Just curious if anyone is coming from an S7 or S7e on VZW and whether the cell reception is better, worse, or the same. We live in a rural area that has "so-so" cell service and we have found there are areas where we drop calls sometimes while driving (we have S7E's) Just curious if the cell reception is better, worse, or about the same. Thanks in advance!
same exact situation here in rural area and I need verizon just for that fact and I was just on s7 edge. The pixel 2 XL is as good or better at holding the current signal and not switching and dumping phone calls. Seems great so far. I do have one spot where I lose total cell service near me and with the P2XL it still does, apparently just a hole with no service, not the phone's fault. You should be happy switching from that s7 edge to the new pixels. I'm absolutely loving this phone.
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I currently have the Note 2, with some reception and call sound quality issues. I was wondering if anyone has made a jump from the 2 to 4, and if they found that the above issues were improved.
I don't want to waste the time testing the device out, not to mention the hassle with dealing with Sprint support in trying to get a refund and renew my upgrade option.
As a short example of my current issues. My reception varies greatly, but in general I see a lot of 3G. Especially in any indoor areas, reception is pretty weak. Usually at the 2mb/s and under range. Call audio is also a huge issue since day one, and people often can't hear me, and they usually sound garbled, etc.
Any thoughts are much appreciated.
Hey! I jumped from the s3 a couple weeks ago and yeah I have seen a serious improvement! The new LTE spark for sprint is actually really good. I mean speed wise it's average like normal LTE but reception wise its alot better. I get it even in my basement. I would suggest making the jump. Totally worth it. (PS 3g speeds are also a lot more consistent for me, it could be tower improvements or something but the new phone has helped a lot) and if you have spark in your local area I would highly recommend the leap!
Thanks for the response.
I really don't want to renew with Sprint if it's going to be the "same ol' experience, different device". They keep telling me I have multiple towers in the immediate area of my home that are fully upgraded, yet I've seen no improvement in service.
I had the Galaxy S III and got the Note 4 - not the comparison you were looking for but I'll share my experience. I live in Seattle, where Sprint is expanding LTE coverage. But my S III reception was never great. Driving around today, I was in one area where my Speedtest result was 48Mbps download, almost twice what I see on my home Comcast network. Measurements in the 10-20Mbps were more the usual case. But compared to my S III, both reception and download speeds are significantly improved - this alone made the upgrade worth it to me. I couldn't be happier with this device at the moment.
Hello I have a Google store bought xl and live next to 4 of their antennas. My cell constantly has poor reception. Around -120 dBm . But if I use network signal refresher I can get a closer tower that gives -84 dBm . But within a minute or two I get kicked back to the further antenna. I used a cell site mapping app and see where they are and I have a large glass building in my way of all but the strongest one .. my question is how do I force my phone to only use the best antenna. And what is the pertinent info in the cell mapping app to understand maybe the best one maybe has more static or other signal issues.. thank you for your help
I'm seeing the same thing on my Pixel XL from Verizon and changed SIM card still bad.
After researching what a cell phone looks for to maintain a current connection to a tower I believe it is the rsrq .. this is the quality of the signal . So in my network signal info lite app of the various antennas in my neighborhood under the raw tab in the app I am always connected to the antenna with the lowest rsrq number . Regardless of the dBm strength or rsrp .. I now understand why my phone kicks me off a stronger signal that shows more bars for a tower with better quality. I live near 2 freeways and have multiple Verizon towers around me and I believe the strongest one is constantly being used by traffic on the freeways as they travel into and out of its range there for causing tons of degradation in signal quality. Hope this helps someone .
Same problem with my wife and I. New Pixel and Pixel XL on Verizon. Their solution was to buy a $295 Verizon booster. My rear-end! My Nexus 6 was the same way, but every phone before these were fine. I live in the middle of one of the busiest cities in metro Boston. The damn things don't work in our own apartment, wifi calling or no WiFi calling.
I will prefix this msg by saying I love Android and really REALLY wanted the Google Pixel to shine on Verizon. With that said, the truth is Verizon is garbage when it comes to Android phones. Your phone is good and will work well on most other carriers other than Verizon. Time to stop drinking the cool aide and believing that Verizon is anything but unreliable at best. Get your amazing Pixel off off Big Red and begin experiencing what it can do.
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I will prefix this msg by saying I love Android and really REALLY wanted the Google Pixel to shine on Verizon. With that said, the truth is Verizon is garbage when it comes to Android phones. Your phone is good and will work well on most other carriers other than Verizon. Time to stop drinking the cool aide and believing that Verizon is anything but unreliable at best. Get your amazing Pixel off off Big Red and begin experiencing what it can do.
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Verizon is the best in our area and basically the country! My pixel xl works fine on verizon. I got a new sim back when i got it to make sure and its been great! Not one hiccup!
so is there some type of app or mod that will give option to lock on a specific tower??
My 6p had stellar 4g cellular reception nearly everywhere except when in a hole in the country.
My Pixel XL is awful even when tower is close by. Pretty much -110db or worse, rarely better.
Would like to know of possible working solutions? Recall on 6p one particular Radio seemed to perform best.
Help appreciated, thanks.
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy S8+'s LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.
I get a low 4g signal at work whereas on my s7 edge I didn't get anything
Mine is a lot better than any phone I've had before. Usually at home on all my other phones I have 1-2 bars and on the S8+ I have at least 4 bars.
Bars are no indication of true signal strength. My S8+ doesn't get nearly as strong of a signal as my Pixel XL. I drop signal a lot more often now. I was rather disappointed with the performance of the cell radio actually.
For me, the signal is about the same at home. But at work, the S8+ performs much better than the Note5 that I had... Must be an extra band or something. The Note5 would hang on to an unusable LTE signal or drop to 3G/1x inside my job. The S8+ stays on on LTE with a usable signal.
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It's worst Then S8 as I used that before shifting to S8 plus. But download speed is great.
My S7 was better. The S7 ised a new duel antenna tech, I am not sure the S8 used it or not.
My AT&T Note 4 and my new S8+ get about the same signal, which is really disappointing
I generally see around 5-8dbm better then I did with my pixel xl at home..notice the s8+ does drop signal little easier tho then my pixel in fringe areas
Tested right outside my house. Never had these speeds on my Note 5.
Comming from a S6, the signals and speeds are far better, also my s6 was missing a few bands so never ever got speeds like this on my Jio 4G Network in India
At work on LTE Im getting 31 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. Not bad! Faster than our company wifi!
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At work on LTE Im getting 31 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. Not bad! Faster than our company wifi!
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I used to get 54Mbps which WAS faster than the company wifi. Then we bumped up to 500Mb.
Poor Reception in Canada on Bell Mobility
I just got an unlocked S8+ that was apparently originally from Sprint (because that is where the home page goes in Samsung Internet).
I do not get very good reception on it – even in urban/suburban areas. Sometimes, when I am inside a building, it disappears altogether. I often get 1 or 2 bars on the reception indicator. If I check the “Sim Card Status” screen under settings I get -105 dBm 3 asu. I don’t really know what those numbers mean.
Is there anything I can do to improve reception? Should I be calling Bell and maybe they need to know what kind of phone I have? Should I expect an S8+ purchased directly from Bell (they also carry this phone) to have better reception? Or is the reception of “105 dBm 3 asu” fine and it’s just the indicator showing low levels?
As much as I like this phone I cannot be missing calls randomly. I have a business to run.
Thanks.
The Fish
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I just got an unlocked S8+ that was apparently originally from Sprint (because that is where the home page goes in Samsung Internet).
I do not get very good reception on it – even in urban/suburban areas. Sometimes, when I am inside a building, it disappears altogether. I often get 1 or 2 bars on the reception indicator. If I check the “Sim Card Status” screen under settings I get -105 dBm 3 asu. I don’t really know what those numbers mean.
Is there anything I can do to improve reception? Should I be calling Bell and maybe they need to know what kind of phone I have? Should I expect an S8+ purchased directly from Bell (they also carry this phone) to have better reception? Or is the reception of “105 dBm 3 asu” fine and it’s just the indicator showing low levels?
As much as I like this phone I cannot be missing calls randomly. I have a business to run.
Thanks.
The Fish
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Hey fish you want it down, the dBm i mean. Here's a quote "-50 dBm is great signal or full bars. -120 dBm is very poor signal or a dead zone." you at 105 dBm is garbage, no wonder your missing calls.. Since you are experiencing network issues, you could get a replacement, but i don’t think it will make much difference. as it's all same hardware. Why not get a Google Pixel XL i heard they got awesome reception! Or if you’re at home a lot, purchase an lte repeater booster ? Problem Solved!
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Im living in UAE - and my service provider is etisalat, and my 4G signal is dropping and sometimes i get block sign, i tried my sim in different device it working.
i have started a thread on the subject if anyone could help me please.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...block-sign-t3851575/post77823171#post77823171
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Hey fish you want it down, the dBm i mean. Here's a quote "-50 dBm is great signal or full bars. -120 dBm is very poor signal or a dead zone." you at 105 dBm is garbage, no wonder your missing calls.. Since you are experiencing network issues, you could get a replacement, but i don’t think it will make much difference. as it's all same hardware. Why not get a Google Pixel XL i heard they got awesome reception! Or if you’re at home a lot, purchase an lte repeater booster ? Problem Solved!
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I went through a whole “carrier switching” routine (details found somewhere on these forums) and after changing the CSC to Canadian I flashed Bell Mobility's firmware. The phone now shows that it’s an SM-G955W which is the Canadian model. And apparently now supports additional LTE bands 29(700) and 30(2300) which were missing from the SM-G955U (I determined this by dialing *#2263#).
I have no idea if it *really* supports these bands or just *says* that it does but my gut tells me that it really does support them. I suspect that the hardware for the SM-G955U and SM-G955W is 100% identical and any differences are controlled through software only.
And I seem to have better reception now. I am getting 4 to 5 bars in most places and under -100 dBm in most places. Plus Wi-Fi calling works now so I have reception in my basement at my house.
The true test will be when we go camping next summer.
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thefish123 said:
I went through a whole “carrier switching” routine (details found somewhere on these forums) and after changing the CSC to Canadian I flashed Bell Mobility's firmware. The phone now shows that it’s an SM-G955W which is the Canadian model. And apparently now supports additional LTE bands 29(700) and 30(2300) which were missing from the SM-G955U (I determined this by dialing *#2263#).
I have no idea if it *really* supports these bands or just *says* that it does but my gut tells me that it really does support them. I suspect that the hardware for the SM-G955U and SM-G955W is 100% identical and any differences are controlled through software only.
And I seem to have better reception now. I am getting 4 to 5 bars in most places and under -100 dBm in most places. Plus Wi-Fi calling works now so I have reception in my basement at my house.
The true test will be when we go camping next summer.
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Happy days for you i do suffer poor signal in my house:crying: i'll see if i can flash the CSC to fix it, thanks for the update!
s7 does lot better than 8+ in the same room
I'm finding i'm left with "No Service" in many of he places my old Honor 8 held on to the network. not sure If i have a faulty phone? How does you P2XL stack up to previous phones for network sensitivity?
Mine seems great. No worse than any other flagship and better than the oneplus 5t
Compared to my Nexus 5X, the Pixel 2XL gets a better signal. Or at least shows more bars. I'm on Project Fi and on the Tmobile network probably 99% of the time in my area since it is the strongest signal of the Project Fi partners. The Nexus 5X would occasionally show no signal, but I haven't noticed any times the Pixel 2XL where it even got to only 1 or 2 bars.
I should note that the Nexus 5x didn't seem to be a great phone in terms of reception, so is an easy comparison. I did not have many actual instances of no signal, but there were times it would not get a signal where prior phones did.
Just bought a 2nd hand 2XL. All seems okay, but the mobile reception, data and regular cellular reception seems really bad. My last phone, a Moto Z Play and also my iPhone 6s would get strong 4G signals in all the areas the 2XL seems to vary from 4G to no signal without even moving!
Is this a software bug? If it is just bad for reception, I may have to sell it on straight away as I can't really live with it all the time.
It is on the latest updated available.
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Just bought a 2nd hand 2XL. All seems okay, but the mobile reception, data and regular cellular reception seems really bad. My last phone, a Moto Z Play and also my iPhone 6s would get strong 4G signals in all the areas the 2XL seems to vary from 4G to no signal without even moving!
Is this a software bug? If it is just bad for reception, I may have to sell it on straight away as I can't really live with it all the time.
It is on the latest updated available.
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Never had any reception issues in the two years I used my 2 XL. Maybe you got a bum phone?
Signal at my workplace seems to be better today, strong 4G signal now.
Weird? Maybe it's just a few locations that it doesn't get the signal as strongly.
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Just bought a 2nd hand 2XL. All seems okay, but the mobile reception, data and regular cellular reception seems really bad. My last phone, a Moto Z Play and also my iPhone 6s would get strong 4G signals in all the areas the 2XL seems to vary from 4G to no signal without even moving!
Is this a software bug? If it is just bad for reception, I may have to sell it on straight away as I can't really live with it all the time.
It is on the latest updated available.
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Not the best phone for signal reception but it's decent. It's probably a faulty unit you've.