Anyone Else Having Sprint GS III Radio Issues??

[Coorsleftfield]

The radio in the gs3 is identical to the radio in the evo lte. It's the same soc chip. The snapdragon IS the radio.

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[boomerbubba]

Very likely, most of the scattered "radio" problems being reported anecdotally are related to area-specific Sprint network issues, because the entire Sprint network is under construction on a rolling local basis. But we can't know for sure because Sprint is keeping mum about problems. Overall, I am optimistic about the long-term prospects for the network, but that is small solace for someone who can't connect in their area with this expensive device/service. IMHO, it is a risk to keep a phone past the 14-day trial period based on just hope. So if I were experiencing such issues, I would not commit to a new two-year contract without knowing for sure. You can always wait.

 

[Dazo]

My OG Evo had better reception. There've been times when my GTalk msgs don't get sent n I have to restart the phone.
But it's an on n off thing bcuz it works after resetting. Then at random times pictures sent in texts won't dl until I reset.
Overall, I love the phone but I didn't have these issues w my Evo. In the same area.

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[Gator352]

Comming from just about every flagship phone Sprint has/had to offer in my area:

OG Evo: Great all around phone. Worked as intended and when needed. Signal was good but software sometimes was buggy.

Evo 3D: Sucked. It just flat out sucked. I would be in my living room with 4 bars then it would go into roaming, drop my call, then back to 4 bars. This was consistant. I went through 3 Evo 3D's before Sprint told me I had to get a different phone....went to Photon.

Photon: Photon's radios are phenominal. Blur suckes and software at first were buggy but after a few updates, it workes as intended. I still use this phone.

GSII: Good phone. Radios are OK, not great. Went into roaming were I shouldn't have but it was usually short lived. Ran smooth like butter with a few quirks but nothing major.

Evo 4G LTE: Just like my Evo 3D...a dissapoinment. I like sense, but just too much bloat. Radios...eh, hit and miss for signal. It worked but needed to see if anything else was/is better.

GSIII: Just like the GSII except radios seem to be a little better. I get a stronger signal at home and wifi just blows away the competition. So far, it's a good phone that seems to work.

These are soley my opinions and under my OWN circumstances. I know some will disagree but this is how I viewed them in my particular area. I must add that all phones worked but HTC, after the OG evo, irked me. Quality seemed to drop dramatically in my opinion. So far, the GSIII has been (since yesterday), a good phone. On par with the GSII but the radios seem to be a little better. I think I will stick with phone till my next upgrade.

 

[joeydownsouth]

Its the network. I keep hearing these stories in different forums with both the GS3 and the EVO LTE. I have the GS3 and my phone works really good when I'm not at home. But when I am home my bars go up and down. My WiFi signal goes up and down as well. Then my phone goes into roaming when I have full bars on WiFi. My other phone the Photon is constantly dropping calls at home. It works good outside the house. I believe it is the Sprint network.

My phone does all this too the T, LG2 radio made it worse, im working on getting LF9 radio back as we speak.

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[QWIKSTRIKE]

agreed...GPS is absolutely amazing...I get a lock mostly in less than a second, few secs max!!


I agree...my radio, GPS, and WiFI are much better than the SGSII....I am getting 1000kbps in areas where I was struggling to get 20kbps with my sgsII...less dropped calls etc...

the radio is almost on par with the OG Evo

the GPS is a million times better than any device out there...locks within seconds...my car and portable GPS can't even do it that fast

I tested my Photon -dbm against my SG III and they are very close, or the same all of the time. Anyone having issues either has a bad phone or is in a network vision upgrade area.....you will find most GS III users love the radios of this phone, and it's gps.

 

[smooches680]

Well my radios was great the day before the official lte launch, now can't get hardly any 4g signal, I live in GA and I am pissed.

Sent from my white, sexy S3.

 

[phone-a-holic]

well I go from have 3g to 4g to no internet connection. Then I have dropped more calls since I have had the s3 than I have in the past 3 years. My phone constantly roams now. I never had problem with roaming before unless I clearly went into an area without sprint. now sitting inside any building or walking outside I can start to roam.

 

[Gator352]

well I go from have 3g to 4g to no internet connection. Then I have dropped more calls since I have had the s3 than I have in the past 3 years. My phone constantly roams now. I never had problem with roaming before unless I clearly went into an area without sprint. now sitting inside any building or walking outside I can start to roam.

Update your PRL and Profile and then restart. That sometimes does wonders. If you have done that, I would take it back and try a different phone. My GS 3 gets better reception than any other phone (except the Photon) in my area.

 

[phone-a-holic]

Update your PRL and Profile and then restart. That sometimes does wonders. If you have done that, I would take it back and try a different phone. My GS 3 gets better reception than any other phone (except the Photon) in my area.

I have done that already. I will probably return around the 6 month mark. That way all the bugs have been worked out of the shipments

 

[nelonez]

Sucks that the AT&T version doesn't have the built in radio... but seriously who need a radio when u can have Pandora....

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[trunkmonkey1972]

Are you saying other versions do have am/fm receivers? Neither CPU (quad/dual) has this radio and it's hard to imagine squeezing another chip into this sleak beauty. Internet radio would fill that need.

 

[trunkmonkey1972]

Several coworkers of mine have the GSIII, they also complain about poor signal, particularly GPS. I'm very skeptical about those saying they're not experiencing the same issues. These are the same issues I've had with my Epic 4G Touch.

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I'm coming off the original Palm Pre and therefore blissfully don't know what a quality radio is. Dang, I hope software tweaks can do something to improve this eventually. Samsung has to be getting an earful.

 

[TheMostIncredibleHulk]

This morning, on 1 bar (-95 dBm) I got 1.2 Mbps down at my place. Crazy thing is, I've been getting MAX 200, 300 Kbps. I don't know what's changed, but I'll take it

 

[albertoscln]

Yes I have the same problem with my sg3 ..sometime I have full signal sometime nothin. And I had the epic 4g touch it was the same problem. I rooted and changed the different Rom and modems but still same problem..I think Samsung is sucks I never will buy a Samsung phone no more...but u can try Motorola's phone as photon 4g is the best for signal that phone is fantastic...but in my case I will try iPhone 5

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There's no fix for this kind of phone...I had 2 already poor signal always ..sprint signal is very good. In Motorola's phones full signal and everything fast

 

[eyecon82]

Yes I have the same problem with my sg3 ..sometime I have full signal sometime nothin. And I had the epic 4g touch it was the same problem. I rooted and changed the different Rom and modems but still same problem..I think Samsung is sucks I never will buy a Samsung phone no more...but u can try Motorola's phone as photon 4g is the best for signal that phone is fantastic...but in my case I will try iPhone 5

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There's no fix for this kind of phone...I had 2 already poor signal always ..sprint signal is very good. In Motorola's phones full signal and everything fast

same thing with the iphone5 on sprint...i have both the sgsiii and that

 

[IAmSixNine]

Several coworkers of mine have the GSIII, they also complain about poor signal, particularly GPS. I'm very skeptical about those saying they're not experiencing the same issues. These are the same issues I've had with my Epic 4G Touch.

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I had the EVO LTE for 2 months before trading out to the GS3.
I have no dropped calls. Good signal, good data, LTE is way better on this. GPS has given me no issues.

 

[eyecon82]

I had the EVO LTE for 2 months before trading out to the GS3.
I have no dropped calls. Good signal, good data, LTE is way better on this. GPS has given me no issues.

yep..samsung finally fixed their radios!

 

[travishoopes]

I am having the same issues with my Galaxy S3. My wife will be walking beside me talking in the mall and I will lose signal. She is able to keep talking. Same with the mountains. She can continue to talk and I can't. We both use verizon. I spoke with they said they have not heard of the problem. The person at the verizon store

 

[ScrapMaker]

Not that I want to contribute to the flame war here, but I am experiencing similar problems as the OP. I wanted to take my phone back to Sprint to have it swapped out, because on top of major signal issues, I have extremely glaring OLED defects on my screen that I see at night. I already swapped it once, and saw no improvement on signal OR OLED problems.

Here are my issues:
- Much worse cellular signal in the same places I used my Evos... Real-world experience with dropped calls, straight-to-voicemail, and texts/mms not sent or received. I miss about 50% of my calls. Infuriating.
- BLUETOOTH is garbage on this phone. I have a Beacon BT audio cube that works from nearly 200ft on my Asus Transformer TF301, and my Evo 3D, yet, on my S3, I get audio chopping out at FIVE FEET. If I put my hand on the back the phone in a certain way, I can cause the signal to drop out entirely.
- WiFi is pretty much a joke, when compared to any other device, ever produced. The Eye-Fi SD card in my camera has literally TWICE the range. I kid you not. A WiFi antenna crammed into an SD card performs better than my $600 cell phone? Thanks Samsung
- I also have MAJOR issues handing off between EV-DO and LTE. I don't live in a market with LTE yet, but I visit them quite often. Typically when I hit an area with LTE, my phone just loses all internet connection. Not cool. I have tried various modems, and PRLs, with no luck.
- GPS antenna is WEAKER than my Evo 4G and Evo 3D. It locks fairly quickly when outdoors, however. On-par with my HTC devices.


I then got to talking to several of my friends and family, and I found out the problems weren't just with me---and they weren't limited to just the S3. I have friends with these phones that have eerily-similar problems:
Samsung Epic 4G
Samsung Galaxy S2 (Sprint)
Samsung Nexus S 4G (Sprint)
Samsung Galaxy S3 (Multiple carriers)
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Multiple carriers)

I have seen these phones deliver lackluster signal strength, _especially_ with WiFi--in person. I have now come to the conclusion that Samsung radios are inferior to the competition. Perhaps this is how they make their phones slimmer--I do not know. Coming from the older HTC Evo line of phones, I can say I am seriously disappointed with ALL radio performance in this S3, and all other Samsung Android phones I have ever touched. Sounds harsh, but I am basing this off of actually using the devices.

I am considering going into the store with a few bluetooth accessories and trying all the phones on display. I might have to switch to the HTC Evo LTE 4G. I used to be able to walk over 250-300ft away, in a giant datacenter, from my HTC Evo 3D and still get flawless stereo sound from my BbD headphones. Now I can't go over 20-30ft before losing signal completely. Static and cut-outs start at 5ft or less sometimes.

blah.