Are you having trouble staying in 3G (getting stuck in 1X), VZW TP2 folks?

[firechicken1970]

I saw the settings tweak in in post #174 and this is probably a very noobie question but what does tweaking the wifi adapter have to to do with your 3g connection? I can get evdo with my wifi off and it seems all those settings have to do with connecting to a wifi network not the 3G network? Can someone please clarify?

[slumpey326]

thanks, will try this out

[8notime]

Originally Posted by rp4643

I did the hack that #174 talks about,,,Im back to stuck 1X again. Hell, I dont know what to do. How many times can you return a phone to Verizon for a diff phone within 30days. I turned in my TP2 to get this one and Im coming close to 30 days ? If Crack Berry Storm 2 comes out before the 30 I may go with it if I can do another exchange.

You can do it as often as you want. I've been putting notes in the return boxes with specific details about this issue. It seems like 3rd time is a charm in my case. The one I have now has been good since I've gotten it *crosses fingers*.

[BeefJerky]

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Originally Posted by BeefJerky

Well, I experienced this for the first time last night, and it does seem to be related to certain areas. I was at a place last night that had a strong 3G signal, but yet it kept dropping down to 1x when I would try to use the data. Once it was in 1x, it would stay there until I did a soft reset with psShutXP.

Funny thing is, at my house I have a weak signal, but yet it always seems to stay in 3G.

Well, I guess I spoke too soon. I recently did a hard reset, and now sometimes my TP2 drops down to 1x at home too. Thankfully a soft reset has always brought it back, which seems to be better than some others experiences.

I sure hope we can figure out a solution, as this is incredibly irritating. I'm also past my 30 days, so I can't get a different phone.

Also, to anyone who received a replacement phone that fixed the problem, could you please check your hardware, radio and ROM versions? I'm curious if any are different or newer. Thanks in advance!

[janko10]

Originally Posted by BeefJerky

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Well, I guess I spoke too soon. I recently did a hard reset, and now sometimes my TP2 drops down to 1x at home too. Thankfully a soft reset has always brought it back, which seems to be better than some others experiences.

I sure hope we can figure out a solution, as this is incredibly irritating. I'm also past my 30 days, so I can't get a different phone.

Also, to anyone who received a replacement phone that fixed the problem, could you please check your hardware, radio and ROM versions? I'm curious if any are different or newer. Thanks in advance!

I doubt they're newer but they could be.

I'm still having the issue as always. My phone has been perfect otherwise so I'm hesistant to try my luck with a refurb.

I was actually able to get it in a constantly switching mode the other night. It would rotate from 1X to 3G and back to 1X every 60 seconds. It would be in 1X, show full bars, no bars, full bars, no bars, etc, switch to 3G, full bars, no bars, full bars, no bars, switch back to 1X, rinse and repeat every 60 seconds or so. Amazing. First time I've seen that and I don't think I was doing anything different at the time.

I wanted to make a youtube video of it and send the link to VZW but I didn't have a camera to record it lol.

[jeverley]

Same problem here. Verizon touch pro 2. back and forth 1x and 3g

[8notime]

In my opinion, if your device does this, there is no fix or hack that is going to make it better. You need to keep exchanging it until you get one that doesn't do this.

Also, switching back and forth between 1x and 3G from time to time is normal. It's when it switches to 1x and stays there, when you know damn well there's 3G coverage, is when there is a problem. I think anyone posting to this thread realizes that, but I just want to be sure. I actually gave one of the tier 2 techs the link to this thread a while back (he asked for it) and supposedly they are monitoring it.

[janko10]

Originally Posted by 8notime

In my opinion, if your device does this, there is no fix or hack that is going to make it better. You need to keep exchanging it until you get one that doesn't do this.

Also, switching back and forth between 1x and 3G from time to time is normal. It's when it switches to 1x and stays there, when you know damn well there's 3G coverage, is when there is a problem. I think anyone posting to this thread realizes that, but I just want to be sure. I actually gave one of the tier 2 techs the link to this thread a while back (he asked for it) and supposedly they are monitoring it.

Guess I shouldn't have mentioned the hacked Sprint TP1's then lol.


I'm gonna hold out until the unlocker. If after radio swaps and rom upgrades it doesn't improve then I'll probably ask for a replacement.

[8notime]

Originally Posted by janko10

Guess I shouldn't have mentioned the hacked Sprint TP1's then lol.

Yeah I was nervous when he asked me what the forum was, but oh well, at the time we did it, there wasn't any rules or mechanisms in place within Verizon to prevent us from doing it. And the poll results clearly show that the fact we had Sprint Touch Pro's on our account previously has nothing to do with this issue.

[gbruyn]

I'm an airline pilot and I travel alot. It seems to only happen to me in my home area of Atlanta GA. Outside of there, it never has gotten "stuck" in 1X. I'm obviously home more than I'm away so maybe it's just a coincidence. Verizon just shipped me a new phone, so hopefully that will fix it. Has anyone had any luck at all with a replacement new phone?