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I have a rooted Tmobile phone (Octane) and loving it. This isn't a 'root' question, but a signal issue that I noticed before and after the root (not related to rooting).
Anyhow, when I leave an area (in my vehicle) that has low Tmobile signal, it switches to ATT and says "no service". That's fine, but what I noticed is when I return to the same area, it will take an additional 4-5 miles of driving into a strong Tmobile signal area before it pick up the Tmobile signal.
In my area, there are no agreements to roam on ATT's network, so my phone is dead until I re-enter Tmobile signal area.
My question is, it is a nuisance that my phone can't use Tmobile towers as a priority. It seems to hold onto ATT's towers longer than it should. What can I do to fix this issue if possible?
Thanks in advance!
Edit: My wife has the same phone and it does the same thing.
Have you changed modems? That seems to fix many issues pwople have with connection issues.
Not sure to be honest. I used this process to install Octane's ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
I did see something in Odin about "Modem" but don't know if that is the proper way to install a modem or not.
This thread will tell you how to change the modem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192436
FB also recommends one in that thread iirc. But other members have better luck with different ones. Im told it depends on your location but nobody has said which modem is better in what part of the country.
Awsome, thanks for the leg work on finding that for me! Is there a way where I could opt out of roaming so my phone uses Tmobile as a priority 'all' the time?
This is just incase the modem doesn't seem to help. Just one idea I had.
Also, KJ6 modem is the one I need correct?
Not sure of the roaming opt out.
FB puts the KG4 modem is his personal build of VB. Im using KG4. I would try all of the GB modems to see the results.
mar122999 said:
Awsome, thanks for the leg work on finding that for me! Is there a way where I could opt out of roaming so my phone uses Tmobile as a priority 'all' the time?
This is just incase the modem doesn't seem to help. Just one idea I had.
Also, KJ6 modem is the one I need correct?
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Roaming can be disabled in Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks.
Hey everyone, i'm a new coming from the OG razr and while i heard the radio on the s3 isn't as good as the razr i think my phone might have a problem. It seems to get stuck on 1x a lot and the only way to get back to 4g is to restart the phone. my phone is rooted but stock rom. Is this a common problem? Also under under APN LTE verizon internet is checked not EHRPD. Is this correct?
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Hey everyone, i'm a new coming from the OG razr and while i heard the radio on the s3 isn't as good as the razr i think my phone might have a problem. It seems to get stuck on 1x a lot and the only way to get back to 4g is to restart the phone. my phone is rooted but stock rom. Is this a common problem? Also under under APN LTE verizon internet is checked not EHRPD. Is this correct?
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Its not normal. Take it back before your 14 day period and they'll give you a brand new one for it. If you wait then you'll just get a refurb.
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Its not normal. Take it back before your 14 day period and they'll give you a brand new one for it. If you wait then you'll just get a refurb.
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is unrooting as easy as rooting? I'm hoping theres a script or program that can unroot as I'm not the most tech savvy. I'm guessing if i'm bringing it back i'll need to unroot.
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is unrooting as easy as rooting? I'm hoping theres a script or program that can unroot as I'm not the most tech savvy. I'm guessing if i'm bringing it back i'll need to unroot.
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You know how to use Odin? Look at section two, "how to get back to stock from any rom."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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dont know how to use odin but the instructions seems easy enough. Just got off the phone with CS and they tell me its most likely the sim card and not the phone and to go to a store to replace it. Is it true that the sim card actually controls the signal?
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dont know how to use odin but the instructions seems easy enough. Just got off the phone with CS and they tell me its most likely the sim card and not the phone and to go to a store to replace it. Is it true that the sim card actually controls the signal?
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Yeah it's true, put simply. You can see if it's the sim. But like I said, if you try to get a replacement after your return period, then you'll just get a refurb. So be quick on the draw if the sim card doesn't fix it.
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My s3 isn't having that bad of issues but still some bad data reception. Is Samsung going to do any updates or is it just going to be like this permanently
bby144 said:
My s3 isn't having that bad of issues but still some bad data reception. Is Samsung going to do any updates or is it just going to be like this permanently
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S3s are known to have a number of data issues. Call technical support and try their ideas. When you can rule everything else out, then you know it's your phone. Basically, if a new sim or a factory reset doesn't fix it, you need a new phone.
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S3s are known to have a number of data issues. Call technical support and try their ideas. When you can rule everything else out, then you know it's your phone. Basically, if a new sim or a factory reset doesn't fix it, you need a new phone.
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Alright, I sent them an email and will probably call them if it starts to get worse.
topaz330 said:
dont know how to use odin but the instructions seems easy enough. Just got off the phone with CS and they tell me its most likely the sim card and not the phone and to go to a store to replace it. Is it true that the sim card actually controls the signal?
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I took my phone in the store yesterday and they told me flat out that I sim card won't do anything for your signal. I'm not discounting what you're saying, just telling you guys what they told me.
My signal is garbage at home AND at work. I use wifi at home to play with the phone but actual 3G signal is bad. I am lucky to get 2 bars but its generally 1 with speed tests of about 80kbps.
I don't have WIFI at work, and get no signal at all.
I still have a week to return the phone but I'd like to keep it if I can get a better signal.
I am still within my 14 day, maybe 5 days left
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I took my phone in the store yesterday and they told me flat out that I sim card won't do anything for your signal. I'm not discounting what you're saying, just telling you guys what they told me.
My signal is garbage at home AND at work. I use wifi at home to play with the phone but actual 3G signal is bad. I am lucky to get 2 bars but its generally 1 with speed tests of about 80kbps.
I don't have WIFI at work, and get no signal at all.
I still have a week to return the phone but I'd like to keep it if I can get a better signal.
I am still within my 14 day, maybe 5 days left
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Are you new to VZW or have all of your phones had the same problem?
With the thought of you possibly leaving VZW, you would think the store would have tried a new sim card, if only to pacify you. Or they might have offered to switch out the device.
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Are you new to VZW or have all of your phones had the same problem?
With the thought of you possibly leaving VZW, you would think the store would have tried a new sim card, if only to pacify you. Or they might have offered to switch out the device.
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I have been with Verizon for years. My Droid X didn't have the best signal but it was much better than this.
One problem is, the store is located in a 4G area, it works great there but it doesn't where I live, nor where I work (which is a decent sized city)
It sounds like you have a bad phone. I'd be pushing for a new one before your worry-free period is up.
Okay, I reset my phone this morning and surprisingly, the signal is much better.
I went from 80-100kbps to about 500-600 kbps. Does that even make sense? The phone is only a week old
Now, perhaps I'm getting too hopeful here and the wind is blowing the right way today or something.
Yesterday I checked my signal with 'Open Signal' (I'd love to know of a good tower location app), and my signal was about 20-23%, right now its at 32-37%. I know that isn't a great jump but in the scheme of things, it is. I'm also at -97dBm, I think yesterday and the day before was over 100
I will note however that I'm still at 2 bars of 3G
I think its just chance , but I'll keep an eye on it.
Couple of weeks ago I also contacted VZW about bad signal/slow data speeds with my phone. They also told me a SIM would be the first fix to try. I had them send me one, for free 2nd day.
Before I swapped it out.. I rebooted my phone and put it in a certain spot and observed signal strength. In my house it ranges from -109 to -113. The data speeds, when the test would even finish, were abysmal. Ran 3 tests and in general they were about 500Kb/s down and anywhere from 0 to 300Kb/s Up. And that was on LTE!
Now without wiping my phone or anything I installed the new SIM and called VZW to activate as their website was bombing. Finally got the thing activated then put my phone back in the same exact spot to observe any changes. While signal strength did not get any better my data speeds increased a whole lot! In the same spot I was getting 5 Mb/s Down and 3 Mb/s Up on average.
Ive also noticed a decrease in LTE drops to 3G and 1X like I was getting before.
So while Ill say that it would seem to be impossible for a SIM to make your signal better, it just may help with your connection.
Thanks for that, I'm going to go up there in awhile and at least swap the card
Well this is my side of the story I had the Galaxy Nexus before sometimes in New York I am in spots where I dont have 4G what is weaird when I go into someones house which i've been many times I only get 3G and then when I go outside I get LTE anyways at the same spot I get 1-2 3G bars and my friend gets 3 bars on iPhone 4S but when doing speed test on both it seems about the same.
Also I am running CM10 and when I was on stock I could tell the signal was a little bit better , you guys think it would be worth a try to swap out sim card as well? how do I make them give me a swap for free?
Ok, so my situation is a bit complicated, so bear with me. I've got an ATT voice plan, with no data or text. I've got an unlocked/rooted SK4G. I'm currently running GOv3.3. I was working just fine on the ATT network, but the people in the office next to mine couldn't get ATT signal, so they setup this little ATT microcell thing. It's about the side of a router and I guess it's basically giving them access to ATT via VOIP. They add their phone numbers to the list and then they can get on. Somehow, this thing is running over the regular ATT signal that I WAS getting just fine in my office on the other side of the wall. Now, I can't connect to ATT's network while inside the building. He's tried to add me to his list, but I can't connect to his microcell either. It doesn't show up at all when I search for carriers. He said that when he added me to his list, it gave him some message about how my number isn't registered with the att network. I'm trying a couple of different modems now just in case it's a modem issue, but I have little hope of that working. Any thoughts?
Have you tried manually searching for available providers to see what shows up?
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RicAndroid said:
Have you tried manually searching for available providers to see what shows up?
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I guess I didn't explain clearly. It shows ATT when you search, but it won't register n the network. If I unplug that damned microcell thing they're using, then I can connect just fine.
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I guess I didn't explain clearly. It shows ATT when you search, but it won't register n the network. If I unplug that damned microcell thing they're using, then I can connect just fine.
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You might need to set your apn manually for it
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azcledel said:
You might need to set your apn manually for it
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Excuse my naivety, but can you explain that one to me? I have no idea what that means our how to do that. Though. ..I suppose I could probably find out with a little googling.
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Excuse my naivety, but can you explain that one to me? I have no idea what that means our how to do that. Though. ..I suppose I could probably find out with a little googling.
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Apn is access point name its pretty much the address and port that your phone uses to connect to your network. You can find the setting for this under network settings.
Your using a T-Mobile phone to run on att I'm surprised you get service at all. Even having the device unlocked you still need to set up the apn which by default would be all tmobile. Definetly Google it because I do not know att apn settings I've always used T-Mobile. Hope my brief summary was at least a little help
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azcledel said:
Apn is access point name its pretty much the address and port that your phone uses to connect to your network.
Your using a T-Mobile phone to run on att I'm surprised you get service at all. Even having the device unlocked you still need to set up the apn which by default would be all tmobile. D
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This is actually a REALLY common thing to do. As long as you're using a GSM phone, it doesn't matter what provider it was originally used on, you can use it on another GSM network. This is my 3rd such phone (from t-mobile to ATT) and I've never had any problem getting them to work on ATT. And this phone still works just fine on ATT also...as long as I'm not within range of that damned microcell thing they're using in the office on the other side of this wall. As soon as I step outside, I connect back up to the normal ATT network.
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This is actually a REALLY common thing to do. As long as you're using a GSM phone, it doesn't matter what provider it was originally used on, you can use it on another GSM network. This is my 3rd such phone (from t-mobile to ATT) and I've never had any problem getting them to work on ATT. And this phone still works just fine on ATT also...as long as I'm not within range of that damned microcell thing they're using in the office on the other side of this wall. As soon as I step outside, I connect back up to the normal ATT network.
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I have no idea with anything to do with microcells I just figured I'd try to share a fix I know works for lots of people. I hope you get this issue worked out
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This may be something you have done already but I figured.... ahhh, what the hell. Have you tried removing the sim card for a minute then insert it and power it on?
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AT&T customer, midwest United States here. I live in a fringe area, but have always been able to get reception.... until I rooted and started running custom ROMS. It seems some ROMS, for whatever reason, get better radio reception than others.
I tried Viper, and while it was the best for reception, there were a lot of things that gave me trouble and I couldnt live with.
The CM ROMS wont even think about getting reception for me, unless the mobile data is turned on, and then are very erratic. I leave the data turned off when at home due to it always looking and searching and killing my battery. Well, that, and I always use wifi at home. I even tried the newer 3.18 AT&T radio, but it didnt help
Any suggestions as to a ROM that is known for reception? Or a specific AT&T Radio that is better for reception? While I knew different ROMS had different good/bad points... I didnt know the reception was on of those things.
Thanks
SilverFox66 said:
AT&T customer, midwest United States here. I live in a fringe area, but have always been able to get reception.... until I rooted and started running custom ROMS. It seems some ROMS, for whatever reason, get better radio reception than others.
I tried Viper, and while it was the best for reception, there were a lot of things that gave me trouble and I couldnt live with.
The CM ROMS wont even think about getting reception for me, unless the mobile data is turned on, and then are very erratic. I leave the data turned off when at home due to it always looking and searching and killing my battery. Well, that, and I always use wifi at home. I even tried the newer 3.18 AT&T radio, but it didnt help
Any suggestions as to a ROM that is known for reception? Or a specific AT&T Radio that is better for reception? While I knew different ROMS had different good/bad points... I didnt know the reception was on of those things.
Thanks
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Most roms don't touch the radio firmware flash one after another and see what works best for your area
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31ken31 said:
Most roms don't touch the radio firmware flash one after another and see what works best for your area
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There sure is a big difference for some reason, with me anyway. The only 2 radios I have found in the Radio thread for AT&T without the RIL (senseless ROMS) is the 2.20 and 3.18 radios. I have bounced back and forth between them, and not seen any difference to speak of. The 3.18 seems to be the more erratic of the 2, for me anyway
SilverFox66 said:
AT&T customer, midwest United States here. I live in a fringe area, but have always been able to get reception.... until I rooted and started running custom ROMS. It seems some ROMS, for whatever reason, get better radio reception than others.
I tried Viper, and while it was the best for reception, there were a lot of things that gave me trouble and I couldnt live with.
The CM ROMS wont even think about getting reception for me, unless the mobile data is turned on, and then are very erratic. I leave the data turned off when at home due to it always looking and searching and killing my battery. Well, that, and I always use wifi at home. I even tried the newer 3.18 AT&T radio, but it didnt help
Any suggestions as to a ROM that is known for reception? Or a specific AT&T Radio that is better for reception? While I knew different ROMS had different good/bad points... I didnt know the reception was on of those things.
Thanks
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My advice would be to try a different radio until you get one that works for you. I work out of state so I have to change settings to wcdma only to make them work in the area. I use the 3.18 radios on both CM and Sense because they work best in my home area. Viper is based on 3.17.661.2 so AT&T 2.20 may be the best option to try.
I use 2.41 seems 80% of the others I've tried plain suck in my area
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When flashing radios for CM, also be sure that you are flashing the ones designated strictly for CM as the radio fw is kept in another partition than sense. I've never had an issue finding a radio that works for me. They don't all work well but at least 1 always does. When looking for the best radio, I download them all, test them one at a time, marking the signal strength and speedtest results for each and then flash back to the radio that gave me the best results.
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I use 2.41 seems 80% of the others I've tried plain suck in my area
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Isnt that for a sense based ROM? I havent seen 2.41 listed for anything other than a sense ROM
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My advice would be to try a different radio until you get one that works for you. I work out of state so I have to change settings to wcdma only to make them work in the area. I use the 3.18 radios on both CM and Sense because they work best in my home area. Viper is based on 3.17.661.2 so AT&T 2.20 may be the best option to try.
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Yeah, changing to WCDMA helped a little, but not much
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When flashing radios for CM, also be sure that you are flashing the ones designated strictly for CM as the radio fw is kept in another partition than sense. I've never had an issue finding a radio that works for me. They don't all work well but at least 1 always does. When looking for the best radio, I download them all, test them one at a time, marking the signal strength and speedtest results for each and then flash back to the radio that gave me the best results.
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Im getting the radios out of the radio thread here on XDA. I am d/l the radios in the lower section, for CM. I didnt try a different radio when using Viper, because it was useless seeing as I had so many other issues. I wasnt aware I could use Vodaphone or Telstra radios, on AT&T. I had only tried the 2 AT&T radios. My bad, I will try the others.thanks for the info guys. The speed tests are a moot point for me. As I said, i am in a fringe area. I cant judge anything based on data speed, and leave data turned off most of the time. Im not worried about data speed, or trying to fix anything in that area. Im trying to get my phone to get good enough reception to make/receive calls dependably and send/receive texts dependably. Sorry if there was some confusion over this.
Honestly, I would have stuck with Viper, but my wifi wouldnt work, and I couldnt even get my contacts and calendar imported from my Google account. In fact, there wasnt even a Sync option for contacts. So that was a no go.
Thanks again
The 2.41 he mentioned is not a ROM mate it's a radio.
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The 2.41 he mentioned is not a ROM mate it's a radio.
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yeah, I left out the "for"... as in "for a sense based ROM". Sorry, I went back and edited it
Ahh OK no worries
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Isnt that for a sense based ROM? I havent seen 2.41 listed for anything other than a sense ROM
Yeah, changing to WCDMA helped a little, but not much
Im getting the radios out of the radio thread here on XDA. I am d/l the radios in the lower section, for CM. I didnt try a different radio when using Viper, because it was useless seeing as I had so many other issues. I wasnt aware I could use Vodaphone or Telstra radios, on AT&T. I had only tried the 2 AT&T radios. My bad, I will try the others.thanks for the info guys. The speed tests are a moot point for me. As I said, i am in a fringe area. I cant judge anything based on data speed, and leave data turned off most of the time. Im not worried about data speed, or trying to fix anything in that area. Im trying to get my phone to get good enough reception to make/receive calls dependably and send/receive texts dependably. Sorry if there was some confusion over this.
Honestly, I would have stuck with Viper, but my wifi wouldnt work, and I couldnt even get my contacts and calendar imported from my Google account. In fact, there wasnt even a Sync option for contacts. So that was a no go.
Thanks again
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Yeah it's sense based.I run viper most of the time. That's odd what viper version were you running? I'm on my WiFi now and try to not use data connection at home being I have straight talk and had my speed throttled to almost nothing last 2 months. It have have been a bad download
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Try 2.40 radio, I get the best reception down here in Texas with it, especially when I go to the lease.
-Sugardaddy
Ok, I tried just about every radio in my CM ROM, to no avail. Then, on a whim, I ticked "2G Networks Only", and now I have decent phone signal/reception. This sucks though.... to have my data connection have such an affect on my voice signal. I had always left my data turned off when at home, due to being in a fringe area, and it always bouncing around and killing my battery. That, and I always use wifi at home. Now, I have to leave my data turned on, and in 2G mode... just to be able to make a call. Rather silly to me.
Thanks to everyone who offered to help... MUCH appreciated
P.S. when it was said and done, I think I wound up back on the stock radio for Cory's CM ROM (2.20?)
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Ok, I tried just about every radio in my CM ROM, to no avail. Then, on a whim, I ticked "2G Networks Only", and now I have decent phone signal/reception. This sucks though.... to have my data connection have such an affect on my voice signal. I had always left my data turned off when at home, due to being in a fringe area, and it always bouncing around and killing my battery. That, and I always use wifi at home. Now, I have to leave my data turned on, and in 2G mode... just to be able to make a call. Rather silly to me.
Thanks to everyone who offered to help... MUCH appreciated
P.S. when it was said and done, I think I wound up back on the stock radio for Cory's CM ROM (2.20?)
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What does your signal do if you have 2g clicked and then turn on wifi
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What does your signal do if you have 2g clicked and then turn on wifi
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signal remains the same... around -87/13, but the Edge "E" icon, disappears from the screen. So, no real difference that I can tell.
It just amazes me that my data connection/type/settings can ruin my voice reception. Hopefully, its going to work decently now.
Good luck with it
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Good luck with it
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thank you! so far, so good! As long as I leave the phone in 2G only, my signal is great. Well, great for my area anyway lol.
With VoLTE being so far out yet, and AT&T not having true 4G, and voice/data being on 2 different frequencies.... how in the world is this happening on this phone? How can enabling/disabling data/4G/2G have such an affect on the voice/text signal? I just cant wrap my mind around this
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thank you! so far, so good! As long as I leave the phone in 2G only, my signal is great. Well, great for my area anyway lol.
With VoLTE being so far out yet, and AT&T not having true 4G, and voice/data being on 2 different frequencies.... how in the world is this happening on this phone? How can enabling/disabling data/4G/2G have such an affect on the voice/text signal? I just cant wrap my mind around this
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I'm no expert by any means but if I were to take a guess, I would say it may be due to limitations of towers that are closer to you? IE: closer towers provide 2G signal but have not been updated to support 4G? and the towers that support 4G are further from you?
Like I said, I'm no expert, I'm merely taking an educated guess based on what I do know about the technology.
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I'm no expert by any means but if I were to take a guess, I would say it may be due to limitations of towers that are closer to you? IE: closer towers provide 2G signal but have not been updated to support 4G? and the towers that support 4G are further from you?
Like I said, I'm no expert, I'm merely taking an educated guess based on what I do know about the technology.
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Actually, I dont know either, but that does make sense. If the phone is in 4G mode, then ti will try to connect to a 4G tower, which could be further away. But, there were times I had a great signal with 4G enabled, but it was in H, or H+.... and wouldnt make a call.
Im just happy I found how to get a decent... steady signal. I love the HOX, and I love the CM ROM... but I was ready to pull my hair out with this lol.
Thanks for the input, I may ask someone at the local store next time Im in. There is one kid in there, that is pretty knowledgeable. I think the rest of them know less than I do lol
Well, I spoke too soon. Now I have good reception, but the quality of my connection SUCKS! I have flashed and tried every radio for CM, and while I have a good signal now (around -85/13) my call quality is terrible and are all fuzzy and fade in and out.
I dunno, Im thinking seriously about going back to stock. I love the idea of having control over my own phone, but Im not in this as a hobby. I just want things to work right. Every ROM I have tried has had one issue or another.... wifi connection issues, wifi going to sleep when it shoudlnt, bluetooth connection problems, a dozen apps starting by themselves, radio/reception issues. Its to the point its just not worth it to me. I dont like having to work on anything every day, and if I do, I feel something needs to change in the situation, if that is the case. Dont get me wrong, Im not slamming any developers, or their projects.
When I was younger, I was always the first to get one of the Celeron CPU's and OC the snot out of it. As I got older, I thought... why? Ill just spend and extra $20 and buy the faster CPU so it is more stable, and not have to mess with anything. Thats sort of how I feel now
Hello there,
I will try and explain this in the most detail I can.
I own a nexus 5 32gb phone, my wife owns a 16gb nexus 5. I was on prepaid service for the last 2 years with a company that did not offer LTE. I have switched to FIDO and they do have LTE. Her phone works great, texts send/recieve, mms, data all works as it should. My phone does not. it connects then shows LTE but cant do anything not even phone calls, sometimes a reboot works for a time other times not at all.
In comparing the 2 I realized I may have changed something long ago on mine and that is why it wont work right. If I go to the hidden settings page on both phones the difference I notice is that her phone shows ping google.com and mine shows ping google.co.uk.
For some reason I remember changing something that perhaps had to do with the radio way back to boost my service at the time. I have no idea how to change this back as the efs shows the uk ping. I assume this is why I cant have a proper working phone but maybe someone can work that out.
FYI, I have flashed every google version I could find and the same thing happens, tried flashing radios same thing. select USA band in hidden 4636 menu and it wont stay on data.
I am at a standstill now and need help. I hope this explains the problem and someone who knows can help me.
If I put my sim in wife phone it works as it should with no problems, I tired my sim in a phone at FIDO store and it works exactly like it should too so I know it is the phone.
I know the efs is specific for every device and there is no one size fits all for it, but is there a way to return it to true default? If not is there a way to rebuild it?
My phone at the moment is causing me grief I hope the community can figure this one out. I am willing to try anything at all, custom roms, efs wipe whatever makes this work
I have done wiping, roms etc before, it's been awhile but I am ok with doing any procedure you recommend
Thank you for your time, if you need more info, screenshots, etc let me know
data, signal, calls, sms wont stay on, loose signal all over
I think you might have messed with your apn. Go to settings, wireless and networks, more, cellular network settings, access point names. Make sure what's in there is setup the same as your wife's phone.
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jd1639 said:
I think you might have messed with your apn. Go to settings, wireless and networks, more, cellular network settings, access point names. Make sure what's in there is setup the same as your wife's phone.
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APN is fine, same as hers. Actually not now since i changed to 3g. But in testing the LTE it was the same
I have reverted to 3G and data seems better, at least stable. Getting lots of service drops though and sms are delayed sometimes dont come at all
jd1639 said:
I think you might have messed with your apn. Go to settings, wireless and networks, more, cellular network settings, access point names. Make sure what's in there is setup the same as your wife's phone.
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FIXED! After 2 months of trying to figure this out it dawned on me. When prying the volume side of the back cover to fix my chargin port I must have inadvertently dislodged the black cable from the motherboard up top. upon first look it seems to be in place, upon further light inspection I could see it was not all the way on. Reconected it and BOOM full signal, full LTE and no other issues!!
I am so happy, lets party!