My wifi signal strength says poor even when i'm standing right next to the wireless access point, any reason why?
christianfrench said:
My wifi signal strength says poor even when i'm standing right next to the wireless access point, any reason why?
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I compared my PDA2k with an M2000, thus both has the same rom version from Imate and the same third party softwares, you can say "clones" anyway, When the M2000 has 70% of reception the PDA2K would be at 50% in which, I replaced the two units in the same spots to compare it.
I guess it's a hardware issue..
I think its a rom issue. I had proplems connecting to more than one network and really crap reception, as well as frequently haveing the connection drop out and connecting to gprs. Since upgradeing my rom to the imate 1.40 rom I have not had a proplem since. Hell I even use the wifi in my local pub!
I recently got an imate PDA2k from my dad...and I absolutely love this thing! It came unlocked and after doing a lot of reading on here, I found out that the ROM was an older version......so I upgraded to the latest one available from clubimate's site.....v1.40 with the 1.12 radio ROM.
Although it seems to be working better today, initially I had a lot of problems with the phone side of the BA....not enough signal bars in places where I usually used to get decent strength....and in my old Nokia 6600, we could use the GPRS from Tmobile to surf on WAP sites. Sorry if this sounds dumb but can I not do that with the BA using the Tzones? or do I HAVE to have the internet plan to be able to even go to the WAP sites? The other problem is that my GPRS never connects...only very very infrequently, and even then,like mentioned earlier, I can't do any surfing.....
I also am desperately looking for any operator specific settings for Tmobile USA which might help the BA work more efficiently.
Lastly, will upgrading my Radio ROM to the 1.13 version help improve my signal strength/reception?
Appreciate any help/suggestions.
kazmi said:
Lastly, will upgrading my Radio ROM to the 1.13 version help improve my signal strength/reception?
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Not sure about the signal strength, but it improves the call quality
Hi guys, I joined this forum recently and I have found it very helpful. I an XDA ORBIT O2, when i got it it was on WM5 and it once in a while lost the GSM signal and at times even when it shows full strength, I am still out of reach. Bluetooth also doesnt work, it keeps saying Hardware problem. I upgraded my rom and am now on WM6 and even though the experience is great, it still have my GSM and Bluetooth problems. Anyone, please advice...
Please can someone tell me if the signal strength is any better on the Touch Pro 2 than it was on the original Touch Pro.
I am seriously thinking of getting a Pro 2 as I am due my upgrade but my original Pro was [email protected] at pulling a signal on T-Mobile yet when I put my SIM into my N95 I got almost full signal all the time.
My Pro had been sent back to HTC twice and no fault found.
Cheers,
John
I read your post and was curious as I have crap signal in my house.
I don't have a TP to compare with, but I stuck a Voda sim in my HD and used my laptop BB to compare...
TP2: 3 bars
HD: 2-3 bars
Dell laptop integrated BB: 2 bars
So no problems
hmm well i guess it may be a tad better if anything but nt enough to really rave about. i get 2 bars wher ei live and i was tpically at 1 bar with the original TP.
Nah, Signal is crap on Tp2 too =D
I barely have any signal, where I get full signal with Sony Erricson c905..
xD
The signal is not particularly better than the Raphael, especially for those of us on the lower frequencies (Orange and Tmob) however you can buy signal boosters that improve things slightly .......
hopefully once we have HardSPL sorted, we'll be able to start playing with other radio stacks to improve things further.
Cheers,
Beasty
Hello everyone,
i have noticed that my TP2 has very poor WiFi signal comparing with my Nokia E51 which every time detect so many wifi networks and show good signals
but when I tun the Wifi on TP2, its difficult to detect the same networks
for example, in my work place there are 6 Wifi networks on each floor, and
and for laptops, and Nokia phone it's not a problem to connect on everyone
BUT my TP2 only shows me the closest to me, with very poor signal and its very hard to connect it.. the same situation is when Im outside.
Is the same situation with yours TP2 ? and is there any solution?
P.s. in WiFi advanced set. I have choose Best performance..but no difference!
the rom is orig HTC 1.19.401.1 (51489) WWE - 06/22/09,
and the radio is 3.46.25.30
if u have any ideas please, share it with me..
With best regards,
patzkata
Same here
I have exactly the same problem. I contacted HTC support but they gave me useless advices (like set best performance not best battery, replace the AP, etc). Their final conclusion was to go to warranty with the device - but looking at this forum and finding so many complaints about WiFi I doubt they can replace my phone with a better one ...
Radu
I noticed the same think on my one..
g connection with wpa-psk enabled only two bars on the meter connection... and i'm 3mt far from access-point
my rom is 1.19..
and radio is the latest avaible 4.49.25.17
My Kaiser (Tilt 1) has pretty poor WiFi performance too.
Same problem here. Wifi connection is very poor on my TP2. It was much better on my Kaiser. With my TP2 you need to be standing next to the AP to get a connection.
.. So there isnt a solution, right ?
Wifi connection is very good on my TP2
Have they fixed the 1mbs download (receive) limit that we had on the Touch Pro?
I dont' know, but I don't think that this will help to the Wifi
Somebody told me that Rodium with the metal cover (which is mine) has poor signal because of the metal!
that is the reason for some other phones with metal cover.. but I don't know
anyway .. I reflashed my TP2 with the original from the HTC support page
byt everithing is the same
any body have an Idea ?
mine works great, even with static routing setup. linksys is my main wired router with an smc wireless router connected to it. no problems whatsoever. could be something in the router setups.
crazythunder said:
mine works great, even with static routing setup. linksys is my main wired router with an smc wireless router connected to it. no problems whatsoever. could be something in the router setups.
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Even with the strong signal, notice how your Rx rate is only 1 Mbps....
I think this is what everyone is complaining about
iboj007 said:
Even with the strong signal, notice how your Rx rate is only 1 Mbps....
I think this is what everyone is complaining about
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I i noticed, that when I open the hardware keyboard, the signal become a little bit better, but my Rx rate is also 1 Mbps, and this is at home, where I'm 5m from the WiFi router ..
I noticed and that the Wifi anten is closer to the power buton from the top of the TP2, becase when my hand is over the Power button side the signal reduced
Bummer. I see from the screen shot that it has the same hobbled 1mbps receive rate. I was hoping HTC would fix that. It makes wifi practically worthless. :-(
Signal on my Touch Pro2 is weak too.. it's full only 1-2 meters from router. But RX rate working fine. With full signal i have RX at 54Mbps. With weak signal is lower. And what is TX rate? RX rate is only 1Mbit when i set power mode to best battery. With normal or best performance settings it depends on signal power.
I connected my daughters iPhone to my wifi networkand noticed that she has 3 times the signal strength that I get on my TP2. HTC needs to fix this it is NOT acceptable
iboj007 said:
Even with the strong signal, notice how your Rx rate is only 1 Mbps....
I think this is what everyone is complaining about
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Mine works great. Getting 54 Mbps Tx and Rx. I'm using a NetGear router with RangeMax don't know if that makes a difference or not. It shouldn't.
Something tells me that there's an ideal channel which the device will work on
Channel 5
I have channel 5 set on my Linksys AP, never had full signal, but from time to time I have both RX and TX on 54Mbps. In the past I had an hp ipaq 6915 with 802.11b (11Mbps max) with great signal, but still the real transfer rate (i.e. loading web pages, FTP etc) was lower that TP2's.
I'll try to make a poll to see on which European channel people have their APs and get the best out of TP2.
Radu
Got my Tilt 2 yesterday and I can confirm that it's got crappy wifi sensitivity. I hope a firmware / radio update can improve it.
Wifi problem in router, not TP2
Touch_Pete said:
I connected my daughters iPhone to my wifi networkand noticed that she has 3 times the signal strength that I get on my TP2. HTC needs to fix this it is NOT acceptable
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Whilst the signal radio reception strength may differ, this doesn't affect the actual receive rates that the unit defaults to.
It has nothing to do with the TP2 as to whether the rate is 1Mbps or 54... it is a setting in the router that alters this. I spent all yesterday looking at all the options on both units... what can be changed in the TP2 settings compared to then changing the router settings.
I found that by forcing the router to broadcast on g or n, and defaulting to channel 3, it forces the TP2 to accept 54 & 54 whereas it was showing 54 & 1 beforehand.
Most routers are default set to 'All' range types, so includes b, g and n (if included) and then most users leave the router to default the rest of the settings.
I have now set my router to force g and n only and forced 20MHz radio rate... although some might not have this setting.
Overall performance is nor much better, and has also improved the wireless rates for all the other wifi units around the house.