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Hello,
I live about an hour away from 4G that is available in Tampa/St.Pete and was just wondering something. I could have sworn on my EVO 4G that even when 4G said Disconnected under the Wireless and Networks, it would allow me to scan for 4G.
Now 4G is a Check Mark and says Disconnected, but "Tap to scan for 4G service" is greyed out. As I might not be in a 4G Area for a few weeks, I just wanted to make sure this is normal. I read the Owners Manual and did not read anything about this.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
JJ
Just in case anyone else experiences this, when you have WiFi on and connected, 4G seems to be unavailable or at least you cannot scan for service.
I noticed that also. When WiFi is on you can turn the 4G antenna "on" but it will not scan or physically turn the antenna on unless the WiFi gets turned off, nor can you scan until it's turned off. It is basically because WiFi turns off the mobile data, ie 3G, and since 4G is technically mobile data it would do the same to that.
Just sitting here at work, and I noticed my battery was unusually low for my usage today... when I noticed that my 3G icon was missing. I thought that was weird, because less than an hour ago, I had it for sure. I was getting email updates for work on a regular basis.
When I checked my quick settings, my mobile network just kept saying "Turning On," and would sometimes flash between that and 'ON' but never actually brought up a 3G, (or any data icon for that matter.) Texts are still getting through, but are about 2-3 minutes behind Google Voice popups on my laptop.
Has anyone else seen this before? I have rebooted, and tried Airplane mode, and disabling/renabling all the radios individually, and nothing has worked... Guess I should yank the battery now. Really bizarre. I usually get pretty good 3G service over here.
If it continues, exchange it.
ScrapMaker said:
Just sitting here at work, and I noticed my battery was unusually low for my usage today... when I noticed that my 3G icon was missing. I thought that was weird, because less than an hour ago, I had it for sure. I was getting email updates for work on a regular basis.
When I checked my quick settings, my mobile network just kept saying "Turning On," and would sometimes flash between that and 'ON' but never actually brought up a 3G, (or any data icon for that matter.) Texts are still getting through, but are about 2-3 minutes behind Google Voice popups on my laptop.
Has anyone else seen this before? I have rebooted, and tried Airplane mode, and disabling/renabling all the radios individually, and nothing has worked... Guess I should yank the battery now. Really bizarre. I usually get pretty good 3G service over here.
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Mine did the exact same thing this afternoon in Lubbock Tx. I rebooted, turned off and on and data always showed turning on but never connected. For some reason I ended up in the Sprint Zone and it then connected. It went into spring zone as I tried to connect to *2.
Don't have a good explanation of why it started working but try going to the spring zone and check data on.
The same exact thing happened to me too on my 3d today.
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Did you do the "speedup 3D" trick that was posted where you removed the proxies after typing in your MSL password? If so, undo it, because that's your problem.
I haven't messed with any settings. I pondered it, but I haven't received my MSL code yet.
I did just find out that my coworker lost his 3G on his Epic. I think this is a Sprint issue, and not any of the devices... Scary though.
Austin, TX here.
im experiencing the same issue right now here in north austin, tx. im getting basic phone services but no network (market/FB/web/etc.)
and no I did not use the speed up internet fix.
ScrapMaker said:
I haven't messed with any settings. I pondered it, but I haven't received my MSL code yet.
I did just find out that my coworker lost his 3G on his Epic. I think this is a Sprint issue, and not any of the devices... Scary though.
Austin, TX here.
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well seeing how there are 3 texas people here experiencing this issue it might just be issue with sprint
Maybe they are upgrading the equipment of the "node".
I will be calling sprint on break in 10 minutes to find out
Well I just came back from BestBuy and picked up the 3D here in Michigan. Everyone in mobile just about had Sprint and no one could connect to 3g. My Evo 4g had a very limited connection. As soon as I got the 3D, it couldn't update the weather. So it is definitely something going on with Sprint right now and not your phone.
Just came back for me... Ben White / I-35 area. That was weird.
Are you sure your power saver settings aren't disabling your data connection due to your phone being below the % you set it at?
I don't think it's a 3d problem. I've had trouble connecting to 3g here and there with my og evo about 2 weeks before the 3d came out. I seriously think sprint has some serious network problems.
Man what is going on with Sprint? It's been happening a bit today as well.
I installed golflogix and it gave me an error message and forced closed the program and also put the 3d into airport mode.
However, golflogix will work on 4g.
There seems to be some problems with the sprint network or the 3d.
I had this same issue over the weekend. Rebooting the phone never worked so I did a factory reset and havent had the problem since. but it does make me a little apprehensive.
Perhaps the network is experiencing outages as they roll out an upgrade to their data network to proactively detect unauthorized tethering activity so that when HTC imminently unlocks the Evo 3D, they can charge backdoor tetherers appropriately.
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I will be calling sprint on break in 10 minutes to find out
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Thought this was funny. Waiting for a break from work to call Sprint, while surfing xda...
Hey, I recently got a 3D and have been having a few problems,
the main problem is that my texts have not been sending to the person and this happens about 50% of the time. The other issue I have is with 4G Connectivity, It takes much longer then my epic used to, like about 10 seconds more. 4G is also very spotty, even with 4G hacks. 3G is faster though, and that a plus point. Does anyone know of a fix for these problems?
Oh yeah, and one more issue is that the phone dock bar looks pixelated, it looks bad if you stare at it, I've never had that issue on my EVO 4G or Epic
Does anyone use this app on the Evo 4g LTE? Does it play well with the phone? Do you see an extra battery drain or lag?
Thanks
-Blue
I used it on my 3D but was too dumb to use it to the full potential.. have up..
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I use tasker all the time. Used it with my OG evo. Have not noticed any issues with new evo lte.
I use it also on my EVO LTE and haven't noticed any issues at all. No extra battery drain that I can tell.
Been using it on my EVO LTE for a couple weeks, no issues to report and no noticeable hit on battery.
i use it too, with no hits on battery or anything. I'm thinking that some location based tasks might hurt the battery, though _ the type of thing where it has to ping gps every few minutes and stuff like that.
Works as perfectly on my EVO 4G LTE as it did on my EVO 4G.
My data signal on HTC EVO 4G LTE keeps dropping on and off. It doesnt matter if I am on CDMA or CDMA/LTE mode. I am located in Overland Park, KS and the 4g coverage is spotty here.
I opened a network ticket with the Technical support team. He checked my location, outages etc and concluded that it wasn't a network issue.
Then I found two more threads on cummunity.sprint.com with similar issues. I cant post URLs here due to newbie status, but if you search for 3g connectivity issues for HTC EVO, you will find them.
Per the threads, its not a device issue (swapped devices have the same issue). The OTA update that came out a few days before didn't fix it. A customer service rep also did a software reset of my phone, which didn't help either. So if its not network or hardware, then it has to be the software.
It very well could be that the HTC sense s/w has a faulty wake call for the data radio. Apparently, the 3G radio will be shut off after some time to save battery. The sleep or wake functionality in the HTC Sense for the 3G radio seems faulty.
Is there a workaround for this issue?
Install Mobile Signal Widget Pro.
I have it on mine and my device will show 3G but its stuck on 1x or the widget will show an exclimation point. Which is a data connection error.
I am in Dallas, an active LTE area. But LTE is spotty where i am at. I have noticed that if my device tries to connect to LTE it has problems going back to 3G.
Right now i am stuck with CDMA ONLY due to this bug. But i have still seen it happen a time or two, but less then when i had CDMA/LTE..
Also the only way to fix the data issue is by powering off my phone and turning it back on.
Hope this helps. I believe its a HTC / Sprint LTE bug that does need to get fixed.
Im jumping ship shortly to the GS3 if they dont resolve this.
I'm in Overland park as well. I had 4g on the 15th, although very slow and only outside. And now that isn't available. And the 3g is spotty. Always turning on and off.
It's the towers regardless of what they say.
I frequent an area that gets horrible 3g coverage despite what the spring map says. Sprint reps have given me every possible amount of BS as far as explanations. Yesterday, I turned on data roaming and after about 3 minutes, tapatalk finally loaded. Then another 3 min for a thread ro load, etc. After about 10, I had almost a 20% battery drain and my phone was about to overheat. I heard that while roaming on Verizon towers, we're only getting 1X. Is this true?
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Its this phone for sure. I came from the Evo 3D and never had issues. The first day heading to work on this phone i noticed my 3g which always worked the entire ride and while at work, was spotty with this phone. I barely get 3g in work now. Pretty annoying. I'm using the new radios that came in the update and no change.
I had the same issue until I flashed xHausx's deodexed ROM, which includes the latest OTA fixes. That mitigated my issues, and the free Sprint AIRAVE they sent when I complained enough helped out considerably.
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Happens to me!
If I turn on airplane mode and turn it back off the problem clears and goes back to 4g or 3g speeds.
I started experiencing this problem last night and I've yet to iron it out. I've tried several things. Looking forward to a fix. Going back to the OG or the 3VO in the meantime.
Edit: For those of you still experiencing this issue (FOLLOW THE LINK IN THE POST BELOW); as well as, those of you that encounter this ... I was able to get things back to normal w/resetting the device back to factory through ##72786#. After going through the activation process (or manually reprogramming your device) you should be back on track. Hopefully someone finds this helpful.
Of any of you are still having this issue try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153371
Its in the evo3d forums but it still works on the evo-lte
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
laie1472 said:
Of any of you are still having this issue try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153371
Its in the evo3d forums but it still works on the evo-lte
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
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Something similar to this worked when I was having issues with data not turning on at all when on lte/cdma. But the issue we're seeing in kansas city here is just due to the work they're doing. It's just on n off all the time on 3g. And places where I had 4g, no longer do. The 4g I had was only pulling 1.5 down, so I think that's getting bumped up to what it should be.
I'm getting these data drops as well. I'm in Gaithersburg, MD. It was just announced that lte will be in Baltimore next month, maybe they are working on the network? I might swap this one for another but it might just happen again?
I had to reset my phone 7 times today to get data back.
Phone would drop from 4g to slooooow 3g, I turn on airplane mode and turn it right back off and BAM, 4g is back.
This is definitely a phone issue!
It's not a phone issue.. Notice how all of us seeing this are all in first run LTE areas. KC, Baltimore, Texas. We're all supposed to have 4g but don't, and the network is kicking on and off. swapping out for a new phone will not help.
It's the network, not your phone.