So I've has this ongoing issue and it never really bugged me until today, and want to see if anyone has any ideas. Sometimes (more often then not) I am unable to activate 4g on my photon. It simply refuses to start the radio whether its done via widget on home screen or settings. The 4g icon will flash for a half second then goes away. The only way to fix is to either kill all tasks (including system tasks using systempanel) or a phone shut down and reboot. Now, I understand it might be an app interfering with it, but I don't know what it would be. I am rooted stock, and i do have roam control, although this did happen to me before I got roam control I believe.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Do you tether with it? I get the same thing whenever I tether with 4g. Usually a reboot also does the trick for me too.
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I do Tether but not regularly. Its not because wifi tether is just installed at all is it?
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I have the exact same 4g radio issue. I do have wifi tether installed but rarely use it. Happens to me every few days and rebooting is the only thing that had worked for me. I've tried clearing out ram but I usually end up having to reboot to fix it. Very annoying!
{edit} I'm on stock 198_6 rooted.
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My 3vo will seem to randomly not want to work on the data network, yet shows I still have 3G connection. Some pages will load and some background apps will work still...Anyone else have this issue? Maybe I have a defective phone? Just a strange issue I've never had before...
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Are you using a temp root? I've found that every 2days or so i have to redo the temp method because I can't connect to data services.....reboot and It's fixed.
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I'm having the same problem and I haven't used temp root 4g is fine. While I'm on 3g is when I have problems
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I have theses problems to but my wife evo 4g is fine smh
Had the problems prior to using temp root...Hoped that temp root would solve it, but no dice.
Not sure if I should exchange it...Might be a hardware issue if not everyone is having the problem.
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Call sprint and have them reset your data connection after a profile and prl update.
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I had this problem and I did all the tricks listed in these forums... Nothing helped permanently. I ended up returning the 3D.
What browser are yall using? Even without temp root I have issues with FireFox.
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laie1472 said:
Call sprint and have them reset your data connection after a profile and prl update.
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I'll try calling them, thanks.
This is really annoying because I love the phone, but if I can't access the internet when I want to, I'm going to have to return it
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I am currently running SHIFTS3NS3 V1.3X and can not keep the wireless tether connected. After about 5 minutes it will reset to 0.00 and disconnect. I have this issue on every rom I have tried so far. The issue is the same for each version of wifi tether that I have tried aswell. Each time I load a rom I wipe cache/data 3 times, system, and dev cache. I always keep the stock kernel installed so I don;t think that would be the issue. I had a rooted og droid for 1 1/2 years and didn't have issue with wireless tethering. Could someone please assist or point me in the right direction to get this working because I am at a lose at this point.
Have u tried the wireless tether fix in the candystore?
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Disable wake lock in the settings of wireless tether.
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I had just installed the rom around noon today and poked around in the candystore, but some how I missed that...lol I applied the fix and verified the wake lock setting, I will test it out in the morning. Thanks for the quick replies.
Unfortunately it still times out after 10 minutes. It will stream perfectly and then no error or anything, just tether resets to 0.00 and drops the connection. I'd love to have this working, so any more ideas would be great. Btw this is a very nice ROM, haven't had one issue and runs silky smooth!
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Try updating superuser, it fixed my problems
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I notice everytime I turn my Wifi on, the 4g Icon still shows. However my speeds run at wifi speeds. The 4g icon will occasionally disappear but comes back from time to time. I'm running the rooted stock rom.
Is there a reason for this?
Thanks in advance.
Ive noticed this sometimes also, i just check off mobile network if i have wifi on, just to be safe, and it goes away.
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That was my question as well. I just got the phone coming from evo but haven't root it yet. So, I'm running stock without root and have the same thing. Could anyone chime in on that?
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I run juicedefender so I don't have this issue, but they both show if in on WiFi and download an mms message, it only downloads through 4g so it cones in long enough to download the message and goes away.
I have same issue weird thing is my wife has same phone and hers never comes up when connected to WiFi. Only when a picture is coming through how ever mine won't go away at all its annoying
I'm stock no root
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I am guessing you guys have tmo my account app installed. This is a crappy app and uses 4g (apparently to make a secure connection) even when WiFi is on. So whenever you see 4g and WiFi both, just goto running services in settings and stop my account app and 4g icon should go away.
Getting rid of this app and other bloat is one of the main reasons for me to root this phone.
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I do have the tmo my account app installed and noticed the same thing. Now i know why it does it! Thanks for sharing the knowledge chem
Hey guys I was searching and didn't see this in the forums. Recently I've been able to use WiFi without a problem. All of a sudden today it stays on for a few seconds than says what the heck? Your phone took over WiFi connection! Shutting down WiFi now! Any idea what's going on?
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Are you using Green Power or Juice Defender or an app like that? If so, turn them off.
Nope.
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I've used the newest tether app and barnacle and neither works. Tried settings that other puerile have used, ones that worked for me before, uninstalling, reinstalling, wiping cache, nothing wants to let it work anymore.
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Wiping your system completely should fix it on cyanogen at least.
I was about to do that but wanted to make sure before I went to that extreme. Have so much crap loaded I'd hate to have to reinstall everything, even with titanium backup.
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Odd, the only time I've ever gotten that error is when I forget to shut off Green Power.
Your wifi keeps turning on when you try to tether. When this happens, are you near a wifi network that your phone can connect to?
Nope. Ended up wiping and starting from scratch. haven't restored everything yet but it works. Weird issue. Thanks though
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my tethering seems very unreliable. im using the latest wifi tether apk but thats irelevant as i have used many versions but the problems persist. allow me to explain, im in no way new to android nor tethering. i have followed all the steps to get 4g tethering speeds ( toggle data off, disable 4g re enable and so on) the thing is i cant get a stable connection from my laptop or my xoom for more than 20 mins. the connection either goes idle or the phone just restarts or i simply get disconnected from it. im just wondering whether it' s just me or whether this a common problem among photon users. many thanks and great forum.
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I believe the 4G on your phone becomes idle. Just a guess.
I have heard this happens to other Photon users as well. Not sure what the cause of it is or the fix. I'm going to try some things out when I get time and see what mine does. I've never tried to tether for that long of time before. Will post back if I find out anything new.
**I can only test 3G. No 4G in my area.
Are you rooted or using a rom?
**Ignore this (my) post...had something but changed my mind***
thanks. yes rooted & stock
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i can torrent nd get bout 10+ mbps download running through tether for 3 hours no problem. could even get on gears of war on my xbox while tethering no lag no problem
favorite tethering app- open garden tethering (easy and you can lower the transmit power for huge battery life increase, i keep mine on the lowest available) but wifi tether if i need specific settings
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thanks for your reply. im so jealous lol i do also get very fast speeds the only prob is that is they are not consistent. phone either reboots or drops the connections. i will try the app you mentioned also
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maybe think about visiting the store you bought it from or a sprint repair store..? ive never had problems with tethering even being rooted on my htc hero tethering was easy as pie at 2-3mps(3G) or rsdlite the latest spf maybe?
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well i think i found the problem. i simply turned off wifi encryption and now it works flawlessly. go figure...thanks for the replies everyone.
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wow.. such a complex answer. haha xD
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moxiot said:
well i think i found the problem. i simply turned off wifi encryption and now it works flawlessly. go figure...thanks for the replies everyone.
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Year I found that out too ..
Also if you start wifi tether first,
then turn on 4g ...
4g tether works for me using
wifi tether 2.06
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honestly open garden tethering works flawlessly for me, i have problems with every other app usually
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