I think this is most likely the case. I just got home from work and it appears to have finally connected and downloaded. Took about 2 or 3 days probably. Now I'm trying to get my wallet.dat, peers and config file to work with it. Looks to be taking things.
I don't have the option of making my phone a hotspot because Straight Talk blocks it. I may be able to tether it with a bit of work but in the past that was hit and miss.
I will report back when things finalize.
Make sure you on the right chain:
xx:08:32 getblockhash 148603
xx:08:32 392e0494c5dcc7452806d6fc74b93805d3347c9d160e11df1a98940c2a2ec241
At the moment, I'm still trying to get sync'd. I let it run all last night and it never got past being 3 hours behind. I'm re-sync'ing again to see if I can push through it.