I have the Bell Desire Z that I unlocked to use on Fido and many people are complaining to me that whenever they call me, it goes straight to voicemail. It doesn't happen everytime, but its happening like 25% of the time. Anyone else experiencing something similar? Is this a network issue or is it the phone? What can i do to fix it?
Update: A friend of mine also has this phone and is on Bell. He too is experiencing the same issue. Guess it's something with the phone, right?
We (wifey and I) are having the other issue where where we can't even dial out.
It's hit and miss, but sometimes it takes half a dozen tries to get a number to ring.
We just had our SIMs replaced today, and had our profiles reset but the problem continues.
I guess a hardware replacement is the next step, as the wife is fed up at having to dial a number over and over to get through. "What if it's an emergency?"
My phone is unlocked as well and I've used 3 different SIMs in 3 different countries but it only happens here in Canada.
We'll go back to our place of purchase next week and see if a hardware replacement fixes the problem, then will report back here.
I'm using an unlocked Bell Desire Z on Telus and I have had one call that went to voicemail without the phone ever showing that it received the call. And it did not inform me of the voicemail either. Hasn't happened recently but I'm still a little leary.
B73C, you're fortunate if you get to hardware exchange your unlocked phone at your place of purchase in Canada. I've always been told in no uncertain terms that once a phone is unlocked, you're on your own. But I think that HTC still has to warranty it.
What is your network signal strength my unlocked desire z has poor reception on fido! I'm hoping a new radio rom will fix it. My signal strength is around 100 SBM and below 10 asu
I'm also on Fido with an unlocked Desire Z from Bell, but never experienced any of these issues... sorry to hear that!
My signal strength is -93dBm 10asu with the numbers changing constantly up and down a few digits.
I hope there's a fix for this.
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My signal strength is -93dBm 10asu with the numbers changing constantly up and down a few digits.
I hope there's a fix for this.
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Im hoping there will be a new radio rom out soon that woll fix the poor network strength issue.
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Hey,
Has anyone else had problems with their HD suddenly cutting of calls even though there is good network coverage? I can have 5 bars of network on the phone, receive a phonecall, talk for a while, then suddenly have the bars drop to 0 and the call being ended. It's getting really annoying at this point.
Also I think the speed of the surfing through network (gprs/edge/hsdpa) has slowed down; it feels as if it doesn't really establish a great connection with the network.
Please tell me you've had this problem and that it's a software issue that is fixable!
Its your 3g network that is dropping calls. I have same problem.
Go to settings, phone and then choose the band tab. Change network from Auto to GSM.
Solves all problems.
I have poor 3g in my home. At home I use gsm mode and when i go back out i switch to auto - 3g mode.
Or it might be because of an old SIM card. If you had yours for a couple of years for example, it might be time to ask for a new one.
i've actually had my sim card for ages, gonna try to order a new one and see if that solves it, thanks for the tip
Let us know!
got the HD and it droped calls all the time. My SIM-card was 5 years old. after changing it worked a lot better but not 100%. Solved that after disabling 3g (bad 3g rec at home), now it works as it should no more dropped calls.
You know.. it would be ideal to have an app that could be assigned to a button press that switches the 3g on and off without needing to go into settings all the time.
I don't use the 3g stuff all that often (mostly wifi) and gsm is fine for sending texts and making calls. Not so sire about mms though.
To be alle to switch it on and off would be ideal and could be used in conjunction with other software to schedule locations or times that would auto switch.
Anyone know of any thing?
i have got the same problem. I have sent my hd to manufacture on warranty. I still waiting on my phone, i let you know what is going on when it will be back to me.
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sorry about my english
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Hello to all,
I am having completly same issue with my touch hd.
Expierincing line drops, other side hear me badly or not at all. I tried to update radio roms to 1.09.25.35 and 1.10.25.25 , but ittis the same. Also tried updating ROM to DUTTY HD 1.7.,but it was the same. My network is MTS in Serbia.
Than, I changed finding netwotk to manual, and type of band to GSM (900+1800) UMTS (2100), same result . It looks that this helps a litlle, since I expierence less drops, but I am still unavliable sometimes. Also since my gsm card is 7 years old, I was adviced to change it what I did as well.
This brought even more results, but today, after 5 days of good work in one place (with good reception of 3G) I travell to another city, and you may guess, It started happen again.
All the way phone was loosing signal, calls were droping or even I was unable to make any calls as well.
I am so desperate, and will have to return it to a dealer, although it was my last option...
My was the same problem but it was fix
After I installed couples of upgrade my HD from HTC website and I recieved too many drop call so I uninstalled all the Hot fix . Now every work back to the normal way
Tried that as well, made 2 times hard reset, but no help.
Anyway I had only ine hotfix installed the one for keyboard lag.
I had imprssion in the begining that my problems started with new connection manager database (hotfix that was automaticly installed), but after hard reset everything repeated, so that was not the case....
Same problem here! Total nightmare, is there any possible fix for this or is it just poor quality gsm bits in the phone? Mine picks up such lower signal than any other phone ive had
Ryanmt said:
Same problem here! Total nightmare, is there any possible fix for this or is it just poor quality gsm bits in the phone? Mine picks up such lower signal than any other phone ive had
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Ryanmt, It looks that GSM module sucks...Everything else is superb, but, after all this is a phone, isn't it?
I reversed to original ROM (403 WWE), and RADIO ROM (1.09.25.14), removed HardSPL, and now waiting for asome bright idea to try...
I give myself 7 days before waranty claim...
CORRECTION: I left mine HD for warantty today (11.02.), will report on...
Mine went back for warrenty also. Mine went back due to a faulty screen but i noted down it had major signal issues too.
Have you had any update?
I am still waiting for mine. Don't know how long usually takes. Any expiriences?
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I am still waiting for mine. Don't know how long usually takes. Any expiriences?
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Im still waiting now is 24th day, but i had sent by carphonewarehouse next time i will send straitgh to htc because cpw is not good.
24 days !? OMG, I hope I won't be that luck. I gave mysef my HD directly to official distributor (same place wher I have bought it) here in Serbia, this is 5th day since I have left it...
HTC told me 5 days from when they receive it.
Sent mine away also
I was experiencing the same problems, even when I had signal it was impossible to call someone(not always but it happends sometimes) and for some reason my FM Radio wasn't working.. I'll try to keep you all informed, if it helped to sent it back to htc..
sounds like htc might be collecting a nice pile of phones with the same symptoms. I wonder if that will prompt them to release a fix of some sort
Hello,
I'm new here, so forgive me if this has been answered before. I did a search and couldn't find anything that helped with my issue, but maybe I just missed something.
I have a new HTC Surround, originally locked to Telus, but now unlocked and on the Rogers network.
Everything is working great except that the timestamp for incoming text messages is incorrect, and off by about 5 hours. The minutes in the timestamp is accurate, but the hours is off by 5 hours.
For instance, a message sent by me has a timestamp of 4:22p. The reply to that message comes in with a timestamp of 11:25a.
I've seen that this has been an issue for other HTC phones in the past, as well as possibly a problem with Rogers' network but I can't seem to find a fix. I was previously using a Sony x10 on Rogers (hated the phone) and never had this problem.
I sent a message to HTC customer support, but was hoping somebody here would be able to help me faster.
Any help that can be provided would be greatly appreciated.
I had this issue with Bell Vibrant Galaxy S on the Fido as well, and had to use an app called SMS Timefix.
btw Wepeel, who did you use to get the phone unlocked? I'm still trying to find someone to do it for me. I'm in the Toronto GTA area.
Thanks for the input. I don't think there's an app yet for wp7 (at least nothing in the market). I got a response from HTC and they said it was a network problem. However, I've never had this problem on Rogers before. I've only had the Surround for 3 days, and the x10 I had before (for 2 months) never had this problem, and neither did my iphone.
I'm going to contact Rogers tomorrow and see what they have to say about it.
As far as unlocking, I won the phone from Breakfast Television and was given the unlock code directly from Telus. However, depending on where in Toronto you live, you should check out the Pacific Mall (Steeles/Kennedy in Markham) or craigslist.
The Pacific Mall is a great place to go to get anything unlocked, and its usually pretty cheap. There's also an ad on CL right now advertising unlocking for the Surround for $29 (which I find pretty expensive).
Hope that helps.
Same issue, same situation.
I have an unlocked TELUS surround on Rogers, and the timestamps on the TXT messages are -5 hours from the real time.. Obviously the phone is expecting the carrier to timestamp the messages in UTC and the phone is correcting.. there should be an OS tweak for this somewhere.
Oh, and MyNameIsWepeel;
If you think this is fun, wait until you search for something in the maps.. I searched for TELUS in maps hoping to find the local telus dealer and it came up with Telus, Russia. (It's a city apparently). It seems if your phone is configured for Canada (eveything under Region & Locale) the maps search doesn't work correctly. You need to set it up for US to get it to work.
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Oh, and MyNameIsWepeel;
If you think this is fun, wait until you search for something in the maps.. I searched for TELUS in maps hoping to find the local telus dealer and it came up with Telus, Russia. (It's a city apparently). It seems if your phone is configured for Canada (eveything under Region & Locale) the maps search doesn't work correctly. You need to set it up for US to get it to work.
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The problem with that though, is the market will no longer download apps. Or at least it didn't for me. I changed my locale, which did help with searches in maps, but then I couldn't download any apps. I just kept getting error messages. Changing my locale back to Canada fixed it immediately.
I just changed my locale last night to all US, and I was still able to download apps. Albeit I got an error message occasionally, but then I just restarted the download and it all worked. I figured it was server related.
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I just changed my locale last night to all US, and I was still able to download apps. Albeit I got an error message occasionally, but then I just restarted the download and it all worked. I figured it was server related.
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I'll have to check it out again, maybe it was just server problems. I'll admit I wasn't very patient with it.
On an unrelated topic, how are you guys finding the reception on the phone? I've noticed I'm getting slightly poorer reception in some areas that my x10 got great reception.
Well I'm not the best person to ask about reception... I'm coming from an iphone.
My major beef with this phone is the battery life; it's simply unacceptable. I always end up coming home with 20% or less... Either an aftermarket upgrade will need to show up to save the day or I'll be forced to switch phones.
Ive had similar battery problems, but it charges so fast it hasnt been an issue. I throw it on the car charger for 20 minutes and im good for the rest of the day. But back on topic.. i have a similar issue with text messages, except my time stamps are about 30-45 seconds slower which sometimes causes my device to send texts before one is received. its not a huge deal though, but still kind of odd.
Prior to this phone, I had an iPhone 3G, 3GS, Nexus One, and Samsung Galaxy S - all with the same carrier.
This phone has the best reception so far. On my home from work today I tested it out. There's always an area my bars go to zero and my calls drop. With this phone it was the first time I never dropped the call completely. In fact, the signal was completely strong. I'm happily surprised by this.
Well, I finally found out what was causing my reception problems. This phone, or mine anyway, has a very serious deathgrip issue. Any time I would hold the phone at the bottom (where the antenna is) or with both hands, I would lose at least 2-3 bars. A lot of the time I would completely lose signal. As soon as I moved my hand up to the top, right back to full bars.
And since you need to hold the phone at the bottom to text and talk, it pretty much made the phone useless to me.
So I sold my Surround (for $500) and I'm going to get something else.
Seems nobody talks about the call problems anymore. My guess is people given upp. Well the good news from Sweden Samsung is that they are aware of the problem! They have keept denying it or saying tbay cant replicate the problem. Finaly it seems like they are actually trying to get there hands dirty. Maybe because its on all new Samsung mobiles.
Now i was having a idea about the source of the problem, but to get some peace of mind on it, all can post if it works, or not. Hopefully we can at least get to the source of the problem.
Now here is my take on the issues, my way of counting out factors:
Here in Sweden, only 1 carrier have Edge on there network. And its the only company reporting call/connection issues. (calls get randomly muted, robot calls, phone keeps changing network, slow internet etc)
Samsung have a new codec on there phones, trying to achive a new, better, call quality. So my belives is that audio codec have trouble using Edge, and that could at least be a start to find the root of evil (but with a great original idea)
So, do you have the mute call issue? Yes/No
Do your carrier have Edge? Yes/No
Plz answer and lets see if we have a more direct approach to complain/call in issues to Samsung all around the world, remember. The more that reports/complain to the company, bigger chance they speed up time to fix it ... although Samsung isnt fast to come around :/
Well post away, does it work on Edge or not?
Yes I have this problem and my operator has EDGE. And I'm battling to get another phone in this price range (probably the HTC desire HD), becasue my service can't fix this and the operator has no clue to what could be wrong. I recomend you ditch the omnia to.
Remember to not but Samsung s2 or any, same prob.:-(. Been thinking the same as you but im gona stick to it cuz my phone is carrier free etc, and my current contract ends in 3-4 months or so, so im on to a new carrier. Sad but thru. Samsung should have addressed this issue fast, now there paying the price on other newer models.
Thnx for the reply, 1 answer and still on right track :-D
given up is the correct word...
next phone won't be samsung either way =) just to bother them!
Can you relate to edge problem to?
Seems there is no Omnia 7 uers left =(
Yes I have the mute call issue, but as far as I can tell, my Carrier does not use EDGE.
When the mute call occurs I see the phone rapidly trying to change networks, and ultimately if it settles on G there are no more mutes in that call. If it goes back to 3G it happens again. During that time the phone loses the signal completely, then jumps back to full once the switch is complete.
Darn, that could mean the end of my theory. Make sure your 100% sure.
Now, with so little going on, i thought people would love a poll to klick on =P
As far as I could find out, My carrier had a test rollout of EDGE in one city, but didn't continue with it. So, no, no EDGE atleast not in the areas I go to.
I'm in Austria, Provider is A1 and it uses EDGE
Fixed my problem by locking the phone to 3G network
Downside is that I have no signal in an area where 3G coverage is poor...
(so I've to switch back to automatic mode sometimes)...
man, this sucks really bad...
Given up describes it best, so many critical bugs (not only the call issue), never ever Samsung again, its a brick with a great screen. How come early reviews didnt report any of these flaws...
I locked the Phone to 3G and still experience silence during calls and creepy modem sounds. Phone tries to switch 3g on and off and eventually loses signal altogether. Last time I could not end the call after it went silent, windows just froze saying "ending call.....".
Usually doesnt happen in areas with really good coverage like cities, but rural areas make it unusable.
You used Cheveron? I have the call issue bug. Sometimes it happens and sometimes its like there no problem. Its like some days is a bad day and other a good day.
I know for a fact that all carriers in Sweden have no problems exept 1. And since the phone is otherwise the best, im soon changing carrier ... cant wait.
I bought my omnia about 5 months ago from ebay and I face this mute problem since, I was living in Oman when I bought this and now I am living in Indonesia and still facing the same problem even if I used another carrier SIM card.
Actually in my case this problem start only when I received a call and I start can hear the caller voice exactly after 12 seconds of connection and after that call, the mute problem happen for all incoming and outgoing call and I need to restart the phone if I want to make outgoing call without mute problem.
Are you guys having the same symtomp and situation?
fyi all carriers in oman and indonesia has both edge and 3G mode, but locking the phone to 3G didn't solve the problem in my case.
yep pretty much the same, you need to restart it in order to place a call again. That however doesnt guarantee that it wont bug again in a couple of minutes. Its very sensitive to signal strength, hence it happens very irregularly, nevertheless its not an operator issue.
Its maybe more pronounced on some networks since coverage varies.
Locking to edge definitely wont fix it, since it will bug on 3g / 3g+ switching still. It is a Samsung radio issue, its time they finally take credit for their flaws...the hard way.
Some more info from me. My theory is that this is not a Samsung-operator problem but only samsung problem. Because I have also tried my phone with a diferent SIM and i had the same problems, mute/modem calls, a little less but nonetheless. So this I think is totaly a Samsung f*** up. I you can excange your phone for a nother in the price range. The HTC sensation seems good but I know it's android but hey better android then a phone that even can't handle calls. I myself am in talks with my operator to change the Omnia for the sensation because they can not fix the problem. I also got we never heard of this before and then I recorded a video of the phone making the modem sounds (the video is on the forum) and presented it to them and said that they fix this or another phone, and now they I think will never know how to fix it so I will probably get a new phone (the sensation). Cheers.
That its Samsungs fault is there no question about. But i just wanted to se if Edge could be a problem, as it seems to be in Sweden at least. And help folks at, for now, choose a diff carrier that might work better = we are all sleeping soundly. Omnia 7 is the best phone out there atm according to me. But thiss connection/ mute call is really destroying one of the best phones atm. :'(
@voltageMX, lucky you but I think you're going to miss samoled display since Sensation only have SLCD display but at least you'll have a phone that working as a phone.
Too bad I bought my omnia from ebay...so I can't ask for replacement from the seller.
my only hope is mango update will cure the problem...
When call issue occurs i usally turns phone off, remove battery a short short while and start it up. I have noticed this have a lottery effect, i can go some day without the issue, only to se it return again, but as a temp fix it ...is better then nothing =/
Now is there any others that called Samsung in there country recently? In Sweden we got a radio Firmware you can get...by sending in your phonE!!!
But it seems to do the jobb. Internet have been reported faster also. We had users signing up and talking directly to Samsung to aid them in there search for the problem. And finally we got it. Waiting for my phone to return so ill report back about firmware version etc.
So, anybody recently talked to Samsung?
Hi,
I'm from Malaysia and I used to have the 2 seconds mute when I was on a 2G network. After that I switch to an operator which only has 3G (domestic roaming for 2G) and I don't face that issue anymore.
Desperate for a solution so here's my issue. Brand new S7 edge on Virgin Mobile Canada. Phone works flawlessly except when I place a call to a landline that busy. When I call a landline with no call waiting and someone is on the phone I should get a busy signal but do not. I get one tone of the busy signal then dead air for 35 seconds at which time it returns to normal. The odd part is that certain numbers this happens with 100 percent of the time while with other numbers its intermittent and still others it never happens to. Virgin had done extensive testing and troubleshooting and claim they're are no network issues. If I put my sim in other phones there are no issues and the problem disappears. Has anyone else experienced this or can anyone offer some suggestions as to why this may be happening. I really can't see it being a hardware issue given the symptoms but it sends to be pointing to it. Samsung has no record of this issue. Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
My cell service seems wonky. Almost any building I go in I loose service. While other phones also on ATT will have H+ my phone will say emergency calls only with zero bars. Occasionally I'll suddenly get service but never past 4g. When standing outside sometimes I'll get perfect LTE. Having zero service indoors renders this phone useless. Please advise. I have tried editing the APN settings and that doesn't help.
I did unlock the phone and and install superuser. I assumed that was the issue so I went back to stock and still the issue persists. I wonder if flashing twrp( the glitchy Chinese one) wiped or replaced my modem/Kernal.
Please advise.
I use ATT in Mexico with no issue so far. I live in the border with Texas so when I got the chance I'll go to the US and see how the signal there
No problems here or any of those issues with att and I live in a huge city with skyscrapers. So sounds like a faulty device. I'm bootloader unlocked and rooted.
This issue is more serious then I realized. Zero service in my home. I.e. I never receive phone calls when inside my home. Does this phone get H+? Old phones of mine had no problem at least receiving the call while indoors. Usually the quality was **** and I'd have to go outside. But now I'm not even getting the ringer or texts until I regain service and I have no way of knowing if I missed a call at least texts eventually come through prolly with the wrong time stamp. This sucks...
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This issue is more serious then I realized. Zero service in my home. I.e. I never receive phone calls when inside my home. Does this phone get H+? Old phones of mine had no problem at least receiving the call while indoors. Usually the quality was **** and I'd have to go outside. But now I'm not even getting the ringer or texts until I regain service and I have no way of knowing if I missed a call at least texts eventually come through prolly with the wrong time stamp. This sucks...
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when I am at home I get H+, this happns with my One Plus One also
i have never seen H+ on my 727. still wondering if I knocked something out when I unlocked, rooted etc. seems the twrp is actually meant for the 720 so.....
It could be that, I am running stock rom, no root, not custom recovery, locked bootloader
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hmm ok new thought. i remeber reading that alot of this phones battery saving ability is hyper aggresive. is it turning off the cell antenna when the screen is off. Then it takes some time to reacquire it/. in which case how do i turn that off....