Anyone having trouble with signal strength i always have like 3 bars and sometimes only 2 sometimes none..
And it consumes battery as far as i know... the bad signal
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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.
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
desiregeek said:
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.
Helpme im use some nos. But firstime so signal not stable. Signal in status bar full but internet/data not good.
The LTE signal bars don't scale correctly. A small variation in signal makes a huge change in the bars which creates an illusion of fluctuating signal. Nothing to worry.
The problem I got is that the wifi signal suddenly get weaker, for example, I stand in the same distant to my AP, before I can have full 4 signal bars, but suddenly I can barely got 2 signal bar, usually down to 1 signal bar.
What can I do:crying:
Hi,
We go on vacation each year to the same place and GSM/2g/3g/lte signal is very poor and varying here. With meter I measure signal strength from -80 to -110 dBm at the same spot. It probably varies due to seaside proximity.
What bothers me is the fact, that when phone looses signal, two weirdos occur:
1.) I need to reboot many times to regain access to my operator...same with other family members, and we use different operators. Why does not phone switch from no signal to my operator by itself always?
2.) Maybe related...cell meter app on my phone show quite strong signal of -80 to -90 dBm all the time when no etwork is found, but network operator name is "none". No calls can be made, even 911 calls end with network error. But signal is strong. What's this? Is this some dormant signal, which I detect practically everywhere, when no network is found?
Above symptoms are present on Samsung s7, s10 and on LG g7, so it's not phone or android version guilty.
Explanations welcome.