I followed muniz_ri's post yesterday to upgrade my VZW S5 to Android 5.0, and it went perfectly!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...l/how-to-update-to-g900vvru1boa8-5-0-t3020546
I am having ZERO issues, screen rotation is fine. However, the one thing I did notice was the 4G signal bar was very low.
I live within 3 blocks of a VZW tower, and it has the latest AWS (XLTE) upgrade. With 4.4.4, I had FULL signal and was pulling 45-65mb consistently.
Now after the update, my signal bars are in-between 1-3. I've tried several speed tests, and they would max out at 5mb. I've tried switching in-between Global and LTE/CDMA with little to no difference.
Has anyone else seen or has had this issue? Would it be possible to flash back to the older 4.4.4 base band/radio or is not compatible?
Thanks for your help!
I have noticed the same thing. I noticed on my normal commute where I would be in strong to low 4G, It now switches to 3G when in the low spots.. Going to try a clean install again and see what happens.
Stevez48 said:
I have noticed the same thing. I noticed on my normal commute where I would be in strong to low 4G, It now switches to 3G when in the low spots.. Going to try a clean install again and see what happens.
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Thanks.. Im about to do the same myself, but think that I'll wait a few days and see what happens.
same here
I actually went looking through the forums for this problem because after the lollipop update I've noticed a very weak signal. People on the other end of my phone conversations have commented several times in the last couple of days that it sounds like I'm on a bad connection so I'm pretty sure it's not just me. I started with a clean install, so if anyone has any ideas please let me know.
It is also of note that I am NOT having any other major issues. The 5 .0 update is running great. My battery life is not as good as I expected it to be, I don't get through a full day on a charge anymore. I can live with that, but this signal thing is going to kill me. I'll have to roll back to 4 .4.
Has any one found a solution to this problem I've tried to factory reset and re down load each step and I have horrible reception dropped calls like crazy my text messages fail constantly as well as pic messages it's beginning to piss me off lol but also good to know I'm not the only one having problems
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Any of you guys experiencing **** signal now? I sit in my room and i can't even get calls anymore. It show's it has service but i get no calls coming through. Sometimes i just get no service, whereas before the update I always got service here.. Also, after school where i barely get service inside, and i go outside i have to reboot the phone to get signal again.. wtf?
Any fixes?
Unfortunately, I'm getting the same experience. Already filed a ticket with T-Mo...they're going to look into it. This is ridiculous.
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Gotta agree with you here. I've noticed my phone spending more time with a big fat 'G' in the bar then the '3G'. Not very happy about it and wish I could just flash the original stock ROM back.
Where do u file a ticket
No problems here in the UK. Maybe its related to the 1700Mhz frequency. Is it the same in both 2g and 3g? compared to the same before in 2g and 3g of course.
My signal is just fine after the OTA... actually, get 1 more bar at my Dad's than I did before... his house is my true testing grounds since it is an old house with metal in the exterior walls at a low point on top of a hill... nobody gets coverage at his place minus 1-2 bars by the door, and 2-3 outside.
With my G1 I got 0-2 in the house, and my N1 gets 1-3 depending on where I am at. Better than any phone I have ever tested there, including BB's, WM's, and plain Janes.
do you have any custom radio settings or anything?
Same problem here. Really getting pissed off now.
Same here, posted about it earlier... I emailed google, no word yet!
since the update im always on 3g / H
one more note, I have never dropped a call on my BB's in the past and it happens all the time on my N1... if the damn screen wasnt so pretty I'd say f it!
I'm having the same issues but I am using AT&T. Even though I have full bars on Edge, I can't make nor receive calls or texts more often than before.
No issues after the ota, and still getting 3G/H 4bars most of the time. One wierd thing after the ota, is when I run speedtest, the nearest Server it locks on is 1,586 miles away It use to be in Las Vegas hood!
No decrease in network connectivity here... I'm actually seeing better 3G connectivity than before the update.
same here... and wouldnt you think full edge would mean 3g service? the radio in this phone is all f'd up
What method did you guys use to update? Did you remove the battery at all during the update, or did you let it go until it rebooted on its own?
Maybe try reflashing the update manually, really easy to do with or with out an unlocked boatloader and root. I am thinking you might have a bad flashing of the radio ROM or incomplete update. The radio ROM update has done wonders for so many, and was heavily tested for a couple weeks by Google, so I highly doubt it would be a step backwards... only way I could see the update itself being the 'root' of the problem is if it isn't compatiable with the broadcast radios being used in your area on the towers.
my nexus is MUCH better after the update. MUCH BETTER.
I did it manually step for step it went along with the directions and discription
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What method did you guys use to update? Did you remove the battery at all during the update, or did you let it go until it rebooted on its own?
Maybe try reflashing the update manually, really easy to do with or with out an unlocked boatloader and root. I am thinking you might have a bad flashing of the radio ROM or incomplete update. The radio ROM update has done wonders for so many, and was heavily tested for a couple weeks by Google, so I highly doubt it would be a step backwards... only way I could see the update itself being the 'root' of the problem is if it isn't compatiable with the broadcast radios being used in your area on the towers.
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How do i Manually re apply the update ? My phone is NOT rooted and the bootloader is LOCKED. please advise
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How do i Manually re apply the update ? My phone is NOT rooted and the bootloader is LOCKED. please advise
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627823
Does a better job than I could/would.
Please, somebody tell me there's hope. 2 really annoying & disappointing things are happening. My bluetooth keeps randomly disconnecting, and to make matters worse the status bar icon still shows it is connected, but it's not. Second, I am dropping calls almost daily, and I'm mostly in places where 2 seconds before the drop I had 4 bars!!! I went to a store today & got a replacement SIM (50.01 vs. 39.01 markings) hoping that might solve it, not happening. And the signal strength almost never shows less than -105 dBm, sometimes -97. I NEVER had a dropped call or any bluetotth issues with either my old trusty G1 or the MT3G I just came from. I'm really trying to love the phone, it has so many positives. But the fact that it's a "phone" and it's basic function is skewered is pissing me off big time. Please, someone tell me I ain't the only one experiencing these issues, and, that either the OTA FroYo or Cyan's first ROM is gonna fix 'em? Better yet, any known fixes now? Are these issues in any way related to the data issues, possibly? When I called Tech Support last night they said to try a hard reset, but I really don't want to do so, unless I can flash one of the stock/de-TW'ed "stock" ROM's written about in the Dev. threads. Anyone have any concrete suggestions or explanations? Thanks...
My G2 may be defective or is it this buggy?
I've actually had the phone reboot on me twice. It looked like a kernel panic like i'm used to on my nexus one with cyanogenmod nightly builds. not only that but i don't see any internet speed improvements in my area over the nexus one despite my area being HSPA+ deployed. I get about the same 800kbps-1.5mbps on both phones. Others in HSPA areas report >3Mbit.
I will also have some considerable lag issues and just plain hangups with switching applications that i never experienced on my nexus. Also I only get about 1.2ish gb of internal storage while othere report >2gb.
On the upside my hinge seems fairly solid and battery life is good. but those glaring issues have me wanting to return (get $ back) and go back to my nexus.
Did I get a lemon? Are others experiencing this as well?
Uhm... this forum is full of these complaints, how could you miss them all?
Here
And here
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Experiencing the same issues. Phone just turns itself off. Poor to no reception in areas where my Vibrant and Nexus One get2-3 bars of 3g. Like the phone but it does have issues which some people are reluctant to see. Weird things happen when I deploy the keyboard. Return button does not work at times etc.
From one entire day with the phone I thought reception was weak as well. BUT I asked my wife if her TMO BBerry 9700 had dead spots in the same areas and sure enough she said yes.
I'll be double checking that tonight.... I'll be much happier if it's the network and not the phone.
A lot of users seem to be having these so don't worry you aren't alone.
I get absolutely NO reception in my room (basement lol), coincidently I also use my phone as an alarm and couldn't figure out why it always stuck itself in a boot loop more at night than during the day (which it did...up to five times).
ANYWAY, personally I cut on airplane mode at night and have no problems with the phone crashing and boot looping (G2 splash screen). Ive also installed Rom Manager and run "fix permissions" which has basically stopped the random fc's and crashes during the day. I cant remember if the fix permissions is root dependent as ive always had root when running it but it worked very well for me. Before permission fix my phone was fast but seemed to jerk and twitch going through screens, now it doesn't.
I haven't experienced the freaky ghost track pad issue and the non responding touch screen which caused me to have to lock and unlock the screen.
These might help until either someone can achieve permaroot or tee-mobe sends an ota.
I've had the same reception issues. Tech support told me to do a factory reset, but I don't see how that would help since I just got my second phone two days ago (first one bricked after a kernel panic). It has had these problems out of the box.
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Hey guys, I'm on my second fascinate...returned the first one because I couldn't stay connected to 3g for any length of time. For example, trying to stream pandora or youtube would always drop out / buffer and not reconnect. After getting my second phone I am still having this problem. When I finally do get connected it's terribly slow and soon drops out. Thought it may have just been reception first but my original droid worked prefect in the same areas (i live maybe 50ft from the verizon tower lol) and have the same problems in other cities too.
I've learnt to live with the audio playback pops and gps in hopes that they get fixed in an ota, but haven't really heard much about a fix for this. Really hope someone can help, love the phone aside from this problem, but it kind of makes paying $30 extra for a smart phone feel well, dumb
Oh, Im stock too besides the d01 update and have tried both *228 and *22899 also
*22899?
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Hey guys, I'm on my second fascinate...returned the first one because I couldn't stay connected to 3g for any length of time. For example, trying to stream pandora or youtube would always drop out / buffer and not reconnect. After getting my second phone I am still having this problem. When I finally do get connected it's terribly slow and soon drops out. Thought it may have just been reception first but my original droid worked prefect in the same areas (i live maybe 50ft from the verizon tower lol) and have the same problems in other cities too.
I've learnt to live with the audio playback pops and gps in hopes that they get fixed in an ota, but haven't really heard much about a fix for this. Really hope someone can help, love the phone aside from this problem, but it kind of makes paying $30 extra for a smart phone feel well, dumb
Oh, Im stock too besides the d01 update and have tried both *228 and *22899 also
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Give Verizon a call, there are some internal settings on the phone that they can adjust that might help. They did that for me it involved going into the dialer and putting in some number i forgot what it was, but i then had to enable something, and we went through the screens. They had me change one setting that gave me a more consistent signal.
It was something with 9s in it haha. And I called verizon, ended up changing some of my cdma settings through the dialer... Really wish I had wrote down all the steps because it took me deep into menus that aren't changeable without the codes.... Either way, it's somewhat better but I wouldn't say that completely fixed my problem.
3g still drops out much to frequently. when I get service, it seems quicker but youtube or downloading a large file are still impossible....
No one else is having this problem or found a fix? I'm at wits end, feel like spiking my phone onto the pavement at times lol
I just yesterday got a replacement Fascinate, with that issue being one of my reasons for exchanging it. So far, I don't seem to be seeing any such issues, but time will tell. If the issue comes back, I might try falling tech support for those dialer codes mentioned here.
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It's been happening for a while now. I can have full signal on H, then suddenly no H, E, or G. Data does not reconnect automatically; I have to force it by switching Airplane mode On/Off. I saw something in the forums about a radio update, but I heard that removes ability to change permroot/S-OFF. Please help me clarify this, and if there is an update, is it safe and should I install it.
Stock ROM, temp-rooted with Visionary and permrooted with HBOOT/WPTHIS_OTA method. Kernel is the one linked in my signature thing [1497KHz] and pushed Wi-Fi module. Hopefully that's enough info. Let me know if you need my SSN# ...lol
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Does it do this when the phone is still???
Max. (Desire z)
Don't see how that correlates with my problem? Still or moving, it happens randomly.
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I have been experiencing this exact problem quite often over the last two weeks. I am using CM 6.1.1 in Chicago.
same situation happens to me...nvr seem to have a solid 3g/H in my house. While my blackberry will be having 3G all day. The g2 will fluctuates from H -> G -> E and stays like that. So annoying that ruins the experience of having a good data phone.
Same problem here! It happens from time to time, I have to switch off/on data to get reconnected.
Also happens when I turn off wifi after a long period of use, It won't reconnect to the carrier's data.
I had this when I switched over to CM 6.1.1. I thought it was CM so I flashed my backup, then decided to try it again. The problem I found was Pershoot's kernel. My data connection would drop and come up on it's own and was happening while I was using data. I've been running CM 6.1.1 with it's kernel and haven't had this problem since.
Same here running latest Virt (tmous g2) and I *think* it's running a pershoot hybrid.
I have never run Pershoot's kernel, and have always used the kernel included with CM. It seems to be recent (last two weeks) problem for me. The phone cycles from 3G->G->E->3G->H. The worst, however, is when it shows 3G->H but cannot connect to anything. The only solution is to turn off the data and let it reconnect.
I think it might actually be network related and not hardware / software. Maybe too many new phones activated around the Holidays? The reason I think this is that my Nexus One keeps having similar problems --- even on different ROMs.
Could be either?
I used to be on Mobilicity in Canada and experienced this (random disconnects from data several times a day, wouldn't automatically reconnect), switched to Wind and I haven't had this problem.
Stock G2 ROM, unlocked, s-off, su visionary
Data Problems...
Ignore my signature I'm currently on G2.
I think the problem you all have might be a TMobile problem.
I live in Madison TN / Nashville TN and I been having that data drop problem for going on a year now. Happended on every phone I been on Mytouch 3G Mytouch Slide Samsung Vibrant HD2 and now I'm on the G2 that I bought yesterday. Also had the same problem on a Nexus one.
The situation was that I will have all my bars and a 3G/H symbole and my connection would just fall a sleep with the 3G still in corner. Put phone in airplane mode and take it out airplane mode and my downloads will resume.
This process would happen after 15 min or 20 min of constant data.
2 days ago I started calling tmobile to get this fixed. Told them I didn't have this problem on ATT and Verizon so they put in a service ticket with the engineers and they claim it should be resolved in the next couple days if mot to give them a call back and to forward my call straight to level 2 tech support.
More people should complain about it.
That happended across atleast 5 different pda phones and 3 different sim cards. Yeah some of the phones had custom roms but each phone shouldn't have the same symptons.
The cellular towers in my area must really have a problem and I'm expecting a credit on my account lol.
PS connection is perfect on Edge though... Just slow...
Could it be because of overclock?? What if a certain CPU speed doesn't play well with the radio?? Just a thought...
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Could it be because of overclock?? What if a certain CPU speed doesn't play well with the radio?? Just a thought...
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For that to happen to me on 5 different devices that will tell you that CPU speed has nothing to do with it. Best I can say is to reset your phone to stock and give TMobile a call and let them know the situation. If you dont, nothing will be done about it.
I say to return to stock because if you dont, there reps will try there best to put the blame on you and the custom software. But from my experience being on Nexus One / MyTouch Slide / MyTouch 3G / Samsung Vibrant / HD2 / G2 all having the same exact problem????
Yeah the problem is on TMobile end...
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For that to happen to me on 5 different devices that will tell you that CPU speed has nothing to do with it. Best I can say is to reset your phone to stock and give TMobile a call and let them know the situation. If you dont, nothing will be done about it.
I say to return to stock because if you dont, there reps will try there best to put the blame on you and the custom software. But from my experience being on Nexus One / MyTouch Slide / MyTouch 3G / Samsung Vibrant / HD2 / G2 all having the same exact problem????
Yeah the problem is on TMobile end...
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Is it the same EXACT problem I'm describing? Or are you talking about general reception? Because some people on here with different ROMs (or radios) have mixed results. I'm in an HSPA+ area with full signal usually, but I keep having my data disconnecting. After a while it comes back, but I don't like to wait that long. I just switch radio on/off. :/
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Is it the same EXACT problem I'm describing? Or are you talking about general reception? Because some people on here with different ROMs (or radios) have mixed results. I'm in an HSPA+ area with full signal usually, but I keep having my data disconnecting. After a while it comes back, but I don't like to wait that long. I just switch radio on/off. :/
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Yeah it sounds like the same exact problem to me which I had on all those other phones too. Im like you I dont feel like waiting so I switch to airplane mode on and off and the data comes back.
Or Il just drop to 2G Edge only and the connection is stable just slow though.
I couldnt find a solution online so now I got tmobile reps in the picture to get this resolved for my area though.
Count me in. I HAD a BB 9700 and it behaved the same way you guys are talking about but i didn't have to set it to airplane mode to reset the connection. I do however have to restart my G2 sometimes to get it connects to Tmobile network again. It is such an inconvenience.
I'm on stock rooted rom by fastludeh.
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Count me in. I HAD a BB 9700 and it behaved the same way you guys are talking about but i didn't have to set it to airplane mode to reset the connection. I do however have to restart my G2 sometimes to get it connects to Tmobile network again. It is such an inconvenience.
I'm on stock rooted rom by fastludeh.
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Yeah TMobile need to get this fixed. I plan on giving them a call back on Monday or Tuesday since my 3G connection still continues to drop.
Im currently on ALL stock on the G2. Havnt did any modifications yet.
Would changing the radio help? i see there is other radio firmware available...not sure if that will do anything for our phones. Currently sticking to my 9700 for now until this issue is fixed or if i get bored of the 9700 and jump back to the G2
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Would changing the radio help? i see there is other radio firmware available...not sure if that will do anything for our phones. Currently sticking to my 9700 for now until this issue is fixed or if i get bored of the 9700 and jump back to the G2
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Na I dont think changing radio will work. I tried multiple radios and custom roms on the HD2 and same situation over and over.
Having problems with everything connection on my g2 it started happening like two weeks ago. Random no service for like a minute then full bars and hspa never use to do it but now it does frustrating as heck oh on a stock froyo too wtf
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