Has anyone else noticed their DROID 4 dropping data connectivity seemingly randomly and requiring a reboot to pick it back up? I know that I am...and I'm wondering if Motorola can't make it hang onto a data connection how hash is ever going to mmake it work right.
I haven't had any issues with data at all... LTE/3G handoffs work perfectly and everything ...And no worries, I am confident the data issues will be sorted out on the ics builds!
I have them issues. If connected via wifi no problem. But still wont be connected to the network. Requires a reboot to aquire network back
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podspi said:
I haven't had any issues with data at all... LTE/3G handoffs work perfectly and everything ...And no worries, I am confident the data issues will be sorted out on the ics builds!
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Are you running on a rooted DROID 4 with safe strap installed? Just trying to narrow down the possibilities.
For the record.
Rooted and safestrap installed running stick
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Are you running on a rooted DROID 4 with safe strap installed? Just trying to narrow down the possibilities.
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Rooted stock, no safestrap.
Though I doubt safestrap is causing data issues, or fixing them for that matter.
While I do plan on flashing some custom ROMs at some point, I have to admit that I'm very happy with the stock rom. Performance is very good, smart actions are actually pretty great (though there are of course 3rd party apps that do the same thing), and the camera app works pretty well.
My only complaint are the window transitions, blech. Yea, you can disable them, but then all the eye candy goes away completely! Ah Moto, why no middle ground?
I have had data connection issues on all the ICS ROMs but data on stock has been pretty solid.
Did you just port your number from another carrier to verizon? I had the same issue plus some and called verizon and they fixed it on their end. Hope this helps.
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I had a few problems with my data just going out for a few minutes on the stock rom. I would be browsing the web, and then a page would just not load. I noticed my signal indicator was grey and not blue, and thus I wasn't getting a data connection. I just waited a few minutes and it came back up.
I never really though too much into it because I expect these small things to happen on such a big wireless network.
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I had a few problems with my data just going out for a few minutes on the stock rom. I would be browsing the web, and then a page would just not load. I noticed my signal indicator was grey and not blue, and thus I wasn't getting a data connection. I just waited a few minutes and it came back up.
I never really though too much into it because I expect these small things to happen on such a big wireless network.
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This is exactly what happens to me. It almost seems like a session timing out and renewing but I don't have a clue how the LTE network works.
Had the same data issue.. went to Verizon store and got a new SIM card (free) and problems cleared right up. Evidently the old SIM card did not get activated properly in their system.
I'm also having connection problems from time to time. I'm in a 3G only area. I'm running a stock non-rooted phone. Usually, I can get the connection back with a reboot. It's still a pain in the ass, I shouldn't have to deal with. I've called Verizon a few times. Its like talking to a wall with them. They act like you are the dumbest person in the world. Hopefully the next update can clear this problem.
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After dealing with this problem for over 2 months I finally found an answer.
I have had this problem since day 2 and after getting the run around several times at the Verizon store (They claimed it was because they were upgrading to LTE in the area, which they said we'd have within 1 month over 2 months ago) they told me there was nothing they could do and suggested I call tech support (I don't know why I didn't think of that). I called tech support and talked to a very helpful woman, after describing my problem to her she asked me what phone I had, she knew the issue right after I told her it was the Droid 4. She told me it was a well known issue with the Droid 4 and that they expect a patch to be released at the end of the month (July) that would address the problem. She said that some people have had temporary success with toggling airplane mode (this has never worked for me but rebooting a few times does) and that having WiFi on, even when your not connected, can knock your data connection out (I have been able to reproduce this once so far).
So that's it. Keep your WiFi off when you don't need it, reboot when you have problems, and hopefully it will be fixed at the end of July.
I'm very disappointed with my Verizon store. Some of the employees I talked to owned a Droid 4 themselves and said they had the same problem and still claimed it was tower work. Either they were misinformed, stupid, or they were lying to me (who wants to buy a broken phone).
My Droid 4 does this in 4G mode. I've read that it's due to the nature of SIM cards. The network constantly vets and authorizes the card's access. If this vetting fails, you get the "white out", as I call it. It might clear up on the next pass, or you might have to reboot. My "solution" is to keep it in 3G mode. As for getting a fix at the end of the month, I'm not holding my breath, as I've read that that's VZW's standard response to just get the customer to shut up and go away.
I've been having the data dropping issue as well for the past few weeks. Running stock GB, rooted with safe strap, but have yet to flash a custom ROM. I thought the issue might be because I'm on a legacy Alltel plan with PRL 14012, which is way outdated...
Well, today I believe I finally found the source of what was causing the issue for me personally, from an unexpected source...Flipboard.
I've found myself glancing at it a bunch at red lights when I'm driving, or sitting in a waiting room, etc. Today I was driving though, and noted towards the end of my trip that this was the first time in weeks the phone hadn't once lost it's data connection for the entire drive. After reflecting for a moment on what, if anything, was different about this excursion, the only thing I could come up with is that I hadn't used Flipboard since I left the house. Even though my initial reaction was to seriously doubt a respectable app like that could cause such an issue, I had nothing else to go on. So, for the hell of it, I picked up my phone and fired up Flipboard...
Within 5-10 seconds of clicking it...BAM...gray 4g icon and no data would load. Needless to say, I uninstalled Flip**** right away...then reinstalled so I could comment on it in the market, then uninstalled again, and haven't dropped data at all in the last several hours. I also took note that a guy with a Droid Razr Maxx left a comment complaining that Flipboard was actually causing random reboots for him.
I don't know if any of you have Flip**** installed, or why you're having similar data issues, but if any of you do happen to have it installed, try uninstalling from the phone...not the market. Then, turn your phone off, pull out the SD card and SIM for a moment or so, put them back in, power up the device, and see if that might possibly help alleviate the constant data dropping. If I find I start dropping data again, without Flipboard installed, I'll update this post. Good luck.
No Flipboard on my phone. I'm glad you found an answer to your problem though.
Tappin' and talkin' with Tapatalk.
I've been having problems since Verizon turned on 4G LTE in my area. Once a day I have to remove my SIM card. If I don't, the 4G is very unreliable. Could it be a bad SIM card? Or maybe the fact that they just activated it here and they're working out the bugs? Anyone have any ideas?
I also forgot to mention, I've got a Motorola XOOM 4G LTE And have had not one single connection problem since 4G went live in my area.
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I just have the data connection issue when ever i flip on wifi then disable it .. a reboot is required for data to work again regardless if i force 3g or if i am trying to use lte.. guessing it is a software bug.. i never seem to have a connection issue if wifi wasnt used prior.
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podspi said:
My only complaint are the window transitions, blech. Yea, you can disable them, but then all the eye candy goes away completely! Ah Moto, why no middle ground?
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I know this thread and comment are old, but if you use Spare Parts, you can change the Window Transition speed to Fast and then your phone seems much faster/smoother. Don't mess with Window Animation speed if you want to keep th TV-like power off blip.
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I've been having the data dropping issue as well for the past few weeks. Running stock GB, rooted with safe strap, but have yet to flash a custom ROM. I thought the issue might be because I'm on a legacy Alltel plan with PRL 14012, which is way outdated...
Well, today I believe I finally found the source of what was causing the issue for me personally, from an unexpected source...Flipboard.
I've found myself glancing at it a bunch at red lights when I'm driving, or sitting in a waiting room, etc. Today I was driving though, and noted towards the end of my trip that this was the first time in weeks the phone hadn't once lost it's data connection for the entire drive. After reflecting for a moment on what, if anything, was different about this excursion, the only thing I could come up with is that I hadn't used Flipboard since I left the house. Even though my initial reaction was to seriously doubt a respectable app like that could cause such an issue, I had nothing else to go on. So, for the hell of it, I picked up my phone and fired up Flipboard...
Within 5-10 seconds of clicking it...BAM...gray 4g icon and no data would load. Needless to say, I uninstalled Flip**** right away...then reinstalled so I could comment on it in the market, then uninstalled again, and haven't dropped data at all in the last several hours. I also took note that a guy with a Droid Razr Maxx left a comment complaining that Flipboard was actually causing random reboots for him.
I don't know if any of you have Flip**** installed, or why you're having similar data issues, but if any of you do happen to have it installed, try uninstalling from the phone...not the market. Then, turn your phone off, pull out the SD card and SIM for a moment or so, put them back in, power up the device, and see if that might possibly help alleviate the constant data dropping. If I find I start dropping data again, without Flipboard installed, I'll update this post. Good luck.
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I don't have Flipboard, however I noticed connection issues within 12 hours of getting my phone. At the time it was stock GB. I took it back to the store, he called tech support. Between the 2 of them, my phone was hard reset, the SD and SIM cards were pulled and the phone rebooted, they fiddled with settings, tech support tried to turn on data from their end, nothing worked. I noticed I lost my data connection when the Smart Action for battery saver clicked on. It was like it got stuck and the phone couldn't turn on data anymore. I did a factory reboot, and got data back. I turned on that first smart action, lost data connection again, it wouldn't turn back on. So I did another factory reboot, disabled that "Smart" Action, and been ok since then. I do still loose my connection, but I am able to get it back if I turn wifi on. Not sure why, but it works most of the time. Some days I still have data if I turn my wifi off, other days i have to leave wifi on if I want to use my 4g. I have my phone rooted, running GB and loving Spirit FM..(Having FM radio was the only reason why I rooted my phone..can't live without my FM!!) Is there anything I can do to get my data connection to stay on?
BTW an OTA update has occured for GB, but it doesn't seem to have fixed the problem.
HI, I've been having Internet/DNS issues ever since the QJB update. The phone will show LTE signal but there is no data flowing and voice calls don't work (no dial tone). Webpages on the phone and connected hotspot PCs will show a DNS error. Toggling data doesn't help. Only restarting the phone will make data work again.
Multiple attempts at factory resetting, provisional resetting, updating profile/prl and flashing the QJB update in ODIN didn't help.
UPDATE: Issue seems to be related to the update. Downgrading firmware is not possible as far as I know (Odin throws an error message). I had to send the phone back to Samsung for repair (took a week), and all they did was send it back with the old software QI5. Now I'm afraid to update the software.
UPDATE2: Voice also does not work. No dial tone.
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HI, I've been having Internet/DNS issues ever since the QJB update. The phone will show LTE signal but there is no data flowing. Webpages on the phone and connected hotspot PCs will show a DNS error. Toggling data doesn't help. Only restarting the phone will make data work again.
I thought it was related to the hotspot but it still happened when I was restoring apps right after a factory reset. Multiple attempts at factory resetting, updating profile/prl and flashing the QJB update in ODIN didn't help. I'm afraid getting a replacement phone won't help either.
I am beginning to think it's an app related issue but am not sure. I just did a full wipe and am slowly reinstalling my apps to test and do a process of elimination.
Ever since the update the only other issue I had was with the Samsung Gear app crashing the phone when it connected to my Gear S3 and wants to turn on WiFi while I am using the hotspot (it would make the phone unusable unless I agreed to turn off hotspot to turn on WiFi). for some reason the S3 wants to turn on WiFi even though I disabled all WiFi settings in the Gear app.
Are apps able to cause Internet/DNS problems? Has anybody had this issue? TIA
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Profile update? PRL update?
Yes tried those
Experiencing the same issues after Sprint rolled out OTA update 'N950USQU2BQJB' along with slower speeds and lag in apps like YouTube and Hulu.
The most glaring difference for me has been terrible battery life since the update.
Have you noticed anything different with your battery life and on screen time that is out of the usual?
Funny you guys say that. Mine does the same after that update too. If I toggle it to air mode. When I turn it back off it will not establish any network. Will have the x and stuck searching for service. It's about every other day. Mine will show LTE and act like all is good. But no data. Done the profile prl updates. That never fixed the issue either.
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N950USQU2BQJB
I am also having issues after this update. Data stalls and transactions constantly have to be refreshed to get something to load. Does anyone know how to use Odin to roll back to another update before this one?
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I may have gotten somewhere by using DNS Manager to utilize openDNS.... Trying it now and waiting for longer use results but so far so good
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.okirat.dnsmanager
Is there a way to ODIN back to an earlier update that won't break KNOX?
Ah, so it is related to the update. I thought I was the only one and that my phone was defective.
I tried rolling back in Odin but it gives an error. It's been stated that you can't downgrade the firmware after taking the update.
I sent it back to Samsung for repair and they sent me back a phone with the old software version N950USQU1AQI5. Way to go Samsung for not fixing the problem but covering it up. It was a hassle being without a phone for a week.
Now I know not to take the update. WiFi calling plus was nice but what's the point if your data doesn't work half the time?
First, the GPS:
My GPS sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. I have not noticed a real pattern. GPSTest pretty much always claims at least 10 (and usually 18-30) satellites visible at almost all times (whether its working or not). However, when not working, it'll generally be actually "using" 0-5 satellites, and not report a fix. Sometimes it reports a fix but the fix is anywhere from 50 meters to 50 km away from my actual location. Signal strength seems irrelevant, most of the time it can't get a fix I've got at least 5 green (30+dB) satellites. It seems to happen about 50% of the time I go to use Google Maps. When Google Maps can't get a fix, no other software can. Usually if I keep trying long enough, it'll eventually get a fix (after 5-40 minutes), once I get a fix, it works for the duration of my usage of Google Maps (or whatever I'm using), but not always. When it does work, I'll usually get a fix within a few seconds. This has been going on for several months. I gave my phone back to Samsung that agreed to do a warranty repair on my USB connector and battery about a year ago, they claimed they replaced them, but I have no real proof of that.
I have tried clearing the cache in Google Maps. Clearing the cache on the phone, doing a data/factory reset. Not loading much of any files. I think I first noticed the problem several months ago. I'm starting to suspect a loose antenna connection. It's my understanding that at least on older phones that the antenna is in the back of the case and connected via spring loaded pins which may become loose over time. Unfortunately, being a Note 5, I'm sure its a pain to even get to these connections.
WiFi:
I first noticed the problem about 1.5 months ago, when I first started using 5GHz WiFi. Occasionally, the WiFi icon on the status bar will get a "!" next to it, and I will be unable to connect to anything via WiFi. If I shut off WiFi and turn it back on, it will work fine again, until it doesn't (which can take anywhere from 5 minutes to a few days). I'm currently connected to the same router on the 5GHz network with both another phone and a computer, and neither have the problem -- so I suspect the phone, not the router. I should probably try switching back to the 2.4GHz network as my primary connection and see if the problem goes away, but I haven't yet.
I'd really like to solve these problems... As sad as it may be, Samsung has yet to offer anything which gives me a real incentive to spend hundreds of dollars to upgrade, and I'd rather not upgrade because of something stupid like this.
2.4GHz seems to have the same problem as 5GHz, but possibly not as frequently.
Have you tried Odin restoring the stock carrier image? Factory reset was never a "True" reset.
Did you ever find a solution to your issue? My Sprint version just started doing the same thing. There is no rhyme or reason to when it will lock and when it won't or so it seems. For example this morning it fired up fine and I drove to a meeting. I was there for 2 hours and when I came out it wouldn't lock. I tried agps reset and it didn't seem to work. It says it sees like 20 sats. Finally 10 mins into my drive and a few agps resets later it locked. I'm on stock everything nonrooted. No major changes to my phone recently which would have coincided with this.
I bought a pixel 5 to do courier work, I just needed something reliable with good battery life to run GPS and a handful of delivery apps.
Since the day I bought it I have had problems with notifications on mobile internet, for the most part I don't get any for any apps until I connect to wifi, then they all come flooding through at once.
I have tried every fix ive come across, changing from 5g to 3g, installing a heartbeat fixer app, changing background battery and data settings. Sometimes they seem to work, sometimes restarting the phone works but nothing sticks. I have spent hours talking to google support, they have made me factory reset 3 times, it normally fixes it at first, but last time it didn't and even with a completely fresh OS I wasn't getting any notifications on mobile internet, I tested by emailing my gmail account before installing any more than the default apps.
I should note that I have a strong internet connection the entire time, If i open gmail and refresh it the emails are there, I just don't get notifications for them until I connect to wifi.
The lack of notifications breaks a lot of apps as it seems they rely on the notifications or whatever protocol they use to work. The big issue for me is one of the courier app will give me no runs unless notifications are working.
Anyone have any ideas? I'll happily paypal anyone who can suggest a permanent fix $50 lol, if not I'll have to buy a different phone.
EDIT: video of the problem: https://streamable.com/bqyzpt
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I bought a pixel 5 to do courier work, I just needed something reliable with good battery life to run GPS and a handful of delivery apps.
Since the day I bought it I have had problems with notifications on mobile internet, for the most part I don't get any for any apps until I connect to wifi, then they all come flooding through at once.
I have tried every fix ive come across, changing from 5g to 3g, installing a heartbeat fixer app, changing background battery and data settings. Sometimes they seem to work, sometimes restarting the phone works but nothing sticks. I have spent hours talking to google support, they have made me factory reset 3 times, it normally fixes it at first, but last time it didn't and even with a completely fresh OS I wasn't getting any notifications on mobile internet, I tested by emailing my gmail account before installing any more than the default apps.
I should note that I have a strong internet connection the entire time, If i open gmail and refresh it the emails are there, I just don't get notifications for them until I connect to wifi.
The lack of notifications breaks a lot of apps as it seems they rely on the notifications or whatever protocol they use to work. The big issue for me is one of the courier app will give me no runs unless notifications are working.
Anyone have any ideas? I'll happily paypal anyone who can suggest a permanent fix $50 lol, if not I'll have to buy a different phone.
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Sounds like you have a lemon on your hands.
I don't suppose you're using a VPN? I've had all sorts of strange issues with notifications and using a VPN as when the phone goes to sleep it can disconnect you from the network.
Or apps like Netguard where you can set apps to connect to either the wifi or mobile network or restrict them.
If you have no apps installed that can restrict your network usage then it seems your phone might have a problem.
No, even straight after a factory wipe, no notifications, that seemed to coincide with the latest pixel update a few days ago because nothing I tried would get it to work which is why I factory reset and for the first time it wasnt working after the factory reset either.
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No, even straight after a factory wipe, no notifications, that seemed to coincide with the latest pixel update a few days ago because nothing I tried would get it to work which is why I factory reset and for the first time it wasnt working after the factory reset either.
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I don't suppose it's something simple as...
I sent myself some emails and used the "find my device" in order to cause some notifications, as you can see on the video, nothing comes through until I connect to wifi.
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atwitsend said:
I sent myself some emails and used the "find my device" in order to cause some notifications, as you can see on the video, nothing comes through until I connect to wifi.
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Yep I think it's time for a new phone lol.
Have you tried a different provider, a friends sim card? It may be incompatible with the P5. There was a problem in USA with Mintmobile and the P5 but Google fixed it. Which service provider do you use?