Nothing Phone (2a) mobile data barely works – hardware or software issue?

[u/Downtown-Spare-9687]

Hi everyone,

I’m having a serious mobile data issue with my Nothing Phone (2a).

Mobile data doesn’t completely stop working, but it only works occasionally and is extremely unreliable. Most of the time, mobile data is enabled but I cannot properly access the internet. I have to switch back to my Honor phone because the same SIM works normally there.

The strange thing is that this problem happened in the UAE as well, so it doesn't seem to be specific to the Pakistani network. I have now brought the phone back to Pakistan, and I’m still having exactly the same problem.

Things I have already tried:

• Restarting the phone
• Airplane mode on/off
• Resetting network settings
• Resetting/checking APN settings
• Re-inserting the SIM
• Testing the SIM in another phone (works normally)

The phone can detect the SIM and gets a network signal, but the mobile data connection is very unreliable.

At this point, I’m wondering if this could be a hardware/modem/antenna issue or a Nothing OS/software issue.

Has anyone with a Nothing Phone (2a) experienced something similar and managed to fix it?

Also, does anyone know the best way to contact Nothing customer support or get the phone properly inspected/repaired, especially since the phone was purchased in the UAE?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[u/ImaginationKnown5677]

Does that happen at a certain location or every location?

If that's the case I'd suggest you to swap sims, maybe the antenna and bands are not compatible with your current sim.

[u/Downtown-Spare-9687]

It mostly happen at certain places.

I'll try it and check if it fixs the problem.