Strange phone issues - Motorola Droid X2

I'm having a strange issue with my POS X2. A couple days ago my phone quit working with voice and text. Data with 3G and wifi was fine. The phone had CM7 on it at the time. All settings looked fine including Network Preferences. Although I live in a low signal area the phone usually connects. I went into town where signal is excellent and it still wouldn't connect. It would immediately pop up "call lost".
I decided to sbf with the 2.2.2 which voice and text starting working again. I did all the OTAs to 2.3.5 which I still had voice and text- for a while at least. Voice and texting stopped working again with the same issue. Along with voice/text phone would stop syncing data while phone was in standby which means Skype would disconnect and any emails wouldn't be pushed until I woke the phone up. I even have my wifi set to Never sleep as I always have.
Again I sbf'ed, this time to 2.3.4. Voice/text starting working again but syncing still isn't working properly. I rooted and flashed back to CM7 since I could no longer stand Blur. Voice and texting seem fine still but again the phone fails to sync while in standby.
The phone is out of warranty and don't have Asurion insurance. What options do I have to get this phone replaced other than having to go buy a new one which is out of the question for numerous reasons. Does anyone know if this is something that can be fixed or am I screwed?

happened to me, some data got corrupted and i sbfd and flashed a dozen times and it wouldn't go, grab an md5checker from the play store, get fresh downloads of the 2.3.4 sbf and gapps and try again wipe wipe wipe. syncing is most likely a software issue not a hardware replacement cause
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A quick update. I wiped the phone three times prior to SBFing to 2.2.2 FroYo. Then wiped I wiped once after. Activated the phone and added by Google account. Accepted all the OTAs up to 2.3.4. Unfortunately I still lose data when phone goes to standby. Went ahead, rooted, flashed CM7, wiped a couple times, and once again and no difference. No data while in standby. I'm starting to notice it happening even when the phone's awake.
I've ruled out the router since all other devices including two laptops and my wife's Incredible on CM7 has no issues. I Googled this issue and found someone else on a Milestone with the same issue and never seem to find a resolution.
This sucks! Maybe it's time to write this phone off and go back to an older dumb-phone. No other options unless forking over ****loads of $$$ that I don't have.

Giving up.
I'm giving up on this and will just call my DX2 beyond repair. One more time I decided to wipe numerous times and SBF and I come back to no data even when the device is active. Even trying to send it text messages from my wife's phone and most of the time I don't get them until later. Right now I'm currently on completely stock 2.3.4 with no root.
I suppose it's time to start saving my pennies and get something that won't change my data plan.
FML

Update: I decided and let the phone update to 2.3.5. Wifi never stays connected, voice/3g rarely works. It just gets better!
Tried talking to VZW today and was told they can't help me since my phone is out of warranty. Figures. But boy do they want to sell you a new RAZR and switch to their "money saving" plan! (yes that's what I was told!). Anything for a buck. Worthless.

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No data connection

Just got my tb last night and right away loved it. After playing with it and getting a brief chance to play with the 4g I turned off the 4g since I was just outside the 4g coverage of philly. I did the *#*#4636#*#* method, idk if that matters.
Anyways, I was using wifi then for like an hour, turned wifi off, and since then I haven't been able to get 1x,3g or even 4g (when I tried turning it back on). what gives? is this another "outage" or is there something possibly wrong with my tb? when they went to activate it last night it did take several tries to find the network.
I believe there are issues currently, but I factory data reset will get your data back
I just got mine yesterday, I haven't turned on wifi yet. but my data doesn't work often already. I checked the status and it says data connection failed.
I'm already getting disappointed with my tb =[
every time, the data doesn't work, I turned my phone off and back on then it works.
oh, one time I tried to restart it, and if froze after the thunderbolt logo and the sound comes on. sigh*
I've done restart and tried airplane mode numerous times and neither worked. Haven't tried factory reset yet, if I get bored at work today I'll give that a shot. Thanks. Wasn't sure if it was just mine or a common problem.
Same data issue here got mine yesterday too hmmm what gives.
Anyway no point returning the phone for such a small issue that will be fixed in the future with updates.
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Just rebooted the phone and data goes away, went to secret menu, press hard key menu turn off data connection off, turned off radio, waited for it to go off, turned back on, waited for it to come on then turned data on, then it worked.
Btw, if you live in an area with good 4g, leave it on lte only if not just 3g, the switching is what mess things up
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I fixed all issues with data by doing a factory reset
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I struggle with the same issues in Philly. The day I got the TB I had no service, I did a reset, pulled the battery, and then spent three hours on the phone with tech support. Eventually I ended up tethering to my Evo, connecting the market, and downloading an app called "restart connections." It works very well.
On the plus side, you don't even have to power down the device when you use it.
Just thought I'd let you know about it, as it's much easier and more convenient.
There have been multiple threads saying that the verizon network is currently having issues. They are fixing out as fast as they can. Any factory resets or apps that rest your connection are just good chance timing.
Reset your APN settings back to default.
I'm right outside Philly........... No problems since Wednesday, could not TXT......... I fixed by pulling the battery off while the phone still on...... it worked for me...
I called tech support today and the were very helpful !! Lol I couldn't believe it. He reset my data from there end and had me factory reset my phone and I'm running great now. My signal is much better as well.
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So has anyone found a solution that doesn't require a hard reset? I have two friends with this problem, they can get 4G but not 3G. We have tried battery pulls, changing to 3G only mode, reseting the APNs, airplane mode and nothing fixes it. I don't want to tell them to hard reset only to have the problem come right back. It sounds like there is a major 3G provisioning issue with this phone and with no *228 there doesn't seem to be an easy way to fix it unless anyone has other ideas.
I've been experiencing the same issue. I called up. Hard reset failed, I also tried toggling data on/off and turning airplane mode on/off.
Of course, did the normal battery pull and reseat the SIM.
... Standing by with VZW on the phone to figure this out....
In the meantime, flashing a new ROM
just turned data on and off and i now have 1x, better than nothing, right
I just got off the phone with Verizon as my two Thunderbolts stopped getting any 3G data since Friday evening. Apparently this is a known provisioning issue and they are working on it. No need to hard reset. The rep herself had the same problem with her Thunderbolt too. Apparently they hope to have it fixed by later tonight. So many 4G issues, wondering if I should have waited a few more weeks...
I've seen this a couple of times today in my store. The only really working solutions is a hard reset and reload. It is a 3G provisioning issue because it doesn't have the standard *228 provisioning option. Not sure how VZW plans to fix.
thanks please keep up posted if you hear more.
There appears to be a work-around the issue...
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...blems-3g-data-dont-hard-reset-read-first.html

[Q] WiFi Calling stuck on "Enabling..."

On Saturday, the 21st, I took a long trip to attend my niece & nephew's birthday party. Ever since I got back, late that night, the T-Mobile WiFi calling feature hasn't been able to get past "Enabling..." I live in the foothills of the Rockies where there's no cell coverage, so without the WiFi calling feature my Vibrant is basically an expensive MP3 player.
I've been Googling and searching this forum for two days, but none of the proposed solutions I've found apply. I haven't installed any new apps that might be fouling things up. I haven't even updated any apps since last week. I also cleared all the application data through the Application Manager, as well as clearing both the cache and dalvik-cache. I've been rebooting like a mad man, but no luck so far.
I've been running TW's Bionix-V ever since it was released and have never had any problems with it. The WiFi Calling connectivity would blink out on me occasionally, but I always chalked that up to the fact that the only DSL service available in our area is pretty ****ty and slow. Usually, when I leave the house I change the settings to "Cellular Preferred" and the phone will pick up the signal as soon as I move into the coverage area. When I'd come home, I turn on the WiFi and switch the setting back to "WiFi Only." I usually had to reboot under these settings to get the WiFi Calling to engage, but rebooting hasn't done me any good these past two days.
The only thing I did differently, this weekend, is I turned off the "Use Packet Data" setting to conserve battery life, cuz we were gone for 16 hours on Saturday and I didn't have a charger with me. But, I turned it back on as soon as we reached the house.
Has anyone had this problem? Any thoughts on what the culprit might be? I have to say I've almost reached my wits' end. If I can't think of anything else to try in the next 24 hours, I've decided to try re-flashing the APK. I can't imagine what good that'll do, unless my SD card data has become corrupted or something, but it's the only thing I can think to do that I haven't tried yet.
Any help or suggestions, any at all, would be greatly appreciated!!!

[Q] Mobile Data Drop - Not Suspect To Outage

In the past two weeks, my mobile data has been down. I don't believe it to be an outage in my area due to the duration of the problem, and the inconsistency with other Verizon Wireless phones. I was running Juice Defender for a while, and every now and then I would notice that the Mobile Network would drop. Toggling the Mobile Network would not fix the problem, either. I usually cleaned out my cached data for the Juice Defender app, turned the app off, then toggled airplane mode once. (Sometimes just toggling Airplane Mode wouldn't fix it, therefore I had to clear the cache for the app.) Now this fails to work. I cannot get my mobile network to connect by any conventional means. When I receive MMS messages, my network will connect long enough to download the attachment. Also when I do a search for a Software Update, it connects just long enough to tell me there aren't any updates for my phone. I've tried updating my PRL with *228 and I've even tried *18 from a post over at Droid Forums. Neither work. I've removed the battery and SIM Card as suggested in some other threads here at XDA. I've also removed the Juice Defender app.
The phone is not rooted and has never been rooted with the Temp Root methods. I'm not opposed to rooting, but if I root, I'm gonna perm root and I would rather not have to factory reset my phone if I don't have to right now. I'm mainly posting this because I cannot find anyone online with the same issue that I am having. Any help would be appreciated. Personally, I think its an issue with Dalvik-VM. I can attach a copy of my LogCat if needed. Any ideas on my issue? Thanks in advance!
Check your power settings, if you are in economy mode it will mess with your data connection.
I have a paid version of JuiceDefender, it has caused me so many problems I don't even bother to install it anymore.
~John
I also have the same issue, tried a couple basebands and could not fix it. I ended up not using it...
Every once in a while my mobile network or just lte somehow gets turned off and I have to turn it back on, but that's rare.
I tried juIce Defender and also had problems losing my connection so I uninstalled it. Plus the settings were so confusing to me. I'm using Green Power now and that seems fine.
You didn't mention mhs so I assume you're not using it but that has known connection issues.
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sunsys14 said:
I also have the same issue, tried a couple basebands and could not fix it. I ended up not using it...
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Did you ever try doing a factory reset? I'm curious to know if that will fix it.
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I tried juIce Defender and also had problems losing my connection so I uninstalled it. Plus the settings were so confusing to me. I'm using Green Power now and that seems fine.
You didn't mention mhs so I assume you're not using it but that has known connection issues.
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Juice Defender gave me fits, too. I'm not using my phone as a Mobile Hotspot, either.
I kinda think its my ROM. I'll play around with some stuff, or I'll just get around to doing a factory reset and see if that fixes the problem. I'll post any solutions here for others.
Are you in a good 4g area? If you scroll down the general section here, you will find my topic. If you use 3g more than 4g, there is a post in that thread about##778#. It helped me. Sorry if it doesn't help you, Cheers.
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I just wanted to let you know that I'm having this problem as well. I AM rooted and running CleanRom, but my daughter has a non rooted Bionic, and both of us suffered a complete loss of data today. My husband's rooted Rezound is fine.
I took my phone into Verizon today, and after initially just trying to swap out the phone (which I wouldn't allow them to do, it took me too long to get my phone the way I want it), they finally switched out the 4G sim card, and the data came back instantly.
When my daughter leaves school today, she will get her 4G card swapped out as well, and we'll see if it is in fact a network connectivity problem.
It seems to me that our 4G phones has a lot of trouble switching from wifi to 3G/4G service.
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CocoaGoddess said:
It seems to me that our 4G phones has a lot of trouble switching from wifi to 3G/4G service.
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I will +1 this. My work WiFi is spotty, and so the phone falls in and out of WiFi. The Rezound HATES that and usually leaves me with no connectivity. There is definitely a WiFi->Mobile Network issue.
Try doing a factory reset. Could be a bad device... Im getting amazing reception on mine. I havent even seen my 3G or 1x icons yet. Constant 4G lock.
Forget what I said, my data connection has been dropped again for the past thirty minutes and there's no way for me to get it back.
I'm going to try a factory reset. I *really* don't want to have to send my phone back because my husband is getting amazing coverage on his Rezound. However, we're still in the first week of our Verizon contract, and if this looks like it will be a standing issue, then we'll have to cancel and go crawling back to horrible Sprint.
CocoaGoddess said:
I just wanted to let you know that I'm having this problem as well. I AM rooted and running CleanRom, but my daughter has a non rooted Bionic, and both of us suffered a complete loss of data today. My husband's rooted Rezound is fine.
I took my phone into Verizon today, and after initially just trying to swap out the phone (which I wouldn't allow them to do, it took me too long to get my phone the way I want it), they finally switched out the 4G sim card, and the data came back instantly.
When my daughter leaves school today, she will get her 4G card swapped out as well, and we'll see if it is in fact a network connectivity problem.
It seems to me that our 4G phones has a lot of trouble switching from wifi to 3G/4G service.
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I think I'm going to try doing this. How painful was it for you to convince them to give you another SIM Card?
Edit: Just read your last post. Please let me know what a factory reset does for you.
They had no issues at all swapping out my 4G card, they certainly couldn't let me walk out of the store with no signal. They knew they had to try something.
The factory reset on the phone appeared to work. I've been steadily switching it from wifi to data, and the data signal picks up, albeit a tad bit slow. Only thing is, I still don't really get 4g, while my husband's Rezound has a great signal.
I got insurance on the phone, so I'll put up with it as long as I can before I start screaming at Verizon.
Good to hear. I'm going to try to switch out my SIM card today and see if that fixes it. I thought maybe it was something with the ROM, seeing as how my 3G will turn on whenever I need to send an MMS message, so a factory reset made sense to me. I just don't want to do it. Lol. Thanks for the info!
I've experienced it twice in the last 24hrs and it just happened to be right after I installed and used LTE OnOff. Don't know if there might be a connection there. I keep forgetting this phone has the ability to switch 4g/3G unlike the TBolt. Needless to say, that app is no longer on the phone.
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
I had an issue with the mobile network just dropping in and out (other people in the room did not lose signal). We currently don't have 4G and it is 3G only. I did a factory reset of the phone, but it continued to occur. Took the phone back to Verizon store to exchange it (it was 1 week old). At first they weren't going to and gave me a run around but in the end exchanged it. Have had no problems with new phone.
My girlfriend's Bionic keeps dropping 4G more frequently than my Rezound. I get this problem too though. Usually a toggle of Airplane Mode fixes it...but it's pretty damn annoying. Happens once or twice a day!
A Factory Reset fixed it. Everything went smoothly, too. I backed up all my SMS Messages with HTC's Messaging app, and got my network back as soon as I restored it and set everything back up. Hopefully this will help anyone else who might have had the same problem.
I've been side by side with a fresh Rezound and watched both of them jump from 4g to 1x to 3g and sometimes never 3g. The problems were a million times worse with my droid charge as it's a combination of the handsets and the towers.
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Hmmm
I have this happen if I am in an area with NO signal (such as the basement level of my office building) for long time. Only a reboot will bring back data. Does not happen often (maybe 2ce in a month and a half).
I am intrigued by the person who blames the install of LTEOnOff. I have it installed but do not use it. Maybe if I ever have to hard reset (such as if ever run the unlock), I will not reinstall that program.

Not Getting Data

For some reason today my Amaze decided to randomly stop getting any type of data signal. I will be able to place and receive calls, and send and receive texts, but I will not be able to connect to the internet, or anything requiring data.
If I go in to settings it will show my mobile network as on, but I will have to toggle it off and on a few times before it eventually comes back up. It seems the first two trys it will say "turning on..." and nothing will happen until I turn it off and back on, eventually getting data signal.
I didn't change anything this morning to prompt this, and I don't have any battery saver apps that turn data off when the screen is off. This is also happening both at work and at home, places where I have always had great signal before, so I am at a bit of a loss as to what is going on with my phone.
For reference I am running ICS 4.0.3, S-Off, and rooted.
It's a tmo issue.
Have others been experiencing this issue today?
All week.
Oh, I had assumed that people in the Midwest were experiencing problems with the storms and all, I didn't know they were having issues in California.
Thats a relief at least, I was worried there might be something up with my phone, which at the moment I can't afford to replace. That is certainly a load off my mind!
It's a nationwide issue, seems to be overload on the network or they're probably installing that new band.
Haha, well as long as it keeps me from buying a new phone it's all good. Thanks for the info!
Lol at getting a new phone, no prob, it should be back on in an hour or so.

Data issues (Verizon)

Is anyone else experiencing hang ups when using mobile data? Every so often (multiple times throughout the day) data stops coming in and I see the upload arrow on the LTE but no apps or data respond until I flip on airplane mode and back off. It's been happening every day for over a week and factory reset didn't help.
Happened to me a few times but not super frequent. It was random and I figured it was verizon data service and not the phone. I didn't see any downtime for vzw online though so I dunno. There's a security update and maybe that'll fix the bug if it is one as well.
I've noticed this as well.
I mostly get it when I launch the Google Search/Assistant app. I can verify it immediately because it's not listening for my voice input. Another way to tell is that the newsfeed that Google usually loads doesn't appear, nor does it attempt to auto complete any searches I perform. I haven't had to cycle my Data or WiFi on/off to get it to work, I usually just kill the app from the Recents screen and relaunch it, whereupon it launches and performs normally.
I have noticed the same thing when it comes to my google feed/google app.
Just happened again and it's pretty annoying. Can't figure what's causing it. I noticed Pandora wouldn't play and then tried to open my Google feed and nothing. Tried YouTube and a few other apps and still nothing. Did a reboot and all is good. Will try and toggle data off and on next time
Still happening. Randomly when browsing things won't load and I'll notice the LTE upload arrow and nothing works until I toggle airplane mode. Starting to get on my nerves.
Good to know it wasn't just me.
I'm all the way in Korea so I can tell you if can't be the network provider at fault here. Also the immediate recovery after toggling airplane mode and back also points to this problem being a device issue.
This is quite irritating...
Quick update: after a factory reset the phone still hangs randomly on 4G up data until toggled off.
Hopefully the last update. Switched sim cards and it seemed to solve the issue. Been running 4G data instead of WiFi for the past two days without hiccups. May have been an issue when switching the card from my 6P.
I had random glitches with the data too. I noticed it has pretty weak RF performance compared to Moto Z and S7 Edge on verizon. I haven't tested S8 yet (waiting for unlocked)
Phone tricked me. Issues persist after new sim card. Now comes the battle of refurbished phones.
FWIW, I can't see any difference in RF performance good or bad vs my old HTC One M8. In good spots, service is still good. And in bad spots, it's still bad.
Well, service is great when it works. I assumed it was network prioritization but it happens even on a New billing cycle.
I replaced the sim card, reset the phone, used safe mode, and just got all brand new G6 in the mail. Same issue and Verizon doesnt know why. At this point it has to be a network issue.
As an interesting side note, I used my 6P all day with no issues this past weekend
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Well, service is great when it works. I assumed it was network prioritization but it happens even on a New billing cycle.
I replaced the sim card, reset the phone, used safe mode, and just got all brand new G6 in the mail. Same issue and Verizon doesnt know why. At this point it has to be a network issue.
As an interesting side note, I used my 6P all day with no issues this past weekend
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I've had a similar issue recently, a few times. Sometimes the phone will say no network connection in certain apps, other times it just does not work, LTE arrows blinking, but no data, apps do not respond. However, it would not work after toggling airplane mode, so I rebooted. Oddly, when this happened, my wife opened the same app on her G6, and it worked (we were not on wifi). Not sure if it's a network issue, or not. I'm gonna try a factory reset and see if that corrects this. I've had the device for 10 days, has happened 3 times.
I had a similar issue 2 days ago; no Verizon internet when trying to use my Chamberlain garage door opener app. I got it to work again when switching networks from Global to LTE/CDMA and back to Global. After that I rebooted the phone, got off wifi to make sure Verizon data works. Haven't had a problem since.
Another update but I'm sure no one cares any more. Used my 6P all last week with no issues. Back on my G6 today and data freezing throughout the day. Verizon doesn't believe me and no one knows what to do. I'm SOL and this G6 is to blame.
My girlfriend and I have both bought 2 brand g6s. Within 30days of owning, all of the issue that have been presented on here have happened and continue to happen even after joining a different verizon network plan. We have not figured out a fix and these are BRAND NEW. Not refurbished phones

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