Did VZW have a data or cellular signal outage overnight?

**spiff72** · 01-01-2012, 08:16 AM

I left my phone off the charger because it was at about 75% when I went to bed last night, and when I checked it this morning it was dead.

Once I put it on the charger and got it booted back up, I went into the battery usage history (using 3rd party app (Battery Monitor Pro, I think), the current draw from about 5 or 6 am (EST) was unusually high, and I then went to the battery usage in the settings app and found that the phone was without signal for about 2-1/2 hours.

Just wondering if anyone else saw this. I am in West Michigan.

Thanks

**Ken7** · 01-01-2012, 08:19 AM

Not in the NY area. I just checked my data graph and all looked fine.

**2010BmwM3** · 01-01-2012, 08:25 AM

I live in the Metro Detroit area and I was having problems making some phone calls around midnight. I had grey bars in the Roseville/Warren area. Facebook wouldn't update and my browser refused to load.

It seems like us Michiganders are getting owned by Verizon .

**spiff72** · 01-01-2012, 08:26 AM

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**tntdroid** · 01-01-2012, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by 2010BmwM3

I live in the Metro Detroit area and I was having problems making some phone calls around midnight. I had grey bars in the Roseville/Warren area. Facebook wouldn't update and my browser refused to load.

It seems like us Michiganders are getting owned by Verizon .

I'm thinking this was from everyone wanting to call friends and family to say happy new year. Same goes with Facebook I'm sure they were taking a beating. I did not notice a outage in nj but also didn't try to call anyone or anything.

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**2010BmwM3** · 01-01-2012, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by tntdroid

I'm thinking this was from everyone wanting to call friends and family to say happy new year. Same goes with Facebook I'm sure they were taking a beating. I did not notice a outage in nj but also didn't try to call anyone or anything.

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That might have been the problem. I have yet to have any issues with data/signal until last night. Glad it was last night when I was having a bit of fun though.

**spiff72** · 01-01-2012, 09:52 AM

It was actually fine at midnight here. The battery history log showed it was closer to 6 am or so.

Maybe it was a glitch. I did just switch ROMs yesterday - went from Android Revolution HD to the latest Axiom ROM. I hope it isn't related to the ROM - I really like this one! (But I do have a backup to fall back on if needed).

**MowDownJoe** · 01-01-2012, 10:39 AM

My Galaxy Nexus is still stock, and while I was getting a 3G signal, I was unable to do anything with it last night here in NJ. Weirdest thing. (Actually seemed to extend into the afternoon, too, now that I think of it.)

**Pghdroidette** · 01-01-2012, 10:45 AM

I had similiat problems last night..not good reception, gps couldnt connect, battery drain, and then random reboot first thing this morning. It was weird.

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**sc4fpse** · 01-01-2012, 11:02 AM

East Lansing here. I'll be honest -- I didn't get a chance to check any battery history or time without signal before I flashed a new rom this morning. But I did have one text fail to go through right at midnight, though I think it's obvious why. 2nd try went just fine. That's the only issue that I noticed, but then again, I was drunk and asleep for most of the night. :P

**tntdroid** · 01-01-2012, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by MowDownJoe

My Galaxy Nexus is still stock, and while I was getting a 3G signal, I was unable to do anything with it last night here in NJ. Weirdest thing. (Actually seemed to extend into the afternoon, too, now that I think of it.)

You try a reboot? Had that happen before when it shows data is good but nothing works. Reboots fixes it. Not just the nexus happened with my droid and X.

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**Bob61** · 01-01-2012, 11:34 AM

Well..... what's interesting in your graphs is the phone started heating up. As the device heats up it starts to shut down the signals to compensate. So it could be your device started with a lot of CPU cycles that caused the battery to heat up and then the phone, trying to prevent an overload / overheat condition shut down your data connections. I had this occur with my Nexus as well (overheat) and never figured out why.

**MowDownJoe** · 01-01-2012, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by tntdroid

You try a reboot? Had that happen before when it shows data is good but nothing works. Reboots fixes it. Not just the nexus happened with my droid and X.

But I was enjoying my 200+ hour uptime!

**jcarson13** · 01-01-2012, 12:00 PM

I also woke up to a completely dead GNex this morning. Had about 75% battery late
last night. Second time this week - last time it woke up on ODIN screen. Tried to
reboot - unsuccessful. Put it on the charger and it showed the battery completely
dead. Also in NYC area.

Disturbing - if I weren't home, I might not have had my spare battery and be left
without a phone ...

EDIT: mine's completely stock

**spiff72** · 01-01-2012, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by jcarson13

I also woke up to a completely dead GNex this morning. Had about 75% battery late
last night. Second time this week - last time it woke up on ODIN screen. Tried to
reboot - unsuccessful. Put it on the charger and it showed the battery completely
dead. Also in NYC area.

Disturbing - if I weren't home, I might not have had my spare battery and be left
without a phone ...

EDIT: mine's completely stock

Did you happen to look at the battery usage and see if you lost signal overnight?

**spiff72** · 01-01-2012, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by bob61

Well..... what's interesting in your graphs is the phone started heating up. As the device heats up it starts to shut down the signals to compensate. So it could be your device started with a lot of CPU cycles that caused the battery to heat up and then the phone, trying to prevent an overload / overheat condition shut down your data connections. I had this occur with my Nexus as well (overheat) and never figured out why.

I am assuming that your post was directed at me. What did you see in the graphs that indicated the phone was heating up? I am not seeing that anywhere?

Not sure if you are looking at the red colors in the battery level graph or maybe the red color in the Mobile Network Signal bar. The green/yellow/red in the graph for battery level is just an indicator of the charge level - green=high, yellow=medium, red=low. Same is true of the Mobile Network Signal bar: green=strong signal (which doesn't show at all on my chart), yellow=medium signal, red=no signal.

**dmmarck** · 01-01-2012, 12:12 PM

Maybe a third party app? I've noticed it heating up, but it usually calms down fairly quickly.

Also, in the DC-Metro Area, woke up with 100% at full, no apparent outages.

**alphanu22** · 01-01-2012, 12:15 PM

Can Signal give me a Battery Boost?

**JoeNM84** · 01-01-2012, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by alphanu22

Can Signal give me a Battery Boost?

I get this kind of thing all the time. I'll use it for a good 20 or 30 minutes constant then set it down for an hour or 2 and come back to it and look at the battery graph and see that it went up a little bit at some point. Saw it with standard battery and extended.

**jcarson13** · 01-01-2012, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by spiff72

Did you happen to look at the battery usage and see if you lost signal overnight?

I looked at the std battery screen and "Phone Idle" was highest listed.
Should have looked more closely. How do I determine amount of time
on/off 3G/4G/no signal?

**spiff72** · 01-01-2012, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by jcarson13

I looked at the std battery screen and "Phone Idle" was highest listed.
Should have looked more closely. How do I determine amount of time
on/off 3G/4G/no signal?

Tap the Cell Standby item in the battery usage screens and you should see an entry for the time without signal as a percentage of the total on time. See my screen shots on first page of thread.

**Bob61** · 01-01-2012, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by spiff72

I am assuming that your post was directed at me. What did you see in the graphs that indicated the phone was heating up? I am not seeing that anywhere?

Not sure if you are looking at the red colors in the battery level graph or maybe the red color in the Mobile Network Signal bar. The green/yellow/red in the graph for battery level is just an indicator of the charge level - green=high, yellow=medium, red=low.

My understanding is that reflects the temp of the battery, green is good, red is running hot. Doesn't make sense that it shows the charge, if you look at your graphs it goes from green to yellow and then to red, all while still on battery so that would not reflect the charge indicator.

**spiff72** · 01-01-2012, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by bob61

My understanding is that reflects the temp of the battery, green is good, red is running hot. Doesn't make sense that it shows the charge, if you look at your graphs it goes from green to yellow and then to red, all while still on battery so that would not reflect the charge indicator.

Maybe I misspoke... I should have said "state of charge" indicator. I don't know the exact numbers, but I think it is red below 15%, yellow from 15% to 50%, and green above this. (These are guesses, though. I haven't actually checked to see where the changeovers are.)

You will notice that the charge level after I switched to battery was progressing back up from red to yellow to green. I am about 99% sure that the color isn't an indicator of temperature. I think the only way to see the temperature is via 3rd party apps like "temperature monitor", and I don't think it can see anything other than the battery temp. It says that CPU temperature requires kernel support for this.

**prakash99** · 01-02-2012, 05:03 AM

In my area (Manchester, NH) the data connectivity usually becomes very sluggish at night (It could be my building too) and on nights like those data speeds go up after around 2 or 3 am .. And I only get 3G in the building (I know that is a problem with the building/location)

LTE got turned on in my area on Dec 15. On the first night (actually on the night of Dec 14), I got excellent 4G LTE data even indoors. I was getting up to 10 to 12 mbps down. I haven't had 4G LTE indoors in this building ever since then.

I have had Nexus for a few days but despite data connectivity issues, I haven't experienced any call signal problems at all.