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[Q] Service drops

Hey guys,
I'm running InfinityROM on my Charge. Throughout the day, I'll look at my phone and see that there is no mobile data (4g) coming to my phone, theres no bar to judge what is coming in or anything. If I turn mobile data on and off sometimes it will come back after 4-5 minutes, otherwise a restart brings it back. But it gets really annoying trying to get on the internet for a quick answer and it turns out to be a 10 minute procedure to get what I needed. What's going [email protected][email protected]?

For some reason maybe the Sim went bad.

I've been having that problem too. Seems that its been getting better through.
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I feel like it may be infinity rom, once I installed it the service drops began, I lost root access, phone has just been overall freaking out. Should I just reroot from scratch? Or just do another rom?

CreationArt said:
I feel like it may be infinity rom, once I installed it the service drops began, I lost root access, phone has just been overall freaking out. Should I just reroot from scratch? Or just do another rom?
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You should try tweakstock rom, it's the best, very stable, not service or lte drops. Infinity has quite a bit of weird issues. I have tried infinity, eclipse and tweakstock, I found tweakstock is the best since it's very close to stock rom.

For now, i would agree with the suggestions of Tweakstock. Until Eclipse is fully finished (with Eclipse Parts) it is the best.
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kvswim said:
For now, i would agree with the suggestions of Tweakstock. Until Eclipse is fully finished (with Eclipse Parts) it is the best.
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Hooray for conditional kudos!

I switched to tweakstock and still seem to be getting service drops, not a frequent but still quite abit.
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CreationArt said:
I switched to tweakstock and still seem to be getting service drops, not a frequent but still quite abit.
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Service drops are not typically associated with any particular rom really. It may be a network issue in your area, a sim card problem, etc. - but it's extremely doubtful that what rom you are running would influence this. I suppose I can only speak of tweakstock, but I've done nothing to it that in any way changes service/connection functions compared to plain-old stock.

CreationArt said:
I switched to tweakstock and still seem to be getting service drops, not a frequent but still quite abit.
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Yes, the previous post is 100% correct. This service drops has something to do with your radio and hardware. I would Odin back to stock with PIT file, then try and see if you still have the issue. I had this issue in the beginning and I was a noob then, I called Verizon, they first send me a new SIM card, that's not working and finally they send me another phone, still same issue. then GB 2.3.6 leaks arrived and I flash this before the OTA....and yes it fixed my call drops issue. And that is the last thing I heard of calls drop for my Charge. Yours maybe different but in order to pinpoint the issue go all the way back to original stock and if the issue persist then call Verizon for another phone.

Is there anyway to turn off lte?

I am using the the latest sky pics, is there anyway to turn on/off the lte/3g
Thanks
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Not aware of anyway to switch to 3G only, but I know gingerbread has an option for hspa/GSM and GSM only mode. I just use a different apn to access atts hspa+ only network, gets me around throttling. Running sky ics ucle2
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Yeah thanks, just came from captivate with slim ics, and it had that option to turn off 3g. Just hope there is way to turn it off to save some battery
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spiderman905 said:
Yeah thanks, just came from captivate with slim ics, and it had that option to turn off 3g. Just hope there is way to turn it off to save some battery
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Use seans sky ics rom, incredible battery life. TIP: Some dont know this, but if you go into wifi where it shows what access points are in reach, hit menu and an advanced menu will pop up. Tell wifi to only stay on while charging.
If i am on wifi and pocket the phone, wifi will turn off while sleeping, it will still use cell data though, but saves battery big time while sleeping. I have had the skyrocket for a few months now and I am pretty normal to heavy user and I can easily get a whole day. 16 hours+ with data on at all times.
The sky ICS rom does allow you to tuen data off completley within the 15 toggle mod that is baked into the rom.

Yeah that's the rom I'm using, but I was just wondering if I can have data on but lte and 3g off, thanks for trying to help anyways
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Tests have shown that the LTE radio is on even if using a different APN or 3G Only mode (Rogers GB)
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[Q] Android Media Process

I don't know what this is, but its killing my battery. I have tried a custom ROM and am on the ICS 4.0.4 UCLE2 leak currently. Can anyone help?
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acles003 said:
I don't know what this is, but its killing my battery. I have tried a custom ROM and am on the ICS 4.0.4 UCLE2 leak currently. Can anyone help?
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+1. Also keeping my phone from going into deep sleep
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Have you tried the SkyICS rom? So far that has been the best battery performance I have had on ANY rom.

Have you tried the SkyICS rom? So far that has been the best battery performance I have had on ANY rom.
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The part that scares me is messing with the APN settings. Embryo ROM seemed like the most cut and dry install.
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I flashed mine this week. I didn't have to fool around with the APN settings. I believe Seanz (the developer of the SkyICS ROM) has those in there. I believe that maybe sometimes they might accidentally get wiped so...he provides the details in case they need to be typed back in. It's a great ROM and relatively easy to install (I say relatively because as of three days ago I knew nothing about flashing ROMS, now I've done mine a few times (base plus updates and screen and battery mods)).
GO for it!!

Found out that google play music was keeping me from going into deep sleep. Now my phone easy gets 24+ hours on medium-heavy usage
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Att data down??

Is anyone else having problems with att data services?? I just disconnected from my wifi, and it seems that att data is not working, can't browse the web

No. But I'm in Texas. Depends on the tower you are on.
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Mine does the same thing. Usually if I wait just a little bit, it will come on. Never had this problem on GB. Thinking about going back until the new JB ROM gets up and running a little longer. Almost there!
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jondroid2 said:
Mine does the same thing. Usually if I wait just a little bit, it will come on. Never had this problem on GB. Thinking about going back until the new JB ROM gets up and running a little longer. Almost there!
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Mines stock and rooted and will drop the data every once in a while even in the middle of downtown dallas. I just toggle data off then back on and it works.. I get the same issue with GPS... on 2.3.6

[Q] Tips for Skyrocket in Non-LTE Area

So does anybody use their Skyrocket full-time in a non-LTE area?? I'm back home now for the holidays and don't have LTE here, and my battery literally went from 97% to 37% in 2.5 hrs with 49 mins of screen on and 59 mins of awake time. Meaning no significant wakelocks. Just the radio trying to find LTE. Is the battery always that terrible for you guys in non-LTE? I get a consistent ~18 hrs with 3 hrs screen on time while on LTE 24/7.
What do you guys do?? I tried flashing the Rogers radio and switching the Network Mode, but it does the same thing as on an AT&T radio - switches right back to LTE. I tried selecting the Network Operator but I never get any choices to even select AT&T like others report. *#2263# doesn't work on CM. I tried switching the mode in *#*#4636#*#* but it switched right back to LTE. What gives? (I'm on CM10.)
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For a while I was in a non lte area. I had better battery life then than I do now in an lte area. I don't do anything different. I use uclf6 radio, which gets the best signal for me.
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Man that's interesting. Every time I come home to PA from Atlanta, my battery just tanks. I can't even make it through half a day. And the only difference is going from constant LTE to no LTE at all. No change in my daily routine. And I've been using UCLF6 since it came out. Now I'm on the Rogers RUXLF3 because I wanted to try switching network modes, which didn't work. I don't know why it works for everyone else.
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Man that's interesting. Every time I come home to PA from Atlanta, my battery just tanks. I can't even make it through half a day. And the only difference is going from constant LTE to no LTE at all. No change in my daily routine. And I've been using UCLF6 since it came out. Now I'm on the Rogers RUXLF3 because I wanted to try switching network modes, which didn't work. I don't know why it works for everyone else.
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Sometimes when you move far distances they might have to reset something with the network. When I moved from pa to Florida they did some kind of network reset or something to my old iPhone. Not sure if they still do that or not. Now I travel from Texas to Louisiana and Mississippi a lot and I don't experience any battery tank. And I don't have lte in Louisiana or Mississippi. I get better battery life there then in Houston on lte.
Are you carrier unlocked? Even if you are I don't think cm10 based roms are able to switch network mode. That's if I remember correctly, which I could be wrong since I don't use that feature.
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Ohhhh I didn't realize that about CM and the network mode - thanks! I think I'm gonna try out the leak or Jedi and see how things go with that. I'm not carrier unlocked - just straight up AT&T.
That's interesting about the reset for location. I never heard of that. But I bought the phone here in PA, with a PA number. I've just been down in Atlanta for grad school. We're really close with our AT&T sales rep though so I could probably ask her.
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Ohhhh I didn't realize that about CM and the network mode - thanks! I think I'm gonna try out the leak or Jedi and see how things go with that. I'm not carrier unlocked - just straight up AT&T.
That's interesting about the reset for location. I never heard of that. But I bought the phone here in PA, with a PA number. I've just been down in Atlanta for grad school. We're really close with our AT&T sales rep though so I could probably ask her.
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Yeah ask the rep, he probably knows more about how the network works. What's weird is, I've not had a battery drain when going to non lte areas and spending weeks there. It actually saves my battery. Here in Houston I hit 40mbps/s and it probably burns through battery 15% faster than non lte areas. I have strong signal in both areas. Usually -75 to -85dBm. So it's not a signal fluctuation issue. Do you have weak hspa signal in pa?
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Yeah ask the rep, he probably knows more about how the network works. What's weird is, I've not had a battery drain when going to non lte areas and spending weeks there. It actually saves my battery. Here in Houston I hit 40mbps/s and it probably burns through battery 15% faster than non lte areas. I have strong signal in both areas. Usually -75 to -85dBm. So it's not a signal fluctuation issue. Do you have weak hspa signal in pa?
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Looks like I'm going from about -90 to -105 dBm. So I guess that's not too great. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what I get in Atlanta.
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plwalsh88 said:
Looks like I'm going from about -90 to -105 dBm. So I guess that's not too great. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what I get in Atlanta.
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Yeah that's not good. That could be eating some battery.
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Yeah that's not good. That could be eating some battery.
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Yea that could definitely be it. Didn't think about that. But man that just seems like a huge hit in battery life - from 18 hrs down to 4 hrs. And I never had that problem with my Captivate, or my dad's Infuse. That's why the only major variable I could think of was the LTE.
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Yea that could definitely be it. Didn't think about that. But man that just seems like a huge hit in battery life - from 18 hrs down to 4 hrs. And I never had that problem with my Captivate, or my dad's Infuse. That's why the only major variable I could think of was the LTE.
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It's always looking for lte, and now it has a crappy hspa signal. I'm guessing that's it, but it could be something else.
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So does anybody use their Skyrocket full-time in a non-LTE area?? I'm back home now for the holidays and don't have LTE here, and my battery literally went from 97% to 37% in 2.5 hrs with 49 mins of screen on and 59 mins of awake time. Meaning no significant wakelocks. Just the radio trying to find LTE. Is the battery always that terrible for you guys in non-LTE? I get a consistent ~18 hrs with 3 hrs screen on time while on LTE 24/7.
What do you guys do?? I tried flashing the Rogers radio and switching the Network Mode, but it does the same thing as on an AT&T radio - switches right back to LTE. I tried selecting the Network Operator but I never get any choices to even select AT&T like others report. *#2263# doesn't work on CM. I tried switching the mode in *#*#4636#*#* but it switched right back to LTE. What gives? (I'm on CM10.)
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i live in non-lte area.. this is how my stock batt looks on everyday use... don't even ask me what happens when I use gps.
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i live in non-lte area.. this is how my stock batt looks on everyday use... don't even ask me what happens when I use gps.
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Yikes that's brutal. Sorry about that.
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I'm on aokp and what I have to do is search for networks manually and select AT&T. Once you do that, you can force the 2g only option. Or *#*#4636#*#* and select the network mode you want. I'm on Rogers radio on AT&T and my phone isn't unlocked.
It can take like 2 minutes to search when you first do it manually.
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I'm on aokp and what I have to do is search for networks manually and select AT&T. Once you do that, you can force the 2g only option. Or *#*#4636#*#* and select the network mode you want. I'm on Rogers radio on AT&T and my phone isn't unlocked.
It can take like 2 minutes to search when you first do it manually.
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As I stated in the OP I tried both of those things and neither worked. I'm on Rogers radio on AT&T and not unlocked. I tried searching for Network Operator but all it does is flash a popup saying Searching and immediately disappears. I've clicked it a million times. Sometimes it takes slightly longer, but still never gives any results.
And then *#*#4636#*#* just switches the mode back immediately after I change it.
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That's strange, I've only used my phone on at&t. Never unlocked it. It works fine for me.
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