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Dropped calls in my home using Galaxy SIII

I have been a Verizon customer for years. My daughter has a Sprint smartphone and has no issues. I have to stand in certain areas of my home and literally NOT MOVE in order to keep a call connected. A slight move of my head and the call will drop. This just started four months ago. I will not detail how much time I have wasted at the Verizon store, with online customer support and on my landline to try and solve this problem. Everyone gives a different answer. I do not think that I should have to buy an extender when for the last four months, Verizon said that they were sending someone out to find out what caused the sudden change. If this had always been a problem, I could understand. If I was around tall buildings, yep, could understand that too. What is so utterly frustrating is when each representative tells you something different. My neighbors are not having issues with their smartphones either. I am about to lose my sanity. Six dropped calls when I talk to my family out-of-state. Why did I save up to get this phone? What a mistake! Has anyone else had this problem? How did you solve it? I am furloughed and do not have $250. I am locked into a contract.

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Verizon_Support

Hi droppedcall,

Thanks for the all the info you have provided. I know that dropped calls are very frustrating. From reading your post, I see that you have went through the troubleshooting that we recommend. I see that you said your neighbors are not having problems. Are they with VZW? Have they come to your house and not experienced problems? This will help steer me in the right direction. Keep me posted.

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wings151

I have a similar problem with my Galaxy S3. I just received one a few weeks ago from my company and the signal quality seems very poor. My wife and son have Samsung Brightsides on our family account and they have good signal strength and good voice quality on our house, but my business Galaxy S3 is constantly dropping calls and giving me poor voice quality.

Verizon_Support

Hi wings151,

Let's get you the same great signal your family is already receiving. I see that you are using an company provided S3. Is this service with Verizon as well? Keep us posted.

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ckzinfan

I have had the same issue for almost a year now. I assumed I was in a local dead zone. I live on the second and third floors of a 3 story condo complex. I get better voice signals on the 3rd floor than on the second, but that is not consistent. However, I have a near constant 4G signal. It very rarely drops to 3G. There are 2 Verizon stores within .5-.75 mile of my house and I do not have any issues in either of those shops. I have some signal limitation outside and away from the condo building, but it is better than inside. My girlfriend also is on Verizon and has an older model Droid. She has some signal degredation in the same locations, but not as severe as mine.

I have tried removing the battery and resetting it. This seemed to improve the signal reception by a bar, but only for about a week. The phone is consistently in the 1-3 bar range.

balz

having the same issue in zip 21157. whole family is verizon - and within the last 4 weeks, we are all losing service at home. AT&T (husbands work) is fine. my service before the last month was awesome. have tried resetting phone, resetting sim card, replacing sim card and created a local network ticket (>>removed<<) but no news. can't use phone at all in local area.

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Verizon_Support

We want you to enjoy reliable service in as many locations as possible ckzinfan! I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties. I'm pleased to hear that you were able to have a resolution ticket opened. That is our best recommendation for an in depth network analysis. Please allow 3-5 business days for completion.

JonathanK_VZW

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balz

Its been almost 3 weeks....

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Verizon_Support

Thanks for the reply balz. Three weeks is definitely an extended amount of time. Let's stop the anticipation buildup and see what the resolution is to this issue. May I ask do you have a ticket number? If so then it's needed to check the status/resolution for you. If you do not then simply send us a direct message with this info so we can look it up and proceed.

Thank you...

ArnettH_VZW
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