Is there a registry entry to keep the network service set to home only. Every time I turn the phone off and back on again or do a soft reset it switches back to standard. I live close to the border and have to keep switching it back to stop from getting dinged by Telus for roaming charges. My phone keeps grabbing the US towers and for calls it's not bad but for data it's a killer.
There must be a way of keeping it at Home
Thanks
Paul
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Hiya
I've been getting a lot more call drops than usual recently.
Trying to make a call, I get a long pause with nothing at all then 3 pips/beeps as it drops the call. It takes about 5-8 redials before I can get a line out.
There is no difference either if I do a soft reset Reluctant to do a hard reset but if I do I'll try and backup first.
Then there are incomming calls. It misses them, or there are times when people calling get a long tone but i see their number flash up and it just drops the call and I get a missed call alert. Calling them back gives me.... the three pips
I can't win. I've tried screaming abuse at the phone but strangely enough it has no affect
Seriously considering ringing Orange tomorrow to see if I can get a replacement... Grr.
Suggestions anyone??
Tia
Elwyn
Sounds like a network issue and is probably down to your local 3g cell (either being just too far away or having other problems). And yes you might have two bars or whatever on signal strength but 3g can be problematic like that.
Try settings, phone, band, and changing it from Auto to GSM. This will force your device to use gsm instead of 3g. If that improves things, try switching back in a day or two to see if they've fixed the cell.
I'm in the city centre almost and from my flat I can see at least 3 seperate towers. Of which i know 2 are Orange
Thank you for your suggestions, I will try that later.
This problem though doesn't just happen at home I think I'll have to dig deeper...
My phone has recently been messing up, and it's rather annoying.
I'll unlock my phone, try to use my data connection, and it won't load a page. I look at the top, and there is no 3g icon. Only way to fix it is to put it into airplane mode and back again. Anyone else have this issue?
I have a replacement on it's way because it keeps shorting out with a line in jack, but it wont be here for a while because of the back orders.
I searched the forums, didn't see this topic addressed, sorry if this is already being discussed.
I have the same problem with 3G dropping into 1X with a decent signal. I got the Real Signal app from the Market which will display the EVDO and CDMA signal separately and discovered that the EVDO signal was at least -10 to -25 db weaker than the CDMA signal. I reported this to VZ and they were supposed to send some one out to this location to check the tower signal and get back to me but have heard nothing for about 5 days now. Will check with them again tomorrow. I think that it is an antenna problem or radio front end problem on the 1900 MHZ band. Need to find out something by the middle of next week because my 30 day period will be up then.
It doesn't just lose 3g, it has no data connection at all. Only way to fix it is airplane mode or power off then on.
Mine is liking to drop my signal to 1x. And my call quality sucks.
Mine stopped loading web pages all together. You have to clear the cash is is defaulted to 6mb. That is what Verizon told me to do and the phone works great. I run the world at war page from face book all day. Face book is blocked by my company's software. Every night I clear the cash.
I have Epic 4g on SPRINT USA. Not rooter, latest original firmware. I recently notice that if I get to no signal zone like subway, radio icon is crossed circle; I guess phone suspend radio and randomly check to preserve battery. Problem is that once I back to area with full signal it may take 5-10 minutes for phone to get radio back. If I attempt to make call it will say phone not registered on network. It will take me switch airplane mode on off to enforce registration on network sooner. As the result if I am located in no signal zone for an hour and have signal for 10 min and back to no signal it will not get my sms, voicemail and email during that time. Is that waiting time adjustable? Any idea?
When I'm heading down into the subway, I put my phone on airplane mode because its pointless to have the radio on when there's no signal and it wastes more battery, then when I get out I wait a few seconds and then turn airplane mode off and it reconnects like nothing.
Just try turning I on when you're going in, and when you're outside again just turn airplane mode off
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You could use Tasker for something like this easily. Its what its made for.
No Radio / long time to register on network
But I do not want all time to manage my phone when I go to underground area or at no service area. I can use tasker, but should not it be handled by sprint? Also in tasker you expect me to use cell near and check it repeatedly once per 3min? Not much sense, as tasker will not see event when display off, it by default use to check once per 10 min, which is not good in this situation.
Any other solution? I do not expect all people using subway to turn on airline mode
I bought my girlfriend at GS 4. Ever since she got it she's having trouble connecting to the internet, whether it's 3G 4G or WiFi. it doesn't matter if she's home, in the house, or wherever. the phone is brand new, and it's already been factory reset by sprint. I had her take it to Best Buy yesterday and Samsung store, and they ran a fail tests on it she said it was good. Also since the moment she walked into Best Buy, immediately she had full bars of everything and her hone worked perfectly so they couldn't duplicate the problem. The phone is ahout 3 weeks old so no one will let me return or exchange it, which IMO is complete BS. She cant update her profile or download anything, and when she does it displays error codes. She had a data error "6602" when updating profile, and an entirlely full notification screen of errors from google play. Anyway I'm out of state so I can't help her, is there a way to get anybody to exchange this phone for her? Its ridiculous already.
Try going into settings then mobile networks then more networks then network mode then cdma. The phone will reboot. After it has rebooted and the 3g network icon has stabilized, go into settings, then more tab then system update. Then select uodate prl. Make sure it updates. Then select update profile. Wait until it says update successful. Now go back into the network settings like before and select lte/cdma. Let it reboot. After reboot, gold power button down and turn off phone. Once blue light has shut off and the vibrate had happened, take the battery door off. Remove battery. Hold down power button and count sixty seconds. After that, let go of button and put battery back in. Power up phone. Give it a minute to connect to network after booting up. If after a couple of minutes the network hasn't connected and stabilized, then there might be something wrong with the phone or tower network. If after trying this a couple of times, if it didn't correct the problem, then I'd go see a sprint service center. I've done this recently and it fixed my data problems. If it doesn't, in your case, then take it to the repair center.
try ##72786# let it go three the motions and see if this stabilizes the connection issues. it did for me
I need help this is driving me insane!
I've been running Dynamic Kat Rom for about 6 months or so now. Everything was working fine then all of a sudden a week or two ago I noticed my mobile data is not enabling at all.
I can only connect on Wifi and only receive SMS.
I've tried
- Messing will all the data/network settings
- Turning Mobile Data on and off -- no effect
- Toggling Airplane Mode on and off as suggested in some places
- Wiping everything but Data and reflashing latest ROM
- Reseating the SIM card
- several other things I forgot..
I do see the carrier information in the top left (AT&T) and I am getting signal bars.. but not indicator for 4G/LTE/etc
I've been messing with this for a week now and it's driving me insane.. I can't get a connection anywhere unless I'm on Wifi.
Anyone have any suggestions? I'm not super phone savvy, but willing to try any suggestions anyone may have.
Hmmm.. weird.
So I called AT&T and asked them about it.. figuring it could possibly be a carrier issue.
They told me to try things I had already done 100 times.. turn the phone off and on.. turn wifi off... etc.
I turned Wifi off... (which I had done 50,000 times before) and 4G popped up.
I guess they did something. So.. guess it's resolved.
Problem has returned.. same issue. I will have 4G signal for hours and then all of a sudden it will drop completely and I can't get a data signal no matter what I do.
I see AT&T in the corner and have signal bars, so I AM getting some kind of signal.. but no data connection whatsoever.
It seems completely random and intermittent.. I can have data signal for days with no issues then I will lose it for days.
Restarting the phone 5-20 times sometimes fixes it.. but that's about it. Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
Bad signal / carrier issue?
Call them and report a fault in your area?
I have called them multiple times, they will reset the signal.. sometimes it will come back right away, sometimes it wont.
And this happens regardless of where I am. I know for a fact where I am right now has a great signal strength. I get 4-5 bars on average. But this also happens at home as well about 20 miles away, which also has a good signal, or anywhere I go really it can happen. This isn't in the middle of nowhere either, it's smack in the middle of SoCal (LA/OC)
I'm beginning to think it may be a SIM card issue or a hardware issue with the phone. I'm going to try asking them to send me a new SIM card.
Another thing I will notice is when I have a working 4G LTE connection, and I'm on Wifi... it will sometimes CONSTANTLY switch back and forth between wifi and 4G like every 10 seconds, even when I have full signal strength on Wifi and 4G.
Disable Smart Network Switching in WiFi settings
it's nothing but a buggy headache, disabling might fix most of your problems, almost certainly the constant switching back and forth
Yeah forgot to mention I have disabled that. It's disabled now. It solves the constant switching back and forth (when I actually have a data connection), but that's kind of a separate issue as the losing data connection.