Refreshing SIM Card Data??

**radicalRWer** · 03-12-2013, 03:46 PM

I keep getting this little notification toward the bottom of my screen periodically. It seems to interfere with the performance and network connectivity.

Oh yeah - Anyone have a big B--ch about the signal reception? My wifes iPhone 4S reception blows my S3 out of the water. I cannot even use mine at home and her 4S gets a good signal (3bars) and never drops a call. Most the time my phone will say "mobile network not available". Both are verizon phones.

**PJRed2008** · 03-12-2013, 04:40 PM

Have you called Verizon? There has been a fix for reception problems posted here, but I can't remember the codes. Supposed to reset signal to towers or something. My reception and coverage is excellent, much better than I had with my TBolt.

Didn't find the post but found what I had copied out:
"Finally went to Verizon and spoke to them, was told to turn off the phone, in the location I was having trouble with, Turn it back on, dial *228, then #832. I was extremely skeptical. This is supposed to have something to do with getting the phone to "talk" to the closest tower or something."

Don't know if this works.

**Androidprodigy** · 03-12-2013, 07:18 PM

You can fix the refreshing sim data problem by changing your data network... I'm guessing you are on global, while you should be on the com network.

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**dpham00** · 03-14-2013, 07:57 AM

Hi

Originally Posted by PJRed2008

Have you called Verizon? There has been a fix for reception problems posted here, but I can't remember the codes. Supposed to reset signal to towers or something. My reception and coverage is excellent, much better than I had with my TBolt.

Didn't find the post but found what I had copied out:
"Finally went to Verizon and spoke to them, was told to turn off the phone, in the location I was having trouble with, Turn it back on, dial *228, then #832. I was extremely skeptical. This is supposed to have something to do with getting the phone to "talk" to the closest tower or something."

Don't know if this works.

Don't dial *228 on a 4glte phone. You can try to clear cache and pull the sim card for a few minutes

If that didn't work, try a new sim.

If it doesn't work, call Verizon tech support, they can troubleshoot further and maybe send a clnr

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

**GSDer** · 03-14-2013, 02:36 PM

Bah! You should just get an iPhone and then we don't have to hear anymore "my wife's iPhone does and my Android-based phone doesn't" complaints.

My Sinclair ZX-80 with 4KB ROM, 16KB RAM, running Android 1.6 with Wilson aftermarket antennas gets 3 bars and never drops a call.

<GSDer takes his anger management medication>

Uh, what they said!

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**paintdrinkingpete** · 03-14-2013, 03:25 PM

If I have but ONE complaint about the GS3, it's that it really does not get great reception. Not a huge deal for me most of the time, since I live in an area saturated with 4G coverage, but have definitely noticed that there are times when my friends/family with Verizon iPhones have working data signals in areas I do not. Of course, it was even worse in the early days after launch, when so many of us would get that dreaded "No SIM" error every time we tried to make a call or send a text, forcing our phones to recycle the data connection....haven't seen that in months, thank God.

Mine actually seems to do a bit better since the last update, for what it's worth.

Hopefully that's something that has been fixed on the GS4.

**radicalRWer** · 03-14-2013, 03:27 PM

I haven't had the SIM error since I updated to 4.1.2.

Now I am getting a slow charge rate. Looking at battery usage Media Server is using 25% of battery (most) and then screen is 22%.

Also the phone has a big delay in showing it being unplugged from charger. Bolt icon on battery keeps showing for a good 10-15sec. Update related?

Pulling battery and SIM now to see if this fixes anything.