Anyone in the Miami (or near), Florida Area Getting Bad 4G?

Iceycold · 02-21-2012, 11:04 PM

*I posted this over on XDA as well to get more input.. I wanted to see a broad idea of the people getting good/bag 4g.

Hello everyone. Anyone in the Miami area or near Miami, FL, getting good or bad 4G.?

Well on my 2nd GNexus here with bad 4g (no 4g or flakey 4g) Tried 4.0.2 -> 4.0.4. radios.

I get 1 bar for 5 minutes and boom it's gone till I reboot or sim card pull, tried a new sim card as well.

And yes, I know, Samsung's radios aren't the best but this ridiculous.

Just seeing what kind of 4g people are getting in my area.

Thanks.

GNex Girl · 02-22-2012, 12:13 AM

My 4G signal is always crappy at my house here in SWFL, but tonight it is switching more than usual between 3G and 4G.

Iceycold · 02-22-2012, 07:29 PM

Called VZW, getting a third GNexus tomorrow, if that doesn't fix the issue, they'll do an investigation in my area.

GNex Girl · 02-22-2012, 07:38 PM

I think I will try for a 3rd, too, but I want to wait for the OTA update.

Please post and let me know if you end up with a new GNex or a refurb.

Iceycold · 02-22-2012, 07:41 PM

It will most likely be a Refurb like my 2nd one, but will make sure when I have it in my hands tomorrow.

GNex Girl · 02-22-2012, 07:47 PM

BTW - they did an investigation in my area and what they found is that there are 3 towers within close proximity to me - one is 4G and the other two are 3G and that they interfere with each other. They said they have no plans to do anything about it.

Can you believe that? They admit there is a problem but won't do anything to correct it. WTF?

Iceycold · 02-22-2012, 07:47 PM

Wow

GNex Girl · 02-22-2012, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceycold

Wow

I am sure that eventually they will do something about it, but I don't live in a major metro area so not a high priority.

Iceycold · 02-22-2012, 07:51 PM

How long did your investigation take?

edit: If this problem doesn't get fixed I'm staying with my 4 bar 3g no way im letting go of this phone.

GNex Girl · 02-22-2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceycold

How long did your investigation take?

edit: If this problem doesn't get fixed I'm staying with my 4 bar 3g no way im letting go of this phone.

Under a week. They sent a tower engineer out to the tower and then they had another tech drive the area and measure the signal.

Their response was that I live in a known trouble area but there are no plans to convert the 3G towers to 4G at this time. I think eventually they will, but right now they can't tell me anything more.