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Mobile network keeps turning off?

Sometimes when connected to 4G, I will lose data entirely. When I check wireless settings, the mobile network says turning on and won't do anything. A reboot fixes it but it is annoying.
Anyone else experience this?
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yeah me too....actually I have no data at the moment.
*edit Ok now I've moved up to 1x...... WHOOOOOOOOO!

engagedtosmile said:
Sometimes when connected to 4G, I will lose data entirely. When I check wireless settings, the mobile network says turning on and won't do anything. A reboot fixes it but it is annoying.
Anyone else experience this?
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It's Verizon working on their network. People keep trying to troubleshoot it as a software problem, it's a network problem.
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Same thing was happening to me all morning. I'm glad to see I am not the only one having this issue. As usual, Verizon Tech support said that there was no issues on their end.

akanatrix said:
It's Verizon working on their network. People keep trying to troubleshoot it as a software problem, it's a network problem.
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Would that show the phone being unable to turn on the mobile network entirely? Seems weird but I guess I will wait a few days.

i had this too alot when running a froyo radio. i went to mr2.5 and haven't had the issue since.

I was about to ask if anyone was having any weirdness with 4G today... I tested my speeds using the speakeasy website and the upload speeds were fine (2.5-3Mbps) but the download speeds were incredibly slow, under 1 Mbps every time I tried. Guess it's issues with verizon testing the network.
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4g fine in chicago 22mbps down, 4 mbps up, speedtest browser test.

the problem is the mobile hotspot software. just download the open garden wifi tether on the market

Yeah I'm having the same problem. I went to VZW and they are sending me a replacement phone. I usually run CM7 but that's an extra pain to get data back. Hopefully this problem is resolved soon.
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Data has been sketchy at best in SLC today. It's getting a bit annoying to say the least.
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engagedtosmile said:
Would that show the phone being unable to turn on the mobile network entirely? Seems weird but I guess I will wait a few days.
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Definitely big red doing work... CSR's aren't informed about that stuff, and yes, our 3g, 4g, and even 1x operate on a new section of the network.... If it persists use the modem settings @ ##778# edit mode, password 000000, turn revA on....
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4G Data speeds just dropped big time

My 4G data speeds are usually around 6mb/s in my area but they just dropped to 300kb in my area. I called customer support and confirmed there are no outages in my area nor am I being throttled. I have already pulled my SIM to no fix. Anyone have any other ideas?
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Heavy usage straining the network in your area? I have seen some random speed drops in my area, either my phone is connected to a farther tower or the network is getting hit harder at that moment. Thats what I chalked mine up to at least. Speeds returned to normal after a little while.

Its been going on for 5 hours.
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It is very normal..I usually got a dowload speed at 8mb/s in las vegas,but only 4mb/s in orange.

jerrylzy said:
It is very normal..I usually got a dowload speed at 8mb/s in las vegas,but only 4mb/s in orange.
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What do u mean its normal? I have got 5mb/s in this location (at work) for the past year. Now all of a sudden my upload speeds are completely normal and my download speeds are hitting less than 100 kb/s. I don't see anything normal about that. Not to mention, everything was fine for the first 2 hours in this location.
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What apn settings are you using to get such high speeds? I'm lucky to get 2mb down .5 up on ATT with bell version phone
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jrwingate6 said:
What do u mean its normal? I have got 5mb/s in this location (at work) for the past year. Now all of a sudden my upload speeds are completely normal and my download speeds are hitting less than 100 kb/s. I don't see anything normal about that. Not to mention, everything was fine for the first 2 hours in this location.
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I got that sometimes as well..Speed test same location sometimes a got 5Mb/s,and sometimes got 300Kbps.I don't know why either.May be many people use t-mobile's network and download something so you get pretty low speed.

jerrylzy said:
I got that sometimes as well..Speed test same location sometimes a got 5Mb/s,and sometimes got 300Kbps.I don't know why either.May be many people use t-mobile's network and download something so you get pretty low speed.
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Ok, it is now 12:30Am where I live and the speeds have been the same for 6 hours. I know this tower hasn't been crowded for 6 hours straight with people downloading things when it hasn't been crowded in the middle of the day for the past year. Something is wrong and I promise you, it is not due to people downloading on the same tower. You don't just download over 5mb/s every single day for the past year and then 300kb/s the next day. Sorry but it doesn't happen . Especially during off peak hours at 12:30 in the morning.
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Impossible no, implausible yes.
While you might not have an outage in your area perhaps they are doing maintenance and cut a few towers down transferring the load around to surrounding towers. This does not signify an outage as you have not lost service.
Anything on your phone calling out for data in the background?
Does the phone still register 4g or has it dropped to 3 / 2g? Have you rebooted the phone? Disabled / re-enabled data connection on the phone? Are you using an application or website to gather your speed data? have you tried both to see if just an application or website is mis reporting?

jrwingate6 said:
Ok, it is now 12:30Am where I live and the speeds have been the same for 6 hours. I know this tower hasn't been crowded for 6 hours straight with people downloading things when it hasn't been crowded in the middle of the day for the past year. Something is wrong and I promise you, it is not due to people downloading on the same tower. You don't just download over 5mb/s every single day for the past year and then 300kb/s the next day. Sorry but it doesn't happen . Especially during off peak hours at 12:30 in the morning.
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Is anybody else use S4G?What's his speed?Or you back up all your data and do a factory rest,test it agian?

jrwingate6 said:
My 4G data speeds are usually around 6mb/s in my area but they just dropped to 300kb in my area. I called customer support and confirmed there are no outages in my area nor am I being throttled. I have already pulled my SIM to no fix. Anyone have any other ideas?
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Yeah, Mine's always like this ): I don't know if it's the phone or the network in my area.. sucks

10332007 said:
Impossible no, implausible yes.
While you might not have an outage in your area perhaps they are doing maintenance and cut a few towers down transferring the load around to surrounding towers. This does not signify an outage as you have not lost service.
Anything on your phone calling out for data in the background?
Does the phone still register 4g or has it dropped to 3 / 2g? Have you rebooted the phone? Disabled / re-enabled data connection on the phone? Are you using an application or website to gather your speed data? have you tried both to see if just an application or website is mis reporting?
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It is still registering as 4G. My upload speeds are normal but download is not. I have restarted the phone multiple times, I've pulled the SIM, I've switched to WCDMA only and back to auto again. I have been using the Speed Test app to test the speeds and they are right because web pages are taking minutes to load. I am on my works WiFi right now which is fine. Those speeds are normal.
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jrwingate6 said:
It is still registering as 4G. My upload speeds are normal but download is not. I have restarted the phone multiple times, I've pulled the SIM, I've switched to WCDMA only and back to auto again. I have been using the Speed Test app to test the speeds and they are right because web pages are taking minutes to load. I am on my works WiFi right now which is fine. Those speeds are normal.
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Personally I'd wait it out. If speeds are not back from a week from now, I would most definitely contact customer loyalty. Tell them youre unhappy with the service, etc and you jut purchased a new phone. maybe you can get out of contract or maybe they can look into your problem to a further extent.

xamadeix said:
Personally I'd wait it out. If speeds are not back from a week from now, I would most definitely contact customer loyalty. Tell them youre unhappy with the service, etc and you jut purchased a new phone. maybe you can get out of contract or maybe they can look into your problem to a further extent.
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Yea, I just hope it doesn't happen when I go home in the morning where I also get speeds greater than 5 MB/s and my house is about 15 towers away. If it happens, then we know its a problem with the phone. I don't think Customer loyalty can do anything g for me being I am not on contract and they just recently gave me a free Sensation while remaing off contract. They also let me keep my G2X so they have done more than enough. I just want a replacement if there is something wrong with it. Hopefully there's not.
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jrwingate6 said:
It is still registering as 4G. My upload speeds are normal but download is not. I have restarted the phone multiple times, I've pulled the SIM, I've switched to WCDMA only and back to auto again. I have been using the Speed Test app to test the speeds and they are right because web pages are taking minutes to load. I am on my works WiFi right now which is fine. Those speeds are normal.
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So you've done everything except call TMO. You might see what they have to say.

samnada said:
So you've done everything except call TMO. You might see what they have to say.
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Nah, I called them when I first noticed it to see if there was a outage in my area or if I was being throttled. I already said I called them in a previous post.
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Weird, I wonder if they could be throttling you on accident and it had not shown up in the system yet or whomever you asked about the outage was not looking properly.
Anyone else you know with the same phone or 4g device that can test and see?
Outside of pursuing phone problems and Tmobile issues in your area I'm outta ideas

(UPDATE)...... My phone is perfectly fine everywhere else and I am now back at work where I am on the same tower I got these slow speeds on. I am chalking it up to a problem with this tower since my phone is fine everywhere else.
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4G vs WIFI

This is weird when I run speed test on 4g I have download speeds of 7mbs avg. When I run Wifi I get avg of 3mbs which is about half as fast, but as far as my expierence Wifi works twice as fast when surfing web or downloading files what gives. What do you guys prefer, I mean while you are home around Wifi.
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I use wifi. My 4g network sucks at my home.
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Generally my results are similar. My home ISP is pretty terrible though, really the only time I use Wifi is to download ROMs, for whatever reason I seem get issues if I download them over the Mobile Network, possibly corrupted downloads.
Otherwise just for Wifi calling.
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Everytime I used Wifi calling my calls would be dropped with in a min got that crap turned off plus it may use plan mins lol
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WiFi & 4G are around the same at my home.... WiFi is usually around 9.5 mb/s while 4G is around 6 to 7 mb/s. Call quality is noticeably better on 4G than WiFi.
T-Mo has a free option in your account to not get charged for WiFi calling minutes...it's disabled by default so log on or call and get it changed if you use WiFi for calling.

htaak said:
WiFi & 4G are around the same at my home.... WiFi is usually around 9.5 mb/s while 4G is around 6 to 7 mb/s. Call quality is noticeably better on 4G than WiFi.
T-Mo has a free option in your account to not get charged for WiFi calling minutes...it's disabled by default so log on or call and get it changed if you use WiFi for calling.
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I have unlimited plan so it don't matter I was being sarcastic
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4G is spotty where I live.. maybe 500kbs at best.. though at my friends place, I can get 9-11Mbs.
My wifi works great though, I get about 18Mbs down at home, and about 7Mbs at work. WiFi calling works great for me at home.

anoymonos said:
This is weird when I run speed test on 4g I have download speeds of 7mbs avg. When I run Wifi I get avg of 3mbs which is about half as fast, but as far as my expierence Wifi works twice as fast when surfing web or downloading files what gives. What do you guys prefer, I mean while you are home around Wifi.
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This is my theory remember its not fact just a theory.
Using the mobile data connection you have to share with every person in that area on T-Mobile. Using wifi you only share with the people in your neighborhood. Even tho you are getting those speeds with a higher ping because of couple hundred people playing pandora or something it will slow the process.
Another thing remember a speed test is just that a test. It is done in a short period of time. I can run a speed test at my house through out the day and get varying results. Even while getting the max DL speed sometimes things will take longer to load then when Im barely getting 1mb speeds. The load on the network has a very large result on how fast things actually download.

Good point
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I hope you aren't sharing your wifi with others in your neighborhood

lumin30 said:
I hope you aren't sharing your wifi with others in your neighborhood
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Heh, no but cable internet does share from the hub.

I was just about to comment on ping times... even though throughput is high, ping does play a major role.
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anoymonos said:
I have unlimited plan so it don't matter I was being sarcastic
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Ok...... My statement was for those people.who do not have unlimited plan...and how to make sure your wifi calls DO NOT come out of your monthly minutes.
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Different WiFi problem?

My WiFi connection always says it's full but it takes longer than on 3g to load. I'm not even on hspa and it's faster than the WiFi. Yet when I do a speed test for the WiFi it's great. Anyone else have this problem or is this the same WiFi problem as before?
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SkizzMcNizz said:
My WiFi connection always says it's full but it takes longer than on 3g to load. I'm not even on hspa and it's faster than the WiFi. Yet when I do a speed test for the WiFi it's great. Anyone else have this problem or is this the same WiFi problem as before?
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yes. happens to me from time to time as well. Especially on Forum Runner and Facebook.

gunnyman said:
yes. happens to me from time to time as well. Especially on Forum Runner and Facebook.
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Facebook has actually been pretty good. It's the browsers that give me trouble. I got a different modem and router but I don't remember if it was doing it before that.
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I've had facebook tell me no connection retry when looking at full bars on my wifi connection. grrr

gunnyman said:
I've had facebook tell me no connection retry when looking at full bars on my wifi connection. grrr
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I think that's a Facebook problem. I've had the same message on a couple of phones I own.
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gunnyman said:
I've had facebook tell me no connection retry when looking at full bars on my wifi connection. grrr
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I get that alot, and it is truly annoying. I'm an android noob/apple convert and one of the biggest android quirks for me is that if wi-fi is "connected" the apps won't fall back to 4g if the wi-fi craps out. If i have 5 bars of 4G don't ****ing tell me I have no connection, use the 4G.

gunnyman said:
I've had facebook tell me no connection retry when looking at full bars on my wifi connection. grrr
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Exact same thing here.

I actually see my wifi bars go down to zero bars and come back up to full bars while browsing. I did a speed test and it slows the speed when it goes to zero or one bars. I tried to squeeze the phone between the camera and the volume rocker but it doesn't seem to fluctuate much by squeezing. Anybody else experience this? I'm on sick sense rom.
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This is really starting to piss me off. I try loading a PhoneDog.com page and the loading bar just sits a 3/4 forever. After a long while it'll say something like connection timed out. I wish I knew if it was my router causing it or the phone. I'm thinking the phone because it did it in the previous one.
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How slow can t-mobile go?

Attached are speed tests for my USB tethered G2x (v2.3.7). I just have no luck at all getting a decent connection from t-mobile while at my home. These tests are just minutes appart.

I average about 3Mb fastest I tested was about 6mb .Only time I'm on 2g is if I'm in bathroom checking ifunny lol
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Wow, I average 10-15 mbps
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I get horrible speeds. There is something wrong with the cell tower by my house. Up until about a month ago I would get 8 or 9 Mbps. My phone still shows 4g too. Video calls are impossible now

Wow 56k up is pretty slow. Probably can't even use voice Skype on that. What did you use for video calls back when it worked?
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mattjhsn said:
Wow 56k up is pretty slow. Probably can't even use voice Skype on that. What did you use for video calls back when it worked?
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Yeah the upload is horrible. Even on regular voice calls with Fring my voice gets delayed for like 30 seconds sometimes. I use Fring and Google+.

I average 7 mbps down and 3 up on my P999 G2X running Eaglesbood ICS 4.0.4 build 2. Are you sure you dont have your 2G on, maybe its a area where you dont get HSPA (supposed 4g) service

I get pretty good speeds, best today so far, occasionally I'll get around 8 Mbps.
Edit: sorry, that's a big ass pic.
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NonStopSales said:
I average 7 mbps down and 3 up on my P999 G2X running Eaglesbood ICS 4.0.4 build 2. Are you sure you dont have your 2G on, maybe its a area where you dont get HSPA (supposed 4g) service
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Yeah I'm sure I have 4G enabled because at work video calling works. It's the tower by my house. It used to be very fast but now it's super slow and my phone still says that it is 4G.