Howdy, Just an update, this forum has been really really quiet for 8 days now; maybe everyone has everything working perfectly; that would be great! I on the other hand can still not complete even ONE call. I continually get dropped calls for EVERY call that I conduct. The call quality is about 60% better, but I still have to ask people to repeat what they said many times. I live in a remote area, but I have travelled to many other places the past few weeks; such as Downtown Dallas, Texas, and north Texas, in very populated areas where other people with Verizon phones have full bars and I only am displaying two or three bars. I can call the person sitting right next too me and my phone will display "Call Dropped". It is at the point that I cannot use the phone for what it was intended for ... phoning. I went to our local Verizon store tonight and will initiate another exchange for the phone. I have noticed that Verizon does NOT have any exchange Note 3's in stock anymore, Verizon tech support initiates a return and the phone will be delivered to my house within 5 days, and then I have to return the old phone within 5 days. This is great (sarcasm) as I have had a phone for about a month and a half and the 90 day window is fast approaching for the returns to end. I will only have a few more phones left to try to maybe finally get a good one. The Verizon staff at our local store has ALWAYS been cordial and polite and very understanding. The representative I was working with also owns a NOTE 3 and he has had perfect service. He noted that he had another customer with EXACTLY the same problem as me. We accessed my account, and it shows all the dropped calls from many different towers and locations. I am hopeful that I will win the NOTE 3 phone lottery and finally get a phone that actually has the phone part working. The phablet part of the phone is beyond awesome, and that is the reason I have endured this ever so daunting task!
