so on verizon I got my sgs3 and activated successfully ..... so I thought. didnt notice 4g at any time, so called in to verizon and said that I have read a few posts of people not able to activate properly and I think my 4g is missing.
tier 2 rep didnt have the phone to look at and after an hour said it might be a bug, like one that was with the razor maxx. so I get to wait till today for a call back and them to tell me they dont know why Im in a 4g coverage area but not getting 4g....
fun times verizon thanks because being on the "better' network makes it all worth it.
I had to restart my phone after a while then 4g showed up.
I have the same issue. Activated 2 SG3's yesterday. Both are only showing 3G connection. I live in Tyler TX and I know we have 4G coverage. I talked to a rep yesterday and they pretty much told me the same thing. She said maybe there is an update coming to fix it.
They also had me pull the battery and reseat the sim card. Still no 4G
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I have the same issue. Activated 2 SG3's yesterday. Both are only showing 3G connection. I live in Tyler TX and I know we have 4G coverage. I talked to a rep yesterday and they pretty much told me the same thing. She said maybe there is an update coming to fix it.
They also had me pull the battery and reseat the sim card. Still no 4G
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Lol they told me to do a battery pull on my Razr maxx too.......
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Same here, I'm getting spotty 4 g at best and the signal is **** when I do. My tbolt would have-79 at my house, my Sg3 gets -112 at its best. Just spoke to second level support and was asked to take the SIM out for a few minutes and try again. Same results as before. Here is a pic off my current status. Oh yeah- 32gb pebble blue here.
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Verizon tier 2 says theres an update released late the night of the 6th. It 'may' take 2 weeks before my device is offered the update.... booooo
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Verizon tier 2 says theres an update released late the night of the 6th. It 'may' take 2 weeks before my device is offered the update.... booooo
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Can't pull it? Wonder if this will do anything with root.
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Can't pull it? Wonder if this will do anything with root.
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losing root was my first thought when rep mentioned the update. but in the end, one of the phones hugest points is 4g. Without that i can use another phone.
I have no issue with 4G, and haven't. I am also rooted and have been since it was announced.
Dat LTE speed.
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I have no issue with 4G, and haven't. I am also rooted and have been since it was announced.
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Right on, any suggestions for those of us that arent or those of us that have shotty singal? ty
I'm not sure what to say really. It could be everything from service problems, to the phone having issues, to Verizon working on the network... I mean, had you had a 4G device prior you could compare with?
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Alright. I got my Fuze about a week ago. Since I started using it I noticed that my 3G speed is extremely slow. It takes forever for youtube videos to load and when I do a speed check at dslreports.com/mspeed I only get an average of 50Kbits/sec!!! This is on 3G with full service. I was using a BlackjackII and with it I always got about 900-1100kbits/sec and youtube videos loaded in just a few seconds. It's like I am dialup now that I switched to the FUZE. I talked to HTC and they said it had to be the carrier, which is BS in my opinion. When I am at my house I only have EDGE and it works as expected, about 150kbits/sec, sometimes higher.
I have already upgraded to ROMeOS and it is much smoother and drastically improved battery life but didn't help my 3G speed problem.
Anyone have any ideas on what could help me? I am not familiar with changing the radio, is that something that might help?
Thanks,
Sam
It's still possible that this is a provider issue, maybe they cap their 3G speeds at 50kbit/s?
When my phone switches to 3G reception, the signal strength decreases.
Maybe that can be an issue too?
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It's still possible that this is a provider issue, maybe they cap their 3G speeds at 50kbit/s?
When my phone switches to 3G reception, the signal strength decreases.
Maybe that can be an issue too?
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I don't think so, that would be false advertisement. And besides, sitting here at my desk at work with my blackjackII just over a week ago I could bet 1000kbits/sec easily.
Man, I really love this fuze, but it is pointless to have it if I can't use 3g.
first go to settings
connections
advanced network. make sure hsdpa/hsupa are enabled
and if that dont help sometimes roms get better speeds
im on proven and ive gotten over 1000 before so give it a shot
I just tried it both ways...enabled and disabled. 30-50kbits/sec both ways. I had the same problem with ATT stock ROM and now with the ROMeOS. Do you think a diffrent ROM would help?
what does your phone say at the top
e or 3g or h?
and roms do effect it but it could even be your area
have you tried it different places?
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what does your phone say at the top
e or 3g or h?
and roms do effect it but it could even be your area
have you tried it different places?
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When I have HDSPA enabled it says H, then under it says 3G AT&T. If I disable it then it says 3G instead of H.
id say try out another rom
even different versions of the same vary.
one of the older proven roms i only got like 400 on 3g then the next it was up over 1000
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Alright. I got my Fuze about a week ago. Since I started using it I noticed that my 3G speed is extremely slow. It takes forever for youtube videos to load and when I do a speed check at dslreports.com/mspeed I only get an average of 50Kbits/sec!!! This is on 3G with full service. I was using a BlackjackII and with it I always got about 900-1100kbits/sec and youtube videos loaded in just a few seconds. It's like I am dialup now that I switched to the FUZE. I talked to HTC and they said it had to be the carrier, which is BS in my opinion. When I am at my house I only have EDGE and it works as expected, about 150kbits/sec, sometimes higher.
I have already upgraded to ROMeOS and it is much smoother and drastically improved battery life but didn't help my 3G speed problem.
Anyone have any ideas on what could help me? I am not familiar with changing the radio, is that something that might help?
Thanks,
Sam
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You can try flashing a new radio by following the following two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448008
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439566
Hope that helps.
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You can try flashing a new radio by following the following two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448008
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439566
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Do you think that will help me?
Maybe it's your SIM card. I know that when I got the orange SIM card my speeds were absolute ****e. Its pretty obvious why when if you just take a look at the size of the gold contact. Needles to say my problems went away once I got a new blue SIM.
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I'm running gc 1.5, and as of yesterday afternoon I have not been able to pick up 3g or 4g radio. I've seen 1x pop up twice now, but only for short periods of time.
I'm on vacation in the va beach area, so I can't re odin my phone right this minute, but I have been running the same rom for at least a month now and this is first time having these problems.
Think this is a rom our hardware issue?
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I'm running gc 1.5, and as of yesterday afternoon I have not been able to pick up 3g or 4g radio. I've seen 1x pop up twice now, but only for short periods of time.
I'm on vacation in the va beach area, so I can't re odin my phone right this minute, but I have been running the same rom for at least a month now and this is first time having these problems.
Think this is a rom our hardware issue?
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Mine just went out as well; I'm in western ny area. I flashed EP1Q last night and had 3G. Same thing happened, had 1x for a short time this morning and now nothing at all. Wife's DInc has 3G.
What rom are you running? My wifes I iphone has 3g too...
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What rom are you running? My wifes I iphone has 3g too...
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I flashed the EP1Q leak, but I didn't take out my sim card. I read to pull it when using the Samsung flashing utility and I didn't do that. I'm not sure if it needs to be removed when using Odin but I'm going to start taking it out for that also. I picked up a new sim and I'm fine now.
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I flashed the EP1Q leak, but I didn't take out my sim card. I read to pull it when using the Samsung flashing utility and I didn't do that. I'm not sure if it needs to be removed when using Odin but I'm going to start taking it out for that also. I picked up a new sim and I'm fine now.
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it doesn't need to be taken out for odin, but yeah it seems like some people are having they're 4G sim or phone radio crap out on them leading to either a replacement phone or new sim... its understandable seeing as this is the first "generation" of verizon's 4G coverage and phones, so the technology isn't up to par yet
Do you think I need to un root before going into verizon asking for a new sim?
Plus, I can still make calls and text, just no data connection.
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I'm running gc 1.5, and as of yesterday afternoon I have not been able to pick up 3g or 4g radio. I've seen 1x pop up twice now, but only for short periods of time.
I'm on vacation in the va beach area, so I can't re odin my phone right this minute, but I have been running the same rom for at least a month now and this is first time having these problems.
Think this is a rom our hardware issue?
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haha virginia beach. i live your vacation year round bro
if u wanna swing by i can odin it for you i dont mind. just send me a pm
CLTatenza said:
Do you think I need to un root before going into verizon asking for a new sim?
Plus, I can still make calls and text, just no data connection.
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its probably a good idea, if they decide to check your phone then they might deny you saying you voided the warranty
I've had signal issues as well. I've *****ed about it in a few threads looking for answers. This is the first time I've seen the sim card brought into the discussion. Can you guys tell me what types of things you dealt with?
I may un root and head on over to vzw.
Thanks for any help.
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CLTatenza said:
Do you think I need to un root before going into verizon asking for a new sim?
Plus, I can still make calls and text, just no data connection.
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I definitely would unroot. The kid I talked knew what was up, but I didn't admit anything.
Here in Western New York I've been experiencing difficulties as of either yesterday or Wednesday. Same deal no data. I will see 3g come up sometimes but 1x will emerge a lot. Currently have 4g with 4 bars. I haven't changed locations or worked at a different spot since i got my phone so it is either my phone or verizon. I think it has to do with Verizon. I wouldn't think all of our radios would start to going at the same time .
UPDATE: flashed to EP1Q's Modems on froyo and I'm getting 17mbps, speedtest app still gives me faulty readings
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this probably a fluke
Well ill prob try revering back to ee4, and if that works reroot and try the new gummy charged or humble. Otherwise if it doesnt work ill go to the verizon store and try to get a new sim.
I havent had a chance to do anything, but now I'm getting 3g... Weird!
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I havent had a chance to do anything, but now I'm getting 3g... Weird!
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Yes, I've had this happen. Scares the crap out of you, huh?
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Weird, I have a completely stock Charge and I have the same exact thing happen to me starting last night execpt I can get 4g in 4g ceverage areas.
Upon using my Straight Talk Nexus 5 with an AT&T sim, I noticed the data connection displayed LTE, which I've never seen before on Straight Talk. Is anybody else noticing this change? As far as I can tell on their website they still only support up to 3G speeds...I'm using the tfdata APN.
Here's pictures of LTE in the status bar as well as my speed test with two/four bars:
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EDIT: after looking further into it I saw people have been getting LTE on the Nexus 5 with Straight Talk since the 15th of November withe new AT&T sim card and tfdata APN settings. I'm still curious however as to why LTE is just kicking in now instead of a month ago when I got the phone, with the same setup.
It's been a few months they started offering Lte service
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ST has been supporting AT&T LTE since release of their "new" SIM cards which use the tfdata APN. Not knowing where you live, I suspect AT&T just rolled it out in your area.
Are you using the ST recommended APN settings, or have you modified them slightly as some websites recommend?
This.... The main reason I moved from Note to Nexus 5. Very quick. The other change they made recently is to be more clear on data usage. I think it explicitly states 2.5 GB now before throttling. Be careful with that LTE!
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ST has been supporting AT&T LTE since release of their "new" SIM cards which use the tfdata APN. Not knowing where you live, I suspect AT&T just rolled it out in your area.
Are you using the ST recommended APN settings, or have you modified them slightly as some websites recommend?
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I'm using the recommended APN settings from apn.straighttalkbyop.com, for zip code 53095, although now I am curious of what changes are recommended, and their benefits?
akenis said:
This.... The main reason I moved from Note to Nexus 5. Very quick. The other change they made recently is to be more clear on data usage. I think it explicitly states 2.5 GB now before throttling. Be careful with that LTE!
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I don't think I've ever gone a month without reaching 2.5 GB on straight talk....
It's not enough!
Anyone get a txt from ST today about an update and to reset you phone? I reset my phone and my wallpaper changed, they add proxy and port back to my APN. Anyone get this or just me?
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Anyone get a txt from ST today about an update and to reset you phone? I reset my phone and my wallpaper changed, they add proxy and port back to my APN. Anyone get this or just me?
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I didn't get anything like that.
So my oneplus one occasionally drops from the mobile network. It happens almost daily and it just says no internet connection, no signal bars, no LTE/H+/anything. Only fix is to reboot wich is annoying. Has anyone reported this. Have unlocked and rooted with super-su, no modifications. I wiped cache and dalvic cache with no help. Used the phone few days and it's a constant problem.
I read about one guy with the same problem. He couldn't find a solution though.
Very helpful post..
I have the same problem but no solution yet. dbm values get very high 22453576 sth like that. You tried a different modem?
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Very helpful post..
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Lose the attitude. Maybe there is no fix for it, he was letting you know that. You should be thanking him for taking time out of his day to try to help you. How ungrateful and rude could you be?!
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Try another sim card. While unlikely, it's still possible it causes the issue.
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If there is no fix, that means one thing: RMA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793471
Had similar Problems (With my international OPO)
Flash this radio! It worked for me
I have the same problem and I think it's my sim card.
Had the same problem with my HTC One, and now with OPO.
It's the same sim card so it could be what's causing it.
Not a SIM issue (I think)
ante0 said:
I have the same problem and I think it's my sim card.
Had the same problem with my HTC One, and now with OPO.
It's the same sim card so it could be what's causing it.
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I was lucky enough to be able to buy 2 1+1s. My wife has an older SIM with no LTE support - great signal.
Mine has LTE, but like above, shows very high # signal in status screen, but signal goes from high to low to no signal. I tried wife's SIM, full signal all the time.
I'm in Canada on Fido (Rogers). Great LTE speeds when it works tho.
I am having the exact same problem, seems to happen when i charge over night on wifi and then after i unplug it in the morning, mobile signal drops . Mobile data section in settings also disappears. Not sure what it could be.
Now that you mention it, I did lose cell signal yesterday. I put it down to being in a bad coverage area, but once I got home it was still dead. Rebooted and it was back up to full bars...
I get it but it comes back if I use aeroplane mode on and off.
I'm in a well covered LTE area and minevnever gets higher than this. Also drops to Edge most of the day.
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annoying network issue
Had the same issue with my opo international version using a Telus sim card.
End-up, selling it
Could not allow to miss call or message (which happened quite often)
anyone use this and have seen volte working? Made a few calls on mine today and the phone always drops down to 4g only.
I have put my sim card in my pixel xl and every call goes over lte.
I have also tried resetting network defaults and resetting apns and that didn't help. And all the data works perfectly fine on lte for me still though.
Any ideas?
I have the Verizon 8+ and I'm using a TMO sim as well. Mine drops to 4g too. I don't know why nor how to fix it, as all major carriers are "u" models.
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I'm starting to think it's software specific because I don't have any option to video chat. It only comes up when I insert the Verizon sim in it.
Interesting. I have a button for video calling but it just fails. Does volte with if you put the Verizon sim card in?
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Interesting. I have a button for video calling but it just fails. Does volte with if you put the Verizon sim card in?
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Verizon card brings up video chat. With the TMO one in it disappears.
Side note...
I'm curious to know if i flash the TMO tar will it fix the volte and video chat issue
It doesn't surprise me that VoLTE won't work on a Verizon model, since it doesn't have the T-Mobile software. VoLTE works just fine on my T-Mobile branded S8.
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It doesn't surprise me that VoLTE won't work on a Verizon model, since it doesn't have the T-Mobile software. VoLTE works just fine on my T-Mobile branded S8.
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I have the Verizon model and my VoLTE is working perfectly fine. Maybe if OP tries selecting HD Voice Only as opposed to HD Voice and Video Calling under Advanced Calling settings.
I have T-Mobile S8 and it does not have ant VoLTE settings. Also Video call S8->S7 does not work
Wonder if there is something goofy with the software going on.
Just downloaded the firmware from updato and looking to see if I can flash with odin.
It seems like the package is not a standard tar file I can flash all at once but seperate files like I saw with the s7.
There is also a userdata_tmb in there as well. Not sure exactly how to flash that though.
Is there any guides on exactly how to flash it yet that I might not be able to find?
Only seen basic ones that say about flashing a single file which don't really match up to what I see here.
Waiting now to see what the download from SamFirmware has as well. Need to wait about 4 hours so I will need to look at it tomorrow though.
Yeah I can't find a setting for calls with volte. I need to turn it off. Calls have always sucked for me with it on. People always tell me in breaking up whenever I have it on.
I am having the same exact issue and it's very frustrating.
In Poland it works great. VoLTE and VoWifi too but before it works I had to activate this option via sms on T-Mobile.
T-Mobile sim with T-Mobile S8+
Didn't touch any of the settings.
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Did you do that urgent DQA update Samsung pushed out yesterday? I'm thinking maybe that changed something for me?
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Did you do that urgent DQA update Samsung pushed out yesterday? I'm thinking maybe that changed something for me?
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I didn't get that update at all and I always have had VoLTE. When I do get that update i will see what happens.
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I didn't get that update at all and I always have had VoLTE. When I do get that update i will see what happens.
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After the update and I restarted.
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Thanks so much for your time and helpful screenshots. I ended up exchanging the device and all is well for now.