Verizon Galaxy S3

galaxyphonezz · Sep 3, 2012

Does anyone else get wifi issues sometimes? Like i will turn wifi on and i will be home and sometimes it wont auto connect to my router, I have to turn it off and turn it back on for it to connect. Also i feel like i have less connectivity with this phone as compared to my 4S, i only get like 2 bars of celluar service around my house while on my old 4S id get 3-4 bars of service, and i also feel like wifi connectivity isnt as strong... anyone else? Other then that the phone works great and very fast

MannyrtFresh · Sep 3, 2012

Yeah i have noticed the same problems as you are having with the wifi connecting issue. I sometimes have to do the same.. how to fix it idk..im guessing its a flaw in the software.

teslas · Sep 3, 2012

I have the same wifi issue at times. Not a huge deal. And forget about comparing bars. If u remember, last year apple changed their bar algorithm to always show more bars to make people feel better. Bars have no standard to follow and are up to the manufacturer. So dropping calls and call quality is where it is at. Not the number of bars. Bars are nothing....
Btw, welcome to android! Ur going to love it.

galaxyphonezz · Sep 3, 2012

Yeah your right Teslas, also i get this mobile data issue where when i have it turned off then i turn it back on so that i can use the internet, the mobile data will either take a long time to come back on or sometimes i dont even get data at all and i have to turn mobile data back off and on. It doesnt happen all the time but it happens random and its strange and pisses me off

EDIT: i read somewhere that Samsung is aware of connectivity issues and such and that they should have a fix soon, i forgot where i saw that

Metfanant · Sep 3, 2012

"bars" cannot be used as a measure of signal...

1. as already mentioned...there is no standard as to what each bar actually means so there is no way to tell what a bar means on an iPhone compared to what a bar means on a Galaxy S3..

2. some phones simply have a different number of bars...if a phone has 4/5 bars, and another has 4/4...which one has better service?

teslas · Sep 4, 2012

Hey galaxyphonezzz. Why do u always turn your data off? To prevent going on er your data limit? There is a cool process in android that let's you cap your daily 3/4G data use.

davidmanvell · Sep 4, 2012

Id suggest you look at your router. is it a new one? Is it a class N? Latest firmware?

klinc · Sep 5, 2012

I had the same issue to the point it would only work for 30 seconds or so sometimes. My wife's phone at the same time didn't have issues. I had issues no matter where I tried to connect to a WiFi signal.

I replaced it for another one a week after getting it and didn't have issues for a couple weeks and then the issues started creeping back in, but no where near as bad as the first phone I got. I eventually turned off the power saving for the WiFi (option that turns WiFi off when not plugged and sleeping) and have not had an issue since. I'm guessing it is some kind of software issue with the WiFi system.

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