Phone goes from 4G to 1X when making a call
JOYADK98
Enthusiast - Level 2

On Saturday evening, 08/26/2018, I noticed that my phone had 1x service and I could not make/receive calls.  I do live rural, but have never had this problem before.  It was fine earlier today, both at home and when I was in town.  I noticed it about 8:30 when I tried to call my husband before he left work at 9 PM.  I have 4G one minute, the next 1x.  I can make a call with 4G and 10 seconds later the call will drop and I will have 1x.  I am unable to make/receive calls.

My husband worked until 9 PM 08/26/2018.  His phone (the same kind as mine) was also fine until he got home - when he had the 4G to 1x service and unable to make/receive calls.

Got up this morning, Sunday, 08/26/2018, both phone batteries were drained even though they were both charged to 100% before going to bed about midnight.  Neither were used overnight.  We both have the same problem, 4G going to 1x when trying to make a call and not able to make or receive calls.  My husband had to go to work at 10 AM and his phone is working fine at work. 

I can connect to Wi-Fi on the phone and it works fine.

I tried chatting with Verizon - they just had me change a bunch of settings, said no service outage reported, and that they would create a ticket and somebody should get back to me within 1-3 days.

Does anyone know what causes this and how I can fix it?  I work from home and a phone is a requirement. 


Thanks in advance.

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Re: Phone goes from 4G to 1X when making a call
vzw_customer_support
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Hello JOYADK98! We understand your concern regarding service in the area. I would be concerned as well if my phone was switching from 4G to 1X. I am glad to know that you were able to contact someone via chat, troubleshoot, and get a ticket filed for the area. The resolution can take 1-3 business days. The ticket filed is the last step for troubleshooting. We recommend waiting for a resolution from our engineers.    

 

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JOYADK98
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Unfortunately, I work from home and a phone is a requirement.  Since I do not have a landline - having to wait 3 days for a response is unacceptable.....


I trust my bill will be credited.  I also am getting ready to head to town to check out other wireless carriers.  I bet they would not wait 1-3 days for me to pay my bill !!

A very dissatisfied customer.

Re: Phone goes from 4G to 1X when making a call
boringusername
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JOYADK98 wrote:

Unfortunately, I work from home and a phone is a requirement. Since I do not have a landline - having to wait 3 days for a response is unacceptable.....


I trust my bill will be credited. I also am getting ready to head to town to check out other wireless carriers. I bet they would not wait 1-3 days for me to pay my bill !!

A very dissatisfied customer.

It seem if phone access is that important you should invest in a landline. What phone do you have do you have? Is HD calling activated because calls normally goes over 1X anyway unless you have a phone that does HD calling and it's activated.

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JOYADK98
Enthusiast - Level 2

The whole point of getting the cell phones was to do away with the landline

and an extra bill. Unfortunately, this has not worked out that way. I did

call yesterday and ordered my landline to be turned back on - which they

were very prompt in doing so - it was on this morning when I got up.

Unfortunately, when I placed the order for the landline, they did not give

me a phone number....told me that I would receive an email - which I have

not received yet. So, I have a landline, just have no clue what the number

is. Lovely customer service. I wonder if they would be as understanding

if I failed to pay my bill?

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 5:48 AM, boringusername <forums@verizonwireless.com>

Re: Phone goes from 4G to 1X when making a call
Blkrose74
Enthusiast - Level 1

They did me the same way on my gear watch then they would not reactivate it  verzion is terrible, at&t wouldn't do you like that there not jerks like verzion

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Re: Phone goes from 4G to 1X when making a call
vzw_customer_support
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Joyadk98, I understand the importance of having service at your home. While we wait for a resolution, do you have Wi-Fi at home? What model device do you have?

 

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JOYADK98
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I do have Wi-Fi. I have a Samsung J3V. I ended up getting a landline so I

would have a backup phone source.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 2:08 PM, vzw_customer_support <

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vzw_customer_support
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Blkrose74,

 

 

We always want for your device to work as it should. I'm sorry to read that for some reason your watch would not reactivate. We appreciate your business & wouldn't want for you to feel this way about us at all. I've sent you a Private Message so that I can provide you the personalized assistance that is needed. Please reply back to me in the Private Message to continue.

 

 

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vzw_customer_support
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Thank you for the information Joyadk98. You're Samsung J3V is it currently set up for Wi-Fi calling? Have you powered the  device off and back on since experiencing this issue?

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