Galaxy Nexus POSSIBLE signal fix

HarjoKong

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Shutdown and remove the battery for 30 seconds. Fixed? Mine is. :)

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Some have luck removing the sim card for a bit as well. Glad the battery deal worked for ya!
 

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I lost reception at my house after working good, I called Verizon and I was instructed to remove battery and the sim card for one minute and after reboot it did not work and they referred me to a tech. by the time he was on the line the phone was working better then it had in the past.
 

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Just to explain this a bit, on non 4G phones we always dialed *228 to update roaming/prl. If we do this on a 4G phone things get messed up. This old *228 process is done automatically every time your phone starts up.

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i was told to use *22899 which is the "fast" path to updated the PRL on a phone without pressing either "1" or "2" when you dial *228 by itself. A brief message appeared on the screen stating that the update had occurred. However, this is just for updating towers in your area. Honestly, from what I understand, *22899 does not do much and is not really necessary. It only works if in your area a new "group" of towers are created in your area and you need to add that groups towers PRL's. This rarely to never happens. In your area, you are already in a "group"; if they add a new tower to that group you automatically get access to it without doing *228.

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This works for me every time at work. I seem to lose cellular signal (voice, not data) after a switch from WiFi to 4g or back. After a battery pull I get voice back.

Is this something they can fix via software? Its getting annoying to have to reboot my phone to talk on it.
 

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Not to my knowledge as devices require a restart for the new prl version to take effect. Also, I wouldn't use *22899 or any variation of that on the GNex. From what I understand it is actually harmful to your sim card if you do. I would contact Verizon directly if you have done so and are having issues.

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My orignal gnex didnt have any signal issues at all.. then i smashed it. It took 3 different NEW replacements from asurion before they got me one that could hold a 4g signal. After talking to several people at verizon I have come to find out that it is a very common complaint and they will replace it as many times as it takes to get a working phone.
 

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My orignal gnex didnt have any signal issues at all.. then i smashed it. It took 3 different NEW replacements from asurion before they got me one that could hold a 4g signal. After talking to several people at verizon I have come to find out that it is a very common complaint and they will replace it as many times as it takes to get a working phone.

hmmm... a little lacking in QA I'd say... :blink:
 
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