This is really frustrating! :evil:
The signal on my phone shows good reception, but meanwhile the phone is off. When people call me, they get forwarded to my voice mail, although the phone never rang in the first place!
Does anyone else have this problem, and better yet... how do you fix it?
Thanks!
can you call from it ?
I usually don't know that it's off and 'in disguise' when it happens. I only find out later when someone tells me that they called but my phone was off. I check the phone and it's on. I try dialing and it doesn't work, so I hang up and try again, and... presto! It works again!
How weird is that?
I actually know two other people who are facing the same problem, but none of us know how to fix it.
maybe a newer rom ?
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So at least once a day my phones voice/3G radio will lockup. It'll show the last amount of signal I had. WIFI and 4Gthe work great but when trying to txt it will fail and when I try to make a call it'll sit at connecting and if I try to "end" the call it wont. Other then that the phone runs great.
So how many people are seeing this issue? I am wondering if my phone is simply poched or if everyone is seeing this.
reddragon72 said:
So at least once a day my phones voice/3G radio will lockup. It'll show the last amount of signal I had. WIFI and 4Gthe work great but when trying to txt it will fail and when I try to make a call it'll sit at connecting and if I try to "end" the call it wont. Other then that the phone runs great.
So how many people are seeing this issue? I am wondering if my phone is simply poched or if everyone is seeing this.
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It is all a bit weird. Would like to know if all these handsets come from the same place or different assembly plants.
I have not had any issues with voice/radio lockups, reboots, mute call, etc. Don't believe in luck. There has to be a reason why some are having super issues with the Photon and some have none.
I used to have silent call issues as well but after the OTA those are gone. But this whole radio lockup thing is kinda getting old and is happening more often.
Like I said the phone works great other then txt, voice and 3G data. And sometimes if I push it the phone will actually reboot itself(like make a call and try and send a bunch of txt messages while it is locked up.)
So now I am wondering if I need to get a replacement? It wont bother me to have to redo everything as long as it fixes this one issue, and like I said everything else works great not one issue.
My 3G radio acted up once so far. (showed a connection but wasn't sending / receiving texts and couldn't make calls)
what i did was turn airplane mode on then off and it seemed to reconnect to the cell network without issue. only done it once so far.
do you use juice defender? Have seen this issue and experienced this issue. I have been unable to determine the cause but i know a friends phone had just installed juice defender and it was locking up the connection! if you don't then im not sure i haven't really seen the issue since the update
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My 3G radio acted up once so far. (showed a connection but wasn't sending / receiving texts and couldn't make calls)
what i did was turn airplane mode on then off and it seemed to reconnect to the cell network without issue. only done it once so far.
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If I try airplane it sets with it grayed out and the check box grayed out and never comes back from that. Also the signal bars still remain on the notafication bar as if I never checked airplane mode.
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do you use juice defender? Have seen this issue and experienced this issue. I have been unable to determine the cause but i know a friends phone had just installed juice defender and it was locking up the connection! if you don't then im not sure i haven't really seen the issue since the update
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Nope I don't use those things at all. I leave WIFI on all the time as I connect at work and home for better battery and speed. And before you say it it happens with WIFI on or off and the same for 4G. It almost seems like a hardware issue more then a software, but it is kinda to hard to actually tell.
And I have done two factory resets so far and still the issue occur's. Might try to do a full reinstall or just take it in to the shop and tell them to give me another one.
id def go ask for a new one. I dont have any issues other then the proximity sensor sometimes acts like a goof. I havent had the phone lock up or reboot once its entire life. knock on wood.
So I made an odd discovery. When WIFI is off this issue does not occur. WIFI on however the voice/3g will lockup and never recover after one phone call.
I have the latest update and everything, so wonder why WIFI on would cause the voice radio to lockup after one call....
I wonder if I have never seen this because I use tasker to periodically turn my 3g data off and wifi on - on a time schedule 8-10 times a day. Depending on where I am at that time of day and if there is wifi at that part of the building or location.
Had the same issue once. Was like wtf. Toggled Mobile data off and saw a FC pop up and go away. Turn mobile data back on and was good to go. So I think it may be a software glitch.
Also.....make sure you keep your PRL up to date. Old PRLs can wreak havoc on voice/3g connectivity.
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Had the same issue once. Was like wtf. Toggled Mobile data off and saw a FC pop up and go away. Turn mobile data back on and was good to go. So I think it may be a software glitch.
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Yea I'm still not sure on software or hardware, but right now my phone's 3g is locked up because I had wifi on when I received a call. I am waiting for the auto reboot lol.
I think I may just take it back to the store and swap it out for another one now that I can make this happen pretty much every time. Good thing I don't make many calls. lol
and yea I keep up with the PRL like a crazed child chasing after an ice cream truck.
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Yea I'm still not sure on software or hardware, but right now my phone's 3g is locked up because I had wifi on when I received a call. I am waiting for the auto reboot lol.
I think I may just take it back to the store and swap it out for another one now that I can make this happen pretty much every time. Good thing I don't make many calls. lol
and yea I keep up with the PRL like a crazed child chasing after an ice cream truck.
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hehe.....I used to be THAT kid.
I had not seen much of this when I had my photon.
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Hey guys, new Photon owner (loving the phone) and just wanted to let you all know I found a solution to the SOD and random rebooting for my phone. I hope others who have this issue are able to resolve their problem as easily as I was able to.
It had already been suggested that a loose battery is the culprit however, many of you reported that even after adding padding to make the battery tighter the SOD was still occurring.
I think the issue is how the fix is being applied. I applied a strip of a business card folded over to the end of the battery (opposite of where the contacts are) and not on top of the battery between the cover. Look at attached photo.
This has solved all of my problems and I really hope it can do the same for you!
Cool, I haven't had this issue but hopefully this will help the ones who have it.
Have u updated to the latest sbf? Ever since i did that the other night i haven't had the issue
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My phone is running version 45.2.7.MB855.Sprint.en.US
Is there a newer version? When I checked for updates on the phone it says I have the lastest installed.
45.3.6, still no reboots/SoD since I did this
http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...5-CM-9-15-11-latest-ota-for-RSD-BACK-TO-STOCK
DWake014 said:
45.3.6, still no reboots/SoD since I did this
http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...5-CM-9-15-11-latest-ota-for-RSD-BACK-TO-STOCK
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whenever I do this, and I have done it several times with several releases trying to fix my reboot issue, my phone never seems to be "back to stock". I still have apps showing up that were installed and other little odds and ins that seem to point to it not totally wiping everything out.
Also for reboots, never had a SOD, my seem to be if the WIFI in on and attached and I receive a call, then leave wifi my phone will never be able to make another call until I reboot it and or it reboots itself. And sometimes it'll actually will do it without leaving wifi.... so everyone try that a few times and see if it happens to you. Seems the dialer locks up so I am trying to find out how to replace it with the atrix one or one that will work.
UPDATE: WOW talking about reproing an issue.... as I was typing this on my PC my phone was downloading an app VIA wifi. did not even receive a call or txt. turned WIFI off and noticed a few moments later 3G never came back to replace WIFI(since I turned it off) and now my voice/3g radio is totally locked up. Tried making a call and nothing, no txt. turn WIFI on hit the internet just fine, but no 3G radio!!!! Man this is awesome!!!
Hi,
I really don't know what to do, hope you guys can help me.
I own a SGS2 for like four months now. More than a month ago it started to have this weird problem. The problem is i cannot be reached/called. The person who calls me is getting that message that i might have my phone turned off or out of area which my phone is not. I tried it myself keeping my SGS2 with full signal in one hand and calling me from my work mobile. The problem occurs very random and rarely, and i cannot reproduce it. The only thing i noticed it happends when i have wifi turned on and connected to a router. But this doesn't happend every time i am connected wifi. When this poblem occurs and i turn the wifi-off then i can be called, when it connects with Hsdpa.
Two other things i want to tell you. One is that my phone has never been rooted, it has stock ROM. And the other is that once i hot swaped between two sims.
Thank you in advance, every help is much appreciated.
No ideas? Anyone (
Your best bet is to contact your carrier as if you are fully stock they will be able to help you and if its a hardware problem replace the phone.
If you start flashing stuff from where you might void your warranty.
Thanks, but it is very hard for me to prove that it's faulty as it rarely does it and i cannot reproduce the problem. They will just test it a few times and then tell me everything it's oke, when it's not. Can it be a faulty SIM?
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Thanks, but it is very hard for me to prove that it's faulty as it rarely does it and i cannot reproduce the problem. They will just test it a few times and then tell me everything it's oke, when it's not. Can it be a faulty SIM?
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Might be, also i would check kies to see if there is a software update for you, maybe a newer baseband fixed something.
If you can get new sim cards, i would, see if that helps.
Right guys, I have been on the Original Development section asking similar questions and had good suggestions, but here is the problem in a lot more detail as I don't want to spam the section with the same problem and get literally no reply as people are busier with other things on there. Basically the phone has it's two speakers, the earpiece at the front and the speaker at the back both of which are working and functional. However the problem lies in the phone calls. I bought the phone on stock firmware, latest UK generic update it was and everything was fine. I decided to root the phone and flash PA 2.13.1. As soon as I did this I came across a few issues, one being NFC not working and the current and seemingly unfixable issue that I have with the phone calls where, as I receive a call and answer it the microphone doesn't work, I can't hear anyone and they can't hear me. Both on loud speaker and through the earpiece. It's as if they disable when a call comes through. But when I hang up or they hang up I can hear the end call tone, the beep coming through the earpiece. So I know that it works. The same goes for loud speaker, however I already knew that it still worked as I can play music through it cleanly. It's in perfect working order.
I've tried several solutions, including flashing new modems, RIL etc. Flashing 3 part software. I have yet to try flashing the 3 part software with a .PIT file, like mx.pit as I simply can't find that file (if someone would be as kind to link me it) anywhere. I'm currently back on stock XXALE8 UK firmware. The problem is still there. I STILL can't make a phone call without this annoying thing happening, and as I said, the problem wasn't there before I flashed PA. It's so f****** annoying as I followed the instructions perfectly, I mean, I've been using android since 2009 and rooting and flashing is nothing new to me. I've never had an issue as severe as this one.
Anyways, thanks in advance for any suggestions you guys can throw at me, I know you'll all agree when I say the GS3 kicks ass and you'll know my pain when I tell you it's being a broken piece of crap haha!
EDIT: Right, I have made another definite discovery with this problem! It's to do with my signal. When I answer a call or make a call, it appears to connect to the caller for roughly about 0.01 seconds as it says it's connected, but then it hangs silent for a while, about 13-15 seconds before disconnecting saying there is no service in the area. Give it another five seconds and the signal reconnects. It is the exact same effect you would have if you were on the phone on the train and went through a tunnel, it would say you were connected when you aren't. Does this make sense, anyone know what the cause of this could be?
My mom's S4 has been a good little workhorse for a year now, but recently it's started acting bizarrely. At random, when she dials, nothing will happen. It will say dialing, the call timer will start, but she can't hear a ringing tone, the caller, and the caller can't hear her. I've looked this up, and it seems to be a common enough problem for S4 users, with no solution that I've been able to find. I've tried to see if something is jamming the headphone slot, but nothing is in there. The only way we can get calls to work again is to reboot the phone, and that works only around half the time.
At the same time, any time this problem is present, Wifi won't auto-connect, or connect at all. It will recognize the hotspots around us, but it just marks them as "saved". If I try to connect, it attempts it, then reverts back to saved. This fixes itself after the reboot as well.
Does anyone know what's going on? Is this a hardware problem that I'll need to replace the handset because of? Will a factory wipe or a ROM fix this? I've been wanting to try a clean, easy ROM for her, so maybe this is the time? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
On the subject, any suggestions for ROMs? The Google Play Edition one looked nice, but I didn't know if that came with any significant down sides for her. Thanks in advance!
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My mom's S4 has been a good little workhorse for a year now, but recently it's started acting bizarrely. At random, when she dials, nothing will happen. It will say dialing, the call timer will start, but she can't hear a ringing tone, the caller, and the caller can't hear her. I've looked this up, and it seems to be a common enough problem for S4 users, with no solution that I've been able to find. I've tried to see if something is jamming the headphone slot, but nothing is in there. The only way we can get calls to work again is to reboot the phone, and that works only around half the time.
At the same time, any time this problem is present, Wifi won't auto-connect, or connect at all. It will recognize the hotspots around us, but it just marks them as "saved". If I try to connect, it attempts it, then reverts back to saved. This fixes itself after the reboot as well.
Does anyone know what's going on? Is this a hardware problem that I'll need to replace the handset because of? Will a factory wipe or a ROM fix this? I've been wanting to try a clean, easy ROM for her, so maybe this is the time? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
On the subject, any suggestions for ROMs? The Google Play Edition one looked nice, but I didn't know if that came with any significant down sides for her. Thanks in advance!
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Sounds like a factory data reset is long over due. It should fix any issues thats been going on. If not I would take it into Verizon to get looked at, or call to get a replacement.