Nexus S Has Terrible 4G Radio, Terrible Wifi Radio, and Wifi Tethering Crashes Data

[Teddy Brukshut]

I had 1xrtt till I updated profile. Try that.

Updated profile, PRL, and did a battery pull. Same deal.

 

[mdmogren]

My 3G radio has seemed to work well but my 4G and WiFi radios suck, also my compass seems to be off by like 15 degrees. Anyone else have compass issues? I really want to be happy with this phone but I know I've gotta keep it for at least a year and the radios make me nervous.

 

[Richard1864]

I have no problems with 3G, 4G, or WiFi here in Maryland. I purchased my phone from a Sprint store. Thsoe of you having problems, are you in the same geographic area of the country (midwest, northeast, etc).? Also, where did you get your phones? Am wondering if the problem is geographic or a specific batch of phones sent to an area/store.

Also, I have a Netgear 3700 v2 router which recently (last 4 weeks) received a firmware upgrade that was supposed to help IMPROVE communication between this router and mobile phones/tablets/etc. Have you guys checked to see if your routers have the latest firmware?

 

[clindner]

I like it KSmith!

I think i may have been mistaken...i ran the tests again and this is what i've gotten..

EVO TO THE LEFT & NEXUS S 4G TO THE RIGHT

I'm pretty sure that wasn't on any cell network. 12 ms ping? Looks like you ran the test over WiFi.

 

[everyday17]

I'm pretty sure that wasn't on any cell network. 12 ms ping? Looks like you ran the test over WiFi.

Yeah, both phones have the WiFi icon on the top right, the Nexus also says "Hosted by Optimum Online"

Edit: Sorry, forgot that was designating that the Speedtest.net server was hosted by Optimum Online.

 

[2kmy477]

Will this tweak work with our Nexus S?I'm going to receive my Nexus S this Friday,can anyone try?this tweaks worked great on my EVO Shift.

[GUIDE] Noobs Guide to a Better 4G signal/speed for your Shift - xda-developers

 

[tibbys]

Ya I did those tests over wifi to show the wifi radios too

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

 

[Trun]

Will this tweak work with our Nexus S?I'm going to receive my Nexus S this Friday,can anyone try?this tweaks worked great on my EVO Shift.

[GUIDE] Noobs Guide to a Better 4G signal/speed for your Shift - xda-developers

No, as ##3282# doesn't work on the Nexus.

 

[clindner]

Ya I did those tests over wifi to show the wifi radios too

Are you in a 4G area? What type of results do you get with 4G between the EVO and Nexus?

 

[punchx]

One thing that's sort of annoying is how long the wifi radio takes to "kick in" if the phones been turned off for a while. If i'm on wifi, and I turn the phone on, sometimes i gotta wait 20-30 seconds before I can use the internet while the wifi reconnects. I get why it disconnects, but I wish it kicked on faster.

 

[tndank]

No, as ##3282# doesn't work on the Nexus.

*#*#3282#*#* on a nexus

 

[Kloneicle]

You can use AnyCut from the Market and create a shortcut to the "Testing" Activity. It will open that menu, and no reboot of the phone is needed.

 

[darealm]

I went to my local Sprint store in New Brunswick NJ and ran Speed Test simultaneously on my Nexus and the store's Evo. Here are the results:

3G:
Nexus (ran twice, @ 3/4 bars):
Ping: 104, 226
Down: 313, 517
Up: 84,80

Evo (ran twice, @ 6/6 bars)
Ping: 201, 207
Down: 532, 567
Up: 106, 92

So EVO wins on 3G, but not by a large margin

4G:
Nexus (Ran 3 times, zero 4G bars)
Ping: 114, 116, 112
Down: 609, 619, 393
Up: 67, 84, 71

EVO (ran 3 times, 2/3 4G bars
Ping: 28, 114, 135
Down: 4640, 2356, 1823
Up: 4489, 953, 998

EVO wins hands down for 4G...

I'm taking my Nexus back tomorrow for a replacement, hoping that fixes the issue.

If it does not fix the issue then I am going to use my 30-day return policy.

 

[Kloneicle]

People voice your concerns, its the only way somthing is going to get done about it;

Sprint Community: Signal Issues with Nexus S

 

[darealm]

People voice your concerns, its the only way somthing is going to get done about it;

Sprint Community: Signal Issues with Nexus S

I posted my complaint there and the results above. I really like this phone and hope to hear a response soon from Sprint.

 

[QuasarZ]

I posted as well. Hope it can be fixed with an OTA like the EVO did.

 

[BIGJOHNB20]

Another data point here. Poor/inconsistent 4G service while right next to an EVO that is doing just fine. Similar, but at least usable for 3G data. (my 2 bars vs her full service bars)

Last night, Wifi was OK at first unitl it started cutting out randomly and eventually turned off and could not get it to reconnect. This is in the next room over from the router. Never had an issue with the Pre minus this replaced.

Hopefully we can get acknowlegement/closure on some of these issues. Suppose I will go post on the sprint forum as well.

 

[darealm]

I disagree, it must be area related instead of device related. i live in Laurel, MD travel between Balt. & DC all day. 4G & the wifi tether is good & consistent.

It is absolutely device related. I have tested against evo multiple times while the devices were right next to each other....read through the other threads and u will observe similar stories by other users.....

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

 

[Kloneicle]

I disagree, it must be area related instead of device related. i live in Laurel, MD travel between Balt. & DC all day. 4G & the wifi tether is good & consistent.

If its good in certain areas vs other areas that may not have a stronger 4g. It still points to a low line radio or a problem with the software on the device. If you can put a EVO and Nexus right next to each other and hands down see a issue, and it doesn't change with phones. Its clearly a issue. Weather it be down to a poor radio hardware or a software update is where the question relies.

There IS a problem with this device.

 

[rc28a]

I went to my local Sprint store in New Brunswick NJ and ran Speed Test simultaneously on my Nexus and the store's Evo. Here are the results:

3G:
Nexus (ran twice, @ 3/4 bars):
Ping: 104, 226
Down: 313, 517
Up: 84,80

Evo (ran twice, @ 6/6 bars)
Ping: 201, 207
Down: 532, 567
Up: 106, 92

So EVO wins on 3G, but not by a large margin

4G:
Nexus (Ran 3 times, zero 4G bars)
Ping: 114, 116, 112
Down: 609, 619, 393
Up: 67, 84, 71

EVO (ran 3 times, 2/3 4G bars
Ping: 28, 114, 135
Down: 4640, 2356, 1823
Up: 4489, 953, 998

EVO wins hands down for 4G...

I'm taking my Nexus back tomorrow for a replacement, hoping that fixes the issue.

If it does not fix the issue then I am going to use my 30-day return policy.

Yup

I'm at rutgers and got almost the same exact result on my nexus s 4g. What's going? My old evo and epic werent like this