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[Q] Network Dropping

I just want to check in and see if any other Inspire owners are having this issue:
I have noticed that my phone occasionally drops the network connection and doesn't get it back right away. There are two different flavors of this issue that I have experienced:
1) I was walking my dogs today and the phone suddenly dropped it's connection to AT&T completely. After a few seconds, it reconnected and everything was fine. I was in an area with good coverage and the status bar showed no connection at all.
2) When home, I leave the Wifi on. Earlier today, when I tried to make a call, it simply wouldn't dial out. Then I tried to open a web page and nothing (after turning wifi off). I had to switch airplane mode on and back off to reset the connection. I also received several text messages at once, all of which had been sent hours before (as indicated by the time stamp on the message). It's almost like the phone has an issue swapping back and forth between the carrier connection and the wifi.
Is anyone else experiencing anything like this?

As an update, I noticed that when the wifi is on, there's a check mark under the H+ symbol (rather than the up/down arrows) and when I switch off Wifi, it doesn't go away. During this time, I have no cellular data. Switching airplane mode off and on doesn't seem to work. Sometimes it recovers on its own. Other times, I have to turn the wifi off and on several times.
This is annoying. It seems to be having issues doing the hand-off between Wifi and cellular data. This is really the only issue I have with the phone. Hope they roll out a fix soon.

I had the same problem. I thought it was because I had to add my own APN. (I could not switch my plan around because it was a work SIM). This caused SMS messages to not go out and an overall bad network experience on the phone. I have since returned the phone because I need a reliable network connection and the ability to send/receive SMS messages at all times. Once a fix is found I will be back. I liked the phone alot otherwise.

Are you by any chance using the SIM from another phone? I had the exact same issue yesterday and data did not work for me until I called AT&T and had them update IMEI number from Captivate to Inspire. Hope that helps.
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AnyMal said:
Are you by any chance using the SIM from another phone? I had the exact same issue yesterday and data did not work for me until I called AT&T and had them update IMEI number from Captivate to Inspire. Hope that helps.
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Nope. I made it a point to have them activate it in the AT&T store with a new sim because I had read about people having issues when they transfer their SIM. I also had and iPhone 4 previously, so transferring wasn't really an option. I'm definitely on the right data plan, too.
I left the wifi off all night and it did it to me again today. The check mark shows up under the H and it loses all data connectivity. I'm not sure what is causing this, but I'd love to know if there's some kind of workaround. I have messed with a few options (like the data always on option) and haven't had any luck.

AnyMal said:
Are you by any chance using the SIM from another phone? I had the exact same issue yesterday and data did not work for me until I called AT&T and had them update IMEI number from Captivate to Inspire. Hope that helps.
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I was using a SIM from another phone. It is the SIM card from my Work phone and I can not change the plan. It does have unlimited text and internet I just cant change it to a 4G plan. I had added the APN that is floating around here and that worked except I was having the same problem as the OP.

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Nope. I made it a point to have them activate it in the AT&T store with a new sim because I had read about people having issues when they transfer their SIM. I also had and iPhone 4 previously, so transferring wasn't really an option. I'm definitely on the right data plan, too.
I left the wifi off all night and it did it to me again today. The check mark shows up under the H and it loses all data connectivity. I'm not sure what is causing this, but I'd love to know if there's some kind of workaround. I have messed with a few options (like the data always on option) and haven't had any luck.
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It sounds like a replacement is in order.
stilger said:
I was using a SIM from another phone. It is the SIM card from my Work phone and I can not change the plan. It does have unlimited text and internet I just cant change it to a 4G plan. I had added the APN that is floating around here and that worked except I was having the same problem as the OP.
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Like I said, my issue was very much like yours and OP's and adding cutom APN made no difference until I called AT&T and had them update IMEI on my account. Presto, all problems went away instantly. I understand that it's not an option for you, sorry

have you tried creating a new apn? try creating one using these settings.

mattbollenbach said:
have you tried creating a new apn? try creating one using these settings.
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Just did this. Thought it might have resolved it at first, but it didn't. Basically, when I put the phone down for a while, it's like the data connection goes to sleep and doesn't wake up. When I turn the screen on, there's no mobile data. Sometimes, the dual arrows are visible under the "H", but only the up arrow is lit. Other times, the check mark (meaning no data) shows up under th "H" and stays there. Switching Airplane mode off and on will reset the connection.
I hate to say it, but the phone may have to go back. I love everything else about the phone, but this bug is too major to wait for an update or fix. What good is smartphone that doesn't get data reliably?

are you running the stock rom? i haven't been using that rom much so it may behave differently than the custom roms.
i don't think its a common bug. i would see if you can get a replacement phone.

mattbollenbach said:
are you running the stock rom? i haven't been using that rom much so it may behave differently than the custom roms.
i don't think its a common bug. i would see if you can get a replacement phone.
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Definitely stock rom. No rooting or anything. I didn't notice this on the first day I had the phone because it was on Wifi almost all the time. I turned wifi off to test it and the issue persists. I suppose I should try resetting the phone first, though I'm not looking forward to setting it back up again. After that, I'll take it into AT&T. I'd love to keep the phone. Can't believe no one else is having this issue.

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Definitely stock rom. No rooting or anything. I didn't notice this on the first day I had the phone because it was on Wifi almost all the time. I turned wifi off to test it and the issue persists. I suppose I should try resetting the phone first, though I'm not looking forward to setting it back up again. After that, I'll take it into AT&T. I'd love to keep the phone. Can't believe no one else is having this issue.
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yeah, resetting it up is a pain. sorry, and i hope you get it fixed.

Just to say it again. I had the exact same problem as the OP. Maybe we both had a flaky phone?

Okay, turns out there's an issue with the AT&T tower closest to my house. I found out from a rep at AT&T. I haven't left home much at all this weekend, so I had no standard for comparison. I just verified it by turning the wifi off on my iPad and using 3G data. It has the same issue.
Of course, I had already done a factory reset and gone to the AT&T device support center, but at least my phone is fine.
As a side note: I love that Android restores your apps now. I always thought WebOS was awesome for doing that and that was what frustrated me most about Android, with as often as I swap phones.

Wow... Wish this was my problem. I switched back to my Palm Pre+ and my data works fine.

Not connecting to 4g

Hello im running Gummy Charged 1.8 GBE and today my phone didnt connect to 4g.
I have no data, and i tried resetting the phone, deleted all data in recovery, still no 4g.
Is this a problem with my phone or the network or what?
Didnt drop it or anything, no clue what is going on.
Thx.

Just asking the obvious, but when you go into settings> wireless and networks make sure it is set to lte automatic, and wifi is off. Also check to make sure you didn't accidentally disable mobile data in the pull down.
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atomicmonkey15 said:
Hello im running Gummy Charged 1.8 GBE and today my phone didnt connect to 4g.
I have no data, and i tried resetting the phone, deleted all data in recovery, still no 4g.
Is this a problem with my phone or the network or what?
Didnt drop it or anything, no clue what is going on.
Thx.
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do you get 3G? do calls and texts go through? if all the usual stuff fails, you may have a fried 4G sim... you should be able to get another one from VZ

I had no 4G earlier, but did a few minutes ago when I looked, so it appears to have been network for me. I personally always assume it's network, because I haven't seen a case yet where it isn't.

Q: I don't have data anymore

So I recently bought the girlfriend a Samsung Galaxy S 4g. Definitely a bit different than the Evo in terms of the overall process. It didn't help that I started out in the Vibrant forums somehow...
Anyway. As it stands right now I have her phone all rooted and it has CWM and I'm using the Valhalla ROM. The issue is that she doesn't have data.... and when I go into wireless networks and check out the mobile networks and such, I can never actually see T-Mobile. If I search I can see AT&T, which I connect to and I start roaming. If I do this I still don't actually have internet. I can't use the market, or the web browser or facebook or anything that requires data. The browser will sometimes redirect me to some web2go website, otherwise it just times out or says it can't connect to the server.
So does anybody know what's going on? Please let me know if you need any more details.
I've never had trouble like this between my Evo, or my Epic 4g Touch or any friends phones. I've also tried going back to 100% stock unrooted GB and I still have the exact same problem. The ROM doesn't seem to matter, neither does being rooted.

Since you are running Valhalla bring down the notification bar and make sure you have the data toggle on.

Yep, it's definitely toggled to on. I even cycle airplane mode and make sure it's on afterwards.

Only other thing I would suggest is a factory reset. The phone should be picking up the T-mobile network without any problems. But if rooted or not and on stock vs custom rom the issue remains you may just have to set it back to stock and send it in for replacement.
And I know this is a silly question but make sure you call T-mobile and verify that this line has data plan. It has happened in the past when I added a line that it wasn't provisioned correctly and out of the blue the data stopped working. The service was automatically removed due to a reps mistake.

Check your APN settings. Should be T-Mobile's, if not then that's what causing the issue. Just look up for those on google.
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My APN settings are correct. I've now tried several other APN settings though, and this hasn't helped.
I know this phone is on a data plan. It's on the $50.00 a month prepaid. It did work when we got it, and after it was rooted. I just noticed recently that it stopped working, and I'm not sure at what point it happened, and if it has anything to do with what I've done.
I called tmobile and they said they couldn't see any network related issues going on. Just my phone not connecting, so it was made a ticket for the engineers I guess haha. They are supposed to work on it, and they usually will either fix it and never contact you, or call you if they need you to do something.

Bump.
I've been in really good service areas with full bars T-Mobile and I still don't have internet. So I really don't know what's up. The "T-Mobile engineers" haven't called me back or fixed anything yet.
I'm about to bring myself back to stock and bring it in to a store.

Bring it back to stock & maybe put it in recovery mode & wipe caches & do factory reset again. See if that helps before returning it.
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You might try reflashing the ROM or maybe just flash a different modem. I had issues like that once when i was on black ice. If you had data before, there probably isn't anything wrong with your phone.
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Having the same Data problem
I had an unlocked ATT BB Curve on T-Mobile and the data was working (although very slow...)
I decided to try out a "Vibrant" hoping to be able to install ICS via Cyanablahblah.
Searching on Ebay I bought one only it turned out to be the 4G (it didn't realize there was a difference.)
Since then I can't get DATA on the 4G except in WiFi.
On the network it goes to the page: u.web2go.com and says my data plan does not work on this device.
Has anybody had any success with this problem ?
Could it be a 4G issue ? Before DATA came from Edge.

Have you checked what your APN settings should be with the magics of Google?

Theraze said:
Have you checked what your APN settings should be with the magics of Google?
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I have, I've tried 3 different versions with no joy.
Update:
As per T-Mobile Tech,
Apparently Blackberry Data service does not work on non BB phones.
Needs Add on Data plan

bogiewan said:
I have, I've tried 3 different versions with no joy.
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tmob probably caught on that you're using a "4G" phone and will try to force you to upgrade your plan.

FBis251 said:
tmob probably caught on that you're using a "4G" phone and will try to force you to upgrade your plan.
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Is there any way to fool it with a 3G modem flash or something ?
I think I screwed up when I bought the phone not realizing there were 2 variants of the "Vibrant."
I wonder if I would have this problem with the earlier (non "V") 3g phone.

Probably. If it were just the 3G/4G causing the problem, you can force the SGS4G to only use 2G networks in the data settings... but if it's anything like the old Verizon bits with tethering and other data, they check for specific data strings that are harder to fake... I mean, set.

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Is there any way to fool it with a 3G modem flash or something ?
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They use your IMEI to tell what phone it is.
http://www.gsma.com/technicalprojects/fraud-security/imei-database

the OP was in 2011, so I'm pretty sure he already got it taken care of

mike-y said:
the OP was in 2011, so I'm pretty sure he already got it taken care of
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... so I should have started a new thread instead of searching ?

bogiewan said:
... so I should have started a new thread instead of searching ?
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No you shouldn't have. :good:

[Q] I cannot use my 4G network?

Hello,
I have recently downloaded GummyCharged GBE 2.1 and the theme ICS onto my Droid Charge. The problem is, I have noticed that I cannot use my 4G network, even after I continually tap on it.
I have come up with some probable answers that I still need help with, but I think I downloaded ED1 and not EE4?
Is that correct?
I can use my Wi-Fi no problem, just the 4G network I can't use. So if I want to use my 4G again, I have to root my phone again?

VexedVortex said:
Hello,
I have recently downloaded GummyCharged GBE 2.1 and the theme ICS onto my Droid Charge. The problem is, I have noticed that I cannot use my 4G network, even after I continually tap on it.
I have come up with some probable answers that I still need help with, but I think I downloaded ED1 and not EE4?
Is that correct?
I can use my Wi-Fi no problem, just the 4G network I can't use. So if I want to use my 4G again, I have to root my phone again?
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You have a 4g device shouldn't matter ED1,ED2,EE4. You getting no 3g/4g at all?
When you go to setting/wireless networks/mobile networks is packet data checked?

Yes, packet data is checked and I cannot see the symbol for 4G on the status bar. I have no idea why it's doing this.

VexedVortex said:
Yes, packet data is checked and I cannot see the symbol for 4G on the status bar. I have no idea why it's doing this.
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If you are using wifi your 3g/4g wont show up. Make sure it is unchecked. Also you can use wifi but if in airplane mode your 3g/4g wont show up. I know most of this is simple but trying anything.

Hi,
Airplane mode was never checked. I also don't leave Wi-Fi on when trying to use 4G, so I guess that's not the problem.

VexedVortex said:
Hi,
Airplane mode was never checked. I also don't leave Wi-Fi on when trying to use 4G, so I guess that's not the problem.
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Ok I give up here too. I would install a different Rom.

Data outage that happened to me when data was out same Tom too
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Well I'm probably sure that I still have more data left, but is that what happens if you run out of data?

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Well I'm probably sure that I still have more data left, but is that what happens if you run out of data?
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No he is saying Verizon network may be down in the area. Over the past well just say the past they have had outages with no coverage. Could call Verizon and see if they tell you the truth or reflash.

Agreed Athens I should be more clear in the future lmao
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My area has 4G coverage, I think I need to reflash.

Try flashing again doesn't work then my guess would be similar is fried or data is really down happened to me too cs said it was fine went to a physical store and all if there phone were down so yeah best of luck to ya
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Don't remember the whole thread but have you tried a different sim card? Doesnt that control 3g/4g and if the card is fried you won't get signal? Just an idea that might be easier than flashing something else.

True but sometimes the store reps know better than call center about data outages
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True but sometimes the store reps know better than call center about data outages
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Damn, I guess I'll reflash. Do you think it's because of the GummyCharged GBE ROM? Because I was in a rush flashing it but I remember I didn't root my phone first and I didn't flash Voodoo. Before I reflash, no one knows how to fix this problem?

when i flashed gbe 2.1 i flashed the odin version first like 1.7 or something then voddoo was enabled then i booted into recovery flashed 2.0 voodoo already enabled then i flashed 2.1 ontop of it because it is a addon package not a full rom and i was good to go on i side note just back up flash something like humble just to see if your data works if it doesn't work on humble then you know verizon doesn't know **** and data is down or your sim is fried but i would think you wouln't be able to make phone calls if that was the case or make sure you have the most recent radio sometimes that might work sorry if i couldn't help more let me know if you need more help or questions... good luck man

I fixed the issue,
I just went into recovery mode and wiped my data, cache and Davlik cache. Then I installed ICS again from my SD card and the 4G started to work once again.

Sweet
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Droid charge Sim card problems

Hey guys I woke up this morning and my phone was working on wifi but when I left for school I tried turning on 3g but no 3g or any signal.I got home and my wifi is working fine and I have normal signal bars so the only thing affected is data.I am running tweakstock 1.1
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Restart? Airplane mode toggle? Reflash modem?
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kvswim said:
Restart? Airplane mode toggle? Reflash modem?
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Tried the first two might try modem flash
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What modem should I flash
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It'd doesn't really matter since modems are independent of ROMs and kernels.
The EP4D modems can be found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380430

hazard209 said:
It'd doesn't really matter since modems are independent of ROMs and kernels.
The EP4D modems can be found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380430
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Okay thanks
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Flashed the modem no help
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I'd say try starting from scratch and go back to stock. If you can't get it on stock, don't root it and take it to a Verizon store. Tell them you want a new sim. If a new sim doesn't fix it then it's a hardware issue and you get to bug Verizon until they give you a new Charge.

hazard209 said:
I'd say try starting from scratch and go back to stock. If you can't get it on stock, don't root it and take it to a Verizon store. Tell them you want a new sim. If a new sim doesn't fix it then it's a hardware issue and you get to bug Verizon until they give you a new Charge.
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Okay should I call Verizon to send a new Sim
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You can do that, but it'd be quicker to go to a store and just pick one up. They're free regardless, so it's up to you.

hazard209 said:
You can do that, but it'd be quicker to go to a store and just pick one up. They're free regardless, so it's up to you.
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Okay how do they transfer my info on my Sim to the new Sim
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BlackHoleSlam said:
Okay how do they transfer my info on my Sim to the new Sim
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Unfortunately, I don't believe they do. If it is the sim though, you can possibly test it by putting someone else's sim (friend or family) in your phone and see if you still can't get data.

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Okay how do they transfer my info on my Sim to the new Sim
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no i believe they tell you to do that through backup assistant, i would just export all your contacts to your sd.
and tell me how this goes, because i have had that same issue twice but i never changed the sim,
here is the thread. in the end i did a complete reflash and even then it took a few hours before i saw data so i am unsure if the flash had anything to do with it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21754406#post21754406

When you boot and its trying to connect do you see a 3g 4g at the top of the screen? If so I dont think the sim is the problem. Ive had it happen a couple of times where it wouldnt do anything.

blueis300 said:
When you boot and its trying to connect do you see a 3g 4g at the top of the screen? If so I dont think the sim is the problem. Ive had it happen a couple of times where it wouldnt do anything.
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no data at all when booting
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Hey guys there might have been a tower down by me yesterday since my 3g is working fine right now
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i know this is a mondo bump but my gf is out of the state with her charge and its having sim issues I tried walking her over the phone on how to try to get it back (dont feel comfortable flashing new modem) but i had her wipe cache and dalvic and do the airplane toggle and also remount sim but no fixes?