Network type constantly switching - X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What's up your fantastic XDA people. As the title says , my Moto X keeps constantly switching between Network types. One minute it's fine and dandy on LTE and then it'll just randomly switch to H, and then to 3G or from H back to LTE. Does it randomly at any time of the day and also might even just lose LTE connection altogether momentarily and then it comes back after a second or two.
Running Stock Android 5.1.1 with no custom kernel or anything modified. Thanks plenty

Ive been having similar problems modified or stock still does it

Beginning to wonder if it's a widespread issue for Tmobile users and if it gets fixed with the MM update later this week.
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Aaaargh fecking signal!!

Why does my phone show full signal yet all apps that use mobile data either run shockingly slow or not at all!! My steam app is constantly reconnecting yet signal is constant! In BBS it's showing i have good signal for a matter of minutes and is mostly showing poor or unknown signal nearly the whole time the phone is on!
My set up is the latest AOKP rom and faux's kernel
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nuclearmonkeyuk said:
Why does my phone show full signal yet all apps that use mobile data either run shockingly slow or not at all!! My steam app is constantly reconnecting yet signal is constant! In BBS it's showing i have good signal for a matter of minutes and is mostly showing poor or unknown signal nearly the whole time the phone is on!
My set up is the latest AOKP rom and faux's kernel
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Could be you only have full bars of 2G data speed. You are either being throttled for excessive use from your carrier or your carrier only has 2G speeds where you live. Where I work the entire county only has 2G Edge speeds from AT&T even though their coverage map shows 3G for the area. Check your data type and speeds with an app like Network Signal info.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en
Happens to me a lot as well. I show full 4g and yet everything times out and wont load because data is so slow. I'm also in a good coverage area where i get 12-14 Mbps speed with other phones and when this one is acting normal.
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The towers you are connecting to are probably overloaded. Thin of them as a wireless access point at your house with 1 internet line. If too many connect to and use that line, the connection gets slower. Would be nice if cell providers posted tower stats in your area. Would save a lot of angry calls
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The towers you are connecting to are probably overloaded. Thin of them as a wireless access point at your house with 1 internet line. If too many connect to and use that line, the connection gets slower. Would be nice if cell providers posted tower stats in your area. Would save a lot of angry calls
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I think in my situation it is not this. My wife has an HTC one s and my brother a sgs2 and they will have great data speed while i have dead slow even though we are on the same carrier and in the same room.
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Got the same problem
My pbone is acting wired showing full signal but no traffic gets through
Also sometimes the signal just greys out and i dont get any connection until switching flightmode and back
Im at aokp to... Maybe its relaxed to the rom
Im on Stock kernel
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MoooN said:
Got the same problem
My pbone is acting wired showing full signal but no traffic gets through
Also sometimes the signal just greys out and i dont get any connection until switching flightmode and back
Im at aokp to... Maybe its relaxed to the rom
Im on Stock kernel
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Happened to me on stock, cm, aokp, and now pa. I don't know what it is. I just hope an update will fix it.
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Glad im not the only one suffering.. I didnt really have the problem on stock so much.. just since unlocking and flashing new roms.
To the person who mentioned carrier throttling, its certainly not that as one minute i'll get full speed and the next (youtube for example) will just stop and start saying no signal retry and then if i turn the phone off and back on again it will work. How can a carrier throttle you when you only have a 2Gb usage limit and then they charge you afterwards that makes no sense.
Also its not a 2G problem as Signal checker shows 3G and also now EE all around my area. Besides my wife's S3 on the same network is getting full speeds where im not or anything even though im apparently at full strength H
I hope this gets sorted soon as its also affecting calls.. I'll have what looks like full signal while playing a game then suddenly a text to say someone tried ringing me like 3 minutes before!!
probably switching from HSDPA to HSPA+.
did you notice a H on top of your signal bar, that switches to H+ when the lag is over?
I have had this problem for a long time, since I got my Galaxy Nexus and now again on my Nexus 4, and finally got so fed up that I have been testing it all day and getting screenshots ready to make my own post about this so I am pretty relieved to see this post!
I live in Philadelphia and use T-Mobile. I have had T-Mobile here for years and never had this problem before. When they upgraded to 3G I had amazing speed boosts and when they did HSPA+ it got even better but that was on a G1/G2. On my Nexus phones the internet is damn near unusable in center city but what is so odd about it is that in my Google searches about the problem I can only seem to find posts raving about T-Mobile in the city and how Philly keeps getting improvements including the new improved 1900Mhz HSPA+42 but I have never even seen my Nexus 4 on the +42 network the best it goes to is +15 and even that makes no difference because the internet is so slow and unrelaible that unless I am on Wifi, my phone just sits in my pocket useless.
I'm really at my wits end about this and no one, Google or T-Mobile seems to take responsibility or have any advice on how to fix it except the pointless factory reset.
I've seen a brief mention on XDA about a fast.tmobile.com APN and I changed to that and I'd like to imagine that it showed some type of improvements but certainly not with data speeds/latency/integrity of connection. If anything, it may have improved signal 'strength' (used lightly because regardless of what my strength is listed as the connection sucks.
To be clear, I am connected to HSPA and HSPA+ when the connection is being used, like it should, but these are the best speeds I managed to get throughout the day today as I moved around campus trying different spots.
Please, someone have advice!!
Could it be kennel related? Did you guys try just being on stock ROM?
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Could it be kennel related? Did you guys try just being on stock ROM?
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I am using the stock kernel, stock radio although not the stock ROM. I am pretty sure I had this problem before I rooted (I say pretty sure to be conservative with my answer since I am not 100% sure but I am definitely 90%)
Is anyone confident about their knowledge regarding APN settings? I have seen like 15 different configurations for T-Mobile's APN and have no idea which one to try and would prefer not to just go through them one by one -- I've got things to do!
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Could it be kennel related? Did you guys try just being on stock ROM?
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Again.. I'm pretty sure i didn't have this problem while on stock but i could be wrong. My GNex was exactly the same. And I'm on orange UK so completely different network to the T-Mobile USA so surely can't be random that we're both having the same problems
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I had the same slowness over cellular, 9kbps or so. I changed APN's, rebooted and just got 2463kbps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791526
drdjr said:
I had the same slowness over cellular, 9kbps or so. I changed APN's, rebooted and just got 2463kbps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791526
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Will this only work for at&t users though?
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I'm on stock 4.2.1. Phone is rooted and boot loader unlocked. For about two days now I'm having signal drops from 4bars, then greyed out 4 bars and jumps between H to 3G. Settings for LTE revert to WCDMA every time I lose reception. Also dialer crashes/ force closes if I have an incoming call and sends all calls to voicemail. I can dial out but at the end of my calls when I go to hang up I see the popup that phone process crashed.
My carrier is Bell Canada and the phone worked fine for about 10 days before this started happening.
Any tips or advice to help me out is appreciated. Thanks.
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[Q] Data Issue VS980 - Verizon

Basically I have tried stock reset using LG Flashing tool i have rooted and tried numerous roms, but the problem is i boot my phone it has 4gLTE full then 5 minutes in it switches to 3g network. I have called verizon and tried everything they told me. Also i have even tried and made sure it was on the correct network which is Global or CDMA/LTE
I wanted to know if any deveopler can help me here to figure out the issue with why its not staying connected to 4g?
One of two things. There is issues with the towers around u which would be a Verizon problem. Or its hardware related
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Esteway.619 said:
One of two things. There is issues with the towers around u which would be a Verizon problem. Or its hardware related
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its sounding like its hardware related before i upgraded to the LG g2 i had .. i even dialed *228 to locate towers my area is all red on 4glte and im right next to the tower
can someone please help me with this issue it is irritating me very much because i pay for 4glte not 3g ****
so no update on this no one having the same issues as me loosing 4glte and connecting to 3g
Have you tried a new SIM card? On some LTE devices dialing *228 can actually screw up the SIM data. You should try a new card.
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Have you tried any of the different radios / modems? Might be worth a shot.
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so no update on this no one having the same issues as me loosing 4glte and connecting to 3g
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Just got my G2 a couple days ago and I can confirm that I am having the same issue. I haven't found any fixes yet. It does seem that as long as I am actively using the data network, I keep 4g. Once I quit using data or go to wi-fi though, I switch back to 3g after a short period. Quick toggle of airplane mode and almost instantly connects back to 4g again, with the same results of dropping shortly thereafter.
I'm in a spotty area, 4G sticks on one bar and rarely reverts to 3G. Signal loss very rarely. Always comes back auto. Faulty modem sw, SIM, hardware, or towers.
I called lg about the issue they say it was Verizon's fault and there radios .. So they sent me the international version works perfect now I would recommend anyone here to drop Verizon they are **** and highly overpriced

[Q] [VZW] VS98012B LTE Connectivity Problem?

Updated my phone (VZW LG G2) to the latest software patch that went out recently (Dec 20/21?) and now my phone will default to 3G service more often than 4G LTE. My home gets very strong LTE service and I could speedtest up to 20mbps at times on it. After I updated, however, my phone will connect to 3G about 90% of the time. Rarely does it connect to LTE. This isn't just at my home, so I don't think it's a local tower issue as I've had the same problem in town as well.
Has anyone else encountered a problem with LTE connectivity after updating to VS98012B?
edit: If I switch on airplane mode and then turn it off, sometimes it will switch back to LTE.
Flashed modem only here, no problems.
If you are still on pure stock, call Verizon and let them address it for you.
I've been searching for this problem as well. My wife's HTC One is sitting beside my G2 Rick solid on LTE, and mine is stuck on 3g. This only seems to happen in the house, so maybe hers just gets a better signal than the G2. On the rare occasion I do get lte, my speed tests are always much slower than hers. I know it's not an lte problem because out in town with a stronger signal I can get about 40 Mb d/l
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Yup, I have the same issue after upgrading to vs98012B. Mine is rooted by the way.
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I'm not seeing this problem. In fact, it's the opposite for me. I'm rooted and didn't want to go through the hassle of losing my custom recovery, so I waited until a stock, rooted version of 12B released. I flashed it as well as the corresponding 12B modem zip. I live in a fringe LTE area and it was not uncommon for me to see 3G in my house. Since the upgrade I've only been seeing LTE. I'm very happy with this update.
I've noticed today seems like I'm stuck on 3g
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Phone drops LTE frequently?

Has anyone else noticed on T-Mobile that LTE drops to edge frequently? Or is it just me? I have to force LTE every 5-10min if I set my phone down and its rather annoying.
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This was happening to me a few days ago. The problem has now gone away.
If you're like me and rooted with xposed this is what I did to fix it. I disabled all the modules in xposed, restarted, and selected one by one to find the culprit. Ended up being gravity box causing the issue. Hope this helps.
I am having the same issue with LTE on a Canadian carrier. Are there any fixes without rooting the phone?
On T-Mobile and been noticing this as well. I honestly think the lack of Band 12 may be a contributing factor (at least in my case). I recently got a Nexus 6 and have been using it for the past day or so ... Monitoring signal with the app LTE Discovery I am noticing that in areas where I'd lose LTE on the X my N6 is switching from Band 4 to Band 12 and maintaining LTE coverage.
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I had the same issue as well but I reset the the apn to default and no issue in 2 days. Not saying it will fix your problem but it worked for me...
After having my phone a few more days I feel like its a T-Mobile issue, I reset my phone (still rooted) and switched to the nano sim included with my phone (old sim was from my old moto x) and I've had less dropouts, but if the phone sits idle for a while or I'm walking around my house it sometimes drops to 2g, then drops signal, and I force a reconnect to LTE.
I thought the X had band 12? But I guess I thought wrong?
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IRX120 said:
After having my phone a few more days I feel like its a T-Mobile issue, I reset my phone (still rooted) and switched to the nano sim included with my phone (old sim was from my old moto x) and I've had less dropouts, but if the phone sits idle for a while or I'm walking around my house it sometimes drops to 2g, then drops signal, and I force a reconnect to LTE.
I thought the X had band 12? But I guess I thought wrong?
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My understanding is Motorola is in the process of getting band 12 certified with T-Mobile. I have not heard of it being approved at this time.

LTE issues on att

Is anyone else experiencing lots of issues with lte on att. I'm always getting h even when I'm in full lte coverage. If I toggle vpns and keep hitting reset to default eventually I will load full bars of lte. However if I reboot my phone or sometimes even just going in WiFi I'll be back stuck at h again. Anyone else experiencing this or did I just get a lemon?
Omg im having this issue thinking of getting a new sim card to see if it fixes the issue keep me updated [email protected]
Same issue here, I have to keep flipping APNs until it sticks. There are other threads out there talking about this, have either of you registered the 6P with AT&T? I don't see what help it would be if you are already on an Android plan but the thread had suggested it.
I lose LTE a lot but outside of the symbol disappearing nothing feels different with what I do.
Its very annoying and the only phone I've ever owned with this bug.
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This is a known bug on 6.0.1. And it has not been addressed and doesn't look like it will until N drops or at least that's what I've read anyway. Who knows when a fix will come but this effects everyone ot just at&t. I'm on Sprint and I get 3g when I'm supposed to be getting LTE. A reboot or airplane mode toggle will sometimes bring LTE back but it soon goes back to 3g again. This is a bug in Marshmallow for our Angler from what I've read.
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I've had this happen occasionally. Usually happens if my phone is very hot from playing games
Same issues for me as well. Same thing on stock or custom roms. I believe this is a bug Google will have to fix. Lets hope for sooner rather than later.
Yeah same here but I don't really care to be honest.
is this LTE bug worth staying on 6.0 over 6.01 ?

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