Annoyingly low reception? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

In perfect conditions, I see at best -75dBm. My friends with the same carrier but other phones can see as low as -50dBm or lower.
Why is it like this?
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Because the radio on your phone is bad. -75 isn't even that bad. I get -100 in my apartment and don't drop calls at all.
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joshnichols189 said:
Because the radio on your phone is bad. -75 isn't even that bad. I get -100 in my apartment and don't drop calls at all.
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Radio hardware or software?
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Try to flash other radios. Namely 4.0.4 ones. If that doesn't help then it's hardware.
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I can get -60+ dBm. and -70+dBm is not bad at all..

joshnichols189 said:
Try to flash other radios. Namely 4.0.4 ones. If that doesn't help then it's hardware.
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Which radio is the latest?

Hold on guys. Today at a place I haven't been at before with this phone, I could see as low as -63dBm!

Theshawty said:
Hold on guys. Today at a place I haven't been at before with this phone, I could see as low as -63dBm!
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Yeah I'm not sure why you're complaining about -70.. sure it isn't as good as -60 but it's a hell of a lot better than -107 and I've never dropped a call.
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joshnichols189 said:
Yeah I'm not sure why you're complaining about -70.. sure it isn't as good as -60 but it's a hell of a lot better than -107 and I've never dropped a call.
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My home must be some sort of a bunker, or painted with lead paint. I very rarely, if ever, have full connection and calls drop on a daily basis.

Theshawty said:
My home must be some sort of a bunker, or painted with lead paint. I very rarely, if ever, have full connection and calls drop on a daily basis.
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With -70DBM? That's strange. My HTC One X would drop service at my house, but not the Nexus. I had the One X on T-Mobile though so it was EDGE only which is probably why.

joshnichols189 said:
With -70DBM? That's strange. My HTC One X would drop service at my house, but not the Nexus. I had the One X on T-Mobile though so it was EDGE only which is probably why.
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No, not -70. That's when I'm outside and far away from my dead-zone area. While in the dead-zone area I have around -95 to -111dBm.

Ohh haha I misunderstood, sorry! Try asking your carrier for a picocell.
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joshnichols189 said:
Ohh haha I misunderstood, sorry! Try asking your carrier for a picocell.
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Picocell?
I've told them before that we have this issue in this area and I keep telling them it cannot be a dead-zone since it was no dead-zone half a year ago. Then it was beautiful and everyone who had Telia had amazing reception. Now, everyone have a ****ty reception in just this area. Technically, it's in the entire suburb.

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Disappointed on the phone or ice cream sandwich

I just got a verizon galaxy nexus yesterday and very disappointed on top by the earpiece the phone gets super hot auto brightness sucks you have to manually crank it up if not quality is very poor battery drains super fast volume is very low in camera at night shows a lot of white fuzz
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Just by trying to read your horrible grammar, I decided this post didn't deserve proper thought, but here is my go:
YOUR DOING IT WRONG
Every single one of those observations has been beaten to death in the last month. Battery life always sucks at first, but battery life on the GSM version kicks ass.
AdamHart612 said:
Every single one of those observations has been beaten to death in the last month. Battery life always sucks at first, but battery life on the GSM version kicks ass.
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Surprisingly enough, I am getting 10 hours of battery life on LTE.
This is regular use, streaming music, checking facebook, pictures, and sms...
It's still better than what I used to get on my Incredible.
Oh dear. Am i the only one who uses the phone on manual brightness on the lowest it goes? I think the screen looks great even at low brightness. I rarely go above 30/40% as there is no need other than to drain battery.
Smokeey said:
Just by trying to read your horrible grammar, I decided this post didn't deserve proper thought, but here is my go:
YOUR DOING IT WRONG
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Speaking of horrible grammar, I believe you meant to type "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG." If you're going to be a ****, don't make yourself look like an idiot in the process. Kthx
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nscott69 said:
Speaking of horrible grammar, I believe you meant to type "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG." If you're going to be a ****, don't make yourself look like an idiot in the process. Kthx
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I was thinking it was on purpose.
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nscott69 said:
Speaking of horrible grammar, I believe you meant to type "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG." If you're going to be a ****, don't make yourself look like an idiot in the process. Kthx
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Lol you beat me to it
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I believe this is a forum not a grammar school or is it I was driving and talking to the nexus. Thanks on info about brightness.
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LOL
LOL that's freakin hilarious. Thanks I gotta laugh outta that one
kataishin said:
LOL that's freakin hilarious. Thanks I gotta laugh outta that one
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+1to this
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Smokeey said:
Just by trying to read your horrible grammar, I decided this post didn't deserve proper thought, but here is my go:
YOUR DOING IT WRONG
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Yeah is you're doing it wrong. Don't capitalize and don't forget periods.
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Intel_x said:
I just got a verizon galaxy nexus yesterday and very disappointed on top by the earpiece the phone gets super hot auto brightness sucks you have to manually crank it up if not quality is very poor battery drains super fast volume is very low in camera at night shows a lot of white fuzz
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Take it back then. No-one here gives a ****.
Intel_x said:
I believe this is a forum not a grammar school or is it I was driving and talking to the nexus. Thanks on info about brightness.
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You are right but it does take a longer time to read your post.
Just for fun:
I just got a verizon galaxy nexus yesterday and very disappointed on top by the earpiece.
the phone gets super hot.
auto brightness sucks you.
have to manually crank it up, if not quality is very poor battery
drains super fast.
volume is very low in camera.
at night shows a lot of white fuzz.
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case0 said:
Take it back then. No-one here gives a ****.
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Dude stfu is my feedback on the phone if you don't give a **** don't post **** then
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This forum is filled with a bunch of idiots xda is to talk about devices experiment new software's hardware feedback and help each other but I see is filled with a lot of immature people.
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Intel_x said:
This forum is filled with a bunch of idiots xda is to talk about devices experiment new software's hardware feedback and help each other but I see is filled with a lot of immature people.
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You are correct, and the camera us known to be sub par in low light. Overall I love it though despite the faults.
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I would gladly respond to most of those things if you had written it in any kind of legible way. My cousin is 8 and writes more grammatically correct sentences than that.
But I'm having none of your problems.
Come on guys, I know he has a Verizon model but keep in mind that this phone is international as well so we'll have some ESL posters.
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Pointless Thread is Pointless

From GS2 T989 to Galaxy Note.

Hi, anyone here thinking of jumping to BIGGER Galaxy Note At&t?
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i am ha! i want a note
nope..i dont want to hold a tablet to my ear
jdiddy_ub said:
nope..i dont want to hold a tablet to my ear
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Yup, exactly.
Powered by the SGSII....
I would if it were for tmobile.
Thanx for the replying
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If it was at least compatible with T-Mobile 3g on it I would get it.
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no, it's not worth it enough for me to change phones. but then again I'm not a big fan of upgrading every 3-4 months anyway
samomamo said:
Hi, anyone here thinking of jumping to BIGGER Galaxy Note At&t?
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I'm jumping straight to the note without ever trying the GS2 =(
ryan562 said:
If it was at least compatible with T-Mobile 3g on it I would get it.
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I believe it is since it has the same internals of the Skyrocket just with a bigger screen and s pen. Which means just a lash of our modem on the Gnote(At&t), it should allow the phone to work on 3G.
Well the good thing about the note is that we will get even more development from our older brother.
The past few months, my iPhone loving coworker has been telling me, "it won't be long before you see morons walking around with 7 and 9 inch tablets up to their ear as their cell phone." Looks like his prediction is getting really close to becoming reality.
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SladeNoctis said:
I believe it is since it has the same internals of the Skyrocket just with a bigger screen and s pen. Which means just a lash of our modem on the Gnote(At&t), it should allow the phone to work on 3G.
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I don't think the At&t Note has the correct bands to run on T-Mobile 3G
Two words: TOO BIG. I see it the same as sgs2. Same toucwiz, bigger screen, etc. Ibdont see a reasonable reason for me to buy another phone 3 months after this one came out. Even 6 mo or a year.
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i would also if i found one for a decent price
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I may mainly to switch to att. At this point I'm so disappointed with spotty tmo coverage and extremely slow speeds I'd rather pay a premium price for service I'm happy with, I'm just waiting for a phone worth upgrading to..... maybe the note
I wouldn't switch to AT&T if they had a phone that turned into Adriana Lima and gave me blow jobs while driving to work every morning. I despise AT&T.
PikkonX said:
The past few months, my iPhone loving coworker has been telling me, "it won't be long before you see morons walking around with 7 and 9 inch tablets up to their ear as their cell phone." Looks like his prediction is getting really close to becoming reality.
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I dont see it happen...its not practical.
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Scyke said:
I don't think the At&t Note has the correct bands to run on T-Mobile 3G
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All the LTE devices on At&t use the exact same bands with similar chipsets which is qualcomm...well so far. Remember the Skyrocket and our phone have different chipset yet their compatible.
OriginalMemnock said:
I wouldn't switch to AT&T if they had a phone that turned into Adriana Lima and gave me blow jobs while driving to work every morning. I despise AT&T.
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If they had something like this I would consider the switch, lol.
Powered by the SGSII....

Defective gnex?

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
Taebom said:
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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weird things happen at my church

so in my church my phone has almost no signal but my friends with Verizon and other phones than the galaxy nexus have better signal than that of mine.
what I usually do is just
1. turn the data off or
2. put my phone into airplane mode
when i turn data off, after about 30 minutes my phones gets crazy hot for no reason. and sometimes I have to do a battery pull because it doesn't respond to anything.
today, I put it into airplane mode and it didn't get hot. but after about 2.5 hours, I had gone down from 100% to 75% battery life. also it showed that "media" was 95% of my battery use.(I tried to take a screenshot of the battery but it keeps saying "couldn't save screenshot. storage may be in use"
and my phone was awake the entire time.
this only happens in my church...
does anyone know what is causing all this?
it just seems so strange because I have no problem with my phone anywhere else. I'm running liquid 1.1 and the minimalistic kernel 2.7.1stable if that relates to anything.
no idea, but the power of Google has put an advert on this thread on the xda app for Christian dating nothing is sacred from el goog!
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Your phone has been possessed by satanic forces which is why it is happening in church.
Try getting it exorcised or better yet throw it into a bucket of holy water for an hour and of it still works when you take it out you'll know for sure it is possessed.
Maybe the GNex isn't the Jesus phone after all?
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Somebody could be hacking your bluetooth.
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@rbiter said:
Somebody could be hacking your bluetooth.
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Its the 21st century, Bluetooth is the tech Jesus uses to reach his people.
nodstuff said:
Its the 21st century, Bluetooth is the tech Jesus uses to reach his people.
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Wrong. You're thinking of infra-red...
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killyouridols said:
Wrong. You're thinking of infra-red...
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Nah that's old Jesus, new Jesus is cruising round heaven with his Bluetooth **** in his ear keeping in touch with all his sheeple round the way.
Just more evidence that something is seriously borked with the verizon nexus or its radio etc. How frustrating.
guys be serious here...
does "media" in battery relate to the signal strength?
what apps can I get to see specific stats?
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bluemoon1221 said:
guys be serious here...
does "media" in battery relate to the signal strength?
what apps can I get to see specific stats?
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No media is media, music, video etc.
Search xda for betterbatterystats, that'll give you more of an insight into your battery use.
Have you tried better battery stats app?
betterbatterystats
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You could try getting your friends with their phones to download Speedtest, and you guys can run tests on your network speed and see what happens there.
IRageQuitHard said:
You could try getting your friends with their phones to download Speedtest, and you guys can run tests on your network speed and see what happens there.
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This ^^^ Plus I doubt that whoever you are worshiping in this church (Jesus, stain, Darwin, flying spaghetti monster) doesn't approve of you texting and playing angry birds during the services.
mentose457 said:
This ^^^ Plus I doubt that whoever you are worshiping in this church (Jesus, stain, Darwin, flying spaghetti monster) doesn't approve of you texting and playing angry birds during the services.
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I don't even touch my phone during service. just saying. I will speed test next time I go to church
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bluemoon1221 said:
I don't even touch my phone during service. just saying. I will speed test next time I go to church
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Don't worry you can touch your phone if you want, no one is watching.
Use stock kernels and I find you will have better results..Most if the problems I see are user errors. My signal is not an issue. Not as strong as my old thunderbolt but also not a drastic difference as everyone makes it seem
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tea_dub84 said:
Use stock kernels and I find you will have better results..Most if the problems I see are user errors. My signal is not an issue. Not as strong as my old thunderbolt but also not a drastic difference as everyone makes it seem
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Kernel has nothing to do with signal.
well I don't think its the signal...
its just that "media" is eating up all my battery and I can't seem to figure out why
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bluemoon1221 said:
well I don't think its the signal...
its just that "media" is eating up all my battery and I can't seem to figure out why
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Did you install betterbatterystats?
That will tell you more.
Here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

I am eligible for my upgrade today!

what phone should I get? I was thinking about the Galaxy Nexus or the S3. and the new Photon 4 G L T E is definitely out of the question since they lock that down tight! I'm kind of leaning towards S3. I would like to get to peoples thoughts and opinions on this before I make the decision. since I don't have any of these phones.
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davidstjohn1 said:
what phone should I get? I was thinking about the Galaxy Nexus or the S3. and the new Photon 4 G L T E is definitely out of the question since they lock that down tight! I'm kind of leaning towards S3. I would like to get to peoples thoughts and opinions on this before I make the decision. since I don't have any of these phones.
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Id go with the s3 best phone out right now imo:thumbup:
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does the S 3 have any of the GPS problems that S2 had? done s 3 have the surf antenna built in?
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I'd get the s3.. Unless you want to wait a few more months until the holiday season.. I know they usually release good stuff around then..
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actually I have two upgrades available, 1 now and 1 in about 45 days, I'm kinda nervous about getting the Nexus because I've heard of receiving issues for the antenna, S3 seems like the safest bet.
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davidstjohn1 said:
actually I have two upgrades available, 1 now and 1 in about 45 days, I'm kinda nervous about getting the Nexus because I've heard of receiving issues for the antenna, S3 seems like the safest bet.
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That's what's up.. Yeah I heard nothing but great things about the s3
Hopefully sprint gets that galaxy note 2..I'd definitely be on that
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davidstjohn1 said:
actually I have two upgrades available, 1 now and 1 in about 45 days, I'm kinda nervous about getting the Nexus because I've heard of receiving issues for the antenna, S3 seems like the safest bet.
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Personally I would go to both forums and see what's going on there,pro's/cons
I saw the gnexus as better option and ordered one from eBay.
habitformer said:
Personally I would go to both forums and see what's going on there,pro's/cons
I saw the gnexus as better option and ordered one from eBay.
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That's a good idea
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does the S 3 have any of the GPS problems that S2 had? done s 3 have the surf antenna built in?
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No. I can personally attest to the fact that the GPS on the S3 is very, very good. I don't know what you mean by the surf antenna, but I do know that it utilizes GLONASS. Locks consistently in under 3 seconds, accuracy within 6 feet most of the time.
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No. I can personally attest to the fact that the GPS on the S3 is very, very good. I don't know what you mean by the surf antenna, but I do know that it utilizes GLONASS. Locks consistently in under 3 seconds, accuracy within 6 feet most of the time.
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thanks that's something i use a lot. I have 3 S2's mine, my daughters, and my sons. Mine is the only one that has GPS that works. I was Judd making sure Samsung fixed that on the S3
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VeNuM said he's getting a one x and it's bad ass.
I'd wait and see if anything crazy comes out around the holidays.
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Love the S3! Definitely gets my vote.
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crawrj said:
Love the S3! Definitely gets my vote.
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Do you have one crawrj?
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Do you have one crawrj?
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Yeah I have an att one for work.
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Nice
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Ravaged Pheonix said:
VeNuM said he's getting a one x and it's bad ass.
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Oops make that the evo lte
I have a couple co workers that have the s3, one on Verizon and one on Sprint and its pretty damn awesome. We travel for work so I had the one who has Sprint use GPS and it seems to work great along with great battery life on a bigger better screen. And he gets faster download speeds too. I'm personally holding out for the next Nexus which should be here this fall hopefully or close to the holidays, but you have another upgrade coming so you are good. One good thing to do is just go to the store and play with them as long as you want then maybe wait a day or two, to be sure.
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GiantJay said:
I have a couple co workers that have the s3, one on Verizon and one on Sprint and its pretty damn awesome. We travel for work so I had the one who has Sprint use GPS and it seems to work great along with great battery life on a bigger better screen. And he gets faster download speeds too. I'm personally holding out for the next Nexus which should be here this fall hopefully or close to the holidays, but you have another upgrade coming so you are good. One good thing to do is just go to the store and play with them as long as you want then maybe wait a day or two, to be sure.
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thanks that some good information! I'm not going to rush any time soon I'm going to wait and do my homework. The S3 does sound awesome. I didn't know there was a new Nexus coming?
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It isn't confirmed of course but here's what it might be
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/08/21/new-nexus-rumors-large-display-dual-core-sd-card-slot/
Ever since the first Nexus each one has been released 11 months apart so that would be November.
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