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ATT's network...

Has anyone had a problem today where your phone just cannot connect to ATT's 3G or HSPA network? For some reason, my phone is getting little-to-no signal, and if I do, it is only on GPRS... I CWM'd to my stable nandroid, but no dice, leading me to think that this problem is with the network.
What's XDA's thought on this? Possible dev issue?
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Att network just sucks.....I get good service everywhere but the places im at the most....my house and my job....go figure
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Their network is just pretty terrible right now. However, by summer we'll probably be singing a different tune about ATT's coverage when the iPhone user population will even out a bit. Also, I believe ATT threw down a few billion for network upgrades this year. It seems like they really took that Consumer Reports article to heart, so I actually see good things in the future.

i haven't had 3G in 24+ hours in NJ. stock, non-rooted.

Must be location specific; -51 dB and HSDPA in Dallas

It happens every now and then in las vegas usually right after a flash. I start to change modems and other stuff then realize "dammit I bet the network is screwed up" sure enough next day things are working again. Damn phone companys lol
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i haven't had 3G in 24+ hours in NJ. stock, non-rooted.
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You're quite close to where I am, it's probably regional then, but my old crappy phones' 3G is working fine though...
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funny thing metro pcs is working better than ATT in south florida. metro is known for bad bad reception

No problems with 3G at the places I frequent in the Tampa Bay area.
I've not had any problems with 3G connections this year.

Aus_Azn said:
You're quite close to where I am, it's probably regional then, but my old crappy phones' 3G is working fine though...
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interesting.. i spent a few hours yesterday with my phone going in and out with GPRS and no network connection at all. i've had fairly consistent EDGE ever since. i normally see 5 bars of 3G at my current location (newark, NJ).
reboots and battery pulls seem to have no effect.

-99db & HSDPA here in Tampa Bay area.
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No AT&T 3G here...but I use edge network, get mostly 3 to 5 bars mostly indoors or outdoors depending on location. At my work, it's pretty good signal and get around 150-180kbps speed but at home is slower which is around 100-125kbps or slower, probably. I usually use wifi at my home with my own internet.

Out of Davenport, IA and I have great HSDPA signal running Perception 10.1 with the included 2.6.32.9 Firebird Kernel. I have flashed a bunch of DGs ROMs and never had issues with connectivity (voice or data).

I also get that the sim card.has been removed and its pissing me off.... btw, im on phoenix 3.5 with a setiron 1.5.6

matt868686 said:
interesting.. i spent a few hours yesterday with my phone going in and out with GPRS and no network connection at all. i've had fairly consistent EDGE ever since. i normally see 5 bars of 3G at my current location (newark, NJ).
reboots and battery pulls seem to have no effect.
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I have 3G again, but regardless of HSPA or UMTS, I am getting .06Mbps down and about .4Mbps up. I have absolutely no idea why. I'm in Bridgewater, NJ.
I am in much the same predicament as you, reboots and pulls don't help. I've gone a step further and flashed 5 different ROMs today, no luck.
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actually my 3G just came back a few hours ago too. 2-4 Mbps down and about 0.3 Mbps up, which are normal 3G speeds for me. and i didn't do anything to my phone, 3G just magically reappeared after at least a full 24 hours of only EDGE. strange.
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I have 3G again, but regardless of HSPA or UMTS, I am getting .06Mbps down and about .4Mbps up. I have absolutely no idea why. I'm in Bridgewater, NJ.
I am in much the same predicament as you, reboots and pulls don't help. I've gone a step further and flashed 5 different ROMs today, no luck.
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Kizzmiazz said:
It happens every now and then in las vegas usually right after a flash. I start to change modems and other stuff then realize "dammit I bet the network is screwed up" sure enough next day things are working again. Damn phone companys lol
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Las Vegas + ATT = terrible.
I just went on a 2 say trip there, took me 2 hours to download a 37kb attachment with full bars. I'd get 30 text messages at once an hour late, with full bars.
If I had to work on the strip I'd drop att in a heartbeat... that is totally unfunctional!!
I've been fine elsewhere... and maybe that's just a bad day /spot... but damn!
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matt868686 said:
actually my 3G just came back a few hours ago too. 2-4 Mbps down and about 0.3 Mbps up, which are normal 3G speeds for me. and i didn't do anything to my phone, 3G just magically reappeared after at least a full 24 hours of only EDGE. strange.
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My definition of normal is >3Mbps down, >1.5Mbps up... How is yours so different when you are so near? I get these speeds regardless if I'm on HSUPA or UMTS. I tend to use the latter to save battery.
The more I look, the more I think that ATT just capped my speeds 2 nights ago. This is crap. No modem change, nothing fixes it.
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We finally got 3G here and its expanding rapidly in this state which is a good thing. I would like to see new coverage plans after March 31st.
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4G is cause of Battery Drain

So after the now infamous 4G outage I did notice one important thing on my TB. That day I had the best battery life ever. First time I made it through the day without charging. Hopefully sometime soon we will have an official 4G on/off toggle. I know there is one that takes you to the service menu so you can change the settings but it would be nice to have one that you can just toggle 4G off to 3G then toggle back on without the extra steps.

I'm pretty sure we all knew this was the cause.. look at when the evo came out it had horrible battery life when wimax was still young

And when 3G came out it was killing batteries also... And the circle of life continues...

I'm not sure if I am lucky or what. I am rooted and running BAMF rom. I use my TB just how i used my OG droid and I still get 15 hours on a single charge. I also have full 4G coverage in my area. That might be the cause. I dont see the connection switching around between 3G and 4G. Stays at 4G

Memnoch73 said:
So after the now infamous 4G outage I did notice one important thing on my TB. That day I had the best battery life ever. First time I made it through the day without charging. Hopefully sometime soon we will have an official 4G on/off toggle. I know there is one that takes you to the service menu so you can change the settings but it would be nice to have one that you can just toggle 4G off to 3G then toggle back on without the extra steps.
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Power 2 antennas will definitely use some juice. That's why individuals in non-4G markets (like myself), disable the feature to keep from constant searching.

Turd Furguson said:
That's why individuals in non-4G markets (like myself), disable the feature to keep from constant searching.
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Agreed. I live in a 3G area, but work in a 4G area, and honestly didn't see much of a difference in normal usage except that my battery would die about 3/4 into the day with 4G enabled. Ever since I disabled 4G my battery lasts the whole day.

I am in a 3g area. Even before the outage my TB was always going from 3g to 1x. I called for help but it only continued. During the outage a fix was posted for a temp. fix to bring 3g back for those in a 3g area. The fix was to apply Rev. A. once I did this not only did I get 3g back but it remained stable and it was loading w a y faster then it ever has before. When I heard the 4g3g problem was fixed I followed the instructions to revert to the original setting. When I did the pages loaded slower like it always did. So I turned it back to Rev A. for good until I find myself in a real 4g environment. Oh and another big plus is that the battery has dramatically improved. So I am very happy leaving it like it is. Sweeet.
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I am in a 3g area. Even before the outage my TB was always going from 3g to 1x. I called for help but it only continued. During the outage a fix was posted for a temp. fix to bring 3g back for those in a 3g area. The fix was to apply Rev. A. once I did this not only did I get 3g back but it remained stable and it was loading w a y faster then it ever has before. When I heard the 4g3g problem was fixed I followed the instructions to revert to the original setting. When I did the pages loaded slower like it always did. So I turned it back to Rev A. for good until I find myself in a real 4g environment. Oh and another big plus is that the battery has dramatically improved. So I am very happy leaving it like it is. Sweeet.
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Are you still able to do voice/data at the same time running like that?

I did not notice any degradation in terms of battery life after the outage. I'm in 4G area and use LTE Only Mode, so everything is the same as before about 18hrs from a charge.

I did use voice and data at the same time . I was surprised that it actually worked.
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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] Connection probs?

I just did the OTA update. Worked fine and sustained root. Brought my phone back to the way I like it and then, it said my phone was not connected. Just on WiFi. the 4G was gone(even though we don't have 4G here(Iowa)). So from like 11:30PM - 12:30AM I was without service. Anyone else too? Want to make sure it isn't a problem with the OS or whatever.
PS: Verizon is all over Des Moines, IA with LTE... AT&T 3G and EDGE in Des Moines... Stupid Stupid Stupid!! (this was a rant)

Hspa + is in design Moines too
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same here
It is the same here. Working fine before update. After the recent update, problems with cell signal started all around. The phone works fine if it is static, as it keeps connected to the same cell. But once the movement starts and the phone needs to jump to a different cell, it loses signal.
Doing some research with the "network" app, seems like the phone is no seeing neighbor cells.

No issues after I updated (and sustained root).
And I have 4g just about everywhere here in Atlanta

You're right... I browse and text more than I call but it's still noticeable...
However I have had 1 bar of service for the past couple days, now that I'm home I'll see if it still happens.
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cowenby said:
No issues after I updated (and sustained root).
And I have 4g just about everywhere here in Atlanta
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No issues here either, and I have been travelling 800 miles by car each week this year for work. I don't ever lose signal...I lose data connectivity sometimes when I go in and out of roaming areas, but that has happened on every Android, CDMA or GSM, that I have ever owned.

I'm on 2.3.5 and sometimes cell signal is dissapear after some period (3-4 hours on connection).
I doubt to update it to 2.3.6 that it will makes my cell signals even worse.
Could someone enlighten me about update?
Thx
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ridiculous connection in past few days

I've had some data issues in the past, but the past few days have been a nightmare. I'm in NYC, so I'm not sure if it's related to the storm damage. Is anyone else having a horrible data connection?

Talked with VZW due to bad data the last few days in my area out in Cali.
We had a fairly lengthy conversation about a lot of things, including the no 4G yet in my town.
During our conversation, they did mention that their network was hit hard in NY due to the storm and that they are still trying to get everything back up.
So I would venture to say that you aren't the only one in your area with issues right now.
As for me and my complaints, somehow they managed to switch 4G on in my hometown, within 2 hours of my call.
I'd love to think my complaining was what made them switch on 4G here, but that's not at all likely, lol.
Just amazed and happy to see it finally arrive to my small town up here in the hills...
Hopefully they get things back in order for all you out that way here real soon.

It appears to be due to Hurricane Sandy. I noticed the EHRPD network not working at times when I loose LTE and get switched to 1X
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Yeah new York was hit hard. that should of been a no brainer why your data was flaky lol. I remember this past summer we got hit by a big storm and lots of areas couldn't send texts or phone calls or data was out. Took Verizon about a week total to get everything back to normal.
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It would be a no brainer if it started right after the storm. But it just started about 3 days ago... Especially when opening apps, connection drops multiple times in just a couple of seconds.

I was stuck on 3G for the past few days. Just got LTE back this morning.
I still have the froyo-GB radio. Been a solid performer, so I never changed it...
Duely blundered from my thunderdolt.

mdeblaz said:
It would be a no brainer if it started right after the storm. But it just started about 3 days ago... Especially when opening apps, connection drops multiple times in just a couple of seconds.
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What rom you using?
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What rom you using?
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Fully stock, never got around to rooting this phone...
The worst effect of the data drops is while typing, either with Swype, swift key, or even the stock keyboard... The data drops cause severe lag and stuttering. Making you miss words

I've been having absolutely terrible data in my area since long before the storm. I'm done with Verizon after my contract. But, I'm strongly considering paying the ETF asap and swapping the Tbolt for either an Evo LTE or a SIII on Sprint.

I'm having issues in NH as well. I've had data drops for as long as I can remember, but it seems to have gotten worse the past couple weeks.

Last night I had weird data issues that lasted about 3 hrs with it constantly switching from 4g to 3g to 1x then no signal at all. Then no 4g with 3g to no data only. After 1 am it seemed to be fixed and no more constant switches between 4g, 3g, 1x, no signal. Will continue to watch it and see if was just a fluke or a one time deal.
I know last year when my sister and mother went to NYC they had issues with data and cell signal itself. Only time they had no problems was when they was in their hotel room that was on the upper floors. I remember listening to Howard stern awhile back and he complained about Verizon service being spotty in NYC. I would say maybe its the city layout but haven't heard other major cities having issues like that.
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