Just something I've noticed and if anyone has some insight I'd appreciate it. I have the evo 3d on sprint, my fiancé has the droid bionic on Verizon. Sprint just works, but on the bionic, and lg revolution before that, wouldn't get data connection or calling/texting if the bars and data indicators in the notification bar were lit up blue. If they're white, she gets nothing. Why? It's like there's service available but the phone won't connect to it at times. This happened to the revolution too so I'm under the impression its Verizon of the way they do things.
And to clarify, the number of bars will still fluctuate like ours, not that some are blue and some are white. Same goes for the data connection, it'll list 3g, 4g, or not be present depending on what's available. But no matter what's showing, if it's white, you might as well be in airplane mode.
I asked in the bionic forum too but no one shared any info yet.
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I'm assuming you won't get many responses here, since this isn't a Verizon forum. But I have experience with the Bionic actually. Two of my friends have the Bionic, and have the same issues you do. I recently took an 8 hour trip with two friends that have the Bionic, and one friend with another phone on Verizon (a new samsung I think). I of course, being a Sprint customer, literally had no data/cell coverage about 80% of the trip. The one with the brand new Verizon phone had 4g about 75% of the time, and 3g the other 25%. She was streaming pandora and had Navigation going the whole time, without a SINGLE hiccup or buffering in the music. The two with the Bionic always had cell coverage, but their 4g was VERY spotty, and only worked about 40% of the time.
Also at my house, the person with the samsung always has 4g and never had a problem with data connectivity. The two with the Bionics very frequently experience 4g dropouts, and the handoffs between 4g and 3g normally cause streaming audio/video to cut out.
So based on my experience, the Bionic is just a bad phone all together.
Thanks. I did get a response this morning in the other forum. They're saying it's having trouble connecting to Google services. But that doesn't make sense why nothing works...
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So, I live in a prime 4G area. NO issues and almost always full bars. I have had both a Samsung Charge and a Droid Bionic. Both phones didn't give me the same problems this phone has started. I'll be on my phone looking on the net or Youtube when... I lose all data. I can make calls and texts, but data is gone. I don't even get 3G, and I tried that stupid LTE switch.
My only fix is to go into Airplane mode and/or do a full reset to get it back up. Is this isolated or have you guys seen this too?
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So, I live in a prime 4G area. NO issues and almost always full bars. I have had both a Samsung Charge and a Droid Bionic. Both phones didn't give me the same problems this phone has started. I'll be on my phone looking on the net or Youtube when... I lose all data. I can make calls and texts, but data is gone. I don't even get 3G, and I tried that stupid LTE switch.
My only fix is to go into Airplane mode and/or do a full reset to get it back up. Is this isolated or have you guys seen this too?
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I've seen this on both the bolt and the rezound and heard of it on the other 4g devices. Think its a new tech, lte problem...
I'm in the greater LA area too and I noticed this issue happen to me twice this weekend. I either lost all data or it went to 1x. I had to restart to get it back. My girlfriend who has a Bionic on the other hand did not lose connection while next to me.
I get this often as well. Unfortunately, I live in a 3g area and can't really comment on the 4g data problem.
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I think Verizon has been dealing with some issues the last couple of weeks. My aircard has almost been thrown through the wall more than a couple of times...
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Android Police posted about this today, it's Verizon's authentication process. http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...other-4g-lte-vzw-phone-is-losing-data-signal/
I've made references to this in Q&A, so apologies if you've read this already.
Simply put, my mobile data does not work on this phone. What I'm finding is if I leave a WiFi network or go to/from Sprint to roaming data, the hand-off to cellular data never happens as one of three things invariably occurs:
a) Mobile Data is stuck in 'turning on...' and thus I have no signal at all;
b) I have signal but no throughput (the up/down arrows never light up and I get no data connection);
c) the phone just reboots.
So basically if I change my network state, I can't go back until I reboot. Toggling Mobile Data does nothing in any of these instances. Now I expect holes in the software during a device release, but not holes you can drive a truck through. If anyone is experiencing the same issue or has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. If it's not solved by the end of my 14-day rescission period, this thing is done for.
I had this same exact problem. Update your profile and PRL. That fixed it for me but I dunno if that will fix the problem permanently. Might be a hardware defect but I hope it was just a prl/profile issue.
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I've tried updating my profile and PRL and unfortunately that did nothing, and moments ago I gave up and called Customer Care to reactivate my OG EVO.
Of course, 30 seconds after that was all done the representative told me there's an EVDO data issue/outage that has been persistent in Philadelphia since the 22nd. You'd think they'd tell their store reps this valuable information, but such is not the case. I'm going to try running some tests on my OG EVO for comparison's sake and see how much truth they're telling me before I put the LTE back in the box and tell Sprint where they can shove it.
I have noticed some quirkyness with the WiFi/3g handoff on the phone on stock and viperROM. I am in the Philly market too, possibly the issue.
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It's becoming unbearable. I lose my 3g connection about 3 times a day. But today, it's lost it about 20 times and that's no exaggeration. It's lost mobile data at least 5 times in the last hour. HTC has got to do something about this.
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So I reactivated my OG EVO and sure enough, 3G data speeds are nothing short of awful in the 19103 area (~6KB/sec on average), compared to the 19106 area a mile or so away -- there's definitely an EVDO issue in the area. However, the OG EVO is not exhibiting the same WiFi/roaming hand-off issues that the EVO LTE is; that has to be a software issue specific to the phone. Seeing as I frequently walk in and out of various WiFi blankets throughout the city several times every day, this bug is a deal-breaker for me.
When I leave a wifi area I've noticed it takes a very long time to pick up 3G. It was nearly instant on my E4GT.
I just had the same issue with my mobile connection. Updating my profile and PRL seemed to do the trick. Changing from wi-fi to mobile also takes over a minute...
change your phone from cdma/lte mode to cdma mode, did the trick for a few friends of mine.
I've also been having the same issues. My phone will just drop 3G and go to roaming or no signal at all constantly. I also live in the Philly area so I'm hoping since we're in the second wave to get LTE that its just Sprint working on the network but I'm starting to suspect that we have a serious problem with our phones. Im on my second phone & a few different ROMS including stock & I've been having the problem since pre relase while my wife's Samsung E4GT has had no issues.
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Well I took the advice from another thread and switched from CDMA/LTE to CDMA only & I haven't had any issues with my 3G dropping or with the WiFi to 3G handoff. Don't know if that fixed the problem or if Sprint just isn't working on the towers today.
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Okay this is starting to piss me off. I loose 3G service anytime I unlock the phone. In my house I can not keep a call connected to save my life, even though I have 4 bars. My 3G just looses signal. Its not when I switch from WiFi. It just does it on its own.
The first thing I tried was to turn the CDMA/LTE to just CDMA, tested this for 2 days nothing. I updated both Profile and PRL.... nothing.
I am really tempted to walk into a Sprint store and through down because this is unacceptable. And this happened to my first EVO LTE, so I returned it within my 14 days, got a second one and its doing the same thing. I thought well maybe its because I am in the Chicago Subbards but I have been in 2 other states and I have the same issue.
Anyone know of a fix or when HTC will actually fix their newest phone? I mean come on really guys, how is this okay?
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Also, I tried turning off NFC and that doesn't help either.
And is anyone else's EVO get REALLY hot?
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Okay this is starting to piss me off. I loose 3G service anytime I unlock the phone. In my house I can not keep a call connected to save my life, even though I have 4 bars. My 3G just looses signal. Its not when I switch from WiFi. It just does it on its own.
The first thing I tried was to turn the CDMA/LTE to just CDMA, tested this for 2 days nothing. I updated both Profile and PRL.... nothing.
I am really tempted to walk into a Sprint store and through down because this is unacceptable. And this happened to my first EVO LTE, so I returned it within my 14 days, got a second one and its doing the same thing. I thought well maybe its because I am in the Chicago Subbards but I have been in 2 other states and I have the same issue.
Anyone know of a fix or when HTC will actually fix their newest phone? I mean come on really guys, how is this okay?
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Also, I tried turning off NFC and that doesn't help either.
And is anyone else's EVO get REALLY hot?
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Have the same issue on 2 diffrent EVO lte's . I heard it could be towers or the software on the phone . I think its the pho e because I've heard the s3 dosnt have these issues .
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same problem here
started a thread over on the sprint site here
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/445385#445385
I thought it was the towers as well, but I been in 3 states the exact same issue...
Im in naperville and im waiting for lte to be up and running before I buy the Evo lte...my brother is having the same problems as you...looks like another month before its ready...patiently waiting...hang in there
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As of today, dead. Voice is ok. 3G is gone. (Philly)
Im in lexington sc and for about a week now my data (which i had inside my house just fine) has been out almost completely and i have called 3 times and got 3 different reasons on why this is. Now last night they tell me that there is NO eta on when it will return????? WTF! This better be a LTE thing. If not this is getting out of control fast... They said id be credited for the outage, well data is 50% of what we pay for. This is unacceptable sprint...
Say if it is a software issue shouldn't most people have this issue ?
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probably, depending on which software/firmware version you're running. I think it's more specifically related to the radio version/fw vs the towers causing it. it seems more and more like i get varied results depending on where i'm at. always the same end result, just the behavior in how long 3g stays connected varies.
I have been dealling with the same issues. I was driving and my data went out. Can't get data only if I connect to a WiFi, I tried everything. I am on the latest firmware, prl, ect. I got it back yesterday about 5 hours later but as soon as I go to an area with no service it will not come back. (Voice and text work fine) I am still without data since Noon today. I know I have 3G because my old Epic 4G is working fine. I even flashed the radio again and flashed the whole firmware again. Still doesn't work. I am about to take it back and get the Samsung....
Does anyone else have problems with mobile data dropping frequently?
My thunderbolt and rezound act the same. At work, the signal strength reported in the about phone screen fluctuates between -63 & - 73dbm. Ill lose mobile data countless times daily. If you go to the settings to try and toggle mobile data, it's greyed out and says turning on...
So frustrated with this behavior
Ehh I have this problem to a certain extent with the nexus but its not too bad
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Does anyone else have problems with mobile data dropping frequently?
My thunderbolt and rezound act the same. At work, the signal strength reported in the about phone screen fluctuates between -63 & - 73dbm. Ill lose mobile data countless times daily. If you go to the settings to try and toggle mobile data, it's greyed out and says turning on...
So frustrated with this behavior
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Verizon probably have a weak signal in your work place.
This happens. Also, LTE is known to stop allowing traffic (at random) and require a turning off/on of Mobile Data (especially when using constant data for long periods of time).
It's annoying.
Different places - happens more than others.
I have also been experiencing issue with Verizon data connections as of late. I have a hard time even locking onto 3G with my Rez. But my other phones no issues, I am now on my 4th Rezound in over a month since having this issue.
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I have also been experiencing issue with Verizon data connections as of late. I have a hard time even locking onto 3G with my Rez. But my other phones no issues, I am now on my 4th Rezound in over a month since having this issue.
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what other phones gets better signal? just wondering?
I have this same issue... What is the problem? Should I get a new rezound?
Its pointless to have LTE if I cant use it......
Its like when it works it works well, but most of the time, it just sits there the data arrows unlit, when i try to use data..
I powercycle, turn mobile data off and on, and sometimes it works, but most of the time Im stuck to using Wi-Fi...
So why should i pay verizon all this money for Wifi?
Ugh.. Im gonna return this pos.
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what other phones gets better signal? just wondering?
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Compared to my unfortunate experience with 4G devices, any of my other 3G phones hold onto and got better locks on 3G than compared to the past Rezounds. Now the latest rezound finally does get a data lock the prior 4 did not.
I've got no 4g issues. Almost never drops. I'm in southern California.
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This issue has been addressed a lot in many forums for the rezound, tbolt, gnex, and pretty much every 4g phone out. For some phones its not that bad. I think its software based cause once I rooted and s-off I've never had it happen to me again. The gnex I think they narrowed down to combination of software and hardware issues. I've been running ice roms since I rooted. I've been through 3 replacements, all did it, all had new Sims all new phones (not refurbished).
Here's a post I followed when it was happening to me. I've done lots of research on this and I truley do think its software based (mostly because Verizon won't admit its their network)
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It's a network. If you have -65 -75 dbm on 1xrtt that doesn't mean you have the same signal strength on lte. LTE signal is different from 1xrtt or evdo. The reason that you lose date quite often is because the LTE signal is very poor in your location especially if you are indoor. to improve LTE signal wilson electronics has very good amplifier, that calls sleek 4g-v get it. It may improve the signal by 20 dbm.
There is a few threads on this and no resolutions. There is some kinda of problem with the network that Verizon isn't owning up to. There is a bunch of forums posting the problem as well, where the 4g just drops off and then comes back on. Prior to the begining of June if my 4g dropped out it would go to 3g. Now the places I had solid 4g I am getting it on and off every minute or so. I went down to verizon and the girl said she is having problems with her Tbolt. We changed out the sim and she said she could get me a new phone but to me it sounds like the network if so many people across all phones are having problems. I am going to call Verizon probably this weekend or monday cause I am tired of being on 3g all the time and not being able to use the 4g is driving me nuts. Things are so slow. Arg.
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Does anyone else have problems with mobile data dropping frequently?
My thunderbolt and rezound act the same. At work, the signal strength reported in the about phone screen fluctuates between -63 & - 73dbm. Ill lose mobile data countless times daily. If you go to the settings to try and toggle mobile data, it's greyed out and says turning on...
So frustrated with this behavior
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once in a blue moon my signal bar would drop a couple bars even though its been in the same spot for about 5 minutes. but thats about it.
Im stuck on 1x since last night -_-
Try using *#*#4636#*#* and toggle lte on and off. If you absolutely need lte only set to only allow it. I have a good lte signal at work, but it dies quickly once in the building.
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Took out sim n put it back in...fixed lol. I use that lte on off app to switch to just lte. Thank you though
No drops for me in the Detroit, MI area.
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I have this same issue... What is the problem? Should I get a new rezound?
Its pointless to have LTE if I cant use it......
Its like when it works it works well, but most of the time, it just sits there the data arrows unlit, when i try to use data..
I powercycle, turn mobile data off and on, and sometimes it works, but most of the time Im stuck to using Wi-Fi...
So why should i pay verizon all this money for Wifi?
Ugh.. Im gonna return this pos.
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what other phones gets better signal? just wondering?
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From all the responses, Galaxy S3 is the best signal people are getting to date. Better than the one xxx and the Motorola Razor Maxx. And HTC and Motorola have been known to have the best reception. Go figure.
I won't have my GS3 until July 9th so I can't say first hand.
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From all the responses, Galaxy S3 is the best signal people are getting to date. Better than the one xxx and the Motorola Razor Maxx. And HTC and Motorola have been known to have the best reception. Go figure.
I won't have my GS3 until July 9th so I can't say first hand.
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great I just pre order GS3, r u sure its data signal not gps? cause I found a couple of review that says GS3 has better gps than one X thats all I could find.
First off I am s-on 1.15 I have been flashing sense based ROMS flawlessly. I have tried flashig both CMX as well as Paranoid Android. Each time flashing boot.IMG through fastboot first. Everything runs smooth. Although my signal is horrible. Where on all sense based ROMS I'm getting great 3g service I may have 1 bar and on the status bar it will say no data connection instead of sprint pcs or whatever. Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue.Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Update. I read Another post where someone had similar problem. I updated prl and profile. Will test out tomorrow. Off to bed. And I don't have very good service here at home regardless
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Could it be an issue with the towers in your area? Sense roms are kind of jacked when it comes to reporting signal strength. Htc removed the 1x icon because they claimed it was confusing to customers, they also changed the way it reports the signal polling much like Apple did with their Iphones. There are a couple of apps although I dont remember them off the top of my head, one is crowd sourced and they record data for gprs (1x, 3g) gps, wimax, lte, wifi as well I believe and they graph the listings, another one will show real time information for signal polling.
I am not sure. Anything is possible. I live in a remote area where service is kinda spotty at home anyway. Although my wife has iPhone 4s through sprint as well. Where she will be showing 3-4 bars 3g. But I am running flex stock Rom with sense 4.1 and it definitely seems better . I will definitely look into the apps and see if that shows anything.
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I really jinxed myself, I was thinking Im glad Im not that guy everything works and now 3g is dropping like crazy.
Are you in a LTE market? I've heard that when there working on upgrading 3g signals have been reported dropping. I am in between the Atlanta market and the Nashville Tn market. I'm hoping I will see some LTE soon. But like I stated my wife's is working great. I'm hoping my 3g problem hasn't infected you.
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I am but theres no LTE here, there wont be for quite some time, the towers for my area are severely neglected, about 2 months ago they had just brought 3g back up and it had been down for a month and a half, i was roaming practically 2 weeks straight before the service started to come back intermittently
Hi all,
This question might have been posted already seeing as this phone is about a year old already. I'm running the STOCK ICS ROM OTA 4.0.4 unrooted. I've noticed that after the update my phone keeps switching from 4G to 3G and back but the problem is so bad that I lose every bar of signal (i.e. empty bars and of course no data) for at least a minute when the phone switches. I've already gone through the process of getting a replacement phone and I will need another because the receiver (speaker inside when I make a phone call, not sure what its really called) sounds awfully tinny and when the hang up tone plays the speaker sounds like its about to blow out. I lowered the in call volume to half, but it still doesn't work and my phone sounds tinny when ever someone talks during a phone call. I never had that problem with my old RAZR. As for the data issue, I am aware that I live in an old building because at the most I get between 3-4 bars of 4G LTE but sometimes as low as 2 bars. However, outside on the street I get full bars of 4G LTE and it still switches back to 3G on it's own. I have tried Motorola's restore connectivity app on the play store but that didn't work and I don't have anything like smart actions or LTE on/off app running on my phone.
Is anybody else having these issues? At first I thought Verizon sucks in my house but it doesn't I still get crystal clear sound on calls and text messages are promptly sent and received. I also, of course, live in a 4G LTE area with good solid coverage. As a control I have an iPad 4G LTE with Verizon on a separate account and it consistently stays connected to LTE. It never drops below 2 bars and the LTE of course maintains its fast speed. On the other hand, the RAZR, will switch between both technologies at least 5 times a day if not more. I know that they both have different radio technologies but they should at least be similar in some respect. I have also seen an iPhone 5 at the Verizon Corportate kiosk at my local mall. It's obvious there are repeaters but they are not for 4G because none of the phones are on 4G, they are on 3G. The iPhone 5, however, had one bar of LTE and it loaded up a web page just fine and I never saw it drop back down to 3G. I'm trying to see if there is a solution. Have any of the Jellybean ROMs addressed this issue?