I've got the Nexus on Verizon and I am getting terrible cell reception. From where I am my other family members iPhone 4 is getting 3 bars while mine is either 1-2 bars or struggling to find a signal. To me this is a huge dealbreaker and I wanted to know if this is an unfixable hardware issue or a software issue that will be fixed in a later update because if it is hardware then I might use my exchange to get the HTC Rezound. Any help would be great, thanks!
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Good luck with this thread. The fan boys will dominate you soon saying there are no problems. I have a thread on here highlighting the issues "sgn bad reception" and its clear as day there is an issue. But everyone will defend it.
However the adr mod with the xxkk6 radio seems to be a bit better for me anyways.
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Well being a fan boy dosent help anything because there is definetly something wrong here. Standing in the same spot as me, the iPhone is getting several bars while mine cannot even find a signal.
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Mine has terrible signal. My 4g is useless. It seems even on 3g my battery is eaten by my phone looking for solid signal.I can't listen to Pandora on 3g without buffering. I had a rent a razor. It had amazing 4g Always. Tier 2 cs offered to send me a new gnex. I didn't take it. I don't think it will fix anything. Thinking about trading back for a Razr. I
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I have fantastic 4G signal almost everywhere in Atlanta GA. Had a bit of a glitch inside a large high rise building though on the 19th. no 4G at all there and it seems hand-off to 3g isn't that great. Been solid since though.
Nevermind. I'm just cranky.
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Yeah if it doesn't improve by the time I reach the end of my exchange window, I am going to exchange for another phone and just put ICS on it. Its a shame because I really like the os :/
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I'm new to Verizon..and 4g..so I'm trying to decide whether i have a defective phone. It constantly drops the 4g signal...about 3 or 4 times an hour at least...where there should be a good 4g signal....when i drive with the phone it drops signal alot..is this a defective phone or just the way gnex and 4g is?
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mrkrabs said:
I'm new to Verizon..and 4g..so I'm trying to decide whether i have a defective phone. It constantly drops the 4g signal...about 3 or 4 times an hour at least...where there should be a good 4g signal....when i drive with the phone it drops signal alot..is this a defective phone or just the way gnex and 4g is?
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You could try to a replacement, but it's the gnex. Mine acts the same way.
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Thanks....hopefully they will come up with a.fix for this soon...its really annoying at times...I've tried all the diff radios.including 4.04 and nothing really better
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You could try to a replacement, but it's the gnex. Mine acts the same way.
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I think it depends on where you are at. Certain parts of town I always have 4g. I think the gnex and Samsung in general dont get as good 4g reception as HTC or Moto. My old Rezound got 4g everywhere, even indoors some places where my gnex has never picked up 4g. So not sure if you have a defective phone or not.
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ok...so i did get a replacement phone....seems like it is better so far....but wil post back once i have more time with it..
KeithRVA said:
I think it depends on where you are at. Certain parts of town I always have 4g. I think the gnex and Samsung in general dont get as good 4g reception as HTC or Moto. My old Rezound got 4g everywhere, even indoors some places where my gnex has never picked up 4g. So not sure if you have a defective phone or not.
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If you're driving and losing connection that's normal cause you know....you're moving and your connection is bound to weaken and certain areas of you town/city may not be covered....but if you're stationary....that's different...that's a defect.
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I've seen these things all over the place, some crazy designed hexagon sticker you stick on the back of your phone or battery that's supposed to boost signal.. do these things work? if these don't work is there anything that DOES? the s3 has the worst reception of any phone I've ever used.. everyone around me will have 5 bars, ill have 0 and were all on the same AT&T network, cept I got this godawful phone.. anyone know of a legit antenna booster? if it goes under my case no one will see it anyways
'Thanks' to any useful replies!
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Could be a bad phone... Take it to your local ATT store and compare signals with their display model?
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I have the i9300 not the att variant so there's no way to compare. but otherwise yeah I get 0-1 bar where everyone else with att gets 4-5.. I'm hoping its just the modem, and it'll get some nice upgrade in the future, but till then, looking external help
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Change your modem I used to get 1 bar to none on att now I get 3 to 4
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I don't know if this will help but it appears to have worked for me. I can't find the original post with this suggestion so I don't know who to give credit to. Pull SIM card and battery. Put them back in and see what happens. It's improved my data tremendously. Hope it works for you. I'm on Verizon in case that matters.
Currently not being productive.
To answer your question -
No, they're a gimmick. If they worked, the manufactures would put them in there themselves.
It's been proven they do absolutely nothing
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I had it on my old phone, galaxy s2, but it didn't work out. I didn't notice any difference.
Faulty phone for sure because the GS3 has like the best reception I have ever had and I have owned them all in the past two years, literally. Lol
Those things are still around?! Hollyyy....
SGS3 has fantastic reception. I have had so any different phones and this one has great signal strength.
Wow they really are a gimmick? I was not planning on getting one or anything but all this time I really thought they worked.
I have sprint and the reception is bad an air rave works well at home and a good repeater for distance check into the linkys E4200 v-2
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Does it still have the crappy signal/gps issues? I had it earlier this year and it was frustrating, so just want to see how things have been since then with all the updates and such....
gps sucks. it takes a long time to connect. and i have this issue where the phone fails to connect to 3g when 4g disconnects. super annoying.
get the sgs3 or evo 4g lte.
Umm no. My phone does not have those problems. Running aokp stable 4 with fh13 modem
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patrao_n said:
Umm no. My phone does not have those problems. Running aokp stable 4 with fh13 modem
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+1 mine doesn't either, of.course I never had LoS when the phone was new either like so many others did.
We are legion, for we are many.
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No GPS problems here. I get a lock in 5 seconds INDOORS and this was on touchwiz, cm9 , and jelky bean
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I don't have GPS problems, but the battery life has been pretty bad with the new ics update. It's no where near the life of gb.
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No GPS or LoS issues here running a stock ff18 Rom fg31 k/m. This phone is sick. :thumbup:
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too many variables to give you a answer lol.. ive hardly ever had any of ur issues but depends on the rom, kernel, modem, your area, and then some.. one thing im sure on is this phone beats any iphone in every way
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Keep the iPhone, easier to sell and retains value. And then buy GS3
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Never had a GPS problem anywhere indoor/outdoor. Even with my slow 3G speeds.
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I still dont know
You guys are all saying its works fine and like a million other people are complaining when I googled it lol. I'm just bored with my iphone 4 and my sister took my evo 3d, So I need something to get my android fix with lol.... no upgrade til december.
Having played with a galaxy s3 in the mall, I'd say go with that. Read that section in the forum to see what issues there are. After going from a 4s to the e4gt, I miss the 4s camera and the better quality sounding audio output. I've had this one for nine months now and the screen burn in is getting on my nerves. Going to pen tile displays was samsung's choice for screen lasting longer and less apt to burning. I didn't notice a screen door effect on the s3 either. Even though the cameras are virtually the same, I can see how having a faster focus helps in certain situations with the s3. Its low light is noisy though like lots have mentioned.
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You guys are all saying its works fine and like a million other people are complaining when I googled it lol. I'm just bored with my iphone 4 and my sister took my evo 3d, So I need something to get my android fix with lol.... no upgrade til december.
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Its the way things goes on in consumer world. More noise is created by people who's stuff is not working. I work for verizon fios and we only hear 5 to 10% customers call in to complain but some might come to wrong conclusion that fios always breaks. Thats how it is. I have had no issues with my e4gt. Love everything about it.
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This is a section for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners having flashed the new 4.1.1 radios vs. the old ones from 4.0.4.
There are 3 options to choose from in this poll. If you feel they are better and have noticed a difference, check "Better". If you have noticed no difference at all, check "Same". Last, if you are experiencing more problems with it and it was better on your phone with the 4.0.4 radios, check "Worse'.
Hope this gives an insight to everyone who want to see lots of reactions to the new radios!
Be advised, this poll is to just gain some knowledge on how people are experiencing the new radios on their own phones.
I understand that everyone most likely will experience differences than others.
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Nobody wants to partake in this poll? Lol. I'm really surprised.
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Nobody wants to partake in this poll? Lol. I'm really surprised.
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Gotta give it a little time to see how it is in different areas throughout the day.
Thanks! I created this thread hoping it would give a good insight to people. Let us know in the comments how it goes for you
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173 views, 11 votes. Lol.
Seriously lol.
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I didn't see anything to get excited about in my area. Im covering about 50 miles on my trip home every day, and i cant say it's any better than the hybrid i was on. Still a few holes with poor coverage, LTE still the same where it's available, no change in 3G either. I'll roll it through the weekend and see how it pans out.
Edit: must be slightly better on my end...was pulling a full signal on 4G at the house momentarily. Typically only 3 bars.
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Deekayy said:
173 views, 11 votes. Lol.
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I would guess most of the views are to see if it's worth it it not. Alot of folks are leary about flashing radios...give it time.
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I actually get better coverage with the new radios. I notice it switches a lot faster from 3G to 4G, not to mention I'm getting 4G in areas I was only getting 3G before. I live in a very rural area and travel 40 miles to school each day, so I think I have a good area to test this over. I think it was well worth flashing the new radios, even though they've only been out a couple days.
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At first I was getting good service and better speeds. But then after I restarted it, it wouldn't connect to 4G, would have poor reception, and for some reason at times, would show no bars at all except the letter "r"
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Unlike threads for verizon phones (nearly every phone has long threads on reception) I've not seen any comments on how reception is for this phone? Is this a difference between cdma and gsm or no one has any complaints with the note 2 reception ?
I came from the iphone 4 and would drop calls like crazy and there is a dead spot right down the road from me. I've yet to drop a call or find any dead spots.
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Never dropped a call, and have best reception ever
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The reception on my phone is the best of all of the phones I have ever had bar none.
I have had all 3 of the AT&T Samsung Galaxy phones, an Atrix4g,Apple 4s... nothing compares to it.
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I went from an Atrix to a SGN1 to the SGN2, and I've never had trouble with call quality or service on AT&T on Android.
I'd say it's the same as my old iPhone 4s. Then again, I live in a heavily covered area (nyc)
I used a lot of phones. I get a new phone every 6 months it seems and they all sucked one way or another in reception this one is the best. Rock solid phone
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I think even better than my gs3 by about 5 or 10 dbm. Battery life is absolutely amazing though.
I came from the Note 1. The reception and call clarity on this phone is far superior.
I went from the Atrix 4G to the GN2. The reception and call quality is much better. The call quality, in particular, is so much better than the Atrix it's hard too believe.
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I went from a HTC Vivid to SG3 to GN2. The reception has increased both times. The wifi is better also, but drops quite a bit when I hold it lefty.
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