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[Q] Dropping signal frequently / Rant about build quality.

This is my 3rd Moto X replacement, but it seems that this one drops signal every 10 minutes or so and doesn't come back till I toggle airplane mode. This, in turn, kills my battery since most of the signal meter in the battery usage is red. Now, I don't have great signal, usually 2 bars on a scale from 0-4 bars, but all my other phones (N4, N5, Htc one) hold signal fine. My htc one isn't even a tmobile phone (my carrier), but it works better than this. (It was unlocked)
I've tried RSD lite, wiping cache, reflashing radios, pretty much everything. This is kind of getting ridiculous. I miss a lot of calls because of this too, and for some reason, they don't get registered as voicemails (maybe a tmo problem, I don't know).
Is anyone else having this problem? I really don't want to replace my phone again since this is the 3rd unit now. The first one randomly rebooted and the second one the headphone jack didn't work. Seriously disappointing build quality from a company that has been known for great cell radios and phones.
@Xatt - You've helped in the past, any ideas here?

aooga said:
This is my 3rd Moto X replacement, but it seems that this one drops signal every 10 minutes or so and doesn't come back till I toggle airplane mode. This, in turn, kills my battery since most of the signal meter in the battery usage is red. Now, I don't have great signal, usually 2 bars on a scale from 0-4 bars, but all my other phones (N4, N5, Htc one) hold signal fine. My htc one isn't even a tmobile phone (my carrier), but it works better than this. (It was unlocked)
I've tried RSD lite, wiping cache, reflashing radios, pretty much everything. This is kind of getting ridiculous. I miss a lot of calls because of this too, and for some reason, they don't get registered as voicemails (maybe a tmo problem, I don't know).
Is anyone else having this problem? I really don't want to replace my phone again since this is the 3rd unit now. The first one randomly rebooted and the second one the headphone jack didn't work. Seriously disappointing build quality from a company that has been known for great cell radios and phones.
@Xatt - You've helped in the past, any ideas here?
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I would have to say you are in the minority here. Moto makes excellent devices and build quality is certainly there strong point. There next strong point is radios. I haven't had a single issue with the 2 Moto X's that I've had.

jmill75 said:
I would have to say you are in the minority here. Moto makes excellent devices and build quality is certainly there strong point. There next strong point is radios. I haven't had a single issue with the 2 Moto X's that I've had.
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Obviously. I'm not saying everyone has the issue. I'm just saying that out of the 3 moto x's I've had, all of them had problems out of the box. I know radios is their strong point, that's why I'm saying why is this happening. I seriously don't want another replacement, but I like the rest of the phone. Its just the actual phone part that doesn't work :silly:

aooga said:
Obviously. I'm not saying everyone has the issue. I'm just saying that out of the 3 moto x's I've had, all of them had problems out of the box. I know radios is their strong point, that's why I'm saying why is this happening. I seriously don't want another replacement, but I like the rest of the phone. Its just the actual phone part that doesn't work :silly:
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I would say you are having extremely bad luck man
May want to replace to replace the SIM card. They can go bad and cause you problems....

jmill75 said:
I would have to say you are in the minority here. Moto makes excellent devices and build quality is certainly there strong point. There next strong point is radios. I haven't had a single issue with the 2 Moto X's that I've had.
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I agree with jmill. Unlike Nexus devices, Moto radios are usually very good. I've had stronger reception on my X than I had on my Nexus 4, 5 and Galaxy S4.

jmill75 said:
I would say you are having extremely bad luck man
May want to replace to replace the SIM card. They can go bad and cause you problems....
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I've tried that, and actually had to pay $10 for a new sim card.

aooga said:
I've tried that, and actually had to pay $10 for a new sim card.
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I wonder if you've got some sort of electromagnetic interference going on where you're at and it just happens to affect the Moto X radio.

linuxgator said:
I wonder if you've got some sort of electromagnetic interference going on where you're at and it just happens to affect the Moto X radio.
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Even if I do, why do other phones work fine? If all of them were bad, then I would understand.
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Bump. Screenshot as well. Anyone have this problem and a fix maybe?
@Xatt - you here anymore?
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Not that you should have to but have you tried flashing firmware and or radios?
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[Q] Signal trouble but don't understand what

So, I installed SlimROM for S3mini and i think it's awesome.
However, I've had some trouble with my internet when i'm not on wifi. The logo says I have 3g but its very unstable. Just now I tested it and the play store worked fine and then suddenly didn't anymore. But if i press Retry for about 10 times, it sudden;y works fine again.
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One thing i've noticed as well is how tasker is unable to find my locations based on net sometimes.
Anyone know what's going on? and what i can do about it.

Does this occur in one area or anywhere you go?

serophia said:
Does this occur in one area or anywhere you go?
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Many different places.
I think i've found some interesting stuff. It seems that when i'm on HSPA Internet works but not when i'm on 3G... Anyone know what this could mean?

S.Phrenic said:
Many different places.
I think i've found some interesting stuff. It seems that when i'm on HSPA Internet works but not when i'm on 3G... Anyone know what this could mean?
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Probably the location you are at does not have the refarmed 1900 towers, where i live if i drop to 3g it would instantly not work and would have to wait till im back on HSPA or H to get decent signal.

serophia said:
Probably the location you are at does not have the refarmed 1900 towers, where i live if i drop to 3g it would instantly not work and would have to wait till im back on HSPA or H to get decent signal.
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Could be although that wouldn't make sense as the phone had no troubles with internet before I install SlimROM.

S.Phrenic said:
Could be although that wouldn't make sense as the phone had no troubles with internet before I install SlimROM.
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You can try a different rom then cause some roms have bad data as its not fully stable on their sources. So for now flash a different rom and see if it improves.

So I would like to Bump this thread. As after trying many different maclaw ROM's, waited for months to see if anything would develop that would help me, It's still not fixed.
So the situation is this: My phone's data works fine in the whole of europe (I just travelled and never let me down). Because so much time has passed I've installed SlimKat ROM, and again my data seems to be unstable.
I'm thinking it's a Modem problem and I wonder if there is anything I can do about this.
Also, once I read that someone had a similar problem, no fix for it though.

Also, If other people are aving similar troubles, please post to get a feel for how often this problem occurs

You can try switching your phone in 2G only mode and see if net is working that way. It will be a little slower than 3G, but try and report Maybe the 3G signal in your area is weak.

koragg97 said:
You can try switching your phone in 2G only mode and see if net is working that way. It will be a little slower than 3G, but try and report Maybe the 3G signal in your area is weak.
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Thanks, I'll try this. However, I don't think my 3G sidnal is weak in my area as I've never had the problem with StockRom. Also, I'm having the trouble wherever i am throughout my whole city and in other cities. To me, that doesn't seem to be a signal problem.

S.Phrenic said:
Thanks, I'll try this. However, I don't think my 3G sidnal is weak in my area as I've never had the problem with StockRom. Also, I'm having the trouble wherever i am throughout my whole city and in other cities. To me, that doesn't seem to be a signal problem.
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To me neither. Like a dev once said "There's nothing better than stock"
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T-Mobile US users having text issues?

Is anyone else having issues sending or receiving text messages? A few friends sent me texts yesterday, and I sent a bunch also, but they didn't receive them until this morning. I also didn't receive some of theirs until this morning.

Working fine over here. Are you stock or did you mess with your APN?

Yup. Happening here also. It's a network issue.

My apn is fine. I haven't had any issues with texts until yesterday. A girl I work with said her friend was having texting issues yesterday also on T-Mobile. Completely different phone.

mikeyinid said:
Yup. Happening here also. It's a network issue.
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Are you in the Philadelphia area?

ledvedder said:
Are you in the Philadelphia area?
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Idaho. But it was happening all day yesterday.

Wow, I thought I was alone, happened to me yesterday as well.. Messages were coming super late & all out of order.. I almost got caught up in a lie because of it lol ?

I also received 3 copies of the same exact message over a period of about 6 hours.

YES, this is the absolute worst ****ing network ever. everything you described happens to me regularly (see my post history) and tmobile doesn't give a ****. today my mom got a text from me at 420am that i sent at 7pm yesterday.

I've never had an issue in the past 2 years until yesterday.

ledvedder said:
I've never had an issue in the past 2 years until yesterday.
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Me either

lucky you guys. came from verizon a month ago, and it's been this all the time:
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"Hahaha yes this is not a new issue" was received 5 times, but marked as one failed send on my phone.

Was happening all weekend in California...Los angeles area..i was almost thinking its rom related lol
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Yep had a text message come in after 2 hours later lol

Same thing happened to me, I am in Los Angeles. My friends were getting texts at 2 in the morning, the same text I had sent them the morning the day before and I kept getting their texts over and over randomly throughout the day.
Another thing I noticed, at work for the first time I got full 4GLTE yesterday, before I barely got 4G with a few bars. This leads me to believe that that they did some major upgrades yesterday. I have full 4G LTE again today, still thinking it's too good to be true, so I will take a day of hiccups if it results in LTE. I have worked here for 4 years so I was surprised to say the least.

ledvedder said:
I've never had an issue in the past 2 years until yesterday.
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LOL same here. I blamed it on Verizon (the recipients) lol Hopefully this issue finished. Ohio here btw

T mobile is doing some major network revamping this year and next year so it's probably related to that. I came from verizon about a year ago, verizon would lose and send late texts all the time. Haven't had it happen on tmobile yet but I'm sure it's bound to happen sometime. I live in a great coverage area for all four carriers so I don't know what verizons excuse is on the text end but it was a eight year issue For me.

Los Angeles. Been having lots of MMS /SMS issues since I joined T-Mobile in 2013. In the last weeks it has cost me a few arguments with my wife so I had to switch to Hangouts for good
Edit: since hangouts doesn't allow me to delete pictures from messages I had to switch to WhatsApp

Just to add to this. T-mobile knows about this and has a ticket out to get it fixed. The problem was found on 4/17/2015. It looks like it has something to do with the Service Center that the SMS goes though to send. They do not have a fix for it but if you do happen to call in about the problem, they do give credits for your time. I do work for Tmobile as a RSA and can see the ticket that was filled out. I do not have this problem but I know others have come into my store with the problem. Hopefully this helps to know that T-mobile knows about the problem and is looking into it.

If you get word that the issue is fixed please let us know

3T issues

Hey so I just recently received 3T, which is on OOS 3.5.4.
Can anyone tell me the problems 3T has like hardware type related and software too? I would like to test out the unit. I haven't experienced any issues on microphone or calling so that seems to be good so far.
How do I test the automatic shutdown that some 3T devices were experiencing? It won't operate at 2.35 GHZ freq. so it shuts down.
Please guys try to be appropriate and honest.
Also, i get 4G symbol, but i wish it would display LTE. How can I get the LTE to show instead of 4G

Benchmark apps like AnTuTu will ramp up the frequency of your CPU to test it's stability.
If you really want to have the cell signal indicator to display LTE, you're going to have to install Xposed and find a module to change it (or install a different ROM). Keep in mind that you can't use Xposed on Nougat (OOS 4 and above).
My 3T seems to frequently disconnect from my wifi at home on both 2.4 and 5GHz channels, but it didn't happen when I use wifi at school. None of my other devices seem to share this problem at home, so I'm not sure if it's phone or access point related.

It should test around 160 to 164K with Atuntu even though OPO cheated by a couple hundred to a thousand. You should be GOLDEN but still upwards of 160K. New LTE iconwill show up when you update to Nougat.
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nano303 said:
It should test around 160 to 164K with Atuntu even though OPO cheated by a couple hundred to a thousand. You should be GOLDEN but still upwards of 160K. New LTE iconwill show up when you update to Nougat.
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Even Oneplus cheated benchmarking apps. And there is no option to change 4G icon to LTE. I am on 4.0.2. May come afterwards.
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Benchmark apps like AnTuTu will ramp up the frequency of your CPU to test it's stability.
If you really want to have the cell signal indicator to display LTE, you're going to have to install Xposed and find a module to change it (or install a different ROM). Keep in mind that you can't use Xposed on Nougat (OOS 4 and above).
My 3T seems to frequently disconnect from my wifi at home on both 2.4 and 5GHz channels, but it didn't happen when I use wifi at school. None of my other devices seem to share this problem at home, so I'm not sure if it's phone or access point related.
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Oneplus clearly mentioned in their changelog that wifi may disconnect. So wait for their next OTA.

Aman Amrit said:
Even Oneplus cheated benchmarking apps. And there is no option to change 4G icon to LTE. I am on 4.0.2. May come afterwards.
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Oneplus clearly mentioned in their changelog that wifi may disconnect. So wait for their next OTA.
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Like I said OPO cheated. And hhmmmm
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Like I said OPO cheated. And hhmmmmView attachment 4027594
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Oops i didn't read your post properly. Never mind it.

Thank you guys!
I haven't faced any Wifi disconnection at home, or at my University. So, it could be hardware defect? I will continue to monitor this. Last night while I was outside at a bus station and called my mom, she heard weird noises while talking to me like static and some wind-ish type, even though my speech was very clear. I don't know what to make of this because I never had this issue on Pixel XL and Galaxy devices (S4 and S6). The one thing i like so far is that wifi didn't disconnect like it used to in Pixel XL randomly at my university :S.
I will do the Antutu benchmarking and see how that goes! Hopefully i don't get the automatic shutdown lol.
Thank you everyone! If you guys had any call quality issue like I did, could it be software or hardware defect?

So my oneplus didn't shutdown during antutu benchmarking..

If you have problem with mic or speaker do a reset
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Question Unstable connection

Ive noticed instability with connection, at start it was just too perfect and then it started to drop.
I play mobile legends and in the begining I was getting good ping, but then it started to jump, so I tested speed and can notice ping is not stable, while on my op6t it is good and stable, tested on both WiFi and 4G+. Any body noticed this and found a solution? Please advise.
** Note: I noticed this not only on mobile legends, on YouTube and web browsing as well, even sometimes telling my no connection.
My device is global with official global software.

I have too, experienced with Viber, WhatsApp and YT. Global SW 12.0.1.0.

hassanaliyeh said:
Ive noticed instability with connection, at start it was just too perfect and then it started to drop.
I play mobile legends and in the begining I was getting good ping, but then it started to jump, so I tested speed and can notice ping is not stable, while on my op6t it is good and stable, tested on both WiFi and 4G+. Any body noticed this and found a solution? Please advise.
** Note: I noticed this not only on mobile legends, on YouTube and web browsing as well, even sometimes telling my no connection.
My device is global with official global software.
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Where are you located? And what phone company?

yquitumadbro said:
Where are you located? And what phone company?
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I am in Australia, phone company Telstra for mobile services and Optus for NBN WiFi.
Not sure how it helps you when I say it is stable on my op6t.

hassanaliyeh said:
I am in Australia, phone company Telstra for mobile services and Optus for NBN WiFi.
Not sure how it helps you when I say it is stable on my op6t.
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So depending which one you have it should be fine. Except the 5g doesn't have all the bands but that depends on which bands are used in your area.

hassanaliyeh said:
I am in Australia, phone company Telstra for mobile services and Optus for NBN WiFi.
Not sure how it helps you when I say it is stable on my op6t.
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Why not flash the Eu rom ?
12.5.7 stable is working great
The weekly one is still a bit jittery and WhatsApp notifications interrupt Spotify and YouTube music

speedtripler said:
Why not flash the Eu rom ?
12.5.7 stable is working great
The weekly one is still a bit jittery and WhatsApp notifications interrupt Spotify and YouTube music
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i have that idea in mind, but I still need 2 days or 3 to be able to do it. also, I am thinking not to go that way since it is my daily driver and I want to keep it as stable as possible so I do not keep backing up and restoring all the time.
A question, is EU rom official? I still don't get it as I cannot see it on the official website, I think Star and Mars and whatever are all custom roms, am I correct?
Thanks for previous answer and Thanks in advance.

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So depending which one you have it should be fine. Except the 5g doesn't have all the bands but that depends on which bands are used in your area.
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I am not using 5G in the area I am in, but all other bands are covered, so it MUST be a software issues since it was perfect in the first day.

hassanaliyeh said:
I am not using 5G in the area I am in, but all other bands are covered, so it MUST be a software issues since it was perfect in the first day.
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Yeah that's weird I am sure it'll probably update eventually and make it go away or maybe try resetting your phone after backing it up. Also try going to your settings and type reset at the top it's going to say reset network settings. Click that and restart your phone sometimes phones ping off of the wrong towers this usually fixes that issue.

hassanaliyeh said:
I am not using 5G in the area I am in, but all other bands are covered, so it MUST be a software issues since it was perfect in the first day.
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I would highly recommend resetting the network settings that tends to fix a lot of issues. I also had a similar issue did that and it completely fixed it.

yquitumadbro said:
I would highly recommend resetting the network settings that tends to fix a lot of issues. I also had a similar issue did that and it completely fixed it.
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I've reset modem and cleared cash, and completely forgot about resetting network.
Thanks for the tip

hassanaliyeh said:
I've reset modem and cleared cash, and completely forgot about resetting network.
Thanks for the tip
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Did it end up working out?

yquitumadbro said:
Did it end up working out?
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No
I've done a deeper research and found out it's a common issue with some apps and games with some devices, they show up randomly every now and then, especially on newly released devices.

No issues on mine, it blows away my mate 20 x in every kind of speed test ......