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I realize the release is brand new and has already been pulled but I'm curious to find out what people will think after using it a few days. Have you encountered any improvement or degredation in call quality, data quality, battery life? Sorry about the number of choices but some people think polls are skewed for a result and always say I should have had this or that as an option so I tried to think of as many options as possible since I can not add more choices after the fact.
Battery life hasn't improved for me but could be the rom I'm on (patient Zero )
I don't lose data as much now but still to early to tell. Appears better.
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Subjectively, seems worse to me, but better handoff to 3g.
Same reception as FA02/FA02. Quicker handoff though. Favors 3G over 4G.
Battery life hasn't really improved nor dbm's. One thing I did notice was 3G to 4G handoff was quicker.
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Battery life hasn't really improved nor dbm's. One thing I did notice was 3G to 4G handoff was quicker.
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Doesn't data have nothing to with dBms?
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Doesn't data have nothing to with dBms?
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er...what?
wyattyoss said:
Doesn't data have nothing to with dBms?
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Lolololol
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I notice that the screen on mine is much more sensitive to touch. That was my biggest issue before so now I'm happy!
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I notice that the screen on mine is much more sensitive to touch. That was my biggest issue before so now I'm happy!
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Ditto on that as well. Very sensitive. My 4G is the same as my Razr Maxx and D4. Cross Fingers!
I noticed I had 4G in an area I couldn't before, other than that nothing really changed for me. One of the guys I talk to on G+ says that he never got 4G in his house before and his wifes Rezound always did, but since updating the radios last night he gets 4G inside his home.
I'm still getting random drops from 4G, but the passing off onto 3G seems to be a lot faster. Also I noticed that I get more bars in area where I had less (ex. 2 bars of 4G is now 4 bars of 4G), but still had the same dbms.
Subjectively I feel it helped tremendously. Haven't had a single data drop all day when before I would get several drops a day. I also have better reception.
Why did it get pulled?
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I've been on 4.0.4 for months now but I did flash the radios from the official update and my signal is better.
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No noticable difference for me. Although my house is right across the street from an LTE tower in a park.
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So far I am disappoint.
While the hand offs are faster I'm connected to LTE a lot less now...and previously it seemed that signal in my area was improving ><
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dBm is how strong of a signal your phone is getting. (if you want a higher dBm hold it higher/different ) That should be more dependent on hardware than software though, what's sometimes more important is the Signal to Noise Ratio and the Carrier Interference & Noise Ratio (SNR & CINR). Which is basically how easy your phone can hear the tower.
It's like trying to yell across a room that is full of drunk people, whoever you're talking to may be able to hear you yelling but they have no idea what you're saying. Same way for cell phones if you're in a very crowded area.
Something you guys may want to look at. So I was going to test the radios today. I sat here on lean kernel and AOKP and was getting between 86-89dbm of 4G with the new radios which was better but I figured what the hell and flashed the IMM76K build and now I get 71-74dbm with lean kernel. I don't know if everyone is going to see results like this but it is definitely worth a shot if you are seeing low dbm with the new radio.
Speedtest is now giving me 20mb down when the highest I could get before was 12. I know this sounds to good to be true, so don't believe me if you think so but I am just reporting what I am seeing.
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I'm not surprised the results are mixed but I was hoping for better.
Radios
For some reason my signal starts off really bad then goes back to normal. I have noticed it favored 3g more so than 4g. Normally on my drive home from work, as soon as i hit the highway it hits 4g, i was a good 10 miles down the road, still showed 3g, so toggled lte off then on and boom back to 4g, albeit weak for a minute then back to normal. Speed tests show slightly faster, but that's negligible for me. Could just be network congestion at the time the other tests were run.
On a side rant i did notice something slightly strange. Installed bamf 1.25 simultaneously on my nexus (had since launch date) and a certified pre-owned replacement for a friend, which of course was freshly rooted by me si the "sd card" was empty other than the roms, and the fresh phone blazed through the installed about 30 seconds quicker than mine and also rebooted faster. I clicked both phones at the same time, both using 5.8.0.0 touch recovery. Nothing to do with the radio, but felt like sharing. Guess i might completely wipe my phone and see if it speeds her up!
Since receiving the 1.29 builds (.11 this morning) I've noticed the One X's wifi performance to be seriously sub-par. My home Wifi AP (a Cisco WAP4410N) is in the next room to me and yet the Wifi indicator on the One X status bar shows only the dot (no bars) and Wifi Analyzer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en) shows a signal strength of about -90 dBm (very close to disconnecting). My Galaxy Nexus by comparison (placed beside the One X) shows between -50 dBm and -60 dBm... (my iPhone 4 never drops below two bars and seems to hold a strong signal wherever I go in the house).
Is this similar to others experience? Something's seriously at fault here, it's so bad I'm thinking of switching back to the Galaxy Nexus...
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Shot in various locations around my apartment:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...AAYwA/KfJdhJXn5FM/s2048/120522-One-X-WIFI.jpg
Same here on 1.28 mate.
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Same here - got 129.401.11 this morning and wifi indicator now seems 2 bars less than before the update. In fact wifi has now totally dropped off despite my netbook having 4 bars in the same place.
Is it possible to rollback out of this update as I was having no issues before the update?
I've had a hox from 3 since day one. The original 3 software had this bug, the updated 3 software had this bug and now I'm on the latest Arhd 6.0 wifi is slightly improved but still much worse than my wife's gnex my pc and our laptop.
Really hope HTC can fix this with software and soon
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Applied 1.29.401.11 this morning any my Wifi is still fine.
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Applied 1.29.401.11 this morning any my Wifi is still fine.
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Me too. No problems so far.
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Try factory reset, AFTER BACKING UP STORAGE DATA, and all media in it.
It fixed for me.
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Try factory reset, AFTER BACKING UP STORAGE DATA, and all media in it.
It fixed for me.
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Hi - does settings-privacy-"backup my settings" and "automatic restore" keep all my settings, including the general phone settings and app settings?
I've never done a factory reset on a HTC and don't want to root so Titanium backup isn't an option. Thanks.
I've had the same issue with mine since day 1 with no real improvement through ROM upgrades. I tried the same test with my Asus Transformer side by side with the One X and from about 5 meters from the router but still in direct view of it I got -50dbm on the TF and -90dbm on the HOX
I also get times when the the radio won't reconnect after losing signal requiring the Aircraft mode switch to reset the radio.
All very sub standard and now really wish I'd got an unbranded phone so I could get latest OTA's
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I've had the same issue with mine since day 1 with no real improvement through ROM upgrades. I tried the same test with my Asus Transformer side by side with the One X and from about 5 meters from the router but still in direct view of it I got -50dbm on the TF and -90dbm on the HOX
I also get times when the the radio won't reconnect after losing signal requiring the Aircraft mode switch to reset the radio.
All very sub standard and now really wish I'd got an unbranded phone so I could get latest OTA's
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Or a Galaxy Nexus...
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Since receiving the 1.29 builds (.11 this morning) I've noticed the One X's wifi performance to be seriously sub-par. My home Wifi AP (a Cisco WAP4410N) is in the next room to me and yet the Wifi indicator on the One X status bar shows only the dot (no bars) and Wifi Analyzer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en) shows a signal strength of about -90 dBm (very close to disconnecting). My Galaxy Nexus by comparison (placed beside the One X) shows between -50 dBm and -60 dBm... (my iPhone 4 never drops below two bars and seems to hold a strong signal wherever I go in the house).
Is this similar to others experience? Something's seriously at fault here, it's so bad I'm thinking of switching back to the Galaxy Nexus...
(Sorry for the poor quality of the photos below, taken quickly).
Shot in various locations around my apartment:
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I gave up hope. WiFi was very poor and also troubles with Bluetooth, so I decided to send it back.
latest update made wifi much worse here.
Has anybody tried, Settings»WiFi»Menu»Advanced»Best WiFi performance?
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Has anybody tried, Settings»WiFi»Menu»Advanced»Best WiFi performance?
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Yes, tried that numerous times. Most of the times it was on Best Wifi, but didn't help.
Yes, I had best wi-fi on before and still have it enabled but it still seems to be a fair bit worse after this s/w upgrade.
I have the same problem last week after my 1.29 update, what i did was to switched my wifi router off and after a few seconds switched it on again, after i did that, i got a full bar again, hope this help.
The problem I'm seeing is that the wifi seems really erratic - it can show full bars or no bars with the phone in the same place and Wifi-Analyzer shows the signal to be weaker than I'd expect and compared to other devices in the same location.
All you have to do to make wifi better after update is factory reset works perfect
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All you have to do to make wifi better after update is factory reset works perfect
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I'm doubtful. It seems it's hardware related.
Try squeezing the back top left of the phone and watch the wifi improve before your eyes.
A loose connection seems the most likely fault. It's send back time I'm afraid
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I'm doubtful. It seems it's hardware related.
Try squeezing the back top left of the phone and watch the wifi improve before your eyes.
A loose connection seems the most likely fault. It's send back time I'm afraid
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Same here. Signal strength improves dramatically when gentle pressure is applied on the top left then drops away completely when released before returning to a weak signal state. Not something that a software update will resolve. Disappointed to have to return this otherwise flawless phone.
Gnex comes with dual frequency WIFI radios 2.4GHz and 5.0 GHz, when active are known to interfere each other's signal causing problems. Stuff is abit technical, but bottom line is its better to operate in a single spectrum then both at the same time, which most WIFI router don't do.
Fix is to run wifi at a single spectrum either 2.4 or 5, for me i stick-ed with 2.4 (as i was not sure enabling 5GHz would turn on both) and it resolved over-heating near back camera.
Another advanced thing could be done, that is to avoid interference of other routers, near your router. google for softwares to scan nearby WIFI, see what channels they are using and set your router to use some other channel to kill any interference.
Read it yourself if you want to
http://www.macworld.com/article/1140685/wifi_spectrumbands.html
http://technott.com/2010/04/apple-acknowledges-problems-with-ipad-wi-fi-connectivity/
Well theory is just theory and practical is hell alot different, worked for me lets see if it works for you.
I'll give it a try.....and come back at you later
by the way....i got overheating problem when using facebook app....do you know what's the problem....??
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I'll give it a try.....and come back at you later
by the way....i got overheating problem when using facebook app....do you know what's the problem....??
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it can't be facebook.... try and break it down into small pieces...
what do you use to access facebook, 3g or wifi or 2g ??
is there a signal prob at the place you usually use facebook.
like that
by the way i personally use friendcaster not facebook
There are routers that broadcast both 2.4GHz and 5GHz signals, they are called concurrent dual band routers, but i will give your method a go, will report back later.
Just tried, fixed the heating problem
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What "over-heating near back camera" is there to begin with? I know it can get a little warm next to the camera, especially on heavy 3G data use, but nothing is overheating. Overheating for me is when the heat gets too much causing problems like instability and crashes. But other than a slightly warm battery door there is no such thing on my phone. My Galaxy S and Moto Milestone showed the same behavior so it's nothing I worry about.
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What "over-heating near back camera" is there to begin with? I know it can get a little warm next to the camera, especially on heavy 3G data use, but nothing is overheating. Overheating for me is when the heat gets too much causing problems like instability and crashes. But other than a slightly warm battery door there is no such thing on my phone. My Galaxy S and Moto Milestone showed the same behavior so it's nothing I worry about.
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then your device is working correctly with your router, as it was designed to
in our case it wasn't...
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Just tried, fixed the heating problem
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thanks for the feedback.... i dont have my nexus with me yet .... heard it over the phone, googled about the prob, its detailed description, probable fix and issue fixed at 2 places, feels great to know the fix is working
I don't have any problem, but it does significantly reduce the heat output at the back camera area.
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I'll give it a try.....and come back at you later
by the way....i got overheating problem when using facebook app....do you know what's the problem....??
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Prolonged data use makes these phones warm.
I don't understand? I have a dual band router, but the phone only connects to one at a time. How does another unconnected network heat up the phone?
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It doesn't
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I don't understand? I have a dual band router, but the phone only connects to one at a time. How does another unconnected network heat up the phone?
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Same with me. My phone sees both WIFI connections but I prefer the 2.4 gHz over the 5 gHz. Never had a overheating problem. I'll take the OPs advice though just to be safe.
Hello,
A friend of mine has the GNEX, and he complains about overheating problem "specially using 3G & facebook app". The interesting part is, he didn't only mention the back-near-camera spot, he also says that it's getting overheated from the front "Top screen part".
Shall he worry about it? Maybe send it to maintenance to check?
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Hello,
A friend of mine has the GNEX, and he complains about overheating problem "specially using 3G & facebook app". The interesting part is, he didn't only mention the back-near-camera spot, he also says that it's getting overheated from the front "Top screen part".
Shall he worry about it? Maybe send it to maintenance to check?
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could be wifi or low 3g signal issue. we have signal jammer in my workplace and my phone gets heated up like anything, switching off wifi and 3g keeps it cool
if it doesnt help, go i'll advice going to service center before its too late.
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I don't understand? I have a dual band router, but the phone only connects to one at a time. How does another unconnected network heat up the phone?
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i think it keeps scanning/refreshing available networks.
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My signal kept disappearing when I was sitting at home phone on desk.
I picked it up and it wasn't hot so I thought to install a signal booster app
which I should of new better they really dont work anyways. I ran the app
and it started over heating so bad that the screen was changing color.
I uninstalled app and rebooted and its fine now. So I beleive it will overheat
scanning for networks.
So is 5 faster then 2.5 or something??? What is the difference.
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So is 5 faster then 2.5 or something??? What is the difference.
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5 Ghz frequencies are much better to transfer large files over wireless, streaming hd movies and the like. Plus, the channels it operates on are less crowded than the traditional 2.4 Ghz. More info on Google.
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So is 5 faster then 2.5 or something??? What is the difference.
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Yes, 5ghz has a faster transfer speed than 2.4ghz.
I'm on the official JB ROM and have noticed that my device's wifi signal is very low (1 to 2 bars at most) inside the house.
Is there a fix to make the signal stronger or maybe a custom ROM or radio that has stronger wifi?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
U could increase signal strenght using dd-wrt on ur router. Maybe that could help..
I had an iPhone the last two years and with the same router the signal was full all around the house. I really like this device and hope to find a solution.
the wifi antenna is on the bottom half of the phone, hold it at the top and youll see a big improvement. iphone is at the top middle
I also read some time ago that the Nexus show you the "true" signal streangth whilst other devices/manufacturers programs the software to show more bars just the please the costumers eyes. So even though it might look less on a Nexus the actuall speed remains the same as other phones. Don't know if this is true but i like to believe it is
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I also read some time ago that the Nexus show you the "true" signal streangth whilst other devices/manufacturers programs the software to show more bars just the please the costumers eyes. So even though it might look less on a Nexus the actuall speed remains the same as other phones. Don't know if this is true but i like to believe it is
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It's a relief if it's true, but I think the problem is there. In the same distance around the house I had signal with the iPhone 4 where GN has none.
I happen to get low bars too, not a lot but I get hella fast downloads than my previously droid incredible. I can download a 100mb file in about 15-25 seconds.
My droid incredible took around 50 seconds to a minute. So I do praise whatever they did to the WiFi performance or it could be the ROM lol..
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Over the last few years, I figured it was just coincedence, but I've always had MUCH better range and performance on my HTC devices versus Samsung devices. With my Evo 3D, I could walk across the street and still get great WiFi signal, whereas my roommate with an SGS2 lost signal just over 100ft from the router. I always figured his phone was broken, but other friends with various other Samsung phones from different carries had the SAME problem... Now I bought myself a Sprint SGS3 and I am seeing identical performance, with equally-bad signal issues regarding 3G and 4G.
Why would Samsung continue to produce lackluster radio hardware despite generation after generation of problematic phones? I guess the cool-factor outweighs usability? Scary
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This is about to get ugly......
I can confirm the same sort of issues, I have the SGS3, my son has the iphone 4S and my step son has the Evo LTE, and those two snot nosed little punks have much better wifi around here than I do, hell we can be sitting next to each on the couch and they've got signal when I don't. And let's not talk about 3G reception, that will just cause me to cry... Let's not get into why I let a family member, not to mention my own flesh and blood own an apple device... it sickens me...
I can confirm also. My evo lte gets full signal anywhere in my house. If my cars parked across the street i still have 2 bars on wifi. My router on my 2nd floor. My s3 only gets full signal on that floor. If i walk out my door i lose it
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I have the Evo LTE and the GS3, and while the Evo shows better signal strength, the Samsung gets at least 30 percent higher throughput on WIFI all the time. I have not tested which one goes a greater distance from the router, but the Samsung is always a lot faster at my house. Typically the Evo gets 6-9Mbps while the GS3 pulls 12Mbps.
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I can confirm the same sort of issues, I have the SGS3, my son has the iphone 4S and my step son has the Evo LTE, and those two snot nosed little punks have much better wifi around here than I do, hell we can be sitting next to each on the couch and they've got signal when I don't. And let's not talk about 3G reception, that will just cause me to cry... Let's not get into why I let a family member, not to mention my own flesh and blood own an apple device... it sickens me...
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Gee, I dunno. Mine's kinda slow, don't you think?
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Tried opening my phone to figure out how to get to fix the WiFi and well **** happens.
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I also am having the same issues with the S3 when it comes to WiFi Reception !! I Had the HTC Evo LTE And The WiFi Reception was Exceptional. I knew it all along that Samsung had weak Radios. Knowing all that and I still Ended up getting the S3 cause its is an Awesome Toy and is lots of fun to use not to mention easy to root !!
I hope Samsung has a way to update their software and be able to fix this issue. I also hope Sprint will carry the Note 2 cause that is my next toy and cant wait for it to show up on sprint!! Samsung is Bomb and I am proud to carry that name with me wherever I go )))))
maybe samsung wouldn't get so many complaints about its radios if they had also copied the iphone's hardware.
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Tried opening my phone to figure out how to get to fix the WiFi and well **** happens.
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Ain't nothing a little duct tape can't fix!
It's funny that I ran into this today because I was just talking to someone about how impressed I have been with the WiFi performance. I'm coming from an Electrify (Photon) and a Desire before that. I must say, those phones had so many issues with WiFi connectivity that it makes the GS3 look unbelievably great. I guess it has to do with luck in some cases.
Interestingly, the GS3 uses (as far as I can tell) the Broadcom 4334 chip for Wi-Fi, which is the newer cousin of the iPhone 4S's chip, the Broadcom 4330, so performance should be similar. Also, my EVO 3D (which has good Wi-Fi reception) uses the Broadcom 4329 chip. Between the two phones, I haven't seen any noticeable difference in range or performance. Both have worked very well. (The drivers that the S3 uses for the 4334, though, have some wake lock problems, I've noticed.) The LTEVO uses Qualcomm's WCN3660, but I can't imagine the difference is that substantial. If there is a different between the S3 and the other devices, it's most likely a software problem.
for the people that say they have wifi issue did you still get a internet connection i mean seriously the bars doesnt mean that you dont have connection
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how did they copy the hardware i**** fan boy seriously stop being a ifollower
mrej201 said:
for the people that say they have wifi issue did you still get a internet connection i mean seriously the bars doesnt mean that you dont have signal/QUOTE]
When im on my s3 and runnin on tredmill pandora bufferes bout once a minute. When im on the evo lte pandora streams lightning fast while i still surf web. My gfs s3 is just as bad. All my friends s3 are just as bad. My evo3d was betted then my e4gt. I love the s3 but htc phones wifi is wayyyyy better
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I have no idea what you're talking about. I had the Evo 3D and the Galaxy S3's 3G signal strength is far superior. The WiFi signal is the same with the added benefit of 5Ghz.
What I see is a real-world distance issue... not necessarily a throughout problem. Though I FEEL that is also lower than all my previous devices. Is there a good app we can use for comparisons? I still have my Evo 3D at the house.
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mrej201 said:
for the people that say they have wifi issue did you still get a internet connection i mean seriously the bars doesnt mean that you dont have signal/QUOTE]
When im on my s3 and runnin on tredmill pandora bufferes bout once a minute. When im on the evo lte pandora streams lightning fast while i still surf web. My gfs s3 is just as bad. All my friends s3 are just as bad. My evo3d was betted then my e4gt. I love the s3 but htc phones wifi is wayyyyy better
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The signal bars mean nothing as far as throughput goes. My evo lte was worse with wifi connections than my s3. I have no buffering issues EVER with my s3 and pandora. You might wanna stay with 2.4 ghz and wpa v2 to get the most performance.
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No issues here...multiple carriers...multiple phones...multiple manufacturers
They all work the same for me
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