When i first got the Note it had no internet at all. Called AT&T, they said they had "accidentally" removed my unlimited data plan and i now had none. They then put me on a 3 gig plan until they could re-instate unlimited. Now, i get real slow speeds, intermittent connectivity and the signal bars are always greyed out.
On my previous phone the signal bars would turn green when connected to Google's servers, but have not once turned green today.
Thanks. Sweet phone, though!
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Wow... totally unacceptable!!!
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Did everybody else's bars turn green?
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Nope, stays grey
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Nope, stays grey
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Mine as well. Hasn't been green ever.
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Not sure, but I think AT&T replaced the green indicators that show an active connection to google's servers with the same grey default ones. Someone can check in the system dump to see for sure.
slaydog said:
When i first got the Note it had no internet at all. Called AT&T, they said they had "accidentally" removed my unlimited data plan and i now had none. They then put me on a 3 gig plan until they could re-instate unlimited. Now, i get real slow speeds, intermittent connectivity and the signal bars are always greyed out.
On my previous phone the signal bars would turn green when connected to Google's servers, but have not once turned green today.
Thanks. Sweet phone, though!
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Don't let them trick you out of your unlimited plan. If you are close to a store, you should visit. Restoring your plan only takes minutes to do. They can't put you off in person.
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Hello, all.
I have the GNote on the $50 5GB plan and up until today was experiencing some fairly quick data speeds. Today, however, when the Data is 'flowing' it is working well, but I am experiencing quite a few pauses in the delivery of the data.
I am completely stock using the original SIM and the original APN (AT&T PTA).
I have an AT&T Tablet right next to the Note and am not experiencing this on the tablet, which is on the Broadband APN.
Anyone else experiencing this? Thoughts? Thanks.
I am. I am on the unlimited LTE data. It works fine most of the time. But sometimes when i go to a full website it just hangs on a white screen loading the page.
Xda app sometimes wont connect on initial launch.
Some other apps like amazon wont load all product data.
Rather annoying. Especially when im only at 1300mb for this billing period.
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I thought it was just unlimited plans and certainly not if you have not passed your limit. Sometimes they are adjusting the network etc which can lead to issues like you are describing.
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Tiered plans are not throttled.
Here in dallas we are having att issues today...phone and dsl
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I thought it was just unlimited plans and certainly not if you have not passed your limit. Sometimes they are adjusting the network etc which can lead to issues like you are describing.
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Tiered plans are not throttled.
Here in dallas we are having att issues today...phone and dsl
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That's great to hear especially when I should be getting mine later today & activating it, LOL!
Is there something wrong with some of our notes? Bad part or something? The last two days my amazon app will say network error and nothing will load sometimes. Web broswer will time out and say web page cant be displayed. All while i have full bars
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certain places in my town i have no data. i drive a few blocks and it's fine. in the dead spots, my wife's phone works fine. I'm in an hspa area so its not an lte issue.
I have noticed this to. I am in NYC. It happens with full bars. Sometimes an app or the browser just stops receiving data. Causes the app to force close sometimes too. I am on a tiered plan.
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Hello, all.
I have the GNote on the $50 5GB plan and up until today was experiencing some fairly quick data speeds. Today, however, when the Data is 'flowing' it is working well, but I am experiencing quite a few pauses in the delivery of the data.
I am completely stock using the original SIM and the original APN (AT&T PTA).
I have an AT&T Tablet right next to the Note and am not experiencing this on the tablet, which is on the Broadband APN.
Anyone else experiencing this? Thoughts? Thanks.
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Your data issue could have to do with an over-taxed network...
Especially in NYC... since everyone HAD to have an iphone and at&t had them first...
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I'm with T-Mobile and considering switching to AT&T because of the Note.
Is it even worth it for me to switch with all this throttling going on?
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I'm with T-Mobile and considering switching to AT&T because of the Note.
Is it even worth it for me to switch with all this throttling going on?
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It would most likely not affect you coming in since only unlimited plans get throttled. They have not been offered for a while but some of us were grandfathered in.
Depending on where you live and how strong the network is there. Here in DFW and Texas for that matter, I must say the ATT network is top notch. LTE is reliable and fast and in most of our larger cities.
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OK i just added the phone apn as mentioned in another post and now my disconnects and slow speeds are gone. top speed is the same too. i think att put a bad apn on some notes.
I'm having the same issue, and I am not on Unlimited Data anymore. When I had the international version of the Note the same data slowdowns happened. It has really started to drive me nuts.
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EvoXOhio said:
OK i just added the phone apn as mentioned in another post and now my disconnects and slow speeds are gone. top speed is the same too. i think att put a bad apn on some notes.
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just realized that this change breaks mms.
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just realized that this change breaks mms.
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however if i change the type to just mms bit select the original PTA with the green dot, mms and data both work. so this may be a real fix.
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OK i just added the phone apn as mentioned in another post and now my disconnects and slow speeds are gone. top speed is the same too. i think att put a bad apn on some notes.
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Could you share the link or the apn settings? I'm also experiencing this. Thanks.
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I'm in Dallas also and have noticed that yesterday and today my data has been intermittent. I went to the downtown ATT headquarters store this morning and they changed my sim to a newer one than the one they gave me when I bought the note. I've still noticed the in and out data network though.
Wonder what's going on...
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Could you share the link or the apn settings? I'm also experiencing this. Thanks.
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Yes please share the settings, would like a fix for this.
Here's a link to a new thread containing the fix for this issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521839
Is anyone in the Florida area or anywhere seem to be losing data connection?. I'll try to go on this app, or google. The 4g symbol is there but no orange lines extending from it. I have to keep closing applications and try again. The loading bar will be there and then stop and nothing. Happens alot. and then starts working again.
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Happens from time to time in the Tampa area as well in Orlando area. Seems to happen most often when switching from WiFi to cell data. It comes back in under 10 seconds though once it gets a signal.
Mine happens most of the time on 4g data..
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i dont think its your phone. my note is like that too. i think it ends up being the resolution and size of the screen is too much work for the soc. but thats just what i think...
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i dont think its your phone. my note is like that too. i think it ends up being the resolution and size of the screen is too much work for the soc. but thats just what i think...
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yes. This is my second Note and this 1 does it also. 4 g symbol is still there but there's just no data signap.m. the yellow ones do not show up. Just a 4 g signal. sometimes when I go on facebook it just loads and never pops up.
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This is my speed in Tampa bay
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This is my speed in Tampa bay
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Tampa your at least on lte. I'm on just 4g.. But the 4g symbol is there. Just at times when trying to connect, the yellow data lines do not show up. And have to force close and restart. I was told by an att Rep at the store that the data signal where I live is not great. That's why. Wish I had lte.
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Okay so this no data or slow data speeds is really pissing me off! I'll try to connect to the internet, and nothing happens. it's loads and loads and no signal is being transmitted out. I have a full 5 bars and the 4 g symbol is there. No yellow lines being transmitted out from the 4 g symbol. This happens whether going on this app, or the internet, or the market app. I will have to wait a good 30 seconds or even a minute before getting a good signal and works. I don't know if this is an att problem or my phone. I already did hard reset. Worked for a day and stopped. Also my bencemark scores dropped. What do I do? I see others are having issues now..?
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Is anybody else having connection issues? I also live in central Florida.. Near Daytona Beach..
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My international Note doesn't get any signal in Davenport, outside of Orlando for what it's worth. The AT&T coverage map says I should have moderate data and best voice. Luckily I'm only here for the week for baseball and had a T-Mobile sim card handy which, ironically gets at least EDGE whereas the AT&T sim doesn't get anything at all.
Make sure it has an LTE Sim in it. It should be orange and green instead of orange and blue.
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Make sure it has an LTE Sim in it. It should be orange and green instead of orange and blue.
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not true, the orange and green sim cards are for pre-paid LTE data plans... the orange and blue are for regular post-paid LTE data plans.
Make sure your sim card is orange and blue, or orange blue and white and just has the at&t globe on it, but it shouldn't actually say at&t on it anywhere.
I was having the same issue at my parents house yesterday,all my other phones have always worked fine at their house including my skyrocket.I did a reset this morning and everything is fine so far, if it happens again I'm exchanging my note for a new one.
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not true, the orange and green sim cards are for pre-paid LTE data plans... the orange and blue are for regular post-paid LTE data plans.
Make sure your sim card is orange and blue, or orange blue and white and just has the at&t globe on it, but it shouldn't actually say at&t on it anywhere.
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So as long as my sim card is not orange and green, I should be good?. I read in another post that if I have a orange and blue only, it's wrong. Orange, blue and white is the one I need..
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I'm on prepaid.. my SIM is orange and blue..
Do you have a line that is provisioned on AT&T's LTE network? The correct data plan is key I think.
I had the same problem go into a store an make sire ur on a 4g lte plan
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I had the same problem go into a store an make sire ur on a 4g lte plan
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Does this matter even though right now I don't live in a Lte area? I just have 4g..but no lte
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I'm on the LTE plan
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I had the same problem go into a store an make sire ur on a 4g lte plan
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So I checked my sim... it is orange and blue. And the ninth and tenth digit is 25.. So I don't know if its the phone or my sim. Do I gamble replacing the whole phone or just the sim card? Could the sim card work half the time in not work other times?
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Does this matter even though right now I don't live in a Lte area? I just have 4g..but no lte
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It DEFINITELY matters. Either go into a store or call customer service and choose the option for data services. make sure you have an LTE plan. If you aren't in an LTE area it will automatically back down to the HSPA+ network. (And make sure you have an LTE SIM. Try to rule out the obvious issues 1st and then go from there.)
I was having the same problems, no data. I noticed that twice it would happen around 35hrs of up time. I am in a non-LTE area. This past Saturday I took it to the at&t store and they put a new Sim card in. So far so good. I'm gong to keep monitoring it throughout the week and see what happens.
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Can anybody tell me why sometimes when trying to connect to the web or Facebook or anything that uses the internet, why sometimes the 4g symbol just stays there with no transmission lines being sent and receiving? I know when trying to connect the orange lines go in and out of 4g. I will be in the same spot with my fiance. She has an IPhone 4s with Att. I hit the Facebook and or the web at the same time on her phone. Hers connects right away. Mine will just sit there and load and load. Nothing being transmitted. Then after about 30 secs it connects. I don't understand. At times it will work and other times. It seems to be getting worse. I called at&t and they are going to send me a replacement phone not through insurance. But from samsung. Does anybody else experiencing problems like this before. I will have to sit there and wait for my phone to connect while my fiance is already surfing. This will happen in different spots. But whenever mind is not connect my fiance's iphone 4 s connect with no problem. this is my second Note doing the same thing. Is this how its supposed to work?
By the way I have already done hard reset clear cache and everything possible
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You on tmo or att? Happens to me with tmo but I assume just cause I'm using a hacked radio.
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You on tmo or att? Happens to me with tmo but I assume just cause I'm using a hacked radio.
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On AT&T
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Hey everyone,
For some reason my GN3 isn't getting a 4G connection in my home or office, my GN2 gets a flawless connection.
I did all standard trouble shooting procedures with Sprint but no go.
I made sure the cdma/lte option was selected, turned off the connection optimization, reset the profiles and prl.
Sometimes the 4G will turn on, but it will disconnect quickly. Is my phone defective?
Thanks
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I know in my area, theyre constantly turning on and off the towers as theyre making the transition to bigger and better speeds.
Hmm.
Now my 3g connection is gone, and I keep getting refreshing sim message pop up
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Sounds defective to me. This phone has a stellar LTE radio, definitely up there with the Note 2.
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Yeah a combination of both might really be giving you a horrible experience. This phone is amazing when getting a signal. I switched from the HTC One, which for me was a horrible phone for 4G or just signal in general. This phone grabs and keeps 4g anytime.
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Sounds defective to me. This phone has a stellar LTE radio, definitely up there with the Note 2.
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Actually it seems better than the note 2, I am getting 4g where my wife note 2 is only getting 3g in some spots. Yes we are side by side when it happens. Yes we traded phones to see if it was just the distance of a foot or two in the truck made the difference. It did not.
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I never knew LTE could hold as well as this on Sprint until I got this phone..just say'n
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I'm having same issue as OP. It's driving me absolutely nuts! The only time I got 4g for a few seconds was while doing hands free activation but once the phone auto reboot LTE was gone again!
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SantinoInc said:
I'm having same issue as OP. It's driving me absolutely nuts! The only time I got 4g for a few seconds was while doing hands free activation but once the phone auto reboot LTE was gone again!
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I'll refer you back to this post.
I get 4G in places I never got it before
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The 4g on my note 3 goes in and out. I can wake the phone and as soon as I do the 4glte icon disappears and the 3g icon pops up. No stable 4g connection at. Haven't been able to test the speeds because of this. Now my gs4 is sitting right by my note 3 and it has full 4g getting speeds up to 24mbps. Yet the note 3 is still only showing 3g. Both on the same prl. Both have lte enabled.
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I get some issues from time to time; In Seattle, Sprint has yet to officially announce 4G LTE coverage.
I'm lucky to get it where I live and frequent but from time to time it just doesn't seem to work, it will say I'm connected but has DNS errors, perhaps because the connection dropped or they're upgrading a tower... When my connection drops I try cycling Airplane Mode a few times and that usually lets me connect.
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I get some issues from time to time; In Seattle, Sprint has yet to officially announce 4G LTE coverage.
I'm lucky to get it where I live and frequent but from time to time it just doesn't seem to work, it will say I'm connected but has DNS errors, perhaps because the connection dropped or they're upgrading a tower... When my connection drops I try cycling Airplane Mode a few times and that usually lets me connect.
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I have to cycle airplane mode to connect a lot of times as well. Does anyone know why LTE seems to be so much tougher to connect to than WiMax? On my S2 that I just upgraded from you could set the specific db that Wimax connected and disconnected at as well as the specifc interval that it would check for 4g. It connected to and stayed connected much more reliably than LTE does. I live in a well covered area, but there are certain points along my driving route where the 4g will drop to 3g. After that I notice that it is very hit and miss as far as deciding to reconnect to LTE, even though the coverage is superb. If I cycle airplane mode, it connects with a strong LTE signal. This is after setting the LTE timer and the buffer timer to 1. Does anyone have settings that make the phone try to connect more often?
Did anybody ever figure out why this is happening, i just picked up my n3 while i was in denver where there is no sprint 4g, but i noticed as soon as i got back to my house where my n2 always got 4g and my wifes icrap 5s gets 4g but not my n3?
Here are the settings I use. 4G almost always. connection optimizer is removed on my phone too. If you use something to create shortcuts to activities you can access the hidden menus without using the dialer. Easy prl change is nice but since 4G is new in my area I stay on the newest the phone grabs from network.
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The 4g on my note 3 goes in and out. I can wake the phone and as soon as I do the 4glte icon disappears and the 3g icon pops up. No stable 4g connection at. Haven't been able to test the speeds because of this. Now my gs4 is sitting right by my note 3 and it has full 4g getting speeds up to 24mbps. Yet the note 3 is still only showing 3g. Both on the same prl. Both have lte enabled.
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I'm having the exact same problem! Have you been able to figure out anything?
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I'm having the exact same problem! Have you been able to figure out anything?
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Yep I got a new one. Been working fine.
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Yeah, I'm getting general LTE flakiness lately, when previously it was fine. I don't know if it's the phone or the network. I seemed to have better speeds with my kyocera torque and s4. I'm guessing it's network congestion. In some places with decent signal, it has slow connection to no. Pisses me off when it drops down to 3g. I'm thinking more people are upgrading old phones and hogging bandwidth. Ten months ago LTE was much faster.
You guys think this would work??
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