I was using my phone on facebook, 4 bars of 4g lte, phone on the charger, wifi, bluetooth gps off. Suddenly It went from 4g to no data at all, then i went into settings turned on data roaming and blipped 1x for a second. Now i can sometimes pull 1 bar 3g most of the time 1 bar of 1x, I cant make calls, texts hardly go through.
Help me, i have unlocked, rooted, pretty much just froze some stuff but nothing major.
1x is 105 dbm
3g is 125 dbm,
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I'm new to ATT. So I'm new to 3G. I used to have TMobile, which only has Edge. My signal with Tmobile was excellent. Normally everywhere I went, I had full bars. Well, greater than 80% of the time.
But with ATT, I get 3G, but the signal bars are normally 2-3 in those areas I go. Some places drop to one bar. It seems I can still make calls tho.
But one time I was in the store with 1 bar and it said 3G, I went on Opera. It switched to Edge(E) and the bars changed to like 4 bars. But it was slow. Similar to my Tmobile speed.
So my question is, whats my signal for the phone? Are the bars only to show signal strenghs for 3G and a different one for Edge? I would like to know when my phone is loosing connection.
If so, if my 3G is 1-2 bars, would I not get a faster internet connection on Edge, if I knew(if there was a way to know) Edge has 3-4 bar coverage?
Or for that matter, wouldn't my battery last longer on Edge at 4 bars than 3G at 2 bars while in standby? not connecting to internet, but just by the phone trying to keep a signal?
Hey, i'd put this in the cm11 thread but i only have 2 posts so maybe someone else can just either copy what i say and put it there or answer me here.
There are a couple people over there that have had their phone switch back and forth from their network extender to a tower.
I don't have an extender but a guy a few houses down from me does, and when i go near his house my phone goes into roaming mode.
at my house however, since atleast cm11 m6 my signal usually hovers around -110 which is normal for me, i'm a tad far from good service.
yet it'll drop to -1 really often and with doing so cell standby under battery shows that I have like 35% with no service.
i've pulled my sim to have my prl udpated, i've set roaming to home only, and i've set the network type to cmd + lte/evdo.
i've factory reset and nothing has worked.
maybe the strength text in the status bar i'm seeing doesn't mean much and its acting normal, just seems weird since the g2 sitting next to it has constant signal strength of -107 with the same settings selected as my s3.
ok i went and sat in the verizon parking lot and had -83 dBm signal strength and it randomly still went to -1 so the fact that my house is right on the edge of coverage seems to not matter so much.
and idk if this is related but in the play store settings my device is listed with no carrier.
well i ditched cm11 for cleanrom and the issue is no longer present, so i guess its an aosp issue or something.
ok so to try and tackle my issue today I did the following:
triangle away my counter
odin to stock LG1
reprovisioned my phone with *2767*3855#
odin to BMB1 with root, unlocked bootloader, flashed recovery
factory reset / format system, flash cm11 6/8 and gapps
my signal still drops to 0dBm
i've checked my network type and its set to LTE, roaming is automatic, subscription is RUIM/SIM
so i'm assuming this is a bug with the way CM reports signal strength, once it reaches a certain number it just goes to 0 and triggers cell standby in the battery which is why i see that draining at least a quarter of my battery and displays a high time without signal
headed to a strong signal area to see what happens there and I will update this post with my results
EDIT must be my house has the worst coverage, or the phone is trying to connect to a tower on the mountain since I live right at the base of one. 1 city block north/south/west and my signal is fine and never drops out, but as soon as I pull into my driveway, it bounces from 0dBm 99asu to -110dBm 28asu every minute or so as if the signal isn't being handed off to 3g at all. Manually selecting 3g as the network type works fine so I'll just do that while i'm at home on wifi, then manually switch it to lte when needed.
I have the opposite of the LTE dropping problem I see most people have. I can't get 3G, but my LTE works fine (well, once it spazzed out after a PRL update and would only do 0.5mbs on LTE). At work, where I know I can't get LTE, but could get 3G with my Note 2 (and we even have a repeater), I can't get data. If I go to the window where I can barely get LTE and reset my antenna, it'll get LTE, and when I walk away it'll flash 3G for a second and go out. I still get several bars and can talk and text fine. Everyone else with 3G is fine. After thinking about it I realized that in the month I've had the phone I've NEVER been able to connect to 3G in places where I used to be able to. It's LTE or nothing. I'd be more than happy with 3G if the alternative is to read a book. Could this be a SIM card issue? Hardware? Firmware? It's annoying the hell out of me, I work 10 hour shifts at night, I need my data.
Just a follow up, I downloaded a network signal info app and it shows me having a solid 40% signal. Net type: will alternate between EHRPD, EVDO A, 1xRTT, and Unknown. Data state: will alternate between "Setting up data connection" and "no activity". It seems like it's looking for a connection but won't connect. I know the signal is there. The only time I can get the 3G logo to light up is right after going out of LTE range, it'll light up 3G for a few seconds and then go out. My coworkers with Sprint have confirmed the new repeaters we have are working, and I've confirmed it won't hook up to 3G at home like my old phone.
Hey guys
SO I have a weird issue.
In my office, with my wifi connected, I get decent 3g, but if I leave the phone on the desk, I see the phone bouncing back n forth from 1x to 3g. doesnt stay locked in.
When on 3g, I get about -102db, which is sufficient for voice and sms. When on 1x, I get about -98db. Not sure what is causing the constant bouncing....but needless to say, it drains the battery.
EVen while on wifi, i see the radio still bounces from 1x to 3g and back. If I were to get a network extender, do you know if the phone will still look for a a 1x or 3g tower?
I tried the network extender somewhere else, but they had decent 3g coverage anyway. SO I dunno if it still looked for it.
Thanks in advance!
I have the same problems but with LTE
My LTE signal is low so it kills the battery standby. Is there a way to force 3g? All the old apps dont work with lollipop.
Hello all, first post here looking for some help.
Note 4 android version 5.0.1 (won't allow me to update further)
I have a Verizon Note 4 phone I am using on T-Mobile network. I have been using the phone this way for over 30 days. I get 3-4 bars at any given time and the phone pretty much stays in the same area at all times (give or take 100feet). I get download speeds of 20-35mbs off of a Verizon tower so no problems with signal.
I live in a very rural area in Texas with only Verizon towers around.
My internet works great on the phone and USB tethered to my computer using FoxFi key app (original Verizon tethering won't work due to the T-Mobile sim).
The problem I have is when I make a phone call. As soon as I make a phone call the 4G LTE symbol (with 3-4 bars of signal) on the phone goes from white to grey 1x as soon as it starts to dial and stays that way while I'm on the phone talking. As soon as I hang up the 1x goes away and the signal symbol changes, sometimes its H+, sometimes its 3G both of which are always grey and won't allow me to use the phone for calls or internet. Rarely it will go back to the 4G LTE signal. Even when it shows the H+ and 3G greyed out it still shows at least 3 bars of signal.
I have found a work around that works SOMETIMES. I go into settings > more networks > mobile networks > network mode > select LTE/ CDMA or LTE / GSM / UMTS until I get the 4G LTE signal back then switch back to the GLOBAL network so I can use internet and make phone calls again. This doesn't always work, sometimes I have to restart the phone and hope it finds network again other times I have to just wait for it to find network again.
Anyone have a permanent fix?