4g ICON no data service

[thetio]

I am in OKC and lately I have been getting the 4g icon but no data service.  Does this mean the towers are being worked on.  When I go into the LTE engineering screen, I see signal strengths of about -105.  The only way I can get Data back is to change it to CDMA only. 

[Deval]

Yep, that means work is being actively done on the sites.

[thetio]

Yep, that means work is being actively done on the sites.

 

Thank you.  I was confused because 3g was working but horribly slow. 

[Deval]

Thank you.  I was confused because 3g was working but horribly slow. 

 

Yep, I would maybe suggest leaving it on CDMA only for a few days, and switching back and checking.

[thetio]

Yep, I would maybe suggest leaving it on CDMA only for a few days, and switching back and checking.

This would potentially only affect the one tower then?  If when I go home or another part of town, I may get signal back if I pull from another tower/antenna?

[halcyoncmdr]

This would potentially only affect the one tower then?  If when I go home or another part of town, I may get signal back if I pull from another tower/antenna?

 

Possibly yes, it may be a single tower, a cluster of towers, random towers around town, or all of them. There isn't a way to say for certain, we have no way of knowing exactly what is happening.

[digiblur]

I know one of the members in New Orleans has had issues with a site for 2-3 weeks where only one sector of LTE is down. You can connect but data does not work.  Since it is a launched area he has called it in but like I said it has been 2-3 weeks.  I am in "launched" area as well with a -97 LTE signal and just changed my phone over to CDMA only since data is not working.  I sometimes have to force it to 1X only as EVDO on the site near me has been broken for about 9 months now.  I also know the two LTE sites to my west are having issues and one has been down for a few days.  Just the nature of the beast I guess with new equipment.  I've noticed lately that several sites in our market that have been working fine for months, one even with legacy equipment removed have been going down a lot lately.  Ericsson will definitely have their work cut out for them on maintaining this network!

[Richmc]

There is something going on with 4G in the metro today. Can not get 4G in Midwest City at all and friend in Norman is having same issue.

 

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[TyrellCorpse]

This just started in downtown KC last couple of days, was high performaning for many months.  LTE is still fine in midtown KC.  I called support and they put me in debug mode for LTE engineering info.  Curious that it's happening in several markets all at once.  Maybe they pushed a software upgrade to some sites and is causing issues.

[Serious]

OKC LTE has been nearly non functional. Try going to these sites in the  night time. You will notice they are blazing fast. I thought at first they were just working on then but I noticed the same pattern on a a Sunday night too.

 

I think its probably due to the low density of 4G complete towers OKC has. Everyone and their mom is connected. My phone will drop EVDO for even a scent of LTE. Sadly it then drops LTE and turns into ping pong between the two.

[z250kid]

how

 

I know one of the members in New Orleans has had issues with a site for 2-3 weeks where only one sector of LTE is down. You can connect but data does not work.  Since it is a launched area he has called it in but like I said it has been 2-3 weeks.  I am in "launched" area as well with a -97 LTE signal and just changed my phone over to CDMA only since data is not working.  I sometimes have to force it to 1X only as EVDO on the site near me has been broken for about 9 months now.  I also know the two LTE sites to my west are having issues and one has been down for a few days.  Just the nature of the beast I guess with new equipment.  I've noticed lately that several sites in our market that have been working fine for months, one even with legacy equipment removed have been going down a lot lately.  Ericsson will definitely have their work cut out for them on maintaining this network!

how do you force your phone to 1x

[themuffinman]

how

 

how do you force your phone to 1x

Uhhh, just turn off mobile data on your phone on you're on 1x only.

[WiWavelength]

how

 

how do you force your phone to 1x

 

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AJ

[digiblur]

Uhhh, just turn off mobile data on your phone on you're on 1x only.

 

Except that kills the data connection though.

 

how

 

how do you force your phone to 1x

 

I dial ##DATA#, hit Edit, enter my MSL, hit others, hit HDR/1X selection, change it from LTE + CDMA + EVDO to CDMA Only mode which in their terms means 1X only as other options exists for EVDO/1X, EHRPD/1X, EVDO only, etc.

[themuffinman]

Except that kills the data connection though.

 

 

I dial ##DATA#, hit Edit, enter my MSL, hit others, hit HDR/1X selection, change it from LTE + CDMA + EVDO to CDMA Only mode which in their terms means 1X only as other options exists for EVDO/1X, EHRPD/1X, EVDO only, etc.

Yeah, I was thinking voice and not data.

[LTEfanboy10]

Just to check in, any of you guys with the 4G icon but no data service end up getting real LTE soon after? Just wondering if theres any correlation.

[rjw]

I noticed this behavior in my area when I would connect to a distant LTE upgraded site.

 

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[Beejis]

This happened to me a couple months back when the tower nearest to me first got LTE. It worked great for a couple of weeks then I got a 4g icon but no data. It eventually started working again however (couple of days, maybe a week of no data).

 

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