A wireless receiver, comprising: a controller unit (650, 654); an adjustable sample provider configured to provide samples of an input signal using an adjustable sample timing; a feedback path configured to provide a feedback signal to the adjustable sample provider on the basis of a timing error, wherein the feedback path comprises a loop filter configured to provide sample timing information to the adjustable sample provider when the input signal fulfils a predetermined requirement for a feedback-based sample timing adaptation, wherein the predetermined requirement is associated to the determination, by the controller unit (650, 654), of a power level associated to the input signal and/or the determination of a particular sequence in the input signal; and a replacement value provider configured to provide, to the adjustable sample provider, a replacement sample timing information replacing the sample timing information provided by the feedback path only when the input signal does not fulfil the predetermined requirement for the feedback-based sample timing adaptation, wherein the replacement value provider is configured to refrain from providing, to the adjustable sample provider, the replacement sample timing information when the input signal fulfils the predetermined requirement for the feedback-based sample timing adaptation, wherein the replacement value provider is configured, when the input signal fulfils the predetermined requirement for the feedback-based sample timing adaptation, to obtain the replacement sample timing information by considering a timing error information, or a quantity derived from the timing error information, over a longer time period when compared to a time period considered by the loop filter for a provision of the sample timing information. a controller unit (650, 654); an adjustable sample provider configured to provide samples of an input signal using an adjustable sample timing; a feedback path configured to provide a feedback signal to the adjustable sample provider on the basis of a timing error, wherein the feedback path comprises a loop filter configured to provide sample timing information to the adjustable sample provider when the input signal fulfils a predetermined requirement for a feedback-based sample timing adaptation, wherein the predetermined requirement is associated to the determination, by the controller unit (650, 654), of a power level associated to the input signal and/or the determination of a particular sequence in the input signal; and a replacement value provider configured to provide, to the adjustable sample provider, a replacement sample timing information replacing the sample timing information provided by the feedback path only when the input signal does not fulfil the predetermined requirement for the feedback-based sample timing adaptation, wherein the replacement value provider is configured to refrain from providing, to the adjustable sample provider, the replacement sample timing information when the input signal fulfils the predetermined requirement for the feedback-based sample timing adaptation, wherein the replacement value provider is configured, when the input signal fulfils the predetermined requirement for the feedback-based sample timing adaptation, to obtain the replacement sample timing information by considering a timing error information, or a quantity derived from the timing error information, over a longer time period when compared to a time period considered by the loop filter for a provision of the sample timing information.