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Hi all,
I"m new here, with a quick question based on my usage today on both the Bell and Rogers network.
I unlocked my HTC Desire Z this afternoon, and I tried it out on Rogers to see what the speeds were like. It has been an odd experience. Here's the background, and my question is below.
Background:
- Aside from being unlocked, it is as originally shipped from Bell (e.g. no root access, ROM hasn't been flashed etc.)
- APN settings were taken from Rogers' own website (e.g. using rogers-core-appl1.apn).
- Speeds tested in downtown Toronto.
Experience so far:
Bell
I get a solid HSDPA indicator all the time (save elevators etc., when there is no connection). I can remember seeing a 3G connection icon perhaps once on Bell since I got it last week. Speeds are very good, four to five bars most of the time
Rogers
I get a solid 3G icon almost all of the time, except when I'm using data, in which case it seems to switch over to the HSDPA icon. Literally, it will show a 3G, and then if I try to browse the web, the icon will immediately switch to an H from a 3G and the web page will load quite quickly.
I was concerned that it was dropping the HSDPA connection frequently, and using 3G instead -- changing towers constantly. So I tried speedtesting it. The results were completely opposite what I expected.
Speedtest Results:
Using the Speedtest.net app (from Ookla) testing against the same Oakville, ON server from Toronto, I'm getting speeds dramatically faster on Rogers. I did three speedtests for each network.
Bell:
Fastest Down: 3411 kbps Fastest Up: 1633 kbps
Slowest Down: 1969 kbps Slowest Up: 1331 kbps
Rogers:
Fastest Down: 5740 kbps Fastest Up: 3766 kbps
Slowest Down: 5405 kbps Slowest Up: 1551 kbps
Ping latency was generally slightly higher on Rogers than Bell.
Question
Does anyone understand why, on Rogers, the Desire Z would be showing a 3G until data is requested, at which time it swaps over to show an H icon (e.g. HSDPA), whereas on Bell, it shows a constant HSDPA connection?
I would have thought that it would be slower on Rogers since it was showing 3G and then the icon switches to H, but I'm guessing that the icon switch isn't really reflecting what's going on, since the speeds are faster when this icon switch occurs. Any ideas?
Many thanks in advance!
TF
Its not just the Desire Z but also most smartphones on rogers. i had a samsung galaxy and it did the same thing. However, (correct me out there, if im wrong) But i remember reading the HSDPA was inbetween 3g and 3.5g?...i dont remmeber but to me i know that Rogers is faster, my brother has a Bell phone and my speeds were always faster.
heres a bit of help i found
HSDPA is actually one of the 3G protocols.
In everyday language HSDPA is often referred to as much faster than (basic) 3G so I would call it much faster as well.
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jark99 said:
Its not just the Desire Z but also most smartphones on rogers. i had a samsung galaxy and it did the same thing. However, (correct me out there, if im wrong) But i remember reading the HSDPA was inbetween 3g and 3.5g?...i dont remmeber but to me i know that Rogers is faster, my brother has a Bell phone and my speeds were always faster.
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Not sure there really is a 3.5G as such, but if there is, then HSDPA is it. It provides faster speeds than the standard 3G (UMTS) protocols. There's also HSPA+ coming out, which is even faster. HSPA+ isn't 4G, although confusingly some carriers in the US (T-Mobile I think ?) are referring to it as such.
On O2 in the UK, I get the same effect, holds at 3G then switches to HSDPA when in use. There doesn't seem to be any latency when switching and if it can't achieve HSDPA it remains at 3G. Speedtest returns about 1.5-2 Mbit which is normal.
I can only imagine its a power saving feature as from experience with the Touch Diamond 2 / Touch Pro 2, having HSDPA enabled sucked battery life significantly. I don't remember this happening on those phones either. Seems like a good idea, but would be nice to choose (always on, auto, always off)
I actually used to disable HSDPA and use 3G exclusively and consistently got 2-3 days out of both phones with moderate use. I never missed it.
Craig
craiglay said:
I can only imagine its a power saving feature as from experience with the Touch Diamond 2 / Touch Pro 2, having HSDPA enabled sucked battery life significantly. I don't remember this happening on those phones either. Seems like a good idea, but would be nice to choose (always on, auto, always off)
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That must be it -- interestingly, I went into the About Phone > Network > Signal Strength menu to check it out. When the icon is showing 3G, the "Mobile network type" is UTMS. When data is being transmitted, the icon immediately switches to H and the "Mobile network type" reports HSDPA.
Very cool -- I'm going to see if this -- by itself -- extends my battery life tomorrow. Thanks for the feedback!
TF
Just FYI -- there has been a dramatic improvement in my battery life on Rogers, compared to what I was experiencing on Bell. Typically, I would be at about 40% battery life left at this point in the day (presumably because I was constantly connected to HSDPA with Bell). Whereas I'm at 80% battery life left with the Rogers 3G connection, and I've still been connected to Wi-Fi for the past five hours and browsing reasonably heavily.
Thanks for your help in sorting this out everybody.
TF
Interesting, as Bell has rolled out several HSPA+ areas, Toronto being one of them, and Rogers still only has HSPA.
What I found odd on my DZ (still on Bells network) is that my Network Mode is GSM / WCDMA auto (never seen this on any other handset I've hand that's been HSDPA) and I understand that the HSDPA networks here are CDMA with a GSM overlay (ie, the need for a SIM card, etc) and I frequently see my icon changing from 3G to H (again, this is only on my DZ), but Bell only has a CDMA EVDO 3G network and the HSPA "3G+" network, there's not really a GSM enabled 3G network.
I'm confused, as on my Telus Milestone, it's constantly H, never once seen 3G appear on it, and Telus and Bell share their network.
Maybe I'm just horribly misinformed.
I donno if it is just me but I seem to be getting ridiculously slow 3G speeds here on my unlocked Desire Z using Rogers. I go to school in Hamilton at McMaster and most of the times the 3G is nigh on unusable because of its speeds. I don't know if it is an app or anything that has caused it because it was never slow when I first got the phone.
I am running the virtuous rom 0.72 atm. I do have half a mind to just factory reset the device adn see if that fixes the issues however I really don't want to lose all of my contacts and other settings that I have on this device.
TravelFiend said:
Rogers
I get a solid 3G icon almost all of the time, except when I'm using data, in which case it seems to switch over to the HSDPA icon. Literally, it will show a 3G, and then if I try to browse the web, the icon will immediately switch to an H from a 3G and the web page will load quite quickly.
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The same thing happening to me with Galaxy S,and this started a few days ago.
I unlocked my phone and I am using it on Telenor Serbia a and past two weeks it was just H all the time,now it's 3g all the time and when I start browsing it switch to H again and it work well,but why do that,should I be concern?
VladaP85 said:
The same thing happening to me with Galaxy S,and this started a few days ago.
I unlocked my phone and I am using it on Telenor Serbia a and past two weeks it was just H all the time,now it's 3g all the time and when I start browsing it switch to H again and it work well,but why do that,should I be concern?
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For me on O2 UK, it depends on the area.. Sometimes its solid 3G, sometimes solid H and sometimes 3G when idle, H when in use.. I guess its the base station software / hardware..
Craig
HAK Devil said:
I do have half a mind to just factory reset the device adn see if that fixes the issues however I really don't want to lose all of my contacts and other settings that I have on this device.
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If you've snyced with google then your contacts will just sync back. And I go to school at Mac as well and usually the speeds are really slow inside any buildings... If i don't have full bars then the speed will be crap, otherwise they are fine. But I am on Fido, not Bell.
Also, I thought that Bell didn't have a 2G GSM network? If that is the case then that could be why only H would be appearing...
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For me on O2 UK, it depends on the area.. Sometimes its solid 3G, sometimes solid H and sometimes 3G when idle, H when in use.. I guess its the base station software / hardware..
Craig
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But why this start to happen two day ago and not before... Should I call my operator or it's up to my phone. Maybe to do factory reset of change rom...
VladaP85 said:
But why this start to happen two day ago and not before... Should I call my operator or it's up to my phone. Maybe to do factory reset of change rom...
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It could be anything to be honest.. Your operator could have updated the base station.
It seems the phone is designed to do this probably to save power, HSDPA is battery intensive so having the phone in 3G while in standby probably saves quite a bit of power..
You could try emailing HTC with the question before your operator.
Regards
Craig
TravelFiend said:
Just FYI -- there has been a dramatic improvement in my battery life on Rogers, compared to what I was experiencing on Bell. Typically, I would be at about 40% battery life left at this point in the day (presumably because I was constantly connected to HSDPA with Bell). Whereas I'm at 80% battery life left with the Rogers 3G connection, and I've still been connected to Wi-Fi for the past five hours and browsing reasonably heavily.
Thanks for your help in sorting this out everybody.
TF
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Have you switched your phone to stay in umts only to get this dramatic battery gain?
craiglay said:
It could be anything to be honest.. Your operator could have updated the base station.
It seems the phone is designed to do this probably to save power, HSDPA is battery intensive so having the phone in 3G while in standby probably saves quite a bit of power..
You could try emailing HTC with the question before your operator.
Regards
Craig
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My phone is Samsung I9000 Galaxy S So maybe I will email Samsung...
Thanks,
Regards
From my understanding
GSM = 1G
GPRS= 2G = G
EDGE = 2.5G = E
UMTS = 3G = 3G
HSDPA/HSDUPA/HSPA+=3.5G = H
Since Rogers has all the above mentioned transceiver systems you will see that mostly on the Rogers network Android phones tend to stay on UMTS=3G switching to H only when more data throughput is required.
The battery life is much better on UMTS vs HSDPA hence you will get a better battery life on Rogers vs Bell.
Bell only has a HSDPA/HSPA+ network hence you will only see H
I am not claiming to be a 100% on this
Just my 2 cents by putting together 1 and 1
xdjneo said:
GSM = 1G
GPRS= 2G = G
EDGE = 2.5G = E
UMTS = 3G = 3G
HSDPA/HSDUPA/HSPA+=3.5G = H
Since Rogers has all the above mentioned transceiver systems you will see that mostly on the Rogers network Android phones tend to stay on UMTS=3G switching to H only when more data throughput is required.
The battery life is much better on UMTS vs HSDPA hence you will get a better battery life on Rogers vs Bell.
Bell only has a HSDPA/HSPA+ network hence you will only see H
I am not claiming to be a 100% on this
Just my 2 cents by putting together 1 and 1
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Nearly there (source Wikipedia),
GSM is 2G
GPRS is 2.5G
EDGE is 2.75G
UTMS is 3G
HSxPA is 3.5G
I would put HSPA+ as 3.75G as its slightly different to HSxPA but would settle for 3.5G
Broadly speaking battery life reduces the higher the generation but I think UTMS can be more efficient than 2.xG sometimes. (NOT HS... which is generally terrible all over hence the behaviour between 3G and H)
I always used to disable HSxPA because of the battery life, its just not easy on this phone. It requires root and editing a prop file..
Craig
I've been having some issues with my GSIII and was wondering if I am the only one. I live in Houston where LTE is live and was getting very good speeds 20-30 Mbps down.
All of a sudden I am getting 3G like speeds when connecting to 4G towers. 0.7 to 1.3 Mbps. Ping times are double, connection is very inconsistent for weeks. Finally called Sprint and they said to take out the battery and pop it back in. Viola back to normal speeds.
Unfortunately the next day... same issue. Popping the battery out and back in works but I do not want to be doing this every day to get a solid LTE connection. You guys getting the same issue? I can't understand what would cause this to happen. Is it a design issue with the phone where the LTE chip is not getting enough voltage over time?
mc-fine said:
I've been having some issues with my GSIII and was wondering if I am the only one. I live in Houston where LTE is live and was getting very good speeds 20-30 Mbps down.
All of a sudden I am getting 3G like speeds when connecting to 4G towers. 0.7 to 1.3 Mbps. Ping times are double, connection is very inconsistent for weeks. Finally called Sprint and they said to take out the battery and pop it back in. Viola back to normal speeds.
Unfortunately the next day... same issue. Popping the battery out and back in works but I do not want to be doing this every day to get a solid LTE connection. You guys getting the same issue? I can't understand what would cause this to happen. Is it a design issue with the phone where the LTE chip is not getting enough voltage over time?
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Have you tried just rebooting?
The "remove battery for a few" seems to be the cure for most ailments. So you could have some other issue that is affecting your LTE speeds.
Have you checked to see if there are any rogue processes eating memory/cpu? Hows your battery life when the LTE problem happens?
Im on LI8 update and i just tested mine and LTE seems normal.
Dallas, TX..
Maybe someone in Houston can help you test..
But to me it sounds more like a phone issue. Also sounds like its actually on 3G and not 4G. Wonder if its not showing the right icon or not switching properly.
vapore0n said:
Have you tried just rebooting?
The "remove battery for a few" seems to be the cure for most ailments. So you could have some other issue that is affecting your LTE speeds.
Have you checked to see if there are any rogue processes eating memory/cpu? Hows your battery life when the LTE problem happens?
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I tried just a reboot multiple times when I first had the issue and nothing worked until I popped the battery. Battery life remains pretty consistent. 12 to 16 hours on average depending on use. Nothing to suggest something eating away at CPU cycles.
You may be right though I'll see what processes I can kill and maybe identify whats causing it.
IAmSixNine said:
Im on LI8 update and i just tested mine and LTE seems normal.
Dallas, TX..
Maybe someone in Houston can help you test..
But to me it sounds more like a phone issue. Also sounds like its actually on 3G and not 4G. Wonder if its not showing the right icon or not switching properly.
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It does seem like its 3G its connected to instead of 4G. However the upload speeds seem to be faster than 3G. I will get like 0.92 down 1.43 up or 1.02 down and 6.46 up.
Well I don't think I am crazy. Tested this out with a friend who has the same phone with Sprint.
Both getting slow speeds when in 4G coverage. Power cycle or power cycle with removal of battery and both phones are performing better and both getting similar speeds on the same network connected to the same towers. You shouldn't have to power cycle your phone all the time to get a good LTE connection.
This can't be a coincidence because both phones are having the same issue as you can tell by the attached test results. I'm surprised people haven't noticed this issue.
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Well I don't think I am crazy. Tested this out with a friend who has the same phone with Sprint.
Both getting slow speeds when in 4G coverage. Power cycle or power cycle with removal of battery and both phones are performing better and both getting similar speeds on the same network connected to the same towers. You shouldn't have to power cycle your phone all the time to get a good LTE connection.
This can't be a coincidence because both phones are having the same issue as you can tell by the attached test results. I'm surprised people haven't noticed this issue.
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Crazy.
Have you installed the latest update? firmware LI3.
It says it "Improves LTE connection", so its worth a shot.
Try checking for Firmware Updates on the phone, force it to download.
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Crazy.
Have you installed the latest update? firmware LI3.
It says it "Improves LTE connection", so its worth a shot.
Try checking for Firmware Updates on the phone, force it to download.
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Yeah I updated the firmware a while back when the update was released. Everything is stock and up to date. Tried closing all running apps, clearing ram, setting roaming options to Sprint only/Automatic...
Can't seem to pinpoint the cause of the issue.
Got the OTA update a few days ago and it appears to have fixed the issue. Gone a few days without needing to power down.
asentsia quickeneth
mc-fine said:
Got the OTA update a few days ago and it appears to have fixed the issue. Gone a few days without needing to power down.
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On your post above you said you had updated the firmware when it was released/leaked. Was this to LI3?
Im wondering if I have the same issue. I can connect to 4G at my house but speeds are equal or worse than 3G.
I did update the radio when freeza released it, then did the full update after the phone received the update.
Ill try tonight doing the battery removal, see if that improves it.
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On your post above you said you had updated the firmware when it was released/leaked. Was this to LI3?
Im wondering if I have the same issue. I can connect to 4G at my house but speeds are equal or worse than 3G.
I did update the radio when freeza released it, then did the full update after the phone received the update.
Ill try tonight doing the battery removal, see if that improves it.
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I thought I had the latest in that post. I had received an update a few weeks back and checked for updates and got nothing. The OTA update I just did was for LI3.
Averaging about 11 Mbps down and 8 Mbps up now. Consistent connections and solid pings. If your speeds kick back up after power cycling I would suggest flashing the stock LI3 again. Its been like 4 days with no problems for me. Before I would have to power cycle at least once a day.
After doing a Kies Update for T889UVBMB4 a couple days ago my data DL and UL speeds have dropped to **** (1.5 MBPS max) and my battery life is significantly worse, I understand the battery life dropping due to LTE (even though not in LTE area NYC), but with full 4G signal still sucks...
I rooted immediately after using Note 2 Toolkit and removed some typical bloatware, but nothing else...
Anyone having similar issues and any resolution? I put in a ticket with Tmob's "advanced tech assistance"
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After doing a Kies Update for T889UVBMB4 a couple days ago my data DL and UL speeds have dropped to **** (1.5 MBPS max) and my battery life is significantly worse, I understand the battery life dropping due to LTE (even though not in LTE area NYC), but with full 4G signal still sucks...
I rooted immediately after using Note 2 Toolkit and removed some typical bloatware, but nothing else...
Anyone having similar issues and any resolution? I put in a ticket with Tmob's "advanced tech assistance"
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Turn off LTE, downgrade, or use the old APN. It's been covered.
I used KIES also and mine is working fine.
Hi all,
Is anyone else experiencing terrible signal on Three UK? My dad just got his G3 and compared to his Nokia 925 signal on Three is atrocious, and seems to drop in an out constantly?
Anyone else experiencing the same?
Not on 3 but I'm on ee (T-Mobile) and I have some prob outs at times that I found has been bit strange but most the time I have great signal.
I am on Three, had no signal concerns at all except in areas of weak signal. The phone doesn't seem great at maintaining a connection when signal is weak, whereas other phones might stay with 1 bar this drops to none, but otherwise signal is as good as can be expected.
No problems here
Sent from my LG-F400L
I have had this problem on 3 UK. I found that going into network settings and choosing the network mode without LTE stopped it from happening! Any idea why this may be anyone? Do we have defective units?
Matt
The g3 is just very slow at finding signal when its lost signal - what is happening is you are losing signal (even if just a split second), any other phone would probably instantly reconnect but the G3 seems slow - this is all software based (well, radio firmware) and can be fixed (and word on the street is that it will be fixed in the next, August, release).
Lennyuk said:
The g3 is just very slow at finding signal when its lost signal - what is happening is you are losing signal (even if just a split second), any other phone would probably instantly reconnect but the G3 seems slow - this is all software based (well, radio firmware) and can be fixed (and word on the street is that it will be fixed in the next, August, release).
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Thanks for the info, I won't be sending this off any time soon then! Also thanks for your unroot and chromecast volume fix guides they have been very helpful.
Wouldn't enabling fast dormancy help to find the signal quicker if it loses it?
I have also seem a connection problem on three in the UK. I figured switching off lte stopped it happening so much but then again I get 4G free and three tell me I have good signal strength for it so it seems silly to turn it off. Having said that I haven't seen it pop up once yet. Anybody tell me what the signal icons are on the G3, I have only had H so far? Cheers
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stigslim said:
I have also seem a connection problem on three in the UK. I figured switching off lte stopped it happening so much but then again I get 4G free and three tell me I have good signal strength for it so it seems silly to turn it off. Having said that I haven't seen it pop up once yet. Anybody tell me what the signal icons are on the G3, I have only had H so far? Cheers
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I haven't seen the 4g logo yet either as I live away from any LTE areas, I've seen H and H+, 4g will show up as either LTE or a 4g symbol so I assume that your phone isn't connected to LTE/4g if you haven't seen either of those
Yep that's what I figured. Tweeted three cs but didn't seem to get much help. Thought maybe it's because I'm a SIM only customer. But I have checked there website and to all intents I should be connecting. 4G is good on my area. Not sure what else to try?
Enable fast dormancy for the 3 network. 4G works great on 3 in cities where it is supported.
How to enable fast dormancy? Website gives my area a good signal. I don't even get H+ which I did with my galaxy s3.
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Yep that's what I figured. Tweeted three cs but didn't seem to get much help. Thought maybe it's because I'm a SIM only customer. But I have checked there website and to all intents I should be connecting. 4G is good on my area. Not sure what else to try?
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Have you tried the options when you enter 3845#*855# into the phone ? I had to use this as I was not getting LTE. See here for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/mod-root-activate-lte-g3-t2819387
The option its already in my network settings menu and switched on. Are these different? Just can't put my finger on it.
I am having the same issue with my LG G3 on Three, the signal is much worse than my galaxy S3. Drops out randomly in my house and then takes ages to get a signal again.
Wondering whether to send it back our not as a phone with bad reception is kind of pointless! Anything perhaps fixable with a new firmware for the radio?
Yep exact same issues. Hoping it's not the phone (bought it myself not from three) really like it and Up to now three was great ? gutted.
It seems the phone either had really good or really bad reception. In poor area's it's quite flaky and can drop out easily when moving between rooms or even how you hold it.
If the reception is good you can get some great speeds on 4G though. Hoping they fix the issues with low signal strength soon as it's quite annoying.
Had a text from three saying they were going to fix my issue within the next seven days. Not picked up a 4g signal at all yet. So watch this space.
I also had problems with signal. I got a replacement SIM & that seems to have improved matters.
Hi all, I just recently bought this pixel 6 pro a few weeks ago and I've been having horrible connection issues. The main one that plagues me is when all of a sudden, for no reason, I lose mobile data connection. I have some bars of signal with the LTE or 5G icon but with an exclamation point in it. Or sometimes it just loses signal randomly like in the screenshot below. Both screenshots were taken minutes apart.
I've noticed this was an issue for most people and have posted about this here, but I haven't seen anyone complain about it recently. Is there a fix for this problem?
Unfortunately for a great manu people, myself included this phone has garbage reception. There is no known fix.
Me to
My troubles began after I updated the phone to A13 enrolling to Beta and then leaving it.
The problem was that the phone will be stuck to H+ all day although weI have good coverage of 4G and 5G in town. Sometimes the connection would just drop and I had to engage flight mode to reset it.
Yesterday I decided that I had enough and did the reset of network settings. Today I have noticed that the problem was solved. Now I have 4g and 5g as in the past. But the problem now is that the Internet just would not work from time to time although it shows full bars. Had to use aeroplane mode again today about 3 times.
It's very annoying to say the least. Had thoughts of changing the phone. Not even speaking about heating issues when on mobile. Horrible.
leafar1606 said:
My troubles began after I updated the phone to A13 enrolling to Beta and then leaving it.
The problem was that the phone will be stuck to H+ all day although weI have good coverage of 4G and 5G in town. Sometimes the connection would just drop and I had to engage flight mode to reset it.
Yesterday I decided that I had enough and did the reset of network settings. Today I have noticed that the problem was solved. Now I have 4g and 5g as in the past. But the problem now is that the Internet just would not work from time to time although it shows full bars. Had to use aeroplane mode again today about 3 times.
It's very annoying to say the least. Had thoughts of changing the phone. Not even speaking about heating issues when on mobile. Horrible.
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I also have to occasionally switch on/off airplane mode when the phone cannot connect to the internet from time to time
i agree, terrible signal problems, all time. I`ll try to reset all network settings
for me it`s a disrespect from google to treat all final user like beta tester
Same here. Super slow connection even in areas with towers close by.
Been having this issue ever since I updated to Android 13.
Having only had the phone for 2 weeks, I took it to my provider who said all they can do is return it to Google. With both my eSIM and my physical sim dropping out together, apparently its an RIL problem. They did say that if it's just an issue with one SIM card, replacing it will fix it.
I think this can be solved downgrading to android 12.1 dev you can downgrade to android 12.1 without downgrade bootloader it's safe and don't brick your device because it's a android 12 that runs over android 13 bootloader. Keep in mind that this will erase your data permanently! Do a backup before do it
This has been happening since the phone came out. This is due to the old modem they are using from Samsung. There is no fix.
My coworker has this happen with his 6 Pro, while my 6 is perfect ironically. He has verizon, I got tmobile. He has to leave the store to make a call, but I don't. This has been for the last 6 months though
Teet1 said:
Hi all, I just recently bought this pixel 6 pro a few weeks ago and I've been having horrible connection issues. The main one that plagues me is when all of a sudden, for no reason, I lose mobile data connection. I have some bars of signal with the LTE or 5G icon but with an exclamation point in it. Or sometimes it just loses signal randomly like in the screenshot below. Both screenshots were taken minutes apart.
I've noticed this was an issue for most people and have posted about this here, but I haven't seen anyone complain about it recently. Is there a fix for this problem?
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Weird because this phone has better signal than my gf s22U IV never had trouble with it dropping like at all, hope use get a fix
TonikJDK said:
Unfortunately for a great manu people, myself included this phone has garbage reception. There is no known fix.
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Yup! It's crazy and makes me wary of staying with the Pixel line
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Weird because this phone has better signal than my gf s22U IV never had trouble with it dropping like at all, hope use get a fix
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P6P has better signal than the S22 Ultra? lol #troll
Visera said:
Been having this issue ever since I updated to Android 13.
Having only had the phone for 2 weeks, I took it to my provider who said all they can do is return it to Google. With both my eSIM and my physical sim dropping out together, apparently its an RIL problem. They did say that if it's just an issue with one SIM card, replacing it will fix it.
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Had the phone sent away to Google for repairs as the issue ended up happening when I was showing my provider. Got it back and Google said there were "no issues" with it and they couldn't replicate it with either SIM type. Either they put out a hotfix or it magically went away, but I'll see how it goes after using it again.
Teet1 said:
Hi all, I just recently bought this pixel 6 pro a few weeks ago and I've been having horrible connection issues. The main one that plagues me is when all of a sudden, for no reason, I lose mobile data connection. I have some bars of signal with the LTE or 5G icon but with an exclamation point in it. Or sometimes it just loses signal randomly like in the screenshot below. Both screenshots were taken minutes apart.
I've noticed this was an issue for most people and have posted about this here, but I haven't seen anyone complain about it recently. Is there a fix for this problem?
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If you've got another phone (5G compatible), you can try to see if the problem is the phone, or the actual network coverage.
Also, something else you could do is switch to 4G and see if the problem persists.
The thing with 5G is that the coverage is really spotty. That's in general. I don't live in the US, so I don't know what the actual coverage is over there. But that's a general thing with 5G. It cannot penetrate as well as 4G, and even worse than 3G or 2G. When you increase frequency, you lose distance (coverage). So basically 5G needs a lot more repeaters to get proper coverage.
But you could try another phone in the exact same area. Oor..try to switch to 4G and see if the issue still occurs. You could also call the carrier and ask if they have any idea why is this happening.
arsradu said:
If you've got another phone (5G compatible), you can try to see if the problem is the phone, or the actual network coverage.
Also, something else you could do is switch to 4G and see if the problem persists.
The thing with 5G is that the coverage is really spotty. That's in general. I don't live in the US, so I don't know what the actual coverage is over there. But that's a general thing with 5G. It cannot penetrate as well as 4G, and even worse than 3G or 2G. When you increase frequency, you lose distance (coverage). So basically 5G needs a lot more repeaters to get proper coverage.
But you could try another phone in the exact same area. Oor..try to switch to 4G and see if the issue still occurs. You could also call the carrier and ask if they have any idea why is this happening.
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Facts, I changed from 5G to LTE as my preferred Network and have much better connectivity
HipKat said:
Facts, I changed from 5G to LTE as my preferred Network and have much better connectivity
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Same with me. I keep 5G turned off for a couple reasons.
1, battery life.
2. 4G is fast enough for me.
3. Better signal.
p51d007 said:
Same with me. I keep 5G turned off for a couple reasons.
1, battery life.
2. 4G is fast enough for me.
3. Better signal.
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Oh Battery life for sure. HUGE difference!