I Have a Request for Those of You w/o Signal Issues Update 3/5

[willstilson]

Re: Latest Screen Shots WTF?

latest screen shots


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I cant see the pics for some reason

 

[Tom in Bristol]

Re: Latest Screen Shots WTF?

I cant see the pics for some reason

I right-clicked and opened in a new tab & got this:

"Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"

Shrug.

 

[nalpakj]

Here is mine...Denver, co. Its pretty much all green.

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[CarryMe]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

how about now?

 

[AndroidDev]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

Bright yellow appears to be the worst, before red. Im in one office all day today, that has pretty much no signal. My phone says -120 dbm, but I can still make a call and text. I have 3G but no bars. For the entire time I have been here, I got bright yellow on my signal bar.

Before that, I was in another office and had 3G with one signal bar. My mobile network signal bar was grey for that entire time. I should note that my phone is switched to CDMA only, right now.

Based on today's findings, I interpret the colors as:

Green - Strong Signal
Grey - Medium to Strong
Light Yellow - Medium
Bright Yellow - Low signal
Red - No signal

This seems right. In addition, bright yellow and red both seem to translate to 'time without a signal'.

 

[willstilson]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

Here is mine...Denver, co. Its pretty much all green.Click to view quoted image


Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Looks yellow and grey to me. No sign of green at all. Remember, you are looking at the straight line under the graph, not the jagged top of the graph that resembles a mountain range.

 

[CarryMe]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

not the jagged top of the graph that resembles a mountain range.

The jagged top of the graph just shows you battery charge, correct? If it is green, there is still plenty of battery life.

 

[Ken7]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

I charged mine at work just before leaving today. It shows 3.5 hours since off charge, but all green and yellow. No red. But, look at the first pic - 65% of the time no signal!??!! Huh?? But all green/yellow. Maybe it shows no signal when its on wifi? I am on the edge of the official VZW 4G signal at home, and use wifi at home. But, I never noticed a time without a signal, and have never noticed any issues at home or during my commute. Ten minutes after the first pic, it is up to 67% of the time without a signal.

Edit: Birmingham, AL

Now I'm no longer sure what these graphs mean!

 

[willstilson]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

The jagged top of the graph just shows you battery charge, correct? If it is green, there is still plenty of battery life.

Right. We are concerned with the straight bar right under the chart, labeled Mobile Network Signal. His was all yellow and grey, as was yours.

 

[CarryMe]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

Right. We are concerned with the straight bar right under the chart, labeled Mobile Network Signal. His was all yellow and grey, as was yours.

The only time I had a medium or strong signal during that time it was a 3G signal.

The only time I have had a medium or strong 4G signal I was in the VZW store. As soon as I pulled out of the parking lot, it went to 3G. They must have network extenders in the store. Kind of deceptive to do that without telling you, but at least I know if the signal is strong enough, my phone can grab and hold onto it.

 

[Ken7]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

I wonder if the nexus doesn't read something wrong. I mean if there is no red on the graph how can you be 43% without signal? To me this seems like something software related that is reading the "time without signal" wrong for some. because it seems that not everyone is having a high time without signal and some are having a very high amount even when it shows no red on the stats.

Yup. Something very odd about some of these graphs. The data just doesn't mesh on some.

 

[willstilson]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

Yup. Something very odd about some of these graphs. The data just doesn't mesh on some.

The mobile network signal graph seems to match up for me. Example, today I was in a store using my phone, I had 3 bars of 4G. All of a sudden all the bars disappear, 4G disappears and about phone says -120dbm. I try dialing out, no good. 2 min later it comes back with 3G, then almost immediately back to 4G - 3 bars. 5 min later I go into the battery settings, click the graph, and see the thin red line on the right.

I think the "time without signal" percentage is what is not matching up. It could be that the phone counts the signal strength that produces a yellow bar as time without signal, I don't know. I can say with certainty, at least for me, that the bar indicator in battery settings is accurate.

 

[Ken7]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

I think the "time without signal" percentage is what is not matching up. It could be that the phone counts the signal strength that produces a yellow bar as time without signal, I don't know. I can say with certainty, at least for me, that the bar indicator in battery settings is accurate.

Thats what's confusing me, the no signal time just doesn't mesh with the other data. Now to throw another possibility into the mix, is it possible these graphs are also showing a distinction between 3G and 4G?

 

[malarkeyedward]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

I am in Minneapolis and my 'mobile network signal' is about 30% green, 5% yellow, 2% red and the rest is gray. What is the gray all about?

Thanks.

 

[rmadler]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

First off, I apologize for starting another thread regarding this, but I wanted it to be seen, and clutter free. I ask that those of you that are feeling annoyed by all of these "false signal issue" threads, please refrain from posting your criticism, or the Anandtech article that we are all familiar with. This thread is not about the number of bars that your Nexus lacks, compared to another phone. This thread is about signal dropouts. We do not need to be reminded that the Nexus displays signal strength differently.

I'm asking those of you who claim to have no signal dropouts, and getting great reception, to post a screen shot from battery history details chart. See the picture below as a reference. Those of you who don't know how to get to this menu, it's simple - Settings - Battery - Tap the graph. Take the screen shot by pressing power and volume down, simultaneously, then upload here.

I'm asking this favor to see how well your devices are holding on to their signal. As you can see below, there is a large red section on the "Mobile Network Signal" line, in the pic below. That happened overnight, while my phone was stationary, on my table. I went to bed with 3 bars, and woke up with a phone that had died, trying to reconnect to the network.

I find it odd that in all of the screenshot I've seen, I've never once seen one that had a mobile network signal bar that was mostly green. They are all mostly yellow and red. I presume green to mean strong signal, yellow to mean mediocre, and of course red means no service. If you guys are in great reception areas, and getting great reception, I'd like to see the charts. Any red marks, even small, indicates that your device did lose service, for a given time period. That could happen as you move between dead zones, or could be a device flaw. I'm just trying to see how often it is happening, so we can all try to figure out just how isolated this incident is.

Thanks for your time


EDIT:

If you guys don't mind, please also post the area you spent most of the time, corresponding to the chart you post. I'm not looking for an address, just seeing if the issue may be region specific. Thanks.

There is a simple fix for your problem. I had the same issue. I requested a new SIM card from Verizon because I found out that there was a bad batch of SIM cards. Got my new SIM card and I did not drop the network once today.

 

[anon(611887)]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You Without Signal Issues

I exchanged my Nexus today for a new Nexus and new sim this morning. I kept 4.0.1 and after 1 day of use on LTE all day I've had 0% signal lose. Mostly yellow with some green signal strength and on a side note the back of the phone near the cameral never got as hot as my original. Sorry for no pix as phone is charging now but here's to hoping it continues. My orignal dropped calls and data on a daily basis.

 

[yosteve]

What's up with your guys' d Wi-Fi not corresponding to your screen awake? Done of you guys have constant wireless when you should be asleep.

Granted I would say I get lower good battery. But I used to very bad battery life, now keep on navigation.

I don't even get green signal either.

 

[willstilson]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You w/o Signal Issues Update 3

OP updated 3/5

 

[IchibanBaka]

Re: I Have a Request for Those of You w/o Signal Issues Update 3

I am having the problem where when i am on LTE/CDMA mode I will get around 3 bars of 4g in my area and then lose connection (i mean all data as in RED marks on the mobile network bar). This is the second phone with this problem (i had already exchanged my gnex for a new one). Debating whether to keep this phone model or get the droid razr maxx since i am still within my 14day return period.

Edit: Towards the end of the day where i had no red bars (no drop in signal) i switched from LTE/CDMA mode to CDMA Only Mode