WiFi strength, range, and throughput - Xiaomi Mi 8 Real Life Review

Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 8'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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Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 8'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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Wireless signal strength is avarage to poor. My Xiaomi Mi4c finds networks where as my Mi8 doesn't. My Xiaomi Mi4c has almost full bars where my Mi8 has only 1 and even disconnects. The Mi4c wireless is the best I ever had on a phone, even beats the iPhone X in both range and performance.
Troughput is good, i dont have wireless AC, only 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. I get 200/20 from my ISP. A wireless speedtest when i have full connection over 5Ghz results in the following:
Download: 168 mbps
Upload: 20,5 mbps
Ping: 10 ms
These results probably could be better when using better equipment. My wireless network is provided by a TP-Link WDR4300 with stock firmware.

It's excellent. Nothing to complain about, 250/250 connection.

Excellent, on 600/600 5 GHz wifi

Can anyone else contribute on the wifi connection range and strength vs other phones?

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Can anyone else contribute on the wifi connection range and strength vs other phones?
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Nope, as it's excellent, just like most phones today.
If someone have an issue it's due to their ISP/router etc. like @ndonkersloot, not the device.

No problems. Better than the Huawei V10.

Poor
My Mi 8 has a poor signal, I had a Mi 5 and the strength it's better, like @ndonkersloot I have the same issues

I just tried to disable the data, then I connected to the WIFI at home and I activated the Hotspot. Then I connected to hotspot with an old simless smartphone and was able to surf the internet. Virtually the Mi 8 global with MIUI 10 stable function as WIFI extender. Stefano from Italy.

Average at best. I have noticed it suffers from some of the issues that older iPhones had due to antenna placement. When you hold the phone horizontally (landscape), poor connections take a huge hit.

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My router is placed on the first floor and I have trouble getting stable WiFi connection at ground floor, especially my kitchen, which is at the rear.
I am surprised nobody mentioning this. The XZ2 has the worst WiFi reception among phones I have used recently (P10, Redmi5A, Samsung S8, OP5T). Yes, it is even worse than the budget Redmi 5A! I am on .265 firmware.
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My router is placed on the first floor and I have trouble getting stable WiFi connection at ground floor, especially my kitchen, which is at the rear.
I am surprised nobody mentioning this. The XZ2 has the worst WiFi reception among phones I have used recently (P10, Redmi5A, Samsung S8, OP5T). Yes, it is even worse than the budget Redmi 5A! I am on .265 firmware.[/I never had any wifi issue. I got the international 6gb version. .
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Rate this thread to express how you think the Asus Zenfone 5V'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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WiFi signal strength is noticeably weaker than Galaxy S7.
Connection drops from time to time.
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Wifi signals are weaker compared to even other midrange phones.
I also confirm same. WiFi singal is not only weaker but weakest. AZF5Z India version.
Same spot at hotel room, my zenfone 5z get poor signal (1 wifi bar) but redmi 5 plus can get good signal (4 wifi bar).
Just bought this phone and I regret it.
Can it be rectified through an OTA update? Or is it a hardware issue?
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Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi Pad 4'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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Hi guys, I'm experiencing wifi connection dropouts on the newly bought device.
The rest gadgets of my household behaving fine. How do I research for the possible solution?
What version of rom do You have. Did You try to update to this version: clover_images_V9.6.23.0.ODJCNFD_20180802.0000.00_8.1_cn_041a06af04.tgz
9.6.26 out today
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My MI Pad 4 is running Mokee by default, i bought it from Ali Express.
I'm to sure how to switch to MIUI, or should I?
Running on Miui 10 weekly beta from xiaomi.eu, I don't have these problems. My wifi is stable, although the range is a bit smaller than that of my Mi Note 3 - still excellent, but noticably different.

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Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi Note 10'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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Is anyone experiencing low wifi strength when playing games (covering the wifi band instead of covering the speaker) ? Overall wifi strength is good but if you accidentally cover it while watching videos or something it slows down connection real bad.
(I'm on Xiaomi.eu 11.0.7)
stavrakas2007 said:
Is anyone experiencing low wifi strength when playing games (covering the wifi band instead of covering the speaker) ? Overall wifi strength is good but if you accidentally cover it while watching videos or something it slows down connection real bad.
(I'm on Xiaomi.eu 11.0.7)
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All the 2019 xiaomi's suffer from low quality wifi connection ( i had note 8, note 8 pro, mi9SE and now mi note 10 ) and all are capped at ridicolous 96mbs on 2.4ghz while with others ( huawei's best ) in the same spot i have 400mbs.
My mi note 10 it's even bested by lower tier xiaomi's ( i have a redmi note 5 pro to compare ) regularly loose wifi connection in some spot and it's not auto reconnecting.
You cant have 400 mb connection on 2.4 GHz band . This is a lot over 2.4 can do. either IT was on 5ghz or GSM accelerated
So so
With different modems and qnc, you get different connection speed.
sigma119 said:
You cant have 400 mb connection on 2.4 GHz band . This is a lot over 2.4 can do. either IT was on 5ghz or GSM accelerated
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I have a netgear r7800 that can do theorical 800mbs on 2.4ghz, max i see at 20mhz channel is 400. With huawei nova5t i see 400, with this phone like i said max was 96 only, i flashed cc9pro rom (xiaomi eu) and now magically is showing 200.

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Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy A71'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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No different to my S10 S10 plus or any other Samsung I've owned.
Perfect wifi throughout
Worst wifi receiver I've ever used
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I decided to change after decades and bought an A71.
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Very bad thing. Also thinking that if it is so poor receptabling for my safeness, while I'm in the same little space together with people with more dangerous devices I even do risk my health..
In few words: I do not appreciate this from Samsung.
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it's because high end device have 2x2 WiFi (2 antennas) so the theoretical speed will be double (on 5ghz 867Mbps vs 433Mbps). mid range and cheap phones only have 1 antenna

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