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Hi.. I recently got g2x. Other than occasional reboot things seems to be smooth so far. But I am having issue with 4G at my work. If I walk few feet, I can get reception..but not at the place where I sit.
Is there any custom ROM that can improve the 4G reception slightly so that I don't have to walk around to get data.
I have seen few threads about reception issues..all of them seems to be couple of months old.. so wondering if there are any improvements lately.
Radio signals can act strangely, especially inside a building. Plus the higher frequencies used by modern cell phones are more prone to interference from the metal in buildings, etc. Coverage inside a modern building can be hit and miss, as you have discovered, unless your carrier has installed micro cells in the building, which obviously in your case, they have not. I don't think any custom ROM is going to improve signal reception. Singal reception is handled by the baseband, which if you got the GB update, has recently been updated. The custom roms use whatever baseband is alredy existing on your phone. As far as I know, nobody is writing custom basebands for Android phones.
Thanks for the reply.. looking at the bright side.. 1 less distraction to worry about at work
Which ROM is better to avoid the occasional phone switch off.. it happens once every 2 or 3 days.
Basically looking for a ROM which is most stable. Not worried about overclocking.. whatever I have now is plenty enough for my usage. Also would like to have better camera app.
Lot's of good ones. I keep going back to Weapon G2x. Butter.
homerxd said:
Basically looking for a ROM which is most stable. Not worried about overclocking.. whatever I have now is plenty enough for my usage. Also would like to have better camera app.
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Can't speak for other roms, but the CM7 nightlies are relatively stable. I haven't had any issues in a while. But if you want a2dp, you're SOL. It doesn't work on CM7 right now.
I don't mind the camera app, some people don't like it though.
Thanks for the info..started looking into the flashing steps.
Also..is it going to be a problem to send the phone back to tmobile for any warranty repairs once I flash custom rom? Can I easily get it back to factory settings before sending?
hey folks,
So I took my A2 to AT&T last week because the external speaker would be fine, then distort and then just cut out. VERY inconvenient when you use it as a GPS and it stops talking to you while you're on an unfamiliar highway at night (wound up a good 9 miles past my turn off.) I had a 2.3.5 original A2 and they replaced it with a 2.3.6 refurb A2. Since I've gotten this new one I'm noticing my Wifi connection is either much weaker than my previous unit or the meter on the notification bar is way off. Anyone else experience this? I'm wondering if I need to either get this one replaced again or if it's just the meter's display is slightly different in reporting strength.
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hey folks,
So I took my A2 to AT&T last week because the external speaker would be fine, then distort and then just cut out. VERY inconvenient when you use it as a GPS and it stops talking to you while you're on an unfamiliar highway at night (wound up a good 9 miles past my turn off.) I had a 2.3.5 original A2 and they replaced it with a 2.3.6 refurb A2. Since I've gotten this new one I'm noticing my Wifi connection is either much weaker than my previous unit or the meter on the notification bar is way off. Anyone else experience this? I'm wondering if I need to either get this one replaced again or if it's just the meter's display is slightly different in reporting strength.
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If it is not a problem, as in it still goes plenty far, I would not worry about it. you are more likely to waste your time with att and not get anywhere otherwise. believe me, I was mad that I got a stuck pixel on my screen only a week after buying my phone and ATT refused to replace it. There is no point arguing with them. when my contract is up I am so going to verizon or sprint.
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If it is not a problem, as in it still goes plenty far, I would not worry about it. you are more likely to waste your time with att and not get anywhere otherwise. believe me, I was mad that I got a stuck pixel on my screen only a week after buying my phone and ATT refused to replace it. There is no point arguing with them. when my contract is up I am so going to verizon or sprint.
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Well I called AT&T and their folks were really helpful. Granted their tech support folks really only know how to read from a script, but they agree with me that the problem is the hardware so a new one is being shipped out.
Little more into: I loaded up wifi analyzer and checked the signal strength. In the same room as my WiFi router I was getting -70 dBm signal where with my laptop I am getting -25. I'm guessing that this refurb phone was not put together correctly.
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Well I called AT&T and their folks were really helpful. Granted their tech support folks really only know how to read from a script, but they agree with me that the problem is the hardware so a new one is being shipped out.
Little more into: I loaded up wifi analyzer and checked the signal strength. In the same room as my WiFi router I was getting -70 dBm signal where with my laptop I am getting -25. I'm guessing that this refurb phone was not put together correctly.
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Yeah.. it's a hardware defect. Although it may be just a defect in the signal reader. Meaning does the connection dropout often? If it doesn't you might be still getting a good connection it's just your phone (and therefore you) thinks it has a low signal.
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If it is not a problem, as in it still goes plenty far, I would not worry about it. you are more likely to waste your time with att and not get anywhere otherwise. believe me, I was mad that I got a stuck pixel on my screen only a week after buying my phone and ATT refused to replace it. There is no point arguing with them. when my contract is up I am so going to verizon or sprint.
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Really? AT&T has always been nice to me. I got the A4G, and then precisely 31 days later the A2 came out. Even though their free return policy lasts 30 days they let me upgrade for free (because they have a 60 upgrade police for iPhones and the rep I talked to was pro-Android ). Then a couple days later I got a new A2 because my first one had a dead (not stuck) pixel.
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Well I called AT&T and their folks were really helpful. Granted their tech support folks really only know how to read from a script, but they agree with me that the problem is the hardware so a new one is being shipped out.
Little more into: I loaded up wifi analyzer and checked the signal strength. In the same room as my WiFi router I was getting -70 dBm signal where with my laptop I am getting -25. I'm guessing that this refurb phone was not put together correctly.
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Good to hear you're getting a new one; hopefully it won't have that problem. It definitely does sound like a hardware issue, unless it's a problem with your router. Did your original A2 cooperate fine with the router?
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Really? AT&T has always been nice to me. I got the A4G, and then precisely 31 days later the A2 came out. Even though their free return policy lasts 30 days they let me upgrade for free (because they have a 60 upgrade police for iPhones and the rep I talked to was pro-Android ). Then a couple days later I got a new A2 because my first one had a dead (not stuck) pixel.
Good to hear you're getting a new one; hopefully it won't have that problem. It definitely does sound like a hardware issue, unless it's a problem with your router. Did your original A2 cooperate fine with the router?
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yeah there were no problems before. I was always impressed with the WiFi range on this little bugger.
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Yeah.. it's a hardware defect. Although it may be just a defect in the signal reader. Meaning does the connection dropout often? If it doesn't you might be still getting a good connection it's just your phone (and therefore you) thinks it has a low signal.
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I was wondering the same thing but I would have my phone and my wife's side by side with the wifi analyzer open and she was getting FAR better strength than me. I drop connection all the time too. Hopefully the new one os better.
Forgive my ignorance, but I seem to be having the problems of not having consistent 4G. And slow 4G/3G transitions, as well as poor battery as a result.
I have also gotten the No mobile network, no sim, and roaming network notifications.
It seems like many are having these problems, yet people who report them seem to say it occured after flashing some ROM/Kernel (idk).
My phone is stock. Im wondering if its happening to other users who have not done any funny business.
Ironically I was holding off on rooting and rom'ing to avoid these little initial bugs
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Forgive my ignorance, but I seem to be having the problems of not having consistent 4G. And slow 4G/3G transitions, as well as poor battery as a result.
I have also gotten the No mobile network, no sim, and roaming network notifications.
It seems like many are having these problems, yet people who report them seem to say it occured after flashing some ROM/Kernel (idk).
My phone is stock. Im wondering if its happening to other users who have not done any funny business.
Ironically I was holding off on rooting and rom'ing to avoid these little initial bugs
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I was in same boat as you. I was holding off rooting and flashing roms to make sure my device was functioning correctly in stock form. Unfortunately it was not, and I was experiencing all of the issues you are facing on my SECOND gs3. I had replaced the first one for a loose home button, and ended up receiving a new device with more issues than the previous one.
I called up tech support last night, and listed all of the issues you just listed and the tech said those are all hardware issues so I'll have to send you another. I obviously haven't received the third phone yet, but I can tell you I was not experiencing these issues on my first one.
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I was in same boat as you. I was holding off rooting and flashing roms to make sure my device was functioning correctly in stock form. Unfortunately it was not, and I was experiencing all of the issues you are facing on my SECOND gs3. I had replaced the first one for a loose home button, and ended up receiving a new device with more issues than the previous one.
I called up tech support last night, and listed all of the issues you just listed and the tech said those are all hardware issues so I'll have to send you another. I obviously haven't received the third phone yet, but I can tell you I was not experiencing these issues on my first one.
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I should probably further elaborate and say that I was in Florida for the first week I had my device and the reception there was very good, and I never lost 4G, and was getting almost 35hours of battery when I am lucky to get 10 here. No major app battery draw, just signal...
So that leads me to believe that it is the network, which is a little weaker where I am now, is causing the phone to jump unecessarily in and out of 4G and drawing too much battery.
It's either that, or my phone stopped working properly after a week, which seems less likely.
I don't think it's less likely as a few have reported after a couple of weeks of fantastic service, the phone's data connection has plummeted.
I'm on my second device. Both devices had the same problem. 3g dropped to 1x dropped to no signal. Finding the signal when in a known good signal area took foreverrrr. I haven't seen 4g yet with this phone so I cannot comment there.
I've struggled with VZW to replace my phone. They're now looking at the network for errors, or something. I've taken matters into my own hands- rooted and rom'd the phone with Synergy and it has helped immensely.
Waiting for VZW or Samsung to fix it, I don't think, is a great idea. If you wanted a device that worked correctly out of the box, your chances may be higher with a phone from a different manufacturer. I don't recommend Motorola because of their stance on locked bootloaders but the radio in those things is fantastic.
So you think my phone is defective?
I have my doubts... I see lots of people complaining about so many things and there first reaction is to exchange the phone... they then end up with other problems because they meticulously scrutinize every little detail.
I also don't want to return my phone because I got a bodyguardz carbon fiber kit and screen protector and its applied perfectly! =) No bubbles or haze!
I understand... Gotta weigh it out for yourself.
I personally don't think there's anything wrong with scrutinizing a device you paid any amount of money for. It's yours. If its flawed, get another.
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My phone is in stock and right now I'm not trying to root the phone because I know lte is not perfect right now so I don't wanna do anything that will mess up the phone.
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I've read reports on the Internet of many users having issues with the Samsung Galaxy S3 such as small cracks appearing in the casing of the phone out of no where. Another thing is the weak signal strength this phone is known for. All the reports I could find were outdated and I really want to like this phone and purchase it.
I'd like to know if anyone knows if these problems have been fixed by Samsung.
Thanks in advance!
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I've read reports on the Internet of many users having issues with the Samsung Galaxy S3 such as small cracks appearing in the casing of the phone out of no where. Another thing is the weak signal strength this phone is known for. All the reports I could find were outdated and I really want to like this phone and purchase it.
I'd like to know if anyone knows if these problems have been fixed by Samsung.
Thanks in advance!
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easily the best phone ive ever owned.
no problems yet
Touchpadnoob said:
I've read reports on the Internet of many users having issues with the Samsung Galaxy S3 such as small cracks appearing in the casing of the phone out of no where. Another thing is the weak signal strength this phone is known for. All the reports I could find were outdated and I really want to like this phone and purchase it.
I'd like to know if anyone knows if these problems have been fixed by Samsung.
Thanks in advance!
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Signal has been top notch on mine.....Just as good as my wife's Rezound. Much much better then my GNEX!
Below 40% battery the signal becomes progressively weaker, noticably so, but no issues with calls, mostly manifests itself in data.
Otherwise, though, great signal. As I sit here in the middle of a state park far from anything. I travel a lot, neighborhood of a thousand interstate miles a week, and haven't dropped a call yet.
Device rocks, and haven't noticed any physical deterioration. As a smartphone you can't do any better on the market today in terms of quality, performance or features.
Worth getting the 32 gig model and slapping a 64 gig card in it. Nothing like having nearly 100 gigs of immediately available interactive storage.
4g lte is impressively fast.
one thing to remember is somebody will always have something to gripe about no matter what. that being said the s3 is by far the most solid device i have ever owned!
I've had two different Galaxy S3's on Verizon, and both have horrible data issues. Disconnects from data, and not gaining data back until reboot, slow data speeds when I have it, and signal bars constantly going from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 3 to 2 to 3 to 4 etc....
The second phone has never been rooted or modified, and the first one I tried everything I could think of. So many ROMs, modems, and flashes, and nothing worked. Other Verizon phones nearby work just fine. Just my experience though.
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If you are referring to me then I was talking about the Galaxy S3. The OP was talking about the Galaxy S3 too.
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I only got 2 bars where I am at, but looking at my family's other phones, they are about the same in reception (razr droid) . Now my dad who lives out of state, is telling me that when he calls me, it goes straight to voice mail (i dont see any indication that he called) , so this is an issue im trying to figure out, but I have a custom rom and kernal. So hard to say what the issue is for me ( I also got a crack on the screen already from slippage the 2nd day I owned the phone, but its very minimal), happened because I didn't have a case at the time.
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The phone otherwise is awesome, Get some good protection for it, it is a must! I carry it in my pocket,but I do feel like if someone bumps up against my thigh that it could break.
I think people are to caught up in the bars. I never look at the bars. If my phone has 4G and I don't drop calls then there is no problems with the radio. I even get 4G in fringe areas where my GNEX did not.
Also, my wife's rezound can say she has 3 bars is a fringe areas but it still takes 10 minutes to
load a webpage.
Bars are a bunch of BS. Usage is what really counts.
Signal strength is what matters. I'm actually considering I might have a bad phone since it constantly loses data or drops to 1x in my apt, where the map shows full 4G coverage and my previous phone (Sprint) never had a single issue. Tested a friends Nexus and it had slow speeds but never lost a connection, and the Nexus is said to have really poor reception.
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Signal strength is what matters. I'm actually considering I might have a bad phone since it constantly loses data or drops to 1x in my apt, where the map shows full 4G coverage and my previous phone (Sprint) never had a single issue. Tested a friends Nexus and it had slow speeds but never lost a connection, and the Nexus is said to have really poor reception.
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First question are you rooted? if not you should get an update from Verizon with a new modem. If so go to the modem link and down the newest modem and flash it via Odin. I flashed mine and it seems to help with the single problem I was having. Also when you look at the bars I was told that if your data is on the bars you see is for your data when it is off the bars you see is for your voice.
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First question are you rooted? if not you should get an update from Verizon with a new modem. If so go to the modem link and down the newest modem and flash it via Odin. I flashed mine and it seems to help with the single problem I was having. Also when you look at the bars I was told that if your data is on the bars you see is for your data when it is off the bars you see is for your voice.
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I am a bit confused by this advice going around. I am rooted, and unlocked. I checked for root access a few times before posting this, and I can still do everything I could before. I have manually received the OTA update, and don't notice a difference in my root capabilities. Are you saying something was supposed to break once I updated?
I have been having really bad connectivity recently. I have been having issues sending text messages, having slow data speeds, and really flaky reception. And all of these issues in places where I normally have no issues at all, in fact, I dont think I have ever really had issues like this before. Even when the phone says I have signal it still has issues some times. Being outdoors I dont seem to have issues sending text messages, but I still have poor data speeds. However, as soon as I went inside I had almost no reception to absolutely no reception at all. I know some of this could just be related to AT&T towers but my girlfriend is on AT&T too and hasn't had any issues sending messages, she has a "dumb phone" though if that matters. Other things I noticed as far as signal, it would sometimes have data connections shown, but sometimes it wouldn't show anything and under about phone it would say "mobile network is not connected".
I was on 11/4 CM10 when I started having the issues. Tried flashing a couple new MTD modems, checked APN settings, rebooted, wiped cache, airplane mode toggle, but none of that fixed anything. I did a one-click restore back to GB and wiped everything on my phone, internal SD too, then re-downloaded the 11/4 build and reflashed that. Everything seemed to be better for a while but then I noticed that I was having poor data speeds, issues sending messages, and poor signal again. Now I one-clicked back to stock GB again and didn't change anything and only downloaded a couple of apps that I use often to see if it was CM10 that was the issue, but once again I am finding myself with problems sending messages and very poor data speeds. Also, I notice sometimes that wifi connections seems to get dropped during usage and even though it still is connected it gives me errors.
At this point I'm not really sure what I should start looking into. Is is possible that the internal antenna is flaking out or got fried somehow? Or is it possible that it is on AT&T's side? That option seems most unlikely. I haven't dropped my phone or done anything recently that would seem like it would cause my phone to have these issues. Is there a way to test my phone to see if there is something internally messed up? Should I try getting a new sim? Anything else I can do to try and troubleshoot stuff? Any logs or anything you guys need to give me better ideas?
Thanks in advanced!
Edit: Well, in the process now of doing another full return to stock using GTG's method now. See if that makes any difference by the time I get cm10 installed again.
Edit 2: Decided to call the local AT&T store and apparently there had been a couple reports of connection problems but the lady seem a little surprised by how much I seemed to be effected. We'll see if they get that fixed soon and if that fixes my problems. Still having issues with wifi though...
Any ideas anyone? I'm don't know if the att tower is really sucking that much or if it's my phone. Beginning to think it's my phone more and more. Any suggestions please? I can't get an upgrade for another 2 months and this is getting really annoying not being able to use my phone as a phone..
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Bumping this thread cause its happening again.
It did seem to be slightly related to the AT&T towers being down because it went away after a day or so after talking to the local store. However, they said the outage lasted only 3 hours and I had issues for a couple of days.
Anyways, yesterday I started having these exact same issues, called AT&T and they said towers seem fine. Asked them about it maybe being my SIM card and they said that 98% likely it wasn't my SIM card. I might go make them replace my SIM card since we pay them obscene amounts of money each month. As far as the phone, it still has Scotts 11/4 CM10 build with the 11/18 kernel patch. Only thing that really changed in the phone physically was I just purchased a 32gb class 10 memory card. The one thing that makes me think it might be my SIM card is there are darker spots in a couple of spots on the gold plating where it looks like it makes the contacts.
Still looking for advice though.
TLDR; super flaky reception, I go indoors in most places and I loose all connectivity. I normally have completely fine coverage everywhere. No issues up until about 3 weeks ago.
I have had ATT for 10 years and have never had good reception indoors. Only reason I am still with them is Verizon is practically a dead zone were I live.
I ran Scott's CM10 and now Liquidsmooth and didn't notice any increase or decrease in signal strength.
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The thing is I've been running cm10 of some variety more or less since it's early life and I haven't had issues. It's just on these certain days for certain reasons I have no connectivity in certain places. Most every other days I have no problem getting an H+ data signal and no problem sending or receiving messages in these exact same spots.
I just don't understand these sudden random losses of connection.
Edit: What do you know. Phone is back to normal functioning today. This is wierd...
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