hello all.
im having issues with my wifi. im getting realy poor reception even when standing next to the router. i did lots of reading about the matter but could not conclude whether it was a software or a hardware issue. im running stock rom.
i got the phone from google the tmobile version and im currently using it in Oman.
when i got it, i turned the phone on, it asked me if i wanted to update i said, all went perfect.
at first i didnt notice, then couple of hours later i noticed that the wifi bars will not go more than 1 bar if im 20 feets away from the router. if i put the phone on top of the router i still got one bar short than full.
last week i ordered another phone for myfather inlaw. i asked him to cancel and not update his phone to ere27, the same update i performed.
i compared his phone and mine at his house, my phone wouldnt even see the network when we were one floor down when his phone showed 2 bars.
im totaly confused, i dont want to root nor unlock the bootloader. however, i tried to manually flash the update ere27 again using sd card, thinking maybe there was some error last time. still the same.
on the other side i have a jawbone 2 headset. the reception is so bad if i take the phone more than 15cm for my headset, same with the dock. the dock being bluetooth capable, the phone doesnt have to be sitting at the dock in order for it to play music.
while i was doing my readings, it seemed that the bluetooth and wifi are the same chip, thus im wondring it might be a chip issue.
so now im back to zero, radio software issue or chip hardware issue.
some other facts:
i have no problems staying connected to my wifi with my low signal. i have no voice issues nor 3g issues. (3g still under observation and testing to see whether it works fine for me.
this week im getting another nexus one for my brother and dont know whether i ask him not to perform the ere27 update and wait till google sends another ota that might update the radio.
correct if im worng, i was thinking to flash only the radio. i currently have the 4.03, locked and unrooted and was thinking to flash the 4.04 radio but from what i understood that to flash radio u need to be rooted and unlocked?
if yes, then i will have to wait for googles ota.
if no, then point where to find the tutorials and radio file.
any feedback is much appreciated
Try the app wifi fixer... it helped me alot with keeping a good signal
i tried that also but that software helps u maintain a connection. i have no issues staying connected but i have issues with the strength of the wifi signal.
any more inputs
you should WiFi fix app because it shows you what channels are too crowded in your area and which ones are free. it sounds like your channel is so crowded that even next to the router the phone can't get a good signal.
hello
thank u for ur input. today i asked my father inlaw to update his nexus one to update1. i have asked him to refrain from it before thinking it might be a software issue on mine. after his update, his signals got even better when mine struggled to maintain a signal. mind u both phone where next to each other.
i also had blurtooth issues using my jawbone. at first i thought it was my bluetooth but today i tried his headset. the headset would start staticing if the phone is below my shoulder. after doing some readings, i learnt that the nexus one shares the same chip for bluetooth and wifi.
now im certain its a hardware issue.
since im in oman, i emailed htc and told them about the problem and my location. i offered them the option of me sending the phone to my company in san diego or directly to them. lets see what they say.
in the meantime, i decided to purchase another n1 (loaner) till i send mine and have it back after repair. after which i will sell the loaner ; )
cheers
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Hi,
im not sure if this happens to every unit or even every network operators; I have used two units in the past 5 months and have noticed on both units that after I soft reset and the unit is booted up, the first couple of calls that i either make or receive when im travelling either by bus train or car, the calls become robotic, and similar to loss of signal (even though the phone tells me it has full signal) eventually the call is disconnected automatically. This also happens on the next call; however on the third or more call (or until the unit is softresetted again) the calls on the phone become stable and perfect...
im running on DTAC network in Thailand
This is really getting to me and Im thinking the O2 is having trouble solving this problem as I have noticed this flaw since the 200511xxROM-Radio041 (i think) all upto this current 200604xxROM-Radio049. i am going to try out the 6828 and see if its any better.
Thanks in advance for any feebacks
Hi Nutdhanai
I dont have an atom but knows the lossy network issues. I have an Gigabyte g-smart and have some problems connecting to gsm service, sometimes loss signal. No problems in call yet, but yes the other 2 mentioned.
When we buy an upcoming device, the OS are unfinished, like an preproduciont unit or similar. We need to stay seated on for the engineers rom updates...
Good luck, we'll have good devices.-.. or I hope so...
hi there!
also in thailand, using the rw 6828 and i recogize what you are talking about except that i have this instability all the time with DTAC. I cannot move between 2 cells without dropping a call. I have not tried another SIM of Truemove or AIS though, it might be better. Waiting for a ROM upgrade cause whatever the issue with the provider is my Motorola Razor v3 does ok on DTAC. So it must be the PDA, SLIGHTLY SIMILAR ISSUES with the 6365 before. Keep us posted on your experiences!
Kostas
Hi,
Not sure if it’s my handset or for everyone in general in the UK on T-Mobile network.
Strange but true. While traveling, internet just doesn't work on my G2. Whether on the popular motorways such as M1, M25 or on train where T-Mobile coverage is very good, I get one or two bars the internet just doesn't work. It throws up error messages that it cannot reach the host it’s trying to connect meaning no data connection. It’s definitely not the coverage problem. Something to do with the phone as I never had this problem on my Nokia E71.
I called T-Mobile helpdesk but they just don't know and don't understand. Is anyone having the same internet problem while traveling? Any workarounds? I don't want to change the firmware as I can get a replacement from T-Mobile (I suppose) if I'm persistent with them. If I change the firmware, it may void the warranty as my phone seems to be faulty.
Any recommendations or workarounds?
Thanks in advance.
Hari
I'm getting something similar some of the time. I'm waiting for the official SW update in the hope that this will be fixed.
Yes, same problem here sometimes. I wonder if it's got something to do with the phone maybe?
Do you mean WiFi or 3g? One of the best things for me was sitting on eurostar watching the gps marker shoot across the screen as the map also was updating... that was a month ago, though, couple of days after I got the phone.
So do you ever get a connection.
When travelling in a car mine seems mostly ok.
It does lose internet connection sometimes when moving from a 2g to 3g signal and can take a couple of minutes to come back.
You could try forcing a 2g connection only to test if that works ?
Hi,
First of all, I've been reading on these forums for MONTHS and have enjoyed ALOT of great information and software from the people in here. Unfortunatively I have not had much to contribute with, so I skipped the part of registering a user..
So, thanks you all the great stuff, keep it coming!
Now over to my big problem, that I really hope you guys (and girls?) may help out with..
First a bit of story (if you're not bothered, skip this part!).
I went to Miami, FL in February - and my phone back then, iPhone 3G worked flawlessly before and during the trip. Then, 3 days after I came back home it started pulling jokes on me, not connecting to the network etc.. So I get a replacement.. Then, the next time I went over, with a Nokia E63, I bought a T-mobile G1 that I unlocked and got working when I got back home to Norway. 3 days after I came back home the Nokia said no thanks and stopped functioning in the same way as the iPhone. Well, I had the G1, so I just used that one.
Well, I went to the states again, this time to California, Arizona and Nevada with my G1 as travel buddy! It has worked flawlessly all the time before and during the trip, but 3 days after I came home it stopped functioning. I get the "No Service" message with different SIM cards, it doesn't show me that hardware IDs of bluetooth and WiFi (Same as on the iPhone). But WiFi and bluetooth still works - its just the regular GSM/3G network part that doesnt work...
Well, to hell with it - I reflashed the thing with the newest radio and the newest custom ADP software (dont remember which custom one), and it is still not working quite well. No network at all!
I can post a bit more details about firmware and baseband/modem software later on when I get back home and can check out the phone - but it is really frustrating! Right now I got a Nokia E71 off work to use - but after a couple of days I really miss the Android!
I am pretty sure this is a SW issue, as the phone has been taken really good care of, never been dropped or in wet weather..
Any help, tips and hint will be GREATLY appreciated.
laumbr said:
Hi,
First of all, I've been reading on these forums for MONTHS and have enjoyed ALOT of great information and software from the people in here. Unfortunatively I have not had much to contribute with, so I skipped the part of registering a user..
So, thanks you all the great stuff, keep it coming!
Now over to my big problem, that I really hope you guys (and girls?) may help out with..
First a bit of story (if you're not bothered, skip this part!).
I went to Miami, FL in February - and my phone back then, iPhone 3G worked flawlessly before and during the trip. Then, 3 days after I came back home it started pulling jokes on me, not connecting to the network etc.. So I get a replacement.. Then, the next time I went over, with a Nokia E63, I bought a T-mobile G1 that I unlocked and got working when I got back home to Norway. 3 days after I came back home the Nokia said no thanks and stopped functioning in the same way as the iPhone. Well, I had the G1, so I just used that one.
Well, I went to the states again, this time to California, Arizona and Nevada with my G1 as travel buddy! It has worked flawlessly all the time before and during the trip, but 3 days after I came home it stopped functioning. I get the "No Service" message with different SIM cards, it doesn't show me that hardware IDs of bluetooth and WiFi (Same as on the iPhone). But WiFi and bluetooth still works - its just the regular GSM/3G network part that doesnt work...
Well, to hell with it - I reflashed the thing with the newest radio and the newest custom ADP software (dont remember which custom one), and it is still not working quite well. No network at all!
I can post a bit more details about firmware and baseband/modem software later on when I get back home and can check out the phone - but it is really frustrating! Right now I got a Nokia E71 off work to use - but after a couple of days I really miss the Android!
I am pretty sure this is a SW issue, as the phone has been taken really good care of, never been dropped or in wet weather..
Any help, tips and hint will be GREATLY appreciated.
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did u reconfigure your apns whenever u switched sim cards?
Same provider, different SIM cards and numbers, so shouldn't need to do that..
find out which ROM you're using. also double check which radio you have, cupcake builds tend to use the radio ending in .26I, there are some donut builds having a few issues with the radio, but these should be fixed soon. also even if you're using the same network, for example t-mobile, sim card regions can make a difference to the APN settings. such as a UK sim uses settings specific to the UK, while US sim would use US settings. normally this isn't much of a problem, but the developer of your rom may have missed out the APN list so you would have missing APNs. doesn't hurt to check
hope it helps in some way
Hi!
Sorry I used so long, I have been busy at work lately.
My version numbers are:
Model Number: Android Dev Phone 1
Baseband: 62.505.20.17H_2.22.19.26I
Kernel version: 2.6.27.00392-g8312baf ([email protected])
Build Number:
dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB21 147201 test-keys.
Under status I get the following (Which I also got with my old firmware/baseband - without any warning at all!):
Phone number: Unknown
Network: Unknown
Signal Strenght: 0 dBm 0 asu
Mobile Network type: unknown
Service state: Out of service
Roaming: Not roaming
Mobile network state: Disconnected
Wifi works, but there is no way of accessing the Telenor network, as it gives an error message saying an error occured.
any tips will be perfect!
no one?
i've had a similar issue
i lost signal all of a sudden without any reason......tried restarting , reflashing.... nothing helped. After about an hour, signal was back, i'm sure it wasnt the network because checked with a few people while my signal was out
Now to the interesting stuff, i've had exactly same issue with htc touch diamond, both diamond & g1 share the same hardware platform and i'm seriously begining to doubt qualcomm's chipsets
Do you know what chipset is in the iPhone 3G as it happened to me on that one aswell?
And, to me it sounds even more suspicious that this happened just a few days after I came back from the states both times.
And I've had a SIM card in the G1, turned on since my first post, and there is no sign of service at all any of that time - as it would have recieved a copy of SMS's sent to my Twin SIM in the E71.
Well, I better just bite the lemon and get myself something new and more useful.
Hi everyone, my HD2 just stopped working with no signal at all.and shows a exclamation all the time, sim cards are no problem. i've updated the phone with official sw, still have this problem at the beginning.
has the phone been blacklisted?
is the phone turned on in wireless mode in settings? ( ya never no)
is it still under warranty?
My HD2 has done the exact same thing, just shows an !
it doesnt even try to find a signal.
phone was a tmobile UK version, which was unlocked to use any network.
the problem has literly just happened today.
have tried different offical roms, and different sim cards.
sebstermw said:
My HD2 has done the exact same thing, just shows an !
it doesnt even try to find a signal.
phone was a tmobile UK version, which was unlocked to use any network.
the problem has literly just happened today.
have tried different offical roms, and different sim cards.
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Just phoned my provider in regards to my phone, quoted the emei and have been told the phone is blacklisted.
they are sending a request to have it unbarred. will post the outcome.
I have had this happen alot with Vodaphone UK. This is a brand new number so doubt it has been black listed.
I can get this working my turning the phone to airplane mode then back to phone mode, this most of the time makes the phone look for a signal.
Usually happens to me when there is no signal like in a tunnel, the phone does not seem to try looking for the network until you force it to.
This is possibly a fault with the timeout of the HTC HD2. Could be once it tries to connect when out of signal the device gives up after a number of attemtps.
Does anyone know?t
paul211b said:
I have had this happen alot with Vodaphone UK. This is a brand new number so doubt it has been black listed.
I can get this working my turning the phone to airplane mode then back to phone mode, this most of the time makes the phone look for a signal.
Usually happens to me when there is no signal like in a tunnel, the phone does not seem to try looking for the network until you force it to.
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I was searching before posting for just this problem.
It is really irritating me. The phone can jump from deciding there is no signal to sometimes even going to full-bar "H"!
I hav currently resorted to turning off 3G as at least that way I am eliminating the idiocy of it prefering 0/1 bar of "H" vs near full non-3G reception for calls.
Even so at times it will just sit there for ages having dropped a signal with the exclamation showing and then jump back to life [in the same place] with good reception.
I am also on Voda UK
Mine has done that twice, in 4 months. 1 time phone was turned off inside connections, no idea how? 2nd time I just shut off, & back on, signal was back, hasn't happened in months now?
so does anyone have a solution to this problem?
I've checked with my service provider and my phone is not blacklisted...
My SIM card seems fine and everything else seems fine, except it keeps giving me the exclamation mark.. most of the time i notice it's when i get out of the lift (but that could be because that's when i usually check my phone before I put it on my desk).
There are many occasions (probably 5+ times/day) where I turn my phone on (ie, off standby) after it's been sitting on my desk for an hour or so to check calls, etc and there is that dreaded exclamation mark.
I know the area around my desk does have a signal because the guy next to me on the same network has a strong 3G and 2G signal.
Sometimes going to Comms to turn airplane mode on and off to force it to look for a signal works, but sometimes it doesnt.
I've tried soft-resetting, hard-resetting, using different radios, different ROMs, etc and still no good.
Funny thing is, it's only been happening over the past 2-3 weeks.. and I'm not sure what triggered it.
It's really starting to frustrate the crap outta me and friends have been asking why they can't get through...
Any help would be appreciated.. . I'm trying to avoid sending it to the HTC service centre if I can because they're slooooow and the stories I've read about my local centre are pretty bad (when I had my HTC diamond).
Solved:upgrade your rom everything gonna b in place
Upgrade to what?
I am having the same problem, for a hile now. Been fiddling with phone settings parameters, trying to see the effect. One particular combination so far seems to work. Try this: Comm manager --> Phone --> Tap Change Phone settings --> Menu --> Advanced network --> GPRS --> select CHAP authentication --> then CSD Line Type --> select Data rate 9600(v.110). Then OK, Back, and Done with the Comm manager. Observe if the network pickup performance (switching from non-existent H or 3G to E or G) works better for you after that. It does better for me, so far.
I'm having the same problem - NO SIGNAL
Any solution?
i recently discovered that for my problem, it was to do with the earphones. Not sure why, but it only seems to happen to me not long after i plug or unplug the earphones.
I usually have my HD2 on my desk with the music going while I work, but every hour or so, I unplug the earphones and take my phone by itself out with me for a cigarette.. then I come back and plug the earphones back in.
Often when I'm about to head downstairs, I turn on the screen while the music is still going and i see the "!"... as soon as I unplug the earphones, the bars indicating reception comes back straightaway!
Not sure if it's a coincidence or whether it really does have something to do with the earphone/earphone jack.
Since I upgraded to the Vodafone rom on the htc website I have not had this problem
htc hd2 no signal
i having a hard time with my htc hd2 its been a week that i dont get a signal and my phone dont recognize my sim..i read a lot of suggestion and help here in forum but all of them did'nt work...
please help i had htc hd2 been brought here in italy.im using wind operator.
Please somebody help!!
Manila Version: 2.5.20153712.0
Rom Version: Energy Rom
Radio Version: 2.07.50.27_2
paul211b said:
Since I upgraded to the Vodafone rom on the htc website I have not had this problem
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I have just bitten the bullet and accepted the phone is crap at swithing between 2G and 3G signal so turn off 3G in a couple of locations when I know I get this problem [home - I can use WIFI] and my office.
HTC would not be drawn at all on un updated Radio and this problem being "fixed" in USA ROMs
Fixed
the very easy fix is to do this :
settings _ personal _ phone _ network then make network selection to manual ,, then choose ur provider,,, then u will have signal,, after that u can turn it back to automatic
100% working
Thanks a "fix" not a solution.
Rather silly to have to jump through hoops to make a mobile phone recognise available reception
Have the same problem
I have the same problem now, any solution for that?
Since getting this phone last week, I love it, except for 2 issues. First, the hotspot, after disabling it, still shows up on my laptop as an available connection, and when this happens, the battery drain is significant. This happened 2 nights ago, I had disabled the hotspot before going to bed, and battery drained from full charge to ~55% overnight.
I noticed this issue the first day I had it, and tried a factory reset. That did not resolve the issue.
Today, to add another wrinkle to the problem, bluetooth would not connect to any of my devices. I used the option to "Reset Wi-Fi, mobile & Bluetooth," which worked for the bluetooth, but not for the hotspot. I had to reboot the phone for that to work properly.
In some troubleshooting on the hotspot issue, when disabling the hotspot, my laptop will disconnect, but it still shows the hotspot from the phone as an available connection, though it can't connect at that moment. This problem isn't consistent, though it's happened at least twice.
I'm running the latest stock Essential software.
If anyone has had any experience with this issue, or has found a solution, please share your knowledge. Thanks!
I never had problems with BT when this was my primary phone.
What made me switch back to my Huawei Mate 9, was the signal issue I had with the Essential.
I mean everything on this phone worked PERFECT, but, using the straight talk sim (tracfone/at&t),
I had problems maintaining a signal at time, where I NEVER had signal problems before.
p51d007 said:
I never had problems with BT when this was my primary phone.
What made me switch back to my Huawei Mate 9, was the signal issue I had with the Essential.
I mean everything on this phone worked PERFECT, but, using the straight talk sim (tracfone/at&t),
I had problems maintaining a signal at time, where I NEVER had signal problems before.
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That's interesting. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with this phone being a universal carrier phone. I'm on Verizon, and this phone is perfect on signal strength. Since the Huawei is a GSM only phone, perhaps it works better with GSM carriers.
By the way, nice signature. I'm the co-host, AKA sideshow, for Armed Lutheran Radio.
pastorbennett said:
That's interesting. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with this phone being a universal carrier phone. I'm on Verizon, and this phone is perfect on signal strength. Since the Huawei is a GSM only phone, perhaps it works better with GSM carriers.
By the way, nice signature. I'm the co-host, AKA sideshow, for Armed Lutheran Radio.
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Don't really know...it has the GSM bands that at&t uses, 2,4,5,17,30
I think it might be similar to when Apple slapped a metal cover on the back of their phones and
had signal issues. One of these days when I'm bored or snowed in, I might play around with seeing I
can get the back off and see if that changes anything.
I know its not what you wanna hear but try putting it on 3G mode only.
Where i live i get inconsistent or no signal if im in 4G mode from T-Mobile. If i travel south to a bigger city, i can run 4G all day long and no issues. If you get H+(3G) when you set it to 3G, then it might be a band/carrier issue with 4G in your area.