I currently have the S3 on Verizon and had the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon - both suck for reception even though the RAZR and DNA get great reception. Anyone know if Samsung is finally going to address the issue in the S4? I saw a lot of specs about the screen and the battery but not really sure if the specs are out for that detail on the Verizon S4.
I'm hoping they are going to finally fix the issue as I'd actually like my S3 if the phone wasn't so worthless. I make about 3000 minutes worth of calls each month so reception is extremely important to me as I'm far more likely to notice it than someone who mostly texts from their phone.
It's be nice to see strong radios in the GS4. On the GS3 and GNex no one get's LTE signal in the office. Every other phone get a decent signal. Razr HD gets a great signal.
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It's be nice to see strong radios in the GS4.
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So you saw somewhere they were going to improve the radios and or antenna's on the S4?
I can say that without a doubt that my GS3 gets better and more consistent reception (phone and data) than my Thunderbolt or Rezound ever did in spots that I frequent. Maybe I got lucky with my GS3?
Well, this is the reason I got the rezound over the galaxy nexus.
This will be a deal breaker for me once again if they haven't fixed it.
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Piaband said:
Well, this is the reason I got the rezound over the galaxy nexus.
This will be a deal breaker for me once again if they haven't fixed it.
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I certainly understand. I'm hoping someone is foolish enough to trade their DNA for my S3.
the reception was fixed on the note 2.
droidstyle said:
the reception was fixed on the note 2.
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That may be true - I don't have one or know anyone who has one so I can't verify but I can say for sure LOTS of people claimed firmware updates fixed the Verizon S3 radio and that is definitely not the case.
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That may be true - I don't have one or know anyone who has one so I can't verify but I can say for sure LOTS of people claimed firmware updates fixed the Verizon S3 radio and that is definitely not the case.
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I'd love to find this out as well. I'm perfectly willing to buy an S4 at full cost if it means I can actually get reception, the S3 has been an absolute disappointment in this regard.
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That may be true - I don't have one or know anyone who has one so I can't verify but I can say for sure LOTS of people claimed firmware updates fixed the Verizon S3 radio and that is definitely not the case.
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there is no may about it...the signal on the note 2 is as good if not better than any moto device. I have owned 3 galaxy devices so I have a clue
mine will be delivered tomorrow and i get poor reception at my house so i will let y'all know
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there is no may about it...the signal on the note 2 is as good if not better than any moto device. I have owned 3 galaxy devices so I have a clue
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I assume you're on VZW? Is GPS better on the Note 2 as well?
iTechWNC said:
mine will be delivered tomorrow and i get poor reception at my house so i will let y'all know
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Look forward to it!
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I assume you're on VZW? Is GPS better on the Note 2 as well?
Look forward to it!
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read my sig yes signal, call quality, and gps are leaps and bounds better on the note 2 opposed to the s3.
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there is no may about it...the signal on the note 2 is as good if not better than any moto device. I have owned 3 galaxy devices so I have a clue
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if the Note 2 would fix all my reception woes, I do hope they have that same level of reception in the S4.
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I assume you're on VZW? Is GPS better on the Note 2 as well?
Look forward to it!
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Just receved it and it gets better reception than my iphone 5 did.
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Just receved it and it gets better reception than my iphone 5 did.
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Try installing network signal info and seeing what that says. Screenshot would be fantastic.
i didnt get a before and after test using my galaxy nexus and my S4 but I can tell you for sure my S4 has way better reception. inside my office at work i barely got 3G but when i would step outside with the nexus the 4G would kick in. Now, now matter where i am in the building the 4G gets through. No big change at home as i had full 4G to begin with but I will be driving around tonight so different places and i remember my old reception so ill compare it but i am definitely expecting better things
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i didnt get a before and after test using my galaxy nexus and my S4 but I can tell you for sure my S4 has way better reception. inside my office at work i barely got 3G but when i would step outside with the nexus the 4G would kick in. Now, now matter where i am in the building the 4G gets through. No big change at home as i had full 4G to begin with but I will be driving around tonight so different places and i remember my old reception so ill compare it but i am definitely expecting better things
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If anyone actually had an office or home where you couldn't make a call before on their Verizon S3 but can with their S4 I would be very very interested. I work in a few places where I get no signal on my S3 and can't make or receive calls but others with Verizon iphones (4 and 4s) and Razr and HTC DNA can make and receive calls.
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Try installing network signal info and seeing what that says. Screenshot would be fantastic.
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Not shure what any of that means but hear it is
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Not shure what any of that means but hear it is
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Wow, what type of reception did your iphone get? That looks pretty bad...
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So has anyone found a way to enable 4G on the vibrants?
Thanks
not gonna happen. our radio physically can't (wasn't built to) handle that speed.
I have two friends one with a galaxy 4g the other with a infuse 4g and my vibrant is faster than both of them. They both get around 2.5 down and 1 up. I rountinly get 3.5-6 down and 1.5-3 up on my vib......im good with vib...then again their phones are stock so maybe their not being utilized to full potential
Thanks for the quick reply guys.
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not gonna happen. our radio physically can't (wasn't built to) handle that speed.
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well i saw on the internet that they sell the replacement 4g module for the vibrant 4G. you think changing that might help us get 4G?
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I have two friends one with a galaxy 4g the other with a infuse 4g and my vibrant is faster than both of them. They both get around 2.5 down and 1 up. I rountinly get 3.5-6 down and 1.5-3 up on my vib......im good with vib...then again their phones are stock so maybe their not being utilized to full potential
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What rom are you using??
The best you can get is 3.5 G, our vibrant not capable of 4 G
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how do you get that?
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how do you get that?
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3.5g has been lumped into normal 3g. 3.5g is the speeds at about 3mbps and up. And you automatically get that when in the range of a tower that supports that speed.
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oh okay i understand now. im surprised no one has made a mod to recieve 4G
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oh okay i understand now. im surprised no one has made a mod to recieve 4G
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No one has made a mod because the 4g modem is a surface mount device, and more than likely isn't anywhere near the same shape nor will it likely be the same pinout as the vibrant 3g modem.
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okay guess it'll have to stay like that. thanks for the reply
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Thanks for the quick reply guys.
well i saw on the internet that they sell the replacement 4g module for the vibrant 4G. you think changing that might help us get 4G?
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On multiple roms...toxic...tard....did u try the build prop tweaks in dev.forum...they do work
no but for that ill have to be rooted right?
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no but for that ill have to be rooted right?
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Yes...when i first got here i was scared to break my phone and even confused with terminology....but it was the best thing i did. The stock version does not even come close to tapping into the potential of this phone...just read and read again...watch some tutorials and take the jump...you wont be disappointed...besides this phone is almost impossible to completely brick.....good luck
4G,is joke.
tmobile does not have 4g, that is fake.
only 3g
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Samsung devices don't have the best history with Radio quality. I am debating an upgrade and trying to decide between a DNA and N2 on Verizon. I know the S3 and a few other recent Samsung devices have had problems with dropped calls, weak signals in fringe areas, etc. The DNA uses a Qualcom radio so it's pretty stable. It looks like the GN2 is still using their own in house radio design?
My wife's iPhone5 and my N2 seem to get the same signal strength everywhere we go.
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After coming from the galaxy nexus anything would be an improvement. But, actually the radio has been great for me
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The radio pales to the quality in the DNA (which is likely more due to antenna), but is miles ahead of the galaxy nexus.
Personally working in a 4G fringe area, I had better handoff on my thunderbolt than the N2. Both devices forced into 3G I think the thunderbolt performed better on 3g, while the N2 does better on 4G.
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After coming from the galaxy nexus anything would be an improvement. But, actually the radio has been great for me
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Just want to repeat this. On the galaxy nexus I had to keep my phone in 3G just so I wouldn't constantly drop data. This phone however has been great! My wife has the S3 and she also has great reception and data reliability so they must have fixed something.
It's the first Samsung phone that gets reception similar to my old Thunderbolt. My Droid Charge, Galaxy Nexus, and Galaxy S3 all got poorer reception than my GN2 and TBolt (the Droid Charge and the GNex were tied for worst).
Thanks for all the feedback here. How would you say 3G connectivity compares to an old Motorola Droid X (Current Phone)
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(the Droid Charge and the GNex were tied for worst).
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LOL, no kidding (I have had both devices)
Personally, I think the GNEX was the biggest POS ever made.
I actually loved my Droid Charge (i still have it somewhere) and after a TON of mods and radio swaps etc it was way way better than I could ever get the GNEX to work.
That being said, the N2 radio is hands down better than either one although it is not as good as the Rezound I still use occasionally and about equal to or maybe slightly better than my Wife's Galaxy S3.
the N2 radio is hands down better than either one although it is not as good as the Rezound
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Funny, I've only had the Note 2 a few days and haven't been in any good 4G areas yet, but I find so far that it's much better than my Rezound. Where I live I only have 3G, with 4G being across the lake.. my Rezound would pick up 4g for 30 seconds at a time very rarely (like once a week), and never transmit data, but the Note 2 gets 4g from there off and on pretty regularly, at least in my house. It's 3G signal also seems more consistent, at least going by signal bars and how it "feels" to use (haven't actually compared dBm). The Rezound would routinely drop it's data, sign out of Google Talk, take forever to re-establish it's connection, etc. I HAD to use it on WiFi or it was basically unusable. The Note 2 so far has been great.
While I have Zero issues its the radio, if your coming from a Motorola Device, it's not as good. Motorola just has killer radios. That being said, I have had no problems with the Note 2
I'm in an LTE market in Maryland and my signal is horrible. I can be only a couple feet away from any building entrance and my signal goes out. No 4G, no 3G... just straight up no signal. And the thing that kills me is that the icon will say it's on LTE. I have to be literally standing OUTSIDE to get a good internet connection. And tethering?.. forget it! My connection is intermittent at best. Frequently drops out to the point where I can't even download from XDA via the phone's browser. Love the Note II, been onboard since the first Note but... this is making me think either I have a bad radio or my choice to switch to Verizon from ATT wasn't a smart one. I need PRL's people. NOW!
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my choice to switch to Verizon from ATT wasn't a smart one. I need PRL's people. NOW!
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I'd say this is the problem
Incredible signal in Chicago.... No dropped 4g and call quality is far better than my Galaxy nexus.
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I'd say this is the problem
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Agreed!
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Coming from the rezound and a inc4g for a week, this phone is just as good as those radios. I can get a 4g signal inside my work where the S3 can't. The exynos set is absolutely badass on this phone and the reason I didn't buy a S3.
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While I have Zero issues its the radio, if your coming from a Motorola Device, it's not as good. Motorola just has killer radios. That being said, I have had no problems with the Note 2
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I beg to differ. I had the Razr Maxx before my Note 2 (and Droid X before that) and so far I'm getting exactly the same amount of signal everywhere I go. Best radio on a Samsung phone yet. Very happy with it.
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I'm in an LTE market in Maryland and my signal is horrible. I can be only a couple feet away from any building entrance and my signal goes out. No 4G, no 3G... just straight up no signal. And the thing that kills me is that the icon will say it's on LTE. I have to be literally standing OUTSIDE to get a good internet connection. And tethering?.. forget it! My connection is intermittent at best. Frequently drops out to the point where I can't even download from XDA via the phone's browser. Love the Note II, been onboard since the first Note but... this is making me think either I have a bad radio or my choice to switch to Verizon from ATT wasn't a smart one. I need PRL's people. NOW!
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PRL only effects the 3g side of the radio from what I've read. I would try to get a replacement device
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The radio here is southern orange county has been very good.. better then my Gnex.
I personally came from the Galaxy S3 and the difference in service quality is astounding. Before I got the GS3 I had a RAZR and had excellent service, with the GS3 I couldnt even send texts without hitting resend 5 to 10 times. I had to get something different so I went with the Note 2 and this phone has as good if not better service that all the Moto phones I have compared it with and has way better servixe that the GS3.
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Hello. I got the s4 on release and have noticed during my commute I am on 3g for a great majority of it. When I had my bionic I never had any issues staying on a strong 4g connection. Does samsung have weaker antennas compared to motorola? I am running hyperspeed rls2.
Also i noticed many of the times when I take my phone out of my pocket it is on 3g then takes a minute or 2 to get back on 4g which was never an issue on the bionic either... Thanks for your input!
Have you tried resetting the sim card yet?
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Have you tried resetting the sim card yet?
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How does one go about that?
It's hard to compete against a lot of the Motorola phones or HTC with Samsung.. The best signal i've seen for Samsung has been the Note2 and it's probably due to it's enormous size. It probably has a better antenna setup. Now the RazrM is probably the worst Motorola phone for signal and my S4 gets 4G in places the RazrM cannot.
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It's hard to compete against a lot of the Motorola phones or HTC with Samsung.. The best signal i've seen for Samsung has been the Note2 and it's probably due to it's enormous size. It probably has a better antenna setup. Now the RazrM is probably the worst Motorola phone for signal and my S4 gets 4G in places the RazrM cannot.
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Do you know if Samsung is known for having weaker antennas than it's competitors? I find it strange that a phone as nice as the S4 would lose 4g connection just from being in my pocket...
they are.. the nexus had horrible radios and the s3 was decent.
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jayochs said:
they are.. the nexus had horrible radios and the s3 was decent.
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how would you say the s4 compares to the nexus and s3?
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how would you say the s4 compares to the nexus and s3?
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From my side by side testing S3 = S4 in terms of reception.
I am coming from a sprint gs3. The gs4 and verizon service is 1000 times better LMAO!!! Im staying with verizon.
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I am coming from a sprint gs3. The gs4 and verizon service is 1000 times better LMAO!!! Im staying with verizon.
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yeah.. verizon is definitely on a different level than sprint..
yeah s3 and s4 seem pretty much the same. s4 seems to get faster data on 4g than my s3, though..then again, i've never had dropped s3 calls before or anyhting.
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Do you know if Samsung is known for having weaker antennas than it's competitors? I find it strange that a phone as nice as the S4 would lose 4g connection just from being in my pocket...
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Samsung is notorious for having weak radios.
Motorola has a good rep for having the best radios in their phones.
The Samsung basically fixed the S3 radio problems in the Note 2, but I'm noticing my S4 radio is not on par with my Note 2 radio, to be honest.
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Samsung is notorious for having weak radios.
Motorola has a good rep for having the best radios in their phones.
The Samsung basically fixed the S3 radio problems in the Note 2, but I'm noticing my S4 radio is not on par with my Note 2 radio, to be honest.
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thanks for your input! i thought i read somewhere that moto had good antennas and such.
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I had always read that Samsung phones had signal issues on cdma networks. This is my first Samsung device after several HTC. My wife and I are both dropping calls daily in front of our house. I cannot hold a call in my front entry way. Our previous rezound and thunderbolts did not have this problem and neither do our kids droid DNAs.
I called Verizon about getting a network extender because other than signal issues, we love the notes. They want 300 for it. I refused. They sent out techs to check signal in our location and say we have 3 towers blanketing our area so it's the phone. Still won't give us a free network extender. They agree it's a device problem. They say they have no phone comparable to the note to switch to and said there was nothing they could do. I told them to send another note to try. I guess I will keep going through notes until they other me the new Motorola's in a couple of months. They did offer me an upgrade, but I'm not giving up unlimited data.
I might hold out and try to get the next HTC phone that drops, either DNA 2 or one.
It really sucks because otherwise this phone is the best but dropping calls daily really sucks...
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You could get one from eBay
http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_k...RELESS+CDMA/EVDO+NETWORK+EXTENDER+FOR+VERIZON
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Just hang in there, after you get a few replacements from VZ they will offer you a different model.
I think I'm going to hold out. It might take awhile. I'll only take a phone with 32gb of storage and a big battery unless it comes with sd card slot
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You could get one from eBay
http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_k...RELESS+CDMA/EVDO+NETWORK+EXTENDER+FOR+VERIZON
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Thanks for the link, but I shouldn't have to buy extra equipment because Samsung can't make good cdma radios.
Curious if anyone else has wifi drops regularly. Both my phone and tablet drop and reconnect wifi pretty often. You see a message that briefly pops up.
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Thanks for the link, but I shouldn't have to buy extra equipment because Samsung can't make good cdma radios.
Curious if anyone else has wifi drops regularly. Both my phone and tablet drop and reconnect wifi pretty often. You see a message that briefly pops up.
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My note does not have any issues with wifi. Check that its the phone and not the router.... really really sounds like its not the phone.
As for signal issues, My note did have issues with verizon. i switched to AT&T with the same phone and its 10x better. Probably more to do with my area than actual reception problems though.
Interesting my note gets far better signal strength than my 2 previous HTC devices I had. The only thing I don't think it matches up to is Motorola who I believe build the best radios period.
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My note does not have any issues with wifi. Check that its the phone and not the router.... really really sounds like its not the phone.
As for signal issues, My note did have issues with verizon. i switched to AT&T with the same phone and its 10x better. Probably more to do with my area than actual reception problems though.
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Don't think it's the router because it happens on both my note 2 and note 10.1
at home and at work. Sometimes it will kill downloads, sometimes it's fast enough not to matter.
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Interesting my note gets far better signal strength than my 2 previous HTC devices I had. The only thing I don't think it matches up to is Motorola who I believe build the best radios period.
The signal strengths match in setting between Samsung and HTC, but HTC phones seem to hold lower signal better where Samsung just gives up and you lose the call. Also, Samsung is quicker to jump over to 3g while HTC holds onto that one bar of lte better.
This has been reproducible for me on multiple Samsung and HTC devices (2 notes, 2 thunderbolts, rezound, 2 DNAs)
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i've always had better signal strength with my Samsung devices vs HTC, with absolute best signal from Motorola devices.
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Don't think it's the router because it happens on both my note 2 and note 10.1
at home and at work. Sometimes it will kill downloads, sometimes it's fast enough not to matter.
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Just curious - are you running stock or have you unlocked and rooted?
try flashing a different modem
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try flashing a different modem
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Might try that, but pretty sure I've already flashed all of them at some point.
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Just curious - are you running stock or have you unlocked and rooted?
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I'm rooted running custom and wife is stock
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Just to follow up, took kids to dentist yesterday which is in a small town, outside of San Antonio. My phone had 1x, kids dnas had a couple of bars of 3g.
Swapped mine for a new note 2 (refurb) and is still dropping calls. Think I might just have to buy the extender...
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Just thought I would waste some space and let everyone know that I'm now a proud owner of a T-Mobile S5 coming from a locked down AT&T S5. I had the AT&T S5 and could NOT stand being locked down. I ended up returning it for an M8 simply because it wasn't locked down. I had the M8 for 5 days and I just didn't like it. I traded the M8 for my TMO S5 and it was the best phone trade I have ever done. I have owned every Samsung phone and will continue to own nothing but Samsung from this day forward......only TMO's of course or at least until they lock theirs down too.
Only issue I ran into was provisioning my SIMS for LTE to work on AT&T network. These AT&T phone Reps are either stupid or act stupid. They probably just act stupid so they want have to tell you the truth when provisioning SIMS because they don't want other carrier phones on their network. Anyway, I talked with 3 different reps and got nowhere with provisioning my SIMS. Long story short, I finally got them to provision my SIMS correctly by telling them my phone went bad and that my wife was nice enough to let me use her AT&T S5. So they ended up provisioning it by using her IMEI#. Now I'm all good to go and VERY HAPPY to be the proud owner of a TMO S5.
Sorry for wasting space, but man this is a happy day for me and I just had to share it.
Welcome to the fun side! i also had the att s5 and wheeled and dealed that locked up SOB and now happily Flashing away to my little hearts desire.
I had LTE right off the bat though with a new SIM card and the unlock code i purchased. Happy to hear you are up and running. I highly recommend giving project infinity a go, sweeeeeet ROM.
This is honestly the best combo. Tmobile phone that runs on att. I just want tmobile to fix their data speeds (non LTE) and I'll be extremely happy.
You and me both. This is the best phone i have ever had and if you knew how many i owned then youd knew it mean something. Using it on AT&T with xtrolite rom with the G3 keyboard, gonna buy a gear 2 neo next week, im in phone heaven!
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Welcome to the fun side! i also had the att s5 and wheeled and dealed that locked up SOB and now happily Flashing away to my little hearts desire.
I had LTE right off the bat though with a new SIM card and the unlock code i purchased. Happy to hear you are up and running. I highly recommend giving project infinity a go, sweeeeeet ROM.
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I would have been good to go on my SIM, but I was coming from the M8 which had nano sim or whatever the very small one is called. I had to go in the store and get a new one and that's when I got screwed. The store rep scanned my T-Mobile S5 and that's when the fun started.....them SOB's.
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You and me both. This is the best phone i have ever had and if you knew how many i owned then youd knew it mean something. Using it on AT&T with xtrolite rom with the G3 keyboard, gonna buy a gear 2 neo next week, im in phone heaven!
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Not to hijack, but where did you get the G3 keyboard apk?
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Not to hijack, but where did you get the G3 keyboard apk?
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I googled it and it gave me a link to xda. Theres a flashable zip and theres the apk. Make sure to follow the instructions
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barondebxl said:
I googled it and it gave me a link to xda. Theres a flashable zip and theres the apk. Make sure to follow the instructions
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You got a screenie you could share?
Thanks,
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You got a screenie you could share?
Thanks,
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Here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767660
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Here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767660
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Sweet thanks
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Sweet thanks
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You're welcome
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Enjoy T-Mobile's awesome signal strength. The AWS LTE can't penetrate a paper bag. Even the HSPA signal is weak.
MattMJB0188 said:
Enjoy T-Mobile's awesome signal strength. The AWS LTE can't penetrate a paper bag. Even the HSPA signal is weak.
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My signal is awesome. Actually my signal seems to be better than my wife's AT&T S5. Not sure if it's from some possible tweak I did or what, but I'm loving it.
chrispyutec said:
My signal is awesome. Actually my signal seems to be better than my wife's AT&T S5. Not sure if it's from some possible tweak I did or what, but I'm loving it.
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That's because the TMO S5 will shows 5 bars for a -109dbm signal. A good LTE signal is anywhere from -70dbm to -90dbm.
I am using a t-mobile s5 on ATT..I have used t-mobile phones since I bought the note3.
There are several variations on apn settings that I have used..some work better than others..but if you Google Best or fastest ATT apn settings you will find several similar options. I found that trying the various settings was the best way to find what worked best for me.
After flashing any rom it is one of the things you will have to do to set up your phone.
Just thought I would share..hope it helps. You don't need ATT to provision your phone. Just set up your apn.
Good luck
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MattMJB0188 said:
That's because the TMO S5 will shows 5 bars for a -109dbm signal. A good LTE signal is anywhere from -70dbm to -90dbm.
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I don't even have my bars showing so my status bar looks cleaner.. my db is better than the wife's.
mocsab said:
I am using a t-mobile s5 on ATT..I have used t-mobile phones since I bought the note3.
There are several variations on apn settings that I have used..some work better than others..but if you Google Best or fastest ATT apn settings you will find several similar options. I found that trying the various settings was the best way to find what worked best for me.
After flashing any rom it is one of the things you will have to do to set up your phone.
Just thought I would share..hope it helps. You don't need ATT to provision your phone. Just set up your apn.
Good luck
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You do have to get if provisioned. I took my TMO into the store to get a SIMS and they scanned my phone IMEI and blocked LTE......no matter what APN I used. Had to call in and give them a different IMEI and my SIMS number. After that all is good. If I wasn't coming from the M8 which has a nano SIM, I could have just swapped SIMS and been good to go.
Hope that makes since.
That is news to me..I aways just switched Sim cards and I was good to go. I did have to unlock the s5 so I could use it on ATT. .But other than that and adding my APNS, that's all I had to do...not sure I understand why yours was different but it really doesn't matter. Fact is its working for you, that is all that really matters. ..anyway..good luck..
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That nano SIM would have worked. Just been little smaller in phone. Reason I say this was I fixed up fellow with sg3 coming from a iPhone5s . After few weeks he finally went in to get Nano SIM swapped out.
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XRange said:
That nano SIM would have worked. Just been little smaller in phone. Reason I say this was I fixed up fellow with sg3 coming from a iPhone5s . After few weeks he finally went in to get Nano SIM swapped out.
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Yeah my nano from my M8 worked in my S5, but just a little tricky getting it to fit just right. Ran it for a while and every time I bumped my phone I would have to re-seat the SIM. Just decided to swap it out for that warm and fuzzy lol.