SGS3 Cell signal - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

Has anyone had any cell service issues equivalent to that of an old iPhone?
It seems that if I hold my phone like a normal person I loose all service. Its better if I take the back cover off. I have also noticed NFC does not work with my back cover on. Has anyone else had these issues?
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I have noticed simular issues in areas where signal is weak. Im thinking weak samsung radio or bad antenna design.
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Im having poor signal myself. Hopefully another baseband update will help

My signal drops in and out every few minutes or so while I am at home in mediocre 3G. Super frustrating. However, when I am in a good 4G zone no worries.
This has been accentuated by moving to CM, I really hope the RIL fixes will help...
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4G Making Weather Radio Go Crazy

Thought it was interesting to find out today that when I put my Thunderbolt near my weather radio the radio started buzzing loudly.
To see if it was the phone itself or 4G I switched to 3G only and the buzzing stopped. It also stopped on WiFi. So, looks like 4G and weather radios don't mix....at least at a distance of 2 feet or less.
Any idea what could cause the interference?
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Happens with pretty much all phones that have a sim card.
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Probably unrelated, but I read on here when the phone first came out that the LTE wasn't dead-on the exact frequency intended by Verizon -- that it had to be changed at the last minute due to interference with the FAA.

Wifi Dropping

is anyone else's wifi dropping sometimes?
i know my at&t signal drops dead sometimes but wifi dropping is weird when i have a really strong connection
could it be the rom? i dont recall having dropped wifi on stock, running clean DE
dorksturhh said:
is anyone else's wifi dropping sometimes?
i know my at&t signal drops dead sometimes but wifi dropping is weird when i have a really strong connection
could it be the rom? i dont recall having dropped wifi on stock, running clean DE
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this is a common problem in one x...
http://androidcommunity.com/htc-one-x-wi-fi-problems-confirmed-as-hardware-issue-says-htc-20120618/
read the article.. and try to press behind the phone and check if strength varies....
it does.. claim warranty .. get a new one ..
hmm interesting, thanks
I don't receomend this if you don't know what you're doing. But I took the phone case off and re-bent/aligned the contacts for the wifi using a pair of needle nose pliers. They're copper contacts so easy to bend back but also easy to break as well. In the end my wifi was better.
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On my second phone and it's still doing it.
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Try the telus radio, seems to have fixed my WiFi problems.
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which one is telus radio? and would it work normally with my at&t network?
HTC knows about this issue, software can help but won't fix it entirely. HTC claims they are working to fix it for future production. I guess just wait until they fix the physical problem and then claim warranty, you have at least 10 mos left. They owned up to it recently so if you complain they will probably keep you happy.
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losing GPS signals and voice signal altogether

I was just wondering if any of you guys has experienced losing GPS signal and voice signal while GPS is used? I have had this happened to me several times. I was driving with GPS on and suddenly the phone just lost all signals. It'd not be that bad if the issue came from poor signal, but after that, it never regained signal. I had to manually turn on and off all the signal switches several times before it could reconnect.
Was there a triangle in the upper left side of the notification bar?
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I don't think there was, the phone just lost signal completely. And it happened on 4.0.3 as well as 4.0.4
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ws2112 said:
I don't think there was, the phone just lost signal completely. And it happened on 4.0.3 as well as 4.0.4
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I would definitely recommend getting a replacement Phone, assuming you still can. If not, then you can try 1) restarting the phone 2) wiping and starting from new (backup first!)
I wish I could but I'm way out of the 30 days replacement. And I think it's software related as it doesn't happen that often and when it works it works real well too.
And I always wipe completely before installing new rom, but it still happened on 2 kernels. I'm thinking it maybe heat related as I was mounting it on the dash. Any thoughts?
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ws2112 said:
I wish I could but I'm way out of the 30 days replacement. And I think it's software related as it doesn't happen that often and when it works it works real well too.
And I always wipe completely before installing new rom, but it still happened on 2 kernels. I'm thinking it maybe heat related as I was mounting it on the dash. Any thoughts?
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It's very unlikely that its because of the dash. But you can check to see if the GPS locks at all by downloading an app called "GPS Test" by Chart cross Limited from the Play Store and see if the GPS even works. Good luck.
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International hox wifi problem affecting att hox?

My replacement HOX's wifi is fluctuating a lot. Do our phones suffer from the same wifi problems as the international version?
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No. The international version has antennas in a different spot than the evita.
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My replacement HOX's wifi is fluctuating a lot. Do our phones suffer from the same wifi problems as the international version?
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It can, but you basically have to use the back casing as a punching bag, and I suspect that you will probably crack the case before you cause the same issue.
When I turn vibration on under settings>sounds whenever the phone vibrates, it rattles pretty loudly. Maybe there is stuff loose back there and that's why my wifi fluctuates a lot.
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Wasn't there someone who had rattling with vibration on? MetalHead maybe?
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My replacement HOX's wifi is fluctuating a lot. Do our phones suffer from the same wifi problems as the international version?
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There's something wrong with my wifi too (Rogers HTC One X) -- wifi signal strength is typically about 20dB worse (that's 100 times less signal power for those of you who aren't familiar with decibels) compared to my laptop or blackberry in the same location, and I get "not in range" on the phone when my laptop has 3-4 out of 5 bars. It doesn't seem like exactly the same problem as the international version, since I can't make it better by pressing the case by the camera and volume up, but it does seem like some kind of hardware/antenna issue.
(FWIW, I'm on version 1.94 software (Rogers OTA update), and I've selected "2.4GHz only", and "best wifi" in the settings)
I've noticed that mine fluctuates when I hold it in different ways. It's like the iPhone 4 grip problem when it first came out but this seems worse. I barely have to touch the bottom of the phone for the signal to drop. Also, I noticed that sometimes I can't connect to the same wifi hot spots as other phones / other devices I've had. It's like it doesn't have the same range.
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Wasn't there someone who had rattling with vibration on? MetalHead maybe?
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Yeah, there was something wrong with the motor so I exchanged it. My current one had a LOUD motor when I first got it that sorta sounded like a rattle but it has settled in it seems. It's perfect now.
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Yeah, there was something wrong with the motor so I exchanged it. My current one had a LOUD motor when I first got it that sorta sounded like a rattle but it has settled in it seems. It's perfect now.
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Mine is really loud.
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I've noticed that mine fluctuates when I hold it in different ways. It's like the iPhone 4 grip problem when it first came out but this seems worse. I barely have to touch the bottom of the phone for the signal to drop. Also, I noticed that sometimes I can't connect to the same wifi hot spots as other phones / other devices I've had. It's like it doesn't have the same range.
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Same here. As I type this I am watching the Wifi oscillate between one and four 'bars'. The other day the hox was dropping the connection altogether and I was constantly switching between 3g and wifi
When I first got my phone it would get into a cycle of losing Wi-Fi connection, switching to data, then back to Wi-Fi repeatedly. It kept doing this until I turned Wi-Fi off for about 5 minutes. It seems to not happen as much on a different ROM than stock.
This happened even with good signal. Also I don't have any signal issues, signal strength is always as strong as it should be.
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I had Wifi issues when I first got my One X where I would get weak signal or it would constantly drop. Also, when i would go in to or out of a Wifi hot spot I would lose data for a few minutes unless I toggled airplane mode. Once I unlocked my phone and out on CleanRom, some of the issues seemed to be resolved. Now I am on CR 4.5 Dev and AT&T 2.20 radio and I don't have the issues anymore.
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My replacement HOX's wifi is fluctuating a lot. Do our phones suffer from the same wifi problems as the international version?
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My wifi doesn't fluctuate, I just have bad signal all the time ;_;

Poor signal

Ok so here is another question for you lot in here now we all know the One S has been plagued with poor signal from a lot of peeps. Now what I have noticed is I can get signal in landscape mode upto 3 bars signal when in portrait I get non. Now I might be wrong but if it was a hardware deathgrip issue I would be able to recreate the problem in landscape mode? Yes or no if it's a no then are we saying it's a software issue? Oh and if you get poor signal in portrait mode when with an old phone you got a couple of bars if you could try it it would be nice to know if it's not just me
Cheers y'all
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Really no one has actually anything to add? Or am I the only one that has poor signal and found rotating into landscape mode fixes it?
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The Watergod said:
Really no one has actually anything to add? Or am I the only one that has poor signal and found rotating into landscape mode fixes it?
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Mine has no issues with signal (both in portrait and landscape). I've compared it with a Galaxy S2 (same provider) and it's identical. I've actually compared the exact decibel level and not the bars.
If you have serious issues I suggest that you send it in for warranty.
take it apart and look at the antenna itself. I had the same issue until I took apart my phone and came to find out the antenna was off the mb.
Will have a check will need to buy a new screw driver set though
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