[Q] weak phone operator signal - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
The signal of my operator (Vivo, Brazil) is too weak.
It's about -110dB.
I took the phone to the service but they could not find any problem.
I already tried my simcard on other phones and it's ok.
I also already tried other simcards on my phone and it didn't work.
I think it can be a software problem.
Should I flash new modems or radios?
Any advice is welcome.
Thanks

What baseband are you running under settings, about phone?
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[Q] cant get 3g/edge signal on my tab. need help.

anyone from the phillipines? also on sun cellular network?
need help. i cant get 3g or edge signal on my tab. i did everything. i setup apn turn on packet data and even try reboot after setup but still cant get 3g or edge signal.
im running overcome kratos.
pls help me.
thanks.
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1, I assume you have good phone signal.maybe internet signal.weak.in your area?
2. Try another sim maybe smart or globe?
im have good phone signal but no 3g or edge. ill try out other networks.
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i tried using globe. 3g/edge works fine but with sun its not working. i think my apn is wrong but i alrwady tried every apn setting for sun that i found on google but still no signal. i doubt that it has something to do with no signal in my place becuase no matter where i am its the same still no signal.
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Obviously if globe works then nothing to do with the tab ;-)
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Hi! Have d same prob, i dont have 3g/gprs signal., i'm using globe, it happen when i flashed OC.KRATOS, i followed all the steps.. help plz..
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Same here too with overcome kratos. I had signal until (I guess) yesterday, but now...only wi-fi. I don't know what happened. No new prog or anything else. I tried restart (twice), set the APN again, change SIM... :-( but nothing...
Carrier: vodafone HU
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Does rom region matter?

My Optimus Black cames with v20j (Canada) and I understand that there's differences between regions like apps. But other than that, is there any real difference? I've used Spain's, Germany's, Europe's and the Philippines' roms and they all run the same.
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From my own experience with canadian carrier "telus or koodo".
Some of the roms seem to not get a good connection to the network,
I went as far a sending my phone for repair, rerooted my device and reflashed but kept getting cant connect to network at this time. I do beleive some one else on telus had the same issue. Can' t recal his name
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Huh, I'm on Koodo and I've had no trouble with signal on any rom. I did find that some roms don't say I'm on Koodo, but Telus. But, Koodo is part of Telus so it makes sense.
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Telus
I'm with Telus and since I changed my original rom from a custom one I can't get phone signal outside of town.
It's because we have the lg p970g not lg p970. We have different phone signal for our roms this is why our phone are having signal issues.
I didn't find a way to correct this problem. But is there a flashable zip for a canadian rom becaus my usb port is broken and i can only charge my cellphone and change my rom with a flashable zip file.
hope we'll find a solution someday :S
Yes for xample you cant find persian language in v20n or j but v20b have persian
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And Singtel
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claude906 said:
From my own experience with canadian carrier "telus or koodo".
Some of the roms seem to not get a good connection to the network,
I went as far a sending my phone for repair, rerooted my device and reflashed but kept getting cant connect to network at this time. I do beleive some one else on telus had the same issue. Can' t recal his name
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i had issues when outside of town. i recently tried the n version of Zeus on the same trip and signal seemed to be better, specifically in a spot where I had no signal before. still not as strong as stock though. running telus.
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stellar_d said:
i had issues when outside of town. i recently tried the n version of Zeus on the same trip and signal seemed to be better, specifically in a spot where I had no signal before. still not as strong as stock though. running telus.
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This is exactly the same as me. Mine isnt horrible now but I ocasionally loose signal
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wondering if any of you guys had problems with the gps on the new telus or koodo releases? i haven't tried them without doing the root procedure but when bare bones rooted GPS didn't work
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Unable to connect to mobile network.

Hi
I have a i9305 on Tmobile UK. The problem I'm getting is that at time when I don't have any signal and my phone connects to the network in the notification bar it shows that I have signal even H+, but when I'm trying to phone someone it says "no mobile network" or "network not available". It frustrating because sometimes I notice only after few hours. I phoned t-mobile but there a bunch of incompetents. What can I do without sending the phone back to them. Thanks
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I forgot to mention that the phone is not rooted and it runs on stock rom.
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Ive been getting same problems and still cant find a solution.
But you could try to do a factory reset, or root your phone and try different modems
I've tried with factory reset and hard reset and still the same. I don't want to root the phone at this time. Thanks for your answer.
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Call up your carrier!
If you haven't even rooted your phone yet then it is most likely a hardware issue
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[Q] i9305N LTE not working

Hi there! I'm sorry if there already is such a thread but I couldn't find anything quite like this.
I bought this i9305N second hand and it had the famous IMEI problem 00/02. I went to a service center and there they were able to restore the IMEI of the device. And the phone was able to connect to the 3G as normal but not the 4G network. I've never seen the 4G working on this phone and have no idea what to try. What I tried was:
different modem firmwares.
flashed CM 10.1 and again tried those modems.
tried to set the phone to lte only via the *#197328640# code.
I think that in Sweden this phone is supposed to work on only the tele2 and telenor 4g network. I've tried sim cards from both operators.
Has anyone experienced something like this? Does anyone have an idea what is happening and what I can try?
Thanks in advance.
Does yr provider support 4G?yr sim card support 4G? If all above Yes then yr area doesn't support 4G or the coverage of 4G very poor till none.
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my operator supports 4G. There is 4G coverage and I've tried cards from every carrier here on contract and prepaid.
Try a phone wipe and install the stock firmware for your network .
jje
hspilkov said:
Hi there! I'm sorry if there already is such a thread but I couldn't find anything quite like this.
I bought this i9305N second hand and it had the famous IMEI problem 00/02. I went to a service center and there they were able to restore the IMEI of the device. And the phone was able to connect to the 3G as normal but not the 4G network. I've never seen the 4G working on this phone and have no idea what to try. What I tried was:
different modem firmwares.
flashed CM 10.1 and again tried those modems.
tried to set the phone to lte only via the *#197328640# code.
I think that in Sweden this phone is supposed to work on only the tele2 and telenor 4g network. I've tried sim cards from both operators.
Has anyone experienced something like this? Does anyone have an idea what is happening and what I can try?
Thanks in advance.
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What system software and modem firmware versions do you have installed at the moment?
Here they are.
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have you tried choose LTE in network mode
Was that a joke? Yes of course!
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hspilkov said:
Was that a joke? Yes of course!
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Note joke you would be surprised at the number of muppets on here who don't check the basics .
I would find your network providers latest firmware and flash either the firmware or the modem .
jje
hello5629 said:
have you tried choose LTE in network mode
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:banghead::banghead:
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Just out of curiosity, have you tried cards confirmed to be on 4G-enabled contracts? I had to call Tele2 and ask them to change my contract over to a 4G one before I would receive 4G speeds. Another silly thing you could check is if the phone is actually connecting to the 4G APN, for Tele2 this would be 4g.tele2.se.
Hi! This is the thing! I havent found a card with confirmed 4G on it. I was told that sim cards on contract have 4G enabled on them. I was wondering if there is some sort of a tool to scan networks around and see information about them like what freq and speed etc... I am using my comviq card now in the phone with the apn that you mentioned and that was set automatically as the phone is with the tele2 firmware. The most brutal thing was when I went to the tele2 office and asked for a 4g activated sim to try on my phone and they said that they don't have any!!!! I went to the telenor shop and when I asked for a demo sim card with 4G so that I can test my phone and he gave me a 3G prepaid card. After 10 minutes of changing settings and stuff on my phone I asked him if that card has 4G on it at all he said - no, its just a 3G. I am going a bit of topic but my point is that it is extremely hard for me to find out where the problem is.
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hspilkov said:
Hi! This is the thing! I havent found a card with confirmed 4G on it. I was told that sim cards on contract have 4G enabled on them. I was wondering if there is some sort of a tool to scan networks around and see information about them like what freq and speed etc... I am using my comviq card now in the phone with the apn that you mentioned and that was set automatically as the phone is with the tele2 firmware. The most brutal thing was when I went to the tele2 office and asked for a 4g activated sim to try on my phone and they said that they don't have any!!!! I went to the telenor shop and when I asked for a demo sim card with 4G so that I can test my phone and he gave me a 3G prepaid card. After 10 minutes of changing settings and stuff on my phone I asked him if that card has 4G on it at all he said - no, its just a 3G. I am going a bit of topic but my point is that it is extremely hard for me to find out where the problem is.
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My point is how are you planning to use 4G on the phone if you do not have a 4G contract? I mean, why all the fuss if you cannot use it anyway?
Rekoil said:
My point is how are you planning to use 4G on the phone if you do not have a 4G contract? I mean, why all the fuss if you cannot use it anyway?
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I want to be sure that the phone works on 4G after the reparation before getting a 4G contract.
Find someone with a 4G contract and ask to test his SIM in your phone.
I had a friend enable lte on his contract and then tried the sim on my phone. LTE didn't kick in. I don't know what it could be. Any suggestions please?
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Nordic
Hi.
I live in the "kära grannlandet" Finland and i had to call my operator to put my i9305 as my active phone.
(They change the ownership of the phone on their computer)
I bought my phone 2hand but it was factory sealed new. operator locked to the same operator that i use.
The phone was "active" to somebody else without 4G so thats why it didnt work for me.
Hope this helped at all..
Lycka till!
My friend had similar issues with his S2, I went into the phone options menu using the #xx# number and the phone itself was not set to lte mode. I am sure you can find the menu codes somewhere on the forums as I don't have them memorized. It is worth checking if you have not done so.
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[Q] C6603 not having 4g option (UK)

Hi,
Hoping someone can shed some light on this odd problem I have. I'm on EE in the UK which is at moment our only 4g provider. I smashed my old S3 LTE screen so my girlfriend (Who is on 02) upgraded early to an xperia z, which we were assured is 4g compatible. We had to unlock the phone to work on my network of course.
However, after unlocking I don't have the option to change to 4G in the network menu.
I've checked the following:
The phone is the C6603 model, which I double checked supported the bands and frequencies used by EE
I receive 4g in my area (Used to with old phone)
I checked with 02 that the phone was 4G compatible
However I'm guessing it's been turned off in the software that 03 loaded to customize the phone. I can't for the life of me find any info on the internet on how this is done or reversed, and I'm a little hesitant to flash the ROM as I would be murdered should I brick the thing.
Any ideas? Anything appreciated.
I flashed the Spanish 4.2.2 ftf file onto my UK 3 Z.
That gives me the option to use LTE networks. You might have to do something similar to get yours to pick up a LTE signal.
Did you say the phone was from O2?
Its also a piece of piss to flash ftf files. You don't even have to root or unlock the bootloader.
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warface said:
I flashed the Spanish 4.2.2 ftf file onto my UK 3 Z.
That gives me the option to use LTE networks. You might have to do something similar to get yours to pick up a LTE signal.
Did you say the phone was from O2?
Its also a piece of piss to flash ftf files. You don't even have to root or unlock the bootloader.
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Yeah, phone was got from 02. I suspected that there's something loaded with the bloatware... Hm, so I guess I need to try flashing and risking the wrath of the girlfriend should it go up the swanny..
Dial *#*#4636#*#* and in phone information there is an option to change to lte,try it.
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gm007 said:
Dial *#*#4636#*#* and in phone information there is an option to change to lte,try it.
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Now this is odd, I had the option when I went in there... But it flicks straight back to WCMDA Preferred. I also just rooted it.. so I'm confused now.
So better to do what warface suggest.
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