when i have my wifi on and i turn it off it takes a full min to come back on.. do i have a bad radio? every other phone i have had the data pops rite back on in 2-3 secs.. anyone else have that problem or just me.. i kno its only 1 min but that kinda long i think.. would they swap my s4 out for a diff one u think.. cause it really pisses me off.. lol just turned my data off then rite back on and it took 2 mins that time
Mine turns on instantly
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This happens to my S4 also. My guess is because of the network upgrades going on in my area atm. 3G goes on and off for me also and I'm roaming most of the time, but based off of sensorly and s4gru I should have 4g soon with 3g upgraded too. Hopefully that solves the issue.
yea.. i kno its supposed to come rite on but mine does sometimes.. it really drives my nuts.. i called someone i kno thats works at the sprint store and he said his phone does the same ishh.. he said he would have the tec look at my phone but what can they do for that?? nothing?
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Ok i just had my phone freeze cause it data locked up then i kept trying to get to respond and then it reset!!!
i wonder what caused it thrird day then it messes up. maybe it has to do with my sh*tty signal in my office?
im just assuming its going to be my signal being wack in my office its always going to 3g to 1x to roam so annoying!!! plus it might be not enough memory even. time to root and delete stock apps.
does yours show 1x icon cuz mine doesnt
Was it just blue a circle w/ a cross through it instead of 3G?
Mine does the same thing at times. If it trying to switch networks the phone will become laggy and it will lock up sometimes.
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my phone has a data-lock up after getting interrupted by a phone call while using the internet. lock-up goes away after i make an out going call.
First of all, I think I have the hinge issue. It is kind of wiggly and the screen comes all the way down by itself when I rotate the phone.
Secondly, my data is going whack. Downloading Android market apps will stall half way through as if they are being throttled, even if I haven't moved the phone. Could this be because this is the first time I have a data plan and T-Mobile's towers haven't recognized the phone yet? Also, even in areas where the H symbol is displayed, the Android market often refuses to work.
Take your phone to tmo and request one that isn't malfunctioning. It seems pretty hit or miss, but some phones don't have that problem - so I think you can make the case that you got a bad one.
the download prob is interesting. Does it do the same over wifi? I wouldn't worry about the towers having issues, it might be your phone or signal strength. Do webpages load correctly or stop halfway through too?
I dnt think its ur plan with Tmo cause even though its ur first data plan the max time it takes to take full effect now is 2 hours. So if uve posted this within those two hours than yes if not then its gotta be ur phone. Id say just exchange it.
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Okay. Thanks for the replies guys. I went and exchanged the phone anyway because of a build quality issue. Seem to be getting decent reception now.
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So I've been having this problem for a while now. I've tried contacting T-Mobile about it but they've been completely useless. Basically, I'll lose service randomly and it won't come back for hours (sometimes it'll be gone the whole day). And I mean I can't make a phone call type of lose service. I live in a semi rural area, but there are still plenty of areas that have HSPA/HSPA+. I've tried new SIM cards, going back to complete stock ROM, no root. I'm at a loss at this point. Has anyone had this problem? If anyone cares, I'm currently on PA 3.15, .48 radio and latest boot loader.
Edit: Stock APN settings as well. And when I go to choose a network operator, both T-Mobile and AT&T show up, so I assume it's picking up some sort of signal, it just doesn't want to connect...
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So I've been having this problem for a while now. I've tried contacting T-Mobile about it but they've been completely useless. Basically, I'll lose service randomly and it won't come back for hours (sometimes it'll be gone the whole day). And I mean I can't make a phone call type of lose service. I live in a semi rural area, but there are still plenty of areas that have HSPA/HSPA+. I've tried new SIM cards, going back to complete stock ROM, no root. I'm at a loss at this point. Has anyone had this problem? If anyone cares, I'm currently on PA 3.15, .48 radio and latest boot loader.
Edit: Stock APN settings as well. And when I go to choose a network operator, both T-Mobile and AT&T show up, so I assume it's picking up some sort of signal, it just doesn't want to connect...
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I get this sometimes. Sometimes a power off/on works. Other times it doesn't. It's never been for hours, only about 10-15 minutes total but it's really unnerving because it could happen at the worst possible moment. I think I've had this happen to me 3 times since I got my N4.
Would it comfort you to know that its not a error on your part but rather T-Mobile's?
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Haha! I figured it was, just seeing if anyone had heard anything from T-Mobile about it or if there was a fix. Thinking of switching to AT&T because of this tbh
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Haha! I figured it was, just seeing if anyone had heard anything from T-Mobile about it or if there was a fix. Thinking of switching to AT&T because of this tbh
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I would do the same thing if I was in your shoes.
Memnoch30 said:
I get this sometimes. Sometimes a power off/on works. Other times it doesn't. It's never been for hours, only about 10-15 minutes total but it's really unnerving because it could happen at the worst possible moment. I think I've had this happen to me 3 times since I got my N4.
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Yea I'll constantly lose signal and that normally works but occasionally I'll get it to where nothing works and I'm stuck with a paperweight for the rest of the day (today being one of those unfortunate days)
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Do you know anything more than that? Is this some sort of handshake issue between our radio and their cell towers? My wife is on T-Mobile and she doesn't have the issue so I presumed it was my phone.
My signal drops out a lot but I only pay 30$ a month so what can you expect
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My signal drops out a lot but I only pay 30$ a month so what can you expect
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You're a customer, you should expect good service no matter what you pay.
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My signal dropped one time but didn't ever do it again I'm also I the 30 dollar plan
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I was having this issue as well. I would lose service for hours at a time on random days for like a month and a half. I found out that they were doing tower upgrades to get lte up and running (I'm in the north jersey/NYC area). Now my service is alot stronger and rarely ever lose service.
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I was having this issue as well. I would lose service for hours at a time on random days for like a month and a half. I found out that they were doing tower upgrades to get lte up and running (I'm in the north jersey/NYC area). Now my service is alot stronger and rarely ever lose service.
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I'm in the suburbs of Detroit (White Lake for anyone who cares). I kind of doubt lte will get here any time soon but here's to hoping that's what they're doing, lol.
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Thinking I might try to get a replacement phone actually. My roommate has a nexus 4 as well and he's had no problems whatsoever. Hmm... the plot thickens...
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Thinking I might try to get a replacement phone actually. My roommate has a nexus 4 as well and he's had no problems whatsoever. Hmm... the plot thickens...
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I've been having the same issue with both the original and replacement phone. I've changed SIM card too, it still happens. Each times it lasts for a few hours before starting receive signal again. So you are definitely not alone here.
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I've been having the same issue with both the original and replacement phone. I've changed SIM card too, it still happens. Each times it lasts for a few hours before starting receive signal again. So you are definitely not alone here.
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Yea it sucks but it's definitely nice to know it's not just me. Too bad T-Mobile and Google just point fingers at each other as opposed to finding an actual solution...
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Update: So I went ahead with an RMA and already I think I made the right choice. I'm getting 3-4 bars of H+ in my living room where I used to struggle to get a bar of 3G. So, I apologize to anyone who thought this was a waste of a thread and just cluttered up the N4 forums (God knows this forum needs to get decluttered), but if my experience helps at least one person out, then I guess it wasn't such a waste after all. Moral of the story, if your signal sucks just get it over with and go through an RMA (Google made it super easy and painless):good:
So I have had this phone like 20 days.. Never dropped it nothing.. Never had any problems with it at all... Then today my phone went into roaming for nothing.. Then it went back to 3g.. Then my 3g icon went aways for about 10 mins.. Came back on but I couldnt get in the internet? So I call sprint they have me do a few thing like reset the phone.. Update prl and profile.. Nothing worked.. They said that there was problems with towers in my state but they been like that for a while and this just started today.. I also asked people that lice in my town that have sprint and they said nothing had been happening to there data? So I take a ride to the store 15 mins away.. My data comes back on but its super slow.. So im in the parking lot and everything is fine now I cant get it to mess up like it was.. So I sit there for 20 mins nothing.. lol.. So I drive home get in the house and the problem is back.. My 3g icon will leave then come back... When the 3g icon is there I still cant get on the internet.. Whats really going on? do u think my phone is screwed up.. People around my town say there 3g is ok.. I hope it goes away by the morning.. If not I guess ill try and go back to the store.. What do u guys think is the problem?
sounds like they are working on your tower. give it a couple days see what happens.
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sounds like they are working on your tower. give it a couple days see what happens.
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Man I sure hope thats what that is.. Cause it just started out of the blue.. I never did anything like drop my s4 or anything like that.. I havnt even flashed anything new in a while.. Well now im unrooted cause I was gonna bring it to the store today.. Im gonna leave it unrooted just in case i need to bring it back.. I thought maybe unrooting it mite help but nope.. I so hope your rite bro! :fingers-crossed:
Same thing happened in my area as well as a lot of others. Hell I witnessed it at the sprint store in Minnesota while looking at New phones. They told me towers were being worked on. Sure enough a 4g connection came up out of nowhere that I've never seen in my area.
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I have 4g LTE where I work near Chaska, MN for about 3-4 months now.
To OP, I'm too have that issue sometime. Roaming then 3g then back to 4g LTE. Usually turn Airplane Mode On then off fix the problem.
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I experience something similar when I'm at work. I called Sprint and they said some work was being done. Checked the S4GRU forum and it turns out Sprint is upgrading to LTE. For a brief period on some days, I pick up LTE. When I ran Speedtest, I pulled almost 19 Mbps~!
Funny today I had the same thing happen. Data has been in and out for a couple weeks but today I lost all signal for awhile. I know they have a few towers done in my area so hopefully the ones I use most are almost ready.
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Funny today I had the same thing happen. Data has been in and out for a couple weeks but today I lost all signal for awhile. I know they have a few towers done in my area so hopefully the ones I use most are almost ready.
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Bro everything is fine today.. i was gonna bring my phone in.. thinking it was my phone must have been the towers near me.. glad it wasnt my phone!
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Bro everything is fine today.. i was gonna bring my phone in.. thinking it was my phone must have been the towers near me.. glad it wasnt my phone!
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This sounds all too familiar, been having similar issues since I came back to Sprint this week. I have also been told by 3 Sprint reps that they are doing work on towers and to expect issues as they upgrade them. I was told that the work in my area was suppose to be done by August this year. I know we just got LTE here because about a month ago the coverage maps only showed 3g here, but now they show LTE. So I guess this just requires patience on our part as they finally get things fixed.
Hello everyone.
I just got my phone back from Samsung after it wouldn't power on, then had trouble getting it to stay connected long enough to activate. So, I brought it in to town, hooked in to wifi, and had no issues. Got the phone activated, waited for a while, updated the PRL and Profile, and waited around to see if it would start working for me. Unfortunately, it was still not working very well. Put on the 1x/3g mod to see if it was actually getting 3g. Found that it was not... Finally, I contacted sprint to see if they could help on tech support. He said he would contact the network people...
I was like, hmm... at different location now, checked at the sprint store, updated one of their phones PRLs, and it seemed to start running slowly too... so I downgraded my PRL to see if that would help, it did not. Finally, I put on the 00001 PRL really quickly to see if I could get 3g... seems it didn't leave sprint or the 1x.
So, put it back to the original... was wondering if anyone has some advice?
Thanks much.
UPDATE: So, the radio has been flickering on and off for data reception, went up to Green Bay today and it went into 4g, then 3g, then nothing for a while, then back again...
Right now it is on 4g again.
Is there any way to check if the radios may have something not working? I would say maybe it is just network upgrades, (really, really hoping this is the case), but then I would think that Sprint would have said something when I contacted them about there being upgrades....
Thanks.
Take it to a store and ask them to test the radios. They could be faulty.
Mines been acting the exact same way...altho mine has not had problems before needing to be sent to Samsung.
2 weeks ago it just started not going into 4g as much as it used to...and RANDOMLY totally dropping any data connection 10x a day. Literally no 3g/4g for 2+ minutes at a time..no amount of airplaine mode/restarts fixes it......its like im back to the SgS2 days.. ****im sick of Sprint/samsung
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Mines been acting the exact same way...altho mine has not had problems before needing to be sent to Samsung.
2 weeks ago it just started not going into 4g as much as it used to...and RANDOMLY totally dropping any data connection 10x a day. Literally no 3g/4g for 2+ minutes at a time..no amount of airplaine mode/restarts fixes it......its like im back to the SgS2 days.. ****im sick of Sprint/samsung
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It's sprints fault, not samsung. I have the same data drop problems, especially around NYC/NJ. I've had the same issue on my previous S3. My GF has no such issues on her S4 or her previous S3, but she has AT&T. Chances are Sprint is doing something with the network in your area currently.
Try this
1 - update profile
2 - update prl
3 - open the dialer and enter ##72786#
Your phone will reboot and go thru the activation process
If that does not help, call sprint and find out if there are any network vision enhancements in progress for your area. Unfortunately when Sprint does their updates it gets REALLY BAD until they are done
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