Lately I have had a lot of people tell me while talking on the phone my voice fades out like im very far away from the phone, then it comes back, others have said i sound garbled at times, no matter who I am talking to, they sound fine 100% of the time on my end.
any Ideas?
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hitch
Exact same issue with me only it does not happen every single time (but most of the time). I've tried both 4G and 3G and it happens on both. I'm also in a very strong 4G area so I pretty much gave up after a factory reset and a lot of searching.
It seems a lot of people have zero issues and some of us do. I've also seen posts saying some have had luck after getting a different phone.
_pank said:
Exact same issue with me only it does not happen every single time (but most of the time). I've tried both 4G and 3G and it happens on both. I'm also in a very strong 4G area so I pretty much gave up after a factory reset and a lot of searching.
It seems a lot of people have zero issues and some of us do. I've also seen posts saying some have had luck after getting a different phone.
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I already on my second phone, my first phone had a speaker issue on my end.
getting frustrated with this phone, My dinc had Zero issues for the 2 years I used and abused it
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I've tried both 4G and 3G and it happens on both. I'm also in a very strong 4G area so I pretty much gave up...
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3G and 4G is for data.
No problems with mine so far.
I have not experienced this..I even recorded a few of my calls and it sounds crystal clear. Maybe they are working on towers in your area?
People use cell phones for voice calls still!?
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Perhaps try Google voice for calls to determine if it's a hw or rom issue vs. Vzw/tower issue?
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antispiral said:
I have not experienced this..I even recorded a few of my calls and it sounds crystal clear. Maybe they are working on towers in your area?
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Im not that lucky
This has happend in two differant parts of pa that were 2 hours apart
I wonder if a factory reserved will help
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3G and 4G is for data.
No problems with mine so far.
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I realize that but for some reason if I have both antennas on and a good 4G signal it seems to help (may just be a placebo???).
Try turning off voice privacy under call settings and see if your calls sound better.
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i had severe issues with the bionic and some with the galaxy nexus, but the rezound has been decent. i'd say this phone has been the best so far with verizon.
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Hello,
Some people say they aren't experience the signal drop and garbled calls and that is very nice for them. Many of us though have returned our phones and experienced the same issue phone after phone on the EVO 3D.
Has anyone actually seen the problem go completely away with any of these roots? If so which one?
Thanks
where can i download your rom please need a link
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where can i download your rom please need a link
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Are you asking for a ROM that fixes the issue or one that has the issue? I'm using the stock rom - tried three evo 3d's so far - all have the signal drop issue. That is with stock everything - no additional apps. Also tried with stock everything and just the prl and software updates. Also tried with stock everything PRL updates and software updates and a bunch of software - they all dropped signal frequently.
Some people say they aren't experiencing it. I know 5 people with the EVO 3D and all experienced it. The tech at the Sprint store experienced it while checking out my first phone - gave me another one.
The CSR that I called at Sprint store said she'd heard alot about that issue and sent me an airave and a new phone.
The clerk at a store while I was out in Tucson said they got a lot of returns for the same issue and gave me my third EVO 3D - I had to keep trying because so many people here claimed they don't have the issue and that I must have a bad phone.
I spend about 2 hours on the phone each day and I'm starting to think the people who say they haven't experienced it just spend enough time on the phone to notice it.
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Lol
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Anyone get their signal drop issues fixed by a root?
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NO, but my girlfriend got the root this morning and she said it made her nausea go away...go figure! If you can't find a good root to help you out, hit me up in a pm...some say i have the magic root!
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Are you asking for a ROM that fixes the issue or one that has the issue?
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What he's trying to tell you is that this is the development section and you shouldn't be posting new threads with questions here. Use QA or general.
In regards to your signal problem I've read various people experience it. I do not, and I assure you I'm not inexperienced with cell phones, signals, or issues with signals. In any event, you're likely about to get flamed unmercifully, so I suggest reposting this question in the QA section, or in general...you're not likely to get any answers better than the one I just gave you here.
probably another myth. I highly doubt getting s-off and unlocking the bootloader has anything to do better signal or call quality. Signals are probably due to lack or quality of service in a particular area.
is this rom aosp or sense based?
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is this rom aosp or sense based?
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no its bad signal and static based.
nvm lol ....
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Signals are probably due to lack or quality of service in a particular area.
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Thanks -I'm about 99.9% sure it isn't service in the area. I have an older HTC sprint phone that works just fine - no garbled calls, no dropped calls. Other people at the office are not dropping calls on their Sprint phones either.
Over the past year I have seen the Sprint signal in my area get worse and worse. I can still make calls, but I seem to always be around 2-3 bars where I used to be full. I had to get an airave at home and have to force roam at work.
This doesn't seem to be a phone issue because it started to happen to me on my EVO over a few months and was exactly the same on my Evo 3D and even my Palm Pre before that. I think Sprint is working on getting 4G up and is not keeping up on their need for cell towers.
I don't think you will find any ROM or Kernal that can fix bad reception when there is just no reception to fix.
Maybe if you wrap your phone in foil and wear an antenna on your hat...
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Over the past year I have seen the Sprint signal in my area get worse and worse. I can still make calls, but I seem to always be around 2-3 bars where I used to be full. I had to get an airave at home and have to force roam at work.
This doesn't seem to be a phone issue because it started to happen to me on my EVO over a few months and was exactly the same on my Evo 3D and even my Palm Pre before that. I think Sprint is working on getting 4G up and is not keeping up on their need for cell towers.
I don't think you will find any ROM or Kernal that can fix bad reception when there is just no reception to fix.
Maybe if you wrap your phone in foil and wear an antenna on your hat...
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I disagree. I have both the 3d and the photon and when side by side the photon always has a better signal. Once there is a fix for that I'll be a happy HTC camper again.
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Sometimes as I'm making a call and am disconnected due to poor service or hanging up too quickly, my phone will get almost a busy signal. It won't stop until I've rebooted the phone. I'm rooted on viperrom but it happened even when I was 100% stock. Any ideas on what's causing it or a possible fix? Thanks!!
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I got that too before I was rooted
Have you had it again Lou?
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I have had this happen once just this weekend.
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Bumping. would like some light shed on this issue
Not sure this really helps, but I have seen this twice recently. Its quite annoying, though I can't complain otherwise. I thought my of evo was a good device, this thing is awesome and its still stock!
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I can confirm that my wife's phone has been doing this too, and hers is not rooted. I suspect it's a software issue, but the fact that it doesn't stop, when you shut down the phone, makes me wonder if it's deeper. I'm trying to decide what to do, because I was about to cancel the insurance, but not if i need it to replace a defective phone :/
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Sometimes as I'm making a call and am disconnected due to poor service or hanging up too quickly, my phone will get almost a busy signal. It won't stop until I've rebooted the phone. I'm rooted on viperrom but it happened even when I was 100% stock. Any ideas on what's causing it or a possible fix? Thanks!!
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Are you using S-Off?
Stock rooted, happened to me a couple times, it is quite frustrating
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This happens to me more than twice a day. Almost all calls placed from my house give me this tone. I'm past my 14 days, so I cannot return it for the sgs3. I honestly do not want to return the phone, but this is just ridiculous. Random 3g dropouts, an annoying tone on 50% of calls, and my phone will become unusually sluggish throughout the day. All of these problems are fixed with a reboot. It happens on stock and vipermod. I'm not sure about aokp or cm9. I cannot place a call with either of them. Anyway, I cannot believe a fix has not been released by htc/sprint. The xda community already has a fix for wallet. Sprint and HTC need to do something. My next purchase will be a nexus phone, after 5 HTC devices.
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I got my phone on release date and never once had that happen until tonight. I noticed my signal was jumping in and out of roaming and everytime I tried to make a call, roaming or not, it did the busy signal thing. I called Sprint and they were looking into an issue with the tower I pull from. The same tower has gone down 4 times in the past 8 months, and everytime it goes down it is 3-4 days without service for us, it is getting really annoying.
Definitely not an HTC or evo specific issue. Had this happen to me a few times and the wife's s3 and a viper in the last few days
Turn off the roam guards. I had this same problem when I was on vacation. Once the roam guards are off you will be able to connect and not get that annoying busy signal.
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I made a thread on this not knowing this one was existing.... I believe I pinpointed it only happens when and if u place the call your signal bars drop to none at that exact moment it does something within the modem and cause this tone of death I call it....
Nothing fixes it but a reboot.
HTC BETTER REALIZE THEY ARE PISSIN PEOPLE OFF, THEY BETTER FIX THE SIGNAL Issue before people return this thing..other than that love the phone..
I truly believe half of it has to do with slow network and weak towers Sprint is just trying to catch up after all these years
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I'm getting them also with every Rom I have tried. I'm on the EVO 4g lte. I have asked about this problem a lot and no one seems to answer.
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nate.spangler said:
Definitely not an HTC or evo specific issue. Had this happen to me a few times and the wife's s3 and a viper in the last few days
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Turn off the roam guards. I had this same problem when I was on vacation. Once the roam guards are off you will be able to connect and not get that annoying busy signal.
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My phone is doing this with the roam guard off, and when I have 6/6 or 5/6 bars. Service at my house is very spotty, and 5 out of 7 calls will fail. In areas that I have good service about 50% of calls fail. I never had this problem with my EVO 3d, and my father has never had this issue with his EVO 4g. I'm ready to take this phone back. It's ridiculously annoying, and the only way to fix the issue is to reboot the phone. Also, I'm frequently not receiving calls in areas where I should be getting "good" service. This is obviously an issue with both HTC and Sprint.
On top of this issue, I keep nit getting phone calls. My wife calls me twice everytime she calls and the first one almost never rings. Who knows how many calls I don't receive in a day.
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On top of this issue, I keep nit getting phone calls. My wife calls me twice everytime she calls and the first one almost never rings. Who knows how many calls I don't receive in a day.
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Same here. I've had a few clients tell me they've been trying to get a hold of me, which is a bad thing. Anyway, I contacted Sprint, and the rep told me to take it to a corporate store to swap phones -- something I don't really want to do. She informed me that this issue is not widespread, however, I've been reading about the issue on a few different forums.
Edit: for some strange reason I haven't had this problem in a day or two. Hopefully it stays this way.
I am on AT&T and this is my second HOX+. The first one had a speaker issue so I sent it back. I did not have it long enough to assess this issue, as I made few calls. At any rate, I am on a college campus in the southern United States. When I am on the phone with my parents, they complain that my calls randomly go to where they cannot hear me like I am stuck in a tin can and that they can hear themselves or some other voice in a fuzzy and distorted echo when they talk, but it doesn't necessarily sound like either of us. Meanwhile, everything on my end sounds just great. (other than the fact that when they start complaining of not being able to understand me I get pissed off that it isn't functioning as it should and a simple call becomes complicated with repeating everything.)
It seems like interference or a bad connection to a tower. I would flash a new radio, but I don't see any of those available for the ATT HOX+. Also, I can't disable the LTE or WCDMA radios and lock it down to GSM for testing purposes in the Phone Information menu like on my Inspire. It doesn't seem to be hardware issues, unless its the mic, because it does it randomly when I have not moved the phone, but if I go outside the building sometimes it jumps to clear like it switched a tower. I thought it was just in the building until today when I called my father and it started doing it while walking about campus.
I am rooted and S-ON, running Elegancia ROM, and currently scaled back to 2 cores using the CoreControl app specifically for Tegra 3 in the HOX forum, but this problem occurred before the root/ROM/CPU Core scaling so I don't know what's up.
So has anyone else ever experienced this? I will try it on a different network when I go home for the break tomorrow. Any and all help is appreciated guys. I really like the phone.
Yesterday I was driving and was on speaker and the other said the same. They heard the voice along with some weird squeaky sound every couple of seconds. Then I turned off the speaker and they said it was clear. I'll try one more time today.
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Yesterday I was driving and was on speaker and the other said the same. They heard the voice along with some weird squeaky sound every couple of seconds. Then I turned off the speaker and they said it was clear. I'll try one more time today.
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Upon delving deeper into the situation, it is DEFINITELY a network issue, not the mic, because as a test I used the voice recorder app which uses the same mic and held the phone like on a call and made a voice recording with the same dialogue that i used to send myself a voicemail by calling my voicemail and pressing two. The one on voicemail was garbled like a robot voice when it could be understood. I said roughly two hundred words and actually understood five of them. That's sad considering I knew what I was saying. The one with voice recorder sounded fine so I thought it might be a matter of the noise cancelling mic at the top of the phone covered by my finger. However, when I tried to input the number for destination mail box into the voicemail prompt, the network apparently started skewing my signal worse. When inputting (number changed for my privacy) 0123456789, the number would be repeated as 10124345677688678989. I remained stationary and kept conditions the same for all tests. I am a polymer scientist, so experiment repetition is part of my daily job. Sound like an AT&T issue that they more than likely will not acknowledge or an offending source of interference on campus that only affects phones with newer LTE radios?
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Upon delving deeper into the situation, it is DEFINITELY a network issue, not the mic, because as a test I used the voice recorder app which uses the same mic and held the phone like on a call and made a voice recording with the same dialogue that i used to send myself a voicemail by calling my voicemail and pressing two. The one on voicemail was garbled like a robot voice when it could be understood. I said roughly two hundred words and actually understood five of them. That's sad considering I knew what I was saying. The one with voice recorder sounded fine so I thought it might be a matter of the noise cancelling mic at the top of the phone covered by my finger. However, when I tried to input the number for destination mail box into the voicemail prompt, the network apparently started skewing my signal worse. When inputting (number changed for my privacy) 0123456789, the number would be repeated as 10124345677688678989. I remained stationary and kept conditions the same for all tests. I am a polymer scientist, so experiment repetition is part of my daily job. Sound like an AT&T issue that they more than likely will not acknowledge or an offending source of interference on campus that only affects phones with newer LTE radios?
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Sounds like a AT&T issue i havent seen any reports of this if you go to settings than to network while your on the phone what is your mobile network type and the signal strength, LTE doesnt do voice over the network so while your on the phone your probably on hsdpa
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Sounds like a AT&T issue i havent seen any reports of this if you go to settings than to network while your on the phone what is your mobile network type and the signal strength, LTE doesnt do voice over the network so while your on the phone your probably on hsdpa
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It's LTE which surprised me at first because the cell networks here are really undeveloped for the most part aside from the large cities.
Here is a radio info screen shot.
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It's LTE which surprised me at first because the cell networks here are really undeveloped for the most part aside from the large cities.
Here is a radio info screen shot.
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you phone will switch to a 3g connection as soon as you make a phone call lte is only for data
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you phone will switch to a 3g connection as soon as you make a phone call lte is only for data
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It jumps back and forth from UMTS to HSDPA during a call. I'm not sure which band is the offending network because it was cycling every few seconds.
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It cuts out a little in the 3g network of another city when visiting family. Think it's in need of a radio update or what? I don't want to get rid of the phone altogether but me cutting out annoying people when I talk really bugs me. Is anyone else experience call quality issues with ATT?
Anyone? Yes or no is ok I'm just trying to see if its just me. Really confused about this and don't want to send it back.
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I've yet to have any issues with call quality aside from the sound being sub-par in bluetooth mode.
While using the speaker and/or speakerphone though everything has been working well for me.
Although I do live in the Houston area and we generally get pretty good cellphone signals in the area. So that may be part of it.
Short answer : No issues so far in about 2 weeks of use.
I've been having similar issues here in Philadelphia. Every time I call my parents they st I sound static-y. I tried calling them on my wife's iPhone 4 and they said it was better but still not great. Woner if it's a combination of the network and the phone's radio?
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You guys are probably just in a bad reception area. I know specifically a few areas where i know better to make calls as they will just drop or have terrible reception on any device, just how it works. Now if i was in a known good cell reception area and having these issues, then i would look towards the phone. I've been to many college campus and actually found they all have pretty bad cell reception all over for who knows why. Just some food for thought...
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You guys are probably just in a bad reception area. I know specifically a few areas where i know better to make calls as they will just drop or have terrible reception on any device, just how it works. Now if i was in a known good cell reception area and having these issues, then i would look towards the phone. I've been to many college campus and actually found they all have pretty bad cell reception all over for who knows why. Just some food for thought...
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Bad reception area in the the second largest city in my state on a college campus with a -54 dBm signal strength and a repeated problem in two other cities each with -79+ signal? Not likely. Turned out to be hardware. New HOX+ came in today and it works totally fine. It is a refurb though :/ Oh well! It works when both new ones didn't. I'll give it a few days to test out before I go ahead and do the bootloader unlock. Thanks for your input guys. Must have been the antenna messing up with it. I called the ATT rep to put in for the exchange and she told me she couldn't understand me. I told her that was the problem. haha
Is anyone else experiencing dropped calls on their S4? I can't have a conversation without dropping calls. This is my second phone already had one replaced.
john7760 said:
Is anyone else experiencing dropped calls on their S4? I can't have a conversation without dropping calls. This is my second phone already had one replaced.
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Nope. All seem fine and clear to me.
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Nope. All seem fine and clear to me.
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Haven't had a dropped call since I left Sprint
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john7760 said:
Is anyone else experiencing dropped calls on their S4? I can't have a conversation without dropping calls. This is my second phone already had one replaced.
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I'm in a difficult reception area (line of site tower is across a river in a different State). I've had problems with many phones and was very nervous when I saw that I consistently had 1 or 2 bars - usually not enough to have a decent phone conversation. I also find that the antenna is very sensitive and can suddenly drop to 2 bars even outside on a busy street. Makes me wonder....
But looking at bars and making calls are two different things. In fact, even with one bar, I've been able to make calls and have never dropped a call. I have to assume it's ok but don't feel comfortable. I was in a restaurant recently that was in a basement; my daughter's Iphone (also verizon), couldn't make a call while I could - with one bar.
On my old Samsung Droid I used to use the Signal Booster apps that found the strongest signal available. They definitely helped and although I was across the same river, I did get the best tower.
But on the S4, none of the signal boosting apps I've tried, and I've tried several, seem to have any effect. Something to do with 4.2?
I live, btw in a large metropolitan city.
I haven't had any issues with mine. Even in one spot that I could reliably drop calls with my Charge and Nexus (crest of a mountain that tended to have tough tower hand-offs), I have yet to drop a call with the S4.
Yeah no problems here for me. Sorry bro. Is your just your calls dropping or are texts and 4G reception suffering as well?
Data and sms are solid. Just calls. Weird stuff
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Thats really weird. My only idea, and this is a stretch, is maybe you check marked the "press power button to hang up" or the "turn phone face down to end call" settings, and that its hanging up because of that. Other than that, I am not really sure what to tell you.
Hi,
I am just wondering if a lot of people on Sprint has experienced a lot of unpredictable drop calls and unstable call quality?
I tried updating the phone, exchanging the phone, but the problem is still there. Is this a common defect for this specific phone? Or this is just Sprint network creating the problem?
garuda3 said:
Hi,
I am just wondering if a lot of people on Sprint has experienced a lot of unpredictable drop calls and unstable call quality?
I tried updating the phone, exchanging the phone, but the problem is still there. Is this a common defect for this specific phone? Or this is just Sprint network creating the problem?
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Most likely the network. This phone has been rock solid for me!
It has to be the network in your area...I use my phone anywhere from 5-10 thousand minutes a month. .. if I had any of those problems this phone would have gone back within a week. ... it's been very solid though.
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On the original firmware and modem I dropped 85%of calls. Then the next update mi5 got barely better. Mj4 had been much better,it still drops calls at least a couple times a day. I dropped more calls in one day on the note 3 then I did the entire time combined on my note 2.
I get 4-5 bars anywhere in my house. Mind you, I'm like 500 feet from a tower. (If they throw LTE on this tower, I'm set...)
I sometimes rock on full bars. 3G is also super strong. (2mbp/s on CDMA 3g? Not too bad)
But generally speaking, My Note 3 has none of these issues. Sprint is known for their voice clarity. Note 3 enforces this.
garuda3 said:
Hi,
I am just wondering if a lot of people on Sprint has experienced a lot of unpredictable drop calls and unstable call quality?
I tried updating the phone, exchanging the phone, but the problem is still there. Is this a common defect for this specific phone? Or this is just Sprint network creating the problem?
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MI3 original firmware on the phone had that problem the last 2 updates MI5 and MJ4 they don't have that issue.... Try doing a ##72786# so you can get the signal refresh
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MI3 original firmware on the phone had that problem the last 2 updates MI5 and MJ4 they don't have that issue.... Try doing a ##72786# so you can get the signal refresh
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I tried that already. But the call quality is still really unstable. Now I really don't know what to do. Perhaps I should exchange the phone to Galaxy s4?
garuda3 said:
I tried that already. But the call quality is still really unstable. Now I really don't know what to do. Perhaps I should exchange the phone to Galaxy s4?
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Considering your problem is probably the Sprint tower in your area, you would most likely be spinning your wheels. Take your phone to your local Sprint dealer to see if they can suggest anything. If they can't help you, try a different carrier if the problem persists.
I've had issues where I place a call and there is no tone or anything, however the recipient's phone rings like normal, but when answering can't hear anything either.. I'm kinda of disappointed with call issues on this phone, because otherwise it's a beast.
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