I am in a decent coverage zone but find that my nexus 4 drops in and out of service a lot. Is anyone else on AT&T experiencing this?
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Same here in Chicago. I just go into mobile networks and check 2G only. The only bad thing about it is when you make a call or receive, it sounds like its going I cut drop. Right now I have 2g checked off and I'm getting surprisingly good signal with regular hspa.
Verizon wants me to pay $175 for the samsung network extender, does anyone know of any places that have a better deal than this? Or is anyone selling one themselves? The reception in my house sucks bad bad bad!!! Sometimes I have no signal at all...
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i was at my folks 2 yr ago, with no signal , so i called vzw and told them with no service i have to switch to att, they offered the samsung extender to me for free which helped in a 15 ft area but i went to att anyways,, tell them if they dont give you an extender you have to leave them
I finally got a network extender ....It helped the signal tremendously. ..but I lost text messaging ..
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As above pretty much always had a poor signal where ever I am with what ever network I'm on.
Is there a way of boosting ur signal some how? (Those things u stick on the battery u get off eBay don't work)
I think samsung need to improve its signal connection thing within its phones.
Are you using the same phone on all these networks?
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Not all the networks but iv been on 3, O2 and now Vodafone on my s4
I've have a note 3 and it has always had a low signal. I've heard of people talking about using extenders but have never seen one or talked to anyone that had one. My question is what is the situation where this is called for and how does it hook up. My note seldom gets at 4g signal in the house most of the time it's a low 3g signal with some dropped calls. My s4 basically does the same but my old moto RAZR mass and all lucid both get a descent 4g signal. Would a extender solve this problem? Of so how do I go about getting one. Thanks. Jesse
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I have the same problem as what you have and the tiered 2 tech support sent me a network extender router for test then it was epic failure for my area as it wasn't working very well in my area.
It depends on your area but it is not free and I returned the network extender router back to the Verizon.
No charge under 14 days.
Good luck ?
That's what u heard was you had to buy the things and if they worked it was minimal at best. I think I keep as I am for now because it is usable not quite the reception ithought I would get for a 700 dollar phone
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Jaxle67 said:
That's what u heard was you had to buy the things and if they worked it was minimal at best. I think I keep as I am for now because it is usable not quite the reception ithought I would get for a 700 dollar phone
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The network extender is a nano cell site. You plug into your home network and that's how you get signal. I don't know about the new ones, but the older ones had to be connected by a network cable to your router. If you have lousy home internet service....the extender will only be "good" for phone calls, not data.
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The reception in our home is poor, for all devices. We had the original Network Extender, and now the 3G Network Extender, and for us, it works quite well.
It has an ethernet connection to our Router, and generates a cell signal. Calls then go through the internet connection. As pointed out above, it's for calls only. It will have no impact on your 4G signal. But if you're at home, and have an internet connection, then presumably you'd have WiFi and wouldn't need your cell signal for data.
Without the extender we had very frequent missed or dropped calls. It made us reluctant to even use the phones at home. With it, there is rarely a dropped or missed call. Works for us.
As for cost, I was able to give me a significant discount (50% or so) when I indicated that I wouldn't be able to continue with Verizon because their signal is so poor in our home. Could possibly get it for free if pushed; some have.
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.
I am blown away by the LTE speed in my area! My previous ATT branded LG V20 couldn't top 75Mbps, so this is a leap for me with LTE+
I am very curious about signal strength in areas that don't have blasting towers in the background. My old S3 always had poor signal. I was blown away by how much better my soon to be defunct Note 4 was at picking up and holding a signal. I hope that the Note 8 continues that fine tradition.
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I am blown away by the LTE speed in my area! My previous ATT branded LG V20 couldn't top 75Mbps, so this is a leap for me with LTE+
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I have Verizon and I have also noticed it switches between LTE and LTE+, I assumes the LTE+ is better speeds but never saw any sort of LTE+ on my LG V20 either.
My signal blows compared to my S7Edge, but it's on par with my S8+.
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My signal blows compared to my S7Edge, but it's on par with my S8+.
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I will be honest, the signal blows me away. I have never gotten any bars of signal inside of the manufacturing plant I work in, but with this phone I have nearly full service . ALL previous phones I have used, which have all been ATT branded mind you, have failed in here. I can sit at my desk here and browse the web like its no big deal. Old phones I had to run out to the sidewalk to use it, for anything... I don't understand why this is SO vastly better now, but I cannot complain. Part of me wonders if it has to do with the ATT CSC layer - which is why I have worried about flashing that to this unlocked device whenever it shows up in the wild. It is exceptional right now, everywhere I go! :good:
Using tmo.
Fastest speed I've ever seen on a phone.
i would have a question to add for everyone posting. are your phones unlocked or not and/or are they from the original region your service is on.
thanks.
Went from 90/50 mb to 150/50. S7e to n8tmo. Same location.
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I'm on a very old grandfathered unlimited data plan. Previously up to my Note 4, I was only able to get 4G speeds. But since getting my Note 8, I'm all of sudden able to get an LTE connection (while still on the old grandfathered plan). Take a look at this one freak result:
Im on T-Mo and also on a grandfathered plan with unlimited data. As of this morning, the download speed has gotten less than 3mbps
No idea why. I have downloaded about 50 apps this morning since I was just setting up my Note8, but all was going fast and suddenly turtle slow.
I was disabling a ton of things in Package Disabler, but not sure what it could possibly be.
It gets better signal run my S7 Edge. In areas where the S7 Edge may go to Emergency Calls Only, the Note8 will hold 1-2bars consistently, no missed calls or deoppe calls.
Luckily I have now moved to a new office which has great signal to.
Got this speed from Reliance JIO India. Never seen such speeds before.
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Using tmo.
Fastest speed I've ever seen on a phone.
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um. you're on wifi bud.
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Got this speed from Reliance JIO India. Never seen such speeds before.
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you're also on wifi lol
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um. you're on wifi bud.
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you're also on wifi lol
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Buddy, check closer. WiFi was on when I took screenshot. That session was done when WiFi was off.
Very bad signal reception for me
I am using Airtel, Jio and Reliance GSM 4G sims in India and I have compared signal strength of Note 8 with Redmi Note 4, Nexus 6P and LYF Flame 1 mobiles.
And I found Note 8 to be having the weakest signal reception strength. Same pair of sims when used simultaneously on these phones, (not nexus 6P as it is singal sim) Redmi Note 4 and LYF Flame 1 never had any issues with signal reception. But with Note 8 both Reliance GSM 4G and Jio sims are having almost no LTE signals and for Airtel where other phones show all 5 bars, note 8 have 3-4 bars.
I am not sure if this is the problem with just my phone or others as well in India.
I'm with ragavbpl.
My 7+ and X show me full bars, my unlocked N8 barely 2-3.
Using a combination of 3 different carriers, slots changed out frequently, locations. But is the same everywhere.
4G drops off and goes to H+ (what is that anyway...2G?) or even E, very frequently, when the other phones on the same network have full 4G.
This causes pages not to load, just when you need them to, emails and chats to stop or get delayed, more often than not.
I wonder if this is a carrier issue? Or a phone one?
The LTE speeds on my N950N is amazingly fast when compared to my old N910C
With Freedom Mobile, I'm using Open Signal, to see what cell tower it's connected to, as well as other towers in my area. Using this tool, tests your data throughput at the tower site itself. The signal in my whole neighborhood is weak so I'm connected to WiFi (and using VoWiFi as a result -- "Voice-Over-WiFi"). Normally the signal will alternate towers from 12-15KM away and this results in dropped calls no matter what device I use -- they need to work on getting some microsites, or sharing more of the existing infrastructure (there's an underutilized tower site in the strip mall right next to me even).
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I am using Airtel, Jio and Reliance GSM 4G sims in India and I have compared signal strength of Note 8 with Redmi Note 4, Nexus 6P and LYF Flame 1 mobiles.
And I found Note 8 to be having the weakest signal reception strength. Same pair of sims when used simultaneously on these phones, (not nexus 6P as it is singal sim) Redmi Note 4 and LYF Flame 1 never had any issues with signal reception. But with Note 8 both Reliance GSM 4G and Jio sims are having almost no LTE signals and for Airtel where other phones show all 5 bars, note 8 have 3-4 bars.
I am not sure if this is the problem with just my phone or others as well in India.
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netwrk speed is too slow