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Root Data connection icon and service come and go

lriv

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Apr 5, 2011
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Hempville, USA
For a few days now my 3G data connection and status bar icon are disappearing and then comming back. when i check the phone's status under "Mobile network state" it says "connecting" then after a while it will say "connected" I will then have my 3G data and icon back... then it will go and say "disconnecting" it does this over and over. will take about 1 minute to connect, and once connected stays about 1 minute...


M-860
CM7.2-ascend-09122011
MetroPCS

been using this ROM for a few months no issues until a few days ago...
 
lriv;[URL="tel:4010989" said:
4010989[/URL]]For a few days now my 3G data connection and status bar icon are disappearing and then comming back. when i check the phone's status under "Mobile network state" it says "connecting" then after a while it will say "connected" I will then have my 3G data and icon back... then it will go and say "disconnecting" it does this over and over. will take about 1 minute to connect, and once connected stays about 1 minute...


M-860
CM7.2-ascend-09122011

been using this ROM for a few months no issues until a few days ago...

If you're w/CRICKET,dial *228.

If that doesn't help,try out the apps MASQED CRUSADER &/or FRESH NETWORK.
 
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I thought about maybe a tower issue... but today, I was all over town paying some bills, and noticed the same thing happening everywhere I went... I reflashed the phone, and I still have the same issue... however... after i did a restore, when the phone restarted, the data was there, and stayed there for a few hours... I then need to use the wifi, and after I was done with the wifi, i went back to the mobile data, and low and behold... it started acting up again... Now I'm thinking this problem is somehow connected to the wifi radio switching on and off... but the wifi is not showing up...nor is there ANY data connection what-so-ever...
 
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lriv;[URL="tel:4015426" said:
4015426[/URL]]I thought about maybe a tower issue... but today, I was all over town paying some bills, and noticed the same thing happening everywhere I went... I reflashed the phone, and I still have the same issue... however... after i did a restore, when the phone restarted, the data was there, and stayed there for a few hours... I then need to use the wifi, and after I was done with the wifi, i went back to the mobile data, and low and behold... it started acting up again... Now I'm thinking this problem is somehow connected to the wifi radio switching on and off... but the wifi is not showing up...nor is there ANY data connection what-so-ever...


Great observations & troubleshooting.I guess the only thing left to do is possibly flashing back to stock :eek: (AAAAAACCCCCKKKKKK!) :eek: ,& see if your phone acts the same when switching back & forth between 3G & WI-FI.
 
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ok... got it working again!!! :D:D

this is how it was done...

Originally, I had flashed back to 2.1 and still had issues, i then did a "manual" upgrade to 2.2, still not working... well yesterday I decided to start it all over again, and flashed back to 2.1, then I did the upgrade to 2.2 using the app store upgrade software, it flashed to 2.2, and DAMN!!! it was working again!! Not sure why this made a difference, but it did, and I'm HAPPY!! I flashed back to 2.3.5 (CM7.2-ascend-09122011) and all is still great!! :)
 
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I'm still unable to get 2.1 to upgrade to 2.2, but that is mute now... I think I may have found the underlying problem... the PRL...

I got to looking, and when I'm at 2.1, my prl was still at 3026... I do recall that when I did the first flash back to 2.1, the PRL was 3019... and once I upgraded to 2.2, i called *228 and did the Roaming List option, and was then at PRL 3026, and my data worked great for a good bit... then i reflashed cm7 and did another roaming list update... phone continued to work, but failed a day later again...

so i figured I'd manually "flash" PRL 3022 to the phone, and then PRL 3026, instead of the over the air update.. I used QPST for this...

Well it has been working for 2 days now... got my fingers crossed! :):)
 
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