Official Signal Strength and Reception Thread

[steevereeno]

Re: low signal strength?

I'm in Cincinnati in the heart of strong 4G coverage and I'm having radio issues too. Last night at home I had 0 to 1 bar on 4G and it would drop to 3G often. Oddly, here at work only 5 miles away I have 3 full bars and awesome 4G speeds. I definitely don't want to give up this beauty of a phone but I have to get 4G service at home where I use it more often. Anyone else in the Cincinnati seeing these inconsistencies as well?

 

[Stelv]

Yes every Samsung I have used/owned has had radio issues...fascinate, captivate, charge. Come to find out that they have had radio issues with all their phones. Not trying to troll, just wanted people to know my experience with Samsung. On my fascinate it definitely seemed like hardware as no rom or kernel combo would fix connection issues. GNex could be different who knows.

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[auburngirl]

Re: low signal strength?

I am at -110 showing no bars, but I still get 8Mb down and 0.61Mb up.

Still faster down than my WiFI, and loads way fast than the OG Droid on full signal.

 

[Ken7]

Re: Just a fair warning (low reception)

i have low bars. But have no worries. Im sure its just cause 4g is hit or miss. a bar or two of 4G is alot better than 3G at full strength. As far as other phones go..NEVER! lol

Well unfortunately it's not IMO. I've had the Bionic & the Rezound and both had much better reception than my current Nexus. I go to the same areas I got solid 4G reception on the Rezound and with the Nexus I get 3G. In fact, much like the issue I had with my Charge, I'll go from 4G to 3G to no data...exactly like what happened with my Charge.

No, IMO this is yet another lousy Samsung radio that's having issues with 4G and no amount of software tweaking will help that. Now if you live in a really solid 4G area, you may think I'm crazy. But hey, it's no real challenge for any radio to get good 4G reception if you're only in solid 4G area. Go into marginal 4G areas and you'll separate the men from the boys. That's where the Rezound shines and the Nexus, so far, has failed for me.

Color me disappointed.

 

[bardol]

I've noticed in my office I went from consistent 4g on my Bionic to the 4g cutting in and out on my nexus. It is a little disappointing since I do the majority of my surfing there, but other than that the phone is great.

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[Bobaroo]

Re: Just a fair warning (low reception)

This is my first 4g and android phone. I had a blackberry before and its signal strength was hit or miss. I work in NYC and my blackberry would have full 3g bars, my nexus has two 4g...a little disappointing but it still works fine. I also noticed at home I'd get 1-2 bars of 3g on my BB but nothing would ever work (calls, texting etc). I get 1 bar of 4g but everything works fine.

Is the signal bar just extremely innacurate?

 

[jephanie]

Re: low signal strength?

Tech support suggested that my SIM card needs to be swapped out. I will give it a try and report back.

 

[marcw]

Re: low signal strength?

I'm in Cincinnati in the heart of strong 4G coverage and I'm having radio issues too. Last night at home I had 0 to 1 bar on 4G and it would drop to 3G often. Oddly, here at work only 5 miles away I have 3 full bars and awesome 4G speeds. I definitely don't want to give up this beauty of a phone but I have to get 4G service at home where I use it more often. Anyone else in the Cincinnati seeing these inconsistencies as well?

I have the same exact issue in NY in my house, but in my house I have NO RECEPTION at all. From outside my house to work, 3/4 bars. I might be thinking about a home cell device, but not willing to pay a lot for it.

 

[JoeUserTX]

Re: low signal strength?

Check out the Fascinate forums, It also suffers from these exact problems...

Not with the GB update. When mine got updated the radio reception was light years better. Prior to GB, signal reception was nominal, but not exceptional.

 

[anon(392870)]

Re: Just a fair warning (low reception)

This is my first 4g and android phone. I had a blackberry before and its signal strength was hit or miss. I work in NYC and my blackberry would have full 3g bars, my nexus has two 4g...a little disappointing but it still works fine. I also noticed at home I'd get 1-2 bars of 3g on my BB but nothing would ever work (calls, texting etc). I get 1 bar of 4g but everything works fine.

Is the signal bar just extremely innacurate?

Being in NYC probably doesn't help signal strength.

People normally complain about Samsung radios not being as great, so it's not surprising. But, really, in my office building at work (Troy, MI) I only 2 bars of 4G (Bionic). Outside I'm basically all 3 or 4. It all depends on where you are. Generally speaking though, you should expect a little bit less of a quality radio in terms of signal strength from Samsung. Doesn't mean the phone wouldn't still be awesome, just something to know.

 

[p08757]

Re: low signal strength?

Fixes will come and they will be quick. Think weeks instead of months. They will handle it and all will be great. Hate to say it but its part of owning a nexus. You will have more updates than you will care for.

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Are you sure about this? It is my understanding that VZW will still need to test any new code before it is released, especially if it has to do with their network.

Just say'n.

 

[bennolen]

Re: low signal strength?

No morning improvements here.
Still -120dBM and 99 asu here.
Out side of St Louis.

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

Re: low signal strength?

No morning improvements here.
Still -120dBM and 99 asu here.
Out side of St Louis.

Where?

I'm at Westport (Maryland Heights) and I'm at -93dBM and 47 asu. I forget what my Thunderbolt had here, but I remember my signal wasn't as good with it here as it was when I worked off of Olive and 270. Westport is in a bit of a valley, so I'm actlually pretty satisfied with the signal here.

 

[cstmstyle]

Re: low signal strength?

How do 4g phones do the over the air tower update?

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

Re: low signal strength?

How do 4g phones do the over the air tower update?

It's automatic. You don't even notice it unless you constantly check your PRL version.

 

[JoeNM84]

Re: low signal strength?

My signal has seemed to get a little better the longer I have had my Nexus. Yesterday after I got it I was around 2 bars mostly(3G area only). Today sitting in the same spot at work I'm on 3 bars. I didn't check my -db yesterday so I don't have a reference point for that. I have no idea if this would just be coincidence or the phone doing some kind of self adjustment? I used to always have full bars with my Pre+ though, but that doesn't mean much. Also my data and calls have been fine regardless of my signal stregnth.

 

[potatolover1102]

Re: low signal strength?

Anyone try a factory rest to see if it helped?

 

[burwil]

Re: low signal strength?

I appreciate the signal strength discussion. Right now I'm awaiting delivery of my GNex which should be here at any moment. But I've DL'd a signal strength widget and am recording 3G strength in my office and will do so again at other places. I'll install it on my GNex and will report the comparative numbers. Once I activate the GNex my DroidX will deactivate so I gotta do these measurements in advance.

 

[bennolen]

Re: low signal strength?

Where?

I'm at Westport (Maryland Heights) and I'm at -93dBM and 47 asu. I forget what my Thunderbolt had here, but I remember my signal wasn't as good with it here as it was when I worked off of Olive and 270. Westport is in a bit of a valley, so I'm actlually pretty satisfied with the signal here.

I'm in High Ridge, at the bottom. So I'm in the valley of all valleys.

I know it's not just the area. My phone is at -120dBm 99 asu.
The RAZR is currently at -95dBm and 0 asu.

This is the first I've heard of asu. But it seems to make a big difference.

 

[scorpiodsu]

Re: low signal strength?

To my surprise I've been getting a much stronger signal at work compared to the Rezound. Most of the day the Rezound would spending bouncing back and forth between 3G, 1X and no signal. Nexus has held 3G each time I looked at it.