Hey there,
two weeks ago my HSDPA suddenly stopped working.
EDGE is working fine, but whenever I enable HSDPA (selecting "GSM / WCDMA automatically" instead of "Only GSM"), it shows a "H" in the connectivity bar,
but I have no internet (Connection reset). The icon rapidly switches to "3G", and then disappears after a short time.
Could it be some hardware error? I have tried different roms (CM10.2, Google Play Edition 4.3), but that didn't change anything (Except it shows "H+" instead of "H").
Also I hadn't had changed anything when the error occured, so maybe there's just something broken?
My phone is rooted (S-ON) with hboot 1.54. The error occured when my phone was non-rooted (stock), and I just rooted it to check if it would occur with other roms.
I could not check another sim, yet.
tostbrot21 said:
Hey there,
two weeks ago my HSDPA suddenly stopped working.
EDGE is working fine, but whenever I enable HSDPA (selecting "GSM / WCDMA automatically" instead of "Only GSM"), it shows a "H" in the connectivity bar,
but I have no internet (Connection reset). The icon rapidly switches to "3G", and then disappears after a short time.
Could it be some hardware error? I have tried different roms (CM10.2, Google Play Edition 4.3), but that didn't change anything (Except it shows "H+" instead of "H").
Also I hadn't had changed anything when the error occured, so maybe there's just something broken?
My phone is rooted (S-ON) with hboot 1.54. The error occured when my phone was non-rooted (stock), and I just rooted it to check if it would occur with other roms.
I could not check another sim, yet.
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I am having same issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502367. It seems it is provider related, i.e. if your carrier does not support fast dormancy the phone acts like this. I have a friend with a One X and another with SGSII and they are having the same issue on Orange RO.
xxmorph3u5xx said:
I am having same issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502367. It seems it is provider related, i.e. if your carrier does not support fast dormancy the phone acts like this. I have a friend with a One X and another with SGSII and they are having the same issue on Orange RO.
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Well, but it worked when I bought my phone, and then (two weeks ago) suddenly stopped working .. So I'm not sure if it's a carrier problem .. Could it be just my SIM card is broken?
I'm running a VZW Developer edition using the stock ROM and at one particular location I've seen my signal indicator (in the settings panel) go to orange when I am there. This indicates no connection, I have full bars, and the 4G LTE icon is there, just in orange. This location has always been a very strong service area with Verizon, I've never had issues previously. I've toggled airline mode on and off, restarted the phone, and even did a factory reset to see if there was something wrong. None of these had any effect.
I've verified when I am having this issue that Galaxy S3's and a HTC rezound had no issues connecting on verizon.
Any ideas on what might be going on here, or has anyone seen this behavior before? Anything I can do next time I am at this location to troubleshoot?
Does anyone know an app which will tell me what LTE band I am on? I'm wondering if maybe they're doing something at this tower.
Hi there. Hope all of you are enjoying your Z1 as much as I am. I'm very pleased so far... well except for the locked bootloader and no root part. I honestly don't know what anyone is complaining about in regards to the screen. Sure the viewing angles aren't great, but it's not a tv. And the color accuracy is among the best I've seen.
That said there's a couple thing off the top of my head...
The notification bar changes from black to a dull grey when in dialer or settings. Maybe it did this all along and I just noticed but it's bugging the hell out of me. Anyone else experience this?
Also periodically at home I'll lose LTE. The icon will show 4G, but not LTE below it. Not a problem, but when I search the "Service Providers" in "Mobile Network Settings" I will find an LTE network, but there's a check mark next to the 3G T-Mobile network. If I select the LTE network it immediately connects to that. It makes me wonder if it would automatically switch over to LTE later (presumably on a stronger signal). Any thoughts?
POMF2K said:
Hi there. Hope all of you are enjoying your Z1 as much as I am. I'm very pleased so far... well except for the locked bootloader and no root part. I honestly don't know what anyone is complaining about in regards to the screen. Sure the viewing angles aren't great, but it's not a tv. And the color accuracy is among the best I've seen.
That said there's a couple thing off the top of my head...
The notification bar changes from black to a dull grey when in dialer or settings. Maybe it did this all along and I just noticed but it's bugging the hell out of me. Anyone else experience this?
Also periodically at home I'll lose LTE. The icon will show 4G, but not LTE below it. Not a problem, but when I search the "Service Providers" in "Mobile Network Settings" I will find an LTE network, but there's a check mark next to the 3G T-Mobile network. If I select the LTE network it immediately connects to that. It makes me wonder if it would automatically switch over to LTE later (presumably on a stronger signal). Any thoughts?
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I can only assume it is that there's a stronger HSPA+ signal than the LT signal. Can't comment on anything else - sorry. By the way, the Z was a locked bootloader, right? But, we found ways around that and for root?
POMF2K said:
The notification bar changes from black to a dull grey when in dialer or settings. Maybe it did this all along and I just noticed but it's bugging the hell out of me. Anyone else experience this?
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This is normal.
POMF2K said:
Also periodically at home I'll lose LTE. The icon will show 4G, but not LTE below it. Not a problem, but when I search the "Service Providers" in "Mobile Network Settings" I will find an LTE network, but there's a check mark next to the 3G T-Mobile network. If I select the LTE network it immediately connects to that. It makes me wonder if it would automatically switch over to LTE later (presumably on a stronger signal). Any thoughts?
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Your base assumption is probably correct. I haven't seen this problem specifically, but the phone is probably being less aggressive about LTE where the signal is weaker to save battery.
Don_Perrignon said:
By the way, the Z was a locked bootloader, right? But, we found ways around that and for root?
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It'll come, in due time. :good:
My phone is sitting next to me at work. Barely using it, but it's just draining, at an alarmingly quick pace.
I have bad reception at my desk at work in LTE. As you can see from the pic, it's constantly looking for signal. Is it normal to create such a battery drain in that scenario?
I used to force my older android device to use 3G. Any way to do that? I don't see that option under mobile networks as I had in my older phone.
Go into your settings app, then into more, then into mobile networks, then change preferred network type from LTE to 3G.
I don't have that option, unfortunately. I had it on my old phone which was running a custom rom, but not on the at&t moto X.
Deactivate WiFi in not used, it makes a difference in gsm reception
neocryte said:
I don't have that option, unfortunately. I had it on my old phone which was running a custom rom, but not on the at&t moto X.
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Try going into the dialer, hit *#*#4636#*#*
To menu, phone info, scroll down to LTE/GSM Auto and choose wcdma preferred.
I have the normal menu on the XT1092, so I can't say for sure it'll work for you.
Shadowdancer123 said:
Try going into the dialer, hit *#*#4636#*#*
To menu, phone info, scroll down to LTE/GSM Auto and choose wcdma preferred.
I have the normal menu on the XT1092, so I can't say for sure it'll work for you.
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Thank you. I also grabbed an app called "4G Switcher" which does basically the same thing (allows you into that menu without using the dialer). I currently have it set to "GSM Auto" - does that accomplish the same thing? It's definitely not on LTE, as Speedtest indicates ~5 MBps download speeds, and the icon says "4G" instead of "4G LTE." How is WCDMA different from the GSM setting?
Judge584 said:
Deactivate WiFi in not used, it makes a difference in gsm reception
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Thanks - my WiFi is always off.
neocryte said:
Thank you. I also grabbed an app called "4G Switcher" which does basically the same thing (allows you into that menu without using the dialer). I currently have it set to "GSM Auto" - does that accomplish the same thing? It's definitely not on LTE, as Speedtest indicates ~5 MBps download speeds, and the icon says "4G" instead of "4G LTE." How is WCDMA different from the GSM setting?
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WCDMA is the European standard for 3G, speeds up to 30Mbps.
When saying GSM you generally mean 2G/EDGE. 0.12 Mbps(?)
But I don't know all of the settings in that menu, there are many that will probably lock you out of some bands you might want.
You should experiment and see what you get.
WCDMA preferred is what I've used for the past several years on android phones, this Moto X is the first where LTE is actually useful. =)
The "low" bandwidth LTE (800/900mhz) uses less power than 3G mode here.
Shadowdancer123 said:
WCDMA is the European standard for 3G, speeds up to 30Mbps.
When saying GSM you generally mean 2G/EDGE. 0.12 Mbps(?)
But I don't know all of the settings in that menu, there are many that will probably lock you out of some bands you might want.
You should experiment and see what you get.
WCDMA preferred is what I've used for the past several years on android phones, this Moto X is the first where LTE is actually useful. =)
The "low" bandwidth LTE (800/900mhz) uses less power than 3G mode here.
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Got it, thanks. WCDMA mode seems to give me better signal, so we will test with that one. Will report back with how this performs at work, hopefully helps the battery life.
I have much better signal at work with wcdma compared to LTE. But battery still seems to drain quick. I'm at 6 hrs off battery with just under 1 hr SOT, and at 60% already.
Screenshot. Android OS and System seem go be taking a lot too.
neocryte said:
My phone is sitting next to me at work. Barely using it, but it's just draining, at an alarmingly quick pace.
I have bad reception at my desk at work in LTE. As you can see from the pic, it's constantly looking for signal. Is it normal to create such a battery drain in that scenario?
I used to force my older android device to use 3G. Any way to do that? I don't see that option under mobile networks as I had in my older phone.
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Your problem is not bad signal but an app which keeps your phone awake, unfortunately it's rather difficult to hunt down on kitkat and above without root, the only way is to start uninstalling apps until the problem disappears.
Hmm, I have very few apps installed actually, and just Facebook and Gmail syncing. Are there any apps that can help identify the drain (GSam?)?
Don't look further, Facebook is known to be one of the worst android app for android
http://www.cnet.com/news/whats-killing-your-battery-androids-top-10-performance-sapping-apps/
Judge584 said:
Don't look further, Facebook is known to be one of the worst android app for android
http://www.cnet.com/news/whats-killing-your-battery-androids-top-10-performance-sapping-apps/
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Hmmm interesting. I'll try uninstalling Facebook and repeating the experiment tomorrow at work, just to see if it drains slower. I wonder if auto-sync can accomplish the same thing instead of removing it entirely, but will try this way first. Going to take off a few other unnecessary apps as well, and will install GSam to see if it helps identify anything.
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Hmmm interesting. I'll try uninstalling Facebook and repeating the experiment tomorrow at work, just to see if it drains slower. I wonder if auto-sync can accomplish the same thing instead of removing it entirely, but will try this way first. Going to take off a few other unnecessary apps as well, and will install GSam to see if it helps identify anything.
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I had that before, it was the Moto app for me.
Go to google play, search for the term "motorola" straight up, and click your way through the updates that are available.
If you have never done this, there's a sensor firmware update and some other goodies.
After updating everything, go into the app "Moto" and clear cache and data, now re-run this and set up your stuff.
After this android os and system is always lower than cell standby.
And there's the usual GPS setting, go into GPS, and disable it fully.
Don't allow google to use passive mode, set it to "Device only"
ed, I have facebook installed but every single notification disabled.
It still runs a bit in the background, but not nearly as much. Not enough for me to notice a battery drain at least.
Shadowdancer123 said:
I had that before, it was the Moto app for me.
Go to google play, search for the term "motorola" straight up, and click your way through the updates that are available.
If you have never done this, there's a sensor firmware update and some other goodies.
After updating everything, go into the app "Moto" and clear cache and data, now re-run this and set up your stuff.
After this android os and system is always lower than cell standby.
And there's the usual GPS setting, go into GPS, and disable it fully.
Don't allow google to use passive mode, set it to "Device only"
ed, I have facebook installed but every single notification disabled.
It still runs a bit in the background, but not nearly as much. Not enough for me to notice a battery drain at least.
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Shadow, that's very helpful - thank you. I had a lot of updates to do, and as you said a sensor firmware update. I disabled a couple Motorola things like Connect, Help, and Spotlight Player - but I do use Actions, Voice, etc. Updated everything, cleared data and cache, will see today how the battery performs.
Yep my GPS is set to device only, and interesting feedback on Facebook. I will keep it off the device today for testing but do want to put it back on as I use it on a regular basis.
Thanks again, will report back with my findings.
BTW how did you figure out it was the Moto app?
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BTW how did you figure out it was the Moto app?
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Actually, I wanted to kill the always on voice activation, it bugged out and wouldn't let me disable it after I switched back to Swedish system language, I was testing the voice recognition in english a few days.
So I wiped it, and suddenly my system and os battery drain dropped like a rock. =)
I have even enabled car detection and all the sensor stuff in the Moto app, except voice obviously, and it doesn't affect the battery any more.
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Actually, I wanted to kill the always on voice activation, it bugged out and wouldn't let me disable it after I switched back to Swedish system language, I was testing the voice recognition in english a few days.
So I wiped it, and suddenly my system and os battery drain dropped like a rock. =)
I have even enabled car detection and all the sensor stuff in the Moto app, except voice obviously, and it doesn't affect the battery any more.
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Ah gotcha. I thought all that voice stuff was supposed to have a side processor that drained no battery! How did you turn all that stuff - disable in settings or disable app entirely? I don't need any of it either, just want to make sure the Moto Display and hand gestures still work.
Hello
I am in a great trouble and would really appreciates if someone can help me out here
I live outside U.S and I bought XT1060 verizon Moto X yesterday. The retailer put my GSM sim inside phone and it worked fine without any errors. Voice, sms and gprs was working fine. Phone was 4.4.2 Kitkat stock rom.
Last night i went to settings > about > system update. and there i found that an update is available for 4.4.4. I downloaded the update and installed it successfully without any error. Now my phone is working like before but it can not register my cellular network anymore :crying: No voice no sms no data.
It sometimes grabs the signals and then drops and sometimes shows full signal bars with "No Service" network settings.
I have tried UMTS/GSM mode and Global mode but no use. With global version it shows some 5 digit number on cellular icon in notification area.
Please somebody tells me if Verizon version is sim-lock free then why i am having this issue?
maazz said:
Hello
I am in a great trouble and would really appreciates if someone can help me out here
I live outside U.S and I bought XT1060 verizon Moto X yesterday. The retailer put my GSM sim inside phone and it worked fine without any errors. Voice, sms and gprs was working fine. Phone was 4.4.2 Kitkat stock rom.
Last night i went to settings > about > system update. and there i found that an update is available for 4.4.4. I downloaded the update and installed it successfully without any error. Now my phone is working like before but it can not register my cellular network anymore :crying: No voice no sms no data.
It sometimes grabs the signals and then drops and sometimes shows full signal bars with "No Service" network settings.
I have tried UMTS/GSM mode and Global mode but no use. With global version it shows some 5 digit number on cellular icon in notification area.
Please somebody tells me if Verizon version is sim-lock free then why i am having this issue?
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I have the vzw too, without issues. Try a factory reset maybe?
Enviado desde mi XT1060 mediante Tapatalk
@maazz
Due to the FCC rules around the 700mhz C block auction in the USA which Verizon won, they do not SIM lock their LTE phones. And the 4.4.4 OTA on the XT1060 definitely did not SIM luck the X.
Please make sure that your APN settings on your phone are still set correctly for your carrier. If they are not, your phone will not work.
While in many cases the APN settings come down automatically from the carrier, sometimes the phone relies on a table file that is part of the ROM itself instead. If the settings don't come down automatically, and the table got changed (either settings for your carrier were removed, or are no longer correct for your carrier in the 4.4.4 update), you must manually enter them to have working services.
You will have to check with your carrier what the correct APN settings are, and check them against your phone, or visit the GSM Retailer where you got your SIM, and ask them to check it.
KidJoe said:
@maazz
Due to the FCC rules around the 700mhz C block auction in the USA which Verizon won, they do not SIM lock their LTE phones. And the 4.4.4 OTA on the XT1060 definitely did not SIM luck the X.
Please make sure that your APN settings on your phone are still set correctly for your carrier. If they are not, your phone will not work.
While in many cases the APN settings come down automatically from the carrier, sometimes the phone relies on a table file that is part of the ROM itself instead. If the settings don't come down automatically, and the table got changed (either settings for your carrier were removed, or are no longer correct for your carrier in the 4.4.4 update), you must manually enter them to have working services.
You will have to check with your carrier what the correct APN settings are, and check them against your phone, or visit the GSM Retailer where you got your SIM, and ask them to check it.
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Which table file of ROM your'e talking about ? How do i know that my carrier is already listed in that table and how to edit that table since my phone is not rooted even.
For an update, i went a retailer and there was a guy who took my phone and did the trick and my phone gets the sim registered for Voice and data (3G). I couldn't see him doing the magic but definately he didn't rooted the phone neither he crooks the ROM every thing was in its place when i get my phone back.
So wondering what he might have changed after which phone started working normal.
maazz said:
Which table file of ROM your'e talking about ? How do i know that my carrier is already listed in that table and how to edit that table since my phone is not rooted even.
For an update, i went a retailer and there was a guy who took my phone and did the trick and my phone gets the sim registered for Voice and data (3G). I couldn't see him doing the magic but definately he didn't rooted the phone neither he crooks the ROM every thing was in its place when i get my phone back.
So wondering what he might have changed after which phone started working normal.
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If you are rooted, take a look at -> /system/etc/apns-conf.xml
That being said, you don't need to be rooted to MANUALLY enter APN settings via App Drawer -> Settings -> More..(under Wireless & Networks) -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names... But you do need the right values, and to enter them without any typographical errors.