Hey Guys I just got this phone recently. 2-3 wks ago. My problem is I get very poor signal. Mainly in my Neighborhood and in my house. Now I am wondering if I have a faulty device. The nexus is known to have very poor signal but it had better signal than this phone. I drop calls all the time (Mainly in my neighborhood)I do get texts just fine. I am on the latest VZW Modem/Baseband. Should I Odin back to stock to see if it improves? At my job I still get 0-1 bars but I do NOT drop calls. Should I ODIN back to stock using mobile Odin without the data wipe and ever-root to see if it improves? I do not remember what signal was like on stock and i pretty much put it on AOSP a few hours later.
I just realized I can go stand outside and get 7.5 mb on 4G but my dBm is 106. In my bed room it toggles between -112 dBm and 0 dBm 99 asu. Is that odd?
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96 views and no replies? At least let me know of going to stock would be a good idea?
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Sandman-007 said:
I just realized I can go stand outside and get 7.5 mb on 4G but my dBm is 106. In my bed room it toggles between -112 dBm and 0 dBm 99 asu. Is that odd?
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96 views and no replies? At least let me know of going to stock would be a good idea?
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I live in a similarly low signal area as well, my dBm hovers around -105 to -117 given the day. I don't frequently drop calls but mobile data is slow. Maybe Odin flashing a stock tar will help, maybe it won't. I don't expect much better results for you to be blunt.
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I live in a similarly low signal area as well, my dBm hovers around -105 to -117 given the day. I don't frequently drop calls but mobile data is slow. Maybe Odin flashing a stock tar will help, maybe it won't. I don't expect much better results for you to be blunt.
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I appreciate the response. I'm going to Odin back today just to see. I wonder why I drop calls so much. I think I only drop calls in my neighborhood so I don't think it's the device so much. At Least I Hope Not
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I appreciate the response. I'm going to Odin back today just to see. I wonder why I drop calls so much. I think I only drop calls in my neighborhood so I don't think it's the device so much. At Least I Hope Not
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I know the feeling. I don't typically hold long phone calls at home so the dropped calls don't occur too often. I'm fairly certain if I made calls every day, I'd see dropped calls 3/7 days with the same dbm each day. Mobile data strength doesn't bother me since I have wifi at home. When I'm out and about, my signal is fantastic so its a tradeoff I accept.
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I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus and have had signal problems the last couple of months and recently reverted to stock and the signal did not improve. I have signal problems in several places and have read others say it is the network and some say Samsung devices do not work well on Verizon. Of course with my issue the signal is between 0 and 1 bar toggling between LTE and 3G so my battery drains quickly within a few hours. Calls to Verizon end up turning into a sales pitch to buy a new phone. I am probably going to have to switch to another provider if I can find one that works.
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Something else to try is see if there are other radios for your model and flash them and see if one works better than another. I have seen that advise given on some of the other threads.
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I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus and have had signal problems the last couple of months and recently reverted to stock and the signal did not improve. I have signal problems in several places and have read others say it is the network and some say Samsung devices do not work well on Verizon. Of course with my issue the signal is between 0 and 1 bar toggling between LTE and 3G so my battery drains quickly within a few hours. Calls to Verizon end up turning into a sales pitch to buy a new phone. I am probably going to have to switch to another provider if I can find one that works.
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Something else to try is see if there are other radios for your model and flash them and see if one works better than another. I have seen that advise given on some of the other threads.
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I will have to try different radios. However do notice i have a GS3. I was just pointing out the fact that signal worst than my old nexus. I'm on VRBMB1 and signal is better. Going to update my baseband now.
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I didn't realize that mobile Odin erased internal SD and so i lost everything Luckily I baked up my titanium backups to Box.com 5 days ago but I still lost 5 days of texts and my pictures
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I didn't realize that mobile Odin erased internal SD and so i lost everything Luckily I baked up my titanium backups to Box.com 5 days ago but I still lost 5 days of texts and my pictures
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That's tough, the pics matter more than texts in my opinion.
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I'd like to add that I never had signal issues with my VZW Galaxy Nexus, and I get complaints now of the people on the other end of the call with the S3. They keep telling me they can't hear me right or that it sounds muffled or garbled. I get my second S3 replacement today so hopefully it helps.
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If you are willing to share your experiences with the new radios, post away!
I am primarily curious how the radios behave on 3G. For me its too early to tell, so I will post after some testing. So far they seem roughly the same as EP3HA radios although I did have to pull the SIM to get it to behave after flashing. I'm hoping it will be stable now.
I got the new Radios over at mydroidworld. There is a EP4P radio thread on rootzwiki but XDA seems to get a lot of traffic so I posted here. I'll post links if you would like me to.
Personally i think the signal strength is lower everywhere compared to the EE4 and EP1-3 radios. Never had ant data dropping on any radio so can't comment on that.
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Work great for me!
I think they are a bit better from EE4. I have dropped signal too many times to count on all the previous radios, but I have been using this for 2-1/2 days and, so far, haven't dropped once. The signal seems overall better, I have 3 bars in the basement of my house when I normally would have 2 on the other radios. Texts work quick, and calls come in quick (I called myself from our house phone and texted myself from my iPod and other phone. Seems to be equal or better to EE4. At least for me.
strangely enough I get better battery life on cdma/lte then cdma only :-/
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strangely enough I get better battery life on cdma/lte then cdma only :-/
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Same here. Plus, I have more problems (Lose connection, etc.) on CDMA only than on CDMA/LTE.
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strangely enough I get better battery life on cdma/lte then cdma only :-/
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That's... Strange
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I won't comment on signal strength or quality, but I will say that in the last 2 or 3 modems there have been some huge glaring bugs in how it picks up 3g signal while LTE is enabled... The bugs I had experienced in the last 2 or 3 modems are not there, so far. This means that I can get 3g data in places that I the last couple modems failed to get 3g if LTE was enabled. I could disable LTE and get 3g signal, but even that was buggy / glitchy at best. Using a much earlier modem I would get consistent 3g signal in those places.
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I won't comment on signal strength or quality, but I will say that in the last 2 or 3 modems there have been some huge glaring bugs in how it picks up 3g signal while LTE is enabled... The bugs I had experienced in the last 2 or 3 modems are not there, so far. This means that I can get 3g data in places that I the last couple modems failed to get 3g if LTE was enabled. I could disable LTE and get 3g signal, but even that was buggy / glitchy at best. Using a much earlier modem I would get consistent 3g signal in those places.
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I am having problems with SMS on this build, I'm not sure if it is the radio's fault or not. I'm getting a lot of "failed" messages that will go out after a retry. Twice now, though, I've had to reboot the phone to get messages flowing again.
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I am having problems with SMS on this build, I'm not sure if it is the radio's fault or not. I'm getting a lot of "failed" messages that will go out after a retry. Twice now, though, I've had to reboot the phone to get messages flowing again.
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Same here
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I STILL get the nasty audio pops on speakerphone, though it appears to be fixed on the earpiece and bluetooth modes.
The new radio made my 3G speeds surprisingly usable (was practically useless in my neighborhood with any other radio) but 4G still drops out quite often.
Mine was dropping data constantly at first like other roms then it just went away now it works like it should. Im clueless to why its working but I'm a happy boy now
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Well, the new ics radio is the crappiest radio so far. Data drops out at 3 bars and eats up the battery like a mad man. This is unfortunate because I was liking ICS
Anyone else notice the radio is weaker for both wifi and cell?
Maybe try the galaxy notes radio. They just got an ics leak I believe and someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think we can use each others radios
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The new radio is an amazing improvement for me. I am getting 53 mbps download speeds and great signal everywhere..
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The new radio is an amazing improvement for me. I am getting 53 mbps download speeds and great signal everywhere..
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Ialso get great signal everywhere. But when I use the damn phone it turns out that I don't really have as good signal as the bars implied. 3 bars should send a text message right? Wtf
Where's mah data!
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Mine got better
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Ialso get great signal everywhere. But when I use the damn phone it turns out that I don't really have as good signal as the bars implied. 3 bars should send a text message right? Wtf
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Yeah same problem, it says I have great signal but 3 bars = no data at all. So it's garbage and it tells lies!!!!
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Yeah same problem, it says I have great signal but 3 bars = no data at all. So it's garbage and it tells lies!!!!
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3bars, mms came through, "currently unable to download at this time", wifi was up but it couldn't kick in the ota data to download it.
I know I live in a bad service area which is half the problem, but comon at least tell me if I'm in a dead spot.
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3bars, mms came through, "currently unable to download at this time", wifi was up but it couldn't kick in the ota data to download it.
I know I live in a bad service area which is half the problem, but comon at least tell me if I'm in a dead spot.
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Yeah with 3 bars I can't even get into the market, no web, no mms, no nothing data wise. Fvck man, unless I have 4 or 5 bars I can't do anything at all and I am in a good area. Well, it was a good area with kj2 radio. As soon as I go into a store or restaurant I am unable to use the phone
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Yeah with 3 bars I can't even get into the market, no web, no mms, no nothing data wise. Fvck man, unless I have 4 or 5 bars I can't do anything at all and I am in a good area. Well, it was a good area with kj2 radio. As soon as I go into a store or restaurant I am unable to use the phone
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Yeah don't bother flashing kj2 either... I tried...
Its la3 all over again. Does att think we all live in full bar lte areas?
Edit, also I've seen my phone go into data roaming! Never happened on any other radio.
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Yeah don't bother flashing kj2 either... I tried...
Its la3 all over again. Does att think we all live in full bar lte areas?
Edit, also I've seen my phone go into data roaming! Never happened on any other radio.
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Well, I would at least like the signal bars and icon to match the service I am actually getting. Instead of having 3 bars and 4g icon but having no service at all. I was really enjoying nexusmod ics, that rom is great, but the radio fvckin sucks
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Well, I would at least like the signal bars and icon to match the service I am actually getting. Instead of having 3 bars and 4g icon but having no service at all. I was really enjoying nexusmod ics, that rom is great, but the radio fvckin sucks
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I'm still running it. Been contimplating running Eugene's 989 cm7 though...
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I'm still running it. Been contimplating running Eugene's 989 cm7 though...
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Yeah I'm still on it too, gonna give it another try out and about and in buildings today. Hopefully it runs better today or somehow fixes itself, haha
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Yeah I'm still on it too, gonna give it another try out and about and in buildings today. Hopefully it runs better today or somehow fixes itself, haha
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Where do you live?
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Where do you live?
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I'm in Hammond, LA right now but I travel frequently all over the east coast
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I'm in Hammond, LA right now but I travel frequently all over the east coast
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I live in a Faraday cage or something. I'm in south Jersey right on the Delaware river.
I really need to do a trial run, do the same routine for two days on the new radio and kj2 and screenshot my wifi signal bar thing in settings battery and click the graph.
See how both radios hold up going the same places.
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I live in a Faraday cage or something. I'm in south Jersey right on the Delaware river.
I really need to do a trial run, do the same routine for two days on the new radio and kj2 and screenshot my wifi signal bar thing in settings battery and click the graph.
See how both radios hold up going the same places.
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I've been here for a while and kj2 worked flawless. La3 dropped data sometimes. Now I've only had ucalc4 for 1.5 days but it totally sucks so far and it's far worse than even la3 was. However, when I do have data the ucalc4 has much higher data dl and ul. I was doing about 5mb/s on both kj2 and la3 and ucalc managed to get 11mb/s on 4g
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I'm in Hammond, LA right now but I travel frequently all over the east coast
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I live in Amite, La. Service seems about the same for me there. I was in Belle Chasse this morning and I was able to surf the Web, market an even update apps all on the edge network that, in the past, has been unusable down there. But I did.mp3 my wifi at home only has half the bars when I am in the front room where I had full bars before.
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Also I have noticed that the signal around Hammond has been crappy the last month or 2.
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I live in Amite, La. Service seems about the same for me there. I was in Belle Chasse this morning and I was able to surf the Web, market an even update apps all on the edge network that, in the past, has been unusable down there. But I did.mp3 my wifi at home only has half the bars when I am in the front room where I had full bars before.
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Also I have noticed that the signal around Hammond has been crappy the last month or 2.
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What did your signal bars and data icon show while on edge? and what rom?
Yeah, when I was on the UCLA3 modem, I actually had better signal at home. I had 2-3 bars, but with UCAL4, I have 1...
Not recommended to flash the modem unless you are in a good 4G area. I clean flashed AOKP M1 ROM flashed VRBLI5 modem . While in good 4G area had no problems as soon as I left (I am a truck driver) my signal and data started acting up. No data or 1x data signal also cell signal very week and a few dropped calls. So I flashed the VRLAHE modem now I got 3G back signal also better.
I think that VRBLI5 is optimized for 4G but this is just my experience.
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Thanks for the heads up.
No problem ever since I flashed back to VRALHE modem an hour ago l had no problems with my signal or data. Good 3G n 4G n cell signal. Glad to help.
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Excellent. I will check this out.
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No problem ever since I flashed back to VRALHE modem an hour ago l had no problems with my signal or data. Good 3G n 4G n cell signal. Glad to help.
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Playing Devil's advocate here, could the bad signal just have been a really crappy area? I'm in the northeast and I know parts of Maine I fluctuate considerably and lose signal all together. Other phones do the same so I know it's not my S3.
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"Playing Devil's advocate here, could the bad signal just have been a really crappy area? I'm in the northeast and I know parts of Maine I fluctuate considerably and lose signal all together. Other phones do the same so I know it's not my S3."
Not really as soon as I flashed "HE" modem signal and data returned to normal. As I said I'm a truck driver and in the past year and a half since I got my first android phone there were only 4 or 5 occasions my 3G dropped to 1x and that was only in PA and WV in the mountains. Where I was now in IL on an interstate it should not have happened. VZW has the whole USA covered with 3G. A couple months ago I was driving through WY not a town in a 80mile radius and still had 3G. Believe me I was pleasantly surprised.
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New modem is working great for me. Did a speed test and got 28 down and 3 up on the extended network.
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Worked fine for me too while I was in a good 4G area the problems started once I left the city. As I mentioned it is probably optimized for 4G . If you are and stay within the city that has 4G you probably not going to c a difference between HE and I5
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Worked fine for me too while I was in a good 4G area the problems started once I left the city. As I mentioned it is probably optimized for 4G . If you are and stay within the city that has 4G you probably not going to c a difference between HE and I5
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I usually stay on 3g until I step out of my house or until I go to town. I haven't noticed a difference thus far in my area. I was also in a extremely strong 4g area when I flashed and it changed to 3g without a problem and has the same service I have always had. I'm personally running Paranoid android 2.52.
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The new radio reflects a better signal for me...all phones act different, so this alarm topic is just your experience.
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Not really as soon as I flashed "HE" modem signal and data returned to normal. As I said I'm a truck driver and in the past year and a half since I got my first android phone there were only 4 or 5 occasions my 3G dropped to 1x and that was only in PA and WV in the mountains. Where I was now in IL on an interstate it should not have happened. VZW has the whole USA covered with 3G. A couple months ago I was driving through WY not a town in a 80mile radius and still had 3G. Believe me I was pleasantly surprised.
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That's kinda messed up about your trip thru WY, the parts Maine that don't have any coverage from Verizon have plenty of towns lol.
well i hate to be that guy but i.think your issue is on your end
... lastnight the club where i shoot trap has no lte. my device usually will drop data there. this is the first time i had solid 3g and it even switched down to 1x but data never dropped! also lte signal seems improved aswell. imo this is the best radio to date.
this radio has been an improvement for me. in my office i am lucky to get 3g. this new radio has given me a steady 3g signal all day so far
New radio is working fine for me as well.
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Just wanted to add my experience as well. After 24 hours using this radio, I can say that signal is much improved on 1x with data off and LTE had never been this fast for me. Pulled 48 down 20 up this morning here in Hollywood.
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On the official release of Miui which has had many reports of data issues. Flashed new radio yesterday, I am in a fringe 4g area, and the handoffs from 3g to 4g seem to be much better for me. Previously after moving into a 3g area, I would have to go into airplane mode in order to get 4g back, now it seems to be switching on its own.
I wish someone would explain the whole rpm thing. Does it need flashed with the modem? Does it need flashed everytime we change the Rom? Do we even bother flashing it if we are not on the stock Rom? Why has there never been an rpm zip with every other modem?
We need answers!
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I wish someone would explain the whole rpm thing. Does it need flashed with the modem? Does it need flashed everytime we change the Rom? Do we even bother flashing it if we are not on the stock Rom? Why has there never been an rpm zip with every other modem?
We need answers!
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ok now bear with me...lol I have been extensively doing some research on this topic. It seems RPM has to do with power management for the radio. This was implemented on the G7 update. I had no clue because I never take OTA's...In order to see the signal improvements the rpm file should be flashed with the latest radios. However nothing negative will occur by not flashing the RPM.zip. I believe this was an attempt to help fix ril issues with data handoffs and spotty 3g signal.
So if you flash just the I5 radio and dont notice any improvements or even worse signal try flashing the rpm.zip and I can about gurantee an improvement will be noticed. I can not believe how much better the 3g to 1x signal and data handoff has improved!! Anybody is more than welcome to chime in and correct me if this is incorrect. There is not much info on this topic as I spent a couple hrs putting bits of information together to come up with this conclusion...hope it helps!
I flashed this new modem/radio,and frankly, I see 4g on my phone more now than I did with the G1 that was on it previously. Everything else works as good, possibly better than before, though I did not take any measurements before flashing.
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so I have had my S3 since Black Friday .. 97 cents at Sams Club.. Woot
Ever since I purchases my phone I have yet pass 3 Bars for reception. Is this normal? I live in Arizona so I'm not sure if this is an issue I should worry about or if it is just normal.
Is there any way to figure out if my phone is defective? or has reception issues?
I did a speed test and
have gotten around 4500>7600dwn / 2000->3000up
I have Rooted/Unlocked and flashed a couple of different roms and So far am using a Root66 Rom. ..
I dont really use my phone as a phone all that often but so far haven't noticed any dropped calls or download stalls.
any Advice?
thanks everyone.
I have a Signal Strength of -103dBm 35asu..
I am also in Phoenix and I was thinking the same thing, what modem are you using? I have just resorted to 3G and even then I haven't seen more then 3 bars. I'm on cleanrom 4.5 with stock kernel.
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Im in West Phoenix and I do see low signal in my house (usually 1-3 bars with 2 being the norm). But out and about I get 4-5 bars 90% of the time when I am driving. I see normally about 14/4 on 4g and 1/1 on 3g at my house and usually 25/10 in Buckeye when I am there. Even with 1 bar in my house i have yet dropped a call. I find that the HE modem works best for me so I rock that with a K3 base.
not really sure on what modem I am using.
As Far as I know everything should be stock 4.1.1 from Root66's rom.
I am just hearing all these discussions with signal issues with the s3
the only thing i can really do to troubleshoot it is go down to the verizon store and see if they have a phone on a network I can test against.
If they get better signal on their phone.. then I would have to assume my phone is jacked.
troubleshooting these issues is difficult without a base to compare our statistics too.
currently I am in Apache Junction and 4g signal is abysmal .. 515dwn 1000up
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but its apache junction.. so blah.
Ya It probably spotty on the east side I havent been over there in a while so I cant comment on how my phone is over there. If you are running a stock rooted K3 image then you are gonna be on the K3 radio which is the most current. You can flash another radio in your recovery from here and see if it helps.
I live on the east side (not as far as aj) and I get great signal. Full bars everywhere I go and 35-40 down 10-20 up. I would agree with going into a store and comparing side by side.
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Signal sucks in apache junction. Lol. I used to stay out there. My little bro is there now with his Razr and he keeps complaining to me about signal.
I bet you get full bars in South Scottsdale/North Phoenix.
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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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No issues with me in STL.
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STL REPRESENT
couldn't pass it up.
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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.
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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.
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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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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!