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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A51Janitor:
Google is not concerned about this at all. Its 'normal' as far as google is concerned. Google Product Forum Rep "Claire" recently posted this:

(source: https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/nexus/7s7DsI4DUYo/AUB6TmQS-4QJ)

As some of you have posted, unless you live underneath the LTE tower, you can pretty much forget about this phone (unless you manually select 'prefer 3G' - lol).

I still think its a combination of the poor antenna design (http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/FETUQwRrQSxGBXOG and http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/WJhZ3YYuYUwWTsbh (those little silver traces, that is our radio antenna!) & the QFE1100 Envelope Tracking Chip.

My solution since I live about 500 meters away from the closest AT&T LTE Tower, I had AT&T comp me a 3G MicroCell. I figure its a temp workaround while I am at home since I can leave my prefer band set to LTE and since I have like 1 bar for LTE at home, the phone will automatically switch to the MicroCell. This way, no more 'Time Without a Signal' due to the phone dropping the poor LTE connection and failing to switch over to the HSPA and HSPA+ towers down the street (only about 300 meters away). Pathetic this phone cant switch and maintain a connection on its own when the signal strength is impaired. Since the microcell has 3G pegged close to 100% signal, its not having an issue with switching over and holding the 3G connection.

What was that Norton line from fight club? Oh yeah - - ;)

I really like this phone and had faith in Google - why I jumped in on Launch Day and pulled the trigger on a 32GB Black N5. After 2 RMA's and still having the same signal problem + watching google ignore multiple (and I do mean quite a few) threads with hundreds of reports of this behavior 'Emergency Calls Only', No Internet Connection', I have lost all faith in Google. Lets not even get started on the Hangouts/MMS fiasco... lol. 4 months + since first report in the product forum and its still an issue for some (Textra FTW).

Oh well - for me, I will stay away from LG and the Nexus 6 only due to this antenna/radio b.s. and no actual acknowledgement by google. Reminds me of the iPhone 4 antenna issues.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkimbro:
This is really discouraging to read. I've had my N5 since November with no real issues. My son got his for Christmas. This last week or so we're both having this issue. Flipping to 3G does seem to fix it... Not cool at all. Both on Sprint, who's looking at possible issues on their side. This felt like a phone thing since my wife's motox is golden the entire time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jony Blaze:
Wind on Nexus 5. 3G Data works but Only emergency calls

So I'm having similar issues, my 3G data works but I can not make any calls or receive/send any texts. I have bought the Nexus 5 black 32 GB through kijiji a few months ago and am now stuck with it. Only got it working once by some miracle when playing with mobile settings and *#*#4636#*#*. Made a few calls and then it went back to only emergency calls. Any one here has a fix for it ?? I'm so disappointed and helpless here because I didnot buy it through Google so I can't even RMA it :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masaker514:
Just picked up a Nexus 5 from a friend it was working with his sim card when he gave it to me. He's on Bell Canada, I put in my sim card which is a Fido sim card and I'm getting emergency calls only. I have 3 lines with Fido and all 3 sim cards show the same message. I also have a Rogers sim card (not active) but pops up no service Rogers. The phone is actually from Fido anyone experience something like this?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
They may be upgrading the towers to band 26 or 41 which is transparent to legacy band 25 only devices. Give it a week or two and try the .17 radio and see how it does.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ourfear:
i have the same problem, and must reboot to get signal again...

sent from Nexus5 stock 4.4.2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaurav2009:
Hey guys i purchased my nexus 5 in november and i have 311k batch till yesterday everything was fine but it suddenly started acting weird signal goes in and out it goes to emergency calls then it comes back after some seconds,evrything is fine imei etc,i had done everything....flashed factory image,reset several times but still same issue,what should i do now please help :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NexusS4gFreak:
From my understanding, its a bug in 4.4.2 and will be fixed in 4.4.3..... whenever we get it, googl is stalling big time
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X1iser:
Not solved for me with 4.4.3...

When I put pincode it take several seconds to get signal like older KitKat version.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirovai:
Did you flash the factory image with the new radio?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X1iser:
Yes, thank to try to solve my problem

I suppose it's my/or SIM card UICC 5V problem, I asked to my provider to send me another :fingers-crossed:

Edit: same after sim replacement, surely hardware problem...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usram3:
got a replacement phone still having issues with this

on rogers
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alucard1972:
Some new details that may help a trained troubleshooter

I too were missing sms and calls with wifi/sleep mode/4g/no signal, and tryed the fix's found in the forums with some success.

Luckily a friend was aware of my issue and has given me some great feedback today.

I tryed calling him last week shortly after flashing to aosp lollypop, he didnt recognise the number so didnt answer, my number was coming through as the international version (australia) +61414------ not the 0414------ he has stored in his contacts.

Today he tryed sending me a few sms which failed, tryed to call me which failed, then it dawned on him it was my number and punched in the +61 (international code for australia) and bam called me straight away unyet 2 mins prior my normal contact ph number wouldnt work.

i feel this is a valuable discovery and may help solve this annoying no signal kinda annoying having a great smartphone latest roms etc and intermitttently recieves sms and calls.

Sorry for spelling and grammar im a tech enthusiast not an english major.

Thanks guys
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthster:
I was serching for my nexus 6 signal droping and found this thread. This is what i tried and seems it fixed my issue on tmobile. I went to settings for apn access point names and it was ticked at metro pcs. Changed that to tmobile lte and it seems ok as of now. Hope it helps some with this problem.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steb6891:
anyone found a fix for this yet?, ive updated to L, also disabled fast dom. a different radio.

its starting to peee me off!

im on O2 UK

nexus 5 16gig

running 5.0.1 stock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisgtl:
I've just started experiencing this too. I'm also on o2 uk, 32GB Nexus 5.

Really annoying having to switch Aeroplane mode on and off before I get mobile data. My signal never goes, I just get an exclamation mark on my signal bars and my 4G/H symbol disappears.

Aeroplane mode on and off a couple times and my data comes back.

Very rarely I have to reboot phone to get data back.

Mine only happens when I leave my house (WiFi) and go to work (no WiFi).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZaKaRia OuH:
Nexus 5 running 6.0.1 emergency calls only.

hi everybody.

I just purchased my white nexus 5 32 Gb version.

it was working fine except for the battery which drains faster.

yesterday i was texting in whatsapp in a moment the phone went to emergency calls only mode.

i went to dialer and typed *#*#4636#*#* but didn't fix the problem.

I found a fix which is going to storage and Usb and clear cashed data then Go to network mode and switch it to 2G and turn off my nexus wait for 10 sec and turn it back on then go to network mode and switch it to 3G then go to cellular network/network operator and set it to automatic.

this brings back the Cellular network but i can't make calls or recieve text messages.

also The Cellular data state's shown as disconnected even even if Switched on.

No H or E appears.

i inserted my sim card in my brother's phone,i works fine.

then inserted his sim in my phone but the emergency calls still remains.

please help me.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steb6891:
I flashed a old modem and disabled fast dormancy fixed my problem. Google fast dormancy Nexus 5 someone tells you how toe disable it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZaKaRia OuH:
Nexus 5 emergency calls only + No cellular data

please would you tell me how to flash an old modem and how can I disable Google fast dormancy ??

I'm really in need for help I never had such a problem with my phones before :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Menish Pugalia:
Nexus 5 marshmellow no signal emergency calls only

Suddenly my nexus 5 start showing message emergency calls only, tried all bug fixes where ever got ffrom web, but not fixes, please help
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Menish Pugalia:
Emergency Calls Only (Purely motherboard fault) Substandard hardware

Emergency Calls Only, This is due to substandard nexus hardware quality, as around the world all nexus 5 phone owner face the same problem, google is silent on their fault, i will never buy nexus phone in future, or faulty upgrade destroys our phone hardware,
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
after sending 2 messages and receiving 2 messages, my phone went to emergency calls only. found out when i couldnt send the 3rd message.

i checked in Settings > Mobile Networks > Access Points > Fido LTE(for canadians) is selected. there's another AP there called MTS which i dont know what that is.

the FIX i did: instead of restarting the phone(like what i did yesterday), i went to Settings > Mobile Networks > Network Operators > Choose automatically.

i remember when i set the phone up the first time, i chose the Fido network manually.

ill see if it happens again later or tomorrow.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyimola:
I did the same thing a couple of days ago, and have not had any drop outs since then.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
great! im not alone in this so called fix. lol

keeping my fingers crossed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trendiggity:
FWIW, I haven't had this issue happen again since Sunday and I haven't done anything to the phone at all (I haven't even removed the SIM).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
mine was already at automatic and yesterday it happened 5 times total.

today none yet.

i'm not sure if RMA is going to fix the issue .. at this point it sounds like it's software related.

anyone on any networks OTHER than rogers/fido having this issue?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trendiggity:
I think someone earlier in the thread mentioned it happening on AT&T... I think.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DangerM55:
Similar issue for me in the UK on Three. Was all working fine on totally stock Nexus 5 then suddenly (without any changes to settings) can't get a signal anywhere. My network doesn't show up in the list to select but 2 other mobile networks do so I guess it's not the antenna in the phone.

SIM works fine in my Galaxy S3, so the network isn't down.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scutie88:
Mine happens 3-4 times in an hour:( and it takes a while to get it back up. I'm just on hold with Google now to RMA it. Hopefully it'll solve the problem? I'm on Rogers network
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwepruk:
I'm on Rogers. Put my SIM in, worked great. 4 bars, LTE, no issue. Worked great for 3 days.

At work, where I normally have a slower signal, nothing was loading. So I decided to try a reboot. I then ended up with 100% no service/emergency mode and I couldn't get out of that. Swapped other SIM's, factory reset, messed with settings, had the network reset - zero response. Put the SIM back in my Galaxy S3 - 100% normal.

Shipped back to Google, but I really hope this isn't going to be an ongoing issue.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
ok so it's not isolated to only rogers/fido.

in the APN settings, there was an unrecognized APN with a label MTS (someone mentioned it earlier). i removed it from my list and so far no issues.. it's only been a couple of hours though so hopefully that's the fix.

i'll post again later with results.

scutie88: for me the quick fix was to turn airplane mode on/off and i immediately was able to get it working again. it's an easy work around but it shouldn't be happening in the first place.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
thanks SeraldoBabalu. i have the MTS. il delete it and see what happens tomorrow/later. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloppyDrive:
MTS would be Manitoba. My second selection here in the Vancouver area is Chatr. This problem has nothing to do with the APN. MTS has an agreement with Rogers. You would need their APN for Data if Rogers is inaccessible.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
Removing MTS from APN selections didn't work. My phone just went into emergency.

Thx. Good to know.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albenex:
TIM Italy.. at every sms received while on 3g/2g network edges..

edit/add: since you mention an MTS "unkown" carrier upon Roger apns, i would add that with TIM It sim inserted i got TIM apns but also Wind It ones.. for no reason!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Croontje:
Check this out too:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/T5ey4dttBOA/v9OaGzPxESwJ
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
Thank you for this link!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonyly:
I'm with virgin/bell same problem
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
I'm glad it's not isolated to one carrier. It's like pulling teeth to get them to admit something is wrong on their end.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impiouspunk:
hangouts update

I uninstalled the hangouts update and was able to send texts again. Unfortunately it reverted to the same problem without update.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgxwyy:
Same problem on WCDMA/ChinaUnicom
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smith7018:
Same problem with 16 Gb White N5 on ATT.

Every 2 or 3 hours the bars will go from full to empty for a minute or two. Also, I haven't been able to get LTE despite living in a very populated (and LTE-covered) area. So RMA?

Also, if you open up the phone, does Google deny your replacement? Jw, thank guys!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
Happened to me again. Emergency call but data is fine. Argghh. I was in the basement. Not happening to previous phone(galaxy note) before.

Im using 3g not lte.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hand76:
32Gb black at&t here and get the same but I just thought it was crappy service. Also very rarely see LTE.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moomingstarz:
It think it might be. My brothers have gotten "emergency calls only" the past few days as well. One has the HTC one and the other has the Nexus 4. I'm experiencing it on my Nexus 5. For reference, my brothers are on Fido and I'm on Rogers.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloppyDrive:
For people who have this problem, make sure you try this 'fix' even if you have not touched this setting previously.

---------- Post added at 06:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:37 PM ----------

Voids the warranty as there are no user replaceable parts inside.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
sad to say the issue came back (for me) after 10hrs.. :crying: :crying::crying:

if it is the network, then how come data is still working...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbobn:
T-Mobile USA subscriber here having the same issues.

Everything was working fine from last Friday up until this Monday, but on Tuesday signal became hard to come by. I did a factory reset, I reflashed the modem, and I got a new SIM card. I have also tried adjusting APN settings and tried letting the phone choose network automatically, as well as choosing it myself manually, but the issues persist. I am occasionally able to get some reception, usually after a reboot, but the signal is really weak and it is lost not too long after. For the most part, signal status has been at either "Emergency Phone Calls Only," or "No Service," for the past couple days.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
happened to me again at this very moment.

this is madness. i think this is what we get for a $350++ phone... lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scutie88:
same here... wondering if I should just RMA it?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
my replacement arrives today. i'm not confident that the issue will be fixed with a new device.

it really seems that it's a software issue.

here's a list of items that have been tried or points relating to the issue

factory reset doesn't fix

wipe and flash factory image doesn't fix

removing un-necessary APN entries doesn't fix

enableing automatic carrier selection doesn't fix

using another SMS app doesn't fix - not related to hangouts

not specific to one carrier

not specific to one country

not specific to any single model of nexus 5

see the related google group discussion

https://productforums.google.com/forum/?nomobile=true#!topic/nexus/T5ey4dttBOA[76-100-false]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
happened again today... (maybe because i rode the elevator?)

i changed the fido APN to "not the LTE apn". just the regular apn which i got from the fido forum... then did the "choose network automatically".

so, will observe again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
i did that already a few days ago. it did not fix.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert Hodgson:
Same problem here :( just got the phone yesterday will test some more but not impressed with my first nexus product I really do not want to return it but if it happens on a regular basis it will have to go back
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
awww!! ok. im losing hope. :crying:

we have 1yr to RMA the device right? i really dont want to do that. lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
my replacement should arrive today.. probably not going to be fixed. once blog sites post the issue and google officially acknowledges the bug, it'll be fixed quickly.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloppyDrive:
They send you a new device before you have to send yours back. You just need to authorize the full charge on your credit card.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jason27131:
Here's a big questions: has anyone tried a custom rom?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
got my replacement. will report back if it happens again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Called Google and the rep said the nexus 5 is made to work best for sprint, at&t, and T-Mobile. Lol I asked why would they sell thousands of phones to Canadians who don't have any of those carriers available. I explained to her how the bands work and that the only band missing is the 2600mhz band on Rogers but that shouldn't be the cause. She then agreed lol sucks about the signal issue but she Gave me a good laugh
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloppyDrive:
The thing is, if you are having problems with LTE at 2100Mhz, then 2600Mhz will be worse.

Has anyone tried booting their phone into ART runtime rather than Dalvik to see if it makes a difference?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
Someone on Google forums said he tried art and it was the same problem.

Here is link again

https://productforums.google.com/forum/?nomobile=true#!topic/nexus/T5ey4dttBOA[1-25-false]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
I don't think its a lte problem I think its gotta be a software think or maybe a hardware issue I'm not sure but I need this resolved because its a huge huge problem
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
yeah they should fix this asap :).. its not convenient to do the "fixes" everyday. what if something happens to us and we need to contact someone then there we are doing the fix before anything else lol

maybe the case we're using is blocking the signal. whats your case guys? lol.. i dont know what to think. :))
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloppyDrive:
Anyone notice the phone switching to emergency mode randomly after receiving a text message? Someone was complaining on a Google forum that the problem was linked to text messaging.

Maybe try a different APN?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moomingstarz:
How would I try a different APN? Its correct though, I have noticed my phone switching to emergency mode while I'm texting. It usually doesn't happen when I'm doing anything else
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
You know what come to think of it that happens too me as well but sometime it happens out of the blue
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloppyDrive:
If you are on Rogers, you could try creating a new APN based on the attached picture. Reboot after switching.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
I've tried new APN. Both ltemobile and the other... Unfortunately it didn't work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blobcow:
Hi everyone- yeah, same problem here on EE (Orange) in the UK.

Strangely, this only seems to happen to me when the phone is charging. I've had the phone since it came out and noticed it happening a couple of times but just thought it was a random bug- however, over the past week, without fail when I wake up in the morning having left the phone on charge overnight it will have no cell signal and need rebooting to get it again.

I haven't- so far- had this issue at any other point. Very strange.

Have followed the advice of this thread (thanks everyone for ideas so far!) and have chosen to select carrier automatically. Will see if this fixes anything tonight.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prawnguevara:
I'm on talkmobile in uk (piggybacks vodafone network0, signal drops out (but not on the notifcation symbol), have to toggle airplane on/off to recover.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloppyDrive:
Notice that MMS Proxy and APN type is different in my picture. You could also try IPv4 only. While I am trying different things, my volume of text messages is low so it takes me awhile to see if the problem persists. This issue appears to be affecting people in poor LTE coverage zones.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
i received the new device yesterday and as suspected, the issue is still occuring.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
That's a.... good news. Rma wont fix. :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hand76:
I think it's in part to a weak antenna.

If you do the pinch technique (hold your phone up with your left hand placing your thumb on the bottom left corner and your middle finger on the top left corner) and watch how your bars and reception respond.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Are you serious ?? Now what
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogem_kk:
Well I spoke too soon? Started happening to my phone today as well after I unlocked and rooted. Could be just a coincidence. Will try going back to factory fresh install.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeraldoBabalu:
Wait... A rep on Google forums is aware of the issue so now we wait for them to respond.

Sucks big time especially for a new toy.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Hopefully it gets fixed soon but what happens if it's a antenna problem on all the nexus 5's will they recall them or are we just SOL
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palabook:
If its a weak antenna, then why is the data still working...?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Yea your right I guess I'm just going a little crazy at this point. It's happened to me like 5 times today
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonyly:
awesome this page is still getting updated! hopefully google can fix this with just an update!