s3 signal not that great what else to get - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

For work I drive in fringe areas and 250 mile trip my s3 was dropping a lot of calls I would say 12 times.
I called vzw and they sent a replacement now I'm about half the drop calls I had before.
What do you guys suggest for a good signal phone?
I was looking at motto hd maxx

Have you tried flashing a new modem?
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Have you tried flashing a new modem?
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Have not tried to flash a new modem. I figured it's the antenna in it and could not be fixed

i get great reception. running cleanrom 5.5.1 and the k3 radio

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i get great reception. running cleanrom 5.5.1 and the k3 radio
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I will have to root this replacement s3 I got and try your suggestion.
Thanks

the k3 radio should be rolling out in the jellybean update today OTA. maybe wait and see how it is. if you are not opposed to rooting and unlocking the bootloader then i highly recommend cleanrom.

Motorola is a great phone for reception, probably the best imo.

Regardless of the radio on a GS3, it simply doesn't get the same reception some Motorola and Apple phones get... At my house, with the newest radio, I have to go outside in one particular area and stand still to make a call. With my old Droid 2 and my iPhone 4S I could easily walk around, inside and outside and keep a phone call with minimal issues.
The new radio helped mind you, i'm not out of signal 30% of the time now.... but it's still not quite there.

It's different for everyone. I get the same as my HTC incredible. I tested and compared before and after. Like others have said, maybe a different modem will help.
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Polymira said:
Regardless of the radio on a GS3, it simply doesn't get the same reception some Motorola and Apple phones get... At my house, with the newest radio, I have to go outside in one particular area and stand still to make a call. With my old Droid 2 and my iPhone 4S I could easily walk around, inside and outside and keep a phone call with minimal issues.
The new radio helped mind you, i'm not out of signal 30% of the time now.... but it's still not quite there.
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I agree. I work on a wind farm and my co workers have iPhones. They get better service than I do and I've gone through every modem out there.
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xbiker321 said:
I agree. I work on a wind farm and my co workers have iPhones. They get better service than I do and I've gone through every modem out there.
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As someone has said, it is different for everyone. At my office everyone has Android except 1 person. The iphone user struggles with signal there while the majority of Android users have a fairly strong signal, including me with both of my S3's. One is stock, one is CleanRom.

xbiker321 said:
I agree. I work on a wind farm and my co workers have iPhones. They get better service than I do and I've gone through every modem out there.
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I love the s3 but not getting a decent signal to talk in fringe area is killing it for me.

I get pretty bad and bipolar reception on my s3. Flashed every modem so far. The phone just doesn't have the best antennae. Pretty sure that's been established.
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I get pretty bad and bipolar reception on my s3. Flashed every modem so far. The phone just doesn't have the best antennae. Pretty sure that's been established.
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Motorolas tend to bre a bit better based on my experience (and looking at signal strengths, data spedd, etc...). But I really like this phone and I'm in a decent enough signal area for this not to be a factor. My wifes iPhone is actually a bit worse than my S3.
Should've seen the Galaxy Nexus... That phone was horrible. I thin it's a Samsung thing.

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I get pretty bad and bipolar reception on my s3. Flashed every modem so far. The phone just doesn't have the best antennae. Pretty sure that's been established.
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This has been established for 3 years lol. Samsung makes the most feature rich phone but just doesn't do the best radios. My wife's does better than her nexus did, but still worse than my rezound with my radio combination in her terrible service area. But, it still is the best Samsung she has had as far as reception on a Samsung goes... In her ****ty service area.

Called vzw to see if I could swap phones I told them.id like to swap my s3 for the moto hd.
The lady helping tried her best but her supervisor only wanted to swap an original razr maxx.
I told her I didnt think that was a fair trade and then she pulled up a comparison and agreed with me.
Her hands were tied so what do you do

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Called vzw to see if I could swap phones I told them.id like to swap my s3 for the moto hd.
The lady helping tried her best but her supervisor only wanted to swap an original razr maxx.
I told her I didnt think that was a fair trade and then she pulled up a comparison and agreed with me.
Her hands were tied so what do you do
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You call back and reach another rep.
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Wait a few hours and call back. I tried the keep calling back thing when I was trying to get my upgrade moved up 1 week so I could get the SGS3 and they started saying when I asked about an early upgrade that since I wanted the GS3 they couldn't do it and then started saying no to an early upgrade.
I'm right there with the OP on the terrible reception. I've had Samsung phones before and they all were bad compared to Moto, but the GS3 is the worst I have had. I never had the Nexus so I don't know how bad it was but this is terrible. I constantly have to move my phone around and around and hit resend at least 5 times for every text. Phone calls rarely happen because they just won't come through. I find out after I leave the house that someone had called and left a message. If I make a call I have to walk around in my yard until it finally picks up a signal. Its very very sad that this phone has such ****ty reception because its such a great phone.
OP, if you want to switch wait until the evening shift and call until you get someone extremely friendly. That's what's always worked best when I have had a problem with anything. Any time I have called in the middle of the day for anything they are always assholes and don't really care what your problem is.
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I just got back from visiting my mom down in Cochran. I live in Warner Robins and in Cochran my wife's gs3 had kicked to 3g at 600 kb dl speeds and on my rezound with my radio layout I was still able to pull 6 mb dl on 4g. I was able to maintain 4g. I also had 3 bars of service and 4g and in the house she had 1 bar of service and 0 data. Just signal for a call or text.
Basically it was such a large difference that my parents, as much as they like the gs3, will not even be able to buy one due to signal alone. They are gonna try out some razr hds possibly next week so next time I'm down I fan kinda get a better comparison seeing as how my rezound is far from stock lol. Wife's gs3 is bone stock no root ota jellybean

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This phone has issues. Tmo says no calls lately?

I had to call tmo today to order a 3rd set of g2x.
Reboots and freezing have gotten out of hand.
I had a Rep tell me they have not gotten calls about the issues recently and thought they were just about ironed out.
I got a real bad retention agent who basically said go elsewhere.
Really. But even she was better than Verizon.
I called back about my bill and got a great agent who read the notes from retention I think as she knew we both were having issues.
The transfer went from customer support to loyalty.
Loyalty sent 2 new phones out today. Same day.
This will be our 3rd set of g2x.
Tmo claims call ins are down. Complaints too.
I hope these phones work or we will have to look at sensations.
We love the phones. Not the problems.
And don't want sensations.
Why the heck is tmo not getting the galaxy s2?
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Did you try factory data reset ?
That seems to work on some of the phones that are having reboot problems.
I'm on my 3rd G2X and the only problem I've had with all 3 is poor data reception
at my work location. (while the MyTouch 4g does just fine there)
I returned my phone to TMo for a refund over a week ago but Craigslist
got to me in when I saw a G2X for $260 so I'm back.
Too bad this phone is only capable of 14mbps.
I'm definitely down for getting a Sensation though.
I'll just get one off Craigslist.
Anyone see anywhere what speed the Sensation can do ?
TMo will doubtless get the Galaxy S II, dont worry.
The Sammysung Hawk is going to be 21 mbps buts it not dual core.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsu...ile-june-8th-offers-solid-mid-range-4g-device
I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and was aware that the backlight bleeding is not a known issue. Although they always seem to take care of me. Shout out to John.
going_home said:
Did you try factory data reset ?
That seems to work on some of the phones that are having reboot problems.
I'm on my 3rd G2X and the only problem I've had with all 3 is poor data reception
at my work location. (while the MyTouch 4g does just fine there)
I returned my phone to TMo for a refund over a week ago but Craigslist
got to me in when I saw a G2X for $260 so I'm back.
Too bad this phone is only capable of 14mbps.
I'm definitely down for getting a Sensation though.
I'll just get one off Craigslist.
Anyone see anywhere what speed the Sensation can do ?
TMo will doubtless get the Galaxy S II, dont worry.
The Sammysung Hawk is going to be 21 mbps buts it not dual core.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsu...ile-june-8th-offers-solid-mid-range-4g-device
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Yeah I did the volume down and power. Also from settings.
I love the phone. I just think its a shame it has such issues.
The sensation looks good but imagine how long updates may take with all that extra stuff in sense
I am a fan of touchwiz. I don't know why. But after my vibrant I'm sketchy on relying on Samsung for updates.
And I hate kies.
But the gs2 looks so damn good I'm not sure you would care about the update
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I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and was aware that the backlight bleeding is not a known issue. Although they always seem to take care of me. Shout out to John.
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Some agents more than others.
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I've read in 2reviews the g2x outperforms the galaxy s2 in games and playing flash.
So I would like to keep it if I can get one that works right
And with a better gpu shouldn't the g2x run smoother over all?
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My phone has some hellacious troubles with lost signal. I did the GB leak update, but that didn't take care of it. I drove from my house in Chicago to one of the burbs to check out a Sammy Charge from Verizon and the phone lost signal at least a half dozen times. On the way back, the Charge didn't lose signal once. Don't know if it's faulty software when it transitions from "4G" to lower speeds, bad radio driver or bad antenna design. This is basically a good phone, but dropping calls when I'm driving is simply not acceptable when my N1 and now the Charge don't have the problem, driving the exact same routes.
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My phone has some hellacious troubles with lost signal. I did the GB leak update, but that didn't take care of it. I drove from my house in Chicago to one of the burbs to check out a Sammy Charge from Verizon and the phone lost signal at least a half dozen times. On the way back, the Charge didn't lose signal once. Don't know if it's faulty software when it transitions from "4G" to lower speeds, bad radio driver or bad antenna design. This is basically a good phone, but dropping calls when I'm driving is simply not acceptable when my N1 and now the Charge don't have the problem, driving the exact same routes.
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Yeah I have bad signal too.
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mr.orange303 said:
I've read in 2reviews the g2x outperforms the galaxy s2 in games and playing flash.
So I would like to keep it if I can get one that works right
And with a better gpu shouldn't the g2x run smoother over all?
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SGS2 has better graphics processor and cpu
Sensation peaks at only 14.4 galaxy 2 hits 21.1 (all samsung tmo android phones have this peak spread from now on ..until they get faster anyway )
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VICosPhi said:
SGS2 has better graphics processor and cpu
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This is simply false. The Orion is 1.2 Ghz which is why the OS feels snappier. Android doesn't use the GPU for accelerated graphics except in a few apps. Honeycomb is the first OS that really pushes GPU acceleration.
Go on Youtube and compare 3D games between both phones and see which one lags out and stumbles to keep up. Hint (it isn't the G2x)
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SGS2 has better graphics processor and cpu
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Pcmag again reiterated the g2x has the better gpu. Plays games and flash better than the gs2
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Why do people keep swapping phones?!?!? Seriously? There hasn't been any new OS updates from T-Mobile/LG so you're not going to get a different software experience. I am waiting for an update - if the update doesn't fix it then I can say it's a faulty hardware. Also the leaked GB is useless as it uses the same baseband and kernel as our current system. If you flash Cyanogenmod and still get reboots then you might have a faulty phone as that's a completely separate kernel.
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Why do people keep swapping phones?!?!? Seriously? There hasn't been any new OS updates from T-Mobile/LG so you're not going to get a different software experience. I am waiting for an update - if the update doesn't fix it then I can say it's a faulty hardware. Also the leaked GB is useless as it uses the same baseband and kernel as our current system. If you flash Cyanogenmod and still get reboots then you might have a faulty phone as that's a completely separate kernel.
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Because overall it may be justifiable.
Not all phones have problems.
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thubderbolt best 4g Verizon phone?

ok guys i need ur gelp, i only got a 1/2 hour to decide. i found a great deal on a tb but i dont know if i should get it.
are you guys happy with the phone?
would u get a diff 4g phone
how is the batt?
a list of pros n cons would be great
might buy it for 175 used. i got burn with the fascinate and i dont wanna do the same.
tge reason i want a 4g phone is to lock in unlimited 4g before the limited plans get in.
Best 4g lte phone imo. Just make sure to get an extended battery down the road.
Great speeds
OK screen
Great dev support
Not so great battery life on standard battery
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Get the damn TB. Put some BAMF on it. Enjoy.
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I can usually get from 8-16 hours from the thunderbolt on the standard battery, depending on use of course. I am sitting in wifi mostly, running das Bamf 1.8.6 right now. Over the weekend, I got 28 hours on a single charge on 3G, but I didn't use it much at all - just emails, a few websites but there was about an hour of pandora in there.
If you're interested in rooting/ROMing, I think the TB is definitely the best choice
I thought the Samsung phone was pretty good. Ofcourse I am not sure if it is worth the extra money, it probably sells for more than TB.
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Not saying this cause I own one, thunderbolt hands down. The development community alone should be enough to make it the most appealing LTE device.
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I was wondering the same thing. Hardware wise the charge is superior but developer wise the thunderbolt has more support. I bought my tbolt used in like new condition for $350. The price jacked up once the tiered data plans were leaked. At $175 check to make sure the esn is clean and then go for it!
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I thought the Samsung phone was pretty good. Ofcourse I am not sure if it is worth the extra money, it probably sells for more than TB.
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Samsung and I are not friends. Innovative products, poor product support. Their way of fixing things is releasing a new device. This has been my experience anyway.
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Not to be rude but no peons or cons list?
And as far as you guys know what exactly is grandfather in?
If I have unlimited data and I choose to upgrade later to a 4g non contract would I keep unlimited?
jonagpa said:
Not to be rude but no peons or cons list?
And as far as you guys know what exactly is grandfather in?
If I have unlimited data and I choose to upgrade later to a 4g non contract would I keep unlimited?
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According to what's been floating around so far yes you do.
I also gave you two cons in my reply. Want me to start making up stuff?
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According to what's been floating around so far yes you do.
I also gave you two cons in my reply. Want me to start making up stuff?
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No, hahah sorry kinda stressed out abou it for some reason
I am getting it just in case they say u can't be grandfathered in for the 4g. I don't even have 4g here but 4g is the future and I only pay 10 for unlimited ( I got this crazy promotional deal last November) n I don't wanna lose it when I do get 4g around here.
I have to say I'm impressed with the Thunderbolt, and I'm not an Android guy. Well Im totally an Android guy, now. If I had gotten any other phone available currently, I would have passed it off in a week.
The thunderbolt's quality combined with developer support and the online community just form a smartphone-holy trinity.
I have an iPad 2, iPad, iPhone 4, and Thunderbolt. The short battery life the first three days was a con. Then I started customizing my settings, and about 3 hours after ordering an extended battery I realized "Oh ****, I've been pushing this dude pretty hard for 10 hours."
Needless to say, I only use it when I'm going to be out all night and she's pretty enough that I may not charge it first thing in the morning.
Rooted Thunderbolt on BAMF Sense 3.0 RC 4 with MR2 radio and latest dreamKernel.
By the way, I see you're in Queens. I work in Long Island City and get great 4g speeds. About 25 down and 5 up.
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Not to be rude but no peons or cons list?
And as far as you guys know what exactly is grandfather in?
If I have unlimited data and I choose to upgrade later to a 4g non contract would I keep unlimited?
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you keep unlimited as long as you keep your plan (3g/4g doesn't make a difference), they have said that as long as you are unlimited with smartphone data, you are good (according to engadget). If you change your base plan in any way, then you will lose the unlimited data.
Thunderbolt is a great phone with minor hiccups stock. Charge has better battery life and a better screen. Thunderbolt has a lot better dev support as do most htc products. Thunderbolt comes with 40gb total memory, not sure about the Charge.
Every Charge I've played with has just dragged. I attribute it to the way Samsung distributed the ram. Their battery life sucks too. I can get 2 days out of my TB. I've used a Charge that regularly loses 40% in 3 hours.
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Thunderbolt is a great phone with minor hiccups stock. Charge has better battery life and a better screen. Thunderbolt has a lot better dev support as do most htc products. Thunderbolt comes with 40gb total memory, not sure about the Charge.
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Why do HTC phones have better dev support, just curious? This is my first Android phone, so forgive me if I am missing something obvious here, could have googled it, etc. Thanks!
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I love my thunderbolt. I bought it used for $350 went to verizon to activate told him it was used and he asked if I wanted insurance. I said sure. Had an issue that was within 14 days of purchase and they gave me a new in box. Yeah I know people will ***** I screwed verizon but people have a job and should be trained. Since I have had no problems, love the Roms put out and 4g is great.
I can't believe that nobody had mentioned that the.TB is the only verizon phone with voice and simultaneous data thanks to its dual antennas.
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I like my TB, but this is my first Android phone so I can't really compare. People have gone over the pros for the phone, and I agree with them. Here are a couple of potential cons. #1 is the phone sound quality. I personally don't find it that great, and to me Verizon iPhone (my wife has one) sounds better. I thought the phone amp was such a basic part that it should never be an issue, but surprisingly it is an issue for me. #2 is the 4g battery drain bug. The good thing is that not everyone has it, and I hope MR2 radio finally fixes it (testing that right now). Other than that it has been a great phone for me, and I am definitely enjoying the dev support, thanks to the devs and people offering help on this forum!
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I like my TB, but this is my first Android phone so I can't really compare. People have gone over the pros for the phone, and I agree with them. Here are a couple of potential cons. #1 is the phone sound quality. I personally don't find it that great, and to me Verizon iPhone (my wife has one) sounds better. I thought the phone amp was such a basic part that it should never be an issue, but surprisingly it is an issue for me. #2 is the 4g battery drain bug. The good thing is that not everyone has it, and I hope MR2 radio finally fixes it (testing that right now). Other than that it has been a great phone for me, and I am definitely enjoying the dev support, thanks to the devs and people offering help on this forum!
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It will sound better if you pull the kickstand out, even if that's a little inconvenient.

How many replacements ?

How many replacements have you guys have been given? I just got my 8th for reception and battery issues and now it doesn't even connect to anything (btw i got it on wednesday).
Am i the only one that needs to get replacements all the time for the same issues?
still on my 1st one, only had it a month though. No problems that I have noticed.
I'm still on my 1st one that I pre-ordered in June. Haven't had any issues with it.
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On my first one. Got it on October 20. No reception issues at all.
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On my first one still, thought it has a yellow tint.
I guess i have all the bad luck then ):
Also had mine since July 10th. No issues I just wish the gps was as good as my old iPhone
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i think i might have to go back to a iPhone ,:c
on my third. First one had that screen gap issue, except it was heavily noticeable (1-2mm on the bottom). Second one had signal issues. Current one is OK, but is kind of crap in 3g areas. I can handle it though due to the fact im mostly around 4g.
On my first one that I preordered in June. Only issue I had was with Wi-Fi failing to connect 6/10 tries however JB has completely resolved my prior Wi-Fi connectivity issues.
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My next phone will be either the s4 or iPhone 5s (for sure if untethered jailbreak comes out). I just love Torrenting movies on my s3 and tethering to my nexus 7 I already pay verizon enough I might as well use the data as I want
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CovXX, dont worry...its not just you. I came from a Gnex then got upgraded for free to this phone. I had to get 23 replacements in less than 2 months. More than half didn't even turn on out of the box. After the 4th replacement, I opened the phone at a Verizon store itself so that they knew I wasn't lying. After that many, I tried a different store, and they offered to give me a GS3 for no cost and no contract extension. Awesome right? In my experience the replacements are pure crap. I think they just get other people's phones, and send them right back out again. One even had someones contacts on them...its a bit maddening.
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i think i might have to go back to a iPhone ,:c
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yeah....dont do that.
Im on my 3rd, only 1 was a faulty phone. The other 2 were from me bricking it iirc lol
If you had battery issues for all 8 replacments, I have a feeling its yoyr battery not the phone. Try going to the verizon store ask for a new battery.
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On my first one. Got it on October 20. No reception issues at all.
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Really? Because I swear you were claiming reception issues in the thread when everyone was trying for Note 2s.
OP, it took me two replacements before I was offered alternate replacements. If that's what you want, just ask for it. The antenna in the sg3 is sub optimal in certain circumstances, it's more than likely not something you can fix with a replacement sg3.
I went through 4 gnexii before I demanded a different phone and got the s3. Used that for an hour before the screen backlight basically died and refused to come on. 2nd s3 seems to be doing good so far.
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I've tried to get a n2 or something else but they keep denying me. I gotta fight with them on this one, i can't even use my phone right now as a phone its basically a tablet. I've had different battery's as well but nothing seems to fix my issues. To the guy who said no to the iPhone; even though its not as powerful or free i'd love to have to deal with apple more then vzw and sammy; i was upgraded from a 3GS to a 4 for no cost by them at my 5 replacment. Samsung wants me to send my phone out for 2 weeks which isn't happening. So i guess i have to fight with vzw for hours or something? Anyone want to give me some tips on how to get them to slide with me?
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I've tried to get a n2 or something else but they keep denying me. I gotta fight with them on this one, i can't even use my phone right now as a phone its basically a tablet. I've had different battery's as well but nothing seems to fix my issues. To the guy who said no to the iPhone; even though its not as powerful or free i'd love to have to deal with apple more then vzw and sammy; i was upgraded from a 3GS to a 4 for no cost by them at my 5 replacment. Samsung wants me to send my phone out for 2 weeks which isn't happening. So i guess i have to fight with vzw for hours or something? Anyone want to give me some tips on how to get them to slide with me?
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I'm on my 4th replacement for my s3. I was told and noted in my account that one of the tech2 supervisor that I was approved for a Razr Maxx HD. So, all I was waiting for was my replacements to get back to Verizon. Called back up about week later, one of them came in. The customer service rep then transfered me to tier 2 tech. Then, it all just went downhill from there. He is saying, that his supervisor can't approve me for my razr Maxx HD which I was already approved for by someone else. I called back the next day and it's the same thing. So, I just gave up. The only issue I am having with my s3 is the wifi. If my s3 is connected to my wifi it will sometimes take down my whole wifi network. And what's also strange is that whenever the phone is idle and I go to pick up the phone and use the Internet on my wifi while it's connected. It takes the phone 30secs-1min for me to connect to the Internet. It's not my router cause I never had any issues with any of my other phones that I previously had.
All I can say is good luck on them trying to get you to switch to another phone. They wanted to offer me a gnex or Rezound as a replacement for this s3. Like Verizon wanted me to downgrade my phone. Screw them.
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im on #3
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Wow that's crazy. I'm going to try my hardest and if not get the bbb on my side
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need some help

Sadly my gs3 is still constantly dropping calls and I was offered a replacement, what would be a good phone to replace this amazing phone. I really love my S3 but cant really live with dropped calls due to my job.
nervana1 said:
Sadly my gs3 is still constantly dropping calls and I was offered a replacement, what would be a good phone to replace this amazing phone. I really love my S3 but cant really live with dropped calls due to my job.
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Replace it with an S3.
Wish it was like that, I have tried 5 different S3's and they all still get no more than 2-3 dropped calls per day, also get very low signal. Wish the phone didnt have such a weak radio.
If you can handle the size, the note two is the best device on the market imho. You might want to get one fast before Verizon patches the exploit that was just released by Adam.
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nervana1 said:
Sadly my gs3 is still constantly dropping calls and I was offered a replacement, what would be a good phone to replace this amazing phone. I really love my S3 but cant really live with dropped calls due to my job.
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Galaxy note 2?
nervana1 said:
Sadly my gs3 is still constantly dropping calls and I was offered a replacement, what would be a good phone to replace this amazing phone. I really love my S3 but cant really live with dropped calls due to my job.
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Verizon offered you a replacement?
If so you'll more then likely they will give you another s3
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Will give them a call and ask about the Note 2, I asked for a DNA but saw how slow it is and opted to hold out, I got the S3 for N times refurbished and they all had the same problem. They did try to paint it a diff color by saying that Samsung had released a new version of it post Sept.
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[Q] AT&T Software Update

I'm curious if anybody else is having an issue with AT&T Software Update. I go into Settings, then click on AT&T Software Update, then of course "Check for Updates". It then spins on Checking for new software update now, for a few seconds, then goes back to the "Check for Updates" screen. But never reports back there are no updates available like before. Has been happening since Friday Afternoon.
Steps to solving this issue
Look at yourself in the mirror and say with pride att sucks and I will not wait for their update
Than after having an epiphany go root and flash a custom Rom
Breathe your first breath of freedom air
Sit back and enjoy
Answer me this, I wanna do CM10.1, but what is the best kernel for battery life?
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GoDucks1078 said:
Answer me this, I wanna do CM10.1, but what is the best kernel for battery life?
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Sigh. I've gotten 36 hours on cm10 with no special kernel or software.. Just stock cm10. I find it funny how people say sense has better battery life, then they complain about a 20 hour charge (which is still pretty good for using it) but I can easily get that 20+ hours on aosp
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Are you LTE? Just curious, since we switched to LTE in the Portland Market, my battery has been atrocious...
LTE will always affect battery, specially since it goes in and out all the time
DvineLord said:
LTE will always affect battery, specially since it goes in and out all the time
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LTE doesn't affect battery life like you'd think. What do you mean it goes in and out all the time? I'm constantly on a LTE signal in the metro Atlanta area and it never goes out. Unless you are talking about when a phone call is made. It does switch to 3G for that but goes back to LTE as soon as I hang up. I actually get better battery life on LTE opposed to when I'm out of town and have no LTE. The whole LTE is bad for battery life is way over exaggerated in my opinion.
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pside15 said:
LTE doesn't affect battery life like you'd think. What do you mean it goes in and out all the time? I'm constantly on a LTE signal in the metro Atlanta area and it never goes out. Unless you are talking about when a phone call is made. It does switch to 3G for that but goes back to LTE as soon as I hang up. I actually get better battery life on LTE opposed to when I'm out of town and have no LTE. The whole LTE is bad for battery life is way over exaggerated in my opinion.
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You just answered your own question...you live in a place with strong LTE so of course you're not "affected" but with soemone in a place with grey ares of LTE of course it will affect them ..think little one..not everyone lives in the same place with the same coverage
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You just answered your own question...you live in a place with strong LTE so of course you're not "affected" but with soemone in a place with grey ares of LTE of course it will affect them ..think little one..not everyone lives in the same place with the same coverage
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The post I quoted was a general statement that LTE goes in and out all the time, which it doesn't generally do.
..think little one..
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Not sure what to make of this. This isn't my first rodeo. Not sure why you need to make yourself feel superior.

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