I can pinpoint when this started happening, so I can't say if it correlates with any update.
But lately I'll be doing some light browsing, no heavy downloads, where I actually have decent 3G speed on Sprint and everything is fine.
Then all of a sudden, it will switch to 4G with one or no bars of reception (-115 to -120 dB according to Network Info app) and then there is zero data flow. Not slow, just nothing will load until the browser times out.
Is anyone else experiencing this? I can go into the settings and switch to CDMA only, but I don't think I should have to do that just to have a working data signal. I imagine Sprint is trying to keep as many people off 3G as possible, but the threshold to connect to 4G is far too low.
I'm eligible for an upgrade for some reason, so I'm wondering if I should just get a new phone and forget about it. But other than this, I have no issues with the M7 so I'm trying to find if maybe there is something wonky in this individual unit. I've had this one since right near launch and this is the first phone I've kept over a year. But this is the first thing that's giving me cause to spend money on an upgrade. It's extremely annoying to be in a store trying to do research on a product only to have it jump over to 4G and leave me dead in the water.
But lately I'll be doing some light browsing, no heavy downloads, where I actually have decent 3G speed on Sprint and everything is fine.
Then all of a sudden, it will switch to 4G with one or no bars of reception (-115 to -120 dB according to Network Info app) and then there is zero data flow. Not slow, just nothing will load until the browser times out.
Is anyone else experiencing this? I can go into the settings and switch to CDMA only, but I don't think I should have to do that just to have a working data signal. I imagine Sprint is trying to keep as many people off 3G as possible, but the threshold to connect to 4G is far too low.
I'm eligible for an upgrade for some reason, so I'm wondering if I should just get a new phone and forget about it. But other than this, I have no issues with the M7 so I'm trying to find if maybe there is something wonky in this individual unit. I've had this one since right near launch and this is the first phone I've kept over a year. But this is the first thing that's giving me cause to spend money on an upgrade. It's extremely annoying to be in a store trying to do research on a product only to have it jump over to 4G and leave me dead in the water.