Lte dropping off whenever you use a lot? - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

So I have been noticing this pop up more so with a consistent manner. At work I can keep a strong lte signal all day. I can stream any music from Google or tune in or slacker. The minute I try YouTube it forces me down to 3g after a couple of minutes.
Is there some sort of bandwidth limit for lte? After I get out of YouTube it will pop back to lte signal. Speed test shows like 7 down 4 up on average so it's not like i don't have enough speed.
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Maybe your holding it wrong! Lol
Could it be when your in landscape holding it...Your hand blocks the LTE antenna.

I wish that was the case but I am not touching the phone. It's on the kickstand most of the day.
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I am sick and tired of the freaking LTE service, I am in San Antonio, and its crazy, sometimes it wont even connect to any data signal, I miss work emails etc, then as soon as I open Gmail or wake the phone, it connects to 3G, but its playing all day long 4G, 3G, 1X, over and over again... you get a strong 4G signal and as soon as you start enjoying it BAM it switches down to 3G, you do the whole Airplane mode on/off, and you get 4G again, then you start doing something and BAM back to 3G....
is there any way, anyone, to force it to stay on 4G? like way in the back end? or something? this sucks
Edit: you can force it in the EPST but if you set it to LTE only, you dont get phone calls or text msgs.... at least I dont...

SysCrasher13 said:
I am sick and tired of the freaking LTE service, I am in San Antonio, and its crazy, sometimes it wont even connect to any data signal, I miss work emails etc, then as soon as I open Gmail or wake the phone, it connects to 3G, but its playing all day long 4G, 3G, 1X, over and over again... you get a strong 4G signal and as soon as you start enjoying it BAM it switches down to 3G, you do the whole Airplane mode on/off, and you get 4G again, then you start doing something and BAM back to 3G....
is there any way, anyone, to force it to stay on 4G? like way in the back end? or something? this sucks
Edit: you can force it in the EPST but if you set it to LTE only, you dont get phone calls or text msgs.... at least I dont...
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Are you on the new radios or the old? I thought the new radios were suppose to solve this problem.
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I have active lte sometimes until I actually try to use an app that uses data... New radio, old based rom.
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Are you on the new radios or the old? I thought the new radios were suppose to solve this problem.
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New radio also

This doesn't happen to me or at least not yet.

-Cupper- said:
I have active lte sometimes until I actually try to use an app that uses data... New radio, old based rom.
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Happened to me all the time on my evo. Not happening on my s3
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Anyone else with 4g signal bars but not connection to internet ????

I'm currently on my 2nd 3vo....the new one is actually worst than the 1st because it keeps spontaneously rebooting/freezing. And on top of that STILL shows 4g signal (full bars at times). But has NO connection to the internet at all. I'm curious if anyone else has had the same issue ?....I love the phone but I'm really regretting switching over from sprint...and honestly contemplating canceling service before my 30 days are up.
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I'm in Braintree Mass. right now and have been having issues the past 2 days. If it keeps up then I will call Sprint tomorrow and complain.
Yeah sometimes when I'm on 4G I have the bars but don't have any connectivity at times. A few times when i turned off 4G my EVO3d would not connect to 3g until i pulled the battery and rebooted
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It's really aggravating...I have no problem with 3g at all...but 4g is a nightmare ! I'm almost thinking of switching to an EVO 4g instead lol
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Same here. Just switched to sprint two days ago for this thing, horribly unimpressed. 200kbps 3G and constant freezes which require a battery pull (which is a pain with an otterbox on). Does anyone know if HTC/Sprint are aware of these issues?
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Lately my freezing issue has been limited to self reboots lol. When I had my phone replaced at the sprint store
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When i had it replaced the tech mentioned there's supposed to be a ota update to address the various issues with the 3vo.
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sometimes i'll have 5 bars and no or very slow connection. other times i'll have 1 bar and 200kb/s. so i'd say it's getting better right now as before i'd have a hard time breaking 100kb.
lol I'm roaming... In the middle of downtown orlando.
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I hate motoblur....but might not have a choice and get the photon if these issues persist.
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I have had that problem in the past...
... When I had my 4G, it was infrequent network issues that caused that.
The 3D seems to be pretty bad about holding all signals/connections (WiFi, 4G, 3G, voice, etc.).
Sprint has been fine for me here in the mid-atlantic for years. It is this 3D device that has been flake-tastic lately. I am likely going back to a "plain-old" Evo before my 30days with the new phone are up.
I'm getting slower 4G connection than 3G.
I wonder if they thoroughly test the phones before releasing them ?
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Been having that exact problem at work, two or three bars showing for 4g but nothing happens when I try to load pages (or do anything that requires data for that matter) its off and on though because later in the day the phone will be humming right along until it happens again... Took my wife's 4g with me yesterday to see if it was my 3vo but both phones had the same problem...
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ka0bit0 said:
I'm currently on my 2nd 3vo....the new one is actually worst than the 1st because it keeps spontaneously rebooting/freezing. And on top of that STILL shows 4g signal (full bars at times). But has NO connection to the internet at all. I'm curious if anyone else has had the same issue ?....I love the phone but I'm really regretting switching over from sprint...and honestly contemplating canceling service before my 30 days are up.
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try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140870&page=8 it's a wimax hack that worked for me.
I'm on my 3rd 3vo.....and I'm guessing third times a charm, because this one is finally living up to the hype....
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Verizon LTE

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
brucekr said:
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.
Jimi Mack said:
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.
Damasterjj said:
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.
brucekr said:
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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Gorilla* said:
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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Damasterjj said:
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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drbveb88 said:
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.

Am I the only one?

Am I the only one who has noticed poor 3G on this phone? Even poor for sprint standards. Especially at places where I normally get my best data I'm getting piss poor and even going into roaming. My desk at work is usually where I get my best speeds and now I can barely send a text message. I've only had the phone for a week but since I've got it 3G has been awful and even WiFi hasn't been spot on... I fails a lot dropping signal if my screen turns off for to long which sucks when I'm downloading a Rom or something of the sort, and before you ask I do have it set to keep WiFi on while the screen is off. I love the phone and would hate to get rid of it because I can't use it. So hopefully its not just me maybe sprint has something going in my area that started the moment I got my phone... I'm in Orlando, FL and I'm running stock with root
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Call sprint, check for tower upgrades in your area.
Make sure your updating your prl and profile too
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Naw ur not the only one....with all the upgrades to both the 3g and 4g LTE my 3g has been hit and miss.....good some days and bad others....hopefully it'll all get corrected real some only saving grace for me right now is wi-fi
Underlying idea is, its not the phone... its the network.
Past experience doesn't guarantee present performance
MIne is working well.
Wifi is performing very good for me, and the other day at my apt around 6pm i got 1.9megs down.. 3G..
Its a tower that has been upgraded but still have yet to stay connected to 4G longer then a minute..
No there is an issue...I had a moto photon that was very fast on 3g.....when i switched to the evo lte...i noted it seem to be a lot slower...figure it was the network
Well i went back on my photon while i unlock the evo....and again the photon just flys compared to the evo....there is an issue..a big one
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Well I switched from the E3D to the ELTE and I gained on 3g speeds.. I can tell a diff in speed . I got a taste of LTE yesterday for about 5 hrs and it is very noticeable fast over WiMAX .
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Is there any way to make the phone choose 4g over 3g?

My town just got 4g and I've noticed that my phone will choose more bars of 3g over less bars of 4g. But id rather have 2 bars of 4g than 4 bars of 3g if you know what I mean. Is there any way to help this? Any apps I can download?
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It doesn't really work that way. 3g and 4g are independent connections that are maintained simultaneously. You're still connected to 3g even when 4g is connected. If you aren't getting 4g, then it simply isn't connecting to it and there really isn't much you can do about it.
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My town just got 4g and I've noticed that my phone will choose more bars of 3g over less bars of 4g. But id rather have 2 bars of 4g than 4 bars of 3g if you know what I mean. Is there any way to help this? Any apps I can download?
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Since I am on the latest ICS global firmware and a custom ROM, I not sure if if this location is still accurate, but go to settings-call-preferred network. When you get to this you should see a number of options. One is LTE only (4G setting) if that is what you want to do. However, if you do this, then you may not get a data connection if 4G is not available. Also, if you have a weak 4G signal, if will eat up your battery time.
You might try downloading a 4G Toggle program from Play Store. It will take you directly to phone settings. Even though I live in a 4G area, I actually leave my phone in 3G CDMA only mode unless I really need the 4G speed to download something. I get much better battery life.
You could try getting into the hidden phone settings and changing your prefered connection to CDMA, LTE which should disable 3g if i understand it right. That option should also save you a bit of battery life as well if it works.
You should be able to choose lte only from the hidden menu
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Radio?

Are there issues with radio on this phone? Not only does my connection sometimes drop out, and come right back, but according to sensorly, there is 4G in my area, yet the only way I can get my phone to connect to it is to force LTE (only) using ##DATA#.
My baseband version is 1.12.11.1210.
Yes it's a known issue, you can toggle Airplane mode too. It's aggregating but no other way around it. And I heard that the problem still there on the HTC ONE also. Which is why I decided to hold off. I live in a LTE area and my phone takes forever to go from 3g to LTE. My wife's GS3 connects instantly.
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LTE discovery does it fore and works well.
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Yeah, my wife's LG Viper gets better LTE signal and speeds. It's kind of upsetting that a low end LTE phone would better signal and speed than a flagship.

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