Any have signal issues with this phone? - HTC Incredible S

Its kind of hard to explain, I have reasonable signal at home but its like sometime it can't find my network at sits at no signal, if I manual scan it finds every network but my own, I have to restart the phone and all is fine again until I go into an area with no signal, the only way to get the signal back is a restart. Even when I do have signal however it can't be trusted either, late messages, missed calls etc, its almost like cell scanning or whatever just locks up

update ur baseband version to latest(i mean radio)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129014

I had reception problems when I bought mine. They advised me to change my sim card since it was an old one.
Did that, reception got better.

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my Kaiser do not work with 3G only works on GSM

Suddenly it had happened; NO 3G nor GPRS data transmission. I can see the 3G sign , but when I make calls the phone disconnects; when somebody call me, he received a message that my phone is off line. Only when 3G signal is on. But when normal GSM is on, everything will be OK. My phone can not get data from the internet, even though it shows that is is connected. I tried all of the above solutions to fix this problem but no helpand sometimes it shows 3g sign but as soon as i try to call some1 all the signals are gone.. I tried to hard reset and try it before installing any software, no help. I tried mostly all available ROMs and Radio ROMs; even the original, but not fixed. I do not what to do. Now, I am using the phone with GSM only, NO 3G. Please help!!!
nunu said:
Suddenly it had happened; NO 3G nor GPRS data transmission. I can see the 3G sign , but when I make calls the phone disconnects; when somebody call me, he received a message that my phone is off line. Only when 3G signal is on. But when normal GSM is on, everything will be OK. My phone can not get data from the internet, even though it shows that is is connected. I tried all of the above solutions to fix this problem but no helpand sometimes it shows 3g sign but as soon as i try to call some1 all the signals are gone.. I tried to hard reset and try it before installing any software, no help. I tried mostly all available ROMs and Radio ROMs; even the original, but not fixed. I do not what to do. Now, I am using the phone with GSM only, NO 3G. Please help!!!
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Might kinda help to tell folks where you live. Country? State/province?
UK,London
thnx for your reply i live in London,United Kingdom
Signal lost, this might help...
nunu said:
Suddenly it had happened; NO 3G nor GPRS data transmission. I can see the 3G sign , but when I make calls the phone disconnects; when somebody call me, he received a message that my phone is off line. Only when 3G signal is on. But when normal GSM is on, everything will be OK. My phone can not get data from the internet, even though it shows that is is connected. I tried all of the above solutions to fix this problem but no helpand sometimes it shows 3g sign but as soon as i try to call some1 all the signals are gone.. I tried to hard reset and try it before installing any software, no help. I tried mostly all available ROMs and Radio ROMs; even the original, but not fixed. I do not what to do. Now, I am using the phone with GSM only, NO 3G. Please help!!!
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Hi there nunu,
I had the same problem, went back to the store and nope not a known problem.... So I started to troubleshoot this
1. normal G connection
2. 3G appears or even H
3. signal lost and after 30 sec. the cycle starts again.
what worked for me was the changing the of the radio version. I am currently in the Netherlands and here the NEON_Radinly_1.65.24.36 works fine, I confirmed it by loading a rom with a different radio in it and the result was again the same.
hope this helped in any way...
Let me (us) know.
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life is good, but life get's much better with a Kaiser
are you trying to connect with [email protected] / cingular1 ?
this is the kinda information you should have put in your first post
I use the above and have zero problems in Philadelphia
My 3G went out for like a day here (Phone only worked on Edge), then it started working again. Cellular carriers do have outages from time to time. Has it been a long while since it stopped working?
nunu said:
Suddenly it had happened; NO 3G nor GPRS data transmission. I can see the 3G sign , but when I make calls the phone disconnects; when somebody call me, he received a message that my phone is off line. Only when 3G signal is on. But when normal GSM is on, everything will be OK. My phone can not get data from the internet, even though it shows that is is connected. I tried all of the above solutions to fix this problem but no helpand sometimes it shows 3g sign but as soon as i try to call some1 all the signals are gone.. I tried to hard reset and try it before installing any software, no help. I tried mostly all available ROMs and Radio ROMs; even the original, but not fixed. I do not what to do. Now, I am using the phone with GSM only, NO 3G. Please help!!!
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Flash to a different compatible radio. If you do not get 3G/H service back, then you have a hardware issue with your radio, and will need to have the phone serviced.
what newtwork are you on?
have you tried your sim in a different handset?
what happens when running in gsm only mode?
in settings phone network change selection to manual and tap find networks and reselect network (this is known as a manual roam) does this make a difference?
Same here!, im in montreal, canada with Rogers, and in 3g doesnt work, it detects the 3G network, but as soon as i try to make a call or go on the internet it looses the signal and i have to go on GSM mode.
and i'm using LKDV12 but i still had the same problem on AT&T Original rom, and Dual V2.
Anyone?
Major problem --
I have been travelling round the world for a year and have the same problem, Have tried many radios, if I use 3G( wscdma) or auto band then the signal drops everytime i try to make a call, and no data is possible however if I use gsm only data and voice work fine, thease symptoms are on many networks, Chile, Easter Island,Tahiti, NZ, Fiji, Optus ( OZ ), and m1 ( singapore ),
Radios tried
EMO 1.71.09.01
Neon 1.65.24.36
1.65.21.18 ( att )
I even loaded the generic dopod rom + radio and it didnt seem to help.
Is it possible something low level has changed whilst doing all this flashing ?
Or could the Hard SPL affect something.
I always try to buy a 3G USIM in each country and test the sim in a backup G800 to ensure the carrier has enabled 3g data okay.
Phone is Kaiser ( HTC TytnII )
ROM is varied but and usually lorentis series roms -- L26 12 light atm
Symptoms, 3G icon shows but data wont connect, if you try to call radio strength bar drops to zero and cell communications are lost , sometimes reestablishes comms but often needs soft reset to band switch to work.
If 3G icon not showing all calls and GPRS data works Okay.
Personally I would not expect this to be a hardware failiure as many others are experiencing teh same fault and for working hardware to fail in use is more erratic in the failiure mode, but a low level register, or some other type of protocol corruption could easiliy be the cause......
The proven "high GPS current consumption in standby" issue is also present as it seems to be on all Kaisers but afaik the root cause of this was never resolved either .....
my Kaiser do not work with 3G only works on GSM NEED HELP
HI I´m from mexico telcel gsm band and the same problm works on my kaiser tried changing the rom put the htc rom again the radio too
settingsROM 1.62.502.0 WINDOWS MOBILE 6 BUILD 1828.0.4.4
RADIO 1.27.14.09
PROTOCOL 22.45.88.07H
by the way how can i make it work on gsm only or edge or other than 3g that doesn't work
tks for your assistance iñm getting frustrated
edge
nunu said:
Suddenly it had happened; NO 3G nor GPRS data transmission. I can see the 3G sign , but when I make calls the phone disconnects; when somebody call me, he received a message that my phone is off line. Only when 3G signal is on. But when normal GSM is on, everything will be OK. My phone can not get data from the internet, even though it shows that is is connected. I tried all of the above solutions to fix this problem but no helpand sometimes it shows 3g sign but as soon as i try to call some1 all the signals are gone.. I tried to hard reset and try it before installing any software, no help. I tried mostly all available ROMs and Radio ROMs; even the original, but not fixed. I do not what to do. Now, I am using the phone with GSM only, NO 3G. Please help!!!
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i have the same problem did you make it work how you set a gsm band instead of the 3g on the phone tks for your assis
dr.vogel
I have the same problem. Already had it with WM6.0 original HTC ROM (Finnish ROM, but language set to English). Then sent it to service. It came back, they said they "reapplied software or smth" and it worked after that. Then after 6.1 update again, the same problem (even with the latest updated Radio ROM).
When I set band selection to auto, it picks up 3G or even H but tends to loose it and definetly looses connection to network if I try to make a call. Can't take any incoming calls either.
It works ok when I force it to use GSM (EDGE for data) on Band selection tab, in phone properties.
I probably won't bother taking it to service anymore cause there is no local service here in Estonia, they ship it to Finland and it will take a minimum of 3 weeks...
... so I'm waiting for Xperia X1 and hope it's not as much HTC.
nunu said:
Suddenly it had happened; NO 3G nor GPRS data transmission. I can see the 3G sign , but when I make calls the phone disconnects; when somebody call me, he received a message that my phone is off line. Only when 3G signal is on. But when normal GSM is on, everything will be OK. My phone can not get data from the internet, even though it shows that is is connected. I tried all of the above solutions to fix this problem but no helpand sometimes it shows 3g sign but as soon as i try to call some1 all the signals are gone.. I tried to hard reset and try it before installing any software, no help. I tried mostly all available ROMs and Radio ROMs; even the original, but not fixed. I do not what to do. Now, I am using the phone with GSM only, NO 3G. Please help!!!
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Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335074
Hardware problem, repair needed and unavoidable to get 3G functionality back.
I have the same problem.
I bought an O2 Stellar (Kaiser) from a work colleague and it worked fine on 3G/Auto on the day I bought it.
The next morning, when I switched on the phone, it had exactly the symptoms described (i.e. it would only work if forced into GSM mode).
My colleague took it back to O2 under warranty.
1 week later, it was returned as 'fixed', but it actually still had the problem, so my colleague returned it again to O2.
Another week later, O2 provided a replacement unit under warranty.
The replacement worked fine, until the next morning when I turned on the phone and had to force it into GSM mode again because it wouldn't work in 3G/Auto mode.
I'm on 3 in the UK and I suspect the problem is something to do with the roaming onto Orange GSM which happens when there is no 3G signal from 3UK. However, on the day each of the units worked, it was switching between 3G and GSM repeatedly because the 3G signal is fairly poor in my office.
I'm now waiting for my colleague to return from his holiday so that he can return this unit to O2 and we'll see if we get another replacement. If we do, I'm very reluctant to actually use it - I think I'll probably just sell it on and get something different. Shame because I really like the Kaiser.
as mentioned before, another thing that you should've tried is to call the helpline and see if there's an outage in your area. I've been experiencing the same problem in a very particular area (3G hand-off to EDGE problem only happens on campus). Tried different radios and problem still exist, so I gave them a call today and turned out that there is an outage here.
In my case, it's not caused by a network outage - 3G works fine on my Hermes in the same locations.
Good thought though.
Relax boys...I have'd the same problem... The only solution is to go with your phone for warranty return. There they will change your TyTN II mother board and all will be ok. IT IS THE ONLY WAY.
PS do the same thing I did http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418375
i post this thead and the solution
i post this tread an the solution came on tha answer of various of you great ideas i get the solution changing the rom and the wm to 6.1 and the rom is the dutty's it has worked almost perfectly in any wy itested only some install on the gps progrms but no mayor problem tks all you friens for a great support
The same thing has happened to me as well (Orange UK).
Initially I thought that it was an outage in my area as my friends had problems connecting to 3G as well, but their problem has been fixed but I still cannot.
I'll be contacting their tech support dept. later today and I'll post back.

Emergency Calls Only?

Running CM6-RC1, and in areas with weak signal, my phone will say "emergency calls only" and have full bar strength and no data connection. Does this mean its connecting to a different provider's cell tower for purely emergency call purposes and showing that signal strength?
I would actually like to know this as well. I noticed this earlier today hadn't happened before. That is what I think it is because Telus does have better reception in this area.
That's exactly it. When you lose signal with your regular network the phone will find the next best, but unless you have a roaming agreement all you can make are Emergency Calls.
Slightly annoying when you don't have the network name visable for most of the time. Would rather have an alt icon.
I have this same issue too. However, I need to reboot my device in order for it to work normally again, it does not appear to automatically re-connect to my network, even though it has signal, unless i restart the device.

[Q] Connection to provider lost until reboot

Hi there,
today i experienced an annoying issue for the 2nd time.
In normal standy use, my phone seems to lose the connection to my provider (if thats wrong, i mean the institution i bought my contract/sim card from).
It really wont reconnect, even if im going to flight mode and back. Only rebooting helps me with this...
It's showing the forbidden-sign in the top left corner, asks me whether i want to find phone networks. I do search for them and i find mine, but clicking it wont help me neither. It shows that the phone cant connect to the network.
For now, only rebooting helped, and it immediately recognized my standard network.
I don't think that it has something to do with signal quality - i am in Frankfurt central at the moment and generally connections of providers seem to be very good in signal quality right here.
regards.
It may be a sim-card problem...try other sims (if available) and if the problem seems to disappear, ask your network provider to change your sim. Usually, on contract, changing the sim card should be free.

Signal problems

I already posted about this problem but then I thought it was due to sleep mode.
So I still have signal problems with my One.
I saw that I had only one or two bars for the signal where I had a lot better reception with other phones.
I already put my sim card into a Galaxy S3 and a Galaxy Y, both of them have a far better reception than the One (4 to 5 bars).
My phone was already sent back for repair three times, they already swapped my motherboard two times, but it does not help.
The last time I got a bit angry in the shop so they took my phone in to test it out.
After four days they said they had no signal problems.
Last resort, another swap of the sim card card but now the signal is even worse.
I did notice when rebooting the phone it starts of with five bars and after two minutes or so it goes down to one or two.
When making a call with one bar it goes up when calling to four or five, some time after the call it goes down to one or two.
I already installed signal Guard Pro to check for effective signal loss and I had quite a lot durng the day as during the night.
I got the name of the customer service manager for the Benelux and France (Aernout Arends) but I do not have any contact information of this man apart from his linkedin.
So I sent him a Linked In invitation. If he responds I can ask him about this phenomenon.
Before the One I had a Sensation XE which I was very pleased with, since running on the One this problems started after a couple of months and since then it keeps on going.
I'd like to solve this since it was an expensive phone, apart from the signal loss I'm still very pleased with it but in the end a phone is used for calling and with a bad signal this is compromised.
I hope anyone out there can help me (or somebody at HTC), if not I need to buy another phone and I think I cannot sell this one since it isn't working properly.
deboopi2 said:
I already posted about this problem but then I thought it was due to sleep mode.
So I still have signal problems with my One.
I saw that I had only one or two bars for the signal where I had a lot better reception with other phones.
I already put my sim card into a Galaxy S3 and a Galaxy Y, both of them have a far better reception than the One (4 to 5 bars).
My phone was already sent back for repair three times, they already swapped my motherboard two times, but it does not help.
The last time I got a bit angry in the shop so they took my phone in to test it out.
After four days they said they had no signal problems.
Last resort, another swap of the sim card card but now the signal is even worse.
I did notice when rebooting the phone it starts of with five bars and after two minutes or so it goes down to one or two.
When making a call with one bar it goes up when calling to four or five, some time after the call it goes down to one or two.
I already installed signal Guard Pro to check for effective signal loss and I had quite a lot durng the day as during the night.
I got the name of the customer service manager for the Benelux and France (Aernout Arends) but I do not have any contact information of this man apart from his linkedin.
So I sent him a Linked In invitation. If he responds I can ask him about this phenomenon.
Before the One I had a Sensation XE which I was very pleased with, since running on the One this problems started after a couple of months and since then it keeps on going.
I'd like to solve this since it was an expensive phone, apart from the signal loss I'm still very pleased with it but in the end a phone is used for calling and with a bad signal this is compromised.
I hope anyone out there can help me (or somebody at HTC), if not I need to buy another phone and I think I cannot sell this one since it isn't working properly.
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is it switching networks (3g/4g LTE)? voice can't use LTE 4g, so it will drop back to 3g for calls and then go back to LTE 4g once the call is done.
signal bars are a really poor way to understand your signal strength. there are some apps that help (network signal info for example) which show your strength in a more efficient manner, as well as what network type you're connected to.
cr1960 said:
is it switching networks (3g/4g LTE)? voice can't use LTE 4g, so it will drop back to 3g for calls and then go back to LTE 4g once the call is done.
signal bars are a really poor way to understand your signal strength. there are some apps that help (network signal info for example) which show your strength in a more efficient manner, as well as what network type you're connected to.
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I turned 3G/4D off, I only turn it on when necessary, so that won't be the cause.
I installed network signal info right now and when I have one bar signal, this app gives me -102 db to -105db and it's over haf of its bars here, this info seems to look like mi signal is a lot better than the one bar I got.
deboopi2 said:
I turned 3G/4D off, I only turn it on when necessary, so that won't be the cause.
I installed network signal info right now and when I have one bar signal, this app gives me -102 db to -105db and it's over haf of its bars here, this info seems to look like mi signal is a lot better than the one bar I got.
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you can set a value in your build prop that is specific to signal 'adjustments' from your particular provider. might then give you more realistic values along the lines of the Network Signal Info app.
I'm sorry I can't direct you to the link as I don't have it bookmarked.
*edit*
found it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2594804

Z3+ Signals, No GSM, jumping 3g.

Hello.
I bought my phone just 3 days ago together with my gf.
She bought the exact same phone and same carrier as me on the same shop..
Around here we are supposed to have good 3g signals all over, but not inside our house, there we can only use GSM.
Her phone works perfectly, with 3-4 bars gsm signals inside house.
But i get nothing when entering house. NO bars what so ever, (even if i pick GSM ONLY from settings).
I got to service menu and read "0 db" on signal.
I tried everything, Clean sim, restart phone, factory settings, changing GSM/3g/4g priority etc, and even tried MY sim in HER phone.
Its defo a hardware/software issue on my phone.
My experiences from 3g and 4g with this phone is that 4g seem stable and good, while 3g (outside my house) seem to often go from max to none all the time. jumps up and down
and sometimes leave me with no signal for 5 minutes until they are back.
I contacted the carrier to check and everything seems fine over there.
Any suggestion? Could it be really possible that i got a faulty antenna? if im going with my phone to the store for a replace they would probably not belive me or take my reason for real
EDIT: Have to add that the past 12 hours of constant trying to figure out the problem i had a few cases with signals while i was trying to switch to "gsm only" but they lasted for 5 seconds and were gone again.
Had the same, send mine back, saw in the log of the repair department that you refreshed the software. But will check
if they have changed something. Comes back in a few days from now.

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