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Help Occasional loss of 4G signal on Bionic

mfree

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I purchased my Droid Bionic phone on the first day it was released (9/8/11) from the Verizon online store. I really like everything about the phone, including the fast navigation, text messaging functions, and the 4G LTE speed.

The only issue I noticed with my Droid Bionic is that there is an occasional loss of a 4G LTE signal on my phone. Throughout a typical day, I would estimate that I would have a 4G signal half of the time and a 3G signal the other half of the time. I live in a town in Tennessee with a 4G signal and I noticed this issue everyday. I also noticed the same connectivity issue (50% 3G and 50% 4G) when I visited Louisville, KY. According to the Verizon website, my town and Louisville, KY currently have a 4G LTE connection.

My question is this: Does anyone know the reason why my Droid Bionic would have a 4G connection only half the time? Is this a limitation of the 4G data connection of the Droid Bionic itself or is there a weaker 4G data signal in my town and Louisville, KY?

Another issue I noticed a few times everyday is when I wake up my phone from standby mode and there is no data connection (either 3G or 4G). In order for me to get a data connection, I would have to go to the settings menu to switch to the "CDMA only" option and then choose the "CDMA/LTE" option in order to get a data connection.

Is there going to be a software update for the Droid Bionic in order prevent the loss of all data connection and also to maintain a 4G data connection at 4G locations?
 
This is an already know issue between the users and Motorola. Its going to be addressed in an update in November. There are plenty of threads discussing this very issue.
 
Thanks amageus for the update.

I just noticed that this is a known issue by going through some of the threads. Droid Life has an official list of bugs for the Bionic that are supposed to be fixed with an update in November, including the 4G/3G connectivity issue. I will wait for this update to determine if the 4G issue will be resolved.

mfree
 
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