -_- but hey, at least full lte will be out at the end of the year for me at least, but hey for test speed of anywhere from, 8-20mb down?! I can't complain, but hey, I saw the same speeds with my wimax 4g, so to each his own
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With Note 2 i get LTE everywhere in Dallas Ft. Worth. Even traveling to other cities through tolls where development is not really there. Just alot of trees. I even get LTE in most people homes. Nexus never had this strong of a signal and if LTE switched the phone would freeze. I can honestly say this is a good phone.
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Does it work with EasyTether?
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Yes indeed.
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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hayabusa1300cc said:
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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[email protected] you Texas!!!!! Lol, but great speeds man, I still haven't seen anything near that in good ol pa, shentel needs to hurry up!!! But for the test site, I pretty much get lte in the majority of areas I go to, and at least get 2mb down at home if I'm not using wifi for 3g
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I am also seeing very little battery drain from 4G. The radios in this phone are amazing (especially compared to the Nexus).
I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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yellowman82 said:
I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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Depends, since a lot of areas are tests sites, lte does drop on and off for me, but battery still lasts all day, I say Samsung got it right with the battery, hope other manufacturers follow suit
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They have recently expanded their signal here in dallas, texas and now I get 4g on my work which I never usually got any 4g signal because of this old bulding but now I get some strong 4g signal. Props for sprint but my speeds are not that fast, I usually get max 5 or even 6 thats it :S
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Mobile data not working

has anyone had the issue where their phone won't connect back to 3g data?
when I reboot my phone 3g will work until wifi kicks in. after I turn wifi off 3g comes back, I can call and text but will not download any data.
I have tried Odin back to stock. wiped everything including recovery. I have tried flashing every combination of modems and kernels. all same.
however one thing I will note. I have not been able to get a successful modem flashed in Odin. it keeps failing. so I flash in twrp.
I also wiped the activation data via ##732# or something like that. had sprint reactivate my phone too..
perhaps someone could shed some light on this?
-Wizzle
I just got my Note 2 like 5 days ago and mine does the same thing. Its very annoying and its gonna be exchanged today for that and other reasons.
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hmm. I wonder if it's network related..
is your phone stock?
-Wizzle
Okay here is the skinny. It is network related. My wife's stock s3 does the same thing. If you are in an area without lte and your phone under mobile settings is selected to lte/evdo/cdma it will connect to ephrd13. Which is enhanced 3g. When you come off wifi or a phone call sometime it will not reconnect. You can toggle data a few times and it will reconnect.
To solve this issue, under mobile settings I select evdo only setting being that I do not have lte in my area. There is no change in speed between the 2 3g networks.
This info is from self diagnosing the rooted note 2, a stock photon, and a stock s3.
I have had sprint reset the phones as well as the ##data# trick.
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I had this problem as well.. Very annoying..
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pongoface said:
Okay here is the skinny. It is network related. My wife's stock s3 does the same thing. If you are in an area without lte and your phone under mobile settings is selected to lte/evdo/cdma it will connect to ephrd13. Which is enhanced 3g. When you come off wifi or a phone call sometime it will not reconnect. You can toggle data a few times and it will reconnect.
To solve this issue, under mobile settings I select evdo only setting being that I do not have lte in my area. There is no change in speed between the 2 3g networks.
This info is from self diagnosing the rooted note 2, a stock photon, and a stock s3.
I have had sprint reset the phones as well as the ##data# trick.
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yeah I did the ## thing. however it came back. so someone from sprint called me to see if Iwas happy with the support and I told them I was still having data issues. He told me that he would put my ticket in priority and after an hour everything has been working better so far...
but we'll see
-Wizzle
Yes changing to evdo so far has helped alot. I really appreciate the info. Thank you.
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Yes changing to evdo so far has helped alot. I really appreciate the info. Thank you.
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I will try this as well. Thank you.
-Wizzle
When I say evdo only I meant cdma only. Ehrpd13 is the handshaking 3g for lte. Some areas have lte in the towers but no ehrpd13 so the lte is not turned on yet. Basically ehrpd13 and lte are like cookies and cream lol.
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When I say evdo only I meant cdma only. Ehrpd13 is the handshaking 3g for lte. Some areas have lte in the towers but no ehrpd13 so the lte is not turned on yet. Basically ehrpd13 and lte are like cookies and cream lol.
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yeah I figured cdma. it works much better so far. but then I'll need to turn on lte eventually when you area gets it.
-Wizzle
wizzlewizzle said:
yeah I figured cdma. it works much better so far. but then I'll need to turn on lte eventually when you area gets it.
-Wizzle
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The problem is my area does have it but at my house its very weak. My ohone wikl display 4g but it wont download anything untio it switches to 3g.
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When the 4g network matures as it will the 4g will get better as the 3g.
You can always go to I think s4gru.com. That site shows when and where lte will become available. Plus they will be able to help you better there than xda.
As for sprint customer service, they are laughable at best. 4 people I spoke with didn't know what ehrpd13 was lol.
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musclehead84 said:
The problem is my area does have it but at my house its very weak. My ohone wikl display 4g but it wont download anything untio it switches to 3g.
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I hear ya. it's basically like not even having 4g.
-Wizzle

Anybody else having trouble with constant data dropping?

I don't know if this is just my phone or what, but lately I've been having trouble staying connected to data. Been needing to constantly toggle data on/off to reconnect.
I'm currently on TW 4.1.2 and I've tried everything from "hands free activation" to flashing different modems and PRLs. Nothing seems to work. Trying to figure out if this is a problem with my phone or if anybody else has been dealing with this problem.
Driving nutz. About to switch over T-mo if this doesn't rectify itself. Dah!
It might be that Sprint is upgrading the towers in your area. Horrible service is one of the signs that this may be going on, especially if its only shown up recently. I would suggest to contact Sprint and inquire
CNexus said:
It might be that Sprint is upgrading the towers in your area. Horrible service is one of the signs that this may be going on, especially if its only shown up recently. I would suggest to contact Sprint and inquire
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Yes where do you live? Also check out s4gru.com
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GiantJay said:
Yes where do you live? Also check out s4gru.com
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I'm in the southern part of Arizona, between Phoenix and Tucson. I've only started experiencing this problem about a week ago. It's so annoying.
But yeah, i checked s4gru. And it would appear other peeps are having this problem as well. This is driving me crazy tho. Need data for work. I'm about to move on from CDMA.
T-mo is offering Nexus 4 for $50. No contract. Might just switch. I dunno.
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drewmonge said:
I'm in the southern part of Arizona, between Phoenix and Tucson. I've only started experiencing this problem about a week ago. It's so annoying.
But yeah, i checked s4gru. And it would appear other peeps are having this problem as well. This is driving me crazy tho. Need data for work. I'm about to move on from CDMA.
T-mo is offering Nexus 4 for $50. No contract. Might just switch. I dunno.
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This last week my phone started instantly switching back from 4g to 3g. I used to be able to toggle airplane mode and toggle it off and it would just reload the 4g when it reconnected but now it wont even do that. I was reading a suggestion to toggle LTE only mode from the ##data# menu but before doing that I noticed my phone was set to "hybrid mode" I changed it over to cdma/evdo/lte and after I did that it connected to 4g and stayed connected. Hopefully this helps you out... I was getting just as frustrated as you are to be stuck on 3g when I KNOW it is in the area.
drewmonge said:
I don't know if this is just my phone or what, but lately I've been having trouble staying connected to data. Been needing to constantly toggle data on/off to reconnect.
I'm currently on TW 4.1.2 and I've tried everything from "hands free activation" to flashing different modems and PRLs. Nothing seems to work. Trying to figure out if this is a problem with my phone or if anybody else has been dealing with this problem.
Driving nutz. About to switch over T-mo if this doesn't rectify itself. Dah!
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Might need to change your modem that you are running. Some modems will not work with some roms. I had the same issues before and changing the modem fixed that issue.
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