I know that Cricket is part of the AT&T network but im having problems with my unlocked international version of the s6 (SM-G920i) . Yesterday i installed the sim card But i have low signal strength (2 bars) on the Network mode.LTE/WCDMA/GSM. this is the only mode that gives me 4g and it drains battery really fast; last night it drained about 20% of battery without any activity. WCDMA/GSM mode gives me a high signal strength But my internet is H+ instead of 4g.
how do i fix it?
is there something im doing wrong?
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I've flashed my phone countless of times now over the past months and one thing I was hoping for would be better signal strenght for WCDMA mode... I live in Switzerland and my provider is sunrise. Whenever I'm using WCDMA mode the signal is just horrible. Mostly 1 bar or sometimes dropping to zero. 3g and H works most of the time, but the signal is bothering me.. I've tried different modems etc.. but nothing seems to change.. Does anyone else have this problem?? what can I do about it? GSM has full bars most of the time and that's why it's so weird.
also worthy to note is that people hear an echo sometimes when they're talking to me both in GSM and WCDMA mode.
it would be great if someone knows how to solve this problem...
have you been on your providers website to check the coverage in your area ? they could be a fault on their part affecting your signal strength
Im on Vodafone UK and i have terrible 3g signal, I can only use 2g/GSM otherwise my phone doesnt recieve 1 bar of signal - bit of a bummer when you have a smart phone and unlimited internet
Finally, How was your signal before you flashed ? when the phone popped out of the box ? was it still poor then ?
I'm using Gingerbread 2.3.5 and the ZSJPG Baseband modem.
Using the phone in GSM mode with an Edge connection, the battery drains sometimes less than 1% an hour in standby, but if I switch to WCDMA mode with a HSDPA connection, the battery level drops dramatically and the phone struggles to last a day in standby.
When I switch mode, the phone doesn't normally get a HSDPA connection and still operates mostly on Edge due to a poor 3g signal.
Is this the reason for the battery drain, and does this mean that in a good 3g signal area, my battery life will be just as good as using the phone in GSM mode?
Thanks.
Hi all,
TL;DR: Does anyone have issues with lots of reception loss in areas with less-than-stellar signal on the I9305 (LTE or 3G or GSM)?
Tomorrow, I want to take my S3 to Vodacom (my carrier in South Africa) so that they will hopefully check the thing and fix / replace it.
The problem I'm having is that my signal drops ( (/) "No Access" sign at the top where the signal strength should be) whenever I'm in a low signal area while others have continuous signal (my partner with his I9300 will still be able to make calls).
I've tested with and without LTE on (LTE is spotty everywhere), on 3G (set it to WCDMA Preferred in one of the secret menu's), or GSM/2G (both via the secret menu and the normal one). There are places where I can put my hand over the back of the phone and within 5 seconds, the signal will disappear completely, until I take my hand away.
For reference, I use No Signal Alert to notify me, mostly because when I got my phone, the bad LTE reception caused frequent radio hangs, which would leave my phone without signal until I checked (hours) later, which forced me to switch to "WCDMA Preferred".
Cheers,
LV
Has anyone noticed that the drain on the NOTE 4 is way worse on LTE than on wifi? i was experiencing this while leaving the phone on LTE last night, and i get good coverage where im at.
http://imgur.com/myZ2a1g
It is an issue with every phone because without wifi the phone will keep constantly trying to find the best LTE connection.
Hello.
I have noticed that mi9 has weak antenna or something is going bad. Previously I was using OnePlus 5t and I haven't noticed any significant battery drain from signal reception. Now in battery stats signal takes most of the time 1st place on the list of battery usage.
I was trying to figure out something with *#*#4636#*#* in dialer but I haven't found anything suspicious other than Sim 2 was even though not used seems like it's trying to connect to antennas.
Any time I am in "2 bars" or less on any of the phones I have had I notice significant battery drain from signal.
That said, the Mi 9 seems to have better signal reception than my roommates old iPhone or her new Pixel 3. There are areas with bad LTE coverage and I can often maintain LTE when she cannot, and I typically have higher cell signal strength.
I have week signal reception on 4G compared with my other devices on the same sim and in cases where I am in spots/places with weak 4G coverage it changes to 3G although my other device remain in 4G.
I have tested against some more devices but always MI 9 is weaker.
I can force it to keep the 4G with "LTE only" option but that's not really a solution.
Mi 9 on the right side of the photo