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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rovers82517:
I seriously doubt a range of 20kps to 1.1Mbps can be down to traffic on the network, I'm backed up by thinking this because I can download on the phone directly at close to 1Mgps speeds consistently and then tether and get close to no speed at all.

It seems that if I reboot the phone and then leave it for a few minutes before turning wifi tether on it will connect at a higher speed, I would love a way of ''forcing'' the phone to connect at it's highest level available, but I don't know if thats possible or how I would even do a google search on it, what search terms are you suggesting? Everything I try gives unrelated results.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rovers82517:
Thanks for the advice, I will try later on but I have a poker tournament starting soon (with expected connection losses as usual to put up with, hopefully not occuring while I have a decent hand lol)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rovers82517:
USB Tethering makes no difference to the speed whatsoever, has that narrowed it enough for someone to maybe give me some advice?

Will someone please tell me what tools/apps/pc programs I can use to attempt to identuify the problem myself? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?

The only semi-useful app I've found is UpDownMeter free, but this only tells me lol the up and down speeds, interesting but not of any use.

Come on guys you guys are smarter than me, been there done it etc, help me help dudes :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhele:
I saw this over android central and was wonder what that is.

http://cdn.androidcentral.com/sites...ecache/w550h500/postimages/276955/bumper7.jpg
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcls:
I saw that too, I think it might just be a screen protector they have on there? But if it is I'd like to know what kind! Looks nice!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Photojojo add on?

I voided my warranty.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thephantom:
I thought for a second my eyes deceived me when I saw the original video on that. First reaction was, is my n4 fake? :P I'd also like to get that protector if it is one
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt.61:
They had on Google+ a hint of it being something for a camera lens.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threeclaws:
Looks like the metal ring you use with those cheap magnetic optical attachments on ebay.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se1000:
+1 almost sure of it

http://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Magnet...GG/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1355095823&sr=8-10
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt.61:
They just posted this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lZzxCWdh-M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[HTC EVO 3D] looooboooo:
I just bought an HTC 3D evo off craigslist, the seller said that he loaded the wrong ROM into it, he had android 4.0, tried to upgrade to 4.1.

I don't know if it is rooted or not, doesn't turn on at all (nothing happens, light, vibration, etc), i tried removing-the-battery trick, didn't work. I just want to load a new ROM into it so i can get it working again..

How do i do that?

Thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
Does the small led come on when plugged into a charger? Have you tried to hold down the volume down button and power button down at the same time to access the bootloader, also please specify if your phone is gsm or cdma.

(Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] looooboooo:
the small led light does not turn on when pressing the power button (no signs of life at all!), i tried to reset (power button+volume down) it but nothing happens and it is a GSM phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
Looks like your friend hoodwinked you bro. It sounds like he gave you a bricked phone. Unfortunately if your not able to access bootloader then its a paper weight now.
[HTC EVO 3D] looooboooo:
Can't i just install another firmware using my pc? using something like flashtool for Xperia, for HTC?
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
As I have said, you need to be able to boot into bootloader mode to flash firmware. Whoever sold you that phone didn't tell you he hard bricked the phone in the process. The hboot had to have gottened corrupted. That's why you can't turn it on.
[HTC EVO 3D] looooboooo:
How can i get it to boot into bootloader using adb reboot?
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
Go ahead and give it a shot. Try adb reboot bootoader.
[HTC EVO 3D] looooboooo:
How do i do that exactely? plz help me :confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
Here's a tutorial that you might find useful in helping you set up adb http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1751439.

Now do not take this the wrong way, you should listen to what I'm telling about your phone instead of ignoring me and trying to prove me wrong. Especially since I'm educating you on adb. I gave you that link so I dont have to explain how to set adb up. You have to be able to access bootloader, recovery or have phone completely on to run adb. In the end you will realize what I have told you. The person who sold it to you screwed you over. Your phone is completely bricked. Truly bricked. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm always open to learn new things. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
I would definitely concur with Jsparta26, you unfortunately bought your phone from a unscrupulous, deceitful azz wipe.:eek:

(Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] mcerk02:
I read your problem and read through the other suggestions, It does sound bricked but have you tried a different battery?, I had a battery one time that once it went completly dead the phone would not charge it, I had to charge it though an external charger, once it had some juice in it it would charge fine with the phone. All i am saying is make sure it is not something as simple as a bad battery before you decide to use it as a paperweight. If you do get it to turn on, let me know and I can help you get it working again.
[HTC EVO 3D] Ecuadude:
Yeaa ur phones bricked :rolleyes: lol....I bought a faulty HTC sensation 4G off of eBay nd when it came it would not charge ....then I connected it to my laptop nd came up as qhsusb_dload soo yea haha -_-...I would just return it to the seller as theres nothin u can do. :) Best of luck man hope they return ur money :thumbup::thumbup:
[HTC EVO 3D] looooboooo:
Thanks everyone wholeheartedly! i was abale to pay a guy 40 bucks to fix it using his jtag :) Apparentely he only had to rewrite the boot.

So for everyone having the same problem, JTag is your solution :) nothing else :mad:

Juste a small question, i have viper 3d rom on it and i was wondering is it the best ?
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
Its like I said. Your hboot was corrupted. That's great you got your phone booted back up.

Now as for viper 3d there's no "best" ROM. Its a subjective topic so its basically not allowed. I can tell you its very stable, has lots of tweaks, and highly customizable. Only thing is that is doesn't have 4g or 3d. And it works on any hboot.
[HTC EVO 3D] looooboooo:
here we go again! the phone is rebooting periodically now... wth do i do? as for viper , i want a rom that has 3d and is as good as viper, thank u!
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
The only roms with fully working 3d camera are sense 3.6 roms

(Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] frankk1979:
brick fixable

I had the same thing going on w/my phone. Problem was: the hboot was corrupted.. The only way to fix this is with linux.. I don't recall the exact files or command that I ran but if you search you will find them and it will bring your phone back to life.. NOTE: every thread i found had old information with older hboots which have different filenames.. Once you find the information on how to fix your hboot aka "brick" you simply need to get your exact hboot file and replace (flash) it through linux.. there is even an ubuntu cd you can download and boot into so that you don't have to install Linux.. I'd give you more info, but I'm at work right now and don't have time to research it. Good luck..!!:cowboy:
[HTC EVO 3D] alexanderbr:
today i have a problem with my evo. i loss my phone in my car, and at night was frost, - 20 C.

half of day phone dosnt power on. my first opinion was that the battery died, but when i measured voltage, i see 3.75V, thats normal for X-Polimer Battery. after i Inserting the battery at her place, and press power button, phone turn on :)

i dont know, may be i had to remove the battery for a long time, or during this time dry condensate, after frost.
[HTC EVO 3D] sadrish:
hey sir..m from india.. i m owing htc evo 3d gsm..bt now m not able to use... i flashed leedroid gb over official ics... den it stooped over htc logo... then i had backup so i restored but nothing happened.. (i restored via 4ext recovery)... after that also it got stuck over htc logo... den with the command fastboot oem lock,i relocked the phone...now it shows as

***relocked***

security warning

s-on

hboot 1.53.0007

...

and now wen i flashed ruu...nothing happened...1st time i got error that rom update utility not supported and then i got customer id error...i am just stuck on bootloader and i dnt knw wat to do... plzz help...:\
[HTC EVO 3D] Woody3D:
Bloody Charming. When do you turn 12?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyracer53:
I'm making this post because I need some assistance...I've already searched around this forum for a few days but it seems like I may be the only one with this issue...

I got the phone a few days ago, from day one I noticed I've been having network issues. By that I mean every time I try to use any apps that require data such as facebook, youtube, instagram, chrome, google now, and especially speedtest, my network would die for about 10 seconds as it reconnects.

All bars drop, I get the message of "network unavailable", and slowly edge speeds come back, followed by hspa.

I have tested this throughout all parts of Los Angeles already.

I have also replaced the micro sim card twice.

I also hard reset the phone back to stock.

Also reset the APN settings.

Two other people I know of in the area, their Nexus 4's work perfectly fine.

I'm all out of options, the T-Mobile tech support team is also out of options, i was recommended to send it back to Google but I don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary as a last resort.

I was just wondering if anyone is familiar with this issue or any suggestions as to what to do?

Thanks so much
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcls:
Seems like a similar problem to what I'm having. I always just randomly lose reception. Reception is already really really bad for me, but it seems like it's whenever I pick up the phone the network goes out. It's really getting on my nerves. Most places in my house I get no reception. But it's the weirdest thing that happens. I can be sitting on the couch using my phone, and have no bars. But then I set the phone down on the couch to go grab something from the fridge and when I come back I'll have received a text message and I'll have like 2 bars! But then the second I pick the phone back up reception goes out again.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pheno.menon:
This has been going on for the last month for me, and it's especially bad at work but almost nowhere else.

I think (though I have no concrete evidence) that it's because of their ongoing 1900mhz refarm.

Someone should call tmo and find out.

Transmission sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyracer53:
yep..i'm starting to feel like it's 100% hardware related to the antenna. might have to contact google and see what's up. hopefully if i send it back they won't take a month to replace it haha
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spitefulcheerio:
Sounds like a faulty antenna to me :\
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
I've experienced these problems on AT&T (MEdia Net, not DataPro) as well. It happens regardless of how good my signal is. I haven't experienced the other problems you are a time else mentioned.

On the NPR app, it results in some sort of error such that I have to reboot to get the NPR app working again. The app doesn't say something has gone wrong, but it won't load any audio and will hang after waiting.

The signal drops, then picks up again and goes straight to HSPA+:15. This happens to me on the road quite often and I just switch to onboard music rather than fiddling with my phone while driving. The issue has occurred a few times while in Maps, but thankfully I knew how to get back from where I navigated to.

EDIT: Just want to clarify to the poster below me that this occurs REGARDLESS of how good my signal is. It happens when I have better than -50 dBm (I think -70 gets full bars, although I've even seen full bars at -90!) so it can't just be a low signal issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
I'm pretty sure this happens to all nexus 4s unfortunately. Anyways that is in a poor connection area had this happen.

This happens to me at home. Bounces from 0 to 3 bars constantly. But if I'm outside in an area with strong signal I never go below 3 bars no matter how I hold it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Niche:
Ive been having the same problems with my n4 in tmob. I get a lot of 3g and sometimes i get no bars. I hope its not a hardware issue. Im in many miami and ive seen a couple of threads about this
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pheno.menon:
I don't think it's an antenna issue. It was happening on my Galaxy Nexus for a few weeks up until I got the Nexus 4, and prior to that I *never* experienced total signal loss like this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
The first couple weeks I had the N4, I wasn't experiencing any connection issues, but for some weird reason they started last week. It wasn't even fresh after I flashed a new ROM. I think perhaps it's a network issue that is somehow specific to our unique phone and plan combinations and our areas. Anyone using AT&T's MEdia Net plan in Georgia?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyracer53:
I think you guys may have gotten my issue a bit confused, what I'm trying to say is my signal fluctuates depending on location like normal, however only when I use apps that are solely dependent on internet connection, my entire network goes down.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Yeah that's what I'm encountering as well. I wonder what these other guys are talking about?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pheno.menon:
My network goes down regardless of whether I'm doing anything with the phone or not. I could have just the screen on and it'll be lying on the table and I'll see it go from 2 bars to empty and eventually back.

It's especially bad at work where I have terrible signal to begin with.

Forgot to add.. my coworker with an HTC 8x and another with a Galaxy Nexus are getting the same issues.

So, it's a network problem for sure. I'll post this on the tmo forums tomorrow and see if I can get any official word on the matter.

Transmission sent from my badass Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strobex:
This exact thing happens to me using straight talk att Sim.. Right now, full bars to zero, then back. Sometimes it jumps to roaming, and seems to get "stuck" and I need to turn airplane mode on/off to fix it
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddioj:
same :crying:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megapixle:
I experienced something similar on my N4 and called T-Mobile tech support. They had me power off my phone and they "reprovisioned" or "reprogrammed" my data connection or something like that. It's been better since then.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pheno.menon:
Posted on t-mo forums, let's see if they can be of any help.

http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/36768

Please add on to the linked thread, the more attention we get on this issue the faster we'll get a solution, or at least an idea of what is causing it.

Transmission sent from my badass Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catpunt:
last night after midnight my phone suddenly couldn't get a signal from t-mobile. i thought i screwed it up, but then i took the sim and put it in my galaxy nexus and it had the same issue. so i went to bed and in the morning it was working fine. i suspect t-mobile was doing stuff to their network in my area
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zonedguy:
Having the exact same problem today in Manhattan near Bryant Park. Can't keep a stable signal at all and data is connecting only in bursts. Hopefully this will be fixed soon or I'll have to look for other options than Tmo and my N4 :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich1248:
What's the E stand for? 3G?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
Edge-2G
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich1248:
Ok thanks..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
I have a similar problem as well. When I'm at work my signal will fluctuate from 3 to 0 bars. Sometimes it will lose data as well. Occasionally I can get it back by turning on airplane mode and then toggling back. Most of the time I need to reboot.

Also, I'll have periods where my data speed becomes horribly slow and it sometimes times out. If I reboot I'm back to downlink speeds of 15Mbps.

My area just went through the refarming as well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strobex:
Where can I learn more about this 'refarming'?

And the same issue seems to be happening to at least two other people, running on Straight Talk AT&T. If this is relevant, does it indicate it could be hardware? or am i missing something.. I've been considering jumping over to prepaid T-Mobile to escape the exact problem being described here
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ajfink:
My only real problem is in my house; when it's sitting on it's own it will get a few bars, but wrapping my hand around the phone seems to cut the signal down until I move to a window. Probably just normal physicals in play, there, and this isn;t the first phone I've noticed it with (probably won't be the last). However, in my town (which is only covered by EDGE with T-Mobile), it takes FOREVER for the data connection to pick up. I'm talking outside, full bars, 79-90 dBm. It's weird.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Niche:
Im in the same boat. I think my area just went thru refarming and Ive seen 2 other people in my area say that they had the same experience. Im in south Florida (miami btw). However, when I switch my sim card to a One S, I dont have this problem
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ajfink:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...0-mhz-hspa-service-10-more-markets/2012-11-20

T-Mobile is making their 1900Mhz spectrum HSPA+. It used to just be EDGE. This is rolling out to different areas around the country. Just search "T-Mobile 1900 refarming" and you'll get a bunch of relevant hits.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strobex:
Could Google's pulling the factory images and binaries indicate that they're aiming to fix something.. maybe something related to this reception issue?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
I really hope so, but from what I'm reading they are patching LTE to NOT work for the few that can use it. Only time will tell...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strobex:
If this isn't a universal issue..Who should I call for support.. Google, LG, or straight talk (terrible customer service so far)...I'm getting really sick of going from full coverage to fuggin nothing without even moving.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pheno.menon:
Any improvement for you guys? I just got back from Lake Tahoe and was getting mad LOS all over the place there.

Transmission sent from my badass Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenjke:
+1

same thing here, but another country. Russia, Megafon. Everywhere I'm having a full OK coverage with no drops. Only in office signal constantly lost down to "emergency calls only" every 10-30 seconds. Very frustrating and furthermore it is affecting battery life :(

Hope new radio will solve the issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phon00b:
Just switched over to the Nexus 4 about a day or two ago and noticed my HSPA bars were fluctuating between 0 - 3 bars, I turned off Wi-Fi and at best i get a few squirts of data here and there. Oddly enough, calls and texts are going through just fine. I bought a new SIM card hoping that might fix it, but no dice. Then I switched over to my previous phone (Galaxy S Relay) and was having the exact same issue, so it doesn't seem to be a problem with the phone. I called up t-mo and after we went through the usual trouble-shooting with tech support, they told me they'd send someone out here to test the signal and investigate what the issue is.I'm supposed to hear back from them tuesday in the a.m. at the latest. I just hope whatever the answer is doesn't results in having to return/replace the phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G2_Gordon_G1:
Any luck with a new Sim fixing dropped calls? I'm getting dropped calls every day but have no problems with data connectivity.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elkhouri:
I've no problem with T-Mobile. No calls dropped, connectivity issues etc.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exodian:
I know my data goes to complete **** at times for hours at a time. It will show 4g connection but be so slow that everything times out. Then for a few seconds ill have good connection then bad again.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noma_pride:
Also a problem on AT&T

I have experienced this as well, on AT&T's network in Davis, CA. I've had 4 dropped calls in 18 hours where I get the "Out of Service Area" message. I have NOT been paying attention to see if the network is rebooting like I've read here. I've spent some time tonight with AT&T customer service, and here are some notes:

> The dropped calls registered as "ended at the device" which can mean a number of things, the most important of which is that the issue is not related to the tower--the problem lies with the phone (ie hardware, software, SIM)

> He recommended that I get a new SIM at the AT&T store because it could be as simple as an error occurring when the SIM was provisions. This was not the case for me. After I got the SIM, I was still able to replicate the data dropping error .

> I've also read that the Nexus has a bit of battery saving software that automatically drops the data connectivity down to 3G (ie HSPA) when the phone is not actively being used. I have not independently confirmed this, just what I've read on XDA. When I told this to the AT&T guy (who was probably the nicest, most experienced (8+ yrs) tech support guy at ATT I've ever spoke with...but I digress) he wondered if that "feature" was occurring during a phone call because: "when you go from an HSPA+ network down to a HSPA network, the phone call drops nearly 100% of the time.

> So eliminating the SIM possibility, and tabling the software possibility, leave hardware. The issue (as one poster here put it) might be that we just have faulty antennas. If that's the case, then the RMA process is the only long term solution. Bummer.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] air2k57:
So I've had pretty crappy data experience when I first got my nexus. I'd literally go from amazing performance, to data timeouts and up arrow getting stuck, followed by network restarting all together, or getting stuck on edge... Tried different APn, no luck at all :(. Ended up rooting and trying different kernels which helped a lot, and now on Motleys kernel, issue seems to be gone.

My buddy has 8x and he's in same area as me, he doesn't have issues I've had before.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexom:
Same issues here. T-Mobile jersey and when my connection gets slow I go to about phone in the settings menu it shows hspa+15. I thought that was supposed to be faster than hspa10. Any ideas?