hello world.
Since my home has been covered by a new base station with 3G some weeks ago, I'm experiencing problems with incoming calls, that come through 3G.
Often I can't hear a caller at the first call. If he calls me again immediately afterwards, it's fine.
Another issue is, that people can't hear me when I'm placing video calls, whereas I can here them flawlessly.
Anyone having the same problems?
regards,
Inquisitor
I have the same problem
You can try to upgrade ROM or You can try to upgrade radio,My English is very bad, I hope you can read.
I was thinking of posting this in the general section but posting it here seemed more appropriate as I think the issue at hand is of a more technical nature. If this is not the case I apologize in advance.
I recently purchased a Black HTC Magic (Rogers branding) for use on the AT&T network here in the states. Since then I have had a very difficult time initiating calls while connected via 3G (UMTS/HSDPA). Even in high or low signal situations.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any consistency to my ability to make a call while on 3G. At times 5/5 calls would be successful and other times 1/5 calls are successful (the latter being true more often than not).
Suspecting there was some issue with my device being on 3G I forced my device to use 2G (EDGE) connections only. At which point my reliability issues go away completely (from what I can tell).
I don't experience any strange issues with using my data connection while on 3G/2G so it seems to be specific to voice.
Another interesting thing to note is while trying to initiate a call with the Google Voice application on 3G, I experience the same call initiation issues as mentioned above. Google Voice works as expected while on 2G.
I experience these issues on the original shipping Roger's ROM, as well as all the other 3rd party ROMS (HoFo, Cyanogen, etc...)
Here is information about my device from fastboot...
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
Is it possible that my SIM card may be causing issues?
Anyone else with a North American Magic experiencing issues on AT&T? I appreciate any help you guys could provide.
your phone is ok
perhaps you might have heard... iphone great phone...AT&T absolute **** network
with dropped calls, and constant diverts to voice mail. dont sweat it. its AT&T not
your mobile.
I would have to agree that it's probably the network, although I might be wrong. I also have a Rogers Magic running on AT&T in Arizona, and I have this issue as well, but not nearly as frequently as you do. This same problem used to happen from time to time with my HTC Fuze and my BlackBerry Curve.
I've had a variety of different devices on the AT&T network (Northeast/Washington, D.C) and although yes I have experienced AT&T's wonderful network. What I'm experiencing just doesn't seem right. Makes me wonder if it's my SIM or particular build....
your phone is ok
perhaps you might have heard... iphone great phone...AT&T absolute **** network
with dropped calls, and constant diverts to voice mail. dont sweat it. its AT&T not
your mobile.
MOD EDIT
Moved into general discussion forum as not related to android development
if you are not using a newer sim card i would start by changing that. i was using an older 3g sim which i have used with many phones and i found that by changing to a brand new sim the few connectivity issues i had have gone away
which ROM?
Just a question, but which ROM is everyone here using? I, too, experience the random inability to make phone calls over HSDPA. I was told by an at&t rep in-store today that the Rogers Magic does not 'show up' in their system as 3g capable. Pure bs is what I think, but lets rule out software, yes?
If it is not your sim card then it is most likely your network.
Calls over 3G/HSDPA is fine on my Magic and was also fine on my Nokia N79 using the same Cingular SIM card that I have. However, making outgoing Google Voice calls over 3G/HSDPA is a no go.
Yeah...making calls was fine on my Unlocked Touch Diamond, too...but it's NOT on the Magic (32a).
SO...I'd just have to guess that it's *probably* not the SIM card.
I was told (via an exceptionally helpful phone rep) that the "voice 3g" in my area is not very good, but that the "data 3g" is much better. Which (she says) is why I have trouble making phone calls, but that data works fine.
I don't think so...but without *that* answer, I'm left with the AT&T stock "well, we don't support *unlocked* phones, sir, we can't guarantee that they'll work with our network".
ARRRRRGH! REALLY?! SO, phones with the same chipset, using the same technology won't have the same results?
PLEASE, FCC, INVESTIGATE THIS B.S!
Hey radikaled, I have some new developments with GV and outgoing calls. If I set the GV call options to "ask for each call" the issue of calling over 3G appears to be alleviated somewhat. Basically, when initiating a call, you will be prompted on whether you'd like to make the call via GV or not. At this point, wait a few seconds at this prompt and then choose GV. So far the call has successfully connected 100% of the time.
It appears that the data connection is too slow to establish fully over 3G, therefore, the call fails if you don't wait the few seconds before choosing to call via GV.
Let me know if this works for you.
I too had issues with my ROgers Magic unlocked on ATT. When I first got it I used the original ROM and then the HoFo ROM. Both had similar issues with dropping calls when switching from EDGE to 3G and back. I also dropped more calls than normal.
I recently switched to Cyanogens ROM and new radio. I have not had any issues since and then. Calls and switching is very stable. Also the clarity and volume is also much better. Just my experience. Very pleased with this phone on ATT now.
awtryau89 said:
I too had issues with my ROgers Magic unlocked on ATT. When I first got it I used the original ROM and then the HoFo ROM. Both had similar issues with dropping calls when switching from EDGE to 3G and back. I also dropped more calls than normal.
I recently switched to Cyanogens ROM and new radio. I have not had any issues since and then. Calls and switching is very stable. Also the clarity and volume is also much better. Just my experience. Very pleased with this phone on ATT now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for sharing your experience. May give CM ROM a shot.
Good read.
Nice post. Interesting topic.
I tried to send several other users your way...I'm sure they eventually checked this out. I've come across this issue with some other folks recently too.
Best of luck though.
Me TOO!
I also have a similar problem. When connected with HSDPA, about one third of the calls I make fail immediately, even with full signal strength. I then wait a few seconds and dial again, and it works. I actually am using the sim card from a previous nokia POS phone I had from two years ago; the ATT people just took it out of the previous crap phone and put it into my poor fuze. How much does a new SIM card cost? Can I get a new SIM card without att bothering me about not having the stock rom? I'm using Da_G's clean fuze 23008 winmo 6.5 with the 1.12.25.19 radio. I live in the Youngstown, Ohio area (between cleveland and pittsburgh), so cell reception on any network is pretty bad, but it seems the ATT/cingular network around here is particularily bad. Any ideas?
Sidetone is the feedback of your own voice to the earpiece. You'll notice that when you talk on a landline phone, you hear a small amount of your own voice in the earpiece, essentially hearing a realtime sample of how you're going to sound to the person on the other end of the phone. This is a feature of the telephone network, and it helps you regulate your voice and how loudly you speak, so that you do not speak too loudly or too softly.
Is there a way to get sidetone on the EVO? Motorola has it on their cellular phones.
I SECOND THAT!!!
I've been trying to find a way to enable this since I switched to Sprint and got a Palm Centro and then a Treo Pro w/WinMo 6.0, 6.1, and 6.5. Now on my Hero (with Sprint) I still desperately want this. I've used Verizon Android phones -- and non android phones, it doesn't seem to matter -- and they have it. So it seems to come down to a carrier option. BUT...it should be accessible via firmware, right?
I think that Verizon asks manufacturers to add it to their phones for Verizon network. I believe its a combination of hardware and firmware.
Perhaps the linux kernel could be patched to offer sidetone via software. The timing delay has to be extremely tight, under a few milliseconds, otherwise it will sound like echo.
I like it because I am used to it, and also you can immediately tell if a call is disconnected.
Anyone ever have an issue with the call quality or call drops while they where smashing the hspa?
I just installed navfree and while its downloading the Australia map I made a call. The guy at the other end said the call had bad quality and the call dropped once as well. After he called me back he said it still was hard to understand me, all while I do have full signal here.
Could be a coincidence or could of been his end. Just asking the question in general for discussion.
Sent from my HTC Runnymede using Tapatalk
Reminds me classification of devices, i guess HD2 should be one that capable do simultaneously either data service or voice call, so it doesn't interupting each other. In your case, does it happening oftenly or just once?
I guess we all have background data call (if it was enabled) and as i use NAND Android on my HD2, there aren't problem when having call conversation.
There's many factors, could be network condition, could be ROM that we use or maybe our device itself.
Hello all. I have bought a new Samsung s5 duos device, and i'm having a big problem with it, because of the bad sound quality during phone calls... During the phone call, a lot of people say that they can barely hear me (I can hear them without the problem), like I'm away from the phone or I'm using speakerphone... When i tried to call on my mobile phone, I have experienced the same thing...
I don't think this is a microphone problem, because my voice is loud and clear when I'm making calls over internet, it happens only during voice call over mobile network. I tried every setting, disabled noise cancelation, increased loudnes, different SIM cards, different networks, etc, but nothing helped...
This is my first duos phone, so I'm wondering is this common thing on this kind of devices, or that's a problem with my handset only?