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Help Data connection drops. All the time. Anyone else?

Im on build .210 of ICS 4.04 in southern California. Just ran a speedtest here and got 9.41Mbps down 4.33 up. My connection and speeds have been pretty much flawless since installing the leak. Whatever Verizon have been doing the last few weeks really screwed GB.
 
tkolgen said:
I'm new to this website and I've been ready some of the threads on here and this issue has been brought up a couple times but it's not as big of an issue I thought it would be. I've had my Maxx since Nov and I went thru 7 phones so far all with the same issue. The phone switches from 4G to 3G loses data back and forth constantly. I have had this issue with all 7 phones so when I read that some people don't have this issue I wonder If they just don't realize they do or is it they really don't.

I love this phone but the connection on it is terrible and is a major issue for me. Anyone have any idea's how to help out?
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You can't have possibly gone through 7 Razr Maxx phones all with the same Radio/4G issues. The problem is not with the phone. The location of your service is the issue here. If you notice your phone constantly switching, then turn off your 4G and stick to 3G to save battery and frustration. Hopefully in the future the coverage will improve in your area.

I live in Seattle, and while in the city I have flawless 4G with about 15 Megs down and 7~8 Megs up. As soon as I enter the outlying towns north of Seattle, (where my parents live), I either lose 4G completely, or I get the switching affect. So I just figure out where the 4G falls off and switch to 3G.

Sorry your service is giving you trouble, but as far as the Razr Maxx is concerned, the 4G radio is one of the best out there. Blows the Galaxy Nexus out of the water (in Seattle the Nexus drops 4G constantly, while the Maxx holds full bars pretty much everywhere).
 
AlbinLee said:
You can't have possibly gone through 7 Razr Maxx phones all with the same Radio/4G issues. The problem is not with the phone. The location of your service is the issue here. If you notice your phone constantly switching, then turn off your 4G and stick to 3G to save battery and frustration. Hopefully in the future the coverage will improve in your area.

I live in Seattle, and while in the city I have flawless 4G with about 15 Megs down and 7~8 Megs up. As soon as I enter the outlying towns north of Seattle, (where my parents live), I either lose 4G completely, or I get the switching affect. So I just figure out where the 4G falls off and switch to 3G.

Sorry your service is giving you trouble, but as far as the Razr Maxx is concerned, the 4G radio is one of the best out there. Blows the Galaxy Nexus out of the water (in Seattle the Nexus drops 4G constantly, while the Maxx holds full bars pretty much everywhere).
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agreed that all 7 of his phones having the exact same problem is not likely....but again, the problem(s) here are....why did this connectivity issue just surface within the last two weeks on phones that had flawless connectivity in those same areas prior to that?

and, i traveled up the california coast (from So Cal) to oakland and the service was fine all the way up....and the entire next day. but....the very next day it fell apart, and continued to be a problem in sacramento, lake tahoe/reno, and all the way back down the central valley (sac/stockton/modesto/fresno/bakersfield), and has continued back here in south los angeles county since my return home (8 days ago).

and again, all of So Cal here is a full 4g area....and, i had PERFECT connectivity here PRIOR to two weeks ago....so, why did my 4g connectivity function perfectly for the first day and a half in the S.F bay area, and then start to screw up while still there, and continue to fail since returning to So Cal? it worked fine here when i left, started to fail while gone, and has continued to fail since returning here.

if "the location of my services" is the problem (and it may very well be), then based on my experience the last two weeks, virtually all of california should be experiencing the same problems i am....right?
 
bixler777 said:
agreed that all 7 of his phones having the exact same problem is not likely....but again, the problem(s) here are....why did this connectivity issue just surface within the last two weeks on phones that had flawless connectivity in those same areas prior to that?

and, i traveled up the california coast (from So Cal) to oakland and the service was fine all the way up....and the entire next day. but....the very next day it fell apart, and continued to be a problem in sacramento, lake tahoe/reno, and all the way back down the central valley (sac/stockton/modesto/fresno/bakersfield), and has continued back here in south los angeles county since my return home (8 days ago).

and again, all of So Cal here is a full 4g area....and, i had PERFECT connectivity here PRIOR to two weeks ago....so, why did my 4g connectivity function perfectly for the first day and a half in the S.F bay area, and then start to screw up while still there, and continue to fail since returning to So Cal? it worked fine here when i left, started to fail while gone, and has continued to fail since returning here.

if "the location of my services" is the problem (and it may very well be), then based on my experience the last two weeks, virtually all of california should be experiencing the same problems i am....right?
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It might not be the cause of your problems, but it might be the cause of his. Similar problems on different phones can have different causes.
 
I have been in a totally market the past 2 days. 4G speeds have been outstanding. Consistent dowload speads of +20 Mbs.
 
All i know is that my bionic had good signal in my area in LA up until friday last. Updated OS and now crap signal. Calling Verizon and they have no clue. I am still not sure if its a Bionic issue or a Verizon issue but it seems the problem is somewhat spread out.
 
talos72 said:
All i know is that my bionic had good signal in my area in LA up until friday last. Updated OS and now crap signal. Calling Verizon and they have no clue. I am still not sure if its a Bionic issue or a Verizon issue but it seems the problem is somewhat spread out.
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Exactly what happened with my son's Bionic; super coverage until last friday. we were at dinner when he got an update notification. after accepting/downloading the update he suddenly could not get online (to get the all important Angels baseball score! lol). btw....this was in Long Beach, Ca, where he had (previous to Friday's update) experienced blazing, locked-in connectivity.
 
bixler777 said:
Well I guess we'll find out soon. Hopefully it fixes the prob.
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You would be correct. My guess is we'll know by tomorrow.

Common sense would lead one to believe that this would have likely have been the culprit, as the issue for most had started only a few weeks ago.

Personally, I came over to Verizon from Sprint at the end of April (so have "intermittent" data outages are a God-send from what I had before) and I just noticed the issue on my Maxx about 2 weeks ago. Prior to that, I could fire up a Speed Test any time I wanted and watch the network fly. I also live in the far Western Suburbs of Chicago (one of the areas listed as being expanded tomorrow) which is currently blanketed fully in 4G LTE. It would be interested to take an inventory on where all of these people who have noticed the data drops live in relation to the list of cities that are being added/expanded tomorrow.

Again, I suppose we'll find out tomorrow for sure.
 
None of those areas listed is anywhere near me. For the last 2 weeks or so, I have been getting the white bars sporadically. This week, it's been horrible and it's driving me nuts. DAMN YOU PEOPLE, CAN'T YOU GET YOUR S$[+ STRAIGHT!!!
 
I live in an area where the network is expanding (Sioux Falls), and also currently traveling in an area (Appleton, Wi) that verizon is expanding June 21st, and in both areas no problems on 4G with my Maxx.
 
Death_Delirium said:
I have just been turning on airplane mode to kill all the radios and then turn it back off and my 4G works again. It seems easier than have to reboot every time.
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Now the funny part is....

On my Rezound, I had to reboot to fix it. 2 Rezounds, 2 Sim cards, same issues. Airplane or data toggle never worked.

And the Rezound was supposed to have the best radios of recent phones. All it takes is airplane or data toggle to fix my RAZR.
 
unfortunately not working for me here. i tried toggling airplane on/off several times last night, and again today, and to no avail. connectivity still intermittent.
 
I at on time could carry a 4g signal about 4 mile's from a known 4g tower's now it is down to about a mile is it time for a new sim.
 
I was having connectivity and speed issues on both 3G and 4G. Pulled the SIM card, did SIM card reset, hard reset, Motorola Restore Connectivity was ran, and nothing solved the problem. Verizon installed a new SIM card and since then I've lost connectivity three times for about one minute each and my speeds have been blazing. So no complaints right now.
 
herfjonez said:
But it's only DROID MAXX. Not even the same phone with a smaller battery has this problem (the good old DROID RAZR.) I guess the only thing we can do is to keep calling Verizon and Motorola.
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Unfortunately, it isn't just the MAXX. I have a RAZR, and have been having issues since mid June(ish).

Since the ICS update (the one from system updates), it hasn't fixed any of the problems. I've even tried the CDMA thingy (it originally set it to Global after update)...nothing. The only major change other than ICS slaughtering my battery is a nifty lock screen of three icons I don't actually want there, nor can I customize it.

It's just annoying to have to go to Verizon to have them do all this stuff to fix it, even just a sim card change, because I have an otterbox case which is a pain to get off.

And I only have minimal apps. Dream Zoo, and I just installed two of the other games I have. No outside battery saving apps either.
 
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