Problems with Google on 4G?
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Same in Southern California (Orange County)... I use google translate a lot, and it always reports network error. Not sure if this is related, but weather on the sense clock widget reports "current location" as well... frustrating...
I am in Orange County too, with same issues!
Oh how I use to love my phone, now
I am starting to really Hate it! So So Fustrating!!!
Verizon, and HTC please fix this!!!
Starting to feel the same way
Called Verizon and reported my issues with it. They escalated to tech support and walked me through a few setting changes, reboots, all of which did nothing. They recommended a factory reset. Anybody try that yet and did it work? If I go down that path, I might as well root my phone.
I did the factory reset last night. I THINK it's better. But not much. I just pulled up google and it
took 20 seconds for itt to come up on my HTC Thunderbolt. It seems like google maps is working better, I can say that much. Bottom line, I don't think it helped much.
took 20 seconds for itt to come up on my HTC Thunderbolt. It seems like google maps is working better, I can say that much. Bottom line, I don't think it helped much.
Called tech support, they just told me to do the factory reset. The guy also said this is the first time he's heard of this issue. I live in southern California also.
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Same story in Pasadena, Los Angeles, and everywhere in between that I pass on my commute. I can load a complex page in 1 second, but running a google search hangs my phone for nearly half a minute. I could not connect to my gvoice voicemail at all this afternoon.
What a joke on an android phone... I hope the powers that be at Verizon and Google are following this issue and feeling the considerable embarrassment they should.
What a joke on an android phone... I hope the powers that be at Verizon and Google are following this issue and feeling the considerable embarrassment they should.
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I am in Orange County too, with same issues!
Oh how I use to love my phone, now
I am starting to really Hate it! So So Fustrating!!!
Verizon, and HTC please fix this!!!
On in The OC too, same issues.
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Just came back from a week in Charlotte NC and Columbia SC where everything worked great, no problems switching between 4G and 3G as I drove around. Everything very responsive. Now back in Phx and I might as well be using smoke signals. Spotty and slow 4G, usually end up in 1X rather than 3G for some reason; everything was fine about 10-14 days ago, no longer. Verizon has really screwed up their network.
Same Data 4G problem (San Diego)
Got the same problem..... many people do.... However Verizon doesn't want to admit that this is a real issue.
What I am experiencing:
1) Slow web ( especially Google sites and secure sites https)
2) RSS feeds do not update
3) Android market fails to load properly
4) Data apps will give me a network timeout error
5) these issues are only 4G, while 3G works absolutely without an error
What I have done so far to resolve this:
1) Spent many hours on the phone with Verizon support
2) 2 tickets have been opened with second tier Verizon support. Have not heard back from that since.
3) Phone was replaced and still have the issue. So it can't be the phone.
4) Was told to download LTE on/off from the market and use 3G for now.
5) Got a credit for one month data package ($29.99)
From reading this and many other Thunderbolt forums, people are experiencing this issue all over the nation.
Once again, Verizon has no clue how to solve this. They don't even acknowledge that this issue exists.
When I got my Thunderbolt, I did not imagine that this would be my experience.
I ended paying for a 4G phone that can only provide me with 3G service.
I live in San Diego where Verizon 4G is readily available.
Got the same problem..... many people do.... However Verizon doesn't want to admit that this is a real issue.
What I am experiencing:
1) Slow web ( especially Google sites and secure sites https)
2) RSS feeds do not update
3) Android market fails to load properly
4) Data apps will give me a network timeout error
5) these issues are only 4G, while 3G works absolutely without an error
What I have done so far to resolve this:
1) Spent many hours on the phone with Verizon support
2) 2 tickets have been opened with second tier Verizon support. Have not heard back from that since.
3) Phone was replaced and still have the issue. So it can't be the phone.
4) Was told to download LTE on/off from the market and use 3G for now.
5) Got a credit for one month data package ($29.99)
From reading this and many other Thunderbolt forums, people are experiencing this issue all over the nation.
Once again, Verizon has no clue how to solve this. They don't even acknowledge that this issue exists.
When I got my Thunderbolt, I did not imagine that this would be my experience.
I ended paying for a 4G phone that can only provide me with 3G service.
I live in San Diego where Verizon 4G is readily available.
So I rooted and switched my dns to Google with setdns and behold everything works perfect now in Southern California. This issue is ridiculous Verzion needs to get off there ass and fix this
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Please share... will this be useful for us on the east coast?
I remember fios acting stupid this same way - DNS needed to be setup in the router.
And I found setdns.
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Google on 4G worked great before MR1. After MR1 data connection spotty and Google takes forever to load and sometimes never does. Took phone to Verizon, they asked me to reboot LOL. They couldn't pull up Google after reboot. Solution: gave me a new phone 
No more MR1 on new phone and Google works great again on 4G.
No more MR1 on new phone and Google works great again on 4G.If I root my phone, change the DNS setting and unroot, will the dns settings stay or does the DNS setting revert back too. Is there a way to change the DNS settings withour being rooted
I am in the exact same boat as you. I did not get any credit since it was offered by 2nd tier Tech support who opened at Troubleticket and closed it indicating that he spoke with me (as if the problem has resolved and the 4g issues is a history). I paid for 4g phone, paying for 4g service, spending hours talking to people at Verizon, spent hours in resetting my phone, exchanging it twice (once at store, once via mail), etc. etc. I want my money back and go back to DroidX until 4g is completely resolved. I read that the new Charge is having the same issue with 4g. What is Verizon doing about this? Is it HTC's software issue or Verizon's LTE issue? Someone just own up and give us the time and a date when this will be resolved!
Verizon should send out a memo to their idiot tech support to STOP TELLING TO DO A BATTERY PULL AND FACTORY RESET! - it does NOT work....
Fix the 4g and threten HTC to roll out their update!
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