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Phone signal

For the last week or so I've been experiencing a lot of signal lost with this phone. It would show I have lte and SIG all bars. However, nothing would work ..I can't browse the web..I can't send SMS and constantly get the failed notice.. I know its not the network since my friends on telus don't have any issues..
Is anyone else experiencing issues with the signal?
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Sighx said:
For the last week or so I've been experiencing a lot of signal lost with this phone. It would show I have lte and SIG all bars. However, nothing would work ..I can't browse the web..I can't send SMS and constantly get the failed notice.. I know its not the network since my friends on telus don't have any issues..
Is anyone else experiencing issues with the signal?
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Are you running on stock? If so, are you running the latest version available from AT&T? Have you tried performing a factory reset?

No signal on T-Mobile

Im using T-Mobile and yesterday I got that empty service bars on the notification and it could only make emergency calls. Happens from time to time didn't think anything of it but I left the house and I'm still not getting any service. I was running paranoid android June 6 build so I tried switching ROMs and kernels but still no signal . of course I took out sim and rebooted the phone. I even put my sim on another phone and it work got signal and put there sim in my phone and wouldn't get any signal either. I ran out of options any help is greatly appreciated
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castro08 said:
Im using T-Mobile and yesterday I got that empty service bars on the notification and it could only make emergency calls. Happens from time to time didn't think anything of it but I left the house and I'm still not getting any service. I was running paranoid android June 6 build so I tried switching ROMs and kernels but still no signal . of course I took out sim and rebooted the phone. I even put my sim on another phone and it work got signal and put there sim in my phone and wouldn't get any signal either. I ran out of options any help is greatly appreciated
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This happened on my first nexus 4. Nothing fixed it. Nothing. Hopefully your situation is different. If nothing works, flash back to stock and start the RMA process. Google said it was a hardware failure with mine by the way.
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castro08 said:
Im using T-Mobile and yesterday I got that empty service bars on the notification and it could only make emergency calls. Happens from time to time didn't think anything of it but I left the house and I'm still not getting any service. I was running paranoid android June 6 build so I tried switching ROMs and kernels but still no signal . of course I took out sim and rebooted the phone. I even put my sim on another phone and it work got signal and put there sim in my phone and wouldn't get any signal either. I ran out of options any help is greatly appreciated
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do you have your phone info set to lte only?

How do you check that? *#*#4636#*#* ? If so that's on wcda prefer
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Exodian said:
This happened on my first nexus 4. Nothing fixed it. Nothing. Hopefully your situation is different. If nothing works, flash back to stock and start the RMA process. Google said it was a hardware failure with mine by the way.
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Did your happen when you first got it or after you had it for awhile? And what's the RMA process
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The periodic loss of signal was there since day. I still have it on my new one. Others do as well, but one day it went out and never came back on. I believe it was a different issue than just random signal loss. Google said hardware failed in it. You have to contact Google to start an RMA. I'm also not implying that your signal won't come back on at some time either. Personally I would flash everything back to stock. Go to a t mobile store and get a new Sim card and if no signal still then contact Google
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Under settings, then data, then mobile networks, then to network operators.
let it search, even if it doesn't find anything or errors.
Then click choose automatically.
If you frequently travel out of 3g/H areas, you need that checked or the phone won't roam from tower to tower. you will get no signal.
Also, if that don't work, you can try clicking on a network it finds, and let it register, your signal may come back.
This is a common problem with those that don't live in big cities or near full strength 3g/h areas.
The phone doesn't handle tower handoffs well. Crappy LG modems.

Exodian said:
The periodic loss of signal was there since day. I still have it on my new one. Others do as well, but one day it went out and never came back on. I believe it was a different issue than just random signal loss. Google said hardware failed in it. You have to contact Google to start an RMA. I'm also not implying that your signal won't come back on at some time either. Personally I would flash everything back to stock. Go to a t mobile store and get a new Sim card and if no signal still then contact Google
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Thank for your help that what I'll have to do only problem is I traded an s3 for this phone on CL so if it hardware I think I'm SOL but thanks for your help
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kthejoker20 said:
Under settings, then data, then mobile networks, then to network operators.
let it search, even if it doesn't find anything or errors.
Then click choose automatically.
If you frequently travel out of 3g/H areas, you need that checked or the phone won't roam from tower to tower. you will get no signal.
Also, if that don't work, you can try clicking on a network it finds, and let it register, your signal may come back.
This is a common problem with those that don't live in big cities or near full strength 3g/h areas.
The phone doesn't handle tower handoffs well. Crappy LG modems.
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I tried this and when I click T-Mobile or att it says this sim card can not pick up a connection but the sim card works on other T-Mobile phones
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castro08 said:
I tried this and when I click T-Mobile or att it says this sim card can not pick up a connection but the sim card works on other T-Mobile phones
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Try getting a new Sim from t mobile and reflashing the radio
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Exodian said:
Try getting a new Sim from t mobile and reflashing the radio
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Thanks will do but why would my sim card work on other phones and other sims not work on mine
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castro08 said:
Thanks will do but why would my sim card work on other phones and other sims not work on mine
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Most likely wouldn't but it would be one more "possible" problem eliminated.
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Exodian said:
This happened on my first nexus 4. Nothing fixed it. Nothing. Hopefully your situation is different. If nothing works, flash back to stock and start the RMA process. Google said it was a hardware failure with mine by the way.
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I'm currently going through the RMA process over virtually the exact same issue. However, I've been running franco's nightlies lately and up until he restored the HSIC/wifi stuff to stock in r154 I was actually experiencing less data drops and rapid tower swapping (constantly going from 3g to H and back rendering consistent data inoperable). *shrug* I feel as if it's something in the hardware on the cusp of failing because sometimes it does it more and sometimes it does it less. It's rather weird. I'm also on T-mobile towers through an MVNO (Straight Talk).

I just cancelled and switched to ATT go phone.
I have RMA'd 2 devices, tried multpie new simcards, relflashed, tried new radios, and nothing worked.
It no longer switches from 3g to H on ATT network.
It stays in H constantly.
Also, no more signal drops or loss of signal.
I have 100% signal all the time now.
The data is a little more expensive, but worth it for the coverage so far.
It's not your phone, it's the tmobile network.

Phone drops signal every few secs, 3g remains...

Hi guys,
My nexus 4 drops my signal every 10-15 seconds, the signal coverage 80 percent of the time remains showing full signal/3G etc but data drops constantly.
I have tried stock and custom rooms with little effect, my network provider blames the phone. I haven't had a chance to test it on another network but before I do was hoping to see if others may have experienced the same!
Below are some screenshots from a signal monitor.
http://db.tt/GNzHhdSY
http://db.tt/SKRPE8BY
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Andehh said:
Hi guys,
My nexus 4 drops my signal every 10-15 seconds, the signal coverage 80 percent of the time remains showing full signal/3G etc but data drops constantly.
I have tried stock and custom rooms with little effect, my network provider blames the phone. I haven't had a chance to test it on another network but before I do was hoping to see if others may have experienced the same!
Below are some screenshots from a signal monitor.
http://db.tt/GNzHhdSY
http://db.tt/SKRPE8BY
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Same problem for me
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Hmm, what ROM are you using? What country? There must be a cause or just a hardware issue?
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Flash stock kernel. It will fix the signal drop for few sec.
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The stock kernel will fix it you say? Surely that is was I had originally? Or is it something different?
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badboy47 said:
Flash stock kernel. It will fix the signal drop for few sec.
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Doesn't seem to have made any difference. Can anyone suggest anything else?

Interesting, mine started with this yesterday once I upgraded my rom to a newer version.

diggy_ said:
Interesting, mine started with this yesterday once I upgraded my rom to a newer version.
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What was your old ROM? I may try it as I am clutching at straws here. Radio, music, youtube... anything that requires data streaming just buffers every 10 seconds for 1-5 seconds. It is frustrating to say the least!
Stock Kernel didn't let my phone boot, Franco Kernel seemed to make it worse! I don't get what the issue is

Andehh said:
What was your old ROM? I may try it as I am clutching at straws here. Radio, music, youtube... anything that requires data streaming just buffers every 10 seconds for 1-5 seconds. It is frustrating to say the least!
Stock Kernel didn't let my phone boot, Franco Kernel seemed to make it worse! I don't get what the issue is
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Im using Paranoid Android with an older radio for LTE but the newest update seems to be when my signal went funny somewhat. I am on the .33 radio with matrix kernel right now but my phone signal seems to be lower than it was in many areas after the July 22nd update. Could be coincidental.

[Q] reception

anyone having trouble with 3g reception, my phone seems to turn off the radio entirely every few minutes, it's either full bars and decent 3g or nothing at all, just no network messages

kewlio250 said:
anyone having trouble with 3g reception, my phone seems to turn off the radio entirely every few minutes, it's either full bars and decent 3g or nothing at all, just no network messages
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Are you on stock or custom? I usually just flash the most up to date radio when I have problems like that
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xxxrichievxxx said:
Are you on stock or custom? I usually just flash the most up to date radio when I have problems like that
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both stock and custom (namelessrom) i havent been able to leave base much (USAF) so it might be some sort of interference from something here, but my old phone had no problem getting signal here (galaxy s2)

Text messaging problem.

It seems as if anytime someone texts me, and there is a message being sent at the same time, the sent message fails and i have to hit retry on it. Im not sure if this happens on stock roms, but definitely happens on custom roms. Is there anyway to fix this?

sfld said:
It seems as if anytime someone texts me, and there is a message being sent at the same time, the sent message fails and i have to hit retry on it. Im not sure if this happens on stock roms, but definitely happens on custom roms. Is there anyway to fix this?
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I've been getting a lot of failed texts period lately. Only fix is a reboot
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Me too. I thought it was a radio issue because my signal at home sucks. I just sold my MDK S4 and bought the N3 and the signal difference at home is very noticeable.
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ncdub said:
Me too. I thought it was a radio issue because my signal at home sucks. I just sold my MDK S4 and bought the N3 and the signal difference at home is very noticeable.
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My note 3's signal is also atrocious, much worse than my thunderbolt and note 2 were in the same location. I can barely get a signal from my home. My service also seems to be even worse with wifi on. I am actually just about to make a thread to discuss these issues

bladerealm124 said:
My note 3's signal is also atrocious, much worse than my thunderbolt and note 2 were in the same location. I can barely get a signal from my home. My service also seems to be even worse with wifi on. I am actually just about to make a thread to discuss these issues
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all we can hope is the kitkat update brings a new baseband and better signal

sfld said:
all we can hope is the kitkat update brings a new baseband and better signal
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I hope so. I just made a thread showing how it is possibly a software issue, at least in my case:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678455