Official Signal Strength and Reception Thread

[j1787]

Philadelphia PA here and also had the same issues yesterday. I'm running stock 4.0.4 with Franco kernel.

It was great for a few days, I was very happy with the GNex. Now all the same issues are coming back.

So far today the same issues exist, it is very strange.

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[mgrosvold]

Side by side signal comparison: Droid 1 -92 dBm 0asu - VGN 4.0.4 -120dBm 99asu.

This is a new phone. I have 1 more week to decide if I want to keep it or not. I really want this phone but golly this signal issue has got me spooked.

 

[Dural]

Related story: I felt the initial unit I received had average reception at best (coming from the original DroidX). That included the Nexus' ability to pull in WiFi signal and broadcast for mobile hotspot. I returned that unit to Verizon due to an unrelated screen issue. My replacement unit has outstanding reception and antenna characteristics that rival, if not beat, the Motorola I just left. Both units are stock 4.0.2

I believe that some units may have intrinsically better antenna/reception characteristics than others accounting for the wide variety of user experiences we see in this (and other threads).

 

[anon(257429)]

Add me to the list of people with issues with random signal issues.

Phone gets hot towards the top, phone loses signal until reboot.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Philadelphia PA here and also had the same issues yesterday. I'm running stock 4.0.4 with Franco kernel.

It was great for a few days, I was very happy with the GNex. Now all the same issues are coming back.

So far today the same issues exist, it is very strange.

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[roaddawg24]

Mine usually stays between 92 and 108 dBm,then I'll put it in airplane mode for at least 10 seconds,then it'll go down to 75dBm and USUALLY stay there.Sometimes it'll go right back up,right now its showing 85dBu and 47 ASU.

 

[thebignewt]

I'm just following this thread casually (good reception here). It's becoming clear that 4.04 is not the answer to the reception problems. It's probably more like the iphone "antennagate".

 

[pimfram]

My signal dropping is still occurring. I'll see if I can get it swapped for a new one soon.

 

[elfuego]

Wow! this thread is amazing. I see that these issues are also seen with the Nexus S and the Galaxy S II? It seems to me that this is BAD Samsung build materials. From reading other high end Samsung forums, these are awesome computers but awful phones. Is the general thought that if you stay on CDMA only, the signal problems are not as bad?

 

[jroc]

Wow! this thread is amazing. I see that these issues are also seen with the Nexus S and the Galaxy S II? It seems to me that this is BAD Samsung build materials. From reading other high end Samsung forums, these are awesome computers but awful phones. Is the general thought that if you stay on CDMA only, the signal problems are not as bad?

I didnt think to check for other recent Samsung phone and reception issues....wow. I thought the Galaxy S 2 was thee perfect Android phone?

If that really is the case....Samsung and weak reception has been following them from the old Win Mo days, regular cell phone days... I had 2 Samsungs before Android even came out, but I always try to give the benefit of the doubt, try not to judge based on past experiences.

Its one reason why I went out and actually got a G Nex just to see if most of this stuff was true. In my limited experience with the G Nex....for the most part it is true. It just wasnt as strong for reception as 2 phones I compared it to.

Those that got a good working one, great. Those that dont spend most of their time in weak, bad reception areas...great. They also make great TV's...lol.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

and fridges...I have a samsung fridge

But I was skeptical of buying a samsung phone after the old days of friends buying them while I had LG/ motorola flip phones.

The Nexus is a good phone, but I see my Incredible on the shelf and am tempted.....

Dare I say who to trust anymore with these phones? HTC with it's sense bloatware and black slab form factor all the time? fine at first but gets boring after a month. Motorola and their crazy wide design? Samsung and poor signal strength? Heck my kids' ipods vibrate louder then this device.

The fact that cases etc are being redesigned because of design changes to the device last minute makes me weary too.

 

[pimfram]

My signal issues persist, going to go in and see if I can get a new SIM card to try. If that doesn't work, I'll get it swapped for a new phone. Will report back with my findings.

Edit: Actually, haven't had any issues today, after a SIM/battery pull last night. I'll give it more thorough testing this weekend, but I'll hold off going in as of now.

 

[ems12a]

I switched to Verizon today 2/24 and bought the Samsung Nexus the phone could not hold a signal, data or voice for more than 2 min. It would go to 4G solid to nothing.

I got it home thinking that it would sort it self out. It didn't. So I called Verizon Tech support. Tier 2 could "see" that my phone was connecting to the network and then disconnecting from the network every min or so. We did a factory rest and even tried running it in safe mode thinking it was an app that was causing problems. Nothing worked


I took the phone back to the store and did a swap. I now have ZERO issues and I am sitting here in my home next to my computer with full 4g bars.


I don't know if this is the issue some are having but I surely did get a bad phone the first time around. Even the sales rep saw what the phone was doing. It was like it was cycling connect/disconnect every min.

New phone no issues.

 

[pimfram]

My tech guy didn't say a whole lot. He asked if I'd done a SIM/battery pull before, and I had but it never really helped. I did one after I got off the phone with him and it seemed to really help for about 24 hours. I started having problems with data connectability a couple hours ago, so I'm going to head off to Verizon tomorrow.

New SIM card didn't help one bit. Going to Costco after work to hopefully get a new phone.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Big red is calling back tomorrow.
I am going from 2 bars 4g to zero bars at all, then back to 2 bars 3g then down to nothing.
I now have to unroot, etc....

That is the PITA part for when the replacement comes.

 

[JamesKBoyd]

Washington, DC - Stock Galaxy Nexus - Great 4G Signal, Fantastic Speeds, Extremely High Voice Clarity

According to the speedtest.net app:

Download: 34.31Mbps
Upload: 13.18Mbps
Ping: 105ms

 

[anon(701772)]

I tested the LTE signal on my Nexus against a guy using a Razr. He beat me by several Mbps. The guys a bit of a dou-che so it was particularly painful to watch. I'm hoping for the OTA soon so I can beat him in a rematch.

 

[MattMJB0188]

The overall signal on the Galaxy Nexus does seem to be low on 4.0.2. I am getting 1 bar when I should have 3 and zero bars when I should have at least 1. However, with zero bars and a signal of about -120dbm I can stil send text messages use the phone. The signal makes the phone appear much worse than it actually is.

I am hoping they really address this in the next update.

 

[pauldroidr2d2]

I tested the LTE signal on my Nexus against a guy using a Razr. He beat me by several Mbps. The guys a bit of a dou-che so it was particularly painful to watch. I'm hoping for the OTA soon so I can beat him in a rematch.

Does the Razr show the signal strength for 4G LTE?


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[willstilson]

Hey guys, just wanted to put my two cents in. I was one of the original complainers of signal drop issues on this phone. I finally bit the bullet and had it replaced, last week, and knock on wood, all reception issues are gone. If you are having signal drop issues, swap your phone.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...o-signal-issues-update-3-5-a.html#post1517279