I'm not sure if this was covered already but if it was, disregard my post.
There is another tab for the WiFi antenna on the back of the Galaxy S' casing. I took a Floss-Toothpick, cut off the end.. smashed it down a little and shimmed it inbetween and now my WiFi signal strength is much MUCH better. This replacement phone has been cutting out constantly in my room and now it's working great.
Wow cool~I personally was not aware that people really had widespread wifi problems though.
between my 2 vibrants we have and the 2 original before they replaced them due to GPS issues which the replacements also have none of them have had wifi problems. I guess we are half lucky. I have seen a number of people complain about Wi-Fi problems, good to know it's a hardware problem. Hopefully I'll get my GPS problems fixed with the next replacement phones and also have working GPS.
Well since i was going to open the phone i did both of them the GPS and the WIFI, Both have been working great ever since..............
Do you have any idea what your wifi speeds were like before? I'm curious what most people get on their wireless n networks.
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I'm not sure if this was covered already but if it was, disregard my post.
There is another tab for the WiFi antenna on the back of the Galaxy S' casing. I took a Floss-Toothpick, cut off the end.. smashed it down a little and shimmed it inbetween and now my WiFi signal strength is much MUCH better. This replacement phone has been cutting out constantly in my room and now it's working great.
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It was more of an on or off thing. If it dropped down to 1 dot (not the bars) my WiFi would basically cut out on the Vibrant. If I had one bar it would be exactly what I have this router capped at which is 2500Kbps
Can you give more details on this fix?
Thanks!
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I saw the fix for the GPS and I am now able to get locks and use navigation. I can even now use my Cardio Trainer program that tracks your running. Where is the wifi at? Mine is not great. I have the phone sitting 3 feet from the wifi router and it is down a bar. My laptop can hit it at full strength 2 rooms away.
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this is a picture I took from the GPS thread. It's to the far left of the GPS antenna and looks exactly the same. I probably should have took pics myself but I didn't think of it while I had my phone open.
Jk... Sorry
can you post a pic on what you did like with the toothpick?im not really satisfied with my wifi signal and id be really glad if this method could help.thanks
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I'm glad I didn't buy into apple saying you needed the 3G MaxiPad 2 to get aGPS. I have successfully gotten the EVO running CyanogenMod 7 with the built in WiFi Hotspot to pass GPS data to the google maps program on the MaxiPad 2. I'm sure it would work on the first MaxiPad as well, and other ROMS too. I't seems it passes GPS data to the MaxiPad every 30-60 seconds, so it's not good enough for turn-by-turn (but aGPS really never is). If you need turn-by-turn, you can do what I did and buy a bluetooth GPS receiver (very cheap, under $30) and install roqyBluetooth on your MaxiPad and then youll have real GPS. Unfortunately we need a jailbreak first before we can instal roqyBluetooth, but that will be coming any day. So for any of you considering buying the 3G version soley so you could have GPS like I was, don't bother. You can 4G/3G tether for free, and have aGPS for free, or spend the $30 and have real GPS. I thought I'd post this as many people in line were talking about getting 3G models solely to have aGPS. Now you know.
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I thought a MaxiPad was some type of tampon ?
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I thought a MaxiPad was some type of tampon ?
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Well...seems lots of douches have ipads. So I guess it fits?
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The other option is a bluetooth GPS connected to the ipad, which is in turn, tethered to your Evo. i used that on a road trip recently and it worked great. Gps cost me about $20 on ebay.
What the ****? Just use Google Navigation..... No need for a ****ty iPad or tethering and all that ****.
Well if your gonna cough up the $$ for an ipad that can do everything your evo can do, you better believe your gonna have a mess of wires and syncing just to use the ipad as a gps and show it off.
Just got an air-rave! Frigging sweet! My signal has sucked at my home. Hopefully this will help. Anyone else have this? If so how does it work? Really happy with how well sprints service helped us. Whatcha think?
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I got one a few weeks ago. Still don't know how it's suppose to work. I followed the instructions but still get no signal. I'm gonna have to mess with it one weekend.
I have been using one for about two years. It's great. I went from no 3g and no service to very decent 3g speeds and no dropped calls.
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Airave connects to your highspeed internet through router so basically your phone connects to the Sprint network and data through the internet.
I am glad that someone posted this topic because I want to ask a question. I just added my wife's best friend to my account (yes I realize that sounds bad or good depending on your point of view - ha ha), but she lives out in the boondocks and doesn't get the greatest of service (though better than she had with t-mobile). I had previously read that some people called an complained about bad service and got an air rave. I was wondering how that works out and if anyone here thinks that I will catch flak since she lives at an address which is not the one on my account?
Ouch! That's a tough one. I'm not sure how that would work. I guess call n ask. Mine works great! Set it up today n got full bars and 3g throughout the house....
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Ouch! That's a tough one. I'm not sure how that would work. I guess call n ask. Mine works great! Set it up today n got full bars and 3g throughout the house....
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Did you just plug it in to your router or did you have to fiddle with it?
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Did you just plug it in to your router or did you have to fiddle with it?
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supposedly the router is supposed to be plugged into the airrave.. but it limits your router speeds (if you are wireless that is, dont know about wired router).. it took my wireless speeds really low, i have heard that you can plug it into the router but i havent tried.. i actually am not using mine right now, because sprint is having some major network issues where i am, and this actually just magnified them in my house.. and everytime i would leave my house it would drop my call, or lock my phone.. which was a major pain, once they get the towers here fixed i am going to try it again, hooked from my wireless router..
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Airave connects to your highspeed internet through router so basically your phone connects to the Sprint network and data through the internet.
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it connects after the router. (per Sprint)
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My speeds with air-rave. LOVIN IT!
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Don't feel bad. Mine isn't always much better. I am normally on wifi when I need to do web surfing or anything major. I see you are in Dallas which I guess I could understand the speeds because of major usage. I live in a small city and still get somewhat pathetic times, usually just a little bit faster than dialup.
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Don't feel bad. Mine isn't always much better. I am normally on wifi when I need to do web surfing or anything major. I see you are in Dallas which I guess I could understand the speeds because of major usage. I live in a small city and still get somewhat pathetic times, usually just a little bit faster than dialup.
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Ouch. I have WiFi too, but it's also an unreliable POS because it drops out every ten minutes. I'm thinking of switching, but the only other carrier that has a decent signal is Verizon, but 5GBs of data is a killer. I often pass 6GBs on my EVO.
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Ouch. I have WiFi too, but it's also an unreliable POS because it drops out every ten minutes. I'm thinking of switching, but the only other carrier that has a decent signal is Verizon, but 5GBs of data is a killer. I often pass 6GBs on my EVO.
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Is the wifi a hotspot problem or a phone problem? If it is a hotspot problem then I would flash an updated firmware for it. I had a linksys with that problem and the firmware fixed it. You could also try changing the wireless channel in the routers configuration.
It's a Sprint problem.
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I switched and got unlimited data on Verizon with the hotspot trick
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I switched and got unlimited data on Verizon with the hotspot trick
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I read on here that they catch on and put it back to what it was.
Yea no ones confirmed just hear say, someone heard someone say they heard it happened to them so it must be true
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Probably a stoopid thread, but I can honestly say that this thing rocks!
Every smarty phone I've had to date had multiple things that made me go ARGGGGGHH.
my SIII has done everything I've asked of it. Bluetooth, data reception, wifi, phone reception etc has all been spot on.
Usually at some point on my previous phones I'd go.....wtf !?! But honestly, I have not said that yet. I've found that if it was unfamiliar or different than my previous phones, I usually like it once I figure it out.
Now Tmo's reception......not so good.
But I like Tmo though. After many bad experiences with other carriers, they've been a pleasure, over all, to deal with.
Positive rant over........
True. This phone is excellent. A joy to use and even after I have all my apps and settings loaded it is still lightning fast. Oh and the camera is great.
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Well that s4 proceessor handles a lot of that too. Qualcomm deserves some credit.
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Probably a stoopid thread, but I can honestly say that this thing rocks!
Every smarty phone I've had to date had multiple things that made me go ARGGGGGHH.
my SIII has done everything I've asked of it. Bluetooth, data reception, wifi, phone reception etc has all been spot on.
Usually at some point on my previous phones I'd go.....wtf !?! But honestly, I have not said that yet. I've found that if it was unfamiliar or different than my previous phones, I usually like it once I figure it out.
Now Tmo's reception......not so good.
But I like Tmo though. After many bad experiences with other carriers, they've been a pleasure, over all, to deal with.
Positive rant over........
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A different experience compared to our G2x's isn't it? Loving mine so far. You're in Texas so you may like this. I found a nice case at the T-Mobile store that is silver. Combined with the blue phone it looks great and is Dallas Cowboys colors!
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Well, mine won't do wifi tethering, FM radio, toggle LTE, or several other things. But that's all thanks to AT&T, not the phone itself
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I was randomly browsing the Play Store and noticed something odd. According to Google, the travel cover for the Nexus 7 is WiFi only. I've been using mine on my tilapia tablet without any issues at all - I swap the cover between my grouper and this one all the time. Does anyone know what exactly about the this tablet this case is supposed to hinder?
I went back to grab a screenshot for this post and notice that in the bottom left corner of the page my tablet is listed under "Works With" -- so maybe this is all just a whoopsie on the website.
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It is usual problem with 3G Nexus 7s. Many covers cover its microphone (it's at the different place than in wi-fi model). And those made of alu and similar materials might maybe block wi-fi signal if wi-fi antenna is also displaced on 3G model.
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It is usual problem with 3G Nexus 7s. Many covers cover its microphone (it's at the different place than in wi-fi model). And those made of alu and similar materials might maybe block wi-fi signal if wi-fi antenna is also displaced on 3G model.
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Mystery solved, thanks!
If you compare the specs you will se that the 3G model is slightly larger than the wifi model which could cause some cases to not fit properly.
I have not had any trouble using N7 cases on N73G. Even when the mic is covered it seems to pick up audio just fine.
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If you compare the specs you will se that the 3G model is slightly larger than the wifi model which could cause some cases to not fit properly.
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I'm sorry sir, but allow my monocle to drop in my tea so I can tell you this is bull****. You've just made me compare my 3g model with wife's Wi-Fi only 32gig model (yes, we have both in the house). They are absolutely identical in size, 3G model has slightly more agressive bevel around the screen, maybe hair-thin taller than wi-fi version (but also note that our 2 devices were bought one month apart, could be the newest wi-fi has identical bevel).
Do you need me to make photos to prove this?