Anyone else experiencing really poor wifi signal? I'm literally a couple feet away from the access point and my signal strength looks to be under 50%
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My wife and I do not have that problem at all.
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This happened with my note 1. Try pressing down on the antenna pad. If your signal gets better, you have a loose connection. Unfortunately you need to open the phone to fix it. The little springs that make contact are staying compressed and not bouncing up to make contact.
The Note 2 may use a similar design.
The note 1 has the wifi antenna as a sticker next to the sum card slot
I had same symptoms. More than a foot away, lose half signal. Leave the room, 1 bar. Other end of the house, nothing.
Even a range extender didn't help.
Bent the spring back up making good contact, full bars everywhere.
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I have had my new Desire for 2 days now. It is the telstra version (australia) (which also has the non working GPS).
I am using my postpaid telstra sim in it which was previously in my blackberry 9700 which is NEXTG capable.
I have found the reception to be noticeably poorer. My BB would show full 5 bars and would never drop a call or have any issues with calls breaking up and being unable to hear the other person. The actual 'bars' was about 2 out of 4 for the android. it is 5/5 for the BB. The android signal strength meter shows anywhere from -90 dBm to -105 dBm in the same spot. My BB9700 shows -70 dBm !!! in the same spot with the same sim!!! -70 is as good as it gets.
for example today, i had trouble maintaining a conversation for more than a few minutes without it breaking up and having to repeat myself a few times. This happened at least on 2 separate phone calls with the desire. Granted, it never cut the connection completely.
i got sick of it because i was on call and had to be able to be contactable 100% so I swapped the sim in to the BB and continued on my conversation – 30 minute conversation without a hint of an issue.
I have always found the BB to be the ultimate in the phone department – but i was seduced by the pretty screen and graphics of the Desire and also the integration with google apps – which i use a lot of.
I also note that people have been complainng about the nexus one over in the US of A regarding the reception quality too. I bet it is the same thing.
The call quality is quite good though. The speakerphone is crap though.
The other bits of the phone are great – screen, speed, apps, and everything else everyone said was good... though i havent heard anyone complaining about the reception
Just want to know if anyone else is having similar experiences and if it is just me. Can ppl with phones that can show signal strength objectively (i.e. dBm measurements) look into a comparison? and also state what network you are on?
Im now thinking it is too unreliable to use as my primary phone... which is too bad. I hope it is a matter of a software update or somesuch to fix this. The price one pays to be an early adopter.
I suspect this applies to your Desire?
bloody hell... same thing happened when i tried what that dude did... pick up the damn thing and the signal goes to hell
devastating.... this is sad.
It's because the antenna is at the bottom, and you're most likely covering it with your hand when you pick it up.
It's quite worrying this sort of hardware design flaw wasn't spotted by HTC. I too can confirm it happens on mind has well....at least I know how to hold it now!
This thing really is a nexus one+sense huh? It even copies the 3g coverage issue.
I just tried that and found the same problem...that is really a big problem.
hi, even if that shown in the video partially occurs to me as well I can't say I'm noticing any difference with my old handset (touch hd)
I have currently got an O2 simcard in my desire with GPRS reception only.
I do not have that issue, will try with my orange 3g sim as well.
Has anyone a work around or advice for this?
Held tight in the palm I lose bars, held to the head I don't - enough of a different grip when actually using for a call. Cupped in the fingers rather than the palm, no loss.
I have the sim free desire bought from UK, and I'm using the optus prepaid sim. There is no problem for me at all.
Maybe update the radio would fix the issue, but it seems no radio update atm.
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HTC Desire Bad reception Solved!!
Hi All,
I recently bought a second hand HTC Desire and had the same thing: Bad Reception.
I tried EVERYTHING, Rom's, Radio's, Task-killers, etc. but I found the reason was something completely different!
Now my Desire has FULL 4 bars reception: What did I do?
Remove the battery cover, take out the battery, unscrew the two small Torx screws at the bottom left and right.
These two screws hold the antenna cover which is actually the antenna itself!!
You will find two spring-loaded contacts at the left of the phone on the circuitboard: these are the antenna contacts. Pry them up al little bit and clean them with some alcohol.
Now clean the two grey contact surfaces in the antenne. Do not use any scratching tool, but use a small pencil eraser!! The surface will stay a bit grey, but this is normal.
Now you are done!
Put the antenna back in place (bottom first) and put the 2 screws back.
Boot your phone and you will have good (4 bar) reception like before.
If you want to check?
Before you do anything "dial" *#*#4636#*#* , choose "Phone Information" and look at the signal strength.
The lower the number of dBm the better the signal.
Same as: the higher the ASU the better the signal.
Do the same after cleaning and you will see the result.
Succes to you all!
Extra: The antenna is at the bottom of the phone, poor design choice, we all know.
However:before -when holding the phone- the Signal Strength went from -103 dBm tot -119 dBm and then to 0, meaning losing the connection completely.
Now, the reception at the same location when holding the phone goes from -79 dBm to -85 dBm still holding 4 bars and having good reception.
My guess is that with all the Desire's these contacts corrode over time, so cleaning does help to get the phone back in it's original condition..
Satbeginner said:
Hi All,
I recently bought a second hand HTC Desire and had the same thing: Bad Reception.
I tried EVERYTHING, Rom's, Radio's, Task-killers, etc. but I found the reason was something completely different!
Now my Desire has FULL 4 bars reception: What did I do?
Remove the battery cover, take out the battery, unscrew the two small Torx screws at the bottom left and right.
These two screws hold the antenna cover which is actually the antenna itself!!
You will find two spring-loaded contacts at the left of the phone on the circuitboard: these are the antenna contacts. Pry them up al little bit and clean them with some alcohol.
Now clean the two grey contact surfaces in the antenne. Do not use any scratching tool, but use a small pencil eraser!! The surface will stay a bit grey, but this is normal.
Now you are done!
Put the antenna back in place (bottom first) and put the 2 screws back.
Boot your phone and you will have good (4 bar) reception like before.
If you want to check?
Before you do anything "dial" *#*#4636#*#* , choose "Phone Information" and look at the signal strength.
The lower the number of dBm the better the signal.
Same as: the higher the ASU the better the signal.
Do the same after cleaning and you will see the result.
Succes to you all!
Extra: The antenna is at the bottom of the phone, poor design choice, we all know.
However:before -when holding the phone- the Signal Strength went from -103 dBm tot -119 dBm and then to 0, meaning losing the connection completely.
Now, the reception at the same location when holding the phone goes from -79 dBm to -85 dBm still holding 4 bars and having good reception.
My guess is that with all the Desire's these contacts corrode over time, so cleaning does help to get the phone back in it's original condition..
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I did the same thing when I was struggling with poor GPS - opened the phone and bent all contacts a little bit. Confirm that my (or my wife's more accurately) Desire now has outstanding GPS, 2G and 3G signal. This screenshot shows the two contacts mentioned by Satbeginner.
It is worth mentioning though - if your phone is still under warranty and has never been opened this procedure will void your warranty - you have to break a seal on one of the two screws to remove the antenna.
I have my macbook and PS3 upstairs and they both get full bars. My SIII barely gets 1 bar and disconnects sometimes. I have tried going into service mode (*#0011#) and doing that trick but that does nothing for my phone.
Any help??? Really disappointed about this. My Nokia N8 which was a horrible phone was getting full bars as well.
I am sort of in the same boat. My WiFi works great but my d3o case makes my signal weaker. If I am close to a router it's not an issue. Up stairs most of the time it's still functional.if need be I either take of case or use data
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Hi,
I've had my GSM galaxy nexus for about a week now and have noticed that the signal strength will drop consistently when touching the back of the phone.
This is usually by one bar on the status bar meter. I've installed Wifi Analyzer and see that the signal will drop from around -55 dBm to -70 dBm when fully covering the back. The drop will be smaller with less of the back of the phone covered, but is still noticeable. The worst area for causing signal drop seems to be just below the camera lens.
Is this common to the galaxy nexus, or is there something unusual about this particular one?
Jon_V said:
Hi,
I've had my GSM galaxy nexus for about a week now and have noticed that the signal strength will drop consistently when touching the back of the phone.
This is usually by one bar on the status bar meter. I've installed Wifi Analyzer and see that the signal will drop from around -55 dBm to -70 dBm when fully covering the back. The drop will be smaller with less of the back of the phone covered, but is still noticeable. The worst area for causing signal drop seems to be just below the camera lens.
Is this common to the galaxy nexus, or is there something unusual about this particular one?
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I am not really seeing my signal fluctuate. I am using the GSM version.
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Your just holding the phone wrong, try using a case.
Had this problem too, but it's not an issue to me.
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phatmanxxl said:
Your just holding the phone wrong, try using a case.
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LOL
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phatmanxxl said:
Your just holding the phone wrong, try using a case.
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Steve Jobs resurrected?
I noticed some signal weakness (both wifi and calls) since i updated to jelly bean. I guess we'll have to wait for a better radio than XXLF1.
Sent from my Godzilla Nexus
I notice this also. I have the GSM version. When I'm at work or home my wifi and cell signal will go away or say its looking for network when holding it at certain spots. Its really making me miss my sgs2 because my wifi and data would load faster with that then this.
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phatmanxxl said:
Your just holding the phone wrong, try using a case.
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Hmm, I don't see the word Apple anywhere on the phone..
Was having issues with XXLF1, ever since is swapped to UGLH1 reception for WiFi and 3G have been really good. I have some bad interferences at home (blame that on the carrier I'm not on) , but once outside it works great.
Do bear in mind radio has differences across devices, so what works force may not work for you.
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didn't even notice til you brought this up, thanks!!!
lose about 5-10 dbm if i cover the phone with my hand
You're holding it wr......oh never mind.
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So my note 2 has really really weak wifi signal, I am 20 ft from the router with only 1 wall between us and the wifi keeps timing out and sputtering.
I have turned off the power saving wifi and replaced the drivers with the ones from 4.1.1, I have tried numerous kernel and roms.
Is it time to open up the phone to look for a hardware fault?
Also screen sensitivity on the bottom right of the screen is terrible, trying to hit the back space key can be a nightmare at times
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bunnybash said:
So my note 2 has really really weak wifi signal, I am 20 ft from the router with only 1 wall between us and the wifi keeps timing out and sputtering.
I have turned off the power saving wifi and replaced the drivers with the ones from 4.1.1, I have tried numerous kernel and roms.
Is it time to open up the phone to look for a hardware fault?
Also screen sensitivity on the bottom right of the screen is terrible, trying to hit the back space key can be a nightmare at times
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Found the wifi fix
I just figured out what the problem is, the wifi antennae in the case was buggered! I ordered a new back of the phone and replaced that and the wifi is fixed!!! I had a feeling that was the cause of the issue but I couldn't be sure till I replaced it. The wifi antennae is above the power button, with the back off you can see it as the long piece of plastic that is stuck in on the very edge. I had to buy a whole new back - it was only about $11 shipped. But it solved all my wifi problems.
bunnybash said:
I just figured out what the problem is, the wifi antennae in the case was buggered!
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I took the main part out of the chassis frame and found that the spring contact on the PCB (which is supposed to touch the wifi antenna on the chassis frame) wasn't springing up. I bent it up so it matched the profile of the other spring contacts and put it back in the chassis frame and all was well. My suspicion is your wifi antenna wasn't broken (it's just a bit of metal so there's nothing to break, really), just not quite touching the spring contact.
Same Problem
bunnybash said:
Found the wifi fix
I just figured out what the problem is, the wifi antennae in the case was buggered! I ordered a new back of the phone and replaced that and the wifi is fixed!!! I had a feeling that was the cause of the issue but I couldn't be sure till I replaced it. The wifi antennae is above the power button, with the back off you can see it as the long piece of plastic that is stuck in on the very edge. I had to buy a whole new back - it was only about $11 shipped. But it solved all my wifi problems.
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Good day I am assuming that this is the same thing that has happened to my note 2 it had a fall, everything else is working fine just the wifi signal drops when I step a couple feet away from the router so can I ask for a link of where I can purchase the same part you are speaking of or a picture of where the spring contact is so I can try just bending it up please
Yeah mate when my wife comes home with her phone I will be able to take some pics of my phone and post them up
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bunnybash said:
Yeah mate when my wife comes home with her phone I will be able to take some pics of my phone and post them up
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I,m experiencing the exact same problem. Wifi signal has gone extremely weak after a severe fall. Can u please tell me exactly which part to change.
Post a picture, or an amazon link to buy that part?
any help would be appreciated.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SCLE5I/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i have always been using these... since i have been using app call shop kicks... and some stores i cant get long gps lock or no bars... but this has help a lot and also i uses two of them... since one really does nothing
also if you have a tv antenna two of these works too!!
just my review
Well the thing about these... they are placebo. Your antenna is finely tuned. In fact if you cut it or modify it without know what you are doing your phone may never get a signal again. But there isnt that problem with these since you domt actually connect anything or cut anything. You place a sticker under your battery. Doesnt do a thing. Without being connected to anything its not really doing much. You can also put a nfc sticker in there. Still nothing. There was a thread on this devices forum about just this. And the conclusion was just a placebo effect. Sorry. But you are right about tv's with rabbit ears. It could help signal reception.
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