Random loss of reception? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Anyone experiencing this? Sometimes ill be on the internet for an hour then randomly my signal will drop and after a minute or so it will come back. Also if I haven't used my phone for awhile and right when I'm about to Google something the internet cuts off then comes back a minute later.
Im trying to figure out if its my phone or T-Mobile fault. Its not roms or radios because Ive tried a few different ones.
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gutted said:
Anyone experiencing this? Sometimes ill be on the internet for an hour then randomly my signal will drop and after a minute or so it will come back. Also if I haven't used my phone for awhile and right when I'm about to Google something the internet cuts off then comes back a minute later.
Im trying to figure out if its my phone or T-Mobile fault. Its not roms or radios because Ive tried a few different ones.
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You answered your question.

neidlinger said:
You answered your question.
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The op may not have answered his own question. I have similar issues with my phone. Found a few little glitches with how my phone reacts to firmware. I need to write up my findings in a new thread. Pretty interesting stuff. I had a big issue that I was able to fix and it may work for a bunch more people too.
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neidlinger said:
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I domt think so, i have noticed, with stock, i get a strong 4g signal. BUt when i switch to different roms, the signal fluctuates.
I have tried: Darkside, creamed glacier, cm7, virtuous unity affinity quattro

Dclaw please share your findings!
Btw my gf also has a mytouch 4g but its stock unrooted and has the same problems as me.
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Happens to me quite often. I'm running the latest radio and I think that's the problem for me. It never happened with the previous radio it had. Reason I haven't messed with it is because it works great in the city and I'm always on wifi at home. It bugs me because I send a text and signal drops to 0, "message not sent, will resend when data services are available." back to 3 bars, then resends.
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I have the Panache here in Canada through Mobilicity, basically the same phone with a different name, and this is a known issue with the entire batch they sold. I'm pretty sure it's a phone issue on HTC's part that doesn't seem to have a fix for it. I can't remember what the reason was exactly but google Panache no signal or something like that and you should be able to find it.
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Random lost of signal
Hi erverybody,
"dclaw_fantum" said he found a suggestions for that, but what is it? I am with Mobilicity (Canada) too and I have the same issue with my phone (also the panache). My friend is also with mobilicity but has a different phone and not any problem like this. It is strange because I am having full reception and it just turns of... totally. At least there should be a GSM signal or WCDMA signal, but it just turns off. Sad that HTC is not trying to fix this, as it seems an issue for a lot of people. Greetings.

It has to do with your Rom that your using or Radio either or can be your problem.
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MyTouch 4G with Wind here. Same issue.
Tried 3 different radios and 2 stock and one custom rom and I have the same problems.
I've been leaning towards the problem being a combination of the radio and the rom and how they interact with each other rather than just one of them as it doesn't seem to make any difference what combination of the two you use.
I'm not a developer though, so I might be way off...
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Same issue here with a couple of stock MT4Gs on T-Mobile.

Related

Two issues

Please forgive me if this has already been covered but I tried searching for a while and had no luck on the issues.
First, I'm having trouble hooking up to routers but can hook up to my buddies phone when he is tethering. It didn't do this before but just recently. I flashed Sparksmod Rom and still had the issue, then tried the Gingerbread CM7 and still can't hook up. It says obtaining ip address then just cycles.
Second, I got a 4G phone hoping I would get better service at my work, but it doesn't seem like the signal will penetrate through most buildings, but my buddy has Sprint and gets 3G and 4G. I realize this is a different band but after I saw the data throttling hack I didn't know if I had a chance.
I would greatly appreciate any input, and will remove this post if anybody directs me to the issue post elsewhere.
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if i remember right data throttling was for those who received a message from tmobile saying they used to much data and i think tmo's 4g isnt so great right now depending on where you are, i get 4g sometimes and sometimes its just 3g. and about the routers i recommend trying to restart the router or manually add the router. good luck on fixing your problem
One of the best things about Tmo is that they offer wifi calling for free, but obviously that won't work if you can't connect to wifi. If you can't get wifi working you should revert back to stock and do a warranty exchange.
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Thanks for the input. I've honestly tried everything router wise.
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are you overclocked? you may need to apply the wifi fix if you are.
The overclock I'm running is packed in the rom. (Gingerbread cm7) Ill try to search the wifi fix thread. Thanks much!
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Service issues or rom?

I'm on cm7 nightly 3/2 along with a friend at work and our service keeps randomly going away completely. Tried reboots and battery pulls. Is there a new radio that fixes that or is it a known issue? I haven't had rom problems yet but not sure if that has something to do with it.
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Anyone????
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gu3r0 said:
I'm on cm7 nightly 3/2 along with a friend at work and our service keeps randomly going away completely. Tried reboots and battery pulls. Is there a new radio that fixes that or is it a known issue? I haven't had rom problems yet but not sure if that has something to do with it.
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have you troubleshooted the problem?
read the cm7 thread to see if others are having an issue?
called Tmobile and checked to see if there is an issue with the service in your area?
i know when i had a blackberry and was having service issues...it was always been an issue with the local tower...so tmobile would send a signal to the phone to get it right...not sure if it works the same for our phones
also you could back up your rom by doing a nandroid and a titanium backup and reflash cm7 or another rom and run it for a day and see if you are still having issues

Lose 3G and have to reboot

Anyone ever have this problem? Ideas to fix it?
What rom are you running? If its a i9k 2.2.1 build you need the signal reboot fix found in the vibrant development section.
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I think the problem exists for KB1 based builds as well. Had the issue with Bionix 1.31, Trigger and Axura. Went back to Nero v5 and problem solved. Also, the wifi sleeps even when the option for never sleep is checked. I wonder if it's hardware specific and only affects some phones.
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To clarify my previous post: I lost 3g and had to manually reboot to get it back. It didn't reboot on its own like the i9000 builds. I ran 3 different roms from 3 different devs and they all had similar issues. The only common denominator was they were KB1 based. KB1 roms also seem to have RIL issues (very infrequent). At least that was my experience.
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Data dropping happened to me a lot in the JK2 modem (had toggle flight mode on and off), but it has never happened to me since (JK6 and onwards)
Are you guys on t mobile? You might want to upgrade your sim card, i just upgraded yesterday and now my connection is more stable.
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If data is just dropping and not soft booting, try flashing a new modem.
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iynfynity said:
Are you guys on t mobile? You might want to upgrade your sim card, i just upgraded yesterday and now my connection is more stable.
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This can be a very good idea. I did that, and now my data is PERFECT.
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iynfynity said:
Are you guys on t mobile? You might want to upgrade your sim card, i just upgraded yesterday and now my connection is more stable.
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Agreed. Just did this with my vibrant. Speedtests went from 2mbps up to 5.5mbps! ;-)
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I may have to hit the store then. I'm on stock KA6, and have this issue almost daily.
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you may want to call t mobile first bsfore you go to a store.
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I dont have this problem but do all the ROMS now say "H" instead of 3G? The weird things is, I still 3g pop back up there intermitently for a second or two here and there...from what I gather, H is the same thing, but if that's so, then why do I still see 3g pop back up there sometimes?
I'm on KB1 and I hate this ****.
iynfynity said:
Are you guys on t mobile? You might want to upgrade your sim card, i just upgraded yesterday and now my connection is more stable.
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What modem are you using?
ColorNapkin said:
What modem are you using?
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KB1.
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I had this problem on Trigger 2.7.1/overstock couldn't reestablish data through airplane or toggling data type. In since flashing 2.7.2 havent had it at all. Fingers crossed. No reboots either. Same kb1 modem.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
Im going through something similar right now. Running Axura 2.3.1.0 with KB1 modem currently, was on CM7 with KA7 prior and had same issue. I have 0 3G, doing a speed test on 2G i get between 68 and 85kbps download speed, and when on 3G i get between 46 and 60kbps, so actually my 3G is basically dead. Went and got a 3G sim card from t-mobile, called them about 26 times and had them reset my network, filed a trouble ticket and still no dice... not sure whats going on. I was throttled and my cycle restarted on the 21st, its now the 24th and still seems like im throttled but im not, its actually a dead 3G, not sure why... anyone know what i can do to fix this? Is it a bad phone now? T-Mobile doesnt seem to have a clue, nor will they help me out... dunno, tried everything and now im just stuck with no speed... blows!!!
iynfynity said:
Are you guys on t mobile? You might want to upgrade your sim card, i just upgraded yesterday and now my connection is more stable.
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new sim card did nothing for me when i tried that a few weeks ago, and the new card actually gets me less bars, ohh welll
vinterchaos said:
new sim card did nothing for me when i tried that a few weeks ago, and the new card actually gets me less bars, ohh welll
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did you try a different modem?
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ICS sense 4 signal drops

I really like the look of the sense 4 ROMs I was on glacier one for a while but just got tired of having slow data speeds and always having signal drops.
I have also tried the Hyperion ROM and viper touch and I don't know if its just me or is everyone else still experiencing signal drops. Data speeds are better than when I was on glacier one but the signal drops are a real deal breaker for me and its a shame cuz they are nice roms
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I think signal drops are pretty common. I get them all the time on my Glacier.
No but its like really bad on the glacier one Rom and since the Hyperion is the same base I believe its the same.
Viper touch seemed to be just once.
Btw I don't get signal drops
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mymeatb18 said:
No but its like really bad on the glacier one Rom and since the Hyperion is the same base I believe its the same.
Viper touch seemed to be just once.
Btw I don't get signal drops
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On any ROM I'm on I will randomly lose all signal for 30 seconds - 1 minute several times a day. Never figured out way, and I don't like flashing radios. Too much risk.
Yeah, i had the issue with sense roms as well, it happens a lot more on sense roms but its been a while since i have seen that. Does it drop on glacier one or hyperion? I have tried the latest editions of both and i didn't get any drops
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Yeah, i had the issue with sense roms as well, it happens a lot more on sense roms but its been a while since i have seen that. Does it drop on glacier one or hyperion? I have tried the latest editions of both and i didn't get any drops
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One of our myTouch 4Gs had Hyperion Yoshi on it for a while and the user frequently complained about it 'forgetting' it had signal and thus losing connectivity to things like Maps (which was a deal-breaker). Just flashed Dark Unicorn on that one, which seems to handle signal issues just fine (but of course, it's not a Sense ROM).
if u want something more stable...u can try glacier rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852410 it is a older rom (ICS) but after trying a new rom almost every week I end up going back to this one for stability. I have Mobilicity (which is supposed to have poor signal quality) but rarely have I experienced signal drops....noticed it twice for less than a minute in over 3 months n both times weather was pretty bad...windy/almost storm like conditions!
I believe I was on the glacier one v1.3 as I can see its been revised in v2.0 which I guess what fixed it. I just remember that everyone was having signal drops and phone was really only staying 3g which is why I switched. I took a second look at Hyperion and saw that after the ROM had settled and after a few reboots all was good I was just experiencing signal drops almost 5 mins apart after flashing the first day.
Sabsa prime is pretty good almost perfect actually
Just find myself coming back to cm7.0.3 as I feel its the most stable of the cm7s
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For what it is worth I haven't had the same problems on ViperTouch and have been running for a few weeks - don't seem to have a problem with 4g either ...

Hating my S3 lately

So I've getting the no sound+drop signal problem these last weeks where you don't hear anything when making a call and then the phone loses all signal. Looked everywhere online no solution. I really need my phone these days and i am having to use skype to make a call which is total crap. Then today all of the sudden the phone stops recognizing the sdcard out of the blue, also can't seem to find any solution online. I don't want to send the thing to repair because I use it a ton. This is really inconvenient.
Just venting here , sigh.....
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This isn't your blog, go back to facebook or wherever you came from.
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This is the general forum, you know, GENERAL.
ManuC84 said:
So I've getting the no sound+drop signal problem these last weeks where you don't hear anything when making a call and then the phone loses all signal. Looked everywhere online no solution. I really need my phone these days and i am having to use skype to make a call which is total crap. Then today all of the sudden the phone stops recognizing the sdcard out of the blue, also can't seem to find any solution online. I don't want to send the thing to repair because I use it a ton. This is really inconvenient.
Just venting here , sigh.....
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I had this issue with my old LG Optimus T P509 T-Mobile.. it was unlocked so I was using it on AT&T.. I never figured out what the problem was but I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one. Haven't had this issue with my S3 yet. Running stock 4.1.2 JB with ADW Launcher.. what service provider are you currently using?
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Have you tried a factory reset? or a different ROM?
Even before that, wiping cache's?
If you're looking for help, more detail needed. If your venting, I agree with Choristav. No offense intended.
dusty1268 said:
I had this issue with my old LG Optimus T P509 T-Mobile.. it was unlocked so I was using it on AT&T.. I never figured out what the problem was but I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one. Haven't had this issue with my S3 yet. Running stock 4.1.2 JB with ADW Launcher.. what service provider are you currently using?
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Which problem you mean, the call issue or the micro sdcard issue? I am running stock 4.1.2 jb and i have orange. The worst is that these problems start on their own all of the sudden with no previous warning. It drives one insane because it's so hard to pinpoint what happened and how to fix it.
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Which problem you mean, the call issue or the micro sdcard issue? I am running stock 4.1.2 jb and i have orange. The worst is that these problems start on their own all of the sudden with no previous warning. It drives one insane because it's so hard to pinpoint what happened and how to fix it.
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Sorry.. The calling issue. I would make a call and it wouldn't make a dial or ringing tone and there was no sound coming from the speaker. This isn't happening on my S3. It was was happening on my old LG phone.. it was running stock 2.3 gingerbread of course, but it was surely mind boggling.
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ceasee said:
Have you tried a factory reset? or a different ROM?
Even before that, wiping cache's?
If you're looking for help, more detail needed. If your venting, I agree with Choristav. No offense intended.
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I am sorry but I read the rules and didn't see anything that said that no venting was allowed here, this is a general forum and in most forums general means general chat, venting included, or anything else that doesn't fit in more specific boards. Now regarding your question I didn't do wiping nor factory reset but I did reinstall the Jelly bean ROM I am using, and also I tried reinstalling the modem making sure it was the right one. I didn't do more because I've read in the big "no sound during calls" thread that those methods haven't solved most users' issues so far so seems like a waste of time. Anyway spending my time fixing the phone is my idea of a good time. I've had it for one year btw.
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Sorry.. The calling issue. I would make a call and it wouldn't make a dial or ringing tone and there was no sound coming from the speaker. This isn't happening on my S3. It was was happening on my old LG phone.. it was running stock 2.3 gingerbread of course, but it was surely mind boggling.
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I have that happen and then suddenly signal drops to nothing and I get a circle with a crossed line symbol for a few seconds until it comes back. It's weird as hell and there's no solution anywhere online. I fixed it for a while tapping the back of the phone but now that ain't working anymore. Very frustrating.
ManuC84 said:
I have that happen and then suddenly signal drops to nothing and I get a circle with a crossed line symbol for a few seconds until it comes back. It's weird as hell and there's no solution anywhere online. I fixed it for a while tapping the back of the phone but now that ain't working anymore. Very frustrating.
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Could your case, assuming you have one, possibly be the culprit? I had the same exact issue but on a stock rom, which is odd, but possible I guess lol.
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dusty1268 said:
Could your case, assuming you have one, possibly be the culprit? I had the same exact issue but on a stock rom, which is odd, but possible I guess lol.
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I actually have a stock JB rom, which was working great for a few months before this started. I had the original ICS restore data in the micro sdcard, the one that stopped working today Btw you mean the phone's case? Why would that cause any problems?
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I actually have a stock JB rom, which was working great for a few months before this started. I had the original ICS restore data in the micro sdcard, the one that stopped working today Btw you mean the phone's case? Why would that cause any problems?
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I have heard of signal problems due to cases but not too common.. just using process of elimination. Also, that's a pain you lost your SD Card.. maybe try banking up your stuff on your phone and doing a clean wipe? Factory reset?
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I have heard of signal problems due to cases but not too common.. just using process of elimination. Also, that's a pain you lost your SD Card.. maybe try banking up your stuff on your phone and doing a clean wipe? Factory reset?
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I have the original case so I doubt it. And yeah I am gonna have to go do a factory reset I guess, a pain in the ass. Thanks for the suggestions anyway. :good:
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I have the original case so I doubt it. And yeah I am gonna have to go do a factory reset I guess, a pain in the ass. Thanks for the suggestions anyway. :good:
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No problem. Post back with results if you get it working right again. :thumbup:
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dusty1268 said:
Could your case, assuming you have one, possibly be the culprit? I had the same exact issue but on a stock rom, which is odd, but possible I guess lol.
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cant be, im using a thick as hell otterbox commuter case and im getting full bars plus LTE support. my carriers koodo btw.
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psp9000333 said:
cant be, im using a thick as hell otterbox commuter case and im getting full bars plus LTE support. my carriers koodo btw.
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Yeah usually only when a metal case is used does it ever really interfere I suppose.
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Possible problems:
1) Wrong modem. Flash one that worked previously.
2) Mobile phone network problems (we tend to overlook this a lot). Contact your carrier and ask if your networks keep going down.
3) Signal interference (maybe some casing, maybe something in your house)
4) Damaged phone (maybe the signal receiver got damaged in a fall)
I've been having similar signal drop issues. Phone shows 2 bars but no data use, no sound when trying to ring out, can't receive a call. If I toggle 2g, signal will spring back to life and data will show. Changed bloody everything trying to resolve it. Orange UK.
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This isn't your blog, go back to facebook or wherever you came from.
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I think you are the one who should go back, were you came from. Seriously right, it's people like you who joined xda yesterday, who have no clue whatsoever about the principles and tradition of xda, who tarnish the name of this great website. The op is talking about an s3, in a s3 forum, were would you want him to go, other than here. If you can't help, just shut it, and let the people who can help go ahead, like the people who posted after your senseless post to help the op.
1. Solar flares got you.
2. Reception problems, UK austerity hair cut, you get 10% of any signal you had before.
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