Do you really experience signal issue with your GN?

[LangHoo]

Phone radio is very good (latest gen out there). It's unfortunately some people have signal issues, but it's not the phone, it's because they live in crappy LTE signal area (which there are plenty while the network continues to get built out). Instead on whining folks should either get another phone or move to a top tier city. Most people now just imagine a weak signal because of the handful of complainers. I feel for you, but there are solutions, and one isn't posting pic of signals or graphs that they have no idea what they even mean (and most don't even really own the phone, just some angry haters).

 

[FrankXS]

If I switch to CDMA only, is there any hope that I will be able to hold phone calls and receive at LEAST 1X in places that my original Droid never had problems?
I love this phone, and I resent the fact that I'll probably have to return it.

Switching data connection type will have no affect whatsoever on making/receiving voice calls.

-Frank

 

[CBMC]

as a prospective new owner, i really can't wait to see a sister thread with a poll "How Many with Previous Signal Issues are now Fixed?. this is basically all i care about when deciding if I go Nexus or not. no good signal, no nexus.

I would like to hear from anyone who has returned their devices. Has it improved your network connection. I have some banding on my screen, so I am thinking of returning my device. My battery life is pretty bad also. I am also curious to hear from people who have had other 4g devices. My signal seems to drop in places that my thunderbolts signal would just weaken. The thunderbolt., would do a better job of holding a 4g signal. I am thinking that the phone does much better on 3g than 4g but am just curious if it is peoples location or their actual devices being defective.

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[Ken7]

as a prospective new owner, i really can't wait to see a sister thread with a poll "How Many with Previous Signal Issues are now Fixed?. this is basically all i care about when deciding if I go Nexus or not. no good signal, no nexus.

I can't blame you one bit. The radio and its reception should never ever have been part of the 'beta experience'. When a radio like that in the Rezound exists, obviously the technology for excellent LTE exists. That kind of performance absolutely should have been part of the 'flagship experience'.

 

[Ken7]

Phone radio is very good (latest gen out there). It's unfortunately some people have signal issues, but it's not the phone, it's because they live in crappy LTE signal area (which there are plenty while the network continues to get built out). Instead on whining folks should either get another phone or move to a top tier city. Most people now just imagine a weak signal because of the handful of complainers. I feel for you, but there are solutions, and one isn't posting pic of signals or graphs that they have no idea what they even mean (and most don't even really own the phone, just some angry haters).

Perhaps you haven't read the many many posts on this subject. The radio in its current iteration is NOT very good and nobody with issues really cares about whether it's the 'latest gen' or not. It does not work properly and those voicing their issues are not 'whining'. Posts like yours do nothing to help people and offering suggestions like 'moving to a top tier city' are both insulting and non-productive. I live on Long Island, is that not 'top tier' enough?

Further, many people in these 'crappy LTE areas' have another LTE phone that works just fine or at the very least, better. Why?

To then suggest that most people posting their graphs don't really own the phone and are simply 'haters' is really in poor taste.

 

[nkd]

Phone radio is very good (latest gen out there). It's unfortunately some people have signal issues, but it's not the phone, it's because they live in crappy LTE signal area (which there are plenty while the network continues to get built out). Instead on whining folks should either get another phone or move to a top tier city. Most people now just imagine a weak signal because of the handful of complainers. I feel for you, but there are solutions, and one isn't posting pic of signals or graphs that they have no idea what they even mean (and most don't even really own the phone, just some angry haters).

The another problem is that you assume that most people are stupid when it come to phones. I know very well what I am doing. I never lost 4g at my house with the razr and since I exchanged to nexus I still get 4g but it frequently dorps out. No according to verizon maps I am in very very good 4g coverage area. So don't tell me that I am whining becuase I don't live in a big city or I live in crappy LTE signal area. I work in Sacramento, CA and very close to downtown. I will be in the middle of doing something with blazing fast speed and 4 bars and all of the sudden the phone would drop all bars and drop data and reconnect within 30 seconds or so. It would do it every 15-20mins sometimes.

 

[Ken7]

I would like to hear from anyone who has returned their devices. Has it improved your network connection. I have some banding on my screen, so I am thinking of returning my device. My battery life is pretty bad also. I am also curious to hear from people who have had other 4g devices. My signal seems to drop in places that my thunderbolts signal would just weaken. The thunderbolt., would do a better job of holding a 4g signal. I am thinking that the phone does much better on 3g than 4g but am just curious if it is peoples location or their actual devices being defective.

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If LTE reception is your most important criteria, then seriously consider the Rezound. You won't do better in terms of reception than the Rezound IMO.

 

[mclarryjr]

I wouldn't say its the area because I live in a 4G area with 2 different 4G phones and there is a big difference in reception in a weak signal area. My Nexus will lose all data while the TB is fine, I know my area doesn't have the strongest signal to begin with but there is big difference between my phones.

 

[Premium1]

Further, many people in these 'crappy LTE areas' have another LTE phone that works just fine or at the very least, better. Pretty amazing, no?

How many updates have these other lte phones had? How many started out with a crappy signal or issues with data handoffs? I can name 3 that have had issues with data handoffs and have gotten an update that helped them(thunderbolt, charge, bionic) so yes they may work better because they got an update to fix the same issues the nexus is experiencing now...

 

[GreyDroid1591]

I have had the GN since the day it was released. It plain vanilla, no root no unlock. I live in a 3G area just outside (about 2 miles) from the 4G border.
I never worried about the bars because the service (data and voice) was good untill...

on 12/25, 12/27 and today 12/28, I have had episodes of lost service that each lasted approx 15 minutes. They were all indoors and progressed like this: 3G, 1x, no service, reboot, no signal or service, roaming indicator, then 1x then 3G. All this happened with my radio on CDMA only.

I love the phone but have to be able to talk on it like, you know,a phone, I am hoping that a software update will alleviate some of this in the near future. I remember the amazing things that software updates did with OG Droid (remember the JIT kernel?) I am not bashing the hardware, but I am beginning to believe the old saw - Motorola has the best radios.

 

[Ken7]

How many updates have these other lte phones had? How many started out with a crappy signal or issues with data handoffs? I can name 3 that have had issues with data handoffs and have gotten an update that helped them(thunderbolt, charge, bionic) so yes they may work better because they got an update to fix the same issues the nexus is experiencing now...

The Rezound. Great reception out of the box and much better than the Nexus. There's just no two ways about it and there have been a number of people who said the same thing. Try a poll like this one on a Rezound thread and see what you get...bet you'll be shocked.

If they can make the Nexus radio as good as the Rezound's, I'll do cartwheels because I will then own my dream phone.

BTW, my Charge's radio sucked right up until I got rid of it, and that was after several updates. The last big update was after I got rid of mine, but my friend who still has his reports no change in data reception, still lousy.

 

[Ken7]

I wouldn't say its the area because I live in a 4G area with 2 different 4G phones and there is a big difference in reception in a weak signal area. My Nexus will lose all data while the TB is fine, I know my area doesn't have the strongest signal to begin with but there is big difference between my phones.

That's the point. In the same marginal areas there are other phones that do better as you've found.

 

[Premium1]

The Rezound. Great reception out of the box and much better than the Nexus. There's just no two ways about it and there have been a number of people who said the same thing. Try a poll like this one on a Rezound thread and see what you get...bet you'll be shocked.

If they can make the Nexus radio as good as the Rezound's, I'll do cartwheels because I will then own my dream phone.

BTW, my Charge's radio sucked right up until I got rid of it, and that was after several updates. The last big update was after I got rid of mine, but my friend who still has his reports no change in data reception, still lousy.

Well I know 2 people with charge's, and I had a thunderbolt and the thunderbolt was much worse out of the box with radio and data issues. Not saying it can't change but people are so quick to jump to something else. Yes some may need that and once again this is why the nexus is a developer phone and not for everyone. Luckily I do not have the issues that some have and like having updates right from google. there is nothing wrong with the rezound, it is an awesome looking phone and i was playing with one before the nexus came out. Choice is a good thing and if people have issues then there is finally a slew of high end lte devices on verizon to choose from.

 

[Ken7]

I have had the GN since the da

I love the phone but have to be able to talk on it like, you know,a phone, I am hoping that a software update will alleviate some of this in the near future. I remember the amazing things that software updates did with OG Droid (remember the JIT kernel?) I am not bashing the hardware, but I am beginning to believe the old saw - Motorola has the best radios.

After trying both the Razr and the Rezound, I think the Rezound's radio is 'best in show'.

 

[mitra88]

The Rezound. Great reception out of the box and much better than the Nexus. There's just no two ways about it and there have been a number of people who said the same thing. Try a poll like this one on a Rezound thread and see what you get...bet you'll be shocked.

If they can make the Nexus radio as good as the Rezound's, I'll do cartwheels because I will then own my dream phone.

BTW, my Charge's radio sucked right up until I got rid of it, and that was after several updates. The last big update was after I got rid of mine, but my friend who still has his reports no change in data reception, still lousy.

Rezound is the 2nd generation LTE phone while still utilizing GB. As far as I remember, all 1st generation GB-based LTE phones had had experience certain amount of troubles. I was hoping to see not much trouble from GN since it's also 2nd generation of LTE phone from Samsung. Guess I was wrong, maybe because it's using ICS.....

 

[Premium1]

Rezound is the 2nd generation LTE phone while still utilizing GB. As far as I remember, all 1st generation GB-based LTE phones had had experience certain amount of troubles. I was hoping to see not much trouble from GN since it's also 2nd generation of LTE phone from Samsung. Guess I was wrong, maybe because it's using ICS.....

I can't wait until the people complain once the rezound or other phones get updated to ICS. HTC was terrible at getting the devices updated and when they did not completely borking a lot of phones. I hope they learned after the thunderbolt update fiasco and how many ota's they issued that messed up more than they fixed. They seemed to have learned a little more about getting better battery life we shall see if they learned from the thunderbolt with updates also.

 

[monsterman83]

same thing here. random drops that take several minutes for the signal to recover. Also 3g speed does seem slower than my ogdroid. Does this phone not support 1x? I have never seen it use that mode...

 

[nkd]

same thing here. random drops that take several minutes for the signal to recover. Also 3g speed does seem slower than my ogdroid. Does this phone not support 1x? I have never seen it use that mode...

It does, when it drops everything and you just have the black triangle there just to to settings>about phone>signal info and you will see that it is indeed on 1x, the phone on top never really displays 1x.

 

[willstilson]

Phone radio is very good (latest gen out there). It's unfortunately some people have signal issues, but it's not the phone, it's because they live in crappy LTE signal area (which there are plenty while the network continues to get built out). Instead on whining folks should either get another phone or move to a top tier city. Most people now just imagine a weak signal because of the handful of complainers. I feel for you, but there are solutions, and one isn't posting pic of signals or graphs that they have no idea what they even mean (and most don't even really own the phone, just some angry haters).

Not buying it. I live in NYC. I travel around NYC and Long Island for work. I've never been able to get green mobile network signal or any better thant -90dbm (odly, until today's outage and my phone switched to EVDo Rev A). As Ken7 said, how can you explain why some people are using their phones, with great signal, while stationary, then the signal will just drop out for a few minutes? Are you actually reading the posts, or did you just come on here to bash like an iSheep?

How many updates have these other lte phones had? How many started out with a crappy signal or issues with data handoffs? I can name 3 that have had issues with data handoffs and have gotten an update that helped them(thunderbolt, charge, bionic) so yes they may work better because they got an update to fix the same issues the nexus is experiencing now...

No one is saying that the phone can't be fixed with updates. For all we know, the problem will be resolved with a software update, just like the Bolt. The problem is that big red hasn't communicated this fact to us. Actually they did admit a problem, then Anandtech posted their article, and big red used that to discredit the issue, almost immediately.

In previous posts, here and on AF, you yourself tried to defunct the issue, claiming that the "whinners" were just in poor reception areas. After I saw your mobile network signal bar, I understood why. Your phone gets immaculate service. Unfortunately, mine doesn't. It's not because of my location. As I said earlier, I travel all around NYC. You have to figure that somewhere in this densely populated city, I'd be able to get great reception like you, but that hasn't happened in two weeks.

Now you're saying that the device can't be compared to previous LTE phones because they have had updates to make their reception better. While that is true for the first four, the Rezound hasn't. How do you explain that? The bottom line is that the Nexus MAY get better reception with software updates, but as of right now, for many of us, service has been poor. Are we at fault for coming on here and complaining that the $300 flagship phone, that we waited months for, is disappointing us, due to lack of service? Is there something wrong with trying to get a consensus of how widespread the issue is? Isn't that the point of forums?





I think that enough people have posted on this, and various other forums, for the naysayers to concede, and realize that there is a problem. It may be isolated to some devices, given that yours are working as expected, but that is no reason to claim the problem is imaginary. I really wish the fanbois would stop being so quick to defend their device. I love ICS, Android,and LTE, but not enough to blindly defend it, when people are having actual problems. does nothing to help the device or the issues.

 

[Droid800]

Phone radio is very good (latest gen out there). It's unfortunately some people have signal issues, but it's not the phone, it's because they live in crappy LTE signal area (which there are plenty while the network continues to get built out). Instead on whining folks should either get another phone or move to a top tier city. Most people now just imagine a weak signal because of the handful of complainers. I feel for you, but there are solutions, and one isn't posting pic of signals or graphs that they have no idea what they even mean (and most don't even really own the phone, just some angry haters).

That's insulting. I live in an extraordinarily strong LTE market. Every other phone I have had with lte has had zero issues like this. Stop assuming we're stupid and don't know what we're talking about. This phone has something wrong with it that makes its radios unstable. Only time will tell if verizon and Samsung can actually fix it.

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