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Nexus 5 cell reception issue?

Anyone using a nexus 5 on T-Mobile in the NY city area getting very bad reception I'm not sure if there's an issue with the device or tmobiles service coming from an HTC one that had excellent reception I think there might be something wrong with my device
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Anyone using a nexus 5 on T-Mobile in the NY city area getting very bad reception I'm not sure if there's an issue with the device or tmobiles service coming from an HTC one that had excellent reception I think there might be something wrong with my device
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Are you getting excellent HSPA+ reception, but the phone isn't switching to LTE or connects to LTE, but jumps back to HSPA+?
Go to a T-Mobile store and tell them about your situation (don't chat with them online because that did not fix my situation). The rep that I spoke with called tech support and they did some sort of reset on my account. I also asked for a new SIM and was given that new ISIS SIM. As soon as my phone booted, it was on LTE and stayed on LTE. I was like you, thinking that my device was messed up, but T-Mobile fixed it.

No if you check the discharge chart I posted the phone is just completely loosing service but I haven't tried getting a new Sim yet I'll try that and see if it helps
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No if you check the discharge chart I posted the phone is just completely loosing service but I haven't tried getting a new Sim yet I'll try that and see if it helps
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Did you get a new SIM yet? Is the issue solved? I'm having the same issue...my signal is terrible but I haven't tried to get a new sim.

waqas1988 said:
Did you get a new SIM yet? Is the issue solved? I'm having the same issue...my signal is terrible but I haven't tried to get a new sim.
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tried the new sim seemed to improve it a little in some areas but overall still terrible hard reset it and still had the issue so i called last night and set up an rma

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tried the new sim seemed to improve it a little in some areas but overall still terrible hard reset it and still had the issue so i called last night and set up an rma
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I'm having connectivity problems as well in Dallas. Very spotty connection, especially inside buildings.

dashraider said:
Anyone using a nexus 5 on T-Mobile in the NY city area getting very bad reception I'm not sure if there's an issue with the device or tmobiles service coming from an HTC one that had excellent reception I think there might be something wrong with my device
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I'm in NYC (East Village area) - I'm generally on LTE but it does switch to H from time to time. How can I check connection on my phone like you have in your screenshots?

AceKingNYC said:
I'm in NYC (East Village area) - I'm generally on LTE but it does switch to H from time to time. How can I check connection on my phone like you have in your screenshots?
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Its in battery under settings and then tap on the battery chart also by the end of yesterday my phone spent about 30% of the day with out signal according to cell standby in the battery settings my HTC one that I've gone back to using has signal almost 100% of the time

Android.Addiction said:
I'm having connectivity problems as well in Dallas. Very spotty connection, especially inside buildings.
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If every other phone you had before this one had much better service I would suggest getting it replaced with mine if I walked inside just about any building even single story stores and homes it would loose signal

dashraider said:
If every other phone you had before this one had much better service I would suggest getting it replaced with mine if I walked inside just about any building even single story stores and homes it would loose signal
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The problems you describe were while using T-Mobile on a Nexus 5? I've only had T-Mobile service about a week now, before that I always used AT&T on samsung android phones (S4, Note II, etc). And service was always very strong on AT&T.

dashraider said:
Anyone using a nexus 5 on T-Mobile in the NY city area getting very bad reception I'm not sure if there's an issue with the device or tmobiles service coming from an HTC one that had excellent reception I think there might be something wrong with my device
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Anecdotally, I'm having terrible reception in NYC as well. At home and in the office, barely one bar, frequently none.
Over the past 2 years on an HTC Sensation 4G, have typically had no reception problems in these same areas - 2-3 bars at all times.

Android.Addiction said:
The problems you describe were while using T-Mobile on a Nexus 5? I've only had T-Mobile service about a week now, before that I always used AT&T on samsung android phones (S4, Note II, etc). And service was always very strong on AT&T.
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I've had T-Mobile for years and never had connection issues as bad as this so im hoping it was just a faulty device and not the device in general just getting poor reception

BKPhil said:
Anecdotally, I'm having terrible reception in NYC as well. At home and in the office, barely one bar, frequently none.
Over the past 2 years on an HTC Sensation 4G, have typically had no reception problems in these same areas - 2-3 bars at all times.
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sounds like the same issue im having ill update when ever i get my replacement to see if anythings changed

We have the same issue with Nexus 5 with Tmobile in greater NYC metro area. When i tried with my old Samsung mobile there is no issue and it works fine. The problem, I can't make and receive any calls. Most of the callers told me, it goes to voice message after couple of rings. I didn't get even single ring and voice mail message. Frustrating Nexus 5.

My friend and I have the same problem too.
Both 16gb White
What colour of nexus 5 you guys have?
I see some have white, maybe white causes this issue??

Having the same issue as well. I have a 32gb white model and I randomly lose all bars when my friend calls me. It is very random and only happens a few times. Going to go and switch out the SIM from T-Mobile and have them reset my line and see if that fixes the problem.

king23adrianc said:
My friend and I have the same problem too.
Both 16gb White
What colour of nexus 5 you guys have?
I see some have white, maybe white causes this issue??
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32GB black with miserable cell reception here, so not a color issue.
Maybe an LTE issue? Might explain why our old devices got better reception, if they were using older gen signals/antennas? Not that we'd want to in the long term, can we disable the LTE services and live off the previous gen, at least to test?
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Boweezie said:
Having the same issue as well. I have a 32gb white model and I randomly lose all bars when my friend calls me. It is very random and only happens a few times. Going to go and switch out the SIM from T-Mobile and have them reset my line and see if that fixes the problem.
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I get lots of complete dead drop outs too, even on Wifi. One moment cruising along, the next I'm disconnected, the next I'm back on. Something is not right with this device.

Hmm I need to also find some time to visit a t-mobile store and check out why my reception just drops and gets spotty all of the sudden sometimes.
I have the 32gb white model. I never get LTE while two of my friends with Nexus 5 that were next to me both got LTE.
I also had my signal drop to 0 in a starbucks before, and I never had that happen with my previous Nexus 4, was frustrating since I couldn't get the promo code for my starbucks reward drink x.x

Ok guys Google is definitely on its game with replacing your your nexus 5 placed my RMA Sunday night got it today and I can report my new phone is working as it should I wouldn't say it gets as good a signal as my one did but a minimal difference that you would expect between two different devices so if your having an issue call up Google tell them you already spoke to T-Mobile about your service issues and they couldn't help you and that your certain its a device issue as a side note their RMA process has you basically buy a new device and send them the old one
Also I had a black 32gb so I don't think the color matters
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After my research, When we switch back to 2G (GSM Only) option there is no issue with voice calls but the data speed is very slow as expected. It seems that there is an issue with T-mobile towers LTE/3G/4G for voice calls. Below is the problem with Sprint network, looks like same thing happening for Tmobile.
s4grudotcom - sprint lte connectivity issues due to circuit switched fallback technology.
If you need voice calls high priority like me, give a try to switch GSM only.it shows E network on signal bar.

Nexus 5 dropping me off Network ??

So I got my nexus 5 on Friday and its perfect none of the mentioned defects was having some small issues with the notification light but that's all. However I noticed once a day since getting it I go to use my phone and it says emergency only / Rogers and I won't be able to make calls or receive calls. Anyone else experiencing this problem ?
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I'm on Bell and for some reason sometimes I'd have no signal out of no where then it'll jump back to full bars the next second... Really annoying unless this is a normal thing for the Nexus 5
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I'm on Rogers and I get this too. I usually fix it by going into network mode and change it to 3G and back to LTE immediately.
I still get incoming calls even though I can't dial out until I do the above change.

Its network problem not the nexus 5
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I have the similar problem i'm on rogers and if the signal gets weak it will show signal strength in the home screen, i can surf the internet(data), but will not send text messages or make calls, if I try to make a call it say "cellular network not available", if i turn air plane mode on then off it reconnects right away. this has never happened with my GE Galaxy S4

benetton said:
I have the similar problem i'm on rogers and if the signal gets weak it will show signal strength in the home screen, i can surf the internet(data), but will not send text messages or make calls, if I try to make a call it say "cellular network not available", if i turn air plane mode on then off it reconnects right away. this has never happened with my GE Galaxy S4
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I have the exact same issue guys, I hope that it has nothing to do with our nexus 5's.

im getting this error too. darn! its not normal for a phone to be like that. never happened to my previous one.
there must be something wrong with the phone.
im on Fido.
but its only happening to canadian network? weird.
maybe they're torturing people who didnt buy from them? lol

It looks like I have a similar issue.
My connection sometimes gets lost. Some sort of hiccup when connected to mobile network.
No issues found on WIFI

I'm on a hspa network in Canada and wanted to report that I get worse reception with the N5 than I did with my Galaxy S2. I hope it is easy fixable with a new modem flash or other update.
Just wanted to contribute in case there is anyone working on this and wanted some more info.

I had to change my data plan because, according to T-Mobile (US) it was not compatible with the phone. I could get emails and SMS text messages but could not get Internet data services (kept being prompted to log onto the network and presented with the T-Mobile logon screen). Lost my unlimited data, which I was grandfathered into (but found out that they were throttling me at 5 GB which I don't usually hit). I knew they would eventually make me change my plan anyway and was able to get a new 4.5 GB plan at the same price. Since T-Mobile will be offering this phone very soon (tomorrow? they're taking pre-orders now), I guess a lot of long-time customers will be pushed off their unlimited data plan.

I have the same problem!! It's really annoying - mine gets dropped every 2-5 mins! Is there a way to fix it? Is it the N5 or Rogers network?

I have the same problem in Belgium:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/T5ey4dttBOA/v9OaGzPxESwJ
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scutie88 said:
I have the same problem!! It's really annoying - mine gets dropped every 2-5 mins! Is there a way to fix it? Is it the N5 or Rogers network?
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If you are constantly getting poor signal it might be the handset. If you have good signal, and can use data, but have "Emergency calls only" instead of a carrier name, it's probably a carrier issue.
I am on Fido and have randomly had the same problem. There's another thread somewhere, and most if not all people reporting the problem are Rogers/Fido customers.

trendiggity said:
If you are constantly getting poor signal it might be the handset. If you have good signal, and can use data, but have "Emergency calls only" instead of a carrier name, it's probably a carrier issue.
I am on Fido and have randomly had the same problem. There's another thread somewhere, and most if not all people reporting the problem are Rogers/Fido customers.
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right here man
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525583
good point though... i don't see anyone from other canadian carriers complaining.

I also have this problem. I am on Fido in BC. Sometimes it will completely cut off the network signal from full bars to no service, similar to no sim card installed. It goes back to normal in about 5-6 seconds by itself but its definitely annoying.

SeraldoBabalu said:
right here man
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525583
good point though... i don't see anyone from other canadian carriers complaining.
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There were some bell users complaining about it in the other thread as well
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yeah its the phone and not the network, I switched my Rogers sim to my old phone and get full bars

I too am experiencing this and i'm in the UK. Just wanted to let you know that this may be more widespread thank we think.

Same issue with Tmobile
definitely the phone and not the carrier. I have a samsung galaxy s2 and n5 and it only happens on n5. Both on tmobile in portland oregon

phishncode said:
definitely the phone and not the carrier. I have a samsung galaxy s2 and n5 and it only happens on n5. Both on tmobile in portland oregon
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It is a software issue. I switched to a different ROM and kernel.
Cataclysm ROM and bricked Kernel.
So far, the connection is solid with this combo.

Signal problem - Emergency only

My Nexus 5 has been exhibiting this problem pretty much since I got the phone.
Randomly it will go into Emergency Calls Only mode. Turning airplane mode on/off or rebooting will fix the issue for a few hours but the phone will eventually lose signal again.
I've factory reset - same problem.
I've flashed the google factory image - same problem.
Phone bootloader is locked and not rooted.
It was happening probably once every 12 hours but today alone it's happened 3 times in 8 hours. This does not occur on any of my other 4 phones including Nexus 4 and Note 2.
I contacted Google to get a replacement and it should arrive by Friday.
My question is: has anyone else experienced this issue? I've seen sporadic similar reports peppered here and there but nothing that I can confirm is the exact same issue as mine.

You are not crazy! This has happened to me as well. Google Play bought 32GB white model.
I only noticed it after turning off LTE in a spotty service area. I would still show several bars of 3G or H as if I was connected but my carrier info (Fido, Canadian) would read emerg. calls only. Stranger still, I could receive texts but not send them. Airplane mode on and off fixed the issue, but it would randomly reoccur.
I'm back in a good H+ service area and haven't noticed the issue again.
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I'd like to add that I don't know if disabling LTE had anything to do with the problem but that is when I first noticed it.

Posted a reply last night but I guess it never came through
Same here tho my signal would be full bars then the next moment it's gonna have no bars and then showing emergency call on lock screen.... I'm guessing it's the phone problem... Is this a defect?
Well tell us if anything changes with the new Nexus because I don't really feel like calling them for a replacement then unrooting and all of that over again if it's the phone itself or maybe it's just Canadians

i hope this is just a bug coz i dont wanna return the phone coz i already put the screen protector. lol.
happened to me in the morning.... didnt happen again after. but who knows when it will happen again.

It's a double-edged sword. Glad to know I'm not the only one but at the same time it sounds like a somewhat common issue.
Mine also show good signal when this happens. I've never switched LTE on or off so I don't think it is related to that.
I'll keep you posted on the new device. I should receive it on Friday.

maybe this is happening to everyone... thought it mightve been my new sim but i guess im wrong ima bookmark this thread so i can find it on friday ahah

This is a common issue so it probably affects all phones. I also have a problem with not receiving voicemail notifications. Fortunately I still seem to receive calls when it's in emergency mode.
I'm getting a replacement phone on Monday due to black specks on the screen, but I suspect these issues will also show up in the new phone.

I was on WiFi over home's Fios over N router, updating apps - "Google +" as a matter of fact, when it happened, lost connection & just dropped while downloading. Hit "Retry" button & it resumed - unlikely a problem unique to LTE or HSPA (mobile data) signal from the carrier.
Now, of course, mine (rooted, odex Rom, stock kernel & adv. power menu, and no other mods) is optimized for maximum battery life with non-default settings, and Google Now listen turned off, etc. - new T-Mo micro-Sim that's on PAYG voice plan only & LTE not turned on - since I'm still playing with Talkatone app for voice calling instead of using minues.
Keeping in mind that we are pioneers "field testing" the newest 4.4 KitKat OS for Google with this hot selling device - expect an update or patch from them soon ... probably later.

Same problem on a almost perfect nexus 5 no other issues what so ever so I'm kinda worried that my replacement device may have one of those other defects that people are reporting. Fingers are crossed for a software update that fixes this issue so I can reject the replacement device and keep this one. BTW Also a Canadian phone on rogers here
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It's quite possible that it is a Rogers/Fido problem.

im truly hoping its a software bug, because i too have this issue. Im on the white 32gb model, with a new SIM also on AT&T.
crossing fingers and toes that its just to it being the new OS's bugs.

I'm on Bell and so far not a single hiccup.

I had the same issue, perfect phone otherwise, RMA replacement is much better no signal loss so far.
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It's quite possible that it is a Rogers/Fido problem.
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I called rogers he said it shouldn't be a problem but he gave me a reset anyways told me to take my sim card out for a little while. I hope this can be fixed because if not its a deal breaker I can't afford to be missing calls and so on. I'm hoping it's a KitKat problem that is fixed with a update
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I had the same issue, perfect phone otherwise, RMA replacement is much better no signal loss so far.
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What carrier are you with ?and how long have you been using the replacement phone ?
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1. New SIM
2. Worked fine in the T-Mobile store - got 4.4 OTA in the store over LTE.
3. Came home - "No Service" (even if the T-Mobile network is listed, could not register)
4. Call T-Mobile support - Teir1 then Teir2 - Phone is not registering on the network.
5. Inserted the same SIM in the Samsung SGH-T989 - all four bars with H+
6. Back to the store - SIM exchange.
7. Same problem - call Google - Advance Replacement
This is the story, the new phone I've been using for two days without any issues.
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Same problem here on O2 in the UK, google sending a warranty replacement out. Only fitted a spigen screen protector yesterday !

My friend and I have the same problem too.
Both 16gb White
What colour of nexus 5 you guys have?
I see some have white, maybe white causes this issue??

What I did was go into APN settings and switch from WAP selection (which it had by default) and put PHONE and I've yet to get the signal drop again. Although now I never see the small H in the signal. Its always showing LTE
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This happened to me today. I went into the Access Point Names menu and found my APN unselected (I have only one configured). After re-enabling the radio button everything was fine. Don't know how this could have happened since the phone has been up for a day.

same problem.. didn't see this topic and opened a new one btw..
so you're saying that a replacing n5 will solve the problem?
as what i read everywhere it seems a problem affecting almost all canada's roger and italy's tim users.. so something related to network/carrier/texts/calls..
it happens (to me) after every sms received and even if "emergency call" is displayed, data continue flowing like a charm.. btw if rma will solve this i'll be happy to do BUT i'm afraid it'll be just a waste of time

[Q] Signal drop/No service

Just wondering if any one else gets this, sometimes my signal just drops out and I get no service.
Then it comes back it does not happen all the time, I live in a big city Leeds infact so signal is quite strong.
Just wondering if it could be a fault with the phone?
Thanks

I've noticed it happens to me too.

Tony_YYZ said:
I've noticed it happens to me too.
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I was wondering if its my device because I live in the city and the signal is excellent around here, my other phone HTC sensation never had this problem. Was concerned it could be software/hardware problem possibly.
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I was wondering if its my device because I live in the city and the signal is excellent around here, my other phone HTC sensation never had this problem. Was concerned it could be software/hardware problem possibly.
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It's likely the radio software.

Tony_YYZ said:
It's likely the radio software.
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Right I see could this possibly be fixed in next update you think?
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Right I see could this possibly be fixed in next update you think?
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It is definitely possible.

I'm on AT&T and have the correct APN settings and have called AT&T with my IMEI. I have significantly worse signal than with my HTC One X. I am not comparing bars to bars, but rather where the signal drops completely. In places where I had low signal but still connected I now have nothing.

Straight talk using at&t Sim and notice radio drops..
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T-Mobile on stock ROM i had my first signal drops.
I was fine (or at least never noticed them) from the time i got my phone (day one) without any drops here in orlando.
Drove over to Tampa/Venice Beach area this past weekend and noticed some drops. Had about 6 drops according to my battery stats in 2 days. i had good to excellent coverage the entire time except when it would drop comlpetely (outline of signal bars)
would connect in a couple seconds, but i noticed over night, it would drop for a pretty large amount of time (like 10-15 minutes at a time.)

Mmm defo seems like were all having the same issues, wonder what it could be
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I had this issue too, and here's how I fixed it:
By default LTE is enabled, meaning the phone will periodically scan for a LTE network. If you're in a big city, you're likely to find one. Your phone will attempt to connect. However, it fails, meaning it will have to rescan the HSPA bands to connect back. That results in a few seconds of no service. Why can't it connect to LTE? Because by default, the APN is not the LTE APN, for Rogers at least. I'd assume AT&T would be the same. You can test this by dialing *#*#4636#*#*, selecting phone info, and selecting LTE only. You'll see that there is no service. I tested this in an area I knew had great LTE coverage, and that led me to the conclusion that it's LTE causing the signal drops.
So how to fix? Simple, just change your APN to the LTE APN for your carried. To do that go to Settings -> More -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names. If you're experiencing this issue on Rogers, change the APN field to ltemobile.apn. If you're on another carrier, you'll have to search for their LTE APN configuration.
After doing this your phone should start connecting to LTE again, and you won't get those annoying signal drops.

PaulGoogle Employee
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A few days ago I let you know that we'd be reaching out on email to some of you for some additional bug report data. I'd like to thank everyone who responded to our email -- the bug data you sent in has been helpful to us in tracking this down.
This is looking like a software issue on our side, and we're investigating a fix.
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So yeah the next update will probably fix the issue. It's not so bad in the meantime, Lightflow sill notify you that your nexus has lost signal, and you still get the internet and incoming calls.

We're not alone. Supposedly Google is "aware" of the issue.

i've hcanged my setting from '4g' to '3g' to see if i notice a difference (hopefully will) then when 4g is released or i get a 4g sim, can move it back up

Yes, I'm having issues too. The real problem is the fact that I have a Wilson cell booster in my home (supposed to have up to 5000 square foot range) and my n4 had full bars most everywhere inside. With my n5 It shows 1 to 2 bars if I'm lucky and quite often drops to none! The only way to get full bars Is to stand right under the indoor antenna. Not impressed, and I sure hope this is fixable!
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I hate to revive a dead thread, but I was wondering if people were still having problems. Once or twice during the day that I can see I will lose signal for a few seconds only to have it reconnect. Running 4.4.2 so the latest update did nothing to help the problem as far as I can see and I have messed with my APN settings. On AT&T. The Google thread seems to have a lot of different problems on the same thread, and it is a bit unclear if people are still having this problem. This is very annoying for such an otherwise spectacular phone. Thanks and sorry again for reviving the thread... :fingers-crossed:

gidgiddonihah said:
I hate to revive a dead thread, but I was wondering if people were still having problems. Once or twice during the day that I can see I will lose signal for a few seconds only to have it reconnect. Running 4.4.2 so the latest update did nothing to help the problem as far as I can see and I have messed with my APN settings. On AT&T. The Google thread seems to have a lot of different problems on the same thread, and it is a bit unclear if people are still having this problem. This is very annoying for such an otherwise spectacular phone. Thanks and sorry again for reviving the thread... :fingers-crossed:
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Actually, there have been several threads on the issues associated with this (emergency calls only, missed calls, no signal,etc.). Ongoing and unresolved for some.

wideasleep1 said:
Actually, there have been several threads on the issues associated with this (emergency calls only, missed calls, no signal,etc.). Ongoing and unresolved for some.
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Appreciate the speedy reply. Hope Google gets on this fast. I also have LTE connection issues which has plagued both this and my original device so I am pretty sure its a radio issue. The phone loves to stay on HSPA+ even when there is a decent LTE connection: it's last in the pack to connect to LTE and first to disconnect when compared to others on AT&T.

gidgiddonihah said:
Appreciate the speedy reply. Hope Google gets on this fast. I also have LTE connection issues which has plagued both this and my original device so I am pretty sure its a radio issue. The phone loves to stay on HSPA+ even when there is a decent LTE connection: it's last in the pack to connect to LTE and first to disconnect when compared to others on AT&T.
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My N4 with a combo radio sticks to LTE a tad better than my N5 with stock radio. Sadly, morrislee hasn't fiddled and combo'd N5 radios, and I'm not sure they've been tested and sussed out like the N4 radios. Citing the fact some with issues have flashed all the radios so far with minimal success means we wait for Qualcomm, after Google kicks them in the you know where.

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My N4 with a combo radio sticks to LTE a tad better than my N5 with stock radio. Sadly, morrislee hasn't fiddled and combo'd N5 radios, and I'm not sure they've been tested and sussed out like the N4 radios. Citing the fact some with issues have flashed all the radios so far with minimal success means we wait for Qualcomm, after Google kicks them in the you know where.
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Hopefully Google kicks hard and fast . Multiple times if needed. Thanks again for the speedy and enlightening replies. Much obliged.
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sm n915w8 dropping service issue

I recently upgraded into the note edge and I'm experiencing consistent service loss. Seems like anytime I use anything network related ( cell network ) after a very short period of time it drops signal and take 5 mins or so to reconnect.
It's running 4.4 android and there are no official updates available to me
I'm on the sasktel network. This is very frustrating as I really do love the device.
I don't believe it's a hardware issue I strongly believe it's software related.
I've googled and have found that the Sprint Edge was giving some people grief but I have seen few to no solutions (and the ones I've tried have done me no good)
Please help!

Ive got the sprint 915p and mine does the same thing. Very annoying. Inly way to stay connected 100% of the time is to stay on 3g which sux. It is a known issue from what i have seen. Some phones are said to work themselves out of it. Inwiped my sim card points down with alcohol and forced my phone to reprovision and do a hands free activation. Seems to have actually helped some.
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I also experienced the same thing and I thought I am the only one. Mine is a Bell Note Edge and using it under Telus network. Since acquiring this one 2 weeks ago, it has been a constant pain. There are times when my network signal would drop from 5 bars to no service and lasts for about 2-5mins for every 10-15mins of each hour. I had replaced my old sim card and purchased a new one a few days after getting the Note Edge. There are times that restarting the phone would fix the issue for about a few mins then it would go back to no signal. There are times when my LTE would just hang for a good minute or so. No problems with wifi connection and data up/down is consistent.
I also believe that this is software related. I had the somewhat of a similar experience with my LG G2 but this was in regards to the Wifi d/c issue. I had to wait 2 months for a dev to look into the issue and when he did, i flashed the modded kernel and wifi was better after that. I also contacted Samsung Mobile and the customer rep mentioned that they are not aware of any issue, which meant he didnt know jack at all. Hopefully somebody figures this out. I had to revert to my Note II as my daily driver.

Ya i wish there was someone out there that knew what exactly the problem was and could fix it. Its annoying when someone on here says its a known issue and clearly there are people having problems and complaining about it then the service representative says they dont know anything about a known issue.
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I had the same problem with sprint. Went there and found out that I had a bad phone. They ordered a replacement and swapped it out. No issues after that.
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Ya im gunna do the same thing its just a matter of having time. They want to look at your phone and "replicate the problem" before they replace it. I have already sat there for an hour to tell me about certain towers being down. I guess it was working ok for them when they looked at it. Its not all the time for me. Its that every once and a while when i got time to kill and i dont have wifi that it decides to act up that pisses me off
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I get that too. There are days and hours where my phone cell network signal works flawlessly. There are days when I could barely get a signal.

Ya its random with me too. After wiping all the pads on the sim with alcohol and doing a hands free activation ot seems to be doing a lot better though
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On sprint, since i updated to LP, this hasnt been nearly as much of a problem. .. 1 dropped call in a week, in a busy theme park, in a tunnel....