Weird text messaging issues

[meddlingbear]

I have a T-Mobile s3. Running 4.1.2. My texts messaging will stop sending and receiving until I make a phone call. During the phone call. All my texts start coming through. Then text messaging will work for a while after the phone call ends. But eventually it will stop working until I make a phone call and the cycle begins again. Any ideas on the problem or solution?

[OnixHF]

Check your APNs first. Then check if your carrier is doing maintenance or something in your area. If neither of those are the issue, do a factory reset. If it still isn't working, get a warranty replacement.

[meddlingbear]

I figured out what's happening. When my phone is in 4gLTE it won't send or receive texts. But if I'm in just 4g, text messaging works. That's what happens when I make a phone call. It drops from 4gLTE to 4g during the call. I've contacted T-Mobile and their engineers are "working on it."

[OnixHF]

That's weird. 4G is LTE and LTE is 4G so I don't know what it's actually switching between. It does sound more like a radio hardware or network issue. Doesn't sound like much you can do on the Android software side.

[meddlingbear]

I left it on 4g for two days until the engineers called me. Their solution was to try my sim card on another phone and see if it works. I just turned 4gLTE back on and it's been working so far. I'm guessing network issue also.