Howdy,
I noticed on both of the OPO's we have, neither will receive the Wireless Emergency Alerts but my old Moto X which doesn't even have a Sim Card does.
(We've had several Tornado warnings this weekend)
All 3 phone are running CM12.1 and all have the options turned on.
The 2 OPO's are running ATT GoPhone Plans.
Anyone else experience this?
Thanks!
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I'm posting here on behalf of a friend because I've tried everything I think I can do to help, but to no avail. I'll try to make this quick.
My friend bought a Galaxy Nexus LTE in December and it worked great for a few weeks, until the vibrator in the phone broke - he took it to a VZW store and they replaced it for him.
Upon receiving the replacement phone, he was having trouble with LTE staying connected. It would continuously drop and instead of falling back to 3G, it says he has no signal - signal indicator in settings displays a red bar (i.e. no coverage).
He took it back to VZW and they tried his SIM card in an employees phone - same issue happened to that phone. They then tried his SIM in a new phone off the shelf, same thing happened again.
Verizon is saying it's an issue with something at the account level, but I've encouraged him to go in and complain until they give him another replacement, just in case. However, it's very odd that his SIM card in three different GNex devices produces the same issue, even though his first one worked great. They have said that a future software update would fix this.
The other day I installed the leaked 4.0.4 update on his phone to see if the new radios would work, but the same issue kept happening. So I reverted him back to 4.0.2 so he could take his phone back to Verizon and beg for another replacement. Unfortunately I forgot to re-lock his phone so I still have to do that before he takes it in.
Has anyone ever heard of this before? It seems so odd that his SIM card would do this, but I still think that Verizon owes him another replacement device since he has a phone that isn't working like it should. He's getting a big discount on his family plan but he'd prefer to have LTE on his new phone.
I would love your thoughts - this just doesn't make sense to us. Any suggestions other than replacing the phone again? It sounds like VZW doesn't want to do that for him so it might be easier to fix it another way.
Can't speak for Verizon itself, but I have been through several SIM cards now on Telstra. Same issue, all of a sudden they are unable to pick up signal at all. Seems the pre-paid cards are more susceptible.
I'd ask for a replacement SIM, as opposed to a replacement phone as it's been proved the issue exists on multiple handsets already. If a new SIM doesn't alleviate the issue, the VZW rep may be right in that it is at the account level.
Good luck!
Never posted here before, but I have a pretty specific situation and have heard this is the place to find the experts.
I just switched from a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 to a Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo 64gb. I have a Samsung SCS-2U01 Network Extender through Verizon because I am in a strange dead pocket for their network, as in I can barely get 1-3 bars of 1x normally and phones like to drop calls at my house. So, with my GS3 and my wife's Note 3, everything was fine and dandy, phones connect when you walk in the house, and stay connected.
When I just switched to the Droid Turbo, the phone connects to the Network Extender when I walk into the house (shows the little "house" emblem), but as soon as some Wi-Fi action takes place (which it automatically connects to as well), the little house emblem disappears, and I appear to not be on the Network Extender anymore. By the way, I do have the Extender configured via the website to allow our two numbers only to connect. Strangely, when I call #48 it says I AM connected.... weird.
When checking in the phone settings, I am in fact not connected anymore, and have -85 to -90 dBmW of 1x signal.
When I turn the Wi-Fi off, it reconnects to the Extender and I have -75dBmW of 3G and the house emblem appears again.
When I try to pull in an MMS message, it fails (having only 1x signal) and the phone sits there just getting hot, and PLOWING through battery.
I have seen a post on here about a similar issue that links the problem to Motorola's use of a single antenna for Wi-Fi and cell network. So, I understand the root of the issue being Motorala's decision to use a single radio chip.
My question is: is there another solution? Is there a way to force a sustained connection? Do I just need to get a different phone with two separate chips? The Samsung seem to handle it well, maybe the LG G3? Verizon seems stumped about this one, and will let me exchange until Jan 15. I figured I would consult here first.
I'm happy to provide any more info.
JR
Typically when on Stable wifi, Android does indeed turn off Cell Radio for Data connection so as to save Battery. However, in your case, being one common radio makes a double whammy. The phone must turn off Data in order to get on WiFi.
So in your case, although the phone's display won't show it, you still have got bars that'd let you make or receive calls while connected to WiFi. As to Texts, it could be deal breaker for you. I do believe Verizon needs to have Data Connection On in order to receive MMS or texts. In which case, this device is no good, especially considering the dead zone you are in. You *could* switch to Google Voice to send and receive texts but that's a workaround to be honest.
Last but not the least,please review Wi-Fi issue you might want to post there and get a second opinion from one of the Experts for your device.
All of a sudden I've been having bluetooth issues. The range of the bluetooth is very weak for my headphones. It is barely 2 feet. And if it's not in a direct line of sight the playback is very choppy. The range extends if i turn off the wifi - but it's nowhere near what it was before having this issue. My Gear 2 began to constantly connect and reconnect as well. But I'm thinking this only happened at home when the phone's wifi was turned on. It stopped happening once I turned the wifi off (but the range doesn't seem to be as far as it used to be). All of this just started happening today and I've had the phone for a little over a month (all bluetooth devices connected since day one). Ive been looking for solutions and tried clearing the phone's cache, the bluetooth's data and cache and unpairing all of the devices. Can anybody else offer any other suggestions? I'm really trying to avoid having tmobile replace it as i do not want to receive a reburbished model.
ANy luck. I have this issue too. I also notice its tied to random wifi drop outs as well
Posts around the net and other Note 5 forums here are saying it's related to the latest update Samsung released.
Wireless charging not staying connected
I also am experiencing that the wireless charging is not staying connected. I am using the samsung wireless charger and never had a problem before. But my family is not having a problem with their note 5. This is leading me to believe that it is not due to the latest update.
Just call T-Mobile and explain the situation, there is a service bulletin that their techs are aware of. Request for a replacement. Make you backup all your apps and data before your replacement arrives. I tried to Odin back to stock and this still didn't fix my bluetooth problem, luckily i had my Nexus 6 that i could pop my T-Mobile sim in and bluetooth is great now.
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Just call T-Mobile and explain the situation, there is a service bulletin that their techs are aware of. Request for a replacement. Make you backup all your apps and data before your replacement arrives. I tried to Odin back to stock and this still didn't fix my bluetooth problem, luckily i had my Nexus 6 that i could pop my T-Mobile sim in and bluetooth is great now.
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I'll probabably wind up having to do that. But I'll hold out hope that it's a software issue (I'm really trying to avoid getting a refurbished replacement). What's interesting is today as I was going to work I didn't experience any of these problems (phone was in pocket and no bluetooth dropouts on headset or gear 2 watch). Placed my phone on a wireless charger at work (a Choetech fast charger) and didn't have any problems. I'm probably reaching but now I'm wondering if there is something going on in my house that is spooking my phone:laugh:: I'm going to monitor it throughout the day and see what happens once I get home.
edit: spoke to soon as my headset disconnected (although watch hasn't - yet)
DConrad2010 said:
Just call T-Mobile and explain the situation, there is a service bulletin that their techs are aware of. Request for a replacement. Make you backup all your apps and data before your replacement arrives. I tried to Odin back to stock and this still didn't fix my bluetooth problem, luckily i had my Nexus 6 that i could pop my T-Mobile sim in and bluetooth is great now.
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What's a nexus 6?
T-Mobile sent me a brand new replacement phone not a refurbished phone. This was a brand new model in the original box with all the accessories. I downloaded all the updates and my Bluetooth is back! The replacement phone was on update COI5 by the way.
After upgrading to the new Android 6.01, I have noticed that after charging the phone during the night the signal is lost. I got no indication whatsoever as the signal strength bar is OK. People calling me are diverted to the voicemail and no sms are coming. This is solved when I make a call or restart the phone. This is very frustrating as I lost many important calls. People keep telling my phone is switch off. This is not a sim card or the carrier’s problem as I checked with other carrier’s sim card and even had sim replaced.
I've had a strange long-term issue where the phone will ring for the party calling in, but won't ring on my end. No missed call shows up. It occurs about half the time with or without WiFi calling on. This issue has plagued me since my Verizon Note 4 with Verizon service, my T-Mobile Note 4 with T-Mobile, and is still occurring on my T-Mobile Note 5.
The only way I know I've missed calls is that I use YouMail's email notification service which lets me know that someone got to my YouMail voicemail even if they don't leave a message.
I thought it had to do with my poor (1-2 bar) service in my rural area but I've had WiFi calling on my past two devices, WiFi always on, and it still happens frequently. For example, I got three calls from my girlfriend while I was home today. Full WiFi signal strength the whole time. Her first call came through fine but the following two I never received any missed call for. The only reason I know she called was because of the email notification I received from my YouMail voicemail service. I have a new SIM card through T-Mobile so I know it's not that as it previously happened with my Verizon SIM and Note 4 while on their network.
Very frustrating. Any idea what is going on?
I can say that T-mobile wifi calling is not stable. It got so bad I had to turn it off and just deal with poor signal.