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Signal Reception, Moto or HTC One

im on my second htc one. reception is horrible, it wont stay on 4g, and barely has any signal on 3g. internet doesnt work most times i need it. are the moto phones better at receiving signal. im thinking of a moto x or a maxx. my time is almost up to exchange phone

thead73 said:
im on my second htc one. reception is horrible, it wont stay on 4g, and barely has any signal on 3g. internet doesnt work most times i need it. are the moto phones better at receiving signal. im thinking of a moto x or a maxx. my time is almost up to exchange phone
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I had the One, and while I didn't have any issues with reception per se, I can tell you that the Moto X is hands down the most bulletproof phone I've owned in the reception department.

There's no real contest between HTC & Motorola radios (I have both) -- Motorola wins every time.

plasticmoz said:
There's no real contest between HTC & Motorola radios (I have both) -- Motorola wins every time.
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Agreed, I have both and the X beats it easily.

My Moto X loses LTE a lot more than my GPe One.

I have had every Android phone to date and can safely say this Moto X and other Motorola phones have always had the best reception / RF quality
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thanks guys, i made the switch from htc one to moto maxx. and this phone is great. it has not left 4g since i got it 2 days ago. simply awesome and the huge battery is a bonus

Verizon one is terrible.. I have a network extender and it had a heck of a time changing between the terrible signal in my area and the extender. X is great... Best signal I've had yet.

My Moto X is the only phone that gets LTE where I work. Better reception then S3, N4. But best reception I've ever had was on my s2 I9100 (non LTE). That's the only phone that ever got signal on the subway in Toronto. I've had full phone conversations on the subway.
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I had the One X & Atrix HD @ the same time. My Atrix HD always got the best reception whereas the One X struggle to pull the signal. I imagine its the same if not better with the Moto X.

We were out of town recently. My wife's Moto X had a signal strength of 23 ASUs. My HTC One X was 5 and I had only 4G whereas she had LTE.
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I had a Nexus 4 before getting my Moto X(XT1053) and the reception is noticeably better and the internet is more reliable when it's on LTE vs HSPA+. I'm on AT&T's GoPhone plan with my unlocked Moto X., and I live in an area with marginal coverage for most carriers. Anyway my Moto X and my Mom's Moto G LTE get great signal most of the time; I can't comment on the HTC One as I don't know of anyone who has one.

[Q] Poor reception on moto x?

After 9 painful months of using an HTC 8X windows phone (the pain was in the OS, not the phone) I was ready to get a new android phone. Finally there were new releases and picked up a moto x. While I like the phone and availability of apps I was missing, the signal quality is no where near that of the HTC 8X. This is both in phone call quality and 4G data reception.
So, has anyone else noticed this, or experiencing similar symptoms?
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My reception has been better on this phone than all of my previous ones. That includes literally every flagship that Sprint and AT&T have had since the HTC Hero. Motorola is famous for their radio quality. Not sure what's going on in your case but I know the vast majority of Moto X owners are quite pleased with it in this regard.
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I have a Verizon Moto X and while in use, the reception is fine, I'm wondering how they decide to show their bars. I've NEVER seen this thing have a full 5 bars. I can be 3 feet from my network extender, and its 2 bars. It works fine, voice is clear, LTE with 3-4 bars is in the 30mbit range, but it has never hit 5 bars.

When is the Vz Moto X going to get the AWS band turned on?

Here in NYC the Vz network is way overloaded. Our data speeds have been reduced to garbage. One way to help relieve some of this burden is by tapping into LTE band 4. I know the Moto X is capable of doing this. Does anyone know if the upcoming Kitkat update will finally make this available?

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Here in NYC the Vz network is way overloaded. Our data speeds have been reduced to garbage. One way to help relieve some of this burden is by tapping into LTE band 4. I know the Moto X is capable of doing this. Does anyone know if the upcoming Kitkat update will finally make this available?
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i saw reports that updating the band was coming in the next release, whether it be kit kat or just a few minor bugs that got fixed int he release, but its all speculation at this point.

jayboyyyy said:
i saw reports that updating the band was coming in the next release, whether it be kit kat or just a few minor bugs that got fixed int he release, but its all speculation at this point.
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Thanks. Fingers crossed. The NYC data overload situation is unbearable. I'm frequently getting data of 500-800kbps on LTE! The network is choked and we need this band to free things up a bit. I saw Verizon's CFO had an earnings call where he admitted this. Unbelievable.

azzurrony said:
Here in NYC the Vz network is way overloaded. Our data speeds have been reduced to garbage. One way to help relieve some of this burden is by tapping into LTE band 4. I know the Moto X is capable of doing this. Does anyone know if the upcoming Kitkat update will finally make this available?
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Same with LA. There are times I can't even use google search because of the congestion... Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the kit kat update will not open up band 4 yet. I have the feeling the next update certainly will though.

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Same with LA. There are times I can't even use google search because of the congestion... Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the kit kat update will not open up band 4 yet. I have the feeling the next update certainly will though.
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That would suck. Really looking forward to the Band 4 speeds. Makes me somewhat regret not getting the S4. Still, I love my Moto X otherwise.

azzurrony said:
That would suck. Really looking forward to the Band 4 speeds. Makes me somewhat regret not getting the S4. Still, I love my Moto X otherwise.
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I don't think Verizon has opened up AWS bands for use at all yet. People with the S4 still can't take advantage of band 4

Data on 2014 Moto X Verizon

Currently have 2013 Moto X on 4.4.4. My self and others have expierenced problems with data 3G and4G reception since 4.4.4 update. How is the new Moto X on 4.4.4 for data.

wooddale said:
Currently have 2013 Moto X on 4.4.4. My self and others have expierenced problems with data 3G and4G reception since 4.4.4 update. How is the new Moto X on 4.4.4 for data.
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Had mine since noon Friday. No problems so far.

cam30era said:
Had mine since noon Friday. No problems so far.
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Are you on Verizon? Are you in a strong signal area? I'm in a weak signal area that's why I noticed the difference. Thanks

wooddale said:
Are you on Verizon? Are you in a strong signal area? I'm in a weak signal area that's why I noticed the difference. Thanks
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Yes, I'm on Verizon. I would characterize signal strength as "moderate", i.e. two to three bars on LTE.

cam30era said:
Yes, I'm on Verizon. I would characterize signal strength as "moderate", i.e. two to three bars on LTE.
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I would consider that good compared to mine. Since 4.4.4 I just doesn't seem to grab 4G as well and hold on to it. I can go from 4G to 3G to 1X to no service In walking distance. I know these aren't normal conditions but the phone worked a whole lot better before 4.4.4. I don't want to get the new X and have the same problem. I guess I'll just have to try it and if it doesn't work return it. Its worth the $35 to find out.

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Its worth the $35 to find out.
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You hit the nail on the head.

I have had mine since friday and have had no issues staying connected to 4G where available.

nateilus said:
I have had mine since friday and have had no issues staying connected to 4G where available.
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How is the hand off 3G to 4G?

wooddale said:
How is the hand off 3G to 4G?
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The handoff appears to be seamless. I was in an area what had spotty 4G coverage and it bounced back and forth without any interruption to what I was doing.

nateilus said:
The handoff appears to be seamless. I was in an area what had spotty 4G coverage and it bounced back and forth without any interruption to what I was doing.
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Thanks I was hopping to hear that.

Data reception of Pure Edition on AT&T

If you have a Pure Edition on AT&T how is your data reception? Is your LTE better or worse? Do you have a harder time holding onto LTE and you are dropping down to +HSPA more often? Is your dBM lower on the Pure Edition? Or do you find the Pure Edition to have great reception?

I have not noticed any worse reception with LTE on my Pure Edition, coming from a Developer Edition Gen 1 Moto X. As far as I can tell my data connection is fine... and might actually be a little faster. But that could just be the faster device itself.
This is, of course, after I called AT&T to actually get access to the LTE network - at first I was stuck on HSPA and couldn't get any data, including Snapchat downloads. That took about 45 minutes online with a rep to give them my IMEI (I think that's all they needed) but it was completely painless and they might have fixed that issue already. The only reason I knew about it was due to a thread I saw either here or on reddit, but thankfully I saw that before I realized my data wasn't working.

Coming from a Nexus 5, my LTE reception is waaaay better. As much as I love the N5, its radios are definitely not one of its better qualities. Motorola is known for having among the best radios in the business, and of all the devices I've owned, both Moto X's have had the best reception.

Thanks. I bought a pure edition through swappa. I has always had great luck with Motorola and reception. I was just nervous because the Nexus 5 had terrible data reception for me and even the GPE HTC One was sub par compared to the AT&T version.

Reception has been great. Best of any phone I have ever owned.

I love the LTE reception on AT&T compared to my Nexus 5. I did notice today when i went to an area with crappy signal my phone didnt have any data. It kept showing LTE bars but i wasnt able to load any sites. I then had to force it to use 3G to get any data connection.
Anyone have similar issues?

I ordered a Pure Edition due to the Cyber Monday Sale and the fact that I have been reading a lot about the Engineering Motorola put into the radios in this device.
To prevent this becoming a primer on Antenna tuning and Impedance, suffice it to say Motorola developed their own custom antennae tuner for the Moto X, electing to not go with the Qualcomm offering. The take away here is that this special antennae tuner is capable of actually detecting capacitance changes at the antenna and adjusting the impedance accordingly.
So, one of my biggest reasons for moving from the Nexus 5 to the Moto X 2014 Pure Edition was the antennae which should give me (in theory) far better reception than my Nexus 5.
I am glad to see from other posters that it may in reality give me better reception on at&t, not just theory.
Dan