Hello everybody!
I just bought a brand new Droid 3 and I am experiencing some issues. I've searched around the forum in order to see if I was the only one and it appears so. I'm running on stock with no changes whatsoever. My phone loses signal randomly and I hardly ever get more than 3 bars even though I'm on a good zone.
Is there any way I can test that it's the hardware that's malfunctioning?
Thanks in advance
Have you tested ir with another SIM CARD?
Where are you from and whats your carrier?
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Last few weeks 2 or 3 I have a problem with GSM reception Phone looses a signal at any place even in outdoor. It could espablish to full straingth in a while and then loose again. I notifyed that enabling the WiFi module makes phone to loose GSM signal every time within 30 sec.
I have tried different radios different ROMs in any combinations. Behaviour is similar every time. Even with original ROM it gets disconnected
Did some one expirienced this before? any solutions?
PS. Before las week in the same enviroment everything was fine.
bangkokru said:
Last few weeks 2 or 3 I have a problem with GSM reception Phone looses a signal at any place even in outdoor. It could espablish to full straingth in a while and then loose again. I notifyed that enabling the WiFi module makes phone to loose GSM signal every time within 30 sec.
I have tried different radios different ROMs in any combinations. Behaviour is similar every time. Even with original ROM it gets disconnected
Did some one expirienced this before? any solutions?
PS. Before las week in the same enviroment everything was fine.
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Do you have this problem with other SIMs you put in your phone? And if you try your SIM in another phone, does the signal still appear weak?
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sonnybravo said:
Do you have this problem with other SIMs you put in your phone? And if you try your SIM in another phone, does the signal still appear weak?
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Nope i did not tried the different one only mine... will try tomorrow
BTW could is be possible that SIM influences the reception?!?
Will rever with results
All suggestions are still welcome
honestly it's a big surprise for me that replacing sim card with a new one have solved the issue.
Thanks for the hint
After a week of reviewing of the behaviour with new SIM i have to admin that it did not help. It still looses the connection as before.
PS: latest ROM/Radio from HTC aplied with no effect
Any other ideas?
I have a strange problem with my Kaiser, the signal with t-mobile uk keeps dropping, I have changed various radios and roms but still have the problem.
Current Phone is: V1615
KAIS130
SPL-3.34.Hard
CPLD-8
Current RomDA Ultimate X-V3 (but have tried anumber of others including stock t-mobile)
Current Radio: 1.70.19.09 (but have tried a number of others)
Any help would be appreciated.
p.s. Yeah on my first post, been a lurker for far too long.
Do you use 3G networking?, if not, try to change under Band menu to GSM network, it works pretty well and most places has good signal for it.
Good Luck!
I've had a nightmare with mine on T-mobile..
3 months ago, my phone developed a problem where it'd drop its network for a few hours, then I'd get a few hours of it working, etc. etc.
It was sent to T-mobile, who just re-flashed it. Still didn't work! Had it sent back and it was away a long time, I believe they replaced the motherboard.
It's been working perfectly for the last month until today - When it hasn't had a network connection the whole day! I'm worried it's still broken..
Hopefully our problems are network based! T-mobile warranty returns are terrible.
Aha! Changing my "Network Type" to GSM from Auto fixed things.
...But now when I receive a text, it vibrates until I reset!
jamiepyrite said:
Aha! Changing my "Network Type" to GSM from Auto fixed things.
...But now when I receive a text, it vibrates until I reset!
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turn off vibrate
Hi Milmirex & Jamiepyrite, thanks for the comments.
I've changed to GSM and it has been working fine for the last ten minutes, will test for the rest of the day and report back.
Does anybody else have any idea's how to fix 3G problem? I receive emails all day so could really do with this being resolved.
Does anybody else have same issue but with different network? would possibly point to hardware issue if you do.
Thanks again.
P.S. I didn't have the problem with vibrating on receiving texts
I had flashed back to the original T-Mobile ROM when it was doing the vibrate thing. Flashed it again back to the ROM I was using before and all works fine now
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I had flashed back to the original T-Mobile ROM when it was doing the vibrate thing. Flashed it again back to the ROM I was using before and all works fine now
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Even I have the similar issues from last week. Mine is MDA VARIO III. Even after changing my band to GSM, the issue stil seesm to be there. For about 10 mins i get a weak sigmnal, then it disappears.
Where did you get the original TMobile Vario III ROM. I would like to reflash and see if it fixes the problem. Can you please direct me to the right place
Thanks
Shashi
I think my problem may be similar. I'm with Virgin Mobile but I think they use T-Mobile network.
Have had my Tytn II for over a year & haven't touched software or settings for several months & all has worked well. For the last few weeks I've had no signal in places that other people on the same network (using different phones) are fine. Sometimes if I reboot it comes back. I'm also now finding low battery a lot but I think that the signal issue is draining my batter as it seems to be constantly searching. I get low/no signal with a completely full battery so I don't think that the battery is the problem.
Might this be a H/W problem? Anything I can do to sort this?
i have the same problem. I use Telkomsel operator in indonesia. My Kaiser is HTC Brand.
Any idea why is this happen? Seems like A LOT OF Kaiser went bad this way
Anyone have solution?
im4u2nv said:
i have the same problem. I use Telkomsel operator in indonesia. My Kaiser is HTC Brand.
Any idea why is this happen? Seems like A LOT OF Kaiser went bad this way
Anyone have solution?
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Yup bro, we had the same problems,
i had already try to use with XL, Indosat, and my own Telkomsel,
but still had this serious problems,until i switch phone mode into GSM
i use this gadget for 3G purpose now i must use only GSM
is there any solutions from HTC? I already count on the net and found a lot of problem like we had and still no solutions from HTC
So I am already on my second Bionic after the first one stopped working (completely stock btw.) Just picked up the second one yesterday and have not been able to connect to 3G at all for the last 3 hours. I have done 5 battery pulls, toggled airplane mode more times than I can count, switched between CDMA only and LTE a handful of times and not even once has the 3g symbol appeared at the top. Just the phone signal and when I reboot it a triangle for a few second where the 3g symbol is supposed to be. Any ideas? If nothing else I am bringing this one back after work too and reverting to the D1 until something else comes out.
This appears to be a common problem with the Bionic. I am suffering from the same thing and getting ready to take mine back also, but I dont think it will fix anything.
Some on the forum have tried a fix outlined earlier on the forum that involves pulling your battery and SD card, then sliding your SIM card in and out repeatedly, which theoretically creates a better connection between the SIM card and phone. I have tried this and it did not work for me, but others have had success.
Verizon should extend the 14-day return period until after the supposed October/November patch is released.
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Took my Bionic onto the local Verizon store, and the tech guy wanted to try a new SIM card and see if that worked, because I still have a week left of the 14 day period. I was willing to try it, because I have nothing else to loose.
So far, I haven't had any drops, but it has been only 4 hours. however, I would have experienced several by now, so hopefully it was fixed.
I find this odd because only the 4G is controlled by the SIM card, and you said you were having 3G issues?
In any case, my 3G drops sometimes, but a quick airplane mode ON, airplane mode OFF always works. I might take it in and say you had this help your case though, and see about getting mine looked at.
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Took my Bionic onto the local Verizon store, and the tech guy wanted to try a new SIM card and see if that worked, because I still have a week left of the 14 day period. I was willing to try it, because I have nothing else to loose.
So far, I haven't had any drops, but it has been only 4 hours. however, I would have experienced several by now, so hopefully it was fixed.
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Well, the problem isn't fixed. It started shortly after I posted about the SIM card. This is getting frustrating.
I guess the next step is a new phone.
I'm having the same issue along with horrible data speeds for both 4G and 3G. My down speed for 3G is sometimes as low as 50kbps, and my down speed for 4G is 1.5mbps. That is also with apparently "full" signal strength.
The 14 day return/exchange policy is thursday for me so I'm thinking about going in and having them exchange it. I'll probably also point out the headphone issue since everyone seems to be having that one. There shouldn't be a problem right?
I bought a Htc one dual sim few months ago and havent noticed any problem since lately. For some reason the 2nd sim card does not always get signal even though it shows it got signal.
When it works to call, the other person who is receiving the call sometimes has problem to hear what I say and sometimes i have hard time hearing the receiver.
Anyone know what it could be? Hardware issue or Software issue?
The version i got installed is the Maximus HD.
I have updated/installed Stock firmware and the problem persists. Anyone had the same issue?
i have had this problem with 802w ever since i got it about 2 years ago. Looked around initially, found no solution. It shows no or minimal signals for the second sim. I know it's not a network issue because if you switch the SIM to the first slot, it shows full signals. FYI, also really hard to find custom ROMs for this model..
Hi XDA team,
I have this phone for about 3 months now and it's been great for me overall. However starting last week, I started to experience a heating problem. Whenever I'm on data and on 4G connection, my phone heats up crazy, about 43° Celsius and I did not wait to find out how high it can get. This is without doing anything!
So I can say I'm not that really new when it comes to troubleshooting Android phones, I had my fair share of bricking my older phones due to tweaking, rooting, etc. However my Note5 is not rooted, dual sim version but I only use 1 sim.
I already suspected an app that might be causing it, but gsam can't really see what the suspect was (Now I realized, troubleshooting a non rooted phone is harder) so I want to safe mode. Now all my 3rd party eliminated, after turning my 4G on and locked the phone, it still heated. :crying:
So, I tried putting it on 2G or 3G and my phone does not heat up the way it does when it's on 4G, it only comes close to around 36° and this is normal while browsing.
It never did this until just last week, what are your thoughts?
I'm in the Philippines and I'm a Globe user, anyone experiencing the same? Does it have to do with the signal? Screenshot attached about my firmware.
If this is the signal strength then the phone will behave in this manner. Try going to a location with full signal and see if the same issue persists then give it to a service center and ask then reload the firmware.
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Happening to me right now. My Note 5 started heating up last monday everytime I use the 4g connection. I think it's not the signal strenght in the area since I've been using 4g/LTE since I got my phone last Dec.
I noticed that I was having a hard time connecting to 4g last Monday (August 22) then my phone started to overheat everytime I connect to a 4g signal. I tried formatting my phone then not install anything but still, it heats up.
I hope someone can help us with this.
I'm also from the Philippines, by the way.
its a known issue among users here....especially after upgrading to MM. It happened to me. If you still have warranty, you can bring it to Samsung Service Centers and based on the similar experiences of others, they will replace your unit with a new one.
Check the FB page "[Temp Group] Galaxy Note5 N9208 overheat and battery issue"
Does anyone tried reverting back to lollipop? Does it fix the issue? thanks