Have yall notice that lately and more often to the date of october 7 wierd huh what could it be?
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It might be that Sprint is upgrading their network.
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mine has been doing that to.
Most likely your phone is jumping from tower to tower. I use to have an app that would show the currect connected tower and my phone would skip around to several towers in the area within a few seconds.
Usually signal strenth doesn't indicate quality of service. As long as you have connectivity, the 0s will still be 0s and 1s will still be 1s.
I am not sure I trust the signal strength meter at the top of the home screen at all. I have an airave here at the house, and sitting on my couch, I can see the "bar" go from 1 bar to full strength. But just for comparison, I loaded an app that displays the actual signal strength in db, and that is holding steady at -72db regardless of the where the bar graph is at. Keep in mind that for every change of 3db equates to a change of half power. Since the phone works well when not at home with a signal of -92db, I am not sure what the bar graph is intended to represent.
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In West Palm I have full signal and wifi on and batt life is like 20 hours with heavy use. Here in West Broward I have 1 bar on and off and no wifi. 3G is ridiculous here. I get 2 hours max. Cant wait to leave tomorrow.
I Haz 3D
Yeah I only get 1 bar where I live and I have horrible battery life.
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Signal significantly effects battery life. The more the radio fluctuates between signals and loss/recovery of signal the faster battery will drain.
I update my PRL at least once a week to receive new tower & roaming updates...
Check this out: http://opensignalmaps.com/
i was out riding my motorcycle yesterday and didn't have great signal the whole time. i chewed through 2 stock batteries yesterday. while sitting at Hooters with my phone on the table it would go back and fourth between roaming about once a minute.
needless to say i'm going to try to get it changed out tomorrow for a Photon, that was the last straw.
You are right, but you dont have to frequently update your PRL. Your device will find new towers even if they arent in your current PRL. The only time the PRL really matters is if your carriers gains a completely new roaming partner.
SpartanEvo said:
Signal significantly effects battery life. The more the radio fluctuates between signals and loss/recovery of signal the faster battery will drain.
I update my PRL at least once a week . . .
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pretty much, the less bars you have, the more power your phone has to use to get the signal.
My phone is on a death bed right now with this signal.
I Haz 3D
Was the same on the Evo 4G. Weak signal = battery gets raped. I wish they'd put a limit on the current draw. The phone can draw as much as 1 full amp of power searching for/holding a signal in fringe areas.
Mike
Hello guys,
I received my TF201 just last week, and overall I am quite happy with it.
I noticed one issue with the wifi bar. Although I am getting good signal when I test it with speedtest (I get 16-20 MB), but the wifi bar is ALWAYS changing between 2 bars, 3 bars, and full bars. It does not ever stay at one position.
My Nexus S which is in the same room is always on 3 bars and never changes. I just wanted to see if anyone is having the same issue.
But like I said, I am getting high wifi speeds regardless of the number of the bars and this is not affecting it, just curious why it constantly jumps up and down.
Thanks,
Sam
I really wouldn't worry about the bars you're seeing on screen. Those are not very indicative of the actual signal strength. It's probably just bouncing around the pre-defined threshold for what is 2 bars and what is 3.
For example, if 2 bars is everything from -85dbm to -50dbm and 3 bards is -50dbm to -40dbm, then the signal level is probably hovering right around -50dbm and keeps transitioning between 2 and 3 bars.
Just realized that that thing I had to climb up to get to my front door is actually a Verizon Cell phone tower!
So, just noticed this condition today and thought I'd share. I have a Smart Action set up to enable my Home Wi-Fi based on location - Trigger is my location; Actions are to turn on Wi-Fi, turn off Data and Max Ringer.
While home this afternoon I just happened to look at my phone and noticed that my battery seemed to be dropping a little quicker than normal and my cell signal strength was max bars which NEVER NEVER happens at home - kind of on the fringe in my house and I'm lucky to get 3 on a good day. I checked network strength and my 4G was 2147483647 db. Gotta be a world record, right? oh wait . . . is more db bad?
Just got me wondering if, while on the fringe, the radio actively looks for a signal (like it does between 1X, 3G and 4G) and maybe gets stuck in some type of high output state. Would explain some of the intermittent hi-temp, unusual battery drain I experience occaisionally/intermittently. Just so we're clear - I'm not complaining at all about my Maxx battery.
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jeff_roey said:
Just realized that that thing I had to climb up to get to my front door is actually a Verizon Cell phone tower!
So, just noticed this condition today and thought I'd share. I have a Smart Action set up to enable my Home Wi-Fi based on location - Trigger is my location; Actions are to turn on Wi-Fi, turn off Data and Max Ringer.
While home this afternoon I just happened to look at my phone and noticed that my battery seemed to be dropping a little quicker than normal and my cell signal strength was max bars which NEVER NEVER happens at home - kind of on the fringe in my house and I'm lucky to get 3 on a good day. I checked network strength and my 4G was 2147483647 db. Gotta be a world record, right? oh wait . . . is more db bad?
Just got me wondering if, while on the fringe, the radio actively looks for a signal (like it does between 1X, 3G and 4G) and maybe gets stuck in some type of high output state. Would explain some of the intermittent hi-temp, unusual battery drain I experience occaisionally/intermittently. Just so we're clear - I'm not complaining at all about my Maxx battery.
Running stock .211 rooted.
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I thought after 120 db it actually means you've lost signal.....optimal is between 80 to 120....
I could be wrong
I saw that exact same thing on my Maxx the other day. I also noticed battery declining due to it. Not sure what it means though.
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I saw that exact same thing on my Maxx the other day. I also noticed battery declining due to it. Not sure what it means though.
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It means your have no signal, and your battery is dying from your LTE radio trying to find signal. dbm between -80 and -120 is not optimal, that is the range where verizon techs will tell you that you may experience data connectivity issues. The lower the dbm the better signal you have, however most extended 4g service areas are at this quality. I have seen some locations, closer to the towers, where I have gotten signal around -60dbm, which gave about 38mbps down and around 16mbps up.
I ordered a sleek 4g signal booster from wilson electronics, which will get here tomorrow, and will let you guys know how much improvement I get in areas with different signal strengths.
i've seen it countless times on my razr. I think it's just a bug
No signal but my signal bars show as full? That makes no sense whatsoever. I think I have to agree that it is just a weird bug.
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I'll tell the truth. Wilson electronics sleek 4g-v is not going to improve SINR signal strength (that's what you need for better LTE speed), however it will improve RSSI signal, but this is not going to help for LTE. If you want a good LTE amplifier, you are looking to spend about $500 that includes outdoor, indoor antenna and SINR amplifier. SINR is more important then RSSI or DBM for LTE
newbie owner of an Evo LTE, and i'm wondering if the phone has signal issues. my wifi signal strength seems to vary from 0 bars to 4 bars (typically staying around 1 bar). I remember reading a while back ago that these bars mean nothing for data speed. anyways, I've ran some tests on speedtest app, and my wifi speed has fluctuated from as low as 100kbps to over 10mbps at different times at roughly the same location.
The time when i have the most issues is during skype, dropped calls, etc. I sometimes use a bluetooth adapter and sometimes don't and have had issues regardless. so my question is does the phone have a weak wifi antenna or something?
No. Change your wifi settings to
"Always on" and set the frequency to 2.5ghz if you haven't already.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
Is anyone else having issues with decreased cell service after doing the KK update for AT&T. I can see the cell tower plain as day behind my house, its only about 3/4 of a mile away. Before the KK update I always had full cell signal, now I have 3 bars.
Yes, noticed similar results with my KK update too. There is definitely a reduction in signal over JB.
It may not be a reduction of signal at all it could be the sensitivity levels that the software reports has changed. I.e higher thresholds to trigger more bars
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