I have had my replacement Bionic for about a week. Have been on ICS .232 leak aince unboxing. Today the problem started. The phone will boot, but never connects to the network (no phone, no data. The phone settles, then it reboots. Tried battery pull, pulled sim card, tried different battery, tried both charging and not charging. was hoping it was something I can fix without data wipe. Tired of setting everything up over and over again! lol
Did a data wipe, no help. Also found that if I turn on airplane mode, it stops the reboot. Soon as airplane mode is turned back off (I lose the power button quick toggle, it's grayed out and I have to go into settings to change it) automatic reboot. Guess flashing back to .905 and hopefully not be sending yet another one back! !
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Is anyone else experiencing issues with data not staying on. I am rooted but don't have a custom rom installed. periodically, i have to put my phone in plane mode to get my data to work.
i know what your talkin bout. every so often the EVDO will just leave my phone. i usally just turn wifi on and back off and it goes back to normal. Sometimes tho i have to soft reset my phone in order for Data to work.
My rooted hero does that at times, as well. I just turn airplane mode on and then off again and that fixes it.
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I was on 5.9.904 with Eclipse 2.2 and flashed back to 5.9.902 and upgraded to 5.9.905 then installed Eclipse 3 for 5.9.905 and now my 4G sucks.
Keep in mind I'm in a solid 4G area where it never switches to 3G.
Sometimes the icon is blue and it works but most of the time its white and doesn't work.
I have to set my phone to airplane mode and back for it to work again and sometimes that doesn't work.
If I go back to 5.9.902 and upgrade to 5.9.904 will that change the radio back to the old version or not? If nothing works I'm just going to get a replacement of hopefully a new phone from Verizon.
Thanks
If you had better connection with .902 then just FXZ back to that and don't install the official update when it ask you to. That is why there are different FXZ files so that you have the option to use what is best for you.
I had better connection on 5.9.904.
I just don't know if radio updates are permanent or not.
Will going back to 904 fix it?
Wow I dropped data while typing this message.
I haven't upgraded to 905 yet, but I've been having all sorts of problems with 4g for the past 2 days. I'm on 904 and eclipse
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scottocs said:
I had better connection on 5.9.904.
I just don't know if radio updates are permanent or not.
Will going back to 904 fix it?
Wow I dropped data while typing this message.
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Radio updates are not always permanent. If you are on 5.9.905 you can FXZ back to 5.9.902 (which will put in the 5.9.902 radios) and then go find the 5.9.904 update.zip, and flash that in stock recovery to get back on the 5.9.904 radios.
Im starting to think it is something wrong with Eclipse 3 because the connection on stock 5.9.905 is working fine.
Me too - I ran the OTA - didn't lose root (am running SafeStrap w/.902 Pathsaver). I first noted the problem while in Beverly Hills - normally a full 4G area with few problems save the occasional network problem.
My network weather settings would not refresh though 4G icon appeared in blue - Also email was silent for too long.
The problem again appeared when accessing The Market (Play). The phone responded with No Connection/Retry. The connection would not return despite going to A/P mode or switching between CDMA/LTE. Finally, I restarted and 4G returned for long enough to download an app and listen to a podcast on BeyondPod.
This weekend, while listening to BeyondPod - the stream just stops and will not restart until the phone is fully restarted (ON BUTTON with -+ volume pressed).
I will revert to 902 and try flashing 905 from the SD card tomorrow.
Will report results -
This seems to be fairly uncommon as such, I'm hoping that the above will restore.
From all I've read - 4G is supposed to be ENHANCED with .905.
C'est la vie.
I think that I am not in a hurry to get the .905 OTA.
with all the issues with the last couple of radio updates im sure they will push out another one soon to fix those issues lol. it's best just to stick to a stable radio version until confirmed issues are solved.
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Me too - I ran the OTA - didn't lose root (am running SafeStrap w/.902 Pathsaver). I first noted the problem while in Beverly Hills - normally a full 4G area with few problems save the occasional network problem.
My network weather settings would not refresh though 4G icon appeared in blue - Also email was silent for too long.
The problem again appeared when accessing The Market (Play). The phone responded with No Connection/Retry. The connection would not return despite going to A/P mode or switching between CDMA/LTE. Finally, I restarted and 4G returned for long enough to download an app and listen to a podcast on BeyondPod.
This weekend, while listening to BeyondPod - the stream just stops and will not restart until the phone is fully restarted (ON BUTTON with -+ volume pressed).
I will revert to 902 and try flashing 905 from the SD card tomorrow.
Will report results -
This seems to be fairly uncommon as such, I'm hoping that the above will restore.
From all I've read - 4G is supposed to be ENHANCED with .905.
C'est la vie.
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On further troubleshooting - assumed that root was not broken. It seemed that all of my apps were working as they should but when I attempted a SafeStrap restart and restore my UnSafe installation, The SafeStrap prompts would not appear. So, I checked root -found that it was in fact broken so, I ran Voodoo, restored root, ReInstalled Safestrap Recovery from the app and, restored my unsafe system to .905.
Since it was the weekend, I haven't had much of a chance to test 4G but while I was at the gym, I did listen to some podcasts. Email seems to be pushing. Today (weekday) should give me ample opportunity to test the update.
Hopefully, the restore fixed the problem.
This entire thread Sounds like bad hardware our user error
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I am in the same boat here. I took the .905 update last weekend and my 4g has been terrible since. It stays 'white' most of the time and when it is blue and I open an application it instantly turns back to white and I get no connectivity...does anyone have a suggestion? Also, I was rooted and had safestrap. After the update...I guess I am not sure if I have root anymore? a root check app says I do not but I was still able to reinstall safestrap apk and then boot into eclipse.
Thanks in advance
I think this is a network issue. With last couple of days, my LTE has been showing white and wont connect to network. I still have 5..9.902.
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My phone is 5.9.904. Does that mean I can't get the 905 update?
So is it the update or a network issue?
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So is it the update or a network issue?
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On my personal use, I was trying to see if the MAX batt saver option had something to do with the data connecting. Since setting it on nighttime save, I havent had too much of an issue.
these are from the eclipse forum
I take no credit, but used them both (despite not having any data issues at all) and others claim these work:
A:
1. Power down
2. Remove the back cover, battery, SD card and SIM card.
3. Power back up, let the phone come all the way back up and tell you that you can only do "emergency calls only"
4. Power down
5. Reinstall SIM card, SD card, battery and back cover.
6. Power back on and let the phone boot normally.
B. in settings, Battery, Battery Mode, do not use "maximum battery saver". use nightime saver. (I use custom battery saver, which just slightly adjusts the nighttime hours).
no harm in trying these.
Link to 905
Anyone have a solid link to 905? The one DROIDMODDERX posted here (http://www.sendspace.com/file/xo8f4g) won't download to my phone. Not sure if it is my phone or the link. I can pull stuff off of Google Play all day long though.
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I think this is a network issue. With last couple of days, my LTE has been showing white and wont connect to network. I still have 5..9.902.
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x2 on network issue. I've noticed 4g issues many times lately on my phone and also on stock .902
Not network issues....the leaked .905 is flawed.
My wife and I did a test. I did t his because for the 3 days I used the leak I noticed white data drops happening a helluva lot.
We were in the same room standing less than a foot apart in the same house.
We hit the same app/icons on our bionics at the same time even.
I had the .905 leak....it went white 5 times for roughly 15-120 seconds each time in a 15 minute window.....my wife's stock .902? NEVER.
Nuff said...or not. lol
I complained about this issue originally in the MavRom thread but was advised this isn’t a known issue with the ROM, so after more troubleshooting, here I am. This is the chain of events:
- Bought the Droid 3 unlocked so I could use it on Rogers
- Instantly flashed CM9, lived with the various issues hoping they’d be resolved soon
- They weren’t, so I started looking for a permanent GB rom. Tried MavRom
- Noticed a day or two later the following issue:
Wifi will just randomly encounter an error and turn off. It typically happens without me noticing, and then I’ll be at home and notice I’m on data when I should be on wi-fi. If I try to turn it on using the power widget it will briefly light up as though it’s trying to turn on, but eventually give up. If I try to turn it on through settings, where it normally would say “wifi is on” or “wifi is off”, it just says error. I used to reboot the phone to fix it, but just realized a few weeks ago that I just need to turn airplane mode on and off, then turn wifi back on.
This isn’t the worst thing in the world but it should not happen. There is also no pattern to it, or any apparent triggering event. It can happen half an hour after the last time, or it can go a whole day without happening. My phone is in essentially the same state all night while I am sleeping, so the same thing should happen every time. But sometimes I wake up and the error has occurred, other times it hasn’t.
So as I said, I complained in the MavRom thread, they insisted it wasn’t related to Maverick. So I flashed Eclipse to try it out. Right away I realized that this error was happening in Eclipse too. So, somewhere in all the clearing data and cache and flashing of ROMs, etc, I managed to wreck the wifi in a way that reflashing doesn’t appear to fix.
Realizing this, I tried to go all the way back to stock to see if that would work. I used the .906 to .890 patch (since it’s the only way to go back to .890 or at least mostly), then had to use quick unbrick to fix it when it wouldn’t start up. Everything was fine; it was a stock motobloat Droid 3 again. After a few hours of usage I was pretty convinced that the wifi error was gone.
So I installed Eclipse again. For most of the day everything seemed fine but the same problem reared its ugly head last night just like it used to. It sounds like I need to somehow update the part of the Gingerbread OS specifically related to wifi but I have no idea where to go from here. Has anyone else seen a problem like this before? Any troubleshooting advice?
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I complained about this issue originally in the MavRom thread but was advised this isn’t a known issue with the ROM, so after more troubleshooting, here I am. This is the chain of events:
- Bought the Droid 3 unlocked so I could use it on Rogers
- Instantly flashed CM9, lived with the various issues hoping they’d be resolved soon
- They weren’t, so I started looking for a permanent GB rom. Tried MavRom
- Noticed a day or two later the following issue:
Wifi will just randomly encounter an error and turn off. It typically happens without me noticing, and then I’ll be at home and notice I’m on data when I should be on wi-fi. If I try to turn it on using the power widget it will briefly light up as though it’s trying to turn on, but eventually give up. If I try to turn it on through settings, where it normally would say “wifi is on” or “wifi is off”, it just says error. I used to reboot the phone to fix it, but just realized a few weeks ago that I just need to turn airplane mode on and off, then turn wifi back on.
This isn’t the worst thing in the world but it should not happen. There is also no pattern to it, or any apparent triggering event. It can happen half an hour after the last time, or it can go a whole day without happening. My phone is in essentially the same state all night while I am sleeping, so the same thing should happen every time. But sometimes I wake up and the error has occurred, other times it hasn’t.
So as I said, I complained in the MavRom thread, they insisted it wasn’t related to Maverick. So I flashed Eclipse to try it out. Right away I realized that this error was happening in Eclipse too. So, somewhere in all the clearing data and cache and flashing of ROMs, etc, I managed to wreck the wifi in a way that reflashing doesn’t appear to fix.
Realizing this, I tried to go all the way back to stock to see if that would work. I used the .906 to .890 patch (since it’s the only way to go back to .890 or at least mostly), then had to use quick unbrick to fix it when it wouldn’t start up. Everything was fine; it was a stock motobloat Droid 3 again. After a few hours of usage I was pretty convinced that the wifi error was gone.
So I installed Eclipse again. For most of the day everything seemed fine but the same problem reared its ugly head last night just like it used to. It sounds like I need to somehow update the part of the Gingerbread OS specifically related to wifi but I have no idea where to go from here. Has anyone else seen a problem like this before? Any troubleshooting advice?
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I would sbf and stay on stock, if it reappears, bring it to verizon. Im afraid I've never heard of this problem before. Since it happened with 2 separate roms, it seems more like hardware. Otherwise the sbf should have fixed it.
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Odd. I know that this was a problem on most ICS roms. Haven't heard of it happening on a GB rom. This happens to me on Gummy 1.2. Same symptopms: wifi kills with no cause and no pattern. I toggle airplane and keep browsing as I only turn on wifi when I am actively using it.
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I have a Bionic that i just put ICS on. 4G was killing my battery so i used *#*#4346#*#* to put it in CDMA auto. Now it won't let me revert back to LTE/cdma/evdo. I choose that setting and it automatically changes it back to CDMD auto. I haven't seen 4G since i did this. Please help! My wifes phone gets 4g service, so i know the service isn't down.
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I have a Bionic that i just put ICS on. 4G was killing my battery so i used *#*#4346#*#* to put it in CDMA auto. Now it won't let me revert back to LTE/cdma/evdo. I choose that setting and it automatically changes it back to CDMD auto. I haven't seen 4G since i did this. Please help! My wifes phone gets 4g service, so i know the service isn't down.
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Mine did the same thing. I got mine back somehow. If I recall, I set it to the original setting again. After that I turned off data, and turned off the radio all together. Rebooted and it worked. I made a thread about this in the general section but 200 views later no response.
I had to do a factory reset to get mine back.
Been too scared to turn off 4g since.
I've heard of people having similar issues and were able to solve it by turning off the phone, removing the SIM card and powering it back on, then turning it off again re-inserting the SIM and then turning it back on. Not sure if it will help in your situation, but it's worth a try before a FDR.
Same here. Been too afraid to change it again.
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Weird. I'm on leak 6.7.230 and it happily toggles between 3G and 3G+4G through that menu.
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I know I'm late to the party here, but i wanted to add my 2 cents, as i just got a Bionic and had this problem.
I used the LTE on/off app to turn the 4g off to save battery. When i wanted 4G back, it would not come back. I tried restarting, pulling the battery with the phone on, booting with no sim, etc. Nothing worked. Setting the phone to 4g would cause it to lose all data connections. The 3G would always stay on for about 20 secs, before dropping.
Finally, after a restart with, i went to the *#*#4346#*#* screen, set it to 4G, and pulled the battery before the data dropped (i already had the phone case open so a battery pull could be performed quickly. I then let the phone sit for a good 5+ minutes without a battery in it, and when i finally booted back up the 4G was there.
Now i don't know if this was a coincidence or not (i'm not going to try to replicate it, i'm leaving well-enough alone), but i wanted to share my experience b/c this thread was one of the top hits on Google for this specific problem. So hopefully this will help someone out.
I am on the soak team and it has been 3 days since i have received an email from Moto saying i would get the soak. I have submitted for a repush twice and still nothing has come through. The mod says he is working on it (he is in fact a really nice guy). I know i can get it here but should i wait for the soak or say screw it and grab it from here
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Just wait for the soak who knows motorola may give a different version
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The 246 ota and leak has the same md5 hash. You could get the leak if you don't feel like waiting
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Ill wait till tomorrow and if i dont hear anything back i will download the leak.
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The update is downloading now
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Ill wait till tomorrow and if i dont hear anything back i will download the leak.
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The update is downloading now
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I saw your post over there. Glad it's working for ya now
I couldn't wait anymore, so I got the .246 leak, and installed using the House of Bionic method, when just flashing in stock recovery kept failing on me.
It took a long time, mostly at the end, when it was updating media or something, and then it booted up....and I had no phone service. I freaked out. LOL But I calmed down, turned airplane mode on and off, to no avail. Finally, I just did some Googling about it, and I turned on Airplane Mode, shut the phone off, took off the back, took out the SD card, took out the SIM card, put everything back, booted back up, turned off Airplane Mode, and I had my signal again. So now I'm all ice'd out, stock, rooted.
I plugged it into my Bionic Lapdock, and that's working weird....lots of reboots, but hopefully I'll get the hang of it, and know when to switch from Webtop mode to Phone mode for certain apps, etc.
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I couldn't wait anymore, so I got the .246 leak, and installed using the House of Bionic method, when just flashing in stock recovery kept failing on me.
It took a long time, mostly at the end, when it was updating media or something, and then it booted up....and I had no phone service. I freaked out. LOL But I calmed down, turned airplane mode on and off, to no avail. Finally, I just did some Googling about it, and I turned on Airplane Mode, shut the phone off, took off the back, took out the SD card, took out the SIM card, put everything back, booted back up, turned off Airplane Mode, and I had my signal again. So now I'm all ice'd out, stock, rooted.
I plugged it into my Bionic Lapdock, and that's working weird....lots of reboots, but hopefully I'll get the hang of it, and know when to switch from Webtop mode to Phone mode for certain apps, etc.
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Time to update your signature then! lol. Never could quite figure out the need for the lapdock. Maybe I'll pick one up on ebay and play around with it. The ICS update seems to have been big for lapdock users.