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5GHz Wifi

I just noticed that my MX isn't seeing my 5GHz wifi.
Is it just my phone that needs to go back or has anyone else had this problem?
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I get my Netgear's 5GHz wifi to appear and can connect to it as well. I'm on the Dev Edition if that helps.
Is there a way for you to check if another device can see the 5GHz wifi?

Check what channel your 5ghz is on. I used wifi analyzer and under channels I noticed only certain ones were checked. I changed my router to one of those and it works great.
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Your 5Ghz will have shorter range than 2.4. Are you fairly close to the router or access point?
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Yeah, my GS3 had no problems seeing and connecting to my 5GHZ network. Seems like it might be a hardware thing.
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My Moto X seems to do extremely well with 5ghz wifi. Way better that my former Samsung GS2. Much better range in particular, though still not as good as 2.4 ghz. However, this phone may have issues with some routers as I have problems with 2.4 ghz wifi and my netgear WNDR3700 as referenced here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433041&highlight=wifi+issues
I should also point out I have very little 5 ghz interference, but many neighboring 2.4 ghz access points. This is on small lots, not in an apartment so its still mostly ok.

Make sure the 5 GHz radio in enabled under Settings > WiFi > Advanced > Wifi frequency band

Yeah, I might have to get my phone changed out. My laptop is connected to 5ghz but my phone won't even see it.
**Edit**
So while looking at Wifi Analyzer, I realized that my phone doesn't support anything below channel 149 on the 5GHZ range. Mine is fancy wireless
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Odd. My phone performs flawlessly on ch 36, and is much, much better than my Galaxy Note... You might have a defective unit or a bad routet.
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I was using channel 36 and had no issues with the rest of my devices. Must just be my phone.
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My phone works on 5, but only if I force it. Otherwise it chooses 2.4. 10 feet from the router
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murso74 said:
My phone works on 5, but only if I force it. Otherwise it chooses 2.4. 10 feet from the router
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There is a reason for that.
When your phone scans for a WiFi network, it scans through 11 wireless channels on 2.4Ghz (in the US). When your phone scans for 5Ghz it has more channels to scan through, 13-15 depending on your router.
That combined with already mentioned reasons such as better 2.4Ghz propagation in homes/offices makes it easier for the phone to connect. Whether 2.4Ghz or 5.8Ghz, every gain increase of 3dBm doubles transmit power. In one given spot with your router in another room, your 2.4Ghz signal is typically going to be stronger. It is going to choose the 2.4Ghz because the phone scanned and saw it, and the signal was strong.

grenefroggie said:
There is a reason for that.
When your phone scans for a WiFi network, it scans through 11 wireless channels on 2.4Ghz (in the US). When your phone scans for 5Ghz it has more channels to scan through, 13-15 depending on your router.
That combined with already mentioned reasons such as better 2.4Ghz propagation in homes/offices makes it easier for the phone to connect. Whether 2.4Ghz or 5.8Ghz, every gain increase of 3dBm doubles transmit power. In one given spot with your router in another room, your 2.4Ghz signal is typically going to be stronger. It is going to choose the 2.4Ghz because the phone scanned and saw it, and the signal was strong.
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I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that actually... Thanks for the refresher
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I just removed my password from my g network, the motor x's range is good enough to cover my whole house on n.
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murso74 said:
I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that actually... Thanks for the refresher
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yup. i ended up forgetting my 2.4 bands in favor of the 5. now i'm upset that nothing else in my house uses the 5.

There is also a chance that depending on the cell band and frequency your phone is using it may disable certain wifi channels as they may interfere with each other. I know depending on certain cell/wifi/bt combos various power levels in the phone are reduced, I wouldn't doubt there are other rules in play as well.

Steve-x said:
There is also a chance that depending on the cell band and frequency your phone is using it may disable certain wifi channels as they may interfere with each other. I know depending on certain cell/wifi/bt combos various power levels in the phone are reduced, I wouldn't doubt there are other rules in play as well.
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In the US, 2100Mhz and 2500Mhz are the closest freqs used near a WiFi router. Channel 11 is 2462Mhz, with 3 more channels left before hitting 2.5Ghz. No carrier to my knowledge uses 5Ghz. DFS starts at 5260 to 5700.
However, BT uses 2.4Ghz, though the radio in your router likely has more output power and will force the BT to change the channel it is on.

grenefroggie said:
In the US, 2100Mhz and 2500Mhz are the closest freqs used near a WiFi router. Channel 11 is 2462Mhz, with 3 more channels left before hitting 2.5Ghz. No carrier to my knowledge uses 5Ghz. DFS starts at 5260 to 5700.
However, BT uses 2.4Ghz, though the radio in your router likely has more output power and will force the BT to change the channel it is on.
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There is way more in play then that. When a radio transmits on 850 Mhz is also transmits a lower power carrier at 1900 Mhz (known as harmonics) They are greatly reduced in power level but if they are right beside the receiver(as the case would be in a cell phone) it can cause problems. With all the possible bands a phone can transmit and receive on there will always be combinations of harmonics that will reduce the performance of other receivers in the phone. It is also possible to have further issues from mixing products but I won't go into that here.

Steve-x said:
There is way more in play then that. When a radio transmits on 850 Mhz is also transmits a lower power carrier at 1900 Mhz (known as harmonics) They are greatly reduced in power level but if they are right beside the receiver(as the case would be in a cell phone) it can cause problems. With all the possible bands a phone can transmit and receive on there will always be combinations of harmonics that will reduce the performance of other receivers in the phone. It is also possible to have further issues from mixing products but I won't go into that here.
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True. I didn't really think to mention harmonics, as most people do not care nor do they understand. There are many things at play, as you said, and I will be the first to say that I do not know all of them, but you raise a good point. I am still not sure if anything running on 1900Mhz would cause issues in the 2.4Ghz band, but I have seen much stranger things happen.

Got my hands on a G906L Korean S5 with 805 and QHD display

I was gonna wait for the iPhone 6 because I thought even if I don't get one It is still a good idea to wait and see what they have to offer because (fanboys, please be realistic) they usually set the bar for the next one or two years to come.
Now the iPhone 6 is out, I'm a bit disappointed, but not toomuch. Not because of the design or anything, the design is great in your hands, the screen is superb (for LCDs), It's just that the performance is really underwhelming. Maybe it's because how the A7 Cyclone cores kicked android ass so hard(single core performance) they are starting to get lazy. A mere 25% improvement at most? Thats probably the lowest improvement in CPU performance of all iPhone generations. The GPU's 80% improvement is decent but not very impressive for Apple.
My old phone was the HTC One X, it's so old and rare I haven't seen anyone with it for months. Even though I managed to get Kitkat running on it the battery life is still horrible and I'm tired playing around with the crazy wakelock bugs and **** so I had to change.
So anyway I didn't want the S5 because it's already 65 years old so I got the newest flagship there is, the Korean Galaxy S5 LTE-A with SnapDragon 805 and a QHD display, in the same form factor as the classic S5, which I kind of like because I don't like flashy exteriors.
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To be honest I was getting tired with all the tweaking you had to (maybe just because you could?) do in Android and was prepared to get an iOS device that just works out of the box. But I guess duty called and I could not turn away from the power that do come with the responsibilities! So once more I dive back into the tweaking game, well maybe not so much because there is only one not so custom ROM here on XDA for this device.
This device obviously has the same plastic build as the classic S5, except all the fake metal parts are now slightly golden instead of chrome. I really don't mind the plastic and I never did, because this isn't a heavy laptop where plastic construction makes for cheap squeeks. The phone is totally solid, so I don't really see the point.
The screen is pretty much the same as the classic S5, but in 2560x1440 resolution. Which is just stupid large because it's a way smaller device than my 2560X1600 MBP 13", which is a way smaller device than my 1920X1200 desktop monitor, which is a way smaller device than the average "HD" TV, yet it has equal or higher resolution. Better still, it doesn't consume any more power than the FHD version.
The performance, I actually don't really mind, as long as it doesn't lag, and it doesn't, so I'm happy. From what I know, the improved GPU makes up for the extra pixels and has a bit extra, so I'm really happy. But I'm somewhat surprised that even at the insane 577DPI, you can still see aliasing in games, I don't really know why........
I understand that this isn't the most impressive handset for battery life but my god what an improvement from that piece of **** I was using. Not only does the battery last forever, it also charges so fast! Super impressed.

Ditto. Feel lucky for not plunging into the Note 4 craze. Got my G906K in Hong Kong for a mere USD528 instead of 810 for Note 4.

Where do we stand with the warranty on these phones? Will Samsung UK repair the phone if it goes wrong?
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There is a catch. Mine is an imported model from Korea which is not covered by 'normal' support maintenance by local Samsung office. I'd have to bring it back to the shop which imported it should something go wrong. Guess the same applies in UK.

Yes warranty is probably the biggest problem with this phone, and in case you smash the screen there would be no way to fix it. That's why I got myself an aluminum rim case and gorilla glass screen protector.

awtchan said:
There is a catch. Mine is an imported model from Korea which is not covered by 'normal' support maintenance by local Samsung office. I'd have to bring it back to the shop which imported it should something go wrong. Guess the same applies in UK.
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iirc it's like this, basically samsung has worldwide warranty, except they have the right (meaning they don't have to but can) to deny you service if you're in a different country then where you bought the product. I've tried getting service for my canadian device in sweden and it worked 2 out of 3 times (without receipt). it depends on how much you care for your consumer rights and what kind of person is on the other side of the counter. if it's a lazy/informed service agent he'll tell you he doesn't service imported devices. if it's a good person actually trying to help you'll get service. etc..
the other thing is a lot of the time they're not educated on servicing foreign models, and they either ask you to pay for shipping to country of origin or it takes a long time for them to learn about your device and fix it.

"you can still see aliasing in games, I don't really know why........"
Because the game isn't running at screen resolution.

I was referring to Real Racing 3, which is already choppy during the start with 50 other trash drivers blocking your way. So seems like you can't really play a game like that in native resolutions because it would just lag too much?

jacobgong said:
Yes warranty is probably the biggest problem with this phone, and in case you smash the screen there would be no way to fix it. That's why I got myself an aluminum rim case and gorilla glass screen protector.
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Hi, im a new owner of an G906L, i want to ask you about that "not so custom rom" for our galaxy... I didn`t find it... Can you help me? I want to solve the issue with the korean letters in the dial pad, the phone dont let me choose the network mode... and just show 3G but i know that is in H or H+...

http://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/samsung/galaxys5lteag906l/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-LTE-A-G906L.html
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no B4 band for LTE so there goes Tmobile and many Américan carriers
All though its the quallcomm so you can enable bands and stuff
i read it has no GSM 850 band support so no 2g for lower signal áreas im guessing thats the reason you cant change network
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weedlucho search for Enable bands Qualcomm enable band
B4 (aws) for LTE and GSM band 5 or 850
here you go : enable bands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2886059

MrFhenix said:
http://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/samsung/galaxys5lteag906l/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-LTE-A-G906L.html
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no B4 band for LTE so there goes Tmobile and many Américan carriers
All though its the quallcomm so you can enable bands and stuff
i read it has no GSM 850 band support so no 2g for lower signal áreas im guessing thats the reason you cant change network
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weedlucho search for Enable bands Qualcomm enable band
B4 (aws) for LTE and GSM band 5 or 850
here you go : enable bands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2886059
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Hi, thanks for the response, I think that I can't choose the network mode because it's like locked with the settings of the factory carrier (LG U+, something like that)... Is not possible? If I flash a stock rom or custom rom without any carrier, I think it will solve the issue... And talking about the bands I'm leaving here a screenshot of the information that the seller of Amazon put for the product (I bought the phone on Amazon)... And my phone show G(gsm) sometimes and almost all time show 3G(H or H+)... So I think it have the corrects bands doesn't it? I'll wait for your response and then proceed to enable more bands... Or if there is a test that I can run to know which bands I have, tell me to do it assap! Thanks again for the help!
Amazon:
No option for change the network mode... :
Ahh, and do you know what rom can I flash to my phone?

WiFi strength, range, and throughput

Rate this thread to express how you think the HTC 10's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

I am getting drop-outs on my WiFi connection even when feet from the router. The strength is OK but it drops connections, and when making WiFi-based calls the phone complains that WiFi signal strength is low (even when max bars! Clearly this needs and fix from HTC as others are reporting this too.

when I use the normal wifi from my router I seem to have issues but I'm on very old firmware still from Verizon 1.19. I hear the update helps out with wifi issues. When I connect my to my router using the 5G connection it works flawlessly.

I find the wifi strength is not top notch. Very easily it drops its speed. Using ICE Rom.
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I found this fault on previous HTC phones that I've dealt with like the M8 M9 all had weak Wi-Fi connection and range.
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I vote excellent. I walked away from our apartment the other day and my 10 clinged on to it's dear life and maintained 1/5 bars where my M7 and missus's G3 just went: nope.
I'll have the "ultimate test" for my 10 next Wednesday. Going to school and in our "lab" we have a WiFi router. This lab is basically a bunker, a bomb shelter.
My M7 could pick up the WiFi from there (with the door closed) fine in a couple of locations around and near the bunker. It's going to be interesting to see how well my 10 can pick it up.

Wi-Fi singal to me is a great, but the speed and connection seems quite off. At times I can use my laptop while my HTC 10 is connected to the same Wi-Fi connection and my laptop speed will be great, but the HTC 10 seems quite sluggish. Additionally, sometimes I will get an error notification with Wi-Fi calling, and sometimes I'll get dropped calls when I have great Wi-Fi signal.

WiFi signal is absolutely horrible for me. Most of the time I only get 1-2 Bars except im really close to the Router.
My Tablet and other phone always get way better Signal strength.
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Wifi on HTC 10 is the most horrible implementation I have seen on any device. If you think your wifi is great, go contribute your debug logs to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/help/wifi-constant-suspend-resume-leading-to-t3392562
Vote on that thread only after doing the diagnostics, not by "oh, my wifi is great because I can browse on my phone".

I had issues before update 1.80.401.1: connections never seemed stable
Now on the update I've nothing to complain about, throughput is good, ping is stable and the wifi never seems to drop again.
Roaming between access points is also great, no drops there as well.
The range is fine as well. From the house to the garage (about 30m away) I still get a good enough signal to use internet, watch youtube etc.
That's through 2 brick walls and a garden with trees

Wifi range on this phone (HTC 10) is atrocious. The phone is basically useless to me. At home, it refused to connect to my 5ghz band and would only connect to the 2.4ghz band, unless I was within 5ft of the router.
We are currently in Costa Rica on our honeymoon, and while my HTC 10 remains in the hotel room safe 99% of the time while we surf, explore etc., the few times I've needed it it absolutely refused to connect to any of the 3 wifi networks here. Meanwhile, my wife's Galaxy S4 connects to any of them with no issues and gets 20mbps download speeds. My Macbook Pro has no issues and two other people we've talked to have had no issues with their iPhone and LG G4.
I wanted to love this phone but it's given me nothing but issues when it comes to network connectivity. I made the last second decision to leave my Nexus 6P and bring the HTC 10 in an effort to have a smaller phone with me during this trip, but I completely regret it. As soon as we get home the sim card will be pulled and the phone will be shoved into a drawer until another worthy phone comes along to use my next JUMP! Ondemand upgrade on.
It's too bad HTC is making the next Nexus phone. Because I sure as hell won't be buying it after this B.S. experience.
Also, for reference, when I got the phone from T-Mobile I unlocked it and flashed the U.S. unlocked RUU firmware/ROM for faster updates. I had these issues on the 1.53.617.5 RUU and they persist after the latest 1.80.617.1 update.

@sn0warmy do you have the uh oh warranty with 1 day replacement? Because I wonder if this is a hardware issue as some people report good WiFi.

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@sn0warmy do you have the uh oh warranty with 1 day replacement? Because I wonder if this is a hardware issue as some people report good WiFi.
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I'm not entirely sure. I do pay for the accidental coverage through T-Mobile and I'm sure I could use that to get a replacement through them (they've always been great in giving me replacements when requested). But I've seen so many people with the same issues, who report the replacement doesn't solve the problem., that I almost just don't even want to bother.

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I'm not entirely sure. I do pay for the accidental coverage through T-Mobile and I'm sure I could use that to get a replacement through them (they've always been great in giving me replacements when requested). But I've seen so many people with the same issues, who report the replacement doesn't solve the problem., that I almost just don't even want to bother.
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I had the same problem and a replacement for a new phone did the trick....

In my experience, it is mediocre at best.
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Rate this thread to express how you think the HTC 10's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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My HTC 10's wifi reception and speed is noticeably worst than my LG G3, and MUCH-MUCH worst than my 6 years old Dell Vostro 3350 laptop. At first I thought that my specific unit is defected, and went back to the store to replace it. The store's manager claimed that "it is what it is", and allowed me to examine and compare it thoroughly to his Smsung S7. They performed similarly. Some consolation...

Haldi4803 said:
WiFi signal is absolutely horrible for me. Most of the time I only get 1-2 Bars except im really close to the Router.
My Tablet and other phone always get way better Signal strength.
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Totally agree man, my old M8 was WAY much better compare to my HTC 10 unfortunately.
I use to get almost full signal in my house at the second floor with the M8, with the HTC 10 cannot even browse.
I have to say this is the only thing that I don't like of this phone, hope a new firmware will do something.

Yeah, I'm on the latest OTA, 1.80 and Wi-Fi is better, but not as good as my old LG g3. Just enabled 2.4Ghz only, and it feels better
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Agreed, reception is terrible, I bought the unlocked t mobile version through htc, am on the latest update 1.80.617. I am currently sitting in a hotel room with crappy wifi service, but next door there is a walmart with a strong signal and I am connected through that on my laptop with 4 bars, but I can't get the 10 to connect at all.

Oh look, there is still one bar left.... no reason to switch then....
GTFO WiFi... GTFO

This is well know android issue that has nothing to do with htc.. Android has wifi roaming issues, same happens with samsung ore oneplus...

OnePlus 3 Pokemon Go no good

I've been playing with Pokemon Go for a week now and find the OnePlus 3 not very good with Pokemon Go.
Running latest Oxygen OS 3.2.1
The game itself is already buggy and laggy depending on your connection but on the OnePlus 3 it seems more unstable than other phones I have on Tmobile.
I can't blame Tmobile since I've compared Pokemon Go running on other phones using the same service or sim card the OnePlus 3 is the least stable.
My wife uses S6 and it too has issues but not as bad as OnePlus 3. Doesn't freeze or lockup as much.
One the Samsung Note 4 running Kitkat, it seems to work the best. Freezes less often more Pokemon spawns.
I also have a LG G3 running Lollipop also on par with the Note 4 gets less freezes also.
My guess is the OnePlus 3 GPS & radio reception is inferior to plastic Android phones.
One strange thing is that I had the Note 4 tethered to the OnePlus 3 and it seemed to get more Pokemon spawns. Which sort of validates my theory that the Note 4 GPS is superior to the OnePlus 3.
What do you guys think?

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I've been playing with Pokemon Go for a week now and find the OnePlus 3 not very good with Pokemon Go.
Running latest Oxygen OS 3.2.1
The game itself is already buggy and laggy depending on your connection but on the OnePlus 3 it seems more unstable than other phones I have on Tmobile.
I can't blame Tmobile since I've compared Pokemon Go running on other phones using the same service or sim card the OnePlus 3 is the least stable.
My wife uses S6 and it too has issues but not as bad as OnePlus 3. Doesn't freeze or lockup as much.
One the Samsung Note 4 running Kitkat, it seems to work the best. Freezes less often more Pokemon spawns.
I also have a LG G3 running Lollipop also on par with the Note 4 gets less freezes also.
My guess is the OnePlus 3 GPS & radio reception is inferior to plastic Android phones.
One strange thing is that I had the Note 4 tethered to the OnePlus 3 and it seemed to get more Pokemon spawns. Which sort of validates my theory that the Note 4 GPS is superior to the OnePlus 3.
What do you guys think?
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I had the exact same issues! Pokemon Go on my Nexus 5 is smooth and on my OP3 it was so laggy and stuttery. I have since sent my OP3 back. The reception was the worst of any phone I've owned.

Works great on mine and finds a GPS lock about 10x faster than my OPO.

@vision33r
This has absolutely nothing to do with the phone, (if it's not a faulty one)
Stop giving Oneplus such a hard time and go ahead and delete this thred. Menaingless in it's highest grade.

I have pokemon Go installed too and no problem with it so far.
You maybe you guys have some apps that conflicts with the game, here what should you do, try the game with a fresh install of OxygenOs and/or try it with CM13

I'm posting this to see if people share the same real-world experience. I think it deserves some attention because I've had OnePlus 2 and the signal quality is pretty good. The OP3 I believe may need some tweaking, because its got a Snapdragon 820 much superior than older devices but yet I am able to get better performance on Pokemon Go with older devices. It maybe radio signals as Pokemon Go is very data intensive.

My OnePlus 3 works just fine. The problem is that its hot as heck.

Lol it works pretty good on my OP3. Pretty sure it's just you.

I've been playing since it was released on my OP3. Also have S7 and S4 phones same network. It's laggy but equally to my Samsung's. Seems the same for me on any phone I try. I'm very happy with PoGo on my OP3. It's niantic that sucks. Also I haven't had any reception issues... Hopefully that's just rare faulty devices.

Works great on my phone. I'm using rooted 3.2.1 stock.
Here's a secret: works even better with Xposed "add on".

no problems at all with my op3. it freezes as often as it does on other devices.

fine on my OP3 aswell, freezes are server/app related

andlin97 said:
@vision33r
This has absolutely nothing to do with the phone, (if it's not a faulty one)
Stop giving Oneplus such a hard time and go ahead and delete this thred. Menaingless in it's highest grade.
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This is a community forum and he doesn't have to do anything you say, pal. He had a bad experience with the phone, so he is letting everyone know. Just because yours is fine, doesn't mean they all are.
Accept the criticism of your beloved phone, it isn't perfect!
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fine on my OP3 aswell, freezes are server/app related
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Then why did my Nexus 5 (2013...) play it at twice the frame rate? And my Xperia Z3 and Nexus 7 2nd Gen. There is an issue there, definitely.
Before someone says it, I factory reset the phone and only had the game installed and still had issues.
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Lol it works pretty good on my OP3. Pretty sure it's just you.
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It clearly is not just him.

I live in a suburban area and go to work in a very urban area (downtown San Jose, Ca) and I haven't had an issue with GPS or 4g/3g signal (in parking garages or the office buildings). Pokemon Go is almost always smooth for me, except for when there is server instability. Compared to my Oneplus One, my spouse's iPhone 6 plus, and my brother's Galaxy S5, I tend to get more stable data signal.

Supranoob said:
I live in a suburban area and go to work in a very urban area (downtown San Jose, Ca) and I haven't had an issue with GPS or 4g/3g signal (in parking garages or the office buildings). Pokemon Go is almost always smooth for me, except for when there is server instability. Compared to my Oneplus One, my spouse's iPhone 6 plus, and my brother's Galaxy S5, I tend to get more stable data signal.
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It's good to hear that some people don't have problems. However, a very large number of people do, which is not acceptable! Even for a cheap phone.

It's the other way around, most people don't have problems.
I just can tell you its running smooth, i didn't compare framerates with other devices nor did i check the fps my device delivers.
When the App bugs its the same bug as it occures on different devices, therefor not OP3 related.

I did some further testing, I do think the OP3 has a smaller & weaker signal range. I'm getting about -113dbm to -103dbm compared to my Note 4, getting about -93dbm to -100dbm around my house where there are two Poke centers that I frequent.
Last night both my friend and my wife gotten Ghastly at the center and my OP3 did not get it. I quickly tethered my iPad Pro LTE to the OP3 and sure enough that Ghastly showed up.
Keep in mind my OP3 already has Google Maps offline enabled for the area and the iPad didn't My wife's phone is S6 Edge and friend has Nexus 5X.
So something is up with the GPS, the data seemed to be ok as the iPad tethered to the OP3 gotten much better results.

singlebyte said:
Works great on my phone. I'm using rooted 3.2.1 stock.
Here's a secret: works even better with Xposed "add on".
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I figured at some point they will disable running on rooted or jailbroken devices. But I really don't want to cheat because to me the fun part is catching them. It wouldn't be fun if I just cheat and take away the fun part of finding them.

gman88667733 said:
It's good to hear that some people don't have problems. However, a very large number of people do, which is not acceptable! Even for a cheap phone.
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99% of people with this phone most likely have no issues at all with PoGo...

Now, moving on, after doing some tests, the OnePlus 3 is clearly inferior to it's testing partner the LG G Flex 2 when it comes to general reception. Using the speedtest.net app, the OP3 consistently has weaker speeds than the Flex 2 on T-Mobile's 4G LTE. The upload speeds were drastically worse than the download speeds for some reason.
Second the OP3 also appears to significantly pick up less satellites using the GPS Test app.
My findings line up well with the OP's observations and the concerns many already have regarding the reliability of these features.
Below is a side by side sample of the general GPS performance differences between the OP3 and the LG G Flex 2. The screenshot with the VoLTE icon obviously identifies the OP3.
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[FIxed]Note 9 vs p20 pro Download speed

I was feeling there was an issue with my Note 9 compared to my Note 8 and P20p Thus i decided to do a speedtest. the phones were at the same place and nothing was using the bandwidth. Surprise. look at the video, and you will see. (N8 and p20 came with the same results).
I would like to ask some of you who already have it to test it against other phones to see if i'm the only one with this issue. I have the latest firmware on it and didn't test it before the update...but this is really not normal. I also feel it's just "slower" in general than the p20p...
check this link for the video

Upload video on Youtube plz

Yeah, as a network engineer I'm not going to touch random files on a Dropbox. At least link a speedtest.net result or the image.
I have my note 9 coming on Friday so I can put some effort into getting the optimal wireless connection (there's so many variables involved, I'm a wireless network engineer working for a wisp so all in my realm of knowledge) and give it a test.
I'd be very surprised if its a downgrade compared to Huawei, Samsung spend a lot of time on their LTE radios, now running on CAT 18, with MIMO, for a theoretical bandwidth of 1.2 gbit/s. Will know for sure Friday!
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Can't find info on the chipset in the S9+, but I can find that they have MU-MIMO and 1024QAM, so it definitely should be quicker if you have a router supporting the above.
https://bgr.com/2018/02/25/samsung-galaxy-s9-specs-galaxy-s9-plus-specs-complete-list/

Zanr Zij said:
Upload video on Youtube plz
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MartyDingo said:
Yeah, as a network engineer I'm not going to touch random files on a Dropbox. At least link a speedtest.net result or the image.
I have my note 9 coming on Friday so I can put some effort into getting the optimal wireless connection (there's so many variables involved, I'm a wireless network engineer working for a wisp so all in my realm of knowledge) and give it a test.
I'd be very surprised if its a downgrade compared to Huawei, Samsung spend a lot of time on their LTE radios, now running on CAT 18, with MIMO, for a theoretical bandwidth of 1.2 gbit/s. Will know for sure Friday!
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Can't find info on the chipset in the S9+, but I can find that they have MU-MIMO and 1024QAM, so it definitely should be quicker if you have a router supporting the above.
https://bgr.com/2018/02/25/samsung-galaxy-s9-specs-galaxy-s9-plus-specs-complete-list/
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Here you go guys. will update the original post also
https://youtu.be/xEOVgHz7dhg
PS : for information i'm on Ubiquiti hardware here.

Strangely i was able to when i cleared cache....

Aha, well, I'm UBWA certified actually
We're bound to see some minor oddities like such before launch, nice to know its not the phone!

not that shocking to be honest shocking would be getting like 2mg dl not still nearly 50 lol

MartyDingo said:
Aha, well, I'm UBWA certified actually
We're bound to see some minor oddities like such before launch, nice to know its not the phone!
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i would interested in your thoughts, post on Friday or weekend in UK thread

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i would interested in your thoughts, post on Friday or weekend in UK thread
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Shall do!
I'll be doing it for my own amusement so definitely happy to share!

Since the test was on WiFi, and not LTE the work Samsung has done on the modem is irelivant.
My question is, are they really on the same network? The results make me think that your Note may be hitting the 2ghz network not the 5ghz network.

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Since the test was on WiFi, and not LTE the work Samsung has done on the modem is irelivant.
My question is, are they really on the same network? The results make me think that your Note may be hitting the 2ghz network not the 5ghz network.
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Read the thead mate, it was a cache issue. I was only pointing out Samsungs dedication to connectivity, and I did follow up with somewhat comparable specs for the radio.
It could be a number of things, potentially more sensitive radio in the note 9 that struggles to handle interference, etc, it'd be pretty obvious to be on the wrong network.

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Read the thead mate, it was a cache issue. I was only pointing out Samsungs dedication to connectivity, and I did follow up with somewhat comparable specs for the radio.
It could be a number of things, potentially more sensitive radio in the note 9 that struggles to handle interference, etc, it'd be pretty obvious to be on the wrong network.
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Perhaps Mate, you need to clarify... first you wrote "shocking!" in the header of the thread, then in one post you said "Strangely i was able to when i cleared cache...." which didn't mean anything to me, and certainly not that you discovered the problem.
And no... being on a 2ghz network vs 5ghz network can be an invisible decision made by the hardware, and many networks are using the same network name. So it wouldn't necessarily be obvious.
For example, in my house, the network ID is "MyHouse" for both the 5ghz and the 2 ghz networks... the Chromecast is on the 2ghz network, and my phone is hitting the 5 ghz network. They see each other and is seamless.

Dude, I don't know one router that has the same SSID by default for both networks. Someone changing the network should notice the difference then.
BTW, I'm not OP, just someone helping.

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i would interested in your thoughts, post on Friday or weekend in UK thread
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Definitely not an issue!
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/4187326458

Though i would add my results here also, Verizon snapdragon model. Definitely seems like something is going on with your test. http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/4188275993

so you guys testing your wifi speed using your isp network is telling us what exactly?
at best you should test locally but even there. if your network equipment is not on pare then again your testing with too many faulty variables and it won't show phones true potential.
ignorant people would state that a phones wifi has issues because upload speeds sucks compared to DL or just both seem slow.
but in fact what sucks is ISP internet package and not the phone. obviously other parameters like specific servers the test is being done on can co tribute to faulty 'online' test results.
so we have a few factors which make tests like these irrelevant:
-****ty internet package subscription
-****ty test server
-****ty home network
for cell data tests, well we need good weather and be near a cell tower.
but again this proves less concerning phone's capabilites as throughput but more towards signal quality.
and the average will be provider's coverage. how many towers they utilise and your signal strength in general in most common locations you visit.
*btw OP dude, do everyone a favor and correct your thread title...

i was tested on 4 devices, Note 8, XZ2, Iphone X and Note 9, so seem XZ2 always faster and winner
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so you guys testing your wifi speed using your isp network is telling us what exactly?
at best you should test locally but even there. if your network equipment is not on pare then again your testing with too many faulty variables and it won't show phones true potential.
ignorant people would state that a phones wifi has issues because upload speeds sucks compared to DL or just both seem slow.
but in fact what sucks is ISP internet package and not the phone. obviously other parameters like specific servers the test is being done on can co tribute to faulty 'online' test results.
so we have a few factors which make tests like these irrelevant:
-****ty internet package subscription
-****ty test server
-****ty home network
for cell data tests, well we need good weather and be near a cell tower.
but again this proves less concerning phone's capabilites as throughput but more towards signal quality.
and the average will be provider's coverage. how many towers they utilise and your signal strength in general in most common locations you visit.
*btw OP dude, do everyone a favor and correct your thread title...
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Sorry dude, but there's so many more factors to be able to throw any of this out. I really hope no one is taking this that seriously.
For one, I have no idea about the noise floor (background EMF noise level) on whichever frequency people have decided to run your AP. (Be it 2.4 or 5ghz, and then which channel, 2.4 ghz only really has three channels, 1,6,11, with the other channels just being overlaps. 5ghz has a lot more but usually everything is on 5180 (channel 36) due to DFS above 5250mhz in mos6 countries. Chances are all of you are suffering from interference.
Then we could talk about MIMO. Each MIMO chain nets you +3db so routers supporting MU-MIMO could see big signal increases just from both devices having multiple MIMO streams going on.
S9+ (and probably the note 9) supports QAM1024, essentially fitting more data over a link at once to the risk of needing a higher signal to noise ratio (this is where noise floors and interference comes heavily into it)
Every situation is unique, I think we should try and explore but please share your enviroment, I.e your router, where you are (apartment, house, city, rural etc) and then we can only start making sense of things.

MartyDingo said:
Sorry dude, but there's so many more factors to be able to throw any of this out. I really hope no one is taking this that seriously.
For one, I have no idea about the noise floor (background EMF noise level) on whichever frequency people have decided to run your AP. (Be it 2.4 or 5ghz, and then which channel, 2.4 ghz only really has three channels, 1,6,11, with the other channels just being overlaps. 5ghz has a lot more but usually everything is on 5180 (channel 36) due to DFS above 5250mhz in mos6 countries. Chances are all of you are suffering from interference.
Then we could talk about MIMO. Each MIMO chain nets you +3db so routers supporting MU-MIMO could see big signal increases just from both devices having multiple MIMO streams going on.
S9+ (and probably the note 9) supports QAM1024, essentially fitting more data over a link at once to the risk of needing a higher signal to noise ratio (this is where noise floors and interference comes heavily into it)
Every situation is unique, I think we should try and explore but please share your enviroment, I.e your router, where you are (apartment, house, city, rural etc) and then we can only start making sense of things.
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but you have to agree that it is folly to report wifi speedtests using home internet and its limitations by the ISP as being a way to gauge a phone's capabilites.

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but you have to agree that it is folly to report wifi speedtests using home internet and its limitations by the ISP as being a way to gauge a phone's capabilites.
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No, I'm not sure I agree.
If you cable into your router and do a speed test, and use that as your comparison point, I don't see the problem with using a home connection to test.
I don't know what limitations you're talking about, in my experience for speed testing you're routed into the DC where your ISP has its presence then either a speed test server within your ISPs DC network or one right next to it in the same DC.
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Now if you're using the router supplied by your ISP, whole different story.