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T-Mobile Network Issues

Hey, anyone else have network issues with the N1 today? Seems like none of my calls or texts are going through, but I have signal and everything. I went outside to use 3g, worked for a little and then stopped.. So I did a airplane off/on and now the data wont connect. Went back inside it connected again but text and calls wouldnt work.
Anyone else having any issues?
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You need to provide more info like your general location. It might be a local issue or trouble with your phone.
I was on my phone all day in calls and data with no problems. I'm in the Chicago area.

Hi.. I have troubles with T-Mobile on 3G... but supposedly there is an issue with my mast in NR1.. I agree...where are you?
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Have you tried turning the phone off then back on? I run into this problem every once in a while. So have others:
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...on&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars

In Orlando, Fl ever since Hsdpa rolled out here If been getting little to no 3g here, spoke to a tmob rep and he saying something about no longer connecting to at&t's frequencies so data loss is possible, idk but it needs to get resolved its been a couple of weeks.

i had the same problem yesterday. It only happened to me at home when i left running around town i was able to connect for data. Also it was raining here so maybe that contributed to it

InfamousI said:
In Orlando, Fl ever since Hsdpa rolled out here If been getting little to no 3g here, spoke to a tmob rep and he saying something about no longer connecting to at&t's frequencies so data loss is possible, idk but it needs to get resolved its been a couple of weeks.
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tell me about it man, I was in Orlando this weekend and 3G connection su*ks, since I was using my phone as GPS it was very frustrating. I started messing around with build.prop like crazy but nothing worked.

Happens to me all the time. Especially around evening times. 3-6pm. This is in seattle btw.
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profresh said:
Happens to me all the time. Especially around evening times. 3-6pm. This is in seattle btw.
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Same in Eastern Washington
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I've only had issues in my house, but that's because my house is a service-killer. No bars anywhere downstairs, but almost full 3G bars in my room. lol
Have you tried the new 5.XX series radios yet? I'm running 5.08 and notice little to no data loss or other data issues. There are moments of weirdness, but a quick disable/enable of mobile data does the trick in the most severe of situations.
Gonna upgrade to 5.12 now and see what's different (apparently touchscreen ****ty-ness is fixed). Worth a shot. Use fastboot though, never flash a radio in recovery, leaves too much up to chance.

I feel ya.. I was in universal last night and I had 4-5 bars of 3g and no internet, or at least really slooooow internet when it did work. T mobile needs to ramp up Orlando's and others servers/towers. When too many people use the internet at the same time it kills the towers bandwidth. While at Universal's Horror nights I figure everyone in the 45min-2Hr lines for the houses are using it. So that is bad. But once I left Orlando it worked fine.
Had Froyo Radio... Flashed new 5.12 today one and seems better. At least Agps is working much better.

Glad to know it's not just me. I had been searching on the Internet for people with the same issues and decided to come here. I'm in stl and my data connection will either work or not. Ive tried turning off the phone and then back on, airplane, etc.
Right now it works but it's nowhere near the 4 megs i was pulling last night, its hovering around 500 Kbps when it decides to work. Im sure tmobile is just upgrading some stuff.

Looks like its just Orlando where problem exists.
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Its very frustrating, 3g used to fly here in orlando for, but now im surviving on edge...

melmotion said:
Looks like its just Orlando where problem exists.
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YEEEEEAAAH BOYEEE! I tried to get tickets for Thursday, but that didn't go well lol. Might just take my kayak out to the cove
Lol wayyyyyy off topic, sorry OP

How is this even possible with full bars? Sprint fix your $hit.

Been having similiar results everywhere for 3 months. In nj. Complained many of times and they keep saying there is an outage. BS. your data service is just horrible.
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the full bars is for calls and not data i think

CheesyNutz said:
the full bars is for calls and not data i think
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+1. It is not showing you 3g service...

Doesn't the Speedtest app need location turned on so it can select the most appropriate server for you. Otherwise you get the zero test.

Looks like an outage to me. Crappy service wouldn't get you zero, let alone NeGaTiVe ZeRo!!

Can you access any other internet page? It's possible a route between you and the server you're trying to do a speedtest with is down as well.

cruise350 said:
Doesn't the Speedtest app need location turned on so it can select the most appropriate server for you. Otherwise you get the zero test.
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Nope I just ran speedtest without location turned on.
I don't know where the op is but 3g has been messed up for me tonight. 4g, however, works fine.
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The 3g service is lit up. I just know i cant watch a you tube video if my life depended on it. Email is always late, uploading or dl pic messages 2+ hours sometimes. Web pages ...dial up is faster. I just want out.

Try downloading the 4G, CDMA, GSM & WiFi Map Viewer app from Sensorly.com, and make sure to turn GPS on

rstuckmaier said:
Looks like an outage to me. Crappy service wouldn't get you zero, let alone NeGaTiVe ZeRo!!
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Im really tired of.that excuse from them.
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Can you access any other internet page? It's possible a route between you and the server you're trying to do a speedtest with is down as well.
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I doubt it...its consistent with these type of results for months. Notice dates and results.

skillzo1 said:
Im really tired of.that excuse from them.
I doubt it...its consistent with these type of results for months.
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months ? come on stop the bull****

skillzo1 said:
Im really tired of.that excuse from them.
I doubt it...its consistent with these type of results for months.
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I never assume when I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue. I'd try to go to a couple of pages in the browser first if they don't connect you may have a sprint issue. I've had the app do this to me to when I was perfectly able to connect to actual sites.

Welcome to my world

CheesyNutz said:
months ? come on stop the bull****
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post # 10 no bs
donatom3 said:
I never assume when I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue. I'd try to go to a couple of pages in the browser first if they don't connect you may have a sprint issue. I've had the app do this to me to when I was perfectly able to connect to actual sites.
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NO pages will load. I hear you on assuming, so i'm going to try to put them to rest. They are sending me another phone just incase it is my phones antenna. Maybe i am wrong. But after reading about all the bad 3g speeds, again i doubt it will fix. Maybe for a few days but then starting all over.

SSjon said:
Try downloading the 4G, CDMA, GSM & WiFi Map Viewer app from Sensorly.com, and make sure to turn GPS on
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I will try that but that will kill my battery faster.

skillzo1 said:
I will try that but that will kill my battery faster.
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It would give you an idea if your in a dead spot seeing what other sprint users are getting for signal. Or if it is just your phone.

Just where in Jersey are you?
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i have been having the same problem here in WI. befere i had my EVO i was on a HERO with everything working ok(slow phone but at least data worked). but, now when i switched to the EVO i no longer had a data connection. the phone wont load any pages; its been a month now.
i have been in contact with sprint about the issue but they arent helping really. i keep receiving error code 104 "sign in failed". sprint claims "software problem" but i dont see how that could be. I used the most recent available RUU and then OTA the latest 3.70.651.1 and still nothing. i even rooted and tried flashing earlier radios with no change. also updating profile and reprovisioning data did nothing. so if nothing changes fast i want to be refunded all this time i have been without data.

My Sprint 3G speeds are balls-deep in fail. I have a Droid 2 on VZW and for fun I ran a speed test tonight and came up with:
.24 mbps download / .05 upload / 299 Ping from Sprint and
.95 mbps download / .25 upload / 128 Ping from VZW
I'm wondering if it's a nationwide issue? My 3G speeds have been incredibly laggy in loads of places (it's embarrassingly slow in comparison to even T-Mobile?! at some points). Hoping it's not a permanent issue of some sort.

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Just where in Jersey are you?
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Bayonne=home...newark/irvington= work. Highly populated areas as they are all 5 min from manhatten.

Anyone Swapping Their EVO for Sprint HTC EVO View/Flyer?

has anyone thought about swapping out, or adding the flyer to their sprint account?
i would love to get one alongside my evo, but if i could find a way to practically carry it around without looking like a doofus, i would use it as my primary phone/tablet.
just wondering if anyone else is interested in this tablet by sprint.
and if youre going to keep your evo

TorxT3D said:
has anyone thought about swapping out, or adding the flyer to their sprint account?
i would love to get one alongside my evo, but if i could find a way to practically carry it around without looking like a doofus, i would use it as my primary phone/tablet.
just wondering if anyone else is interested in this tablet by sprint.
and if youre going to keep your evo
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I didn't realize it had a phone radio... That would be cool, kinda. A little too big though

mlin said:
Does it also work as a phone?
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Since it's got 4G and everything I'd assume you could use the Google Voice integration if nothing else.

Would all your calls be speaker than?

It might replace my Nook Color

Uhh ... um that's kinda big for using for anything other than its intended use. That's just me though , do it maybe it will catch on and be the new trend, like saging your pants and what not.

if they get there data speeds fixed ill get a view for sure

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if they get there data speeds fixed ill get a view for sure
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Same here, right now the Sprint data service sucks. Is a shame! I am not going to put a penny more in sprint until the dont fix the 3g service!

dmora01 said:
Same here, right now the Sprint data service sucks. Is a shame! I am not going to put a penny more in sprint until the dont fix the 3g service!
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yup, ive already told the f00ls in dan heeses office they have till the evo3d and view come out to get things fixed otherwise im gone to another carrier.

2k4mach said:
yup, ive already told the f00ls in dan heeses office they have till the evo3d and view come out to get things fixed otherwise im gone to another carrier.
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I'm sure they're shaking in their boots!

lmao
the more i watch the view vids the more i fall in love.
i like how they changed the color palette to red and black like the evo (unless its been changed by now) not really feeling the white/silver

I know i am...
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I'd have to kick my own ass...

akarol said:
I'd have to kick my own ass...
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Omfg, I want I want!!!!

as long as i can still tether my phone to it wi fi would be enough i think for most situations. work school home all have wifi sooo ya

akarol said:
I'd have to kick my own ass...
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I almost pissed myself .....

i will wait and go for the asus transformer

Arnezie said:
I almost pissed myself .....
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In this situation pissing your self is consdiered manly.....................
XD

TorxT3D said:
has anyone thought about swapping out, or adding the flyer to their sprint account?
i would love to get one alongside my evo, but if i could find a way to practically carry it around without looking like a doofus, i would use it as my primary phone/tablet.
just wondering if anyone else is interested in this tablet by sprint.
and if youre going to keep your evo
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I have the nook color and it is the size of the large Moleskin notebook -- in fact I used to use my softsided Moleskin as a "case" for it until I got a real one.
It is not very large, but I could not imagine using it as a phone unless using a bluetooth headset. Most carriers are blocking calling features--including Google Voice--on these devices. I think the T-mobile GSM version of the Galaxy Tab was the only one that got hacked into placing and receiving calls.You could do Google Voice over WiFi, but that is if the new Sprint Integration has not mucked it up, and YMMV on that. http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/05/sprint-google-voice-integration-has-major-issues-major-lack-o/

App to see 4G signal strength & tower id

Hi EPIC-lovers,
I've reversed-engineered some private APIs on the EPIC 4G to get access to the 4G technical information.
So if you want to know what your signal strength is and what tower your are connected to, check out our app "Sensorly", it's in the market. You can allow the app to upload coverage information and help build real coverage maps of all the carriers in the US... and yes, we have a wimax map.
I would have loved to add a screenshot here, but I haven't posted enough in this forum (you can get one at : wwwDOTsensorlyDOTcom/static/wimax.png)
We display
Network Access Provider Id
Network Service Provider Id
BSSID
CINR
RSSI
We're always looking for more users
PS: I've tried hard to get to the same information on the EVO and haven't come up with a solution yet ! Will post in that forum if I do.

Very cool - any plans on publishing source for the app?
Here's that screenshot:
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EDIT: This could be very useful to users of the Indulge on MetroPCS, with LTE... feel free to PM me if you'd like some inroads there.
EDIT2: You can allow the app to upload information. Folks, this dev gets it right - and if Sprint had the same intentions with Carrier IQ, they'd have done the same thing.

And other good news...the new version now works with the Epic to report EVDO areas. YAY! Kudos to the developer for letting me bug him for while on this
Only thing the Epic sometimes goes to zero signal for a bit even though you are in a good signal area. But that's the radios fault for reporting that.

Pretty cool. It is like Waze for cell coverage. What is the turn around time from sending data to seeing the coverage map updated?
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I think when I checked it was a couple of hours. Just make sure you have it set to send up while on cell.

Not a bad turn around time at all.
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Nice work!
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Just gave it a thorough try driving home from work on 4G with GPS running.. Thing collected and sent over 1400 messages in 12 miles. That's some good data collection and also good way to warm up the phone.. 40 degree battery when I got home.
Only bug I've found so far is I choose to send over wifi only and it still sent messages anyway while I was on 4G.. Other than that.. Ran smoothly

Cool, thanks!
They just installed a 4G tower less than a mile from my house so I've been sensorly-driving and updating, it appears I'm the only one though (my reports showed up about an hour later, no one else has added any). I'm hoping they up the power on the site; I can only connect in a few wide open areas, though sensorly is picking up the wimax data for several miles.

Good stuff, works great

Not sure if this thing actually works right. I sent a lot of messages from work yesterday while connected to 4G. 24hrs later, at work again, and it is still showing the same exact coverage and that my location is a no 4G forecast.
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Hi everyone, thanks for giving it a try...
The turn around time is at most within a couple hours. At maximum zoom level, it's probably within the hour and off-peak hours, within a couple minutes...
I don't see any backlog on the server handling that map so if data hasn't appeared, please email me the phone id (it's anonymous : created at install time) through the settings screen and explain the issue.
Thanks

Works good Thanks

awesome, thanks!!!

Amazing application.
No 4G in my area, but I'm glad I can find where it starts to show a signal!

So the big question is...when do we start see signal strength on 4g on the map instead of the just unavailable or available.
Very cool I saw the signal of the 4g and other data with it when I just passed through a 4g area. Excellent work!!!!

Does anyone else use the free T-Mobile signal booster

OK well I got it and it made all the difference in the world. I went from 1 bar that came and went to solid 4g with 3 too 5 bars always in my house.
Here's a speed test with the booster on.
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Here's a speed test with the booster off.
I'd say that's one hell of a difference. I always get great signal outside my house, but the minute I walk in the house I got almost no signal.
I was wondering what other peoples T-Mobile free signal booster.

Never heard of it. What is it and how does it work?

I got in on it back in beta. Definite difference.
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can it still be acquired for free?

As Far as I know. I got mine 3--4 months ago. All I can tell you is that it was free, no monthly charge but you do have to renew your contract, witch I just did when I bought my Sensation 2 months before so i didn't really care. So the criteria you have to meet is that. 1. must spend over 70 a month on your bill. 2. must have a 3-4G Phone. 3. Must be in a house that you or your parents own. or atleast be in a house you rent. Point is you can't live in a place that has any other units..apartments.. or duplex,, something to do with the signal ****ing up their phone. 4.Must have a land line for 911 purposes, something about the booster messes up your ability to call 911 from your cell when your in the range of your booster. I don't know why or how just that these are the things you have to meet in order to get one. I had a thread about it when I first heard about it. Some guy called 3 times and they said it didn't exist and me and a few other people told him that they most definitely do, call and if you get the runaround raise hell,, ask for a supervisor . whatever.. He did and a month later he got one.. I don't know if that thread is still up but search Free Tmobile signal boosters on xda and see if that thread is still up. Me and everyone else I talked to said it made a big difference. I mean. I was unable to make any calls or get anything above a slow edge data signal. now I get 3-5 bars and 4G at all times in my house. I posted the speed tests with and without the booster on my first post.. that speaks for itself...

How I found out about it was when I was at the Tmobile store paying my bill and looking around I was bullshitting with one of the reps and I was *****ing that I get great signal until the minute I walk in my house, He told me to get a signal booster. I asked if it was expensive. He said, no, they are free, just call Tmo customer service and I did and I got one. I really had no problem. I don't know why they don't advertise it but you can get one.

can someone post a pic of one?

@donsh00tmesanta , Sure man, here's how it works. It comes in 2 parts. Part #1 goes in the spot in your house where you get the best signal or at least 1 bar. (Most people put it on a window Ledge, that's where I keep mine. Part #2 goes anywhere in your house just must be 25 or more feet away from the part #1. Bye the way. All you need is a plug outlet to plug the boxes into. No need for wifi or any connection to your phone or computer internet, just electricity.
Part #1
Part #2

Thank you man!!!!
I am very interested into TMO when the GN arrives (LTE doesnt interest me, just a battery hog, 7-42mbps is good enough)
Hopefully I can score a booster
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@donsh00tmesanta , Sure man, here's how it works. It comes in 2 parts. Part #1 goes in the spot in your house where you get the best signal or at least 1 bar. (Most people put it on a window Ledge, that's where I keep mine. Part #2 goes anywhere in your house just must be 25 or more feet away from the part #1. Bye the way. All you need is a plug outlet to plug the boxes into. No need for wifi or any connection to your phone or computer internet, just electricity.
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