How is the nexus 5 with signal and it's ability to hold hspa and our LTE and edge I'm curious because I see mixed results
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Signal is questionable at best. I got pm'Ed by a mod to tone down my btching about it. So all I'll say is that it's frustrating me most from this device. Everything else is great besides that.
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Maybe its placebo, but I believe on my end my LTE is just a bit faster than it was on my i337. And it's a pretty constant/stable connection. I haven't been able to use an edge signal with any phone, might as well not even have data. And H+ with 2-3 bars in the sticks seem on par with the i337 as well. I'd probably say my connection is a smidge better on this, than the S4, maybe due to better hardware? Lack of touchwiz?
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I don't understand why the wifi reading on my ns4g is coming up significantly shorter than my wife's iPhone 4. Both phones on the same network but my ns4g is pulling 5mbs down and the iPhone is getting 10mbs down while side by side. Uploads are pretty comparable.
Granted 5mbs down is more than I really need, I was just curious as to why I would only get half the wifi download speeds.
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I don't understand why the wifi reading on my ns4g is coming up significantly shorter than my wife's iPhone 4. Both phones on the same network but my ns4g is pulling 5mbs down and the iPhone is getting 10mbs down while side by side. Uploads are pretty comparable.
Granted 5mbs down is more than I really need, I was just curious as to why I would only get half the wifi download speeds.
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Sigh the wifi just sucks on our phone
Yep, really poor wifi signal. Low power chip, saves battery blah blah blah...
Just can't find if this can be fixed or we should live with it
How are you testing the speeds? Apparently a lot of the tests are not accurate.
It's something I'm suffering from too I've sat next to my router and still not had full signal
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i used speedtest.net app and linpack. consistent speed readings. the ns4g is the strangest phone i've had when it comes to data speeds. i guess the 3g/4g speeds are issues with sprint, but even wifi is kinda funny.
I get 5679/730kbps 54ms 2m from router, 3289/376kbps 12m from router in the next room. The problem is that that is as far as I can get without loosing wifi signal. I get 2 out of 3 bars 2m away from the router, 0 bars 12m away, while with my old ****ty HTC Tattoo (Click) i had 2 out of 3 bars in my backyard.
Stock 2.3.4 i9023
Yeah, agreed, it's beyond terrible...
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I would give my first born if a dev could hack it to give it more juice or tweak it
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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.
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!
So I bought a Nexus 5 the other day, a used D821) and I am a little displeased with the reception. It's very, very bad. A lot worse than on my HTC One and the spare Gnex I borrowed for a while (my One's being repaired).
I've googled and searched like a madman but nothing helps me. I do not use 4G because it's not in my plan (don't want it and don't need it). I can hardly get 3G on this thing, mostly 2G and sometimes not even that. On other phones with this carrier I have awesome signal reception in my room at home but with the Nexus 5 it's hardly 1 bar. Also the wifi is kind of weakish and I didn't expect everything to be as good on a budget-ish phone as on a top price premium HTC One but the signal shouldn't be this bad.
When I'm out I hardly if ever get 3G signal. I have edge pretty much all the time and sometimes not even that. On my other phones I have awesome reception. I tried flashing an earlier modem (.17) that was said to work better but it didn't help.
No dust in my sim tray (I just cleaned it..) and my sim card's just fine.
Almost 100 views and nothing?
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Not much to say I think. The signal is the signal.
I find my N5 nearly as good as moto x. And both far better than my S2.
Not much can be done about signal strength.
Sorry I couldn't help.
just a shot in the dark, but try this. add these lines to the end of your build.prop file, save them, then reboot for them to take affect.
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=27
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7
Try flashing a different modem. The .23 gets bad reception in my experience. A quick search for nexus 5 modems will bring you to the download page. .15 or .17 work good.
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just a shot in the dark, but try this. add these lines to the end of your build.prop file, save them, then reboot for them to take affect.
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=27
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7
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Will do, thanks.
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Try flashing a different modem. The .23 gets bad reception in my experience. A quick search for nexus 5 modems will bring you to the download page. .15 or .17 work good.
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Please read the entire post. I've already tried changing modems
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@simms22 Those lines seem to have improved my 3G signal. I seem to be getting H at home where I used to get E.
It's still not rock solid, though. It seems to be unstable. Same can be said for the GSM signals (calling/texting)
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@simms22 Those lines seem to have improved my 3G signal. I seem to be getting H at home where I used to get E.
It's still not rock solid, though. It seems to be unstable. Same can be said for the GSM signals (calling/texting)
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i was actually hoping that it might make your 3g-h/h+ situation better. i get slightly better data speeds using those lines.
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i was actually hoping that it might make your 3g-h/h+ situation better. i get slightly better data speeds using those lines.
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It did make it better, but only slightly. Around -95 dB now and before it was around -105dB
But this phone is weird signal-wise. Before I bought this I had borrowed a Gnex because my One is being repaired and the Gnex had full bars here or nigh full.
Maybe it's the hardware?
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Compared to my coworkers, I generally get a better data signal in a tough area. That includes a Gnex, iphone and various samesungs.
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Compared to my coworkers, I generally get a better data signal in a tough area. That includes a Gnex, iphone and various samesungs.
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My Gnex beats my N5 in signal reception
Then again, I live like 6362 km from Toronto
Hey guys, I have a question. I have my nexus 5 and my wife has galaxy s 5. We are in a good LTE area.
We are in south jersey rite outside of philly. My wife and I
Can be rite next to each other and she gets better signal.
I have felt that the nexus 5 has some issue when it comes to data. Phone calls are the same.. Is this a nexus 5 thing.
If it matters I am running dirty unicorns ROM with code blue kernel. Any help would be great!!!
no issues here(NYC). if you are looking at signal bars, you can not. different companies use differing formulas for that. some even make it so that it shows a better connection than it actually is(apple got in trouble for that several years ago). if you do want to compare, look in the about phone in main settings, status, signal strength.
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Hey guys, I have a question. I have my nexus 5 and my wife has galaxy s 5. We are in a good LTE area.
We are in south jersey rite outside of philly. My wife and I
Can be rite next to each other and she gets better signal.
I have felt that the nexus 5 has some issue when it comes to data. Phone calls are the same.. Is this a nexus 5 thing.
If it matters I am running dirty unicorns ROM with code blue kernel. Any help would be great!!!
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When it comes to data? What exactly have you tried to confirm a low data speed?
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As mentioned, bars are mostly useless and not comparable between any 2 devices. Compare the -dBm ratings from the settings for more accurate results.
I wouldn't be surprised if the N5 was a bit lower as every phone is using different antennas resulting in varying signal strengths, and you're comparing to a phone that costs twice as much after all. If it's not causing issues though I wouldn't worry about it.
Thanks guys.. I will look into what you guys said.
Thanks for reply..
I'm in Chicago, and have noticed that I am barely averaging a single bar on LTE with my S6 edge, whereas my Nexus 5 was fine. I've read a couple of posts elsewhere complaining of similar issues on the Sprint site. Anyone else? Could this just be a firmware/radio problem? My PRL and profile are up to date.
I too am having troubles with my LTE signal on my edge. I also live in Chicago. I recently upgraded from an HTC one M8.
Same here switched from non spark s4 and notice slower speeds loading google maps and other apps
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I had the same issue. I was missing notifications called Sprint and did the ##72786# and things seem to be working better.
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I had the same issue. I was missing notifications called Sprint and did the ##72786# and things seem to be working better.
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I'll try that on my phone, I am experiencing the same thing in Milwaukee
Im having issues as well this is really pissing me off its an $850 phone for God's sake.
I guess it depends a lot on area. I live in SoCal, north Orange County to be more specific, and my LTE performance is way better than my Sprint GS4 in terms of speed, coverage, and stability.
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Each manufacturer uses the signal bars differently in terms of interpreting strength of signal. I would suggest downloading signal check pro and comparing.
That being said, the s6 is generally worse RF wise than the n5 and s5, which was known before hand. Not alot worse, but slightly. Typically about -5db
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Each manufacturer uses the signal bars differently in terms of interpreting strength of signal. I would suggest downloading signal check pro and comparing.
That being said, the s6 is generally worse RF wise than the n5 and s5, which was known before hand. Not alot worse, but slightly. Typically about -5db
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I upgraded from an m7 to the edge. In my zone my speeds increased from 6 to 22. Listen.. Hitting 4.0 or more on a torrent is worth it all. Also all the ladies love me now
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With my Sprint Galaxy S4 and Nexus 5 on AT&T, I never reached such speeds.
First run. Band 41 (Clearwire 2500 MHz).
I'm also getting 4G LTE in more places than before compared to the S4. For instance, I would always fall down to 3G inside a Costco in Garden Grove I go to. But yesterday, I was on Band 41 and the speed was good. Same for my front porch and inside my home - from 3G to 4G LTE on Band 41.
I don't know i try everything, reset the phone, clean cache, switch to lte/CDMA, updated prl and firmware, new provisioning, still lag in opening any data dependent app
Chicago area
No problems before on s3 s4 and s5 witch is also spark
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Same issue here in Miami, well similar. Some apps on Sprints Network take forever to load data, keep in mind it's only Apps. Like Google Music, Facebook, Instagram and a couple more. If I connect to WiFi it all works fast and information loads immediately. Once again on Sprints Network it loads and loads and loads you get the point....
The only thing that solves this issue is connecting through a VPN. When i'm on sprints network and on VPN it all works as it should. WTF Sprint.
I am constantly moving between 1 bar with spark, and 3G. I ran the speed test and don't even get near 1mbps. Last week my Galaxy s4 was at least 10 times faster than my s6 edge. hoping for updates that fix this.
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I am constantly moving between 1 bar with spark, and 3G. I ran the speed test and don't even get near 1mbps. Last week my Galaxy s4 was at least 10 times faster than my s6 edge. hoping for updates that fix this.
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Same here in Austin. My wife and I were sitting in the waiting room at the vet so our dog could get his checkup. I was trying to download a book on the Kindle app and had only 1 bar. I ran the speedtest app and was lucky to get a download speed of 100k. My wife has Sprint's GS5 and was showing 4 bars with Spark and getting 10Mbps on the Speedtest app. I had her turn her hotspot on and I connected via wifi. Then I thought, why doesn't the vet's office offer wifi since there always seems to be people waiting. Of course, it really wouldn't be an issue if my expensive new GS6 Edge worked just as well as the GS5. I really hope an update comes out soon that fixes it. Also sad that it suffers from the same 'you can't do data and voice at the same time' issue that the GS5 had.
Returned mine two phones, couldn't stand it .Called sprint they waived restocking fee .
I think you guys should start calling them the guy from tech support said they not aware of the issue.
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oh god I thought it was just me.
We finally got 4G LTE in Springfield, Illinois
my samsung galaxy s4 was working amazingly.
But now with this galaxy s6 edge I wait around longer than usual to load.
****ing sucks..
any ideas?
I usually check sensorly.com
My speeds are like a third of what they were with my s5
Frequently even less than that
Heck even texts take a long time to send
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