Explain this signal issue please (in Chicago) - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

Traveled to downstate IL today. We had a few storms through out the state so it could be outages. With that said, I live two blocks from the tower here in the city of Chicago on the north side.
I am always in strong 4G at home full bars. Right now I'm at 1 bar of 4G w/ D/L speeds for 1.3Mbps and 0 upload. My signal strength is -67dBm and 23asu.
I was in 3G areas the majority of the day but noticed when I got back into my living areas 4G was acting as it is now.
Currently running Synergy r68 build with Ziggy's kernel.
I've tried everything. Powered down, pulled sim, powered on, waiting for no sim display, then powered down, re-inserted sim, powered on. Tried factory reset. Tried going back to stock. Tried airplane mode. Tried airplane mode, power down, then power on, then turn off airplane mode....
Nothing.
So what do you all think? Tower issues?
ETA: I also tried flashing all three radios....those didn't help either.

got556 said:
Traveled to downstate IL today. We had a few storms through out the state so it could be outages. With that said, I live two blocks from the tower here in the city of Chicago on the north side.
I am always in strong 4G at home full bars. Right now I'm at 1 bar of 4G w/ D/L speeds for 1.3Mbps and 0 upload. My signal strength is -67dBm and 23asu.
I was in 3G areas the majority of the day but noticed when I got back into my living areas 4G was acting as it is now.
Currently running Synergy r68 build with Ziggy's kernel.
I've tried everything. Powered down, pulled sim, powered on, waiting for no sim display, then powered down, re-inserted sim, powered on. Tried factory reset. Tried going back to stock. Tried airplane mode. Tried airplane mode, power down, then power on, then turn off airplane mode....
Nothing.
So what do you all think? Tower issues?
ETA: I also tried flashing all three radios....those didn't help either.
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You have multiple phones right? Pop your sim in a different phone. Sounds like a tower/network issue.

toy028 said:
You have multiple phones right? Pop your sim in a different phone. Sounds like a tower/network issue.
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Just sold off all my Nexii (including both VZW Gnex's)
Was hoping some of the other Chi town people would chime in. I'm thinking tower issue also. But only on the 4G side of things. 3G is strong as always when switching to CDMA in phone info.

Just to update I'm in the south loop of Chicago right now in the middle of a hospital with strong 4g...tower must be down around where I live.
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Probably this happen else where as well. http://www.milfordlive.com/2012/09/04/verizon-outages-caused-by-roof-leak/

galchristian said:
Probably this happen else where as well. http://www.milfordlive.com/2012/09/04/verizon-outages-caused-by-roof-leak/
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Who knows....here's a screen for ya'll. Last night on the north side...today on the south side of the city. And on a separate note my speeds are never this good on the north side.
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How were your speeds before changing your ROM & kernel? I haven't formally tested but I suspect I'm a little slower now on CM10 nightlies than I was on stock. I'm willing to accept that for now, I enjoy the flashing and I know it'll eventually get fixed. Lots of comments about speed issues over on that thread (in the development section). I suppose a good test would be to go back to stock and run some tests.

I'm in the south loop with strong signal too. Thought I'd chime in.

Im on the Northside and as you can see no issues.
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lordandroid said:
Im on the Northside and as you can see no issues.
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I just ran a speed test. 5845kbps down and 399kbps up. I know it's not my phone as evidenced the other day in the south loop with a very quick D/L and U/L speeds tested numerous times over the course of 8 hours.
I'm guessing the tower that my phone deems necessary to connect to is overloaded. I'm between belmont and diversey around the Masonic Hospital.
ETA: Just ran a few more tests. Averaging out to about 18 down and 4 up....much better than the 5 down I saw a few minutes ago. Latency averages are around 45 to 50 ms.

got556 said:
I just ran a speed test. 5845kbps down and 399kbps up. I know it's not my phone as evidenced the other day in the south loop with a very quick D/L and U/L speeds tested numerous times over the course of 8 hours.
I'm guessing the tower that my phone deems necessary to connect to is overloaded. I'm between belmont and diversey around the Masonic Hospital.
ETA: Just ran a few more tests. Averaging out to about 18 down and 4 up....much better than the 5 down I saw a few minutes ago. Latency averages are around 45 to 50 ms.
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Id say its the tower your cell modem is connecting too
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ATT's network...

Has anyone had a problem today where your phone just cannot connect to ATT's 3G or HSPA network? For some reason, my phone is getting little-to-no signal, and if I do, it is only on GPRS... I CWM'd to my stable nandroid, but no dice, leading me to think that this problem is with the network.
What's XDA's thought on this? Possible dev issue?
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Att network just sucks.....I get good service everywhere but the places im at the most....my house and my job....go figure
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Their network is just pretty terrible right now. However, by summer we'll probably be singing a different tune about ATT's coverage when the iPhone user population will even out a bit. Also, I believe ATT threw down a few billion for network upgrades this year. It seems like they really took that Consumer Reports article to heart, so I actually see good things in the future.
i haven't had 3G in 24+ hours in NJ. stock, non-rooted.
Must be location specific; -51 dB and HSDPA in Dallas
It happens every now and then in las vegas usually right after a flash. I start to change modems and other stuff then realize "dammit I bet the network is screwed up" sure enough next day things are working again. Damn phone companys lol
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i haven't had 3G in 24+ hours in NJ. stock, non-rooted.
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You're quite close to where I am, it's probably regional then, but my old crappy phones' 3G is working fine though...
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funny thing metro pcs is working better than ATT in south florida. metro is known for bad bad reception
No problems with 3G at the places I frequent in the Tampa Bay area.
I've not had any problems with 3G connections this year.
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You're quite close to where I am, it's probably regional then, but my old crappy phones' 3G is working fine though...
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interesting.. i spent a few hours yesterday with my phone going in and out with GPRS and no network connection at all. i've had fairly consistent EDGE ever since. i normally see 5 bars of 3G at my current location (newark, NJ).
reboots and battery pulls seem to have no effect.
-99db & HSDPA here in Tampa Bay area.
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No AT&T 3G here...but I use edge network, get mostly 3 to 5 bars mostly indoors or outdoors depending on location. At my work, it's pretty good signal and get around 150-180kbps speed but at home is slower which is around 100-125kbps or slower, probably. I usually use wifi at my home with my own internet.
Out of Davenport, IA and I have great HSDPA signal running Perception 10.1 with the included 2.6.32.9 Firebird Kernel. I have flashed a bunch of DGs ROMs and never had issues with connectivity (voice or data).
I also get that the sim card.has been removed and its pissing me off.... btw, im on phoenix 3.5 with a setiron 1.5.6
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interesting.. i spent a few hours yesterday with my phone going in and out with GPRS and no network connection at all. i've had fairly consistent EDGE ever since. i normally see 5 bars of 3G at my current location (newark, NJ).
reboots and battery pulls seem to have no effect.
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I have 3G again, but regardless of HSPA or UMTS, I am getting .06Mbps down and about .4Mbps up. I have absolutely no idea why. I'm in Bridgewater, NJ.
I am in much the same predicament as you, reboots and pulls don't help. I've gone a step further and flashed 5 different ROMs today, no luck.
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actually my 3G just came back a few hours ago too. 2-4 Mbps down and about 0.3 Mbps up, which are normal 3G speeds for me. and i didn't do anything to my phone, 3G just magically reappeared after at least a full 24 hours of only EDGE. strange.
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I have 3G again, but regardless of HSPA or UMTS, I am getting .06Mbps down and about .4Mbps up. I have absolutely no idea why. I'm in Bridgewater, NJ.
I am in much the same predicament as you, reboots and pulls don't help. I've gone a step further and flashed 5 different ROMs today, no luck.
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Kizzmiazz said:
It happens every now and then in las vegas usually right after a flash. I start to change modems and other stuff then realize "dammit I bet the network is screwed up" sure enough next day things are working again. Damn phone companys lol
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Las Vegas + ATT = terrible.
I just went on a 2 say trip there, took me 2 hours to download a 37kb attachment with full bars. I'd get 30 text messages at once an hour late, with full bars.
If I had to work on the strip I'd drop att in a heartbeat... that is totally unfunctional!!
I've been fine elsewhere... and maybe that's just a bad day /spot... but damn!
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actually my 3G just came back a few hours ago too. 2-4 Mbps down and about 0.3 Mbps up, which are normal 3G speeds for me. and i didn't do anything to my phone, 3G just magically reappeared after at least a full 24 hours of only EDGE. strange.
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My definition of normal is >3Mbps down, >1.5Mbps up... How is yours so different when you are so near? I get these speeds regardless if I'm on HSUPA or UMTS. I tend to use the latter to save battery.
The more I look, the more I think that ATT just capped my speeds 2 nights ago. This is crap. No modem change, nothing fixes it.
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We finally got 3G here and its expanding rapidly in this state which is a good thing. I would like to see new coverage plans after March 31st.
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Data transfer speeds

I'm not sure what is going on with my phone.
Since the 16th of January, my phone's data service appears to have crashed out.
Prior, it was working fine. I was running an old version of Perception with Firebird, and Phoenix with Firebird (2), using the I9000UGJL2 modem. I got ~~5.0Mbps down, 1.6Mbps up consistently on HSPA, and the more meek 3.8Mbps down, 1.5Mbps up on UMTS. Both times around 100-250ms ping.
All of a sudden on the 16th, my phone has now hit the crapper. Speedtest no longer reports me at my location (instead in either central Florida or northern Texas). On the download test, the dial will slowly rise to .06Mbps, then on the upload test either just not work and flash a token gesture .1Mbps or sit at 0 and then do a rapid bounce back and forth between ~~3Mbps and 0, usually reading at one of those extremes. My ping has also skyrocketed to upwards of 600ms for no reason. This is also indifferent to whether I'm using HSPA or UMTS.
Since this time, I've flashed several different modems and several different ROMs. All produce the same result, as does CWMing to some really old backups. I have mastercleared in between some of these, but it has done nothing.
I know it's not an error with the Speedtest app, because I can still do it on Wi-fi and it'll read as my home PC reads. My phone's internet browser reflects the same cause, taking upwards of 20 seconds to load Google mobile.
Anyone encountered anything similar or can explain why? The slowness is becoming inexcusable, and I can't use my phone on the network anymore for internet. I have to leave it on Wi-Fi to my disdain. At this rate, I'm leaving ATT the moment I'm given the chance. I'm not even close to going over my data allotment, so I don't really know what could possibly account for this.
att is in the middle of updating to 4g. Some more terrestrial areas are going to be sol fire a bit sadly. Where do you live?
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att is in the middle of updating to 4g. Some more terrestrial areas are going to be sol fire a bit sadly. Where do you live?
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Bridgewater, NJ. But this happens no matter where I am. Even if I approach NYC, it's still crap. I can't tell whether this is a network cap issue, a "phone is broken" issue or a "network is bloody awful" issue. It doesn't seem to be terrestrial, because I've taken it to Philadelphia and NYC and both places have been awful. Meanwhile, going out into the more rural bits still puts me on EDGE, which still yields the same reading (but that's the norm for me on 2G networks).
The key aspect here, I think, is that the readings are EXACTLY THE SAME regardless of the network mode that I am in. It's really confusing me.
I've noticed a determent in my speeds and ping as well. Before, I used to be able to get 3.5+mbps down and 2mbps up with 200ms and now I struggle to get 1mbps down and always end up with 1.5mbps up. In real world, it's more like 300kbps down and 300kbps up :/
I shouldn't be complaining but I live in the DC-Metro area and this determent has been getting WORSE for about two or three months. My ping right now is 600+ms and Speedtest NEVER catches my location right, it keeps saying I live in Kansas.
Have u tried manually changing the server on the speedtest app? I get better ping results from a server that is 600 miles away than a server that is 80 miles away.. just wondering :/
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born_fisherman said:
Have u tried manually changing the server on the speedtest app? I get better ping results from a server that is 600 miles away than a server that is 80 miles away.. just wondering :/
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...Of course. lol That's the first thing you could do to improve it. AT&T Is shipping me a new Captivate (sucks that I have to reinstall all my apps on it :/) and i'm getting it by tomorrow. I can verify if it's a device problem or AT&T's network since I could assume if i'm having the same symptoms as OP and it's fixed by a device exchange...
Then the way to fix this problem is a call to AT&T (ask to be transferred to level 2 support)
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Have u tried manually changing the server on the speedtest app? I get better ping results from a server that is 600 miles away than a server that is 80 miles away.. just wondering :/
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Done it with my 2 local servers, the Kansas server, the Texas server, the Florida server and the Sydney NSW server (the last via my MobileAP tethered computer).
All the same uber-slow reading, ping generally gets worse as I go farther away. Nothing really out of the ordinary.
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Done it with my 2 local servers, the Kansas server, the Texas server, the Florida server and the Sydney NSW server (the last via my MobileAP tethered computer).
All the same uber-slow reading, ping generally gets worse as I go farther away. Nothing really out of the ordinary.
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Have you considered it might be your modem? It really sounds like it's connecting via EDGE or even GPRS o_o even when it shows a nice pretty H or 3G in the top right corner.
I came on XDA to talk specifically about this also. I am near the NYC area roughly 35 min north and my HSPA speeds have dropped and thought it was my phone crapping out on me. Speeds have lowered similar to the OPs post and I am guessing it is because of the new towers they are putting up since how drastically i've lost bars I tried switching basebands and making sure i'm solely on 850 and 1900 and also tried 850 alone. Well i'm glad it's not only me =] i'll keep you posted if it fixes itself.
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Have you considered it might be your modem? It really sounds like it's connecting via EDGE or even GPRS o_o even when it shows a nice pretty H or 3G in the top right corner.
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As said in original post, I've swapped through several modems and several masterclears. Both dialer codes and phone status show that I'm connected to the right networks relative to what it shows in the corner.
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As said in original post, I've swapped through several modems and several masterclears. Both dialer codes and phone status show that I'm connected to the right networks relative to what it shows in the corner.
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I have also, when did your problems start btw? mine have started today with the speed issue.
I had this issue a few weeks ago. I got a new captivate, and after a day of use it happened to my new phone. I called again and was sent to a store for a new SIM card. Problem solved. My SIM card was from 3 years ago, and I don't know how many phones. I thought they couldn't go bad, but that fixed my issue, no problems since.
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I had this issue a few weeks ago. I got a new captivate, and after a day of use it happened to my new phone. I called again and was sent to a store for a new SIM card. Problem solved. My SIM card was from 3 years ago, and I don't know how many phones. I thought they couldn't go bad, but that fixed my issue, no problems since.
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It happened to me also when I got a new captivate and tried using my sim and after getting a new one it worked flawlessly but this situation is different. I keep running speedtest and i'm getting erratic speeds sometimes i get 2mb/s down and then other it's barely 60kb/s, I feel like it definitely is a network issue near NYC. Only time will tell what it really is.
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I have also, when did your problems start btw? mine have started today with the speed issue.
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As stated in original post, January 16th, aka last Sunday.
quarlow said:
I had this issue a few weeks ago. I got a new captivate, and after a day of use it happened to my new phone. I called again and was sent to a store for a new SIM card. Problem solved. My SIM card was from 3 years ago, and I don't know how many phones. I thought they couldn't go bad, but that fixed my issue, no problems since.
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I have a new SIM from my phone's activation because my old one looked like there was quite a bit of wear on the contacts (4 years old, mind you, from the dawn of ATT's mainstream 3G release)... If this keeps up, I'll try to pester them for a new SIM again.
I have been having speed issues also but not sure it's related to your issues. I loaded Cog 3.03 on my phone to try it out. Prior to the load I was getting 1300 - 2500 up and 154 - 386 down. After I loaded Cognition it dropped to about 84 up and 40 down. I was going to go back to stock but thought I'd give it a try for a bit. It has slowly gone back up. Last night I got 2928 up and 314 down. The last 3 tries were all over 1300 up and 300 down. Not sure if it is phone or network related but I'm going to keep watching. Just tried a speedtest and got 1061 down and 73 up but I'm also on the 1st floor in the middle of my building. I'm going to let it go for a few days and see if I need to try tweaking anything or if the speeds settle out some. So far I'm pleased with Cognition. Thanks for the dev work.
I noticed all the 3g towers near me recently switched from 1900 to 850. Could it be that your non-us modem doesn't handle 850mhz band well and internally switched to edge? With stock modem, I can barely reach 200k upload speed.
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CatFan said:
I have been having speed issues also but not sure it's related to your issues. I loaded Cog 3.03 on my phone to try it out. Prior to the load I was getting 1300 - 2500 up and 154 - 386 down. After I loaded Cognition it dropped to about 84 up and 40 down. I was going to go back to stock but thought I'd give it a try for a bit. It has slowly gone back up. Last night I got 2928 up and 314 down. The last 3 tries were all over 1300 up and 300 down. Not sure if it is phone or network related but I'm going to keep watching. Just tried a speedtest and got 1061 down and 73 up but I'm also on the 1st floor in the middle of my building. I'm going to let it go for a few days and see if I need to try tweaking anything or if the speeds settle out some. So far I'm pleased with Cognition. Thanks for the dev work.
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That could just be your phone getting "used" to ATT's network. I remember, when I first activated service with ATT, it took a long time for my phone to authenticate with the network, gradually shortening over time. Working under the assumption that you're doing this in Kbps, those speeds are actually disgusting. Your down speed is ridiculously low, and your up seems so variable. I think it's beyond a ROM issue; I've never experienced significant differences in ROM use and download speed, except when I first upgraded to HSUPA.
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I noticed all the 3g towers near me recently switched from 1900 to 850. Could it be that your non-us modem doesn't handle 850mhz band well and internally switched to edge? With stock modem, I can barely reach 200k upload speed.
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Nope, don't think so. I have GSM radios disabled on my phone: I forced WCDMA only via *#2263#. Forcing WCDMA 850 alone still produces the same result. As I had said, even after master clears (forgot to mention via OCD to JF6), I still came up with these lousy readings. Checking radio status via *#0011# tells me most of the time that I'm on 1900, so...
As an update to the situation, I've permanently switched to I9088ZNKP1. Still no change, other than marginally better ping. As this is nearly marking a week, I'm becoming very tempted to just drop ATT a line and ask them what the hell is going on and how I can fix it. I refuse to send my phone back though, proud 1007 owner, and the phone is in impeccable condition. Though I doubt they'll be able to help in any other capacity since us blokes here on XDA don't seem to be aware of what's going on here.
EDIT: Just got off the phone with ATT, surely enough they could not come up with a reason or an explanation; they removed and reinstated me on the network and still no change. Ah well, time to CWM backup and OCD back to JF6. Bringing my phone into the store.

So Pretty Much Everytime Verizon Opens New 4g LTE Areas, Current 4g Users Go Without?

I've noticed that everytime new service areas are activated, the current users go WITHOUT service for hours. Like today.. I havent had 3g, 4g, but been able to get texts for the better part of an hour...
What's the deal?
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I've noticed that everytime new service areas are activated, the current users go WITHOUT service for hours. Like today.. I havent had 3g, 4g, but been able to get texts for the better part of an hour...
What's the deal?
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There's going to be growing pains with their 4G network. If they decided not to expand until it was 100% operational, we'd still be stuck with 1X nationwide. I still have problems with 3G in certain areas where I lose data consistently. I am sure Verizon has tolerance levels where say 99% uptime is considered "good enough".
No 4G for me in DFW area of Texas. Had it two hours ago but just goes to 1x when I go LTE mode. 3G working fine.
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No 4G for me in DFW area of Texas. Had it two hours ago but just goes to 1x when I go LTE mode. 3G working fine.
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I'm in Washington DC and I had to get on Wifi just to check emails. NO 3g, no 1x, just four bars
I have 4g in Chicago and have all day..
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I live in Huntsville, AL, and we are supposed to get 4G on July 21st. I wish they would turn it on early!
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I'm in Washington DC and I had to get on Wifi just to check emails. NO 3g, no 1x, just four bars
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From DC also. Same deal.
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I live in Huntsville, AL, and we are supposed to get 4G on July 21st. I wish they would turn it on early!
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This! I can't wait
in NYC only prob had was that 4G outage a few months back
I'm in DFW. I get 4G fine. If I go to 3G setting I get nothing. Been happening for 2 days and I'm getting frustrated. I even tried flashing radio and rom thinking it was just me because I recently went to CM7.
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I'm in DFW. I get 4G fine. If I go to 3G setting I get nothing. Been happening for 2 days and I'm getting frustrated. I even tried flashing radio and rom thinking it was just me because I recently went to CM7.
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not even going lie that has happend to me a couple of times and I am on stock...really annoying
Are other users of other 4g phones having issues to does anyone know?
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I live in Huntsville, AL, and we are supposed to get 4G on July 21st. I wish they would turn it on early!
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Me too, i live in cullman an travel to decatur alot, an can't wait for them to light it up all the way to hartselle
had a drop of 4g last night, but didn't seem to have any problems today. Living in San Antonio.
but now that I say that, I am getting no signal at all... Just an x on the signal bar, guess I'll reboot.
I lost data the other night for about an hour at around 2am. When it came back on I had 4g for about 30 minutes. Guess they were testing. It's supposed to go live on the 21st in my area, and after that 30 minutes I can't wait. I usually get around 300-600 k down at my house since its down on a hole but I was getting almost 20m down and 16 up when it was working. I can live with the rare outage if the end product is going to be that good.
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3 days and not a single 3G signal in areas I always get a signal AKA home and work. Maybe my radio is busted?
That sounds bad. Are you rooted?
devsql said:
That sounds bad. Are you rooted?
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It literally just started working again. I'm rooted, CM7, MR2 radio.
I've been experiencing data issues for past 2-3 days now. I'll put my screen on and will notice lack of data icon. I'll get it back by turning radio off/on. I'm still running on original root and radio and till now data has been a non-issue. Maybe newest VZ update made some radio changes and old radios now have issues?
If I were to stay with original rooted rom, which radio should I try? I want to jump on CM7 but people still report 4G issues.

LTE Issues in Los Angeles?

I'm at USC in LA, and since yesterday my phone has been having issues connecting to LTE. I haven't heard any news of outages,though, so I'm wondering if something is borked with my phone. I was on CM7, but I tried going completely back to stock and still no dice. Is anyone else having LTE issues?
haven't heard of anything but gaving the same issues since yesterday. In the Burbank area.
Oh, good — then maybe there's a chance that it's not just my phone. Even 3G sometimes drops out, and nothing comes up for LTE Only except 1X.
Weird that nobody is reporting anything, though.
dacre said:
Oh, good — then maybe there's a chance that it's not just my phone. Even 3G sometimes drops out, and nothing comes up for LTE Only except 1X.
Weird that nobody is reporting anything, though.
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if you are using the radio from chingys leak that is the problem,best one I found for la is the original ota update radio
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I think it was an outage because 4G kept flickering all day yesterday and now it seems steadily on today without me changing anything. Thanks for the suggestion though.
there's no LTE yet where i am, but every now and then the 3G will cut in & out for about a day or so(and get stuck at 1X). whenever i call Verizon about it they'll either say there's work being done in my area or an area nearby and just said they could transfer me to a tech to see if there's something on my phone not set correctly or will just give the b.s. "pull your battery for 30 seconds" bit.
good luck if you call them
I'm at USC as well and didn't notice any issues. I was on MR2.5 and flashed the new 802 radio last night which seems even better connection and speed-wise. What radio are you using?
I'm in West LA, on the latest leak, no issues at all yesterday or today.
Currently running on 1x like a boss. Wait a minute that ain't good 4g down on the east side of the city.
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4g is off and on in San Diego
Only getting 1x here in nyc wtf is going on? Where can i go to find out if theres an outage?
Tampa Florida here and I have 3g but its about the speed of 1x and its not stable. Comes and goes sometimes I get the lame 1x too.
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I'm in Pomona area and I'm all over the 3g and 1x
4G is down here in Oklahoma. Was just getting to a good part of my movie on netflix too. Bummer...
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Powered By LE5 said:
Only getting 1x here in nyc wtf is going on? Where can i go to find out if theres an outage?
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same here, it hit about a hour ago. I been reflashing radios and different roms. I think its due to the new cities being added to the 4g network
3G and LTE is out for me too in LA. I'm using 1.48.00.0726w and 0.01.78.0802w_3
currently only 1x and 3G in Vancouver, WA for the past few hours.
LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
jamesfrom818 said:
LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
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up again in Manhattan aswell
jamesfrom818 said:
LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
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you're right, as soon as i posted it came back up for me.

Who else has bad 4g speeds?

I live in a good 4g coverage area, and still sometimes I notice it being really slow. I'll run the speedtest app, and I'll get speeds of 1Mbps or slower. When I power cycle the phone, and re-run the test, it jumps to 9Mbps. And turning airplane mode on and off does not have the same affect.
Is this happening to anyone else? I'm also looking to see if this does happen to others, if they are also having SD card issues, to see if maybe there's a connection.
codeman0624 said:
I live in a good 4g coverage area, and still sometimes I notice it being really slow. I'll run the speedtest app, and I'll get speeds of 1Mbps or slower. When I power cycle the phone, and re-run the test, it jumps to 9Mbps. And turning airplane mode on and off does not have the same affect.
Is this happening to anyone else? I'm also looking to see if this does happen to others, if they are also having SD card issues, to see if maybe there's a connection.
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Having the same problem everywhere on all connections. I have had multiple replacements from VZW but no luck. WiFi is even slow at home which is a 20mbps connection. Should have stuck with my rezound.
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Having the same problem everywhere on all connections. I have had multiple replacements from VZW but no luck. WiFi is even slow at home which is a 20mbps connection. Should have stuck with my rezound.
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Well that's not very reassuring...have you tried any different ROMs or radios?
I only get 10-12 tops. I used to get 40 when i had my TBolt but I guess with a lot more people on the network. It would happen
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I'm on AOKP JB Unofficial Buld 1. Best I've got is 25 Mbps Down 17 up. Haven't tried on any other kernel or ROM
I, thankfully, knock on wood, haven't experienced any slow 4G speeds. But oddly my signal bars never jump above 2. Even in areas that are fully 4G supported areas. It occurred in New York City as well which was odd as heck. The download speeds though are like that of someone with better signal strength.
For those who wish to know I am using Cyanogen Mod 10.
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My last speed test was 39mbit down 6mbit up. This is in Yuba City, State CA.
I'm running CM10, Aug 29 build and KT747 kernel.
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My speeds are horrible i downloaded the phone info apk to go back to 3g where it's by far faster. Not sure if it's the phone or the tower being overloaded. Some guys i work with have fast connections where other guys are like me and it crawls, all using different phones. I'm on stock rooted.
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My last speed test was 39mbit down 6mbit up. This is in Yuba City, State CA.
I'm running CM10, Aug 29 build and KT747 kernel.
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Just tested it out again, 17mbit up and 2.87 down...its faster in both up/down than the wifi network i connect to near by.
For those of you having bad 4g speeds, I would suggest trying out different modems. When I was on the release modem, i was getting about 5mb/s, after upgrading to the 'OTA' modem I jumped up to 15mb/s. Not the best speeds, but a definite improvement.

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