Okay, so please bear with me. I guess you can say I'm a noob when it comes to the technical terms of my phone, but I'm not a complete moron. If you walk me through the solution in simple terms, it'd be greatly appreciated.
So, I have an EVO 4g through sprint and it is not rooted. I mainly use the phone for texting and to tether (through Easy Tether) for my laptop's usage. I've had the phone since May of 2011 and it's been great to me since then. That is, until a few weeks ago...possibly a bit longer.
In my area, I get 4G, but it's not very strong, so it usually goes back and forth between 4g and 3g. Normally, it wouldn't cause a problem with my connection, but lately whenever 4g goes out, it cancels any downloads that I may have going, completely killing the data connection until it finds 3g. Before, it would keep a connection with the internet even when it was still searching for 3g and it didn't affect my browsing.
For instance, I use Skype to keep in touch with my parents and whenever 4g disappears, the call drops with them. I can rectify this by turning 4g off completely, but then the 3g call quality and speed is so horrible.
I've updated everything that needs to be updated, but perhaps that's part of the problem. Any suggestions?
Edit: Also, this still happens even when I'm not tethered. It will happen when i'm just on the internet on my phone, browsing.
So, I have an EVO 4g through sprint and it is not rooted. I mainly use the phone for texting and to tether (through Easy Tether) for my laptop's usage. I've had the phone since May of 2011 and it's been great to me since then. That is, until a few weeks ago...possibly a bit longer.
In my area, I get 4G, but it's not very strong, so it usually goes back and forth between 4g and 3g. Normally, it wouldn't cause a problem with my connection, but lately whenever 4g goes out, it cancels any downloads that I may have going, completely killing the data connection until it finds 3g. Before, it would keep a connection with the internet even when it was still searching for 3g and it didn't affect my browsing.
For instance, I use Skype to keep in touch with my parents and whenever 4g disappears, the call drops with them. I can rectify this by turning 4g off completely, but then the 3g call quality and speed is so horrible.
I've updated everything that needs to be updated, but perhaps that's part of the problem. Any suggestions?
Edit: Also, this still happens even when I'm not tethered. It will happen when i'm just on the internet on my phone, browsing.
