Radio/Antenna Issues on my Nexus S? - Nexus S General

I imported a i9020A because I'm on the Telstra network here in Australia (3G 850Mhz).
My Nexus S was working perfectly for about a week until Thursday, when it started to act up.
It normally connects to "Telstra Mobile" (850Mhz) but lately, it's not able to anymore. It connects (weakly) to "3Telstra" (2100Mhz towers).
I thought it was my network's fault, until I checked my SIM in an iPhone 3G. It works fine.
So I think there's something wrong with my phone now. I'm running OpenSoju 0.2.5 (http://renandroid.com/), and I've tried upgrading the radio from KB3 to KD1 with no success
Does anyone (who is more knowledgable than me in this area) know what might be the issue? Should I just contact GSMNation (where I bought it from) and arrange a return?
Thanks for your time guys!

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Vario II network coverage question

Recently my Vario II intermittenly loses network signals, it says No Network and I have to toggle phone off/on to make it search for signal again. This only happens when I'm at home (Charlton SE7 area).
Rom 1.21.110.3 (19/06/06)
Radio 1.05.05.00
Does anyone have the same problem?
toucam said:
Recently my Vario II intermittenly loses network signals, it says No Network and I have to toggle phone off/on to make it search for signal again. This only happens when I'm at home (Charlton SE7 area).
Rom 1.21.110.3 (19/06/06)
Radio 1.05.05.00
Does anyone have the same problem?
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Flash HardSPL first, then upgrade your radio.
Ive linked to my guides incase your unfamiliar with the process.
The newer radio should possibly increase your GSM efficiency. Are you in a decent area for reception?
mrvanx said:
Flash HardSPL first, then upgrade your radio.
Ive linked to my guides incase your unfamiliar with the process.
The newer radio should possibly increase your GSM efficiency. Are you in a decent area for reception?
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Hi, many thanks for your detailed guides. I've upgraded Radio to 1.38.00.10 but the problem still persists. I'm in a very good coverage area, always get full bars 3G when it works. Soft-reset my phone and now it's searching in vain for network signal, I'm confused
What operator are you with ? Maybe the cell where you live is getting overloaded. We had a problem similiar to this last month when our local base station had a problem. Our work-around was to disable 3G but not using a Hermes . Apparently the handset tries to register using the 'best' data-bearer its configured for. So disabling 3G made it register with GPRS which worked fine. They then fixed the base station and we were able to re-enable 3G. I would
guess Charlton would have a lot of subscribers per cell. You would expect the coverage to be better in a built-up areas but who knows. Maybe an enquiry/ complaint to the operator would at least tell you if they know of a problem and if its temporary or longer term
Cheers for that. I'm with T-Mobile. What's bugging me is that this signal disappearance only happens sometimes. It's not that I don't have 3G (or signal for that matter) at all, I still get full 3G signals fine most of the time. But you probably were right, looks like it's a fault from the operator's cell in the area, I will give them a call next week to see if there's an explanation.
I've noticed this problem when I'm in the south London area (very general I know). People have got around the issue temporarily by forcing the phone to GPRS only
More problems! After upgrading to 1.38 and trying all sort of "good" radios like 1.17, 1.27, 1.34 I can't make/receive calls unless GSM is forced. There must be something wrong within my immediate area because with the same radios everything works flawless just 10 mins down the road. I just called TMob and there's no technical fault or anything from their side. I will just have to put up without 3G until the problem fixes itself
There are lots of people complaining about 3g on T mobile in UK. They seem to have serious issues with Hermes devices and the dropdown to GSM.
I had a problem six months ago with my hermes on orange at home in SW London. For a few weeks it was mucking about - I rang O who advised me that they were experiencing some local issues but would fix them within days. I switched to GSM for a few days. When I switched back its worked fine for last five months.
3G gone mad!
the same thing was happening to me. Full 3G reception in Leicester, tried to connect to get my e-mails and then the signal totally goes. The same thing happens when I make calls as well. Switched to GSM and everything worked. Now in York and everything is working on 3G.
Network is T-Mobile.
This sounds similar to the issues I am having.
Do you get the phone hanging as it attempts to start a call and then after a while a message stating that it was unable to connect?....sometimes resulting in a soft reset to bring the device back online? In my case toggling bluetooth will reset the connection.
I am with T-Mobile in Glasgow but get the same issues during the day in Edinburgh
No 3G
aidanbree said:
This sounds similar to the issues I am having.
Do you get the phone hanging as it attempts to start a call and then after a while a message stating that it was unable to connect?....sometimes resulting in a soft reset to bring the device back online? In my case toggling bluetooth will reset the connection.
I am with T-Mobile in Glasgow but get the same issues during the day in Edinburgh
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No mine doesn't say anything, it sounds "ding ding" after a few secs like when you press the hang up button. I can use the Internet but anything to do with calls is just impossible. I've switch to GSM now and everything's back to normal. A bit annoying can't use 3G at home.

Trouble with signal/Service

Hi,
First of all, I've been reading on these forums for MONTHS and have enjoyed ALOT of great information and software from the people in here. Unfortunatively I have not had much to contribute with, so I skipped the part of registering a user..
So, thanks you all the great stuff, keep it coming!
Now over to my big problem, that I really hope you guys (and girls?) may help out with..
First a bit of story (if you're not bothered, skip this part!).
I went to Miami, FL in February - and my phone back then, iPhone 3G worked flawlessly before and during the trip. Then, 3 days after I came back home it started pulling jokes on me, not connecting to the network etc.. So I get a replacement.. Then, the next time I went over, with a Nokia E63, I bought a T-mobile G1 that I unlocked and got working when I got back home to Norway. 3 days after I came back home the Nokia said no thanks and stopped functioning in the same way as the iPhone. Well, I had the G1, so I just used that one.
Well, I went to the states again, this time to California, Arizona and Nevada with my G1 as travel buddy! It has worked flawlessly all the time before and during the trip, but 3 days after I came home it stopped functioning. I get the "No Service" message with different SIM cards, it doesn't show me that hardware IDs of bluetooth and WiFi (Same as on the iPhone). But WiFi and bluetooth still works - its just the regular GSM/3G network part that doesnt work...
Well, to hell with it - I reflashed the thing with the newest radio and the newest custom ADP software (dont remember which custom one), and it is still not working quite well. No network at all!
I can post a bit more details about firmware and baseband/modem software later on when I get back home and can check out the phone - but it is really frustrating! Right now I got a Nokia E71 off work to use - but after a couple of days I really miss the Android!
I am pretty sure this is a SW issue, as the phone has been taken really good care of, never been dropped or in wet weather..
Any help, tips and hint will be GREATLY appreciated.
laumbr said:
Hi,
First of all, I've been reading on these forums for MONTHS and have enjoyed ALOT of great information and software from the people in here. Unfortunatively I have not had much to contribute with, so I skipped the part of registering a user..
So, thanks you all the great stuff, keep it coming!
Now over to my big problem, that I really hope you guys (and girls?) may help out with..
First a bit of story (if you're not bothered, skip this part!).
I went to Miami, FL in February - and my phone back then, iPhone 3G worked flawlessly before and during the trip. Then, 3 days after I came back home it started pulling jokes on me, not connecting to the network etc.. So I get a replacement.. Then, the next time I went over, with a Nokia E63, I bought a T-mobile G1 that I unlocked and got working when I got back home to Norway. 3 days after I came back home the Nokia said no thanks and stopped functioning in the same way as the iPhone. Well, I had the G1, so I just used that one.
Well, I went to the states again, this time to California, Arizona and Nevada with my G1 as travel buddy! It has worked flawlessly all the time before and during the trip, but 3 days after I came home it stopped functioning. I get the "No Service" message with different SIM cards, it doesn't show me that hardware IDs of bluetooth and WiFi (Same as on the iPhone). But WiFi and bluetooth still works - its just the regular GSM/3G network part that doesnt work...
Well, to hell with it - I reflashed the thing with the newest radio and the newest custom ADP software (dont remember which custom one), and it is still not working quite well. No network at all!
I can post a bit more details about firmware and baseband/modem software later on when I get back home and can check out the phone - but it is really frustrating! Right now I got a Nokia E71 off work to use - but after a couple of days I really miss the Android!
I am pretty sure this is a SW issue, as the phone has been taken really good care of, never been dropped or in wet weather..
Any help, tips and hint will be GREATLY appreciated.
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did u reconfigure your apns whenever u switched sim cards?
Same provider, different SIM cards and numbers, so shouldn't need to do that..
find out which ROM you're using. also double check which radio you have, cupcake builds tend to use the radio ending in .26I, there are some donut builds having a few issues with the radio, but these should be fixed soon. also even if you're using the same network, for example t-mobile, sim card regions can make a difference to the APN settings. such as a UK sim uses settings specific to the UK, while US sim would use US settings. normally this isn't much of a problem, but the developer of your rom may have missed out the APN list so you would have missing APNs. doesn't hurt to check
hope it helps in some way
Hi!
Sorry I used so long, I have been busy at work lately.
My version numbers are:
Model Number: Android Dev Phone 1
Baseband: 62.505.20.17H_2.22.19.26I
Kernel version: 2.6.27.00392-g8312baf ([email protected])
Build Number:
dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB21 147201 test-keys.
Under status I get the following (Which I also got with my old firmware/baseband - without any warning at all!):
Phone number: Unknown
Network: Unknown
Signal Strenght: 0 dBm 0 asu
Mobile Network type: unknown
Service state: Out of service
Roaming: Not roaming
Mobile network state: Disconnected
Wifi works, but there is no way of accessing the Telenor network, as it gives an error message saying an error occured.
any tips will be perfect!
no one?
i've had a similar issue
i lost signal all of a sudden without any reason......tried restarting , reflashing.... nothing helped. After about an hour, signal was back, i'm sure it wasnt the network because checked with a few people while my signal was out
Now to the interesting stuff, i've had exactly same issue with htc touch diamond, both diamond & g1 share the same hardware platform and i'm seriously begining to doubt qualcomm's chipsets
Do you know what chipset is in the iPhone 3G as it happened to me on that one aswell?
And, to me it sounds even more suspicious that this happened just a few days after I came back from the states both times.
And I've had a SIM card in the G1, turned on since my first post, and there is no sign of service at all any of that time - as it would have recieved a copy of SMS's sent to my Twin SIM in the E71.
Well, I better just bite the lemon and get myself something new and more useful.

GSM/WCDMA issues Vodafone Australia

Hi, most of my details re an issue are posted in the dev thread in the LeeDrOiD entry, basic issue is that my new DHD has been suffering from 'issues'
I am on Vodafone Australia and at the moment the network service sucks, and I have lodged complaints with them and the TIO as regards this.
My main issue is that calls went straight to voice mail and also lots of dropped calls, I have spent days and just now 7 solid hours trouble shooting, I have used 4 phones, 2 sim cards and have built/cleaned/rebuilt my DHD so many times I do not wish to think about it. After each build I could neither dial out or get calls.
For what it is worth, Vodafone say it is a network glitch, but I have now discovered what 'may' be causing the issue, I will need other non Vodafone peeps to try contact me tomorrow to confirm.
The 'fix' so far is to only enable GSM, it is set to GSM/WCDMA by default, either WCDMA or GSM/WCDMA make the phone fail, selecting GSM WORKS!!!
I have loaded and unloaded so many radios thinking that may be the issue, questioned each application I load as regards its impact and all it is looking like is a bloody setting that for some reason worked and now doesn't.
Let's see how vodafail answer this one...
Might be worth noting for your own testing at some point....
Could be you have poor 3G coverage at your area. The phone will then try to force 3G if it sees a tiny signal. This can cause loss of all connectivity. This happened to me once I was at Perth Airport. I'm with Optus and could not get make any calls or text if i had it on 3G. GSM only worked fine.
Could also be the phone handling changing from 3G to 2G very poorly. Never had this problem in Sydney though.
I agree with the guy above, I live south of you guys with no 3g coverage and for the first few weeks I had it in auto select and it was on 2g all the time. I use leeroids v1.4 with the radio recommended in the first post.
Hi silashack,
I am having exactly the same issue with my Standard UK Desire on Vodafone.
With WCDMA/GSM enabled the phone drops all the bars of service, then it will come back to full service but you cannot make or receive calls/txt messages or use the data connection.
Spent an hour on the phone with 1st level support and got nowhere (no surprises). I have a mate here at work with me, same phone, with VF as well and he is having the same issues as me, and they started at the same time last Thursday.
Do you think it could be a service fault?
Edit: No root here, just standard ROM. Come to think of it, there was a small update here a short while ago....
I am reading in a few places around the globe that these issues are NOT even country isolated, I thought it was just (possibly) Vodafone AU, but I have seen the very same issues mentioned on Vodafone UK and also Orange UK, T-Mobile and a few others, I do not even think it is isolated to the HTC Desire HD.
Would appear there is a global issue and it may be a while before the truth comes out
Well that one's for the tin foil hat brigade to play with...
I would have no issue if the feckin thing dropped to GSM and worked, moving back to WCDMA where available, but to just stop working is just not acceptable in 2011 FFS
silashack said:
I am reading in a few places around the globe that these issues are NOT even country isolated, I thought it was just (possibly) Vodafone AU, but I have seen the very same issues mentioned on Vodafone UK and also Orange UK, T-Mobile and a few others, I do not even think it is isolated to the HTC Desire HD.
Would appear there is a global issue and it may be a while before the truth comes out
Well that one's for the tin foil hat brigade to play with...
I would have no issue if the feckin thing dropped to GSM and worked, moving back to WCDMA where available, but to just stop working is just not acceptable in 2011 FFS
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As you guessed in an earlier post, it's definitely network related. H4tch3t over on one of the .za forums reckons he's solved it, and it's a mission I'm about to embark on as well (because not having my phone running at full capability is annoying as hell).
You can read more at hxxp://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/320427-HTC-Desire-HD-voice-calls-on-the-Vodacom-network-not-working (replace the xx's tt, apparently I'm too new on xda to post external links)
Vodaphone wcdma not working
Yeah I think you guys have nailed it this is nt an issue that can be fixed by the user it's a problem with the networks maybe a satellites gone down or something but one things for sure we will be the last to know
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I just got the same issue in Sydney with Vodafone. My DHD worked fine yesterday morning. But afternoon, I can't make/receive any calls.
The mobile signal bar is full. But still.
I changed to GSM only. the phone call works fine.
I would call vodafone to check it.
they give me another reason to change to another operator.
sounds like congestion.

[Q] i9505 stuck out of service

Hi,
I have a weird problem with my S4.
At work I have some areas with really bad coverage so sometimes the phone can stay for a few minutes (or even say 1h) out of service.
This is all normal. The coverage sucks, the building is weird, not problem here.
The problem is that when I go outside where the signal is normally full it does not register back to the network.
Even more it does not even go to "emergency only mode". On a few occasions I arrived back home (10Km + drive) until I realized people can't call me because the phone is out of service.
What is even weirder is the fact that on some occasions, even though the (no service) (/) sign is displayed mobile data works just fine.
My previous iPhone did something similar too - it took a while for it to recover signal after exiting the coverage black spots but never more than maximum 5 minutes.
To me it looks like a radio modem issue and maybe this is aggravated by the fact that my carrier uses the same 2100MHz frequency for both Data and Voice.
I would like to know if any of you have experience anything like this or if there is some app available that can monitor what's happening.
what network and firmware you on and wich s4 variant:thumbup:
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
I9505XXUBMEA I9505OXXBMF1
It's Europe standard i9505.
Network is Digi.Mobil Romania - but I doubt it's relevant since it can't get even emergency only (other networks).
so... any idea?
Android needs to work on it's notification. No Service and the reception bars only gauge voice coverage. You can test this out by using Service Mode to do a PS Only (data) attach instead of the standard PS + CS (voice) attach. It'll say no service, but data will be fine.
Emergency only, is when there is coverage from other operators but not yours. No service, means your way off the grid.
I've noticed the issue you describe and it's only on some firmwares. Try a newer one and see if you still have the same issue. But you might notice a drop in your battery life because your phone will be scanning all the time. If you're happy with no coverage at work, best to just turn it off and then turn it on when your outside.
Best option is to tell your operator about the lack of coverage. There's someone in charge of stats who get's beaten every time you drop a call. You'll get extra attention if you've got other businesses around you, so let them know that too.
Thanks for the reply.
I am already on the latest firmware and I noticed the same behavior on the firmware before this one.
Unfortunately I can't try out other modem versions (from other FW packages) as that would void my warranty.
avoid said:
Thanks for the reply.
I am already on the latest firmware and I noticed the same behavior on the firmware before this one.
Unfortunately I can't try out other modem versions (from other FW packages) as that would void my warranty.
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but...what about reboot phone? i know isnt funny but until u find a problem u can just reboot ur phone while u are going out from ur office...or just try to enable and disable airplane mode
Of course reboot works but I am looking for a solution, not a partial workaround.
The most annoying problem is that if I forget to reboot it when I leave work it will not recover network connectivity even if I am in areas with very good coverage, areas where you would expect your phone to work.
It looks like when it decides to give up it does not try again. It is very weird that it also drops the signal from other networks (the "emergency only") even if it's well in their coverage areas. I guess I will have to switch phones... Even if this issue was present for the iPhone too it never took more than a few minutes for it to recover on its own. And I'm not an apple fan
Just to do some brain ecercise...do u keep in power save when u are out of signal ? Its possible that disable check after few tries
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
It's not in power save. I only use that function in case of battery emergency.
Same problem here
Hello, I have the EXACT same problem here. I am in Argentina.
Now, I've been in the USA for a few weeks, visiting, and while my phone was roaming, I didn't have a single problem with my phone.
Since I came back, 3 days ago, I haven't had any problems in Argentina, either.
Is it possible that something got activated when the phone was registered to another company? (it was AT&T i believe)
If that's the case... maybe you can try putting a sim card of another company and see if you still have the problem?
Please let me know if you still have the same problem or if you got it solved. I would love to know something more scientific about all this.
I don't know if this is relevant, but my compass is off by about 30 degrees. Maybe my phone is defective?
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WITH THIS
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avoid said:
Hi,
I have a weird problem with my S4.
At work I have some areas with really bad coverage so sometimes the phone can stay for a few minutes (or even say 1h) out of service.
This is all normal. The coverage sucks, the building is weird, not problem here.
The problem is that when I go outside where the signal is normally full it does not register back to the network.
Even more it does not even go to "emergency only mode". On a few occasions I arrived back home (10Km + drive) until I realized people can't call me because the phone is out of service.
What is even weirder is the fact that on some occasions, even though the (no service) (/) sign is displayed mobile data works just fine.
My previous iPhone did something similar too - it took a while for it to recover signal after exiting the coverage black spots but never more than maximum 5 minutes.
To me it looks like a radio modem issue and maybe this is aggravated by the fact that my carrier uses the same 2100MHz frequency for both Data and Voice.
I would like to know if any of you have experience anything like this or if there is some app available that can monitor what's happening.
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Hi I have similar issue,
My phone says its out of service or no signal or no network also I checked my sim card in other phone in the same place and it is fine. The i9505 model in ireland meteor provider was running ok until deicided to give a try to another network operator, when I changed the sim card it didnt only catch up the signal from new network provider but also it refuses to catch the old network provider. Funny thing is that I am receiving 3G but no signal bars and no service sign is beeing displayed. I am running latest official BTU (UK) firmware, the phone was never rooted, altough I had to remove the simlock and instal unbranded firmware. The phone worked fine with the newest updates for a month and now I am facing this trouble.
No factory resets nor installing same radio (couple of times) have helped. Also I used odin to instal same firmware (as it has locked bootloader) so I cannot revert back to other stock firmwares, but still no joy.
hope that someone faced the same problems and describe how to solve this issue. thanks

I9505 Signal problems

Hi
For a very long time I've been having signal problems, it just suddenly stops working and I have to reboot to get any signal back (airplane mode on and off doesnt work).
Its a GT-I9505
4.4.2
Goldeneye Rom
Greetings
which network? might be a local network issue?
I'm with 3, and although officially their website says that there's no planned maintenance in the area, i quite often drop signal when I'm at work recently, even though it's worked fine until now. I think a lot of people on various networks get the occasional network issue though. I think companies are constantly "upgrading" things, leading to network outages. I don't know why they don't just leave things alone. I used to have perfect signal on t-mobile when it was 3g, but as soon as they changed to ee and started to move to 4g, I got no signal, ever....that's why i switched to 3 in the first place, but now that they're "upgrading", same stuff again!
Its not the provider, know a lot of people on the same company and only me and my brother (same phone same firmware) are having this problems.
I read it coul be the 4.4.2 firmware, but dont know if only updating would fix it.
I had this problem on an earlier version of a cyanogenmod nightly. Most likely is your custom rom causing it. You said it yourself. Both you and your brother, same rom, same phone. Try a different rom or different version of the same rom.

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