Brand New S4 mini here, poor wifi uploading is making VoIP very spotty.
-purchased on ebay "overstock" Verizon, SCH-I435, 4.4.2, unlocked, good seller ratings.
Is there any standardized test I can do for the wifi antennae to determine if it's
operating properly (uploading)? I can still return phone.
network: Century Link 7Mbps/1Mbps
router: Netgear DNG2000 up to date, reset
At zero feet from router, it gets approx. same as my laptop and Ace phone, but still seems to drop signal a bit, more than my Galaxy Ace (cheap phone ~$100 w/prepaid).
At 15 ft from router, the Galaxy Ace is mostly fine and very usable on Voip.
The new S4 mini is a bit spotty (uploading), maybe 85% ok, making Voip a bit problematic. Downloading is fine.
At 40ft from router, the Ace is hovering around .7bps, same as computer, whereas the S4 mini is around .5 Mbps, a solid 20% worse I'd say, and dropping out much more than the Ace, making it unreliable.
I'm using Internet Speed Test by V-Speed.eu, (the holographic blue app). (v.2.5.1.0)
Using Ookla was much worse. The S4 mini was hovering at close to 0 during the first 3 to 8 seconds for many trials. After using Speed Test, I decided Ookla must be giving incorrect info, because it clearly was not 0 with Speed Test.
Is there anything that can be done to further test or improve this?
Is this phone substandard? I can still return for refund. Thanks!
-purchased on ebay "overstock" Verizon, SCH-I435, 4.4.2, unlocked, good seller ratings.
Is there any standardized test I can do for the wifi antennae to determine if it's
operating properly (uploading)? I can still return phone.
network: Century Link 7Mbps/1Mbps
router: Netgear DNG2000 up to date, reset
At zero feet from router, it gets approx. same as my laptop and Ace phone, but still seems to drop signal a bit, more than my Galaxy Ace (cheap phone ~$100 w/prepaid).
At 15 ft from router, the Galaxy Ace is mostly fine and very usable on Voip.
The new S4 mini is a bit spotty (uploading), maybe 85% ok, making Voip a bit problematic. Downloading is fine.
At 40ft from router, the Ace is hovering around .7bps, same as computer, whereas the S4 mini is around .5 Mbps, a solid 20% worse I'd say, and dropping out much more than the Ace, making it unreliable.
I'm using Internet Speed Test by V-Speed.eu, (the holographic blue app). (v.2.5.1.0)
Using Ookla was much worse. The S4 mini was hovering at close to 0 during the first 3 to 8 seconds for many trials. After using Speed Test, I decided Ookla must be giving incorrect info, because it clearly was not 0 with Speed Test.
Is there anything that can be done to further test or improve this?
Is this phone substandard? I can still return for refund. Thanks!
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