Hey Guys
I was wondering. Is the bad wifi signal strength on the HTC legend unfixable ?
I am currently standing 5 meters away from my Wireless router and only getting "good" sometimes "fair" reception when i got 2 meters to the left and into my kitchen whereas with my laptop I can go out into the yard of my appartment complex and still get "good" reception - out there the legend can't even pick op the signal.
I'm running CM 7.0.3.
(And also has problems with getting a gps fix even when lots of satellites. And overly exposed flash photos - but that's another story - maybe these will be fixed in the next CM)
Have you tried different radios?
As far as I have been told the radio firmware is for the GPS since the WIFI is on a separate chip ?
But have tried several deffirent radios to try to fix the GPS issue I also have without any luck.
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Hello everyone,
I own a Samsung Galaxy S2 and a HTC Desire HD. I am absolutely thrilled with so many things on the SGS2 but lately I've found that the wireless signal strength on my HTC Desire HD seems to be a lot stronger than my SGS2.
I've checked this holding both phones in the exact same spot connecting to the same router and found that the bars on the HTC always seem higher than the SGS2.
Thinking it just might have something to do with the way the phones were displaying the strength - I placed both phones in one location and found that the HTC was streaming music seamlessly but the SGS2 was losing signal strength and had to keep rebuffering and in some cases lost signal completely and I had to walk back to a strong spot and restart the wifi on the phone for it to pick up again.
Has anyone else been facing these issues?
Both phones are running Android 2.3.3 - is there any fix out there for it? I remember reading somewhere that this had to with Gingerbread on Samsung as this problem was faced earlier on the Samsung but after updating to Gingerbread the problem reappeared.
Anyone know if there's any fix for this to boost signal strength?
Much thanks in advance for any help offered.
-AndroidFreud.
Signal strength or inaccurate bars use tool to measure signal strength is the only measure of the wifi .
http://www.appbrain.com/app/wifi-analyzer/com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
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Thanks for the quick response - I will try that out.
But what I'm finding is the the current default wi-fi bars on both handsets seem accurate.
Holding the SGS2 and the HTC DHD in the exact same spot & streaming music from Winamp - the HTC plays the music uninterrupted whereas the SGS2 keeps losing the connection and has to buffer again.
I had seen some earlier threads that this was a problem on the SGS as well but it was fixed later. And then the Gingerbread update came out and the problem was back again.
Is this the case for anyone else. Seeing as they fixed it before is anyone aware of a fix for this to boost the wi-fi signal reception?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
-AndroidFreud.
hello, as the topic suggest my galaxy s 2 's WiFi is PRETTY weak.. i hv goggled and found many suffer from this problem, but i couldn't find any solution. i was hoping someone over here could guide me to some script or update to fix this..
i noticed this problem when i step out of my room bars go down to 2.. and if i go little further with galaxy s 2 then no signal, my iphone 3gs and laptop catches signal fine at distance..i have tired routers at different location's, for example my friends house, in university, so problem definitely is in galaxys2.. it may it requires some other kernel or modded stock kernal.. i dont know..
btw i was on stock ROM same problem existed there, now i am Cyanogen Mod 7.1(2.3.7) and its here too..
please let me know what more could i add that might help you guys here figure out a solution.
thanks
Well, the wifi is not the strongest ever seen but i can use it outside my house (for about 10-15 meters away) without problems
Inside the house i have full/almost full signal in every room (on every rom tbh)
So yes, it's not strong but at my eyes, looks like yours is even weak than normal
mine also has a weaker signal than my other devices. However, I ran speedtest on all of them and the galaxy s2 has the same download and upload speed as the others. This is in spite of having zero or one out of three bars. I read in another forum that the wifi signal indicator of the galaxy s2 just shows a more accurate signal strength and the others just increase the indicators to make you believe that it has a strong signal. :-D
Maybe your router wifi transmitter is weak. Also you could try a different wifi channel on your router.
Same issues here
I just got GSII from sprint and i still have my other 2 EVOs and i loose wifi signal when i go downstairs or other rooms while my EVOs get nearly full bars and speed.I never remember having any wifi issues with my EVOs.I also have the same no or weak wifi issues at work while no other phones at work have such wifi signal problem.any suggestions...?
One thing I tried which helped a little was download 'WiFi Alanlytics' from the market and select your SSID and it will advice which is the 'Best' channel strength for your router.
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Hi i have same problem with poor signal.Any solution for this !? Try connect with 5 different router same stuff....flash with many different roms and no results any ideas ?
Sparksltd said:
Maybe your router wifi transmitter is weak. Also you could try a different wifi channel on your router.
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I agree completely, but another thing you should keep in mind is which modem is the best for you, i went though and tested 20 modems and ended up with LP6 which give me good range, speed, and battery, i suggest you test different modem types
Use THIS app to check, is highly accurate
another thing worth mentioning is that i recall once reading that all kernels will not be compatible with all modem types, I use Siyah kernel, GT i9100T, and BULP6 modem
hope that helps
Zamrock said:
I agree completely, but another thing you should keep in mind is which modem is the best for you, i went though and tested 20 modems and ended up with LP6 which give me good range, speed, and battery, i suggest you test different modem types
Use THIS app to check, is highly accurate
another thing worth mentioning is that i recall once reading that all kernels will not be compatible with all modem types, I use Siyah kernel, GT i9100T, and BULP6 modem
hope that helps
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*Modem/Radio/Baseband is all the same thing and can be seen by going to Settings - About Phone - Baseband. It's basically a driver which receives and sends Mobile Network signals as well as handling switching between GPRS, 3G, HSDPA etc....... (but not WiFi connection, that and switchover between Mobile Network and WiFi is handled by the kernel).
Whilst you are absolutely correct in saying modem has nothing to do wifi whatsoever, why revive a two month old thread ?
So almost after 3 weeks of getting the TS I decided to put in my AT&T SIM. I was reluctant to use that tiny bastard screw driver but I did it anyways. I have noticed that the network signal strength of my watch is almost non-existant. It will get cellphone signal at only certain place. With the same sim card on my phone (Nexus 5), I get good cell reception.
How are others doing in this department? How's the cellphone signal? Is there anything I can do to improve the mobile network signal. Currently I am on stock with Loki's security patch.
I am not sure if this is a hardware issue or software issue. I remember someone opening the TS and checking the antenna. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Some information on my TS -
North American 1/8
Stock ROM with Loki's patch.
Ok here is my observation:
I could not get signal inside my office, home and costco
I did get signal once I get out of my office - full signal bars with H+. I made a short trip from office to costco and home and back to office. It was able to get signals when I was driving but in some areas where I used to get 2-3 bars in my phone, TS did not pick at any signal at all. So mobile network signal is working but it is pretty weak compared to my phone.
May be it needs some tune up
i have the same problem,the signal is low and TS really has a hard time to find one,if its lost
can we do something about this ?
I opened mine just to have a look and found one of the connectors lose, took a bit of fiddling to get it back on but my network signal seems as good as my note3.
I don't know why, but after installing this app.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.misonicon.signalbooster3g4g
The signal works perfectly, I didn't believe in this apps but now I don't know what to say
At least it works
Mobile frequency fluctuates on my end too, made sure APN settings are listed exactly like they say here on the forums, maybe I should change to another GSM 3G SIM card?
I know this question has been asked a lot of times, but I just want to know if this is a hardware problem that will always be here, or if this is a software bug.
My WiFi signal strength is full if I'm directly next to my router. For every step I take, I loose 1 stripe. So if I'm 5-6 meters awy from ym router, I don't have a signal at all. This is not my router, I've tested it with 2 other routers and a number of AP on campus - all the same problem.
I have the latest CM 11 spyder nightly build, I tried to disbale 5GHz (without any luck). My "Avoid poor connections" is obviously disabled. I deleted everything in data/misc/WiFi and also tried running wifical.sh without any improvements.
Does anyone know why this happens? Is there and fix/patch for this?
I am also having this same problem.
Find a fix yet?
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Hi,
I found a way to fix it, days ago I changed the loud speaker of my xt916 , and after this my signal of wireless don't pass one bar, so I open him again and forced the two contacts beside the speaker to take a higher and lean better in the antenna's contact. After this my wirelles take the 3-4 bars as well.
Sorry about the English, i'm learning.
Hi,
Ive just got my P9000 Lite and the wifi reception is terrible compared to my HTC One M7, even when Im sat 3m away in the same room as the router I dont get 100% reception, its the same on both of my routers
Ive installed wifi analyser app on both phones and these are the results
................................P9000..................................HTC One
Upstairs...........-50 to -60dBm............-25 to -35 dBm
Down.................-70 to -80dBm.............-50 to -60 dBm
Build: 20160318
It is not rooted, I read that since the previous update it cant be rooted anyway
I have found an update on the Elephone forum but I have to flash it, if I go to wireless update it says I am upto date.
Is anyone else experiencing poor wifi reception?
slippyjim said:
Hi,
Ive just got my P9000 Lite and the wifi reception is terrible compared to my HTC One M7, even when Im sat 3m away in the same room as the router I dont get 100% reception, its the same on both of my routers
Ive installed wifi analyser app on both phones and these are the results
................................P9000..................................HTC One
Upstairs...........-50 to -60dBm............-25 to -35 dBm
Down.................-70 to -80dBm.............-50 to -60 dBm
Build: 20160318
It is not rooted, I read that since the previous update it cant be rooted anyway
I have found an update on the Elephone forum but I have to flash it, if I go to wireless update it says I am upto date.
Is anyone else experiencing poor wifi reception?
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Actually i have good wifi signal, not the best indeed, but I would rate it 4/5 and it is still rootable ofc, my is rooted and I am on latest update
That's normal, just flash it, I flashed it also. I think the new one supports OTA, I didn't received OTA also out of the box
Yeah on the full version the wifi is terrible too. That turbo download wifi and network combo does nothing either. I've gone back to my huawei. As the 4g signal is a joke too. So disappointed in this phone. Not worth the hassle sending it back to China.
I guess it heavily depends from which charge your phone is and who is your network operator. I have the p9000 and none of this problems
My 4G isnt great either, often drops down to 3G where before my HTC One had 4G and even then on 3G often briefly loses the signal.
They must have put the antennas in a really stupid position inside the phone