How is your signal strength compared to your last phone on 5.0? I'm on Verizon, immediately after the 5.0 update on Note 3 and Note 4's signal strength went south big time (long thread on Verizon forums). Meanwhile my Verizon blackberry will be sitting right next to Note 3 with full bars. Others have said the same thing about different Android devices working well but their Note 3 and Note getting zilch.
Did your carrier get the V10's 5.0+ to work without downgrading signal? Does 4G signal strength return after you leave a hole where there's no 4G?
I had the Verizon Note 5 and V10 sitting next to each other and both had the exact same 2-3 bar signal. These devices are both on 5.1
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The thing I like about an unlocked bootloader is you can flash the best radio for your device.
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My girlfriend went up to Coloma-ish, Michigan this past weekend. Like always, my T889 Note 2 on T-Mobile stayed on E and G, only picking up 4g and LTE when we went into a large town.
This time I also brought my AM2 with my tablet sim in it. That picked a usable LTE signal very often while the Note was on E. I didn't check to see which band it was on and it seemed to drop LTE after a while, but it was still nice to see and gives me a little more hope about going voip only on it or my LTE Nexus 7 (that decision will likely boil down to slightly smaller with vibration and backup 911 capabilities vs. better device).
I went to the Sprint store to have them look at my phone because I get a crappy signal on stock and cm roms. They told me nothing was wrong with my phone. Since the store was empty I tested the signal on the Note 3, Nexus 6, Note 4, One Max, and One M8. The results were:
Note 3 -88 to -93 LTE
all others -110 to -113 LTE
These are the approximate ranges. One difference I noticed is that the Note 3 was the only non-spark phone. The tech suggested that the others needed to be rebooted cause the had been on for a while. He used a screw driver and went through the long process of removing phones from the display so he could reboot them. After all of that the results were the same. This is not exactly a scientific process but all of the phones were in the same spot using the same tower and the SPARK phones were sucking at getting a good LTE signal. Some were switching back and forth between LTE and 3G.
My phone does well when I am close to a tower.
OK so I've had my m8 for a year or so now. Never been impressed one way or another as to bad reception or good reception. However, now twice in one week I saw side by side comparison to other AT&T phone s (iPhone 6 and galaxy s5) and the reception was worse.
Today while traveling in the car with my wife south of Cincinnati I noticed that my m8 had no service. So I checked my wife's iPhone6s. Two bars. This went on and off where I had no service for 90% of 15 miles or so. The iPhone maintained service the entire time!
I posted similar is in the M8 Android Development radio thread after making a trip last week with two iPhone and an s5 user s. My service, side by side, was much worse. It was suggested that I flash the latest developers firmware and radio which I did. 4.16.1540.8. Based on my drive today with my wife it didn't help.
Does the M8 radio just suck compared to the iPhone or does someone have done other suggestions for improving cell reception? And yes I know its different for different areas but I've tried several radios now and the result seems to be the same.
The bars don't mean jack. There is literally no standardization to what the bars symbolize. I've had 2 bars on AT&T plenty of times, and you can't get a call out, much less data. And my wife reports similar on her iPhone.
Whether your phone or hers can make or receive calls and texts, or get data; or what the dBm reading in Settings; those are the only real indicators of signal quality.
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OK so I've had my m8 for a year or so now. Never been impressed one way or another as to bad reception or good reception. However, now twice in one week I saw side by side comparison to other AT&T phone s (iPhone 6 and galaxy s5) and the reception was worse.
Today while traveling in the car with my wife south of Cincinnati I noticed that my m8 had no service. So I checked my wife's iPhone6s. Two bars. This went on and off where I had no service for 90% of 15 miles or so. The iPhone maintained service the entire time!
I posted similar is in the M8 Android Development radio thread after making a trip last week with two iPhone and an s5 user s. My service, side by side, was much worse. It was suggested that I flash the latest developers firmware and radio which I did. 4.16.1540.8. Based on my drive today with my wife it didn't help.
Does the M8 radio just suck compared to the iPhone or does someone have done other suggestions for improving cell reception? And yes I know its different for different areas but I've tried several radios now and the result seems to be the same.
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I used to have signal problems (when I used my Evita and with my M8) for quite awhile where I work. It wasn't until I flashed the Dev radio I recommended that I became the ONLY person to be able to use my phone in an area we all call cell phone hell. Even the Iphone and flip phones couldn't get a signal. I initially flashed the 4.4.4 Dev radio and that did the trick. Now that I have moved on to the current Dev radio, I still see better performance.
Here's the important part though, cell reception areas differ greatly. Any number of issues may cause this. I knew a guy who lived right between two cell towers and the jumping back and forth between the two was killing his battery even though he showed he always had signal. (we confirmed this by moving closer to each tower.) He constantly had dropped calls. So it's possible your baseband may not be the issue.
Anyway, if you have funds, they make cell repeaters you can buy and boost your signal in areas you frequently are for long periods of time. But other than flashing a few radios to experiment (S-Off!) That's the best I can tell you.
I've read reports that the cellular reception is not as good as previous Galaxy phones or other phones around from the last few years.
What is your experience of this? Are you getting good signal strength?
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I've read reports that the cellular reception is not as good as previous Galaxy phones or other phones around from the last few years.
What is your experience of this? Are you getting good signal strength?
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I agree the reception on my edge is very spotty
I drive a 400 mile route daily and have lots of opportunities to test. I'm on Verizon. In the last 3 months I've had the s6 edge, note 4, one m8, droid turbo, and lg g2. Functional signal strength is noticeably lower than the others on the s6 edge, though very close to the note 4 and m8. The droid turbo seemed to provide a slightly better signal strength and a friend of mine who still has the turbo can attest to that. G2 was good as well. I'd give the turbo and g2 an 8/10 on signal, and the other 3 phones I've mentioned 7/10. Unfortunately, people seem to have a pretty wide variety of experiences with signal strength. I've read a number of places that people thought the note 4 had amazing signal. I still have mine and it's nothing to write home about. The note 4 and s6 edge are very close from my experience in terms of signal quality - for whatever that's worth. In spite of the lacking reception, I've not experienced it making a big enough difference to impact usability on a daily basis. Just an annoying inconvenience once in a while.
I am in China now. Noticed that 4G reception using China Unicoi is weak. It bounces back and forth between 1 and 2 bars. Phone was bought in Hong Kong unlocked from CSL Telecom company.
I checked many forums on web and see a lot of people complaining about bad reception,call drops etc. on Galaxy s6 Edge
Also here there is 2 topic opened by members .I wrote one of them but no one gave me even a clue
My network signal really sucks, especially while on wcdma/3g mod. So one of post on web says Samsung had changed their anttenna system thats why.Some of says its about modem part.
Most of post wroten about in May and June so whats happened to this issue.How did you solve? Or what is the problem is it software or hardware related.
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I have a new 925F on T-Mobile in the US and I have also noticed this issue. Signal strength is much worse than on my prior device (HTC One M7). I have been toying with flashing the T-Mobile modem on my device and seeing what happens, but am afraid of what might happen...don't need a shiny new brick. I have tried several different ROMs, including the one from the T-Mobile sub-forum that is no longer being supported with the same results.
Anyone have any ideas, or know what would happen if I flashed the 925T modem on my 925F device?
like i said there is to possiblty causing this issue. Samsungs new antenna system or hardware problem.People were complaining about it a few months ago and ı am curious what happened their device or they used to live with it?
Have to say have the same experience... I actually carry an iphone 6 (for business reasons) as well - same network (AT&T), and without exception:
- the iphone has better reception in the same location (more bars, faster internet, more reliable internet)
- the iphone connects faster when the plane lands (and I fly alot)
- the iphone keeps reception in places where the S6 loses it
Frustrating, as I'm the opposite of an iphone fanboy, and using the phones next to each other shows me Samsung needs to do more work in this area!
The only reliable solution to SLIGHTLY improve things is to restart the phone a LOT
I have had to switch to 2g/3g only because my S6 edge has little or no signal on 4g and it uses about 3% per hour of battery on standby. I also have an iPhone 6 and both are on the same network(EE in the UK) and I never see anything under half bars on 4g but most of the time it is full bars. I have had the phone replaced and had two sim swaps but it is still no better.
The camera on the S6 is fantastic but the rest of the phone is a lagging stuttering piece of sh!t. I sold my Note 4 and Moto X 2014 a few weeks ago in preparation for the Note 5 but it is not sold in Europe. On the bright side the S6 is better than the G4 I tried for a few weeks.
today i went to service to ask replace the device, explained my issues after one hour they told me the problem solved by flashing new firmware i am sure the problem persist because i had newest firmware and flashed it before.So we have to live with it i guess its not a problem for them .
i have noticed that only Edge users complaining about it and not sure but i guess i read antenna is short on Edge.