Signal Issues

[arud45]

Hello,

I have an unlocked gnex running on T-Mobile and I am having signal issues. When I first received the phone I had the appropriate Edge in my hometown and it was fine. When the spring semester started and I moved back to Lexington, KY (a pretty large city) I was plagued with signal issues. When I was using my mytouch4g, I typically always had 4G, even in my dorm room. My galaxy nexus seems to only get Edge (and only in very, very random spots in the room--moving half a foot one way or another causes this to drop). There was an incident about a month ago, however, when (for about an hour) I suddenly had 3 bars of 4g in my room and everywhere on campus. This eventually fell out. The same thing happened the day before yesterday, except it persisted until a few hours ago.

I realize I could have a bad unit, it could be T-Mobile frequency problems, etc. But I am hoping someone can shed some light on the situation.

Thanks

 

[Andrew Martonik]

Where did you get your phone from and what radio are you using? (Settings > About phone > Baseband version> I9250*****) You may have better luck flashing a different radio if you're into that kinda thing.

Problem is it really varies by area and carrier, so there's no "one size fits all" radio.

I'm using XXKK6 on T-Mobile in WA and its been great for me.

 

[arud45]

I'm not sure where the phone was ordered from (it was a Christmas present).

The radio is XXKK6 and I'm in Kentucky. The bootloader isn't unlocked (I know I should have done this when I first got it, haha).

The thing that gets me is the RANDOM spikes of 4G. I don't understand.

Thanks for your input.

 

[bryanus]

I also seem to think the reception isn't as good as my previous devices. I'm on 4.0.4 XXLA2 and the radio is generally showing 1-2 bars (sometimes 3) in my house when my previous blackberry was always 4. My wife's iPhone 4 (t-mob) also shows 4 bars. Haven't made enough voice calls to test yet, though.