Grey signal with x wont reconnect - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have this issue when im at work where i get crap att coverage where eventually from being low for so long and staying on wifi my phone signal goes to zero and a grey x shoes up above them.
This wouldnt be so bad but it wont reconnect with a reboot or airplane mode reset which means if i dont check my phone i get no calls or info.
Is this normal? Is there a fix?
Thanks
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tevil said:
I have this issue when im at work where i get crap att coverage where eventually from being low for so long and staying on wifi my phone signal goes to zero and a grey x shoes up above them.
This wouldnt be so bad but it wont reconnect with a reboot or airplane mode reset which means if i dont check my phone i get no calls or info.
Is this normal? Is there a fix?
Thanks
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This is an old issue. I'm not sure when the fix happened or what ATT radio would fix it for you but there is a simple (ish) solution. Basically, whats happening is that when your phone loses signal for an extended period of time it shuts off the radio and then cannot restart it. Using NoBars will stop your phone's radio from dying like that and will just periodically poll for signal.
That will fix the issue but just to satisfy my own curiosity, on your SDcard are there a bunch of files called Radio Dump and then a bunch of numbers?

Sorry posted on my phone and didnt notice the grammar errors
Yes i have the radio dump files but havent checked since installing the F1 radio.
I will try that app since this issue has followed me on multiple roms and radios
If there was a fix i havent gotten it
Thanks man
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Just installed nobars but realized its a battery saver like juice defender
I will keep my hopes up tho
This ONLY happns when at my desk at work where att has no dark hold on me
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you could try manually resetting your radio if that is actually the problem. just dial *#*#4636#*#* next time you're at your desk and go to phone information. if you scroll down it should say either turn off radio or turn on radio. try turning it on if it's already off, or resetting it by turning it off and then on again. I don't think this would be a permanent fix though. just a temporary solution when the problem arises.

tevil said:
Sorry posted on my phone and didnt notice the grammar errors
Yes i have the radio dump files but havent checked since installing the F1 radio.
I will try that app since this issue has followed me on multiple roms and radios
If there was a fix i havent gotten it
Thanks man
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Just installed nobars but realized its a battery saver like juice defender
I will keep my hopes up tho
This ONLY happns when at my desk at work where att has no dark hold on me
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Nobars will shut off your radio and stop it from dying. Trust me it works. My wife and I used it foe months waiting for the issue to be resolved. The radio dumps mean you're having the same issue.
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hoponpop said:
you could try manually resetting your radio if that is actually the problem. just dial *#*#4636#*#* next time you're at your desk and go to phone information. if you scroll down it should say either turn off radio or turn on radio. try turning it on if it's already off, or resetting it by turning it off and then on again. I don't think this would be a permanent fix though. just a temporary solution when the problem arises.
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I actually go into the carrier menu when i install a new radio anyway. Going in and out of airplane mode resets the radio but the problem is if I dont actually look at my phone (in my pocket) i wont know the radio shut off and can go through the day without getting any contact. I know its not the rom cause Im on stock. I know its not the radio cause I have tried about every one.
Its got to be a mix of crappy ATT service (which makes me wonder if resigning was worth this phone for free) and the nexus s hardware.
I am seeing if noBars will help. You would think this would be something google would fix ASAP tho as its happened since day one almost.

tevil said:
I actually go into the carrier menu when i install a new radio anyway. Going in and out of airplane mode resets the radio but the problem is if I dont actually look at my phone (in my pocket) i wont know the radio shut off and can go through the day without getting any contact. I know its not the rom cause Im on stock. I know its not the radio cause I have tried about every one.
Its got to be a mix of crappy ATT service (which makes me wonder if resigning was worth this phone for free) and the nexus s hardware.
I am seeing if noBars will help. You would think this would be something google would fix ASAP tho as its happened since day one almost.
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It is odd since this was a massive issue from day one of the Nexus S but that was before any of the other variants and it was fixed before any of the other variants launched. Since that fix, I've not heard of anyone having the issue any more with any variant. Part of the issue for my wife and I was that we lived in an area where there was really no good cell coverage from any company, so we stayed with T-Mo in spite of that knowing that we were moving soon to an area with great T-mo coverage, but being out of service so much resulted in similar issues as you've had: we would be constantly restarting our phones to see if there was anything we were missing. I do believe this will work for you, and I hope you find a permanent solution soon.

Thanks for the tip but i guess i am the lucky guy who still has the issue lol
Maybe hardware related? I will see what ice cs brings me
For today nobars helped but i did notice some batt drain from it but very minimal so its a keeper for now
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Potential WiFi issue?

I'm here writing on tapatalk and browsing and have noticed that all of a sudden the WiFi will go off, drop out and restart. I hadn't ticked the : best WiFi performance, which drains more battery, so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it.
I also have he app: power manager and I'm not sure if there is an app doing that to the WiFi.
Anyone else had this issue?
Edit: definitely having this issue. Best performance or going manual on the WiFi Settings seems to have settled it. Hope HTC comes up with an update for it...
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I also tested the static rather than the automatic solution for the WiFi, and it tend to drop equally. Only way it doesn't drop seems to be if I use the: use best quality WiFi, which reduces the battery life tremendously!
By the way, this is not happening during te phone's sleep mode, but during normal operation.
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Not sure if it's related, but there are definite wifi issues with the one s. Mines completely stock, no power managers etc. It locks onto wifi points that that have always worked well for me (work, home etc.) with my desire and never disconnects. It seems in this mode it uses much more power and even gets a little warm. I can have left home for 4 hours and it still thinks it's connected and then has no data connection. The only solution seems to be to disable and enable wifi again. It doesn't seem to be able to roam from ap to ap without getting stuck on one of them
I think this may be an issue with Android 4.0. I have a Transformer Prime tablet running 4.0 and I get the same thing. WiFi drops out for a few seconds and quickly reconnects. I have noticed that it only happens in the first 12-24 hours after my tablet has been restarted though. After about a day running solid it doesn't happen.
I had a Nexus Running 4.2 and the wifi was great so probably not Android , more radi problem as discussed on other threads
I'm getting mine replaced tomorrow just to see if that will improve things. Unfortunately I was not able to make sure that the handset's serial number
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Testing the new one s that just came through the post on regards to the WiFi issues.
Looks like first impressions that its stable but having said that,y sim card is still on the other handset. I don't know if that has anything to do with it...
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Coming on the other phone now, as typing the WiFi signal sometimes drops..
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Mine is opposite where I have no issues while using the phone, however, when phone goes into sleep mode, it loses wifi. Comes on auto when using phone again.
vasp3690 said:
all of a sudden the WiFi will go off, drop out and restart
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Exactly the same symptoms on mine (stock Orange UK). Hopefully we will get a fix soon, as its a pain.
It seems that the replacement I got is working atm
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Update.
The WiFi signal on this current phone seems to be spot on. No signal drop with any case on or covering the top of the phone. Signsl doesn't go to sleep along with the phone being on idle and overall really pleased.
I must also add that this new phone seems to have a remarkably better battery life as well. With my usuall use of web, tapatalk, a couple of photos a bit of WiFi, continuous account sync etc, on auto brightness, im at 13:20 and I have the phone on 83% battery when on the previous handset with the WiFi problem I was eating up the battery really fast. Usually I was at about 60% by now
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pjsmith said:
(...) It locks onto wifi points that that have always worked well for me (work, home etc.) with my desire and never disconnects. It seems in this mode it uses much more power and even gets a little warm. I can have left home for 4 hours and it still thinks it's connected and then has no data connection. The only solution seems to be to disable and enable wifi again. It doesn't seem to be able to roam from ap to ap without getting stuck on one of them
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I had exactly the same issue. Since I have changed the "option" / "wifi"/ "settings" / "extended" / "keep WLAN active in standby" = "never" (I don't know the correct terms in English), I haven't seen that problem anymore. I seems that the issue is standby-related, WLAN rescan won't start properly when waking up.
However, I don't think that this issue is related to the issue mentioned by the TO - it's the opposite.
I just noticed this issue when I left for work this morning. I have "Best Wi-Fi Performance" enabled, which was mentioned as a fix in previous posts, but it does not appear to be helping. When I leave for work and get into my office about 5 miles away it still shows as being connected to my home wifi network, when I try to use data like going to a webpage etc, it says "Data Connection Lost". Its like the phone doesnt know how to disconnect from a wifi network. I have the latest update to 1.84.531.2 710RD and still seems to have this issue. Have there been any updates from HTC or T-MO on this issue?
To follow up on this issue, I have called HTC and T-Mobile to find out if it is a known issue. They both told me that they were aware of the issue and that HTC is asking the carriers to report the issues customers are having back up to them. HTC said they are working on a software update that resolves the Wi-Fi disconnect issue. The T-Mobile rep said to have anyone else who is experiencing the issue to either call T-Mobile if they are your carrier so they can report the issue, or call HTC directly.
Bohemus said:
To follow up on this issue, I have called HTC and T-Mobile to find out if it is a known issue. They both told me that they were aware of the issue and that HTC is asking the carriers to report the issues customers are having back up to them. HTC said they are working on a software update that resolves the Wi-Fi disconnect issue. The T-Mobile rep said to have anyone else who is experiencing the issue to either call T-Mobile if they are your carrier so they can report the issue, or call HTC directly.
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Been having this issue too. Called up T-Mobile and since I'm still within the 20 day window for return, they are sending me a new device. The girl that helped me didn't even want to talk about the issue or if it's been happening a lot. She didn't even ask if I had tried any trouble shooting. Just sent out new phone with free standard shipping. Works for me I guess, just hope it's hardware related, though I suspect it's software. We will see.
Behold_this said:
Been having this issue too. Called up T-Mobile and since I'm still within the 20 day window for return, they are sending me a new device. The girl that helped me didn't even want to talk about the issue or if it's been happening a lot. She didn't even ask if I had tried any trouble shooting. Just sent out new phone with free standard shipping. Works for me I guess, just hope it's hardware related, though I suspect it's software. We will see.
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I did a factory reset on my phone and have been having much better luck with the WiFi issue. I think its definitely software related.
Bohemus said:
I did a factory reset on my phone and have been having much better luck with the WiFi issue. I think its definitely software related.
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Not here. Factory reset was first thing I did (and always do) after applying the latest update.
I just noticed that on my phone as well. If I set it to beat performance the WiFi signal goes crazy. So I uncheck it and it works "normal"
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compta5 said:
I just noticed that on my phone as well. If I set it to beat performance the WiFi signal goes crazy. So I uncheck it and it works "normal"
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I also disabled best wifi performance and have not noticed the issue since. I dont know if its because of the factory reset or because I have disabled best performance. I have also changed "keep wifi on during sleep" to never and that may have contributed to fixing the problem. I really have no way to tell, and now that it appears to be working correctly, I dont want to mess with it

1.85 Mobile Network Issues

I was just curious if anyone, other than myself, is having mobile network issues with there one x still even on the newest radio and software?
The issue I am talking about is when you go to use your phone and you pick it up and it has no service at all with a X on the signal bars until you turn it on and off again or in some instances you have signal bars but you can't make a call, send or receive a message, or surf the web until once again you reboot the phone or swap it in and out of airplane mode.
I was just curious if anyone has a solution for this or ideas... ironically when I updated to 1.85 it was fine for an entire day then the next day I rooted and installed a different ROM and the issue came back. Could be timing or not related but I have no idea.
Thoughts?
- Dan
Happens all the time on 1.73. I've held off upgrading because I've heard of people having fun (and by fun, I mean lotsaproblems) on 1.85.
AEDan1977 said:
I was just curious if anyone, other than myself, is having mobile network issues with there one x still even on the newest radio and software?
The issue I am talking about is when you go to use your phone and you pick it up and it has no service at all with a X on the signal bars until you turn it on and off again or in some instances you have signal bars but you can't make a call, send or receive a message, or surf the web until once again you reboot the phone or swap it in and out of airplane mode.
I was just curious if anyone has a solution for this or ideas... ironically when I updated to 1.85 it was fine for an entire day then the next day I rooted and installed a different ROM and the issue came back. Could be timing or not related but I have no idea.
Thoughts?
- Dan
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Ditto, i got a new Sim card and thought that fixed it, i was wrong (1.73)
Xodium said:
Happens all the time on 1.73. I've held off upgrading because I've heard of people having fun (and by fun, I mean lotsaproblems) on 1.85.
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Same here. Still on stock as well. Especially since I'm not experiencing any major issues with the phone.
Lilshaun said:
Same here. Still on stock as well. Especially since I'm not experiencing any major issues with the phone.
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Only thing thats really starting to frustrate me are all the double texts/retry sending notifications.
I have had a problem where the phone thinks it has signal, data works fine but you cannot make calls or send texts until you reboot or go into airplane mode.
This happened on 1.73, 1.82 and now 1.85
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It has happened to me on all versions. I was told I could exchange mine, but they have none in stock. Another pain in the butt is that I'm not receiving text messages at times. Really becoming a nuisance.
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Happens rarely but all I do is toggle airplane mode and its fixed. Takes like 5 seconds. No biggie.
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mobilehavoc said:
Happens rarely but all I do is toggle airplane mode and its fixed. Takes like 5 seconds. No biggie.
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Same, just started today after I rooted. meh
Badger2point0 said:
Same, just started today after I rooted. meh
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I believe mine started after I rooted as well... I wonder if the root is doing something that interferes with the radio working correctly or something along those lines.
Its the main reason I updated. Even when going from HSPA+ to LTE I would have to reboot the phone while stock. 1.82 did nothing to fix the issue but since I've been on 1.85 I've not experienced the problem. Multitasking is, imo, unchanged.
Yeah. Happens regularly when I am travelling some distance by car and occasionally in the city (maybe every two days while I remain in the city). I'm on rooted stock but it was happening even with un-rooted stock. I hope HTC fixes this soon and Rogers pushes out an OTA update as this is sh*tty. Funnily enough, going into airplane mode doesn't seem to fix the issue. Apps that access the Internet just report an error with the network connection.
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Its the main reason I updated. Even when going from HSPA+ to LTE I would have to reboot the phone while stock. 1.82 did nothing to fix the issue but since I've been on 1.85 I've not experienced the problem. Multitasking is, imo, unchanged.
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Same, I haven't experienced the issue on 1.85.

no signal or data after ics install

i have an issue. i cant get any signal or data whenever i flash either an ics rom or jb rom, but works perfectly fine with gb roms. back when LC's v4 of his rom was out, i was using it with no problem. after that thats when it started giving me problems. ive tried typing in the apns manually and everything, it doesnt stick. sometimes messing with the phone, like turning it on/off or switching airplane mode on/off, would some times cause it to get reception or doing the network operators thing in the mobile setting will give me reception but no data. im currently on cm7, and ive tried every ics and jb rom that we have out and its the same thing. ive checked the leads and sim card and doesnt seem to be anything wrong. id unroot the phone and start from scratch but i dont have a working vol+ button. and dont know if the carrier matters but im running on simple mobile. if anyone knows and/or can help, id really appreciate it. thanks
I've heard people have similar issues on simple mobile. Probably a problem on their end. Also if your volume button is fail then who knows what else could be going out. Bad devices usually develop more than one issue when they start to go.
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I've heard people have similar issues on simple mobile. Probably a problem on their end. Also if your volume button is fail then who knows what else could be going out. Bad devices usually develop more than one issue when they start to go.
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Oh okay thanks. Guess I'm gonna stick with gb till I change phones.
But the for the reason my volume up button doesn't work is because it got some water in it when putting on my screen protector. Just wanted to throw that out there
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bluizzo said:
Oh okay thanks. Guess I'm gonna stick with gb till I change phones.
But the for the reason my volume up button doesn't work is because it got some water in it when putting on my screen protector. Just wanted to throw that out there
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Maybe too much water got into it and fried another circuit related to data and wifi? ics roms are pretty new and still a bit buggy... which ones have you tried? I'm using xgs-series 2.3.9 with no problems as of right now.
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Maybe too much water got into it and fried another circuit related to data and wifi? ics roms are pretty new and still a bit buggy... which ones have you tried? I'm using xgs-series 2.3.9 with no problems as of right now.
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The button problem happened before. I've tried all of them and it's the same thing. Haven't have issue with wifi or on gb, and I've been able to use ics up until LC's ics 4. something. The only thing that works is the network operater thing in the mobile settings. I can run on tmobile with no data, but once I shut off the phone it'll either have no service or randomly say to insert sim. I'd try a att sim, but I don't know anyone with att.
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When you say you've "typed in the APN manually and it doesn't stick", do you mean the phone isn't saving the information, or that it only gets reception for a short time?
The phone isn't saving it.
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Anybody still having data issues?

I've been using my Rogers HOX ever since it came out but always had random data drops. Tried all kinds of radios (with or without RIL) and all kinds of roms and the issue is still there. Losing data is not the biggest issue but it also drops the battery real quick because it keeps trying to connect.
Anybody ever find a solution to this?
I'm using the HOX on Straight Talk and lately I have noticed that when I have WiFi on for a while, assuming it stays connected, I lose mobile data. The only thing that bring it back is toggling airplane mode or rebooting the phone.
I am on Jellybean, and I am not sure if the issue was present in the stock ROM's.
Yep still having the same problem on AT&T with every combination of Kernel/ROM/Radio you can think of. I can also say that it isn't a "rooted only" problem because a coworker is having the same issues on 100% stock software. There's always that ONE THING that keeps my phone experiences from being perfect. Grrrrrrrr........
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Yep still having the same problem on AT&T with every combination of Kernel/ROM/Radio you can think of. I can also say that it isn't a "rooted only" problem because a coworker is having the same issues on 100% stock software. There's always that ONE THING that keeps my phone experiences from being perfect. Grrrrrrrr........
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My rooted One X is doing the same thing. I can't wait for the Galaxy Note 2 to come out. HTC just can't quite seem to figure it out.
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Stock 2.20 on Straight Talk. Have to toggle Airplane occasionally. Especially in North Little Rock. ::shrugs::
OP, have you restored your stock setup to see if the issue persists? Basic question, but for the sake of a starting point.
After so long, finaly found the problem. I don't know if it'll be the same for everyone but the problem was Swiftkey keyboard. The moment I uninstalled it, the problem did not reoccur.
I have the same problem and I can assure you its not the phone, I have used many android phones, iPhones, and regular phones on rogers 3G network and they all have the data drops in general like dropping to 1 bar and no service once and while.
You might want to switch your network to wcdma/gsm instead of wcdma/gsm/LTE. If you dont have the correct APN for the rogers lte network it will keep searching for the lte nrtwork causing the data drop. As soon as I turned my lte toggle off the network stopped dropping randomly though I still get those random data drops caused by the network
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We had this issue with the rezound, it actually occurred because you flashed different radios.
You had to flash a ruu or a modified one without the system image. See my SIG
So try flashing a ruu, this doesn't explain someone with a stock phone having issues but I bet that's just tower issues
I don't have any of these issues
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I have the same problem and I can assure you its not the phone, I have used many android phones, iPhones, and regular phones on rogers 3G network and they all have the data drops in general like dropping to 1 bar and no service once and while.
You might want to switch your network to wcdma/gsm instead of wcdma/gsm/LTE. If you dont have the correct APN for the rogers lte network it will keep searching for the lte nrtwork causing the data drop. As soon as I turned my lte toggle off the network stopped dropping randomly though I still get those random data drops caused by the network
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We had this issue with the rezound, it actually occurred because you flashed different radios.
You had to flash a ruu or a modified one without the system image. See my SIG
So try flashing a ruu, this doesn't explain someone with a stock phone having issues but I bet that's just tower issues
I don't have any of these issues
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Tried all of the listed solutions and nothing worked. I know it's not the network because I don't have the problem with my Note II. Swiftkey was the issue for me, once removed, the issue never reoccurred.
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After so long, finaly found the problem. I don't know if it'll be the same for everyone but the problem was Swiftkey keyboard. The moment I uninstalled it, the problem did not reoccur.
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Wow, you might be onto something here. I just installed SwiftKey last night and immediately started having issues. Data has been off-and-on with different versions of different ROMs, and never suspected that my issues may lie within an app that I was using. I was mucking about with radio ROMs and a million other settings, never realizing that SwiftKey was installed right around the time I started having issues on each ROM.
I'm going to jump back to CM10 this evening and see if this was my issue.
THANK YOU in advance! (Thanks button has been hit!) Nice work!
You gotta be sh***ing me! After all this time scouring xda and numerous other sites.starting my own tread it was SwiftKey all along? Wtf? I did a thousand different things. Nothing worked, took off Swiftkey, bam, flawless. I've got a T-mobile GS3 incase anyway was wondering, no, apparently it's not just with htc or AT&T/Rodgers. Weird though cuz my wife has a AT&T GS3 with Swiftkey and has no issues whatsoever... Did you dl your version from the playstore or from a 3rd party? Thanks a million for posting your solution. This was absolutely killing me. God do I hate this stock keyboard though...

LTE issues

Just got the 5 for xmas and I love it. It was replacing my GS4 which is now in its box as a backup phone.
Loved that one to as well honestly.
Anyway Im on ATT in the US and it seems EVERY time I make or recieve a phone call my LTE drops to 3g or less then upon hanging up it will usually return.
A couple times all my data dropped and I had to go to airplane mode to restore it but that hasn't happened in a while.
I have a vid of it happening I sent to google support but their response is always "factory reset" and Im honestly tired of that.
I went through an issues with KITKAT and pixelations on my screen and reset was their response. After a reset and it was still happening they stopped contacting me back since I guess their center ran out of printed responses.
Here in the UK, the carrier EE got some bad press for doing this and its apparently normal as far as I know for LTE to drop down to 3G so it can handle the call.
Did this happen on your GS4? Is it a new thing or have you just not noticed it before?
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tevil said:
Just got the 5 for xmas and I love it. It was replacing my GS4 which is now in its box as a backup phone.
Loved that one to as well honestly.
Anyway Im on ATT in the US and it seems EVERY time I make or recieve a phone call my LTE drops to 3g or less then upon hanging up it will usually return.
A couple times all my data dropped and I had to go to airplane mode to restore it but that hasn't happened in a while.
I have a vid of it happening I sent to google support but their response is always "factory reset" and Im honestly tired of that.
I went through an issues with KITKAT and pixelations on my screen and reset was their response. After a reset and it was still happening they stopped contacting me back since I guess their center ran out of printed responses.
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I see you are in New Haven, i'm in Fairfield and the samething happens with AT&T for me as well.
This is however by design as LTE is only a DATA solution, not a VOICE option (yet - that comes with VoLTE which AT&T is doing in 2015 but we'll need new phones anyways). It's similar to HSPA+ being only for data so when you aren't using it the device should drop back to "3G" aka UMTS (idle mode) and WCDMA for voice calls.
I've never had the issue of it not coming back however, it sometimes takes a few minutes at most but in general it always switches back to LTE.
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I see you are in New Haven, i'm in Fairfield and the samething happens with AT&T for me as well.
This is however by design as LTE is only a DATA solution, not a VOICE option (yet - that comes with VoLTE which AT&T is doing in 2015 but we'll need new phones anyways). It's similar to HSPA+ being only for data so when you aren't using it the device should drop back to "3G" aka UMTS (idle mode) and WCDMA for voice calls.
I've never had the issue of it not coming back however, it sometimes takes a few minutes at most but in general it always switches back to LTE.
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Ironically my GS4 did not do this, perhaps it knew it was on a call and just decided to lie to me.
Think I should call AT&T?
Funny over a week+ with google support and NO ONE could tell me this? THIS is why I come here
Downgrade to the 4.4 radio and should fix your data connection issues. If you do some searching around you will see its pretty common to have data connection issues with the 4.4.2 radio.
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Downgrade to the 4.4 radio and should fix your data connection issues. If you do some searching around you will see its pretty common to have data connection issues with the 4.4.2 radio.
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Do you know what radio is for 4.4? They want to exchange the device but I WOULD LOVE to prove to them this is a software bug and NOT hardware related as I have been telling them.
tevil said:
Do you know what radio is for 4.4? They want to exchange the device but I WOULD LOVE to prove to them this is a software bug and NOT hardware related as I have been telling them.
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Download 4.4 image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerhead
extract the file and you will find the radio file in there
reboot the phone to bootloader
fastboot flash radio (radio file).img
fastboot reboot
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Download 4.4 image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerhead
extract the file and you will find the radio file in there
reboot the phone to bootloader
fastboot flash radio (radio file).img
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K thanks.
Yeah Im pretty familiar with flashing the radios.
Never pulled one myself from an image before though.
Will do
tevil said:
K thanks.
Yeah Im pretty familiar with flashing the radios.
Never pulled one myself from an image before though.
Will do
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Don't remember the versions off the top of my head and not allowed to have electronics on me at work to check.
dabbill said:
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Don't remember the versions off the top of my head and not allowed to have electronics on me at work to check.
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No biggy Ill try to check it out. Honestly if I know its not really a malfunction then Im fine with it. Im not having much electronics luck lately.
4.4 bugged out my 2012 nexus 7 and google could give a rats ass about that, my ouya is another story, and I think my TV or PS3 is dying a slow death.
If this is just how it works then Im fine with it.
thanks
I may still try it though since Im rooted. I can just take a backup image first.
tevil said:
No biggy Ill try to check it out. Honestly if I know its not really a malfunction then Im fine with it. Im not having much electronics luck lately.
4.4 bugged out my 2012 nexus 7 and google could give a rats ass about that, my ouya is another story, and I think my TV or PS3 is dying a slow death.
If this is just how it works then Im fine with it.
thanks
I may still try it though since Im rooted. I can just take a backup image first.
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I am not rooted, just have unlocked bootloader. I have been running 4.4 radio with 4.4.2 for the past 3 or 4 days now and seems to be much better signal.

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