A few weeks ago, I noticed something strange on my Vivo V27 running Android 13: My phone consistently showed 4G in the status bar, but internet speed was painfully slow. Websites loaded slowly, YouTube videos buffered endlessly, and WhatsApp messages took forever to send. I checked my carrier’s coverage, and everything seemed fine. At first, …

A few weeks ago, I faced a highly irritating problem on my Realme 10 Pro+ running Android 13: My Wi-Fi kept disconnecting every few minutes. Streaming videos, attending online classes, and video calls were constantly interrupted. Even though the signal strength showed full bars, the internet would stop working intermittently. At first, I thought it …

A few weeks ago, I ran into a frustrating issue on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 running Android 13: My phone suddenly showed “Mobile Network Not Available”. Calls couldn’t go through, SMS failed, and mobile data was unusable. Wi-Fi worked fine, which indicated that the problem was specific to the mobile network. At first, I …