Hey folks,
I'm hoping someone can help me with this random problem that started happening this morning. For some reason, my 3G stopped working. I use the SwitchPro widget on my homescreen, and when I tap 3G to turn it on, it looks like it turns on but as soon as I open a web browser, it says that no internet connection can be found. I can make phone calls but cannot browse the internet. I tried toggling Airplane on/off, tried rebooting, even tried a battery pull but that didn't solve the problem. I have not downloaded any apps since the last time my 3G was working yesterday.
Any idea why my 3G would suddenly stop working? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also - I'm in a major metro area so it shouldn't be a problem ... ?
EDIT - So I figured out the problem just after posting this thread. My apologies. Mods - feel free to delete. Somehow "Data Enabled" got unchecked. I have no idea how this happened, but re-checking it has solved the problem. Odd.
fyi - I'm on a rooted froyo Droid X with Launcher Pro.
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I'm having trouble with my data connection as it keeps turning off. One minute, I'll be sitting there with H/3G and the next I look up and my connection is gone. I'll have to go into the Comm Manager and turn it back on. Also, when I reboot the phone, I always have to turn the data connection back on. I don't think I have any 3rd party apps that would be causing this.
Anyone have a clue what might be causing this? Oh, I'm running Elegancia if that matters.
Thanks in advance!!!
I just installed the Kumar ROM and am having the same problem....
1 - Phone will show an "H" for the data but no connection
2 - Can't turn off wi-fi
Hosed..
edit - after a few hard boots it appears I am connecting to the internet for now!
my phone is stock and does this also. very annoying.
Bumping. i have the same problem. is this has something to do with "power save on" option in B&B tweakes or "disconnect after 30seconds inactivity"?
any thoughts?
I was having this issue with the stock TmoUS rom so I decided to finally face the fact that I would have to HSPL and go with another rom (Kumar)
...and its still happening
I notice that it only happens at home when I am connected to my wifi network...my phone will show either an H or an E one moment...then I look again and only have the (Y) antenna signal. It will not restore itself for nothing when this happens, I have to open the Comm manager and toggle the data back on.
When im not at home and have the wifi toggled off and running on pure tmobile data service, I have no issues with losing it...
Mine was doing that but after a few hard resets, it no longer does...
I'm on the bus right now and something similar just happened ,while browsing this site a screen just popped up saying data connection error,check settings and if the problem persists reboot your phone. when i went into comm manager data connection was off andwhen i try to turn it on it gives me the same message so i reboot and so far its working good
this problem is now happening all the time for me,anytime im on the internet,marketplace,wallpaper app etc... the data connection drops and i have to go into the comm manager and turn it on. does anybody have suggestions on how to fix this,im on the stock rom and dont feel like changing it yet.
If you're in the United States there is a known problem with the HD2 and the T-Mobile network. I called T-Mobile last week complaining about my bizzare data connections problem and the chic said it is a known issue. She then knocked the cost of my data plan off my bill and apologized for the inconvenience, sadly she couldnt tell me when the issue was going to be corrected. I've switched back to my G1 and haven't had a network issue since.
I been having a couple problems with my phone of late.
Its rooted and I have tested roms on it but im currently back on the default 1.5 stock rom that comes with the phone.
I was having gps problems were it refused to turn on(symbol in the corner) but that seems to have resolved. The phones 3g connectivty is very flaky at moment, I can restart my phone and get it to work but after couple hours (or when it gets wifi connection) it wont come back after that
And now i cant download anything in marketplace. Ive tried with 3g and wifi it just gets stuck on "starting download" tried stopping them all and starting a different download as well as rebooting many times.
also (based on forum advise) i tried turning off/on gtalk (not sure why that would affect things) but still not working
Any ideas what it could be??
thanks in advance
steve
I have the same problem, sometimes it helps to turn the internet connection off and on. But most of the time it suddenly starts downloading much much later. Very strange
This problem has been driving me crazy for a couple of days. But my phone also has another gem of an annoyance. People try to ring me, go straight to voicemail and all I get are missed call alerts. This is when I have full signal.
So for this reason I am trying out some of the new 2.1 roms that have come out in the past few days. but if they have the keyboard lag that they all had before, I wont be very amused.
Hi,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S about a month ago, and have been having odd problems with it since the off. Has anyone else had these sort of symptoms:
1. I occasionally lose my data connection - the icon disappears from the top of the screen and whilst I can still make and recieve calls and text messages, I cannot download anything in any app. The only way I've found to get my data connection back is to reset the phone. This happens maybe a couple of times a week.
2. My WiFi seems to suffer from a similar problem. I can be browsing the web on Wifi, then suddenly I'll not be able to download anything anymore. The wifi icon is still visible, but I'll basically be unable to download anything until I switch the wifi off and back on again. Then, it starts working as normal again.
In both these above scenarios, I think I've narrowed it down to primarily happening after I use the Android Market, but it's difficult to tell as it's very intermittent.
3. A couple of times since getting the phone, I've been unable to make or receive any calls. Even switching the phone off and back on didn't help - my signal bar was showing I had a signal and my data connection was still active. Couldn't tell if this was a network problem or not though as there weren't any people nearby on the same network as me. After a while, it started working normally again.
4. The email client randomly lost all of my email settings. One day I was receiving all my emails, the next day I had no email accounts set up at all.
5. I installed Sensor Dump and Phone Explorer to see what data was coming in from the sensors, and have noticed that the light sensor never sends any data. Is this normal?
I also have the usual slow-down issues, etc, but the above have got me stumped as I can't find anyone else reporting the same issues. When I first got the phone, I went crazy installing a load of Android apps, so initially I blamed the software I'd installed. After a reset and being a bit more selective with the apps I install and use, I'm still getting the same issues. I just can't pin down whether this is a faulty phone that I should return, or if there are software issues either relating to the way I'm using the phone or just with bugs in the firmware.
Has anyone else had anything like the above happen with their Galaxy S?
Thanks,
Chris.
I've experienced no.2 several times, wifi just stopping all data traffic. Not found out what causes it though.
As for the other problems, I haven't experienced any of those. Do you use automatic brightness on the display? If not, problem no. 5 might be caused by the sensor being turned off.
thanks for the reply - at least I'm not completely alone!
I have the automatic brightness turned on - which is why it seems odd. To be honest, I've never actually see the auto brightness do anything. It always seems to be the same brightness to me.
Cheers,
Chris.
Strange Problem
Hi,
I've experienced no.4 some times. My inbox did not show some older mails.
ProfWolfMan said:
Hi,
I've experienced no.4 some times. My inbox did not show some older mails.
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I think it might be normal that older mails disappear from the inbox after some time? My problem was that everything went. I had three email accounts set up, all downloading emails every hour. Then, one day I went into the email app and there were no accounts at all! I had to set it all up from scratch again.
I hear there are better email apps available for Android, so I'll probably switch to one of those soon.
lordwaym said:
1. I occasionally lose my data connection - the icon disappears from the top of the screen and whilst I can still make and recieve calls and text messages, I cannot download anything in any app. The only way I've found to get my data connection back is to reset the phone. This happens maybe a couple of times a week.
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i got this problem, i used to connecct my phone to IM client 24/7.
and it seems that after my sgs lost its connection, it won't tell me, my msntalk just displaying the entire contact list just as it is. and i need to turn airplane mode on off to return it back
anyone have the solution for this?
Hi,
I bought a Galaxy S on Orange UK in July. I'm having the same problem as 1. quite consistenly now.
I thought it might be related to the green power battery saver app I had installed, but i've removed this and still having the problem.
I'm using the phone in several central London locations so I think it's unlikely to be a problem with the data network.
Any suggestion would be welcome since I'm often without data.
Thanks
Nik
ive 1 and 3 but very rarely so far
rebooting fixes it for me
running froyo jp3
for email i use K9, it's almost the same as the integrated mail, only much better (PUSH imap)
Nik_B! said:
I bought a Galaxy S on Orange UK in July. I'm having the same problem as 1. quite consistenly now.
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I'm actually getting this happen a lot now. It seems to be getting worse, which makes me think it might be a hardware fault. I generally lose my data connection once or twice a day minimum, but some days the phone is virtually unusable.
I have found that it's more likely to happen after using Wi-Fi, so my other thought is that when coming out of Wireless mode, the phone may not switch the normal 3G/HSDPA data connection back on. Most of the time I can fix this by putting the phone into flight mode and then back out, but sometimes it needs a complete reset.
The other problem I've noted with the data connection is that sometimes it seems to rapidly switch between HSDPA and 3G - the data icon at the top of the screen keeps going from '3G' to 'H' then back again. I guess it has something to do with signal quality but it only seems to happen when the phone is showing a good signal strength (four bars). The problem I've found when this happens is that it virtually locks up any ongoing data transfers, making it impossible to download a webpage or check my emails. Strangely the only way I've really found to stop this happening is to move somewhere where my signal strength is weaker, such as indoors, which then seems to make the phone stop attempting to use HSDPA. I can't find a way to switch off HSDPA from within the phone's settings while leaving 3G on.
I really am now finding that using this phone is an increasingly frustrating experience. I've found even more weird faults, such as sometimes my text conversations show the wrong people's names up against them, and then my replies go to the wrong people. It's like an insane, shiny mess of a phone!
Chris.
lordwaym said:
Hi,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S about a month ago, and have been having odd problems with it since the off. Has anyone else had these sort of symptoms:
1. I occasionally lose my data connection - the icon disappears from the top of the screen and whilst I can still make and recieve calls and text messages, I cannot download anything in any app. The only way I've found to get my data connection back is to reset the phone. This happens maybe a couple of times a week.
2. My WiFi seems to suffer from a similar problem. I can be browsing the web on Wifi, then suddenly I'll not be able to download anything anymore. The wifi icon is still visible, but I'll basically be unable to download anything until I switch the wifi off and back on again. Then, it starts working as normal again.
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I am indeed experiencing same problems above..it just drive me crazy with a need of complete reset everyday..
turning on n off flight mode won't change anything..
I really hope someone can bring a miracle to solve this problem..
I'm on XXJPC
setting the APN parameter(Setting-->Wireless and network-->Mobile Networks-->Access Point Names-->New APN) to 2G only seems to solve the 'lost data connection' problem..
I am connected 24/7 now..
Give a try guys!
Is anyone else getting the same problem of no data connection when leaving your wifi network and going to Bell's network?
Every morning when i leave for work i get the same msg from every app trying to retrieve data. When i power cycle my phone, everything is fine.
I used to have this problem with 2 of my previous Atrixs. Now I'm on my 3rd and there seems to be no problem with data.
I've got the same problem. Sometimes it takes a reboot to get it working, extremely annoying.
other threads with this same topic. but just to check, try turning off wifi with the motoblur widget or in settings and not the power control widget. for me I haven't had the problem since day 2-4 (i have had it for 3 weeks now) that was the biggest thing i changed.
hi guys, for the last day or so I have been having some issues with my atrix. It started with not being able to get connected to some of my bluetooth devices and now I seem to not be able to turn on Wifi or Bluetooth at all. Bluetooh just pauses for a second and then doesn't turn on while Wifi actually says "Error" I am unable to modify any settings under wifi.
I am running the latest Gingerblur, I have rebooted several times, uninstalled any apps that manage Wifi or bluetooth and even tried pulling the battery. Any advice?
Ugh Update: I just factory restored it and still getting errors.
Currently in the process of downloading the SBF and re-flashing. I will update this thread with the results for the next guy that has this issue!
Downloaded the 1.5x sbf flashed it, same error... Ps At&T Tech support clearly don't know much about anything...
Problem appears to be hardware related I have been sent to motorola for troubleshooting. UGH.
Thanks
I am having the same issue as well IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE PLZ HELP!!!!
I am also having this same problem with my Atrix that I have only had for about 4-6 months now. Bluetooth pauses, and Wifi says "Error" underneath it. This happened shortly after AT&T/Motorola provided the 2.3.4 Update for my phone. I have unlocked/rooted/and ROM'd with CM7 and still continue with the same issue. I would really appreciate any help that we could get to resolve this issue.
I too, have this issue. I tried all sorts of radio's and switched kernels and roms and wifi and bluetooth will not work on any of them.... I initially thought the problem happened right after I switched to CM7, but it's possible I just hadn't noticed the issue before (since I really haven't used wifi in over a month). And then while testing the power controls in the new notification drawer I noticed wifi and bluetooth didn't appear to be responding.
see my comments (and others) in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267582