Hi,
Was wondering if anyone got bad reception with their phone. I tried 3 different carriers since I had my ideos, in neither of them I ever had very reliable reception and lately the problem is getting worse. I'm running aurora 4.1a and I loose reception all the time, and the battery drains so quick because it's always looking and looking. My sister, my mum and my dad all have good reception (2 of them with my old carrier and 1 with my current carrier).. I can put my dad's phone (same carrier) next to mine.. he will have full bars with 3g and I'll have no reception at all!!!!!! Then it connects and disconnects again, and so it goes... Anyone having such issues?
Thanks.
Tcm9669 said:
Hi,
Was wondering if anyone got bad reception with their phone. I tried 3 different carriers since I had my ideos, in neither of them I ever had very reliable reception and lately the problem is getting worse. I'm running aurora 4.1a and I loose reception all the time, and the battery drains so quick because it's always looking and looking. My sister, my mum and my dad all have good reception (2 of them with my old carrier and 1 with my current carrier).. I can put my dad's phone (same carrier) next to mine.. he will have full bars with 3g and I'll have no reception at all!!!!!! Then it connects and disconnects again, and so it goes... Anyone having such issues?
Thanks.
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I'm having the same problem, I'm running Aurora ICS. I use to always have good reception everywhere, Then suddenly I've just been unable to. Any help would be great! If I do find out any fixes to the issue myself I will sure let you know.
Good to know that I'm not the only one! Thanks. Hope we find a fix soon.
I've fixed mine now, What I've done is I've gone into Settings > Wireless & Network > Mobile Networks, and scrolled all the way to the bottom, and simply re-registered on the network and selected Use only 2G Data. Mines now working fine with full connection everywhere. However I don't know if our problems are exactly the same, however this is what fixed mine. Sorry if this doesn't help.
I have the same issue. Mine connects to 3G and has good connection, but then it simply disconnects and moves to 2G or reconnects to 3G some time later. That happens pretty frequently and I thought it was an issue with the carrier, but now I am not sure anymore.
Blefish, that is EXACTLY what happens to me, and I tried 3 major carriers in Australia (the only 3 that have their own actual towers). Just after I posted this thread, I happened to do the same thing as IwAsBlack recommended and... so far it seems to work. I have generally better connection and I haven't seen that ugly no reception icon since! Of course, internet browsing will be generally a bit slower but then again, it's better than staring at the phone for 3 minutes until it reconnects just to open Google.
You haven't stated which model you have. I got rid of a Motorola Bravo for at U8800-51 and I have excellent performance over AT&T (US). Crystal clear even with only one bar and I have never had a dropped call.
Have the same issue on any ROM with any mobile network in Belarus. Can't use 2G as recommended above 'cos of a huge use of mobile internet for some net-radio.
Sorry for bad Eng.
Its a U8800 Q&A forum, I didn't think that I had to state the version since I have a U8800.
Yesterday I tested and kept an eye on for the whole day! The reception since changing to 2G only has been AWESOME! Only had a drop out when I was in the subway (of course!) but aisde from that, I had amazing reception not to mention.. that my phone lasted the whole day with still 15% left!! (3G on, it would have to charge it twice while I'm at work) So, it fixed my reception AND my battery problems.
Tcm9669 said:
Its a U8800 Q&A forum, I didn't think that I had to state the version since I have a U8800.
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FYI, Ideos X5 U8800 describes four different models.
I know it does. What I meant is that I have the Normal U8800 model, so I didn't feel like it was necessary for me to point any variant model number like PRO or 51 or H, because it's STANDARD U8800
So we can make a conclusion that U8800 does not operate well on 3G. I can't switch it myself because I want to use internet too. And I am pretty sure we can't do anything about it, no matter if the problem is in hardware or software.
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So we can make a conclusion that U8800 does not operate well on 3G. I can't switch it myself because I want to use internet too. And I am pretty sure we can't do anything about it, no matter if the problem is in hardware or software.
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Mate, if you switch to 2G you will still be able to browse the internet! It will only be a LITTLE bit slower, better than having constant disconnection!!! I constantly use the internet to sync my gmail, send free texts, browse the net and a bunch of other stuff.. works even better on 2G with constant reception, not to mention the benefit of the phone battery lasting a whole day (AND still have internet).. so switch to 2G and you will like it... still good internet only with better reception
Same issue
Having same issue when using GSM/WCDMA auto or preferred modes. works normal on GSM network only.
Even when I have no signal of 3g, gsm is working in the background.
problem arises when I have a call, 3g signal drops to minmimun, after the call phone tries to reconnect with the 3g signal but drops the GSM signal in the process.
Try this , as soon as you disconnect the call, try to call yourself from other at that instant only. Your phone will be shown unreachable because phone drops the GSM signals.
rdagar said:
Having same issue when using GSM/WCDMA auto or preferred modes. works normal on GSM network only.
Even when I have no signal of 3g, gsm is working in the background.
problem arises when I have a call, 3g signal drops to minmimun, after the call phone tries to reconnect with the 3g signal but drops the GSM signal in the process.
Try this , as soon as you disconnect the call, try to call yourself from other at that instant only. Your phone will be shown unreachable because phone drops the GSM signals.
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Mine works on wcdma, but that is because i have the radio.
Sent from my U8800-51
My 32Gb Aluminium 6P had cellular connectivity issues right out of the box. But i did not discover it until 2 days later since i was on T-Mobile Wifi Calling network which was working fine.
I noticed the issue when I stepped out of my house and the phone would refuse to get any cellular reception whatsoever. I had to reboot it multiple times and search network manually for it to detect reception. And when it did (which did not last for long), it woudnt connect to LTE data, just an E/G/H or nothing.
Due to the fact that the phone desperately trying to detect reception all the time, the battery life was absolutely terrible and also caused a lot of heating.
Called up Google Support and they have issued a replacement 6P which i hope wont have any issues. :fingers-crossed:
Anybody else has a similar issue?
Hi All,
First time poster with an unusual problem. I live in Australia and have a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F which is the European model. Up and till recently I was getting Telstra 4G reception. Now all of a sudden I'm only getting constant 3G reception. I have confirmed that there are no 4G network repair/maintenance/upgrade issues in my area. It was only in the last week that I noticed the constant 3G reception so I can't really pinpoint a specific incident or exact date as to when it actually started happening. Here is what I have tried thus far:
Phone restarts, changing network settings and switching to flight mode.
I've confirmed that the phone network is set to LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect).
I have done numerous hard resets, cache wipes, Dalvik cache wipes, drive wipes, etc.
I have rooted and unrooted the phone numerous times.
I have tried several different stock and custom ROMS.
I have tried 4G SIM cards from other phones.
Tried numerous network switching apps.
NOTHING WORKS!
I always love to tinker with my phone so I'm always looking for ways to improve the phone's performance. It may be that an app (battery improvement/tweaking type apps) I installed somehow changed the network settings but I would have thought a million hard resets would have sorted that all out but apparently not. At the moment I'm running a rooted stock Android 5.1 ROM. I've tried stock Android 4 and 6 as well with no joy.
Here is the unusual thing. When I put in another 4G SIM card into my phone the network still remains on 3G but as soon as I put my SIM card back in 4G magically reappears. It's bizarre. At least I know my phone can still get 4G. You would think that would solve the problem but it doesn't. When I am in an area where the 4G signal is weak the stronger 3G signal kicks in as it is supposed to. When I get back into an area with strong 4G reception the phone remains stuck on 3G and no matter what I do it won't go back to 4G unless I go through the convoluted process described above.
I am all out of ideas. I think I have tried everything possible. I've trawled the web and I appear to be the only person in the world with this problem. I don't know if it is a software or hardware problem with my phone. My SIM card works in other 4G phones so I don't think it is part of the problem. At the end of the day it's not a big deal as 3G is fine but I'm just one of these people that has to fix a problem. Worst case scenario I'll probably upgrade the phone in the next 6 months.
Any suggestions or tips other than what I have listed above would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Hi everyone, I own this nice terminal, but I have a big problem. When I use the 2g network, since I'm in Italy and in 4g cannot receive calls, the phone has a very low signal and remains completely absent very often. I have the same problem when 4g makes the switch in 3g. Sometimes to recover the signal I have to turn the airplane on and off. It's normal? And does anyone have the same problem or can he help me? Is this a hardware problem? With a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro in I own these problems do not occur, so I rule out the problems of my network operator.
cdtech said:
Hi everyone, I own this nice terminal, but I have a big problem. When I use the 2g network, since I'm in Italy and in 4g cannot receive calls, the phone has a very low signal and remains completely absent very often. I have the same problem when 4g makes the switch in 3g. Sometimes to recover the signal I have to turn the airplane on and off. It's normal? And does anyone have the same problem or can he help me? Is this a hardware problem? With a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro in I own these problems do not occur, so I rule out the problems of my network operator.
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Noticing similar issues here after the last 2 updates . My posts on the MI forum are being delted by the silly moderator
vkk178 said:
Noticing similar issues here after the last 2 updates . My posts on the MI forum are being delted by the silly moderator
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Also noticing issues with Chromecast .It fails to detect Chromecast and need to toggle airplane mode
With the 7.10.14 i didn't noticed this.
Chromecast works perfectly, also i'm not facing problem with 2/3/4G signal.
Wifi is not that great however.
I'm not going to upgrade to latest version until they don't fix this problem.
cdtech said:
Hi everyone, I own this nice terminal, but I have a big problem. When I use the 2g network, since I'm in Italy and in 4g cannot receive calls, the phone has a very low signal and remains completely absent very often. I have the same problem when 4g makes the switch in 3g. Sometimes to recover the signal I have to turn the airplane on and off. It's normal? And does anyone have the same problem or can he help me? Is this a hardware problem? With a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro in I own these problems do not occur, so I rule out the problems of my network operator.
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I'm in italy too but the modem, so far, worked really well for me.
I'm using vodafone and when receiving calls the signal switches back to 3g (very rarely 2g) but never faced any issue. After the call ends the phone switches back again to 3/4g in a few seconds.
fedemene said:
I'm in italy too but the modem, so far, worked really well for me.
I'm using vodafone and when receiving calls the signal switches back to 3g (very rarely 2g) but never faced any issue. After the call ends the phone switches back again to 3/4g in a few seconds.
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I used Tim,maybe it's the problem or my phone have broken antennas.
Any one here have signal problem I'm dieing from signal cut off
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Any one here have signal problem I'm dieing from signal cut off
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Yes it seems to work good only in city center. In rural areas the signal seems very unstable and continues to switch from 4g to H and 3g.
I found a workaround but have to renounce to 4g...I put favorite network type like in the screenshot, no more call problems and data connection is more stable also if slower.
This phone has serious issues with reception. My phone shows I have 3g signal but it can never seem to connect. I think I will have to sell our return.
It might be a network issue but its a UK bought phone from xiaomi and they haven't returned my support emails.
I've changed sim, roms, firmwares. No change. My note 5 Pro keeps trooping on though.
causeway said:
This phone has serious issues with reception. My phone shows I have 3g signal but it can never seem to connect. I think I will have to sell our return.
It might be a network issue but its a UK bought phone from xiaomi and they haven't returned my support emails.
I've changed sim, roms, firmwares. No change. My note 5 Pro keeps trooping on though.
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Sh*t happens