My God can someone explain this, is it a phone or network issue on my Android?

[MutantMike]

So after being a loyal IOS guy for years I grabbed an LG G2 D800 4 months ago, loved it!!!


But..............for the past 4-5 weeks here is the issue I have.



I tether (hot spot) at home on my PC and laptop, super fast not issues for the most part but when I use the actual phone for data and surfing the ATT connection drops to 4G 1-2 bars and the surfing is soooooo slow.


How could it be different for using the phone vs tethering? I kills me that I can barely use my phone for an hour at a time.


Could dropping the phone a couple of times hurt it?




Also side question, my phone got updated to 5.0.2, is there any ay to revert back to an older os?

 

[B. Diddy]

Are you using the phone to surf at the same time as it's being used as a tether? Or are you talking about other times when it's not being a tether? How's the AT&T signal in general?

Dropping a phone always has a potential for causing problems, depending on how much shock the phone's internals go through, and how often this occurs. But it's hard to imagine that a drop would cause the phone to selectively have difficulty with mobile data only when you're using the phone itself, as opposed to using it as a tether.

Downgrading the system is complicated and requires rooting, so I wouldn't recommend it at this point.