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Calling problems

We have had verizonwireless for the past 20+ years. Within the last 2 months my husbands phone will not make or receive calls while he is here at home. I have no problems making or receiving calls with my phone. At the time this started he had a Samsung Galaxy S5 and I have a Samsung Galaxy S9. I called for tech support about a month ago and re-did all the troubleshooting over that I had tried before the tech call and still the issue with his phone remained and was told the phone possibly needed a new SIM card. I made an appt at our local Verizon wireless store, went in and the person who helped me told me that a SIM card would do nothing and I just needed to upgrade the phone and was told "that's an old phone". They did swap out the old SIM card with a new and the phone did not perform any better. So I went online and ordered a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S8 for my husband to replace the S5. Got everything set up, went back to the store to have his number switched over. We thought this would be our answer and we are back to square one. My phone has no problem with making or taking calls and his will not even call my phone when I'm standing next to him. This is really frustrating. His phone worked perfect 2 months ago........what changed is what I would like to know?

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Verizon_Support

dborgman59, we appreciate all of the steps you have taken in efforts to resolve your husbands device concern,. We are sorry to hear that replacing the device did not resolve the calling concern he is experiencing. Allow us the opportunity to further investigate. Can you please clarify how far he has to travel from your home area to place a phone call? Are text messages and data services also impacted? May we have your nearest intersection, city and zip code, so we can accurately pinpoint your location?

SylviaT_VZW

dborgman59

Thanks for getting back to me. My husband usually has to walk outside to get a call or to make a call and then many times that doesn't even work and when it does many times the call is dropped. Text and data are not impacted at all, those work just fine. It is only phone calls and like I said in my original message this just started about a month ago and does not happen on my phone at all, and we are on the same Verizon wireless plan. The nearest intersection to our home is 175th Street and Central Avenue, Tinley Park, IL, 60477.

Verizon_Support

Dborgman, this information helps greatly. It is very odd that he is experiencing the same issue with a new SIM and phone. We're not giving up on getting this resolved. We are not showing any reports for your area and the good news is as your phone is not having any problems it eliminates the network. Please follow the steps here https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-211218/#:~:text=With%20the%20device%20powered%20on,to%2045%20seconds%20to%20complete. to put the device in Safe Mode. Once there please attempt both inbound and outbound calls and let us know the results. To remove Safe Mode simply restart the phone. We're standing by.

MelissaP_VZW

dborgman59

So I restarted his phone in safe mode and tried inbound and outbound calls, and the same problem still exists in safe mode. Hope we can figure this out soon.

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