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3G Icon stays white, will not transmit Data!

Ok so I have a somewhat unique 3g data issue on my Bionic than what I have not heard of yet.
Last night I installed 5.7.893 and everything seemed fine 3g and 4g were switching just fine. I have 4g at home and during my commute but at work I only get 3g. When I got to work this morning I noticed that it switched from a blue 4g icon to a white 3g icon and it just stayed there. It will go usually go to a blue 3g signal and have the arrows indicating data transfers.
I am not getting that anymore, it just sticks on a white 3g icon with no data. I tried battery and sim card pulls, airplane mode, battery modes, data roaming, all the tricks I can think of, I have reflashed 4 times and the problem persists.
VZW level 2 tech support was useless, they said they would call me back and its been 12 hours.
I read somewhere that some people with droid charges were getting 4g and no 3g and replacing the sim card fixed the issue. I don't know how that makes sense but I will try that tomorrow.
Any other ideas? or tips or tricks I could try?
EDIT: I have a few confirmed reports of the exact issue on a Bionic and a new sim card solved the problem. So I will swap it out tomorrow

That's odd when my 3g symbol or 4g symbol is white I still get data. I've heard (but this may just be a rumor) that ask the blue means is google is gathering data
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Just got off the phone with verizon. Same thing...go try a sim card. So off to Verizon tomorrow. If that doesn't work then they will send me a referbished phone. Gee thanx! My phone is less than, oh wait, I mean the phone has been out less than 60 days! Lessthsn 60 days and 300 dollars ago and the answer is a referb that may have been dropped? Mine is still a virgin, (until it flies through their window that is). I think their customer service is going downhill. We will wee tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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bionicmonkey said:
That's odd when my 3g symbol or 4g symbol is white I still get data. I've heard (but this may just be a rumor) that ask the blue means is google is gathering data
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Blue, or green in aosp, means a connection to Google servers/services.
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Any Update on this issue?? Having the same exact issue. Was anyone able to successfully resolve this via new Sim card other remedy?

vivid lte issues

I have a vivid that I've been through hard times with. Went crazy for ics and bricked it for half a month. Then switched to iPhone.. now back to vivid with ics but no LTE. Originally the problem was that I had iPhone imei on the account but not anymore. Just doesn't work unless I use alternate apn settings. Any ideas?

richard head said:
I have a vivid that I've been through hard times with. Went crazy for ics and bricked it for half a month. Then switched to iPhone.. now back to vivid with ics but no LTE. Originally the problem was that I had iPhone imei on the account but not anymore. Just doesn't work unless I use alternate apn settings. Any ideas?
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It is likely that you will have to manually setup the AT&T PTA apn (assuming you are with att as you mentioned Vivid and not Raider). The apn is usually the cause for the problem that you mentioned. Do a search in the forum and it will give you the apn settings that you need.

So I did add the PTA and LTE apps. I'm on stock Rom, ics, AT&T. And no LTE. Still. All I can use is hspa+ .
I'm kind of surprised nobody else has this problem. Stock Rom seems full of bugs to me.

I had this problem before. All I did was set up the at&t apn. Applied then turned on airplane mode then wait a little, turn it off. That didnt work the first time so I restarted. Are you in a LTE area?
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yeah dfw. I.will try doing a battery pull.

Did it work?
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same issue
I actually just bought my Vivid as well from eBay (supposedly new) and it came preloaded with ICS. I wasn't able to get any kind of internet connection with my old Atrix sim even though it showed 4G in the notification bar.
I went to an at&t store and they gave me a new sim and now the internet works but i'm definitely not getting the 4g lte icon or speeds of that nature via speedtest app.
I've tried both airplane mode and pulling the battery, with no results. I'm thinking of doing a hard reset now. *sigh*

richard head said:
I have a vivid that I've been through hard times with. Went crazy for ics and bricked it for half a month. Then switched to iPhone.. now back to vivid with ics but no LTE. Originally the problem was that I had iPhone imei on the account but not anymore. Just doesn't work unless I use alternate apn settings. Any ideas?
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Are you in an area where lte is being offered?
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And just to update, a hard reset didn't do anything.
I'm in San Francisco by the way. What's funny is that when i looked at the demo phone inside the at&t store, the icon for LTE wasn't on that screen either. That phone was running ICS as well.

aballz said:
And just to update, a hard reset didn't do anything.
I'm in San Francisco by the way. What's funny is that when i looked at the demo phone inside the at&t store, the icon for LTE wasn't on that screen either. That phone was running ICS as well.
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Mine came with ICS & showed 4g lte when it is in range. you do need to have an LTE data plan for the apn to work to connect you up with LTE. I figured that one out the hard way. Call them up or browse online for the LTE dataplan of your liking.

aballz said:
And just to update, a hard reset didn't do anything.
I'm in San Francisco by the way. What's funny is that when i looked at the demo phone inside the at&t store, the icon for LTE wasn't on that screen either. That phone was running ICS as well.
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I'm also in the bay area as well, within 2 miles of a LTE signal tower. Did you get a new SIM card when you got your Vivid? Because when I went to an AT&T store to upgrade my phone to Vivid, they had to give me a new SIM, because it was running LTE and that would not work if you have an older SIM, which at the time I had. So make sure you asked them for a new SIM card!
Never mind, just re-read the above post, you got a new SIM card. Sometimes it would happen for any kind of reason, I would just walk back into the AT&T store and ask for a new SIM or new Vivid

lamebmx said:
Mine came with ICS & showed 4g lte when it is in range. you do need to have an LTE data plan for the apn to work to connect you up with LTE. I figured that one out the hard way. Call them up or browse online for the LTE dataplan of your liking.
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Yes, make sure you do have LTE specific data plan, as older data plans while work, will not allow you to connect to LTE data.

Make sure they gave you an LTE sim and that switch over the IMEI because my brothers had the same issue

How To SIM Unlock Samsung Galaxy S4

Edited..
Since lots of ppl already reported that this method doesn't work...
I just read this post in redmondpie..
and I saw the comment and one of them is trying on S4 Sprint..
II really want to try this.. but my wife brought her S4 Sprint with her so I couldn't try this at the moment..
Maybe someone would like to try this out and report this discovery?
so here's the Link:
http://goo.gl/SN8Yx

Tried it when I read it doesn't work for us
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Be very carefully doing this on sprint S4 it may brick it cause this process only works for ATT- T-Mobile GSM phones only

I also tried it to many times with no luck I wish this worked.
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Hello. Some one try to flash radio firmware from verizon sgs4(it has unlocked gsm) ? it work for nexus but vice verca

This method DOES NOT work. Sprint BLOCKS US GSM carriers. To get an international unlock you need to call sprint and ask for one. At this time there is NO way to get US GSM signal on the sprint S4.
EDIT: Apparently this will make your phone unable to connect to a femtocell. Be careful

Do not try this mod. It will mess up your phone and how it connects to the Sprint Airave.

trouthunter7 said:
Do not try this mod. It will mess up your phone and how it connects to the Sprint Airave.
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I noticed this. Any way to revert this? Or will I have to go into sprint?

ehaalandtluk said:
I noticed this. Any way to revert this? Or will I have to go into sprint?
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Not that I am aware of. I am trying a complete factory reset of the phone. I will post my results when I can.

trouthunter7 said:
Not that I am aware of. I am trying a complete factory reset of the phone. I will post my results when I can.
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Please let me know how the factory reset works out for you. My phone is officially messed up. My 3g was not working at all. I would only connect LTE. After troubleshooting forever with sprint, my 3G is working again but it is very slow. I also notice that it does not auto roam to Verizon at all.

spydc said:
Please let me know how the factory reset works out for you. My phone is officially messed up. My 3g was not working at all. I would only connect LTE. After troubleshooting forever with sprint, my 3G is working again but it is very slow. I also notice that it does not auto roam to Verizon at all.
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Updated: I have rebooted the phone next to the booster and then did a firmware update, PRL Update and rebooted the phone. It appears to be connecting again.

trouthunter7 said:
Updated: I have rebooted the phone next to the booster and then did a firmware update, PRL Update and rebooted the phone. It appears to be connecting again.
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How was the speed though? It may show "3G" but my guess is that it's really 2G speed or something on TW.

yujioh said:
How was the speed though? It may show "3G" but my guess is that it's really 2G speed or something on TW.
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I've had massive issues with my 3g after this method. The 3g is super slow and I know something is not right. Is there an app that displays the cdma band that the phone is currently operating on? I read somewhere that it screws up the phones ability to access the cdma 850 band.
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What we really need to do, is find a way to undo this. Even though my phone appears to be working. I really wish I had never tried this and could go back.

Yes I hope someone figures it out. Reflashing the stock software is not enough
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spydc said:
Yes I hope someone figures it out. Reflashing the stock software is not enough
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Update: My phone appears to be staying connected to the Airave and getting a very good signal. Data speeds were never really affected just terrible connections. :good:

I tried this also and it messed up my 3g speeds, after much searching, reading ,and experimenting,i did a SCRTN which restored modem ,lesson learned
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There is another thread that is similar to this for unlocking the sim. I tried it, and possible messed my phone up. I was getting slow 3g speeds and mobile data drop outs. I fixed my issue by doing a complete factory reset/ clearing NVRAM. This is how I did it:
Dial ##786#
Choose Reset
Enter MSL
Here is the thread I mentioned just in case one of you wants to look at it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683

##786# as far as I know will restore your phone to stock .
##72786# should reset your network settings. Just make sure you are in a working 3G coverage area or have a WiFi connection or it wont re-activate. This method does not put your phone back to stock...just reactivates it on the network.

Sorry for the unusable info...
But i got this news from Sprint Htc One thread, that they are able to unlocked the device by simply rooting the phone and sending a line in terminal...
Is it possible to do this with ours?
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1. You should be rooted
2. Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
3. Run Terminal Emulator
4. Type "su" (excluding quotation marks) and grant it superuser permission
5. Type "am start com.redbend.vdmc/com.htc.omadm.test.TestMainActivity" (excluding quotation marks)
6. You will get menu on your HTC
7. In that menu, select "API", then scroll down 'till almost end and select "simlock"
8. Reboot the phone and hopefully it would accept GSM SIM
9. Enter *#*#4636#*#* in your dialer
10.In the phone information section(the first one) set preferred network type to something that is GSM specific: "WCDMA Preferred", for example. The phone will switch to GSM mode
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3G just dropped and hasn't returned??

I've been on Viper rom for the past several months. Today my 3g just dropped and it will not turn back on no matter what I do. Airplane, reboot..nothing. Anyone had this issue? Could it be a PRL issue?

It's most likely not a PRL issue. Try updating your data profile, but more then likely it's a Sprint issue and nothing to do with your phone. My 3g has gotten so bad I don't even try to use it anymore. If I can't connect to WiFi, I just shut data off completely. Sad that Sprint has come to that.

hockeyfamily737 said:
It's most likely not a PRL issue. Try updating your data profile, but more then likely it's a Sprint issue and nothing to do with your phone. My 3g has gotten so bad I don't even try to use it anymore. If I can't connect to WiFi, I just shut data off completely. Sad that Sprint has come to that.
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Nah I doubt it. My G/f has Sprint, her phone is fine. A couple buddies at work have Sprint and they're fine. It's been like like the last 10-12 hours at work, they use their phones just fine while my data is 100% gone.
I'm on wifi now, I did a profile update and nothing. This is crazy...it's almost like I have mobile data switched off but it isn't. Never had this issue before.

Rippley05 said:
Nah I doubt it. My G/f has Sprint, her phone is fine. A couple buddies at work have Sprint and they're fine. It's been like like the last 10-12 hours at work, they use their phones just fine while my data is 100% gone.
I'm on wifi now, I did a profile update and nothing. This is crazy...it's almost like I have mobile data switched off but it isn't. Never had this issue before.
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Did you pay your bill?

bigdaddy619 said:
Did you pay your bill?
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Yep. It was due August 11th and I paid it August 6th.
Thanks tho

Rippley05 said:
Yep. It was due August 11th and I paid it August 6th.
Thanks tho
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Did you try switching to cdma only in mobile data settings?
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volk9029 said:
Did you try switching to cdma only in mobile data settings?
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Hmm, that worked... I've never even messed with that setting, weird that it gets borked outta nowhere.
Thanks a ton for the tip, really appreciate it. It is odd to me tho

Rippley05 said:
Hmm, that worked... I've never even messed with that setting, weird that it gets borked outta nowhere.
Thanks a ton for the tip, really appreciate it. It is odd to me tho
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Check your SIM card. If your towers have been upgraded to NV, 3G AND 4G data won't work if there is a problem with the SIM card. People have said the SIM only affects 4G data, but this is not true if the SIM card is removed or not detected in an NV area. Usually the phone will tell you if there is a problem with the SIM card though.
I just went through this on my new Red HTC One because the SIM Wirefly sent with the device was defective. I noticed I could only get 3G from my Airrave, and not any towers around here. That is because the towers here are NV towers and it is connecting in CDMA eHRPD mode for 3G/4G handoff, which requires a SIM card to work properly. I flipped the phone to CDMA only and it is working fine now in EVDO Rev A mode.

Rippley05 said:
Hmm, that worked... I've never even messed with that setting, weird that it gets borked outta nowhere.
Thanks a ton for the tip, really appreciate it. It is odd to me tho
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same thing happened to me i actually took it to a repair place thinking it was messed up and the tech said that said that it was something to do with them testing the networks. an i know after a couple of days i was able to switch back to the LTE/CDMA mode with no issues.

Same here in los Angeles region
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VZW G2 - Traveling out of country

Hi guys. I'll be heading to South America(Uruguay) in two weeks. I have heard that I can use a SIM card down there and get service on my phone. How exactly does this work? I would assume the G2 is unlocked since it's a 4G phone. I had heard the FCC wanted Verizon to unlock all 4G phones for GSM purposes. So my question would be, how do I make this work? I planned on borrowing a very old T-Mobile phone (MyTouch) and popping in a SIM card from ATCEL. It's in Spanish but here's the phone on that site. It states GSM and LTE I think.
http://www.antel.com.uy/antel/personas-y-hogares/movil/equipos/lg-electronics/lg-g2
Would I just have to buy a SIM and pay two weeks of service? I'd plan on using a stock ROM like XDABEBBS or Steel Droid. Or should I focus on using something from CM?

sefirosu0522 said:
Hi guys. I'll be heading to South America(Uruguay) in two weeks. I have heard that I can use a SIM card down there and get service on my phone. How exactly does this work? I would assume the G2 is unlocked since it's a 4G phone. I had heard the FCC wanted Verizon to unlock all 4G phones for GSM purposes. So my question would be, how do I make this work? I planned on borrowing a very old T-Mobile phone (MyTouch) and popping in a SIM card from ATCEL. It's in Spanish but here's the phone on that site. It states GSM and LTE I think.
http://www.antel.com.uy/antel/personas-y-hogares/movil/equipos/lg-electronics/lg-g2
Would I just have to buy a SIM and pay two weeks of service? I'd plan on using a stock ROM like XDABEBBS or Steel Droid. Or should I focus on using something from CM?
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Exactly. VS980 is full unlocked for any GSM network. I live in Russia, so I bought this phone to use in my Russian operator "MobileTeleSystems", so it works perfectly. You should take microSIM card. But LTE will not work, only 3G.

I can live with that for a couple of weeks. So what would I need to do? Just power off the phone and insert the new SIM card or do I have to factory reset? I'll be running a stock rooted Rom.
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No factory reset needed. Just turn the phone off, switch SIM cards, turn it back on and you should have service. I think I had to enter APN settings to get 3g data working properly in Honduras, but voice and text worked fine with no special settings. You should be able to Google the settings for ATCEL if you need to
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phunkyjoey said:
No factory reset needed. Just turn the phone off, switch SIM cards, turn it back on and you should have service. I think I had to enter APN settings to get 3g data working properly in Honduras, but voice and text worked fine with no special settings. You should be able to Google the settings for ATCEL if you need to
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Thanks so much! Just did a quick search and I think this is all I'll need. If not, I'm sure they'd know down there, right?
http://wiki.apnchanger.org/Uruguay

Yeah that looks like all you need. If ATCEL had any other weird requirements I'm sure they'll be able to let you know when you get down there, assuming you find someone who speaks English. You might want to download the Spanish language packs for Google Translate before you head down there if you don't speak Spanish
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phunkyjoey said:
Yeah that looks like all you need. If ATCEL had any other weird requirements I'm sure they'll be able to let you know when you get down there, assuming you find someone who speaks English. You might want to download the Spanish language packs for Google Translate before you head down there if you don't speak Spanish
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Awesome. I've got the Spanish part down. Thanks for all the help!

sefirosu0522 said:
Awesome. I've got the Spanish part down. Thanks for all the help!
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I am using the VS980 here in Mexico with good results. The only other thing I can think of that may give a problem is if for some reason you are stuck at the activation screen, then use this workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522646
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I am using the VS980 here in Mexico with good results. The only other thing I can think of that may give a problem is if for some reason you are stuck at the activation screen, then use this workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522646
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Thanks. I did see this a few days ago. I don't think I'll be factory resetting though. If I have to, I'll keep this in mind.