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[Q] Poor Data Service Need Suggestions

OK so I need some help . . . . . after flashing a new ROM/kernel, I noticed that my network service was insanely poor. I thought it had to do with the new ROM but now after I have tried every which way of flashing and reflashing, I still have the issue. I used Speedtest to see what kind of DL speeds I was getting and I am usually in double digit kbps, 114kbps is my top. My wifes Acclaim regularly gets 600+ to the same server. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I may have screwed up or how I can go about fixing it? Everything works fine in WiFi btw.
Thanks in advance.
Fixed: Somehow I managed to get knocked off my 3G service. Called USCC tech support and they were able to turn it back on for me.

JayRHamlin said:
OK so I need some help . . . . . after flashing a new ROM/kernel, I noticed that my network service was insanely poor. I thought it had to do with the new ROM but now after I have tried every which way of flashing and reflashing, I still have the issue. I used Speedtest to see what kind of DL speeds I was getting and I am usually in double digit kbps, 114kbps is my top. My wifes Acclaim regularly gets 600+ to the same server. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I may have screwed up or how I can go about fixing it? Everything works fine in WiFi btw.
Thanks in advance.
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Try updating your prl. Dial *228 when at home and not roaming. Follow the prompts and wait for it to update. Should help and really can't hurt.
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Yeah I tried that. No dice. Thanks for your suggestion though.
Maybe it's a hardware issue?
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Is it even possible to "break" something like this by flashing new roms or kernels? Everywhere I used to have 3G service I now just have 1x.
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Dial 911 seriously and hang up
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What? That's crazy talk.
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Yeahhh it puts the phone in emergency mode and does some voodoo magic. I've heard of multiple people doing it.
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Is it even possible to "break" something like this by flashing new roms or kernels?
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Absolutely.

add144 said:
Yeahhh it puts the phone in emergency mode and does some voodoo magic. I've heard of multiple people doing it.
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Absolutely.
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I called 911 and it didn't work. The 911 operator didn't have any ideas either.

Well it's starting to look like I should start think about buying a new phone. I have tried everything within my ability and nothing. In a last ditch effort, where could I find a flashable radio that I could use just to make sure it is installed correctly?
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Try going back to 2.1 and see how the data is. I somehow got a new prl when I flashed aosp and my girlfriends phone is on an earlier version. We both did the *228 and hers stays at 15108 mine stays at 15110. There is supposed to be a way to manually update our roll back prl. Idk wish I did
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stephenj37826 said:
Try going back to 2.1 and see how the data is. I somehow got a new prl when I flashed aosp and my girlfriends phone is on an earlier version. We both did the *228 and hers stays at 15108 mine stays at 15110. There is supposed to be a way to manually update our roll back prl. Idk wish I did
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I did flash back to 2.1 and the data issues remain. The PRL on my phone and my wife's Acclaim are both 15110, but she gets 3G service and I don't. It also takes over a minute for my 1x service to load after turning off wifi. Also, If I force EVDO, I will get a "3G" banner at the top of the screen, but data does not work and the banner eventually goes away.
Additionally, is it normal to get a Verizon voice when you *228 while roaming? Because that is what I got when I was roaming yesterday. I have to believe that flashing Fascinate software has something to with it.

You could check the efs clear box in odin. I know it has something to do with service. I did that once in my vibrant by mistake. Are you dialing 911 in your home area? It needs to be in a uscc home area same with *228. The efs clear might break your phone worse so.......
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stephenj37826 said:
You could check the efs clear box in odin. I know it has something to do with service. I did that once in my vibrant by mistake. Are you dialing 911 in your home area? It needs to be in a uscc home area same with *228. The efs clear might break your phone worse so.......
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I'm willing to try almost anything at this point. How does the "EFS Clear" work in Odin? Does anyone know exactly what it does?

Send elijahblake a pm he had the same issue
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JayRHamlin said:
Additionally, is it normal to get a Verizon voice when you *228 while roaming? Because that is what I got when I was roaming yesterday. I have to believe that flashing Fascinate software has something to with it.
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Yes, which is why I said do it while NOT roaming. If you completed the *228 while roaming on Verizon you basically connected your phone to their network not USCC's.

akellar said:
Yes, which is why I said do it while NOT roaming. If you completed the *228 while roaming on Verizon you basically connected your phone to their network not USCC's.
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I did the *228 at home while not roaming. When I got the Verizon thing while roaming I just hung up I never went through any kind of programming. This was well after things went awry anyways.
I believe this all started a few days ago when I tried flashing the ComaVolt kernel. I got a boot loop and had to do a battery pull. I then flashed dfgas's superclean port and I thought everything was working fine until I got out of wifi the next day and noticed my network service was aweful.

Go back to di14 and do the *228 and dial 911
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stephenj37826 said:
Go back to di14 and do the *228 and dial 911
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Tried it . . . still no worky.

Do you have a belief plan? If so flash it to stock with odin and take the phone in and tell them to give you a new one. Even if you don't have a belief plan I would flash it ti stock and take it in telling them it's defective. worth a shot. Sorry that nothing is working for you bud.
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droidzach said:
Do you have a belief plan? If so flash it to stock with odin and take the phone in and tell them to give you a new one. Even if you don't have a belief plan I would flash it ti stock and take it in telling them it's defective. worth a shot. Sorry that nothing is working for you bud.
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I do have a belief plan but I bought the phone on Ebay a few months back. I was just out for a bit and the banner at the top would go into "3G" but while it was like that I had no network connection. Somehow I pooched my 3G radio I guess. Maybe I'll call tech support and see if they can help. Everyone I have ever talked to over there has been really good so maybe it's worth a try.

Huge Problem With Galaxy S 4g

i bought the phone in june and got it with simple mobile. it worked fine until one day it was saying no service. so i reupped my card and then it kept saying no service. i even switched sim cards and it just keeps saying no service. Can anyone help.

ahmadou said:
i bought the phone in june and got it with simple mobile. it worked fine until one day it was saying no service. so i reupped my card and then it kept saying no service. i even switched sim cards and it just keeps saying no service. Can anyone help.
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Have you checked your apn settings?
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Check your IMEI by pressing *#06# and see if it matches to one printed in back after u remove battery.

cnote74 said:
Have you checked your apn settings?
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wat exactly would i be looking for here????

VICosPhi said:
Check your IMEI by pressing *#06# and see if it matches to one printed in back after u remove battery.
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wat does it mean if they don't match

[Q] Data stops until I go in and out of airplane mode, how do I fix this?

Data works great on this phone, except for the fact that several times a day, maybe once every 2 hours, the data connection simply stops working. I can get it back by putting the phone into airplane mode, and then back again, but nothing else works.
If I try to go to a web page when the data is out, I get redirected to some web2go thing telling me I should buy some plan.
In my Mobile Network Settings I have the "Enable always-on mobile data" but don't see anything else that might help fix this.
Anybody have any ideas of what is going on, or better yet how to fix it?

I don't have the answer to your actual question.
However, if you don't want the Web2Go page you can change the User Agent on your browser from Android to Desktop.

zygut said:
Data works great on this phone, except for the fact that several times a day, maybe once every 2 hours, the data connection simply stops working. I can get it back by putting the phone into airplane mode, and then back again, but nothing else works.
If I try to go to a web page when the data is out, I get redirected to some web2go thing telling me I should buy some plan.
In my Mobile Network Settings I have the "Enable always-on mobile data" but don't see anything else that might help fix this.
Anybody have any ideas of what is going on, or better yet how to fix it?
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Did you not see my data fix in the dev section???
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Undeadk9 said:
Did you not see my data fix in the dev section???
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I occasionally have the same issue, though mine only seems to do it on the transition from wifi to cellular. Sometimes toggling airplane works, sometimes not. Mine has always done that even stock. Oh, and it still does it even on your rom, undeadk9.
One other issue i've noticed is the wifi calling icon will randomly disappear and come back in about 20 seconds. I've only noticed this on SOC3.6, I don't know if 3.5 had this issue as I was testing virtuous when that was the latest. It hasn't caused any issues like dropped calls yet, but just a concern that it may.

Undeadk9 said:
Did you not see my data fix in the dev section???
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I didn't! I'm behind in the forums and I'm on an old version of your ROM. I'll go look for that and get myself updated to the latest.

Well, it turns out that didn't help. I installed v3.5.0 and v3.6.0 patch and then turned on the data and waited...
An hour or so later it happened again
If I go to the browser on the phone it redirects me to a page that says:
Welcome to America's Largest 4G Network!
According to our records, you currently do not have a data plan. With a data plan you can access the web, use email and applications, connect with friends, and more!
Click below to choose the right plan for you.
Recommended: Simple 200MB Data
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Even though I have unlimited data... arg

That's a tmobile issue.
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Undeadk9 said:
That's a tmobile issue.
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Can you make a patch for tmboile too?

zygut said:
Can you make a patch for tmboile too?
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Ummmmmm nooooooo.....
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Undeadk9 said:
Ummmmmm nooooooo.....
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Pity. It'd be nice to stop them from doing stupid stuff, like getting sold to AT&T.

Col.Kernel said:
Pity. It'd be nice to stop them from doing stupid stuff, like getting sold to AT&T.
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If we could patch dumb, I'm sure someone would have figured it out by now.
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Hey Undead, could you make a patch for being poor while you're at it? XD

Unfortunately you can Patch pure stupidity. as For being poor Thats an internal issue. I recommend getting a job.
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Undeadk9 said:
Unfortunately you can Patch pure stupidity. as For being poor Thats an internal issue. I recommend getting a job.
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I have one, paid minimum wage and still haven't got my check from the 1st... About to sue their ass lol

arcticwolf8 said:
I have one, paid minimum wage and still haven't got my check from the 1st... About to sue their ass lol
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Minimum wage? that sucks.
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arcticwolf8 said:
I have one, paid minimum wage and still haven't got my check from the 1st... About to sue their ass lol
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Sounds like you need a whole job reflash.
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aanarchyy said:
Sounds like you need a whole job reflash.
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Anyone have ClockWorkMod real life edition?

arcticwolf8 said:
Anyone have ClockWorkMod real life edition?
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That doesnt exist yet.
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Undeadk9 said:
That doesnt exist yet.
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Well someone needs to hurry up and release the source already. Anyone wanna start a donation thread to encourage progress?

Yep..... t-mobile was the problem. Once I got through their first line of support and they opened "something that we call a trouble ticket", things got fixed up nice.
You know if we could nandroid backup our life, do a dalvik-cache wipe, battery stats wipe, we'd be set, except who would do the nandroid restore?

[Q] Newly Unboxed Phone has no data

Ok so I got the Infuse today. Go ME! The screen is sooo much better than my captivate's, if that's possible.
So I take the SIM card out of my old Captivate that I got this time last year. I have the 2GB plan for it. But only now, my Infuse 4g has no data connection even after letting sit for a few minutes.
I did some looking around here at different APN settings and they didn't seem to do anything except cut off my Phone service. Some other people suggested my data plan might not be up to par. But I have a data plan for the Captivate that I activated when I got that phone. Are the phone's data plans really that different that I have to call AT&T to resolve it?
The phone is totally stock, no flashes done to it, hasn't had root attempted on it yet. Brand New out of the box.

You have to call att to have it switched from 3g to 4g I had the same problem they had me give them some numbers and put some numbers in my phone then everything worked.
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Ah. Thanks then, that should be easy enough then. Too bad its today though, even the non US tech support is closed till tomorrow.

If u used the sim out of ur captivate u need a new sim because infuse is 4g and captivate is 3g(it makes a difference some over the phone tech doesn't know better). I had this problem
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1991mustang50 said:
If u used the sim out of ur captivate u need a new sim because infuse is 4g and captivate is 3g(it makes a difference some over the phone tech doesn't know better). I had this problem
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Im pretty sure that dont make a difference. I still use my sim from when the razr was still in att. But anything is possible
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Call them and have them switch the data plan. I had the same issue. You don't need a new sim or even add anything to the settings. Its also no price change.
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Yup, happened to me. Switched from a BB Bold, att had to switch my plan at no charge.

You don't have to call and switch...I came from a 3g phone to this one with no issues...you have to put your sim card in you may have to reboot a couple times for it to recognize it....it worked for me
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press and hold power button ..make sure data mode is on ..(or is this only if youre rooted)?
did you get it through att with a new contract.. they would have sent you a new sim??
i used my new sim when i first got mine when upgrading from captivate.. dont know if old sim worked or not i just switched it when i got the phone.
what firmware came on your phone?? must know!!

Go to settings>mobile networks >apn settings and see if you have an apn ....it may have been deleted by accident...happened on my daughters captivate....easy fix...just add the apn ....
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All incoming calls going straight to voicemail

This started happening 3 days ago.. My gf had to call me 8 times last night before she got through to my phone.. I don't know wtf is causing this but i'm pretty sure its not the phone or ROM. Also at times incoming texts come in late.. My apn is set correctly.. Any help would be appreciated
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When I'm blocking someone its on purpose and I use call master. If there is a problem with connectivity I can reset the radio layer or reset the telephony service. This might be an idea just to have the ability reset the radios at different levels in order to clarify the problem
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How do I reset the radio? And I do not have anyone blocked or call forwarding enabled
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I use a call blocking app like call master or root call blocker. It allows in the setting to reset the radios individually.
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Believe it or not removing the sim sometimes works as it registers/unregisters you from the network.
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Just flashed stock radio and same issue.. Tried the Sim card removal twice last night too
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edit----if nothing else helps try reflashing. If that doesn't work get new sim(no charge if you say it is defective ) make sure your reflash stock rom.
If that doesn't work, send in for trade under one year warrenty.
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Thx but could it be a Rogers issue? Also is there a stock ROM that will get rid of clockworkrecovery?
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are u in Canada or on rogers network? Did you flash an ATT from?
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Yes im in canada on rogers network (rogers is only in canada) I flashed sky coke rom, before that was on quickwiz which i had no issues with

maybe that ROM had trouble with Rogers network. I would contact the developer and seek some sort of resolution
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Went back to a rogers based rom and same ****... which leads me to believe it aint the ROM or the phone.. ****

Is it prepaid? I know sometimes prepaid have issues
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No its a monthly plan. I called up rogers tech support and he had me change the network mode to gsm only and he tried calling and it went through, then hspa and same thing with data on.. went to gsm/hspa/lte auto and with data on the call went through fine.. as soon as I got off the phone, I tried calling my number and calls stopped going.. (put it back to gsm only and it started working even with data on, but when its on LTE with data on is when it starts screwing up) does that mean when its connecting to an lte tower its messing up? Is that my phone's issue or the towers? Is there anything I can flash to the phone to see if the problem goes away.. already flashed stock radio but didnt help

Same issue here. Att user. Sky ics rom.
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any fix??? it just started happening like four days ago and never had this issue before.

This is a known issue, at least in Canada with Rogers. It has nothing to do with what rom or Kernel you are using.
It appears that Rogers is having intermittent issues with the LTE network. It comes from the handoff between LTE and 4g when a voice call is received. After you hang up, you are supposed to go back to LTE automatically. But with this glitch sometimes the phone will get stuck and as a result you get no texts and calls going straight to voicemail.
You could try creating a new APN node for 3g/4g only and using that to see if it solves your problem while Rogers is actually becoming aware of the issue and fixing it.
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any fix??? it just started happening like four days ago and never had this issue before.
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Last night alone it took 40 minutes for a text from my wife's phone to arrive. And that was only because I turned my phone on and wifi kicked on!

Thank you for your response. So they are aware of this issue? Also, what should the settings be for a new APN?
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are you guys using google voice?

Nope. And doubt he is either.. Google voice is US only
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