Develop Bugs

[Q] G2 Having Hard Time Getting GPS Signal?

Is anybody else having spotty GPS signals? Sometimes my phone picks up a signal in a few seconds but others (in good Tmobile territory) I will not be able to get a signal for 5 minutes or more.
Coming from the Vibrant this is getting on my nerves. My Nexus One was perfect when it came to it's GPS but right now I'm 0/2 in new phones with great GPS reception. :[
I will say that I've only used the GPS 5 times but 3 of those times it wasn't working as it should.

Have you checked to see how well its picking up the satellites? Search the market for GPS Test and try that out. I get 9-10 giving me an accuracy of 9.8ft sitting in my room lol

mine is picking up a signal remarkably fast (compared to my g1 at least)

mine is getting great GPS, even indoors, where my vibrant wouldn't
below is screen capture i took - it's got me located outside when i'm actually inside the house, but at the very spot - and the cursor only jumped outside the house when i connected the usb cable to the phone for the screen grab -
if i move from the front of the house to the rear, it moves cursor as i move - sometimes maybe 10 ft off, but usually spot on. After my vibrant, it's frigging eery
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
why not take into a tmo store and compare side by side with their store unit? - put both in satellite view (makes it easier for me to determine where the GPS is locating me)
that should tell you if it's your phone or something in your area, ie interference wise

Used the navi the other night and its the best I've used. Rerouting fast and always on top of my directions like like mr google maps was following me. Not that I wouldn't be surprised if google was following me. Me being so famous and all.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

The gps was working great until yesterday. Now it won't lock either inside or outdoors. I had to pull the battery to get it to reacquire a lock, and then it loses it. Between the rubbish Vibrants and now this I swear these MFs want me to go get an iphone. Any body have any suggestions on how to get this crap running again?
Update: I had turned on "force use of GPS" on Beautiful widgets friday night. After I posted this I remembered and turned that option off and rebooted. Everything works, and I got 8/8 satellites in my basement. So, hopefully this fixed my problem.

Orite said:
Is anybody else having spotty GPS signals? Sometimes my phone picks up a signal in a few seconds but others (in good Tmobile territory) I will not be able to get a signal for 5 minutes or more.
Coming from the Vibrant this is getting on my nerves. My Nexus One was perfect when it came to it's GPS but right now I'm 0/2 in new phones with great GPS reception. :[
I will say that I've only used the GPS 5 times but 3 of those times it wasn't working as it should.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
NOPE, I have the vibrant too and getting the G2 was a relief. I think I'm going to stick with HTC phone only.
My G2 gets a GPS lock in under 6 seconds, no spotty coverage for me

I have turned off wireless network location and I can still get a GPS lock in 5 sec or less. GPS on this phone is nothing short of amazing (had G1 and Cliq before).

Orite said:
Is anybody else having spotty GPS signals? Sometimes my phone picks up a signal in a few seconds but others (in good Tmobile territory) I will not be able to get a signal for 5 minutes or more.
Coming from the Vibrant this is getting on my nerves. My Nexus One was perfect when it came to it's GPS but right now I'm 0/2 in new phones with great GPS reception. :[
I will say that I've only used the GPS 5 times but 3 of those times it wasn't working as it should.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I recently took a trip to Disneyland from Salt Lake with the g2 as my gps, pretty much every time i hit an open valley i lost gps, it reconnected within 2-3 seconds (I figured it was transitioning between satellites or something), but anyone that has travel that route knows there's a lot of open valleys... strangely, i lost gps signal in Las Vegas, and it didn't reconnect at all until i left Las Vegas city limits..

kamontryst said:
I recently took a trip to Disneyland from Salt Lake with the g2 as my gps, pretty much every time i hit an open valley i lost gps, it reconnected within 2-3 seconds (I figured it was transitioning between satellites or something), but anyone that has travel that route knows there's a lot of open valleys... strangely, i lost gps signal in Las Vegas, and it didn't reconnect at all until i left Las Vegas city limits..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Strange, as when I was in Las Vegas in December, my GPS (and cell signal) were incredible. I did have problems with my Desire Z when it was running the stock ROM. Even a few of the CM RC's had trouble getting a quick GPS lock, but since I went to 6.1, it has been good.

gbarayah said:
Strange, as when I was in Las Vegas in December, my GPS (and cell signal) were incredible. I did have problems with my Desire Z when it was running the stock ROM. Even a few of the CM RC's had trouble getting a quick GPS lock, but since I went to 6.1, it has been good.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
cell signal for me was really good, i was running cm 6.1 at the time, I've never actually used the stock rom i rooted it as soon as i opened the box

Am I doing it wrong?

Woke up late today because phone died. Does WiFi really kill the battery this bad or did I get the grey triangle of death? I have signal where the phone was laying. I'm currently rocking AOKP and Frank (Turtle) kernel.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

looks like you totally lost signal and the radio kept trying to find one

Wifi does NOT kill the battery that bad. And the GN in my experience and others too I see has excellent idle life. Something is wrong.

I have WiFi on 24/7 and have no issues. The Verizon phones are meant to have battery issues aren't they (as in ICS not liking them)?

I received this phone through Amazon on Monday. I can recall about 3 different times where I would be using the phone and have great signal and then all of a sudden I would lose internet connection. It would take a minute or so but it would come back. 2 of those occasions happened before I even rooted the phone. Yesterday, it happened when I was on a call. On all occasions I had at least 2 bars if not more when it happened.
Seems to be when the drop happens I also lose voice. Does anyone else have similar problems?

That's due to no cellular reception, not WiFi. The red under, "Mobile Network Signal" represents time where your phone had zero reception.... not to mention that your stats told you that you didn't have signal 93% of the time.

KWKSLVR said:
That's due to no cellular reception, not WiFi. The red under, "Mobile Network Signal" represents time where your phone had zero reception.... not to mention that your stats told you that you didn't have signal 93% of the time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This, exactly. Almost the entire time you were on battery the phone was searching for a cell signal for voice and SMS, killing your battery.
Zabalba said:
I received this phone through Amazon on Monday. I can recall about 3 different times where I would be using the phone and have great signal and then all of a sudden I would lose internet connection. It would take a minute or so but it would come back. 2 of those occasions happened before I even rooted the phone. Yesterday, it happened when I was on a call. On all occasions I had at least 2 bars if not more when it happened.
Seems to be when the drop happens I also lose voice. Does anyone else have similar problems?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have never had even a remotely similar experience, it seems that if you were in the same spot that entire time and that happened, the handset may be faulty and you will want to exchange it for a replacement.

mutelight said:
This, exactly. Almost the entire time you were on battery the phone was searching for a cell signal for voice and SMS, killing your battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep. Keep in mind that when your phone loses signal it will increase the power to the radio in an attempt to find a signal (since that's the primary purpose of a phone, or so I'm told). If you know you're in a spot with poor signal, put it in Airplane Mode to keep it from searching (and thus draining the battery).
As mutelight mentions, if your phone is going from good signal to none without moving, there's something else wrong. Trying different radio firmwares may help, or it could be a hardware issue.

KWKSLVR said:
That's due to no cellular reception, not WiFi. The red under, "Mobile Network Signal" represents time where your phone had zero reception.... not to mention that your stats told you that you didn't have signal 93% of the time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What's interesting is I left it on my desk. I get good reception at my desk (get 4G there).

I have the problem that after almost every text message I receive, I lose all voice and data signal, but it comes back within 5-10 seconds later. Very annoying.

spencer88 said:
I have the problem that after almost every text message I receive, I lose all voice and data signal, but it comes back within 5-10 seconds later. Very annoying.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is also not normal behavior. Are you running all stock? If so, definitely seek a replacement.

In those situations, put your phone in airplane mode and turn on wifi.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

I just contacted Verizon and Amazon (I bought the phone from them).
Verizon had me pull out the LTE sim and reinsert it. The rep said she did something on her end to refresh my line. I've been around the block to know that means jack **** but we will see.
I spoke with Amazon it was reassuring. If I keep having issues with the signal they will overnight replacement phones. If I keep having an issue with them I can replace them for another phone.
I love this phone so far with the exception of the problem that was stated so far. I already bought all sorts of accessories for the phone. But in the event I have to move on from the GNEX, which phone would you guys recommend?

I like this phone too much to switch to another brand/phone.
I ended up asking Amazon for a replacement phone. Hopefully this new phone comes without issues.

Zabalba said:
I like this phone too much to switch to another brand/phone.
I ended up asking Amazon for a replacement phone. Hopefully this new phone comes without issues.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good.
I couldn't come up with a phone I'd rather have than the GNex :-D

Just got the brand new replacements from Amazon. Same exact problem. After speaking to Verizon and Amazon, I'm going to replace the sim. If my problem does not resolve itself, looks like I'm going to AT&T for the Galaxy Note.
Wish me luck!

Zabalba said:
What's interesting is I left it on my desk. I get good reception at my desk (get 4G there).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it could be that you lost signal and the phone was unable to get it back for some reason even though you were in a good reception area. Some of the radios that i tried had problems going from edge to 3G and would either take too long or not be able to go back to 3g again. i would try flashing 4.0.3 or a different radio.

Conclusion to the story.
I ended up getting the sim cards replaced. Same issue. I was even able to show the rep. Looks like I'm going to end up getting the Galaxy Note.
Thanks to those who replied and read the thread.
Sorry Verizon LTE. It was nice while it lasted (or connected) ;_;

have you tried different roms/kernels ?
try to switch it off of 4g
it definitely seems to be a connection issue

I had this exact problem with my first Gnex. Left it unplugged on the nightstand and woke to a dead phone. Same battery profile: No mobile signal and a steep discharge graph. My wife's Gnex, 6 ft away in the same room, was just fine.
Verizon swapped me a new phone and I haven't seen that problem again. To be fair, I've only repeated the conditions a few times, so it's hardly conclusive.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

[Q] Radio quirkiness amongst different nexii (Verizon)

My nexus is a hw version 9. it had some hand off issues from wifi to data with the 4.0.2 radios. the 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 work so well i almost thought they could do no wrong. until i got my wife's nexus which is hw version 10. this one works fine with 4.0.2 doing handoffs just fine, but with 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 i get this weird signal drop every once in a while where the network goes away, the bars become a solid dark grey triangle for 2-3 seconds, then connectivity comes back and data shortly thereafter. anyone else seen this?
UPDATE:
i noticed the problem happened even with the 4.0.2 radio. also the longer the phone went without a boot cycle the more frequent the problem became. asked for a replacement and got a CLNR which is hw9 that doesnt seem to have a problem.
see post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23621403&postcount=15

where are you determining what hw version you have?

the bootloader for one. also the about phone says it in the radios/baseband.
the version 9 reads 1515.09
and the 10 reads 1515.10

Got it. I have version 9 as well. I live outside of a 4G area so I pop in and out of 4G coverage quite often. Personally the 404 radios are working the best for me right now, switching between 3G/4G is pretty seamless. Though I cant honestly say I have had the device in my hand, screen on, and using DATA while it went from one service to another.

yeah thats how my hw9 behaves.
im parked solidly in the middle of a 4g zone and the hw10 just loses all connectivity albeit for just a couple of seconds on the 4.0.4.
4.0.2 works fine.

I'm on HW 10 and the 4.0.2 radios work great.No issues here and no problems with dropped data.

I am HW 10, 4.02 Stock.
And my GNex has been dropping data+voice every 5 mins when I try to use 4G. As long as LTE is off, 3G+voice is fine.
I also have tried 4.04, and same problem...and came back to stock 4.02 and waiting for OTA I guess..or that's what VZW tells me to do...

I had just mentioned this in another thread, but I haven't had the loss of call audio bug since my rev 10 device.
At the same time, my wife has a rev 09 device, and never had it. We are both on 404 radios, and I only drop data when in fringe areas. I never, ever, drop voice.
charlescom, dropping LTE does not affect voice.

adrynalyne said:
I had just mentioned this in another thread, but I haven't had the loss of call audio bug since my rev 10 device.
At the same time, my wife has a rev 09 device, and never had it. We are both on 404 radios, and I only drop data when in fringe areas.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Consider yourself very lucky. I'm about to get rid of this phone because of it.

adrynalyne said:
I had just mentioned this in another thread, but I haven't had the loss of call audio bug since my rev 10 device.
At the same time, my wife has a rev 09 device, and never had it. We are both on 404 radios, and I only drop data when in fringe areas. I never, ever, drop voice.
charlescom, dropping LTE does not affect voice.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Adrynalyne, that is what I thought until I bought gnex.
Check out this google issue if you are so lucky to have picked a good gnex out of lemons.
This is one of major flaws that affected so many gnex users. Officially titled gray triangle of death....
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24345
If you scroll all the way down, you will see all the screen shots I uploaded on exactly what a user faces as the voice and lte drops...
Thank you..

Yeah, I have never seen that before.
Weird.
Edit: Allow me to rephrase. I did have that once. It was a bad sim.

I have this issue. Stock 4.0.2. Have only had the phone for like a week and it is pissing me off

That does look potentially SIM related. The VZ phones do have a micro sized SIM card.
With posters reporting the same issue on multiple replacement phones, I wonder... was the same SIM card transferred to the next new phone?

At least at my location SIM replacement was the first thing on the list way before vzw even start thinking about giving out a replacement. And yes, I have been given so many SIM replacements you dont even know....and as far as bad batch goes.....why are there so many bad batches to begin with.....hahahahahaha...it is almost a joke. I am not even getting frustrated any more...i just laugh....lol

it was definitely not sim related. its my wifes gnex and i swapped sims with her. her phone gave me the same problem with my sim and her sim worked fine in my phone.
doing some more research, here is the findings.
my phone - hw9 - works flawlessly
her phone - hw10 - has problem
got a CLNR from verizon which is hw9 which seems to work flawlessly again.
interesting thing is the difference between the stickers on the insides of the bad and replacement phone:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
the good one (CLNR hw9) is the left and the bad one (new hw10) is the right.
there is a long thread on rootz about this very issue and the conclusion is that if u have this particular problem, its hardware, go get a replacement.

Four Galaxy Nexus devices tested. None are able to obtain a GPS Lock.

I currently own a Galaxy Nexus and love everything about it except it seems that GPS cannot get a lock on my phone.
I thought many it was only my unit, so I tried out 3 of my other friends GN's. No luck.
It seems like the Galaxy Nexus cannot get a GPS lock in Vancouver, Canada. (My only hypothesis so far)
Google Maps can get a location lock (without GPS, but using WIFI and Mobile Network triangulation) to 20 meters.
Relying solely on GPS with Google's Mobile Triangulation off. I get the "Your location is currently unavailable" error.
First image is GPS only. Second image is using google's mobile triangulation. Third image is well what GPS Status shows me.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Out of the 4 GN's
One is locked, unrooted, and is running stock 4.0.1 on Bell Mobility, UMTS Network
Another is running AOKP 4.0.4 (Franco Kernel) on Fido, UMTS Network
Another is running Liquidsmooth v1.4 (Lean Kernel) on Wind, AWS Network
Mine is running Liquidsmooth v1.4 (Franco Kernel) on Bell Mobility, UMTS Network
I have tried setting the gps.conf file to the right settings, I have attempted to flash different basebands with no luck.
Any ideas? Maybe another Vancouverite can help me out here?
All tested outside, on a semi-cloudy day.
I will post pictures tomorrow when I'm at school as I do not want to give away my approximate home location to 20 meters using wifi.

Rural Iowa, 20 second lock, indoors. BOOM.
Sent via a butterfly wing flap generated program. As its delicate wings flap once, disturbances ripple outward, changing the flow of the eddy currents in the upper atmosphere. This causes momentary pockets of high pressure which act as lenses, deflecting cosmic rays, focusing them to strike the drive platter and flip the desired bit. That's how real programmers do it.

upstandingcitizen said:
Rural Iowa, 20 second lock, indoors. BOOM.
Sent via a butterfly wing flap generated program. As its delicate wings flap once, disturbances ripple outward, changing the flow of the eddy currents in the upper atmosphere. This causes momentary pockets of high pressure which act as lenses, deflecting cosmic rays, focusing them to strike the drive platter and flip the desired bit. That's how real programmers do it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which baseband are you running if I may ask? I'd like to give it a shot.

team eos 2.1.0, glados 1.34, ugcl1. im in vancouver, bc on wind mobile indoors. takes about 5s to lock.

Well in my case it gets the lock. Takes a lot of time to but eventually it does.

Gets lock in 4 seconds, indoors. (;
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

chedder23 said:
team eos 2.1.0, glados 1.34, ugcl1. im in vancouver, bc on wind mobile indoors. takes about 5s to lock.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for your reply. I will try your config on the weekend.
Although are you SURE you have a GPS lock? Did you try disabling Wifi, and Google Location Services (triangulates mobile data)?

Out of curiosity, why do you want to rely solely on GPS? It is less accurate than being augmented by wifi and uses more battery.

The initial satellite lock with Google's loaction service switched off will take a while.
How long did you wait for the fix? Did you check with a GPS status app? You should see one or two satellites pretty quickly even without location service but the fix can take > 10min the first time.

gokpog said:
The initial satellite lock with Google's loaction service switched off will take a while.
How long did you wait for the fix? Did you check with a GPS status app? You should see one or two satellites pretty quickly even without location service but the fix can take > 10min the first time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried the GPS Status app. I left the phone on for approximately 5 min before I gave up hope. Are you saying that if I leave GPS Status on for 20 min it should find a few satellites and then it will work smoothly after?

EniGmA1987 said:
Out of curiosity, why do you want to rely solely on GPS? It is less accurate than being augmented by wifi and uses more battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm planning some hikes this summer. My other phones had no problem relying on GPS. Or didn't give erratic positions when triangulating mobile networks.
Also, GPS is a feature of the phone, why not have it?

It always takes me a few minutes but it finally locks, that's with location services turned on.

TechActivist said:
I'm planning some hikes this summer. My other phones had no problem relying on GPS. Or didn't give erratic positions when triangulating mobile networks.
Also, GPS is a feature of the phone, why not have it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine was quite unreliable as a standalone GPS in the trinity wilderness a couple of weeks ago.

bpm2000 said:
Mine was quite unreliable as a standalone GPS in the trinity wilderness a couple of weeks ago.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seems like this phone is a hit and miss for many. Either it works, or doesn't.

If you are in the US try what is posted in the OP of THIS thread. It helped me get a fix faster.

mentose457 said:
If you are in the US try what is posted in the OP of THIS thread. It helped me get a fix faster.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I just attempted this tweak using the optimal settings from Canada and so far. No difference. GPS Test shows 1 satellite in view (25% of the time) and the SNR is approximately -19dB I believe.

You should check out the Note or the SIII, they have GLONASS also. The Note has excellent location lock, not extremely precise but very fast lock and stays locked. I figure the SIII will perform similarly.

eksasol said:
You should check out the Note or the SIII, they have GLONASS also. The Note has excellent location lock, not extremely precise but very fast lock and stays locked. I figure the SIII will perform similarly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unfortunately, I do not have friends with the Galaxy Note or the S3. (Yet)

My GPS seems to do fine. Apps (including Maps) have no issues getting a pretty quick and accurate location lock. It can be a bit slow in Navigation (possibly on account of me driving down the freeway at 70mph) but it's not the end of the world.

martonikaj said:
My GPS seems to do fine. Apps (including Maps) have no issues getting a pretty quick and accurate location lock. It can be a bit slow in Navigation (possibly on account of me driving down the freeway at 70mph) but it's not the end of the world.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But this is quite a big issue by the looks of it. 4 different GN's all the same issue?

Location of Wifi antenna and how to acquire replacement

I did a couple searches on the official search and on google and found nothing so if this is a repost my apologies.
I have a verizon galaxy nexus, that randomly has been giving a real issue with it's wifi. Not sure how it came to be. I flashed a new rom and kernel and latest radios one day and noticed it dipped. I can be on top of the router and only show 2 MAYBE! 3 bars. Once I walk about 20 feet away I have 0-1... so I went ahead and recovered my old rom and settings via nandroid. No difference. I went back and reflashed using twrp, my old radios as well. Still no difference. Now just today after dealing with this for about 2 weeks I went ahead and fastboot flashed my phone back to stock and everything... low and behold... no difference. So I have come to the conclusion it could be hardware related. I opened my phone up and I have been taking guesses as to which antenna is actually the wifi one as I can't seemed to find any identifying marks and all the tear downs I find are for GSM models. But while I was in there, i made sure the pogo points were making contact, I cleaned all the components with electronics cleaner and everything. No difference for worse or better frankly. So replacing the antenna I guess is the only idea I have left to see but I don't wanna buy a whole broken phone for several 100 bucks.
Thanks
Info on my phone:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I can't help with the location of the antenna, but have you tried other routers? I know some of these phones can have trouble with some. Mine in particular has a very hard time staying connected on the 5ghz band on my home router even when I'm two feet away. After forcing it to the 2ghz band, it worked fine. Might want to try a different router, or even find a free hotspot somwhere, to test on another one before attempting to replace the antenna.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

bpyazel said:
I can't help with the location of the antenna, but have you tried other routers? I know some of these phones can have trouble with some. Mine in particular has a very hard time staying connected on the 5ghz band on my home router even when I'm two feet away. After forcing it to the 2ghz band, it worked fine. Might want to try a different router, or even find a free hotspot somwhere, to test on another one before attempting to replace the antenna.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sadly, it's all routers. My house one if I sit on my bad barely receives signal from the router half way on the other side of the room. Meanwhile my laptop can pick up the signal halfway into my backyard. Worked fine before the symptoms began.
Work routers, we have 2. One is a private network for our printers, I sit approximately 15 feet away from it and have about 2 bars. My other one from the main network does not even appear anymore. It is about 20-30 feet away thru 2 walls. Prior to the issue popping up, I had full bars for the one and about 2-3 for the other.
Changing settings on my home router does nothing sadly.

Mithos der Held said:
Sadly, it's all routers. My house one if I sit on my bad barely receives signal from the router half way on the other side of the room. Meanwhile my laptop can pick up the signal halfway into my backyard. Worked fine before the symptoms began.
Work routers, we have 2. One is a private network for our printers, I sit approximately 15 feet away from it and have about 2 bars. My other one from the main network does not even appear anymore. It is about 20-30 feet away thru 2 walls. Prior to the issue popping up, I had full bars for the one and about 2-3 for the other.
Changing settings on my home router does nothing sadly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
and have you used an app like WiFi Analyzer to see what the signal looks like just to make sure that it isn't a cosmetic issue with the signal bars?

tgeery said:
and have you used an app like WiFi Analyzer to see what the signal looks like just to make sure that it isn't a cosmetic issue with the signal bars?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the one router it picks up at work is sitting around -80-90 dbm when I am at my desk.
Between -70-80 when I told it up the antenna. The 2nd router remains unviewable.

Mithos der Held said:
the one router it picks up at work is sitting around -80-90 dbm when I am at my desk.
Between -70-80 when I told it up the antenna. The 2nd router remains unviewable.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
interesting... mine shows -44 sitting across the office from my router; -4 to -8 if I hold it right over the router so yeah, I'd agree that you defintely have something going on.
pardon my lack of re-reading the entire thread but have you reloaded your radios? remember that a Nandroid backup and flashing a ROM and that kind of thing doesn't necessarily update/replace radios.
maybe getting a copy of the appropriate version of radios from here on XDA and then manually flashing those?

Hi. I'm having the exact same issue. Did you solve it? Thanks.