Just a heads up for those in Florida. Apparently for a few hours now data has been down. Sprint supervisor "Patrick" told me the whole state was affected. Should be back up by morning. He advises to turn off/on the device every hour to check for service.
Don't panic!
Service in SFL sucks on the regular anyway.
I never lost service and I'm just east of bradenton FL had service all night long voice and data and I had killer speeds around 230am I was pulling 2.6mbps cuz my netflix never had to buffer once so i checked speedtest when I tethered to send out a large file for work(700mb) and it sent in ~20 mins so I was like damn whys that so fast and decided to check
Edit: I was watching blackhawk down on netflix while I was sending the email too
Well that is pretty good i must say. I never really use speed tests but o can tell you here in miramar (hood) it takes forever to buffer anything on 3g, loading webpages is a pain, downloading podcasts is hit or miss, phone calls may only ring twice because it took forever for the caller to get connected, and other hiccups. I was contemplating going to verizon but Sprint is rolling out lte and i figure if spring does do away with unlimited data them i may be able to get grandfathered in to unlimited when that happens.
I got grandfathered in on unlimited tether when they switched to 5gb cap, I seem to be one of the few on sprint getting true 3g speeds but I live in a sparsely populated area with uncongested towers
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How long did it take for your nexus 1 to get 3g tmobile signal? I got my sim about an hour ago and dont think I have yet connected to 3g.
no one? nothing?
Still waiting here. I ported a number over last night around 10pm, started getting calls and was able to call out around 1pm today, started getting SMS around 2pm. Still no outgoing SMS or any 3g / edge.
Right away for me.
i never heard of anyone having to wait to get 3G. are you sure you have 3G coverage in your area?
Got it instantly and it's been pretty reliable
well it took me 6 hours to get it ugh i was dying
Instant. I havent had any problems with my N1.
i lay in bed, no 3g (only edge)... soon as i get on a main road i get 3g...
I get 3G as soon as step outside my front door and away from the roof overhang. I discovered that my cement tile roof and block walls make a pretty good bunker (only get Edge) but the N1 plays very nicely with my Linksys wireless router and comcast cable modem indoors on a locked down home network.
(Receiving or placing a call breaks in on the wi-fi, going seamlessly back to Edge, and you do have to manually reconnect to wi-fi after the call, but it sees and reconnects to wi-fi very quickly... much more quickly than a laptop or netbook does!)
I won't have 3G until I get on the highway and take my N1 on a 3-hour road trip to the nearest 3G coverage area.
Instantly for me... You guys having issues did you have a non 3G device before? Most TMO accounts are provisioned to work on 2G and 3G even if your old device is a 2G device... odd.
Also my only gripe is signal strength is about 1 bar or so below the G1 - which results in the phone switching to Edge more. Hope HTC/Google address this soon...
Instantly for me too and 4 bars inside & outside so far.
Lack of 3g might be related to this.
mine was instant
mine was also instant. 3G in most or all within northern ca - bay area.
instant in the north burbs of chicago
Instant in Chicago.
Turns out I needed to turn off wifi
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Turns out I needed to turn off wifi
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LOL, that's a good one But glad you finally found it! Enjoy Vegas 3G
I just picked up a Vibrant today from craigslist (sold my HD2 a couple of hours before ) and internet was working fine for a few hours. I went to the marketplace and downloaded about 30-40 apps then i went to try some of them out and i would get error messages saying i dont have internet but at the top bar there is a 3G symbol. I tried doing a battery pull 3 times to see if that would help but nothing. I even tried switching to only 2G but that didnt help either. Any tips? Im thinking of doing a hard reset just to reset everything incase something odd happened but id rather not because i already started setting up the phone how i like it.
I'm guessing it's because you need to switch your internet data plan to the Android plan, assuming you are on T-Mobile. If you had anything else it would likely work for a few and then stop.
Try go to a different location. I was having problems with 3G at work, would only show uplink but no downlink on my mytouch. Called t-mobile up and opened a trouble ticket and it was fixed today. 3G worked everywhere else but where my work is.
This is likely due to a problem with T-Mobile's data network tonight. For the last few hours data (EDGE and 3G) has not worked not only in my area, but around the entire United States (NY, Vegas, Illinois, Florida, etc).
People have been tweeting about it all night so far: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=tmobile
Some of the latest tweets as of this posts have a few people saying 3G is working for them but no EDGE. If true at all. This is not the case for me, still down here.
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I'm guessing it's because you need to switch your internet data plan to the Android plan, assuming you are on T-Mobile. If you had anything else it would likely work for a few and then stop.
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Log on to your tmobile account online and see your device, might need to be switched to vibrant from hd2 and you should then get android data instead of what you had with hd2
im retarded i had to call tmo CS and have them switch me to an android plan.
Just switched over to 711 speak out from Telus after hearing some good things about them.
I was able to get a plan with 100 minutes, unlimited texting, and browsing for $30 / month.
I was using data for a couple hours, testing radio streaming ect... I was getting H+ and 3G connection speeds.
However... after a couple hours my connection has dropped to EDGE.. and it has not gone back up. I only used about 48mb of data before the drop... is anyone else experiencing any kind of similar problems on 711 Speak Out?
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Could it be your phone? Have you tried rebooting/recycle mobile network?
I use speakout with the 100mb for $10 and it is almost always 4g or 3g at appropriate speeds. Only when far from any city does it drop to 2g or edge
I've had this problem for a while now but it's starting to get extremely annoying. If I'm not connected to WiFi I will have no mobile data at all. I can still send texts or make a phone call but I can't go on the internet or receive MMS. I've tried at least 5 different APN settings and I've made sure that "Data Enabled" is checked but nothing works. When I contacted AT&T they said there is nothing they can do because it is not an AT&T device.
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I've had this problem for a while now but it's starting to get extremely annoying. If I'm not connected to WiFi I will have no mobile data at all. I can still send texts or make a phone call but I can't go on the internet or receive MMS. I've tried at least 5 different APN settings and I've made sure that "Data Enabled" is checked but nothing works. When I contacted AT&T they said there is nothing they can do because it is not an AT&T device.
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Maybe you should try again, but this time tell them you'll drop them like a hot potato if they don't give you the correct APN settings. They're doing false advertising by telling you just because it's not their device that they cannot help you. Oh really jerks? I'd ask them why the f you pay full price like everyone else then. Try playing rough, maybe you'll get a response. I'd answer you but I don't know AT&T's settings. I use T-Mobile.
After some research, it may be a problem on their end. They may have you set up for a non-smartphone data plan or HSPA or LTE, not HSPA+ data. Look at your statement and see what plan you're on. You can always call them and make sure you're set up with HSPA+. Tell them to die in a ditch if they refuse to service a paying customer. Try reading this: http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-4/226814-anyone-activated-nexus-4-att.html
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I've had this problem for a while now but it's starting to get extremely annoying. If I'm not connected to WiFi I will have no mobile data at all. I can still send texts or make a phone call but I can't go on the internet or receive MMS. I've tried at least 5 different APN settings and I've made sure that "Data Enabled" is checked but nothing works. When I contacted AT&T they said there is nothing they can do because it is not an AT&T device.
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I'm having a similar issue that seems to have started around 4-5 days ago. I'm in the Twin Cities area, btw, if that matters.
Prior to that, I was only the victim of the occasional data drop or ARP offload delayed-notification issue.
The problem usually, but not aways, occurs when I leave a WIFI area and get handed off to the cell towers. I get no data, but calls/SMS works fine. Anywhere from 5-15 minutes later, I will get mobile data again, but only briefly before it goes away again.
The issue can also occur when seemingly changing towers, or going from HSPA > HSPA+.
On occasion, when the problem is occuring, my cell bars will still show blue as google services don't know they've been disconnected, but when I attempt to access, for instance, gmail or GNow, I will get no connection. Finally the bars will turn grey as the phone attempts to (apparently) cycle the radio.
Oddly, I stopped into a retail store here locally and the gal said they were having data issues so I figured it'd be fixed. That was 5 days ago. 3 days ago I called customer care and logged a case. They've found no issues with their towers or my provisioning thus far.
I also switched out my SIM card. No change.
At this point I think I'm going to walk over to T-Mobile and try a prepaid SIM to see if it's the phone or really and truly something with AT&T's network.
I'll post a logcat here if anyone is interested but I couldn't find too much interesting within it.
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I'm having a similar issue that seems to have started around 4-5 days ago. I'm in the Twin Cities area, btw, if that matters.
Prior to that, I was only the victim of the occasional data drop or ARP offload delayed-notification issue.
The problem usually, but not aways, occurs when I leave a WIFI area and get handed off to the cell towers. I get no data, but calls/SMS works fine. Anywhere from 5-15 minutes later, I will get mobile data again, but only briefly before it goes away again.
The issue can also occur when seemingly changing towers, or going from HSPA > HSPA+.
On occasion, when the problem is occuring, my cell bars will still show blue as google services don't know they've been disconnected, but when I attempt to access, for instance, gmail or GNow, I will get no connection. Finally the bars will turn grey as the phone attempts to (apparently) cycle the radio.
Oddly, I stopped into a retail store here locally and the gal said they were having data issues so I figured it'd be fixed. That was 5 days ago. 3 days ago I called customer care and logged a case. They've found no issues with their towers or my provisioning thus far.
I also switched out my SIM card. No change.
At this point I think I'm going to walk over to T-Mobile and try a prepaid SIM to see if it's the phone or really and truly something with AT&T's network.
I'll post a logcat here if anyone is interested but I couldn't find too much interesting within it.
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I've been on the T-Mobile network now for about an hour and I have had ZERO of the aforementioned issues. The phone definitely handles leaving WIFI > HSPA better as well.
So, I have been on AT&T Straight Talk for the past few months and I have only used data a couple times in that time frame (I almost always use wifi). So I decided to run a speedtest on my data connection (I turned off wifi) and I notice that I never see speeds greater than 1 Mpbs no matter where I drive to and test it (even right next to or passing cell towers). This is my first smartphone.....Is this typical for a smartphone? My wifi speeds average 20 Mbps, so that sounds reasonable for wifi anyways. If that does not sound correct, how do I test whether the problem is with the phone or the service provider?