Note 4 reception worse than Note 3 reception - Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've noticed that my Note 4 generally has worse reception than my old Note 3 when compared in the same location on the same network.
Image below is in one location, at the same time.
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This is typical of any location with a low signal. The Note 3 hangs onto the weak signal far better than the Note 4. I'd say 90% of the time it's like this, and 10% of the time the Note 4 will have a better signal than the Note 3.
And one from a moving car, showing the Note 3 signal recovering after a dead spot when the Note 4 just loses all signal. This happened several times on a 2.5 hour drive.
Another from a moving car, showing the Note 4 signal suddenly dropping when the Note 3 doesn't.
The phone has been back to Samsung twice and they claim it passes their diagnostic checks, so there is nothing wrong with it, and refuse to do anything about it.
Is my phone faulty, or does the Note 4 just have bad reception compared to the Note 3?
Thanks

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Settings > General > Power Saving Mode
turn it off
Exactly that...thanks. Relieved
New scores note 3
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Now it looks normal :good:
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Galaxy 5 continues to eat battery. Android operating system. The fix I tried didn't work. Obviously samsung dropped the ball on the Galaxy 5.
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Galaxy 5 continues to eat battery. Android operating system. The fix I tried didn't work. Obviously samsung dropped the ball on the Galaxy 5.
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Battery's great on mine, sorry it doesn't work for you.
working great here to , give it some time for it to condition the battery it needs a few cycles and it will improve + its new and your playing with everything constantly on it right now.
Great here too.. Getting a full days use easily..
This is with wifi, gps and blue tooth on the entire time.
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What's your signal strength like? If the G5 is like any other phone a low signal can really eat through the battery because the radio transmitter has to constantly transmit at full power to hit the tower. Try using Wi-Fi if you aren't already doing so and see if that helps.

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I have one of the best ISP's in my country (Belgium) which has almost everywhere 3G and on the most places even 4G. In the past I had very good 4G signal almost everywhere with my HTC One but with the Galaxy it's always stuck to 'E' and very occationally I get 'H' or 'H+'. But let's say for the most part, like 90% of the time, I only manage to receive 'E'...
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I already tried setting different connection types:
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So I have been having battery issues on my Note 3 for a while now. Android system has been a large offender of using my battery, but I've also noticed that there are gaps in my mobile network signal. From this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26891039&postcount=14 I'm gathering that my radio is off? This happens when screen is on, but mostly when it's off. During these times I can get texts, and everything works fine. Just my battery starts to drain faster. The area under my camera also gets rather hot. This is my 2nd Note 3 with this issue, the first one was RMAed because it would not get messages on time.
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I believe with your radio off you should drain less battery. Mine does it too, and I have awesome battery life without being rooted. Usually well over 24 hours with heavy use, and 6 hours or more on screen time. I recently did a factory reset so maybe that's what you need for better life?
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Sorry for the long post, here is a picture of a potato:
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If I were u, I would have waited for the Note 5
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