signal drops if i touch my G2 - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys.. if i have my g2 in my hands my signal drops to 1 or no signal in some area..
I let my phone on table...not in hands and signal go's up to 3bars..
I allready change from operator,simcard,.. it all started on my s4 and now my new g2 gots same problem :/
Dont wanna change from number..

Either you have hands of lead or there is a problem with your network.

robogo1982 said:
Either you have hands of lead or there is a problem with your network.
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A friend got same phone and network.. nothing of problems.. i will make a call to the service tomorrow..

You're holding it wrong lol
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PearLRoX said:
A friend got same phone and network.. nothing of problems.. i will make a call to the service tomorrow..
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I refuse to believe it's the phone's fault since you said you had the same issues with the S4.

Really ? You're going to call and complain to the operator about it ? What are they gonna do ? Come demagnetize your body or something ? lol

NRGZ28 said:
Really ? You're going to call and complain to the operator about it ? What are they gonna do ? Come demagnetize your body or something ? lol
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Oh.. you are the funny guy?
I only explane my problem.. -_-"
Thanks for a helpfull answer "Recognized Developer"

PearLRoX said:
Oh.. you are the funny guy?
I only explane my problem.. -_-"
Thanks for a helpfull answer "Recognized Developer"
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XDA has become a place for assholes to hangout, over sensitive little pricks that help no one.
Do you have a case on your phone?
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Check actual signal numbers in status, not bars. They are finicky.

DRACONIANDRAGON said:
XDA has become a place for assholes to hangout, over sensitive little pricks that help no one.
Do you have a case on your phone?
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Thanks.. its good for the XDA Reputation..why we should donate btw?
Now,ontopic.. no case on the phone.
Settings/signal:
In my hands (or someone els his hands) i get -85 dBm 16asu (in the bad areas it go's to -105 dBm)
Not in hands i get -78 dBm 16asu
Nobody knows a answer

The best thing would be to get more than one phone and test it a bit. I really can't give any better advice :/

robogo1982 said:
The best thing would be to get more than one phone and test it a bit. I really can't give any better advice :/
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Yes,goin to try this.. thanks

Please do post your findings

@DRACONIANDRAGON
I agree. Not all answers u get are helpful.
But your reaction is uncalled for, abusive and unnecessary.
It tells me more about you.
In this case there is no clear fix. Since it has been said, that 2 phones have this problem with 1 person.
Maybe its bad luck with phones.
Maybe he is too statically charged or something.
But in anyway, there is no need for this. Its especially annoying to me when it includes people who are in this community longer then u and contributed so much more.
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PearLRoX said:
Hi guys.. if i have my g2 in my hands my signal drops to 1 or no signal in some area..
I let my phone on table...not in hands and signal go's up to 3bars..
I allready change from operator,simcard,.. it all started on my s4 and now my new g2 gots same problem :/
Dont wanna change from number..
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Actually, i had the same thing at first. And it started getting worse after i flashed cm based roms and i had no idea what was causing it.
Then i took of the back cover with a removing tool and noticed how the antennas where set up.
Tip, dont hold your hand or fingers near the top right corner. If i'm not mistaken that is where the gsm antenna is located.
At least the signal doesn't drop completely anymore for me now.
Oh and i get better reception with stock LG rom.
Ps: if i'm wrong about the antenna placement then I'm truly sorry, just trying to help.

bro you have superpowers
Do you wear a lot of statically charging materials? Wool, certain synthetics etc? Just guessing really

WittePens said:
Actually, i had the same thing at first. And it started getting worse after i flashed cm based roms and i had no idea what was causing it.
Then i took of the back cover with a removing tool and noticed how the antennas where set up.
Tip, dont hold your hand or fingers near the top right corner. If i'm not mistaken that is where the gsm antenna is located.
At least the signal doesn't drop completely anymore for me now.
Oh and i get better reception with stock LG rom.
Ps: if i'm wrong about the antenna placement then I'm truly sorry, just trying to help.
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Thanks for your help buddy!
I have a stock rom.. i have vacation now so my problems are good..for now.. this problem comes back if i'm on my work area.
Now you will say 'its because of the mast' no. My friend got a same opererator and phone without signal drops and perfecht h+ data connection.
Try to live with it.. got no money for a new phone :/

bachera said:
bro you have superpowers
Do you wear a lot of statically charging materials? Wool, certain synthetics etc? Just guessing really
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Haha i wish i had superpowers to solve it!
Nop.. jeans,tshirt,same problem. Also when someone els have my phone

The same issue for me.
Like this video:

Related

No cell service after root?

Run unrevoked and loaded attn1 rom. Phone itself is working fine and rooted. But I have no service at all. I know its not my area, I have an iphone 4 sitting right next to it with full service?
Any ideas?
tried b003 and b005 with no change
Do you have the back of the phone on? It's where the antenna is.
BatteriesIncluded said:
Do you have the back of the phone on? It's where the antenna is.
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Ya I just noticed that. HAHA. Never saw that before. God I feel like an idiot.
Thanks
ChrisN1313 said:
Ya I just noticed that. HAHA. Never saw that before. God I feel like an idiot.
Thanks
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I'm sure my turn will come once my phone arrives.
BatteriesIncluded said:
Do you have the back of the phone on? It's where the antenna is.
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I understand this is where the antenna is, but I've had the back off and still held a signal. I wonder if thats just how good a signal I'm getting.
ChrisN1313 said:
Ya I just noticed that. HAHA. Never saw that before. God I feel like an idiot.
Thanks
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I did the same thing....Definitely thought I killed my girlfriends phone.
SysAdmNj said:
I understand this is where the antenna is, but I've had the back off and still held a signal. I wonder if thats just how good a signal I'm getting.
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It probably just didn't have time to properly update the signal display. I'd be willing to bet that if you actually tried to make a call, it wouldn't have gone through.
I have just made the same error! Thank god!
Same exact thing happened to me yesterday, definitely a weird error to have it seems to slip everyone's mind!
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I"ve noticed that every now and then my phone shows no signal, in an area where i know i should have signal. Pop the back of the phone off and back on agian and it shows right up. Not sure what is going on, but not really the biggest deal.

[Q] The Myfaves Video wont stop playing...

i Cant get the Tmobile myfaves tutorial video to stop playing on the phone... dont know whats wrong it just keeps popping up every few mins... anyway i can turn this off...
phunkytown said:
i Cant get the Tmobile myfaves tutorial video to stop playing on the phone... dont know whats wrong it just keeps popping up every few mins... anyway i can turn this off...
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ok this is an easy fix but 2 things to this..
#1 that video is only for FLOOR MODELS.. so you either got a stolen phone or a floor model
#2 goto applications.. find mytouch demo, force stop.
it will start up again after you reboot/turn phone off you'll have to do it all over again..
i suggest you root it and flash to eugene's mrslide final or myroot 4
I had this same problem..
good way to detect if it was stolen, when you press on either side of the battery door where you hold it in your palm it squeeks they ripped it outta the display
Paid 180 + my fked up BlackBerry 8520f or it..
sooo yeah i knew it was stolen when i took it to a ROOTER and he said its not a STOCK applications for fresh outta box
Virus1x said:
ok this is an easy fix but 2 things to this..
#1 that video is only for FLOOR MODELS.. so you either got a stolen phone or a floor model
#2 goto applications.. find mytouch demo, force stop.
it will start up again after you reboot/turn phone off you'll have to do it all over again..
i suggest you root it and flash to eugene's mrslide final or myroot 4
I had this same problem..
good way to detect if it was stolen, when you press on either side of the battery door where you hold it in your palm it squeeks they ripped it outta the display
Paid 180 + my fked up BlackBerry 8520f or it..
sooo yeah i knew it was stolen when i took it to a ROOTER and he said its not a STOCK applications for fresh outta box
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Really? Battery case squeaking means its stolen? My phone is less than 2 months old and has done this from day one, got it brand new in the box. Ignorance in your post as a "att tech" please continue to post only on what you know to be true. But yes he could have gotten a floor model, or one that was destin for it but they grabbed the wrong box.
fenixnr said:
Really? Battery case squeaking means its stolen? My phone is less than 2 months old and has done this from day one, got it brand new in the box. Ignorance in your post as a "att tech" please continue to post only on what you know to be true. But yes he could have gotten a floor model, or one that was destin for it but they grabbed the wrong box.
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I'm not reffering to the normal Squeak I'm refering to a LOUD ass squeek as if someone pulled it off almost the to point that the battery case seems to not the fit phone at all..
Please keep your flaming rude posts to a minimum and consider the fact that what one person may be posting isn't always what you are thinking.. they are talking about
Video = floor model
The demo video is only for floor demo models, so it could be stolen but the first batch of store demo's shipped to stores were not labeled demo like normal. Because of this, it is possible for a demo to have been legitimately sold if the rep did not boot up the phone.
Virus1x said:
good way to detect if it was stolen, when you press on either side of the battery door where you hold it in your palm it squeeks
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Can't think of a more scientifically sound way to figure out if something is stolen.
Virus1x said:
sooo yeah i knew it was stolen when i took it to a ROOTER and he said its not a STOCK applications for fresh outta box
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You really shouldn't admit to receiving stolen property on an internet forum, especially when you have posted more than enough information for someone with 5 min. of spare time to know exactly who you are IRL.
falken98 said:
You really shouldn't admit to receiving stolen property on an internet forum, especially when you have posted more than enough information for someone with 5 min. of spare time to know exactly who you are IRL.
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Before you run your mouth I got in contact with tmobile upper management they understood what happened and I used my pull with friends in the company to be allowed to keep it for me filing a police report falken quit flaming violating xda rules next time I contact a mod
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Virus1x said:
Before you run your mouth I got in contact with tmobile upper management they understood what happened and I used my pull with friends in the company to be allowed to keep it for me filing a police report falken quit flaming violating xda rules next time I contact a mod
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Flaming you? It was advise, you didn't mention that part. Go ahead and report me. lol.
falken98 said:
Flaming you? It was advise, you didn't mention that part. Go ahead and report me. lol.
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Every post you've posted after mine has been rude and disrespectful falling under the flaming rule here at xda dunno what your issue is with me but let it go
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ports on back of phone?

does anyone know what the ports are under the battery case: R1, R2/g, W1, W2
I figured they may be the antennas ....just not sure which is which.
trying to boost my reception and hoping one is for that.
thanks
Don't plug anything in them. The last time I did that it stopped the antenna from working unless something was in there.
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They are antenna extentions. Wifi, 1x, 3g wimax radios
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any body know where to get an antenna to fit the port's?
ranchosteve said:
any body know where to get an antenna to fit the port's?
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also interested in this... looking to extend wimax range.
Best guess would be radio shack or best buy. I had a quasimo(sp?) Laptop for a few weeks that had a port like this, came with an external antenna...clipped right on. Didn't help -much- with wifi, id assume the same for other bands. Sold the laptop or id try my self.
Also someone said in this or another thread about the ports that they tried an antenna and they couldn't get signal back after disconnecting.
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Kcarpenter said:
Also someone said in this or another thread about the ports that they tried an antenna and they couldn't get signal back after disconnecting.
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are you referring to the 2nd post in this thread.. or did someone else besides that person claim the signal didnt work?
not sure why the signal wouldnt work unless they used the wrong adaptor.. or broke the fitting.
id assume id need a special 2.6ghz antenna since id want this for wimax? and i guess just try each port to see which gives me better signal? is there a diagram anywhere thatd say what each port was for?
My guess is that they are voltage testing points for q/c.
Top Nurse said:
My guess is that they are voltage testing points for q/c.
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yeah i kinda thought that as well.. either testing point or antenna.. wish i knew for sure. kinda weird there'd be 4 testing points tho? and still left on the device for production? idk..
anyone know for sure?
i wanna put a giant wimax antenna outside my house and connect it to the phone
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are you referring to the 2nd post in this thread.. or did someone else besides that person claim the signal didnt work?
not sure why the signal wouldnt work unless they used the wrong adaptor.. or broke the fitting.
id assume id need a special 2.6ghz antenna since id want this for wimax? and i guess just try each port to see which gives me better signal? is there a diagram anywhere thatd say what each port was for?
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Nah aparently there's a switch in some of those that disables the internal antenna to use th external one. It was on an exclaim tho so I might be wrong.
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What does 4g idle status mean ??

Sorry for shouting, but I'm getting no answers.
Does everyone here also get an idle 4G icon after a short amount of time ?
What does it mean ?
I was under the impression that it's a phone design to conserve battery life, as explained here
http://www.deepeshpradhan.com/nexus-s4g-is-just-better-and-faster-and-its-is-google-phone
But, when mine does idle, it doesn't fall back to 3G, it just remains off, effectively turning this into a dumb unit. No connection.Nothing.
I'm looking for people to prove me wrong and to tell me that when they are idle on 4G, they receive notification INSTANTLY on apps like google talk.
I'm not talking 3 minutes delayed until 4G kicks back in again, I'm talking instant messaging , as it should be.
If I'm proved wrong, I must have a defective unit, but if this is software related, then somethings amiss ????
I have not noticed this myself... but I have seen at least one other thread saying the same thing.
I'd rather take the battery drain.
grifforama said:
Sorry for shouting, but I'm getting no answers.
Does everyone here also get an idle 4G icon after a short amount of time ?
What does it mean ?
I was under the impression that it's a phone design to conserve battery life, as explained here
http://www.deepeshpradhan.com/nexus-s4g-is-just-better-and-faster-and-its-is-google-phone
But, when mine does idle, it doesn't fall back to 3G, it just remains off, effectively turning this into a dumb unit. No connection.Nothing.
I'm looking for people to prove me wrong and to tell me that when they are idle on 4G, they receive notification INSTANTLY on apps like google talk.
I'm not talking 3 minutes delayed until 4G kicks back in again, I'm talking instant messaging , as it should be.
If I'm proved wrong, I must have a defective unit, but if this is software related, then somethings amiss ????
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We have discussed this and when I told you that I get notifications even when 4g is idle you disagreed. Why start a new thread?
mikeyinid said:
We have discussed this and when I told you that I get notifications even when 4g is idle you disagreed. Why start a new thread?
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Because I don't believe you. I believe you must be getting a connection forced when you're having something polled. Or you get them when the icon goes back to green with bars. Not when it's grey with 3 dots. You cannot be. I've checked *#*#4636#*#* when it's idle, and there is simply NO connection.
Chec this for my evidence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szE_qs5zNyg
If you have proof otherwise, then please share.
And also because there are multiple threads on many topics. I'm hoping that I catch someone's attention.
I have tested this many many times, and it simply does not work.
I'm sorry dude, but you cannot be getting anything when it's idle.
mikeyinid said:
We have discussed this and when I told you that I get notifications even when 4g is idle you disagreed. Why start a new thread?
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And I see you asked everyone on your twitter feed. Anyone respond ?
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And I see you asked everyone on your twitter feed. Anyone respond ?
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Yes, the responses are mixed. Ive been testing this for days and no matter what I always get notifications.
Im not arguing that your wrong, my argument is that I do get notifications when 4g is idle.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142880
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139471
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132628
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132439
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136379
all in less then 7 days tho dude?
here is a video i just made showing my phone coming out of idle while 4g is on. the reason for the time difference is im in chicago and im guessing grifforama is on the east coast
4g idle test
from that article in the op:
When you call upon it to deliver super-speedy 4G internet, it kicks back on in a matter of seconds.
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well i know how i read that statement but thats not how mine works as seen in my video
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142880
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139471
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132628
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132439
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136379
all in less then 7 days tho dude?
here is a video i just made showing my phone coming out of idle while 4g is on. the reason for the time difference is im in chicago and im guessing grifforama is on the east coast
4g idle test
from that article in the op:
well i know how i read that statement but thats not how mine works as seen in my video
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Appreciate the video, but I think you may have more stuff polling than just gmail. If you revert totally to stock, I promise you will find that idle does not come off for push notifications. I see you have a lot of stiff loaded on your phone. It could be that.
I'm returning my phone tomorrow and getting it replaced. I'll try again.
hellcatt said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142880
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139471
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132628
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132439
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136379
all in less then 7 days tho dude?
here is a video i just made showing my phone coming out of idle while 4g is on. the reason for the time difference is im in chicago and im guessing grifforama is on the east coast
4g idle test
from that article in the op:
well i know how i read that statement but thats not how mine works as seen in my video
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Ok, do you think I may have a defective handset ? Could it be hardware related ?
I have literally just sent myself another email (at 08:22am) and my phone is sitting idle on my table at 08:29 with no email notification...
It's driving me mad. I literally cannot work like this (I rely on gtalk and gmail for my business)
If this is handset related, I can live with it if it fixes itself when I swap it out. If it's software related, I guess I'm screwed.
I just think that you guys have something that's polling regularly ??
Yet another example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnQdOaP0sEg
Why don't you leave it on 3g? I can tell you that from my experience with the EVO, I could never leave 4G on because it'd knock down batterylife to about 6-8 hours.
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Award Tour said:
Why don't you leave it on 3g? I can tell you that from my experience with the EVO, I could never leave 4G on because it'd knock down batterylife to about 6-8 hours.
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thats because the evo leaves the connection on. this is the whole point of "idle", so everybody doesnt complain of battery on 4g. now we are faced with a different problem. the video is hard to argue with. lets bug sammy to come up with a solution. until then, those who are affected by this just go back to 3g?
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thats because the evo leaves the connection on. this is the whole point of "idle", so everybody doesnt complain of battery on 4g. now we are faced with a different problem. the video is hard to argue with. lets bug sammy to come up with a solution. until then, those who are affected by this just go back to 3g?
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Happy to leave it on 3G for now. Not happy to be paying $10 a month for premium data.
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Happy to leave it on 3G for now. Not happy to be paying $10 a month for premium data.
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i believe it has been confirmed that 10 bucks isnt for 4g, rather "cool phone tax"
best way to prove it would be to find out if any non 4g phones are paying the fee. again this is what i heard and i could be wrong.
grifforama said:
Appreciate the video, but I think you may have more stuff polling than just gmail. If you revert totally to stock, I promise you will find that idle does not come off for push notifications. I see you have a lot of stiff loaded on your phone. It could be that.
I'm returning my phone tomorrow and getting it replaced. I'll try again.
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just try another phone then. as far as i can tell i dont have anything else polling, the weather channel widget is the only active item i have.
im clearly not having the same issue as you and of the 5 people responding in this thread only one is having a problem. with 5 threads in 6 days i can tell you 2 things.
1. no one is going to be able to solve your problem if no one else is having iit or can replicate t.
2. no one is going to bother cuz of "oh its that guy again with his same problem" factor.
stop wasting time and go get a replacement before its to late.
try running the widget i got and see if it helps at all. if thats the reason i dont have the problem then i say the fix has been found.
again i refer you to the article you posted
When you call upon it to deliver super-speedy 4G internet, it kicks back on in a matter of seconds.
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read it out loud and makes sure youre clear on how it says its supposed to work
rican408 said:
i believe it has been confirmed that 10 bucks isnt for 4g, rather "cool phone tax"
best way to prove it would be to find out if any non 4g phones are paying the fee. again this is what i heard and i could be wrong.
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yea its on any smart phones 4g or not.
hellcatt said:
just try another phone then. as far as i can tell i dont have anything else polling, the weather channel widget is the only active item i have.
im clearly not having the same issue as you and of the 5 people responding in this thread only one is having a problem. with 5 threads in 6 days i can tell you 2 things.
1. no one is going to be able to solve your problem if no one else is having it.
2. no one is going to bother cuz of "oh its that guy again with his same problem" factor.
stop wasting time and go get a replacement before its to late.
try running the widget i got and see if it helps at all. if thats the reason i dont have the problem then i say the fix has been found.
again i refer you to the article you posted
read it out loud and makes sure youre clear on how it says its supposed to work
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Dude, stop being a dufus.
It's supposed to kick back in in a matter of seconds.
It isn't, clearly as my video shows.
You have a weather widget which probably polls, plus god knows how many other widgets and apps pulling in stuff every few seconds.
I have stock, with no apps apart from a clock on the home screen.
I will be swapp[ing the phone out tomorrow. I will then do the same tests with stock software out of the box,and see what happens when it idles.
I will come back here and let you know what happens. I will humbly apologise for wasting time if it's seen to be a hardware thing, but for now I will hold judgment.
No need to get snarky.
griff under accounts and sync................do you have background data on?
i know it seems a stupid question but maybe an over sight
not gettin ****in snarky dude tryin to help, but what ever i could care less if you even a have a phone. it says
When YOUcall upon it to deliver super-speedy 4G internet, it kicks back on in a matter of seconds.
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IT IS KICKING BACK ON IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AS MINE CLEARLY SHOWS
TRY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT ALREADY AND GOOD LUCK
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
hellcatt said:
griff under accounts and sync................do you have background data on?
i know it seems a stupid question but maybe an over sight
not gettin ****in snarky dude tryin to help, but what ever i could care less if you even a have a phone. it says
IT IS KICKING BACK ON IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AS MINE CLEARLY SHOWS
TRY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT ALREADY AND GOOD LUCK
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
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Of course I do.
As you saw in my video. I switch to 3G and mails get sent.
I will update when I get a new phone.
By new phone you mean EVO 3D?
grifforama said:
Of course I do.
As you saw in my video. I switch to 3G and mails get sent.
I will update when I get a new phone.
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Is my G2 the only faulty one?

First of all i love this phone to death
But theres only 1 problem
When im in low signal areas and i hold the phone on the bottom left with my left hand, it loses signal, kinda like the problem with the iphone 4
But when i release my hand from there it gets signal again
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You're covering the antenna. It's not "the problem the iphone 4 has", it's the problem all phones have when you cover the antenna. They lose signal. It's just easier to notice when you have a lower than usual signal to begin with. (or in the case of the iphone 4 its easier to cover an exposed antenna.)
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subxero123 said:
First of all i love this phone to death
But theres only 1 problem
When im in low signal areas and i hold the phone on the bottom left with my left hand, it loses signal, kinda like the problem with the iphone 4
But when i release my hand from there it gets signal again
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The mine does the same, don't worry.
Trying different radio version may give you different result...
What do u mean different radio vearsion?
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There is a firmware called "radio" that handle all radio connection of the phone like 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi... this firmware is available in several version. You can find them in the Radio Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970809
subxero123 said:
What do u mean different radio vearsion?
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Uhh, if hes asking what we mean by different radio version, perhaps it wouldnt be wise to get him to flash a new radio. Could potentially brick his phone if hes not careful.
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subxero123 said:
First of all i love this phone to death
But theres only 1 problem
When im in low signal areas and i hold the phone on the bottom left with my left hand, it loses signal, kinda like the problem with the iphone 4
But when i release my hand from there it gets signal again
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Most phones do that if you cover the antenna. If you slide out the keyboard and hold it normally, you'll also lose your wi-fi signal.
Athrun88 said:
Uhh, if hes asking what we mean by different radio version, perhaps it wouldnt be wise to get him to flash a new radio. Could potentially brick his phone if hes not careful.
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Just an fyi flashing radios is one of the safest things you can do. Since it goes through the bootloader there a few failsafes built in. People have tried purposely to brick there phone that way so they can send it to tmobile and no one was ever able to. Flashing things through fastboot is safer than crossing a street.
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Lol yeah i dont even know how to root :/
But does changing the radio give a stronger signal?
I could find someone through classifieds to do it
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subxero123 said:
Lol yeah i dont even know how to root :/
But does changing the radio give a stronger signal?
I could find someone through classifieds to do it
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dont worry about it. Changing your radio will not in any way make up for the fact that when you physically cover the antenna your signal deteriorates.
martonikaj said:
dont worry about it. Changing your radio will not in any way make up for the fact that when you physically cover the antenna your signal deteriorates.
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Think of your antenna like a flashlight. Cover the bulb and you get no light. Same concept, cover the antenna and you get no signal. Changing the radio MIGHT do something, but no software can overcome a hardware handicap. Since you dont know how to root either, id recommend staying away from anything related to modding your phone until you're ready.
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Yes i know covering it will result in a weaker signal, but i had a htc snap before, and i tried covering it on purpose, it would never lose signal
But this phone -_- grrrrrrr
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subxero123 said:
Yes i know covering it will result in a weaker signal, but i had a htc snap before, and i tried covering it on purpose, it would never lose signal
But this phone -_- grrrrrrr
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Different phones have different antenna positions, and they also report signal strength in bars differently.

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