Anybody notice better signal

[VeryEvilAsh]

I brought my Nexus to work today and where I didn't get 4G at all last week (but I did with the Tbolt) I'm getting it in spurts here and there today. Anybody else getting a better signal now that they've had the phone a bit longer? Once this phone ables me to force a 4G LTE signal this will easily be the best phone I've had.

 

[Germwise]

I brought my Nexus to work today and where I didn't get 4G at all last week (but I did with the Tbolt) I'm getting it in spurts here and there today. Anybody else getting a better signal now that they've had the phone a bit longer? Once this phone ables me to force a 4G LTE signal this will easily be the best phone I've had.

I agree, I LOVE this phone. First time android feels just as snappy as iOS.

Sadly still no signal improvements. I get great 4g signal in some very specific spots when driving around town. One of them being the Verizon store. However, at work and at home, the mall, etc close to 0 signal.

I kept dropping calls at the mall shopping with my wife. I had to keep asking her for her droid X which had excellent signal to check stuff on amazon.


I give this phone another week before I am forced to return it.

 

[Honey Badger]

Nope, same terrible building penetration here. I was actually in a diner in Midtown Manhattan over the weekend, where I typically have solid 4G - and had no signal at all.

 

[sean76]

This is all very disheartening to hear. WTF Samsung? Hopefully there is an update within a week or so that can improve signal strength.

 

[ukstonerguy]

I have to say, in the UK, I get much better signal from my nexus than I did my iphone.

Living in the countryside this is a great thing to me.

 

[locoandroid]

Man this is ridiculous, my 4G is almost to zero almost all the times,I'm in Central FL. I'm ready to return this phone and just wait until they can improve this radio signal and WiFi reboot issues. I hate the fruit phone but they don't this kind of #$% problems, c'mon Google,VZW & SamS!!!!

 

[kklier]

4G worked fine when I had the Razr in my office, but not on the Nexus...3G signal seems subpar as well.

 

[SamMax]

Welcome to the poor signal club

 

[SamMax]

keep in mind the GSM Galaxy Nexus has been out since Nov 17th and they still have the same poor reception issues.

 

[JLW24]

Nope. I am at -104!

 

[Graham84]

I've always gotten terrible reception at my desk where I work. My Droid X would spend most of its time on 1x and would grab 3G occasionally. I'm happy to report that my Nexus has been holding onto a 3G all morning. It can't pick up the 4G unless I step outside but I can live with that.

 

[trophynuts]

My name is Trophy and I too am a member of the poor signal club.

 

[Deleted User]

I've noticed like someone else said in another thread that if you switch to airplane mode and back the signal I got was -92 dbm, but then 10 minutes later I'm back at -110-120. But I have not dropped any calls and even with one bar of 4G I'm getting ~6mbps download.

The signal is consistent on my wife D2G at -92 dbm.

 

[sperho]

I see my indicated signal strength fluctuates as well. However, I've never dropped a call yet, the other person's voice always sounds better than it ever did on my Moto Droid and Droid Bionic (same calling areas) and the person that I call the most (namely, my wife, who has been historically very persnickety about how I bad I sound on a cell phone call to the point that she'd rather hang up as soon as possible because she get so frustrated by not being able to understand what I am saying very well) has said that my voice is as clear as can be.

So, yes. I realize that others have had call dropping issues, but what was the control in that study? Side by side or memory? I don't doubt that in some areas the effect of poor signal is real. However, in the relatively boonies, where I live, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, the clarity of my voice calls. I think I'll just keep ignoring the dBm meter and bar count on the phone and move on.

Edit: I just left a voicemail on my office phone with zero bars indicated when I dialed and -120 dBm signal strength in the phone status area. I could hear my greeting loud and clear and when I listened to my voicemail from the landline - it sounded clear, one small bobble in one word, and waaaaayyyy better than the similar tests that I had performed with my Droid. Take it FWIW, YMMV, etc, etc, etc.

Edit2: screen shot of a Speedtest with zero bars 3G is now attached. I'm not disappointed at all. I suspect real world problems with signal are less than being reported, but just how it is the signal is displayed... Again, YMMV.

 

[OfTheDamned]

I've noticed like someone else said in another thread that if you switch to airplane mode and back the signal I got was -92 dbm, but then 10 minutes later I'm back at -110-120. But I have not dropped any calls and even with one bar of 4G I'm getting ~6mbps download.

The signal is consistent on my wife D2G at -92 dbm.

The reason people see a rise and then fall of signal quality after switching from airplane mode has to do with the mobile network type you are connected to. There are 3 types of mobile network that the phone will connect to and it cycles just about all of them after a switch to airplane mode. The basic network which we commonly see as 1X (1XRTT) also provides the easiest and strongest signal to grab on to. Then comes 3G (eHRPD) and finally 4G (LTE) which is the harder of the 3 to grab.

 

[joder]

I'm thinking that the radio dbm range on this phone might be a lot tighter. The lowest I get is -70 (70 asu) at work and we have a distributed antenna system throughout the hospital and coverage is always full.

Has anyone seen sub -70 dmb? I thought I had seen in another forum, however, can't quite recall.

This might make sense as someone had hypothesized before that the signal readout is different than previous phones (that only reported the 1x signal strength).

 

[Premium1]

Verizon Support: Update to Address Galaxy Nexus Signal Strength in the Works – Droid Life

Looks like a fix is in the works.

 

[Andhily]

Wasn't getting 4G in my town at all and now I'm getting full 4 bars of it wherever I go today

 

[Shockwave78]

What is ASU? I never saw that on my iPhone when I had decibels active for signal strength.

I am getting around -85 with around 55asu at home even though I am about 1/4 mile for the tower. I am not displeased though, I get better signal indoors all around.

 

[kl68]

Both my 3G and 4G reception sucks, sometimes it wouldn't even latch on to any signal. I was at my brother's place yesterday and I compared my signal with his Rezound and he was able to pick up 4G while I barely had two bars of 3G. Disgusting! Other then the signal issue this phone is better in every way vs. the Rezound. We put the phone side by side watching HD Youtube and the picture on the GN was sharper with more vivid colors and detail, although the volume on the Rezound is much louder.

 

[Premium1]

What is ASU? I never saw that on my iPhone when I had decibels active for signal strength.

I am getting around -85 with around 55asu at home even though I am about 1/4 mile for the tower. I am not displeased though, I get better signal indoors all around.

what does dBm and asu actually mean under "signal strength"? - Android Help

Mobile phone signal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CharlzO]

Wasn't getting 4G in my town at all and now I'm getting full 4 bars of it wherever I go today

Was your town a 4G market previously? I know there are new December markets launching, so just making sure you aren't seeing a fresh turn-on

 

[dguy]

Not noticing a difference. The signal has been perfectly fine for me since launch day.

 

[Needsdecaf]

No, still sucks here. This based on actual data transfer (or lack thereof) not signal strength. I could care less what the number says if the phone works. However, many areas in my buidling where I previously got some signal, now I get none at all, whether on 4G or 3G, so clearly something is amiss.

 

[Andhily]

Was your town a 4G market previously? I know there are new December markets launching, so just making sure you aren't seeing a fresh turn-on

Yeah, it was. They said there were certain blotches on non 4G in the area but it was certainly a 4G area..

It could just be them clearing that up but either way I'm thankful