Network Issues All of a Sudden??

[yeah yeah]

All,
Been having some crazy issues with my S3 all of a sudden. At home (Northern VA), have a strong 4G signal. Never been a problem. They recently expanded the LTE coverage around the way, so I'm getting a strong LTE signal. Earlier this week, I had to head out to San Diego for work, and LTE is all over the place. No issue. I come home yesterday, now my phone is struggling to even keep any signal. Most of the time, I have no signal at all now. Reboot. Airplane mode. Mobile Data. I turn all of those off/on, but still, nothing. It's strange. I can see my phone go from full bars of 4G to nothing at all. Has this ever happened?

 

[yeah yeah]

Disregard....popped the SIM in and out. Up and running.

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[winmod21]

yeah, yeah, but I wonder what actually caused the poor reception issue?either during your trip home or after arriving back in Virginia?that you had to then remedy by popping your sim in & out? Good for you, way to go with your troubleshooting.

 

[yeah yeah]

I take it back. All the problems started back again. Popped the SIM but it didn't fix it this time. Anyone got any suggestions? Going from no LTE to barely holding a 4g signal. Goes from 4 bars to nothing. Started minutes ago. Wasn't doing but some texts.

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[brkaras]

I take it back. All the problems started back again. Popped the SIM but it didn't fix it this time. Anyone got any suggestions? Going from no LTE to barely holding a 4g signal. Goes from 4 bars to nothing. Started minutes ago. Wasn't doing but some texts.

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You have LTE in your area already?

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[yeah yeah]

Yep. Or had anyway. My phone can barely hold any signal. Just did a factory wipe, nope didn't fix anything.
I powered off, popped the sim. Powered back. Received the Insert SIM message, powered back off. Popped the sim back in, powered on, nothing. I read that may work. And yeah, did a factory reset in case something may have been corrupted, but that was a waste. Lol, can't download Flash Player from the market anymore. Any tips??

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[brkaras]

Yep. Or had anyway. My phone can barely hold any signal. Just did a factory wipe, nope didn't fix anything.

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That's really bizarre! I'm in Milwaukee and my LTE signal is solid no matter what part of city I'm in

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[yeah yeah]

Ok. Thia is ridiculous. Look at all the red. I'm typing this with no signal either.

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[brkaras]

Ok. Thia is ridiculous. Look at all the red. I'm typing this with no signal either.

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I'm calling a network issue more than phone issue.

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[yeah yeah]

Aanyway I can verify? It's about every couple of minutes, I lose all signal for minutes.

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[brkaras]

Aanyway I can verify? It's about every couple of minutes, I lose all signal for minutes.

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Call AT&T that's the best you can do at this point

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[yeah yeah]

Spoke to AT&T and they're shipping out a new S3. That's good, but wonder what the problem is...

 

[brkaras]

Spoke to AT&T and they're shipping out a new S3. That's good, but wonder what the problem is...

Could be anything...bad SIM card, software issues, hardware issues. Just be aware they are going to send you a refurbished phone

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[yeah yeah]

I should be getting my replacement tomorrow. I believe I'm having network issues. I'll be able to hopefully confirm tomorrow. Seems the LTE that was deployed around the area may be weak? I think my phone keeps dropping signal because it keeps failing when connecting to the LTE. I could be wrong. The 4G signal appears to be the same (4 bars) while the LTE was (2-3 bars). I was running good not too long ago, but now, dropping every couple of minutes. When I go to the battery, I'm at 10% Time Without Signal. My wife's contract with Sprint ends in January and I was going to switch her to my AT&T. But if this keeps happening, I may have to leave AT&T. What do you guys think?

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