Hi guys... I recently inherited my Atrix 4G... loving it so far but I am really struggling with the bluetooth in this thing. My last 2-3 phones have instantly connected with my Honda Civic but the Atrix seems to take 30-60 seconds. Kind of annoying. I know it's being nit-picky but I was just curious if anyone knows of a way to perhaps speed up the bluetooth connection time or maybe the polling interval?
I'm currently running Jellybean but have also tried the stock GB rom and other custom GB roms. All seem to take a while to connect or warrant reboot before my car can see it.
Thanks!
Interesting. When I had my Atrix it hooked up to my car instantly. I recently switched to a Galaxy S III, and it takes around 45 seconds to connect. I had just assumed it was a difference with Android 4. But if you're seeing it even with Gingerbread, perhaps there's something else going on. Can anyone shed some light on what might cause a delay in connecting via bluetooth?
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rickwood said:
Interesting. When I had my Atrix it hooked up to my car instantly. I recently switched to a Galaxy S III, and it takes around 45 seconds to connect. I had just assumed it was a difference with Android 4. But if you're seeing it even with Gingerbread, perhaps there's something else going on. Can anyone shed some light on what might cause a delay in connecting via bluetooth?
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Mine does not pair with my Citroen C4. My wife owns a Samsung phone that pairs automatically. Could anyone help?
rickwood said:
Interesting. When I had my Atrix it hooked up to my car instantly. I recently switched to a Galaxy S III, and it takes around 45 seconds to connect. I had just assumed it was a difference with Android 4. But if you're seeing it even with Gingerbread, perhaps there's something else going on. Can anyone shed some light on what might cause a delay in connecting via bluetooth?
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It does seem to be faster/more stable with Gingerbread.... probably because there is no official 4.xx build for the Atrix yet so it's just using "borrowed" drivers (just a guess.) I'm crossing my fingers that once the official ICS build drops from Motorola that these ICS/JB ROMs will get some proper drivers!
I may just go back to GB for now; wonky bluetooth is kind of a dealbreaker for me.
Any suggestions on the "best of the best" GB ROMs? Might give Nutrino a shot.
In both our vehicles (wife's Explorer, my F-150), we get random behavior. She has a stock HTC. I have the Atrix (CM7). When her phone is far, far away (e.g. she's at work), mine will connect everytime - but sometimes it connects in 10 seconds, sometimes I'm a mile down the road before it connections. It's very random.
If she's in the truck with me, about 90% of the time, it connects to mine (mine is defined as the 'primary' phone), but that other 10% of the time, it'll connect to her's.
I can't speak as to how long her's takes to connect when she's alone in her car, but when we're both in there, her's connects the vast majority of the time (95%+), but occasionally, mine will connect first.
I've juts chalked it up to BT weirdness. And I still wish CM7 would get decent bluetooth that would permit SMS over BT. Guess I'll keep dreaming for months to come.
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So, lovin' most everything about this phone, but, one annoying thing that keeps happening; I get random bt disconnects with my Jawbone era and my plantronics voyager pro plus.
It happens anywhere, in the car, in the house, outside, so Its not interference from another BT source...
Anyone else getting this or figured out how to stop it?
I've done all the OTA stuff, and I am not temp rooted, no ever tried to be..
thanks!
The only bluetooth device that I use is a bluetooth full face helmet on my bike. I will get random disconnects, but I had thought that this was due to the bluetooth radio in my helmet being of only so so quality.
well, this never happened with my evo4g, so I am suspicious that the BT radio isnt as good as the one in the e4g was
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So, lovin' most everything about this phone, but, one annoying thing that keeps happening; I get random bt disconnects with my Jawbone era and my plantronics voyager pro plus.
It happens anywhere, in the car, in the house, outside, so Its not interference from another BT source...
Anyone else getting this or figured out how to stop it?
I've done all the OTA stuff, and I am not temp rooted, no ever tried to be..
thanks!
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I paired it with my Camry's hands free system yesterday and haven't seen any BT disconnects so far. You may have a defective phone.
I have connected to my Handfree in my '09 Lancer and didn't experience any disconnects for 12 hours straight. I also have a Nokia BH-503 and it never disconnects either. Maybe get a replacement phone?
Others are having bluetooth issues as well, mine takes the form of music skipping.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16008951
You are not alone.
For me it runs better than the EVO 4G. But it does occasionally disconnect. But never in the middle of a call. I'm using an old Sony HeadSet.
One trick I used to use on marginal connections over bluetooth was to try pairing it at the maximum distance you can. It *MAY* choose a better channel. Sometimes you have to clear out the history of the old channel or it may reuse that. Only way I know to clear it is factory reset.
Has anyone tried the phone with one of those high priced Bose Bluetooth headsets?
The random disconnects with the Jawbone Era are really annoying to me, but, if its the phone, and not the headset, thats a different issue.
I've already replaced one evo3d due to random rebooting, so I don't want to have to try to replace it again..
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I have a blu ant. And music and call quality are great. No disconnects at all. Have you tried Bluetooth with a different model??? Might just be the unit itself.
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Just bought a Q2 Blueant, so here's hoping I can get it to work right!
You should have no probs at all. They make quality Bluetooths.
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I had this exact same problem on my EVO 4G. Still happens on the 3d. I have used many different Bluetooth handsets to no avail. Doesn't happen as often with the 3d but it is maddening, because it seems like once it starts it does it all day, and many times right when I am answering a call.
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so far, the Blueant q2 has been perfect; we'll see how it is today, after a full day of phone calls..
I am having the exact same problem. My bluetooth goes into headset mode when I answer the phone or make a phone call, which pisses off me and the person I'm calling because we can't hear each other and I have to hang up and call them back... Really frustrating
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so far, the Blueant q2 has been perfect; we'll see how it is today, after a full day of phone calls..
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Yup. My wife and I own them. Imo you really can't get to much better.
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I didnt have hardly any bluetooth problems with mine, my girlfriends, or my best friends og evo's. I upgraded to the 3vo and was having the disconecting issues and my phone would randomly reboot and then freeze while bluetooth streaming (Thats really the only bluetooth I use) so I took it back and ended up buying a 3vo out right. Still have the same issues. Its probably a software bug and will hopefully be fixed in a later update or custom rom
ive been having problems with my lg headset and disconects.. re connects.. took it in to the sprint store, they ran tests on it and it failed both radio tests that they did.. getting a new one tomorrow.. for those that are getting random disconects.. and a lot of droped calls.. have your radios checked out at the sprint service centers... it could be a bad phone.. (sadly.. im getting a refer 3vo back.. **sighs**)
I've got the Motorola s9 stereo Bluetooth headphones and have used them with my EVO 3d photon and e4gt with no problems ever. Suddenly with the Evo lte its losing signal repeatedly. The headphones are on my head, the phone is in my pocket. As soon as I start walking, it starts cutting out. If I stand still its fine again. That's seriously a range of 3 feet max. Are my mesh shorts really that difficult to pass through?
Also my Wifi has cut in and out 3 times while writing this post. Wtf HTC
I have the LG headphones and they skip occasionally and my phone is on my hip in the open. I didn't have the bt headset with any other phone so I can't compare but I would expect it to connect a little better.
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Sounds like basically the same thing I am experiencing. Make mowing the lawn difficult to use with them. Using the Moto S10s myself
Can successfully stream music to a sony BT base unit located anywhere from 5' to 15' away with full BT signal bars showing. Hope that helps.
Also, rooted with 1st version of Fresh, stock kernel no additional SD (yet)
shawnz28 said:
Sounds like basically the same thing I am experiencing. Make mowing the lawn difficult to use with them. Using the Moto S10s myself
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More like exactly the same thing. I use mine while mowing.
What's really perplexing to me is that I can have the phone sitting somewhere and can walk away from it probably 10-15 feet and get no disconnects, but heaven forbid I have the phone in my pocket and walk at the same time.
Seems like a longshot, but I wonder if this type of issue can be fixed with a software update.
Anyone find a solution to this problem? I have the exact same issue even after Jelly Bean. Strange thing is if I leave the phone on the counter and walk away I get over 30 ft before losing signal. As soon as I put the phone in my pants pocket or in my lap sitting down the S9s cut in and out. Tried S10s with the same results. My wife also has the EVO LTE and it has the issue as well but not quite as bad. I have to put my hand on the phone to make it cut it and out.
It's definitely the EVO that has the issue. Tried an iPhone and it did not cut out at all in my pocket. Sure wish we had a solution to this. I don't remember my EVO 4G having this issue either.
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I've got the Motorola s9 stereo Bluetooth headphones and have used them with my EVO 3d photon and e4gt with no problems ever. Suddenly with the Evo lte its losing signal repeatedly. The headphones are on my head, the phone is in my pocket. As soon as I start walking, it starts cutting out. If I stand still its fine again. That's seriously a range of 3 feet max. Are my mesh shorts really that difficult to pass through?
Also my Wifi has cut in and out 3 times while writing this post. Wtf HTC
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Are guys rooted and if so what rom are you on? I was thinking about getting some bluetooth headphones but will wait see where this goes.
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Are guys rooted and if so what rom are you on? I was thinking about getting some bluetooth headphones but will wait see where this goes.
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Not rooted, running stock latest official update. So I just called HTC about the issue. Surprise, they just say they must not be compatible with the EVO LTE. I could have sworn they worked fine last summer when I first got the LTE. I only realized the issue after I bought the S10 after Jelly Bean. I think Jelly Bean has caused the issue. S9 does the same thing after Jelly Bean. Guess I'll have to stay with wired headphones until they fix the issue, if they fix it. Disappointing.
Anyone have the Galaxy III with these headphones? Don't want to switch but HTC keeps pushing me in that direction.
With the latest update one of the items was better bluetooth compatibility. Fail. At least with the Motorola S9 and S10 headphones. Now the cutting out is even worse. I can have the phone in my hands 1 foot from the headphones and they cut out. Before the update they did not cut out at all from that distance. Forget about putting the phone in your pocket now.
My Droid DNA has Qi wireless charging issues. It sometimes works fine. Other times it connects and then loses the connection after a minute or 2 and never reconnects unless I pick it up and put it back on the charger.
I wasn't sure if it's my phone or if it's a rom issue because it used to work fine, but I've switched roms a few times since then. I'm kind of leaning towards a rom issue because I just flashed a new rom and now notice that for the first time ever after it loses the connection it may not reconnect after picking it up and putting it back down. Only a reboot will allow it to reconnect.
I have 2 Qi chargers (the Nokia's, which get great reviews) and it happens on both and it started happening on both right at the same time, so I know it's not the charger.
Does this happen to you as well? Do you have a fix?
Thanks!
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My Droid DNA has Qi wireless charging issues. It sometimes works fine. Other times it connects and then loses the connection after a minute or 2 and never reconnects unless I pick it up and put it back on the charger.
I wasn't sure if it's my phone or if it's a rom issue because it used to work fine, but I've switched roms a few times since then. I'm kind of leaning towards a rom issue because I just flashed a new rom and now notice that for the first time ever after it loses the connection it may not reconnect after picking it up and putting it back down. Only a reboot will allow it to reconnect.
I have 2 Qi chargers (the Nokia's, which get great reviews) and it happens on both and it started happening on both right at the same time, so I know it's not the charger.
Does this happen to you as well? Do you have a fix?
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What ROM are you running. I run stock I got tired of custom Roms. I just ordered the Nokia dt-900 from at&t for 25$ online I guess we will see how it goes when it gets here. Maybe try running stock or another ROM and see how it goes the ROM your currently on might not fully support it.
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I have the Nokia as well. Only issue I have is it heats up the battery to where it'll stop charging.. usually while streaming to a media device tho. Generally a little warm after a charge when compared to usb.
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Got mine today and I had very little heat the same heat you would get when you plug it into a wall.
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Not sure if it's my phone or my headset. Occasionally while talking the headset will tell me it's out of range and then reconnect (the phone is usually in my pocket or hand). I'll miss about 10-15sec of the conversation. Sometimes it'll do it repeatedly other times not as often. I don't have another Bluetooth headset to test with. I've had the headset about 8mths and this started happening about a month ago.
Any ideas?
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I have the exact same headset and I have never had that problem. I'm on the slimkat weekly 2560. It doesn't even start cutting out until I'm half way across my house.
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K. Thanks. I'll look into a warranty claim.
Anyone know how/if different radios could affect this?
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Not sure if it's my phone or my headset. Occasionally while talking the headset will tell me it's out of range and then reconnect (the phone is usually in my pocket or hand). I'll miss about 10-15sec of the conversation. Sometimes it'll do it repeatedly other times not as often. I don't have another Bluetooth headset to test with. I've had the headset about 8mths and this started happening about a month ago.
Any ideas?
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Hi,
I would like to share an interesting observation I have also made about Bluetooth disconnections with phone in the pocket.
1) When the phone is in my shirt pocket, and I turn my head to its extreme, sometimes (not always), the connectivity gets disrupted. but unlike your experience, this is only for a secong, and as soon as I turn my head back to normal viewing angles, its ok.
2) with phone in trouser pocket, if I place my hand over the phone same disconet happens depending on which part of the phone gets covered.
Based on these two observations, and knowing that Bluetooth is a short range , line of sight connection, there is something in the materials your clothes include that probably inhibit the line of sight connectivity.
Hope that helps in understanding the momentary loss of BT connection, but not for a 15 seconds like you seem to be experiencing.
cheers
milind
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I am experiencing similar issue with bluetooth audio calls in my car. I tried two separate KitKat roms (PSX & Beanstalk 4.4.225) and in both versions, phone bluetooth disconnected and reconnected, it seems like 20 seconds cycle. It would drop for about 5 seconds. I noticed the first it dropped was when the screen turned off. It is impossible to carry on a conversation as it would constantly connect and disconnect. Is this an issue with every kitkat rom?
I have E970.
milindchitale said:
Hi,
I would like to share an interesting observation I have also made about Bluetooth disconnections with phone in the pocket.
1) When the phone is in my shirt pocket, and I turn my head to its extreme, sometimes (not always), the connectivity gets disrupted. but unlike your experience, this is only for a secong, and as soon as I turn my head back to normal viewing angles, its ok.
2) with phone in trouser pocket, if I place my hand over the phone same disconet happens depending on which part of the phone gets covered.
Based on these two observations, and knowing that Bluetooth is a short range , line of sight connection, there is something in the materials your clothes include that probably inhibit the line of sight connectivity.
Hope that helps in understanding the momentary loss of BT connection, but not for a 15 seconds like you seem to be experiencing.
cheers
milind
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I am experiencing similar issue with bluetooth audio calls in my car. I tried two separate KitKat roms (PSX & Beanstalk 4.4.225) and in both versions, phone bluetooth disconnected and reconnected, it seems like 20 seconds cycle. It would drop for about 5 seconds. I noticed the first it dropped was when the screen turned off. It is impossible to carry on a conversation as it would constantly connect and disconnect. Is this an issue with every kitkat rom?
I have E970.
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It must be a KitKat related issue because I didn't have the issue on JB (SlimBean). Thought it may have something to do with the radios. It's intermittent which is a blessing and a curse. I can go a week or two with no issue...then multiple times on a one call (I could put the phone down and make a sandwich if mom is talking...she'd not notice...thus a great tester for this kinda stuff)
I've tried several (if not all) KK radios...no noticeable impact on this issue.
I'm also on the e970.
Note: I'm not losing connection for 15 sec. The headset says 'out of range' then immediately 'connecting'...but it takes time to reconnect and get the phone conversation back. I usually power cycle the headset since it seems more likely to be stable...otherwise it's likely to disconnects/reconnects over and over and over.
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Yes, this really seems to be KitKat issue. I installed ParanoidAndroid and it was somewhat better in a sense, it didn't disconnect/connect as often. I do think, bluetooth gets killed when the screen is turned off and then gets turned back on. I can provide with a log file if someone has any ideas on this issue. Definitely I do want to drive handsfree.
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It must be a KitKat related issue because I didn't have the issue on JB (SlimBean). Thought it may have something to do with the radios. It's intermittent which is a blessing and a curse. I can go a week or two with no issue...then multiple times on a one call (I could put the phone down and make a sandwich if mom is talking...she'd not notice...thus a great tester for this kinda stuff)
I've tried several (if not all) KK radios...no noticeable impact on this issue.
I'm also on the e970.
Note: I'm not losing connection for 15 sec. The headset says 'out of range' then immediately 'connecting'...but it takes time to reconnect and get the phone conversation back. I usually power cycle the headset since it seems more likely to be stable...otherwise it's likely to disconnects/reconnects over and over and over.
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Well, I think it may not be kk problem after all because I installed CyanogenMod version 11-20140225-nightly-e970 and I did not experience any issues so far. I will update if I encounter this issue in future.
When I had installed paranoidandroid beta 6, I did not have to install any radios either but still had issue.
For CM11, I did not have to flash any radios either and it is working without any issues till now.
So I've noticed that randomly throughout the day my phone will randomly disconnect from Wifi and Bluetooth. It always drops both at the same time then reconnects.
Has anyone else had this problem?
For me the Mobile Connection Drops every few seconds.....No Network...4G TLE with 5 Bars.......No Network...4G TLE with 5 Bars.....No Network...4G TLE with 5 Bars.....No Network...4G TLE with 5 Bars...
Got my My LG G5 from T-Mobile... After 3 days the phone has been overheating, and every 10 seconds it drops Mobile Connection...I went through a plethora of tests with T-Mobile Support and they determined that I need a replacement device...so waiting for the replacement...One other thing, I notice this happened after calling T-Mobile to Unlock the device...So not sure if there is any correlation between my issue and T-Mobiles Unlock App, T-Mobile said the two were not related.
WiFi is unstable for me, too. Disconnects randomly every hour or so. I mostly notice it when casting to my Chromecast. I have to reconnect to the app in order to regain control. I've tried multiple routers, and the problem is reproducible with both. Bluetooth hiccups, too, but never fully disconnects. I haven't noticed that the WiFi and Bluetooth disconnects coincide. Mine is AT&T branded.
I've got a similar issue, only the wifi is fine most of the time, but Bluetooth skips every few minutes and has completely dropped twice. I'm exchanging my device tomorrow to see if that fixes it. I also got a crap battery as well. Kinda disappointed with this $700 purchase.
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So I've noticed that randomly throughout the day my phone will randomly disconnect from Wifi and Bluetooth. It always drops both at the same time then reconnects.
Has anyone else had this problem?
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Me too, i disappointed
Okay so, I've only managed to reproduce it on 5GHz networks. It doesn't seem to drop out on the 2.4GHz band. Bluetooth doesn't drop out either.
Scrap that, just happened again at work on a 2.4GHz connection. Hopefully it's just a software bug that will be fixed in a later patch.
I have 5Ghz wi-fi at home and it's been rock solid. Have also had no issues with bluetooth. Hope you get it figured out.
Both bands Wi-Fi & BT rock solid for me too. The BT in particular seems much stronger than my 6P which had occasional drop outs even at close range.
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I notice that it reports "Avoiding poor connection" in the WiFi menu when it's disconnected. I'm sitting in the room with the router, so maybe the "poor connection" detection is too aggressive.
Mine just starting dropping WiFi while the screen is off, I check the settings and everything is setup right it just started to happen today. I would F/R the phone and see if that helps
I exchanged mine for a new one, and the WiFi connection remains inconsistent.
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So I've noticed that randomly throughout the day my phone will randomly disconnect from Wifi and Bluetooth. It always drops both at the same time then reconnects.
Has anyone else had this problem?
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Mine also does this and seems to be getting worse also vibrations have also stopped all together
I can't even get through 1-2 songs on bluetooth before it disconnects and plays through my phone speakers... it has zero issues connecting in the first place and sounds fine, but then just drops.
I do have pretty unreliable wifi at home so I'm playing some music with wifi switched off to see if it could somehow be related to wifi dropping, but these songs I'm playing are cached to my phone from Play Music so that'd seem weird to me..
Also wondering if hardware and distance has an issue with it. I had it 2-3 yards away from my bluetooth shower speaker when it disconnected. I'm playing it right next to it now and so far into song 2 with no issues. I've never had this issue with my G4, which is a bummer, because that phone was a piece of junk that my G5, otherwise, outclasses in every possible way.
To update, the Bluetooth issues absolutely seem to be linked to wifi drops, at least from my testing. Even playing local media, I noticed both dropped at the same time, but I played through 5 songs with my wifi toggled off and not a single problem.
Those of you with issues in the car, is your wifi toggled off completely? I'm wondering if it's affected by having wifi on, or just by a random wifi drop.
I've had wifi issues with every Android phone I've owned since IPv6 became normal in home routers. I blame Google for refusing to use DHCPv6, the most widely used dynamic network addressing protocol, instead using some weirdass protocol called RDNSS which NOBODY uses. I've found the best fix is to ensure your router is set to stateless autoconfiguration for IPv6, but it doesn't fix it completely. Those who have a router that can shut v6 off, try it out. Xfinity doesn't let you.
I will say my g4 behaved the exact same way on wifi, but I don't remember Bluetooth having issues. I don't use it much, though, since I have an AUX in my car and Chromecast music.
Having the same issue as well. Fought with sprint for weeks and went through a few replacements in that time... Got the G5 as a free upgrade and it's doing the same thing. Done with LG devices...
Yes, and I just made a thread about it. Oops. Anyone try resetting phone? I'm about to but that's a pain having to bring it all back and make sure I back everything up.
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Kinolay said:
I exchanged mine for a new one, and the WiFi connection remains inconsistent.
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Kinolay said:
I exchanged mine for a new one, and the WiFi connection remains inconsistent.
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That is not promising as I've had this issue since day one hoping an update would solve it to no avail trying to avoid getting a replacement.
My last phone did the exact same thing. For 2 years. Also constantly closing apps I was using, freezing, and my keyboard would disappear frequently. It did it from Day 1. It was a nightmare.
Finally got a new phone (and moved up to Marshmallow,) and the drops have started happening after less than 1 week. They really need to find out what's causing this!