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Hey;
So I've had the S5 now for a few days and I have noticed that I don't get the same level of signal strength on my S5 that I did on my S4. Here are my details:
- Bell Mobility in Ajax, Ontario (got great LTE reception on my S4, Note 2). Wife also gets great reception on her S4 (picture attached)
- Stock roms, latest updates.
- The S5 was updated out of the box, and factory reset after the update was completed
- In the pic below, on the left is G900W8 (S5) vs i337m (S4) on the right, in my apt. I am often on HSPA when wifey is getting great reception on LTE.
- both phones' network type set to auto LTE
Is this typical of others' experiences? Or does my unit just have poor reception?
chriskwarren said:
Hey;
So I've had the S5 now for a few days and I have noticed that I don't get the same level of signal strength on my S5 that I did on my S4. Here are my details:
- Bell Mobility in Ajax, Ontario (got great LTE reception on my S4, Note 2). Wife also gets great reception on her S4 (picture attached)
- Stock roms, latest updates.
- The S5 was updated out of the box, and factory reset after the update was completed
- In the pic below, on the left is G900W8 (S5) vs i337m (S4) on the right, in my apt. I am often on HSPA when wifey is getting great reception on LTE.
- both phones' network type set to auto LTE
Is this typical of others' experiences? Or does my unit just have poor reception?
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Really?? I get stronger lte signal and speeds. I'm in NY maybe thats why
Im going to hold off on buying my S5 until more people chime in on this reception issue. The S4 was adequate in reception for my needs. I was hoping the S5 would do better.
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I too have noticed that side-by-side in NYC, my S4 got full bars, whereas my S5 has only 2 bars. That said, haven't noticed any difference in call quality or data speeds, despite the visual showing fewer bars. So, not sure if that means that the S5 is underperforming-but-on-par-with-the-s4, or if it's just a cosmetic glitch......
You all have to understand network technology and how it works. HSPA+ will travel further than LTE radios. That is a fact. That is why his S4 on HSPA+ has a better signal.
In the 2 days I had the S5, I found it to be on par with the iPhone 5S, maybe even better.
MattMJB0188 said:
You all have to understand network technology and how it works. HSPA+ will travel further than LTE radios. That is a fact. That is why his S4 on HSPA+ has a better signal.
In the 2 days I had the S5, I found it to be on par with the iPhone 5S, maybe even better.
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I don't think that's what the OP is trying to explain. He is stating while both devices are setup for LTE option, his wife's s4 is picking strong LTE while his s5 is only picking HSPA+
daraj said:
I don't think that's what the OP is trying to explain. He is stating while both devices are setup for LTE option, his wife's s4 is picking strong LTE while his s5 is only picking HSPA+
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Ah. I misread it then (long day haha). Anyway, he might want to swap out his S5 for another and see if the issue persists. My S5 (while defective) had awesome signal strength.
Just FYI, this is probably just common sense, but I would, at all costs, avoid updating your S5's out of the box. That is, of course, if you care about getting root eventually. This isn't to say that devs won't find a way to root updated S5's just that it will be far more likely that you will be able to attain root as long as you stay on the firmware version that came out of the box.
Thanks for the replies folks.
Yes, @Matt, I am finding that my new S5 goes to HSPA in areas where I used to get strong LTE before on my old S4, and where my wife still gets strong LTE reception.
@Flashaholics: I agree with the warning about grabbing an update right away. Our device has root already via Chainfire (http://www.talkandroid.com/203271-s...st-of-devices-that-work-with-chainfires-root/) so that will be good enough for my needs when I decide that I will keep this phone or not.
Funny thing is that I have a strong LTE signal this very moment in the same location. About the same (if the pretty status bars are to be trusted) as my wife's S4 at the moment.
nbrent1007 said:
Really?? I get stronger lte signal and speeds. I'm in NY maybe thats why
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Same, I'm in the 845 area (orange county). I was previously holding 1 bar where I lived with continuous loss of signal completely. With my S5 I am holding a steady 3.
I have put my Sim into the S4 to check on this and my S5 is defenitely more adept at picking up the signal better.
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i get phenomenal signal on my s5. granted i'm moving from an s3. but in places in my building at college that i got no signal on my s3 i get a solid 2-4 bars on the s5. this is in indy and anywhere else where i live and such i have rarely seen the signal drop below 2, its almost constantly at the top two highest bars. and the speeds are consistent and as fast as i've come to expect on lte.
flyer280 said:
i get phenomenal signal on my s5. granted i'm moving from an s3. but in places in my building at college that i got no signal on my s3 i get a solid 2-4 bars on the s5. this is in indy and anywhere else where i live and such i have rarely seen the signal drop below 2, its almost constantly at the top two highest bars. and the speeds are consistent and as fast as i've come to expect on lte.
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I've noticed the same thing coming from my Note 2. I use to have zero signal at work, I has 1-2 bars for most of the day with the S5.
I got looks like the same signal but 3 times faster data on S5 then on S4 in Chicagoland on ATT
I found my signal bad also . thought it was the phone but after reading im not to sure?
I am in the middle of returning mine to see if I get better signal on the new one.
ill let you know.
Ok just an update my new phone has the same signal quality as my old one.
Same signal here compared to my note 2... actually even better.. I had a steady 4 bars on the n2. ..consistently getting 5 on the s5
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Well what kind of signal strength do you get when you set it to LTE only?
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Same signal strength issue
3 days ago I switched from the One M8 and I noticed the difference immediately. I'm having the same weak signal issue. Places where I used to have perfect signal I now have choppy calls, and laggy YouTube videos. I used to own the S4 when it came out and I don't remember having so much issues with connectivity.
Same problem here. S5 with Telus. Previously had an HTC One. At work I'm in the basement where One had 1-2 bars. S5 has 0(zero) bars no matter what I do. I do have wifi available but what should I do for text or calls? So far this is the only place I have this issue but I stay here 8h/day.
I'm thinking of returning and get an HTC M8.
Any solution to this? I really like the phone.
^ same problem here with a s5 telus unlocked.. Garbage signal strength.. I think I'm going to trade this for a Note 3..
Hello,
I am having some problems with my AT&T Galaxy Note 3. I have not been able to figure out the cause. I flashed Dynamic Kat (newest version) on my phone and it is having problems making outgoing calls. I show 3 bars 4G LTE and when it switches to 4G while making a call, the reception goes to 0. I wait and the phone shows that it is not registered on a mobile network. The weird part is that sometimes the phone can make an outgoing call. I have tried two different ROMs and so I think its probably the phone's fault. My mobile network works.
Another symptom is that sometimes when I restart the phone, the phone says it does not have reception and I have to take out the battery and try again. Are there any settings in the samsung hidden menu that would cause this problem?
Data and everything else works, it just that when it switches to 4G while making the reception goes to 0.
I had the MLG version of Kk installed on my note 3, and had great reception. Untill I used Alliance rom, which has the newer modem on it. I flashed the MLG modem on the Alliance rom and have had great service again. You can give that a try.
Alliance Rom
Hacc09 said:
I had the MLG version of Kk installed on my note 3, and had great reception. Untill I used Alliance rom, which has the newer modem on it. I flashed the MLG modem on the Alliance rom and have had great service again. You can give that a try.
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That could be it. I did flash Alliance rom before. I'll update with results when I have time to change modem.
Having the same issue on 2 unrooted phones after updating to the newest Kit Kat ROM. Most of the time it shows 2 bars and I can't make calls or receive them. Calls go straight to voicemail without missed call notification. Phones are now worthless in low reception areas. I had to resort to Voice IP using Ring.To and my home wifi to get my incoming calls.
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A couple things to note. Samsung phones radios are weaker then other phones (at least that's what at&t told me lol)
2nd thing to note 4G LTE and 4G are both for data not phone calls. Phones calls I believe are sent over the edge network.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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sandman7793 said:
A couple things to note. Samsung phones radios are weaker then other phones (at least that's what at&t told me lol)
2nd thing to note 4G LTE and 4G are both for data not phone calls. Phones calls I believe are sent over the edge network.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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My phone always drops down to 4G/HSPA+ to make or receive calls. I have never seen it use edge during a call.
Samsung radios may suck, but they've gotten a hell of a lot better. I live in a pretty strong LTE area and with my old Samsung Galaxy Nexus I could barely get LTE unless I was directly under a tower. My Note 3 holds onto LTE all day long in areas where I barely got 3G with my Gnex.
My only complaint with the Note 3's reception is when I'm at the gym. It's a steel/concrete building so it's near impossible for anyone to get a signal in there, but somehow my Gnex managed to do it. It was only 1x, but that was enough to send texts. My Note 3 says screw it and cuts out completely. I was on Verizon with the Gnex and now I'm on AT&T (obviously), so perhaps the different frequencies used by the carriers has something to do with it.
How is the data reception on AT&T? There are some reports of people who have a Nexus 6 on Sprint and T Mobile who are not getting great reception.
I had the same issues with the Nexus 5 and GPE HTC One M8, but I was on AT&T. Signal bounced all over, never hold LTE signal, dropped calls, bars would disappear, and that never happened on my other phones.
Anyone have any input with the Nexus 6 and signal on AT&T?
giper54 said:
How is the data reception on AT&T? There are some reports of people who have a Nexus 6 on Sprint and T Mobile who are not getting great reception.
I had the same issues with the Nexus 5 and GPE HTC One M8, but I was on AT&T. Signal bounced all over, never hold LTE signal, dropped calls, bars would disappear, and that never happened on my other phones.
Anyone have any input with the Nexus 6 and signal on AT&T?
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no issues with connectivity for me. strong lte wherever i go so far and speed test is same as my noteII around 30mps down at my house.. i will have to do a speed test in a few different areas to compare to my noteII.
Mine seems the same as usual, if not a little better then my last phone ( htc m8 ).
Speed test 1
It works fine for me. The signal is on par with my G3 out not a little better. The reception where I live isn't good for any carrier but I usually get H+ or LTE.
Pulls in more signal that my Nexus 5.
It's getting better signal than my recent phones.
I'm getting much better signal than my Galaxy nexus. Haha. Also much better signal than my Verizon iPhone 6 work phone.
Working great for me, but then again, I am in the NY/NJ area and all four carriers get great service here.
No issues here. I get LTE and is pretty much the same as my g3
Hi,
I have an international note 5 N920C the problem is when i use mobile data the phone only shows H+ and no 4G
i have also noticed that the signal is poor compared with my brother's s6 wich shows 4G in the same place as mine
Thanks in advance
jaklm said:
Hi,
I have an international note 5 N920C the problem is when i use mobile data the phone only shows H+ and no 4G
i have also noticed that the signal is poor compared with my brother's s6 wich shows 4G in the same place as mine
Thanks in advance
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That might be carrier depending, I had similar problem in Serbia with N920c dual, they had to give me new SIM-card, with LTE support...
jaklm said:
Hi,
I have an international note 5 N920C the problem is when i use mobile data the phone only shows H+ and no 4G
i have also noticed that the signal is poor compared with my brother's s6 wich shows 4G in the same place as mine
Thanks in advance
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I dont know about the internati note 5 but good rule of thumb I always tell people, Is to make sure there device is compatible with there carrier. Sometimes lacking one frequency in the radio makes all the diffrence in the world.
jaklm said:
Hi,
I have an international note 5 N920C the problem is when i use mobile data the phone only shows H+ and no 4G
i have also noticed that the signal is poor compared with my brother's s6 wich shows 4G in the same place as mine
Thanks in advance
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Hi,
More or less I have the same problem.
My carrier (in The Netherlands) provides me 4G but the Phone gives met only E or H+ Cellular Data.
After some testing I found out the Phone gives me 4G when I move to a new Antenna area of the Provider. But only when I manually set to 2G/3G/4G (automatic). When I move the Phone to a new Antenna it goed back to E or H+.
It looks like a software issue that does not hold the 2G/3G/4G (automatic) switch.
Untill so far no solution.
Factory reset, wipe cache, safe mode.....no solution.
hi did you just update your phone to latest ver? i had n9208 after i update it it cant connect to 4g anymore while my other phone can connect easily problem didnt exist at lolipop firmware
I have the same problem with my note 5 only 3G and H+ no more 4G Lte , i try with others carriers sims and is the same result , wipe , and reinstall and nothing please help us any body have the same problem?
Thanks
sectorzero said:
I have the same problem with my note 5 only 3G and H+ no more 4G Lte , i try with others carriers sims and is the same result , wipe , and reinstall and nothing please help us any body have the same problem?
Thanks
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yes many people have it and there is no solution yet. i hate having expensive paperweight
Anyone having issues with signal?
My s8 I could listen to music on soundcloud YouTube etc for hours on end
This s10plus cuts out and loses signal every 10 minute
Hello,
Yes , I have also problems of signal with my S10. I do not have data as easily that whith my previous S7.
In many situations, the signal is not capted by the S10, and I have to move with the phone to get data.
I hope this will be corrected in a future update.
I get great reception with tmobile and Verizon. Using the s10e compared to other phones I have used
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bricky23 said:
I get great reception with tmobile and Verizon. Using the s10e compared to other phones I have used
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Also, have better T-Mobile reception than prior devices. Have the usa Snapdragon unlocked!
ot, orig from Akron...
My WhatsApp messages take about 10 minutes to send and to come through really poor signal at the minute
Side by side, my iPhone xsmax gets a better signal then my s10.