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[Q] Poor Signal strength?

I have had the G1 then the Mytouch 4G and now I have the Galaxy S II.
I am noticing in spots that I am having issues with internet connecting and then the bars are always lower than what they were with my HTC phones.
Is samsung known for bad reception with their phones?
or has anyone else noticed that this phone doesnt get as good signal as other phones?
I am in a 3G area .. but always have been and never had an issue with the HTC phones ...

Did u get a new sim with your phone??
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Everything that I've read shows that the SGS2 has a stronger signal than the HTC Sensation or HTC Amaze. This has been covered by a large number of reviews. It is possible that your individual phone is bad.

I've had just about every android phone T-Mobile has and the sg2 definitely has the best reception. On my g2x I would only get 1 maybe 2 bars. I now have constant 3 sometimes 4.
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I kind of agree.... Im always running on 2 bar in my house ... My wife has the mytouch 4g she constantly has 5 bar... I didn't use the sim card that came with the phone... Would that make a difference?, my sim card is less than 8 months old.

I have noticed this too....i have 2 Samsung Android phones. 1 GS2 from T-Mobile (with in-box SIM card installed) and second Samsung Galaxy S5830 bought outside US. At work, i have both the phones side by side and both on T-Mobile, i see that GS2 has 1-2 bars whereas my other Samsung shows full reception. So for me the radio on GS2 is definitely weak.

I've been having the same problems. I will have a 4g signal with no bars sometimes. The phone will be slow even on my wifi at home. The 4g signal almost never changes no matter where I am. Even if I have no signal. I have checked my settings to make sure its on auto for data. I live in Minneapolis, which has the 42mbps coverage. I am using the SIM from my Mytouch 4g. Maybe I need to get a new one. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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HTC phones have more bars because they scale them to be more optimistic. -103dBm on a Samsung phone shows 1 bar. On my Sensation 4G it was up to -107dBm(2 bars to 1 bar, the lowest for 2 bars being -105dBm). -105dBm is 1 bar on the Galaxy S II.
GSM reception blows any HTC phone out of the water.
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laafiera said:
I kind of agree.... Im always running on 2 bar in my house ... My wife has the mytouch 4g she constantly has 5 bar... I didn't use the sim card that came with the phone... Would that make a difference?, my sim card is less than 8 months old.
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The myTouch 4G doesn't have 5 bars, it only has 4
The Galaxy S II could be picking up a weaker cell signal, have you checked to see if they are on the same cell tower?

heygrl said:
HTC phones have more bars because they scale them to be more optimistic. -103dBm on a Samsung phone shows 1 bar. On my Sensation 4G it was up to -107dBm(2 bars to 1 bar, the lowest for 2 bars being -105dBm). -105dBm is 1 bar on the Galaxy S II.
GSM reception blows any HTC phone out of the water.
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The myTouch 4G doesn't have 5 bars, it only has 4
The Galaxy S II could be picking up a weaker cell signal, have you checked to see if they are on the same cell tower?
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My galaxy also has only 4 which on 2 are always highlighted, yes they are connected at the same tower but my getting 6497 kbps download speed... So im ok.

Ya.. I am using a newer uicc card.. But the new one that came with it a guy activated it to my home phone. Waiting on the sim swap now to go thru.
So i see some people have better signal and some have worse... Thats interesting.
A lot of it is static and cutting out for me.. Also sometimes it will show signal but the Internet wont connect... Which is most annoying?.
How do you check to see if they are on the same tower like someone said?
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I get better reception than i did with my g2x
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Hey guys I have a sgs2 i bought it about 2 weeks ago and i'm using it on the simple mobile network. I have a friend of mine that has a htc sensation with the same provider and i tested my phones data next to his and his was 4 times out 5 faster than mine . I rebooted the phone and tried it again and the same thing his was faster than mine do you guys think thats a signal issue on the gsg2. So what do you guys think?

Are you running the tests at the same time? In a non-DC area you will be sharing bandwidth so, run them after each other.

Yes I did run the test at the same time and I don't know what is non DC area.
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Are you running the tests at the same time? In a non-DC area you will be sharing bandwidth so, run them after each other.
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Strapt said:
Ya.. I am using a newer uicc card.. But the new one that came with it a guy activated it to my home phone. Waiting on the sim swap now to go thru.
So i see some people have better signal and some have worse... Thats interesting.
A lot of it is static and cutting out for me.. Also sometimes it will show signal but the Internet wont connect... Which is most annoying?.
How do you check to see if they are on the same tower like someone said?
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There is a Free App for that!

craul said:
Yes I did run the test at the same time and I don't know what is non DC area.
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Well, don't run them at the same time.. all of the tower bandwidth(speed) is shared between you and whoever else is on the tower, like WiFi and a broadband connection.
DC = Dual Carrier HSPA 3G/4G = 42Mbps capability, non 42Mbps areas will generally have the same speeds as other 4G phones with some higher bursts on the Galaxy S II depending on congestion.

I got down to -53 dBm today at the Orlando airport. I'd say that's pretty good signal strength!

Strapt said:
Ya.. I am using a newer uicc card.. But the new one that came with it a guy activated it to my home phone. Waiting on the sim swap now to go thru.
So i see some people have better signal and some have worse... Thats interesting.
A lot of it is static and cutting out for me.. Also sometimes it will show signal but the Internet wont connect... Which is most annoying?.
How do you check to see if they are on the same tower like someone said?
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i'll suggest this one better https://market.android.com/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal
very detailed
+ it has a widget
i use it on my phone all the time

Do you guys thing that theres a big speed difference between simple mobile data plan and T-Mobiles plan the thing that I have notice is that during the morning or night the internet is much faster it doesnt get stuck like during afternoon so what do you guys think. Thank you again.

AllGamer said:
i'll suggest this one better https://market.android.com/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal
very detailed
+ it has a widget
i use it on my phone all the time
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Ah thanks... I'll try this out
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poor signal htc any way of boosting it

i have had my phone a week or so now battery is getting better but the cell signal is really bad compared to my last device which was a n8 is there any solution or fix??

Ive a X on Orange and I have to say it seems to struggle to get a good Orange signal in areas I'm sure used to be very good on my sensation.

I am also with Orange. I am finding the connection very eratic. Quite often there seems to be none or one bar, then it will jump to 2 or 3, then drop to none again. Anyone else seeing this? I know there is a thread on the WiFI dropping at times.

plz report it to HTC. I'm on T-Mobile (UK) and having same problems. The more reports they get the more likely they'll take note.

Does the signal issue have to do with the way your holding the phone in low signal areas?

I'm on T-Mobile UK too which now uses Orange masts. Anytime it switches to an orange only signal I only get a G signal. I've turned off data roaming and all is well.
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I've found similar issues but also I can't get it to report a signal better than -83dbm. Anyone else notice this?
I'm hoping the 1.28 update has a new radio.

Did you try another sim?
Also are you using a legit MicroSim or you cut your old sim into a MicroSim? This causes bad signal.

Try to avoid covering the lower left corner with your hand as it will greatly attenuate the signal. Not to the same extent as the iPhone 4 dramas, but still quite noticeable (2 bars).

nikosssb said:
Did you try another sim?
Also are you using a legit MicroSim or you cut your old sim into a MicroSim? This causes bad signal.
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Legit microsim direct from the network.

I can have my phone on the desk and I am actually seeing the wifi strength and the mobile signal fluctuate between 0 and 2 bars. It does that most times I take it out of sleep mode, it does this for about 60 seconds then stabilises. Happens almost every time.

Just chatted online to HTC and he was quite quick to say - faulty fone. ask for replacement.
But I have heard from a few people locally, all on orange, who have said they have had major reception probs on orange in last few days, dropped calls
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Orange are blaming it on local cell issue, didn't listen when I said its not just local, but then again she did ask me to take battery out of One X !
Anyway, she got me to go to GSM only until local cell fixed. Am I correct in thinking that this will not use HSPDA now though ?

Do you mind me asking exactly what you asked htc? I'm finding that my desire is often ~10dbm better than my One X

Huw
Just told him I've noticed significent drop in signal from Sensation, lots more T-Mobile log ons too. He quite quickly said get fone swapped.
Orange reply as above, blaming local masts.
The signal seems to jump from one extreme to another either full bars or one bar only.

stevep999 said:
Huw
Just told him I've noticed significent drop in signal from Sensation, lots more T-Mobile log ons too. He quite quickly said get fone swapped.
Orange reply as above, blaming local masts.
The signal seems to jump from one extreme to another either full bars or one bar only.
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just to add on..
me in singapore here having this problem too...
and also using legit microSIM

im on vodafone and today noticed that in an area where reception is usually fine, i had nothing.
... anyone know if this could be solved by a radio update or is it perhaps an unfixable hardware problem?
got the flickering screen too... seriously thinking about ditching htc, but i hate touchwiz and not really sure what to go for... maybe just go backward to a sensation XE.

jaspabt said:
I can have my phone on the desk and I am actually seeing the wifi strength and the mobile signal fluctuate between 0 and 2 bars. It does that most times I take it out of sleep mode, it does this for about 60 seconds then stabilises. Happens almost every time.
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Installed the 1.28 update last night. Signal is now much much much better. I Don't experience any of the above anymore!

jaspabt , are you using a branded or unbranded HOX on orange ?

the T-mobile signal on s4

Seems the signal isn't good on the S4, flashed the base band ,an d the problem still exists...
Bad luck

karl_2000 said:
Seems the signal isn't good on the S4, flashed the base band ,an d the problem still exists...
Bad luck
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might just be your area, i get full bars and kick a** data speeds all around my city

TheAtheistOtaku said:
might just be your area, i get full bars and kick a** data speeds all around my city
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+1 to this

karl_2000 said:
Seems the signal isn't good on the S4, flashed the base band ,an d the problem still exists...
Bad luck
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I have the same issue. I'm in the SF Bay Area and even though TMobile's site has where I live and work as dark green (excellent 4g) I am lucky to get even one bar. Half the time I get network errors. Anyone else with TMobile experience anything like this? Any chance it's something that'll get resolved before my 30 day return period ends?

do any of you have other tmobile phones to compare signals with? if so, do that and if there are major differences talk to a tmobile store about getting a replacement.
these might be isolated incidents, because the majority of people are getting fully functional units

Wavern said:
I have the same issue. I'm in the SF Bay Area and even though TMobile's site has where I live and work as dark green (excellent 4g) I am lucky to get even one bar. Half the time I get network errors. Anyone else with TMobile experience anything like this? Any chance it's something that'll get resolved before my 30 day return period ends?
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im in SF bay area (mountain view)
my data speeds are *top notch*.
you are either in an area thats out of tmobiles footprint or have a defective unit.
best bet would be to wait till tmobile actually gets the GS4 on display in the store.
when they do, go to your nearest tmob, and do a speedtest.net comparison with the demo model, and yours. if they are similar, then your part of the bay is legacy; if there is a big difference; 3,4 5 etc megabit difference; your unit may be worth exchanging for a new unit.

Wavern said:
I have the same issue. I'm in the SF Bay Area and even though TMobile's site has where I live and work as dark green (excellent 4g) I am lucky to get even one bar. Half the time I get network errors. Anyone else with TMobile experience anything like this? Any chance it's something that'll get resolved before my 30 day return period ends?
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What part of SF are you experiencing this? My GF lives by the ballpark & she won't switch with me if she gets ****ty service.

I have excellent reception (bars) on my S4.
Way better than my Note II.

I let you know. When I get my phone next week. I do a speedtest and a screenshot of the phone signal in the settings menu.
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Have S4 and One, both show identical signal and speeds are also same.
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Im getting much improved signal compared to my Gnex and Atrix HD.
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Still no signal inside my workplace. Will do more tests. It does seem the signal is more stable, but it's only been a couple days.
Also, 4G LTE flashed for a couple seconds at my house. I live in the D.C metro area. Nice.

I have the HTC One in the Phoenix market. LTE is difficult to find more than a few bars on. 4G HSPA+ has been very easy to get full bars on.
I'm somewhat convinced T-Mobile is still working on building out in even LTE and re-farmed markets.
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Its funny how T-Mobile improves their network and yet many years later I still don't have service in places where I had no service maybe 5-6 years ago. And on top of this I noticed even more dead spots. I think T-Mobile should be working on that along with building penatration.....I would much rather have 3G everywhere then LTE almost nowhere.
Lately it became very frustrating since my wife has no service at work, i have no service at work, and i recently moved to different location and still no service....and God forbid I loose my wife in the mall, I have zero chances of finding her because no T-Mobile service inside.

Just got my S4 today and did not realize theres LTE where I work (fremont) which I never saw on my note 2. Even went out to lunch and was still getting LTE the next street over. So just to test I'm now back on my note 2 and it is not picking up LTE at my work. That tells me the radio on the s4 is much better.
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Wavern said:
I have the same issue. I'm in the SF Bay Area and even though TMobile's site has where I live and work as dark green (excellent 4g) I am lucky to get even one bar. Half the time I get network errors. Anyone else with TMobile experience anything like this? Any chance it's something that'll get resolved before my 30 day return period ends?
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yea its something with the S4's phone/modem. I get bars and shows signal strength of 3 to 4 bars and i can make call but no internet in certain areas all around Los Angeles County/Orange County/Las Vegas/NYC. To test it i had my buddy go with me with his LG L9 and my buddy with his LG L9 phone would work fine on the calls and data/internet meanwhile my S4 would only get calls but no data as if it was a deadspot. i would have to go around like 1/4 or so before it would work again. its really strange not to mention annoying. I noticed this started happening to me after i upgraded from MDB to the MDL baseband and after i unlocked the phone using the "debug service menu". i wish i knew someone else with a stock TMO S4 to test my findings out more. I also cant wait for more tmo S4 modems. ive been thinking of ODINing back to stock MDB to test my theory, but i have just been lazy.
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yea its something with the S4's phone/modem. I get bars and shows signal strength of 3 to 4 bars and i can make call but no internet in certain areas all around Los Angeles County/Orange County/Las Vegas/NYC. To test it i had my buddy go with me with his LG L9 and my buddy with his LG L9 phone would work fine on the calls and data/internet meanwhile my S4 would only get calls but no data as if it was a deadspot. i would have to go around like 1/4 or so before it would work again. its really strange not to mention annoying. I noticed this started happening to me after i upgraded from MDB to the MDL baseband and after i unlocked the phone using the "debug service menu". i wish i knew someone else with a stock TMO S4 to test my findings out more. I also cant wait for more tmo S4 modems. ive been thinking of ODINing back to stock MDB to test my theory, but i have just been lazy.
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i think it was a TMO LTE tower upgrade issues. after doing the Settings > More networks > Mobile networks > Network mode > and switching between the WCDMA and GSM one or the other now will work. better to have some internet than no internet, weird how the S4 just wont switch over to the working GSM internet if WCDMA fails....i guess when they coded it they figured if u have bars it "should work in theory" but they were wrong ...personally i think this should be considered a "bug"

I thought I was the only one. I found that if i keep my diztronic tpu case on while in my pocket it destroys all signal for some reason. I take it off and its fine.

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I thought I was the only one. I found that if i keep my diztronic tpu case on while in my pocket it destroys all signal for some reason. I take it off and its fine.
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I further tested my theory and went without my case all day. It didnt appear to do anything different at all. I am on CM10.1, I think I might go back to stock for awhile to see if it changes the fluctuating signal issue.

Just curious on how everyones signal is and which baseband they are on?
I'm on M919UVUAMDL and I have seen up to 15% of no signal while my S3 had 0 signal loss in a regular day.

Bad reception

Does anyone have reception problems? I had a s5 and it works fine but now my s6 drops calls very often.
A lot of my calls gets dropped after 5 mins.
Is anyone else is having similar issues?
Please help.

I dont drop calls or miss texts but Ive noticed that compared to my S5, signal is terrible. I think all US version owners are having this issue, not just Sprint.

Since I got my s6 my phone has never had over one signal bar

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Since I got my s6 my phone has never had over one signal bar
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I would'nt worry too much about that. My s5 was the same way.
Go to settings > about > status > and check signal strength there.

Mine sucks too.
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gamitbuz said:
Does anyone have reception problems? I had a s5 and it works fine but now my s6 drops calls very often.
A lot of my calls gets dropped after 5 mins.
Is anyone else is having similar issues?
Please help.
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I must say I've had the opposite experience. I'm in the Northern Virginia area and was worried that coming from Verizon, the reception would suck.
The bars show that I have less reception but so far I've been able to stream the same amount of content as on Verizon and as for cellular reception, even though the bars suggest different I can now receive texts in my office while on Verizon I could not.

I have also not seen more than 1 bar of reception since I got my phone a few days ago. Status says -102db but I don't know where that is in terms of signal strength. Speed tests have been anywhere from 2Mbps to 20Mbps.

I found the problem guys trust me it's the LTE go in mobile settings and just turn on CDMA bet it's fixed but the problem is no 4g than can anyone help??

Signal strength is horrid with the S6 and S6 Edge. My Note 3, my wife's S4, and my sons M7 all have great signal at my house. My S6 Edge and my wife's S6 can't make calls, send texts, or receive texts at the house. What are the odds that my wife and I both got bad handsets? This is just ridiculous.

gamitbuz said:
Does anyone have reception problems? I had a s5 and it works fine but now my s6 drops calls very often.
A lot of my calls gets dropped after 5 mins.
Is anyone else is having similar issues?
Please help.
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My husband and I are having tons of issues with this too. S4s worked great, S6 barely has connectivity in places that the S4 worked great. It's frustrating, and I'm considering switching to a new phone while I can so I don't have to deal with this.

I'm having bad reception as well
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I dont drop calls or miss texts but Ive noticed that compared to my S5, signal is terrible. I think all US version owners are having this issue, not just Sprint.
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I hope thats true. I had an LG Optimus G and it was full bars at my apartment. The S6 is ZERO. What makes me annoyed is that, okay I use wifi calling at home, but when I'm out and about in NY the phone desperately looks for signal and drains the battery like hell.
Anyone else in New York with S6 on Sprint having issues like this?

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I hope thats true. I had an LG Optimus G and it was full bars at my apartment. The S6 is ZERO. What makes me annoyed is that, okay I use wifi calling at home, but when I'm out and about in NY the phone desperately looks for signal and drains the battery like hell.
Anyone else in New York with S6 on Sprint having issues like this?
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I'm close and yes they drop like crazy what you can do is go in settings-mobile-network and change that to CDMA until sprint gets there act together

mutazn said:
I hope thats true. I had an LG Optimus G and it was full bars at my apartment. The S6 is ZERO. What makes me annoyed is that, okay I use wifi calling at home, but when I'm out and about in NY the phone desperately looks for signal and drains the battery like hell.
Anyone else in New York with S6 on Sprint having issues like this?
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Yes. Where you at in NY?

JoeFCaputo113 said:
Yes. Where you at in NY?
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Joe I'm in CT close enough but CDMA does work until they fix this hope it's quick....

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Joe I'm in CT close enough but CDMA does work until they fix this hope it's quick....
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So you keep your phone in CDMA only mode until a fix is rolled out?

JoeFCaputo113 said:
So you keep your phone in CDMA only mode until a fix is rolled out?
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That's what I was told to do because of all the dropped calls

JoeFCaputo113 said:
Yes. Where you at in NY?
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Manhattan LES
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That's what I was told to do because of all the dropped calls
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Did a quick search online and found tons of threads with Sprint acknowledging the issue https://community.sprint.com/baw/mo...nt.com:443/baw/api/core/v2/discussions/204525

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Manhattan LES
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Did a quick search online and found tons of threads with Sprint acknowledging the issue https://community.sprint.com/baw/mo...nt.com:443/baw/api/core/v2/discussions/204525
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I've been a sprint customer for 15 years and this is the most pathetic rollout of a phone that I have witnessed. My S6 can't even keep a call connected on LTE, but cdma is fine. Returning the S6 and will go back to the S5 until the problem is fixed. I urge everyone within the 14 days to return your phone, we might never get a fix. Sprint is PATHETIC!

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I've been a sprint customer for 15 years and this is the most pathetic rollout of a phone that I have witnessed. My S6 can't even keep a call connected on LTE, but cdma is fine. Returning the S6 and will go back to the S5 until the problem is fixed. I urge everyone within the 14 days to return your phone, we might never get a fix. Sprint is PATHETIC!
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I feel the same but I'm past my 14 days so if they don't fix it I will take it to the FCC REMEMBER THAT GUYS

Same problem here in KC. LTE signal strength sucks... i can get good speeds even with 1 bar. But. Dont get more than 3 bars. .. switch to CDMA... instant all bars.

4G not working(UK)

I was wondering why my phone always displayed the 3G logo next to signal bar so decided to investigate further. Despite living in the centre of town the 4G around here is quite patchy so I put an identical "Three(3UK)" 4G sim in my old Moto G 4G phone and went outside to compare...sure enough, the Moto G was showing 4G while the P8000 showed 3G. As far as I know I have never seen 4G in the display. The phone will be going back if I can't get 4G!
Anyone else experienced this or am I the odd one out?
4G is selected under preferred network type.

Have you tried Editting the APN settings to that for Three?
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Go to dial pad and type:
*#*#4636#*#* that should take you to phone info. then on nework mode choose LTE only and see if it works...

APN seems fine, thanks for that hashcode @ferreinf - I will try that when I'm definitely in a 4g area near my flat

My brother has just got one and is having exactly the same issue on Three. Any joy?

Lol
I will Rek u after u read this
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Wilbatron said:
My brother has just got one and is having exactly the same issue on Three. Any joy?
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I drove to a 4g area nearby today and force enabled LTE only as described(you can also d/l MTK engineering app from playstore to do this) - I did manage to get the 4g symbol above the signal bars but a speedtest didn't really produce what you might expect from a 4g connection...the symbol did change back by itself to H about a minute later so I'm not quite sure what's going on here....I might have an old Vodafone PAYG sim somewhere so my next move might be to try it instead. Haven't got access to EE or O2/giffgaff cards to test. APN settings seem to be correct and 3g data does work quite well so it's interesting that your bro has the same issues, where did he buy his phone and what colour is it(does his have the blue notification led in home button?)

Wilbatron said:
My brother has just got one and is having exactly the same issue on Three. Any joy?
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I use 3 4G I have no problem
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where did he buy his phone and what colour is it(does his have the blue notification led in home button?)
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I think it might have been geekbuying, it only came today. Black one with blue LED. I got him to try switching to LTE only and he said he got a 4g signal but lost ability to make calls. I'm also on 3 but with a Honor 6 and I'm due to see him tomorrow so I'll have a tinker myself and see how his signal is compared to mine in the same location.

That will indeed be a good test, I was out again in another location tonight and noticed the 4g come on by itself so perhaps that's a good sign - I'll have to test the calls function when on 4g tomorrow but it should automatically revert to 3g for that surely. I am using the flyme rom by the way...my area is supposed to have 4g according to the coverage checker but it's bloody useless around here!
That Honor 6 better be good for $300 though you probably paid more at the time(did you get single or dual sim?),
I actually bought the P8000 for my wife but she finds it too heavy and the screen too big so I'm stuck with the big gold brick - at least the battery life is pretty good!

Tested the 4g again and it seems to be working better now that I forced it to LTE through the engineering menu and when you make a call it reverts to 3g then cycles back to H then 4g when you end call. Didn't test d/l speed as I had my payg card in and running a 4g speedtest burns quite a lot of data!
So how do you rate your Honor 6 against your bros phone?

4g just popped up on mine, got 25.3 down and 2.2 up. Not sure if that's good or bad to he honest.
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That's pretty good I'd say, I would be happy with that! I flashed the stock ROM back today and forced phone to LTE and your bro is right about the calls not working as the phone doesn't revert to 3g for voice automatically so I might have to go back to flyme...hope cm ROM is here soon and that it works well!

Tried again today on stock rom not forced to 4G and the phone did pick up 4g automatically as I was driving around, calls worked too so it seems that problem has magically fixed itself as it wasn't showing 4g at all the first week I had it! Still getting the annoying random wifi hangs and camera crashes when trying to use with other apps(waze in my case).

there's an firmware update adressing this issue, dated august 15th. it should fix this.
http://bbs.elephone.hk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=7096

Sorry, not been back to this thread since contributing before.
My brother is still complaining about internet speeds. When I sat with him I was getting H+ but his phone was just showing 3G. Tried to force to 4G only but that resulted in no signal (we were in a weak 4G area). So my main concern at the mo is that he might not be getting H+ and is only either getting standard 3G.
It's difficult to debug from afar, but I did all the usual engineering menu stuff when I was with him and none of that seemed to help. I'm seeing him again on Saturday and we'll both be in a 4G area so I'll at least be able to do some more comparisons...
Regarding my Honor, it's a lovely phone. I paid about £200 for the single SIM European version of it back in January. I had a Lenovo A830 prior to that so I'm a big Chinaphone fan, but didn't want anything bigger than 5" which is what made me go for the Honor. The P8000 seems very nice too though!
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I remember on my A830 having to flash a different modem / radio image to get the correct bands and I notice a similar issue with some import OPOs detailed here forums.oneplus.net/threads/modem-hack-for-chinese-opo-to-enable-3g.46696 - I suspect a similar issue might be at play here.
Might flash the FlyMe ROM for him at the weekend seeing as people have had success with that...

Hi,
I have 4G issue too but have yet to see 4G display once and I"m in a strong signal area.
I have configured my APN for giffgaff, data is enabled, 4g is "preferred" in options and LTE is forced in Eng menu as above *#*#4636#*#*
But still no 4g from my sim which is working as tried in another phone any ideas please?
what does the 3g with a smaller 3g behind it mean?
Regards