Hi guys...where I live I get excellent 4g speeds. This week for the first time I traveled with this phone to an area with very poor coverage. Long story short, every one else with tom has at least one or two bars, I get no reception at all. I have a brand new sim. Do u guys have similar issues? Do you think this might be fixed with the pending software update or is this hardware?
Should I bother trying to exchange it or are all g2xs the same??
Please share your experiences.
mikea3000 said:
Hi guys...where I live I get excellent 4g speeds. This week for the first time I traveled with this phone to an area with very poor coverage. Long story short, every one else with tom has at least one or two bars, I get no reception at all. I have a brand new sim. Do u guys have similar issues? Do you think this might be fixed with the pending software update or is this hardware?
Should I bother trying to exchange it or are all g2xs the same??
Please share your experiences.
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I think the radio could be better. Its on par with Samsung and they suck. Or at least my 2 vibrant were horrible at holding a signal.
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Thanks for responding. Do you think it's hardware or something that is correctable with software. My friend had a samsung galaxy and he had two bars while I had no service at all
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Thanks for responding. Do you think it's hardware or something that is correctable with software. My friend had a samsung galaxy and he had two bars while I had no service at all
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I'm sure gingerbread will heighten the signal some as software can optimize the radio.
But I get the feeling it will never be great outside of well covered areas.
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Can anyone tell me if the reception is any better on any of the custom roms out there. I am about to return my second phone so I dont want to go flashing a bunch of new roms just to take them off in a day or two. Im asking because if the reception is not any better I may have to get a different phone because I have no reception at all in my home area. Any advise??
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Can anyone tell me if the reception is any better on any of the custom roms out there. I am about to return my second phone so I dont want to go flashing a bunch of new roms just to take them off in a day or two. Im asking because if the reception is not any better I may have to get a different phone because I have no reception at all in my home area. Any advise??
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I don't get great reception either. Better than my vibrant but worse than my g1.
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Turning on wcdma only helps.
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bad phones
my first g2x had poor connection so bad i thought it was tmobile as i was coming from verizon. so i returned the phone. i dont have landbased internbet where i am living but the coverage map showed great 4g infact i can see the tower like 200 feet from my place. so i decided to try out the tmobile 4g hotspot figuring it wouldnt work well it did. so i went and got another g2x and this one has great signal and connection. so there are phones out there that have bad connection, so if you are getting this and you know another tmobile phone or device is working return it.
Awww this is a disappointing thread to find. I was hoping it would be a software problem thats easily fixable.
I get constant time outs on mine when browsing no matter where I am. Sometimes it will time out on a speed test 5 times in a row, them get 5Mb down and then time out 4 more times and then get 5Mb again. Its killing me. Worst thing is I bought it 2nd hand so I'm sure T-mobile will make me mail it to Samsung
edit: My reception is about -101 dBa on avg.
Was having the same problems. I call customer service and they informed me that my sim card was old and to go to the T-Mobile store and get a new one. I did and now works a lot better. They told me that there towers don't recognize older sim cards as 4g so they get spotty 4g coverage.
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Was having the same problems. I call customer service and they informed me that my sim card was old and to go to the T-Mobile store and get a new one. I did and now works a lot better. They told me that there towers don't recognize older sim cards as 4g so they get spotty 4g coverage.
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My SIM card is less than a year old, but this is definitely worth a shot.
Thx!
Hey guys, so I've had my inspire for about a week now and I've been having a few problems.
I've noticed that my phone frequently goes from 3g "H+" to 2g or Edge or "E".
Speeds drastically drop, I have problems with incoming and outgoing SMS as well and honestly its quite annoying.
I live in Philadelphia, where service is usually rather great, should I return my Inspire for a new one?
Also, I dont know the terminology when it comes to screen pixels but I also have a tiny botched area.
GPS seems to be hit and miss, I more then likely will ask for a new device but I thought I would ask here first.
Thanks.
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With the spots on your screen I'd take it in for an exchange. As for service i know in my area (Lafayette, in) they have been working on the network so i have had the same issue. I do know they are doing alot of upgrading to there network. I believe that Philly is one of there areas they are planning for 4g lte to be up this summer (correct me if I'm wrong). So that maybe your reception issue. But I would ask them about that too when your in with your phone for the screen.
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With the spots on your screen I'd take it in for an exchange. As for service i know in my area (Lafayette, in) they have been working on the network so i have had the same issue. I do know they are doing alot of upgrading to there network. I believe that Philly is one of there areas they are planning for 4g lte to be up this summer (correct me if I'm wrong). So that maybe your reception issue. But I would ask them about that too when your in with your phone for the screen.
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<threadjack>Huh, That's near my old neck of the woods (Logansport, IN) </threadjack>
Anyway, AT&T has been having issues for the last 2 days here in Chattanooga too.
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<threadjack>Huh, That's near my old neck of the woods (Logansport, IN) </threadjack>
Anyway, AT&T has been having issues for the last 2 days here in Chattanooga too.
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Not to far away at all. I work with alot of people from up what way. Glad someone else is jumping in to confirm its a network issue. Although that suck for us users.
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Not to far away at all. I work with alot of people from up what way. Glad someone else is jumping in to confirm its a network issue. Although that suck for us users.
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Yeah, I made a post about it earlier.... I panicked and restored a Nandroid, thinking it had something to do with flashing the LeeDroid Desire to Inspire patch on Coredroid last night. I lost several minutes and a couple levels of Plants Vs. Zombies for nothing.
service been up and down her in central florida for a few days also....tyipcal at&t
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service been up and down her in central florida for a few days also....tyipcal at&t
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Personally, I'm hoping that it has to do with a network overhaul that will result in better overall speed, even for us!
I was having signal issues in areas with less then 3 bars for the most part. Sometimes I would randomly lose service for a few seconds here and there. My calls where dropped or the caller would cut in and out during the conversation. If your having similar issues then your phone is most likely defective.
I just got a refurbished SGS3 from Verizon and the radio works flawless compared to my VRALF2 purchased in July. I would suggest calling Verizon and complaining if your having similar problems because my phone was defective.
Software problems
Not sure how you can conclude it was your phone. Unless you tried the new radio on your old phone before swapping. Otherwise you are comparing apples to oranges.
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No actually Hardware problem, most likely the radio itself.
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Not sure how you can conclude it was your phone. Unless you tried the new radio on your old phone before swapping. Otherwise you are comparing apples to oranges.
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Ive been around the block here at xda so i know phone software and flashing. Software wise I tried it all.
I'm glad these radio issues haven't plagued the vzw sgs3 like they have the vzw gnex. Getting my S3 tomorrow. Hoping I get a good one, but my chances are way better with this phone than doing the refurb constant receive and send back like my g/f's Gnex. She went through 3 with radio issues before we got a good one.
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I'm glad these radio issues haven't plagued the vzw sgs3 like they have the vzw gnex. Getting my S3 tomorrow. Hoping I get a good one, but my chances are way better with this phone than doing the refurb constant receive and send back like my g/f's Gnex. She went through 3 with radio issues before we got a good one.
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I'm guessing it just a quality control issue. My girlfriend has the Moto Razor which has an great radio in it and she never had signal issues. I was beginning to think that the radio in the GS3 was just terrible. After some time with this new phone its right on par with the razor as far as call quality. Her razor still has the slight edge when it comes to signal strength.
Moto will always have the edge for the forseeable future on radio quality/reception. (notwithstanding the bionic....lol (but that was software IMHO)).
My razr's always had a better signal than any Sammy phone I've had. My HTC radios have always been pretty good also. Lets face it, Samsung's radios are their weakest link IMHO.
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Moto will always have the edge for the forseeable future on radio quality/reception. (notwithstanding the bionic....lol (but that was software IMHO)).
My razr's always had a better signal than any Sammy phone I've had. My HTC radios have always been pretty good also. Lets face it, Samsung's radios are their weakest link IMHO.
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100% agree.
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I'm new here, so first of all: Hi Guys!!!
I got some Issues with the radio, too. So I tried some different baseband versions with nearly no result
I currently use the LH1 baseband. Since some days I own 2 SIM's from 2 different Providers (Vodafone & T-Mobile).
Unfortunatly I only have an old Nokia N97 for Comparsion, but that doesnt matter atm.
What I've tried to figure out was, whats the source for this Issue - the phone, the provider or the baseband.
Well, I tried both SIM's in both devices and tried a few basebands for the SGS3, with the result that I got a little better Signal with Vodafone SIM and LH1-basband, than with the same baseband and T-Mobile SIM.
T-Mobile: about -105dBm
Vodafone: about -95dBm
The Signal-Strengh on the N97 is nearly identic with both SIM's.
So my final result is:
Baseband on the SGS3 sucks but can be changed to may get some better signal strengh specific for each provider!
Lets wait what official JB will change.
I just got my galaxy and where i live its a really hard to get signal area, but i have own the rezound , regular razr n maxx , galaxy nexus , and the lg and all get good service just tried this galaxy where i live at and lost 2 drop calls and text messages come as errors and thats in stock within. The first 30 minutes owning the phone like wtf
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I just got my galaxy and where i live its a really hard to get signal area, but i have own the rezound , regular razr n maxx , galaxy nexus , and the lg and all get good service just tried this galaxy where i live at and lost 2 drop calls and text messages come as errors and thats in stock within. The first 30 minutes owning the phone like wtf
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Its probably a little early to tell. I had my phone for 30 days before i ruled out everything but the phone itself. But I had those exact problems with mine as well.
Things that i checked for right away.
Network/Tower issue
4G Sim card
Different modem software ( I tried all 3)
Factory Reset
Different Kernels
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I was having signal issues in areas with less then 3 bars for the most part. Sometimes I would randomly lose service for a few seconds here and there. My calls where dropped or the caller would cut in and out during the conversation. If your having similar issues then your phone is most likely defective.
I just got a refurbished SGS3 from Verizon and the radio works flawless compared to my VRALF2 purchased in July. I would suggest calling Verizon and complaining if your having similar problems because my phone was defective.
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I am on my forth Galaxy S3 for call and data dropping. I use my phone mostly at the same 2 locations, work and home and my data drops constantly on all 4 phones. I have had the sim replaced twice. I have 4 lines on my account one of which is a Droid Razr which was handed down to my girlfriend. I can't recall ever having a dropped call or data with that phone. We were in the Vons grocery store Sunday and we both wanted to d/l the Vons app. It took her less than a minutes on the Razr. It took me almost 19 min and the app is less than 2mb. My phone is still stock. Its a beautiful phone but I'm really starting to hate it.
Maybe I spoke too soon about radios not plaguing this phone. LOL.
Get mine today. I'll have an iphone 4s and gnex to compare dBm and asu numbers. (Scratch that....can't find that info on the iphone (g/f's phone)) (found how to do it....not messing with it while she's using it)
Right now my Gnex is at -87 dBm and 53 asu and I am in a very strong 4G area.
Yeah im having dropped call issues then the phone says lost service and then no sim card detected then new sim card detected and then it gets signal back. The messages the phone displays are not exactly what i stated but similar. I talked to some vzw rep on the phone and she said that i am on the edge of the 4g service area. And that 4g is fairly new where I live. Should that affect my calls though?
Btw i had a htc incredible 1 and it never gave me those issues...i feel as though the speakers were better on the incredible too.
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equisbox said:
Yeah im having dropped call issues then the phone says lost service and then no sim card detected then new sim card detected and then it gets signal back. The messages the phone displays are not exactly what i stated but similar. I talked to some vzw rep on the phone and she said that i am on the edge of the 4g service area. And that 4g is fairly new where I live. Should that affect my calls though?
Btw i had a htc incredible 1 and it never gave me those issues...i feel as though the speakers were better on the incredible too.
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Just keep calling back. Tell them you stayed at a friends house that has great 4G service for a few days or something similar. They gave me the same excuses. What helped me is that there are two other people in the house on the same plan that have 4G phones and they haven't dropped any calls. You have to be persistent and almost demand what you want sometimes but do it as nice and respectful as possible.
well i'll post the other side of this....I had horrible signal issues, tried replacing SIM, no luck. got new phone sent out, same problem. Coming form galaxy nexus with no probs. Calls drop, drop only parts of audio then come back etc. I am in the same places I have been for the past 6 or so years and never had problems until this phone. Can't get signal in my basement or my office, neither of which haev been a problem in the past. so if a new phone fixed it for you, consider yourself lucky.
btw what is a good signal in terms of dbm? in between work/home mine stays in between -90 to -120
I have had my SGIII for a few weeks now and also notice a lack of 4G strength, and I am in NYC. I am coming from the Droid Charge. I am holding off on doing anything until the JB update, if it comes within a reasonable amount of time...i.e. within the next month or so.
Basically, ALL Saumsung radios suck.
My old Rezound has a MUCH MUCH better radio than either my G3 or my Wife's Droid Charge.
I am talking about actual use, not how many signal bars are showing etc....
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Basically, ALL Saumsung radios suck.
My old Rezound has a MUCH MUCH better radio than either my G3 or my Wife's Droid Charge.
I am talking about actual use, not how many signal bars are showing etc....
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hmmm...my issue with the Charge was not so much the 'top-end speed' of the radio, which was really good when in a good area, but rather the 'glitchiness or bugginess' when switching network areas, or with certain applications. For instance, I commute on the train to NYC every day from a dominant 3G area. When the train would switch into the 4G covered area, the radio would not automatically switch over to 4G until I would either do the airplane mode trick (which worked most of the time), or I would outright have to reboot. For the rare times it WOULD switch over automatically, the speed would be terrible until I airplaned or rebooted it as above...I am sure as hell hoping I don't have these issues with the SGIII...
Hey,
I was recently using my phone that i got a couple days ago ( Bought it unlocked at my local Electronics store ) and i popped in my T-mobile sim card and after 1 day I looked at my status bar, I had H+ on the top right corner. I tested it out on my browser ( I was at a park while this happened ) and the data worked fast like on a T-mobile 4g phone. But it later went away after a couple minutes. I was trying to take a picture with my other phone to prove that it wasnt photoshopped or anything but i was too late. Can someone help me on this situation? Is there a way i can keep it at HSPA+? Please don't take me as a cellular noob i repair phones and setup for plenty of people.
Thanks.
That could be some bizarre glitch.
The AT&T Samsung Infuse should not have the hardware to support T Mobile HSPA+
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That could be some bizarre glitch.
The AT&T Samsung Infuse should not have the hardware to support T Mobile HSPA+
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Yeah, thats what i was curious about. I was happy for the moment being, but when it went away i just had to go with it since its supposed to be at edge speeds.
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Yeah, thats what i was curious about. I was happy for the moment being, but when it went away i just had to go with it since its supposed to be at edge speeds.
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I'm actually really weirded out by the fact that it actually worked at all for a period of time, and that you got speeds at that speed. So the question is, what exactly happened?
One may never know
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I'm actually really weirded out by the fact that it actually worked at all for a period of time, and that you got speeds at that speed. So the question is, what exactly happened?
One may never know
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Basically, I was in a neighborhood next to the park ( thats the way i get there ) and i was looking at my phone and saw my H+ sign up there so I got pretty excited and tested it out and it was indeed HSPA+. I will go back to the same neighborhood and check again. Also it happened while i was at the gym a couple hours before. Weird stuff.
Probably a bug, sometimes mine thinks it doesnt have a data connection when it actually does, or displays E (for edge) when its actually on 3g
If you catch it happening again do a speedtest - I doubt it will be 4G speeds
I would assume you were seeing an area where T-Mobile has 'refarmed' their HSPA+ network onto the 1900MHz band, which according to Samsung is possible with the hardware.:good:
Refarming makes a lot of sense. And I will definitely speed test it for sure.
So after talking to Verizon multiple times about reception on s3 talked to a tier2 last night said a statement from Samsung was released last Friday about a hardware defect that affects the antennas to operate poorly and they have a fix for it so vzw is sending me a replacement which is supposed to have the hardware fix in all replacement phones as of now. How true this is I don't know vzw could be blowing smoke. I questioned him to why the tier1 doesn't have this information he claimed it will get to them so we will see. Just about done with this phone and its terrible reception signal my HTC devices run circles around my s3's . If I can't get signal no point in keeping it, almost tempted to go back to my battery draining rezound. Or leave vzw all together. Since they have agreed to waive my etfs
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So after talking to Verizon multiple times about reception on s3 talked to a tier2 last night said a statement from Samsung was released last Friday about a hardware defect that affects the antennas to operate poorly and they have a fix for it so vzw is sending me a replacement which is supposed to have the hardware fix in all replacement phones as of now. How true this is I don't know vzw could be blowing smoke. I questioned him to why the tier1 doesn't have this information he claimed it will get to them so we will see. Just about done with this phone and its terrible reception signal my HTC devices run circles around my s3's . If I can't get signal no point in keeping it, almost tempted to go back to my battery draining rezound. Or leave vzw all together. Since they have agreed to waive my etfs
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Latest radio leak gets me just as good LTE and 3G coverage as I had on my rezound.
Your story seems fishy, but if its true I might get mine swapped out just for even better signal possibilities.
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Yeah not sure what to tell you about signal but my S3 has perfect signal the same as any Moto phone or HTC my friends have in my area.
I have an issue where mine randomly drops signal for long periods of time. Got Samsung to repair it and it was fixed for like 2 days, but started happening again.
Off topic, I'll trade you a rezound+accessories for it. If you hate it that bad.
Might have to look into this next week.
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I have an issue where mine randomly drops signal for long periods of time. Got Samsung to repair it and it was fixed for like 2 days, but started happening again.
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Why would you send it to samsung... Tier 2 is so gullible just tell them some bs and they'll overnight you a CLN s3 that won't have those issues.
My call reception seems to work really well, never had a dropped call. I have been experiencing lackluster wifi performance though.