Can anyone explain this to me?

[stackberry369]

I have no bar's but my download speeds are faster than they were with the note 4.

 

[strikeIII]

WiFi...

 

[X1tymez]

 

[stackberry369]

WiFi...

I have no WiFi connection at my house. I'm on 3G with no bar's

 

[amyf27]

http://i.imgur.com/cma71UH.gif

 

[amyf27]

Honestly I'm not sure on that one. This phone so far Ive noticed seems quicker than my previous Samsung too (S7 Edge).

 

[Almeuit]

Check your dBm signal. Bars don't tell the whole story .

 

[stackberry369]

Check your dBm signal. Bars don't tell the whole story .

100 dbm

 

[Almeuit]

100 dbm

That makes sense how you're still getting data then -- I get around -110 at my desk and still am able to stream HD for my shows. Sounds like the bars on the Sprint LG V20 have been programmed to be less forgiving so it displays no signal when there still is a decent one.

 

[stackberry369]

That makes sense how you're still getting data then -- I get around -110 at my desk and still am able to stream HD for my shows. Sounds like the bars on the Sprint LG V20 have been programmed to be less forgiving so it displays no signal when there still is a decent one.

I meant - 100 dbm and I live in a rural area

 

[Almeuit]

I meant - 100 dbm and I live in a rural area

Yeah I know. -100 is better than my 110 at my desk. Still with a 100 dBm signal you're fine -- hence you seeing data working just fine .

 

[jdfry15]

The v20 has the best download and data speeds I have gotten on any phone. I don't know how it can very that much phone to phone but I think the previous best was near 57 down. Phone has been solid.

 

[jamesrick80]

The v20 has the best download and data speeds I have gotten on any phone. I don't know how it can very that much phone to phone but I think the previous best was near 57 down. Phone has been solid.

I told the pixel phone users this and they just have no words...they have terrible antennas etc

 

[silverfang77]

It just shows how on fleek this phone is.

 

[Almeuit]

I told the pixel phone users this and they just have no words...they have terrible antennas etc

Do we? The 2nd was even while on a VoLTE call .

 

[jfenton]

I noticed the same thing on my Sprint LGV20. No bars showing on 3G and 100dbm.

 

[jmarkey77]

Bandwidth and signal strength aren't the same thing. Plus the bars are not representative of anything as each company and often each phone uses different thresholds for the bars. You can have full bars and no speed/data because the network is throttled with traffic.

Do speed tests like the ones above, also use fast.com as fewer company's provide priority access possibly giving you a more realistic view of your experience on other sites.

 

[Almeuit]

Bandwidth and signal strength aren't the same thing. Plus the bars are not representative of anything as each company and often each phone uses different thresholds for the bars. You can have full bars and no speed/data because the network is throttled with traffic.

Do speed tests like the ones above, also use fast.com as fewer company's provide priority access possibly giving you a more realistic view of your experience on other sites.

Exactly. I always say use the dBm signal since bars never ever tell the truth since all phones calculate them differently.

 

[Almeuit]

Also as Jmarkey said above it depends on signal, bandwidth, the server you're connecting to, etc. An example is my home internet. On a good Speed Test server it can handle my actual connection speeds where as fast.com (Netflix speed test) can only give so much. They may host it farther away or just have a few more hops than the Speed Test server. There are TONS of factors when it comes to internet speed. Examples below of Speed Test VS. Fast.com for me on my home internet.

 

[juliesdroidsync]

100 dbm

that's actually a reasonably good signal...