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Intermittent radio/GPS dropouts

Have had my One S (black) since a week now.
On few occasions so far, I've noticed intermittent radio drop outs. The phone suddenly looses network (3G/2G) reception for certain amount of time (5-10 minutes). Along with that, GPS reception is also stopped.
This has happened couple of times so far, both times when using GPS-intensive application like GPS Status or Blitzer.de running in the foreground.
Flipping Airplane mode (on/off) will remedy the situation.
Anyone else experiencing something similar? Apart from this issue, the phone is working flawlessly.
Thanks,
G.

Yes i'm having this problem. Getting my phone replaced so hoping its a dodgy phone.
I even did a factory reset incase it was an app i'd installed causing the issue.

Thanks. Let me know if the replacement will work better.
Also, if you have found a way to replicate this, so I can show it at the shop, please let me know.
As for others - can anyone share their experience using apps like GPS status, Google Navigation, etc... and possible drop-outs using them?
Thanks,
g.
mardon85 said:
Yes i'm having this problem. Getting my phone replaced so hoping its a dodgy phone.
I even did a factory reset incase it was an app i'd installed causing the issue.
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Mine doesn't seem to be GPS related so there is still a chance it could be my network playing up and not the phone (although I did ring and ask, and they said all was fine). Im in Manchester new and i'm having issues, back on the Wirral last weekend it was 100% fine. I will monitor the situation.

i hope it is a dodgy phone, Im receiving mine any time now... As a replacement for my Sensation which suffered terrible signal / wifi issues due to the antenna design..
I really hope its not the same on this phone, I will be gutted !

azzledazzle said:
i hope it is a dodgy phone, Im receiving mine any time now... As a replacement for my Sensation which suffered terrible signal / wifi issues due to the antenna design..
I really hope its not the same on this phone, I will be gutted !
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Any news on this I am using Waze as a sat nav and have noticed that I am getting gps drop outs whilst using it ?
Ben

Just finished a call with the customer-satisfaction team in HTC Europe.
I left them poor feedback after several email support sessions about this networking issue (signal drop, signal switching 3G/H, WiFi issues + BT + GPS) and they called me to check why.
I repeated the details already spread here in the forum and was advised to do a factory reset.
I mentioned the fact that several users have already tried that with no success so she proposed me to send it back for repair.
She couldn't let me know when an OTA will be sent.
It seems as if they either play "stupid" or really don't know anything.

Not sure what to do?

Was having random signal drops and what seemed to be battery issues. Called T-Mobile for a replacement, but it seems all the issues disappeared. Should I swap it anyway or keep the original with the low h boot?

Mine was doing the same. Then i found out it keep going to Airplane mode turning off. So i had to restart or turn on and off airplane mode. Once i changed the rom on my phone it stopped.

davwman said:
Was having random signal drops and what seemed to be battery issues. Called T-Mobile for a replacement, but it seems all the issues disappeared. Should I swap it anyway or keep the original with the low h boot?
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If you know what made the issues go away, just keep the one you have.
I can't comment on your battery issues, but for me the cell signal is way more stable since radio 1.06s. Still not very strong, but not as jumpy as it was before.
If it's really a mystery, and you think your issues might suddenly come back, get the replacement, altho that's no guarantee either. Do you know which HBOOT a new one would come with?
-Jobo

Well boot is 1.09 on the one I'm using. Not sure what the replacement is yet because I don't have it in my hands yet. I'm running the EU radio and signal stopped dropping and battery got better. There are way to many factors that could have solved it

5.1 Battery Issues and Wi-Fi Router

First off, I’d like to start by saying I believe, overall, battery life on the N5 with 5.1 is better than 5.0. However, after upgrading, whenever I was home I noticed extremely poor battery life—and the built-in near useless battery monitor didn’t reflect anything interesting. Thinking it might be related to the poor cell signal I have at home, or my Wi-Fi connection—because I didn’t have the issue when I was not on Wi-Fi at home—I upgraded the firmware in my wireless access point at home and the problem just went away. Instantly battery life was back to normal.
Hope this helps someone else!
Cheers.

BinkXDA said:
First off, I’d like to start by saying I believe, overall, battery life on the N5 with 5.1 is better than 5.0. However, after upgrading, whenever I was home I noticed extremely poor battery life—and the built-in near useless battery monitor didn’t reflect anything interesting. Thinking it might be related to the poor cell signal I have at home, or my Wi-Fi connection—because I didn’t have the issue when I was not on Wi-Fi at home—I upgraded the firmware in my wireless access point at home and the problem just went away. Instantly battery life was back to normal.
Hope this helps someone else!
Cheers.
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I'm curious what kind of router you have? Router reboot probably would have resolved it for a while. Doesn't matter though, battery life still sucks since 5.x.

Aerowinder said:
I'm curious what kind of router you have? Router reboot probably would have resolved it for a while. Doesn't matter though, battery life still sucks since 5.x.
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Technically my router doesn’t apply here, but most people have a router that also does Wi-Fi. I use an enterprise-class wireless access point at home from Ruckus Wireless and, while possible, rebooting enterprise-class devices tends not to change much.

Had you searched a bit you would've found some older threads from 4.4.2-4.4.4 where people discussed certain network traffic causing weird wakelocks on their phones. Given that 5.x is still new we're not seeing a lot of talk about this yet and it can't be certain whether it's the same issue.
This could also be a factor of settings you have. Wifi optimization, scan while sleeping, avoid poor connections, etc. These are variables that need to be accounted for.
That said, the best test for you right now is to run some controlled tests.
Before you go to bed, reboot your phone, note the battery level, and leave wifi enabled. Note battery level when you wake up and about how much was lost per hour of sleep.
Next night, do the same. Reboot phone, but turn wifi off this time. Note amount lost per hour in the morning.
This determines if wifi is the culprit. If it is, turn on AP isolation on the router (wireless devices can't see/talk to each other), reboot phone, enable wifi, note amount lost per hour. If AP isolation fixes the issue, then it's the weird traffic wifi wakelocks we saw in the past.
I'm still on 4.4.4 because **** lollipop and it's issues, and because my phone works fine without any weird crazy battery loss. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. So I can't really test for you.
But you need to start testing, controlling for variables, and recording results if you want to narrow down the problem.

Reception issues even on wifi?

Am I holding the phone wrong I can get bad reception even when on wifi sometimes. I had the phone for probably 2 weeks before I rooted and I dont really recall having issues nearly as much is it possible the rom I am on is causing issues? I was on the twrp salfish for about a week and I have been on the pure nexus rom for a few weeks both roms where equal in terms of reception so I am thinking its not a root issue.
But I mean if I am on wifi in my house or at work I can be right next to the router and still get terrible reception. Its often not much better when out and about and not on wifi but I am on wifi probably 80% of the time so I dont know whats going on. I am seriously considering going back to stock to see if that fixes it but I am also eagerly awaiting a specific rom to come out of testing.
Any suggestions would be great, anything from settings to vendor img or hacks whatever. It seems like me reception is crap more than its not. I really want to keep using google fi but I wasnt even having the slightest issue with verizon before this.

Question Wifi connection issue?

My A53 5G sometime losts connection to the internet while the Wifi is still connected, I can tell it by scrolling Twitter or Facebook and they refuses to load the image, or the loading incidator just hang. The workaround is disabling then enabling the Wifi for it to work again, or wait for a while. Do you guys know if my phone has malfunction Wifi chip or it's common problem? The issue occur since I bought the phone from official store, so it was brand new one.
Cellular connection doesn't have this problem.

Take a look at this thread.
Android Wifi Calling issue
Hi, I have noticed a strange behaviour using Wifi Calling. When I am away from home, and returning, it takes the phone about 15-20 mins for the wifi calling icon to show up and to be available. If I use airplane mode on/off it works instantly. I...
forum.xda-developers.com

hohoaisan said:
My A53 5G sometime losts connection to the internet while the Wifi is still connected, I can tell it by scrolling Twitter or Facebook and they refuses to load the image, or the loading incidator just hang. The workaround is disabling then enabling the Wifi for it to work again, or wait for a while. Do you guys know if my phone has malfunction Wifi chip or it's common problem? The issue occur since I bought the phone from official store, so it was brand new one.
Cellular connection doesn't have this problem.
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How about battery drain? I was having issues with Wi-Fi and battery drain (20%) while I slept. I don't have a solution, in fact I sent it out for repair through Samsung support.. and they refused to look at it because it's a Tracfone. At least in my case, I think it's a short somewhere within the Wi-Fi causing battery drain, but I'm not qualified and it's just my guess. And apparently Samsung support isn't qualified either cuz theyre sending it back unrepaired.

It happens at random time at any battery level. I'll try reaching Samsung support, hope they'll fix it.

hohoaisan said:
It happens at random time at any battery level. I'll try reaching Samsung support, hope they'll fix it.
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Ok, but if it's a carrier branded A53 they'll set you up with free shipping, have you send it to Texas, and then refuse to even look at it. If it's an unbranded US Unlocked retail version you should be ok... As far as battery drain, I meant is your battery draining excessively all the time even w/out use? My Wi-Fi was constantly shifting from connected without internet access, then with, then without etc. etc.. Factory data reset did nothing to fix it, so it's a hardware issue.