Hopefully someone can help me sort this out.
I purchased a Nexus 4 on Jan 29th for myself and it has been great. So I purchased a 2nd Nexus 4 for a family member just the other day (March 22nd). I have T-Mobile, phones are on a value family plan with unlimited 4G.
The issue is that this new Nexus 4 does not get the same type of signal mine does. At my home we don't get good signal strength and are on EDGE2. However, I get service on my old Nexus 4 phone everywhere. The new Nexus 4 will sometimes change to GPRS and other times just show no network. I've looked at the dBm and the new phone tends to be worse, but even when the dBm is the same there are still issues.
For instance, I had both phones driving home and in one section of my drive the network cuts out. My old Nexus 4 loses service, but within 30 seconds when I'm further down the road it reconnects and I have 4 bars. However, the new Nexus 4 loses service, but wouldn't reconnect. The dBm readings even just stop changing in the phone status section of the OS. I unlocked bootloader, reinstalled everything straight from Google, and relocked bootloader but it didn't help.I have seen this happen in multiple places and somehow by messing with the phone I eventually get it to show signal again. It's not that simple to explain or show because when I'm in great 4G coverage (like you get in tmobile stores) you don't really see a "problem". However when in EDGE coverage (and you have another of the same phone to compare) you can see the issue.
I've contacted T-Mobile and they are suppose to get back to me, but I'm not getting my hopes up as I'm really thinking it's something wrong with the phone. I don't believe it is the SIM at fault because I've switched my SIM card into the new Nexus 4 phone and had the same issues, and my family members SIM card in my old Nexus 4 works fine.
Now, looking at the new phone compared to the old one I noticed it is a "new" design. It has the newly added little "feet". The screen colors also look less "vivid" and "bright". Perhaps in the design changes they also messed with the antenna? I'm going to contact Google next, but I just didn't want to deal with all their RMA BS if it is something else.
Anyone have any insight? Perhaps something I can check or have T-Mobile/Google check?
I noticed that my replacement nexus 4 doesn't get as good signal as my old one did. Have only had a day to test it so far.
I decided to pull the back off since it is rather simple to see if anything looked odd/different.
Everything looks the same and nothing stood out as being wrong. However, I removed the speaker part on the bottom of the phone and checked the connections for the antenna. They looked fine, although the cable did have a bit of a "indent" (didn't look nicked or exposed) towards the top connector. I pushed them down anyway for good measure and put the speaker back on.
The phone is now getting drastically better signal. Where I was getting no network service I'm getting 3-4 bars on EDGE like my old phone is getting. However, it still seems possible to get it not work and it seems that pushing on the "bottom" parts of the phone the signal would get better. So I'm beginning to feel like there is a connection issue with one of the components in the phone. So even though it seems like I've really rectified the issue, I'm probably going to return it because I'm afraid that during handling and day to day use the issue will manifest itself.
I had terrible network connectivity that wouldn't go higher than 1mbs... after some research, I realized that my data plan may not have been allotted correctly for a 4G-capable phone after coming off an iphone4. I called ATT and gave them a fake EMEI for a galaxy captivate (a 4G phone) as someone suggested, viola, HSPA+ speeds again.
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However, I am back on the forums tonight because I think the Nexus 4 just has terrible radio signal overall. It takes me a couple of tries to go online on network... it's getting so ridiculous that I can't wait for the day I get a new phone. And I know it's not my network because another phone next to me on the same plan/network can connect just fine when mine is struggling.
OP translation, Hey guys, my Nexus 4 has 2 nubs on the bottom. Its degrading my signal.
Lol jk.
No, seriously though, is your data getting throttled? I still have my Revision 10 N4 and all is fine. Try putting your Sim in another phone and see if data speeds are the same? If not, then you have an issue with your device.
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@deegaf...What APN are using?
Edit...The reason I ask is because I'm on Att as well and I'm getting the same speeds as any other phone I've used. I get the same or a little better than my wife's iPhone 4 too. I'm using the "Phone" APN.
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do you have the same radio/baseband on both device?
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I have had my G2 purchased off contract for 3 days now and other than the hinge issue and the 4g internal issue I find that my device just does not want to hold a signal other than E or G. What little time it spends on H is a small percentage of operation time. In the exact same location and time my Vibrant will hold 3 G at two bars and My Nexus One also at 1 or 2 bars the G2 stays on E at 3 or 4 bars or less and when I attempt to dl something it either hangs and goes to G or stays on E and I get the "trouble connecting with server try again and downland unsuccessful. This is the worst reception I have ever had on a phone in this same exact location. I think the G2 is a wonderful phone having the potential to be a super phone. I am hoping that this is just a defect with this unit and I have arranged to have a replacement. Anyone else having this issue?
may be a defect.. I get the same amount of 3G bars that I got on my Blackberry 9700 which is usually around full the areas I frequent.
To the OP I get the same exact problem. Unable to connect to Market even on Edge.
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I spoke with a TMO rep who stated it's a known issue with their network, only effecting 10% of users. I don't believe them.
Data Issue Thread
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I spoke with a TMO rep who stated it's a known issue with their network, only effecting 10% of users. I don't believe them.
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I got off of the phone with a Rep from T Mobile and they claimed they had to change my web plan to suit the G2. They claimed different connections.They did give it to me at the same price as before but they also claimed it would completely change what has been happening to the device and my other phones(Vibrant and Nexus One) would see an improvement as well. So far after about 5 hours no change whatsoever except for slightly poorer reception. I am beginning to wonder if this G2 is star crossed and was not ready for prime time. I am starting to doubt anything TMobile says at this point.
i get poor reception unless im completely out in the open. i get no reception at all in house vs my iphone 2g, which got solid reception.
I get little to no reception in my basement, whereas with my BB 8900 the reception was poorer but still workable. At least the data works over Wifi.
getting the same problem with both of the G2`s i purchased data service drops and then comes back but thats been happening for about a month even on my touch pro 2
Happened to me also
My first G2 would randomly go from full bars to absolutely no service at all and I would have to turn it off and on to get service again. Since my vibrant wasn't having and problems like that I went and exchanged it for another G2. I haven't dropped signal but I frequently go from full bars 3g to edge or g and back and my data connection seems to hang every once and a while
I have great reception. Just a good as any other device I have had.
I got a replacement G2 yesterday afternoon and it is worse than the first one. The reception or I should say lack of reception is ludicrous. This is after T Mobile supposedly put me on a different connection type (whatever that is ) they could not explain it but did not increase my bill. The radio reception is much worse. The hinges are much looser than the first one and overall I am not a happy camper with this device. I go from 3 bars of H immediately to G than to 2 bars E and then no signal. It just fluctuates. Connecting to market is about a ten or 20 minute affair if it actually finally does connect. Downloading is sporadic at best. Phone has great potential IMO but it is flawed as released.
I get full bars of (H) a majority of the places I am. I'm out in jersey.
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I'm having the opposite issue as most; my cell connection is solid, but as soon as I hold the phone in landscape mode (or press my palm along the 'top' in portrait mode) I lose wifi connectivity instantly. Wifi Analyzer shows between a 20 and 30 dBa drop with either a G or N AP... apparently enough to go from four bars to zero, when I'm standing ten feet from my AP, and even more if I'm in the next room. I've tried the same thing with my G1, and I get at most a 5 dBa drop no matter which way I hold it.
Anyone else having this issue? TMo said that I was the first to call in with it, and to try returning/exchanging the phone under the 'buyer's remorse' period.
...I'll have to find another store though; the PFY manager at my local couldn't seem to understand why I would want to use wifi when I get solid HSPA+ signal, and insisted on redirecting me to the TMo Support phone number. He also seemed to be under the impression that wifi was slower than HSPA. Which might be true, if I didn't pay for a 28mbit connection at home. Or hadn't already hit the TMo 10GB/mo throttle cap.. which drops the data connection speed to 50kbps maximum. With no alternate 'truly unlimited' plan or way to buy even another 10GB.
I have had nothing but "H" yes i am in Boston, yes, yes.
Going to Maine this weekend, will let you know what it does.
H for Hysterically Hyperspeed
Add me to the list because I'm experiencing the same problems where I will be 3 or 4 bars into H and it'll drop down to to G and then back up to E, just sitting there on the desk. I'm on my 3rd G2 and they've all been like this. I was starting to think it's the network then I remembered my N900 was 100% solid 3-3.5G in my house although it did fluctuate quite a bit in between the two.
Fresno, CA G2 very poor data connections though hspa+
Very bad speeds in Fresno, CA that is HSPA+. Usually less than 1Mb down. Often see less than 500k. At a TMobile store with "a cell tower across the street pointing right at us" my G2 and the stores G2 demo phone only got a 3mb down.
I also see a weird pattern of less than 300k down with above 1.2M up often. There is a YouTube video showed some similar Speedtest.net hi/lo combo results called:
T-mobile G1 vs G2 "the face off"
same issue
i am having the same issue and i am bout 20 miles north of charlotte nc there has to be a problem with the antenna or something but who knows.
Atlant, Signal much better with G2 than with Vibrant. Thats about all I can say about it.
Mines is great if im not @ home. Dl are fast and full 4 bars. But we moved to another house which the signal sucks bad. I normaly get 1bar and edge but hell the g1 did the samething. So I dont see a probelm with the phone just tmobile network
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Du22ty said:
Add me to the list because I'm experiencing the same problems where I will be 3 or 4 bars into H and it'll drop down to to G and then back up to E, just sitting there on the desk. I'm on my 3rd G2 and they've all been like this. I was starting to think it's the network then I remembered my N900 was 100% solid 3-3.5G in my house although it did fluctuate quite a bit in between the two.
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Same here. About to take this bad boy back
I just picked up the Nexus 4 16GB unlocked from Google. Awesome phone and I have it on the TMobile $30 a month (100 min; unlimited data/text). I get pretty good reception everywhere except in my house. Now one window upstairs, if I hold the phone next to it I'm pulling 2 bars in and can make calls.
My question is, what's the best way to boost the signal and which ones are compatible with TMobile and the Nexus 4? I was looking at something like the zBoost SOHO but wasn't sure if it would work or if there were better options.
On regular tmobile phones they have WiFi calling butt he nexus 4 does not soooo my suggestion would be to try to get tmobile to send you a micro cell tower for your house. That way you can get full bars and good data speeds. If they don't want to send you one see if you can buy one on craigslist. That's what my friend did for his att phones. When I was in sprints network they sent me one right away because they knew that their network sucked in my area.
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Don't get the one from T-Mobile. It sucks bad. I have had horrible reception and dropped calls with previous phones in my house. T-Mobile must have known I was having dropped calls because I received a text message from them about it saying to call about a free in home booster.
You have to sign a 2 year contract for it again and the thing blows. Numerous times a week I have had to restart both pieces because I could not make or receive any calls in my house even though I had full bars. Once I got my Nexus 4 I unplugged the booster and have not needed it with my N4. I have learnt to switch to 2g at the house and use WiFi for data and have had no issues. Just my 2 cents.
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Use Vonage to make outgoing calls, I guess, that might help a bit. It uses your T-Mobile number and it's free, and it uses Wifi, but not sure what to do for the incoming calls and things like that.
So does anyone know which one is compatible or best? Will the zBoost YX545 work with the Nexus 4 on T-Mobile?
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Don't get the one from T-Mobile. It sucks bad. I have had horrible reception and dropped calls with previous phones in my house. T-Mobile must have known I was having dropped calls because I received a text message from them about it saying to call about a free in home booster.
You have to sign a 2 year contract for it again and the thing blows. Numerous times a week I have had to restart both pieces because I could not make or receive any calls in my house even though I had full bars.
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I've only had mine a few days, so I don't have a lot of experience with it, but I haven't seen anything like that so far. Voice calls are nice and solid, and I'm getting the same data rates inside the house that I get outside. Also, the effect on my battery life has been significant. I work at home, so I went from spending most of my time with 0-1 bars to spending most of my time with 4 bars. Whereas I was previously ending the day with about 10% battery left, now I'm averaging around 40% left when I plug in at bedtime. I'm quite happy with my signal booster so far.
Can i get a link to this cell booster! i need one bad
famoustito said:
Can i get a link to this cell booster! i need one bad
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http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4683
http://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones_data_devices/t-mobile/signal_booster
http://cel-fi.com/
Dopamin3 said:
I just picked up the Nexus 4 16GB unlocked from Google. Awesome phone and I have it on the TMobile $30 a month (100 min; unlimited data/text). I get pretty good reception everywhere except in my house. Now one window upstairs, if I hold the phone next to it I'm pulling 2 bars in and can make calls.
My question is, what's the best way to boost the signal and which ones are compatible with TMobile and the Nexus 4? I was looking at something like the zBoost SOHO but wasn't sure if it would work or if there were better options.
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I too had the $30 TMo plan and was going to get a booster but after reading all the reviews I could find I decided to just go with ST AT&T instead and save myself the $200 for the booster. TMo had horrible reception inside every builbing I'd been in. As far as the boosters go the more you pay the better off you are, teh cheap ones don't seem to work. But If you read the reviews carefully it's still about a 50/50 ratio of people who actually got one to work and all of them had to install the antenna on the roof of their house and you need at least 2-3 bars to begin with. As far as the cell fi systems from TMo go they seem to work best but thet are only for 2 year subscribers and not pay as you go plans. You can find one on-line for aroung $500.
Monk4Life said:
Don't get the one from T-Mobile. It sucks bad. I have had horrible reception and dropped calls with previous phones in my house. T-Mobile must have known I was having dropped calls because I received a text message from them about it saying to call about a free in home booster.
You have to sign a 2 year contract for it again and the thing blows. Numerous times a week I have had to restart both pieces because I could not make or receive any calls in my house even though I had full bars. Once I got my Nexus 4 I unplugged the booster and have not needed it with my N4. I have learnt to switch to 2g at the house and use WiFi for data and have had no issues. Just my 2 cents.
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I have had the Cel-fi from Tmo since I got the Sensation a couple of years back. Just a FYI, you can buy the same setup on ebay as well if you don't want to be tied to a contract. I did it because I just got the Sensation as an upgrade in tmo and then within a week, got the tmo cel-fi system for free with the contract extension.
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Numerous times a week I have had to restart both pieces because I could not make or receive any calls in my house even though I had full bars.
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Just as a follow-up to my earlier reply to this: after another couple of weeks, I have still not had any problems like this with my booster. I haven't had to reboot either unit, and everything is working fine.
I hope yours doesn't but mine started having issues after a few months not few weeks of use. 2 of the same issues I have had with mine others are experiencing too. I am sending mine back but not wanting one returned. Good luck!
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v1/discussions/21923
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v1/discussions/35681
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Called T-Mobile about one of these a few days ago and was told they're out of stock until mid-summer.
Question, do you guys base your signal quality on the signal bars?
Supposedly tmo doesn't need to show as many bars or as high a signal to get call service and better voice quality than most other networks.
Straight Talk throttles, although AT&T service is pretty good.
I was hoping tmobile and it's refarming to 1900 had made some improvements.
Signal booster requires you to have wifi. It's an ok solution if you have wifi in your house, work or where ever you intend to apply the signal booster. But useless if you're moving around and getting crappy service/ signal.
If I'm within wifi access I'm probably not needing to use data on my phone anyways. But are you able to get cell service at least or is that lacking still would be my concern.
clockcycle said:
Question, do you guys base your signal quality on the signal bars?
Supposedly tmo doesn't need to show as many bars or as high a signal to get call service and better voice quality than most other networks.
Straight Talk throttles, although AT&T service is pretty good.
I was hoping tmobile and it's refarming to 1900 had made some improvements.
Signal booster requires you to have wifi. It's an ok solution if you have wifi in your house, work or where ever you intend to apply the signal booster. But useless if you're moving around and getting crappy service/ signal.
If I'm within wifi access I'm probably not needing to use data on my phone anyways. But are you able to get cell service at least or is that lacking still would be my concern.
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Who told you the signal booster requires WiFi? Mine doesn't and that was part of a requirement on my end to get it. T-Mobile told me that if I had WiFi at my house and my phone supported WiFi calling T-Mobile would not give me a booster.
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No need for Wi-Fi for the celfi to work. I got a celfi off eBay, to tide me over until some one gets Wi-Fi calling working.
The Cell fi works great with nexus 4.
Just adding my two cents as I have virtually no service in my house.
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Who told you the signal booster requires WiFi? Mine doesn't and that was part of a requirement on my end to get it. T-Mobile told me that if I had WiFi at my house and my phone supported WiFi calling T-Mobile would not give me a booster.
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Thanks for the "information". I see that it's not like Sprint's "signal booster" which requires a broadband connection.
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v1/documents/4683
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arvonn said:
No need for Wi-Fi for the celfi to work. I got a celfi off eBay, to tide me over until some one gets Wi-Fi calling working.
The Cell fi works great with nexus 4.
Just adding my two cents as I have virtually no service in my house.
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Just curious what steps are required to get it set up after getting one from ebay or cl?
I've used a signal booster supplied free by T-Mobile for 2-3 years. Works fine, I never have to touch it or give it a thought.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4683?noredirect=true
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I'm making this post because I need some assistance...I've already searched around this forum for a few days but it seems like I may be the only one with this issue...
I got the phone a few days ago, from day one I noticed I've been having network issues. By that I mean every time I try to use any apps that require data such as facebook, youtube, instagram, chrome, google now, and especially speedtest, my network would die for about 10 seconds as it reconnects.
All bars drop, I get the message of "network unavailable", and slowly edge speeds come back, followed by hspa.
I have tested this throughout all parts of Los Angeles already.
I have also replaced the micro sim card twice.
I also hard reset the phone back to stock.
Also reset the APN settings.
Two other people I know of in the area, their Nexus 4's work perfectly fine.
I'm all out of options, the T-Mobile tech support team is also out of options, i was recommended to send it back to Google but I don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary as a last resort.
I was just wondering if anyone is familiar with this issue or any suggestions as to what to do?
Thanks so much
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I'm making this post because I need some assistance...I've already searched around this forum for a few days but it seems like I may be the only one with this issue...
I got the phone a few days ago, from day one I noticed I've been having network issues. By that I mean every time I try to use any apps that require data such as facebook, youtube, instagram, chrome, google now, and especially speedtest, my network would die for about 10 seconds as it reconnects.
All bars drop, I get the message of "network unavailable", and slowly edge speeds come back, followed by hspa.
I have tested this throughout all parts of Los Angeles already.
I have also replaced the micro sim card twice.
I also hard reset the phone back to stock.
Also reset the APN settings.
Two other people I know of in the area, their Nexus 4's work perfectly fine.
I'm all out of options, the T-Mobile tech support team is also out of options, i was recommended to send it back to Google but I don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary as a last resort.
I was just wondering if anyone is familiar with this issue or any suggestions as to what to do?
Thanks so much
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Seems like a similar problem to what I'm having. I always just randomly lose reception. Reception is already really really bad for me, but it seems like it's whenever I pick up the phone the network goes out. It's really getting on my nerves. Most places in my house I get no reception. But it's the weirdest thing that happens. I can be sitting on the couch using my phone, and have no bars. But then I set the phone down on the couch to go grab something from the fridge and when I come back I'll have received a text message and I'll have like 2 bars! But then the second I pick the phone back up reception goes out again.
This has been going on for the last month for me, and it's especially bad at work but almost nowhere else.
I think (though I have no concrete evidence) that it's because of their ongoing 1900mhz refarm.
Someone should call tmo and find out.
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yep..i'm starting to feel like it's 100% hardware related to the antenna. might have to contact google and see what's up. hopefully if i send it back they won't take a month to replace it haha
Sounds like a faulty antenna to me :\
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I got the phone a few days ago, from day one I noticed I've been having network issues. By that I mean every time I try to use any apps that require data such as facebook, youtube, instagram, chrome, google now, and especially speedtest, my network would die for about 10 seconds as it reconnects.
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I've experienced these problems on AT&T (MEdia Net, not DataPro) as well. It happens regardless of how good my signal is. I haven't experienced the other problems you are a time else mentioned.
On the NPR app, it results in some sort of error such that I have to reboot to get the NPR app working again. The app doesn't say something has gone wrong, but it won't load any audio and will hang after waiting.
The signal drops, then picks up again and goes straight to HSPA+:15. This happens to me on the road quite often and I just switch to onboard music rather than fiddling with my phone while driving. The issue has occurred a few times while in Maps, but thankfully I knew how to get back from where I navigated to.
EDIT: Just want to clarify to the poster below me that this occurs REGARDLESS of how good my signal is. It happens when I have better than -50 dBm (I think -70 gets full bars, although I've even seen full bars at -90!) so it can't just be a low signal issue.
I'm pretty sure this happens to all nexus 4s unfortunately. Anyways that is in a poor connection area had this happen.
This happens to me at home. Bounces from 0 to 3 bars constantly. But if I'm outside in an area with strong signal I never go below 3 bars no matter how I hold it.
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Ive been having the same problems with my n4 in tmob. I get a lot of 3g and sometimes i get no bars. I hope its not a hardware issue. Im in many miami and ive seen a couple of threads about this
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I don't think it's an antenna issue. It was happening on my Galaxy Nexus for a few weeks up until I got the Nexus 4, and prior to that I *never* experienced total signal loss like this.
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I don't think it's an antenna issue. It was happening on my Galaxy Nexus for a few weeks up until I got the Nexus 4, and prior to that I *never* experienced total signal loss like this.
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The first couple weeks I had the N4, I wasn't experiencing any connection issues, but for some weird reason they started last week. It wasn't even fresh after I flashed a new ROM. I think perhaps it's a network issue that is somehow specific to our unique phone and plan combinations and our areas. Anyone using AT&T's MEdia Net plan in Georgia?
I think you guys may have gotten my issue a bit confused, what I'm trying to say is my signal fluctuates depending on location like normal, however only when I use apps that are solely dependent on internet connection, my entire network goes down.
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I think you guys may have gotten my issue a bit confused, what I'm trying to say is my signal fluctuates depending on location like normal, however only when I use apps that are solely dependent on internet connection, my entire network goes down.
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Yeah that's what I'm encountering as well. I wonder what these other guys are talking about?
My network goes down regardless of whether I'm doing anything with the phone or not. I could have just the screen on and it'll be lying on the table and I'll see it go from 2 bars to empty and eventually back.
It's especially bad at work where I have terrible signal to begin with.
Forgot to add.. my coworker with an HTC 8x and another with a Galaxy Nexus are getting the same issues.
So, it's a network problem for sure. I'll post this on the tmo forums tomorrow and see if I can get any official word on the matter.
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Pheno.menon said:
My network goes down regardless of whether I'm doing anything with the phone or not. I could have just the screen on and it'll be lying on the table and I'll see it go from 2 bars to empty and eventually back.
It's especially bad at work where I have terrible signal to begin with.
Forgot to add.. my coworker with an HTC 8x and another with a Galaxy Nexus are getting the same issues.
So, it's a network problem for sure. I'll post this on the tmo forums tomorrow and see if I can get any official word on the matter.
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This exact thing happens to me using straight talk att Sim.. Right now, full bars to zero, then back. Sometimes it jumps to roaming, and seems to get "stuck" and I need to turn airplane mode on/off to fix it
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strobex said:
This exact thing happens to me using straight talk att Sim.. Right now, full bars to zero, then back. Sometimes it jumps to roaming, and seems to get "stuck" and I need to turn airplane mode on/off to fix it
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same :crying:
I experienced something similar on my N4 and called T-Mobile tech support. They had me power off my phone and they "reprovisioned" or "reprogrammed" my data connection or something like that. It's been better since then.
Posted on t-mo forums, let's see if they can be of any help.
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/36768
Please add on to the linked thread, the more attention we get on this issue the faster we'll get a solution, or at least an idea of what is causing it.
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last night after midnight my phone suddenly couldn't get a signal from t-mobile. i thought i screwed it up, but then i took the sim and put it in my galaxy nexus and it had the same issue. so i went to bed and in the morning it was working fine. i suspect t-mobile was doing stuff to their network in my area
Having the exact same problem today in Manhattan near Bryant Park. Can't keep a stable signal at all and data is connecting only in bursts. Hopefully this will be fixed soon or I'll have to look for other options than Tmo and my N4
What's the E stand for? 3G?
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Hey guys, long time lurker infrequent poster. I recently got my nexus (loving it by the way) but there is 1 thing that I have noticed that kind of bugs me. Noticed everytime I'm connected to my data connection my signal bars go down considerably. (No data i get full bars 95%of the time, with hspa or hspa+ im lucky to get even 1) This will happen whether i disable my data in the settings, or connect to wifi.
I am kind of new to the whole unlocked device idea having to add the APN settings and what not, and I definitely did not have this problem with my last two devices. (Galaxy S i9000, Galaxy Nexus) if anyone has some insight that'd be great, I'm going to head down to my carrier store tomorrow, to see if they might be able to help me ( chances are probably not they're pretty useless)
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MakoVince said:
Hey guys, long time lurker infrequent poster. I recently got my nexus (loving it by the way) but there is 1 thing that I have noticed that kind of bugs me. Noticed everytime I'm connected to my data connection my signal bars go down considerably. (No data i get full bars 95%of the time, with hspa or hspa+ im lucky to get even 1) This will happen whether i disable my data in the settings, or connect to wifi.
I am kind of new to the whole unlocked device idea having to add the APN settings and what not, and I definitely did not have this problem with my last two devices. (Galaxy S i9000, Galaxy Nexus) if anyone has some insight that'd be great, I'm going to head down to my carrier store tomorrow, to see if they might be able to help me ( chances are probably not they're pretty useless)
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Are you using a new carrier, for you? T-mobile maybe? Are you indoors?
The nexus 4 generally has very good reception, unless their is so,ethi g wrong with the device.
If your a new t-mobile customer building penetration can be low compared to other carriers.
Outside, inside, happens everywhere. And I'm on Bell. Same plan, same carrier as my last two phones.
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I noticed some issues as well, but only on custom ROMs. My only conclusion is that it was something with the APN. I googled and found some APN settings to try, which has really helped me. For me, it was mostly with 3g to hspa switching, it'd toggle back and forth and would time data out. Since I've changed those, works much better. I'm on T-Mobile though.
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What exactly did you change? That sounds exactly like what happens to me.
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I am desperately in need for some help with my phone.
The issue i have been having is bad cell reception. I used to have reception nearly everywhere and now, not so much. I know there is a problem because i used to have no bars to maybe max of 2 bars in church. And yes its not much, but at least it was something. A few months ago, idk what happened, but i noticed that i had no bars at all. And then a few other places where i go on regular basis started to show no signal at all.
My phone was rooted for a long time prior to that and i cant think of anything that i could have done to create this problem. So since i noticed it, i have tried numerous things to fix it. I have done full reset of my phone, i did activation reset. Tried different roms, updated URL, profile a few times. Nothing helped. Then i have decided to take it back to Sprint store thinking maybe they can help, but i would have to return it back to stock rom, so i did that, still didn't work. Same crappy cell reception, even tmobile on SGS4 works better side by side.
I even tried fully updating my phone since its what sprint representative will do anyways in their attempt to fix the problem and still no effect.
I am going to take this phone to sprint store in a few days, but i was really hoping someone here could help me out.
Its probably sprint "upgrading" the towers in your area. Especially since you said it began a few months back. Trust me it sucks for a few months but it will get better. You have to ride it out. And T-Mobile runs on a different network GSM so its not a good comparison.
What you could do and get another sprint phone and go to the same places and compare signal strength.
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I don't think so. My dad has lg optimus g from sprint and when icompare them side but side like right now he has 5 to full 6 bars while i got zero.
The downs can't be that big even though he has different phone.
I too have the same problem. My daughter has a S3 with full bars and 4G. I have no bars and 3G. What gives.
So after waiting in the sprint store for two hours the tech guy told me that he does not have equipment to check if its my phone's fault, but when he looked up data usage of my phone at some specific towers near by, he did see that my phone had more drops then the marketed value. Which means that my phone has a on average worse cell reception then it should. But then again, he can not confirm it for sure because they dont have the appropriate equipment. Which is retarded, i went to a corporate store.
The best option he could do is replace the phone for 75$ (since i dont have sprint warranty). So now i am thinking about calling samsung to see if they will replace it fr free. The only downside of that is that i wont have a phone for a week or even more.
So I checked the PRL file on my daughters phone and installed in the same PRL file on my phone. No changes. I grabbed my son's S4 and he too has a crappy signal level. It must be the hardware.
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Yea this sucks. My friend has S3 t-mobile (i believe), and in his basement he gets 3 bars 4G while i got no service.