LTE issue in Pixel

[DJM626]

I'm thinking I may have another bad phone as most places I go with this phone show very poor signal no matter what . I find it hard to believe that every area or state I travel with this phone and I suffer from the same issues . I can't be in poor cellular areas 85 percent of the time as that's unheard of

 

[xocomaox]

Try flashing a different firmware to see if you still have an issue. That is, if you have the ability to unlock your bootloader still.

 

[DJM626]

Have you tried forcing your phone to Wi-Fi preferred? That has solved all my poor reception at home problems.

How exactly do you do that? Not sure if I tried that or not already

 

[DJM626]

Just thought I would provide any of those interested with an update in my situation and my 4th Pixel replacement. My 4th Pixel has been the "Best" out of all of them. Not sure if my last 3 phones were all defective or the fact that Verizon opened up a case for me that took them 4 days to resolve. This phone gets 3-4 bars in the same areas where my other 3 had only gotten one at most. At home I have never seen anything higher then -100dBm. I usually hover around the -95-100 range with this 4th phone. I have made a lot of calls within the past several days without Wi-Fi and or airplane mode without dropping ANY of them!

As for my hollow bar issue that had been ever so present on all of the Pixels that I have had? I have only seen in in a few instances and it does not last long at all. Best part about it is even if I do see them it does not effect the quality of my calls in my home and I have not dropped calls while making them if the hollow bars are present.
Almost 9 months later and it looks like I finally got myself a working phone that I am happy with. Verizon was very cooperative with my issue. Very excited here but will still keep my options open with new phone releases that are up and coming.

 

[DJM626]

Forgot to mention that I did not get the chance to contact Verizon to let them know what the out come was, but on the message they had left me was to call them again if my issue was about the same, or worse or not resolved at all.

 

[TiMar99]

That is some serious great news!