Weaker reception under Oreo? - Google Pixel Questions & Answers

While under Nougat, I had no issues with the reception of my Pixel. After upgrading to Oreo, I have noticed that the cell reception has degraded with my Pixel on AT&T.
In areas where I formerly had low (but usable) LTE, I now am on H. Sometimes, the phone will stick on H and I will have to go to the Mobile Networks setting and toggle from LTE to 3G to LTE to get it back onto LTE. It seems that the phone will now switch to H from LTE sooner than before.
Yesterday, I noticed that while in a LTE area, my phone was displaying "emergency calls only" while my wife's Nexus 5x (also on AT&T) was showing some amount of LTE.
Anyone else having reception issues with Oreo and the Pixel? Thanks!

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How is AT&T's LTE vs. HSPA?

I commute, and the H+ signal on my phone constantly switches to 3G and back, losing data connectivity when it does so, which is very frustrating and annoying. I can't find a way to lock to 3G only (since 3G is more widely available than H) for my phone (Inspire 4G).
So just wondering, if I get an LTE phone (like the Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket), would that be better, or similar to what I'm having issues with?
Would like any type of consensus before spending ~$400 on this decision.

Weak Cell Signal

On my Nexus 4 I used to get LTE in my office. Granted I had a hybrid radio installed on that.
With the Nexus 5 I can pull 3-4 bars of H and H+. Anyone else notice this. Funny how the "uncertified" phone for LTE gets a better signal.
biggiephat said:
On my Nexus 4 I used to get LTE in my office. Granted I had a hybrid radio installed on that.
With the Nexus 5 I can pull 3-4 bars of H and H+. Anyone else notice this. Funny how the "uncertified" phone for LTE gets a better signal.
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It's happening to me too, brother. I too had Nexus 4 that was a champ at keeping an LTE signal while I was within LTE coverage, but this Nexus 5 treats LTE like it has cooties or something. I feel like I have to demonstrate to the Nexus 5 that I have LTE by going to the secret dialer menu and selecting LTE Only and then switch back to LTE/GSM. However, if LTE gets to 2 bars or less, the phone switches back to HSPA+ and stays there. Some suggest that this saves power, but I call BS on that. I really did not notice a difference in my Nexus 4's battery life when I enabled LTE--it seemed the same to me.
On my N4, a low LTE signal would be faster than HSPA at full strength. I want my N5 to try harder and I have been souring these forums to see if there is some sort of fix. I'm going to try and get a new SIM and see if that fixes anything.
I have the same problem. Great signal for HSPA but bad on LTE. Did you try a new sim card? Any fix out there?

[Q] Signal Strength

What kind of signal strength are others getting compared to other phones they have owned. When I am in an area that has excellent LTE coverage (as consistently shown on multiple other phones I have owned) I am only getting about one half to 3/4 of the signal I had been getting. I have yet to get a full strength LTE reading on the signal strength indicator. I am also having problems with the signal dropping completely (no service) and then coming back at 3/4 strength? Very flaky.....
My AT&T signal was always terrible. Almost always 1 bar but sometimes two. I preordered a H2O Wireless SIM about a week before I got the Idol 3. My AT&T plan expired the day after I got the phone so I just popped in the new H2O sim into the idol 3. With the H2O sim I get really good signal, sometimes full; bars! The weird part is that H2O uses AT&T towers so I can't explain why I am getting better signal except that it could be the phone. Unfortunately I was unable to compare the same sim card in both phones. Overall signal strength is better for me.
Shodan5150 said:
My AT&T signal was always terrible. Almost always 1 bar but sometimes two. I preordered a H2O Wireless SIM about a week before I got the Idol 3. My AT&T plan expired the day after I got the phone so I just popped in the new H2O sim into the idol 3. With the H2O sim I get really good signal, sometimes full; bars! The weird part is that H2O uses AT&T towers so I can't explain why I am getting better signal except that it could be the phone. Unfortunately I was unable to compare the same sim card in both phones. Overall signal strength is better for me.
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i got the same problem i had a moto G lte had all of the bars then i put in my sim card and now i dont get much signal even at work with the moto i had all of the bars and this one i get like half then dissapears goes back to half then of a sudden all of the bars show im running cricket and as same as you we run on ATT towers
I had to set mine to wcdma/gsm on T-Mobile to get good coverage. It wouldn't pull signal unless it was 5 bars LTE.
Tmobile in SF. Brand new phone less than a week in use, also terrible signal. LTE Discovery shows I'm on band 4. Funny enough I still get calls and txt messages when displays shows not signal at all. This is one thing I hate in reviews, they all mention how fast and great display and audio, but none of them mention call reception. IT'S A FREAKING PHONE!!!
My signal sucks regardless of this being a Band 12 capable phone. I know you should never go by the signal bars, but rather the dBm's/asu, but my signal strength fluctuates constantly and doesn't even show signal at all until a few seconds later as if it "reconnected" to the network and jumps 2 bars. This phone needs a major modem update. I don't think I've ever seen my signal bar icon fully lit even when I'm outside. Maybe I just need a new SIM card.
My network is fine. AT&T/AIRVOICE. SLC, Utah.
I compare my Idol 3 signal to varying Androids i know that are on Tmob, it seems to be par for the course. Often it is half a bar better. It is certainly better than the OPO i sent back.

question about cell radio signal

Hi guys recently I bought an unlocked g955u1 from best buy and am on Verizon. I've noticed that my cell signal has been reading a bit off despite doing the Verizon software update. My phone is almost always stuck on 3 bars lte according to lte discovery and the range of dBm will average -100 to as low as -108 which realistically should be 1-2 bars not 3. In the past the only time I've really saw inaccurate readings like this is when I've been on gsm carriers. It's not as much as a problem as more of an annoyance as everything works fine. My question is anybody know why it's reading so inaccurate?
The bars are more or less just approximate visualizations of the network strength anyway. It varies from carrier to carrier, as well as phone manufacturer. You're better off sticking with the dB display if you want a truly accurate reading. Imho.
I have a T-Mobile variant and have noticed the my DL and UL speeds are a lot faster than any of the phone I've had in the past. We live out from town and even on the Nexus 6 it shows 3 bars and on the S8+ I get all the bars and the DL speed on the other phones at my house are around 5Mbps and on the S8+ I get 17-20Mbps at the house now. In town it has gone up from 40Mbps to 55Mbps.
My ATT S8+ reception
While I agree that the dBm is what you should be looking at, I have noticed some funky things going on with my ATT S8+ in terms of reception. Using the same SIM card, placing the phone in the exact same place, my S6 Active has a signal strength of -124 dBm /asu 16/"In service" on LTE. The S8+ gets a signal strength of -113 dBm/asu of 0/"Out of service." To me this seems like the S8+ is actually getting better reception than the 6S Active but the phone is out of service. I also tried this same test in another location using a different cell tower. Same results, the S8+ gets better reception...but the phone does not perform as well. In location number 2 I have also notice the S8+ fish for better signal and switch from LTE to HSPA where the signal strength is -99 dBm but the asu is only 7.
Since I live in a area with weak cell coverage the S8+ is driving me nuts...I contacted ATT about it last night, will see what happens.
Also somewhat related:
I'm using a US Unlocked on T-Mobile, and I've noticed my signal dropping out in areas where I previously had great signal on my Pixel XL. My buddy (also on T-Mo) just got an LG G6 and had full signal when mine dropped out.
Anyone else notice a weak signal? If I flash the T-Mo firmware, will that improve my signal? Did I get a bad unit? I hope not as everything else is perfect, screen included.
i notice (with TMobile) that if i am in 4g lte, then move to area with only edge for a few mins, then back to the 4g lte area...my phone doesn't connect back to the best signal
only a reboot let's me reconnect to 4g lte

phone randomly alternating between 5G/LTE

I'm on T-Mobile and I've noticed my phone alternating between 5G and LTE at random intervals. Both 5G and LTE are at 4 bars and I'm stationary. It's not really an issue because I didn't get this phone for 5G and the connection isn't dropping when it switches. Is anyone else experiencing this?
wvufankevin1991 said:
I'm on T-Mobile and I've noticed my phone alternating between 5G and LTE at random intervals. Both 5G and LTE are at 4 bars and I'm stationary. It's not really an issue because I didn't get this phone for 5G and the connection isn't dropping when it switches. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Actually mine has shown 5g constantly since I got it. Even though it's not using 5g. Mine is fully converted to TMobile
Mine is doing the same..... it must depend on signal strength or something. What concerns me about it is that 5g and 5g mwav is suppose to have less issues with walls, so why are the phones not staying on 5g? something is causing the 5g signal to go in and out.... I noticed less of an issue outside than inside which would be normal I guess, but should not be an issue for Tmobile's 5g service.
I live in NYC and don't have this issue with my phone. Could it be a problem with your location/city?
Have you called t-mobile about it yet?
Maybe do a speed test when it switches to see if you get lower speeds on LTE, maybe that would show if it is really actually switching or just an icon issue as both have the same amount of bars.
How are y'all determining that you are actually connected to a 5G carrier ? For AT&T, they have put the 5G icon on the man screen for awhile so I was looking at the Mobile data network setting under SIM card status but have only seen LTE. Having said that, I have done speed test where I am getting 20ms latency and 60Mbps download speeds.
Here is where the old Nokia Field Test Mode would be useful.
petraviva said:
How are y'all determining that you are actually connected to a 5G carrier ? For AT&T, they have put the 5G icon on the man screen for awhile so I was looking at the Mobile data network setting under SIM card status but have only seen LTE. Having said that, I have done speed test where I am getting 20ms latency and 60Mbps download speeds.
Here is where the old Nokia Field Test Mode would be useful.
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Because, up were you have the bars that show how strong your signal is, it actually tells me when I am on 4G, 4G LTE or 5G, and at least one Tmob, do don't need a 5G enabled SIM, it should "Just work" if you have 5G service in your area and you are within range of a 5G equipt tower..... I also checked with apps like Open Signal and others to see what towers I am connecting to, etc.
5G download and upload speeds are crappy though....lol..... Should be broadband speeds and it is no were near that...

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