Rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel XL's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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Wifi appears to be on-par with other Wireless AC devices I've used.
Wifi tested on a 2 chain Ubiquiti AC AP-lite. Tested to a server in the same building (I'm an engineer for an ISP. We run the server).
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this device is faster on WiFi than my 6P was
Testing from the exact same physical location, using the same AP (Apple Airport Extreme 5gHz). Send/receive delta is consistently a time of day issue, my ISP is Google Fiber by way of Webpass, in Berkeley, CA.
My kitchen is the weakest wireless area in my home. MY Note 5 manages around 43mb/s on 5ghz, the Pixel XL was 51mb/s. Only one small test, but very promising.
Having an issue in WPA2 Enterprise wifi slowness.
NickOlsen8390 said:
Wifi appears to be on-par with other Wireless AC devices I've used.
Wifi tested on a 2 chain Ubiquiti AC AP-lite. Tested to a server in the same building (I'm an engineer for an ISP. We run the server).
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How close to the router were you? HTC products have always had poor wifi reception when one was not standing or sitting right next to the router. Samsung is the same for some reason. Apple tends to do a bit better in range wise.
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How close to the router were you? HTC products have always had poor wifi reception when one was not standing or sitting right next to the router. Samsung is the same for some reason. Apple tends to do a bit better in range wise.
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When I ran the speedtest I was right next to the Access Point (It's not a router, It's a standalone Access point) About 5 ft away physically. Obviously there is an exponential drop off in speed when moving away from the source. But the Pixel XL appears to perform similar, Perhaps a tad bit better then my Note 7 did.
signal range is pretty poor for me. this thing won't remain connected to my 5ghz network to save it's life where's my v20 will and will get crazy speeds even with a low connection in the exact same room. in general ,the WiFi is pretty bad on the pixel and slower than my work s6 and my personal v20.
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Wifi appears to be on-par with other Wireless AC devices I've used.
Wifi tested on a 2 chain Ubiquiti AC AP-lite. Tested to a server in the same building (I'm an engineer for an ISP. We run the server).
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what are your router settings? I have the netgear nighthawk and 1 gig internet. I can't get anywhere near those speeds. Only on the laptop....
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what are your router settings? I have the netgear nighthawk and 1 gig internet. I can't get anywhere near those speeds. Only on the laptop....
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I get similar speeds on my Pixel XL pretty much everywhere in my house (covered by a 3 Asus OnHub Google Wifi mesh network connected to AT&T Gigabit Internet.) What I have noticed however is that speeds are slower if my phone is not connected to power and faster when the phone is plugged in. It is not something "flukey" ... I see it consistently. To get the speeds like in the screenshot, my Pixel XL would need to be plugged into a power source (and connected at 5Ghz).
Anyone else get notified every time you pass your local cable provider wifi out in public to sign in every time.I clicked auto sign in and still Everytime I can pick one up driving or walking down the road I get a notification to sign in very annoying
I have really spotty wifi problems with my pixel XL. Thought it was just my internet but sometimes I have a good signal sometimes and others its trash. super strange as to why it is so iffy, it doesnt really have a spot where it works better than others.
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Having some bad WiFi with my new Shield tablet.. Where my Note 3 or Tab S have full bars my Shield only gets 2 of 4... Low link speed too. I was hoping it was a software issue but not so sure anymore..... When holding the tablet in portrait, my hands hold the bottom part of the tablet, moving my hands increases the bars and then move them back and they go away. I guess the WiFi antenna is down there? Either way, it is easily blocked. Anyone else notice this?
there's a big thread over at geforce.com about it. you're not alone. 2.4 is OK-ish though still weaker than my other devices but 5ghz is terrible. where my note3 gets 108mbit 1 floor down the shield tab gets 6-12mbit and sometimes no signal at all. heck, same floor as the router and 1 room over with 1 wall between and 15ft total distance and it only manages a meager 24mbit connection when my note3 is at 150mbit and my surface3 is 300mbit. hoping its not a hardware design flaw and is just poor drivers or firmware.
Yeah its a shame really. I wouldn't expect bad WiFi signal really with any device released recently.
Maybe they lowered the mW output of the wifi to help mitigate battery drain from the gpu. That can usually be fixed with firmware, for about a 3% hit on battery life.
If antenna related, a power increase will not help much if at all. Only fix then would be a production revision.
Well I guess I will hope for the first possibility.
I might be a bit under on the battery life hit. Maybe 5% is closer. I hope so too, since was going to get the 32gb model when released.
Here's a look at Note 3, Tab S, and Shield all sitting on the router. Note the link speed on all.
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It could be that your 802.11ac router is using the wireless-b/g standard instead of n
Goodeman said:
It could be that your 802.11ac router is using the wireless-b/g standard instead of n
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Does the Shield not support ac? Dang, I thought I read it did before I bought it.
Nope only up to n
There is already a way to increase the power with the wifi optimization setting and reports are minimal if any improvement. Looking more like an antenna issue, but always a chance something else. Need to get a response from Nvidia. If they go silent on the matter, that would be bad.
Wonder if the 32GB will have the issue as well? A delay in the 32GB (beginning of September) would suggest a design revision might be in place.
I just got mine today and the wifi is pretty bad on this compared to my note 3. I tried running a test by walking away from my router with both the note 3 and the shield tablet. Eventually the shield lost communication with my router while the note 3 still was able to acquire at at least 2 -3 bars. I was really looking forward to this tablet but if I can't go to another room without losing connection then it's pretty pointless.
Damn it. This is unbearable. I can't even play modern combat 5 which requires constant connection. It keeps disconnecting.
Running wifi analyzer I noticed the connection jumps a lot. I would love to open her up to see if it's a connection issue but not sure how to. Have to wait for a tear down.
May I ask which router you have ? I had a lot of issues with one particular brand- Netgear, which is very picky in terms of devices . It works with Mac retina, but it did not work with my Vaio , Now I am using cisco ea4500 and all of my problem gone, I might be wrong but it always good to check in on other wifi-s
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May I ask which router you have ? I had a lot of issues with one particular brand- Netgear, which is very picky in terms of devices . It works with Mac retina, but it did not work with my Vaio , Now I am using cisco ea4500 and all of my problem gone, I might be wrong but it always good to check in on other wifi-s
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Netgear r7000 Nighthawk. Shield tablet is my only problem device on the network.
My Tab S does great in the same spots. This morning has been actually great though, not as good as my Tab S but it also costs a lot more so probably expected. Here's 2 speed tests for comparison. First one is Tab S and second is Shield .
Mine works fine with an older netgear router. The classic 802.11g 2.4Ghz. Same speeds as my nexus 5 gets pretty much everywhere in my house. I don't use the streaming feature though so can't comment on it.
An nVidia guy did respond to a report of that 24Mbps thing. Maybe that bug affects more than just the WiFi Analytics app.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/764386/shield-tablet/horrible-wi-fi-performance/10/
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Mine works fine with an older netgear router. The classic 802.11g 2.4Ghz. Same speeds as my nexus 5 gets pretty much everywhere in my house. I don't use the streaming feature though so can't comment on it.
An nVidia guy did respond to a report of that 24Mbps thing. Maybe that bug affects more than just the WiFi Analytics app.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/764386/shield-tablet/horrible-wi-fi-performance/10/
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In my case, my issue is more range. The shield has a weaker wifi.
So I received a replacement last week which had slightly better signal than my original but it had a much warmer yellowish screen so there was no way I'm going to keep that. I figured then that this has to be a hardware thing so I opened up the back and made sure all the connection for the radio was properly seated. And to my surprise it made my wifi on par with the replacement and with my Samsung note 2014. I don't recommend you open yours of course but maybe there's potential QA issue with these tablets? I recommend maybe you get a replacement from Nvidia and hopefully you get one with better wifi.
Top is note 2014, bottom left original shield, bottom right replacement.
Before
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S6 speedtest http://i.imgur.com/0w0fcWj.jpg - 16.78Mbps
MacBook speedtest http://i.imgur.com/7nzu3Ob.png - 55Mbps
I did the tests separately, one right after the other. The results are always the same, for the past 3 weeks since I go the S6.
I don't have any custom settings on anything (intentionally, anyway). Any idea what's going on?
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I discovered that the S6 has a full speed connection if the Spigen case is off and I'm right beside the router. As I move a few yards away, the speed begins to decrease. My other devices, including my previous S5, are not this dramatic.
I see that my router has separate connections for 2.4 and 5GHz. I connected the S6 to the 5GHz and the speed is the same as it was before. I also factory reset the S6 as a new device and it's still slow...
I've noticed the same thing... I just upgraded my home internet speed from 50Mbps to 100Mbps and noticed when using the speed test if i'm lucky will get 40Mbps. When I test the internet speed using my Macbook Pro and the wife's Acer i'm seeing 90+Mbps! Might just be the phone....
New to the S6 btw, coming from T-Mobile Samsung Note 4, had to come back to Verizon!
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I've noticed the same thing... I just upgraded my home internet speed from 50Mbps to 100Mbps and noticed when using the speed test if i'm lucky will get 40Mbps. When I test the internet speed using my Macbook Pro and the wife's Acer i'm seeing 90+Mbps! Might just be the phone....
New to the S6 btw, coming from T-Mobile Samsung Note 4, had to come back to Verizon!
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I just ran a speedtest at work on 5ghz WiFi. We have 150 up and 150 down Fios. I got 92Mbps down and 83Mbps up. It is most likely your router.
Some routers just do not like some devices.
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S6 speedtest http://i.imgur.com/0w0fcWj.jpg - 16.78Mbps
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How old is your router.
krelvinaz said:
How old is your router.
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About 2 months old TP-LINK Archer C7 AC1750 Dual Band Wireless AC Gigabit Router, 2.4GHz 450Mbps+5Ghz 1300Mbps, 2 USB Port, IPv6, Guest Network
Mine seems fine and is about the same with my laptop...
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Notebook is the same as my S6
Workstation gets faster, close to 90Mbps it it is wired.
I discovered that the S6 has a full speed connection if the Spigen case is off and I'm right beside the router. As I move a few yards away, the speed begins to decrease. My other devices, including my previous S5, are not this dramatic.
What spigen case are you using?
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What spigen case are you using?
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Neo Hybrid. The distance from the router made more difference than the case, but they both affect the speed.
I see. I've used that case and never noticed any degradation of signal... strange
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I just ran a speedtest at work on 5ghz WiFi. We have 150 up and 150 down Fios. I got 92Mbps down and 83Mbps up. It is most likely your router.
Some routers just do not like some devices.
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I guess this phone performs better on 5ghz wifi channel, cause i just switched from my 2ghz channel and got twice the speed!!!
The two bottom results are on 2ghz and top two are on 5ghz!
Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 5's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Wifi isn't strongest 5's part. Pretty weak, when my old s6 gets 3bars of wifi, 5's only one. Maybe new wifi driver would help, just need to wait.
just checked mine against my s6 and my mi5 gets 3 bars(switching to 4 sometimes) and so does the s6.
edit:just installed wifi analyzer on both phones and both measure at -70dbm for my network. Identical
I was in a friend house today and mi5 had 1 bar (sometimes 0 bars) and my work phone (an iPhone 6) had 3 bars
don't look at the number of bars, they could be set up differently. use wifi analyser to check signal strenght received by the phones, or do a speedtest
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don't look at the number of bars, they could be set up differently. use wifi analyser to check signal strenght received by the phones, or do a speedtest
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Yes, exactly.
I just got my xiaomi mi5 black 64gb and in comparison to my wife's s6 we get different results in respect how wifi bars are being displayed. S6 shows full wifi bars, xiaomi shows 3 (supposedly @middle of signal strength) , but speedtest shows that both phones get the same ~200Mbps download/upload speed. Tested on netgear r7000 router with 250Mbps fiber connection.
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Regardless of the bars showing, Mi5 has poor wifi strength.
I use my smartphone every day of my life many time lying on my bed. As you can imagine, the area in which I use the mobile will be as much 40x40cms (actually less), so that the accuracy of my "experience" is great. Wifi signal is poor exactly in this area of my house. I haven't measured data, but I know count the times disconnects from my network to connect to 5Ghz 2.4Ghz (2.4 gives me more distance), or disconnected directly from 2.4Ghz.
About 5Ghz, MI5 is better than the Nexus 4 and worse than a G2, which is not the best in the world about signal strength.
About 2.4Ghz is worse than both, at least in the ROM I've been so far.
Mi5 (unofficial CM13) vs Moto G 3rd gen official CM13 (better)
Xiaomi mi5 Weak signal
My new Mi5 with Global Stable Rom (latest) has weak wifi signal. In a distance of 15-20 meter with some walls in between I used to have 2 bars with my old Xiaomi Redmi 3 and now with my Mi5 I don't have any signal at all. There is something definately wrong with the Wifi of this phone. Hope a driver or an update from Xiaomi will fix it or else the phone is useless :crying:
Mine is surprisingly good, better than my previous Mi 4c. We have two AP on each floor in my office. With Mi 4c, going up or down from one floor to another, there's a blank spot somewhere on the stairs. With Mi 5, none. It just switches smoothly from one AP to another. Sometimes it even sticks to AP at the first floor when I'm on the second, pretty neat to pass through the thick floor.
Here's the one at my home:
Hey, news on this? I'm on the lastest developers rom and the signal is way worst than on lg g3 :\ often it says no internet connection. where g3 doesn't have any problem.
In Spain I dont have Wifi Problem
my wifi is poor too
wifi problem in mi5
my wifi is awful. The range is low, 5-10meters and the donwload maximun is round 400kb/s. Please anyone knows how we can fix this?
thank u
WiFi Hardware problem on Xiaomi MI5
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Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 5's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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I possess Xiaomi MI5, and 2 Samsungs: Galaxy 5 (sm-g 900) and Galaxy 1 (gt-i9000).
So I compared them a lot, and my conclusion is that the MI 5's wifi reception is at the same level as the gt-i9000. The Galaxy 5 is much better.
In my opinion, the problem is the hardware, since I have to get close to the router to connect. When I am farther, it disconnects - or have 1 line signal strength - and not able to surf on the Net.
Can any one help me in fixing wifi in MI5
I bought new mi5 32GB on Friday 21 2016, When i tried to transfer a single file small video file just about 88MB from one of the mobile to MI5 it took 6 mins to receive in Mi5. I used shareit app to transfer fileS between two mobiles.
And moreover when i tried to connect the MI5 device through wifi . Its very slow its not even crossing 1mbsp speed to download.
I have very good wifi internet connection there is no issues in the internet or wifi signal.
Can any one please help me in fixing the wifi issue?
Wi-fi strength is bad... in MIUI 8. I never thought different ROMs will differ.
In my bathroom (yes, I carry my phone in bathroom), Wi-fi will come and go in MIUI 8.
However, it is better in CM 13 and CM 14. Didn't have that problem in my bathroom. So I think Wi-fi signal is good, depends on what ROM you use.
Before Mi5, I used LG G2. Mi5 is better (with CM 13 ROM, of course) than my old G2.
It is definitely better than my previous phone - mi3. I am surprised it connects to some quite remote networks.
it has great signal and wifi reception compare to my redmi note 4
I also think Mi5 wifi performs worst than my previous phones like the Lenovo K3 Note and Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro. The Bluetooth also has worse signal like the Redmi Note 3 Pro (Lenovo K3 was way better).
Could it be with the antennas placement? Because I can see the bars go up and down if I hold the phone differently (wifi analyzer is the same)
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 5's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.
LTE weak signal
HI,
I have a real problem with my Mi 5, the cellular card seems not to work properly, indeed it constantly changing from one network to another , es: from 4G to H+ to H so the LTE cell is not well detected.
I have made some test with SpeedTest using two smartphones ( Z1 on the left - Mi 5 on the right ) with the same Network operator and into the same place but the result are completely different see the enclosed image . Does any one have the same problem?
Thank you
S
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I can confirm that I have same issues, I sometimes drop to E. I have never had issues like this previously with any of my Nexus phones. There is definitely something wrong here. WiFi isn't any better. I can't connect to router from place in my house where Nexus 5 does just fine with 4 out 5 bars.
Not good.
I'm thinking on buying this phone, I live in the US but as far as I know, none of the LTE band this phone uses is compatible with any US carriers, right?
I use MetroPCS, btw.
Have Band 3 LTE in my country but cant access it at all! maximum HSDA+ but no LTE
Using Mi5 pro official China stable ROM
Yes with latest 7.5.1.0 I got some issues with cellular.
(usa/tmobile)
LordTao said:
Have Band 3 LTE in my country but cant access it at all! maximum HSDA+ but no LTE
Using Mi5 pro official China stable ROM
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Same problem as lordtao
I also have problems. It usually switch to E or No Signal for a while. Maybe with public kernel source someone could fix that.
Using MIUI 8, I notice that phone will switch to "No Signal" for a very brief moment and then went back.
Didn't have that kind of problem in CM 13/ CM 14.
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Using MIUI 8, I notice that phone will switch to "No Signal" for a very brief moment and then went back.
Didn't have that kind of problem in CM 13/ CM 14.
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I'm interested in buying this phone. Can we please get more feedback, guys? Maybe reception (WiFi too apparently) is bad with official ROM but ok on custom ROMs?
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I'm interested in buying this phone. Can we please get more feedback, guys? Maybe reception (WiFi too apparently) is bad with official ROM but ok on custom ROMs?
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:good:
I'm able to get consistent wifi, able to stream videos from my home server smoothly. Full connection throughout the house.
But cellular is a bit patchy, sometimes dropping to "Emergency calls only" while moving (for example, car, bus).
It's good while stationary, but often sits just short of full bars.
Mynerz said:
I'm able to get consistent wifi, able to stream videos from my home server smoothly. Full connection throughout the house.
But cellular is a bit patchy, sometimes dropping to "Emergency calls only" while moving (for example, car, bus).
It's good while stationary, but often sits just short of full bars.
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Same issue here, static is OK, but when fast moving in a car or any transport **** happens.
I'm using Global Stable 8.1.4.0(MAAMIDI).
On my S7 Edge I always had near full bars. On this one(same sim card and service-cricket) I get lower bars but my speed is incredible and even faster than previous phone. I get a 8.84 MBPS Download and 3.95 MBPS upload which is on par considering Cricket limits to 8 MBPS. My bars are never full though or even close. Could this just be a firmware error?
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The one issue I'm having is constant drop of data ... playing online games I can see my ping range from 4 green lights to 2 Orange light a then back to 3 green.lovjt . It never stays in one spot which causes very bad lag...idk if this is an isolated issue...but I will reset the entire phone and such tonight to try and start "fresh" to see...
Opposite for me. Coming from LG v20, Wi-Fi and carrier speeds are much much better.
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On my S7 Edge I always had near full bars. On this one(same sim card and service-cricket) I get lower bars but my speed is incredible and even faster than previous phone. I get a 8.84 MBPS Download and 3.95 MBPS upload which is on par considering Cricket limits to 8 MBPS. My bars are never full though or even close. Could this just be a firmware error?
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The amount of bars really doesn't matter, it's your signal strength that matters. Look in about phone and status and you should see a range of -80 to -120 dBm. -80 being great and -120 being worse. Ever go to a football game or large concert and have "full bars" but a crap connection? The tower may be close but can't handle the amount of people connected. Sometimes they have COW's (Cell on wheels) that's set up to prevent this from happening at large events but still may affect you.
Anyways, the only issue I have is switching from WiFi to 4G it seems that my connection isn't that great until I turn on and off airplane mode.
You can get a app like signal check .... That will give you your connection in decibels..... That's the true bars ..... Sprint used to always show 1x as bars... You could a call and have no data
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Opposite for me. Coming from LG v20, Wi-Fi and carrier speeds are much much better.
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Same here, my V20's wifi and 4g reception was weak as hell. I'm consistently 1-3 bars higher and I've got signal in places I didn't quite have before.
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The amount of bars really doesn't matter, it's your signal strength that matters. Look in about phone and status and you should see a range of -80 to -120 dBm. -80 being great and -120 being worse. Ever go to a football game or large concert and have "full bars" but a crap connection? The tower may be close but can't handle the amount of people connected. Sometimes they have COW's (Cell on wheels) that's set up to prevent this from happening at large events but still may affect you.
Anyways, the only issue I have is switching from WiFi to 4G it seems that my connection isn't that great until I turn on and off airplane mode.
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So then is this good? If so, ATT nesds a firmware update to correct the bars to reflect the signal. Btw thanks for letting me know that. Its a big relief lol I almost signed up for ATT's $90 plan. Glad I asked on here
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So then is this good? If so, ATT nesds a firmware update to correct the bars to reflect the signal
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-73 is a very good connection.
And as for your statement, not necessarily something AT&T will do. Here's an article for you:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.digi...-your-smartphone-mean-we-asked-an-expert/amp/
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-73 is a very good connection.
And as for your statement, not necessarily something AT&T will do. Here's an article for you:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.digi...-your-smartphone-mean-we-asked-an-expert/amp/
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That is an excellent article. Thanks for that!
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About the same to more bars on my s8+ then the s7e
Even that article has it, while being in the -7X range is really great signal, you "can" see signal near -50. I've wireless devices at locations that sit in the low -60s. So not having perfect bars is definitely understandable at -73.
Anyway you shoot it tho, the signal bars are worthless unless you get used to what they mean for your phone mfg.
This actually all blew up big with the antenna gate with apple (though I imagine many forget it now), where people would drop reception depending on how they held their phone. Their bars were worthless and you had to put the phone in a dev like mode to see it in dBm. Then you had a realistic idea of what was actually happening (if you were seeing signal drops or not.)
I remember putting my hand in the "death grip" and seeing normal bars on the iphone but you'd switch it over to read dBm and you'd do it and be at -119 to -120 which is bad. Would be -7x to -8x sitting with no one touching it.