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Weirdest issue ever

If someone can find a solution to this, seriously, you're a master.
I was running CM build from the 6 January (stock kernel). And suddenly, during the afternoon, my data started to be slow.
Here I have a contract for 7.2mbps. I'm usually arround 6.5-7.2mpbs. Never really goes down 5mbps. So I ran a speed test. I was at 0.1mbps. I thought "this should be a little problem, nothing to worry about". I was wrong, so wrong. After that I flashed the CM build from today.
Hours later, after many speedtest, I was still at 0.1mbps and I started to think that this is really weird. So I phoned to my network and they told me there's no network problem at all where I live (should be true, no friends asked me about this).
So, obviously, I flashed another ROM, AOKP. Still ultra slow data. I flashed Paranoid Android, still super slow data.
I took off my SIM carte and I put it on my old HTC Sensation. Guess what, data was working perfectly. At this point I started to get crazy lol.
Maybe some corrupted data ? Let's flash the factory.img
I flashed via fastboot the factory.img, ran a speed test.... STILL SUPER SLOW DATA.
I should add that we don't have any data-cap here (and the Sensation proved it).
I thought, maybe the 3G is hardware broken ? No. I'm still seeing H+ and 3G on my status bar. More weird stuff ? alright ! Ping is excellent (about 40ms) and upload speed... is like it always been, arround 1mbps (that's the number in my contract too).
So now, i'm completely lost (and tired, it's 2am).
If someone, whatever the idea is, could help me, it would be awesome.

Fix permissions? And make sure your APN looks good
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Check your APN.

This happened to me for about a week soon after I got my N4. The problem went away on its own. I chalked it up to the network.
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El Daddy said:
This happened to me for about a week soon after I got my N4. The problem went away on its own. I chalked it up to the network.
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Well, I hope I have the same problem as you and I'll see tomorrow how it goes but I really can't understand lol

APN are ok btw. But thanks all for trying to help me !

Have you tried a different speed testing app? You might have noticed that the app isn't really that good.

Matt1408 said:
Have you tried a different speed testing app? You might have noticed that the app isn't really that good.
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Good idea too, but already tried 3 and they all gave me the same result.
Do you guys think it's hardware ?

Try re-registering onto your mobile network. Or try registering manually instead.
I had a weird issue where my phone would switch to cdma on its own. try *#*#4636#*#* and playing around with settings there.
Try flashing back stock and factory reset.
Make sure your sim card tray is fully inserted.
Pray to the HSDPA Gods to give you your speed back.
Remove your tin foil case from your phone.
You're holding it wrong. Hold it in a different way.
Have you tried installing iOS on it?
wooooooooo!!!
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If you've flashed other roms, then it's obviously not a software issue, maybe there's work on your local mast. Is the speed difference only in the speedtest app, or do you notice it in normal usage?

So later yesterday I called the customer service. They confirmed that they have no network issue at all.
It started at 16:00 pm and yesterday night, at 3:00 am (when I was about to sleep, finally ) still ultra slow data speed.
I woke up this morning at 7:00 am, tried again a test, still slow data speed.
So I went to my office, I was in at 8:00 am and I ran a test again and... BOOM ! 6.8mbps ! And it works now without any problem.
Morality : Don't miss work. lol
But to be honnest, I really don't understand what happened. I have no clue what this can be. Anyway, it works now and I hope it won't happen again.
Btw, big thanks to everyone who answered, we have some great people here

no simultaneous phone and data?

Please forgive me I did a search on XDA here in the GS4 forums and on google and could not find any results with my issue, if i did miss it please point me in the right direction "after week getting little agitated".
I have the AT&T i337 32gb version, was rooted running stock last week, on Tuesday all of a sudden I lost the ability to talk on the phone and use data at the same time, which I have been doing for years with AT&T and worked fine on the GS4 the first month or so I had the phone. Odin back to stock multiple resets, APN restores etc... no go. Sooooo did the stupid thing and took the OTA update just to see if was SW issue, of course wast so no more ROM for me. woohoo... took phone to store they messed with for over an hour and couldn't figure it out as well advsd me to call in to tech support which they did stuff for an hour and they couldn't get it either, sent me a warranty replacement. Thank god it came with mdl so before even putting sim in rooted and disabled the OTA update feature. Well after getting new phone set up have the same problem. They have escalated the issue and im supposed to hear something back this evening, i am just curious if there is something i can have them look at on the back haul of things that could be messed up, also I have 2 other phones on my same plan and they are working fine with talking and data simultaneously. Any ideas I can try would be appreciated.
FYI I have loaded the KANGABEAN rom on my device and using it now, but the problem happens on a completely stock ROM, i very seriously doubt i have 2 bad devices in a row doing the excact same thing, ive been wrong before so its very possible just dont see it.
Any advice I would love to hear and try
Thanks

I do know they throttle data while on a call even though they advertise it... I uploaded photos of proof that they throttle and while on a call, data is nearly useless. This has been brought up a few times since I've joined xda in the last two years even when I had an iPhone.
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Ahh they servers were different. Here's another pic of me on call on the same server as the second photo (Carlsbad). Download is barely usuable but upload froze and trying to do any data related task on the phone during a call just doesn't work. I guess my question would be is your data not working at all during a call? Try doing a speed test and report back.
Edit: didn't read your post thoroughly lol. If it stopped working all of a sudden maybe it's the towers but that wouldnt explain the other two phones working. Either way I just wanted to put my two cents in about them throttling. Sorry if I wasn't much help.
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It has to be something with the towers around my work area... I have about hour commute to the area I work, I work mobile so drive multiple counties and it will work fine till I hit certain spot then nothing. Now just have to figure out how to get att to see it. Thanks for input
If there is anyone around the Kernersville, Walkertown NC area that could test and see if they have the same issue I would appreciate it, I know i cant be the only one
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Nexus 4 no reception

ok ive read a looooot and I havent found a fix for my problem...
Ive got my nexus 4 2 weeks ago and everything wast just fine.... one day like everyday i plugged my phone to the wall charger before I went to sleep, when I woke up the next day the phone had no signal at all no 3g, no EDGE, no nothing... I read that the problem was caused by a bug on the 4.3 android (the one that I was running)... I decided to flash the paranoid android 3.99 with the radio that appears at the official PA post and it didnt worked... then I flashed the Cyanogenmod 10.1 that its supposed to be based on android 4.2.2 (and has the working radio version) and it doesnt work either... I flashed one of the radio versions available in "the radio list post" and it didnt worked either... i dont know what to do now... HELP ME PLEASE :crying::crying:[/SIZE][/SIZE]

andreshbozo said:
ok ive read a looooot and I havent found a fix for my problem...
Ive got my nexus 4 2 weeks ago and everything wast just fine.... one day like everyday i plugged my phone to the wall charger before I went to sleep, when I woke up the next day the phone had no signal at all no 3g, no EDGE, no nothing... I read that the problem was caused by a bug on the 4.3 android (the one that I was running)... I decided to flash the paranoid android 3.99 with the radio that appears at the official PA post and it didnt worked... then I flashed the Cyanogenmod 10.1 that its supposed to be based on android 4.2.2 (and has the working radio version) and it doesnt work either... I flashed one of the radio versions available in "the radio list post" and it didnt worked either... i dont know what to do now... HELP ME PLEASE :crying::crying:[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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Do you have a different micro sim around? Try putting it in the phone. If ot works, then change your current sim.

If I may chime in. Do you have an empty triangle, where the reception bars would be? If so you may have a hardware problem. Long story short my first Galaxy Nexus broke on me in the way I just described.
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JediDru said:
If I may chime in. Do you have an empty triangle, where the reception bars would be? If so you may have a hardware problem. Long story short my first Galaxy Nexus broke on me in the way I just described.
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yep empty triangle.. but like i said the phone its new i dont think that is a hardware issue (hope not)...
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Do you have a different micro sim around? Try putting it in the phone. If ot works, then change your current sim.
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ive already done that... my sim is works on other phones, so its not the sim...

andreshbozo said:
ok ive read a looooot and I havent found a fix for my problem...
Ive got my nexus 4 2 weeks ago and everything wast just fine.... one day like everyday i plugged my phone to the wall charger before I went to sleep, when I woke up the next day the phone had no signal at all no 3g, no EDGE, no nothing... I read that the problem was caused by a bug on the 4.3 android (the one that I was running)... I decided to flash the paranoid android 3.99 with the radio that appears at the official PA post and it didnt worked... then I flashed the Cyanogenmod 10.1 that its supposed to be based on android 4.2.2 (and has the working radio version) and it doesnt work either... I flashed one of the radio versions available in "the radio list post" and it didnt worked either... i dont know what to do now... HELP ME PLEASE :crying::crying:[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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UPDATE:
I went back to stock 4.2.2 and nothing then I updated to 4.3 and still nothing... it seems to recognize the sim because it says the name of my carrier but it says "no internet connection" and the triangle of the recption bar are still empty... can anyone help me out here?

andreshbozo said:
UPDATE:
I went back to stock 4.2.2 and nothing then I updated to 4.3 and still nothing... it seems to recognize the sim because it says the name of my carrier but it says "no internet connection" and the triangle of the recption bar are still empty... can anyone help me out here?
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The only thing you could do is flash the factory images. If those don't work, then it may be hardware related (sim or phone).

abaaaabbbb63 said:
The only thing you could do is flash the factory images. If those don't work, then it may be hardware related (sim or phone).
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Thats what i meant when i said i went back to stock... I flashed ThE stock image and thats what im affraid off... ThE strange thing is that it was working just fine and it Stop all of ThE sudden...

I'd contact Google Play (if that's where you purchased it) to get a new replacement. They're customer service is great! :good:

Steve - O said:
I'd contact Google Play (if that's where you purchased it) to get a new replacement. They're customer service is great! :good:
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ThE thing is that im from Venezuela and I bought it on amazon I guess im gonna have to contact the seller to see what can they do for me

Distorted voice conversation after 4.3

I never had very good 3G signal in my home but I was always able to make phone calls without problem. After updating my S4 to 4.3, I even updated my bootloader to MJ5, it seems that in most of my phone conversations that last more than five minutes, the other party starts to hear my voice so distorted that it's impossible to understand what I'm saying. If I move around, walk out of the house, climb on a high tree, it doesn't help. I have to hung up and call back but only for a few minutes again.
I've tried all possible modem combinations (both gsm and lte) and it doesn't help. I switched my phone to GSM ONLY for a while and even though I see full signal this still happens.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? I've heard some people reporting that apps like viber may have confused their phones and have been causing this but I didn't have this with 4.2.x.
I wish someone can suggest something because I see myself going back to 4.2.2 for good and with knox 0x1 for no reason.
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It seems to be a carrier fault which appeared at the same time as my upgrade so that seems to have been a coincidence.
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You might've had to wait until there is some stable builds of Android 4.3 cause it is suffering from several critical problems at the moment...
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nhariamine said:
You might've had to wait until there is some stable builds of Android 4.3 cause it is suffering from several critical problems at the moment...
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Yes I know and I've tested all conditions but at the end I tried with other phones and there was the same problem which means it's my provider. It just happened to appear the next day of my upgrade. That's what causes all the confusion
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Time to dump it?

Well guys, here I am with major thoughts of dumping my Note 3 and ending my short couple of month love affair with it.
I just feel that this device underachieved for me. My major beef with it is the poor wifi and overall network performance of the phone with no fix in sight. I can't stand the instability of the wifi performance. I also hate the speaker on this thing.
I also am disappointed with the community. I don't know what it is, but this community doesn't seem very active or have big numbers. I understand maybe a lot of people shy away because of the locked bootloader and such, but it just seems like low activity here.
With that being said, not all hope is lost. I still like this phone overall. I got in on the Cyber Monday deal for a $350 Moto X. I am making my decision easy for myself. If I like the Moto X, I am keeping it and dumping my Note 3. If I don't, I will keep my Note 3 for a little while longer.
And I understand that these phones are on opposite sides of the spectrum. But something intrigues me about the Moto X.
Ultimately I know that nobody probably cares. And that's cool, you can simply ignore this thread. But for anyone else, I would like to hear your thoughts.
Thanks!
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
My major beef with it is the poor wifi and overall network performance of the phone with no fix in sight. I can't stand the instability of the wifi performance.
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I wouldn't put up with that, either. But my N3's WiFi and 4G connections have been excellent. Have you tried exchanging your phone?

I'd love to dump mine also .. having all the same issues in regards to the WiFi and network connectivity. Problem I have, I rooted mine and now I get that B/S "Custom" boot .. I've read through everything up here in regards to getting rid of that boot screen and so far NOTHING has worked. So right now, unless I find a way to hard brick my phone, I'm stuck with this damn thing.

LordGeek said:
I'd love to dump mine also .. having all the same issues in regards to the WiFi and network connectivity. Problem I have, I rooted mine and now I get that B/S "Custom" boot .. I've read through everything up here in regards to getting rid of that boot screen and so far NOTHING has worked. So right now, unless I find a way to hard brick my phone, I'm stuck with this damn thing.
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Restore stock or use wanam.
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What ROM are you using? My T-Mobile note 3 using att has excellent 4g LTE coverage but when I had T-Mobile coverage at first it sucked! I'm talking bad!! Barely any data connection if any and dropped a lot of calls. As far as WiFi I get excellent coverage also. Don't give up on your note 3 just yet. Just give up on t mobile!! If you use Chainfire's region unlock app from play store and switch to an att carrier, (like net 10 or Straight talk $45 a month) you'll be good to go.
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Gary02468 said:
I wouldn't put up with that, either. But my N3's WiFi and 4G connections have been excellent. Have you tried exchanging your phone?
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I had the same issues with my previous one. I'm on at&t and I've seen threads about the same issues that I'm having. It seems pretty common.
LordGeek said:
I'd love to dump mine also .. having all the same issues in regards to the WiFi and network connectivity. Problem I have, I rooted mine and now I get that B/S "Custom" boot .. I've read through everything up here in regards to getting rid of that boot screen and so far NOTHING has worked. So right now, unless I find a way to hard brick my phone, I'm stuck with this damn thing.
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Why not just sell it and get something else? The Note 3 is still going for decent money on Swappa and most people prefer to buy rooted phones on there.
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What ROM are you using? My T-Mobile note 3 using att has excellent 4g LTE coverage but when I had T-Mobile coverage at first it sucked! I'm talking bad!! Barely any data connection if any and dropped a lot of calls. As far as WiFi I get excellent coverage also. Don't give up on your note 3 just yet. Just give up on t mobile!! If you use Chainfire's region unlock app from play store and switch to an att carrier, (like net 10 or Straight talk $45 a month) you'll be good to go.
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I'm on at&t.
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SkizzMcNizz said:
Restore stock or use wanam.
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Well I would restore stock if it was available, but its not !!!
As for Wanam, I have also tried this .. I have tried everything that has been described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559961 .. nothing worked, I still have the custom start screen.
thejmannnc .. read my signature .. MJ5

LordGeek said:
Well I would restore stock if it was available, but its not !!!
As for Wanam, I have also tried this .. I have tried everything that has been described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559961 .. nothing worked, I still have the custom start screen.
thejmannnc .. read my signature .. MJ5
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You can restore on mj5.
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You can restore on mj5.
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Can you restore on mj5 after rooting with Kingo? I read you can use Kingos "unroot" then factory reset, but I dunno.

Probably best to use the the already established thread for this this type discussion. ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466099