Anyone else noticing very poor quality phone calls? Where I am now I have 3 bars and -85 line strength which is quite good. My wife just called from her mobile and I couldn't hear her as it was really poor reception. She said she had full signal on her iPhone. Anyway, she called me back from a land line and it was exactly the same quality so it is clearly my phone. When i think about it, this has happened quite a lot recently since the new volume fix patch.
Coming from a iPhone my self I am surprised at how poor quality this phone is. Had it 2 months or so now so can't sent back but u am very disappointed.
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Sorry, can't confirm that.
Never had better reception with any of my phones then with the Nexus.
I can confirm this. Same issues + random signal loss on 2G and 3G.
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Same, I got 2 signals on my crappy HTC snap and I'm getting 0-1 bars on the nexus
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Matcarroll said:
Anyone else noticing very poor quality phone calls? Where I am now I have 3 bars and -85 line strength which is quite good. My wife just called from her mobile and I couldn't hear her as it was really poor reception. She said she had full signal on her iPhone. Anyway, she called me back from a land line and it was exactly the same quality so it is clearly my phone. When i think about it, this has happened quite a lot recently since the new volume fix patch.
Coming from a iPhone my self I am surprised at how poor quality this phone is. Had it 2 months or so now so can't sent back but u am very disappointed.
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I doubt the provider matters? sometimes my iPhone 4s have 4 bars on ATT but it just keeps dropping calls for no reasons, blame ATT!
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Same, I got 2 signals on my crappy HTC snap and I'm getting 0-1 bars on the nexus
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It's normal for mobilicity, I am using it in Toronto, 3 bar max... but its cheap, what do you expect?
Tried bith KK1 and KK6 radios - same problem. Signal loss and crappy phone calls. Anyone have a diff radio?
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Same exact switches on radios and problem. Exchanged my phone 3 times NO DIFFERENT.
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Same exact switches on radios and problem. Exchanged my phone 3 times NO DIFFERENT.
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I highly suggest using the new bootloader that ends in I believe KL01. This is NOT a radio but has resolved all of my reception issues.
I'm 100% stock and don't want to root or anything so can't do much except wait! Its getting worse to be honest, I think I am going to return it back to o2.
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I can not confirm that. I am running a GSM Galaxy Nexus with stock ROM (still on 4.0.1). No issues, even in weak areas.
2G vs 3G issue?
I noticed some issues on 2G, but no issues on 3G.
Generally my i4S has considerably better in-call voice quality. I did various tests by swapping the same SIM card from i4S to SGN and vice versa, standing at the same place, and calling my voice mail listening to the same recording on both.
Voice quality is better on i4S when both phones are on 2G, but almost the same on 3G, except the i4S is a little bit louder (ear speaker).
Not a deal breaker for me though, it's just worse.
I have just spoken to o2 and its going back tomorrow. I have done a factory reset and it made no difference!
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I noticed some issues on 2G, but no issues on 3G.<br />
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Generally my i4S has considerably better in-call voice quality. I did various tests by swapping the same SIM card from i4S to SGN and vice versa, standing at the same place, and calling my voice mail listening to the same recording on both.<br />
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Voice quality is better on i4S when both phones are on 2G, but almost the same on 3G, except the i4S is a little bit louder (ear speaker).<br />
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Not a deal breaker for me though, it's just worse.
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Kind of hard to compare anything network related with iPhone when iPhone gets preferential treatment on networks.
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Kind of hard to compare anything network related with iPhone when iPhone gets preferential treatment on networks.
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First time I hear this. I doubt it happens anywhere in EU, regulation fines would kill a carrier doing that. Certainly not in my country (Poland), iPhones here (and smartphones in general) are not really popular yet.
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First time I hear this. I doubt it happens anywhere in EU, regulation fines would kill a carrier doing that. Certainly not in my country (Poland), iPhones here (and smartphones in general) are not really popular yet.
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Not in the states. I know at&t for sure gives iPhone special treatment.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
Not sure which provider you talking about but I am on verizon.
Today I went to my datacenter and I never ever have been able to make a good quality call on my old fascinate. Usually I am lucky if the call even goes through and when it does it drops pretty fast.
I decided for kicks to pull out the nexus and was able to make a 7 minute call, and quality was great. In fact in datacenters very hard to hear sometimes because of all the fans. This really blew me away. One of my biggest worries about picking up another samsung was horrible reception.
I did not test data, and totally forgot but I guess next time I go I will.
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I noticed some issues on 2G, but no issues on 3G.
Generally my i4S has considerably better in-call voice quality. I did various tests by swapping the same SIM card from i4S to SGN and vice versa, standing at the same place, and calling my voice mail listening to the same recording on both.
Voice quality is better on i4S when both phones are on 2G, but almost the same on 3G, except the i4S is a little bit louder (ear speaker).
Not a deal breaker for me though, it's just worse.
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How did you do that, if the SIM cards have different sizes?
I use the GSM GN. Can Verizon iPhones and GNs use the same SIM cards?
Well I have got my brand new phone today. Just spent 2 hours setting it all up again, made a phone call and it's exactly the same! It installed a update as soon as it logged on, just the hot fix that came out ages ago though. o2 will let me swap my phone for something else. What should I get? I can't keep this if I can't make calls, what a joke!
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How did you do that, if the SIM cards have different sizes?
I use the GSM GN. Can Verizon iPhones and GNs use the same SIM cards?
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A small plastic adapter that "converts" micro-sim card to a full sized sim card. Basically only plastic is missing, the chip has the same size on both micro-sized and normal SIM cards.
If I was to attempt to flash my phone to a newer version, what would be the best to flash it to? I am not very tech, never done it before, just looked on the forums and got very confused, there are loads, how do you know which from does what, its very complicated! I'm pretty pissed off its come to this, this is my first venture into android and probably will be my last! The phone is great as a mini PC but its a phone and it doesn't work as a phone!
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I was with t-mobile for 8 years and decided to try verizon for 2 years after hearing how good the network is. I thought there's no better time then now considering I have 275 in bestbuy gift cards and this amazing phone is 300. After 2 days of use it seems the network is just OK don't know if there are still bugs to be worked out of LTE network or if its the rom I'm on. Before flashing the rom the signal struggled also? Didn't have a whole lot of time to test as I rooted and had a rom an hour after getting my phone (live for the development) Does anyone have a clue on what's up. Verizon says my area in Cleveland (mistake on the lake) has good coverage and friends have said nothing but good things also. Thanks community! Love ya guys and girls out there
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You might want to try flashing a different radio in your respective development forum, it's kind of hit or miss between regions so you'll have to see which works best for you
radio flash may not fix signal its been pretty common issue with vzw nexus users as i myself still experience it
I had a Razr for a month before the Nexus and my wife still has a Razr. Other than the well-publicized nationwide outages, voice and data are rock solid on that phone.
My stock Nexus has been anything but. I love voice and data several times a day. Hoping an update will improve things or that I got a bad unit. I have a replacement on the way as my headphone jack doesn't output stereo.
Certainly nothing scientific but in my experience the Verizon network is the best there is (I've been on T-mobile and Sprint, never ATT).
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I had a Razr for a month before the Nexus and my wife still has a Razr. Other than the well-publicized nationwide outages, voice and data are rock solid on that phone.
My stock Nexus has been anything but. I love voice and data several times a day. Hoping an update will improve things or that I got a bad unit. I have a replacement on the way as my headphone jack doesn't output stereo.
Certainly nothing scientific but in my experience the Verizon network is the best there is (I've been on T-mobile and Sprint, never ATT).
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yea voice has been excellent for me since release day however data is hit and miss in my area but if i go to another area of my city or anywhere else its rock solid really weird however i have a tbolt on another line that works rock solid everywhere data and voice
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I had a Razr for a month before the Nexus and my wife still has a Razr. Other than the well-publicized nationwide outages, voice and data are rock solid on that phone.
My stock Nexus has been anything but. I love voice and data several times a day. Hoping an update will improve things or that I got a bad unit. I have a replacement on the way as my headphone jack doesn't output stereo.
Certainly nothing scientific but in my experience the Verizon network is the best there is (I've been on T-mobile and Sprint, never ATT).
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Can't speak to the voice/data dropping, but as per the headphone jack, I know this may sound like I'm talking down to you, but I'm really not: Did you try pushing the headphone plug all the way in until it clicks into place?
Samsung phones for some reason have very tight headphone connections. On my Vibrant, and on my GNex, I had to push the plug in pretty hard to get it to go all the way in. On the Vibrant, I thought I had the same exact problem as it was only outputting to the left speaker, but then I gave it a nice little push and it was fine.
Just thought I'd pass that along.
I've been on Verizon for quite a few years, with a bit of time on other networks through family phones or work phones. the network really is solid. data rates on 3G do not compare to good HSPDA, but LTE is fantastic. as far as the nexus itself, I have found that it has the exact same voice reception as my three previous android devices, and actually think the 3G data works better most of the time. now, the signal indicator is always lower, but actual signal strength seems to be identical, regardless of how many "bars" there are.
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Can't speak to the voice/data dropping, but as per the headphone jack, I know this may sound like I'm talking down to you, but I'm really not: Did you try pushing the headphone plug all the way in until it clicks into place?
Samsung phones for some reason have very tight headphone connections. On my Vibrant, and on my GNex, I had to push the plug in pretty hard to get it to go all the way in. On the Vibrant, I thought I had the same exact problem as it was only outputting to the left speaker, but then I gave it a nice little push and it was fine.
Just thought I'd pass that along.
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No offense taken ;-)
Actually I tried everything. I use it with the headphones plugged all the way in, and it worked for a couple of weeks and then suddenly stopped working. I tried a different pair of headphones too. The only time it does work is if I hold the headphone plug just barely into the jack. If I let go it falls right out.
Helluva silly thing to go wrong.
Alottt of threads have harked about the verizon gnex having poor connection. In myself have switched 3 different phones. And still have the issue. Tech support even tested them and said themselves there is definently and issue. Google code has ALOT of tickets specifying the same thing. This is slowly cooking into something serious
I was this tmobile for 7+. Took my wife's Verizon plan..we switched...she can even tell the poor reception. I just want to know if this can be fixed software wise because...I reaaallly like this phone but its very scary.
Your definitely not alone guys. This will gain traction in the coming days
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Thanks for all the replies! My guess after reading all the post is that its still a major work in progress. Verizon has a lot of users and a major Rep to hold up so they'll probably fix it and not leave us in a bad situation?
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Thanks for all the replies! My guess after reading all the post is that its still a major work in progress. Verizon has a lot of users and a major Rep to hold up so they'll probably fix it and not leave us in a bad situation?
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LTE is still in Beta stage for sure. Obviously they'll figure it out eventually. It's their long term strategy to go all LTE for voice and data.
I too have this issue. Signal is significantly lower and I often lose signal altogether. Switching from 3G to 4G is also flaky. Just for the hell of it I called up VZW support and they said it's a work in progress and they are working with Samsung to get a resolution.
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I too have this issue. Signal is significantly lower and I often lose signal altogether. Switching from 3G to 4G is also flaky. Just for the hell of it I called up VZW support and they said it's a work in progress and they are working with Samsung to get a resolution.
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I usually just leave mine in CDMA mode only due to the 4G/3G switching. I definitely get weaker signal in my house and slower LTE data speeds with the GNex compared to the Rezound I had for several weeks.
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I usually just leave mine in CDMA mode only due to the 4G/3G switching. I definitely get weaker signal in my house and slower LTE data speeds with the GNex compared to the Rezound I had for several weeks.
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I too leave mine in CDMA mode for most of the time. Signal can still be -83 dBm and it can drop off to -120 dBm at any given time, or drop signal completely and show 0 dBm.
I am having the same issues and have a thread going at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403133
This is seeming to be widespread so hopefully there is a fix in the near future. For now, the 4.03 radio update others have mentioned helped me quite a bit, although it did not fix it. You can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403133 if you have not seen it already.
I am also in the same boat as you as I rooted to install CM9 the same day I got the phone. After reading the forums I believe the issue lies in the radio software (hopefully not hardware) and not with the ROM itself since CM9 is still very beta.
I know all areas get different reception. But how is the gs3 holding up with pulling in quality cell reception?
Bad.
No trouble here same as my galaxy nexus or HTC one, but and loving the speeds on it
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Bad.
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Could you be more specific and where are you located?
Basically what I'm getting at is, the one s gets good reception but is either at 4g or edge, no in between. So does the 4g fall off a lot or does it hold pretty good?
Well it's difficult to say because, as we all know, reception bars can be deceptive. I seem to get the same reception performance as my old Nexus S. In places where my Nexus struggled, I don't feel my GS3 is doing any better. Not that I feel it is bad, I was fairly satisfied with my Nexus S performance.
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Ok. Any ex one s users swap to gs3 and if so what differences do you see in reception
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Ok. Any ex one s users swap to gs3 and if so what differences do you see in reception
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4G is 3g(hspa +) just really fast 3g, att didn't want to invest on hspa+ much but tmobile did to make sure they have a good speed network, and after 3g (4g) is just edge whic is slow, performance seems the same on both phones had the one s for a while and it was a good phone but screen didn't look as good (I was used to the galaxy nexus)
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Call quality is much better and so is reception. One s had ****ty call quality and always had 2 bars only. Gs3 sticks to full bars
How about you guys battery? Mine drains fairly quickly...
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I'm getting horrible reception. I had a Nexus One and HTC Sensation before the SGS3, and never had any 'time without a signal' while at home. With this phone, I am always getting 25-30% 'time without a signal', and of course then the battery drains quickly with Cell standby taking up a lot of juice.
Extremely disappointed, I wonder if Samsung RF just utterly sucks when compared to HTC?
Cool. Liking the responses, so far. The one s feels good overall but I feel the radio on this thing needs improvement, considering my wife's Nokia lumia pulls 3g+ everywhere. I'm torn. Bought my phones from wirefly and try have advanced replacement for free. Maybe ill try the gs 3 and if its still bad, Ill call T-Mobile up. I know the gs3 has a huge screen, but what kind of battery should I expect with moderate use?
Battery performance for me has been about the same as my Nexus S. It's definitely not amazing, but it surely is adequate. I'm expecting battery could be quite a bit better with a stock Android build. Either way, it will have to be plugged in overnight, but it's definitely got enough juice to get me through the day. I would say I have moderate to heavy use given that I browse the Web several hours each day.
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Ok. Any ex one s users swap to gs3 and if so what differences do you see in reception
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My one S had horrible reception, it'll go from full bars to none then to one. In my area the One S would pull off barely one. Now my S3 pulls 3 or 4 in the same area
Radios can always use improvement.
I just came from using the at&t galaxy note on t-mobile and the sensation before that.
I'm in Minneapolis and my gs3 is getting me the most consistent connections and highest speeds of all of my previous phones.
The only minus is that sometimes, when leaving my house and turning off Wi-Fi, it sticks on edge for a minute.
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Yeah you should definitely get the gs3 extra storage with sd card and better screen will be better, plus HTC one s for some reason apps aren't the same to HTC one x, like contacts and email, I use a lot phones and I can tell those difference, multitasking on the gs3is freaking nice too
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Im pretty close to calling wirefly and getting the gs3
Reception is largely the same as my GS2 which was excellent. The bars refresh more often though. Moving between cells is quicker and much more seemless especially going from 4G to E
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I get horrible reception. I am debating on switching back to my vibrant. At least it wouldn't cut out streaming specify on extreme quality every 3 minutes. I get loss of signal on all major freeways around Seattle and side roads. Where I had no problems with my vibrant.
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Basically what I'm getting at is, the one s gets good reception but is either at 4g or edge, no in between. So does the 4g fall off a lot or does it hold pretty good?
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T-Mo's 4G is an extension of 3G. So, unless you're running a custom ROM, you'll show H even if you're only getting 3G speeds.
Hi,
I own a VZW Galaxy Nexus, I'm not as phone savvy as I use to be and I can't for the life of me figure out/ find and reputable sources about why this phones signal sucks so terribly bad. Presently in my house I can rarely send texts and my calls will drop due to lost signal. I live in PA a few miles from Chambersburg/ Waynesboro (for those who may know the area). When I go back to MD I have no problems pretty much. I'd like to chalk it up to just where I live but I feel like theres another reason.
I've got Android Revolution HD not the 4.1.0 one (downloading now) I have the one prior. It works great, very smooth, no random reboots unless Im playing music, using the GPS, and charging it (which is odd...). I've read a couple different things about PRL one being that it can screw up your 4G and the other being that its no big deal. I have yet to do it because honestly I still don't believe it will make a difference.
What I am looking for is some confirmation so I can stop beating my head against a wall when I'm trying to send a text. Even over wifi I can't send one (idk if you can but I figure it shouldnt hurt it). I'm sort of missing my HTC Droid Inc 1...too bad the screen got smashed.
No one has a answer for me?
Patience young padiwan... someone will reply shortly.
I did notice something though, when my modem when completely herp derp and I had it shut off down stairs I got better reception then I do upstairs in my room with my PC : /
Edit: no idea if this means much but checking signal strength and it was at -100 dBm 1asu then went to -93 dBm 2asu,
Is your baseband I515.10? If so that's probably why. I have had two Verizon gnex, one with I515.10 and one with I515.9....
After talking to many people on here it seems that people that had a phone that shipped with I515.10 (including myself) have pretty frequent signal drop. Whereas the people that have I515.9 (what my first one was), do not.
It's a shame, but there isn't really much you can do about it other than call and complain that it is a well documented problem, and hope they send you a better one.
It's frustrating for sure, but I still wouldn't trade this device for any other.
Also, forcing the PRL CAN ruin your sim card, but it's not like it's a guarantee. As far as I know though, there isn't really any benefit in taking the risk and trying since the device auto updates PRL.
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Yep my baseband is I515.1 ...LAME guess im gonna go call VZW
Good luck buddy.
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just as a reference, texts rely on cell signal, so if you dont have cell service but have wifi, texts wont send/receive.
called them and it turns out i'm on the very edge of two distant Cell towers one at 5miles and another at 7miles. Biggest issue is the terrain because I like in Southern PA there are a lot of mountains and hills which interfere. The Tech rep also mentioned something about the time of year going into play because of the amount of water in the surrounding area which he got from an engineer @ VZW.
In all honesty it sounds like they were feeding you a load of crap. Not that there's no truth to what they say, but if you had a different phone that worked in your home, but your galaxy nexus is not working? Then what the verizon representative was saying would not be aplicable.
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Yeah... That makes no sense at all man. It's just coincidence that 60% of Nexus owners have the same problem?
If you raise enough hell, the will send you another... Trust me.
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called them and it turns out i'm on the very edge of two distant Cell towers one at 5miles and another at 7miles.
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You can confirm this based on using an app called OpenSignal (free from the market). One of the tabs in the app is "Map" and will show your current location, as well as the location of the tower your phone is connected to, with a red line between the two.
It's because it's SAMSUNG PEOPLE.
No one will admit if anyone has any experience with any Samsung device they should know compare an HTC or iphone or moto photon signal to any SPRINT SAMSUNG PHONE ITS NOT SPRINT.
It's the Samsung software or hardware that's been glitched since day one since the first epic
They all have weak signal u can compare a photon which is Motorola to this galaxy nexus
Galaxy s2, galaxy s3 any Samsung, WEAK SIGNAL PHONES, and not one person realizes this with comparing the experience of device to Device on the same network
. How can u get 5 constant bars on a photon or 2 or 3 on HTC evo or sprint I phone in the same area, but always 1 bar on Samsung phones All on the same network. ITS SAMSUNG SKIMPIN OUT ON THERE BUILD QUALITY whether hardware or software related, it pisses me off they persistently ROLL OUT brand new Devices all year and waist good phones cause they can't build a stronger signal phone.
So forget about complaining about signal issues it won't change until they figure the real reason out
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I have personally never had a signal issue, but I also have a baseband of .9. I feel this link gives a good insight of signal reporting on the GN.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25921-this-is-why-your-verizon-nexus-signal-sucks/
hi guys,
so i have an S3 and i LOVE it to death. i am running Task AOKP rom which makes the phone 100000 times better but even on stock TW, the phone was great. however, what i am noticing (and from doing some reading a lot of other people notice as well) is that the reception of the phone is really lacking. over the past few days, i have been doing some experimenting with my S3 and a few other phones that i have access to. almost in every single situation, the S3 reception was drastically worse than the other phones. here are a few examples:
1) yesterday me and the wife went to a friend's wedding. when we got there, i had zero reception (x on the reception bars) while my wife's iphone had 3 bars (both ATT).
2) at work, i always have 1-2 bars and not that great reception while my coworker with an HTC phone on ATT has full service.
3) at my house, i have a few areas that the phone just struggles to get even a single bar and both my wife's iphone as well as all my previous phones (galaxy s2, iphone 4, blackberry etc..) never had that issue.
this is my second S3 unit and the previous one was not that great reception wise as well. i tried every kernel and rom you can imagine and even reverted back to stock a few times just to make sure its not rom related.
at this point, i am actually considering selling the S3 and going with an HTC One X even though i prefer everything about the S3.
have you tried different modems...just a sugestion.....some people get better reception when they flash different modems
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have you tried different modems...just a sugestion.....some people get better reception when they flash different modems
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yep, tried every single one of the modems that has been released so far. at first i was sure that it is just my phone or my area but a google search shows that this is pretty known issue with the S3 which is not giving me too much hope. like i said, i LOVE the phone and love its features but this one is starting to get me down.
Are you using a protective case? I've read where some cases cause reception issues.
I am quite sure that the radio in the sgs3 is not as strong as many other phones I've had. Wifi and mobile connection are much weaker compared to other devices. I am also sure that its the hardware as no matter what modem or rom I'm running its low signal in areas where friends on the same carrier with different devices are fine. It's normally not a big deal in areas with a strong signal but in areas with a weaker signal its very noticeable when others with different hardware have a signal still.
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Are you using a protective case? I've read where some cases cause reception issues.
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no case. i even tried it without the back cover and the results were the same
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I am quite sure that the radio in the sgs3 is not as strong as many other phones I've had. Wifi and mobile connection are much weaker compared to other devices. I am also sure that its the hardware as no matter what modem or rom I'm running its low signal in areas where friends on the same carrier with different devices are fine. It's normally not a big deal in areas with a strong signal but in areas with a weaker signal its very noticeable when others with different hardware have a signal still.
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yep, that's what most posts are saying in random forums. if it is a hardware issue, no modem in the world will make it better. i also agree that it is not a big deal in areas with strong signal but yesterday i had zero service which meant no incoming or outgoing calls for 3-4 hours while my wife had no issues with her iPhone (made me look really bad especially after all the **** i give her about owning an iPhone )
Its weird because in places other people dont have reception (they have iphones and other android phones), such as elevators, basements, in sky scrapers, i have reception and they don't. Maybe the network i'm running on (rogers) is well implanted in the city but i honestly have not noticed any worse reception in my GS3 compared to my other phones like the GS2 or iPhone 4
I switched from an iPhone 4 and I have actually got better reception and call quality with my S3 than I ever did with my iPhone. I am on ATT too.
Have you tried disabling LTE to see if you can force it to HSPA?
also have you tried a new sim just for good measure?
I haven't had much issues with respects to service when comparing it to my Nokia Lumia 900 and iPhone 4
Drew
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I get better reception that my old iPhone 4 and my infuse... areas where I use to drop calls don't anymore. Example: an area up north where I go shoot firearms, I would lose service about 1 mile before heading up the mountain road, now, I have service the entire time except for about a mile up when I go between a sub station and a dam, but once I pass it, I'm good to go. Many parts of i5 I would drop service, now there is only 1 part where service gets spotty and I may drop the call. Several other places that I learned drop calls no longer do for me since getting the s3... not sure why our experiences are different, maybe you had bad luck and received 2 defective devices. I'm in California btw, splitting my time between sf bay area, Sacramento and Redding.
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Yeah I can't wait to ditch my S3, looking to get a S4 when it comes out.
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Yeah I can't wait to ditch my S3, looking to get a S4 when it comes out.
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I get great reception as far as I can tell. At my friend's house, his iPhone gets awful, call-droppingly bad reception and I have no issues. Both AT&T.
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put that in your dialpad and than go to phone options and btu it to gsm/lte preffered. if you were like me the setting should be on wcdma originally in which case i had horrible reception like you
I notice no issues with stock.
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I'm pretty annoyed by the lack of OEM accessories that we were promised.
Also annoyed that JB hasn't been officially released yet by the four major USA carriers.
But I'll be darned if there is anything better to switch to.
Phone OR manufacturer. We complain a lot, but Samsung and the Galaxy series have always been the Android leaders.
I get great reception. Full 4g lte coverage in my area. S3 is a great device. No regrets. Best phone out there by far.
I am getting signal and "0" call drops when in lift too and in car parking lots... where all my previous phones used to drop signal crazy!!!
I get great reception. ATT, Miami. My old iPhone's couldn't compete.
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hi guys,
so i have an S3 and i LOVE it to death. i am running Task AOKP rom which makes the phone 100000 times better but even on stock TW, the phone was great. however, what i am noticing (and from doing some reading a lot of other people notice as well) is that the reception of the phone is really lacking. over the past few days, i have been doing some experimenting with my S3 and a few other phones that i have access to. almost in every single situation, the S3 reception was drastically worse than the other phones. here are a few examples:
1) yesterday me and the wife went to a friend's wedding. when we got there, i had zero reception (x on the reception bars) while my wife's iphone had 3 bars (both ATT).
2) at work, i always have 1-2 bars and not that great reception while my coworker with an HTC phone on ATT has full service.
3) at my house, i have a few areas that the phone just struggles to get even a single bar and both my wife's iphone as well as all my previous phones (galaxy s2, iphone 4, blackberry etc..) never had that issue.
this is my second S3 unit and the previous one was not that great reception wise as well. i tried every kernel and rom you can imagine and even reverted back to stock a few times just to make sure its not rom related.
at this point, i am actually considering selling the S3 and going with an HTC One X even though i prefer everything about the S3.
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Was it in San Antonio, tx
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I've seen threads of people not happy with the data signal, but I didn't realize how bad it was until I was in a movie theater today. I couldn't get any data signal, not even basic google search. I even tried re-booting and still nothing. Picked up my wife's iPhone 4s and it was flying around internet sites.
I tested the same thing afterwards at the local food market and the exact same thing. My phone, no inside signal, her iPhone, perfect.
How can a phone become so popular with such crappy signal?
I've seen complaints too but I've got to say that my One has been on par with my iPhones, Galaxy S3, Blackberry's, etc... No signal issues here whatsoever
The other person on my plan has an iPhone 5 and we both usually have the same amount of signal anywhere we go
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I've seen threads of people not happy with the data signal, but I didn't realize how bad it was until I was in a movie theater today. I couldn't get any data signal, not even basic google search. I even tried re-booting and still nothing. Picked up my wife's iPhone 4s and it was flying around internet sites.
I tested the same thing afterwards at the local food market and the exact same thing. My phone, no inside signal, her iPhone, perfect.
How can a phone become so popular with such crappy signal?
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note 2 is popular as can be and mine drops calls everyday.
I would get it swapped out. Maybe you got a dud. HTC usually has better radios than everybody but Moto.
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I've seen complaints too but I've got to say that my One has been on par with my iPhones, Galaxy S3, Blackberry's, etc... No signal issues here whatsoever
The other person on my plan has an iPhone 5 and we both usually have the same amount of signal anywhere we go
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The only huge issue I have with it is its TERRIBLE hand-off, at least when my iPhone 5 or DNA lost 4g LTE it would grab it the moment it was available again. The One just holds onto that crappy 3G for dear life until I force it to go to LTE again.
Edit: Or wait 5-10 minutes.
I don't notice a difference from my Galaxy S4.
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I've had the phone for two weeks and saw the 3G icon for the first time today. Signal has been fine...
Ranger093 said:
The only huge issue I have with it is its TERRIBLE hand-off, at least when my iPhone 5 or DNA lost 4g LTE it would grab it the moment it was available again. The One just holds onto that crappy 3G for dear life until I force it to go to LTE again.
Edit: Or wait 5-10 minutes.
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That's weird! I haven't experienced that problem either. I've only noticed my One on 3G once but the hand off to LTE seemed pretty normal to me. I can't really comment on that issue though because my area is pretty much all LTE so I don't deal with the hand offs.
I wonder if it's a defect in your phone? Does the One allow us to update the PRL? I remember the HTC EVO had an update PRL option that I think could do something with service issues... something or other, I can't really remember.
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That's weird! I haven't experienced that problem either. I've only noticed my One on 3G once but the hand off to LTE seemed pretty normal to me. I can't really comment on that issue though because my area is pretty much all LTE so I don't deal with the hand offs.
I wonder if it's a defect in your phone? Does the One allow us to update the PRL? I remember the HTC EVO had an update PRL option that I think could do something with service issues... something or other, I can't really remember.
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No I don't think it is, GrayWolf has the same issue. I live in Minnesota and frequently travel to jobsites where there is concrete and such. Because Verizon hasn't upgraded every cell site with LTE yet just "Most of them" I frequently go into 3G. When the device goes into 3G for an extended period of time sometimes it takes a reboot to get back to LTE, most of the time it takes awhile to go back. And sometimes it goes right away, it's pretty annoying to be honest and may make me go to the Droid Maxx.
Lte onoff in the market helps me out. It was used for the thunderbolt to turn off the Lte radio when it was new. I toggle to Lte only, wait for it to get a signal them back to cdma+lte
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josh995 said:
That's weird! I haven't experienced that problem either. I've only noticed my One on 3G once but the hand off to LTE seemed pretty normal to me. I can't really comment on that issue though because my area is pretty much all LTE so I don't deal with the hand offs.
I wonder if it's a defect in your phone? Does the One allow us to update the PRL? I remember the HTC EVO had an update PRL option that I think could do something with service issues... something or other, I can't really remember.
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Your sim card updates the PRL.
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I'll get a change to test out my reception later. I do know the 4G on the One seems almost twice as fast as my Rezound though.
I find my signal is much better on the One than on my previous SIII or SGN.
Samsung has the worst radios. The Galaxy Nexus absolutely blew in that respect and, everyone came up with theories about false calibration of bars and whatnot, but the fact remained that it sucked with weak reception and poor hand-off between 3G and LTE.
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I find my signal is much better on the One than on my previous SIII or SGN.
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godhamba said:
Samsung has the worst radios. The Galaxy Nexus absolutely blew in that respect and, everyone came up with theories about false calibration of bars and whatnot, but the fact remained that it sucked with weak reception and poor hand-off between 3G and LTE.
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I found my Samsung Nexus was horrible, my Galaxy S3 was good... but now my One is not good again. I just hung up with a vzw CSR and he told me they had some problems with SIM cards when the One was released and to go get a new one. He said the SIM card could absolutely fix the problem.
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How can a phone become so popular with such crappy signal?
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My experience has been similar to what you had today. It seems mostly indoors I experienced the problems. I'm wondering, were you able to unlock your phone on day one? I did, and I'm wondering if custom ROMs or other changes we've been able to make have affected our reception.
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pmterp said:
My experience has been similar to what you had today. It seems mostly indoors I experienced the problems. I'm wondering, were you able to unlock your phone on day one? I did, and I'm wondering if custom ROMs or other changes we've been able to make have affected our reception.
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I tried on day one, but they couldn't activate my phone... ughhh... but I was told today to get a new sim card.
godhamba said:
Samsung has the worst radios. The Galaxy Nexus absolutely blew in that respect and, everyone came up with theories about false calibration of bars and whatnot, but the fact remained that it sucked with weak reception and poor hand-off between 3G and LTE.
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The Nexus was disappointing in several ways. I didn't go by the bars, but the dBm readout under settings. The Rezound was on par with my DInc, and soon I'll see how The One holds up to that.
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No I don't think it is, GrayWolf has the same issue.
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My issues were related to a bad ril in CyanogenMod.
Only thing I notice now is that text messages take forever to send.
GrayTheWolf said:
My issues were related to a bad ril in CyanogenMod.
Only thing I notice now is that text messages take forever to send.
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Is ril part of the ROM? I'm running hyperdrive and wonder if it could be related?
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My reception in general was better on my DNA. I am yet to see 5 bars on my One, but I'm also yet to see no signal. Using apps like dropbox from the gallery is nearly impossible, takes too long to load even a couple pictures let alone swipe through them. Don't care, I love this phone. My DNA shipped out to the buyer today. No regrets.
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