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wing: data service died

ok so after some long searching, hours on the phone with PDA techs at tmobile, for the second time my phone's data no longer works.
basically i am on tmo for 6 weeks now. after having my wing for 3 weeks the data stopped working, called wetn though trouble shooting, the sent me a replacement. this past week on jan 10th, the data on the new replacement phone stoped working again. called tech again same steps, and they are going to send me a new phone.
at first they said it is a network issue, so to prove thats not the case i go to a friend with a wing, swap sims and his phone with my card worked, his card in my phone did not work.
just to try it i installed Open Touch v2.4 Biggy
which i am now im love with, but didnt change anything...
does anyone know how i might go around avoiding this from happening again.
also on a side note
when the phone attempts to connect and fails, it no longer makes/receives phonecalls or txts. have to power cycle the phone to be able to make calls..
so does any one know why this is happening to me or does tmobile just hate me

You just had a touch of bad luck. I've had my Wing for about a month and a half and I always get a strong signal anywhere, even in my 12th floor apartment in downtown brooklyn, where I always had trouble getting a signal in with my older phones.

maybe i miss spoke, i have full service, phone is purfect providing i dont make a data connection attempt
ok ill chart it out
Phone | Works
Data | Not Working
after trying data
phone and data dont work
for making calls i got 100% signal but not data..

well i just started having this problem last night except i cant make or receive calls niether :-/
im dieeeing here
i connects to tmobile network after manually connecting it and then i still cant make calls and the data connection has no conection at all :-/
im about to kill this phone once and for all

People with some Hermes (I think) were having problems with their radio chip overheating and destroying itself... I wonder if we're running in the same problem. HTC might have gotten some back chips.

fortuni said:
well i just started having this problem last night except i cant make or receive calls niether :-/
im dieeeing here
i connects to tmobile network after manually connecting it and then i still cant make calls and the data connection has no conection at all :-/
im about to kill this phone once and for all
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use the reset button
that normally works for me if i try to connect to data and fail..
you know the name the wing
means the phone is built for flight, as in the one out my window its going on soon

I was having this problem back in September/October..
I would be working at a job site and would need to record the air temperature, so I'd connect to weather.com or accuweather.com. It would refuse to connect.. sometimes it would say the remote connection was refused.. I couldn't connect to any other sites either. Or I'd be chatting with my gf or best friend and would get disconnected out of nowhere and might have no phone signal at all. It drove me nuts. If my phone connection was still working, I would contact Tmobile customer service. Each time it turned out they were having data connection issues for the western US... although I live in Central US, I was still considered West hmm. It was around the same time that Tmobile was quietly changing their unlimited data plans from $29.99/month to $19.99/month.. or whatever the prices.
So.. I figured it wasn't my phone.
Around the end of that month my phone was working great.. no data probs at all.. at least not that i knew of :-D
The same problems happened for me at the beginning of the year.. but I'm assuming it was due to the insanely heavy traffic(bc of holidays, new years, vacationers, etc) the mobile network had at the time.
My phone and data are working great again without me having done anything about it.
Sometimes turning off the phone connection... which will cut off your data connection too... then reconnecting the phone and then data connection would make mine work. If not.. maybe running network wizard.
I know that didn't help, but I just wanted to say I experienced that as well.
Good Luck!!

serious 3G/EDGE issues with my G1

I have a rooted G1, iam running JF 1.42 RC33, i also have RC33 Radio.
i live in Chicago in a place where the 3G coverage is pretty good. in fact a month ago i was having perfect reception on my G1.
recently; i am having many issues with the data link (3G, EDGE)
simply, the phone does not pick the data link properly, and even if connected, it might drop the connection.
sometimes i have to go to settings, wireless, mobile networks, and click on "use 2G only" a couple of times to trigger the phone to connect... it will drop the connection when it goes to sleep !!!!
i have noticed that many times when the phone sleeps, it does not switch properly between the wifi and 3G [or EDGE], so i dont get my emails.
sometimes a reboot solves the problem, and some times it does not
i tried to flash the radio image again,,,, it didnt solve the problem.
any help will be highly appreciated.

If you've tried to reflash you radio and the results are the same it may not be your phone. It may be the network itself. You should call TMo to see if they have any issues in your area. About a month ago half the country went out for also half a day. It's rare but it happens. If no one else is having issues then it's possible the problem would be with the phone. You could try a wipe and/or reflash but it probably won't make any difference since it sounds like the radio (which you already tried flashing). Maybe also try checking to see if turning off data roaming will make any difference.

thank you for your response:
iam having this issue since a couple of weeks,, and i dont think it is a network issue.
i have tried to disable/enable data roaming,,,, it didnt help.
am i left to a "wipe" only.. ????

well you can give that a try and if that doesnt solve your problems then it may actually be a defect with your phone. also... ive had issues that my phone would lose data and voice even while i was on the phone. it would just disconnect then say no service. the problem wasnt my phone though... it was my sim card. if that sounds more like your problem you can get a new one for about $20 through a tmobile store.

i didnt encounter any voice call drop issues.
when i wipe, i will need to reflash everything, right?

I live in the chicago area as well and my edge/3g has been off and on like crazy over the past 4 or 5 days. I will look at my phone and it won't have an E or 3G. I'm running jv1.42rc33 with apps and caches to sd card. I'm not sure if its a network problem or my phone itself.

So you both live in the Chicago and are having issues with 3G/Edge and you doubt that it's a network problem??? I hope you didn't do your wipe yet.
I'd call T-Mobile and ask to speak with their data support (Tier 3) group and verify that it's a problem with your handsets before you do anything (like reflash, wipe, etc).

i live in chicago as well.
T-Mobile was/is having 3g network issues. T-Mobile where not aware of the issues. They say they are on the issue to solving it. :

Binary100100 said:
So you both live in the Chicago and are having issues with 3G/Edge and you doubt that it's a network problem??? I hope you didn't do your wipe yet.
I'd call T-Mobile and ask to speak with their data support (Tier 3) group and verify that it's a problem with your handsets before you do anything (like reflash, wipe, etc).
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I didn't explain myself well there. I'm under the impression it is a network problem. I learned my lesson last time there was an outage. I did like three wipes in four days thinking it was my phone.

It isn't you - my 3G (also Chicagoland) has been up and down since Wednesday. It is completely down again this morning. All day yesterday it was probably up for no more than an hour.
F'ing T-Mobile made me wipe my phone, then drive to the local store to get a new SIM, and they refused to acknowledge that it was a network issue. The sales rep at the T-Mobile store was having the same issue.

gottifour said:
I did like three wipes in four days thinking it was my phone.
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DOH! That sucks! LOL. If you're referring to the outage that we had about a month ago I took the liberty of posting a thread on here warning people not to wipe because they might not be able to sign in because of the network issues. There were so many that did and I was almost one of them myself until I wised up and decided to call first.

hello guys,,, thanks for everybody who in contributing in this thread.
i can see iam not the only one having issues in Chicago, t-mobile said they had no problems,,,,
what makes me tend to believe them is sometimes if i play with the phone the 3G shows up,
this is an experiment for you to try (it worked for me):
enable tethering using the open source gui, then disable it again.... 3G shows up !!!! even if you enable wifi... the phone will switch properly between wifi and 3G (when sleeping).
it worked for me last night and is still working now.
if you guys try it and it works,, this means t-mo has no problem,,, and we need to figure out what is wrong with the combination/configuration we have...

gottifour said:
I live in the chicago area as well and my edge/3g has been off and on like crazy over the past 4 or 5 days. I will look at my phone and it won't have an E or 3G. I'm running jv1.42rc33 with apps and caches to sd card. I'm not sure if its a network problem or my phone itself.
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gottifour: i have the exact same configuration on my phone as yours, and iam in chicago.... please try the tethering experiment and let me know what you get,,,,,, thanks

same exact problem here...and i live in CHICAGO also. =/
hope this gets resolved soon

today, iam not having any problems connecting to the 3G.
is it the case for everybody in Chicago?

ajarmeh104 said:
today, iam not having any problems connecting to the 3G.
is it the case for everybody in Chicago?
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Actually i noticed its been on and working all day also. maybe its been fixed?
i hope so...

this problem is driving my crazy,,,,
today i have no data connection (except for the wifi)
still not sure if it is t-mo problem or my g1

i just called t-mo and they told me to turn off the phone, take the battery out, put it back on..... and it worked,
now it is working!!!!!

TMob US - 3g service, but no internet

Ok, this is goofy.
Wifi works great
EVDO connects to internet and works great
3g shows 3 bars, but will not connect to internet
This is true even after a hard reset. Must be a settings issue? I did a hard reset, let it set up, and still same problem.

I got the same problem. Purchased the phone yesterday morning. I never had the data plan before. I called T-Mobile twice and they told me that it can take up to 48 hours for the data to kick in. If it doesn't work by tomorrow morning, I'll give them a call again.

i got the same thing too guys. it is fine now and i got a text message from tmo so it it cuts out again i will chime back in.
buy yeah, yesterday i lost connection twice for long periods of time, like a couple of hours.

Thanks for the info! Seems pretty weird that it works when I'm in an E area, but not on 3g. Maybe different towers or something. Friggin awesome phone though!

LOL, WTF
i just tried to go on yahoo on my hd2 just now after posting and guess what.... it's out again!

OK so I pulled the battery and popped it back in and my internet is back.
i hope this isn't a hardware issue!

Yeah, this is interesting. Popped my TMo sim into my Xperia, could only get E level of service for some reason but could connect to the internet. Put the sim back in my HD2, took it to the far corner of the basement where it drops to E service and it connects to the internet. Back in 3g zone and it won't connect at all. At least it seems to have a stronger antenna than the Xperia. I'll have to give them a call and see whats going on.

there was an issue with the settings...
you can try a couple of things first...
if you are familiar with windows (which sounds like you are), you need to go change the access point name (apn) to one of 2 options...
wap.voicestream.com
epc.tmobile.com

I called into customer service about same issue. I was told to power down, remove battery and start it again and check. It worked afterward.
Maybe it was due to them activating my new data plan, from Android data to Smart phone data. I don't know, just guessing.

I thought maybe I was having this same problem yesterday..
thought eh its all in my head.
Maybe it was due to them activating my new data plan, from Android data to Smart phone data. I don't know, just guessing/QUOTE]
What phone did you have?
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This is tmoUS, guys. They're notorious for having ****ty 3G service. No point in having HSPA+ when the majority of the people are still reliant on EDGE. Hopefully by summer you guys will get decent coverage.

hazard99 said:
I thought maybe I was having this same problem yesterday..
thought eh its all in my head.
Maybe it was due to them activating my new data plan, from Android data to Smart phone data. I don't know, just guessing/QUOTE]
What phone did you have?
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HTC Dream.
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lude219 said:
This is tmoUS, guys. They're notorious for having ****ty 3G service. No point in having HSPA+ when the majority of the people are still reliant on EDGE. Hopefully by summer you guys will get decent coverage.
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I'm in NYC. The 3G is good here. Rarely had problems. Probably only a day or something that I can remember.

spotty here in denver. got mine last night. can't get any gps satellites for google maps either.
-Tony

""there was an issue with the settings...
you can try a couple of things first...
if you are familiar with windows (which sounds like you are), you need to go change the access point name (apn) to one of 2 options...
wap.voicestream.com
epc.tmobile.com""
It was set to epc.tmobile.com
I tried to change it to wap.voicestream.com, but that setting errored out.
Then couldn't get the epc.tmobile.com setting to work which is strange. Soo, did a hard reset and let it set up again. Same thing. I can connect to internet with Edge, but 3g even though it shows the signal bars and everything seems great will not connect to internet, download email, update weather, etc.

I too am have this problem... Sometimes web works great, other times no web but strong 3G.... I thought I was going crazy...

My internet was working really slow yesterday when I first got the phone (5-60 kbit/s). Called up tmo to ask if maybe they had set me up with just tzones or something. The guy said "no everything looks fine here...oh wait I see there's something that needs to be reset; I'm surprised you were getting internet at all." When I asked him what it was he said he "couldn't really explain what it was", to which I replied "..."
Anyway, it seems to be working fine now. Don't know if this could be related to the problems you're having, but giving tmobile a call couldn't hurt, maybe they can flip the magic unexplainable switch for you.

Ok so I couldn't get internet for two days now, I called T-mobile twice and told me to wait 48 hours. After thinking something was fishy, I looked at my receipt from Wal-Mart where I purchased the phone and I noticed something peculiar: "REQ Android Web: 30:00". Knowing damn sure I did not purchase an android phone, I called T-Mobile for the third time, complaining, so the first guy transferred me to another operator. He checked out my account and it turned out that I didn't have any data plan at all. So he added the plan and within 20 minutes I was surfing. Everything works great. I'm getting about 850 kbps in northwest Indiana.
It's very interesting that the first two operators I called never even bothered to look at my account to see if I have a data plan.

Just discovered new regarding the no data issue.
I had the no data problem again today, even though it was working in the morning. I decided to reboot and check, but then I noticed the 'Terminate Data Connection' option when I hold down the power button. So I tried it. It killed the data connection and when I went into Google Maps, the data connection reactivated and everything was fine again.
So, it may be a bug!

T-Mobile National Outage for HD2

2-3 Days ago the 3G on my HD2 stopped working. Since I've added a fair number of apps and mods I spent a couple days trying to fix the problem and finally did a factory reset. Still no 3G. I upgraded the newly released upgrade, no 3g. I called T-Mobile and a rep told me that this is a problem all across the US that started several days ago that effected only HD2 phones. Further she said that it was not all HD2s, just some of them. Specifically, she said, many HD2s stopped connecting to the internet and that my problem of no 3g is probably related to it.
I came to the forum to read about others having this issue, but I can't find a thread. Is anyone having the issue the T-Mobile rep described?

My HD2 has been having trouble connecting to the t-mo network after it has been on my wifi network overnight. I am prompted for credentials once outside the wifi. I've been able to get past this by using start menu/settings/connections/autodata config on the energy ROM i have running now.
I talked to two different reps about connection problems 5/26 and 5/27. Neither mentioned the outage you are talking about. The second rep told me I had to do a factory reset as my next trouble shooting step. Shortly after that I found the autodata config so I didn't do it.

Huh?
I don't encounter a single internet problem with my HD2 though mine has custom ROM installed.
Where are you located?

I wouldn't say there is a National outage at all

I am located in Little Rock, AR. However, the rep was very clear to me that people all over the US were encountering connection problems, that, it was specific to HD2, that it started 2-4 days ago and that did not affect all HD2s.
If you do not have any connection problems at all, then according the the Tmobile rep, your HD2 is not affected by the outage. As I said in my original post, my HD2 connected fine up to 3 or so days ago, when it abruptly stopped connecting. Honestly, I think the Tmobile rep did not know what she was talking about. The Tmobile rep is suppose to call me back today (5/29) to check if I was still having connection problems, so I am trying to validate whethter anyone else is having that same issue.
So, is there anyone who has these issues:
2-4 Days ago (May 25-27) your connection to edge and 3g abruptly stopped working.
Or, 2-4 days ago (May 25-27) your connection to 3g abruptly stopped working
There were not software changes that could have caused the issue.
Their may be short intermittent periods since the problem started where the connection to edge or 3d works (emphasis on the short and intermittent part).
Uprading to the newest ROM update from the Tmobile web site does not help.
Thanks,
John

I'm in Socal and have had not issues with data.

No problems here in Phoenix, AZ

No problems here in Salt Lake City - actually I've been having some decent speed today...

I'm in Utah and I had problems with the data connection on the 25th. It wouldn't turn on. I went through a long process with the tmobile rep, but when he told me I needed to factory reset my phone, I decided to wait until I had more time. The next day it was working again. Since then, my data has shut off several times, but I a able to turn it back on through the settings.
I haven't changed anything on my phone other then to add a couple of programs. No changes or additions within a few days of when the problem started.

I'm in NorCal with a 100% factory stock HD2 (with the newest updates.. or whatever).. my 3G is working fine (spotty as usual).

I am in Salt Lake City as well, and I always have problems connecting to the internet. What is really strange is when I woke up this morning, I was having troubles logging into windows mobile facebook. Half of my contacts had lost their pictures that are linked to the facebook account. Could this be the same thing?
Edit, I was connecting to the internet through my wifi at home. I turned it off and turned on the data connection and got 3G just fine. But it was weird because I was signed out of facebook and windows marketplace. I had to log back into those. I don't know what else might be affected. I also have 3G connection problems mainly at work. I went to a baseball game last night and couldn't connect to 3G while sitting on the grass behind the outfield. The whole baseball field is sits down in a little valley.

markerichanson said:
My HD2 has been having trouble connecting to the t-mo network after it has been on my wifi network overnight. I am prompted for credentials once outside the wifi. I've been able to get past this by using start menu/settings/connections/autodata config on the energy ROM i have running now.
I talked to two different reps about connection problems 5/26 and 5/27. Neither mentioned the outage you are talking about. The second rep told me I had to do a factory reset as my next trouble shooting step. Shortly after that I found the autodata config so I didn't do it.
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Where did you find the autodata config?

jwperez1 said:
I am located in Little Rock, AR. However, the rep was very clear to me that people all over the US were encountering connection problems, that, it was specific to HD2, that it started 2-4 days ago and that did not affect all HD2s.
If you do not have any connection problems at all, then according the the Tmobile rep, your HD2 is not affected by the outage. As I said in my original post, my HD2 connected fine up to 3 or so days ago, when it abruptly stopped connecting. Honestly, I think the Tmobile rep did not know what she was talking about. The Tmobile rep is suppose to call me back today (5/29) to check if I was still having connection problems, so I am trying to validate whethter anyone else is having that same issue.
So, is there anyone who has these issues:
2-4 Days ago (May 25-27) your connection to edge and 3g abruptly stopped working.
Or, 2-4 days ago (May 25-27) your connection to 3g abruptly stopped working
There were not software changes that could have caused the issue.
Their may be short intermittent periods since the problem started where the connection to edge or 3d works (emphasis on the short and intermittent part).
Uprading to the newest ROM update from the Tmobile web site does not help.
Thanks,
John
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Try going into Settings and wireless control. Click on the Data Connection on the let to set it up....
Then just ok through all of the prompts and see if that brings it back. Happened to me more than once. That Rep has no clue. How could it only effect certain HD2's? Or any specific phone? It's just a glitch. You are using the 2.10 ROM right?

Yes, thankfully I'm not the only with the same problem, another coworker of mine has the same issue as well. I reside on Miami Beach, FL and for the last two days my phone has been unable to connect to the internet at all. My icon constantly stays on 3g and never switches to H. All my apps display the error message that they were unable to connect to the internet.
At first I thought it was my radio malfunctioning, but my coworker spoke to a TMOUS rep and he told him to update his phone to the latest version, but he is still unable to connect. I decided to update mine to the latest touch-extreme version and still nothing. My phone still brinks maybe for a second or two to H but then it comes back down to 3g.

crisisinthecity said:
Try going into Settings and wireless control. Click on the Data Connection on the let to set it up....
Then just ok through all of the prompts and see if that brings it back. Happened to me more than once. That Rep has no clue. How could it only effect certain HD2's? Or any specific phone? It's just a glitch. You are using the 2.10 ROM right?
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Yes I have already tried that. Yes I'm using the 2.10.50.26 ROM version.

jwperez1 said:
Yes I have already tried that. Yes I'm using the 2.10.50.26 ROM version.
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I meant I'm using the 2.10.50.26 radio version

Intermittent Data Outage on HD2
I and another friend are also experiencing the same issue here in Michigan constant up and down data connection on the HD2 I'm at the current ROM version that was released on their website actually the unit already had this version installed my unit is on only a week old during the second day of usage I contacted Tmobile a few times because of the data connection issue I finally got a rep who has an HD2 and was told it was affecting only the HD2 and some Android units I'm hoping it's not a bad chipset the only fix seems to power off then back on at some point I get my data connect back this issue does not affect my HTC PRO 2 another issue is the custom app Tmobile placed on the unit when calling 611 it pops up and displays info about your account etc.. the only problem is that it shuts down your speakerphone feature to fix this you have to soft reset the unit the Rep was aware of this issue also It seems the recent firmware upgrade does not address many issue yet. Seem like Tmobile is being to quiet with these problems. I have a few days left under the buyer’s remorse to return.

im in philadelphia pa this is the testing grounds for the hspa system and my hd2 devices jusmps between hspa and 3g depending on my enviroment havnt had any issuses with 3g but also i live a few blocks away from a tower ...

Tampa, FL - Me Too!
Problems with signal drops constantly on 2 brand new HD2's bought 1 week ago. Latest T-mobile rom and radio. I have not tried other roms/radio's yet, but will. It is very upsetting. I've tried a couple of setting configs found on some posts, but to no avail. Will be flashing roms & radios this week and see how things go from there.
New to T-mobile in my area so dunno if just coverage issue or HD2/T-mobile network connection issues. However, I live smack in downtown area where coverage is usually strong for any carrier and still have signal drops and fluctiations. Had no problems connecting to 3G in same areas with at&t. Also consistent drops around town as well on both my HD2's.
What radio are you all of you that are having good results using?
Maybe we should take a poll of what radio # people are having the most luck with?

I have had no issues here in Colorado Springs. I am still on stock firmware (2.13).

G2 Data Connection

Has anyone been having issues with the G2 Data? This morning and another morning this week my data failed, I tried going into airplane mode then restarting the phone completely still no signal and no cell signal either. My friend has a hacked and unlocked iPhone and his is working fine so I know its not a network issue with the towers... As well another co-worker has a myTouch 3g with no reported issues. Thankfully I have a wifi signal here at work.
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That unlocked iPhone your buddy is using is EDGE only, obviously. That's going to give a better connection inside. Try running 2G only mode next time you get that issue.
I bet it was just a brief network outage in your area. It happens sometimes.

Not brief if it's a network outage... my connection is still gone... both my friends have theirs and one is on a myTouch 3g...
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I do have occasional data connectivity issues, however, not that severe. Just your (what seems to be) typical "arrow stuck in the up position" issue.
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jloescher2010 said:
Not brief if it's a network outage... my connection is still gone... both my friends have theirs and one is on a myTouch 3g...
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Sounds like you have a problem then. I haven't experienced that on my G2 yet. My N1 forever had data connectivity issues.
Are you using the new simcard that possibly came with your G2? I have no idea if that makes a difference, but just asking...
Call T-Mobile and see what's up. Maybe they can refresh you on the network.
800-937-8997
Say "english" at the first prompt and "representative" at the next prompt to skip to a live person.
Good luck.

Thanks Sean.
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Tmo has been having issues, there are several reports of this and all my demo phones are unable to get online(though regular signal is fine) I would call care to let them know you are having issues too, ask them to make a ticket and/or send an engineer
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I had to exchange a couple until I got one with a solid 3G connection. Previous G2's had no connection or were in Edge 90% of the time.

Nothing wild here.
It seems to work as its supposed to.

Would love to see mine switch to 3G. Been on Edge 100% since I got it Tuesday. Advertised in a soled 3G area, but no luck. T-Mo CS politely told me I will love Edge. Will be switching to Sprint Epic if nothing changes in next few days.

Mine does that too. I have to restart it.
Wonder if the supposed OTA-vapor new radio will fix that.

I've been having data issues too, seems like it has to do with how my phone is held (HTC antennagate?) I hope the mythical OTA comes with a radio fix (if that is the cause) and/or a vorpal blade....
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I have a ticket open with tmobile about my data issues.
I'll have my phone on the desk and it'll have 1 or 2 bars of H and then I'll pick it up and its goes to G then to E then to nothing. Its worse when I open the keyboard.
I love this phone so much I hope its just a software fix. Is the OTA going to have radio fixes?

phazedplasma said:
I have a ticket open with tmobile about my data issues.
I'll have my phone on the desk and it'll have 1 or 2 bars of H and then I'll pick it up and its goes to G then to E then to nothing. Its worse when I open the keyboard.
I love this phone so much I hope its just a software fix. Is the OTA going to have radio fixes?
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Exact same problem here. It's so frustrating. I've already exchanged it once and spent an hour on the phone with tech support. If it keeps up, I don't know what I'm going to do.

I am not liking the data issues.... I love the phone besides.
Fixed with a soft reset but that has to change...

There are a bunch of us with signal issues. I live in Vegas where we have great HSPA+ coverage and Im still getting a lot of issues even with 3G, that I didnt have with my Nexus One.
Check out the thread on the T-Mobile Forums. (I cant post the link since Im new here )
My issues are simply the phone works one min then the next there is ZERO signal, if I dont move but restart the phone I have full signal again. Some times the signal comes back on its own then other times it doesnt and I have missed calls after the restart.
I bought my dad a G2 as well (upgraded him from his G1) for his birthday, and he is having similar issues. I went into my local t-mobile store and they replaced the sim card 2x now and that didnt help. What I did find that helps is that if you set it 2G mode the phones seems to work fine. This is a temp fix but its retarded that T-Mobile's fastest phone is being forced to run in 2G mode.
I hope someone on here can figure out the issue or t-mobile comes out with a OTA fix asap.

Wow, the rep just tried to tell me I live in an area that is only covered by edge. I asked why I've had 3g hooked on my phones for the past 2 years and why my girlfriends phone says 3g. She then said I was wrong and she didn't know why the last rep told me I was suppose to have 3g. She then directed me to the coverage map where I pointed out to her how wrong she was.
....and she's a PDA specialist.
What upset me was how she was trying to convince me I lived in an area where 3G was not available. Despite having had 3G at this location for years. I told her I'd just call back tomorrow.
Edit: She must be on drugs, I see that I'm back on 3G.

The rep on the T-Mobile forums is asking you to PM them your info:
Hi everybody!
If you are experiencing this, we would like to hear from you. Please send me a PM with a few details. The location information requested is particularly important.
(Do not post your private information here in public.)
1. Describe your signal indicators when things are working well. For example, "Full signal with an H."
2. Describe your signal indicators when you are experiencing the issues in question (No signal, one bar, E, G, etc).
3. Provide a location where you are experiencing issues (city, state, zip code)
•Are you aware of other T-Mobile phones experiencing or not experiencing these issues at the same location?
•Are you indoors or outdoors when you are experiencing the issues in question?
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5. The T-Mobile phone number in question.
Thank you!
-Dominic
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I've had prevalent connection issues as well. For me, turning off Bluetooth and WiFi fixed the issues and I was able to get data via mobile network again. Bluetooth seems to be the main offender.
This exact thing used to happen with my N1, and this was fixed with rooted builds (Cyanogen/Enomther) from what I saw...... *grumble*

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread here, but I'm having data issues today in the Chicagoland area. Anyone else having problems?
I first thought it was an issue with the latest CM7 nightly I flashed last night, so this morning I reverted back to CM6.1.1 and still having problems with data. It shows I have 3G/H and strong voice signal, but no data is coming/going. When I reverted back to CM6.1.1 I did a complete wipe and then nandroid restore.
Thoughts?