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[Q] Droid 3, no 3g after 2.3.4 update (maybe)

Yep, another noob with a busted phone. Verizon Droid 3, about 5 months old.
I've just noticed that I have no 3G. Not a 3G problem, I've confirmed with another phone that I'm in a covered area. Normally I'm under one Wi-Fi net or another, so I rarely use it. Noticed it yesterday when I needed it.
Allowed the 2.3.4 upgrade back in May. No problems, just had to reroot the phone. Pretty sure this started after the upgrade, but not 100% sure.
I've tried Googling, saw the *228, tried it, nothing. Found threads about task killers causing issues, uninstalled Advanced Task Killer, nothing. Pulled the battery and rebooted, nothing. Saw some thread on APN settings, but those are not available to me with Netwrok Mode set to Global. I can set it to CDMA, still has APN setting greyed out.
Not finding anything else much to go on, could use some help.

One thing you could try is hitting *#*#4636#*#* then Phone Information and changing the network to EVDO only. That would force it to connect to 3g. Then if that doesn't work try manually forcing a PRL using ##Program. You could always call Verizon.
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Are you on any rom? Stock?
If your on stock, I would go to verizon and ask for a replacement or see if they can give you a replacement or fix it.
If your rooted/custom rom I would try re-downloading whatever rom your using and reflash it. And wipe caches.

I've actually had a few issues with the 3G on my own D3. These steps generally work for me.
Navigate to your APN settings. Settings>Wireless & Networks>Mobile Networks
Press Menu (An option should pop up that says "Reset APN" or "Reset Values")
Press this and wait a few seconds.
Reboot, and you SHOULD be up and running.
If this doesn't work you can edit the greyed out APNs manually (NOT advised) with a trick I can show you. Hope I was able to help!
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I don't think you can even access the apn menu from cdma mode.
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Thanks for the suggestions so far. Unfortunately, none of them have worked. EndAllFUD, even switching over to GSM so I can get to the AFN settings, there is no reset that I could find.
I've went back and tried unfreezing all the oddball authenticators under the assumption that maybe one of then was IDing me to the 3G network. That hasn't worked either. Unless I come up with another idea, I guess I'm going to have to try Verizon and see if they can/will help.

Well, we have a resolution. After everything up to and including a factory reset, it seems that the 3G radio in my Droid has died. Verizon is sending me another; I'm springing for the overnight shipping.
I had forgotten how much effort had went into customizing this thing. The stock phone is just...painful.
I appreciate all the help that was offered.

Sorry to hear about the 3g radio in your D3, but glad to hear you resolved your issue! Also, I was going to amend my solution. I was basing my answer of memory due to the fact that I am currently running Hashcode's CM9. (It's amazing by the way) The proper instructions were as follows: (Amended instructions are in bold.)
Navigate to your APN settings. Settings>Wireless & Networks>Mobile Networks
Set network mode to GSM
Change mode back to Global but quickly start tapping the "Access Point Names" menu until it lets you in.
-(You are now in the locked Global Settings Menu)
Press Menu (An option should pop up that says "Reset to default")
Press this and wait a few seconds.
Reboot, and you SHOULD be up and running.
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MrObvious said:
I don't think you can even access the apn menu from cdma mode.
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Yeah I just had to throw in a trick I figured out one day when I was screwing around with my phone. My apologies for not remembering to put it in earlier.

Does anyone know how to tweak Droid 3 to make it able to call, message and 3G, but not 1x data?

It isn't possible to make calls or texts using CDMA service locked into EVDO only. If you use Google Voice and a SIP program it would work.
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T-Mobile LTE and no data

T-Mobile rolled out the 4G LTE in my city and my rooted and unlocked phone automatically connected to it. I can make calls to it, however, there is no internet. Anyone experiencing the same thing? Tried switching all the different mobile networks in the settings.

ahb83 said:
T-Mobile rolled out the 4G LTE in my city and my rooted and unlocked phone automatically connected to it. I can make calls to it, however, there is no internet. Anyone experiencing the same thing? Tried switching all the different mobile networks in the settings.
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Just wondering how do you know it was connected to LTE. Did the icon change?
Did you get your data back when it was switched back to HSDPA+?
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Same here, I've been googling since this motning. New icon (4G LTE) showed in the corner and internet is gone. Tried fiddling with "LTE Setting"/"LTE Unlimited"/"LTE Discovery" apps from Appstore - no change. Weird... I think lots of people should be having that problem by now...

youll probably have to enter new APN settings. ask someone from the Tmo SGS3 or Note 2 forum for their LTE connected APN settings

Or look in the market for apn tweaker to get the settings.
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The new APN is fast.t-mobile.com.
Can someone try it?

dumon said:
The new APN is fast.t-mobile.com.
Can someone try it?
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i've set up a new access point and put fast.tmobile.com (no dash) in. Now internet works, showing 4G icon only, i didn't change my physical location though. I am in Houston now. Will check mms settings. i believe they've rolled out with the city-wide upgrade like a day before...
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pjaca said:
i've set up a new access point and put fast.tmobile.com (no dash) in. Now internet works, showing 4G icon only, i didn't change my physical location though. I am in Houston now. Will check mms settings. i believe they've rolled out with the city-wide upgrade like a day before...
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No go. Just reverted by itself to 4G LTE and internet is gone. Will try something else.
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pjaca said:
i've set up a new access point and put fast.tmobile.com (no dash) in. Now internet works, showing 4G icon only, i didn't change my physical location though. I am in Houston now. Will check mms settings. i believe they've rolled out with the city-wide upgrade like a day before...
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No go. Just reverted by itself to 4G LTE and internet is gone. Will try something else.
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OK. Confirmed. For the 4G LTE to work you need to have in the APN settings:
fast.t-mobile.com (WITH the dash)
FULL internet is working now, did not notice much of a change of speed in comparison to 4G I had before.
Running on rooted 4.1.1 MB886 (AT&T Atrix HD, unlocked)
Mobile network type LTE:13

Sorry, I had been out all day. I tried all the APN settings they gave me and what the associate over the phone told me about, none worked. One of them said to go to a t-mobile store and ask for a "LTE" sim card. I did and now it's all working.

ahb83 said:
Sorry, I had been out all day. I tried all the APN settings they gave me and what the associate over the phone told me about, none worked. One of them said to go to a t-mobile store and ask for a "LTE" sim card. I did and now it's all working.
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Hi,
I can confirm pjaca's method works.
Just change APN to "fast.t-mobile.com" nothing else.
I live in San Jose and it is one of the cities to get LTE but not where I live.
I was on a hunt for LTE this afternoon and not all area in San Jose have LTE.
If your phone is getting LTE signal you should see "4G LTE" logo next to your signal bars.

pjaca said:
OK. Confirmed. For the 4G LTE to work you need to have in the APN settings:
fast.t-mobile.com (WITH the dash)
FULL internet is working now, did not notice much of a change of speed in comparison to 4G I had before.
Running on rooted 4.1.1 MB886 (AT&T Atrix HD, unlocked)
Mobile network type LTE:13
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That's great news

Couple questions -
I just got my Atrix HD and I'm in an area that doesn't have LTE currently. I get awesome HSPA service though. Any advantage/disadvantage of changing my APN?
Also, the APN setting is grayed out, do I need to make a new entry or something?
Thanks!

I have tmobile on my unlocked ahd..I tried three apn settings epc.tombile.com, fast.t-mobile.com and good old apn internet2.voicestream.com....they all show different reading in speedtest.net download speed range 1mb-8mb and upload speed range 768kb-2.1mb....as soon as I switch I get the highest range then it dies off....all apn behave all the same way..then again, I am in NYC and doing it from home avg 3bars but I don't think that mattters...and neither does any of the apn for me they all the same...however out of curiosity I will try again outside when I get full bar
But those of you having trouble in tmobile can try any of the above three apn setting and see which one(if not all) is working for you...technically they all should work

I added the new APN settings and the LTE icon appears in the status bar but I can't connect to the internet

[Q] Verizon Moto X calls/texts over wifi instead of signal

Hi, on my Moto x on Verizon, even when im on Wifi at home (usually a pretty good signal) it still searches and is constantly trying to connect to a Verizon mobile signal. The problem is that in my house we have a terrible signal (usually low 1x to emergency calls only) so when receiving calls or texts, the call either drops out constantly or never goes through, and i get texts hours later and sometimes when i send they never go through.
It seems that even though im connected to Wifi, its only using that for data and is using the mobile connection for everything else. On my GNex when i connected to wifi it would basically ignore the mobile connection at that point and use wifi for everything. It wouldnt even show if i had a 1x/3g/lte connection at that point. The moto x continues to show me what data connection i have on wifi. Is this how the moto x just works, or is this just some weird device specific or verizon issue?

Turn on airplane mode, then wifi. Airplane= no mobile data.
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That's how all android phones work. SMS and MMS don't use data (unless your using Google voice). Your GNex didn't ignore the wireless signal (there would be no way to route calls and texts without it). You can call Verizon and they will put in a signal booster for free.
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matt30 said:
That's how all android phones work. SMS and MMS don't use data (unless your using Google voice). Your GNex didn't ignore the wireless signal (there would be no way to route calls and texts without it). You can call Verizon and they will put in a signal booster for free.
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also the signal booster will be tied to your wifi connection so now when you have a good wifi connection you should have a good signal. With the booster your texts and phone calls will not be going through your wifi network. The type of service verizon uses doesn't let them router phone calls and texts through wifi networks. I believe tmobile or some other brands have the ability to do this already but verizon doens't. Not the phones fault its the radios the carrier uses.

matt30 said:
That's how all android phones work. SMS and MMS don't use data (unless your using Google voice). Your GNex didn't ignore the wireless signal (there would be no way to route calls and texts without it). You can call Verizon and they will put in a signal booster for free.
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how do you get them to do that for free? i need one of them since this phone has been getting worse signal than any of my previous phones (including my gnex).

willlay said:
how do you get them to do that for free? i need one of them since this phone has been getting worse signal than any of my previous phones (including my gnex).
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just complain enough that your signal is so bad that it is not usable in your house. You might have to call the I am going to cancel service hotline and say you will leave because you aren't getting service. Just complain some more. then ask for supervisor. complain some more. eventually some one will offer you one for free.

T-Mobile has that ability. That's the primary reason I have them for my backup phone (the cheap Lumia 521). I have that phone set to default to WiFi calling so while I'm at home it never uses the TMo network. Unfortunately, the Moto X does not support this feature.
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I use ringcentral
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Hey bro, does ring Central work well with the sprint version of the Moto X?
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Yes. I even have call recording. I'll post a discount link today
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Pm for discount code
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[Q] Moto X XT1053 After Lollipop Update Problems

I update to 222.21.15.Ghost_ro-Retail.en.US I couple week ago and I have notice that You Tube sometime will stop the playback and just get stuck, also when I unlock my phone or lock it some time I get a crackle sound coming from the rear speaker, almost like it a re-verb sound from the lock sound.
I have cleared the cache partition and I have rest my phone from the back up and restore option. And that has not change these two thing from happening. The rest of the phone seams to be working find I don't know what else to do to fix this problem.

Same problem here with YouTube playback... 222.27.1.ghost_row.02.en.DE
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Try going to Settings > About Phone and enabling Developer Options by tapping on Build Number several times. Then press the back button and tap on Developer Options and scroll almost all the way to the bottom until you get to the Media section. Try enabling/disabling Use AwesomePlayer (Depreciated) and see if that helps.

Thanks that tip seems to have fix the YouTube playback problem. Any ideas on the crackling sound made at random moments.
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al970h said:
Thanks that tip seems to have fix the YouTube playback problem. Any ideas on the crackling sound made at random moments.
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Couldn't tell ya. I haven't had that problem yet so I can't offer a fix.

I'm having the same sound problem on my AT&T Moto X as well. It comes up at random

Breezyno1 said:
I'm having the same sound problem on my AT&T Moto X as well. It comes up at random
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I just started having it. Totally random when starting a YouTube video, now it happens when I touch system items like home, back, the app drawer. Keyboard seems fine though.

DarkWolffe said:
I just started having it. Totally random when starting a YouTube video, now it happens when I touch system items like home, back, the app drawer. Keyboard seems fine though.
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So it's a software problem then. I hope Motorola can fix this soon

Breezyno1 said:
So it's a software problem then. I hope Motorola can fix this soon
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Definitely software. It's totally sporadic. It stopped last night as I went to bed and then picked up this afternoon when I was texting someone.

Would re-flash using the
MOTO X, GSM Dev Edition:L-5.1-LPA23.12-15 (Retail) LMR1 fixe these software glitches. And if I am on lock bootloader do I need to unlock before flash this per Motorola instructions.
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Anyone else having problem with cell data connection? Wifi works fine but cell does not connect. I have this problem using PTel (T-Mobile MVNO w/ LTE) and H2O (AT&T MVNO w/LTE). Truphone which is both T-Mobile and AT&T MVNO but has not LTE can connect but drops the signal quite often even in areas whith strong signal (-75 dbm or better).
I have checked the APN settings for all, cleared cache, done a factory reset and the problem persists. Before the 5.1 update I had absolutely no problem using all three providers listed above. Any suggestion is welcome since I am running out of idea and the next step is calling Motorola.

skyboysea said:
Anyone else having problem with cell data connection? Wifi works fine but cell does not connect. I have this problem using PTel (T-Mobile MVNO w/ LTE) and H2O (AT&T MVNO w/LTE). Truphone which is both T-Mobile and AT&T MVNO but has not LTE can connect but drops the signal quite often even in areas whith strong signal (-75 dbm or better).
I have checked the APN settings for all, cleared cache, done a factory reset and the problem persists. Before the 5.1 update I had absolutely no problem using all three providers listed above. Any suggestion is welcome since I am running out of idea and the next step is calling Motorola.
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My data connection has been really good post-update, so I can't offer any assistance other than what you've already done. I would definitely confirm from your carriers which APNs you're supposed to be using and/or call them/Motorola about it.

Try different apns. Sometimes I need to try a few different ones listed before the phone works. Make sure you save the APN

i also had The crackling sound on my moto xt1053 but it was a gravitybox (xposed module) setting I had enabled. after I disabled that and rebooted the problem vanished. This may help others
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I've had mobile data connections problems saying something like "failed sign in attempt with AT&T network" and the crackling speaker.
I called AT&T, who did something on their end. It did work, but when I switch from WiFi to mobile there is a moment or two when the !sign-in failed symbol pops up. But, the signal returns soon.

Nexus 6 on Sprint- Unable to use 3G, only LTE or 1x

I have a Nexus 6 activated on Sprint. My phone will only connect to either LTE or 1x. Any time it would normally connect to 3G, it will first show signal bars with no data icon. In LTE discovery I will have bars of eHRPD but it never actually establishes a 3G connection. Then after a few minutes of that it just drops down to 1x and stays there.
I have tried: flashing complete factory MRA58N, *#*#72786#*#* , update PRL, update profile, new SIM card and nothing fixes it. I think it's an issue on Sprint's end and not the phone but is there anything else I can try?

I ported my number to Project Fi, then decided to port back to Sprint to see if a new activation would help... but it didn't.
Any input?

how did you activate the phone? sprint isnt a "pop in a sim and you're good" carrier, you have to activate the sim AND the phone's radio for everything to work. go to a store if you cant figure it out with sprint over the phone
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you also have to have the right model phone, if you have XT1103 you're good, but any other model wont work.