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I am on att wireless
I have noticed that in a low service area i get none at all.
However my wife on her iphone has 1/2 bars and my bro on his atrix also has 1/2 bars.
Anyone else having similar issues?
12/7 Update - More information on what I have attempted
Setting APNS for 4g on ATT
getting correct 4g data plan on account
New Sim cards
Replacement Galaxy Nexus
Different Roms
Stock Restore Rom
restore to default and install nothing
different radio
update to 4.0.1
Once the signal drops to almost unusable levels , the only way to get it back is either reboot the phone or toggle airplane mode. After that the signal returns to a solid 89-93 DBM. After roughly 30-60min it will then drop and I have to toggle it again. All other phones in my location have no problem including my iphone 4s with the exact same sim card.
I am in a decent location for signal. On the nexus reboot its at -89 dbm , my iphone 4s is at -87. The iphone stays that way and the galaxy nexus over time drops to -105 to -111.
Still no conclusion.
I only have problem with Wi-Fi where the reception is considerably weaker than any other device just around it.
aimetti said:
I am on att wireless
I have noticed that in a low service area i get none at all.
However my wife on her iphone has 1/2 bars and my bro on his atrix also has 1/2 bars.
Anyone else having similar issues?
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Bars mean very little, as devices have their indicators calibrated differently. You should be comparing signals, in dBm for a meaningful comparison.
The acid test, of course, is whether you can make and hold a call, and or send/receive data.
aimetti said:
I am on att wireless
I have noticed that in a low service area i get none at all.
However my wife on her iphone has 1/2 bars and my bro on his atrix also has 1/2 bars.
Anyone else having similar issues?
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Yeah kind of hard to gauge from bars. Nokia and motorola are known for excellent reception. Samsung not so much. They do seem to be improving on all fronts though, including wifi and gps.
Sent from my samsung gt i9250 which is in the wrong country.
I havent got too in depth with testing but its simple to see there is an issue. Everyone around me can make calls and i cant. Cell standbye taking up battery life as well and has been out of signal for a while
I'm seeing a similar issue.
When I have 2g only selected, I get 2 bars -98 asu 7. When I have it deselected I have no bars and signal is -111 asu 1.
Well ive had similar issues
Today I wiped phone and came back to initially 4/5 bars and download speeds of 4 down 1 up.
Then after about 10 min , right back down to 1/0 bars and 800 kbps down 200 up.
popped off back cover and then pulled sim , reset sim and then reboot. Again it initially came back with 4/5 bars with hsdpa. Again about 10 min later back down to 1/0 bars and a -113 dbm reading,
Then oddly enough i was in the status screen just watching it hover around -113 to -105 , it clicked to edge full 5 bars , then came back to 3G 4 bars and now at -93 dbm.
Does this sound at all normal? I havent changed location more than a few feet through all this. My wifes Iphone seems to be having 0 issues right next to me.
just watched it do it again.
Was at 1 bar went to 0 , got stuck on -113 dbm for about a minute or 2 clicked over to edge-2 -87 dbm then back to hsdpa -93 dbm
:/ i got no clue at this point
there is a video showing some of the issue
http://youtu.be/dbSAEHVcosI
aimetti said:
just watched it do it again.
Was at 1 bar went to 0 , got stuck on -113 dbm for about a minute or 2 clicked over to edge-2 -87 dbm then back to hsdpa -93 dbm
:/ i got no clue at this point
there is a video showing some of the issue
http://youtu.be/dbSAEHVcosI
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Is this at home or a place where you frequently are? If so, I would do one of two things (provided you want to keep the device):
Write an NFC tag that you can tap on your way in (and presumably on on the way out as well) that would switch you over to "2G only" (which it seems gives you a better signal), and back to 3G/3.5G on your way out the door. or...
Either write yourself, or wait for one to be written, a kernel that will throw more power to the radio (at the expense of battery life however- but if you are constantly searching for signal your phone is probably wasting a ton of battery right now anyways)...
ya i am at home.
My wife consistently gets 3 down 1 up on her 4s.
No one else seems to be having issues , perhaps mine is just defective?
this is what happens when i lightly grip phone
http://youtu.be/-eqlMUoeq_I
aimetti said:
ya i am at home.
My wife consistently gets 3 down 1 up on her 4s.
No one else seems to be having issues , perhaps mine is just defective?
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Maybe, but I can't think of a way to reliably test whether it is defective or not. My Samsung phones have always had lightly weaker radios than my HTC and Moto phones, and my sister's iPhone, so I will wager that it is just that in the name of battery life the radio is under-powered, which can be changed in the kernel. I was in a similar boat back when I was on T-mobile (right on the edge of service), and luckily someone had posted a custom ROM for the G1 that routed more power to the radios, and gave me just enough to hold a signal and use my wifi for data. Whatever that kernel in that ROM did, it gave me about 10 dbm difference. You might want to throw a request in the development section.
you can also try exchanging the device (if ever unhappy at all you should try to), but I am wondering if it will actually make a difference. Do you know someone with a recent Samsung phone like a SG2 (not LTE/Skyrocket) or maybe one of their Windows phones (I don't know what radios/speeds they use), to see if it gives similar results?
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Maybe, but I can't think of a way to reliably test whether it is defective or not. My Samsung phones have always had lightly weaker radios than my HTC and Moto phones, and my sister's iPhone, so I will wager that it is just that in the name of battery life the radio is under-powered, which can be changed in the kernel. I was in a similar boat back when I was on T-mobile (right on the edge of service), and luckily someone had posted a custom ROM for the G1 that routed more power to the radios, and gave me just enough to hold a signal and use my wifi for data. Whatever that kernel in that ROM did, it gave me about 10 dbm difference. You might want to throw a request in the development section.
you can also try exchanging the device (if ever unhappy at all you should try to), but I am wondering if it will actually make a difference. Do you know someone with a recent Samsung phone like a SG2 (not LTE/Skyrocket) or maybe one of their Windows phones (I don't know what radios/speeds they use), to see if it gives similar results?
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Ya , i was at my brothers house yesterday with no service at all.
My bro had an atrix with 1/2 bars and service.
my wife had an iphone 4 with 1/2 bars and service
and my sister in law had a galaxy s2 with 1/2 bars and service as well.
I had 0 at all.
The odd thing is , every time I reboot my phone it holds on to 4/5 bars at the location im at right now for a good 10 minutes , then flatlines.
aimetti said:
Ya , i was at my brothers house yesterday with no service at all.
My bro had an atrix with 1/2 bars and service.
my wife had an iphone 4 with 1/2 bars and service
and my sister in law had a galaxy s2 with 1/2 bars and service as well.
I had 0 at all.
The odd thing is , every time I reboot my phone it holds on to 4/5 bars at the location im at right now for a good 10 minutes , then flatlines.
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what APN are you using? Use the same APN settings as your Sis-in-law's GS2- when my Nexus first came I noticed the APN did not match my Atrix and it would not hold an HSPA+ signal for long; I changed it to match the Atrix and speeds/holding towers has been much better. Try the APN thing.
The GN and GS2 would have the same radio chip (I would imagine), and be set to draw the same amount of power by the kernel. If the APN thing doesn't work then you might want to consider an exchange I guess, maybe it is defective
The fact that it flatlines AFTER 10 minutes (presumably after all the syncing is finished for the various apps and services) is suggestive of a sort of "demand" model- like maybe the device amps up the radio when it knows there will be a lot of need, then scales back when demand is less- or over compensates at first, then under compensates later after some sort of calibration? The ten minute thing sounds odd, but sounds like something software/firmware/kernel-based...
[Keep in mind that there is much speculation contained in that advice, the true test for defective or not would simply be another GN at the same location- as that is unreasonable we'll have to speculate. Also, if your sis-in-law comes back over, check her phone status for her signal strength (not bars but dbm and asu) and see if it matches yours. The bars that you see are a software representation of those two numbers, and can be modified to under represent the actual signal.]
I am using the default cingular 410 apn
ive been reading that if support put a 4g data plan on my phone that it could potentially cause data loss. Is that correct?
also changed to 2g only for now and have 5bars -81 dbm constant.
aimetti said:
I am using the default cingular 410 apn
ive been reading that if support put a 4g data plan on my phone that it could potentially cause data loss. Is that correct?
also changed to 2g only for now and have 5bars -81 dbm constant.
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Not sure I follow, if AT&T made your data plan a 4G data plan, it would interrupt your service?
I think you are asking if changing these APN settings will trigger something at AT&T, and they will "bump" you to a 4G plan- in which case I don't really know, I had to jump onto a "4G" plan when I got my Atrix. I think it would never reach that point though, when you set up the new APNs, that step where you touch the dot to select the HSDPA APN, it would default back to your cingular 410 apn if it were not able to connect (via SIM provisioning or whatever). If unavailable it wouldn't be connected at that rate to begin with.
How old is the data plan you are on (is it prior to the tiered plans)? If you are worried about the connection (APN) not matching the SIM, you could request a new (4G) SIM. Maybe stop in your local store, or call customer service and tell them you are thinking about buying a 4G phone, your friend's brother's uncle' pizza delivery boy's nephew has an unlocked phone you could test speeds with, could they switch out your old SIM for a newer 4G one to see if it will be worth your while at your house, then just pop in that new SIM, change the APN and away you go? (Or to be even less complicated take your old phone in with your old SIM, and just ask for a new SIM card, that yours isn't working right, and it should be a new 4G (not LTE) card...
Well, at least the phone is usable on the 2G band for you, and will save a lot of battery. Meanwhile we'll try to get you connected to an HSPA+ tower.
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Not sure I follow, if AT&T made your data plan a 4G data plan, it would interrupt your service?
I think you are asking if changing these APN settings will trigger something at AT&T, and they will "bump" you to a 4G plan- in which case I don't really know, I had to jump onto a "4G" plan when I got my Atrix. I think it would never reach that point though, when you set up the new APNs, that step where you touch the dot to select the HSDPA APN, it would default back to your cingular 410 apn if it were not able to connect (via SIM provisioning or whatever). If unavailable it wouldn't be connected at that rate to begin with.
How old is the data plan you are on (is it prior to the tiered plans)? If you are worried about the connection (APN) not matching the SIM, you could request a new (4G) SIM. Maybe stop in your local store, or call customer service and tell them you are thinking about buying a 4G phone, your friend's brother's uncle' pizza delivery boy's nephew has an unlocked phone you could test speeds with, could they switch out your old SIM for a newer 4G one to see if it will be worth your while at your house, then just pop in that new SIM, change the APN and away you go? (Or to be even less complicated take your old phone in with your old SIM, and just ask for a new SIM card, that yours isn't working right, and it should be a new 4G (not LTE) card...
Well, at least the phone is usable on the 2G band for you, and will save a lot of battery. Meanwhile we'll try to get you connected to an HSPA+ tower.
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thanks for all the help really appreciate it.
Anyways a few things have happened since I last posted.
I had an iphone for the last 3 years. I went into ATT last week and got a normal 4g sim card in advance. Today I called my buddy who is a manager at a corporate store and he checked my account. Found that the lady had the wrong data on it. He ended up setting the sim to the 4g plan etc (which is unlimited)
I was able to add the ATT HSDPA apn and successfully connected to it. Prior to this I actually installed modaco's rom and restored everything.
At this point I am getting consistently 3 bars in my house (which is more than my wifes iphone 4s) on 4g.
Seems to be working much better now. The only other issue that remains is when I turn on WIFI. If i turn it on the cell reception goes to 1 bar or sometimes 0. I dont have the exact dbm values right now unfortunately. Calls and text still seem to go through however. Is it possible the wifi is drawing power designated for the radio?
Thanks again !
aimetti said:
thanks for all the help really appreciate it.
Anyways a few things have happened since I last posted.
I had an iphone for the last 3 years. I went into ATT last week and got a normal 4g sim card in advance. Today I called my buddy who is a manager at a corporate store and he checked my account. Found that the lady had the wrong data on it. He ended up setting the sim to the 4g plan etc (which is unlimited)
I was able to add the ATT HSDPA apn and successfully connected to it. Prior to this I actually installed modaco's rom and restored everything.
At this point I am getting consistently 3 bars in my house (which is more than my wifes iphone 4s) on 4g.
Seems to be working much better now. The only other issue that remains is when I turn on WIFI. If i turn it on the cell reception goes to 1 bar or sometimes 0. I dont have the exact dbm values right now unfortunately. Calls and text still seem to go through however. Is it possible the wifi is drawing power designated for the radio?
Thanks again !
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Awesome, glad it worked out.
And possibly yes, depending on how the kernel relegates power wifi could "commandeer" a little from the cell radio, and reduce the dbm just enough to reflect in the "bars" algorithm.
perhaps a new radio will eventually come out that I can test.
either way seems to be at least in service now , signal definitely drops when i hold the phone but as long as I can make calls it should be fine.
aimetti said:
perhaps a new radio will eventually come out that I can test.
either way seems to be at least in service now , signal definitely drops when i hold the phone but as long as I can make calls it should be fine.
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in the meantime i'll suggest using the open signal widget https://market.android.com/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal&hl=en
which will tell you the real reception in the phone, and see what you are getting behind those bars
don't expect to make a good call when the signal drops to -90 dbm and above
and if you have multiple phones like i do, then you can compare if other phone in the same spot, connected to the same tower, is having higher or lower dbm than SGN
for example my Nexus S had worse reception than my Milestone XT720.... go figure
AllGamer said:
in the meantime i'll suggest using the open signal widget https://market.android.com/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal&hl=en
which will tell you the real reception in the phone, and see what you are getting behind those bars
don't expect to make a good call when the signal drops to -90 dbm and above
and if you have multiple phones like i do, then you can compare if other phone in the same spot, connected to the same tower, is having higher or lower dbm than SGN
for example my Nexus S had worse reception than my Milestone XT720.... go figure
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Thanks I will try it out,
Overall i dont think the issue is fixed at all now. Went to bad and signal dropped all the way again. Stuck at -111 dbm. I held the phone i saw it switch to edge 5 bars and then click over to H 4 bars.
I really believe its some kind of software thing. If I cycle airplane mode on / off I get 4 bars (unknown dbm but its working) of 4g service. I know the service is here and working as my wifes iphone is fine but something is causing it to not hold the signal and eventually drop and not recover.
Makes no sense
Downloaded the app ,
Was at 42% signal strengh, I noticed when I picked up phone and lightly held it , it dropped right on down to 5% and got stuck there. This wasnt death gripping it either , barely holding it. Does anyone else have this issue or is it just mine? I know all cell phones have this issue but this seems excessive , worse than my iphone 4 ever was. I then cycled airplane mode again and signal strength went right up to 65% again -89 dbm
I've had this phone now for less than a month. I know it's not a long time, but I think I've got a pretty good idea of how this phone performs. I have not rooted this phone, I am on 4.02 and PRL 15119.
1. The signal problem:
Coming from a Droid2, the first thing I noticed was one or no bars where I used to have full! I was losing data all the time, until I switched to CDMA only. My phone kept switching to LTE and back again, I spent more time in hand offs than connected!
I had the opportunity to have my Nexus, a TBolt, and a Maxx all in my basement together and did a few tests. All three phones had trouble holding LTE here when I was able to run a speed test, they all performed similarly, between 1 and 2 Mbps. When all three switched to CDMA, they displayed one more bar on and off than my Nexus, but showed similar pings and speeds.
I spend a lot of time in my basement and have never had troubles losing data (CDMA only) even though it displays 0-1 bars all the time.
Now, I do occasionally have problems with data, but it's nothing new to me. My Droid2 would show full signal and just not load a page or drop to 1x in locations known to be strong service.
I have not had this problem with the WiFi hand off back to cellular data. This phone switches faster than my Droid2 ever did. Like, by a lot. I work in no service building. Every morning I turn my WiFi on and just turn it off when I get in my car to go home. Usually I have cellular service before I can even turn off the WiFi.
I read a lot of reports where someones Nexus would be outperformed in a 4G speed test by another Verizon 4G device. Not the case here. My tests were constantly the same when comparing between the Nexus, TBolt, and Maxx.
I stopped in the Verizon store and two of the sales dudes had 4G phones, a Razr and another Galaxy Nexus. The Nexus guy was rooted on 4.04 and couldn't break 10Mbps while Razer guy and myself were fighting for 40Mbps.. Maybe there are some lemons out there
All in all, I may have gotten a good device (made in China, go figure), but I do not believe there is a real problem here. If this is your first android on Verizon, I can see where you'd think there are problems. Whenever I pick up my phone, I just ignore the bars and use it. It always works. Even in 3G, this phone loads pages WAY faster than my Droid2.
2. Battery life: I am not a real heavy user. There are times when I'll spend 20 minutes in the bathroom playing angry birds or reading threads, but that's about it. I got the Verizon extended battery before leaving the store with my new phone. This battery has 200mah more juice than the extended battery in my old Droid2.
I think this phone get's great stand by time, I got it to go 3 days off charger with a few calls and texts every day and a little bit of angry birds
On a whole, I'd have to say it get's as good or better life than my last phone.
3. Random reboots: I was constantly pulling my phone out of my pocket to find that it was off. I had gotten quite concerned after reading all the posts about crash reboots. It wasn't until I set the phone down while booting it up that I saw the screen shut off. I knew something wasn't right here and reproduced the shut down by smacking the phone in my palm while it was booting it up.
After looking closely, I noticed the battery would move up and down in its compartment. I solved this by taking some folded paper and taping it to the bottom edge of the battery. Pushing the battery up into the contacts on the phone. I also added some tape/paper to the top of the battery so the cover is pushing it down into the compartment.
Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but I haven't had a single crash/reboot. Just this battery connection problem.
4. Slow screen rotation: I have noticed this, it is VERY annoying when you first get the phone. Habit is to flip it landscape BEFORE launching the app you want to use. This is why you think it's so slow, because the home screen will not flip, it just refuses to. In any app, it flips just like you're used to. A non problem that I'm sure will get fixed.
5. Screen banding: I tried looking at the blank grey screen on any brightness, I could not get the bands I kept reading about. I guess I got lucky!
6. Overheating: I read this phone will try to use 2.4 and 5GHz spectrum's while on WiFi. The first thing I did was set it to 2.4 only and have not had any issues. I use WiFi 8 hours a day every day with out the phone getting hot. I also use the hot spot almost every night, as I don't have a land line internet at home. Never an issue, once again, to the touch this phone was not as hot as my Droid2.
I really like ICS and this phone seems like a keeper. I hope this inspires someone to go out and buy the Nexus!!
Over the weekend I went to the Verizon store to compare the vz nexus signal. Turns out every device with lte read -60 and then nexus -80. But there was one lg phone that displayed both signals at the same time, 1x and lte read -60 and -80. So I wonder does Verizon lte phones actually never show lte signal and always show cdma even when connected to lte?
Just earlier today I compared my Galaxy Nexus at -110 to my dad's Rezound at -80. Side by side at the exact same time. I'm sorry I didn't take a picture.
I'm unrooted stock 4.0.2 right now.
Silly question but did the salesman with the Nexus have LTE on?
How in the world could you go 3 days on a 2100mah? The most i can get is maybe a day or day and a half. Usually its under a day as i use my phone alot.
Dan76 said:
Just earlier today I compared my Galaxy Nexus at -110 to my dad's Rezound at -80. Side by side at the exact same time. I'm sorry I didn't take a picture.
I'm unrooted stock 4.0.2 right now.
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Lost the link but basically non ics phones show 3g signal instead of 4g or something like that. Its a different signal type that's why the gnex always shows less because its showing its actual signal
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
i honestly think its a hardware issue, but i have read all the threads and there is nothing concrete... my phone works perfect on 3g but i switch it to 4g and it just looses signal i could have 3 bars and then all of sudden it just looses all signal, it does not switch to 3g..im in a good 4g coverage area as well. im really angry and i dont want any other phone but the one i have . I hate blur so forget motorola
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i honestly think its a hardware issue, but i have read all the threads and there is nothing concrete... my phone works perfect on 3g but i switch it to 4g and it just looses signal i could have 3 bars and then all of sudden it just looses all signal, it does not switch to 3g..im in a good 4g coverage area as well. im really angry and i dont want any other phone but the one i have . I hate blur so forget motorola
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That shouldn't happen doesn't to me at all. Call Verizon. Get a new phone lol
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RogerPodacter said:
Over the weekend I went to the Verizon store to compare the vz nexus signal. Turns out every device with lte read -60 and then nexus -80. But there was one lg phone that displayed both signals at the same time, 1x and lte read -60 and -80. So I wonder does Verizon lte phones actually never show lte signal and always show cdma even when connected to lte?
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This is generally the case.
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RogerPodacter said:
Over the weekend I went to the Verizon store to compare the vz nexus signal. Turns out every device with lte read -60 and then nexus -80. But there was one lg phone that displayed both signals at the same time, 1x and lte read -60 and -80. So I wonder does Verizon lte phones actually never show lte signal and always show cdma even when connected to lte?
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If they are not ICS devices, they do not show the LTE signal.
You have problems?
Cool story bro. This isn't a support site.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
fix-this! said:
How in the world could you go 3 days on a 2100mah? The most i can get is maybe a day or day and a half. Usually its under a day as i use my phone alot.
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This was achieved over a weekend in a strong service area on cdma only. I was at a solid 3/⁴ bars the whole time. I was at a buddys house for a lan, so i was doing my surfing on the computer. I was doing most of my texting in google voice on my pc, so the only use the phone saw was calls and bathroom browsing lol.
Yes, the nexus measures signal differently and this is why it cant hold 4g, it thinks the signal is too weak and lets go before it should. If you had a vzw droid before and know where the strong 3g is, set it to cdma only and see how it performs compared to the old phone. If your getting data drops and dropped calls where you didnt before, then exchange your phone.
Ive read there is a way to force lte only, this would be the best test. But i cant remember how to do it.
Want to add, the ics keyboard is the best one ive ever used. Also, speaker volume on this phone is plenty loud. I have had problems with call quality when i have no bars. Just does not sound good and hard to unserstand people. When i have a bar or more, sounds great. Like theyre in the room.
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Silly question but did the salesman with the Nexus have LTE on?
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Definitely lte. I am not sure what vzws theoretical max speed is on 3g, but in our area, max is about 1.7Mbps. I know theoretical is no where near 10Mbps.
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Definitely lte. I am not sure what vzws theoretical max speed is on 3g, but in our area, max is about 1.7Mbps. I know theoretical is no where near 10Mbps.
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Could the differences have been due to your radios? I'm on 4.0.4 with the new radios and I don't break 10Mpbs.
The speed is fast enough for me and I don't remember exactly the speeds I had on the earlier radios. I vaguely remember breaking 10Mpbs at times. I might reflash the older radios and do speed tests.
I'm happy to report I have zero problems with my VZW GNex since day 1
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dynamicpda said:
Could the differences have been due to your radios? I'm on 4.0.4 with the new radios and I don't break 10Mpbs.
The speed is fast enough for me and I don't remember exactly the speeds I had on the earlier radios. I vaguely remember breaking 10Mpbs at times. I might reflash the older radios and do speed tests.
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Now i didnt see these guys screens, i dont know what they were using for testing or what server they were connecting to. He told me hes never been able to break 10 megs. For all i know he rooted and flashed on day one. I cant imagine the members of xda would overlook something so obvious, but who knows. Give it a try eh? For reference all my mentions have been using the official speedtest.net app and chicago servers. Im tempted to root, but im waiting for 4.05 ota and have no idea how to do it. Ill get there eventually
I've found that LTE can vary wildly in speeds. You really need multiple tests with multiple phones at the same location/time.
That said, I saw a huge difference between FC05 and FA02. I found that the best combination for my phone was FC04 on the CDMA radio and FA02 on the LTE radio. It's a good 2mbits faster and much more stable. Signal in my house is borderline, so you really see the difference.
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I've found that LTE can vary wildly in speeds. You really need multiple tests with multiple phones at the same location/time.
That said, I saw a huge difference between FC05 and FA02. I found that the best combination for my phone was FC04 on the CDMA radio and FA02 on the LTE radio. It's a good 2mbits faster and much more stable. Signal in my house is borderline, so you really see the difference.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
I flash the FC04/FA02 combo and in the spot near my house where I am disappointed, 4.5Mpbs down / 2.5 up, I got pretty much the same results. One difference I did notice is that the hybrid combo is slower to switch from 3G than FC05/FC05. I toggled LTE to force 4G connect.
I flashed back. Eager to see what 4.05 brings and also if the latest official IMM76K brings new radios.
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You have problems?
Cool story bro. This isn't a support site.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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Um, it kind of is since most of us come here for help.
Also, if your read the OP he was not complaining about issues as much as addressing them.
I've been having some issues with my GSIII and was wondering if I am the only one. I live in Houston where LTE is live and was getting very good speeds 20-30 Mbps down.
All of a sudden I am getting 3G like speeds when connecting to 4G towers. 0.7 to 1.3 Mbps. Ping times are double, connection is very inconsistent for weeks. Finally called Sprint and they said to take out the battery and pop it back in. Viola back to normal speeds.
Unfortunately the next day... same issue. Popping the battery out and back in works but I do not want to be doing this every day to get a solid LTE connection. You guys getting the same issue? I can't understand what would cause this to happen. Is it a design issue with the phone where the LTE chip is not getting enough voltage over time?
mc-fine said:
I've been having some issues with my GSIII and was wondering if I am the only one. I live in Houston where LTE is live and was getting very good speeds 20-30 Mbps down.
All of a sudden I am getting 3G like speeds when connecting to 4G towers. 0.7 to 1.3 Mbps. Ping times are double, connection is very inconsistent for weeks. Finally called Sprint and they said to take out the battery and pop it back in. Viola back to normal speeds.
Unfortunately the next day... same issue. Popping the battery out and back in works but I do not want to be doing this every day to get a solid LTE connection. You guys getting the same issue? I can't understand what would cause this to happen. Is it a design issue with the phone where the LTE chip is not getting enough voltage over time?
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Have you tried just rebooting?
The "remove battery for a few" seems to be the cure for most ailments. So you could have some other issue that is affecting your LTE speeds.
Have you checked to see if there are any rogue processes eating memory/cpu? Hows your battery life when the LTE problem happens?
Im on LI8 update and i just tested mine and LTE seems normal.
Dallas, TX..
Maybe someone in Houston can help you test..
But to me it sounds more like a phone issue. Also sounds like its actually on 3G and not 4G. Wonder if its not showing the right icon or not switching properly.
vapore0n said:
Have you tried just rebooting?
The "remove battery for a few" seems to be the cure for most ailments. So you could have some other issue that is affecting your LTE speeds.
Have you checked to see if there are any rogue processes eating memory/cpu? Hows your battery life when the LTE problem happens?
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I tried just a reboot multiple times when I first had the issue and nothing worked until I popped the battery. Battery life remains pretty consistent. 12 to 16 hours on average depending on use. Nothing to suggest something eating away at CPU cycles.
You may be right though I'll see what processes I can kill and maybe identify whats causing it.
IAmSixNine said:
Im on LI8 update and i just tested mine and LTE seems normal.
Dallas, TX..
Maybe someone in Houston can help you test..
But to me it sounds more like a phone issue. Also sounds like its actually on 3G and not 4G. Wonder if its not showing the right icon or not switching properly.
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It does seem like its 3G its connected to instead of 4G. However the upload speeds seem to be faster than 3G. I will get like 0.92 down 1.43 up or 1.02 down and 6.46 up.
Well I don't think I am crazy. Tested this out with a friend who has the same phone with Sprint.
Both getting slow speeds when in 4G coverage. Power cycle or power cycle with removal of battery and both phones are performing better and both getting similar speeds on the same network connected to the same towers. You shouldn't have to power cycle your phone all the time to get a good LTE connection.
This can't be a coincidence because both phones are having the same issue as you can tell by the attached test results. I'm surprised people haven't noticed this issue.
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Well I don't think I am crazy. Tested this out with a friend who has the same phone with Sprint.
Both getting slow speeds when in 4G coverage. Power cycle or power cycle with removal of battery and both phones are performing better and both getting similar speeds on the same network connected to the same towers. You shouldn't have to power cycle your phone all the time to get a good LTE connection.
This can't be a coincidence because both phones are having the same issue as you can tell by the attached test results. I'm surprised people haven't noticed this issue.
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Crazy.
Have you installed the latest update? firmware LI3.
It says it "Improves LTE connection", so its worth a shot.
Try checking for Firmware Updates on the phone, force it to download.
vapore0n said:
Crazy.
Have you installed the latest update? firmware LI3.
It says it "Improves LTE connection", so its worth a shot.
Try checking for Firmware Updates on the phone, force it to download.
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Yeah I updated the firmware a while back when the update was released. Everything is stock and up to date. Tried closing all running apps, clearing ram, setting roaming options to Sprint only/Automatic...
Can't seem to pinpoint the cause of the issue.
Got the OTA update a few days ago and it appears to have fixed the issue. Gone a few days without needing to power down.
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mc-fine said:
Got the OTA update a few days ago and it appears to have fixed the issue. Gone a few days without needing to power down.
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On your post above you said you had updated the firmware when it was released/leaked. Was this to LI3?
Im wondering if I have the same issue. I can connect to 4G at my house but speeds are equal or worse than 3G.
I did update the radio when freeza released it, then did the full update after the phone received the update.
Ill try tonight doing the battery removal, see if that improves it.
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On your post above you said you had updated the firmware when it was released/leaked. Was this to LI3?
Im wondering if I have the same issue. I can connect to 4G at my house but speeds are equal or worse than 3G.
I did update the radio when freeza released it, then did the full update after the phone received the update.
Ill try tonight doing the battery removal, see if that improves it.
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I thought I had the latest in that post. I had received an update a few weeks back and checked for updates and got nothing. The OTA update I just did was for LI3.
Averaging about 11 Mbps down and 8 Mbps up now. Consistent connections and solid pings. If your speeds kick back up after power cycling I would suggest flashing the stock LI3 again. Its been like 4 days with no problems for me. Before I would have to power cycle at least once a day.
Hi,
I just switched from Sprint to T Mob a couple days ago. I had the Note II on Sprint for 2 weeks and the battery life was phenomenal. I could get 2 days on it.
So far, with my T Mob Note II, I seem to be getting 1 day charge out of it. I have everything set up the same. I wonder if there are apps on T Mob (like My Account) that are draining it faster?
Any suggestions? How long are you getting?
Thanks!
PS - Any other Sprint users that switched and are you happy with T Mob? Sprint was slow on data, but 1 thing I'm noticing is going inside I get no T Mob signal in many places
Yeah T-Mobile is pretty poor with signal penetration inside buildings compare to Sprint. Still I don't regret leaving Sprint. Their .07 mbps is pitiful compare to the 15 mbps I get from T-Mobile.
I didn't have a Sprint note 2 as I left before they became available.
I did have a Sprint galaxy s3 and T-Mobile galaxy s3 and I notice the same thing. With Sprint I get about 1 and a half times more battery life compare with the T-Mobile version. When I turn on airplane mode they both seem to have same.battery life. I think T-Mobile's radio just drains more battery for some reason.
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Was with sprint for years and was very happy. I switched to Tmobile for a month, went back to Sprint. Hated Sprints data speed, and had to go back to tmobile. Never realized how slow sprints data was... As they say ignorance is bliss
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Try downloading better battery stats and try using different configurations overnight to see what's draining the battery while you're not using it. Obviously the battery will drain faster during use. I lose about 1% an hour with wifi/data/sync/ on
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Yeah T-Mobile is pretty poor with signal penetration inside buildings compare to Sprint. Still I don't regret leaving Sprint. Their .07 mbps is pitiful compare to the 15 mbps I get from T-Mobile.
I didn't have a Sprint note 2 as I left before they became available.
I did have a Sprint galaxy s3 and T-Mobile galaxy s3 and I notice the same thing. With Sprint I get about 1 and a half times more battery life compare with the T-Mobile version. When I turn on airplane mode they both seem to have same.battery life. I think T-Mobile's radio just drains more battery for some reason.
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Ugh, that sucks on the battery if that's true across the board. I hope not. I'm gonna play around and see if I can find anything, but so far no luck. Sprint was almost 2x better.
Yes, with Sprint I did get decent reception in almost all buildings. So far not impressed with T Mob inside.. BUT, the data speeds are awesome when I do have signal. Not sure that's more important than actually being able to use a phone!
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I just switched from Spri...s
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Hey shonuff, do you have the multiwindow on your phone?
I used to have great battery life on my tmobile samsung galaxy note 2, About 1.5 days on one charge but after the multiwindow update that was pushed out on Dec 19, my phone drains quicker, twice as fast. I'm glad I have the multiwindow now but the battery life went down drastically,,. so disappointed.
I can't say about other people, but I've had this phone for about a month now, and I'm averaging 16-20 hrs a day. I usually take it off the charger at 6am, and don't charge it again until midnight or 1am. I haven't seen any degradation due to the multi-window either.
jakek8.11 said:
Hey shonuff, do you have the multiwindow on your phone?
I used to have great battery life on my tmobile samsung galaxy note 2, About 1.5 days on one charge but after the multiwindow update that was pushed out on Dec 19, my phone drains quicker, twice as fast. I'm glad I have the multiwindow now but the battery life went down drastically,,. so disappointed.
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Im experiencing the same issue. Yesterday I charged to full at 2pm. Went out to run some errands and was on it the same amount I was before the update and by 11pm hit I was already at only 5%. That sucks big time. Im pretty sure its got something to do with the update because I could go 6am-11pm on same amount of usage and be at about 30 or 40% left.
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Flash jedi x4. I'm currently getting about 30 hours on a charge and it has multiwindow.
When I was on sprint with gsnote2 I was getting great battery life. Because I couldnt connect to internet more than half the time. Now im on tmobile with note 2 and I stream netflix and radio all day and im at 25% after 14 hrs at work. Seems great to me
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jakek8.11 said:
Hey shonuff, do you have the multiwindow on your phone?
I used to have great battery life on my tmobile samsung galaxy note 2, About 1.5 days on one charge but after the multiwindow update that was pushed out on Dec 19, my phone drains quicker, twice as fast. I'm glad I have the multiwindow now but the battery life went down drastically,,. so disappointed.
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Yeah, I got the phone 3 days ago so it didn't have muti at first but now it does. I didn't notice a difference in battery time though. On the Sprint one I had for 2 weeks, it had multi the whole time and battery was unreal.
kingcarlo12 said:
Flash jedi x4. I'm currently getting about 30 hours on a charge and it has multiwindow.
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I'm trying to avoid any rooting until I know I'm gonna keep this phone with T Mob. I'm not liking the issue with going into buildings and barely having cell service.
1) none of the jedi kernels are improving battery life. 2) please compare on screen time and not this unscientific time between charges. 3)the sprint note 2 doesn't have better battery life. You probably had better coverage indoors where you spend most of your time. Best battery life comes from excellent 4G coverage. Worst comes from poor coverage areas because the phone amps up the antenna to compensate.
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It really depends on the relative signal strength or coverage between Sprint and T-Mobile in your particular area. I switched from crappy data speeds on Sprint to T-Mo when I got my GN2 and have had really good battery life and fairly good signal since.
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1 day is about what i am getting
I was having the LTE 4g+ issue on tmobile that some were reporting and found here
. I tried everything but it wasn't until I went into network operators settings and manually selected T-Mobile and rebooted that the problem is non existent for the last 6 hours! The two screen shots are before and after the fix. I'm confident this was the problem and this phone was insane before but now it's even better!
Edit:. Worth noting that my insane battery life of 7-8 hrs sot and 28-32 hour use has dropped to what a device like this should be getting meaning that the phone is truly running on real LTE 4g+ and not 3g which was obvious in the speed test results which is fine because the LTE reception and speeds on this thing are ridiculously fast.