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 Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite'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 have found the signal not that great.
I tried using two sims both support 4g on two different networks in uk EE and o2.
I went to top of my road which is up a big hill and both services even on old redmi note 2 could max out 2g/3g 4g was also max on ee sim 4g could not be tested for o2 on that phone no b20 support - now on this new ones i only get half bar max 3 quarters.
I my house i always would get on o2 2g/3g max signal redmi note 2 again its now dropped to 3 quarters and ee it keeps trying to connect to 4g with 0 signal
also found gps to be off by around 25+ meters
I am thinking of switching back to old phone the signal is just so bad on this phone its at the point now both my sims are useless in my home which is stupid my old phone didnt even support as many bands as this one yet it has far better signal
I think you might have a problem with that phone. If your GPS is 25m off, it can't see enough satellites. If it has a poor reception too, then you either live in a faraday cage, or have a defective phone. I have mine for 2 weeks now, and have great signal (about the same as my 4X or RN3 Pro), with fast and precise GPS.
Using the phone on T-Mobile in Chicago, IL - USA, signal strength has been pretty good, not amazing but much better than my Moto G6.
Average download speeds ~10Mbps with peaks of 20Mbps
My G6 average under 10Mbps and peaked at 12Mbps
My OnePlus 5 averaged 20Mbps with peaks of 50Mbps.
Not too bad although it doesn't support carrier aggregation so speeds aren't as fast as my OnePlus.
used to get 100mb/s on a place with my galaxy a3 through 4g, but everytime i tried with the xiaomi i could only get 30-40mb/s.
same on another spot where i had 20 mb/s (galaxy a3) and now only 8-10mb/s with the a2 lite.
i checked it's all the same band used but the xiaomi just has weaker reception signal.
Galaxy S4 Mini VS Xiaomi A2 Lite
LTE and UMTS Network tested:
Germany Vodafone: Signal Strengh from the A2 is weaker about 5-7 ASU (Arbitrary Strength Unit) or - 10-14 dBm.
So the antenna is probably not the best
Does it support wifi calling on T- mobile??
iLovPieNCake said:
Using the phone on T-Mobile in Chicago, IL - USA, signal strength has been pretty good, not amazing but much better than my Moto G6.
Average download speeds ~10Mbps with peaks of 20Mbps
My G6 average under 10Mbps and peaked at 12Mbps
My OnePlus 5 averaged 20Mbps with peaks of 50Mbps.
Not too bad although it doesn't support carrier aggregation so speeds aren't as fast as my OnePlus.
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Xmister said:
I think you might have a problem with that phone. If your GPS is 25m off, it can't see enough satellites. If it has a poor reception too, then you either live in a faraday cage, or have a defective phone. I have mine for 2 weeks now, and have great signal (about the same as my 4X or RN3 Pro), with fast and precise GPS.
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It appears to of been fixed with one of the updates for the gps side of things that is mobile signal is still poor.
I noticed the gps faces the wrong way as well which is annoying
I've had my A2 Lite (4/32 version) for a week now, I got sims from Vodafone, Three & Giffgaff (for O2) and tried all 3 plus my Plusnet (EE) in my Vodafone SU6 & the A2 Lite and the phones were showing the exact same signal strength.
I've just changed to Sky Mobile as the O2 signal is better at my new place and the signal (here at least) shows as between -91 & -95 db. I was getting full signal bars earlier on the other side of town as well. The DL speed is up to 25Mbps and UL up to 17Mbps so no problem with a weak reception signal here at least.
I'm in the UK BTW.
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mortmaru said:
I noticed the gps faces the wrong way as well which is annoying
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Have you calibrated the compass yet? You need to move the phone in a figure of eight while rotating it, you need to do this for any phone. Really easy to drop the phone doing this so take care.
iLovPieNCake said:
Using the phone on T-Mobile in Chicago, IL - USA, signal strength has been pretty good, not amazing but much better than my Moto G6.
Average download speeds ~10Mbps with peaks of 20Mbps
My G6 average under 10Mbps and peaked at 12Mbps
My OnePlus 5 averaged 20Mbps with peaks of 50Mbps.
Not too bad although it doesn't support carrier aggregation so speeds aren't as fast as my OnePlus.
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Did u notice any problems with calls? As in not receiving any or if someone tell u it goes straight to your voicemail. I tried a redmi note 4 global version before but it didn't work that good for some reason even though the right bands were listed. Data and sms were fine, outgoing calls would have a 20 second delay before it rings. I'm interested in this phone for tmobile and att. This looks like xiaomi's best budget phone with bands that support those if it doesn't have problems like I experienced before
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Did u notice any problems with calls? As in not receiving any or if someone tell u it goes straight to your voicemail. I tried a redmi note 4 global version before but it didn't work that good for some reason even though the right bands were listed. Data and sms were fine, outgoing calls would have a 20 second delay before it rings. I'm interested in this phone for tmobile and att. This looks like xiaomi's best budget phone with bands that support those if it doesn't have problems like I experienced before
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The delay before a call is exclusively a matter of the provider, not the device.
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The delay before a call is exclusively a matter of the provider, not the device.
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Damn, looks like Chinese phones on t mobile around my area is bad but good for others elsewhere in the US
I seem to have reception issues with my new A2 lite, I am using Optus 3g down in Tasmania, Australia
With my old trusty Motorola 2nd gen, the reception was low at home and at work but still usable, however this A2 barely has signal in those locations, when it does have signal it seems to sit at 0 to 1 bar for a while then for some reason drops out to no signal for a while, I only have good signal outside and in town areas.
Is the reception power level lower? or does it not check for reception as often? The call quality is fine when I make calls in 1-2 bar reception areas, doesn’t appear to drop out.
Perhaps this is just the gamble with a budget phone and I doubt there is much I can do apart from trying a different carrier or look at another phone. Trouble is reviews do not seem to comment a lot on reception quality and it wasn’t something I expected to be an issue. Makes me miss the 2014 Moto it was a top phone.
My signal strength is not that good in this device. It gives few signal bars than my oppo . Does not insist to pull any more signal where I get a bar on my old phone..then switches to 2G even when " forced to 3g" is activated. I don't get why it's happening. Otherwise on a 4G zones it's best. But I'd prefer good 3g signal that it cannot give.
Is the weak cellular signal a hardware problem? Or software?
Has anyone tested other ROMs and noticed improvement in cellular signal? A different kernel or different RIL show improvement?
Ya, I wonder if you can buy micro antennas to place inside the phone. There's 2 or 3 u.FL(uFL, IPEX) antenna connectors inside the phone. Who knows, maybe a set was suppose to be bridged and share an antenna, I'd have to look at the schematic or trace the board myself.
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Ya, you can definitely buy antennas to put in the phone. Just search MHF4 antennas. I'm going to work on figuring out where the 3 MHF4 connectors go inside the phone.
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Ya, I wonder if you can buy micro antennas to place inside the phone. There's 2 or 3 u.FL(uFL, IPEX) antenna connectors inside the phone. Who knows, maybe a set was suppose to be bridged and share an antenna, I'd have to look at the schematic or trace the board myself.
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Ya, you can definitely buy antennas to put in the phone. Just search MHF4 antennas. I'm going to work on figuring out where the 3 MHF4 connectors go inside the phone.
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Interesting. Have you figured this out? Is there room inside the phone for additional antennas?
Adding antennas should increase signal strength for the bands currently supported?
Is there a way to add bands using additional antenna and editing the ril/modem file of the rom?
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Interesting. Have you figured this out? Is there room inside the phone for additional antennas?
Adding antennas should increase signal strength for the bands currently supported?
Is there a way to add bands using additional antenna and editing the ril/modem file of the rom?
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There IS room for some small passive antennas. Antennas don't add bands, they just extend your current bands signal. There are some cheap mhl4 antennas online that would fit in there, but you need to know which connector is for which bands or use an antenna that covers most bands and bridge the connectors to one antenna.
Antennas?
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Ya, I wonder if you can buy micro antennas to place inside the phone. There's 2 or 3 u.FL(uFL, IPEX) antenna connectors inside the phone. Who knows, maybe a set was suppose to be bridged and share an antenna, I'd have to look at the schematic or trace the board myself.
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Ya, you can definitely buy antennas to put in the phone. Just search MHF4 antennas. I'm going to work on figuring out where the 3 MHF4 connectors go inside the phone.
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Did you work out if the MHF4 antennas were a viable option?
Can the spare connectors in the phone actually be used for an antenna?
If so, does it work?
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Pretty much as topic, not sure if anyone has any first hand experience of it.
higly doubt that since i heard 3g issues were because of tmobile. So far i havent heard of bad reception from the early incredible reviewers but we wont know till its out.
i doubt it... seeing as how the chipset is different(cdma chipset not gsm) and the carrier is different... your results may very tho...
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Sorry I wasnt very specifc, I was thinking in the UK, O2 to be specific. N1 and BBerry Bold 9000 sitting next to each other, N1 on not even half 2G, BBerry on max 3g.
Well considering it won't be released in the UK you'll never know? Why even ask?
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Well considering it won't be released in the UK you'll never know? Why even ask?
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I was hoping we would eventually get a UK version, but obviously we've just been shafted with the desire.... WE HAD THE N1 ALREADY WHY GIVE US THE SAME PHONE
Really doubt it. T-Mobile 3G bands require a second Antenna. The Antenna was located at the bottom of the nexus which was a design flaw and thus why 3G was terrible. Not to mention T-Mobile has terrible 3G coverage.
I just made the move from T-mo Nexus one to the Incredible through Verizon.
I had two replacement devices sent to me because of the 3g issues and all the other problems this device was plagued with from day one.
The incredible so far has been perfect. No 3G issues at all.
I am sure that T-mo's 3g coverage was partly to blame but that wasn't the only cause of this problem. With a T-mo G1 and a T-mo Nexus one sitting side by side often the N1 would bounce back and forth between 3g and Edge if it was able to get the 3g at all. This was with all 3 N1's I used. all the while my G1 had a perfect 3g connection.
Not the Incredible. Great phone. Incredibly snappy. Fast 3g through Verizon. No complaints as of yet.
Fingers Crossed...
my friends incredible southern california area has been getting really low 3g signals. im always at full HSDPA bars and he gets 1 or two bars if hes lucky.....
ive also read that a lot of phones has been rebooting randomly on its own, and some speculate on that low signal. you think his phone is defective?
one of the area's the rebooting was happening in (reportedly) was one of the Carolinas (quite a few customers), and Verizon speculated that it had to do with the local towers causing the problem,
Also the signal bar indicator looks to be a software problem, do a comparison of signal strength and you will see what I'm talking about. I looked at 3 different phones that had full bars, mine had only one bar..but when you look at the signal strength it was almost identical.
my major gripe is battery life, but I just ordered the Seidio replacement
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Really doubt it. T-Mobile 3G bands require a second Antenna. The Antenna was located at the bottom of the nexus which was a design flaw and thus why 3G was terrible. Not to mention T-Mobile has terrible 3G coverage.
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Lots of HTC phones have the antenna at the bottom of the phone The Touch HD and the Incredible to name a few. \
I have had no 3G issues, The antenna indicator always reads a bar less then my droid did in the same spot but the phones perform the same and I have read that this is most likely a false reading
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my friends incredible southern california area has been getting really low 3g signals. im always at full HSDPA bars and he gets 1 or two bars if hes lucky.....
ive also read that a lot of phones has been rebooting randomly on its own, and some speculate on that low signal. you think his phone is defective?
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Check the dB's, not the "bars". Bars read a little lower, but signal strength is better on DI compared to a lot of other phones.
Overall, I thought moto droid's quality and reception were good, the DI appears to be a few steps above that!
So far, DI's been flawless!!
You canals force 3g by dialing #*#*4636*#*# and select evdo from phone information menu. That's what I use when I really need to browse.
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Check the dB's, not the "bars". Bars read a little lower, but signal strength is better on DI compared to a lot of other phones.
Overall, I thought moto droid's quality and reception were good, the DI appears to be a few steps above that!
So far, DI's been flawless!!
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duh why didnt i think of that??? LOL
my 3G reception has been terrible on two Incredibles. varies from -100 to -105 dBm. and its not a service area issue. my room mate has a droid and gets excellent 3G speed and call quality in the same room. My data speeds are slower than at&t 2G and voice is to the point of unusable. some of these phones that go out are certainly bad
Verizon CS has been very helpful in this process, but i still dont have a phone thats usable
my friends incredible southern california area has been getting really low 3g signals. im always at full HSDPA bars and he gets 1 or two bars if hes l
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Check the dB's, not the "bars". Bars read a little lower, but signal strength is better on DI compared to a lot of other phones.
Overall, I thought moto droid's quality and reception were good, the DI appears to be a few steps above that!
So far, DI's been flawless!!
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I checked my signal strength compared to my fiance's droid, my incredible got the same and sometimes better. the bars on the incredible lagged some and would show one less. For the most part they fluctuated about the same.
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How's everyone's reception been? Compared to a galaxy s4 or any other phone you had prior. Better? Worse?
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I had the Note 4 before getting this and I've noticed it to be around 4 to 6 dBM worse. WiFi is noticeably weaker as well. I have the 64GB variant.
One reason I purchased this phone was the supposed better radios of Motorola. It is noticeably worse than the Samsung Note 4 and HTC One M8. I wish I could just go back to my M8 but that is impossible without repurchasing one and wasting my Edge ;p. I never lost 4G with my M8 while I lost 4G with the Note 4 in a few areas and many times with the Droid Turbo today. Very disappointed in the radio performance, will try again tomorrow with new Sim Card, but I think I might be screwed. The phone is stable at my home and slightly better than the Note 4 here. At work is where I had all the trouble.
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One reason I purchased this phone was the supposed better radios of Motorola. It is noticeably worse than the Samsung Note 4 and HTC One M8. I wish I could just go back to my M8 but that is impossible without repurchasing one and wasting my Edge ;p. I never lost 4G with my M8 while I lost 4G with the Note 4 in a few areas and many times with the Droid Turbo today. Very disappointed in the radio performance, will try again tomorrow with new Sim Card, but I think I might be screwed.
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I'd wait a few weeks before doing anything drastic. As with any new phone, there will likely be some software bugs to address that may affect signal in the first few weeks.
I can attest for certain the Radio is MUCH better than any phone that I have had. (S4,S5,One M8, Note 4, iPhone6 etc)
My experience that is much different -is a 20 Mile stretch of road to my Home. I live in Fringe Reception area in Norther California (Foresthill) I haven't ever been able to drive the 20 Mile Stretch home without dropping a phone call.( This usually happens numerous times) With The Turbo I was able to stay connected to Verizon Customer Service the Entire 20 Miles to my Home!
The only Bummer about this experience is that I was on the Phone with Verizon regarding the lack of Simul Data! What a complete ****ter! This is something that I will give props to Apple about. The day the iPhone 6 was released the phone could use VOLTE . Kind horse **** that a Flagship VZ Moto exclusive device doesnt have the proper software to use VOLTE on release.
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I can attest for certain the Radio is MUCH better than any phone that I have had. (S4,S5,One M8, Note 4, iPhone6 etc)
My experience that is much different -is a 20 Mile stretch of road to my Home. I live in Fringe Reception area in Norther California (Foresthill) I haven't ever been able to drive the 20 Mile Stretch home without dropping a phone call.( This usually happens numerous times) With The Turbo I was able to stay connected to Verizon Customer Service the Entire 20 Miles to my Home!
The only Bummer about this experience is that I was on the Phone with Verizon regarding the lack of Simul Data! What a complete ****ter! This is something that I will give props to Apple about. The day the iPhone 6 was released the phone could use VOLTE . Kind horse **** that a Flagship VZ Moto exclusive device doesnt have the proper software to use VOLTE on release.
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Good to hear, so is it a guarantee that when it gets VOLTE it will have Simultaneous data tand voice on every phone call? Also which version of the turbo did u get as far as material.
I purchased the 32GB Red (Carbon) <- thinking about getting the black LOL.
It's for sure a software issue with the phone. My iPhone 6 was able to access VOLTE the day of release in my area. It's unreal that VZ & Moto wouldn't require the feature to be working on release date. It appears to be an issue with the 2014 Moto X as well from what I have been reading
I will say the phone is incredibly snappy, and smooth in performance. I can only imagine how the performance will be when we get L on the phone.
PS. Haven't had enough time to compare the WIFI performance but that is usually not a problem for me anyways- I have 4 Ubiquiti Access Points installed at my home. The way the system works is each wifi AP hands off the WIFI signal simultaneously from one AP to another- all without interrupting whatever you may be streaming The most important item to me is my Cell Reception and a huge Bonus that I can stay connected driving the 20 mile stretch home.
-Scoob
As far as mobile data is concerned, seems to be about the same or slightly better than my G3, however WiFi is significantly worse.
DROID Turbo 1x and WiFi:
LG G3 1x and WiFi:
DROID Turbo LTE:
LG G3 LTE:
Wifi signals are WAY down compared to my other devices which include iphone 5S, 6, HTC One M8, Note II, Note 3, Galaxy S5...
Have the 64GB black nylon one.
I'll have to try outdoors. We have a long range wifi extender to cover a large section of the pasture and all my other devices get a decent signal up to 1km away. This will be a good test.
I had a carbon fiber case on my S5 (Cygnett IIRC) that blocked the LTE signal really bad. That's the disadvantage to having real carbon fiber LOL.
Not sure about the ballistic nylon. Does it have CF in it?
I wish the back came off, I have a friend who's an RF test engineer and he could see if it has attenuation in the (un) desired ranges.
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Wifi signals are WAY down compared to my other devices which include iphone 5S, 6, HTC One M8, Note II, Note 3, Galaxy S5...
Have the 64GB black nylon one.
I'll have to try outdoors. We have a long range wifi extender to cover a large section of the pasture and all my other devices get a decent signal up to 1km away. This will be a good test.
I had a carbon fiber case on my S5 (Cygnett IIRC) that blocked the LTE signal really bad. That's the disadvantage to having real carbon fiber LOL.
Not sure about the ballistic nylon. Does it have CF in it?
I wish the back came off, I have a friend who's an RF test engineer and he could see if it has attenuation in the (un) desired ranges.
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Looking forward to hearing the results of your outdoor test. And while you're out there, can you check on how readable the screen is in direct sunlight?
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I can attest for certain the Radio is MUCH better than any phone that I have had. (S4,S5,One M8, Note 4, iPhone6 etc)
My experience that is much different -is a 20 Mile stretch of road to my Home. I live in Fringe Reception area in Norther California (Foresthill) I haven't ever been able to drive the 20 Mile Stretch home without dropping a phone call.( This usually happens numerous times) With The Turbo I was able to stay connected to Verizon Customer Service the Entire 20 Miles to my Home!
The only Bummer about this experience is that I was on the Phone with Verizon regarding the lack of Simul Data! What a complete ****ter! This is something that I will give props to Apple about. The day the iPhone 6 was released the phone could use VOLTE . Kind horse **** that a Flagship VZ Moto exclusive device doesnt have the proper software to use VOLTE on release.
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There is a big difference between holding on to a phone call and getting good data (4G).
Do you get a good 4G signal also? Thanks
My signal not so good with Droid Turbo
I have had around -105 dbm 4G LTE which is 2 bars and have had a few times where I had 3 bars. Normally in the same area I would have 4 to 5 bars. I also had a time where I tried to make a call and it was on 1x when I was in a big city where there is 4G towers. After the call it went to 4G. I sure hope we all get this issue fixed. Other than this issue most everything has been great.
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I have had around -105 dbm 4G LTE which is 2 bars and have had a few times where I had 3 bars. Normally in the same area I would have 4 to 5 bars. I also had a time where I tried to make a call and it was on 1x when I was in a big city where there is 4G towers. After the call it went to 4G. I sure hope we all get this issue fixed. Other than this issue most everything has been great.
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Man that sucks the big one. The bars you are seeing are probably 3g or 1x voice signal. Which still sucks if you download an app called advanced signal it will tell you exactly what is going on. I'm defiantly gonna hold off until it gets solved. I have to pay full retail as I am on unlimited Thanks for your input.
My LTE and Wifi strength are also down.
Siting in my office, I used to get full bars of wifi reception on my DNA. Now its at 2 bars. Same goes for my LTE signal.
I'll do some actual testing later, but I hope this gets resolved quickly
Yeah the wifi is killing me. It's incredibly noticeable in various parts of my house that I used to have stellar wifi.
I've had LTE where my M8 struggled to even get 3G. I'm quite pleased with the signal.
I've had better LTE and 3G reception versus my S3. Seems like calls sound better. Better (quicker acquisition, less drops) GPS performance as well. Wifi signal reception seems to be on par. Both phones in the same room a few feet apart, are within 1-2dBm of each other. I haven't tested performance, or compared client statistics on my wireless controller yet.
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Has anyone tried just taking the phone on the road and checking signals not bars but 3G or 4G. If the phone doesnt have voice and internet at the same time that would explain why the phone would go to 1X when your on a call then back up when you get off. If you out and about do you have 4G where you did with previous phones not bars but 4G? The bars on my Droid Maxx tell me what my voice signal strength is not 4G I believe it is the same with the turbo. The WIFI deal Im cluless if it doesnt connect then it doesnt connect. again though it doesnt depend on howmany bars you have. It is how the phone performs. Im in a real crap signal area I can have 1X on my Maxx and still be able to make calls and text because I may have only one bar on the phone. Thanks
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Has anyone tried just taking the phone on the road and checking signals not bars but 3G or 4G. If the phone doesnt have voice and internet at the same time that would explain why the phone would go to 1X when your on a call then back up when you get off. If you out and about do you have 4G where you did with previous phones not bars but 4G? The bars on my Droid Maxx tell me what my voice signal strength is not 4G I believe it is the same with the turbo. The WIFI deal Im cluless if it doesnt connect then it doesnt connect. again though it doesnt depend on howmany bars you have. It is how the phone performs. Im in a real crap signal area I can have 1X on my Maxx and still be able to make calls and text because I may have only one bar on the phone. Thanks
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Look back a few pages, I posted dBm readings between phones. I agree though, comparing bars is useless.
Just figured I'd chime in. I swapped my kevlar version for the normal version and my wifi is back to the same strength that my G2 had. There was definitely something wrong with the kevlar one I had...
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 Note5'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 think there is something wrong with LTE connection on this device. My previous device was Note3 N9005 and it got full signal bars when I connected to LTE network, but with Note5 I don't get more than 2 or 3 signal bars and 4G speed is extremely slow and not stable. I tried both in same place in my room. But when I force it to 2G, it gets full signal bars. I attached screenshot of LTE connection.
Anybody else having this problem?
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Cannot believe I am typing this heresy, but I am MUCH more satisfied with the LTE signal on my Sprint Note 5 than on my Nexus 6. Yes, I said it. Samsung > Motorola.
Granted, the N6 has a somewhat well-known bug with the LTE / 3G switching ever since Project Fi came into existence, but even before that problem soured me on Nexus, the N6 (both my phone, my replacement phone, and my wife's phone) spent MUCH more time in 3G than the Note 5 does. No comparison.
I too am getting MUCH better signal strength and speeds on my SM-N920P than my Note 4, sitting right next to it. I get dropped calls, and data at a ridiculously low speed on my Note 4. On the Note 5, I haven't had a single dropout on voice, and I get 25M down/3M up. I'm extremely satisfied with the Note 5. I thought there wasn't any LTE towers where I'm visiting, and now, I know it was the Note 4 that was the problem. I have a feeling when I get home, my speeds are going to double, if not triple, because I live in a Spark covered area, and was only getting 18M down on the Note 4. I have a feeling it will now be in the 50+ range.
I get 10x better signal with my N920P than my Nexus 5.
My Note 5 is doing considerably better than my Note 3. I'm loving it!!
In terms of raw LTE reception - My Note 5 will always be 10-15dBm weaker compared to other LTE handsets and will usually switch to HSDPA (3G) when these are still on LTE. No WiFi, Bluetooth nor 3G performance issues however, what leads me to think that the LTE Antenna is poorly designed in this phone.
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In terms of raw LTE reception - My Note 5 will always be 10-15dBm weaker compared to other LTE handsets and will usually switch to HSDPA (3G) when these are still on LTE. No WiFi, Bluetooth nor 3G performance issues however, what leads me to think that the LTE Antenna is poorly designed in this phone.
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100% agree. My Nexus 6 gets much better signal.
Hello everyone...a little question: I'm on 3G with my Note5 (Network Mode: GSM/UMTS), and i can reach even H+, but i don't know, why the phone won't connect to H+. Someone knows how can i resolve this?
I know my Note 3 gets a better signal and more speed than my Note 4 and Note 5. I am on AT&T and the Note 3 is an AT&T branded phone where the 4 and 5 are international versions.
I'm very satisfied with it's LTE reception, it's a little better than my wife's GS6 which tends to drop the connection before mine.
I'm on T-mobile so dropping LTE when in a big building does happen from time to time, but that's true on every phone I've used on T-mobile in NJ.
Seems to beat my nexus 5x as well.
Verizon LTE in chicago is fast, very fast and reliable. I'm usually the envy of all my buddies when you all meet up. Tmobile service weak, sprint even worse and AT&T, none of my friends have ATT. Most are on Tmobile or sprint. I'm the only SMART one that has Verizon. So let's get this out of the way, the verizon commercials are true. The service, signal, speed and strength are living up the the verizon commericals about being #1 and their expensive as well. I wanted the fastest and I'm getting what I pay for. O Hare airport, Xspot fitness, Rockford, suburbs, down town chciago and wher ever I go , Verizon backs up their cockiness. Except when I'm at work. But hey, you can get the greatest all the time right?
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 LG V30's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
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I really like to know how is the cellular reception on this phone. In my V20, I think it's bad. It's the only con that I see on V20.
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On Rogers in Toronto, Canada. No issues with reception, signal strength, or LTE connectivity.
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On Rogers in Toronto, Canada. No issues with reception, signal strength, or LTE connectivity.
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Would you mind sharing your APN settings? I'm on Rogers & I have 1-2 bars max, while it's full on my S8. I haven't turned on data yet in case I need to return it since I had similar issues on the G6 & had lots of problems sending & receiving SMS/MMS while connected to wifi.
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Would you mind sharing your APN settings? I'm on Rogers & I have 1-2 bars max, while it's full on my S8. I haven't turned on data yet in case I need to return it since I had similar issues on the G6 & had lots of problems sending & receiving SMS/MMS while connected to wifi.
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Mine are the exact same, weird. Thanks.
daandman said:
Mine are the exact same, weird. Thanks.
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Really, I usually have 4 bars with the occasional 3 bars and 3G maybe once or twice since I've had it. What areas are you usually seeing 1-2 bars? Is it indoors also?
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Really, I usually have 4 bars with the occasional 3 bars and 3G maybe once or twice since I've had it. What areas are you usually seeing 1-2 bars? Is it indoors also?
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It's everywhere, I have an S8 & when I put my sim card in I get full bars and no issues in the exact same locations. I think I'm gonna return my V30 today actually, I had the same issues with my G6 & I'm hesitant to trust LG phones now, which is too bad because I love them.
Bars mean little because each manufacturer uses a different standard and different thresholds. One phones 3 bars is not the same as another. If you want to compare phones then you need the actual signal strength the phone is getting.
I think that this device does really well on T-Mobile in San Antonio Texas.
Get an Intel 7 Plus if you want to see just how good the V30 really is.
No, don't do that.
Seriously though, my calls are clear, my data is consistent and I can travel outside the major city.
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I live in Redwood City, CA (silicon valley) and I get perfect reception, all 5 bars LTE.
Speed test shows 60mbit. Amazing. I thought it was a mistake and I tried it again on another block of the city and I got 65mbit. I have T-Mobile and I can't wait for them to roll out 5G on the 600mhz spectrum.
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It's everywhere, I have an S8 & when I put my sim card in I get full bars and no issues in the exact same locations. I think I'm gonna return my V30 today actually, I had the same issues with my G6 & I'm hesitant to trust LG phones now, which is too bad because I love them.
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You should think twice about returning it. Don't be too hasty because it's probably your location or network provider and not the phone. You need to download an app to check the actual signal strength in dB and not look at bars. They mean nothing. I use Signal Check Pro.
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I live in Redwood City, CA (silicon valley) and I get perfect reception, all 5 bars LTE.
Speed test shows 60mbit. Amazing. I thought it was a mistake and I tried it again on another block of the city and I got 65mbit. I have T-Mobile and I can't wait for them to roll out 5G on the 600mhz spectrum.
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I'm as impressed by the low ping speed (20ms) as the the download speed. Wow. Lower pings are less lag.
That's about the lowest I've seen for a cellular network connection. I've occasionally gotten low 20's with AT&T, but usually high 20s -- which is still fantastic compared to MVNOs (because they don't have direct connection to carrier's data servers). Your phone can FEEL like it has a slow connection, due to the high lag when you have higher ping speeds.
A lot of people only focus on download speeds, and they may have triple digit ping speeds (bad).
You will get lower ping speeds with an ethernet connection and even very good Wi-Fi, of course, but for cellular network that 20ms is the best test I've ever seen.
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You should think twice about returning it. Don't be too hasty because it's probably your location or network provider and not the phone. You need to download an app to check the actual signal strength in dB and not look at bars. They mean nothing. I use Signal Check Pro.
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My Galaxy S8 works perfectly with my sim card in the exact same locations.
I've noticed that signal strength is a few dB lower than what I got on my LG G4 (3-5 dB). Not a big deal, even at home where I'm unfortunately in kind of a fringe area. Throughput doesn't seem to be affected much.
No issues on this end. Latency is always nice and quick, networks and radios switch very quickly, and knowing it will only get better with 600MHz rollout and 5G just makes me happy.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3315082329
LTE just doesn't want to work for me for some reason. No methods of fixing it that I've tried helped so far so I may try ordering a new SIM card from my carrier. Quite disappointing so far but maybe it's not my V30 to blame
I have two phones. Oneplus X and V30. In the same place on Oneplus X i have LTE signal with strength 85-95 dBm but on V30 I have 100-108 dBm ;/
FWIW, I have an LGH931 on AT&T since mid-December. I live in San Francisco with lots of difficult terrains (urban canyons, hills, etc.). I still have an HTC 10 and never worried about cell reception. Yes, the bars are generally lower on the V30, but it doesn't mean anything. I use LTE Discovery to measure the -dbm signal strength. The V30 has a problem with switching bands quickly and the thresholds are set to low. One bar/no bars seems to indicate -120dbm and barely enough for reliable calls or consistent data. I had two events when calls came in over wifi at my home, an indicator of low/no cell signal levels. Never happened with the HTC 10 before. A friend of mine traveled to Kingman, AZ recently and had a terrible time, plenty of dropped calls. He returned his US998 version. I believe generally the problem is with AT&T and the V30 radio settings.
AT&T LG V30 here.
Very disappointed by the signal strength and radio behavior of the device in general.
At home my Blackberry gets -92dBm and the V30 gets -103 dBm.
At work my Blackberry gets -98dBm and the V30 gets -114dBm!
Of course I went through all the getting a new SIM card, holding it a certain way and so on but no difference whatsoever.
This is the best phone I ve ever had, unfortunately the radio settings or hardware or both do not do it any justice.
From what I read it can be simply fixed or improved if AT&T and LG alter the threshold band settings, since other variants do not suffer from the same issue.
Hopefully an update is going to happen soon or I am not sure what I am going to do.
Im getting regular 150-200 mbps on tmobile in Florida. Almost never under 80 and ive noticed a big increase in signal reliability. Very happy with the cellular signal on this phone.
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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro'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 facing very low 4G speeds on my Redmi Note 7 Pro. It's like under 1 Mbps with daily data still available. And it is not an area issue or signal issue. I've checked on many different places where other people are getting good speeds and I am still stuck with 1 mbps or 5 mbps at most. Please help if anyone knows a workaround.
P.S. I am on latest MIUI 10.3.12.0. No bootloader unlocked. No root.
This is the best I've got so far. See the screenshot attached below.
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I am facing very low 4G speeds on my Redmi Note 7 Pro. It's like under 1 Mbps with daily data still available. And it is not an area issue or signal issue. I've checked on many different places where other people are getting good speeds and I am still stuck with 1 mbps or 5 mbps at most. Please help if anyone knows a workaround.
P.S. I am on latest MIUI 10.3.12.0. No bootloader unlocked. No root.
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It's a known issue with note 7 pro, signal reception isn't good as some other devices(maybe coz of poor antenna bends or glass design)
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It's a known issue with note 7 pro, signal reception isn't good as some other devices(maybe coz of poor antenna bends or glass design)
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I think we got to live with this issue
sidS6 said:
It's a known issue with note 7 pro, signal reception isn't good as some other devices(maybe coz of poor antenna bends or glass design)
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I think we got to live with this issue
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Normal performance; neither too good nor too bad.
as i experience indoor there is no network in my area, and when i check in which band it's connection to jio network i saw it in band 40 2300mhz and its not switching to band 3 or 5 which is 850 mhz and 1800+ mhz, it's stuck at 2300mhz, algorithm of this device is poor not poor network chip
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as i experience indoor there is no network in my area, and when i check in which band it's connection to jio network i saw it in band 40 2300mhz and its not switching to band 3 or 5 which is 850 mhz and 1800+ mhz, it's stuck at 2300mhz, algorithm of this device is poor not poor network chip
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Band changing wont work unless you put your sim in the sim 1 slot which is the same as the mem. Card slot ,presumably you are using network signal guru for band changing.
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Band changing wont work unless you put your sim in the sim 1 slot which is the same as the mem. Card slot ,presumably you are using network signal guru for band changing.
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i know where is sim slot 1 is... i disn't root my phone not even unlock my bootloader to use signal guru app, i didn't get any signal in jio INDOOR, i have redmi note 3 also it's rooted when i check in that device using singal guru app, i din't get 2300mhz frequency at my house all other frequency band is working like 850mhz 1800+mhz but note 2300mhz that mean note 7 pro is stuck at 2300mhz, and with airtel 3g when i call someone or recieve call it goes from full network to one bar only
, i changed motherboard but the problem is still there, it's carrier aggregation problem in this device
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i know where is sim slot 1 is... i disn't root my phone not even unlock my bootloader to use signal guru app, i didn't get any signal in jio INDOOR, i have redmi note 3 also it's rooted when i check in that device using singal guru app, i din't get 2300mhz frequency at my house all other frequency band is working like 850mhz 1800+mhz but note 2300mhz that mean note 7 pro is stuck at 2300mhz, and with airtel 3g when i call someone or recieve call it goes from full network to one bar only
, i changed motherboard but the problem is still there, it's carrier aggregation problem in this device
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Yup.
My speed is good.
AbhiAbhiBisht said:
I am facing very low 4G speeds on my Redmi Note 7 Pro. It's like under 1 Mbps with daily data still available. And it is not an area issue or signal issue. I've checked on many different places where other people are getting good speeds and I am still stuck with 1 mbps or 5 mbps at most. Please help if anyone knows a workaround.
P.S. I am on latest MIUI 10.3.12.0. No bootloader unlocked. No root.
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i have the same problem with this. This Redmi Note 7 Pro is killing my patience.
One time while I was using the phone, a notification popped up saying Phone functions stopped. And the sim networks and functions related to it stopped working. I couldn't make or receive calls. I had to restart the device to get everything functioning again. Don't know if it's a hardware or software issue. ,