Bad WiFi signal on cm10? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

Hello everyone. I am having a problem regarding WiFi signal on my Verizon gs3. Im running the final cm10 build and every time I leave more then 5 steps from my router/modem my signal goes down a bar with every step. I'm not sure why. When I walk back towards the router it goes back to full. Is this normal and something I never noticed or is it a problem? It could just be my crappy at&t internet.
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Uhm, that's normal for any type of WiFi connection. When you are farther away from the WiFi source, connection is weaker and vice versa.
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I know but literally with every step it gets that much worse?. Didn't know It was effected that bad.
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Shouldn't drop that fast, your router may be going bad or it could be a problem with your phones wifi. I get signal over 100ft from my router.

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(Q) Wifi strength ?

My wife's iPhone has full strength while my infuse has one bar and drops data sometimes sitting next to eachother. I'm on infused 1.5.3. Is there anything I can do?
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A lot of people have this problem. I haven't read a fix for it yet.
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It's entirely possible that the infuse is giving a more accurate reading of the wifi signal than the iphone.
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Yes I thought of that. But I keep losing data during this time. She doesn't. And I get a you should stay with iPhone smirk. I have 10 employees all on iPhone and 30 family members all on iPhone. So imagine the arguments I have LOL. The employees I tell to zip it or ill give them a blackberry curve.
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Are you losing the 4G data connection or wifi? If you're losing wifi, download wifi analyzer from the market and see what wireless signals are humping that channel with your wifi, then switch your network to a less busy channel.
I did that and I get a wireless signal through all 3 floors of my house.
And as much as I enjoy mocking my wife's blackberry, she's dropped that thing a million times and half the keys are worn off, but it still works (somehow)...
Thanks. Yea its just wifi. Yes I love mocking BB too. But I agree , I once threw mine across the yard 20 ft and it was still good. Good memories there. LOL
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Lol Well sounds like you already know your stuff, but if you need help with the wireless stuff just lemme know!
I try and use my wifi at the house when I can but like you sometimes it just stops working even when I'm clearly in range. I usually turn it off and have to use my network. Pretty sad but the wifi on this phone doesn't seem to be its strong point.
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Agreed. My only complaint so far is wifi. I'm chomping at getting the galaxy s2 now as well. If this phone is so fast and smooth imagine that one. With dual core.
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Persistent Data Connection Problem

So, it's been more than a month now since I have not been able to get a solid 3G connection in my area where there is no 4G. Last time I asked no one was really able to help, so I thought I try again. If I turn on my data, it usually takes a while for it to connect and once it does, it stays connected for about 30 seconds to a minute. Sometimes it's longer, but it always drops eventually. Sometimes it has the 3G icon, but nothing happens still. It's a beezy to try and send or receive a picture message. The only time I ever use Internet now is if I have Wifi. I sent it into Samsung, got it back more than a week later and all they did was take the update the GS3 received while they had it. It seems as though if I'm in a 4G area, the data works fine, but other than that, it's almost nonexistent. Can anyone help me, please?
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I don't know what to say bro. Is it just your area? How does your phone do on other areas? If it works in other areas then it's just bad service in your area? How does someone else's phone act around your house. You should compare it to another phone and see if that one loses data.
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musclehead84 said:
I don't know what to say bro. Is it just your area? How does your phone do on other areas? If it works in other areas then it's just bad service in your area? How does someone else's phone act around your house. You should compare it to another phone and see if that one loses data.
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I have 6 other people in my family and all of them live either in my house or down the street and we're all on Verizon. Their service is fine. I say it has to do with something with the phone.
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have you tried switching you mobile network to just ehrpd? some people ive read have had issues with the 3g/4g handoff
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have you tried switching you mobile network to just ehrpd? some people ive read have had issues with the 3g/4g handoff
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Idk if I'm thinking of the same thing as what you're talking about, but explain what you mean, please. In settings, correct?
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Lame man. My issues were terrible until I switched to synergy. I'm on the he modem now but have had luck with lg1 as well. HD was **** on my phone.
Have you tried any modem swaps? Comparing service on hour Samsung to say a Motorola or an iPhone will make you pull your hair out. I fell into it as well. My wife's iPhone wouldnt drop 3g and my old Motorola got great service in the same spot my s3 would drop signal/go to 1x.
Things really got ****ed up when I went to an area with 4g. Watching my phone, with 4 bars of 4g drop to 3g then to 1x, to no service at all for a few minutes then repeat the process over and over again made me RAGE!
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Lame man. My issues were terrible until I switched to synergy. I'm on the he modem now but have had luck with lg1 as well. HD was **** on my phone.
Have you tried any modem swaps? Comparing service on hour Samsung to say a Motorola or an iPhone will make you pull your hair out. I fell into it as well. My wife's iPhone wouldnt drop 3g and my old Motorola got great service in the same spot my s3 would drop signal/go to 1x.
Things really got ****ed up when I went to an area with 4g. Watching my phone, with 4 bars of 4g drop to 3g then to 1x, to no service at all for a few minutes then repeat the process over and over again made me RAGE!
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Well, my issue isn't like that when I'm in a 4G area. That's why it doesn't make any sense. The service here is fine, my phone just doesn't like it. I've tried every modem out there so far, and none have helped.
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Flashed the new JellyBomb ICS ROM from Inc and now my troubles are finally gone! Idk why it's working on this ROM, but I'm not going to question it. I'm just ecstatic it finally works!
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jakereeves31 said:
Flashed the new JellyBomb ICS ROM from Inc and now my troubles are finally gone! Idk why it's working on this ROM, but I'm not going to question it. I'm just ecstatic it finally works!
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I lied. It was just a fluke
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Cell signal

I've had my s3 for a few months now, and have always had poor talk signal. My data signal is always great, but my phone calls are always dropping, or cutting out, even if I'm within just a few miles of my local tower sometimes. Does anybody else have any similar issues?
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Doesn't want to connect to LTE

Anybody else having issues with LTE. On my phone it always wants to revert to H or H+ I have to cycle airplane mode to get LTE to come on pretty frequently. Anybody else seen issues with this?
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Wdustin1 said:
Anybody else having issues with LTE. On my phone it always wants to revert to H or H+ I have to cycle airplane mode to get LTE to come on pretty frequently. Anybody else seen issues with this?
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that would be because in your area there is a better hspa+ connection than a lte connection. if you try forcing lte in that kind of situation, it could lower your battery life due to bad signal.
Ok, its just weird because my wife has the n5 too and she seems to be on LTE more than I am. And usually gets better speeds too. Maybe I will just take her place on the couch! By the way Simms do you EVER stop helping!?
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SMS problems

Does anyone else have problems where their sms messages do not send and calls do not work? This is solved with a reboot so am I right in assuming this is a software issue?
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I posted something like this in another thread recently. Where I live I'm on the fringe of a LTE tower and never have more than one bar (and often showing none). Turns out that when LTE network is bad the phone will switch back and forth between LTE and 3g, causing me to receive text messages sometimes more than 20 minutes delayed.
All I have done is switch to 3g preferred in network settings and everything's fine. I also have significantly better standby battery life, as the phone isn't changing back and forth anymore (that and LTE will always use more battery anyway).
Hope that helps/works for you.
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This happens as well with custom ROMs, I have to disable LTE using Cataclysm due to this delay.
If you guys are having this problem while WIFI is on, it's a known problem that Google knows about but hasn't fixed yet. You have to set the phone to only use 3G to fix it for now.
i used to have this on my old htc one but not on my nexus 5
Thanks for the reply guys, um im having this problem on 3g and wifi, mostly happens on 3g though as im out and about most days so I hardly ever use wifi
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