Galaxy Nexus' true reception

I had to bring my gnex back for exactly that reason. My bionic and my girls rezound get 3 bars of 3g at my house... kinda a fringe 3g area... got my gnex. Was so pumped. Get to my house.. 1 or 0 bars... sometimes no 3g at all. Needless to say I was very dissapointed... and went back to my moto. Shrug ...moto just needs to unlocked this phone so i can have the best of both worlds.

 

I've noticed this too. At work, my OGD never got data and barely got voice... and that was largely dependant on the weather and where I was in the building. Almost every call was dropped. With my nexus, I have 4g fast enough to stream 720p youtube videos and haven't had a dropped call yet(at least, not from my end)

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Didn't they say that its not a reception issue but the indicator shows the wrong amount of bars. Cause to be honest I'm not understanding these reception issues. The only issue I have with my phone is it takes 3 hours to charge. And if I take it off the charger early it loses a lot of battery in a short time.

My complains end there though. GPS has been great (better than tb). Reception no problem. Best display on the market by far. Smooth. It has a million options. Its a nexus! Can't emphasize how great it feels to finally say I own a true android.

This phone is the best all around phone in the market. Just because of the fact that its a nexus we will get all updates before anybody else will.

 

I get all sorts of signal readings (it's in a state of constant fluctuation) but I always have fast 4G. I stopped paying attention to signal strength now unless I travel. Even then I've never dropped anything.

 

The reason folks blow that off is because it is absurd, and was meant to trick people who lack knowledge.

Those with knowledge are comparing the GNex signal, in dbm, to other devices in the same location.

It has not been a deal killer for me, but is contributing to dissatisfaction for me. I hope it is/can be addressed soon because I really want to keep the GNex.

 

Nah.. i was droping calls.. getting no network found messages.. while my bionic would pull 2100kbps... i was left no choice.

 

The amount of bars doesn't mean anything so you can't go by that. You need to check the actual signal strength under settings -> about phone -> status.

I primarily keep my Gnex in 3G mode for battery life reasons...last night, I had my wife's Droid 3 in one hand and my GNex in the other.

My wife's D3 was bouncing between -94 and -95 dbm's but showing full bars.

My Gnex was showing a solid -93 dBm but only showing 2 bars.

My Gnex was getting a better signal despite the fact the number of bars were less. The amount of bars shown based on signal strength is at the discretion of the manufacturer. Obviously, Moto's definition of excellent reception is different than Samsung's.

So you can really gauge by simply looking at the number of bars.