Hi all, I own a HTC One S and I'm tired of it. The phone has problems picking up weak phone/data signals. I'm planing on buying the HTC One mini but I'm concerned how it deals with poor signal.
How's the signal strength on One mini especially compared to One S?
cali7 said:
Hi all, I own a HTC One S and I'm tired of it. The phone has problems picking up weak phone/data signals. I'm planing on buying the HTC One mini but I'm concerned how it deals with poor signal.
How's the signal strength on One mini especially compared to One S?
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Doesn't it largely depend on the carrier, area, base-band etc.? Which carrier are you on?
Having said that I'm from Canada on the Telus network and I have an HTC One S and HTC One Mini. I'm located in Windsor, ON right across from Detroit, MI. I've found that both are relatively equal when it comes to signal strength and picking up a signal. In areas where the HTC One S couldn't get a signal in Detroit, the HTC One Mini is the same. Travelling through the Detroit-Windsor tunnel is the same for both phones. I haven't found that the HTC One Mini picks up signal strength any better than the HTC One S.
With the HTC One S I am running the ViperOne ROM and the HTC One Mini is stock. My girlfriend also has an HTC One S running ViperOne ROM and a HTC One X running stock on the Rogers network. When travelling through certain areas of the highway, her One S will not have signal whereas my HTC One S will have signal. Same with some of my colleagues who own HTC One, Blackberry Z10 on Rogers, they may have no signal while my Telus phones are fine.
I would gather it's largely more carrier dependent given that my girlfriend and I both have the One S and I'll get a signal where she won't.
leungalv said:
Doesn't it largely depend on the carrier, area, base-band etc.? Which carrier are you on?
Having said that I'm from Canada on the Telus network and I have an HTC One S and HTC One Mini. I'm located in Windsor, ON right across from Detroit, MI. I've found that both are relatively equal when it comes to signal strength and picking up a signal. In areas where the HTC One S couldn't get a signal in Detroit, the HTC One Mini is the same. Travelling through the Detroit-Windsor tunnel is the same for both phones. I haven't found that the HTC One Mini picks up signal strength any better than the HTC One S.
With the HTC One S I am running the ViperOne ROM and the HTC One Mini is stock. My girlfriend also has an HTC One S running ViperOne ROM and a HTC One X running stock on the Rogers network. When travelling through certain areas of the highway, her One S will not have signal whereas my HTC One S will have signal. Same with some of my colleagues who own HTC One, Blackberry Z10 on Rogers, they may have no signal while my Telus phones are fine.
I would gather it's largely more carrier dependent given that my girlfriend and I both have the One S and I'll get a signal where she won't.
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Thank you for reply. I'm from Poland, Europe. I'm on a Polish carrier Play, as they don't have a lot of own bts and are using T-mobile and Orange infrastructure I can switch freely between them. I just flashed latest radio rom and viper rom, I think that the signal got better, I'll know for sure in couple of days.
Hello,
I bought HTC One mini about a week ago and its phone/data signal works really good. Being at the same place with friends i could compare that my phone had the best performance concerning receiving data (either 3G or wifi).
I don't know HTC One S' performance but i am really satisfied from HTC One mini.
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I tried searching but I couldn't find anything that would help me to be the wiser. What differs the 4G version and the 3G version <- which I have?
Is it possible to turn a 3G to a 4G? Is it just drivers or physical hardware that differs them?
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Jolaren
its just an icon on the sensation...... besides the band differences on the couple versions out there they are all the same!
but on a realistic level, there is hardware that makes the difference from a 'TRUE' 4G to a 3G device
'h' is 3g
So my European bought Sensation won't be able to run 4G ever?
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jolaren said:
So my European bought Sensation won't be able to run 4G ever?
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Well. You see, the T-Mobile 4G isn't even 4G its actually 3G they just call it 4G.. So "H" is basically "4G" for T-Mobile users. So don't worry, you're not missing out on anything. It's just an icon
All current 4G is not true 4G. But it is marketed as such. That's not the question here.
3g can do up to about 3mbs on average. It uses a different radio spectrum than 4G phones.
For example my sensation hits 5mbs while my wifes 3g Samsung Galaxy S can only reach 300kps to 600kps when compared side by side. It will depend on your proximity to the tower, but my real world tests were done side by side so hopefully that helps you. Don't take my advice though, go to your nearest store and run the comparison yourself!
Hope this helps!
I have an HTC Sensation, my wife has an SGS II, both with the same provider (Bell Mobility in Ottawa, Canada).
I've rooted and installed Android Revolution ROM 6.2.1 with ICS on my Sensation and am using a more recent Radio, whereas my wife is still using the stock Bell ROM on her SGS II.
My phone's radio appears to be very unstable, constantly switching between 3G and H on the display, whereas her phone, in the same room, 6 feet away, maintains an H lock more frequently.
Is there that much difference between the hardware in the two phones' radios, or should I be looking at trying out other radios on my HTC Sensation until I find that is more stable?
Is anyone else here using Bell in the Ottawa area with a rooted HTC Sensation, and if so, what are your results?
Cheers!
You should ensure that your radio matches your RIL. Also, the Sensation is known to have a weaker signal due to using the aluminum case as part of the antenna.
I bought HTC Dhd from eBay and when I search on imei checking websites they tell me imei belongs to HTC inspire 4g.There is no at&t logo at the back, but changing the outer cover is no big deal.Before blaming the seller, I just wanted to get confirmed.I currently live in India and 3g works on 2100mhz here, inspire 4g doesn't support 2100mhz but HTC desire HD does.I am NOT getting any signal when I switch to 3g mode.What do you think.Any other way to get confirmed?Thanks for your time..
hello,my name is abdul from yemen looking fro 3g radio network for htc one m7 verison becauce the htc device works 1x signal rather than 3g so i hope you can find a solution for this problem that i have htc incredible 3 with same problem but i searched and found the problem in radio 3g and now htc incredible is on 3g but the problem now in htc one m7 i could not find the solution as the htc incredible 3 so i hope you can help me in this case thanks.
Hello everyone! So I was wondering if there was a way my HTC one s (s4 version) can get 4g or not? I live in the UK and I'm on giffgaff, but I checked on willmyphonework.com and it doesn't say it works there on any carrier, but on YouTube a few people have 4g on their HTC one s!
Any ideas? Thanks
It doesn't support 4G LTE, which is probably what you'd be after. It does do HSPA+, which is (or was) sometimes considered 4G (it's not a rigid term; "4G" just means "4th generation"), but it's nowhere near as speedy as LTE. Basically, HSPA+ is a souped up HSPA, so it is a bit faster than top-speed 3G, but LTE is a different standard that's based on different technology.