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My phone has rebooted 4 times since 5:30 eastern. And weather widget is bouncing around town to town. 3g has dropped to 1x once and I haven't left couch.
Signed dissatisfied Verizon customer
My 4G dropped out for the first time today (following the fix late last night Eastern time) at about 8:55 pm EDT. I'm in Maryland.
I'm seeing a situation with LTE where the handset can TX, but it gets no RX from the other end. If I force it back to EvDO (over eHRPD, using "CDMA Auto (PRL) in the Network app), I get a solid connection, no dropouts and fairly typical EvDO speeds.
After a good morning / afternoon on LTE, it seems the network (or the handset?!) is fouling up again. Anyone else?
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My 4G dropped out for the first time today (following the fix late last night Eastern time) at about 8:55 pm EDT. I'm in Maryland.
I'm seeing a situation with LTE where the handset can TX, but it gets no RX from the other end. If I force it back to EvDO (over eHRPD, using "CDMA Auto (PRL) in the Network app), I get a solid connection, no dropouts and fairly typical EvDO speeds.
After a good morning / afternoon on LTE, it seems the network (or the handset?!) is fouling up again. Anyone else?
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I'm over in Northern VA. This morning i switched and then left it on CDMA + LTE/EvDO auto, and i even re-enabled eHRPD (for the first time in weeks) and got solid service all the way on my commute to work (Springfield to Dulles) streamed internet radio the entire time never dropped out once. After reading on here about people getting 4G back i figured i'd give it a spin. Then later on in the afternoon i started to see the dreaded "Full bars but no data signal" CONSTANTLY and its still going on, then i flip over to CDMA (auto PRL) and switch to Rev. A which ive been using for the most part of the last month or so and i get a FLAWLESS connection. It locks on to 3G and does NOT disappear EVER!
I really hope they get all this straightened out soon. I had decent hopes for the new radio, and i'm getting little result out of it. Until then, i'm perfectly content staying on CDMA (auto PRL), because it works all of the time.
Yes 4g is very sporadic to say the least. I may have a signal with 3 bars, but I'm still unable to use data. This happens like forty percent of the time. 3g s still stable, and I have tried both radios, with the same results.
I am not in a 4g area (yet, this summer though) but my 3G did come back late last night however, its been very touch and go today. Yesterday I thought it was because I had flashed some different kernels and I am a baby at this but then when I read about the outage I realized it actually wast me! I am guessing from the back and forth from 1X to 3G they are still working on it though. Hope its fixed soon. My wifi stinks at home!
Heather
somewhat off topic but not deserving of its own thread: ever since i bought this phone the day it came out it seems like 2 bars of lte means you might have a signal, ive rarely seen it with 1 bar on lte, and to get reliable data you need 3 or 4. fairly solid today though, in and around chicago.
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I covered a lot of ground today: LA, Chicago, and Connecticut. All with solid 4g while I was in those places.
I'm in the Chicago suburbs and my 4G has been sketchy all day. I've got 4 bars but the speeds aren't up to par.
My 4G has been sporadic. Similar symptoms as others' posted here. 3 bars and no data connection.
M.
I'm in Baltimore as well and have had rock solid 4G all day.
I'm in Indianapolis, and while we don't quite have 4G I did notice something is up with 3G.
Under the menu>settings>about phone>network it shows: CDMA + EVDO Rev A.
Even though eHRPD is enabled.
So I'm still getting neutered 3G (no data+voice simul).
They must still be up to something.
Yeah I switched to eHRPD earlier in day yesterday and was working fine til the evening. I am not in 4g area but fairly close to one, but haven't seen 4g speeds yet. But back on Rev A now.
I just got a "network connection reset by peer" error so must be having some connectivity issues.
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Middle Tennessee here,
While at work, I have had in the past a very stable 4G connection. And when I commute back to my home I am outside the range of the nearest 4G market but I've always bounced to the 3G network under the defaulted eHRPD settings with some latency of course. I have had my device since launch and I am running jcase's original custom ruu for root/s-off which has been running just fine.
Since the outage while at my home I am constantly transitioning between 3G and 1X with the occasional dreaded "all bars" and no network connection but if I reboot my device I have a 3G service restored...
Same goes for the transition back from 3G to 4G....commuting back to work, I know I should be acquiring the 4G network while coming to work and the best I get is the 3G network again all while my device is set for the eHRPD modem setting. Now if I reboot my device while in the known 4G market area I get my 4G back....
Still looks borked to me even if the Big Red Boys say that their service is back up....
My phone was switching betwen 4G and 1X and never went to 3G at all. I cannled Verizon and they said that the handoff from 4G to 3G was turned off due to the outage. Apparently the outage had something to do with switching between networks.
He had me do a battery pull which did bring 3G back (restart and airplane mode hadn't helped me). He did say I might get stuck again probably in 1X and to try airplane mode then.
I guess they are still working out issues.
I live in the middle of TN and I was pleased to see my 4G come back today. Just in time, too. I was able to stream the draft almost flawlessly while at work.
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im a dumbass
not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but i ask any way (no harm in asking)
i have an Orange E160 and an Orange E173 (both locked to Orange UK) there are 2 UMTS (i call that 3g from now) i can see one of 3g towers from my house and 1 tower that is HSDPA (i call that H from now) that is less then 15% signal (must be far away) and that is giving me connectivity issues due to the stupid dongle (and mobiles as well) radio is preferring the H tower over 3g even thought 3g tower has 80%+ signal level
i really wish mobile device makers would allow users to disable H/H+ as it makes loads of issues (an H tower always has 3g fall back and normally GPRS as well unless its 3uk network as it has no 2g network) as well as HSDPA uses 30-40% more bat then UMTS or GPRS (to me thats fact as every 3g enabled device with H+ i have had i be lucky if you get an day out of the phone and the phone warms up as well, on gprs/UMTS 2 days normally phone norm stays cool)
the link below looks like the commands to set the speed to basic 3g but not sure how to apply the commands to the device
http://www.shapeshifter.se/2008/04/30/list-of-at-commands/
its the UTRAN command it looks like i want to use to make basic 3g working
or is there custom Huawei software that gives all options
just wish UK providers would Upgrade the towers all to HSDPA or make the Radio based off signal level not network type (UMTS, H or H+) as its cheaper to do (H is not reliable below 10% signal levels)
I have noticed that someone had suffered the same weak signal problem. After several days' observation, I have found my A2 had always full bars when the network is in 'G' but much fewer bars when it is in '4G' !! And it switches between 'G' and '4G' network automatically and I found no way to somehow fix it to only 'G' type !!!
Anyone have any idea how to fix the network type ??
Thanks in advance !!!
I constantly switch from 2 bars of edge to 1 of 4g and it is very annoying >.>
While it may be annoying to look at, are you actually loosing any data? Mine does the same thing but I usually don't ever see a drop in speed. Some times it does drop to G and then I will see a loss. Its usually not from 3 or 4G though.
You shouldn't notice any difference in a drop from 4g to 3g at all unless you live in one of the six major cities its launched in... Hahaha. I don't pay attention to signal type because of that very reason (unless of course its edge).
The annoyance for me isn't really the icon change, its the no signal for a moment while it switches over aspect.
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.
I just got a new xperia z5 and I'm using it on att but my phone signal is always showing zero bars.
I get data but incoming calls sometimes don't go through or go through after 2-3 rings.
The signal shows bars when I make outgoing calls but then disappears quickly thereafter. I thought it was maybe WiFi calling enabled but I don't even see that option anywhere in my phone and this happens when WiFi is off too.
This is a very strange phenomenon and can't find any answers anywhere. There is also a small circle with a line going through it on the notification bar, not sure what that is.
Does anybody know what's wrong ?
Small circle with line indicates "do not disturb" mode is active. Its under sound or notification settings, can't remember which. For signal status, check APN. Also, is your IMEI for this phone the Z5 one or an old AT&T phone? If AT&T has your IMEI for the Z5 it will register on their system as an old phone since they don't have Z5 in portfolio. I had to give them an old IMEI off a LTE device from AT&T because it was showing as a P series phone in the system and I was only getting 3G, no LTE.
Just noticed the small circle was for sounds. Thanks
I am getting LTE which is weird because it just not showing any bars on top but the lte works.
No one else has issues with their signal bar on their xperia z5?
This is really strange and can't figure out what's wrong with it.
No issues with the bars per say but definitely issues toggling networks, especially with 3G prefered mode. When 3G prefered selected I only get mobile data when H+ icon shows next to the bars. 3G, 2G and H don't work! The phone sometime takes up to 10-30 seconds to toggle to H+ and be connected. This drives me nuts! Do you guys experience this as well? Today I got no signal at all (no bars, nothing) for two hours.
Stamina is off and I have proper signal.
SFR France btw.
Try to toggle LTE off.
This sounds like an issue I had with a data only SIM in Japan with my S6, except no 2G network was the cause I think, not sure what would cause it on AT&T.
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It's strange because I show full bars when I make an outgoing call or right before someone calls me, all the bars fill up. But it takes 2-3 rings on their side for it to ring on my phone.
And after the call it goes back to zero bars. But I still have the lte sign there.
Is there a way to update the gsm radio?
Same issue here (Z5 on ATT). I get one bar consistently when the phone is idle with the bars filling up when making calls, sending texts, etc., but I do get full LTE speeds and haven't noticed any other problems... I did look at my account, and the Z5 does show up as an "unknown device".
I tried changing APNs from "Attnextgenphone" to just "ATT Phone" but it didn't make a difference...
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I am glad I am not the only one with this issue. At home I get one bar with wifi off and with wifi connected I get zero bars until a call is made or received.
I am located in NYC and have the 32.0.A.6.152 rom and the baseband is 8994-FAAAANAZQ-00029-16
bigneeker said:
I am glad I am not the only one with this issue. At home I get one bar with wifi off and with wifi connected I get zero bars until a call is made or received.
I am located in NYC and have the 32.0.A.6.152 rom and the baseband is 8994-FAAAANAZQ-00029-16
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Exactly the same here (FW and baseband). I'm in CO and I do sometimes get full bars outdoors, but it happens randomly... It's almost for sure a problem on ATTs end considering that they don't even recognize the device on their website.
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Is there a newer baseband that we can upgrade to that will fix this signal issue?
Or de we have to wait till the marshmallow upgrade comes out.
bigneeker said:
I am glad I am not the only one with this issue. At home I get one bar with wifi off and with wifi connected I get zero bars until a call is made or received.
I am located in NYC and have the 32.0.A.6.152 rom and the baseband is 8994-FAAAANAZQ-00029-16
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Hi, it's a high probability that you are seeing bar fluctuations as you suggest because your phone is actually changing bands during this time, because the cell tower pushing your call etc doesn't have the signal strength to push LTE.
As for the OP if his LTE/4G shows higher bars as soon as he is using the internet this is a different issue, and strange maybe faulty hardware.
I would recommend you all go somewhere where you know there is good coverage, even with another phone if possible and see if you still have the same issue.
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bigneeker said:
Is there a newer baseband that we can upgrade to that will fix this signal issue?
Or de we have to wait till the marshmallow upgrade comes out.
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Mate I am not sure the phone suffers from signal issues, I have had most of the Z series phones, all have the exact same signal strengths for me at various locations, and the phone has better coverage than other manufacturers as well, when I compare to other friends in super low coverage areas
Hey @bigneeker,
Just wondering if the MM update has fixed your signal issue.
For me it hasn't, but if it did for you then it might be a region issue (mine was Singapore, but I flashed the MM update for Germany).
Cheers,
-4Strings
It didnt for me
I noticed it too. Sony xperia z5. I use the quick LTE toggle and when LTE is on, all my bars are greyed out, but when LTE is off and I'm on H+ and 3G then all my bars are lit up.
xslikk7 said:
I noticed it too. Sony xperia z5. I use the quick LTE toggle and when LTE is on, all my bars are greyed out, but when LTE is off and I'm on H+ and 3G then all my bars are lit up.
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Same here. Also, whenever I lose signal or inexplicably switch to Edge, toggling the LTE switch off and on seems to fix the issue.
I compared the specs of the Z5 and the specific bands/frequencies AT&T uses, and the problem might be the frequency that they use on Band 12... I don't know.
I don't know about European carriers, but since T-Mobile uses a different band for its LTE, then that might explain why this issue is not that well-covered in the US (though I can't confirm that).
Cheers,
-4
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I'm in Ireland and my signal suddenly went from H+ to Edge then no service. I haven't came across another person with the same issue, my signal goes between H+ and no service most of the time is no service. Tried 5 different firmware and custom rom nothing changed