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Bluetooth SUCKS!

Yes, Bluetooth SUCKS on this phone. I find it hard to believe that going between 2 top-end bluetooth earpieces (Jawbone and BlueAnt) that both are at fault. It has to be the phone! When I got my MT3G, I bought the Jawbone with A2DP so I can listen to my podcasts wirelessly while at work. If I left my office and threw my phone in my pocket and walked around the sound constantly cuts out and stutters. I thought it was the earpiece so I returned it and bought the BlueAnt T-1 when it came out. Same damn problem! I walk my dog when I get home from work and can't even get half a mile down the sidewalk without getting pissed because my sound is horrible. If I leave the phone sitting on the desk and I turn my head it cuts out. If I walk 5 feet away it drops the connection. WTF?!?! I had a regular Motorolla phone years ago that I'd use a bluetooth earpiece (no A2DP back then) that I could leave the phone in the kitchen, walk to the other side of the house (pretty far) or go upstairs and my calls would stay connected. This was 6 year old technology outperforming what I have today. Something isn't right.... does anyone else have these problems with this phone??
Sorry for the rant, but I'm annoyed with this...

Lol. I had the same prob with same two headsets. It sucked. But friends did too. I have a plantronics voyager pro now and it works great. Cheaper too. Maybe sell others and try it out. I drive a truck so have to have good noise cancelling. Works for me.
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johnson8cyl said:
Lol. I had the same prob with same two headsets. It sucked. But friends did too. I have a plantronics voyager pro now and it works great. Cheaper too. Maybe sell others and try it out. I drive a truck so have to have good noise cancelling. Works for me.
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Damn. I like my BlueAnt for the incredible wind-noise canceling and the caller name announcements. I really don't want to give it up. Why is the BT radio such a weak POS in these phones? My old junky Moto 6 years ago had incredible BT performance. But maybe it was cranked up and that explains why this foetus is growing on the side of my head....

TF300 WIFI issue!

I recently purcheased the TF300 shortly after it came out and have loved it so far. Though I have had a couple issues with it. One thing I noticed is that when I am in a room outside of my wireless router (around 20-25 ft away), and have the TF300 in my lap, the wireless connection will greatly drop of. It will go down from 75% to about 40%.
What I found was that if I hold the TF300 up with my hands gripping the bottom of the tablet, I will get good reception. However, when I put both my hands around the top of the back of the tablet, the wireless connection drops immediately. I means it's immediately noticable.
Does anybody else have this issue? Is this common with all tablets? It kindof feels like the "grip of death" that the Iphone 4's had.

as long as you dont hold it over the wifi receptor it will be fine

Thanks for the reply.
I guess the main issue isn't me holding my hands over the top of the back of the tablet (testing to see where specifically the issue was), it's when I have it laid down on any surface, like my lap, or on the sofa... seems that whenever there is an obstruction of the top of the tablet, the wireless connection greatly decreases.
Is this true for other tablets? I've never noticed this with my Samsung Galaxy SII using wireless

wtrimble said:
Thanks for the reply.
I guess the main issue isn't me holding my hands over the top of the back of the tablet (testing to see where specifically the issue was), it's when I have it laid down on any surface, like my lap, or on the sofa... seems that whenever there is an obstruction of the top of the tablet, the wireless connection greatly decreases.
Is this true for other tablets? I've never noticed this with my Samsung Galaxy SII using wireless
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I picked up the tf300 yesterday. i havent noticed this with this one yet, i used to with my ipad 1g. its a fault of any wireless device thats designed to be as low power as possible. Also, you could try changing channels so a less noisy band (that can also play a part)
It has to do with antenna orientation, you can spin it slowly and watch it change signal levels. for this reason i have my router antennas positioned one upright, and the other straight out. This works for me as the router will use the signal from whichever antenna has the clearest reception.

Micro Center Selling TF300 for $349.99 32G Blue
Most reviewers say it's plasticky, no ips+ screen and slower speed than the Prime. I think these negative remakrs is affecting the price. it's almost as cheap as a brand new TF101-B1.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0388515

After changing channels on my wireless router and moving the antennas on it.. I have not had anymore issues with the WIFI. I think it works great. videos stream instantly.

wtrimble said:
After changing channels on my wireless router and moving the antennas on it.. I have not had anymore issues with the WIFI. I think it works great. videos stream instantly.
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Same simple solution people with primes used. yet some people to blinded to use this simple solutions to issues. glad you got it figured out.

Disappointing cell signal reception

Have been using my N6P (on Verizon) for a few days now, and compared with my Moto X Pure, the signal on the N6P is really, really bad.... To the point that I might have to return the N6P and stick with the Moto.
Seeing there are many out there praising the N6P's cell reception, it's also possible there might be quality issues with my particular unit.
For those who like the cell reception on their N6P, could you try this simple experiment? Check if covering the visor area with your hand affects cell signal and data transfer speed? (You will inevitably cover part of it when holding the phone horizontally with both hands or just the left hand) On my phone, just loosely covering the visor area with my hand lowers signal by two(!!) bars, and lowers LTE data transfer rate from averaging ~16MBps to less than 10MBps.. In comparison, the Moto X Pure and even the iPhone 6s+ would give much more consistent reception regardless of the way you're holding the phone.

Moto X pureeee is the shizzle

I've been using my 6p for almost twelve hours straight since I received it on Verizon and it gets noticeably better reception than my moto x 2014 ever did. Lte in places the moto would lose signal in and streaming music at insane quality at the same time with no issues. (Yes, I have unlimited) maybe you do have an issue with your 6p!

Bestreception compared to previous devices
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I had to return a GS6 for this reason. Whatever phone I bought next had to be as good as or better than my M8. I was happy to see after comparing with a Signal Reception app that the 6P performs better than the M8. If you are having trouble I'd RMA it now. Poor signal is not an issue for the 6P.
Download "Network Signal Info" and compare the reading. Remember a lower figure is better. -70dBm is better than - 75dBM . Check both phones are on the same cell for a correct comparison.

I'm on Verizon and just came from a moto x pure to nexus 6p and mine has better signal strength and download speeds than the pure.

I also get better signal strength, and it holds onto LTE much longer than my Verizon G4 or Note5 did.

I'm on Tmobile. I get better reception everywhere compared to my Moto X 2014 Pure.

tacosrdelicioso said:
I've been using my 6p for almost twelve hours straight since I received it on Verizon and it gets noticeably better reception than my moto x 2014 ever did. Lte in places the moto would lose signal in and streaming music at insane quality at the same time with no issues. (Yes, I have unlimited) maybe you do have an issue with your 6p!
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That's good to know, thanks!
Could you try the little experiment with the covering the visor? Just hold the phone horizontally with both hands loosely covering the visor and the little plastic area at the bottom, and see if that has an impact on your LTE signal and data transfer speeds? (Since you're also on UDP I won't feel bad wasting your data

I have very good reception on my 6p, on Verizon. Try setting it to lte +cdma only

I'm on Verizon, coming from an HTC One M7, and the reception is exponentially better. Our house has been a signal dead zone for most phones on CDMA, with GSM carriers doing better. With the 6P my reception is clearer than the landline (VOIP) most of the time, and where before calls would deteriorate on the driveway I can now make pretty clear calls from the basement.
I tried your experiment and covered up the vizor - cell reception actually improved briefly the first time! I assume that was a coincidence because I've tried it a few more times, and tried both cell data and wifi and not seen that again.
Covering the vizor does appear to have an effect on the wifi signal, it deteriorates slightly, but (having turned of wifi to test) not on the cell signal/LTE enough to change the display.
So - my conclusion would be there's the possibility of covering the vizor causing interference, but it's not significant in this little test. (Phone has a Verus Case on it, for completeness of data )

sadboyzz said:
That's good to know, thanks!
Could you try the little experiment with the covering the visor? Just hold the phone horizontally with both hands loosely covering the visor and the little plastic area at the bottom, and see if that has an impact on your LTE signal and data transfer speeds? (Since you're also on UDP I won't feel bad wasting your data
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I got my signal to change from -90 to -93 cupping my hands around the visor. Data did slow down a little on the back go back tests. 55mbps down to 47mbps. Not really anything significant
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tacosrdelicioso said:
I got my signal to change from -90 to -93 cupping my hands around the visor. Data did slow down a little on the back go back tests. 55mbps down to 47mbps. Not really anything significant
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Thanks for doing the test!
So from what I can tell, at least this does seem like a general issue and not a quality issue with my unit, but the weaker the signal in the area, the more noticeable the "horizontal grip" problem becomes. For me, gripping the visor area and the bottom plastic area lowers signal strength from ~-110dbM to ~-116dbM, and LTE speed from ~16Mbps to ~10Mbps, and it's consistently reproduceable every time.

Rainstalk said:
I have very good reception on my 6p, on Verizon. Try setting it to lte +cdma only
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Yeah, tried that and "Global", doesn't seem to make any difference.

sadboyzz said:
Thanks for doing the test!
So from what I can tell, at least this does seem like a general issue and not a quality issue with my unit, but the weaker the signal in the area, the more noticeable the "horizontal grip" problem becomes..
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I actually noticed this the very first day when I got the phone. I was at work where signal was either very weak or non existent, and I noticed anytime I was trying to surf the Web with my palm covering the bottom plastic area, the Web page wouldn't load until I moved my hand away and uncovered it. My first thought was "ruh roh, antenna gate".. But it only acted this way with very poor signal. When I'm anywhere with decent signal, this phone gets better reception than any other phone I've had.

I have to day I've had phenomenal reception with this phone. My Samsung phones sucked... And my G3 was much better... But this blows the G3 out of the water. My work is a cinder block fortress where cell signal goes to die.... But this phone gets 4g signal where no other phone of mine did.

Just a followup, turned out to be defective unit. The symptoms were subtle, I'd get wild signal fluctuations, from 3 bars to no bars for no reason. But what pushed me over the edge was that I was also getting random wifi disconnects. So I talked to customer support and Google sent a replacement with zero hassles, which has been working flawlessly so far.
Overall, I'd say signal wise it's on par with the Moto X Pure, which is also the best of all the phones I've used.

sadboyzz said:
Just a followup, turned out to be defective unit. The symptoms were subtle, I'd get wild signal fluctuations, from 3 bars to no bars for no reason. But what pushed me over the edge was that I was also getting random wifi disconnects. So I talked to customer support and Google sent a replacement with zero hassles, which has been working flawlessly so far.
Overall, I'd say signal wise it's on par with the Moto X Pure, which is also the best of all the phones I've used.
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Glad you got it worked out. My daughter takes soccer lessons at a place that is a steel building. It's a low signal area anyway outside the building but inside nobody gets service.... Att, sprint, Verizon... Nothing. Other parents with iphones, galaxies... My old G3. Nothing. Non of them really get a usable signal inside. Last night I was able to surf/Facebook/twitter... You name it. Everything worked. I've never had a usable signal like this on any phone I've ever used. For that alone this phone rules.

On T-Mobile here, signal has been good for me. At my work building it does seem to hold onto the LTE band a bit better than my M9 that keeps switching between LTE and HSPA+ so frequently that I have to set it to HSPA+ only. So I have seen a moderate increase in cell reception in the phone versus my M9. But I also have a GS6 and I'd say the cell reception is pretty close to that.
One thing I noticed kind of weird is that it goes to showing all bars when just at -97 dbm. That's probably a stock 6.0 thing that's with all phones on 6.0 version. But weird considering on the scale of dbm, that's on kind of the low end. That should really be like 2 out of 4 bars, or 3 out of 5 bars.

I can render Bluetooth completely useless gripping the visor area. But all phones do this if you can find the correct area to block. Usually things like cell signal and WiFi just degrade unless it's already borderline. All phones do this.
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Galaxy S7 Edge Speaker Quality????

Has anyone heard anything as far as the speaker quality?

???????
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I'd imagine it's the same as the note 5 and s6e+.

What above said.
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A single speaker, and the waterproofing won't help. Don't expect anything spectacular.

I tested this out earlier today. The speaker is just like my note 5

So it's not the rumored 1.5W speaker?
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good enough for a phone

I mean like......it's a phone speaker now, if ya wanna rock - get a bluetooth portable speaker

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So it's not the rumored 1.5W speaker?
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even if it was a 1.5W speaker the protective coating would diminish it a bit especially for such a small driver.

How do you figure? Note 5 isn't waterproof lol. And as for the single speaker, I think there is another speaker in the ear part at the top. 1.2w I think. And the bottom one is a 1.5w

Bradikitty said:
How do you figure? Note 5 isn't waterproof lol. And as for the single speaker, I think there is another speaker in the ear part at the top. 1.2w I think. And the bottom one is a 1.5w
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The S7/EDGE are water proof which I was refering to.

I have asked on another thread, but I wonder for those who have tested the speakers whether you have used the HTC devices with front facing speakers, how does the s7 edge compare to them? I ask as if I was to get the S7 edge, I'd be coming from the HTC One M9+.

its like low end Skoda to high end Mercedes

glensta said:
I mean like......it's a phone speaker now, if ya wanna rock - get a bluetooth portable speaker
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Or just use headphones.

Earspeaker distortion.

Hi guys
I am back to this forum after so many years. I am having this issue with international version of S7 edge. The problem is even though this is my second unit (I replaced the first one for the same reason) the ear speaker has slight distortion and it sounds like the speaker is blown slightly especially with very limited frequencies.
Please advise is this normal? Any solutions.
Thanks.

Saaduk said:
Hi guys
I am back to this forum after so many years. I am having this issue with international version of S7 edge. The problem is even though this is my second unit (I replaced the first one for the same reason) the ear speaker has slight distortion and it sounds like the speaker is blown slightly especially with very limited frequencies.
Please advise is this normal? Any solutions.
Thanks.
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Probably normal due to waterproofing the speaker.
International S7 edge forums are over here though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge
They may have a better answer.
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Thanks. Speaker sounds ok on all three frequencies.
The problem is only there when I am talking to someone via gsm network. Not on viber or listening to music. Please note that I have used same gsm network number on other phone and it works well.

Frequencies while testing

Could be a compression issue, maybe turn off HD voice of whatever is similar on the international version. This is the Verizon S7 edge forums so we will only be of limited assistance since you have a different version of the phone.
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_Dennis_ said:
Probably normal due to waterproofing the speaker.
International S7 edge forums are over here though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge
They may have a better answer.
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The speaker is made water-resistant by a mesh screen that utilizes the surface tension of water to keep it out but allows soundwaves through. It shouldn't be causing distortion unless something got trapped between the speaker and mesh during assembly.

I've been using my speaker on my phone for a while since I got my phone. Everything on mine sounds perfectly clear to me so far.

Saaduk said:
Thanks. Speaker sounds ok on all three frequencies.
The problem is only there when I am talking to someone via gsm network. Not on viber or listening to music. Please note that I have used same gsm network number on other phone and it works well.
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+1 same issue to me