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Verizon iPhone 5, LTE Startup lag??
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No problem activating at all, its taking up to 20 seconds at times to change web pages.
I wish I could help on this but I am not seeing any delay at all. The blazing speed that was promised is exactly what I am getting.
Are you on Verizon or AT&T/Sprint? I am trying to figure out if this is an issue with the Verizon iPhone 5's or all models.
Holy crap, I hadn't checked this thread until now, I have to admit I am happy to see that there are actually other people with this problem! I even saw an ATT user in there. I called Apple Care earlier today, and got the runaround and said to contact Verizon. They said since it works fine on Wifi and also when LTE is disabled, that they believe its a Verizon LTE issue (I'm not so sure though....the guys at the Verizon store said only their iPhones are doing this, not any of the Android phones).
This issue needs bumped in visibility.
This issue needs bumped in visibility.
I have multiple thread's for this issue. This needs high visibility ASAP!
I posted this in Apple's forums:
I think this is a software bug that can be fixed but it is tied to a hardware issue. Since Apple elected to use a single radio, single chip design for LTE, it cannot run CDMA and LTE at the same time (reason why we can't talk and surf at the same time, still). Android phones implement two chips, or two radios to overcome this. Apple chose not to do this for design purposes. However, my suspicion is that the software is choosing to "listen" to the CDMA network while idle (for calls, texts) and then only fire up LTE when a data request is initiated. This wasn't a problem for 3G because it was still CDMA techology. This may also be the reason that AT&T users may not be facing this.
I really hope this issue gets resolved and I hope Verizon employees have raised this issue with Apple. We'll see how it goes!
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4332928
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/783450
I posted this in Apple's forums:
I think this is a software bug that can be fixed but it is tied to a hardware issue. Since Apple elected to use a single radio, single chip design for LTE, it cannot run CDMA and LTE at the same time (reason why we can't talk and surf at the same time, still). Android phones implement two chips, or two radios to overcome this. Apple chose not to do this for design purposes. However, my suspicion is that the software is choosing to "listen" to the CDMA network while idle (for calls, texts) and then only fire up LTE when a data request is initiated. This wasn't a problem for 3G because it was still CDMA techology. This may also be the reason that AT&T users may not be facing this.
I really hope this issue gets resolved and I hope Verizon employees have raised this issue with Apple. We'll see how it goes!
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4332928
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/783450
Thanks Leemz for also getting it in the Verizon forums. The hardest part is getting past all of the "reset your device" type suggestions as if there isn't really a problem. Something definitely going on with my phone. Your theory seems logical, hopefully something that can be fixed with a simple update.
Not sure if it matters, but I am about 1.5 hours south of Atlanta in Middle GA w/ Verizon LTE. I turned off LTE and I'm not sure it's even working properly off 3G. Still seems to hang for a decent amount of time before loading a page. My 4S did not do this on 3G.
I turned off LTE and mine also has the same startup lag. And I too did not have it with my 4S. I sure hope it's software.
Verizon but I did notice some delay while I was out today. I don't know if it was as severe as you mentioned but there was a delay using the facebook app at first.
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Maybe it really is something related to their network, and not the phone then? Anyone other than the south with this problem?
I will be at an Apple store on Tuesday and should be able to compare my phone to the performance of the display phones there. If this is an isolated issue affecting some phones, I will swap for a new one. If the problem presents itself on the display phones too, I will cross my fingers and hope that Apple comes up with a fix.
My Verizon LTE iPad works perfect as well. It's just the iPhone 5 acting this way.
When LTE becomes slow like that, the towers are being maxed out. Each tower has an allocated bandwidth it can use for LTE. Some can handle more because they are allocated a larger bandwidth. These would be in places near downtown, etc, while residential areas would not need as much bandwidth. However, with a few million more users added this weekend, and everyone wanting to test out 4G, the slowdown will occur
I don't think that's the issue because the lag in connection was just as significant at 4:30 this morning as it was at 8:00 last night. And once it connects, it is very fast.