I'm from Ukraine. A similar problem. During the day, LTE can be disconnected up to 5-6 times. So it can be argued that this is an iphone problem !!!
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A little time on google revealed 100s of similar complaints about Samsung S20. The problems sound very similar to the ones here. Here is one interesting sample:
"Same issue here in the UK with Vodafone. I've only really noticed since the last update. Both calls & data affected, I definitely have service & the phone shows I have service but won't do anything, when I put on flight mode & then take off flight mode it works.. my other half has the same phone with the latest update but is with EE & it doesn't have the problem. Tried resetting network settings, didn't help. I love the phone other than this but it's basically unusuable!!"
"Same issue here in the UK with Vodafone. I've only really noticed since the last update. Both calls & data affected, I definitely have service & the phone shows I have service but won't do anything, when I put on flight mode & then take off flight mode it works.. my other half has the same phone with the latest update but is with EE & it doesn't have the problem. Tried resetting network settings, didn't help. I love the phone other than this but it's basically unusuable!!"
Y’all guess what modem is used in the galaxy S20? Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G Modem (SDX55) for US
and Exynos 990 for Europe and Asia...
and Exynos 990 for Europe and Asia...
Update for the wife’s 12 pro max, since launch she hasn’t lost signal yet and we live in the same house
You may be on to something! Hubby and I have 12 pro max's and we are not having any issues at all. Phones set to 4G only. So back to why I asked, why are some having issues and some are not?
I’m with ya...
I’m with you, Hopefully IOS 14.3 updates modem firmware and carrier and things settle.. if not
I’m with you, Hopefully IOS 14.3 updates modem firmware and carrier and things settle.. if not
From things I've seen over the years, usually silence means they have an issue they don't want the public to know about. Personally I think Verizon made 2 pretty big blunders in the recent past, the first being shutting down a lot of its 3g network, the second, deploying a 5g network that only travels a few hundred feet from each tower. I have no way of knowing this for sure, but it just seems that we have phones that are trying to connect to 5g and trying to change to 4g way too often. There seems to be a problem in the switching going on with the iphones. Is it just a coincidence that Verizon decided to deploy Sub-6 5G the same time that Apple released the new iphones?
Based on that, I honestly think that it's not a Verizon nor Apple issue in itself but a combination of the two.
For what it's worth, I have had none of these issues using Android phones with T-Mobile. None!
Some aren't so fortunate. From the Samsung community forum:
"T-Mobile has been trying for 2 days to get my new Ultra Note 20 to work. I couldn't make a small emergency call not even 24 hours after buying the phone. I suddenly lose any ability to recieve or place calls/texts. They have changed me to 4G only I feel I've paid for a phone that doesn't work. I have bought Samsung for years and very disappointed. They have offered me a new Note 20 but also telling me the problem is with Samsung??? Frustrated."
Verizon closed the second service ticket for the replacement phone that is also having issues saying “your location has poor signal” which a.) isn’t true b.) goes against what their own website says for my address c.) doesn’t matter because other devices don’t have this issue including the watch on my wrist d.) Verizon said was not the issue in the last service ticket and e.) the issue happens literally anywhere I go, including right next to a cell tower with 5 bars. I just contacted them and they’ve reopened the ticket.
My biggest question is why are calls dropping even when I have WiFi calling on and gigabit WiFi connected that works perfectly. Surely it should be switching to the WiFi calling if the signal is in any way related to the issue.
My biggest question is why are calls dropping even when I have WiFi calling on and gigabit WiFi connected that works perfectly. Surely it should be switching to the WiFi calling if the signal is in any way related to the issue.
Seems Verizon is trying to cover their a** now until they/apple can fix the problem. So what’s their fix? continue swapping already returned phones that pass their “refurbishing” test out until we get one that works? There is no way they are replacing these phones with brand never opened new devices...
Basically the plan you just said is what they are doing. Replace the sim, if that doesn’t work, replace the phone, then replace the sim, then the phone again, and so on. With the hope you eventually end up with both a non-defective phone and a non-defective sim. Absolutely insane. I will say though, the replacement phone I received was not packaged as new, but included the sticker that would typically come on the packaging and appeared to be brand new based on the cleanliness and condition compared to replacements I’ve received in the past for other phones.
That’s just wonderful news... I’m reading over on apple forum this is a widespread multi country thing.
Apple is gonna loose thousands of loyal customers if they don’t acknowledge this and get it worked out.
Can you link that? I’ve been trying to search their forums for similar threads but their search filter is crap. Main reason I’ve been sticking to this site.
Apple is really going to suffer if they don’t acknowledge the issue. As someone who had the Note 7 during the initial replacement and then full recall, I will never return to the Note. So I can’t imagine the impact apple will see if they continue to mishandle this.
Im going to “link” it below as to not violate any Mac rumors terms if they are any. Read between the lines per say
discussions dot apple dot com/thread/251968761
Sure, I don't doubt there are defective phones out there, but judging from the amount and type of complaints from Verizon customers compared to others, especially T-Mobile customers, there really seems to be something terribly wrong with the way their network is interacting with these phones.
I have the iPhone 12 on Verizon. Since purchasing it I’ve had constant issues with connection randomly stippling. Once I turned off 5g and switched to LTE only, all my connection issues to data went away.
Lmao. Not even 10 mins after this software update boom no service 😂
to chime in again. Everything seemed to be back to normal. No drops. When I came back from Mexico and was on 14.2. All the spots I was losing service and had to toggle airplane mode, were totally FINE. Then, I updated automatically to 14.2.1 and we are back to no service in those drop spots. THUS, I really don’t think it’s the hardware. It’s gotta be the software and Verizon’s 5G network.