I was wondering about this.
I have been using 3G internet on various android phones - HTC Legend, Samsung Captivate, Optimus 2x, and now Samsung Galaxy S2.
It seems that i can't get a good internet connection.
I believe this is related to the ISPs in my country, but just to make doubly sure, I want to ask all of you, if you are facing the problems below:
a) Internet connection dies abruptly, with indication that there is data up, but no data down.
b) a slow mobile data startup (sometimes up to minutes long) in an area where 3G connectivity has been previously good.
c) disruptive internet connection while downloading apps, that dies off, forcing you to restart all over again.
d) a consistent pattern where 3G dies after certain amounts of data downloaded or certain amount of time.
e) having to constantly go airplane mode and back, just so your 3g internet is alive again.
f) Inability to multitask on your 3G mobile internet.
g) tethering causes death of 3G connection when done with more than one device. Also can't tether to a single device while surfing on phone - as this will cause connection to die.
h) 3G connection dies and restarts by itself. (even in a location where signal is not a problem).
I love android, but the instability of 3G on Android is frustrating. I personally don't think Nokia or iPhone has these problems (could be wrong).
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Phone - SGS2
Telco - DiGi
Internet speed - 1MBPS according to speed test.
Is this an APN problem? Telco problem? or OS problem?
randy_khoo said:
I was wondering about this.
I have been using 3G internet on various android phones - HTC Legend, Samsung Captivate, Optimus 2x, and now Samsung Galaxy S2.
It seems that i can't get a good internet connection.
I believe this is related to the ISPs in my country, but just to make doubly sure, I want to ask all of you, if you are facing the problems below:
a) Internet connection dies abruptly, with indication that there is data up, but no data down.
Never
b) a slow mobile data startup (sometimes up to minutes long) in an area where 3G connectivity has been previously good.
never
c) disruptive internet connection while downloading apps, that dies off, forcing you to restart all over again.
never
d) a consistent pattern where 3G dies after certain amounts of data
downloaded or certain amount of time.
Never
e) having to constantly go airplane mode and back, just so your 3g internet is alive again.
Never
f) Inability to multitask on your 3G mobile internet.
No
g) tethering causes death of 3G connection when done with more than one device. Also can't tether to a single device while surfing on phone - as this will cause connection to die.
Dont use tether
h) 3G connection dies and restarts by itself. (even in a location where signal is not a problem).
Never
I love android, but the instability of 3G on Android is frustrating. I personally don't think Nokia or iPhone has these problems (could be wrong).
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I believe this is related to the ISPs in my country,
Thats what i would be checking first as its no use asking if users ten thousand miles away are having the same problems . It would be well reported if so .
You may also try a change of modem .
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Hi all,
I'm having a data connectivity issue on my phone when moving from 2G to 3G. If I'm connected to 2G, then move into an area of 3G coverage the phone will successfully migrate to the 3G network, however the data connection will often not start up for between 30 minutes and severanl hours. Flipping airplane mode will *sometimes* fix it, but more frequently, even rebooting the phone won't work. However, if I lock the phone to 3G from the settings, I do not encounter this issue at all. It only happens on my home provider (Jersey Telecom - they're small). In the UK, on Three, it didn't happen.
So, given that the problem can persist over reboots, and doesn't happen in the UK, it makes me think it's more likely a network issue, so I called them up. The network engineer managed to reproduce the issue on his colleagues Samsung Galaxy Note, but they are adamant that it's a phone issue and not a network issue, and is a matter of Samsung not sticking to the specs. The phone isn't currently rooted, but I can root it if it will help me debug the problem. From the sounds of it, it may be problem consistent to all Samsung radio phones on our network.. and I really don't want to switch to another phone.
They say that from their logs, the phone is not always trying to create (or presumably, migrate?) a PDP when moving to a 3G network. It's hard to say whether it's a problem with the phone or their logs.. has anyone else experienced a similar issue? Does anyone know how to access logs about the phone trying to create a PDP etc. so that I have something to compare with theirs?
Thanks
check out the modems thread and try a better modem
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So after the 3.16 update, I noticed my phone was not picking up 4G. After pulling my hair out to figure out why, I traced the problem to the Sprint Connection Optimizer being disabled. Turn it on, 4G toggles on with it, turn it off, 4G toggles off with it. The previous version of the Sprint Connection Optimizer did not do this. To confirm my suspicions I reset the phone to stock and observed the same behavior.
This is quite the pain in the ass as I don't want my phone connecting to WiFi networks that I marked "remember". In addition, I don't need my phone connecting to WiFi at work (which I use for work purposes under special circumstance).
My short term solution is to forget WiFi networks but this is rather tedious. With the Sprint Connection Optimizer toggled off, I am essentially locked out of 4G. I pay for Sprint's service and I insistent on using as much of their/my bandwidth as I chose.
Can anybody else confirm what is happening. My area has relatively strong 4G coverage, to the point where seeing 3G would be a rare occurrence. I need to make sure this isn't a problem on just my device before I roam my way out of my contract.
Super Tommy said:
So after the 3.16 update, I noticed my phone was not picking up 4G. After pulling my hair out to figure out why, I traced the problem to the Sprint Connection Optimizer being disabled. Turn it on, 4G toggles on with it, turn it off, 4G toggles off with it. The previous version of the Sprint Connection Optimizer did not do this. To confirm my suspicions I reset the phone to stock and observed the same behavior.
This is quite the pain in the ass as I don't want my phone connecting to WiFi networks that I marked "remember". In addition, I don't need my phone connecting to WiFi at work (which I use for work purposes under special circumstance).
My short term solution is to forget WiFi networks but this is rather tedious. With the Sprint Connection Optimizer toggled off, I am essentially locked out of 4G. I pay for Sprint's service and I insistent on using as much of their/my bandwidth as I chose.
Can anybody else confirm what is happening. My area has relatively strong 4G coverage, to the point where seeing 3G would be a rare occurrence. I need to make sure this isn't a problem on just my device before I roam my way out of my contract.
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Why would you not want to connect to WiFi networks that you mark remember?....jw
If you have the option of your local WiFi versus 4G most times I'd expect someone to want to go with the WiFi... Only time you'd want to not is in places where 4G was better connection, which in those cases I wouldn't want to mark said WiFi networks as remember...
Ill try to mess with it here see how it effects my stuff as were rolling 4G a lot now...
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In most cases work wifi won't let you watch porn at work man. Total pain in the a$$. We should be able to toggle our own connections. I will say wifi is better on battery and generally faster. However there's potential risk on wifi that someone could access your device. Extremely unlikely but a possibility none the less.
In my area we don't have lte yet and the other day after installing MeanBean I saw 4G pop up in signal bar then went away then came back. Haven't seen it since. I was so excited but I shouldn't get my hopes up. Sprints been saying 4G for a long time and still nothing. Only reason I stay is unlimited data and I live the HTC evo line.
You have a better chance of winning the lottery 5 times than someone accessing/ hacking your phone over wifi without you knowing about it.
Also there are great wifi apps that tells you who is on the network your on at all times.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
I have found that Comcast seems to throttle youtube traffic at certain times of the day, and I have a specific spot in my house where my wifi signal just completely drops (but still claims to be "connected.") I'm obviously going to want my phone to remember my home wifi connection, but I don't necessarily want to always be using it at home.
My situation may not be incredibly common, but it's a valid scenario where you may not necessarily want connection optimizer to run the show.
jesuspgt said:
I have found that Comcast seems to throttle youtube traffic at certain times of the day, and I have a specific spot in my house where my wifi signal just completely drops (but still claims to be "connected.") I'm obviously going to want my phone to remember my home wifi connection, but I don't necessarily want to always be using it at home.
My situation may not be incredibly common, but it's a valid scenario where you may not necessarily want connection optimizer to run the show.
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The optimizer isn't your issue there though, as the mere fact of having the network remembered in the phone will cause it to connect to it whenever within range.... Its the fact you have a remembered WiFi network saved and you want to override that in a specific location when still in range of the WiFi... In that case the only solution is to toggle it off when you don't want to use it at that specific location in your house...
Optimizers doesn't just force you to connect to your local network that's remembered as the WiFi being on will do that itself already...
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You can try disabling Sprint Connection Optimizer and try purchasing Juice Defender Ultimate. If you use its location service, it will only turn on wifi in places that you turn on the wifi antenna and remember them. And if it turns it on, you just manually turn it off until its trained.
I have an I9300 which I use on Vodafone UK. The phone was a sim-free handset, CSC=BTU
I'm currently running firmware XXEMC2, rooted
I sometimes get an issue where my HSPA data connection will stall. All I'll see is the "up" arrow flashing for around 2 minutes, but no data will be downloaded.
After around this period of time, or if I switch phone off/on line the connection will start working again
A few times I've noticed when this occurs the data connection symbols will disappear completely - so perhaps the phone or network is totally timing out.
This has occurred with a variety of firmware levels back to XELLA and before. My suspicion is that it's a network issue, but was wondering if anyone sees this on any other network.
I am considering trying one of the vodafone branded firmware's MODEMs in case there's anything they tweak that might work better.
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I sometimes get an issue where my HSPA data connection will stall. All I'll see is the "up" arrow flashing for around 2 minutes, but no data will be downloaded.
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I've now tried a variety of modems (including vodafone fw / modem) & full firmware but continue to see this issue from time to time.
If left alone after something like up to 5 minutes the connection will drop and recycle. No idea if that's phone or network initiated.
It is however VERY frustrating. My strong suspicion is that this is a VODAFONE NETWORK ISSUE not a handset issue. Of course as my phone is a sim free phone it may be tricky convincing vodafone of this fact.
Has anyone else seen these issues, especially on vodafone uk?
It *seems* to occur more on a few particular cells (well I notice the ones at gym for example) and less (possibly never) on suresignal, and just occasionally at work (small cell?) Overload on the cells is my suspicion ... classic vodafone.
I've never noticed this on 3UK, though that's been on a nexus S (currently lost ). If only 3UK had coverage at work I'd switch back easily. Vodafone has broader geographic coverage but I'm convinced the network is more flakey
When you have an UP arrow, that is upload. This signifies a connection going out from your phone to the network. If this hangs for a while and does not produce any connection back (DOWN arrow), this would definitely signify a network issue to me. Sometimes on the S3, the signal bars say there is a signal when there isn't or there is a signal but the connectivity between you and the network is non-existent
There are several things that can cause this. It can be Mast, Network, SIM, Modem, baseband... Its hard to say. All you can do is rule them out one at a time.
My gut feel is network too. It's definately happening with a good decent signal when stationary.I need to check more closely but it also seems location dependent (but not single location)
So I am quite sure that I've got a weird issue with my Redmi Note 2. To make it fast I will just list the issues.
Phone logs out of all networks (Wifi and mobile data at least every five minutes).
Sometimes it just 'decides' not to receive or send data, wheter it is connected to the internet or not.
Mobile data is never faster than E, even within my monthly data limit and in areas with high speed mobile data.
Is very slow at times (and crashes approx. once a day).
Does not react for some few seconds every now and then (makes typing impossible/remixes music...)
The main issue is the connection problem. My provider combines two mobile data networks, so that the phone thinks it is in roaming sometimes. Yet all of this was not a problem at the beginning. The connection issue just suddenly appeared (after I was on vacation and used roaming). Not sure, if there is a connection to that, though. I already asked a more tech savvy friend of mine, but got no solution out of that. So far I have tried:
Installing a new operating system (nothing changed eventhough that exact OS worked perfectly on the same phone my buddy had).
Googling the issue and try to play with the settings to get it working properly again (again nothing changed).
What I don't get is why such an issue would suddenly just arrive and that apparently nobody else had that same issue. I would be more than happy about any help I can get. Besides the issues I like the phone (and don't want to have to buy a new one).
http://en.miui.com/thread-508431-1-1.html..flash baseband.maybe can help for poor signal
Hi,
The same problem is on my phone. Due to this problem, I couldn't use the phone at all, I bought another phone. Now my device is in the drawer, no different from zero. I have tried various roms, including lineage, I changed wifi antenna as hardware. The problem continues. Is there a solution to the problem.
Im having some issues with my Wifi and Cellular handover. No matter how close i am to my router or how good of a signal i got, the wifi disconnects and starts using my data every few minutes, its getting really annoying but thank god i have unlimited data! Anyways when i turn on my "Aggressive Wifi to cellular Handover" it also unticks every so often. Its supposed to not disconnect my phone from the router so easily but it unticks every once in a while as well. i dont understand! My sister has the same phone and it does the same exact thing.
NOTE: I do not have a ZTE Axon 7, i have a Alcatel Pulsemix but i couldnt find a forum page for that specific phone and i need major help. so this thread may be moved!!