Using Android Cypher (JB ROM)
Recently went on a trip to Appleton, WI (I'm from Eau Claire) -- for the first time ever I experienced a total service blackout. My wife and I both have AT&T, she has an iphone 3gs, I have an infuse 4g. her phone had service the whole time, I had none until we were well east of Appleton ... during this time, I tried flashing every modem that I could, tried turning on and off 3g, flashed the CM10 JB build and tried that with several different modems, nothing. couldn't text, voice calls, then all of a sudden as we're entering maybe stevens point, wi-- service is back on, edge connection at max strength.
while researching this issue in the forums i did come across several posts from people mentioning the appleton and green bay specifically have 4g service though i couldn't tell with what carriers.
when i tried searching for other network providers i couldn't find anything...
anyways, back home and phone is working perfectly-- is this just a bizarre fluke or does anyone know something I don't? i'd love to hear any suggestions!
ive had this phone all across the country in san diego, to next door in minneapolis/st paul, never had any service issues until then.
I don't have any insight to offer, but I'm curious, did you lose voice, data, or both?
(sorry if this is evident from original question...I'm just a noob)
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voice AND data... it was weird... i read something in another forum about there being some way in the 2.3.6 samsung roms where you could access the various hidden options from the dialer and turn on/off some frequency bands in the phone?
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So I was playing around trying to delete widgets and one of them took out my 4g/3g connection. The icon is stuck in 1x, and I can't find any setting to change it back.
dail *#*#4636#*#* . This will take you to the network settings. select phone information. And then scroll down to set preferred network type.
I did that, set it to both LTE mode as well as CDMA+LTE/Evdo, but then even when rebooting to toggle it, it shows Network Type as CDMA - 1xRTT
I'm seeing other threads with people having issues with being stuck in 1x, so maybe its just not me, and I disconnected and just happened to not get it back
I am having this issue as well. Rooted last night. In the process of removing system apps removed something I shouldnt have. Went to flash my back up created by Rom Man only to find out it wasnt made, fail, so i flashed the custom rom by Chingy. Since flashing the rom I only have 1X service no matter what I set the phone to on the toggle.
its not just you bro ive been having 3g and 4g problems all morning. I am in queens NY...if they dont get this fix before the 14 days I am returning this phone and going back to t-mobile
I had thus problem. Just turn airplane mode on for a minute, then turn it off and you should get 3g again.
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cnmsales said:
I am having this issue as well. Rooted last night. In the process of removing system apps removed something I shouldnt have. Went to flash my back up created by Rom Man only to find out it wasnt made, fail, so i flashed the custom rom by Chingy. Since flashing the rom I only have 1X service no matter what I set the phone to on the toggle.
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I'm not even rooted, and I began experiencing this issue this morning after having my phone off and plugged in last night.
EDIT: I tested the above fix, and it didn't work for me. Every time the phone tries to turn 3g on it will appear in the status bar for a split second and then everything turns off, even 1x. weird.
It's a network problem on verizon's end. I'm in Cincinnati and data is not working at all.
I am getting this too - according to tech support, there is a problem with the 4G network right now - however why it doesn't fall back to 3G I don't know (unless there is a problem with that too).
I too am in New York, so it might be localized to NYC - They even tried resetting something on my VZ profile.
I'm still on the call as we speak, but I get the feeling given the number of people reporting this, it is a VZ problem.
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I am getting this too - according to tech support, there is a problem with the 4G network right now - however why it doesn't fall back to 3G I don't know (unless there is a problem with that too).
I too am in New York, so it might be localized to NYC - They even tried resetting something on my VZ profile.
I'm still on the call as we speak, but I get the feeling given the number of people reporting this, it is a VZ problem.
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It's definitely not just a localized problem. I'm all the way out in Utah (no 4g service here yet) and the 3g is completely jacked.
Yup confirmed with tech support, there's a nationwide outage with 4g data and they are working it with the highest priority, the tech said. Ah the costs of new technology. Always will have issues at start.
Same thing here, Pensacola, FL. Just went out on my drive to work today, now it's 1x across the board for me and the gf...she has an incredible and I have the tbolt...
Add me to the list. Been on the phone with tech support for 52 minutes and counting. I'm on hold right now and thought I would check xda. Stuck in 1x if I even have anything. I am about 35 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA. Phone is completely stock and worked perfect yesterday. Also, the tech said DO NOT dial *228 from the Thunderbolt. I didn't, but he said for future referece it will force the phone to use only 1x and 3g. Nice to know lol they didn't say that crap when I bought it. At least their tech support guys are super friendly.
Weird. Im in Akron Ohio and have full bars 4G. Just did speed test and getting 15Mbps down 20 up. Downloaded app off market just to be sure and downloaded without a hitch. This must not be affecting whole nation. (Yes my Wi-Fi is off lol)
Just got off the phone with VZ Tech support. He said there is not an acknowledge problem with the 3G network right now (unlike the 4G), but he's sure that soon there probably will be.
He could not use my phone as an example case (to raise the trouble ticket) because I was unwilling to perform the last step in the troubleshooting process (reflashing the phone) - but I'm sure there will be others willing to do that and this will become a known issue soon enough.
Worst part is, even my 1X support keeps going in and out - probably because the 1X network in NYC is overloaded, because all those users usually on 3G are all on 1X now, and killing it
Confirmed here, too...all 1x, must be a nationwide 3g issue
Same here south of Chicago. Guess I won't even bother calling about it. Thanks for the info.
This is definitely a widespread issue... I am in Miami and I can't even gey 3G here... I am only getting 1X.. The weird thing is, my friend has a Thunderbolt too and she seems to ne getting 3G fine.... If anyone receives any worse from Verizon, please post ASAP!!!
Yup im located in Manhattan New York having the same exact problem since 8:30am today No 4G or 3G i hope they get it fixed Soon Let's Go Verizon!
I have been using ec01 since it was released. First I used sfc (fixed) then about two days ago switched to evil fascinate 3.1(fixed). It was working fine with no problems. I didn't really see a jump in data speeds but gps was working great until today. I was traveling from central WI to Chicago when I lost service around the Illinois border. My phone says "searching for svc" and has no service, voice/data or gps. I have flash back to ec10 stock and tried to *228 but it will not connect and still has no service. Ive tried to flash to everything that has worked in the past included back to 2.1. Any help would very awesome as i am lost.
My understanding is to never *228 while roaming. It could connect to another cell provider and no way to get back. Others may be of better assistance with your issue.
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I have also had this recently and I was about to start a threat just before reading this.
I live in SE WI and work in IL. So I cross the border all the time. My data and voice dont work at all until I come back into WI. I was running CyanogenMod 6.2.0 when this first happened. It seemed to run fine for a week or so.
I switched back to what was running good before. Now Im running jt's TW kernal, sFc 2.9.2. Last night when I went to work, it did it again. No data and voice.
Is this a USCC issue?
Any help on this would be very very appreciated.
EDIT: I just called USCC. After 1/2 hour of being on hold they said that they are having difficulty with the towers in the area. They said to do a battery pull, and then when I am in the area where I am about to lose service, dial *228. Im not to familiar with *228.
When I cross the border and lose my data/voice, I dont get a roaming triangle. Does that mean its safe to dial *228?
So after two failed calls to USCC tech support (one told me that it was just a combination of poor service and how smartphones have sub-par reception in general, the other said that that to spring bloom can interfere and a lack of towers) I flashed to stock froyo and took it to the nearest USCC store from my hotel. The tech there said there is two versions of the froyo release, a "short" version (the on their website) and a "long" version (used by the techs). He said about 1 in 50 updates done at home come in with problems. He put the long version on and I was up and running in 15 mins. So until my trip is over I will be running stock 2.2
Long version, you say? Fixed all your problems, you say? Do you think you'd be able to upload a backup of that version? Or even just the PRL? I haven't been able to get any service since it seemed to spontaneously quit on me after I flashed MIUI 1.6.24.1. My sister has also been having problems with her USCC service for the last couple of days, and I think i just chose a poor time to start fiddling with my phone's firmware.
Hey guys, I haven't done anything to my phone but all of the sudden, the data and phone signal basically quit working. I have a very hard time getting texts, phone calls etc to go though but it will eventually (usually takes a while or a few tries) and as far as data goes, I basically have no connectivity at all unless I'm on wifi. It says 3g or H every once in a while, but it's really slow and usually doesn't stay for long. I'm running CM9, and like I said before I didn't change anything that I'm aware of that would have caused this problem. It worked fine before, and it just stopped. Ideas? Thanks
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Hey guys, I haven't done anything to my phone but all of the sudden, the data and phone signal basically quit working. I have a very hard time getting texts, phone calls etc to go though but it will eventually (usually takes a while or a few tries) and as far as data goes, I basically have no connectivity at all unless I'm on wifi. It says 3g or H every once in a while, but it's really slow and usually doesn't stay for long. I'm running CM9, and like I said before I didn't change anything that I'm aware of that would have caused this problem. It worked fine before, and it just stopped. Ideas? Thanks
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have you called your provider? maybe its on their end.
I'm having the same exact problem... it shows my 3g it shows all my bars but instead of the bars being colored or the 3g be in color is gray. Also I cannot get back conectivity until I restart the phone. Does anybody have an idea what this is?
Are you on AT&T? I was not having any problems until a certain point in time, and I didn't change or do anything to incite them. I'm not even getting calls anymore, I'll just get all my texts in a wave every few hours. My data is useless, it won't stream, or load web pages, and my phone is frequently saying "Emergency calls only" when I'm sitting at my freaking house (which normally has full 3g and cell signal and is very fast)
This just started occuring with my 9020a on AT&T the first week of March. I switched SIM cards twice, spent about an hour on the phone with ATT, and sent the device back to Samsung who rolled back the software to 2.3.4 and the Radio to UKE1.
I still have the issue. Samsung says its not them. ATT does nothing. It;s liek the phone just stopped working, started dropped calls, missing calls, and the internet connection sucks. I have an iphone for work through ATT as well and have no issues with signal.
ANy help is appreciated.
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Make sure you have the right, most up to date settings for APN, and flash original radios. if it still doesn't work, make sure you have the i9020A, which has the at&t 3g antenna, not i9020T which has the T-Mobile antenna, vice versa.
Have you tried other radios for your device (make sure you flash the appropriate ones for your model)? Any signal info under Phone Information when dialing *#*#4636#*#*?
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This just started occuring with my 9020a on AT&T the first week of March. I switched SIM cards twice, spent about an hour on the phone with ATT, and sent the device back to Samsung who rolled back the software to 2.3.4 and the Radio to UKE1.
I still have the issue. Samsung says its not them. ATT does nothing. It;s liek the phone just stopped working, started dropped calls, missing calls, and the internet connection sucks. I have an iphone for work through ATT as well and have no issues with signal.
ANy help is appreciated.
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Sounds like you're having the exact same problem I am having. I switched sim cards, flashed different roms, etc and nothing. (although to be fair, after the new sim, things work better, but still not well) I'm about ready to pop my sim back in my craptivate and just go with that... or buy an iphone off of craigslist.
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Make sure you have the right, most up to date settings for APN, and flash original radios. if it still doesn't work, make sure you have the i9020A, which has the at&t 3g antenna, not i9020T which has the T-Mobile antenna, vice versa.
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I am 100% sure I have the 9020a, but I don't know anything about APN and flashing radios. I have only ever flashed full roms before, so I wouldn't know where to look for the original radio.
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Have you tried other radios for your device (make sure you flash the appropriate ones for your model)? Any signal info under Phone Information when dialing *#*#4636#*#*?
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I have not tried other radios. The signal info seems solid, sitting at my house, but the 3g is still horridly slow. It taked 15-30 seconds to load a webpage, even a pretty mundane one like google. Messages still come through in waves, and often won't send
About your APN, AT&T should provide you with the proper values to put in under Settings | Wireless & Network | More | Mobile Networks | Access Points Names.
If you are on ICS, they values should populate by themselves.
Can you try flashing other radios and see if you encounter the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884
Make sure you backup your EFS folder (and all data for that matter).
I had similar problems, they were related to turning 3g on/off with a APN widget while the phone had little signal. As soon as started enabling and disabling 3g on the android options everything was back normal.
alexfiorani said:
I had similar problems, they were related to turning 3g on/off with a APN widget while the phone had little signal. As soon as started enabling and disabling 3g on the android options everything was back normal.
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the data works most of the time now it's just retardedly slow. I can't stream music even on low quality, nor can I watch youtube without leaving it for 5 minutes to buffer,pages take forever to load, and I was downloading a 6 meg app and it took 20 minutes to download whenI was leaving the phone alone and not moving. I got really sick of trying to fix it and finally gave it to geeksquad to send in to get replaced. sigh.
About 3 weeks ago after installing the update of liquidsmooth 4.4.4 i randomly started dropping to 3g service in places that i normally had full 4g available. It has slowly gotten worse to where if im not on wifi, than the phone is pretty much useless. i normally have full coverage everywhere. so i originally thought that maybe something had gotten messed up on the update, so i did a clean install of liquidsmooth 4.4, and blackbird kernal and same thing still occurred. also tried carbon rom and slimrom, and no luck. so for the fun of it, i went ahead and reflashed the phone back to stock from backups and rerooted it, updated the modems and reinstalled liquidsmooth w/ blackbird kernal, and same thing. i have went through all the mobile networks settings and tried everything and nothing seems to help, idk if that update screwed something up or if its an issue that others have been experiencing as well, or if im just screwed and my phone phone is dying.... any help is appreciated thanks
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About 3 weeks ago after installing the update of liquidsmooth 4.4.4 i randomly started dropping to 3g service in places that i normally had full 4g available. It has slowly gotten worse to where if im not on wifi, than the phone is pretty much useless. i normally have full coverage everywhere. so i originally thought that maybe something had gotten messed up on the update, so i did a clean install of liquidsmooth 4.4, and blackbird kernal and same thing still occurred. also tried carbon rom and slimrom, and no luck. so for the fun of it, i went ahead and reflashed the phone back to stock from backups and rerooted it, updated the modems and reinstalled liquidsmooth w/ blackbird kernal, and same thing. i have went through all the mobile networks settings and tried everything and nothing seems to help, idk if that update screwed something up or if its an issue that others have been experiencing as well, or if im just screwed and my phone phone is dying.... any help is appreciated thanks
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I'm currently running OmniToad, and ran CM 11M8 for a short while. On T-Mobile at least, with the custom ROMs it's normal to see H+ only when data is being transferred; it will drop back to 3G otherwise. When I ran the stock ROM on the Relay, it would always say "4G" regardless of whether it was in UMTS (3G) or HSPA+ mode. Apps like SignalCheck or CellMapper will tell you which mode it is really in.
On the other hand, if data transmission is only going through as 3G, it could be a phone issue or a tower issue. Is LTE available in your area, or are they just getting it set up? I know when T-Mobile was upgrading the Chicago area to provide LTE, there were a few glitches here and there.
It was stupid for T-Mobile to brand HSPA+ as "4G" but that's a different rant.
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I'm currently running OmniToad, and ran CM 11M8 for a short while. On T-Mobile at least, with the custom ROMs it's normal to see H+ only when data is being transferred; it will drop back to 3G otherwise. When I ran the stock ROM on the Relay, it would always say "4G" regardless of whether it was in UMTS (3G) or HSPA+ mode. Apps like SignalCheck or CellMapper will tell you which mode it is really in.
On the other hand, if data transmission is only going through as 3G, it could be a phone issue or a tower issue. Is LTE available in your area, or are they just getting it set up? I know when T-Mobile was upgrading the Chicago area to provide LTE, there were a few glitches here and there.
It was stupid for T-Mobile to brand HSPA+ as "4G" but that's a different rant.
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yea LTE has been in this area for quite a while now, i had it with my S4 and it worked perfectly, i never had a problem with the service on the relay either up untill a few weeks ago the internet speed and and data coverage was great, not quite as fast as the LTE on my S4 but it was still more than adequate, i used to use the hotspot and stream netflix on my laptop. now i can usually get a text to send but calls usually fail and if i try and use the internet its impossible. it almost seems like its doing the exact opposite of what it should be doing, as soon as i try and use anything (not while connected to wifi) than it drops coverage to 3g/edge/ or to nothing at all. Im leaning towards the hardware failing side, but i figured i might as well give it a shot and post it and see if maybe i wasnt alone. thank you for your reply.
small note of background on me: first time posting ever in this forum but have been using the tools and roms from it for a long time, so im not a complete noob, but i definitely still have a lot to learn.
Network provider is EE UK.
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I’ve had the 1+ since 2014 now, I am rooted and have used various Android 7 and 8 (recently) roms on the device until recently (probably 7 months ago) my 1+ started playing up. I would not get any signal whilst at work; although the building I work is generally poor with mobile signal however I use to get just enough signals to receive a call.
About 7+ months ago this started fading and I would get 0 bars, at first I thought it’s a modem issue so I tried all the different modems and made notes on which one was the best but in the end none of them helped with the situation. I then did what most people do and googled the issue and found that there are lots of other people with similar issue with the oneplus one not working on LTE, many suggested to make sure I visit the engineering menu *#*#4636*#*# and change the connection to LTE/GSM Auto (PRL), however this was already set and yet it was not making any difference. The main issue was not being able to make or receive calls when the device is connected to LTE.
On the odd occasion I was able to make/receive all on LTE when leaving the building but it would be not stable, at times I would get a call but people could not hear me, then sometime I would dial out and the screen would be stuck at “dialing” and nothing would happen. Then I would try few times and it may work or not work at all. So I switched to GSM only (via the secret menu) and the phone would work perfectly, no issues calling out at my work desk or outside and getting all calls without any issues. The issue with this was that on a reboot the settings would go back to LTE/GSM so it was a constant change. On top not being able to use 4G Data speeds was making life harder.
Even when selecting 3G in network settings the phone would not switch to 3G only. I also tried different network provides like 3 UK, Vodafone but still the same issue.
I’ve now come to a conclusion that this is something software related (perhaps?) as the device is failing to switch to 3G when making/receiving calls. When I check the secret menu I see that DATA and VOICE connection is LTE. Now I know this device does not support VoLTE so I thought it would always first aim to connect to 3G signal?? NO?
As a result i’ve moved to Pixel 2 device because I tried everything from different roms to modems, going back to kitkat, CM12.1 and 13 as well as Oxygen OS but was still getting the same problem.
I’ve also come across posts (on google) that people with different oneplus device are suffering from this so not sure if something has been switched on/off on my phone when flashing different roms to have caused this issue or is this a hardware problem?
I’ve spent numerous hours trying different things suggested by many on google but haven’t got anywhere. I have given up trying to get to the bottom of this.
If anyone is out there who have had this issue and have found a solution please let me know, I still very much like the oneplus but with this issue it’s hard to use the device.
Thank you for reading…..
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Network provider is EE UK.
Sorry for the long post
I’ve had the 1+ since 2014 now, I am rooted and have used various Android 7 and 8 (recently) roms on the device until recently (probably 7 months ago) my 1+ started playing up. I would not get any signal whilst at work; although the building I work is generally poor with mobile signal however I use to get just enough signals to receive a call.
About 7+ months ago this started fading and I would get 0 bars, at first I thought it’s a modem issue so I tried all the different modems and made notes on which one was the best but in the end none of them helped with the situation. I then did what most people do and googled the issue and found that there are lots of other people with similar issue with the oneplus one not working on LTE, many suggested to make sure I visit the engineering menu *#*#4636*#*# and change the connection to LTE/GSM Auto (PRL), however this was already set and yet it was not making any difference. The main issue was not being able to make or receive calls when the device is connected to LTE.
On the odd occasion I was able to make/receive all on LTE when leaving the building but it would be not stable, at times I would get a call but people could not hear me, then sometime I would dial out and the screen would be stuck at “dialing” and nothing would happen. Then I would try few times and it may work or not work at all. So I switched to GSM only (via the secret menu) and the phone would work perfectly, no issues calling out at my work desk or outside and getting all calls without any issues. The issue with this was that on a reboot the settings would go back to LTE/GSM so it was a constant change. On top not being able to use 4G Data speeds was making life harder.
Even when selecting 3G in network settings the phone would not switch to 3G only. I also tried different network provides like 3 UK, Vodafone but still the same issue.
I’ve now come to a conclusion that this is something software related (perhaps?) as the device is failing to switch to 3G when making/receiving calls. When I check the secret menu I see that DATA and VOICE connection is LTE. Now I know this device does not support VoLTE so I thought it would always first aim to connect to 3G signal?? NO?
As a result i’ve moved to Pixel 2 device because I tried everything from different roms to modems, going back to kitkat, CM12.1 and 13 as well as Oxygen OS but was still getting the same problem.
I’ve also come across posts (on google) that people with different oneplus device are suffering from this so not sure if something has been switched on/off on my phone when flashing different roms to have caused this issue or is this a hardware problem?
I’ve spent numerous hours trying different things suggested by many on google but haven’t got anywhere. I have given up trying to get to the bottom of this.
If anyone is out there who have had this issue and have found a solution please let me know, I still very much like the oneplus but with this issue it’s hard to use the device.
Thank you for reading…..
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I can relate to you. have similar issue and also tried most of the things you have done. don't know what to do. if you have found something, then reply.
I think I have the same issue here in Italy too.
I tried all modems in the list and downgraded to kitkat but with no luck.
same issue reproduced on lineage os 16.0 India /Airtel
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I think I have the same issue here in Italy too.
I tried all modems in the list and downgraded to kitkat but with no luck.
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No calls incoming/outgoing over LTE network lineage os 16.0, when changed to 2G network calls works just fine
while LTE no issues with Data connectivity .
any luck for anyone.
Thanks
I don't have the phone anymore (in fact, the same issue made me get a new phone), but maybe try updating the modem?