WiFi strength, range, and throughput - Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review

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Constantly disconnects and reconnects to WiFi seemingly for no reason. Can be using the phone actively or it can be asleep. Happens on both my 4XL and my wifes 4. My connection logs on my WiFi show that my phone has reconnected 204 times in 24 hours. I have reset network settings to no avail. All other devices on WiFi work just fine.

That's weird... I definitely have not had any such issue. I would think maybe you got a bad phone but because it's on both you'll phones I think it's probably something with your wifi network... Firewall or possible internet monitoring software may be constantly kicking you off the network

manners400 said:
That's weird... I definitely have not had any such issue. I would think maybe you got a bad phone but because it's on both you'll phones I think it's probably something with your wifi network... Firewall or possible internet monitoring software may be constantly kicking you off the network
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Yea, I don't have a standard consumer Wi-Fi setup. I have 3 Ruckus wireless access points running off a virtual controller, but these are very popular/common in corporate environments. I have used the same setup with many Android devices in the past without issue, so something is different/broken with the Pixel 4. I took some packet captures and opened a ticket with Ruckus, will see what they say and if we can find a cause/solution.

Did you ever find out why you keep getting constant disconnects with your setup? I never get disconnected on my home network and at work we run through access points and have never had a problem besides the fact that our broadband is slow as hell. But especially at home the WiFi is flawless. Sounds like you might be getting conflicts. Is it possible to dedicate an IP address to your device on your network?

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Did you ever find out why you keep getting constant disconnects with your setup? I never get disconnected on my home network and at work we run through access points and have never had a problem besides the fact that our broadband is slow as hell. But especially at home the WiFi is flawless. Sounds like you might be getting conflicts. Is it possible to dedicate an IP address to your device on your network?
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I never did figure this out and it continues to happen on both my Pixel 4 XL and my wife's P4. I have updated the latest firmware on my WAPs, Ruckus R510 and H320.
All other devices work fine without disconnecting, 34 of them regularly connected.
In the January update I was hopeful because they listed "Wi-Fi crashes on certain enterprise access points" in the patch, but it has not helped.

My pixel 4 stays connected to WiFi all the time. On my iPhone it connects and disconnects all the time so on my pixel it's a habit that I check wifi all the time. I don't want to go over my data limit. My pixel 4 shows 3/4 bars all the time. I'm only one room over from the router? My iPhone shows 3/3 bars all the time. I switch between the 2 a lot. xD

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Asking people to rate the phones wifi strength is pointless. So many factors people aren't posting about will affect this. Are you using a $30 router that barley has any power, how far from the router are you, what are your walls made of, how fast is your connection? You didn't ask anyone to state that so how can we judge the phone with no variables.

Had Same Issue, Fixed It
Updating here in case others come here and need something to try out. I had same issue with WiFi disconnecting constantly on my Pixel 4XL, which I alleviated by changing the Privacy setting under Advanced section of the WiFi configuration for your network. The default is "Use randomized MAC", and I switched to "Use device MAC".
This may not help everyone, but in my case my home network is setup to allow only specified MAC addresses to connect and use Internet. The MAC randomizing privacy aspect of newer Android OS obviously flew in the face of this, and needed reverted to previous OS version behavior. Thankfully this only ever happened with my home network and I can still use the randomizing feature for all other networks I've used.

Definitely better than my 2xl where in the same WiFi can have drop outs and causes some games like clash of clans to reset. Totally solid with better range now.
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Wifi and LTE connect and switch really fast. Quite impressed

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horrible WiFi strength ruining Nexus 10

Can anyone confirm or not if the crap WiFi strength on nexus 10s is an acknowledged fact? I have seen some say it is, yet still see other comments praising the devices WiFi saying it is stronger than ipones etc.
This is my second N10, I sent the first back due to WiFi performance and I believed it to be defective. My second devices arrival has suggested otherwise as I have noticed no improvement.... Am I just really unlucky?
On my home network, every other device has ho WiFi issues, but my n10 struggles! It seems to sho a decent signal strength in the WiFilist in settings, but a low strength in the top right corner.... Can anyone advise? I get similar strength issues on other networks (public and at friends houses. SO frustrating not being able to perform one of the most basic functions on a £300+ device). Was hoping 4.3/4 upgrades would help- nothing.
Should I get a third nexus sent out? Is this down to poor quality components? Anyone having same issues?
Thanks!
Hard to generalize, but mine has been rock-solid (on 4.3; I'm holding off on "upgrading" to 4.4). Seems to give faster throughput than my N7
My N10 seems to be at par or a bit better than my better halfs Ipad. Taking both tablets and going for a walk out in back (acreage), in the outbuildings, and near fences, the signal strength and ability to connect to my router and see other routers was actually a touch better with the N10.
When first getting the N10, it did seem to drop the wifi signal, but replacing the el cheapo several year old router with a newer medium price router cured that issue.
The Google Nexus 10 as well as the Amazon Kindle HDX are two of the few devices that actually support MIMO (multiple input multiple output) wireless.
This typically allows for very solid and swift wireless performance.
I suspect that software updates may have had some impact on the Wireless functionality of the Nexus 10, but that is also in combination with some types of access points, so it varies to each customer.
Some places I get really terrible wireless, but at both my work and at home, it performs extremely well.
Hopefully a future KitKat patch will address the wireless more. I notice that new binaries are included in KitKat pertaining to both wireless and Bluetooth for the N10.
Hello, I just became an owner of a Nexus 10. when I first time connect to my BSNL Teracom wifi router it is not connected. it is always showing connecting or obtaining IP address...
It connected through my S3 Hotspot but not through teracom router
I wake up in the morning and just press again the connect button. Bingo...it is connected..!!! Not understand why it is behaving like this. I am not done any changes in routers settings also. Is it not connecting b'coz the routers frequency mismatch or anything else ?? After once I switch off and on the router the same problem happens
all my phones including a Samsung s3, tab neo and also my laptop all are switches automatically connected to the wifi router.
Please help.
thanks in advance.
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Yup... Crap WiFi on my nexus 10 too. Just randomly disconnects or is so slow that its unusable for streaming movies... I own a ton of android devices and this is the only one that gives me problems. When I turn it on, I just hope it stays connected. Let's hope this post goes through lol
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chefdave12118 said:
Yup... Crap WiFi on my nexus 10 too. Just randomly disconnects or is so slow that its unusable for streaming movies... I own a ton of android devices and this is the only one that gives me problems. When I turn it on, I just hope it stays connected. Let's hope this post goes through lol
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Mine pulls 40mb out of a n wifi connection.. the main connection is only 50 -55 on average. I'd say its the best performing wifi device I own.
I have owned my N10 for over a year. The WIFI signal strength is good, but I often get some lag issues, which ended up being my router. When I have issues, I now reset my modem and everything works again. I have read that some people only have a 2.4GHz modem, and they have received better luck by limiting WIFI to that frequency only.

WiFi strength, range, and throughput

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No signal drop. Wifi range is pretty good..
WiFi range is pretty good and stable even with weak signal.
No WiFi signal drops yet since launch day
Wi-Fi range it's horrible, where I had no problem to stay on Wi-Fi in my flat with Mi4c, Honor 10 drops connection
It has noticeably worse range than my 5 year old Note 3. My old phone, laptops and iPad have no issues with Wifi downstairs, this thing drops out fairly often.
worst wifi & bt phone ever!!!! While bt connected to MiBand is the wifi useless.. speed drops to 0,01Mbit and 0, then disconnects. When BT is turned off everything is normal. I also tried connecting to other BT devices like speaker, hi-fi sound system, smart watches. Every device was on different places, so each time I was connected to different wifi network. I haven't those problems with Mi 4 C.
f_!#&^(!*@&[email protected]!!&!&!!_cking waste of money
Mine works great on wifi/4g when its conected to my smartwatch.
Do a factory reset, and try again.
5ulo said:
worst wifi & bt phone ever!!!! While bt connected to MiBand is the wifi useless.. speed drops to 0,01Mbit and 0, then disconnects. When BT is turned off everything is normal. I also tried connecting to other BT devices like speaker, hi-fi sound system, smart watches. Every device was on different places, so each time I was connected to different wifi network. I haven't those problems with Mi 4 C.
f_!#&^(!*@&[email protected]!!&!&!!_cking waste of money
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I dont have such issues mate.
Lucky you all without that problem.. I also tried factory reset.. check it out https://youtu.be/v_NnvlUoYR8
great wifi and bt here as well
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Lucky you all without that problem.. I also tried factory reset.. check it out
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My friend your ISP is ****. If upload is more than download then there is a problem on your ISP. Now as i see on your other test it switched server terminals. Well you can not blame your device for that. But say thanks to your ****ty provider
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My friend your ISP is ****. If upload is more than download then there is a problem on your ISP. Now as i see on your other test it switched server terminals. Well you can not blame your device for that. But say thanks to your ****ty provider
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Have you tried turn it off & on again? I must say only LOL LOL LOOOOL.. havent you read my previous posts??? I said I tried that on many places (many ISP)! This is not about the ISP, nor router because I had testet three phones side by side (at home with two different routers) - old crappy Redmi 1s, Mi 4C and this super-fancy Honor 10.. guess which phone is having the slowest connection speed with BT & Wifi enabled
Anyway.. here's nice picture for you with some sh*tty ISP 3Mbit over. 40/40Mbit plan.
I think its a dual problem too hardware+provider, i got 120 download and 110 upload wifi with my provider, as i should on my 500 Mbs plan+router I get even the same results on my y520 laptop on wifi.
As for the bt+wifi, its not normal.
Cant you get a refund?
Garkan said:
I think its a dual problem too hardware+provider, i got 120 download and 110 upload wifi with my provider, as i should on my 500 Mbs plan+router I get even the same results on my y520 laptop on wifi.
As for the bt+wifi, its not normal.
Cant you get a refund?
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There is a lot situations why is downlink slower as uplink - eg. QoS set on the router and I can tell you it's not the providers fault in my case. My HTPC on LAN has the top priority for web and it's always above 40/40 on my 40/40 speed plan. Secondly it's 2,4GHz Mikrotik RB wifi and it's crappy during the day when every wifi in the neighbor is active.
A little bit update: I found that when Amazfit Watch app is disconnected from my Huami Amazfit Watch the speed is terrible. Once I connect them together again the speed is okay. Tried also uninstalling Amazfit Watch app and the speed was great. Maybe related to this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/amazfit-pace-wifi-problem-phone-t3664805 so I should move there with my problem.
do you have a "book case or flip case "? i wonder if the magnets inside those cases can mess up the radio's..
because they sure as hell mess up the compass.
nope.. rubber Nillkin case
Problem solved?
Bluetooth+Wifi together without any problem?
what's the maximum bandwidth you guys managed to get with this phone? Is it 866mbps or only 433mbps? I can get 866mbps for my LG V30+ phone on my wifi router (Nighthawk X4S) but only can get 433mbps for the Honor 10 phone..
Just got this phone yesterday. I noticed that sending messages in WhatsApp stalled with the little clock icon. At least for 10 seconds or more. It made me investigate. I changed to 4G and messages get sent straight away. So I done the usually rebooted router, device and tried again. Same problems. WiFi test on 200mbit connection 5ghz was giving me 130mbit. My old Nexus 6 gets full speed. 2.4ghz no better, on Nexus 6 I get 130/140mbit, the honour 10 I get a measly 43mbit. The phone obviously has a problem. I've tested other devices and all including my old Galaxy S5 get max speed via WiFi. I do these tests right next to the router. I feel this phone isn't as good as it's made out to be. Yes it's a nice phone, great speed and camera but it for some reason takes ages to send WhatsApp messages and load YouTube videos, something my Nexus 6 never did. Bit disappointed as it's only new yesterday. A factory reset should not be needed at all.
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A small update to this. I read around that the problems could be related to Bluetooth causing the slow browser load times, Instagram not loading and the problem I had with WhatsApp messages taking ages to go through. Basically I went to Bluetooth scanning settings in settings area and turned it off. I also turned off WiFi scan settings as you only need to scan for WiFi when you know there is WiFi to be picked up. Both I turned off and the different in browsing, loading of apps and WhatsApp are amazing.
Below a screen of the settings turned off. Hope this helps others.

WiFi strength, range, and throughput

Rate this thread to express how you think the LG G7 ThinQ's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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Comparing to my old S7, LG G7 wifi is rather weak.
Wifi is about the same as my V30 and Note 8
Does anyone else have an issue where the wifi will suddenly become disabled all by itself? My wife's G7 does this frequently
After factory reset, router/modem reset, and network settings reset, my device will connected to wifi but "the internet is unavailable"
Any body else? Any help?
Vanhoud said:
Does anyone else have an issue where the wifi will suddenly become disabled all by itself? My wife's G7 does this frequently
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I'm on my second G7, and although my most recent one performs much better than the first, I still have the wifi and bluetooth connectivity issues. It's weird, I'll be on the phone, I'll see the notification light flash red, then it'll drop all connections, and come back a few seconds later.
Wifi signal Easily blocked by handling - lg g7
I notice that during gaming (pubg mobile) on lg g7, i hold my phone horizontally one one side (notch on left hand) and the ping goes high AF, but then when i switch to noth on right(which completely cover the speaker ) the ping seems okay. Wtf is this ****y design
This might be a standard issue with andriod that you have to make an http connection to authorized the connection (for example airports and hotels). What I do is open chrome and use the url http://yyy.com (it doens't have to be a real website. The key thing is to specify http:// since most browsers default to https).
CARMINE CORAZZO said:
After factory reset, router/modem reset, and network settings reset, my device will connected to wifi but "the internet is unavailable"
Any body else? Any help?
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jake21 said:
This might be a standard issue with andriod that you have to make an http connection to authorized the connection (for example airports and hotels). What I do is open chrome and use the url http://yyy.com (it doens't have to be a real website. The key thing is to specify http:// since most browsers default to https).
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Thanks. Turns out it just needed some time to work itself out. Next day the phone connected and was receiving data through wifi. Forgot to post. Whoops. I work 70 hours a week.
WiFi reception seems to be weaker than my Pixel XL. Having the devices side-by-side, the WiFi icon on the G7 will consistently have worse reception. Looking at WiFi details, the speed of the link will drastically better on the Pixel XL as well (ex. 360mbps vs 60mbps).

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Quite good range, but poor performance (interference) in crowded areas with many access points.
For me I noticed that when I have Wifi ON and Location ON, the wireless connection crawls. If I switch off Location, the internet is back to being speedy. This is without changing my actual physical location from the wifi router or anything. It's weird. This phone has a lot of tiny quirks.
WiFi has been slow and im constantly switching back to my Data on this because the connection is too unstable for uses like YouTube or playing or streaming
WiFi on the G7 Power is awful I keep it turned off. Everytime I get in range of my router the WiFi takes forever to turn back on and it won't even connect to the internet the WiFi icon will have a X symbol beside it and I have to turn the WiFi off and back on to get it to do anything else. That's another thing everytime I turn on the WiFi it will not automatically connect unless I go into the WiFi settings then it'll connect. The range is awful if I go about a yard away from the router I'll have one bar and internet won't work and I have to manually switch it off to get internet again. I always hated the Wifi on Motorola phones it never connects properly and it'll disconnect for no reason while I'm watching a video or playing a game.
wifi is not bad on this device. getinganywhere from 45to 60 mb on my wifi network. for this device its not bad as all my other devices get more then that on my giggibit network in the house on comcast xfinity giggibit network.
WiFi is not bad on the Cricket G7 Supra getting 100 to 150 Mbps download on WOW 500mbps service. No connection issues here.
Wifi not bad at all I got good range when out and about
WiFi seems ok for but did get phone yesterday tho I can go kitchen or both bedrooms and WiFi work
My qualms are more with random Bluetooth disconnects... Wifi has been solid. I am switching from a Moto G4.
actually my experience is different. wifi with location services on, on android 10 is better . i average between 40 to 51 mb down and 18 to 26 up.

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Wifi connection overall good, but 5GHz keep dropping often. On 2.4GHz it holds better even on weak signal.
Yes, 5Ghz keeps dropping a lot.
range is average however this phone uses a single beam connections over both bands making it only able to connect at 72Mbps over 2.4Ghz and 150Mbps over 5Ghz and both gives a less than average throughput to be honest compared to even much cheaper phones I've tested.
5ghz channel is not showing
Hellow. In my a50-sma505f, 5ghz wifi channel is not showing. Is it any how software related?
QR code password share
I cant share wifi password using qr code. This feature was present earlier.
I've speed tested over 200mbps with link speeds near 400mbps so you're clearly mistaken.
I think someone is wrong, on my SM-A505FN I often reach 2.4GHz to 100Mbit / sec and 5.8GHz still up to 300Mbit / sec. Speed, quality and reliability are among the best I've ever tried. If you have problems with WiFi, try focusing on your router's firmware first, or try changing its router manufacturer. But you are definitely not alone with these problems, although this should not happen due to standards, the opposite is true.
Most Arris routers I've connected on my A505G/DS to both 2.4 and 5.8 drops out (exclamation mark next to wifi signal) when doing anything heavy bandwidth related. Only seems to work good when connected to my netgear wifi extender. Speeds aren't as fast as other devices also. I've reset the device so I have no idea what's up but I'm disappointed with this.
Wi Fi strenght is pretty weak and I compared I few models. The results are that Samsung A50 showed signal same as Nokia from 2010 with Symbian OS....disapointed....
https://youtu.be/yxeiDqNOa1U
according for my using for this device around 1 week wifi is acceptable but i noticed there many options not there any more like wps setting and QR code scan to share wifi access key ... didn't like that we supposed to get more features not the opposite ..
Not happy with WiFi. Slow loading videos most of the time and stop&go so annoying. Very often when I try to open news, for example, I see msg "No Internet connection. Try again." Even if it show me it's connected. I have a problem to connect this phone with my Toyota 2019 Entune. It shows me phone paired with care but I can't listen music. It slow loading and interrapting. I do not recommend this phone. Older versions WiFi is better.

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