First to start out the reception at my house sucks. So I am always tweaking my phones to cope with the low signal. On my g3 before my little mod my signal was 1x and -106 to no service at all. Then I thought maybe my battery was emitting emf that interfered with the signal a little bit. So I filled the battery compartment with tin foil. Just enough to fill the battery compartment (leaving about 1/2 inch beneath the battery pins) and raise the battery a little. My signal after is -95 1x I have 3g and it is -86 and to my surprise when I first turned my phone on I had 4g which I have never seen in my house before. This is a mod every vzw g3 owner should at least try. If you do I I'm in need of thanks
I have a case on my phone that has a piece of aluminum trip around the edge and some people have complained that it decreases the signal. I don't have a problem with that b/c I don't usually have trouble with a weak signal or dropouts unless I'm driving down Interstate and that's only a couple times a month.
Aluminum can help or destroy signal you just need to know where to put it... Take your signal readings before and after if you try it. As big of a boost I seen it would not surprise me if it closed your dead zone gaps
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First to start out the reception at my house sucks. So I am always tweaking my phones to cope with the low signal. On my g3 before my little mod my signal was 1x and -106 to no service at all. Then I thought maybe my battery was emitting emf that interfered with the signal a little bit. So I filled the battery compartment with tin foil. Just enough to fill the battery compartment (leaving about 1/2 inch beneath the battery pins) and raise the battery a little. My signal after is -95 1x I have 3g and it is -86 and to my surprise when I first turned my phone on I had 4g which I have never seen in my house before. This is a mod every vzw g3 owner should at least try. If you do I I'm in need of thanks
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Seems like it worked for me. I taped the foil down with scotch tape really good because I do a lot of battery swapping. I also have poor reception in my house and signal increased 5-8 dBm. Able to load webpages on 3G now in the basement, still very slow but def improvement. Thanks for posting
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Seems like it worked for me. I taped the foil down with scotch tape really good because I do a lot of battery swapping. I also have poor reception in my house and signal increased 5-8 dBm. Able to load webpages on 3G now in the basement, still very slow but def improvement. Thanks for posting
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Any time... You may be able to tweak the placement of it more. I think the cdma antenna is on the bottom lte on top and evdo on the side... The key is to make the interference that the phone naturally makes bounce away from theses antennas (it obviously works) lol I'm surprised lg didn't make sure of this to begin with. Just for the record my phone is now able to make calls anywhere in my house.. Was never able to do that (even with my droid bionic:laugh
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First to start out the reception at my house sucks. So I am always tweaking my phones to cope with the low signal. On my g3 before my little mod my signal was 1x and -106 to no service at all. Then I thought maybe my battery was emitting emf that interfered with the signal a little bit. So I filled the battery compartment with tin foil. Just enough to fill the battery compartment (leaving about 1/2 inch beneath the battery pins) and raise the battery a little. My signal after is -95 1x I have 3g and it is -86 and to my surprise when I first turned my phone on I had 4g which I have never seen in my house before. This is a mod every vzw g3 owner should at least try. If you do I I'm in need of thanks
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Pics?
Edit: I have 4G but my signal says -102.
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Pics?
Edit: I have 4G but my signal says -102.
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Good remember that number also take your cdma (1x) readings also... then try my mod and report back.. im working on pics i just need the old tablet to charge enough to turn on lol
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didn't feel like taking the rest of my case off but the important part is there....
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didn't feel like taking the rest of my case off but the important part is there....
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I'll try this out when I get a hold of some foil. I noticed the G3 gas a bad antenna. In my apt with my gs4 on HSPA+/ATT I get about 89-94dbm. With my G3 on the same network I get about 102dbm.
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I'll try this out when I get a hold of some foil. I noticed the G3 gas a bad antenna. In my apt with my gs4 on HSPA+/ATT I get about 89-94dbm. With my G3 on the same network I get about 102dbm.
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I know the att version has very bad signal problems. Do you have it or the Verizon version? Because if you have the Verizon version the antennas wouldn't be properly tuned anyway and could explain why it's so bad also
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I know the att version has very bad signal problems. Do you have it or the Verizon version? Because if you have the Verizon version the antennas wouldn't be properly tuned anyway and could explain why it's so bad also
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Sorry forgot to clarify that. I have the Verizon version on ATTs network.
I tried this and it has no effect. That is to be expected because the battery is encased in metal and therefore already shielded.
Yep, battery is already shielded. Your results if anything are just an anomaly .
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I tried this and it has no effect. That is to be expected because the battery is encased in metal and therefore already shielded.
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Yep, battery is already shielded. Your results if anything are just an anomaly .
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You guys must be doing something wrong then because I am seeing differencees and somebody else said they did to. where are you guys located? I know I am on vzw 800mhz network maybe you guys are on 1900mhz... And it doesn't affect it as much
I tried this just now, using LTE Discovery paid version to monitor the signals. LTE strength on Verizon Band4 was unchanged at around -100dBm, and the SignalToNoise ratio was either the same or maybe a bit worse.
Thinking maybe the 1xRTT signal might have been the one affected, I checked that too, but again there was no change.
All this on a Verizon tower about 0.8mile away.
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I tried this just now, using LTE Discovery paid version to monitor the signals. LTE strength on Verizon Band4 was unchanged at around -100dBm, and the SignalToNoise ratio was either the same or maybe a bit worse.
Thinking maybe the 1xRTT signal might have been the one affected, I checked that too, but again there was no change.
All this on a Verizon tower about 0.8mile away.
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Did you raise the battery a little because I know this had the biggest afftect but just puting tinfoil in and slightly wrapping the sides it around helped a little I'll try again and take more accurate readings to see what happens
The battery is already shielded by a metal casing, unless you are using a cheap knock-off battery, there's no technical reason that foil would make any difference in that area. And I did try it in a low signal area, -105 db on LTE before and after. -101 db on 1x before -102 after, within the margin of error.
I attempted this as well. I first watched my signal for a while to figure out a rough average as we'll as a typical range from the same position within my house. I performed the mod and the typical position was 1-2 worse, but it stayed within the range. I suspect the "gains" a few found are likely within your typical fluctuations as well and you may have noticed during a good period.
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Did you raise the battery a little because I know this had the biggest afftect but just puting tinfoil in and slightly wrapping the sides it around helped a little I'll try again and take more accurate readings to see what happens
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How did you raise the battery,I have the zero lemon as well,and my signal drops when I use it as opposed to stock. I'm willing to try anything for better signal...thanks
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My results
Here is what I found- I folded the aluminum 3 times and cut it to be a little shorter than the battery. I tried it from my office (which gets a pretty good signal anyways) 2 times with the foil and 2 times without. I got 86dBM originally, 76dBM with the foil (which made me think the foil was working) but on the second try I got 85dBM without and 87dBM with the foil. My gut tells me the first time was a fluke. Still I plan to try it at home to see if I can tweak out a bit more signal.
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check out the pic. notice when i went to 3g when i went out for a bit, my battery just dropped... i didn't use the phone that much when I was out, and it still drained that much. hmm.
actually right now I can't upload a pic. anyone else having that issue from the app?
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No problems on my end bro!
VZW has had problems with their data system for the last 3 or 4 months. Your issues are probably related to to the problems all 4G phones are experiencing these days. You will see people in all the 4G forums complaining of losing data and low signals killing batteries. Saturday I was in a low signal area and kept losing 4G down to 1X and that also heated up my battery for the first time since I got the phone.
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i just have nothing to compare it to, because everywhere i go, i use wifi all the time lol....i haven't used just 3g in SO damn long, so i don't have a basis to compare with the rezound
Idling on 3G doesn't seem to hurt me too bad (I usually let juice defender keep it off to mitigate the risk), but actually using it is way more draining than wifi. I can sit online all night at home on wifi, but only get about two hours of solid use when I'm out and about.
Going to a 4G city this weekend for the first time. Bringing backup batteries.
I think what may be happening is that once it drops to 3g or 1x it tries hard to get back to 4g and that is what hurts more than anything.
Try forcing it to 3g only and see if you have the same drop in battery under preferably the same conditions.
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I think what may be happening is that once it drops to 3g or 1x it tries hard to get back to 4g and that is what hurts more than anything.
Try forcing it to 3g only and see if you have the same drop in battery under preferably the same conditions.
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Yes,that is what happened to me Saturday,it dropped to 1X and overheated trying to get back to 4G.
I did force it to 3G and it still stayed hot. But I had that happen once with my Thunderbolt, so I feel it is the vzw data signal not the phone.
3G kills battery compared to wifi.
i shut off 4g the day i got it lol...yeah, i think 3g just uses noticably more battery tahn wifi
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3G kills battery compared to wifi.
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definately. i can sit at home, connected to my wifi, and i can get like 2 or 3 days out of the battery. with light usage that is. on 3g though, with light usage, i'm lucky if i can get a full day.
3g actually saves my battery, somehow 4g and WiFi take more battery for me
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So I just moved and had great reception and pulling good speeds on data and all where unused to live. Now I'm pretty much out in the country and my reception has dropped off horribly! Even texts are struggling to go out, would changing radios possibly improve my signal? Any other ideas are appreciated
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So I just moved and had great reception and pulling good speeds on data and all where unused to live. Now I'm pretty much out in the country and my reception has dropped off horribly! Even texts are struggling to go out, would changing radios possibly improve my signal? Any other ideas are appreciated
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go to an ATT store and spend 50 bucks on a refurbished microcell. You will be glad you did.
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So I just moved and had great reception and pulling good speeds on data and all where unused to live. Now I'm pretty much out in the country and my reception has dropped off horribly! Even texts are struggling to go out, would changing radios possibly improve my signal? Any other ideas are appreciated
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Different modem could improve your signal as well.
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+1 on Microcell, got one a month ago,5 bars all the time and you can put 10 numbers on it.
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Different modem may help.
Microcell might help, but I've seen lots of reports of them acting strange/buggy/having compatibility problems.
A properly installed Wilson amplifier kit may also work - part of it depends - if you are outside, is the reception better? Is it better on your roof?
I have one of Wilson's car kits, and it has greatly exceeded my expectations.
http://www.amazon.com/Wilson-Electronics-Booster-Vehicle-Profile/dp/B0011GI94Q/ref=cm_cr-mr-title is the kit I have
For home installation you'll need a different setup - higher-gain/higher-power amp, and ideally, use the highest gain antenna you can buy (one of their directional Yagis) on the roof.
Note that Bad Things happen if there is not enough isolation between the inner and outer antennas. A high-gain Yagi will help here, also, if signal is much worse indoors than out, your house is more likely to provide the needed isolation to keep the amp from going nuts.
I have a tin foil that I like to wear when I'm in the country here in AL. If I hold my mouth just right,I get great reception...hard to talk though.
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I have a tin foil that I like to wear when I'm in the country here in AL. If I hold my mouth just right,I get great reception...hard to talk though.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Personally might try the tin foil in the mouth! Seems like the right thing to do! While I'm at it I'll make sure I wear my hockey spikes, lick all the windows in the house and take the short bus to work!
What exactly does the micro cell do? When your talking modems are you referring to the modem installed on the phone or the physical modem in the house?
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Entropy512 said:
Different modem may help.
Microcell might help, but I've seen lots of reports of them acting strange/buggy/having compatibility problems.
A properly installed Wilson amplifier kit may also work - part of it depends - if you are outside, is the reception better? Is it better on your roof?
I have one of Wilson's car kits, and it has greatly exceeded my expectations.
http://www.amazon.com/Wilson-Electronics-Booster-Vehicle-Profile/dp/B0011GI94Q/ref=cm_cr-mr-title is the kit I have
For home installation you'll need a different setup - higher-gain/higher-power amp, and ideally, use the highest gain antenna you can buy (one of their directional Yagis) on the roof.
Note that Bad Things happen if there is not enough isolation between the inner and outer antennas. A high-gain Yagi will help here, also, if signal is much worse indoors than out, your house is more likely to provide the needed isolation to keep the amp from going nuts.
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A microcell is basically a very small cell tower in your house - it will talk to up to 10 3g devices (does NOT work with 2g only dumb phones unfortunately) that you designate, and it runs all of it's communication to ATTs network through your highspeed internet connection (so yes, you do have to have a working highspeed connection for it to work)
Entropy is correct regarding wackiness of MicroCells - When I first got mine it would not recognize my SGS2 for anything (my Aria, my wife's Cappy, and my wifes SGS2 had no issues). Went through about an hour of troubleshooting with ATT before they had me swap sim cards with my wife - this made both SGS2s show up on the microcell. Swapped sim cards back, and no issues with it talking to my phone after that.
Twice since I've had the MicroCell it lost it's data connection - devices would connect, and voice calls and SMS would work, but no data over the microcell (this isn't a huge issue if you also have wifi, but it causes problems with MMS and the android market). This has been remedied by logging into my ATT account and disconnecting then reconnecting the microcell via the web.
However, the relatively minimal pain this has caused is far outweighed by going from frequent (3 to 5 times in a 10 minute call) dropped calls and poor-ish battery life due to cell radios cranking full blast to retain signal to landline-like call quality with no drops and improved battery life at home.
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Different modem could improve your signal as well.
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Jivy is referring to the modem software in the device - and yes a different one might improve your reception.
One thing is, the microcell relies on your Internet connection AND your house having power, but AT&T still charges you for usage even though you are not putting any load onto their spectrum infrastructure at all!
A properly installed bidirectional amp only needs power - and if you want reliability, you can easily battery-backup the system.
The only time a microcell would be better is if your local tower goes completely down but you stilll have power AND internet at home.
Entropy512 said:
One thing is, the microcell relies on your Internet connection AND your house having power, but AT&T still charges you for usage even though you are not putting any load onto their spectrum infrastructure at all!
A properly installed bidirectional amp only needs power - and if you want reliability, you can easily battery-backup the system.
The only time a microcell would be better is if your local tower goes completely down but you stilll have power AND internet at home.
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Just did some quick looking over on amazon, because I was curious about this type of set-up. Looks like about $400-$500 bucks for a home setup? Is that correct, or am I missing something?
Hmm, yeah, that's the other disadvantage - they are more expensive. However they are also carrier-independent.
http://www.amazon.com/Wilson-Electronics-Booster-Omni-Directional-Antennas/dp/B001R4BTH6 is a full kit at $345, it doesn't have an outdoor yagi though.
http://www.amazon.com/801245-Cellular-Phone-Signal-Booster/dp/B000PD02HI is one of their raw amps, antennas are around $60 each (one internal one external), that one has the directional yagi listed as a "frequently bought together")
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One thing is, the microcell relies on your Internet connection AND your house having power, but AT&T still charges you for usage even though you are not putting any load onto their spectrum infrastructure at all!
A properly installed bidirectional amp only needs power - and if you want reliability, you can easily battery-backup the system.
The only time a microcell would be better is if your local tower goes completely down but you stilll have power AND internet at home.
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AT&T dosent charge me at all for having a microcell. It just pulls from my normal minutes and/or mobile to mobile minutes. I also wasnt charged to get one... I told them where I lived and they said that was a known dead spot and gave me a new microcell for free.
I stopped using it though because I noticed a significant battery drain when I used my microcell with my phones. I first got it with my Captivate but it would drain it within about 5 hours (even untouched) and with my GSII it did the same thing, although not as fast. Id rather have 2 bars and better battery life than 5 bars and a dead phone by 3:00 in the afternoon.
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AT&T dosent charge me at all for having a microcell. It just pulls from my normal minutes and/or mobile to mobile minutes. I also wasnt charged to get one... I told them where I lived and they said that was a known dead spot and gave me a new microcell for free.
I stopped using it though because I noticed a significant battery drain when I used my microcell with my phones. I first got it with my Captivate but it would drain it within about 5 hours (even untouched) and with my GSII it did the same thing, although not as fast. Id rather have 2 bars and better battery life than 5 bars and a dead phone by 3:00 in the afternoon.
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I don't get a monthly charge for the MicroCell either - I think what Entropy was referring to is that we ARE still using our plan minutes, while NOT using any of ATTs over-the-air infrastructure. If ATT wanted to be nice to us, we should get unlimited talk time on the MicroCell without having to pay extra. But then again, they charge like a bastard for SMS, which should also be free (but that's a whole other argument ). As you said, it is still a benefit, at least for me, because I can now reliably make mobile-to-mobile calls to my house (with unlimited M2M minutes) rather than calling my home VOIP number and using peak minutes.
As far as battery drain goes, the MicroCell is MUCH better on my battery than the 1 bar that I get without it. FWIW, today, I have been at home except for about 2 hours - phone off the charger from 6:30am, so about 8hrs 20 minutes, with about 5 minutes of talk time, 15 min of screen on, Gmail push, and eBuddy XMS (yeah, can't convince my wife that gTalk is just as good and won't kill our batteries - the things we do for love...) and my battery is at 91%, so just over 1% per hour with minimal usage. I'm on Jivy's ICScreweD 1.6.1 with Entropy's 01022012 kernel.
Entropy512 said:
Different modem may help.
Microcell might help, but I've seen lots of reports of them acting strange/buggy/having compatibility problems.
A properly installed Wilson amplifier kit may also work - part of it depends - if you are outside, is the reception better? Is it better on your roof?
I have one of Wilson's car kits, and it has greatly exceeded my expectations.
http://www.amazon.com/Wilson-Electronics-Booster-Vehicle-Profile/dp/B0011GI94Q/ref=cm_cr-mr-title is the kit I have
For home installation you'll need a different setup - higher-gain/higher-power amp, and ideally, use the highest gain antenna you can buy (one of their directional Yagis) on the roof.
Note that Bad Things happen if there is not enough isolation between the inner and outer antennas. A high-gain Yagi will help here, also, if signal is much worse indoors than out, your house is more likely to provide the needed isolation to keep the amp from going nuts.
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I have this same booster and it works amazing. definitely pricey but it works
So where would I go about finding modems for the phone on here? I am rooted and running he iscrewed rom and really like it opposed to the miui I had run on here before.
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roush427rr said:
So where would I go about finding modems for the phone on here? I am rooted and running he iscrewed rom and really like it opposed to the miui I had run on here before.
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Since you're new Ill help ya out... but next time there is a handy little search function in the top right corner of the screen... it will change your life.
Red5 said:
AT&T dosent charge me at all for having a microcell. It just pulls from my normal minutes and/or mobile to mobile minutes.
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That is charging you for a microcell. It's YOUR infrastructure, YOUR internet backhaul - but they still charge you as if you were using their infrastructure and backhaul.
Entropy is correct, I called att 2 weeks ago asking about it complaining of poor reception etc. I don't know how long ago you guys had it but as of now its 19.99/month plus cost of device and that's an additional charge on top of current bill.
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Entropy is correct, I called att 2 weeks ago asking about it complaining of poor reception etc. I don't know how long ago you guys had it but as of now its 19.99/month plus cost of device and that's an additional charge on top of current bill.
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Unless something changed since end of September, the 20 bucks a month charge will get you additional (unlimited maybe, I can't recall details) talk and data over the Microcell. Was definitely NOT required when I bought mine...
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I switched to AT&T last week from T-Mobile to get the Note. Overall the AT&T service has been good and the Note is great! My only concern is battery drain in no signal areas.
Specifically, I went to a movie last weekend and the theater was in the basement and there was no signal. At the start of the movie I had about 95% battery but by the end my battery was dead. I'm guessing the battery drained because it was constantly searching for a signal.
Is this common for the Galaxy Note? Is it common for AT&T? I ask because my t-mobile phones never did this. I've been to this theater many times, always had no signal, never had any battery drain on any t-mobile phones (sensation, galaxy s 4g, hd2, my-touch).
FWIW, my Note was completely stock but was rooted. I've since flashed UCLE2 and noticed the same drain in low or no signal areas. I'm sure I'll get suggestions to turn airplane mode on, or something like that. While I appreciate those suggestions I'm trying to determine if this is common to the phone or AT&T. I don't think I should have to switch off data/radio anytime the signal is low for fear of my battery draining in 2 hours.
Thanks!
While the battery does drain more with no signal, due to scanning for a network, as long as there is a signal it should be comparable to full service. That's a constant signal mind you if it goes in and out it is scanning.
I work downtown in a brick building surrounded by high rises, i get 1 bar in my office, my battery lasts me an entire work day.
What I did, spend the money on extended battery
Yeah I know you think 2500 mAH should be pretty good, but isn't, just spend the money on extended battery. Am at 26 hours, with fairly hard use, on Mugen 5400 mAH and have 15% remaining. Does add some depth to it, but that is the price, daughter ordered me case that fits over extended battery can't wait till it gets here. If you are interested can post pics once the case is here so you have idea on overall look.
Would no signal cause that much more drain? In the theater there was no signal. I couldnt browse or make a call. If memory serves there was a circle with a line through it where the 4g symbol would normally be. Still seems like an excessive amount of drain.
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Would no signal cause that much more drain? In the theater there was no signal. I couldnt browse or make a call. If memory serves there was a circle with a line through it where the 4g symbol would normally be. Still seems like an excessive amount of drain.
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Oh yeah, if it is constantly looking for signal, will suck a battery down in no time. Job has me go to places in the mid-west, my supervisor and I just know to put in airplane mode or turn off in certain places or we will have bricks due to quick battery drain.
vanemburghj said:
Oh yeah, if it is constantly looking for signal, will suck a battery down in no time. Job has me go to places in the mid-west, my supervisor and I just know to put in airplane mode or turn off in certain places or we will have bricks due to quick battery drain.
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Interesting. Is this something unique to AT&T's service? I never had this occur with tmous. Maybe I'm just lazy but having to track if I have a signal all the time for fear of my battery draining that fast doesn't seem right.
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Interesting. Is this something unique to AT&T's service? I never had this occur with tmous. Maybe I'm just lazy but having to track if I have a signal all the time for fear of my battery draining that fast doesn't seem right.
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Not unique to AT&T, but once you figure out where you get no signal it becomes automatic reflex to go into airplane mode or turn off. Would assume since AT&Ts network coverage is larger than Tmobile would not occur as much.
just got one for me and bro.
i got no signal half a day during work and it keep searching for it.
by time i finished, lost about 5-10% most.
OutCastedSheep said:
just got one for me and bro.
i got no signal half a day during work and it keep searching for it.
by time i finished, lost about 5-10% most.
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Wow. Big difference from what I saw. I think I'll need to go back to the theater now that I'm running UCLE2. I'll install CurrentWidget and see what is going on.
Maybe it was a fluke...hopefully cause I love this phone!
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.
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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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squiggie said:
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
I have several extended batteries and have noticed something odd and was wondering if anyone else ever saw this. On a couple of my batteries, I have noticed and tested that they do not get as strong a data signal as others I have. One battery can not even get a data signal better than 1x, while others keep a solid 3 and 4 g signal. I tested this by just swapping out each battery and keeping the same battery cover on each test. Any idea or suggestions on this.
Jimi Mack said:
I have several extended batteries and have noticed something odd and was wondering if anyone else ever saw this. On a couple of my batteries, I have noticed and tested that they do not get as strong a data signal as others I have. One battery can not even get a data signal better than 1x, while others keep a solid 3 and 4 g signal. I tested this by just swapping out each battery and keeping the same battery cover on each test. Any idea or suggestions on this.
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The back cover can make a hole different..
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Are all your batteries the exact same physical dimensions? If one of your batteries is larger maybe due to bulging, it can raise the cover off just enough to make the contacts for the battery door to lose contact with the antenna connections.
So to answer your question, yes a battery can effect signal if the battery interferes with the door.
That is the only conclusion I was able to come up with as well. Though I can not see or feel any difference between the 3 battery's.
Not to be a grammar Nazi but the correct word in your title would be "affect".
GrayTheWolf said:
Not to be a grammar Nazi but the correct word in your title would be "affect".
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LOL, that would be correct with the exception for those of us from Brooklyn, :laugh: