This is so weird. On my Moment it would randomly give me errors when connecting to WiFi and EVDO was stuck at Rev. 0. My second Epic came out of the box with the camera not opening. This is my third Epic and now the 4G says it's connecting but it never does.
What's weird is that it was working just last week. A few days ago I noticed I was connecting to 3G in places I knew had 4G coverage. Samsung phones are so annoying >_>
EDIT: **** you guys, not even a single response?
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Since the last upgrade, I got a new status icon indicating 4G antenna on, Scanning, etc
I have my EVO on 4G all the time. I have a 4G signal at home in NYC. I have had the signal for months already. The signal disappeared sometime overnight.
I also noticed this morning the battery was 20%. Strange. I always find if 100%, full in the morning.
the bug is, when the 4G signal went off, the 4G status icon was in "Scanning". That for sure takes a whole lot of energy and battery. I was thinking my cable was damaged as it happened already once. Then, I checked my USB port.
Finally it came to my mind that it must be that stupid 4G signal that went on vacation, and my cell phone was wasting more battery than normal when scanning for it:
".....Scanning, Connecting to Sprint, Scanning, Connecting to Sprint, Scanning, Connecting to Sprint, Scanning, Connecting to Sprint, Scanning, Connecting to Sprint, Scanning, Connecting to Sprint...."
Imagine this endless loop for hours and hours.
It will never connect to Sprint. Not in 4G. It should be implemented in a way that EVO gives up trying to connect to 4G and breaks this loop!
Now that I disabled the 4G, the battery is finally charging. Mystery solved.
This happened only after the upgrade. After they installed that 4G scanning antenna option thing.
NOW, Sprint: WHY? Where is my 4G signal at home? I'm paying 10$+taxes extra for it! Please, return my signal. Please don't steal my money! and my battery!
thanks.
In a spot where I get very strong signal, today it will connect but won't actually work. Toggling 4G mode and rebooting have no effect. 3G works normally. Anyone else having this issue? Wish I could test it in another 4G area to narrow it down to the local tower.
Happens to me intermittently. I wondered if it was maybe just maintenance on a tower but that would not account for it showing that 4g was connected, plus my buddy was connected on his Evo at the same time, getting pretty good speeds. Its very curious.
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Well, at least I know now it wasn't my phone. 4G is back, although weaker than before. 100% uptime doesn't exist in this world, yet.
this phone has started playing up, 4G wont connect at all and 3G is constantly changing between H and H+. Phone calls dropping and battery draining fast.
Have tried factory reset
flashing older Samsung firmware
Nothing is making a difference. Tried my SIM in another phone and it instantly connects to 4g.
This only started about two weeks ago.
Any one else have this issue? i'm in the uk on the 3 network.
UPDATE: it appears the 4G radio is faulty - setting it to 3g only solves the issues.
UPDATE : I'm so gutted that this phone 4g/3G is ****. Love the phone but loads of people and reviews suggesting 4g/3G issues with this phone and high number of call drops. I did a test today, I put my sim in an iPhone 6 and instantly connected to 4g and speed test was through the roof peaking at 38mb. Put the sim back into the s6 edge plus and only connects to 3G. But unable to browse the Internet. This confirms my fears that the 4g chipset/antenna are ****. In this phone. Which is a real shame as the phone is my favorite ever. Going to get an iPhone now. Connectivity is the most important thing and I can't be dealing with this crap from such an expensive phone. Shame on you Samsung.
zeddys said:
this phone has started playing up, 4G wont connect at all and 3G is constantly changing between H and H+. Phone calls dropping and battery draining fast.
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UPDATE: it appears the 4G radio is faulty - setting it to 3g only solves the issues.
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I have the exact trouble as yours whichs about constantly changing between the H and H+. (4G is not matter, its new around here). When it turns on H, doesnt connect any site and application which need data connection. But H+ is doing normal. I bought an unlimited data package is provided for up limit 7.2Mbps. Dug something and saw that HSDPA(H) technology's up limit is 7.2 for our carrier. Then bought limited turbo data package(shows as up limit 43Mbps) but still changing H and H+ Thats not such for current device. It was in such an annoying situation since H+ available to connect. Tried to force use H+ but no luck. Sorry for long article and bad grammar. Just saying. Thanks.
Konsstantine34 said:
I have the exact trouble as yours whichs about constantly changing between the H and H+. (4G is not matter, its new around here). When it turns on H, doesnt connect any site and application which need data connection. But H+ is doing normal. I bought an unlimited data package is provided for up limit 7.2Mbps. Dug something and saw that HSDPA(H) technology's up limit is 7.2 for our carrier. Then bought limited turbo data package(shows as up limit 43Mbps) but still changing H and H+ Thats not such for current device. It was in such an annoying situation since H+ available to connect. Tried to force use H+ but no luck. Sorry for long article and bad grammar. Just saying. Thanks.
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Been doing a lot of research and it appears to me that this phone is crap at holding 4g/3G signals. I think this is a hardware/design fault. Most people won't release this until they test this on an iPhone in the same location and see the huge difference. Can't believe Samsung would release a huge pile of crap.
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Been doing a lot of research and it appears to me that this phone is crap at holding 4g/3G signals. I think this is a hardware/design fault. Most people won't release this until they test this on an iPhone in the same location and see the huge difference. Can't believe Samsung would release a huge pile of crap.
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Couldn't agree more...
I don't have this problem mine is actually reverse. I have better signal and faster Internet than my Samsung s5
Seems everytime I restart my phone are go off of WiFi my phone connects to Verizon 3G even when I am in a strong LTE area. I toggle the airplane mode off and back on and it connects to LTE just fine. Is this a known issue or is it just me?
I also started noticing it since the last upgrade. I just restarted my phone and it is now back on LTE. I'm on Telus in Canada.
This is a known issue on 6.0.1 and affects multiple carriers. An issue was opened up on googles issue tracker page under issue 197102. Can't post links unfortunately.
It's all too frequently dropping 4G or LTE connection when on the move. It's showing a connection, good strength too, but no data connection working. Often needing an airplane mode toggle or reboot to get online again.
5G is disabled as I'm nowhere near a 5G area.
Anyone got any ideas? Different firmware or something?
I'm starting to regret moving away from the SD note 10 plus I had. That phone was rock solid.
joebongo said:
It's all too frequently dropping 4G or LTE connection when on the move. It's showing a connection, good strength too, but no data connection working. Often needing an airplane mode toggle or reboot to get online again.
5G is disabled as I'm nowhere near a 5G area.
Anyone got any ideas? Different firmware or something?
I'm starting to regret moving away from the SD note 10 plus I had. That phone was rock solid.
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I read that some people have issues with connection with some ISP providers. Try putting it on 3G and see if it works fine then. If it does then ISP has either sn issue with 4G network or phone needs a firmware fix to solve 4G connection issue if this isn't a hardware problem thought. Since for me it works fine here and my 4G shows all time and I even have 4G+ as status without an issue.
try disabling WiFi calling that helped in my case
Tried all that. Went into a town and it didn't again.. Had to force it onto 4g to get a connection.
Tried all that. Went into a town and it didn't again.. Had to force it onto 4g to get a connection. This is what I had before I forced the change in network.
Haven't had any issues myself, on giffgaff. Tried O2 briefly, it seemed okay too.
joebongo said:
Tried all that. Went into a town and it didn't again.. Had to force it onto 4g to get a connection. This is what I had before I forced the change in network.
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Give this app a try, might help fixing it to one band
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ray.samsungbandselection
Yes u have that thanks. It seems to be band switching that's the problem. Or is it possible my carrier has live but unused bands that the phone is locking into? So when I travel I find myself with a dead data connection?