I'll be sitting there doing nothing and I can watch my bars go full..one..none (but not out of service), and it just keeps going..its extremely irritating especially if I'm trying to watch netflix at work lol.
Also my signal strength shows -45 when the bars disappear, and then shoots right back to -76 and -84..but my speeds don't reflect the good signal strength shown when no bars are displayed. Any ideas?
Setup is in the sig.
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SCH-I500 - EB01 w/ EC01 Radio- SuperClean 2.9.2/EC10 ComaVolt Voodoo/Nitro's Ultimate Honeycomb/Zeam Launcher
I had been having the same issue on EC01 radio but it seems like it just stopped after a while.
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Yeah ive noticed it stops after a while with me too but until it does its annoying as hell. Ive got three hours of work left, its my damn friday. I just want to watch some netflix. Stupid verizon.
What I've leardned about this phone is that you have two radio signal meters. If your 3G symbol is showing and you see the up and down arrows (whether or not they are colored) then you are looking at your data signal. When the 3G symbol has a "D" below it, or you are on wifi or data is disabled, you are looking at voice signal, which may not display correctly for a couple of seconds after 3G goes dormant.
From what I've been told data signal runs at a higher frequency than voice, so it's range is not as good. That's why you can have 3 bars of voice and 1-2 bars of data sitting in the same place.
When you go into About Phone>Status it only displays your voice signal strength.
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Noticed something that seems pretty weird to me and wanted to see what everyone else thought.
I have the T-Mobile 6.24 stack with the always on GPRS. I can be sitting here with 0 to maybe 1 bar of signal with GPRS off, then I'll turn it on or let a program turn it on and my signal will jump up to a steady 2 bars! It seems to always go up with the GPRS connects.
Anyone know why or if it truely is an increase in RF? Maybe it's uping the wattage when the GPRS is on?
i get 5 bars all the time, and when GPRS activates, it also goes to 2 steady bars...lol, so i dont know if thats a good thing 8) ...but i havent had any voice drops, or nothing of the such, and since radio version 6.24.01 iv had reception in my room and in basements, so im not complaining one bit
I've learned to just not even look at the signal bar, especially since I went to 2003. I just watch for the flashy green light.... :lol:
Question for people who switched from Evo 4G to Evo 3D.
Is anyone else noticing markedly weaker phone/3G signal strength as compared to their old 4G?
Mine is showing next to no signal in placed that my 4G showed full bars, and it pops in and out of roaming in places where I previously had decent Sprint signal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137769
I am having horrible reception problems. I have to sit on a window sill to get reception at my apartment where my Evo 4g got atleast one bar. Driving on a major highway here in Rochester NY, l watched my phone have one or no bars all the way into downtown. Roaming has been turning on and off.
Went to Sprint Store and the Rf tested my phone and said everything was fine, but my phone still seems to bounce around signal strength wise and usually ends up with one bar or less in areas where I have never had reception problems before.
As for 3G, it was running really, really slow until I called sprint and did a factory reset which has seemed to fix the problem. I'll know later if it fixed the signal strenth problem as well.
Sprint store and RF test just dont sound like they go togehter.
Definately sounds like your device is having some issues with CDMA.
Was utilizing my home wifi signal to connect to a web site, but it would time out and not connect. Check and saw the wifi signal strength indicator with only the bottom dot illuminated. My laptop, right beside me, had all five bars illuminated. Switched the phone from wifi to data and it connected right away.
I ha e the same issue! But I am rooted. Is there any kind of a fix out there?
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Same. It's weaker than the Infuse i have
The international SGS2 doesn't like D-Link routers. I don't know if the AT&T version's the same. There's less range with a D-Link for some reason and it wreaks havoc on the battery. It likes Netgear routers.
Wifi is weaker than my captivate was, but the GPS is really good. I got a solid lock in some pretty dense woods while on a hike. Whereas my captivate got awesome wifi but crap gps. I wonder if its a trade off with the antennas.
How's the signal on a 2Wire router from ATT for DSL service?
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Same issue here. My captivate had a much better reception. I checked at home and at school. Both places it had only one bar in the signal while being only 35 feet away from the router with only one wall in the way. It looses signal when further away while my laptop still has it. I'm connected on 802.11n in both places so maybe its something with that?
I also see lower wifi signals compared to iPhone 3gs.the difference isn't huge but definitely noticeable.
I noticed that too. It is weaker than my ex 3GS iPhone as well.
Weaker? Indicator?
Has there been any test on SIGNAL STRENGTH versus the number of bars? I don't mean to take a page out of ANTENNA GATE, but just having a fewer number on the display, doesn't actually indicate poorer reception.
For the guy with the 3gs, can you measure with something like speedtest.net? Since transfer speed descrease respective to signal strength, this seems like a good test.
I just bought a SGS II and would really like to know if the indicator is accurate and comparable to other devices and it does have a weaker antenna.
Thanks.
I didn't wanna make a new thread but same here. Wifi is pretty weak on this phone . Fairly disappointed at that.
To beat a dead horse, I am always at 1 or 2 wireless bars versus my IP4 being at full wifi bars. Not sure how its effecting the actual browsing though.
I will say that my GS2 consistently shows less bars than my iPad and previous iPhone 4(1 or 2 compared to full).... BUT I have yet to have a single issue browsing or accessing anything and speed is still excellent. So it could just be a display issue.
My only problem with that is that if I do really have a bad signal and have a crappy connection I'll never really know - because I'll aways asume the connection is good even though it's reporting low strength.
I've sometimes had my GS2 show extremely weak wifi signal even when sitting right next to my router - but the wifi still works just fine, inconsistently with the displayed signal strength.
So if it's showing weak but working fine, don't worry.
Entropy512 said:
I've sometimes had my GS2 show extremely weak wifi signal even when sitting right next to my router - but the wifi still works just fine, inconsistently with the displayed signal strength.
So if it's showing weak but working fine, don't worry.
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I can agree with this. My router is located very close to my phone and sometimes my phone shows only 1 bar of signal but the overall performance is still snappy and quick. no worries
I'm coming from a iPhone 3G. While the SGSII displays less bars it also seems to pick up wireless signals that my iPhone never detected (free wireless downtown).
Also at home in some rooms it shows less than full while my iPhone always showed full but I never noticed it being slow. I think it just displays differently.
From AnandTech
Referring to Cellular connectivity:
"In addition, Samsung makes the mistake of going with a signal bar visualization with very compressed dynamic range. Since the whole iPhone 4 debacle, I’ve seen something of a trend towards a strict linear scale (which makes more sense), but SGS2 definitely doesn’t go that route. It’s not a huge deal however, just something to be aware of. I’m willing to overlook that issue considering that getting the real story on connectivity is no harder than dialing *#0011# and looking at the real number."
Referring to Wifi:
"As with every other radio, we have to do the receive sensitivity dance and make sure nothing is broken. I tested the SGS2 alongside an SGS 4G at my house with both an Airport Extreme (5th Gen) and WRT54G-TM boosted to 184 mW. SGS2 WiFi reception on 2.4 GHz is darn near identical to the previous generation.
There’s something deceptive about this however, and it’s that although Samsung has chosen to go the usual compressed-dynamic-range route with cellular bars, the WLAN bars seem to be more linearized. Thus where I’m used to seeing every other smartphone show max (until you’re right about to fall off), the SGS2 actually doesn’t lie to me and shows fewer bars. Until I ran around and looked at RSSI in dBm, I suspected SGS2 had WLAN sensitivity issues where there don’t appear to be any. One small thing I did notice is that SGS2 (and BCM4330) seems to only connect at long guard interval (eg 65 Mbps maximum for single stream, 20 MHz channels), where SGS1 and BCM4329 connected at 72 Mbps short guard interval."
For the past day or two I have had connectivity drop completely. I don't understand what is going on or what is causing it. If I disable and enable data, it comes back. Wifi is not on either.
I have had these problems as well since I got my razr.
It also had a hard time disconnecting from home wifi and switching onto 4g
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When wifi is out of range or off I can't connect back to data no matter what I do, airplane or restart?
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At least in Central Texas, 3G is down on 4G devices for a couple of hours at a time. 4G works fine.. Started last night and has been happening throughout the day today...
No amount of finagling the device made it reconnect to data other than driving to the nearest 4G city.
http://pocketnow.com/android/motorola-getting-users-to-help-test-bionic-bugfix-update
Even though it's a Bionic story, clearly this tells me they have issues with the Bionic and RAZR. Especially in areas where 4g signal becomes weak and data just turns off completely. This is what happened to me with the RAZR. Looks like they are on it so a fix is coming but 60 days (4/5 months after bionic release!) is too long so I returned it. Plus wonder if they figured out the RAZR is having the same problem. I would hope so.
I noticed this on the highway a lot, especially when using google music. 4G jumps in and out in terms of signal strength in some parts and then it suddenly cuts out. Super annoying
Happens to me constantly. At home more than anywhere else. But it is definately related to location. I have no issues at other locations. Annoying as hell. I can't even watch a movie on Netflix without it stopping 10 or more times
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Update:
I seem to be losing connection regardless of signal strength. I was streaming shoutcast radio, had 5 bars 4g, and out of nowhere, 4g disappears. And returns 5-10 seconds later. Signal strength never faded. Also, does anyone know what the difference between when the signal strength meter and 4g are blue vs white? Because it sometimes is white and only seems to allow certain traffic. Don't know if anyone else has experienced that.
I've noticed the same kind of random data outages with my RAZR too on Optus in Melbourne.. which is kind of odd seeing as I work in the CBD
Looks like they having problems with data over at some other:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-razr/181914-dropped-data-connection.html
Hi everyone, I this problem has been driving me nuts. I looked for similar issues, but non exactly like the one i have.
Since about a week ago, My photon keeps dropping the signal meter to 1 bar or occasionally 2. If I toggle to 3G from 4G i get more bars for a little while.
The problem seems more prominent when connected to 4G. If I make a call with 1 bar, as soon as I hit the CALL button I get more bars on the meter. When I hit the END button, it goes down to 1 bar instantly. This is always repeatable and sometimes backwards. on the rare occasion that the phone is showing 3+ bars, If i make a call, it will drop a bit, then when i end it, it will instantly rise back up.
The signal in dbm ranges from -95 to -85 inside my house according to an app and the stock android "About" menu. Surprisingly If i watch the dBm in real time, I notice that a stronger dBm, most always results in my signal meter(bars) dropping to 1.
The phone is fully stock, running 198_6. I have tried to SBF and no dice, still the same.
Sprint says there is no problem in my area and that my area should have close to full bars or a great signal. I get 3/3 for 4g inside my house too.
Im a noob at this, If anyone knows a solution please give a shout.
thanks!