I got the Verizon carrier update last week to 19.1 and it has been a noticeable difference. Many time LTE has gone down to 3G in spots where it never had before.
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Signal is worse on 8.3 on Verizon
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My data speeds at home are continually getting worse. I've gone from 15Mb down to 1-2 down. Verizon sent me a replacement phone and it has the same issue. I was hoping the phone would ship with 8.2 so i could test the speeds before the 8.3 update, but it shipped with 8.3.
I got the latest carrier update and it made no difference. LTE is virtually unusable to me in many areas now,a nd it used to work great there.
I got the latest carrier update and it made no difference. LTE is virtually unusable to me in many areas now,a nd it used to work great there.
Blame the carrier for adding more and more users, who use more and more data, without improving infrastructure at the same rate.
It's definitely not that. I live in a very small town. And this all started with the 8.3 update, just as others have reported. It's an iPhone issue.
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Haven't really noticed that--about the same as before. But it will switch off of LTE sooner than before when in areas with poor LTE signal.
I guess that is a more accurate way to say it. I'm on 3G considerably more now. I did the network reset this morning and will see if that helps.
That might be because LTE in those areas is bad enough that being on 3G would be better (vs trying to spend more battery power trying to hold on to the poorer LTE signal there).
I left Verizon a month ago for T Mobile due to signal issues. I had been with them a very long time but I was getting bumped to 3g all the time and my DL rate was horrible according to speed test. Sometimes I timed out on simple stuff like the android app store. I was using a Note 3 at the time.
I've had similar issues. And I have had a carrier update within the last few days. Still periods of intermittent 3G or 1x signal and then it bounces back to LTE. It's annoying. Don't recall having this issue with my iPhone 5, but I don't want to say it's a 6 Plus specific issue. Might be Verizon too.
I am on AT&T (iPhone 5S), but I wanted to chime in...
I have been falling back to 4G in MANY places where I used to get LTE. Sometimes I will make a call, and the radio shows 4G (as it should), and when I hang up, I don't get LTE back for a while (although toggling LTE off then on will give me LTE again).
I am wondering if it's my phone, the carrier update, iOS 8.3 or AT&T upgrading / having network problems.
I have been falling back to 4G in MANY places where I used to get LTE. Sometimes I will make a call, and the radio shows 4G (as it should), and when I hang up, I don't get LTE back for a while (although toggling LTE off then on will give me LTE again).
I am wondering if it's my phone, the carrier update, iOS 8.3 or AT&T upgrading / having network problems.
Just like to echo the issues others are having. I'm on Verizon and received the carrier update a couple weeks back. I was traveling to SLC and figured it was due to being in a new area.
But since arriving back home my iPhone drops back to 3G very easily, and because of this it's been draining my battery quickly. And my LTE signal seems weaker as well.
But since arriving back home my iPhone drops back to 3G very easily, and because of this it's been draining my battery quickly. And my LTE signal seems weaker as well.
We will see what they actually do. They claim I will hear back within 72 hours.
Any update yet? Mine is still worse with the new update. I am thinking about calling them today.