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GPS tracking issue:
GPS works good for the first couple of days then fails until a hard reset is performed. See above post.
WIFI communication issue on Enterprise networks using DHCP:
WiFi connects, but will not transmit data on enterprise class Cisco networks. AT&T buggered something up with their "customization." UK galaxy S users do not report this problem, most likely driver related. Can be mitigated to some extent by setting static network settings. No known fix, effects all Captivates.
Compass issue:
compass is erratic and buggy, related to chip firmware. No known fix, effects all Captivates.
Random shut down while idle affects some
no know fix but some say its advanced task killer, set cpu, and/or a few other apps
Hello everyone, first off introductions out of the way.
Former iPhone 2g, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Droid 1, Nexus one, iPhone 4, Atrix 4G owner.
Now i've got the G2x.
Let me first get the scenario out of the way before I go on my Epic rant, in case those of you don't want to read my rant.
Went to bed last night, with Wifi TURNED ON, plugged into the charger.
Woke up this morning woke up the phone, looked at the top and the wifi icon was missing and 4G icon was missing just bars and that's it.
I turned off Wifi with the Widget, then turned it back on and all of a sudden a bunch of stuff POPPED as the Wifi icon came back.
I had 2 missed phone calls, 3 text messages and tons of Emails both IMAP and Gmail waiting for me.
So wait a second..I didn't even have a data connection???
Actually you know what.. as i've been writing this, i don't even feel like going on a rant.. it's just not worth wasting my breath.
So tell me people, what type of Epic fix and tweaks Do i have to make to my phone in order to be able to fix this BASIC function not working properly.
What is this i'm hearing about a Wifi sleep policy? and Why can't I have a data connection if things go "sour" with the software not working properly.?
Go to settings, wireless and network settings> wifi settings, hit menu> advanced> turn wifi sleep policy to never. It seems u may have the policy so wifi disables when the screen is off. Also make sure u have mobile data enabled
My phone still does odd things now and then.
But my wife's has data issues. We will be replacing hers.
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xdmds said:
Go to settings, wireless and network settings> wifi settings, hit menu> advanced> turn wifi sleep policy to never. It seems u may have the policy so wifi disables when the screen is off. Also make sure u have mobile data enabled
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How do you make it so "Mobile Data" is enabled? where is that setting at.
Go to settings > wireless and network settings > mobile networks > check the data enabled box.
It's already checked for me.
That still doesn't explain why the data is turning off when my Wifi goes haywire.
does this have something to do with the Wifi calling app? I have that Disabled as well, but that still doesn't mean there's a bug out there somewhere that's still disabling my data.
A rant over this seems like overkill if this is the only example of this for you. Sometimes stuff like this happens and the data connection may drop out. Has it happened again? If have not had any connection issues at all on my G2x so it is not a phone problem. Could be any number of setting or network issues, or just a one time glitch.
xdmds said:
Go to settings, wireless and network settings> wifi settings, hit menu> advanced> turn wifi sleep policy to never. It seems u may have the policy so wifi disables when the screen is off. Also make sure u have mobile data enabled
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Thanks! I had no idea that such a setting existed... I get almost no signal in my apartment, and am heavily dependent on Wi-Fi, so I was losing all data every night until I changed this.
The OP is right - if the phone can't do the basics it's pretty much useless no matter how fast the processor is. In his situation, when Wi-Fi dropped, the phone should have failed over to 2/3/4G. To have a slew of calls, e-mails, and texts not make it through means the phone was off the network entirely.
We're all big boys and girls and know that no electronic device is perfect. The G2X is just plain erratic. The problems are intermittent, not consistently repeatable, and can screw up using the phone for basic communication in the process.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are a mess - especially the way they interact with the 2/3/4G and the different apps loaded and pre-loaded on the phone.
Here's my list of issues:
1) Wi-Fi loses signal even though the task bar indicator shows full strength.
2) Apps turn on 2/3/4G even when Wi-Fi is enabled.
3) Wi-Fi Calling enables itself randomly shutting down all other data. If item 1 occurs the outcome is what happened to the OP - the phone's off the network.
4) The task indicator's always showing 4G whether it's connected at 4G or not and the signal strength shown isn't accurate - sometimes it's optimistic sometimes it's pessimistic.
5) The Bluetooth profile appears and disappears randomly and doesn't show at all if Bluetooth is turned off.
6) Wi-Fi won't connect to anything less than a strong signal but will hold the connection if it weakens. If you try to connect to a weak signal it disables the profile of the device it's trying to connect to.
If you look at the post count of the people that are having connectivity issues they're fairly senior members and have owned a lot of high-end phones. I've played around with two demo units at two different T-Mobile stores and most of what I've detailed above is repeatable. If you aren't a heavy Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or outside connectivity user and/or don't depend on your phone's reliability for business some or all of this may not matter to you or you may not experience it. But, choose to accept it or not, this phone (and not my particular unit) has some serious stability problems.
I like the phone and I'm sure that because of the severity and quantity of the problems that there will be an update soon. That's the reason I'm keeping it. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say that T-Mobile needed something newsworthy to show they're still viable as a stand-alone entity after the AT&T acquisition was announced. They rushed this phone to market to generate buzz and it shows.
I've had no issues with this device but my post count is pretty low
jlevy73 said:
I've had no issues with this device but my post count is pretty low
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Out of curiosity, how do you use your phone? Are you using Exchange push? Wi-Fi calling to make and receive calls from foreign counties? Responding to Twitter and Facebook posts on behalf of a 10K person company? Connecting to a Cisco Bluetooth conferencing speaker system to hold multi-party conference calls? Do you average 8GB of data (not songs and movies) a month? Is your average monthly bill over $300?
I don't mean to be *****y, but after playing with three random samples of this phone I find it hard to believe that there could possibly be a perfect specimen out there as the majority of this is caused by software and we're all using the exact same ROM.
Your radio must have failed completely since voice calls and SMS don't require a data connection to Tx or Rx. I seem to have no problem connecting to weak WiFi signals. I never leave WiFi enabled unless I'm browsing or downloading so I can't speak on the long-term effects of staying connected to an AP for any length of time.
These seem like software issues to me so I wouldn't worry about it too much. There will be an official update soon and probably a good amount of roms to come. For now, I suggest toggling WiFi on only while actively using data.
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Out of curiosity, how do you use your phone? Are you using Exchange push? Wi-Fi calling to make and receive calls from foreign counties? Responding to Twitter and Facebook posts on behalf of a 10K person company? Connecting to a Cisco Bluetooth conferencing speaker system to hold multi-party conference calls? Do you average 8GB of data (not songs and movies) a month? Is your average monthly bill over $300?
I don't mean to be *****y, but after playing with three random samples of this phone I find it hard to believe that there could possibly be a perfect specimen out there as the majority of this is caused by software and we're all using the exact same ROM.
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If you need all this from a phone, you should not be an early adopter.
BarryH_GEG said:
Out of curiosity, how do you use your phone? Are you using Exchange push? Wi-Fi calling to make and receive calls from foreign counties? Responding to Twitter and Facebook posts on behalf of a 10K person company? Connecting to a Cisco Bluetooth conferencing speaker system to hold multi-party conference calls? Do you average 8GB of data (not songs and movies) a month? Is your average monthly bill over $300?
I don't mean to be *****y, but after playing with three random samples of this phone I find it hard to believe that there could possibly be a perfect specimen out there as the majority of this is caused by software and we're all using the exact same ROM.
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I'm a business owner so I push my device pretty hard. Exchange push, plus multiple other push accounts through K-9. Wifi calling placed and received from China, although I prefer normal network for that. I definitely pushing at least 5gb/month and my monthly bill is atrocious.
Out of curiosity, how do you use your phone? Are you using Exchange push? Wi-Fi calling to make and receive calls from foreign counties? Responding to Twitter and Facebook posts on behalf of a 10K person company? Connecting to a Cisco Bluetooth conferencing speaker system to hold multi-party conference calls? Do you average 8GB of data (not songs and movies) a month? Is your average monthly bill over $300?
I don't mean to be *****y, but after playing with three random samples of this phone I find it hard to believe that there could possibly be a perfect specimen out there as the majority of this is caused by software and we're all using the exact same ROM.
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I don't know why you'd be using a just-released phone with such a laundry-list of business requirements, either.
Yea the lovely iphone couldn't do MMS or exchange for 3 years. They still don't have a native Facebook app.
Anyway, I replied to this thread before but it was lost to the server being funny.
But what happened is quite logical and working properly. WiFi calling and WiFi Sleep policy are both set a default setting which saves the most battery. Using them both in tandem would require set and testing, which obviously wasn't done.
So really you can not blame the phone for the WiFi shutting down after X period of inactivity and WiFi Calling going stale.
I average about 6-7mb a month of pure data (I don't download anything on my phone except a rare occasion) in addition to what I use on WiFi. It is working great for me. Sure I'm not tethering a Cisco Bluetooth Speaker, but whatever.
I've used WiFi Calling on my Nexus One and it seems much more stable then I'm used to. WiFi calling is not a cellular repeater and depending on traffic may impede performance.
I do suspect there are odd/missing bluetooth profiles though. But lucky for us the kernel was already released so it will get fixed by the great developers here if not by Tmobile/LG themselves.
Irishdoom said:
I don't know why you'd be using a just-released phone with such a laundry-list of business requirements, either.
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Adequately tested, there should be no problem. The G2X is considered an "Enterprise Class" device which means it's recommended for National and Multi-National accounts. I had one of the first HD2's and G2's and didn't use them any differently and had no problems with core functionality. There's a big difference between quirky behavior and not being able to function as a phone which was the complaint posted by the OP.
player911 said:
I've used WiFi Calling on my Nexus One and it seems much more stable then I'm used to. WiFi calling is not a cellular repeater and depending on traffic may impede performance.
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Wi-Fi Calling is terrific and a feature that sets T-Mobile apart. I used it heavily on my G2 and it was pretty reliable. There is no setting to make it default to "on" yet out of the box it enabled itself and it's randomly enabled itself a couple of times when the phone's been up for hours. It hard-locks the 2/3/4G data signal to off so if the phone's drops Wi-Fi it's basically off the network. The app's supposed to revert to 2/3/4G in the absence of a Wi-Fi signal when you have the setting checked as "Wi-Fi Preferred" which it only does randomly.
So, if in the middle of the night, Wi-Fi Calling enabled itself on the OP's phone and then lost the Wi-Fi signal it was basically off the network. I've seen Wi-Fi Calling enable itself on my phone and the two in the store. I'm assuming it's the same version of the app that's on the G2 so, again, there's something flaky with LG's implementation of Wi-Fi, the 2/3/4G radio, or both.
I'm only belaboring this because of people saying "it's your phone" or "it's got to be hardware." This phone has issues with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth that need to be corrected.
jlevy73 said:
I've had no issues with this device but my post count is pretty low
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same thing here
Hardcore business users need a blackberry... Especially if they value their privacy, trade secrets, or if they handle government related information.
Sent from my LG-P999
Long story short, I'm getting a warranty replacement for the phone due to the proximity sensor not working
So my quirks
1. Proximity Sensor - I saw a post on this but it never received an answer - HTC says it is hardware related. Factory reset did not fix it - and the problem is intermittent as well. Is it hardware related??
2. 802.11N - The phone is suppose to have a "N" chip right? Why doesn't my N router show up in the list? I have a dual band wireless router, and the "N" SSID does not show up in the list of networks- What's the deal with that?? My PC sees both G and N SSID - I read that Android 2.1 had a hack to allow the driver to see 5Ghz but was supposed to be fixed with Froyo - Am I the only one with this issue?
3. Tones reset by themselves? This might be device specific, but when I change the notification ringtone, it sometimes reverts back to the default tone - this goes for the voice ringtone as well..
4. Battery calibration - Using battery widget or the like with stock ROM - the battery will show (IE 85%) After I reboot, the widget will show 95%. I have not rooted yet, so I don't believe the battery stats can be reset. Yes I've done a few charge cycles...
Please no flame answers - I am not new to this game whatsoever, just have some questions about this device since I've only had it a couple days.
Thanks in advance!
born_fisherman said:
Long story short, I'm getting a warranty replacement for the phone due to the proximity sensor not working
So my quirks
1. Proximity Sensor - I saw a post on this but it never received an answer - HTC says it is hardware related. Factory reset did not fix it - and the problem is intermittent as well. Is it hardware related??
2. 802.11N - The phone is suppose to have a "N" chip right? Why doesn't my N router show up in the list? I have a dual band wireless router, and the "N" SSID does not show up in the list of networks- What's the deal with that?? My PC sees both G and N SSID - I read that Android 2.1 had a hack to allow the driver to see 5Ghz but was supposed to be fixed with Froyo - Am I the only one with this issue?
3. Tones reset by themselves? This might be device specific, but when I change the notification ringtone, it sometimes reverts back to the default tone - this goes for the voice ringtone as well..
4. Battery calibration - Using battery widget or the like with stock ROM - the battery will show (IE 85%) After I reboot, the widget will show 95%. I have not rooted yet, so I don't believe the battery stats can be reset. Yes I've done a few charge cycles...
Please no flame answers - I am not new to this game whatsoever, just have some questions about this device since I've only had it a couple days.
Thanks in advance!
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Turn your router off of channel bonding mode. Channel bonding is adding two channels together (5ghz) and only devices that support it can connect (300mbps). I can only get 65mbps but at that rateni doubt you need much more bandwidth.
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Ever since the 5.1 OTA (Or Google Services 7.0.99, I'm not sure), I've been experiencing bad battery life.
I downloaded Better Battery Stats and Wakelock Detector to try to find the culprit and this is what I've found.
- Connected to my wifi at home my Nexus 5 sleeps just fine.
- At work (wifi) I'm having a lot of wlan_rx and wlan_wd wakelocks and high awaken times due to this.
- When on mobile data it all gets worse: I'm getting hundreds of instances of RILJ wakelock in a matter of minutes, and sometimes Gmail often appears first on the list with high wakelock counts and times. Google+ and Keep also make frequent appearances I'm Wakelock Detector
- BBS ALWAYS shows bam_dmux_wakelock as the main culprit and sometimes sensor_ind (on mobile data), but I don't know what to make of that, since WD shows other things (RILJ etc).
Regarding RILJ: almost everything I've found online says that it has something to do with network location and that turning off location history removes it, but I rarely have location services on (GPS or network location) and location history is off anyway. I've tried disabled NetworkLocationService and every other service regarding location using disable service to no avail. It doesn't seem to happen when the phone is in 2G only.
Gmail frequently shows up in WD with high counts and times, I've seen Keep and Google+ in there too, first on lists. I've disabled them both for now.
In the battery stats the activity bars doesn't seem to be all that different from the screen on bars, but both WD and BBS show high awake times (sometimes as high as +20%). This is when on mobile data or connected to the wifi at work (wifi at home is just fine).
I tried downgrading to 5.0.1 (there now), installing Google Services 7.3.29, disabling a bunch of services, but nothing helps.
Google Services shows up as using more energy than anything else, sometimes even more than the screen, but only when mobile data is enable, it doesn't use energy when on wifi. There's no high data traffic as some people is experiencing with 7.X versions. The wlan wakelocks are awful at work though. So there are like several, independent problems.
I'd appreciate any insight on this matter. I don't seem to be the only one experiencing this.
I'm leaving a few screen shots. I'll post BBS screenshot by the end of the day.
Did you solve this? Nobody seems to know what really is RILJ.. If I restrict it to "7200" (2 hours) at Amplify it's safe to receive calls/sms ???
Luckzzz said:
Did you solve this? Nobody seems to know what really is RILJ.. If I restrict it to "7200" (2 hours) at Amplify it's safe to receive calls/sms ???
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Easy way to find out is to test it. Restrict and then phone/text yourself from another phone. Test periodically until you're comfortable with the results.
I've having troubles with this from some months ago now. It dissapeared at some time, but it's back again.
Anyway, in my case, the problem happen when i'm connected to a WIFI network, with mobile data activated. If I deactivate it, everything is just fine. Don't really know what is causing this, but at least I discovered my problem.
Hope this help someone else.
Cheers
Hello all.
I'm facing an annoying problem with my phone. After some time with no use, almost all apps in background are killed, and the are reopened everytime. I don't know how much time it takes to kill the apps, but is like 30mins to 1hr, I think. If I don't use an app after this 'timer', the app is killed.
This is annoying mainly with games, because they are reloaded all times. BTW, Lords Mobile is the only game I have now, but the issue persists, and not only with Lords Mobile. ANY app get killed, even Swiftkey, for example.
To get worse, seems the phone kills important and crucial services and process, also. I now use a bluetooth headset, and if I don't use it before the 'timer' runs out, it loose conectivity. Bluethoot itself stay active, but the headset is disconnected, and I have to connect it again. Think the chaos when you receive a call and aren't near the phone, trying to accpet the call and the headset don't give response?
I tested the headset with another devices, and it don't get disconnected. Unfortunately, I don't have another headset to test, but I guess the problem is the phone, or the way it manages backgroud apps/services/process.
I tried to disable a lot of apps to free RAM, no success. Tried to change some developer settings regarding RAM use and/or bluetooth settings, and no go also. Batery Optimization (or adaptive battery) and/or exclude an app from optimization had no effect.
I take a look on Google, and some people are facing bluetooh problems when connected with wifi, but isn't my case.
Any clues?
Thanks in advice.
romulocarlos said:
Hello all.
I'm facing an annoying problem with my phone. After some time with no use, almost all apps in background are killed, and the are reopened everytime. I don't know how much time it takes to kill the apps, but is like 30mins to 1hr, I think. If I don't use an app after this 'timer', the app is killed.
This is annoying mainly with games, because they are reloaded all times. BTW, Lords Mobile is the only game I have now, but the issue persists, and not only with Lords Mobile. ANY app get killed, even Swiftkey, for example.
To get worse, seems the phone kills important and crucial services and process, also. I now use a bluetooth headset, and if I don't use it before the 'timer' runs out, it loose conectivity. Bluethoot itself stay active, but the headset is disconnected, and I have to connect it again. Think the chaos when you receive a call and aren't near the phone, trying to accpet the call and the headset don't give response?
I tested the headset with another devices, and it don't get disconnected. Unfortunately, I don't have another headset to test, but I guess the problem is the phone, or the way it manages backgroud apps/services/process.
I tried to disable a lot of apps to free RAM, no success. Tried to change some developer settings regarding RAM use and/or bluetooth settings, and no go also. Batery Optimization (or adaptive battery) and/or exclude an app from optimization had no effect.
I take a look on Google, and some people are facing bluetooh problems when connected with wifi, but isn't my case.
Any clues?
Thanks in advice.
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Maybe you turn on any option in developers options.
Take a look in developers options- applications
felixp_ said:
Maybe you turn on any option in developers options.
Take a look in developers options- applications
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Thank you, but I didn't made any changes there.