couldn't connect to 4G until restart?

[flipteg]

i had my phone since July 10 from Verizon. i looked at the up time and i have not restarted the phone since then. i noticed that my 4G speed has been getting slower and slower, until yesterday, it can't even keep a 4G connection. when i switch airplane mode off and on, it will get 4G for less than a minute and then switch back to 3G again. i did a speed test and downloads is at 4mbps and uploads is at less than 5mbps.

i restarted the phone and immediately, 4G speed test were at 19mbps with 8mbps upload. has anyone noticed this issue before?

 

[blade22222]

Mine dose the same thing. Just restarted this morning. Takes about a week before it starts slowing down.

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[complinitor]

This just in from VZW Tech level 2:

Samsung is aware of the issue and is rushing a patch for the S GIII. This affects phones on the CDMA/LTE platform. It will be out no later than October 1. It has to do with the phone's ability to switch between 1G/3G/4G automatically.

 

[Alewood]

Oh good, I have the problem that I will get 4G then switch to 3G but won't go back to 4G on some occasions without restarting.

 

[Mr Bigs]

My phone did this yesterday when I got it, come to think about it the one on display in the store was the same.

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[dpham00]

I just restart my phone every day. I have a similar problem with my rezound.

 

[didiwags]

The rezound was always doing it! I have hardly any issues with the GS3 compared to the rezound! I don't even think HTC acknowledged the problem!
Glad Samsung has!

 

[Kronko]

Good to hear a patch in coming but waiting until October 1st? Shut.

 

[Cherie Bennett]

I am having the same problem. I love this phone, but holding a 4G signal is a disappointment. I don't mind when I'm home, as I switch to WiFi, but any other time, I look for 4G. I'm coming from a Rezound and it never lost a 4G signal. It's been a bit frustrating. Glad to know a patch is on the way, although I wish we could get it sooner.

 

[VicVinegar]

I only had a problem for about two days, during which I did restart my S3 a few times trying to get back on 4G, but could only get 3G and saw 1x for the only time since I got this 2 weeks ago. I ended up shutting it down and leaving it for a while and then I was back on 4G once I restarted. I've been solidly on 4G ever since.