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i dont know if it is just me but i am at 1X in a 4G area with my thunderbolt. i just flashed jcases leaked radio/rom so not sure if that has to do with it.

ray5780 said:
i dont know if it is just me but i am at 1X in a 4G area with my thunderbolt. i just flashed jcases leaked radio/rom so not sure if that has to do with it.
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seems like the 4g is a tad more spotty than usual ever since the 4g outage.
i was literally stuck on 1x, i just turned on airplane mode, then turned it off and i got it back.

i was having the same issues after it all went down. it turned out to be BAMF 1.5, when i updated to 1.6 yesterday my problems with this are gone. using the newest radio

I'm in only a 3G area, but lost that for a while yesterday. I think Verizon is messing with their towers all over the place. Only makes sense.

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[Q] 4G out again?

Anyone not getting 4G again? I've been bouncing between 1x and 3G all morning. Unless it has to do with the new dasBAMF but I highly doubt that.
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still 4G in houston, texas
try updating to 1.6 i was getting bad 4g reception on 1.5 but now its perfect i am on the remix though
Had 4G yesterday in Jersey. Woke up this morning, no data at all. Had to manually turn it off and back on. Now 3G. Running Remix 1.6. Had same problems even before rooting.
I'm running on 4G right now in Detroit.
no problem with 4g in south carolina
atlanta, GA - no data at all
on bamf remix 1.5 since a week ago
*edit* just got to work and it's fine
Where in SC have they flipped the 4G switch?
Thunderbolt + DAS BAMF + UOT Mods
Chicago- stuck on 3G or none at all
EDIT- lol as soon as I post this 4G comes back.
I had to enable rev.a then re-enable eHRPD for some reason and it returned. Very weird.
mine goes from 4G to no data and i have to go into radio info under wireless & networks and turn the radio off and back on and 4G comes back on for a couple of hours and i have to do it again I have BAMF 1.6 remix with new radio Tennessee
We had NO data at all for most of the day yesterday in Nashville then only 3G at night. Woke this morning and been on 4G most of the day but it has flashed to 3G a few times... VZW apparently can't get their **** together... though with that said today the battery drain from the 4G is WAY down from what it was before whatever they did yesterday (unless it's the ROM, but this much difference I find hard to believe, running BAMF 1.6)
Vaporsilver said:
I had to enable rev.a then re-enable eHRPD for some reason and it returned. Very weird.
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Same here in Pittsburgh.
Not worth it though, it's still switching back and forth between 3g and 4g. Draining my battery. So, I did the ##778# thing.
Talked to a Verizon rep just now and she said all is still fubar for the Thunderbolt network. To Verizon: In the words of Keyshawn Johnson, "Come on, man"! Lol.
Ide really like to try a TB again but these threads make me second guess why I even want to bother
4G functioning fine in CT
decaturbob said:
no problem with 4g in south carolina
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So they have 4g in south Carolina?? Still not on in raleigh, which is a city that prides itself on being a technology hub
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Here in NY I have 1x only as of noon today.

So Pretty Much Everytime Verizon Opens New 4g LTE Areas, Current 4g Users Go Without?

I've noticed that everytime new service areas are activated, the current users go WITHOUT service for hours. Like today.. I havent had 3g, 4g, but been able to get texts for the better part of an hour...
What's the deal?
ipawd1 said:
I've noticed that everytime new service areas are activated, the current users go WITHOUT service for hours. Like today.. I havent had 3g, 4g, but been able to get texts for the better part of an hour...
What's the deal?
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There's going to be growing pains with their 4G network. If they decided not to expand until it was 100% operational, we'd still be stuck with 1X nationwide. I still have problems with 3G in certain areas where I lose data consistently. I am sure Verizon has tolerance levels where say 99% uptime is considered "good enough".
No 4G for me in DFW area of Texas. Had it two hours ago but just goes to 1x when I go LTE mode. 3G working fine.
evolutioncsr said:
No 4G for me in DFW area of Texas. Had it two hours ago but just goes to 1x when I go LTE mode. 3G working fine.
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I'm in Washington DC and I had to get on Wifi just to check emails. NO 3g, no 1x, just four bars
I have 4g in Chicago and have all day..
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I live in Huntsville, AL, and we are supposed to get 4G on July 21st. I wish they would turn it on early!
ipawd1 said:
I'm in Washington DC and I had to get on Wifi just to check emails. NO 3g, no 1x, just four bars
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From DC also. Same deal.
robsonline said:
I live in Huntsville, AL, and we are supposed to get 4G on July 21st. I wish they would turn it on early!
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This! I can't wait
in NYC only prob had was that 4G outage a few months back
I'm in DFW. I get 4G fine. If I go to 3G setting I get nothing. Been happening for 2 days and I'm getting frustrated. I even tried flashing radio and rom thinking it was just me because I recently went to CM7.
jiayi345 said:
I'm in DFW. I get 4G fine. If I go to 3G setting I get nothing. Been happening for 2 days and I'm getting frustrated. I even tried flashing radio and rom thinking it was just me because I recently went to CM7.
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not even going lie that has happend to me a couple of times and I am on stock...really annoying
Are other users of other 4g phones having issues to does anyone know?
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robsonline said:
I live in Huntsville, AL, and we are supposed to get 4G on July 21st. I wish they would turn it on early!
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Me too, i live in cullman an travel to decatur alot, an can't wait for them to light it up all the way to hartselle
had a drop of 4g last night, but didn't seem to have any problems today. Living in San Antonio.
but now that I say that, I am getting no signal at all... Just an x on the signal bar, guess I'll reboot.
I lost data the other night for about an hour at around 2am. When it came back on I had 4g for about 30 minutes. Guess they were testing. It's supposed to go live on the 21st in my area, and after that 30 minutes I can't wait. I usually get around 300-600 k down at my house since its down on a hole but I was getting almost 20m down and 16 up when it was working. I can live with the rare outage if the end product is going to be that good.
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3 days and not a single 3G signal in areas I always get a signal AKA home and work. Maybe my radio is busted?
That sounds bad. Are you rooted?
devsql said:
That sounds bad. Are you rooted?
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It literally just started working again. I'm rooted, CM7, MR2 radio.
I've been experiencing data issues for past 2-3 days now. I'll put my screen on and will notice lack of data icon. I'll get it back by turning radio off/on. I'm still running on original root and radio and till now data has been a non-issue. Maybe newest VZ update made some radio changes and old radios now have issues?
If I were to stay with original rooted rom, which radio should I try? I want to jump on CM7 but people still report 4G issues.

[Q] Fringe 4g data drop - wtf?

I live in an area mostly covered by "4g" LTE. My charge will sometimes connect to LTE in my bedroom, but most of the time it can't. Every time it briefly connects to 4g in my home, however, it does not hand back off to 3g for a good 5 minutes or so. Instead, I lose all data connectivity. I've tried turning data mode off then back on, but it doesn't work. After about 5 minutes or so with no data signal, it'll reconnect to 3g. Does anyone know what could be causing this? Is there a way to fix it without just turning the LTE off (switching to CDMA only)? I get LTE in most areas around my house but apparently I live in a Faraday cage or black hole or something.
This is a 100% stock ROM, not rooted, never flashed any new ROMs or Modems.
Man, I have the same issue. I feel ur pain. I was downloading files on 4G and at around 34 percent, it cut out and went on 1x. Stayed there. And I was outside in a wide open spot. It happens man, I was told there's something wrong that causes the data signal cycling like that. I've tried what u tried also. If u can get a straight answer, let me know too lol. And to top it all off, HORRIBLE BATTERY LIFE.
Sent from deez nutts. Oh, and my Gummy'd up Charge!!!!
The handoff process from LTE to CDMA is still pretty cagey. Fortunately, it's mostly software, so updates should help this process.
I haven't done any research on whether EP1F or EP1H (the leaked Gingerbread builds) are any better at it, but I would have to assume that it's part of the process they're working on with modem updates, etc.
AlexDeGruven said:
The handoff process from LTE to CDMA is still pretty cagey. Fortunately, it's mostly software, so updates should help this process.
I haven't done any research on whether EP1F or EP1H (the leaked Gingerbread builds) are any better at it, but I would have to assume that it's part of the process they're working on with modem updates, etc.
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when i was with ep1f the radio worked better for me. i was able to connect more frequently to 4g and switching was hassle free (no time outs). it's possible that the problem is on verizon's side since my cousin, who's on stock, is having the same problems in an entirely 4g area.
You might have a ****ty SIM card.
When I first got my Charge it was very similar to your situation. I had poor 4G connectivity in my supposed "fringe" area. Then a week ago it was losing connectivity from 4G to 3G and eventually stopped getting 3G all together.
I got a new SIM and now I get 4G in places where I only get 1 to 2 bars of call signal.
And I also stay on 4G a lot longer. Almost never does it switch over on long downloads or streaming vid.
PS: HAHAHA "long downloads". Sometimes a 300MB download will take much less than a minute depending on where it's coming from.
It must suck to make believe you have fast data. Right, AT&T? HAHAHAHA WiMax!!!

LTE Issues in Los Angeles?

I'm at USC in LA, and since yesterday my phone has been having issues connecting to LTE. I haven't heard any news of outages,though, so I'm wondering if something is borked with my phone. I was on CM7, but I tried going completely back to stock and still no dice. Is anyone else having LTE issues?
haven't heard of anything but gaving the same issues since yesterday. In the Burbank area.
Oh, good — then maybe there's a chance that it's not just my phone. Even 3G sometimes drops out, and nothing comes up for LTE Only except 1X.
Weird that nobody is reporting anything, though.
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Oh, good — then maybe there's a chance that it's not just my phone. Even 3G sometimes drops out, and nothing comes up for LTE Only except 1X.
Weird that nobody is reporting anything, though.
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if you are using the radio from chingys leak that is the problem,best one I found for la is the original ota update radio
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I think it was an outage because 4G kept flickering all day yesterday and now it seems steadily on today without me changing anything. Thanks for the suggestion though.
there's no LTE yet where i am, but every now and then the 3G will cut in & out for about a day or so(and get stuck at 1X). whenever i call Verizon about it they'll either say there's work being done in my area or an area nearby and just said they could transfer me to a tech to see if there's something on my phone not set correctly or will just give the b.s. "pull your battery for 30 seconds" bit.
good luck if you call them
I'm at USC as well and didn't notice any issues. I was on MR2.5 and flashed the new 802 radio last night which seems even better connection and speed-wise. What radio are you using?
I'm in West LA, on the latest leak, no issues at all yesterday or today.
Currently running on 1x like a boss. Wait a minute that ain't good 4g down on the east side of the city.
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4g is off and on in San Diego
Only getting 1x here in nyc wtf is going on? Where can i go to find out if theres an outage?
Tampa Florida here and I have 3g but its about the speed of 1x and its not stable. Comes and goes sometimes I get the lame 1x too.
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I'm in Pomona area and I'm all over the 3g and 1x
4G is down here in Oklahoma. Was just getting to a good part of my movie on netflix too. Bummer...
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Only getting 1x here in nyc wtf is going on? Where can i go to find out if theres an outage?
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same here, it hit about a hour ago. I been reflashing radios and different roms. I think its due to the new cities being added to the 4g network
3G and LTE is out for me too in LA. I'm using 1.48.00.0726w and 0.01.78.0802w_3
currently only 1x and 3G in Vancouver, WA for the past few hours.
LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
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LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
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up again in Manhattan aswell
jamesfrom818 said:
LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
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you're right, as soon as i posted it came back up for me.

3G Issues

First of all, my LTE works fine, this is only an issue with the 3G radios. Basically, I often have issues with 3G actually sending and receiving data. When it does, it is slower than 1X for me. It drains the battery at crazy rates such as 20%/hr with little to no use. This has happened regardless of rom, although now I am on the stock f1 update and unrooted. I bought this phone used so there's no hope of a CLNR. I've had it "fixed" by samsung twice and nothing has changed. Any ideas? I have an upgrade but I'm waiting for the One or the 5S and REALLY don't want to use it on a phone I wouldn't be happy with.
Same exact problem here. 4G works fine. 3G is essentially useless. Often when it changes to 3G, I wish it would just go to 1X so that at least it would be functional. I've never really found a solution. The other day my phone was in 3G and I tried to send a text msg with a picture. It took almost ten minutes. Completely useless.
Friends with 3G Verizon phones never have any problems. They always get a solid 3G connection. I used to be with Sprint (useless) and set my Evo to roam on Verizon because the 3G was so much more responsive and quick than Sprint. Not seeing that with my S3.
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Same exact problem here. 4G works fine. 3G is essentially useless. Often when it changes to 3G, I wish it would just go to 1X so that at least it would be functional. I've never really found a solution. The other day my phone was in 3G and I tried to send a text msg with a picture. It took almost ten minutes. Completely useless.
Friends with 3G Verizon phones never have any problems. They always get a solid 3G connection. I used to be with Sprint (useless) and set my Evo to roam on Verizon because the 3G was so much more responsive and quick than Sprint. Not seeing that with my S3.
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Yeah none of my friends have issues either. My friend with her iPhone 5 was using it next to me and it loaded pages in just a few seconds, still slower than 3G, but mine took almost a minute.
Amphibliam said:
Yeah none of my friends have issues either. My friend with her iPhone 5 was using it next to me and it loaded pages in just a few seconds, still slower than 3G, but mine took almost a minute.
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Forgot to mention... My wife's also got an S3. Mine's rooted with CleanROM and LK1 modem. Her's has the latest update. She has the same issues with 3G. She also had them on MB1.
Fortunately my phone doesn't flip over to 3G often. But when it does, I just stick it back in my pocket, because it won't do anything useful until it switches back to 4G.
I've never found the answer to this problem, but I'd really like to. I understand that this is a 4G phone, but it should be able to fall back to 3G with no problems.
usmaak said:
Forgot to mention... My wife's also got an S3. Mine's rooted with CleanROM and LK1 modem. Her's has the latest update. She has the same issues with 3G. She also had them on MB1.
Fortunately my phone doesn't flip over to 3G often. But when it does, I just stick it back in my pocket, because it won't do anything useful until it switches back to 4G.
I've never found the answer to this problem, but I'd really like to. I understand that this is a 4G phone, but it should be able to fall back to 3G with no problems.
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FYI, I just tried AOSP for the hell of it and data speeds are much better. Too bad it seems a bit buggy. :/
nvm, speeds still absolutely blow
i have a network extender and most of the time I can't send pic messages..piece of ****...ive tried multiple basebands...im convinced its the phone
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FYI, I just tried AOSP for the hell of it and data speeds are much better. Too bad it seems a bit buggy. :/
nvm, speeds still absolutely blow
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Theoretically AOSP ROMs should have absolutely no effect on data or voice since they don;t touch the radio firmware.
I was in a 3G zone this evening and did a speedtest.
23 kbps down. It died when trying to run the upload portion of the test. Friends with regular 3G phones routinely get 800 kbps - 1200 kbbs down.
I agree. It has to be the phone. And given that it seems to happen across multiple radios and only to some people, it's probably hardware related. Doesn't matter when I get 4G. Sucks when I can't.
I'm going to be at camp for a week soon and I only get 3G there so I'm strongly considering buying a used 4S until a new phone comes.
I have 3g signal in the house.. wide open all bars with a network extender..I go outside to get 4g, then it will send pic messages. dumbphone
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Amphibliam said:
I'm going to be at camp for a week soon and I only get 3G there so I'm strongly considering buying a used 4S until a new phone comes.
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I don;t think its a Samsung problem, more like a Verizon wide issue. If you look in the verizon user forums, all the Iphone and HTC and Moto folks complain about the same things.
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/784496
I don't think so. Not only are they not complaining about just 3G, my friends' phones work fine.
Not only that, but my GNex I had before this somehow consistently had 2 mbps dl speeds on 3g.
Friends on Verizon with 3g only phones get excellent speeds where I am at. Verizon 3g is not the problem around here. On 3g phones, it is fast and responsive. When switching from Sprint, I went with Verizon based on the quality of its 3g.
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I thought it was just me been having the same problem. Suddenly no 4g at home and 3g is no good. Good thing I have the WiFi.
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Shamec said:
I thought it was just me been having the same problem. Suddenly no 4g at home and 3g is no good. Good thing I have the WiFi.
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Too bad you have to rely on something else that you pay for independently for your phone to be able to do its job. These phones should work on 3G. I have to imagine that there are some who don't have 4G that have to rely on 3G. Maybe they just don't get this phone, or get it and return it?

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