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Please, somebody tell me there's hope. 2 really annoying & disappointing things are happening. My bluetooth keeps randomly disconnecting, and to make matters worse the status bar icon still shows it is connected, but it's not. Second, I am dropping calls almost daily, and I'm mostly in places where 2 seconds before the drop I had 4 bars!!! I went to a store today & got a replacement SIM (50.01 vs. 39.01 markings) hoping that might solve it, not happening. And the signal strength almost never shows less than -105 dBm, sometimes -97. I NEVER had a dropped call or any bluetotth issues with either my old trusty G1 or the MT3G I just came from. I'm really trying to love the phone, it has so many positives. But the fact that it's a "phone" and it's basic function is skewered is pissing me off big time. Please, someone tell me I ain't the only one experiencing these issues, and, that either the OTA FroYo or Cyan's first ROM is gonna fix 'em? Better yet, any known fixes now? Are these issues in any way related to the data issues, possibly? When I called Tech Support last night they said to try a hard reset, but I really don't want to do so, unless I can flash one of the stock/de-TW'ed "stock" ROM's written about in the Dev. threads. Anyone have any concrete suggestions or explanations? Thanks...
Up until yesterday ive always drawn 3-4 bars at the least inside of my house. All of a sudden out of nowhere I cant get any bars. Its like theyll pop on and then just disappear really quick. Its made my data painfully slow and I cant figure out what the issue is. I've reflashed the radio and that didnt help. Made sure the network was set to CDMA... that didnt help. Im a little clueless here. And periodically itll pull up two or three bars and then almost instantly the service will die out altogether and an X will pop up where the bars normally are....then the process starts all over. WTF? Is this a network issue or is it my phone? I hadnt made any changes before I started experiencing the problems.
Odd thing is im at work right now and im getting stable bars just fine.
So 66 views and no comments... i guess im the only one to ever have this issue then.
Sprint has been having network issues for a few weeks now in different markets and I'm sure you're being affected by it. Just give it a little bit and if it is still there in a week or two contact customer service. Hell, maybe even try now to see if they're actually having issues in your area so at least you'll know.
I love how people come here and post that they are having signal issues and data issues and they haven't called Sprint to see if there is an outage or issues in their area. The first thing I would do it restart my phone and call Sprint. Not flash a radio, try a different ROM...blah blah blah.
Or... maybe it didnt occur to you that calling to see if there were network issues was the first thing I did. You think id actually go through the trouble of doing all that over again without calling first? I guess I should've said that but c'mon lol...
tgruendler has a valid point. we can't assume anything. we get enough "noobs" here that unless you tell us what you've done, we assume you jumped straight to XDA without doing your due diligence. Perhaps those 66 views all thought the same, "this guy hasn't even contacted sprint. pass!" now that we've ruled sprints network out, now we can do something constructive.
what radio version are you running?
I mean I hear you and all but look at my join date lol... im far from a noob I just dont post much. The really odd thing is I switched back to an older radio and the problem went away. I flashed the newer radio and it came back so im seriously wondering just wtf...
Im using the 1.34 radio and the problem is gone. Im just curious as to why the newer radio frizzed out on me all of a sudden since i've been using that one for like a month. I dunno but it seems like the issue is fixed for now.
i noticed this same exact issue when I installed fresh ROM. I know I installed the new radio back then as well. see my post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8886052&postcount=5919
It's been happening for a while now. I can have full signal on H, then suddenly no H, E, or G. Data does not reconnect automatically; I have to force it by switching Airplane mode On/Off. I saw something in the forums about a radio update, but I heard that removes ability to change permroot/S-OFF. Please help me clarify this, and if there is an update, is it safe and should I install it.
Stock ROM, temp-rooted with Visionary and permrooted with HBOOT/WPTHIS_OTA method. Kernel is the one linked in my signature thing [1497KHz] and pushed Wi-Fi module. Hopefully that's enough info. Let me know if you need my SSN# ...lol
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Does it do this when the phone is still???
Max. (Desire z)
Don't see how that correlates with my problem? Still or moving, it happens randomly.
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I have been experiencing this exact problem quite often over the last two weeks. I am using CM 6.1.1 in Chicago.
same situation happens to me...nvr seem to have a solid 3g/H in my house. While my blackberry will be having 3G all day. The g2 will fluctuates from H -> G -> E and stays like that. So annoying that ruins the experience of having a good data phone.
Same problem here! It happens from time to time, I have to switch off/on data to get reconnected.
Also happens when I turn off wifi after a long period of use, It won't reconnect to the carrier's data.
I had this when I switched over to CM 6.1.1. I thought it was CM so I flashed my backup, then decided to try it again. The problem I found was Pershoot's kernel. My data connection would drop and come up on it's own and was happening while I was using data. I've been running CM 6.1.1 with it's kernel and haven't had this problem since.
Same here running latest Virt (tmous g2) and I *think* it's running a pershoot hybrid.
I have never run Pershoot's kernel, and have always used the kernel included with CM. It seems to be recent (last two weeks) problem for me. The phone cycles from 3G->G->E->3G->H. The worst, however, is when it shows 3G->H but cannot connect to anything. The only solution is to turn off the data and let it reconnect.
I think it might actually be network related and not hardware / software. Maybe too many new phones activated around the Holidays? The reason I think this is that my Nexus One keeps having similar problems --- even on different ROMs.
Could be either?
I used to be on Mobilicity in Canada and experienced this (random disconnects from data several times a day, wouldn't automatically reconnect), switched to Wind and I haven't had this problem.
Stock G2 ROM, unlocked, s-off, su visionary
Data Problems...
Ignore my signature I'm currently on G2.
I think the problem you all have might be a TMobile problem.
I live in Madison TN / Nashville TN and I been having that data drop problem for going on a year now. Happended on every phone I been on Mytouch 3G Mytouch Slide Samsung Vibrant HD2 and now I'm on the G2 that I bought yesterday. Also had the same problem on a Nexus one.
The situation was that I will have all my bars and a 3G/H symbole and my connection would just fall a sleep with the 3G still in corner. Put phone in airplane mode and take it out airplane mode and my downloads will resume.
This process would happen after 15 min or 20 min of constant data.
2 days ago I started calling tmobile to get this fixed. Told them I didn't have this problem on ATT and Verizon so they put in a service ticket with the engineers and they claim it should be resolved in the next couple days if mot to give them a call back and to forward my call straight to level 2 tech support.
More people should complain about it.
That happended across atleast 5 different pda phones and 3 different sim cards. Yeah some of the phones had custom roms but each phone shouldn't have the same symptons.
The cellular towers in my area must really have a problem and I'm expecting a credit on my account lol.
PS connection is perfect on Edge though... Just slow...
Could it be because of overclock?? What if a certain CPU speed doesn't play well with the radio?? Just a thought...
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Could it be because of overclock?? What if a certain CPU speed doesn't play well with the radio?? Just a thought...
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For that to happen to me on 5 different devices that will tell you that CPU speed has nothing to do with it. Best I can say is to reset your phone to stock and give TMobile a call and let them know the situation. If you dont, nothing will be done about it.
I say to return to stock because if you dont, there reps will try there best to put the blame on you and the custom software. But from my experience being on Nexus One / MyTouch Slide / MyTouch 3G / Samsung Vibrant / HD2 / G2 all having the same exact problem????
Yeah the problem is on TMobile end...
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For that to happen to me on 5 different devices that will tell you that CPU speed has nothing to do with it. Best I can say is to reset your phone to stock and give TMobile a call and let them know the situation. If you dont, nothing will be done about it.
I say to return to stock because if you dont, there reps will try there best to put the blame on you and the custom software. But from my experience being on Nexus One / MyTouch Slide / MyTouch 3G / Samsung Vibrant / HD2 / G2 all having the same exact problem????
Yeah the problem is on TMobile end...
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Is it the same EXACT problem I'm describing? Or are you talking about general reception? Because some people on here with different ROMs (or radios) have mixed results. I'm in an HSPA+ area with full signal usually, but I keep having my data disconnecting. After a while it comes back, but I don't like to wait that long. I just switch radio on/off. :/
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Is it the same EXACT problem I'm describing? Or are you talking about general reception? Because some people on here with different ROMs (or radios) have mixed results. I'm in an HSPA+ area with full signal usually, but I keep having my data disconnecting. After a while it comes back, but I don't like to wait that long. I just switch radio on/off. :/
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Yeah it sounds like the same exact problem to me which I had on all those other phones too. Im like you I dont feel like waiting so I switch to airplane mode on and off and the data comes back.
Or Il just drop to 2G Edge only and the connection is stable just slow though.
I couldnt find a solution online so now I got tmobile reps in the picture to get this resolved for my area though.
Count me in. I HAD a BB 9700 and it behaved the same way you guys are talking about but i didn't have to set it to airplane mode to reset the connection. I do however have to restart my G2 sometimes to get it connects to Tmobile network again. It is such an inconvenience.
I'm on stock rooted rom by fastludeh.
androidtoy09 said:
Count me in. I HAD a BB 9700 and it behaved the same way you guys are talking about but i didn't have to set it to airplane mode to reset the connection. I do however have to restart my G2 sometimes to get it connects to Tmobile network again. It is such an inconvenience.
I'm on stock rooted rom by fastludeh.
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Yeah TMobile need to get this fixed. I plan on giving them a call back on Monday or Tuesday since my 3G connection still continues to drop.
Im currently on ALL stock on the G2. Havnt did any modifications yet.
Would changing the radio help? i see there is other radio firmware available...not sure if that will do anything for our phones. Currently sticking to my 9700 for now until this issue is fixed or if i get bored of the 9700 and jump back to the G2
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Would changing the radio help? i see there is other radio firmware available...not sure if that will do anything for our phones. Currently sticking to my 9700 for now until this issue is fixed or if i get bored of the 9700 and jump back to the G2
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Na I dont think changing radio will work. I tried multiple radios and custom roms on the HD2 and same situation over and over.
Having problems with everything connection on my g2 it started happening like two weeks ago. Random no service for like a minute then full bars and hspa never use to do it but now it does frustrating as heck oh on a stock froyo too wtf
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Whenever I am at a sporting event (College basketball or hockey) I have FULL 4G signal and no data what so ever.. My gf also has the exact same problem when she is at work everyday downtown Des Moines, IA. We both can send and receive calls and texts, also mobile networks are connected. Wifi works just fine. Have tried the obvious restart, airplane mode, turned phone off and pull batt and let sit and then boot to reset the prls. When we both leave those areas everything works fine.
Yes, I have a feeling this has something to do with the over abundance of people on the network but I do have several people that have no problem with other android and ios devices with verizon that have no problem. They might be slow but at least can use data. Quite embarrassing when I am knocking on ios crap and they show me up when something simple needs to be looked up (face-palm)
Both same stuff and settings:
1. Running Hyper Drive Rls 6
2. MJE
3. Global network with roaming enabled
4. Probably others that I cant recall at the moment.
If anyone has any insight it would be greatly appreciated or maybe same related problem with a fix would be awesome! Thanks!
stalls said:
Whenever I am at a sporting event (College basketball or hockey) I have FULL 4G signal and no data what so ever.. My gf also has the exact same problem when she is at work everyday downtown Des Moines, IA. We both can send and receive calls and texts, also mobile networks are connected. Wifi works just fine. Have tried the obvious restart, airplane mode, turned phone off and pull batt and let sit and then boot to reset the prls. When we both leave those areas everything works fine.
Yes, I have a feeling this has something to do with the over abundance of people on the network but I do have several people that have no problem with other android and ios devices with verizon that have no problem. They might be slow but at least can use data. Quite embarrassing when I am knocking on ios crap and they show me up when something simple needs to be looked up (face-palm)
Both same stuff and settings:
1. Running Hyper Drive Rls 6
2. MJE
3. Global network with roaming enabled
4. Probably others that I cant recall at the moment.
If anyone has any insight it would be greatly appreciated or maybe same related problem with a fix would be awesome! Thanks!
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i had a lot of problems with hyper drive, once i went to stock or clear rom it worked perfectly, did you try going to stock while you were in the stadium||
stalls said:
Whenever I am at a sporting event (College basketball or hockey) I have FULL 4G signal and no data what so ever.. My gf also has the exact same problem when she is at work everyday downtown Des Moines, IA. We both can send and receive calls and texts, also mobile networks are connected. Wifi works just fine. Have tried the obvious restart, airplane mode, turned phone off and pull batt and let sit and then boot to reset the prls. When we both leave those areas everything works fine.
Yes, I have a feeling this has something to do with the over abundance of people on the network but I do have several people that have no problem with other android and ios devices with verizon that have no problem. They might be slow but at least can use data. Quite embarrassing when I am knocking on ios crap and they show me up when something simple needs to be looked up (face-palm)
Both same stuff and settings:
1. Running Hyper Drive Rls 6
2. MJE
3. Global network with roaming enabled
4. Probably others that I cant recall at the moment.
If anyone has any insight it would be greatly appreciated or maybe same related problem with a fix would be awesome! Thanks!
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For what it's worth, this kind of thing happens to me on my daily commute on the train and I always refer to it as a "fake signal".
If you think it's something with your device and not the network congestion like you mentioned, I would try to reset the APN(access point names) to default to be safe, can't hurt to try.
lmike6453 said:
For what it's worth, this kind of thing happens to me on my daily commute on the train and I always refer to it as a "fake signal".
If you think it's something with your device and not the network congestion like you mentioned, I would try to reset the APN(access point names) to default to be safe, can't hurt to try.
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I had my gf try and reset her apns to default and she said it didnt help her out.. Connection times out on speedtest and everything else is extremely slow
sfld said:
i had a lot of problems with hyper drive, once i went to stock or clear rom it worked perfectly, did you try going to stock while you were in the stadium||
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I have not tried a stock rom an I dont know if she has one in a slot.. I dont cuz i put the hyperdrive in the stock slot and have no other roms. this could be a option to try though. Anyone else have this problem with hyperdrive?
Thanks for the replys!
stalls said:
I had my gf try and reset her apns to default and she said it didnt help her out.. Connection times out on speedtest and everything else is extremely slow
I have not tried a stock rom an I dont know if she has one in a slot.. I dont cuz i put the hyperdrive in the stock slot and have no other roms. this could be a option to try though. Anyone else have this problem with hyperdrive?
Thanks for the replys!
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I suspect that it could be that you're not getting a LTE signal at all after re-reading your first post.
What happens if you change that Global option to LTE/CDMA only?
Do you get a LTE signal?
How are the speeds via tests?
lmike6453 said:
I suspect that it could be that you're not getting a LTE signal at all after re-reading your first post.
What happens if you change that Global option to LTE/CDMA only?
Do you get a LTE signal?
How are the speeds via tests?
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I have tried switching to LTE/CDMA and it doesn't change anything. I do have LTE signal and it says connected in the status. Speed test usually says timed out connection. Rarely it will connect and will just wait on the ping test infinitely.
stalls said:
I have tried switching to LTE/CDMA and it doesn't change anything. I do have LTE signal and it says connected in the status. Speed test usually says timed out connection. Rarely it will connect and will just wait on the ping test infinitely.
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Very odd, I would try to wipe the /cache partition via Safestrap/TWRP recovery and let us know! Curious to see what it ends up being
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Very odd, I would try to wipe the /cache partition via Safestrap/TWRP recovery and let us know! Curious to see what it ends up being
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I will wipe her cache tonight and have her check it out tomorrow at work.. Thanks again!
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Very odd, I would try to wipe the /cache partition via Safestrap/TWRP recovery and let us know! Curious to see what it ends up being
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Didnt seem to work either...
I'm running Beans ROM and I'm having the same issue. I have full signal but my data is in and out. It's almost impossible to connect to Netflix, play store or even the internet.
Take a sec and hit thanks if I helped or if you're in a good mood!
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I'm running Beans ROM and I'm having the same issue. I have full signal but my data is in and out. It's almost impossible to connect to Netflix, play store or even the internet.
Take a sec and hit thanks if I helped or if you're in a good mood!
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Do you happen to be on MJE modem? I am going to try and flash a different modem to my gf's phone (she can be the test dummy) and see if it helps.
stalls said:
Do you happen to be on MJE modem? I am going to try and flash a different modem to my gf's phone (she can be the test dummy) and see if it helps.
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No I'm on MJ7
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stalls said:
Whenever I am at a sporting event (College basketball or hockey) I have FULL 4G signal and no data what so ever... recall at the moment.
... If anyone has any insight it would be greatly appreciated or maybe same related problem with a fix would be awesome! Thanks!
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Hey @stalls, got your PM & no, unfortunately I don't know of any modem zips... Might be that safestrap isn't friendly about flashing modems, not sure though, just know there are none to be found or I'd have them in my mirror thread for sure.
It seems you've tried most of what I'd suggest. I'm in Des Moines, as you know, and I'm running the MJE modem with no problems to date. There's a possibility your device might just like a different modem better, but it's unlikely as most differentiation amongst modems is location based.
I'm also running stock rooted with xposed modules for my customization, so that's a pretty significant difference from a custom rom. I'd highly recommend running stock for a day or two and seeing what your results are like (maybe on your ladies phone as she can test more easily being that her trouble spot is work, not having to get amongst a big crowd like you.)
To do this without losing everything just make a Nandroid of your current setup in safestrap & Odin the mje tar I have linked in my thread in my sig. All instructions & files needed are there. You can always just restore after a test period & be back where you were.
That leads me to my last question, have either of you ever Odined mje to get the updated firmware & kernel or did your guys phones come preloaded with mje? The reason I ask is if you got only part of the mje update it could be causing some issues.
Hope I've helped some.
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Hey @stalls, got your PM & no, unfortunately I don't know of any modem zips... Might be that safestrap isn't friendly about flashing modems, not sure though, just know there are none to be found or I'd have them in my mirror thread for sure.
It seems you've tried most of what I'd suggest. I'm in Des Moines, as you know, and I'm running the MJE modem with no problems to date. There's a possibility your device might just like a different modem better, but it's unlikely as most differentiation amongst modems is location based.
I'm also running stock rooted with xposed modules for my customization, so that's a pretty significant difference from a custom rom. I'd highly recommend running stock for a day or two and seeing what your results are like (maybe on your ladies phone as she can test more easily being that her trouble spot is work, not having to get amongst a big crowd like you.)
To do this without losing everything just make a Nandroid of your current setup in safestrap & Odin the mje tar I have linked in my thread in my sig. All instructions & files needed are there. You can always just restore after a test period & be back where you were.
That leads me to my last question, have either of you ever Odined mje to get the updated firmware & kernel or did your guys phones come preloaded with mje? The reason I ask is if you got only part of the mje update it could be causing some issues.
Hope I've helped some.
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Ya it seems to be only a problem in highly congested areas like work or a large game or concert. We both have updated the phones to MJE with the OTA update from the big red. I was gonna try and plan to set up a few slots for her and run maybe clean rom, baja, and stock and see how that goes.. Also leave her hyperdrive in the stock slot untouched (also backed up).
You don't happen to have a problem with downtown Des Moines. She happens to work at Nationwide. Maybe even in a crowded cell traffic area like a arena?
Just a lil update.. I had her try out clean rom at her work and it is just as bad. If it ever gets a connection while on 4G... Lol it had a Ping time of 808 and Download of .4 that is horrible!
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Here is some speed tests at the Iowa State basketball game in Ames Iowa tonight.
First one is on 3G (I know it says 4G but the screen shot was after switching)
Second is 4G also the test stopped right there and wouldn't budge at all for over 5 mins so i took the screenshot
My gf's phone (not shown) was much much worse on ping time. 1900 - something MS.
Both on Hyperdrive ROM MJE Modem.
I followed muniz_ri's post yesterday to upgrade my VZW S5 to Android 5.0, and it went perfectly!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...l/how-to-update-to-g900vvru1boa8-5-0-t3020546
I am having ZERO issues, screen rotation is fine. However, the one thing I did notice was the 4G signal bar was very low.
I live within 3 blocks of a VZW tower, and it has the latest AWS (XLTE) upgrade. With 4.4.4, I had FULL signal and was pulling 45-65mb consistently.
Now after the update, my signal bars are in-between 1-3. I've tried several speed tests, and they would max out at 5mb. I've tried switching in-between Global and LTE/CDMA with little to no difference.
Has anyone else seen or has had this issue? Would it be possible to flash back to the older 4.4.4 base band/radio or is not compatible?
Thanks for your help!
I have noticed the same thing. I noticed on my normal commute where I would be in strong to low 4G, It now switches to 3G when in the low spots.. Going to try a clean install again and see what happens.
Stevez48 said:
I have noticed the same thing. I noticed on my normal commute where I would be in strong to low 4G, It now switches to 3G when in the low spots.. Going to try a clean install again and see what happens.
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Thanks.. Im about to do the same myself, but think that I'll wait a few days and see what happens.
same here
I actually went looking through the forums for this problem because after the lollipop update I've noticed a very weak signal. People on the other end of my phone conversations have commented several times in the last couple of days that it sounds like I'm on a bad connection so I'm pretty sure it's not just me. I started with a clean install, so if anyone has any ideas please let me know.
It is also of note that I am NOT having any other major issues. The 5 .0 update is running great. My battery life is not as good as I expected it to be, I don't get through a full day on a charge anymore. I can live with that, but this signal thing is going to kill me. I'll have to roll back to 4 .4.
Has any one found a solution to this problem I've tried to factory reset and re down load each step and I have horrible reception dropped calls like crazy my text messages fail constantly as well as pic messages it's beginning to piss me off lol but also good to know I'm not the only one having problems
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