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Anybody running into this? I bought a GNex about 2 weeks ago and when on a call I get a high pitch squeal randomly. Loud... like pull the handset from my head loud. The person on the other end doesn't hear it. I called VZW several times and they say they haven't heard of this. My wife got the same phone when I did and it happens to her, too. My twin got the phone about a week later and his is fine. I took the phone in to VZW earlier this week and they mailed me a replacement... it does it also. I changed the ROM to the Open Kang ROM to see if it might be a software thing... still doing it. Very frustrating. It happens when sitting in my office on 4G or 3G, when driving, etc... no real rhyme or reason that I've been able to figure out. The squeal happens every 3-15 minutes without any real pattern. I don't see any notifications or anything that are new after the squeal takes place.
If anybody else is experiencing this can you post? If you fixed please advise! Thanks!!!
aharper said:
Anybody running into this? I bought a GNex about 2 weeks ago and when on a call I get a high pitch squeal randomly. Loud... like pull the handset from my head loud. The person on the other end doesn't hear it. I called VZW several times and they say they haven't heard of this. My wife got the same phone when I did and it happens to her, too. My twin got the phone about a week later and his is fine. I took the phone in to VZW earlier this week and they mailed me a replacement... it does it also. I changed the ROM to the Open Kang ROM to see if it might be a software thing... still doing it. Very frustrating. It happens when sitting in my office on 4G or 3G, when driving, etc... no real rhyme or reason that I've been able to figure out. The squeal happens every 3-15 minutes without any real pattern. I don't see any notifications or anything that are new after the squeal takes place.
If anybody else is experiencing this can you post? If you fixed please advise! Thanks!!!
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Yes, that happened to me when i was running stock at first too. Once i flashed AOKP 4.0.3 and franco's kernel, I haven't had that problem at all. It was REALLY annoying, sporadic, no rhyme or reason. It was also waaayyy louder than i thought the speaker could ever get ironicly enough. Also dont know if the new radios might have helped too, I flashed those separately because they aren't included on the 4.0.3 roms. Hope it helps =\
I called Verizon about this again today. I had enough trouble with one device that they sent me a second device. The second device does it too. Very frustrating. The device is also much slower than my old Incredible. I officially hate this device. Should be faster with a solid connection to 4G. I'm going to see what is necessary for VZW to somehow get me out of this device and into anything different. Hell, at this point I'm ok with an iPhone... anything but this.
I'm going to use this thread to track what I've been doing in the hopes that it can help others if they are dealing with VZW with this issue.
Dec/11 - bought the GNex new. Had the squealing problems and talked with the store I bought it from. They thought it was an app and suggested I make changes to my apps. I did that for a week or so and they finally exchanged the phone for new.
Jan/12 - new device arrives. Same trouble. I dropped the stock OS and went to the OKP OS. Same trouble. Figure I'll take notes for vzw and see if I can figure it out. What I found...
Seems to happen when talking with other mobile users, never to a land line. Later narrowed it down to only other vzw users, did not happen when talking to at&t users. Later narrowed it down that it only happens to other vzw users who are using the GNex device as well.
Called vzw last week after growing frustrated again. They had me do some troubleshooting on the device and re-provisioned my account. Same trouble. They sent me another new device. I put this device back to stock and relocked.
Feb/12 - 3rd device arrives. Stock OS, no apps installed. Had the same problem that same day. Called vzw the next morning and they had me put the device in safe mode so that they could determine if the problem was hardware or software. If you didn't know there was a safe mode now you know. Boot holding the down vol button until you're in the OS. Immediately had the same problem.
Called vzw back and demanded a different device. They told me they couldn't change the device because I was outside of 14 days. No kidding, I wouldn't be outside of 14 days if vzw hadn't been asking me to do all of this troubleshooting. I finally agree to pay full retail price if they credit my account for the past 3 months of troubleshooting. Nope. They make me upgrade eligible and I went a completely different direction to an iPhone hoping that this stupid squeal would be gone. I'll sell the GNex for close to retail on Craigslist at this point.
Mar/12 - iPhone is running for a day and I talk with my wife (GNex device). The squeal is there but MUCH SOFTER in volume. I will talk with my brother as I leave work tonight because I always have trouble with him on the phone. Hopefully this will help me know for sure.
What I think I'm finding is that it's not necessarily my GNex that had a problem... it's the reception from OTHER GNex users that is causing me the trouble. My wife has complained about the problem as well but at a much lesser frequency and only when on the phone with me. We don't talk on the phone that much. The curious piece is that my brother doesn't have the problem.
More to follow as I figure out for sure whether or not the iPhone has the same problem. If so then it's not my device, nevermind that I'm on my 4th device in 3 months. VZW has been entirely worthless through this process and has made me fight the entire way. Their customer service is horrible and the managers that I have been talking to should be fired. I can't believe they allow managers to talk with customers the way some of these guys do (especially this last Paul LaFranky dude (not sure about his last name)).
So I just came across this thread while doing my normal daily browsing here and find it interesting.
My nephew who has a SGSII here in east coast Canada on Bell txt'ed me earlier to ask if I ever get a "crazy squeal noise from your phone when you're trying to make/receive a call".
It's not all the time. He said it happened about 4 times in the past few months and it's only a land line. He doesn't make a lot of voice calls, mainly the 1 land line (work). When it happens, he hangs up and calls back and it's fine.
It may be completely unrelated to your issue. He's on stock gingerbread.
Anyway, thanks for posting the details and keeping record, i'll follow this for sure.
I have now had two calls today with the high pitch noise. At this point it is def not my device as I'm now on an iPhone. Good news is I can go back to the gnex. Bad news is that I'm all but certain that gnex devices are somehow SENDING these tones. With as unhelpful as vzw has been I'm beginning to think I may simply need to call those people less often... So annoying. I'll call vzw in the morning and see what they have to say. Ugh.
Mine does it too. It is my second one as my first stopped working on 3g so they replaced it. The first phone did it too. I just live with it.... I dont talk on phone much.
I get them as well with the GN, but I was also getting it with my thunderbolt from time to time.
My brother is upgrading to 4.0.4 today and will drop a new OS on his GNex. Once he does that I have asked him to call me to chat for a little bit. It would be great if that takes care of the problem! Fingers crossed. If that doesn't solve the problem I will call VZW with the additional info. If it does then I'll go back to the GNex and sell this new iPhone.
Update - called VZW to have my account updated with the latest notes. While on the phone the lady I spoke with acknowledged that there is a KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS PROBLEM with Samsung devices. The devices that she said are affected are the Galaxy Nexus, the Charge and the Stratosphere. Samsung is supposedly working on an update that will address the problem. No ETA for that update.
I sure wish someone had told me about this sometime over the past 3 months of troubleshooting... it would have saved me the money for the iPhone as well as the hassle with vzw. Hopefully someone here will get some good out of this.
How odd. I have a VZW Nexus, but have not encountered this issue. I don't often make calls, but they sound fine when I do.
The problem is on the other end for the person you are talking to... they will hear a high pitch squeal from time to time. Mine would do it as often as every 10-15 seconds or so or could be as little as every half hour (or not at all depending on length of call).
I have talked with my brother a couple times today after he upgraded to 4.0.4 and haven't had the problem at all. I wonder if that update includes some work to fix this. ??
As of now I'm on my 4th Gnexus and once again I'm being plagued with the same issue I have since my first one back on launch day. Loss of voice during a call, high pitch noises, (think scratching on a chalk board) loss of sound on all key press as well as numbers when dialing.
I have called about this issue. First time around Verizon said take it back get a new one. So I did that and so on happened 2 more times same issue same results. Now on my 4th one its starting again. So verizon said it was Samsung and Samsung said Verizon.
So I was hoping for some input on what direction I should go now.
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After so many replacements, I can only imagine that this is happening because of your location?
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My wife has the same phone and she has not had any of these issues. On the other had she doesn't use her phone as much as I do! I'm pretty much on mine all day and she maybe looks at it once a day.
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srh21 said:
My wife has the same phone and she has not had any of these issues. On the other had she doesn't use her phone as much as I do! I'm pretty much on mine all day and she maybe looks at it once a day.
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This is an obvious case of user-error. The odds of getting a defunct phone that many times in a row is about like winning the lottery, literally.
srh21 said:
As of now I'm on my 4th Gnexus and once again I'm being plagued with the same issue I have since my first one back on launch day. Loss of voice during a call, high pitch noises, (think scratching on a chalk board) loss of sound on all key press as well as numbers when dialing.
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when you said high pitch noises, do you mean that during a call you can hear a buzzing sort of noise when people speak? I get that on my nexus too, it's slightly irritating but I'll live with it, better than spending time to unroot it, go back to stock and then waste a whole week in the service centre.
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This is an obvious case of user-error. The odds of getting a defunct phone that many times in a row is about like winning the lottery, literally.
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It's obviously not user error.. If you read a bit you'd see there is a very lengthy thread about this very issue.. It's called microphone cutting out during call or something like that.. You can replace your phone as much as you want, it's not going to change it. the cause is unknown but I believe they have at least determined it not to be hardware..
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It's obviously not user error.. If you read a bit you'd see there is a very lengthy thread about this very issue.. It's called microphone cutting out during call or something like that.. You can replace your phone as much as you want, it's not going to change it. the cause is unknown but I believe they have at least determined it not to be hardware..
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That is correct. Audio outbound gets garbled and then lost completely. This is the worst bug of this phone. I can't count how many phone calls where I'd have to hang up and redial because the other person couldn't hear me anymore.
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I'd blame the carrier, as i'm on Orange UK, and I use T-Mobile UK as well, and call quality both ends, is excellent
Your wife may not have the issue but are y'all talking on the same tower when the issue arises? I'm on Verizon as well and never had this problem. That said, I don't talk a lot, maybe 400 minutes a month - mostly to my boss that has an iPhone so half the time I can't hear crap anyway due to that fact.
I will say, as a recent T-Mobile transplant that has used Verizon off and on for several years with work phones, Verizon doesn't seem to have the same call quality in general terms. Maybe it's just my ear, but even back in the day I owned some Motorola claim shells that sounded pretty muddy.
Have you tried to replicate the problem on a completely stock phone with no 3rd party apps? I wonder if there's a conflict somewhere.
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This is an obvious case of user-error. The odds of getting a defunct phone that many times in a row is about like winning the lottery, literally.
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Not sure how it could be user error as well. This isn't my first phone.
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Not sure how it could be user error as well. This isn't my first phone.
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Your wife may not have the issue but are y'all talking on the same tower when the issue arises? I'm on Verizon as well and never had this problem. That said, I don't talk a lot, maybe 400 minutes a month - mostly to my boss that has an iPhone so half the time I can't hear crap anyway due to that fact.
I will say, as a recent T-Mobile transplant that has used Verizon off and on for several years with work phones, Verizon doesn't seem to have the same call quality in general terms. Maybe it's just my ear, but even back in the day I owned some Motorola claim shells that sounded pretty muddy.
Have you tried to replicate the problem on a completely stock phone with no 3rd party apps? I wonder if there's a conflict somewhere.
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I pretty much tried everything. New sim cards, using it with nothing installed (stock) I'm super bummed I been waiting on a nexus device to hit Verizon for a while now. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to put up with this.
What about rolling back onto 3G? Are you on the fringe of LTE connectivity at all?
I know a lot of people talk about call quality. Frankly, I haven't experienced any issues and no one has told me that it sounds like crap (and believe me, I have friends that would mention it, we're a HARSH bunch). I don't doubt they exist, and you certainly don't sound like 3/4ths of XDA that are overly dramatic whiners. Out of curiosity, roughly how many minutes a month do you talk? Any chance that it's just an issue where, well you know, the more you do something the more opportunity to experience something that goes wrong? I used to talk a ton for work, like 3000+ minutes a month. I had a lot more dropped calls then than now, know what I mean?
You know what I'd do, which Verizon would HATE but, hey, you are the customer. I'd take you and your wife's phone into Verizon, and have them flip the numbers around. Keep EVERYTHING else about the phones the same. Her apps stay, your apps stay, just swap the numbers around and try her phone with your regular use for maybe 3 or 4 days. If you can replicate the problem while she doesn't experience the issue at all on your phone, then you can probably narrow it down to either the tower your on, or maybe the phone really is just buggy after you've been on it for a while.
Every so often I'll have a long conversation and a call gets dropped, but I've never not been able to hear someone or them not be able to hear me. Like, they're the typical issues that you could assign to either being a tower pass off problem or the nature of LTE long before the phone (on either my end or the other person's end). But, like I said, that's a rare occurrence for me.
What version of ICS are you running? I had this same problem, specifically and most frequently the one where the audio cuts out of a call, sometimes it'd do it and force me to re-call my girlfriend as many as 3 or 4 times in an hour.
What fixed it was flashing ICS 4.0.4 released from Google themselves (if I waited for Verizon to do it I'd probably be single by now). This fixed it for me immediately right out of the gate. I've had the other issues you spoke of every so often but the audio cut out was constant. This fixed everything. Been running for a while without problems (month or so maybe?).
Eh...you didn't flash it straight from Google. At best, you flashed it straight from the Verizon/Google ota server the test ota is on
I stand corrected, this is what I get when trying to post while on hold at work. Not straight from Google, leaked 4.0.4. Originally found it elsewhere linked to a google domain site, but it's best served up here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481044
Give that a shot for now, fixed my woes anyway.
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I stand corrected, this is what I get when trying to post while on hold at work. Not straight from Google, leaked 4.0.4. Originally found it elsewhere linked to a google domain site, but it's best served up here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481044
Give that a shot for now, fixed my woes anyway.
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From here?
http://android.clients.google.com/p....signed-mysid-IMM30B-from-ICL53F.659e0a8f.zip
try a different SIM/Network. you'd be suprised
IINexusII said:
try a different SIM/Network. you'd be suprised
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What network do you suppose he would try?
Sounds like the phone is doing you a favor. If I had to talk to my girlfriend for an hour a day I'd want my phone to kill itself.
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I stand corrected, this is what I get when trying to post while on hold at work. Not straight from Google, leaked 4.0.4. Originally found it elsewhere linked to a google domain site, but it's best served up here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481044
Give that a shot for now, fixed my woes anyway.
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Did not fix the microphone going out issue for me :-( I just flashed the 4.0.4 leak on Tuesday hoping it would alleviate this problem, but I had the mic go out about 15 mins into a call last night. Same story as with stock, had to hang up and re-dial to continue the conversation.
Hi. Don't get me wrong, I love my phone, its excellent for internet and general usage BUT as a mobile phone its the worst I have ever had. I'm on 4.04 in the UK with o2. Been with o2 for over 15 years worked at the same place for over 15 years and lived at the same place for over 10years, in this time I have probably had over 12/14 mobile phones and never had the problems I have now. I know its got to be the phone as everything else has stayed the same! When at work I have to turn 3g off or don't have any signal all day, never had this with 2 iPhones and other Nokias. When at home I am always on wifi, but phone reception/quality is awful even though on previous 7 phones at this address I have never had any problems! I don't want to stray away from stock as its too complicated and I shouldn't have to to be honest! My only solution is sell the phone on eBay and go back to a previous phone which had better quality calls. Don't want to do this but cannot see any other solutions! If apple had made the iPhone 4 with a bigger screen I wouldn't have got this but I did and am generally happy with it but know as soon as I can, its going! Can't take the poor call quality anymore!
Rant over!
Get a new phone. That's your only option.
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I love my call quality.
Nothing wrong here, I get at least enough signal to make a call everywhere that I go, that's all I ask for in my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25930237&postcount=71
Read my comments regarding signal strength.
El Daddy said:
Get a new phone. That's your only option.
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I agree. Is a hardware issue nothing new here. I switching to the GS3 when it drops here in the U.S.
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switched to one x
went from 20% no signal in house to 0%
much better
aimetti said:
switched to one x
went from 20% no signal in house to 0%
much better
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Not sure what you mean?
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Not sure what you mean?
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Signal Quality is perfect here... full bars, great call quality..
Not sure why you're experiencing the problem considering your environment has stayed the same...
1. You may want to pull out the SIM card and put it into your old phone to see if the signal is there... if you got a new SIM card with this phone, could be faulty? Maybe go into your provider and get a new one.
2. Have you tried factory resetting the phone? Maybe something you tried/downloaded then uninstalled caused havoc to your phone?
3. Is this bad quality consistant? Or over the past few days? Maybe your provider was tweaking their systems during certain times of the day?
4. Do you know anyone else with a GNEX that is on the same provider you are? Maybe try their phone in your environment and see if you have bad signal.
Not making excuses for the phone, but its hard to blame the product itself when the majority of others aren't having a problem... You may just have a defective unit that needs replacing. If you like the features of the phone compared to the other phones you've had, you may regret going back without at least trying a replacement unit
The only problem is the Wi-Fi is considerably inconsistent to let's say, a GS2. Otherwise, I haven't encountered any issues with call or connection.
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This is my second galaxy nexus phone and also second simcard and nothing different. I think it just has a awful radio! Had the same problem with old phone and returned it and now this one and likewise with different simcards. My reception/line quality is better when phone set to 2g only rather than 3g regardless as to whether I'm on wifi or not. I know loads of people are having similar problems, or certainly was before the new radio and 4.04 arrived. I only use phone for calls 10% of general use and as I said, it does everything else perfectly. Maybe I expect perfection!
I get one less bar than i had on my rezound. Never dropped a call though.
I got worse reception on the HTC myTouch 3G and 4G.
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I get one less bar than i had on my rezound. Never dropped a call though.
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hey, you look familiar lol
Have you tried flashing any other radios? The new radio that came with 4.0.4 did not work at all with my carrier here in Australia - ie I could not even get on the network. Flashed a different radio and now working fine...
What dBm do you get compared to other phones, not just looking at the bars.
Also don't cover the antenna with your hand in low signal areas, its very sensitive.
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This is my second galaxy nexus phone and also second simcard and nothing different. I think it just has a awful radio! Had the same problem with old phone and returned it and now this one and likewise with different simcards. My reception/line quality is better when phone set to 2g only rather than 3g regardless as to whether I'm on wifi or not. I know loads of people are having similar problems, or certainly was before the new radio and 4.04 arrived. I only use phone for calls 10% of general use and as I said, it does everything else perfectly. Maybe I expect perfection!
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Then get a different phone, enjoy it, and forget this sad moment in your life.
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johnwaynegacy said:
hey, you look familiar lol
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yeah i got a nexus from verizon when i traded in my rezound. couldn't stand sense and the horrid battery life.
if you guys want, try combining the 4.0.4 lte & 4.0.2 cdma radios in a hybrid type thing. i read this on rootzwiki and tried it tonight. so far it helped my reception.
Still got this problem. I am at the point where I am going to sell this phone and buy something else which I can use as a phone!
Matcarroll said:
Still got this problem. I am at the point where I am going to sell this phone and buy something else which I can use as a phone!
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It was bad a month ago...did you expect something magical to happen?
Having a very strange problem with my S3. I've noticed it at home more than anywhere else but basically what happens is that if someone calls me, the phone doesn't ring on my end but I do get a voicemail notification after they've left a message. Then when I talk to them, they tell me that on their end my phone rang once or twice and then went straight to voicemail. And my phone doesn't show any missed calls so obviously, my phone never detected that there was an incoming call.
BTW, it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes the calls come in just fine.
I've checked my signal strength and it's always between 3 and 5 bars. I've missed more calls than I can count because of this. Some of them were important calls.
And I don't have any problem making outgoing calls or using the data connection for anything.
Any idea what's going on?
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Having a very strange problem with my S3. I've noticed it at home more than anywhere else but basically what happens is that if someone calls me, the phone doesn't ring on my end but I do get a voicemail notification after they've left a message. Then when I talk to them, they tell me that on their end my phone rang once or twice and then went straight to voicemail. And my phone doesn't show any missed calls so obviously, my phone never detected that there was an incoming call.
BTW, it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes the calls come in just fine.
I've checked my signal strength and it's always between 3 and 5 bars. I've missed more calls than I can count because of this. Some of them were important calls.
And I don't have any problem making outgoing calls or using the data connection for anything.
Any idea what's going on?
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Is it just certain contacts? You may have them set to go directly to voicemail by accident. I can't find where the list is in the phone though ahah, I can see how to add them to reject list though.
EDIT: Found it go to dial-pad and hit menu and then call settings and you will see call rejection see if you have anyone in there.
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Is it just certain contacts? You may have them set to go directly to voicemail by accident. I can't find where the list is in the phone though ahah, I can see how to add them to reject list though.
EDIT: Found it go to dial-pad and hit menu and then call settings and you will see call rejection see if you have anyone in there.
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Nope, has nothing to do with who's calling. Sometimes a call from the same person will come through but ten minutes earlier it didn't.
Ive had similar problems in the past. Turned out the phone signal was going up and down. When it was up, calls came through. And down, well duh. Either way, try a new radio. Maybe it'll hold a signal better. I've heard people complaining about H1, but cant say either way myself. Just a suggestion.
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Ive had similar problems in the past. Turned out the phone signal was going up and down. When it was up, calls came through. And down, well duh. Either way, try a new radio. Maybe it'll hold a signal better. I've heard people complaining about H1, but cant say either way myself. Just a suggestion.
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how can I try a new radio?
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how can I try a new radio?
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there's a thread in development. some people call em modems, but its the same thing. Choice of 3 i think.
Having the exact same issue is your phone always in lte while this happens?
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Andrew149 said:
Having the exact same issue is your phone always in lte while this happens?
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As far as I can tell.
stay away from LH1 modem it's trash....
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As far as I can tell.
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Same here
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BNaughty said:
stay away from LH1 modem it's trash....
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My baseband version is UCLG1.
btw, I never had this problem with my iphone 3GS which I had for almost 3 years.
I have to say that even though on paper the S3 blows the iphone out of the water, for pure functionality without problems, the iphone is definitely way ahead of the S3. I'm pretty much stuck with it for the next two years but I have a feeling that if things stay more or less the same in the cellphone market, I'll probably be switching back to iphones after my contract is up. The S3 is very cool but I've just had way too many problems with it that I never had with my iphone. My iphone just..........worked. With my S3 calls don't come through, I'm constantly having to force stop apps so my battery doesn't drain all the time (and even then, half the time the battery drains like crazy no matter what), the visual voicemail is sketchy as hell and doesn't work right half the time, the data connection even when it shows a strong LTE signal is often very slow and times out a lot, and a bunch of other misc. annoyances that I never had with the iphone. I wouldn't say I'm sorry that I bought the phone because I wanted to try out the latest and greatest but when my friends and coworkers have asked me about it, I've been telling them they'll be better of waiting for the iphone 5. Sorry to vent but overall, after having it for almost two months, I've concluded that I'm very disappointed with this phone. Sure, I can do things with it that I couldn't do with the iphone but f*ck me, at least with the iphone I could do basic sh!t like receive phone calls and check my email without the connection timing out all the time.
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My baseband version is UCLG1.
btw, I never had this problem with my iphone 3GS which I had for almost 3 years.
I have to say that even though on paper the S3 blows the iphone out of the water, for pure functionality without problems, the iphone is definitely way ahead of the S3. I'm pretty much stuck with it for the next two years but I have a feeling that if things stay more or less the same in the cellphone market, I'll probably be switching back to iphones after my contract is up. The S3 is very cool but I've just had way too many problems with it that I never had with my iphone. My iphone just..........worked. With my S3 calls don't come through, I'm constantly having to force stop apps so my battery doesn't drain all the time (and even then, half the time the battery drains like crazy no matter what), the visual voicemail is sketchy as hell and doesn't work right half the time, the data connection even when it shows a strong LTE signal is often very slow and times out a lot, and a bunch of other misc. annoyances that I never had with the iphone. I wouldn't say I'm sorry that I bought the phone because I wanted to try out the latest and greatest but when my friends and coworkers have asked me about it, I've been telling them they'll be better of waiting for the iphone 5. Sorry to vent but overall, after having it for almost two months, I've concluded that I'm very disappointed with this phone. Sure, I can do things with it that I couldn't do with the iphone but f*ck me, at least with the iphone I could do basic sh!t like receive phone calls and check my email without the connection timing out all the time.
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All of the issues you listed are not really S3 specific because I have had none of them and have had my phone since release. Apart from the video voicemail which I can't comment on because I have never used.
BonesHopkins said:
My baseband version is UCLG1.
btw, I never had this problem with my iphone 3GS which I had for almost 3 years.
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I've had my I747 since release in June and not experienced any of these issues. Over the years with Blackberrys and the Galaxies I found most problems result from variances in the network. Signal strength, carrier software and even where the phone is in the house. I dislike much about the iPhone (I do have a 4th gen iPod) and much prefer the openness of the Android OS and NO iTunes. Hope things with S3 get better for you.
Still having the problem. It seems to happen most often when I have LTE enabled. I disabled it using the method mentioned in another thread where you remove the sim then enter a code which takes you to the menu where you can choose what to use.
When I had LTE disabled, it didn't seem to miss as many calls. But when LTE is on, I miss a crapload of calls. I'd leave LTE off but for some reason it keeps re-enabling itself every few days so it's turning into a massive pain in the ass.
Any suggestions?
I have the same issue as you, but I'm on Wind Mobile. This issue happens intermittently anywhere between 1 to 2 days, my phone will stop being able to receive calls. It's very frustrating and Samsung is really no help. After two attempts on trying to "repair" my phone, they have failed each time. The only thing they did was they ran a "RF Test" and everything passed, they said. So they re-flash my phone with the same ROM - again and again.. I told them, "This is my second time sending it in, and you guys are redo'ing the same steps as the first repair. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know this, but wouldn't you think when you send me back the phone - the issue is still going to be there?!" ... And sure enough, when I got the phone back, I was still unable to receive calls..
So I took matters into my own hands - I flashed it with a older release stock rom and I tested it for 2 weeks, and it was able to receive calls. When I flashed with the earlier release, it also flashed the baseband. Either way, I should not be prevented from using the up to date software! This is a Samsung issue but if you ever tried dealing with them over the phone, it's painful. They said they would send me a REFURB replacement - (believe me, I tried fighting for a brand new phone, since I paid for a brand new phone and this issue came straight out of the box - it's not even my fault to begin with!) it's been 3 weeks and I still don't see any phone replacement nor did I receive any mails from Samsung.
Btw, Galaxy S3 is the phone I have.
If you discover a permanent fix for this issue, please let me know. I've been searching but no luck.
Thanks!
UPDATE: it's been over a month and I still don't see any phone replacement nor did I receive any mails from Samsung. So I called Samsung today after a month and 2 weeks. They said my replacement have been cancelled. First they said it's approved and requested me to send in my receipt for the phone. I had done the the very moment I hung up the phone from when they told me my replacement was approved (that was over a month ago). They want me to sent it in again to Samsung so they can "test". This is just ridiculous and getting out of hand. Does ANYONE have a fix for this????
Other forums are saying this is a wide spread issue...
are u missing imei, or just the problem you descibe... try flashing the latest modem... maybe yell at it while it flashes...
Nope, just having the issue I described... IMEI is exist and is valid.
aftershocks said:
Nope, just having the issue I described... IMEI is exist and is valid.
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There's some newer modems out you could try but it still sounds like hardware...
Not sent from your phone...
Sorry for the late entry here but I'm also having the issue. aftershocks, and anyone else having this issue, open battery stats - what does your "mobile network signal" bar look like? Mine is mostly tan except for when I make calls, which then it goes green. I also have an HTC One X (AT&T model) and the bar's mostly green on the HOX.
I've flashed back to the original modem (UCLEM) to see if that helps and I'll move forward from there if not. UCDLK3 was the modem I was originally on when I noticed the missed calls. Here's the thread with radios: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898.
I bought this phone on sale at WalMart about 3 weeks ago to replace my HTC Mytouch 4G, which has been a great phone but I thought it was time for an upgrade. So far I'm not too impressed, and several times I've had an issue when I make a call that no one can hear anything. It shows it's dialing, then connected and I hear nothing. If I call back it usually will remedy itself, but not always. The other day I called my sister back after the first time of no audio, and I could hear her but she could not hear me.
This has happened about 5 to 7 times in the last 3 weeks, but it's unacceptable to me. I don't want to root the phone and run a custom ROM at this time since the phone still has a warranty, but I have a feeling it's the software, not a hardware problem. Is it a known problem with 4.04?
Also, the voice recognition on this thing is terrible! I drive a truck for a living and use my Plantronics Voyager Pro exclusively, and I have to use voice command or take my eyes off the road. I can't get this thing to recognize half of what I ask it to do. My HTC was pretty good at that, too!
I really had some expectations with this phone, and it is a nice one in many respects, but it's faults are driving me crazy!
WarrenEC said:
I bought this phone on sale at WalMart about 3 weeks ago to replace my HTC Mytouch 4G, which has been a great phone but I thought it was time for an upgrade. So far I'm not too impressed, and several times I've had an issue when I make a call that no one can hear anything. It shows it's dialing, then connected and I hear nothing. If I call back it usually will remedy itself, but not always. The other day I called my sister back after the first time of no audio, and I could hear her but she could not hear me.
This has happened about 5 to 7 times in the last 3 weeks, but it's unacceptable to me. I don't want to root the phone and run a custom ROM at this time since the phone still has a warranty, but I have a feeling it's the software, not a hardware problem. Is it a known problem with 4.04?
Also, the voice recognition on this thing is terrible! I drive a truck for a living and use my Plantronics Voyager Pro exclusively, and I have to use voice command or take my eyes off the road. I can't get this thing to recognize half of what I ask it to do. My HTC was pretty good at that, too!
I really had some expectations with this phone, and it is a nice one in many respects, but it's faults are driving me crazy!
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Why didn't u get the s3?
Anyways, there shouldn't be any calling issues. T989 is a pretty popular phone and wouldn't be if it did not successfully make calls imho. As for voice recognition... guess HTC is better for your voice? Again mine works fine. Idk... this phone is pretty baddass
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bzlik88 said:
Why didn't u get the s3?
Anyways, there shouldn't be any calling issues. T989 is a pretty popular phone and wouldn't be if it did not successfully make calls imho. As for voice recognition... guess HTC is better for your voice? Again mine works fine. Idk... this phone is pretty baddass
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The SII was $299 on sale, the SIII was about $699 without contract....
Having the same problem also with the call connected, but can't hear anything.
kruang said:
Having the same problem also with the call connected, but can't hear anything.
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I knew I wasn't alone!
This happens to me sometimes actually, but it only happens when I am connected to WIFI calling. Does not happen when on the network.
Its possible that your losing a 4G connection or its a weak signal when you answer the call?
Either way, when it happens to me, I battery pull and then it works again.
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This happens to me sometimes actually, but it only happens when I am connected to WIFI calling. Does not happen when on the network.
Its possible that your losing a 4G connection or its a weak signal when you answer the call?
Either way, when it happens to me, I battery pull and then it works again.
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I was thinking of the WiFi calling may cause the connection issue before, so I only turn on WiFi connection at home, but didn't help. Also, it only happens after update to ICS. It happens randomly quite often and I have to use apps (i.e. Tango, Line, etc.) to make call instead. I was outdoor with full signal and 4G.
Too lazy to pull battery because of the protective case. Reboot wouldn't help either
My family has two galaxy s2 and blaze phones and all experience same issues. And that to with no WiFi and in DFW metroplex. It looks like Samsung and T-mobile issue to me because I don't see any ATT side complaint on this.
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My girlfriend and I both began having these issues with the 4.0.4 update, and never before that. It's awful, because it's so sporadic.
Edit: I never use wifi calling, and it happens both when connected to wifi and when far away from wifi, with it on and off.
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I've seen multiple people with this issue in some of the custom rom threads. This didn't happen to me on 4.03, but it does on 4.04 based roms. It seems to happen with or without wifi calling.
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ditto
I been having the same problems. stock or multiple custom ROMs. wifi-calling or no.
thought it was the wifi calling function at first, but verified that even on tmo signal and my family been having the same problems...
I've heard of people calling TMobile for support but leads to nowhere. I'ma try calling too and see what i can find out. will post with any news.
And here I was thinking it was a Rom issue. I have literally installed every Rom this morning and tested to see if the issue remained. It has happened with every one of the Roms which led me to think it was a HW issue. It seems to happen more often when my signal is weak. I have tried all the of the Radios too. Im not sure when the issue started but its very consistent with my phone. I have to try 7-8 times EVERY call to finally talk to the person. I normally just switch to my work phone or send a text.
Same problem, on both stock and custom. Must be a t-mobile thing.
So what do we do? Should we all call T-Mobile? Maybe if enough of us call, they will actually look into it.
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The SII was $299 on sale, the SIII was about $699 without contract....
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I also just made the identical decision (also choosing the SII over the Nexus 4 16GB—call me crazy). I seriously hope I don't have this problem... Setting up the phone now.
Most likely T-Mobile won't help. It's weird though that this only happened on the GS II. The GS I and GNex don't have this problem...
Me and my mom have this phone she is stock but we both have had this same issue lately and its been on 4.0.4 has anyone tried another radio to see if that's it? Maybe the new uvli1 will be better
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I sign in only to tell how I fix my problem with calling I root and flash Jedi Mind Trick ROM for T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989! [X1] and RADIO SGH-T989 UVLE1 (T-Mobile) 4.0.3 . The problem is fix after a few nights no sleep and a lot flashing
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Me and my mom have this phone she is stock but we both have had this same issue lately and its been on 4.0.4 has anyone tried another radio to see if that's it? Maybe the new uvli1 will be better
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I've tried all available radios except uvli1. I don't think it's a radio issue. I'm pretty sure it's 4.0.4. I've tried a few 4.0.3 roms and they seem fine so far.
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Do you have a link to uvli1? I'd like to rule it out
edgie13 said:
I've tried all available radios except uvli1. I don't think it's a radio issue. I'm pretty sure it's 4.0.4. I've tried a few 4.0.3 roms and they seem fine so far.
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Do you have a link to uvli1? I'd like to rule it out
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Hmm wonder what it could be no its not out yet. Rushaoz is extracting it from his phone maybe we should ask him if he has had issues because Tmobile said they won't release the uvli1 update it will only come on new phones I feel somewhat cheated
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