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Reno NV has LTE

Around 2:00pm today it turned on! Had no clue it was coming already.
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Yup, noticed it this morning. 3G signal dropped, and I saw the 4G LTE logo appear!
Did some speed tests, and the highest I got to was 30 Mbps down. May be a fluke, but still pretty cool to see. Avg speeds ranged around 12-15 Mbps down.

Awesome. I'll have to let my buddies known
!!what a sensation!!

I have been getting around 9-12 down speeds but I am pretty far put of town.
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Carson City and Dayton NV with 4G too!!
Yep, I noticed the 4G appear on Friday too. I work in Carson City and was pulling down between 12-14MBps on 4G there. Then I went home to Dayton, and to my surprise the 4G works here too. I am not sure how many or where Verizon put the towers, but they did a good job and are covering a BIG area.

gary76usmc said:
Yep, I noticed the 4G appear on Friday too. I work in Carson City and was pulling down between 12-14MBps on 4G there. Then I went home to Dayton, and to my surprise the 4G works here too. I am not sure how many or where Verizon put the towers, but they did a good job and are covering a BIG area.
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Dayton? Damn
!!what a sensation!!

I realize this thread is a month or so old now but interested in some input from fellow local T-bolt users now that we've been live for a few months.
So far my 4G has been pretty good, I've noticed 4G as far as Fallon!(I drive quite often due to my current occupation) But for some reason I drop it every time I cross W Mccarrin by 7th, unless I'm on I80 sometimes headed west. Here I go to rub VZW 4G in my AT&T buddies face, low and behold I pull my phone out and it's in 3G lol. It seems random in the northwest area, can anyone else confirm this?
Not sure if this is due to my radio, or running cm7...some days it's great all day long with exceptional speeds and others it just blows, drops in and out all day long.

jeremyx2 said:
Around 2:00pm today it turned on! Had no clue it was coming already.
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It's been on since around September 15th; yesterday it was out in the morning, but came back around noon.
Speeds vary wildly (especially with SpeedTest.net), depends on where you are at the moment, and the phase of the moon

I've noticed speed variances with the apps badly, I get a more solid reoccuring speed if I use the browser speed test method.
But yes, yesterday was a fairly bad service day I noticed. I get good travel throughout Reno and Sparks so I try to take notice to good vs. bad service areas.
Anyone know how many antennas vzw put up in the area? Did a brief search coming up without much...

It's not how many new antennas as for retrofitting existing ones, plus the hardware hand-off 1x-3g-4g, since 4g is basically the older analog TV band being re-purposed. 4g penetrates structures better than the higher frequency 3g.
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I should also add that it depends on where the antenna is located and how (the back cover on the phone, and whether it's seated properly), how "tuned" the chips are inside the phone (put two T-Bolts side-by-side & compare dBm values - available with some custom ROMs, or use OpenSignalMaps), what radio versions you're using (for me the 817 CDMA paired with the 803 LTE has worked the best so far; the 906 radios just ate the battery "hunting" all the time; still waiting to hear about the latest version - not so good from what I hear so far). All-in-all, each phone has its own favorite ROM/Radio combo that works for it.
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Verizon GS3 4g Connection Issues

Have any Verizon Wireless Galaxy S 3 users (besides myself) noticed the following symptoms:
1) Phone doesn't connect to 4g LTE until approximately 15 minutes later (even in an excellant 4g coverage area)
2) Phone connects to 4g LTE then disconnects approximately 15 minutes later and drops to 3g (even in excellent 4g coverage area).
3) Phone shows 4g LTE connection, but no data can be transmitted/received (tested with speedtest and a google search in the browser). This one is particularly bad, as there is currently no way I am aware of to turn off the 4g radio)
I've spoken with VZW technical support and they want me to replace the phone to see if things get better. I'm not quite sure it's a hardware problem.

mybook4 said:
Have any Verizon Wireless Galaxy S 3 users (besides myself) noticed the following symptoms:
1) Phone doesn't connect to 4g LTE until approximately 15 minutes later (even in an excellant 4g coverage area)
2) Phone connects to 4g LTE then disconnects approximately 15 minutes later and drops to 3g (even in excellent 4g coverage area).
3) Phone shows 4g LTE connection, but no data can be transmitted/received (tested with speedtest and a google search in the browser). This one is particularly bad, as there is currently no way I am aware of to turn off the 4g radio)
I've spoken with VZW technical support and they want me to replace the phone to see if things get better. I'm not quite sure it's a hardware problem.
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I know this sounds ridiculous to do with brand new phone but here is the truth. They factory flash those bad boys using octopuss strand array cables with one machine and sometimes they receive a bad flash from the factory. Try the following steps
1. Go to options>settings>mobile and wireless networks>mobile networks>toggle mobile network on and off. (is it acting better?) No? then..
2. Factory data reset the phone. (is it acting better now?) No? then..
3. Using odin reflash the stock ROM (is it acting bettery now?) No? then take it back.... your phone is officially broken.

mybook4 said:
Have any Verizon Wireless Galaxy S 3 users (besides myself) noticed the following symptoms:
1) Phone doesn't connect to 4g LTE until approximately 15 minutes later (even in an excellant 4g coverage area)
2) Phone connects to 4g LTE then disconnects approximately 15 minutes later and drops to 3g (even in excellent 4g coverage area).
3) Phone shows 4g LTE connection, but no data can be transmitted/received (tested with speedtest and a google search in the browser). This one is particularly bad, as there is currently no way I am aware of to turn off the 4g radio)
I've spoken with VZW technical support and they want me to replace the phone to see if things get better. I'm not quite sure it's a hardware problem.
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you should search before posting, maybe someone else is having problems. maybe theres info that could help you.....

das7982 said:
I know this sounds ridiculous to do with brand new phone but here is the truth. They factory flash those bad boys using octopuss strand array cables with one machine and sometimes they receive a bad flash from the factory. Try the following steps
1. Go to options>settings>mobile and wireless networks>mobile networks>toggle mobile network on and off. (is it acting better?) No? then..
2. Factory data reset the phone. (is it acting better now?) No? then..
3. Using odin reflash the stock ROM (is it acting bettery now?) No? then take it back.... your phone is officially broken.
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Thanks so much for the tips. I searched prior to posting.There has been another post after mine with someone talking about similar issues.
Tried number 1 and 2. No dice.
I'm hesitant with 3 (although I've flashed/odined many times in the fascinate). Will refreshing stock up the flash counter? I may just swap out the phone in store. This would at least give me an account history showing issues.
When I have new info, I'll reply.
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i posted well before your thread, but in short......theres an update being pushed that addresses 4g issues

Very cool. Thanks.
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tillithz said:
i posted well before your thread, but in short......theres an update being pushed that addresses 4g issues
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I really hope this update doesn't effect the kexec work that is already underway

Verizon LTE is fast but...
It sucks at connecting and at staying connected. My HTC Thunderbolt did this, my Droid Bionic does this, and my co-workers Razr does this. LTE is fast when it actually works properly.

I'm not able conenct to 3g or 4g. Without Wifi I'm getting no data services.

As promised, I have an update. I went to the VZW store and they swapped out my SIM card. No change. The same issues I described in the OP were encountered.
I've performed the following testing to help determine if my specific phone had an issue or whether it was just the LTE service in the area. This isn't the most extensive or scientific test, just a quick and dirty test.
The procedure was as follows:
-Compare phone signal strength in Settings -> About Device -> Status (within phones approximately 5 feet of each other)
-Compare speed test results using the SpeedTest.net app
My office:
1 person in my office also has a vzw galaxy s III. We are running the same stock system.img (I535VRALF2).
- On average, his signal strength was -88dbm, mine was -84dbm. Definitely within normal range for a decent LTE signal.
- His speed test results were similar to mine (within 10% for each direction)
1 person in my office has a Droid Razr (non MAXX) running ICS (important as ICS measures signal strength differently than GB).
- On average, his signal strenth was -95dbm, mine was -91dbm.
- His speed test results were very different than mine:
GSIII - 66ms ping, 8.5MBit down, 12.2MBit up
Razr - 61ms ping, 18.9MBit down, 9.1MBit up
A friend's house:
My friend also has a vzw galaxy s III. We are running the same stock system.img (I535VRALF2).
- On average, his signal strength was -104dbm, mine was also -104dbm. A fairly poor LTE signal.
- Our speed test results were similar (approx 4MBit down, upload was intermittent (would sometimes stall out) approx 0.5Mbit up)
VZW lists 4g coverage as "Verizon LTE (non-extended)" in both areas.
Conclusion:
The difference I encountered between my GSIII and the Razr was alarming, but again, this wasn't the most scientific test (and anyone familiar with the speed test app will tell you that it's usually best to run it several times (unfortunately, I was pressed for time). Just wanted to get an idea of encountered differences.
I can second what tillithz heard about an update being released to address the 4g connection issues. I heard the info from a VZW store employee (so take that with a grain of salt).
I'll be keeping my eyes open for details on the rumored update (and wether or not it breaks our current root/CWM/custom boot.img flashing abilities).

das7982 said:
I know this sounds ridiculous to do with brand new phone but here is the truth. They factory flash those bad boys using octopuss strand array cables with one machine and sometimes they receive a bad flash from the factory. Try the following steps
1. Go to options>settings>mobile and wireless networks>mobile networks>toggle mobile network on and off. (is it acting better?) No? then..
2. Factory data reset the phone. (is it acting better now?) No? then..
3. Using odin reflash the stock ROM (is it acting bettery now?) No? then take it back.... your phone is officially broken.
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I feel like a tard aadmitting this but I can't figure out how to do/find step one
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Sounds like the issues I had with 5 (not exaggerating) GNexs before I gave up on the phone. It was a hardware issue. Hopefully Samsung didn't let this issue slip to the GSIII
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Guys I seriously think it's a Verizon issue. I don't know one person with an VZW LTE device that doesn't have problems connecting.

I had a Korean GNex that never dropped 4G. I had 5 Chinese models that never held a signal at all (non-data included) for over ten minutes. For once I don't think it was Verizon.
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Same issues
I have not done anything to my phone. It is still stock. While using Google Maps, it has managed to reboot 3 times on me. It has also managed to lose service two times while using Google Maps before rebooting with the "Searching for GPS" message. The night before I could NOT send SMS/MMS messages. Had to resort to Google Voice. Any thoughts would be great. I don't believe I have been holding it incorrectly as I have a BT headset. I'm randomly getting searching for services also. I don't think it's VZW with my Rezound, I would never lose WIFI, 4G, or calling service. Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem?

I am coming from the Incredible so I have never tried 4G at my house before but 3G has always been strong. I picked up my S3 last night and only 3G will connect. According to Verizon coverage maps I am solidly in a 4G area. Not sure what's going on.

Piss-off Verizon!
So I am having the same issue on mine and my wife's phone. Both pre-ordered in June and received on the 9th.
I stream music in my car while I drive to and from work an hour away. This is extremely annoying as I have to constantly fiddle with my phone to get the data connection back while I'm driving to get my music back.
I called Verizon twice and had the SIM swapped out on mine to test if it fixed it. It fixed one issue of signal strength, but not the dropping of connections. Here's my problems:
- Going from a 3G to a 4G area, signal drops out to unknown in the About Phone > Status page for about 30 seconds or more
- Sometimes it just stays at 3G and never switches
- Going from a 4G to a 3G area, signal drops out to unknown in the About Phone > Status page for about 30 seconds or more
- While it claims I have 4G, there are many times where I cannot get any data connection at all where Facebook says network connection error or speed test doesn't work at all and web pages won't load
- One issue fixed after the SIM swap was that under Settings > More Settings > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names it is now switching from EHRPD and LTE more often. Still not perfect, but I'm assuming that it stays in EHRPD mode when in an extended 4G coverage area (not sure about this) but before it wouldn't use the LTE option no matter what
Before the SIM swap my data connection dropped out completely in the middle of a city known to have great 4G coverage and would not come back no matter what I did (airplane mode on/off, mobile data off/on, phone reboot)
Software reset didn't fix any of these issues either.
Here is what I've decided about some of the issues they are having based on my experiences driving around so much. It seems as if the phone cannot negotiate with the towers correctly. It's as if it needs to drop the 3G connection before it can negotiate a 4G connection, hence the 30 seconds of no data at all, and same for going from 4G to 3G, it seems it can't negotiate without first dropping your current connection. 3G to 1X and back has no issues.
I know this is long, but I want it detailed as much as possible. I had gotten the Bionic when it first came out and it did the same thing, where I could never get a 4G connection when it was supposed to or go back once acquired. The main difference is that my Galaxy S III has WAY better battery life than the Bionic had. So they seemed to have cured the battery drain when searching for a 4G tower. I'm still pissed at Verizon stating I'm in a 4G area and then never getting that connection at home, let alone barely getting a 1x connection. My dBm levels are usually in the -95 to -104 area when at home...I'm in a 4G area now and it's at -112 with an asu of 28 while at home it's usually 1 asu. Hope this helps someone else out. I don't know if a phone swap is going to fix these issues.
Verizon has told me that they are looking at a software update sometime in September...I'll believe it when I see it. In the mean time I have 7 more days to decide to keep the phone with no Verizon tech knowing what they are doing or able to troubleshoot their way out of a brown paper bag.

I am getting a new phone shipped out to me tomorrow. I will let you know if the same thing happens or it is Verizon.
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mybook4 said:
Have any Verizon Wireless Galaxy S 3 users (besides myself) noticed the following symptoms:
1) Phone doesn't connect to 4g LTE until approximately 15 minutes later (even in an excellant 4g coverage area)
2) Phone connects to 4g LTE then disconnects approximately 15 minutes later and drops to 3g (even in excellent 4g coverage area).
3) Phone shows 4g LTE connection, but no data can be transmitted/received (tested with speedtest and a google search in the browser). This one is particularly bad, as there is currently no way I am aware of to turn off the 4g radio)
I've spoken with VZW technical support and they want me to replace the phone to see if things get better. I'm not quite sure it's a hardware problem.
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I have had symptoms comparable to these, 4G stopped working in areas where it should. It would occasionally go back to 4g, only to not actually transfer any data. My phone was fine before this, and has been fine ever since. In my case I believe flashing CM9 for a bit could have triggered my problems. I have no explanation for why my phone randomly started working properly again.
I'm doubtful that this is a hardware issue, and I am hoping future updates may address radio issues.

Just an fyi, I have talked to multiple Verizon reps and changed sim cards to get nowhere. I'm at the point where I'm about ready to return it for another phone to see if that helps.
Verizon claims this is not a well known issue or widespread. I beg to differ. If it isn't widespread, then it must be a defective unit imo. I also think I got a retarded rep, he tried to tell me updates come straight from the manufacturers and we should see an update soon after a phones release haha. I asked for examples of phone release dates and the date of the first update...He couldn't provide me with any. I then asked why the nexus got the 4.0.4 update 2 months after every other carrier and he stated, well sir we don't release the updates until they're tested. Ah, so you do control the updates!
Needless to say, I'm getting tired of this crap. I'll let you know how the replacement goes.
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Reception on this phone is poor (for me)

Did a test today with these phones - 2 S3's, Nexus, iPhone 4S, and Droid Razr Maxx. The test was done in my apartment which has poor signal in general. All phones were on Verizon, all on LTE except the 4S.
All 3 Samsung phones had the worst reception, constantly dropping to 1x, timing out on web pages, and poor speeds. Speedtest would be unable to find a server half the time. The Razr and 4S had no issues maintaining a steady signal.
More than one VZW tech support guy has told me they have similar complaints about the s3, it doesn't do well in poor signal areas. Also said there's a patch being worked on, don't know of he meant the recent modem update. My S3 didn't have the OTA.
Edit - A lot of people had problems with the word 'confirmed' in the title, even though I meant it as 'confirmed for me', which I have done.

ECrispy said:
Did a test today with these phones - 2 S3's, Nexus, iPhone 4S, and Droid Razr Maxx. The test was done in my apartment which has poor signal in general. All phones were on Verizon, all on LTE except the 4S.
All 3 Samsung phones had the worst reception, constantly dropping to 1x, timing out on web pages, and poor speeds. Speedtest would be unable to find a server half the time. The Razr and 4S had no issues maintaining a steady signal.
More than one VZW tech support guy has told me they have similar complaints about the s3, it doesn't do well in poor signal areas. Also said there's a patch being worked on, don't know of he meant the recent modem update. My S3 didn't have the OTA.
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thats funny i tested my s3 vs mother inlaws razr
results:
Razr- 3bars signal, -102db, LTE 12MB/s down
S3- 3 bars signal, -107db, LTE 12MB/s down

droidstyle said:
thats funny i tested my s3 vs mother inlaws razr
results:
Razr- 3bars signal, -102db, LTE 12MB/s down
S3- 3 bars signal, -107db, LTE 12MB/s down
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sorry, didnt you see the "confirmed" in the title? :silly:
as for the OP, this phone gets far better reception than the last motorola i owned.

ECrispy said:
Did a test today with these phones - 2 S3's, Nexus, iPhone 4S, and Droid Razr Maxx. The test was done in my apartment which has poor signal in general. All phones were on Verizon, all on LTE except the 4S.
All 3 Samsung phones had the worst reception, constantly dropping to 1x, timing out on web pages, and poor speeds. Speedtest would be unable to find a server half the time. The Razr and 4S had no issues maintaining a steady signal.
More than one VZW tech support guy has told me they have similar complaints about the s3, it doesn't do well in poor signal areas. Also said there's a patch being worked on, don't know of he meant the recent modem update. My S3 didn't have the OTA.
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If you got money for all those phones it may just be time to get a new apartment
But for me I pick up 4g were my RAZR Maxx didn't even make a call. Couldn't be happier!
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I agree, the signal is awful - and I say that focusing on call quality. Constant dropping calls, and most of the time I cannot even understand someone when the signal is poor. Never had this problem with any of my other phones...

Same issue here, I just call from my crappy signal area thru WiFi. Problem solved because outside bad signal zone the phone radio (4G) is SOLID.

kintwofan said:
If you got money for all those phones it may just be time to get a new apartment
But for me I pick up 4g were my RAZR Maxx didn't even make a call. Couldn't be happier!
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I wish I had that much money I really wanted to make sure so I asked friends and a neighbor. Im going to keep the phone since it still makes calls, but will have to use wifi for data.

ECrispy said:
Did a test today with these phones - 2 S3's, Nexus, iPhone 4S, and Droid Razr Maxx. The test was done in my apartment which has poor signal in general. All phones were on Verizon, all on LTE except the 4S.
All 3 Samsung phones had the worst reception, constantly dropping to 1x, timing out on web pages, and poor speeds. Speedtest would be unable to find a server half the time. The Razr and 4S had no issues maintaining a steady signal.
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I've mentioned numerous times in various threads that Verizon told me in the first month of ownership that Samsung was planning to address signal-related (and wi-fi, among other things) issues in their second update for the Galaxy S III, at that time predicted for October. This info came from different levels of Verizon support.
So, perhaps that will come to pass and it may help your situation. Fortunately for me, it's not been an issue across locations I've travelled in three states thus far.
- ooofest

ooofest said:
I've mentioned numerous times in various threads that Verizon told me in the first month of ownership that Samsung was planning to address signal-related (and wi-fi, among other things) issues in their second update for the Galaxy S III, at that time predicted for October. This info came from different levels of Verizon support.
So, perhaps that will come to pass and it may help your situation. Fortunately for me, it's not been an issue across locations I've travelled in three states thus far.
- ooofest
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Thanks, that's good to hear. I hope this is not the Samsung JB update which is almost certain to get delayed by Verizon, and is released as a separate fix.

I'd be interested in the results of the test at different battery strength.
test each ar full, 90, 80, 70 and so on.
I notice my signal strength seems to drop off a cliff around 40 percent battery, consistently, and get progressively worse as the battery gets lower.
Havn't had time to do any testing, just something I noted.

Isnt it obvious? Your holding it wrong. You just need a bumper. Seriously what are you running? Stock or what? My signal is great but Speed Test varries has varied a bit from ROM to ROM but I wonder if that is just crazy weather and my odd hours. I haven't had any GPS problems either but have only used it lightly.

Confirmed - The GNEX has no signal issues. I owned 4 GNEX's and when I spoke to Verizon about data drops and bad signal that was the first they heard of it.
Confirmed - The Droid Charge is equal to the GNEX because that is what they offered me as a replacement if I wanted it.
Confirmed - A Verizon rep told me the Razr and GNEX have the same size screen.
I must agree with the OP. If a Verizon rep said it then it must be true.

Signal is worse than my Thunderbolt, I had that phone for over a year and now with the S3 there's a lot of areas i drop to 1x and the Thunderbolt had no issues getting 3g/4g
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Tests like this are completely based on location. What the OP should have said is of all the phones, the 3 Samsung get worst reception in his apartment.
Everyone has different results. Where some got poor reception with Motorola, HTC, the Samsungs seem to do better
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ECrispy said:
Thanks, that's good to hear. I hope this is not the Samsung JB update which is almost certain to get delayed by Verizon, and is released as a separate fix.
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They mentioned this as an update to the current level of OS, so that seemed to imply JellyBean was after October for us Verizon Galaxy S III owners.
- ooofest

bond32 said:
Tests like this are completely based on location. What the OP should have said is of all the phones, the 3 Samsung get worst reception in his apartment.
Everyone has different results. Where some got poor reception with Motorola, HTC, the Samsungs seem to do better
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That's exactly what I said. It's only poor in areas with low signal.

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That's exactly what I said. It's only poor in areas with low signal.
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Actually, it isn't even that.
Out here at work, we have many phones drop completely off, not even able to do text messages (out in the tool room) but there, I can still (slowly) surf the web in my S3.

My S3 was dropping calls left and right where I had exceptional service with my dx. I tried the vralg1 modem and waited it out 2 months. I finally called and b******and they sent me a new (refurb) one. Works wayyy better. I can now actually converse w. ppl on mi tele
EDIT: oh, and no more dropped calls. Its been about a week. I was getting >3 a day

In my current apartment, I was able to hear the other party on the line clearly in all parts of my apartment, and they could hear me, on my Moto Bionic
On this phone, I have to stand by windows or outside to talk, and even then they have to repeat themselves, or I repeat myself, now and then.
It's truly terrible.

I can certainly "confirm" that the radio in my two G3's sucks compared to my three old Rezounds.
I absolutely LOVE the G3's & I'll live with the poor reception, but it is a clear distinct difference.
I have one of my old Rezounds sitting here on my desk next to one of my G3's (CleanROM etc).
The G3 is ALWAYS in 3g, I have never once seen it get a 4g signal here but the Rezound's are in 4g 95% of the time.

[Q] Serious signal strength issues on Stock TouchWiz

Picked up my SGS3 on Friday after my Bionic finally keeled over in a few fairly critical ways. This was always my planned upgrade, got lucky on a Sam's Club special for 96 cents. Phone is so new it squeaks, as is the SIM. I first noticed that calls were dropping out some in certain spots at my house and near my work. I then realized I had zero 4G signal in the house, and didn't seem to be able to get any in my yard. My Bionic was always able to pull 1-2 bars, with only occasional drops to 3G in a couple of spots in the house. 3G was giving me max bars at all times.
Grabbed a handy app - Advanced Signal Status - that gives me detailed readouts on signal strength. I installed it on my (now inactive) Bionic, and where my GS3 is getting about -95dB for voice and -107dB for EVDO data, my Bionic is getting -90dB voice and -45dB EVDO data. Even my old HTC Droid Incredible 2, with one of the worst antenna designs ever, is sitting about -95 voice and -80 data. I even tried it on my wife's LG Spectrum 2. No valid data reading for 3G/EVDO because she's got a consistent 2-3 bars of 4G everywhere in the house. Same thing with work, everyone with a Samsung product on Verizon (no SGS3s unfortunately, but a couple of Note 2s) are getting a couple of bars of 4G, and my Bionic used to do the same.
I've tried flashing back from MF1 to MB1 firmware/tz/modem AIO packages, swapped from Global to LTE/CDMA, battery reseat, SIM reseat, and I'm contemplating doing a rain dance to see if that will bring the signal up to something decent, because nothing else is working. I called Verizon, got past front-line support, started throwing numbers at Tier 2, and they escalated to the network team to rule out a "network problem in my area". Given that NOBODY ELSE is seeing this craptastic signal, I doubt it's that.
I've done a couple of searches but haven't come up with anything worth mentioning yet, either here or on the net in general. I'm still within my grace period and I may be able to bypass having to go back to the Sam's Club I bought it at if VZ wants me changing the phone out, but I want as much time as I can get to test a second one if I need it, before giving up and going with a Razr HD or something. If anyone can suggest something that I might be missing that I can try, I'd appreciate it.

Take off the back of your S3, take out the battery, and tighten the screw's on the phone. This is usually the case for bad GPS and signal issues.
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I am in the same boat. But mine will be 2 bars then it crashes to no service. Can't even send texts! I am lucky to have a call for 1-2 min before it drops. They sent me a new sim and as I suspected it didn't fix anything so now I get to waste more time calling them tomorrow. I will literally have signal, unlock the phone, type a message, hit send then get the "No mobiles signal found". Wtf lol
I tried tightening my screws. They weren't lose and it didn't help. Lol
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My first s3 had signal issues like what you are experiencing. I had to go through two weeks of stupid waiting for Verizon to test the local network before they agreed it was a problem with the phone. Sent it back and got my replacement. Replacement worked fine.
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[Q] AT&T users.

Love the Nexus 5. By far the perfect phone. But my question is does anyone get any drop signals? At times my data will just go completely blank then come back. Could be the my area. But just had to ask.

No problems with AT&T in SE Michigan.

Well it could just be the area that I am. The wife has a iphone 5s and she gets none of the drop calls.

No issues with me in STL.
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I definitely think that the signal is a bit worse than it was on my One X. It tends to drop completely in areas where my One X had marginal signal but still connected. I'm in Northeast Florida.

I've actually had this the last few days, a split second of no service and then back to normal. This is in thy southwest and west suburbs of Chicago.
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I notice the signal strength shows low (2-3 bars lower) compared to my old S4 but when I make a call it jumps to max. Could this be a battery saving thing?
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android.gt said:
No issues with me in STL.
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STL REPRESENT
couldn't pass it up.
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marcusva79 said:
Love the Nexus 5. By far the perfect phone. But my question is does anyone get any drop signals? At times my data will just go completely blank then come back. Could be the my area. But just had to ask.
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Just to be clear you did not flash any custom roms with radios or anything right?

No issues here. I travel weekly for work and so far I can say no issues in the following areas:
Lexington, KY
College Station, TX
Atlanta, GA
Houston, TX
Knoxville, TN
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it is just AT&T and in your area. I carry a Verizon Galaxy S4 and my Nexus 5 on AT&T around. I can consistently get awesome coverage and 25-35mbit speeds on my Verizon phone. Sometimes I question if AT&T data is even working, and a speedtest will show only 5mbit down. I know its not the Nexus 5 because I can have other random people I am with on AT&T do speedtest on various phones and have the same issue.

marcusva79 said:
Love the Nexus 5. By far the perfect phone. But my question is does anyone get any drop signals? At times my data will just go completely blank then come back. Could be the my area. But just had to ask.
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I work in central Mass, and the signal in my office is horrid... for LTE. If I force it to only use HSPA+ (Settings > More... > Mobile Networks > Network Mode > 3G) I have full service of HSPA+ and no dropped signals. Coming from an HTC One (where there are like... 25 bars to display signal) I'm thinking it's just an aesthetic change for me mostly.

coolguy949 said:
I notice the signal strength shows low (2-3 bars lower) compared to my old S4 but when I make a call it jumps to max. Could this be a battery saving thing?
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2 biggest battery drains are screen and radios. Newer radio chips are much better at conserving juice. And why turn up the radios if you don't need them. S800 soc has a lot of battery saving features, and newer lte chips use a lot less juice.
In other words, yes, that's a battery saving thing.
Coming from a gnex, this has great battery life, and has double the cores and clock speeds, and a graphics chip that compares to a lower end pc add in video card. Gotta love that technology!