G2 Very Weak WiFi - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

HI. I had this WiFi problem since I bought the phone like 6-7 months ago.
My previous phone was a Nexus 4. It had good wifi reception. From my apartment I could find like 6-7 routers with +2 signal bars.
My Lg G2 sees only 3 routers, mine and 2 others that are at 1 signal bar or sometimes no signal. I tried to flash other basebands but no improvment. I tried flashing other ROMs.
I now tried to lift the little conectors on the back cover and put a little piece of paper under so i'm sure they connect (i don't know if that's how wifi works because it's working the same with or without the back cover).
What else should I try? Is there something to do or every G2 has signal problems?

I might have a solution for you...
dj_monkeyyy said:
HI. I had this WiFi problem since I bought the phone like 6-7 months ago.
My previous phone was a Nexus 4. It had good wifi reception. From my apartment I could find like 6-7 routers with +2 signal bars.
My Lg G2 sees only 3 routers, mine and 2 others that are at 1 signal bar or sometimes no signal. I tried to flash other basebands but no improvment. I tried flashing other ROMs.
I now tried to lift the little conectors on the back cover and put a little piece of paper under so i'm sure they connect (i don't know if that's how wifi works because it's working the same with or without the back cover).
What else should I try? Is there something to do or every G2 has signal problems?
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I had a similar problem with my G2. The old phone (Optimus 3D) had good and strong wifi signal. With this one, from the first day to connect to home network, I had connection problems and all I had to do was to set to one network mode (and only one - I use G), on a single channel (give it a low one - 1 to 6) and a 20 Mhz band channel. And guess what: I can have a clear and strong enough (plus stable) from down the street, while my flat is at the third floor.
Please try to modify your modem/router settings as stated before and let me know the results.

BigBadSheep said:
I had a similar problem with my G2. The old phone (Optimus 3D) had good and strong wifi signal. With this one, from the first day to connect to home network, I had connection problems and all I had to do was to set to one network mode (and only one - I use G), on a single channel (give it a low one - 1 to 6) and a 20 Mhz band channel. And guess what: I can have a clear and strong enough (plus stable) from down the street, while my flat is at the third floor.
Please try to modify your modem/router settings as stated before and let me know the results.
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My router works fine. I have it on G/N 20Mhz Channel 5. I work installing internet antennas on top of buildings so I would like to access the routers from far away.
Another question. What's the purpose of the gold connectors on the back cover?I have like 3-4 pairs. My wifi, network and gps work with or without the cover. No difference.

dj_monkeyyy said:
My router works fine. I have it on G/N 20Mhz Channel 5. I work installing internet antennas on top of buildings so I would like to access the routers from far away.
Another question. What's the purpose of the gold connectors on the back cover?I have like 3-4 pairs. My wifi, network and gps work with or without the cover. No difference.
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You must have only one type of connection. Or at least in my case is so. I have only G, not mixed one. As for back cover connectors...I have none. Stock back cover, gold edition of D802.

BigBadSheep said:
You must have only one type of connection. Or at least in my case is so. I have only G, not mixed one. As for back cover connectors...I have none. Stock back cover, gold edition of D802.
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I'm talking about these gold "things" I don't know what are they called - http://tinyurl.com/k4r2ykc (not my picture)
My brother sees 8 wifi routers with 3+ signal bars with an old Sony xperia tipo. I see only 3

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TYTN - Weak WIFI Signal

Hello All,
I am wondering if you can help. I have a Linksys N router at home which is supposed to be 4x the area of coverage from a g. It is in my basement and the signal in my bedrooms is very weak. I purchased a Linksys signal booster and plugged on the first floor to repeat the signal to the bedrooms.
Here is the problem: I use my TYTN on the first floor close to the basement window and the signal is ok but when I move farther on the first floor the signal becomes very weak - not to mention how weak it is upstairs in the bedrooms.
I tried it with my Univeral and it is a killer full bar signal. This leads me to believe it is either my wifi is busted on my TYNT in terms of reception or they have very weak WIFI antenas. Can someone confirm if they have a similar problem?
Thanks,
Gilbert
yes i think there is a problem with the signal
he is very weak!
Both Universal and Blue Angel have better wifi signal than hermes...incredible... I wonder how htc project device...
Both Universal and Blue Angel have better wifi signal than hermes...incredible... I wonder how htc project device...
At least it got better WiFi-signal than the Wizard...
Change the mode to 'best performance' and try again.
Cheerio
Howard
El_Mar1ach1 said:
Both Universal and Blue Angel have better wifi signal than hermes...incredible... I wonder how htc project device...
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I don't know about Universal, but I have a BlueAngel and it doesn't have better wifi signal than Hermes. Hermes a lot better for me, mine is an HTC TyTN (WWE) #628.
FWIW I have both Blue Angel and Wizard devices -- the Wizard's WiFi is far superior to the BA. The BA can barely pick up the signal for my office network, but the Wizard can connect to it from outside.
You should try to adjust the battery vs. performance slider in wifi settings
and report if the signal is stronger then.
I haventh had the opportunity to test the wlan yet myself.
Guys, i have use ALL HTC devices so far and i can surely say that their wifi chipsets in terms of signal strength is totally crap( i have made lots of tests comparing to other PDA brands).
I haven't used an HTC Hermes so far but i am afraid( judging from your saying) that the problem still persists.
I've done a quick test: opened wififofum on BlueAngel and Hermes, and walked around the house.
BA found 13APs, while TyTN found 22. At some point BA was seeing 7/13 while TyTN 11/22.
So, TyTN is far superior
Well here is the deal.
I tried my universal in my bedroom and it has full bar and then tried it with my Tytn and it has one bar!!!!!
I have a linksys N router in my basement and a signal booster in the first floor and this is adquate to boost the signal to my second floor bedrooms. But instead, all other devices have excellent reception but my tytn has one or two bars to the max when i put it in best performance mode. I am running a surge on wifi signals in my house and it is still weak.
WTF
Gilbert
Sorry If I'm kinda jumping or hijack this thread. Although this thread I guess is better than I start a new thread. My Prophet also sucks when receiving WIFI signals. I have an Alpine, an 02 Zinc, a nintendo DS, a laptop. dudes, my prophet couldn't even receive signal on the next room adjacent to where my router is. but for everything else in my devices, it can go as far as outside my house. probably 15meters away from the wifi, but can still browse. my prophhet can only receive wifi signals if i put my phropet besides the router itself. then slowly moving away but not exceeding 10 FEET. I mean what the hell is the wlan for if it ain't going further than 10 eet from the router. in my devices here's from the farthest to the weakest:
1. My Laptop of course: can still watch youtube outside the house.
2. My Alpine: dudes the signal rocks! even thru my inside gates.
3. My Zinc: slightly nearer than my alpine.
4. My NDS: kinda halfway than my Alpine.
5. My Prophet: worse: you should be beside the router. then why i don't i just open my dang PC and browse from it.
I have all these device with me.
for about sometime I also had the nokia n91. wifi signal's pretty good too. I just sold it out since when browsing heavy sites, the explorer turns off. I freakinly hate my prophet for it's ridiculous wifi connection. Currently I'm flashing all available rom there is just to test my WIFI reception. Hope you guys observe my tests. thanks!
What I want to say is that the wifi singnal has matters with the barrier in the space and the network condition itself. Beside that ,I made a test before,the wifi singal on WM6.1 was better than WM6.Maybe you can try to update your OS version.

WiFi Poor Signals

Surprise me that I read nothing about the poor receiving quality of the Hermes when I one meter away from the router the signal drops down dramatically with 50% and after ten meters I read only 10% or something is there something to do about this? Maybe a bad antenna inside the Hermes or Faraday effect?
Any suggestion is welcome or am I the only one with this matter.
Heijdemann said:
Surprise me that I read nothing about the poor receiving quality of the Hermes when I one meter away from the router the signal drops down dramatically with 50% and after ten meters I read only 10% or something is there something to do about this? Maybe a bad antenna inside the Hermes or Faraday effect?
Any suggestion is welcome of am I the only one with this matter.
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I'm afraid the TyTn (Hermes) does not have a strong reception on wifi. Fine up to 10 metres and if not too much in the way upto 15 or so. Ok generally in and around normal house but if it's Buckingham Palace not too hot. Just the compromise we pay for having to pack in allthe other features I'm afraid.
Mike
I believe part of the problem is the antenna placement. While I don't know exactly where the antenna is located, I do know that when the device is held in your hand it has a considerable lower receive signal strength (as much as 10dB).
Give it a try. Set the device on the table and see what you measure. Then hold the device in your hand and see the difference.
Tim
tolson said:
I believe part of the problem is the antenna placement. While I don't know exactly where the antenna is located, I do know that when the device is held in your hand it has a considerable lower receive signal strength (as much as 10dB).
Give it a try. Set the device on the table and see what you measure. Then hold the device in your hand and see the difference.
Tim
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Your right. The antenna is along top edge. When in landscape your left hand tends to obscure it.
Mike
The WIFI reception on these devices is exteremly horrible. There must be a problem in the design, as it don't do more than 10 meters. We have a Andes in the house as well and it has no problems at all with wifi reception.
There must be a fix out there. I purchased this device specifically for the wifi .
have you noticed the connector for spar external place on the back of the TYTN? an is found rubberizes near the camera. I have attentively looked at the photos of the inside and I believe that this is related to the form radio and not to the wifi.
I would like so much to realize a connector wifi for external spar (you see PSP wifi connector) even replacing that connector radio with a wifi and connecting a cable on the chip wifi TNETW1250.
the welding of the cable should be made on the chip TNETW3422M.
Is there someone who has photo more detailed of those that are on the forum of xda?
Have y'all tried the Best Performance setting?
I have not used Wifi, nor will I ever (that is what 3G is for - since 3G is faster than my DSL connection...), but others have reported that changing to Best Performance helps...
I had three TyTN's and the last one had a horrible WiFi reception....10 meters at best. I had a Loox 720 (from a friend) for reference...with this PDA I could walk about 50 meters before reception became unusable. When it comes to WiFi reception this device has a major production tolerance. It makes me wonder if there is some kind of QC over there at HTC. My devices shouldn't have shipped in the first place.
b.t.w. I used all available settings and at in economy mode reception was even worse....signal meter at 30-40% only a few feet away from my wireless router (my reference Loox... 100%!!)
worst of all...instead of fixing it they just release a new device.
Ce said:
I had three TyTN's and the last one had a horrible WiFi reception....10 meters at best. I had a Loox 720 (from a friend) for reference...with this PDA I could walk about 50 meters before reception became unusable. When it comes to WiFi reception this device has a major production tolerance. It makes me wonder if there is some kind of QC over there at HTC. My devices shouldn't have shipped in the first place.
b.t.w. I used all available settings and at in economy mode reception was even worse....signal meter at 30-40% only a few feet away from my wireless router (my reference Loox... 100%!!)
worst of all...instead of fixing it they just release a new device.
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It's a curious thing - yes I get good reception up to 15 meters then drops off badly. BUT if I'm driving around with wifi on it detects an endless stream of home networks that in many cases must greatly exceed 10/15 meters.
Mike
jeffreycentex said:
Have y'all tried the Best Performance setting?
I have not used Wifi, nor will I ever (that is what 3G is for - since 3G is faster than my DSL connection...), but others have reported that changing to Best Performance helps...
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In my opinion I think you correct with this setting only the interval of the cheksum when connected and not the sensivity of wifi receiver.

[Q] Possible connection between SD card and WiFi Connection?

It looks totally weird. I have been having issue with wifi for last few weeks. Tried almost everything. Changed ROMs (different stock versions and several customs). Did a sdcard install, task 29, tested at least 6 radios including the latest one but still no luck.
The wifi signal strength is erratic, most of the time it is very weak (I see low signal strength bar in the Signal strength (RSSI) tab in WLAN ). Has to be about 4 or 5 feet of the router to get connected. But sometime it is fine and can connect to the wifi with no problem (I see full strength bar in the Signal strength (RSSI) tab of WLAN). I checked this at home and at school (where there is a campus wide wifi network so I am in fact checking at different access point), but the wifi performance remain erratic. I even reformatted my sd card. Still no improvement.
I then took out the SD card and bingo the wifi signal jumped back to full strength. When I insert it back, sometime the signal strength remains intact but sometimes it falls and wifi is disconnected.
Basically, the siginal strength remains good and strong when SD card is not inserted and wifi connection is erratic and unpredictable with SD card in the phone.
I used another SD card (a 2GB), reformatted in the phone, but the erratic behavior returns, so it does not seem to be a SD card issue too.
I am completely baffled by the behavior of the phone. Has anybody experienced this or if you are having issue with wifi signal strength can you check if the wifi strength jumps back to normal when you dismount the sd card? It may be an erratic behavior of my unit but may be it could be a design flaw.
Please share your experience, since there seem to be a lot of folks with wifi strength issue, a complete cataloguing of the phone behavior will provide enough information to the smart people in this forum to help us.
thanks
Contact T-mo (or whatever provider you have) andtelll them you are having issues with your phone. Maybe try to get a replacement msd card too?
Almost seems like you have a motherboard problem. I'd bet its a bad connection/solder joint. The pressure when the card is inserted may loosen up things. It get relieved when the card is out. Just offering a suggestion - I get decent reception - not great but I can go all over the house and outside about 50 or more feet and the reception/speed is fine (card in or out).
I have a dLink DIR-655 (n band enabled) and I get about 1/2 signal strengh throughout the house (three floors) (wood/fibre cement construction). Only get max reception in the same room or near router.
stim141 said:
Almost seems like you have a motherboard problem. I'd bet its a bad connection/solder joint. The pressure when the card is inserted may loosen up things. It get relieved when the card is out. Just offering a suggestion - I get decent reception - not great but I can go all over the house and outside about 50 or more feet and the reception/speed is fine (card in or out).
I have a dLink DIR-655 (n band enabled) and I get about 1/2 signal strengh throughout the house (three floors) (wood/fibre cement construction). Only get max reception in the same room or near router.
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Thanks everybody for your input. It was connectors to the wifi antenna coming loose.
Finally solved it. Opened up the unit and seated all the cables properly. Also raised the copper spring connectors a bit so that when the phone back is snapped in place, the antenna and motherboard are properly connected.
HTC HD2 diassembly/assembly video is available at the following site:
http://pocketnow.com/hardware-1/official-htc-hd2-disassembly-assembly-training-videos-leaked
but be warned, your warranty will be void if you open your phone!
There is also another thread for this solution to the wifi problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834199

Acer iconia a500 Updated radio?

I just bought my Iconia A500 and rooted it (of course ), but i am really disappointed in the Wifi signal strength.
I cant walk more than 50' away from my router at home or at work before I lose signal.
My DInc2, and Aria can pick up signal from the same routers at almost twice that distance.
My laptop picks that signal up at almost 10 times that distance!
I am currently running Byakhee lite 1.0 rom with the 2.6.36.3HoneyVillain-3.4+ kernel
I just bought an A500 two weeks ago and am hugely disappointed in the Wi-Fi performance.
I have a Linksys E4200 router in my home office and that provides adequate signals to the Linksys access point in the living room one floor below and about 70 feet away. I can also rest in bed surfing the web on my laptop and my Droid X, both of which receive a decent signal about 30 feet away from the router.
The A500, on the other hand, received a signal for a minute or two but lost it and never recovered it in both locations.
The laptop has dual antennas in it so I can see it having a better signal capture performance but the Droid X is tiny and doesn't have a huge length of wire in it but it works fine and the Speedtest app will show a download rate as high as my connection allows. So the signal to the two locations is definitely adequate for high speed web surfing.
The A500, on the other hand, can't receive squat. Even in my office 4 feet from the router the signal strength indicator is only on 2 or 3 bars. Only if I put the tablet right next to the router do I get a full signal strength indicated.
I saw a post where the guy said he felt the A500 was acting like the antenna was not actually connected and I've seen people post they are just fine 75 or 100 feet away and outside! So there's clearly some major variability between units. I wonder if I shouldn't just return it and try again.
Yeah, sitting 4 feet from my router with my new A500 last night had me
at 3/4 bars. Something must not be quite right.
Same problem here. I'm six feet away from the router and being told the wi-fi reception is bad.
To those of your with the radio issues, when you are not connected to the network, does it show that it has good reception until you try to connect? I used to have this problem. If the wifi isn't connected, it would show 5 bars for my router. As soon as I try to connect it would go down to 1 bar and give me issues connecting. It seemed to fix it when I forgot the network, rebooting my tablet and then add the network again. Other than that being a problem, my wifi is perfectly fine.
I would also suggest downloading "wifi analyzer" from the market. It will give you a graphical representation of the strength of the wifi networks that are near you.
I definitely have a lower signal in the same location of my house/office on the a500 when compared to my netbook or Android phone. I think most believe it to be due to the metal casing on the Acer.
Setting a static IP is what fixed the signal dropping to zero when it show strong before I connected.
I want to see some one take the back plate off and check the signal to see if it does anything. It must be the case.
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Im curious to see if you all are using thenlittle wifi icon on the tablet to measure "good" signal or if yiure using an actual dbi measurement.
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hardslog said:
To those of your with the radio issues, when you are not connected to the network, does it show that it has good reception until you try to connect?
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When I'm not connected to a network, I don't believe the Wi-Fi signal strength icon shows up. Doesn't it only show when you are already connected? I guess I could have waited until I got home to confirm before posting.... Oh well.
I will try dumping the remembered connection and adding it back but I doubt that will help. If it does, I'll be pleasantly surprised.
I also already have WiFi Analyzer as I use that on my Droid X and there's one major issue I've already noticed. On the Droid, it picks up all the signals in the neighborhood near me. There are about 8 or 10 in the area and I've used it to set my router to a channel other than what the neighbors have set. Of course I only connect to mine but I'm using what amounts to a private channel!
On the A500 though, WiFi Analyzer doesn't show ANY other signals but mine. Even if I stand at the window and hold the tablet up high. Nothing. It really is as if the A500 had no antennas inside it or they are not connected.
I don't think it's receiving much at all.
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Im curious to see if you all are using thenlittle wifi icon on the tablet to measure "good" signal or if yiure using an actual dbi measurement.
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The icon is surely just a quick indicator of signal strength but it's as good an indicator as it needs to be and it corresponds to the signal data in WiFi Analyzer so it's definitely not a false indicator of what the tablet believes it's receiving. WiFi Analyzer will plot the strength in db and it's all below -90.
So I see it as providing a reasonably accurate representation of what the tablet is receiving. Couple that with no network access by any app be it Weather Bug, any of the browsers I have, or even the ads in free apps, nothing is getting through so, when the icon shows no bars, that definitely corresponds to no network.
Sure the icon is not a $2000 oscilloscope but it definitely works.
By the way, there's a thread at androidtablets.net showing a minor tear down of the A500 (search for "whats under the hood") but I can't tell where the radio antenna(s) are.
qhorque said:
When I'm not connected to a network, I don't believe the Wi-Fi signal strength icon shows up. Doesn't it only show when you are already connected? I guess I could have waited until I got home to confirm before posting.... Oh well.
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It also showed the strength in the listed available networks ( before you'd connected )
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I have a wireless N router and find that I get better signal strength if I only set it to a/b/g .... and NOT N
UnicornKaz said:
It also showed the strength in the listed available networks ( before you'd connected )
I have a wireless N router and find that I get better signal strength if I only set it to a/b/g .... and NOT N
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OK, I just checked. Forgetting any networks, turning radio off, rebooting, turning radio on and checking, the notification icon is dark.
Going to the Wi-Fi settings, I see my network listed but NO others. When clicking Connect, the only indication of signal strength is the dialog box stating "Fair" and I'm THREE FEET from my router. That's the only indicator of signal I see. If that's what you're talking about, OK. Otherwise, there is no other indication of signal strength before I connect.
Now I also checked my phone and it shows all the other APs in the area. The A500 only sees my router and the signal is only "fair". Clearly this unit is either defective or the A500 is flawed by design. I can use my puny Droid X all over the house but can only use the A500 in my office!
My router is a Linksys E4200 with dual radios and I'm connecting to the 2.4Ghz radio in mixed b/g/n mode.
when you clicked on wifi settings... there should be a list of available networks and their security...etc.. along with that, to the right side are the icons ( open & locks..etc)... those icons also showed the strength of the networks signal
My A500 see ALL the available networks that my phone sees... ( just 1 bar less)
in your case... your network is the only available one... nevertheless... the icon to the right of the name ( before you even connected )- will indicates the signal of the network ( 1-4 bars...etc )
Icon?
Regardless of what some "signal strength" icon claims - has the op performed speed/ping tests from multiple souces?
Oh, I see what you are saying. Those indicators are about as accurate as the main notification icon and I didn't even pay attention to it since I only saw my network anyway.
Well, in any event, the Acer tech who replied to my detailed explanation of my problem (no other networks but mine with very low signal strength and all the other devices seeing all the other networks, etc., resetting the tablet, forgetting the remembered networks, etc.) said the tablet was clearly defective and needed to be repaired since I had already gone through the standard troubleshooting process with no changes in outcome.
I suggest to anyone with poor signal strength to contact Acer to see if they want to repair the tablet. I don't like buying an item for full price only to have it fixed in the first two weeks so that's why I'm not going that route. Might as well just buy another one and see what happens.
So, I'll be bringing it back for an exchange or, if they don't want to exchange, a refund and I'll buy another one later.
Until I get another one.....
Later!
qhorque said:
Oh, I see what you are saying. Those indicators are about as accurate as the main notification icon and I didn't even pay attention to it since I only saw my network anyway.
Well, in any event, the Acer tech who replied to my detailed explanation of my problem (no other networks but mine with very low signal strength and all the other devices seeing all the other networks, etc., resetting the tablet, forgetting the remembered networks, etc.) said the tablet was clearly defective and needed to be repaired since I had already gone through the standard troubleshooting process with no changes in outcome.
I suggest to anyone with poor signal strength to contact Acer to see if they want to repair the tablet. I don't like buying an item for full price only to have it fixed in the first two weeks so that's why I'm not going that route. Might as well just buy another one and see what happens.
So, I'll be bringing it back for an exchange or, if they don't want to exchange, a refund and I'll buy another one later.
Until I get another one.....
Later!
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Best of luck! Probably dealing with a defective unit - been using my a500 for months on many random wifi spots and have not seen any poor reception issues.
Let us know how it works out!
I as well have great wifi signal. Not as strong as my laptop but close.
No problem for me on my A500 and A501. Using stock 3.2 rom version. Router is E2000.
Success!
Well, I was able to simply exchange the bad unit for a new one and checked them both side by side in the store and the original one was clearly receiving only the top 2 APs in the store while my phone was picking up about 12 from the entire store and mall.
I opened up the exchange unit, started it up and checked it before I left and, while it did not pick up all 12 APs, it picked up almost all of them clearly showing the original unit was indeed defective.
So, I'm a happy camper now. Works great around the house now.
I suggest to the OP to contact Acer and get a warranty replacement of their unit if they can determine it's a faulty radio.

Nexus 4: radios behaving badly

The one thing that's keeping me from fully enjoying my new Nexus 4---hassles with radios, both wifi & cellular.
1) On my home wifi network on all devices except the Nexus 4 I see solid, constant download speeds of 25Mbps. My Nexus 4 consistently only gives me 4-6Mbps. If I disconnect/reconnect sometimes I can see speeds slightly higher than that, but only temporarily. This isn't generally a huge deal because 4-6Mbps is fast enough for most things on a phone, it just bugs me that every other device in the house gets 25Mbps.
2) Of bigger annoyance is my cellular data connection, it drops off multiple times per day. The cellular signal strength indicates full bars, along with the 'H' icon indicating I'm connected to T-Mobiles HSPA+ network. Voice still works fine but the data connection is dead--nothing will connect--Speedtest, maps, Google Search, Facebook, etc. This forces me to either turn on/off Airplane mode or reboot the phone completely to regain my cellular data connection. On my previous SGS2 I never experienced this issue. It drives me nuts to not be able to pull up a phone number, directions etc at the times I need it most.
Does anybody have any similar experiences or suggestions on how to remedy these issues?
Edit---FYI I'm fully stock but rooted. 4.2.1 update not yet applied.
1) Check APN settings and make sure your account is properly provisioned by calling T-Mo CSRs. I had a similar issue with my Nexus One back in the day that was fixed with a reboot after they reprovisioned my account.
2) Flash factory image, in case it was a bad flash of the radio. It happens.
3) If 1 & 2 fails, or you don't want to try #2, call the Nexus hotline and get yourself a replacement.
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1) Check APN settings and make sure your account is properly provisioned by calling T-Mo CSRs. I had a similar issue with my Nexus One back in the day that was fixed with a reboot after they reprovisioned my account.
2) Flash factory image, in case it was a bad flash of the radio. It happens.
3) If 1 & 2 fails, or you don't want to try #2, call the Nexus hotline and get yourself a replacement.
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Called TMobile and had them reset my account, I'll keep an eye on it the next couple of days.
Right now I'm downloading a cached Google map via WiFi and it is slooooow.
I also notice on edge the signal is inconsistent.
Hi
The Wi-Fi issue is something happening to others, seems to be a driver bug.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40306
Regards
Phil
Wifi connectivity is my biggest gripe. I'll step 6 feet away from my router and I lose a bar. A couple rooms away I fluctuate between 1 and 0 bars.
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Did you ever find a cure for this? I am having the exact same issues on my O2UK Nexus 4, anytime I want to use the data connection its almost guaranteed not to work and involve reboots, Airplane mode on and off etc
Im having the same issues. My data just drops wifi and cellular. I dont get full signal wifi or cellular. I live in india and flashed the latest .54 which was released in india recently. I managed to at least get cellular data going but my strength still low and data drops still on both wifi and cellular. Its super frustrating. Any ideas?
try reflashing the OS on your phone and try changing the wifi channel on your router.
changing the channel on my wireless router really helped signal to all of my devices. there may be lots of interference on the channel you're on.
SeraldoBabalu said:
try reflashing the OS on your phone and try changing the wifi channel on your router.
changing the channel on my wireless router really helped signal to all of my devices. there may be lots of interference on the channel you're on.
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I may reflash OS but i just got the phone today so ill slow down a bit. I flashed the radio one would think that would be enough? Anyway I have many other devices on my wifi without an issue and i used wifi analyser and theres no overlap with other routers and i experience this on 2g 3g and wifi so it looks like some modem problem. Unfortunately the phone was bought 3 months ago in the States and im here in india so im kind of stuck
There are known issues with the Nexus 4 wifi speeds slowing for no apparent reason. Also, known issues with the LOS (loss of signal). You can find information and bug reports on both of these issues.
ingenious247 said:
There are known issues with the Nexus 4 wifi speeds slowing for no apparent reason. Also, known issues with the LOS (loss of signal). You can find information and bug reports on both of these issues.
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I dad see some threads reporting this issue. Unfortunately i dont see any solutions or resolved threads. Additionally people either have it they dont as i see it i cant see people witching sides. Its just a little frustrating. Any opinions on whether kernel swapping will help?
Did a full flash from scratch. No progress. Also i went to my friends place and signal was perfect for like 4 hrs straight but every other place ive been since has seen choppy signal.
nvillamob said:
Wifi connectivity is my biggest gripe. I'll step 6 feet away from my router and I lose a bar. A couple rooms away I fluctuate between 1 and 0 bars.
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Pretty bad. I ran a test a few weeks ago and I can go up to 450 feet from my router (old Linksys) without a problem, and after that it gets iffy, and finally disconnects at 500 feet. I am seeing an average of 20 Mbps on wifi. Now if I can only get my cellular connection (non-wifi) to go faster than 1 Mpbs max I would have a usable phone.
I have a slightly diff issue.
If I reboot my phone, I connect to my router no problem. If I turn wifi off (to save battery) and then turn it back on.... it shows my AP's as out of range.... but I do see my neighbours AP's. I also have an N10 with has no issues at all with wifi (and none of my other divises have issues either).
When I bought the N4 they seemed to be having an issue with it when setting it up.... but I was not paying close attention. I am wondering if I have a bad phone on top of the "normal" wifi issues that other are experiencing.
Think I will revert back to stock and swap it for another phone to see if I can at least just turn off / on the wifi rather then reboot to connect (how sad is that?)
OldGaf said:
I have a slightly diff issue.
If I reboot my phone, I connect to my router no problem. If I turn wifi off (to save battery) and then turn it back on.... it shows my AP's as out of range.... but I do see my neighbours AP's. I also have an N10 with has no issues at all with wifi (and none of my other divises have issues either).
When I bought the N4 they seemed to be having an issue with it when setting it up.... but I was not paying close attention. I am wondering if I have a bad phone on top of the "normal" wifi issues that other are experiencing.
Think I will revert back to stock and swap it for another phone to see if I can at least just turn off / on the wifi rather then reboot to connect (how sad is that?)
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**** UPDATE ****
I picked up a cheap belkin router and set it to AP mode.
My N4 has no issues at all with it. Connects when I want it to right away and is fast / solid connection.

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