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Nexus 7 Netflix Opinions?

Hey everybody, I'm new to the Nexus 7 forums (coming from HTC Amaze/Samsung Infuse forums) and I was wondering how Netflix plays on this device.
I ordered one yesterday, but I'm curious as to whether or not it will be a decent experience. I currently have a Galaxy Tab 7 and the netflix app is HORRENDOUS. I mean, it takes about 5 minutes to load a tv show, and my Amaze connects (via the same wifi) within seconds. I'm just wondering how the speed is of the netflix app. I'm also curious about the video playback quality. Is it decent?
I can't wait to get my Nexus 7 and contribute more to this forum!

shiftylock said:
Hey everybody, I'm new to the Nexus 7 forums (coming from HTC Amaze/Samsung Infuse forums) and I was wondering how Netflix plays on this device.
I ordered one yesterday, but I'm curious as to whether or not it will be a decent experience. I currently have a Galaxy Tab 7 and the netflix app is HORRENDOUS. I mean, it takes about 5 minutes to load a tv show, and my Amaze connects (via the same wifi) within seconds. I'm just wondering how the speed is of the netflix app. I'm also curious about the video playback quality. Is it decent?
I can't wait to get my Nexus 7 and contribute more to this forum!
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I have a fast internet connection to my N7 and Netflix is outstanding. YMMV

Netflix runs fast on mine, you sure it's not your Internet connection?
As soon as I click a video, it takes no longer than a second to load.
As for quality, here you go:
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Works great on mine. I think I remember seeing an option in my account (not app) for streaming quality with 3 choices, I chose highest quality. Not sure how much of a difference it makes.

Mike Fitz said:
Works great on mine. I think I remember seeing an option in my account (not app) for streaming quality with 3 choices, I chose highest quality. Not sure how much of a difference it makes.
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Yes, that's correct.
The setting you speak off is on your account via the netflix website, people should make sure about this setting.
I don't think you can receive HD streams unless on the highest setting.
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Netflix is working well on N7. Quality is good. The initial load is as fast as desktop, but it sometimes pauses to buffer. Could be my router for all I know though.

Works very well on mine. No startup delay and quality is excellent.
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Works great on mine! Quality is very nice, very crisp. Only issue I had was a few jitters during the first few minutes of playback on a Firefly ep and then it settled down and was smooth as butter for the remainder of the episode.

shiftylock said:
Hey everybody, I'm new to the Nexus 7 forums (coming from HTC Amaze/Samsung Infuse forums) and I was wondering how Netflix plays on this device.
I ordered one yesterday, but I'm curious as to whether or not it will be a decent experience. I currently have a Galaxy Tab 7 and the netflix app is HORRENDOUS. I mean, it takes about 5 minutes to load a tv show, and my Amaze connects (via the same wifi) within seconds. I'm just wondering how the speed is of the netflix app. I'm also curious about the video playback quality. Is it decent?
I can't wait to get my Nexus 7 and contribute more to this forum!
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Works excellent. In fact on other tablets (galaxy 10.1)Netflix scrolling is sometimes laggy not so with N7
Videos look awesome
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Netflix on N7 - FTW!

Quality is good, application is terrible. Sometimes it doesn't register to play unless you exit the app, scrolling is choppy unless you activate hardware acceleration for 2d rendering, browse menu randomly pops up when using search.
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redmonke255 said:
Quality is good, application is terrible. Sometimes it doesn't register to play unless you exit the app, scrolling is choppy unless you activate hardware acceleration for 2d rendering, browse menu randomly pops up when using search.
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Would you think that's app specific or because of their new(ish) UI, which I personally can't stand.

Mike Fitz said:
Works great on mine. I think I remember seeing an option in my account (not app) for streaming quality with 3 choices, I chose highest quality. Not sure how much of a difference it makes.
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Thanks foe the heads up! Even without setting this Netflix has been excellent on my N7.
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I've been running into this problem where it doesn't register play when i click the movie after search, but i think its a netflix bug. Other than that it plays great!

Thank you for the great responses. It's good to hear that I won't have any more Netflix woes And in response to the question about my internet connection: My phone loads netflix shows within seconds on the same wifi network as the Galaxy Tab, which takes a century to load, then when it does load a menu pops up saying "netflix is not responding" which delays video playback even further. Honestly I'm at the point where I think the Gtab is garbage and this is the upgrade I need. Thanks again!

Netflix works great for me on my N7, iPad, iPhone, XBox 360, Blu Ray player and iMac.

Same here. I think my Gtab is just cursed lol. Like when I had it on stock I couldn't even get it to load the app. It would just time out. Now with the cubed3 rom I'm able to get it ghetto-rigged enough to work. It's nice to know I will actually have a netflix-ready device!

Hexdecimal said:
Would you think that's app specific or because of their new(ish) UI, which I personally can't stand.
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Yea, hopefully an update will smooth it out.
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Question mine doesn't show netflix in full screen is there a setting I'm missing?

Netflix is laggy on my Nexus 7. I have tried using a faster connection at work to stream, and it still lags. More like the screen freezes for a couple of seconds, but the sound is smooth. I have tried it after today's Netflix app update, and still having problems.

[Q] Why doesn't my N7 feel as fast and snappy on 4.2.1???????

Hi all I just purchased a new N7 16gb I updated it to 4.2.1 prior to making the purchase I did my research on here other forums including YouTube. And I'm not to happy with the outcome as far as the speed of the N7 others that I've seen out there as I mentioned seem faster and the videos I watched were stock N7`s running 4.2.1 I even did a quadrant test and scored a 3616 or so. I do understand that is a rough estimate but I was expecting a higher avg then that for a quad core T3. Any help or insight is appreciated
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Hi all I just purchased a new N7 16gb I updated it to 4.2.1 prior to making the purchase I did my research on here other forums including YouTube. And I'm not to happy with the outcome as far as the speed of the N7 others that I've seen out there as I mentioned seem faster and the videos I watched were stock N7`s running 4.2.1 I even did a quadrant test and scored a 3616 or so. I do understand that is a rough estimate but I was expecting a higher avg then that for a quad core T3. Any help or insight is appreciated
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root it, install a custom kernel that allows for increased performance and faster cpu speeds(and other tweaks). if youre looking for increased performance out of the stock kernel, you wont find it. also, even with stock(rooted) you need to bench correctly. you want to set your cpu speeds as the highest speed for hi and low speed. that way it doesnt scale cpu speeds(if you let it scale, youre actually testing a lower speed since quadrant doesnt max out the nexus 7). disabling fsync also helps immensely.
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root it, install a custom kernel that allows for increased performance and faster cpu speeds(and other tweaks). if youre looking for increased performance out of the stock kernel, you wont find it. also, even with stock(rooted) you need to bench correctly. you want to set your cpu speeds as the highest speed for hi and low speed. that way it doesnt scale cpu speeds(if you let it scale, youre actually testing a lower speed since quadrant doesnt max out the nexus 7). disabling fsync also helps immensely.
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Guess I'm SOL I'm not to good at understanding the process of rooting
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lordandroid said:
Guess I'm SOL I'm not to good at understanding the process of rooting
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take a little time, read around here. theres lots and lots of info. the process is actually very easy. it does appear intimidating at first, but the intimidation is all in the terminology. once you pick what everything means, itll be less intimidating. and once you go through the process the first time, youll be kicking yourself when you realize how easy it actually is. and dont fall into the root toolkit path. ot might appear easy, bit you will be worse off in the longer run. especially when itll come to upkeep or fixing issues. root toolkits prevent you from learning the right process, which could have harmful affects when it is time for maintenance.

simms22 said:
take a little time, read around here. theres lots and lots of info. the process is actually very easy. it does appear intimidating at first, but the intimidation is all in the terminology. once you pick what everything means, itll be less intimidating. and once you go through the process the first time, youll be kicking yourself when you realize how easy it actually is. and dont fall into the root toolkit path. ot might appear easy, bit you will be worse off in the longer run. especially when itll come to upkeep or fixing issues. root toolkits prevent you from learning the right process, which could have harmful affects when it is time for maintenance.
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Thanks for solid advice I kinda thought taking the toolkit direction was a temporary way at success.
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lordandroid said:
Thanks for solid advice I kinda thought taking the toolkit direction was a temporary way at success.
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The answer to your question is actually pretty simple. Just open the Google current app, go to menu (the 3 dots on the top right corner), go to Settings and untick the enable background sync, finally reboot your n7. I found the solution and applied it myself. I now have absolutely nothing to complain about my tablet

minhqp107 said:
The answer to your question is actually pretty simple. Just open the Google current app, go to menu (the 3 dots on the top right corner), go to Settings and untick the enable background sync, finally reboot your n7. I found the solution and applied it myself. I now have absolutely nothing to complain about my tablet
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It seems a bit more fluid and snappier that helped.
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Hi!
What do you in fact disable when disabling background sync? Is it email notification and such? Because then it is not worth it I think.

You're preventing Google Currents from downloading new articles and whatnot while it's not the active app. If you, like 99.99999% of the world, don't use Currents, there's no reason not to disable it.

I agree.
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Poor Wifi on N4?

Quick question to the pro's
Whilst I haven't put a SIM card in my lovely new N4 yet (awaiting mico SIM from Vodafone) I thought I would set it up over WiFi.
I can connect to my router, home network and home server fine, but it is just sooooo slow and continually timesout. I have changed the settings, frequencies etc, restored router to factory settings and back to saved profile, but nothing seems to help.
Play store spits me out, and I have reset the N4 to factory 3 times now.
I will try on other Wifi networks over the weekend, and on mobile data when SIM card arrives, but was just wondering if I am doing something obvious wrong or it other have have similar experiences?
thanks
edit.......I did manage to do a system update, and now on 4.2.1

In my experience it is really fast. I get 30mbps down, as fast as I get on my desktop.
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mugabuga said:
In my experience it is really fast. I get 30mbps down, as fast as I get on my desktop.
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Thanks
My N4 connects nicely to the router as follows from the settings
Status - Connected
Signal Strength - Excellent
Link Speed - 72Mbps
Thinking (hoping) it the talktalk router, as since I updated the firmware I have had other problems...........need to test elsewhere I think first!
Thanks

wifi issue is for sure
Look at other posts you will find many people are having wifi issues. I don't think you did anything wrong, it is just the problem of nexus 4.
Let's wish google would fix it soon.

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mrcanant said:
Look at other posts you will find many people are having wifi issues. I don't think you did anything wrong, it is just the problem of nexus 4.
Let's wish google would fix it soon.
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Thanks, did find a limited number of similar issues listed when I did a basic google search, but hoping it was something else.
SGS2 in one hand works lovely, N4 in the other not!
As I didn't manage to test test it before the update to 4.2.1 I don't know if this release is the issue!

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LOL, should have know better, oops!
Found the WiFi thread now, don't know why I couldn't find it earlier!

Something definitely wrong. My coworker and I are on the same WiFi and his signal is 100 times faster. I get 1000+ ms ping and .04 down and he gets 80ms ping and 3 down.
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Seems like the WiFi problem is either hit or miss most people including myself have a perfectly stable WiFi while some people have terrible or not working WiFi at all. Not sure what's behind this buy hope you can get it fixed.
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Thanks all.......
This issue was starting to annoy my experience with the N4 tbh
I just changed my router back to my old one to test, and its now working perfectly!!!! Others have reported issues with D-Link routers, of which the one I was using was a Talktalk supplied D-Link.
Lightening quick now........

[Q] Is Your Nexus GPS Working?

I just got my New Nexus 7 two days ago and really wanted to try out the GPS but it is not getting any signals. I was wondering if anyone is have the same problem. I searched around Google and people say there's can work for about couple of minutes but mine does not work at all. Any suggestions on how to fix this.

Mine is working for atleast couple of minutes. Didn't tested for long. Urs is 16gb or 32gb?
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After going through some threads it looked as this problem is more common in 16gb than 32gb
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So far when needed it works.
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syedhasanzaidi said:
Mine is working for atleast couple of minutes. Didn't tested for long. Urs is 16gb or 32gb?
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After going through some threads it looked as this problem is more common in 16gb than 32gb
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Mine is the 16GB version. I've tried rebooting and turning on and off the GPS but nothing has worked so far.

I've got a 16gb and the gps seems to work great so far. I also purchased a 32gb for a friend overseas and the gps on that one also worked flawlessly.
>^.^< Sent from meow HTC One which is like catnip to me atm

No. For 'real life' use it sucks. We've got a few threads going already. :good:

If you do a search you find that it's been discussed.
A reboot temporarily fixes the issue for me.

Mines worked great since day one. Though I disabled it to help reduce battery drain since I really don't use it on here.
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Deathman20 said:
Mines worked great since day one. Though I disabled it to help reduce battery drain since I really don't use it on here.
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It should not turn on until an app request GPS info. So if you not using an app that requires GPS out should really make a much of a difference in battery life.
But if you don't use it, then nothing lost.

I've got a 32 GB and it works for like 10 minutes max and then it stops updating my location

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It should not turn on until an app request GPS info. So if you not using an app that requires GPS out should really make a much of a difference in battery life.
But if you don't use it, then nothing lost.
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Apps that have GPS capability ping it when trying to find a location. Though since you need wifi on anyways to actually get said data, unless your using a map program, then you already have location via the wifi. So no need to ping on the GPS if its already being handled another way

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Apps that have GPS capability ping it when trying to find a location. Though since you need wifi on anyways to actually get said data, unless your using a map program, then you already have location via the wifi. So no need to ping on the GPS if its already being handled another way
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As said, if no apps are requesting GPS, the GPS won't be used, using zero power. Wifi location is not already available, nor in any way accurate in some cases...

I had mine going for maybe 10 minutes before it stopped working. I was using navigation to take the kids to play mini golf. I had to use my S4 the rest of the way. Very aggravating
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WiFi triangulation works good enough for me. It gets my location accurate all of the time. I haven't tried using GPS.

So far Mine is working incredibly fast. I used to have to wait for a minute for my 1st gen to pick it up enough to give me a lock.
This 32GB 2nd Gen had over a dozen locked in the first 10 seconds. (GPS ESSENTIALS)
I will be testing it more tomorrow since I literally have only had this thing for 3 hours now.
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i had absolutely no issues with the 2013 N7 so far and i was playing ingress,
which is a gps/wifi tethered thing for 3 to 14 hours the last days (yes we had
a few events here).
the only thing i did when initially setting up the N7² is to uncheck the "yes use
this stupid new thingie to locate me everytime, everywhere with this newer and
better forgot-the-name service" whcih was the last of the 3 options in the first
run process.
the setting is userbased so anyone which gps problems might try to set a a new
user (multiuser) to the tablet and uncheck that setting to see if this is any
improvement. just an idea..
currently i am on a CM 10.2 rom which is faster as the stock was and battery
life was improved too.

So is the GPS issue SW or HW based?

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So is the GPS issue SW or HW based?
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I don't think anyone knows for sure yet.
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WiFi Performance Issues

I am beginning to wonder if this is a problem with the Snapdragon 820 chipset. My and my wife's Note 7s exhibited the same behavior. Now, our v20s are doing it as well. Here is the problem:
This is my speed immediately after rebooting my phone. The same applies to hers. This is the service I have. It is the speed I get on my desktop, laptop, my daughter's GS5, and I used to get on my old note 4.
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After the v20 has been connected for a few minutes, and until reboot, THIS is the speed I get:
Both of these were ran from the same position relative to my router.
The Note 7, which my wife and I both had two of before getting the v20, shares the same chipset and did the exact same thing. A few things of note: I did have a Netgear R6400 AC router until a couple of weeks ago. It was a great router and always delivered my full speed to my devices, except the Note 7 and v20. I recently upgraded my router to a Netgear Nighthawk x10.
https://www.netgear.com/landings/ad7200/?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
I did this partially to rule out an issue with the R6400, and because my parents needed a new router so this gave me an excuse with my wife to spend 500 bucks on the router I wanted. The point is, the issue is not the router. This behavior only occurs in our v20s. One would think that the newest flagship phone would play nicely with a new flagship router.
Why do I get full speed only for about 3 minutes after a reboot? Could it be a problem with the congestion algorithm? This has been driving me nuts since we "upgraded" from our Note 4s to the 7s back in August. Does anyone else have similar issues?
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It is highly improbable that I am the ONLY ONE who is experiencing this. Anyone?
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LOTS of variables to deal with here man. To demonstrate, what was packet loss, software version, time of day, isp, etc. These are just a few of the standard ones. Claiming poor wifi performance on the 820 with only 2 spedtest charts gives us next to no info on your problem.

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LOTS of variables to deal with here man. To demonstrate, what was packet loss, software version, time of day, isp, etc. These are just a few of the standard ones. Claiming poor wifi performance on the 820 with only 2 spedtest charts gives us next to no info on your problem.
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Packet loss is 0% both instances. Software version: Android 7.0, I figured that since this is a v20 forum, that went without saying. Time of day - is on the screenshots. ISP = TWC, 300/20. If you read my post, you'll see I can duplicate this behavior all day every day, on two separate devices: my v20, and my wife's v20. Same behavior on the note 7s we had. Our note 4s which we had prior to the note 7s got great speed all the time. My desktop, laptop, daughter's Galaxy s5, my buddies Galaxy Note 5, ALL get excellent speed all the time.
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You cant compare what a desktop and a laptop gets to your phone speeds. Ever think its speed test app itself? I had a note 7 and the v20. When I connected to my works Wi-Fi and run speedtests they was virtually the same. It could be your provider having issues. How many devices are connected to your router when testing the speeds. You do know those tests are suppose to be taken with a grain of salt. Go to a public Wi-Fi spot like McDonald's and test the speeds on the v20 and note 7. I doubt there's anything wrong with the phones.
Dude if you get 110 mbps on your phone then that's more than enough and trying to get the full 330 mbps is just overkill lol
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Same readings when data connection is off, and only wifi is enabled on the v20? And yes there are already different software updates even though they're claiming only security fixes...

I've noticed some weird WiFi performance as well. Specifically a delay in initial connections. If I load a web page it takes a second or two to actually begin loading. I can't say for sure it's the phone yet, though. It may be my router. However I do feel like the WiFi is snappier after initial boot of phone compared to later on. I'll try and post some tests myself.

Dark Jedi said:
You cant compare what a desktop and a laptop gets to your phone speeds. Ever think its speed test app itself? I had a note 7 and the v20. When I connected to my works Wi-Fi and run speedtests they was virtually the same. It could be your provider having issues. How many devices are connected to your router when testing the speeds. You do know those tests are suppose to be taken with a grain of salt. Go to a public Wi-Fi spot like McDonald's and test the speeds on the v20 and note 7. I doubt there's anything wrong with the phones.
Dude if you get 110 mbps on your phone then that's more than enough and trying to get the full 330 mbps is just overkill lol
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I absolutely can compare desktop, laptop, and phone - I just did. Did you even read my OP? Both of those speed tests ARE from my v20. If an over 2 year old device (note 4) gets better, faster wifi than a 2 month old device, something is wrong. The same number of devices are connected in the first test as in the 2nd. Furthermore, my router is Netgears newest flagship, connectivity is a non issue. None of this explains why, for the first couple of minutes after reboot I get the speeds I expect, then after a few minutes, I get what is shown in the 2nd result until I reboot again. 4 devices exhibited this behavior, the only thing they have in common is the chipset. It is not an issue with my provider, as I can immediately get full speed on any device in my home that is NOT a v20. As far as your assertion that these tests should be taken with a grain of salt: they are consistent. Not only the Speedtest app, but other ones as well. If I can reproduce the results without fail across several devices and multiple apps, to me that is a pretty strong indicator that something is off.
Lastly, if 300 mb/s is overkill, then why is gigabit Internet even a thing? These devices are (supposed to be) capable of making use of today's higher speeds.
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yeah I've got some issues too. upon reboot it's definitely faster.
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This is an absolute issue. I have both my Note 7 and V20 (just bought it to replace my Note) hooked up to my Gigabit internet. WiFi drops like a sack of potatoes after a restart on the LG. My note is still crusing along. Wtf
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I actually made a post about this on reddit and many, many, people are saying the same thing...

you guys are lucky... never passed 30/20 on my LGV10 and it looks to be the same with the LGV20 for me... definitely should be capable of 300/30 here.