Signal strength in dBm, what is yours?

[g1toevo678]

-91dbm 49asu in my house.

About 100 yards outside from the house its -67dbm.

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[Kegs2015]

-100 to -105....can't make a phone call inside house

 

[taylorz_412]

Sitting at a restaurant my sg3 96 dbm 3g next to a rooted tbolt showing 86 dbm 4g lte hmmm

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[Principal Skinner]

-100 in my house, worse than my previous phone, DINC
dropping calls and poor reception...Verizon told me a soft reset would cure things ..NOT! Waiting for an update I guess

 

[Principal Skinner]

-73 to -113 on the new OTA radio I flashed

What OTA?

 

[PJnc284]

Sitting at a restaurant my sg3 96 dbm 3g next to a rooted tbolt showing 86 dbm 4g lte hmmm

RoOtEd GSIII vzw via tapatalk 2

Can't directly compare the two with signal strength under Status unless the bolt is using ICS. You can use the Android Signal Info app here to compare. For an explanation of the app This is why your Verizon Nexus signal "sucks" - Galaxy Nexus - RootzWiki

 

[taylorz_412]

Can't directly compare the two with signal strength under Status unless the bolt is using ICS. You can use the Android Signal Info app here to compare. For an explanation of the app This is why your Verizon Nexus signal "sucks" - Galaxy Nexus - RootzWiki

I know I'm just saying that it is getting 4g and I'm barely getting 3g

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[dpham00]

What OTA?

I there was no ota yet. He is referring to the update that was pushed on phones shipped after a certain date from the factory.

 

[Kench33]

-75 -81

 

[lagunarad]

-75 -81

You must be/live on top of a cell tower. Better wrap yourself in foil.

 

[Kench33]

Haha no, my speed tests are not fast at all though. I get like 25 down and 22 up on a good day. Getting like 13 down and 19 up right now.

 

[PJnc284]

Haha no, my speed tests are not fast at all though. I get like 25 down and 22 up on a good day. Getting like 13 down and 19 up right now.

Speedtests aren't a very good comparison unless you have both phones side-by-side, running on the same server, etc. I can go from 5Mbps to over 30 by just changing the server from a local one to one in Atlanta or DC.

 

[ansextra]

-100 to -105....can't make a phone call inside house

My signal is about the same but I have no problems at all making or receiving calls and have never had bad reception or drops.

 

[Kegs2015]

I talked to support today and they made sure everything was jiving with the towers in my area. They said it was fine. He told me to try another sim card or different phone. Im hearing every third word or so

 

[RifterAD]

As of this moment, my phone is at -106 4G while my wife's RAZR is sitting at -101. It's definitely better than the GNex I had (which was consistently 20 to 30 dbm worse than my wife's RAZR).

 

[charlier180]

-100 to -105....can't make a phone call inside house

That is about the same Signal Strength in dBm I have at home.

Weird how I have never dropped a call and get 12-30mb speed over the LTE connection when my SS is -100 to -105. Have to wonder if your home's construction is playing a factor or if your individual phone is having an issue.

Speedtests aren't a very good comparison unless you have both phones side-by-side, running on the same server, etc. I can go from 5Mbps to over 30 by just changing the server from a local one to one in Atlanta or DC.

I agree. Speedtests should never be taken as gospel and any one test is FAR from an accurate assessment of speed. Heck, last evening I did one speedtest with a server and got <4Mbps down and <2Mbps up. Changed to another server close to the first one and got 22Mbps down and 12Mbps up. Personally, I have also found that the time of day and physical location of a server used for speedtests can play a factor in my test results.