One thing I noticed so far with the M9 was the cellular network signal in the battery stats. Is there a reason why it is always red? It was never like that on my M8.
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Just looked at mine and it's the same. Kind of wired your right my m8 didn't look like this
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Just looked at mine and it's the same. Kind of wired your right my m8 didn't look like this
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It's concerning.
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One thing I noticed so far with the M9 was the cellular network signal in the battery stats. Is there a reason why it is always red? It was never like that on my M8.View attachment 3273223
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I was just debating posting something about this tonight. Not sure if is accurate or not though.
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I was just debating posting something about this tonight. Not sure if is accurate or not though.
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Im getting around 3mbps where my m8 got like 10-15. So I do think there's an issue.
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Interesting..I'm holding both my m8 and m9 in my hands...let me swap the SIM from m8 to m9 and compare ookla speed tests
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LTE speeds are the same up and down on m8 and 9...but in the power history I do have the red bar too constantly for cellular signal on the m9. Feeling more of a software glitch than an actual hardware issue...granted that's on a ten minute test comparison...I've yet to fully use my m9 as my daily driver.
Ignore it. Get something like this and post up your actual signal readings.
my signal bars are usually in the two - three range at home but I can still get 23 mbps down and 12 up.
The actual numbers are
LTE RSRP Signal: -107 db (30%)
LTE RSSI Signal: -81 db (49%)
LTE RSRQ: -8 db ( 71%)
LTE SNR: 16 db (72%)
LTE CQI: n/a
LTE Signal Strength: 17 db (55%)
I compared my S5 with M9 using the built in dBm meter and they are just about the same. I don't believe there is problem with the radio in this phone. However, there seems to be a bug with the new Google Services that GMaps is using. The new GServices is waking the radio a lot in my S5 and M9. Before the update to maps/services, I would get 2.5-3 days from my S5. After the update I average 1.5-2 days.
My reception is horrible compared to my M8, this doesn't look good, i have both side by side and activated, my M9 is showing 3g with one bar and my M8 is showing 4g with 2-3 bars.
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My reception is horrible compared to my M8, this doesn't look good, i have both side by side and activated, my M9 is showing 3g with one bar and my M8 is showing 4g with 2-3 bars.
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Install the above app on your devices, restart them, and see how the numbers compare. Signal bars can and are manipulated to suit the carrier/manufacturer's desires. My M8 and M9 are nearly identical. If yours are consistently way off, you might indeed have a lemon.
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My reception is horrible compared to my M8, this doesn't look good, i have both side by side and activated, my M9 is showing 3g with one bar and my M8 is showing 4g with 2-3 bars.
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I totally jumped the gun, I must have only had partial signal, I was receiving texts and calls but i could not make calls, I hadn't fully activated my new M9 I had to call Verizon, she had me reboot the device and she reset it and now all is fine. Signal seems much better now and messages even seem to send faster. The M9 is bad-ass all the naysayers out there are just butthurt cause they can't get one and have to legitimize in their own little heads why they don't want one LOL. I am perfectly happy with the M9 and so glad I didn't fall for the Samsung hype. Reading through Samsung comments it seems the Samsung fanboys are turning into something much worse than iPhone fanboy's LMAO! :laugh:
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I got the GS2X, and ive noticed something weird. Ive noticed in screenshots from various telus users that their screenshots say HSPA+ in the speedtest app, but mine only ever says HSPA? Is this due to using T-Mo roms or is there somethign else going on?
it could simply be reception as well, in my house i get both signals, because it has 2 towers nearby
1 tower gives me HSPA and the other tower gives me HSPA+
Ahh, i live right at the edge of the city. I will have to check next time im in.
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it could simply be reception as well, in my house i get both signals, because it has 2 towers nearby
1 tower gives me HSPA and the other tower gives me HSPA+
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Wait, how do you know theres both, is there some app that can tell you signal info?
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Wait, how do you know theres both, is there some app that can tell you signal info?
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You can try this to see what towers are nearest to you: http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html
Pretty neat map
there's 2 that i use
OpenSignalMaps, it has a very nice widget
and then also Signal Finder
you can get both from Market
one offers more in depth info, the other is more accurate
it'll be nice if some DEV comes along and combine both into 1 App
Ok so im only getting HSPA, no mention of +
Ive got a friend with an iPhone 4S that only sees 3g as well on his..
Could this be due to the T-Mo based ROMs(ive been told this is only an icon difference though)
Or, possibly a SIM issue.
Stock rom shows HSPA as well but also with a 4g icon
Speed tests come in 13mbit/3up...
Not sure whats going on..
I'm on Telus in Montreal, never really seen hspa or hspa+, only the 4g symbol. I typically get around 6.5/2 download/upload speeds, not great, but its quite quick on the net
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I'm on Telus in Montreal, never really seen hspa or hspa+, only the 4g symbol. I typically get around 6.5/2 download/upload speeds, not great, but its quite quick on the net
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telus seems to replace the icons to make EVERYTHING seem like 4g...
This its the fastest that I got in Montreal, even faster than my home internet!
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I get anywhere from 3-13 in Wpg, does yours say HSPA or HSPA+ in the speedtest app when you go to those individual results?
On a side note, im surprised how fast this devices wifi can go on my home connection.
It tells me HSPA when I go to the individual result.
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It tells me HSPA when I go to the individual result.
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Interesting, thanks!
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Interesting, thanks!
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I don't really care what the app itself tells me, so long as the speeds I'm getting are fast My phone is faster than my home internet's 10Mbit connection, so I can take some pride in that
Anyone else notice a much worse signal on the GNex than other VZW phones in the same location. I swapped from a GSM Gnex and i gotta say, im not impressed.
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Anyone else notice a much worse signal on the GNex than other VZW phones in the same location. I swapped from a GSM Gnex and i gotta say, im not impressed.
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From what people have said of Samsung, they have bad CDMA radios in general while Moto has the best.
Ya I keep getting random 4g drops in my house, I usually fluctuate between 2 bars of 4g and 2 bars of 3g...
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I am. Compared to the Rezound I had for a couple weeks the dBm is -100 to -140 where the Rezound was -80.
Last night it kept dropping to 3G and would not get 4G back unless I rebooted.
Speedtest was about half what it normally was with the Rezound on 4G
This morning the -dBm is over -100 but the speedtest is about to where it was normally so I don't know.
I travel for work so I'm going to give it week and see how to behaves as I move around.
I really like this phone but I need it to be a phone first and if it drops calls or the 4G is this bad it's going to be a deal breaker.
I just did another speed test at -108 dBm and it's over 20MB down. I was getting 4MB down last night and the signal was all ranging all over the place while I was staying in the same spot.
I have to imagine the VZW network was getting pounded pretty hard last night with new adopters and phones being activated. I'd say give it a few days and check back into it
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Bad signal but still getting good speeds....
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I am experiencing this also coming from a Thunderbolt. Granted the Thunderbolt had flashed radio/Kernal/Rom's. Would that even matter? In this case will an updated radio provide a stronger signal or just increased reliability from being dropped? Maybe both? Idk. Anyone?
These are all in the exact same spot ranging from -100 to -140dBm
Glad I'm not the only one! The Rezound had way better connectivity and reception! Samsung sux in this dept. Ima give it a few days. Off topic here but where's the smart dialing?? I can't believe it didnt make it to ics!! Heh.
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I honestly think the phone is just reading your signal wrong. TBolt had this issue also and a modem fixed it somewhat.
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I honestly think the phone is just reading your signal wrong. TBolt had this issue also and a modem fixed it somewhat.
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I drop signal at random though.
Would that cause it to drop down to 3G?
I have same signal i used to have on my rezound, i still get almost same speeds around 28 up and 18-20 down here in Minneapolis. rezound used to get 32 down and around 20 up, but i am thinking since verizon network was pounded yesterday so there will be some impact on speeds
Whatever new phone that comes out, you can always count on a bad signal thread.
I haven't noticed a difference in signal, but I do think it has better sound quality than my Droid Incredible.
Edit: I just did a speed test (3g) and it was very choppy and not great. I live across the street from a cell tower, so that is not good.
The Moto RAZR I returned yesterday to get this Samsung had much better reception.
I should have remembered that the Koreans can't engineer a good antenna. I'm very unhappy right now.
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Would that cause it to drop down to 3G?
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Yeah, ill be sitting with 2 bars of 4g...then randomly goto 2 bars of 3g...cant get 4g back without cycling airplane mode.
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The Moto RAZR I returned yesterday to get this Samsung had much better reception.
I should have remembered that the Koreans can't engineer a good antenna. I'm very unhappy right now.
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The GSM model holds signal great...had hspa+ all the time.
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Yeah, ill be sitting with 2 bars of 4g...then randomly goto 2 bars of 3g...cant get 4g back without cycling airplane mode.
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I get that same issue, maybe THIS is why VZW delayed it?
:O
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The GSM model holds signal great...had hspa+ all the time.
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i beg to differ
Maybe your coverage area? I am in Tampa...in a building, in my office, i get 5-6 megs down and 2-3 up...with my LTE GNex, i cant even hold a 4g signal, and when i do its 5 megs each way. Nothing earth shattering....but on top of it, that drops to 3g and stays there. The GSM, always had a connection.
Hey guys, just got my phone yesterday. This thing is blazing fast compared to my OC'd DINC in terms of processing power. However, my 3G speeds suck! My DINC would consistently be 1.5 mbps down and 500kbps up at my house. With the Nexus my very best has been 600kbps up. I have my friend's Droid Pro right next to my Nexus getting a full mbps faster than me.
This is a big deal for me as I only get 3G half the time I use my phone.
I am on the stock OS and kernel with unlocked bootloader and root. I also have CDMA only enabled.
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So you get 100kbit better speeds upstream and that's bad? Sounds like you are just limited by whatever signal you get in your area as the 1.5 down is still not max for a dinc.
Edit: Sorry I couldn't see your screenshot in tapatalk had to paste the image shack URL into a browser, i was going from what you said. Those are some crap speeds. Try getting a new SIM from your carrier.
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It can be really hard to know if it's better or worse. There are so many variables that come into play like the congestion on the tower/network and congestion on the server your conducting the speed test on.
You don't need a new SIM if your EVDO speeds suck, you just.. are kind of SoL. I'm surprised you see 1.5 mpbs on your Incredible though, my EVDO speeds in Chicago were awful.
This is about the Max speed I can get where I live, Orange UK
Would you say that's a decent speed ??
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3m down is really good at least where I live, on the old 05/02 radio best I saw was 1.9 down now with the 06/04 radios I'm averaging about 2-2.5m down 1m up
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This is about the Max speed I can get where I live, Orange UK
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Would you say that's a decent speed ??
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OP is talking about CDMA on Verizon. Which is never going to do any better than 1.5mbps or so.
Those speeds you're getting aren't great. But I'd just ask other users on the network where you live.
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Edit: Sorry I couldn't see your screenshot in tapatalk had to paste the image shack URL into a browser, i was going from what you said. Those are some crap speeds. Try getting a new SIM from your carrier.
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Sorry about that, I reposted the picture. Again, this is from a CDMA Nexus. My friend who has his nexus is consistently over 1mbps. However, his dad who has a Nexus is in the same boat as me.
Really baffled by this one.
I thonk 3.2 mbps is the best you can do on verizon iirc.
Crazy world, ay?
I have the same problem, I made a thread about this on droid forums here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/ga...ns/189683-signal-sucks-verizon-you-wrong.html
Compared to my old Droid X and a family members Droid RAZR my Galaxy Nexus doesn't even get HALF the speed and VERY crappy signal with constant dropped calls and trouble with data. Switching from Wi-fi to 3g takes from a couple of minutes to having to reboot the phone completely just for 3g to activate! This problem NEEDS to be fixed, verizon's solution to just increase the bars visually is a slap in the face to us experiencing this problem!
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I have the same problem, I made a thread about this on droid forums here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/ga...ns/189683-signal-sucks-verizon-you-wrong.html
Compared to my old Droid X and a family members Droid RAZR my Galaxy Nexus doesn't even get HALF the speed and VERY crappy signal with constant dropped calls and trouble with data. Switching from Wi-fi to 3g takes from a couple of minutes to having to reboot the phone completely just for 3g to activate! This problem NEEDS to be fixed, verizon's solution to just increase the bars visually is a slap in the face to us experiencing this problem!
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Exchange it. It's defective. No problems here.
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Guys I am in the area where my carrier have full reception . But now my hox never get full reception . But I used to get full reception in previous months.
I don't know when it started to exhibit this behaviour . But I have dropped ma phone many times and I am on arhd 8.1.0 .
But my another phone has full reception.
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I never get the mobile network dark green signal.
What may be the reason ?
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Guys I am in the area where my carrier have full reception . But now my hox never get full reception . But I used to get full reception in previous months.
I don't know when it started to exhibit this behaviour . But I have dropped ma phone many times and I am on arhd 8.1.0 .
But my another phone has full reception.
I never get the mobile network dark green signal.
What may be the reason ?
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I'm on the same ROM. My mobile reception bar looks like yours, same colour. I have 5 bars reception at the moment.
Stop dropping your phone - it may break!
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I'm on the same ROM. My mobile reception bar looks like yours, same colour. I have 5 bars reception at the moment.
Stop dropping your phone - it may break!
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Now I have stop dropping the phone after it has lot of scratches and now I have a case so it won't break hope so.
My last record is dropping the phone from 5.5 feet which is my height upto shoulder and it drop while taking snap.
And btw my other HTC phone have full reception and the bar is green.
Me too have full signal but bar never gets green.
And my network signal never goes below 80 but with the same career it is - 75 in my another phone.
I just want to confirm is there any thing went wrong after several drop ?
Is there any thing broken internally. I just paid 800$ for this phone as we have no contract in our country , we have to pay fully for the phone and the career charges are seperate.
So please let me know whether it is related with Rom or hardware ?
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Can you guys check what's the maximum signal strength you get with your Hox (in perfect line of sight to a nearby umts base station).
Signal strength values in Android range between -51dBm (best) and -109dBm (worst).
I had some problem recently. After a warranty repair my phone never exceeded -71dBm (whereas before I easily had -51dBm in the office, where I have a base station in front of the window).
Any one has the same issue ?
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I don't know when it started to exhibit this behaviour . But I have dropped ma phone many times and I am on arhd 8.1.0 .
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If you have dropped the phone many times then perhaps the antenna got deformed, loosened up etc.. Just one possibility, after all we all know how antenna deformation can affect WiFi signal strength.
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If you have dropped the phone many times then perhaps the antenna got deformed, loosened up etc.. Just one possibility, after all we all know how antenna deformation can affect WiFi signal strength.
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Is there any way to check it has deformed. I have good wifi strength.
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Is there any way to check it has deformed. I have good wifi strength.
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Frankly I have no idea.
But according to this , the cellular antenna is at the bottom part of the phone (at least for the AT&T variant, probably the same location for international one as well). You could try the same technique used to debug WiFi problem.... perhaps squeeze the bottom part of the phone ? All guess work here, so do it at your own risk..
It is the issue with all rom. I have full reception in stock rom. I tried every rom , it has issues.
4G JUST became avail in my area in Brooksville FL!!
However I have to go outside to get signal! is there ANY way I can boost the signal? This is my only hope of fast internet at home.....
I'm on JB Liquid rom with I515.10.V.FF02 / I515.FG02 Radios
I'd appreciate any info!
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4G JUST became avail in my area in Brooksville FL!!
However I have to go outside to get signal! is there ANY way I can boost the signal? This is my only hope of fast internet at home.....
I'm on JB Liquid rom with I515.10.V.FR02 / I515.FG02 Radios
I'd appreciate any info!
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http://www.repeaterstore.com/4g/products/repeaters/cellphone-mate-verizon-4g-lte-cm700v.php
or something similar, can contact verizon and see what they recommend
Man I wish my city had 4G.. there's an Osprey nest in the tower, migrates sometime in November or December.
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Force 4G with the *#*#4636#*#* menu, sometimes 4G won't connect if it's too weak, but not so weak that you can't use it for internet.
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Woah thanks....I really hope better radios come out so I don't have to shell out the $$ calling verizon tomorrow
http://www.accessorygeeks.com/antenna-booster-sticker.html
$3.99 Just sayin'.
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http://www.accessorygeeks.com/antenna-booster-sticker.html
$3.99 Just sayin'.
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LOL i remember those! funny as hell how many people got suckered into that lol
Also radios can only do so much, the absence of signal is always going to be just that. You need to retransmit, no piece of shielding on your phone will change that, that is just a fancy sticker that will if anything lower your signal because it is now blocking it, and without connecting to the radio itself it cant do anythign.
I think it may be a hardware or software defect, because the area is CLEARLY covered by VZ 4G and even outside I can not get signal, I have to walk at least 100'.....flashing stock then calling VZ.....
Wonder if this would help at all, looks like a hoax.....
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I think it may be a hardware or software defect, because the area is CLEARLY covered by VZ 4G and even outside I can not get signal, I have to walk at least 100'.....flashing stock then calling VZ.....
Wonder if this would help at all, looks like a hoax.....
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Does this hook up to the antenna port in the back? Giving the antenna a ground plane like the roof of the car should improve reception. It's too bad the back has to come off to hook it up... then again a drill could easily fix that.
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Edit: looks like those antenna ports in the back may be fragile. be careful.
Indeed. As per a thread from September, break one of those antenna ports and you won't get signal, GalNex won't revert to internal antennas. Supposedly, just relaying what I heard.
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Are you sure you don't live in a giant Faraday cage?
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3. It is COMPLETELY WIRELESS! No cables to attach it to your Cell Phone and all Cell Phones in the vicinity will benefit
so no.
It doesn't seem line this would work.....no wires, no power source.....
And no I do live on a 5 acre lot with a good amount of trees....even out in the open 4G signal is very difficult to find. Maybe its a bad LTE chip
EDIT: Called up verizon and they said I was in an extended area and the tower 0.3 miles from me is 3G and thats why my phone isn't connecting to the 4G tower.... :[ wonder if I can force connect to a certain tower...
*#*#4636#*#* set to LTE only...
But Verizon does that, my city is a 4G city on their website, however as per the map, 0% of city limits is covered with even extended 4G.
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Yes, but the thing is, according to their map, I AM IN THE AREA! and less than 450 feet from FULL coverage!
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Even when I walk down to the coverage area its hard to get a signal
Coverage map has not changed one bit but as of December 27th 2012 I have had amazing 4G in my house!! Therefor this thread is no longer really valid. However it makes you wonder why...