6a unstable cellular connectivity since ~ beginning of APR '23

johnthelearner

Any identical, or related, known issues out there you can reference...preferably w/ a solution?

Blastoidea

Who is your carrier?

Is it possible that they have been fiddling with the directional patterns of the antennas on the tower(s) in your area?

johnthelearner

Blastoidea Not sure...like I said, the MVNO of AT&T didn't know anything other than "we're always upgrading the network". That's for when I'm stationary at one position, though. This has happened all over the place...not just in one place where one antenna change could have been the cause. ie: sometimes I'm out of service for 10's of minutes in other good-service metro or interstate areas.

matchboxbananasynergy

I would also look into not using LTE-only mode for a period of time, in case LTE (4G) is spotty in your area.

johnthelearner

matchboxbananasynergy I've tried it in 5G(recommended) mode and had the same results. I wasn't going to lock it down to something less than LTE (ie: 3G) as I'm sure ATT would not offer service then. LTE-only has been rock solid and I've had that setting for ~ a yr and it's worked well at home and out-n-about 'til recently.

Blastoidea

johnthelearner
That’s the thing I forgot to ask, did it happen in multiple locations.

spiral

johnthelearner
Are you using Boost Mobile or Boost Infinite? Over the past few weeks, Boost users on their subreddits have been reporting plenty of mess.

johnthelearner

Blastoidea yes!

johnthelearner

spiral No...consumer cellular

johnthelearner

A quick update - I've been running with Allow 2G for whatever it's been...a day or so...and it seems to work much better. I don't have a ton of time on the clock w/ this setting yet and know that this could be a false positive & time will tell, but so far, so good.

Question - what are the practical downsides to running w/ this setting on? I turned it off ~ a yr a go as I wanted to keep things more locked-down and noticed the warning that this is a less secure setting. I'd rather leave it off, but it so far seems that this is the only way to keep me afloat. I'm still wondering if I have a phone issue that might allow me to run w/ 2G turned-off. Thoughts?

@matchboxbananasynergy @Blastoidea @spiral

spiral

johnthelearner
Probably, at the end of the day, if using 2G somehow helps your overall reception then it's probably worth using.

It might be helpful for you to ask your carrier if they support 2G at all, or even 3G.

johnthelearner

spiral Thanks. Seems the 2G does help it have a little more signal, but still suffering bad audio, dropped calls, etc. Seems I was optimistic and just didn't have enough time on the clock w/ the setting.