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Any aussies on XT905 and Optus 4G?

Any Aussies here with a Telstra XT905 but on Optus and with 4G active?
I'm finding with 4G active I get intermittent signal dropouts - it will go from even 5 bars to none then re-connect shortly. This is intermittent and random, I don't know how often its really happening unless I just happen to see it when I've got the screen on. I started noticing it as it seems to drop voice calls when it happens, normally doesn't kick in on a voice call until >5 minutes.
If I turn off 4G all is fine.
I tried freezing modem fast dormancy and modem stats service as it seemed to be triggering lots of wakelocks, but that didn't affect it.
I'm feeling dumb now signing up for another year and enabling 4G, could have kept trucking on my cheaper non 4G plan lol (and be coming out of contract around now!).
Note I'm on Optus, i have no idea if this happens if I am Telstra. The problem is too intermittent for me to pop in a temporary Telstra SIM and notice it (as I don't want my 'real' number to be offline for more than a short duration). I'm hoping it is indeed carrier related (i.e. so problem is fixed if I go back to Telstra, as opposed to hardware issue). Its intermittent enough so that its impossible to demonstrate in a store, and further I've unlocked/rooted so there goes my warranty anyway!

I'm the only one? Even if you don't have any issues w/ Optus 4G pls let me know so I can distinguish between a phone issue and a general Optus 4G compatibility issue.
3G appears rock solid, switched back to it (battery life FTW) and no issues again.

wintermute000 said:
I'm the only one? Even if you don't have any issues w/ Optus 4G pls let me know so I can distinguish between a phone issue and a general Optus 4G compatibility issue.
3G appears rock solid, switched back to it (battery life FTW) and no issues again.
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I swear not many aussie users on here...
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pjcons said:
I swear not many aussie users on here...
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Telstra marketing and exclusive really hurt this phone. Nobody knows it exists but when they see it they want one as it's got all the high end goodies just not gigantic sized
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wintermute000 said:
Telstra marketing and exclusive really hurt this phone. Nobody knows it exists but when they see it they want one as it's got all the high end goodies just not gigantic sized
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True that, all we need is a ready to run rom to really open this baby up!
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wintermute000 said:
Telstra marketing and exclusive really hurt this phone. Nobody knows it exists but when they see it they want one as it's got all the high end goodies just not gigantic sized
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Not sure if I agree. We've all purchased this "niche" phone so it has a market, but Motorola phones are generally not anywhere near as popular as say SG3 or the like.
Personally I've always used Moto phones since I had the Moto Z6, what a beast! Best sound on a phone ever (ok may of that generation!).
A lot of ppl got put off by the allegedly crappy screen and price.

[Q] Nexus 4 - Low Signal on T-Mo

Bought my mom a Nexus 4 from the Play Store to replace her Galaxy Blaze (piece of ****) and it loses signal constantly at her house and at work. Just looking for some advice on what to do, as I'm not fairly sure it's a hardware problem.
From what I've seen the phone works perfectly fine and has service everywhere else with good coverage. My mom's house and work never had great coverage (always 0/1/2 bars with Blaze and S2) but she had Wi-Fi for internet and calling/texting always worked; they never lost service completely. Does the Nexus 4 have a lower strength antenna? We got her a new SIM card from T-Mobile and I had done the update to 4.3 while it was on Wi-Fi before we tested it at all.
At this point, I'm not sure whether to root and install different radios and void the warranty, or if it shouldn't be having these issues at all.
Thanks for any advice!

Need a little more info, what region are you located in? How long has this been happening, is it persistent or off and on? I've had similar issues lately in Houston TX. I'm here to help if you need it.

evacide said:
Bought my mom a Nexus 4 from the Play Store to replace her Galaxy Blaze (piece of ****) and it loses signal constantly at her house and at work. Just looking for some advice on what to do, as I'm not fairly sure it's a hardware problem.
From what I've seen the phone works perfectly fine and has service everywhere else with good coverage. My mom's house and work never had great coverage (always 0/1/2 bars with Blaze and S2) but she had Wi-Fi for internet and calling/texting always worked; they never lost service completely. Does the Nexus 4 have a lower strength antenna? We got her a new SIM card from T-Mobile and I had done the update to 4.3 while it was on Wi-Fi before we tested it at all.
At this point, I'm not sure whether to root and install different radios and void the warranty, or if it shouldn't be having these issues at all.
Thanks for any advice!
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Please review this article http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/08/26/bug-watch-android-4-3-radio-bugs-causing-cell-connection-drops-on-some-nexus-4-handsets-fixes-in-sight/ from Android Police for your problem. It's a bug with version 4.3.
BTW, I just bought a Nexus 4 from swappa and I am also with T-Mobile and currently using Galaxy S Blaze What a coincidence!!!

taodan said:
Please review this article from Android Police for your problem. It's a bug with version 4.3.
BTW, I just bought a Nexus 4 from swappa and I am also with T-Mobile and currently using Galaxy S Blaze What a coincidence!!!
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Ok thanks taodan! That actually sounds like what it could be. I'll see how 4.2.2 works before I jump to any other conclusions.
Hopefully you got a good price since Google just lowered it to $199/$249 on the Play Store. Their price protection is getting us $100 back even though we got it a couple days before price change.

I had the same issue with the 4.3 radio, flashing the 4.2.2 radio has alleviated my problems.

3rdstring said:
I had the same issue with the 4.3 radio, flashing the 4.2.2 radio has alleviated my problems.
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Couple days late but for anyone having this specific issue, the 4.2.2 radio has solved all problems!

Bad antenna? Horrible signal and Wi-Fi

Am I the only one that has bad signal with this phone? My Wi-Fi cuts out and I barely get signal in places where I got 4 bars on my iPhone. Is there a fix to this?

Euforeik said:
Am I the only one that has bad signal with this phone? My Wi-Fi cuts out and I barely get signal in places where I got 4 bars on my iPhone. Is there a fix to this?
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Having the same issue with my note 3. Seems to have gotten slightly better the past few days, but still poor compared to my note 2. Thinking about taking it back to Verizon this week. Anyone know how the return/exchange process works? If I exchange it and still have problems then what are my options? Or if I return it do I get my upgrade back? Can I then repurchase it and have another 14 days to test and potentially return it?

This is my only complaint about my phone. No problems on WiFi, but 4G reception is inconsistent and I often find the phone switching to 3G in places my Note 2 wouldn't. In that situation, I can use Tellinfo to force LTE only and I often have reception. The only problem with this is in places where 3G would actually be appropriate, I obviously then have no service.
This leads me to conclude (and hope) that it's a software/modem firmware issue rather than a hardware issue--the device is switching to 3G when staying on LTE would be appropriate. As such, we might hope for a fix.
bladerealm124 said:
Having the same issue with my note 3. Seems to have gotten slightly better the past few days, but still poor compared to my note 2. Thinking about taking it back to Verizon this week. Anyone know how the return/exchange process works? If I exchange it and still have problems then what are my options? Or if I return it do I get my upgrade back? Can I then repurchase it and have another 14 days to test and potentially return it?
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I am almost certain there is a restocking fee but they may waive that/it may not apply if you are dealing with a defective device.

I have an ac router with 2 channels I sit 3 ft. From it and get poor connection errors and it's slow when it does work. I have Fios as well.
There has to be bad drivers or radio.
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Drachnem said:
I have an ac router with 2 channels I sit 3 ft. From it and get poor connection errors and it's slow when it does work. I have Fios as well.
There has to be bad drivers or radio.
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Check out my ac issues thread there is a fix
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Drachnem said:
I have an ac router with 2 channels I sit 3 ft. From it and get poor connection errors and it's slow when it does work. I have Fios as well.
There has to be bad drivers or radio.
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I have same exact problem. Except I'm using century link
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My first N3 had great WiFi & signal strength, build date 10/2, but had a crooked camera.. I've since had 2 replacements both with WiFi & signal issues, same 10/6 build date.. I will be searching Best Buy for an earlier build date or perhaps one from a more recent batch within the past week if that's even possible.
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Jay A whY said:
My first N3 had great WiFi & signal strength, build date 10/2, but had a crooked camera.. I've since had 2 replacements both with WiFi & signal issues, same 10/6 build date.. I will be searching Best Buy for an earlier build date or perhaps one from a more recent batch within the past week if that's even possible.
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Hmm interesting. Thanks for this info I will probably go to Verizon Wednesday for a replacement or to at least test signal strength side by side with another device

I have luckily had vast improvements. Reception has been much better my note 3 compared to my s3. No more dropped calls. Always have a 3g or 4g signal as where I never had. Always on wifi at this location but finally sending out pics with ease.... This has definitely been some thick icing on the cake. I love it
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What's ur build date? @ loopers
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Jay A whY said:
What's ur build date? @ loopers
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How do we find this? The only date I can find is under kernel verison. It states September 24th

bladerealm124 said:
How do we find this? The only date I can find is under kernel verison. It states September 24th
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When u register your phone via the Samsung website, it will tell you once you input the imei info and tab to the next field.
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I had the same problem with my wifi (slow link speed "5mbps" even tho I had great signal) I solved the problem by changing the channel on my wireless router from channel 11 to channel 10 now I have awesome Internet speed "75mbps" compared to what I had before. Try it, it might help you guys' problem also.
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Mine has a build date of 10/02. I'm hoping this is just a software issue. The signal is not horrible by any means. But it seems to be slightly worse than my note 2. I had a few dropped calls the first few days I owned it(never had one with my note 2) and areas where I would at the very worst have 1 bar of 1x I now have no signal(fades in and out constantly). Sometimes I even struggle to send texts in areas that it was never an issue with the note 2. Now you've got me scared that I'll get an even worse one if I exchange it. Did you get your replacements through Verizon? How painful is the process? Also any experience getting Samsung to fix an issue like this under warranty? I'm not sure what my best option is but I only have two more days before my 14 day exchange period runs out. Fwark.

Not sure of the build date of my first Note 3 , but my second Note 3 has a build date of 10/2 and both have wifi stability issues

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46632006&postcount=20

Tested my note 3 tonight side by side with my girlfriend's S4 and they had about the same signal strength(note was about 10dBm worse at first but quickly adjusted and was actually better for a short period). But after watching them for about 10 minutes they seemed to be almost identical. My signal seems to be a bit better more recently than it was previously(did a soft reset last night and cleared cache as well). The only time the poor performance is really noticeable is in my living room at home where I now have no service 90% of the time making it very hard to send texts and mms. Previously with my note 2 I had at least one bar of 1x most of the time and rarely lost service completely. Hoping this will improve with a software update. I don't plan on taking mine back since it seems likely to get the same or worse performance from a replacement

My wifi is strong 50mbps, its the 4g thats my issue this radio sucks compared to my 3 year old droid bionic.

I wonder how much of the signal issues has to do with the power management. The radio and s800 provide
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I am in downtown San Francisco and at best have only 1 bar showing on 4G. I spoke to VZW service, the rep told me it's counter intuitive: yes San Francisco is saturated as best as VZW can as far as LTE is concerned, but because there are so many people using LTE in such a small area, connectivity is virtually "0".
Is this horse manure?

[Q] anybody having weak radio reception?

Coming from a Motorola RAZR, I had LTE and 4G in a lot more locations than the Note3 is getting. Sometimes I even lose signal completely while it's switching towers. My RAZR never had this issue.
Is the antenna just weaker in the Samsungs?

19psi said:
Coming from a Motorola RAZR, I had LTE and 4G in a lot more locations than the Note3 is getting. Sometimes I even lose signal completely while it's switching towers. My RAZR never had this issue.
Is the antenna just weaker in the Samsungs?
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Motorola has always had great radios samsung not so good unfortunately
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That's disappointing to hear. I love this phone but if it can't do basic things that i'm accustomed to, it's frustrating. what good is it if i'm in 1x or 3G when my 2 year old RAZR was 4G in the same locations.

+1 for moto radios. I was spoiled and didn't even know it.

ManOfBusiness said:
+1 for moto radios. I was spoiled and didn't even know it.
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Had a Razr Maxx about 8 months ago, beginning to miss that part too. Can't use wifi because of the unsolvable multicast packet wakelock/drain. In buildings where I used to get 2 bars 4G with the Note 2 its now either 2 bars 3G or 1 bar 1X if I hold the phone at the bottom (where I think the radios might be). Needless to say I pay attention during the entire class period now.

Does anyone know of a good app to refresh the network. I used to use fresh network on my rezound but it force closes on my note 3.
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changt34x said:
Had a Razr Maxx about 8 months ago, beginning to miss that part too. Can't use wifi because of the unsolvable multicast packet wakelock/drain. In buildings where I used to get 2 bars 4G with the Note 2 its now either 2 bars 3G or 1 bar 1X if I hold the phone at the bottom (where I think the radios might be). Needless to say I pay attention during the entire class period now.
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Tellnfo might work a simple turn off radios and then back on could help
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My reception was so bad I called n complained 3 times to Verizon... Finally they called Samsung n Samsung said I could have a bad antenna so they shipped me a new n3....i still have the same issues
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I got a Samsung and I get horrible service at my house. 3 quarters of the time I have no signal but if step one foot outside I get good service 3 quarters of the time so it is a win lose situation
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corpat said:
I got a Samsung and I get horrible service at my house. 3 quarters of the time I have no signal but if step one foot outside I get good service 3 quarters of the time so it is a win lose situation
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Living on the edge of 3G coverage...when I say edge I mean 5 ft behind my house I would drop signal on most phones. 2 bars and no dropped calls or failed to send texts I would get with the old S4. So im getting great reception.

I spend time in a remote part of north Idaho. I get 1 bar of signal, no 4G, and limited 3G (instead of 1G) when I am lucky. I previously have chosen Moto phones because of the weak signal in that area. I bought a Note 3 fully prepared to return the phone in my 14 day window and swap for the Droid Maxx if necessary. I have been pleasantly surprised with the quality of the radio reception. It is on par with my previous Droid Razr. I have no complaints.

I've noticed my N3 gets poor or no 4g reception where my Note 2 got great 4G. I also noticed it would be on 3g when I know there's 4g in the area I'm in (e.g. highway), and I also found that if I disconnected data manually or made a call and disconnected (which also disconnects 3g), sometimes it would find and connect to 4G.
I hope this gets fixed in a radio update

Samzebian said:
I've noticed my N3 gets poor or no 4g reception where my Note 2 got great 4G. I also noticed it would be on 3g when I know there's 4g in the area I'm in (e.g. highway), and I also found that if I disconnected data manually or made a call and disconnected (which also disconnects 3g), sometimes it would find and connect to 4G.
I hope this gets fixed in a radio update
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Exactly my experience!
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Anyone have a flashable zip of the new radio? We now have official release of SS to flash it

We have SS now?! Sweet!
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19psi said:
We have SS now?! Sweet!
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Yup look here but still not 100% justttt yet http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517610

Signal strength horrible
Just bought a note 3 coming from a droid Bionic and original droid before that. The signal in my building is not great but my Bionic rarely had a problem with 4g. The note 3 is dropping to 3g and I have even seen 1x (haven't seen that in years). Data doesn't work half the time at work and that is an issue. Since I haven't had a Samsung before does anyone think this will be fixed? I did the update yesterday and was hoping that was this fix but nope. I was tossed between the note 3 and the droid maxx( for battery life). I still have a week to switch (for a fee of course) but the phone is awesome. However I can't live with bad reception. Does anyone have a comparison with the droid maxx for reception?
Thanks for the help.

lmike6453 said:
Anyone have a flashable zip of the new radio? We now have official release of SS to flash it
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Id like to see a flashable zip of the new radios as well...anyone?
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LTE speed very different from Nexus 5

hey guys, I have a N5 and a SGH-I337M and in the exact same location I see on the speedtest app 80Mbps on the N5 and barely 12Mbps on the SGH-I337M, same server too.
I've had the hardest time with this phone, I thinked I tripped knox, I was never able to use LTE on CM10 so I gave up and switched back to stock (I337MVLUFNC1)
But now LTE is slow and I have no clue why, any ideas guys?
Thanks

doritos93 said:
hey guys, I have a N5 and a SGH-I337M and in the exact same location I see on the speedtest app 80Mbps on the N5 and barely 12Mbps on the SGH-I337M, same server too.
I've had the hardest time with this phone, I thinked I tripped knox, I was never able to use LTE on CM10 so I gave up and switched back to stock (I337MVLUFNC1)
But now LTE is slow and I have no clue why, any ideas guys?
Thanks
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I rarely see over 30Mbps on my i337m.... if you want a nice rom, check out Mapleleaf in the development section.... the dev provides excellent support.

So this is a ROM issue?