Observing something weird with unrooted OTA updated EVO, youtube and tv.com related. Also with ted mobile. and apparently pandora.
I can only guess from the above they are related in streaming data and require 3G state to be active and not dormant. Doing ##DEBUG# i can see under evdo connection that using the above apps, if it doesn't error out that a video can't be played, it will load, play for 1-2 mins and then stop loading.
I have no issues with 3g and 3g speeds. i average about 700kbps-1.2 mbps down and up. web and apps that use data are normal, just those apps above aren't playing or loading their respective videos.
anyone observed this before or have any insight or pointers? so I know where to dig further. thanks
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I have been having some major problems with my EVO regarding the data. If I use anything that is on the heavy side of bandwidth, like downloading a file from android marketplace, surfing the web, watching sprint tv, using the GPS, etc...the data will just time out for about 3 min at a time. For instance if I am downloading a 5mb app from android marketplace, it will maybe download a megabyte, then it will just stop downloading. If you look at the 3G symbol at the top, it will be white, but only the upstream indicator will be on. I can then open any other internet application on the phone, and nothing will work. It usually lasts for about 3 minutes at a time and happens fairly regularly. It will end up taking me 15-20 min to download a 5mb file from the marketplace. Same thing if I browse a bandwidth heavy site like digg.com. It will just time out after a while and it will just show the upstream indicator as solid and not do anything in any program.
This problem is not location dependent. I have this issue at my apartment, at work, at my friend's house, at the Sprint store...anywhere.
In chronological order, this is what I have done to troubleshoot/fix the problem:
First noticed problem
Turned off phone/Turned back on
Rooted and installed custom version of 2.1 w/ Sense
Removed battery (power cycle)
Talk to Sprint cust care. They sent signal over that reactivated the phone (2x)
Did factory reset on phone and formatted SD card
Swapped phone at Sprint store with new one
So even after swapping my EVO with a new EVO from the Sprint store and not fooling with the phone at all, I am still having the same exact issue.
I am absolutely at wit's end with this and I have no idea what to do at this point.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does this happen over wifi too, or only 3g?
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Thats a good question. I dont have a wifi connection to try it on at home because I keep my wifi on 5ghz N. I will take it to a friend's house and try.
yeah good luck testing it with WIFI. I'd say my WIFI is about 10 times less reliable than 3G.
I have not been able to test with Wifi yet, but I just had one of my coworkers that has the same phone to replicate the issue on his phone. He is having the same exact problem.
We set our phones next to each other and downloaded Space Buster 3D Lite off the Android Marketplace. Mine crapped out about 2mb in and so did his. He wasnt able to surf or do anything else on his phone for a few minutes just like mine.
I'm wondering if this a network problem in our area or if there is a problem with the phone.
Also, I downloaded a continuous ping program and did 3,000 pings with no packet loss, so it seems to only happen with heavy data usage ie. saturating your bandwidth.
Either way, it makes me feel a lot better to see this problem happening with other people lol
dude... i was just about to post a thread on this. im tearing my hair out with this horrible horrible problem. tmobile was better and more consistent its ridiculous...
i'm having the exact same problems, and not only just this, but i'm sending and receiving texts hours and hours off... its just not instant. wheerever i am. and sometimes i'm sending a text and this data "blackout" happens. also when i'm receiving texts i can't send texts out at the same time.. the phone gives me sms errors and then the data timeouts for minutes.. i have to wait minutes to resend the texts or use data..
Well it turns out that my friend that got this phone too is having the same exact problem......
WTF is going on here? Can people test this on their phones? Just try downloading a large file (5mb+) off android marketplace 2-3 times and watch the download. See if it stops or says download paused. Then try surfing the web when this happens.
Including myself, thats 3/3 people that are having this problem that I know personally.
oRAirwolf said:
Well it turns out that my friend that got this phone too is having the same exact problem......
WTF is going on here? Can people test this on their phones? Just try downloading a large file (5mb+) off android marketplace 2-3 times and watch the download. See if it stops or says download paused. Then try surfing the web when this happens.
Including myself, thats 3/3 people that are having this problem that I know personally.
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I have no issues downloading large files, maybe it is location based?
It appears the OTA update that was released today fixed the problem. I've been running Sprint TV for about 4 hours with no issues. Thank god...I was about to cancel my service over this.
Wondering if anyone else has been experiencing this issue:
I'm on t-mobile and coming from a G2x.
For some reason when I'm in the office, despite having 4 bars on H, any app (browser, youtube, market etc...) that uses a data connection takes forever to load. Sometimes the connection even times out.
Then when I go outside things work well again, but I never had this issue on my G2x. Its really frustrating, especially when I have downtime at the office and want to start downloading apps etc.
What can it be? Anyone experiencing similar issues??
UPDATE:
Think I may have found the cause of this issue. I was stuck on edge in the office (which used to happen on my G2x as well) so I switched to WCDMA-only. Going back to auto/prl fixed the issue. But still I wonder why. I would like to keep it on WCDMA-only if possible. Any thoughts?
Towers might be overloaded. It is peaktime.
Sent from my samsung gt i9250 which is in the wrong state.
Anyone else have the YouTube app just freeze up during playback?
I think it might be a problem with the way the app is caching the video. It will load up to a certain point and then stop. When playback reaches that point, it won't load anymore. If i try and back out, the app freezes and eventually force closes.
One thing I've noticed though is that this only seems to happen with all the 4.0.3 roms I've tried. When using Android rev. HD there are no problems.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
dead-I said:
Anyone else have the YouTube app just freeze up during playback?
I think it might be a problem with the way the app is caching the video. It will load up to a certain point and then stop. When playback reaches that point, it won't load anymore. If i try and back out, the app freezes and eventually force closes.
One thing I've noticed though is that this only seems to happen with all the 4.0.3 roms I've tried. When using Android rev. HD there are no problems.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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That's strange... Well I don't have that problem but I know what will make you feel better...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbpHXAs1beE&feature=player_embedded
That did put a smile on my face.
But seriously though, I notice your with Verizon which is cdma, I'm on a gsm phone. I wonder if it could just be a gsm vs. cdma rom issue.
Poor connection. Remember HD videos pulls more data. I get the loading symbol but only when connected to a slow wifi.
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I get really slow loading on any connection. Either 3G, which is typically about 1.8 Mbps, or over my wifi, which is through 12 Mbps cable. Doesn't seem to matter how fast the connection is, at least for me. Not sure if it's my ROM or what.
happens to me on stock 4.0.2. Mostly with embedded videos in browsers. Also when attempting to seek via browser or app.
On wifi, 35mbps fios with full strength reading and about 20mbps thru put.
Drives me nuts, coming from iPhones and never had any problem watching vids. Now 90% crash or fail.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
I get the same problem too, even after upgrading to one of the 4.0.4 roms. A temporary solution that I've found is that using the 2.4.4 version of YouTube works without any problems. Only downside is that this version isn't as polished as the updated one.
Here's a link I uploaded to the old youtube app if anyone wants it.
http://www.sharebeast.com/m1ydzvwnsaul
I can not get my SGS3 to play YouTube videos on 4G. I have very fast 4G. Netflix streams very good without any buffering but the damn YouTube won't even start the videos. No problem on WiFi. Anyone else have this issue?
I have cleared all data from the app, deleted the updates, tried without the updates, still nothing, downloaded the updates, tried again and still nothing. Very frustrating. Any help or ideas would be welcomed.
Thanks,
Vinny
vinnyjr said:
I can not get my SGS3 to play YouTube videos on 4G. I have very fast 4G. Netflix streams very good without any buffering but the damn YouTube won't even start the videos. No problem on WiFi. Anyone else have this issue?
I have cleared all data from the app, deleted the updates, tried without the updates, still nothing, downloaded the updates, tried again and still nothing. Very frustrating. Any help or ideas would be welcomed.
Thanks,
Vinny
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I'm not sure what is causing this but I have a problem 80% of the time playing YouTube videos also but on wifi it works perfectly.
My girlfriend has the galaxy s2 and her YouTube won't load any videos at all in 4g.
Anyone know what's going on?
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I just checked the you tube on my other T-Mobile phone (MyTouch 4G) same problem, works great on WiFi but nothing on T-Mobile HSPA+. This must be a problem with other people as well, I also have a Nexus One and same issue. My DL speeds are very fast, average well over 10 MB down and 5 MB up.
Vinny
I encountered a strange problem with my stock ATT GS3 (4.1.1) today where Youtube downloaded ~180MB of data over 4G in a matter of minutes pushing me to my 200MB limit. The interesting thing is that I wasnt even watching Youtube. I have Youtube version 4.5.17 and preloading is on, though I thought that only caches over wifi. Fortunately, I had data limits set, which prevented overage, but I am still out of my data use.
Any suggestions on what could have happened and how I could avoid it would be much appreciated?
Attaching screenshots of the data usage.
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I encountered a strange problem with my stock ATT GS3 (4.1.1) today where Youtube downloaded ~180MB of data over 4G in a matter of minutes pushing me to my 200MB limit. The interesting thing is that I wasnt even watching Youtube. I have Youtube version 4.5.17 and preloading is on, though I thought that only caches over wifi. Fortunately, I had data limits set, which prevented overage, but I am still out of my data use.
Any suggestions on what could have happened and how I could avoid it would be much appreciated?
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something in youtube was syncing in the background. That's pretty much background data usage means when looking at those screens.