My previous phone was Galaxy S2. I can say that the lumia 920 has at least 30% better wifi strength, which shows especially with closed doors. Same with BT. I think its better than iphone too.
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Hello everyone!
I received my Vibrant from the US a week ago and noticed that when 3G is on, the reception is 1/2 bars at most. While it's connected, the device gets hot in the top part and the battery drains like a F1 racing car.
I though I could see how good is the signal and it's about (-90) - (-100) dbm.
I never had reception issues with my previous phone that is 3 years old (HTC Touch Cruise) whose reception is quite good. My company's antenna is about 1 Km far and it's emitting 3G in the WCDMA 2100 MHz band.
Could any setting improve the reception to avoid heating and battery consumption?
Thanks a lot!!
You may want to try to set it to 2G only if you want a good battery life.
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Maybe somebody knows an application that switches from 3G to 2G when the reception is not good. It might be very handy.
Also, I wanted to know what levels are acceptable in dbm for a 3G connection that doesn't drain the battery like crazy.
Thanks for your reply!
I know this was a big topic of discussion regarding the Intl Version. My wifi range is weak on both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz. I have an Apple Airport extreme which broadcasts both channels simultaneously so I have tried both networks.
My (now my wife's) iPhone 4 gets 75% signal nearly 45 feet away on 2.4 ghz while my Galaxy S2 has 25% or 1 bar.
I have used wifi analyzer to hop on the channel with the least interference so it's definitely not the router.
My iPad2 on 5ghz network has all the bars at the same range while Galaxy S2 remains 1 bar on 5ghz.
Is this pretty standard wifi performance for this device?
I've noticed this as well. MY iPhone had a better wiring signal. Will a new radio fix this maybe? I remember having the same issues on my HTC Fuze...
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LonghornNTX said:
I know this was a big topic of discussion regarding the Intl Version. My wifi range is weak on both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz. I have an Apple Airport extreme which broadcasts both channels simultaneously so I have tried both networks.
My (now my wife's) iPhone 4 gets 75% signal nearly 45 feet away on 2.4 ghz while my Galaxy S2 has 25% or 1 bar.
I have used wifi analyzer to hop on the channel with the least interference so it's definitely not the router.
My iPad2 on 5ghz network has all the bars at the same range while Galaxy S2 remains 1 bar on 5ghz.
Is this pretty standard wifi performance for this device?
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Odd, my friend brought over his iPhone4 a few days ago. We placed both phones on the counter next to each other and ran a speed test. My SG2 was over 10mbps on WiFi.... his was under 5.
I didn't test distance though...
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You can't rely on a software-indicated signal bar.
Connect both phones, and slowly walk away from the router until the signal in each drops. That will give you a better idea of real range for each.
joeybear23 said:
You can't rely on a software-indicated signal bar.
Connect both phones, and slowly walk away from the router until the signal in each drops. That will give you a better idea of real range for each.
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Very true.. I stop short of saying the iPhone is 'lying' to you, but they have notoriously been very loose with their reporting of 'strength'. I have done wave form analysis for over 20 years as a ham radio operator, and, as a wireless network fanatic building wireless links at 1/4 mile for very remote areas of a state park. I had both the 3g and the 4 and both were lots of bars, but dropped very quickly when walking away. I do like the idea of the wi-fi analyzer app, but even it has a delay built in that might make it a little misleading.
Upon setting up both my wifes and my own Razr Maxx I noticed a few things:
My home WiFi signal is quite weak... My thungerbolt and wifes Droid X have great WiFi signal, but the Maxx is so bad it regularly drops the connection. A co-worker has noticed the same thing with his Maxx...
The Celular signal is roughly 6 to 10 dmb worse than the Razr... tested a few Maxxs and regular Razrs right next to each other at various places. Always the same difference (ICS ROM will drop your signal even more... not sure why yet).
This really sucks if you're in a low signal area to begin with (which I am). I tried the Galaxy Nexus and it was even worse !!!
Went to a Verizon store and checked out there phones just sitting there... what do you know... all show the same signal issues I've noted with my own phone... Razr is good, Maxx not so good, Nexus blows.
Could this be due to the extended battery in the back of our phones causing some shielding issues? Am I just going nutz here
My GSM razr has the worst wifi reception of any device I have ever used. It's the one great hardware flaw, I doubt it is fixable.
Same here, my Razr has the weakest Wi-Fi signal of all the phones I owned and own. I did noticed one thing, if I flip it into landscape, signal strenght improves greatly.
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The antenna is at the bottom right, become left handed and voila!
I find that the 3G reception is much better than anything I ever had though, and usually faster anyway..
So I just got a giant data plan. =)
I have a galaxy S3 but the signal strength is awful compared to other phones I have tried side by side. Its fine if there is a strong signal, but cannot cope if the signal drops a bit, so poor reception and dropped calls. Its not hardware as I've had replacements. I've compared to HTC desire and One X. One X had 14-16 asu where this had dropped to about 3-4. At home it hovers around 0-2 asu so it is no good for me.
This isn't just me - a google of galaxy S3 signal problem brings up a few results.
So .. is there anyone on here who knows how the radio ROM is designed on these phones. Does the reciever work low power at the moment and can it be increased in a new ROM, or is this likely to be an inherrent design issue? I want to keep this phone but my 7 days are nearly up and I can't be stuck with a phone that doesn't work as a phone for 24 months.
Both network (vodafone) and Samsung are burying their head in the sand.
Thanks
Most of the time Wi-Fi is at 1-2 bars along with LTE.
Noticed this problem in Hong Kong,China and Taiwan. Various dim cards and various Wi-Fi routers.
poor LTE speed
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Most of the time Wi-Fi is at 1-2 bars along with LTE.
Noticed this problem in Hong Kong,China and Taiwan. Various dim cards and various Wi-Fi routers.
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i m facing the same problem i have note 4 that is quite well than s6 edge in 3g and 4g
This could be the cause of some people's battery drain as their phones keep switching from LTE down to 3g. If this phone was better tuned for LTE it would be more battery efficient.
Not sure a software fix can do much about this. Its probably the antenna design, but we can live in hope!
My Wifi is fine.
However, I've been having poor 4G since day 1. I keep having 1-2 bars of 4G consistently at my workplace where my G3 did 3 or more bars.
The thing is, it does stick to 4G pretty well and not loose that 1-2 bars easily to downshift to 3G, so I am not too concerned. Voice calls and data speeds are also not affected. It's just that vidual indicator...
my wifi and data signals are excellent. haven't been to a spot where there's good lte signal
Always use device status to read signal in dBm.
Many phones' "signal strength meters" are far from accurate often showing much higher perceived signal than reality.
My S5 was like that.
This may just be corrected now in as much one bar for -112dBm (instead of three) is more accurate, relatively speaking.
A device should only show five bars if the signal level is very strong, say -65dBm.
Problem is most of the time people would never see five bars. Carriers don't like that.
Perhaps we need to change to an advanced "tech" mode where the signal strength readout is in "S" units with 9 being the reference and stronger signals show in "dB over nine". Like HF transceivers and CB radios (anyone remember those? )
I would be happy with -dBm on the status bar instead of a series of bars. iOS allows for it and it's accurate. Can't believe it's not baked into Android being it's the choice OS for techies.
Compared my Wifi download speeds to my iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 was faster. These 2 pictures are wifi download screenshots from iPhone 6
Here is the same location using my Galaxy S6 Edge
Hello, compared to Note 4 S6 really hurt my Edge captures the mobile network.