Reception? - Moto X Q&A

So, one thing that grabbed my interest was the mention of dual antennas, etc for the Moto X. I'm a Verizon customer, and reception in my area is spotty, at best...so I'd put reception as the most important spec I can look for in a phone...but reviewers NEVER speak to reception in their reviews...which I find frustrating.
Has anyone heard anything, or experienced anything, as far as that goes? I have a GS3 right now...and on TW it's ok...but I'd like something more...
Anyway,
Thanks!
damon

Not sure about dual antennas but Motorola has always had better radios than Samsung. One reason I cant wait to get back into a MOTO device.

I always found HTC radios and GPS to be very strong. I wonder how Motorola compares.

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I always found HTC radios and GPS to be very strong. I wonder how Motorola compares.
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I have an HTC ONE S I bought used a few months ago. Last weekend I got the first real test of it's reception when on vacation up North. My girlfriend's Iphone4s and my sisters GS3 are all on the same HSPA network (Telus/Bell). Inside the cottage the Galaxy S3 had absolutely no reception at all at any time. The One S and IP4S were both about equal having times of no service and times of 1-2 bars depending on where we sat the phone. They both went from 3g to H+ back and forth and could both just barely load webpages and facebook and send/receive text messages.
Previously I've had the Desire HD and Nexus One both of which I didn't have a problem with reception. I also tried a Desire Z but sold it, it had horrible reception and I didn't like the keyboard/feel of it.
I've yet to have a Motorola smartphone but hope that will change eventually.

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I have a Moto X on Verizon & also one on AT&T. I have found that both of them do not get very good reception. I live in a high signal area for both Carriers. When I talk on the X people always say they can't hear me good & that I am breaking up. I have not had this problem with other phones in my home area. I love the phone but can not keep it because the reception is sub-par. Motorola phones use to always have good reception but since Google bought the handset division I can only assume they changed something?

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I have a Moto X on Verizon & also one on AT&T. I have found that both of them do not get very good reception. I live in a high signal area for both Carriers. When I talk on the X people always say they can't hear me good & that I am breaking up. I have not had this problem with other phones in my home area. I love the phone but can not keep it because the reception is sub-par. Motorola phones use to always have good reception but since Google bought the handset division I can only assume they changed something?
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Not sure if trolling. This phone has the most awesome reception of any I've used and I've used a many.
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I just traded the Droid Maxx in for the Moto X and I just got off a call where I was told I was breaking up and she couldn't hear me. I didn't have that problem with the maxx. I also noticed every time I restart the phone it takes a long time for the Sim card to get recognized. I'm not sure what's up but if it keeps it up I will have to see what Verizon says.
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I just traded the Droid Maxx in for the Moto X and I just got off a call where I was told I was breaking up and she couldn't hear me. I didn't have that problem with the maxx. I also noticed every time I restart the phone it takes a long time for the Sim card to get recognized. I'm not sure what's up but if it keeps it up I will have to see what Verizon says.
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Yeah I've noticed that it doesn't detect the SIM right away. My Gnex never had that issue.
So either it's a permanent thing, or new code will fix it.

The radio is awesome... I get two bars of 4g at work and home now where I used to get 0 bars...
The GPS seems good... Locks faster then any phone I've used before.

I live three blocks from ATT HQ and my Vivid had crap reception but it's pretty good with X

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Not sure if trolling. This phone has the most awesome reception of any I've used and I've used a many.
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not sure if trolling? you've used "many"? for serious, don't be that guy...

I just got the Moto X from Bestbuy yesterday and already have had many people tell me I'm breaking up. This really blows. Is this fixable with a firmware update.
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I just got the Moto X from Bestbuy yesterday and already have had many people tell me I'm breaking up. This really blows. Is this fixable with a firmware update.
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Idk man but I just got off the phone with my girl and she constantly kept telling me I was breaking up. I went to Verizon today and they swapped my sim but that didn't seem to work.
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Weird thing is I had full bars of LTE and she was still saying I was breaking up. I hope this can be fixed because besides that issue I really love this phone. Even more than the HTC One that I had.
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I'm thinking about picking up the phone today. Is it really a good phone because I want to move to Android permanently as my daily driver. I use a Note 2 for business.
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The radio is awesome... I get two bars of 4g at work and home now where I used to get 0 bars...
The GPS seems good... Locks faster then any phone I've used before.
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I live in North NJ and previously had a VZW Galaxy Nexus that would regularly cut out during the same stretch of my daily commute to/from work. It would go to 0 bars of 4G/3G and maybe pickup a little 1X. On my VZW Moto X, I now see 2 bars of 4G over that same stretch. So far, I've noticed better reception.
I can't comment on the GPS just yet as I haven't really user that.

I have had this same problem on att it's something with the mic on the phone because it would work fine on bluetooth and with a headset. I have gotten a replacement phone and have not had the problem since but am watching it closely.
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Happening again on my replacement phone. Ugggh it's annoy now I feel like all calls are compromised.
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Happening again on my replacement phone. Ugggh it's annoy now I feel like all calls are compromised.
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I've been deciding whether or not to switch to the moto x from my HTC One and it seems like the poor call quality is quite common.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-x/312820-voice-cutting-out-other-end-call.html
Seems like it has something to do with the noise cancellation.

Hm, so, but i dont know, how i can help you.

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3G drop.

My first full day at work today and my bionic kept dropping 3g service all day.
I came from the thunderbolt and never had that issue.
I hope this was just a fluke.
I've also had 3 calls go straight to Voice mail at home. My phone never rang.
I hope this isn't a habit. I've already sold my bolt.
Anyone have these issues?
If I have to take it back, I'm not sure what phone to go to.
I picked it up last Friday. Got a little time left.
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I've read a few are having 3G connectivity issues. Why not try another Bionic and see if it solves your issue? If not I would move to different phone then
Sorry I posted in the wrong section.
Please move to the general section.
I might take it back tomorrow. See how it acts.
Problem is, what phone to switch too if this one doesn't work out.
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Could be phone or service area or a combination of both im from chicago no issues here
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yohimbe35 said:
Sorry I posted in the wrong section.
Please move to the general section.
I might take it back tomorrow. See how it acts.
Problem is, what phone to switch too if this one doesn't work out.
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Wait a month and see what the HTC Vigor has in store. Droid HD might be on the horizon in time for the holiday season for big red? Or wait longer (who knows how long maybe even next year) for the Prime. Or wait till spring 2012 they'll be even faster phones out. round and round you go
Try disabling LTE. I had this issue, until I disabled LTE. What I am basically seeing, is that LTE is coming to my area, and something is getting picked up.
Or it is just 3G being a problem.
Settings -> Wireless & network settings -> Mobile networks -> Network Mode -> CDMA Only.
I had it set that way when it happened. I actually switched it back to see what would happen.
I'll see what happens tomorrow. I hope it was just a network issue for the day.
I can't be turning the phone on and off all day just to get 3g.
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Also, try a wipe before you do end up returning it. That resolved the same type of issue I had on my DX1.
Well it's happening again today. 3g drops and then I have to restart my phone.
How do you do a wipe?
I've already did a battery pull.
I switched to 3G only. Still drops.
Any ideas?
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I havnt lost 3g or 4g what i think you might be talking about is: 3g is dropping when the bionic is actually on a call. So no internet when your making a call. what Ive also noticed is that if I'm in a 4g area I will get a 4g connection when im on a call, But it goes in and out. I suspect on the update that comes out or a leak it will be fixed. I'm sure it will be fixed quick being its a major issue/problem. If you think back I bet you just got off a call when you noticed the 3g has dropped. I was on a call for a couple hours last night and my 3g wasnt coming back so i did a reboot and she came back. Small little issue that im sure will be fixed soon. Thats the only problem ive had with the phone, The Bionic is 5o times better the the Tbolt and thanx the cell gods im away from HTC Sense.
No, I wasn't on a call. I just turned it on and there was no 3G. Woke it from a sleep, not totally off.
Yesterday it happened 4 times.
Only once since 5AM today.
Maybe it's getting better.
Lol
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Which battery saver mode are you in? I've had some issues with anything but "performance" mode that might or might not be directly correlated to my mobile connectivity issues. Check and see
I've been on performance since I got the phone.
Only one drop so far today.
I hope it continues to get better.
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I havnt lost 3g or 4g what i think you might be talking about is: 3g is dropping when the bionic is actually on a call. So no internet when your making a call. what Ive also noticed is that if I'm in a 4g area I will get a 4g connection when im on a call, But it goes in and out. I suspect on the update that comes out or a leak it will be fixed. I'm sure it will be fixed quick being its a major issue/problem. If you think back I bet you just got off a call when you noticed the 3g has dropped. I was on a call for a couple hours last night and my 3g wasnt coming back so i did a reboot and she came back. Small little issue that im sure will be fixed soon. Thats the only problem ive had with the phone, The Bionic is 5o times better the the Tbolt and thanx the cell gods im away from HTC Sense.
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Correction - My friend just told me that Verizon does not have date on a call. Two things though, I could have sworn that I had data on a call with my Tbolt. Also If ur in a 4g area I noticed that you will get data its just will go off and on.
The thunderbolt is capable of simultaneous voice and data, even on 3G, but the bionic is not.
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I am also having this problem. If Motorola still used vanilla android this wouldn't be an issue. I hate when manufacturers feel it necessary to fix something that isn't broke. I am sad to see how many people are experiencing this problem because if it was isolated to my phone and a few others then a warranty replacement would do the trick. I now feel like I wasted 380 on phone and accessories. I placed a call to Verizon tech support and their as clueless as usual. I hope an update is released soon that fixes this issue (or a custom rom). I remain hopeful that we start seeing good things on our Motorola devices now that google owns moto.
NOTE: I wish people would start reading through existing threads before starting new ones. I started a thread to this effect back on day 3. Several others have started threads to this effect as well. I think there are now 4 or 5 on this very same subject.
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I am also having this problem. If Motorola still used vanilla android this wouldn't be an issue. I hate when manufacturers feel it necessary to fix something that isn't broke. I am sad to see how many people are experiencing this problem because if it was isolated to my phone and a few others then a warranty replacement would do the trick. I now feel like I wasted 380 on phone and accessories. I placed a call to Verizon tech support and their as clueless as usual. I hope an update is released soon that fixes this issue (or a custom rom). I remain hopeful that we start seeing good things on our Motorola devices now that google owns moto.
NOTE: I wish people would start reading through existing threads before starting new ones. I started a thread to this effect back on day 3. Several others have started threads to this effect as well. I think there are now 4 or 5 on this very same subject.
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And I've read them all! Lol :-/
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My first full day at work today and my bionic kept dropping 3g service all day.
I came from the thunderbolt and never had that issue.
I hope this was just a fluke.
I've also had 3 calls go straight to Voice mail at home. My phone never rang.
I hope this isn't a habit. I've already sold my bolt.
Anyone have these issues?
If I have to take it back, I'm not sure what phone to go to.
I picked it up last Friday. Got a little time left.
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Hey I had a connection problem that seems to have been resolved by going to settings then battery, then change the powersave options to performance. See if it helps.
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also having data drop about 5 to 6 times a day
Agreed my 3G has dropped several times in a day will experiment once I get back into my regular area.
Right now I am in a rural town of Lovell Wyoming once I get to SLC I will try again.
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Anyone been able to get a different phone from Verizon for data/signal issues?

I've been having so many issues w/ data and signal, im just wondering if I put enough pressure is there any way I could get Verizon to give me a different phone?
My phone is close to unusable how often I don't have signal and im just really tired of it..
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Well the update from Moto is suppose to fix this issues, so Verizon may make you wait til you receive the update before looking into swapping a phone for you.
The Restart Connections app from the market doesn't work for you? It works for me about 90% of the time when I lose my signal. Rarely I will have to reboot to get signal back.
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Well the update from Moto is suppose to fix this issues, so Verizon may make you wait til you receive the update before looking into swapping a phone for you.
The Restart Connections app from the market doesn't work for you? It works for me about 90% of the time when I lose my signal. Rarely I will have to reboot to get signal back.
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I haven't tried that, ill try it but they promised me an update by early nov, and they've given me already 2 months of free service. I dont care about getting free service id rather pay instead of the hassle... I was just thinking they might since there highest level of support saying it was a known issue they were responsible for and had moto working on an update. Sucks I paid full retail on launch day and have only had problems..
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I take it you can only complain to Verizon if you bought the device from them.
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Yea Verizon definitely knows of the problems. Its common. Verizon will eventually offer you a new phone but it may not be something you want. If the problem isn't fixed after the update and they persist they will probably offer some better replacements.
I don't really have a big problem with connection but it is there. Some days it doesn't happen at all. Someone on another forum said they received an update from Moto already, so hopefully they start rolling out soon.
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I take it you can only complain to Verizon if you bought the device from them.
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I bought mine from best buy lol..
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Verizon told me they started rolling the update dec 1st in batches..
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I actually have a new one arriving today. My data loss is horrible. It will show full bars (3g and 4g) but the second I go to do something the data will drop. Extremely frustrating and annoying. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a refurb but if it holds data better I'm ok.
EDIT: Just wanted to add that is the FIRST time I've ever done a warranty replacement in 6 years with Verizon. Wasn't terribly difficult...
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I actually have a new one arriving today. My data loss is horrible. It will show full bars (3g and 4g) but the second I go to do something the data will drop. Extremely frustrating and annoying. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a refurb but if it holds data better I'm ok.
EDIT: Just wanted to add that is the FIRST time I've ever done a warranty replacement in 6 years with Verizon. Wasn't terribly difficult...
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If you just got another Bionic, your problems aren't going to go away. I got my warranty replacement last week; same issues.
They did offer me a new phone; anything but the Razr. Considering I not only bought the phone at launch, but bought a couple hundred dollars in accessories...I want the phone to work as advertised; not a new phone.
Well the week before Thanksgiving I was actually sucessful of having the store giving me an actual off the floor replacement. Up until that time I have taken my phone into 4 different corporate stores in and around Cincinnati and each time The associate looked at the phone and just ordered their "certified like new" replacement shipped to my home. Now I want you all to know these "certified" units were nothing more than returns to VZW from others that are experiencing the same thing. I went out of my way to take the phone into the closest store when I experienced either the loss of data or the BSOD situation.
This time I tried something different which got me a brand new phone..not sure what pushed them over the edge though....On the 23rd of November I got the dead BSOD and immediately took the phone back to the origional store which I purchased it on the 12th of September and cornered my origional salesperson explaining that I have had four replacements...I sternly request for him to correct this problem WITHOUT pulling the battery....The store was moderately heavy with customers who had a ear tuned to my complaint. He was insistant that he had to pull the battery after plugging in a charger...I loudly told him to stop and demanded for customer service to be put on the line because I insisted pulling the battery was going to do nothing more than set me up with a return trip. He told me that all customer service was going to do is issue out another "certified" unit...Loudly I protested that this has to come to an end because all of the screen protectors he had sold me during the origional purchase are now gone and the battery life is degrading fast due to the constantly seeking for data problem. Everybody knows VZW does not ship a new battery or battery door with these "certified" units ( of course). As I would not budge on the "certified" route because my battery and battery door was showing signs of premature wear...the manager stepped in and allowed me to turn in my unit for another right out of the box...printed out a receipt for the return full price and then gave me a new receipt with the same price but with the november date. He told the associate to mark the unit defective screen out of box. Now he didnt allow me to have the new battery or door BUT I got a new unit which I am happy to report has not had a hiccup since...knock on wood. BUT BE FOR WARNED...if you are sucessful at getting a off the floor exchange...check your account because the billing dept of VZW thinks this is a upgrade and will sneak a updated contract date in on your account....It took two calls into customer service to explain to them this was not an upgrade and after they tell you that it has been noted....TAKE THE TIME to check online your contract date is put back to the origional date.
After a little bit of work I am a happy Bionic VZW customer
Have you guys tried the SIM pull trick? My Bionic has not had a data problem since. I did this over a month ago.
1) turn off Bionic and pull SIM
2) power on the bionic and open phone. It will state the SIM is missing.
3)turn off the Bionic and insert SIM
You will need a pair of fine tweezers for this.
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This won't help if you need the 4G throughput (for hotspot, etc), but my data connection is rock solid on the go if i choose CDMA Only mode under Mobile Networks.
I've taken to changing to LTE Only mode in the field testing interface (##PROGRAM) when I need to use LTE throughput for hotspot, and that, too, is rock solid. The problem seems to occur for me only when it's switching between CDMA and LTE.
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Have you guys tried the SIM pull trick? My Bionic has not had a data problem since. I did this over a month ago.
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Pulling the SIM did nothing for me, unfortunately. I'd demand a new (and different) phone, but I spent about $150 on accessories and don't want to unload those for pennies on FleaBay.
Its all 4g phones. If u want reliable service. Switch back to a 3g only device. After 3 Droid charges, Verizon sent me this bionic. .. still having issues. Just gotta get use to it
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Its all 4g phones. If u want reliable service. Switch back to a 3g only device. After 3 Droid charges, Verizon sent me this bionic. .. still having issues. Just gotta get use to it
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False....tbolt for me has never data dropped since being on actual gingerbread radios. Bionic? Even running the leak data dropped like none other.
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Pulling Sim worked at first but its gotten so bad it doesn't work as well anymore. I tried to get vzw to give me a diff phone but they wouldn't budge only offer me a refurb which I don't want after paying 700 full retail plus 150 in accessories.
And no not all 4g, my thunderbolt never gave me connectivity issues..
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I've had them all minus the revolution, my wife has my old tbolt now, granted her data drops are extremely Rare.....when they do happen, it takes a while to switch the radio back on
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Verizon told me they started rolling the update dec 1st in batches..
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Can any confirm this? Anyone get it?
Turning off lte helped me. I have too reboot maybe every third day or so now to get back dropped data.every it was 4 or so times a day
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I've taken to changing to LTE Only mode in the field testing interface (##PROGRAM) when I need to use LTE throughput for hotspot, and that, too, is rock solid. The problem seems to occur for me only when it's switching between CDMA and LTE.
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what's the "SPC password"?
thanks

Nexus4 Great Disappointment

From day one I had dropped calls, sometimes as many as five in the same 10 minute call ! Considering that my previous phone never dropped calls at my location, I was immediately suspicious. Did the required checks with TMO regarding towers and reception. They sent a replacement phone. Dropped calls were actually worse on the replacement phone. TMO declined any further action, suggesting I should call LG. LG stated categorically that they had no reports of any problems like what I was having.
So I have been forced to return the phone for full credit, reversing the required two year contract and I am back on my trusty Vibrant.
Don't know what I will do now. Unbelievable. Selling phones that don't work as phones.
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From day one I had dropped calls, sometimes as many as five in the same 10 minute call ! Considering that my previous phone never dropped calls at my location, I was immediately suspicious. Did the required checks with TMO regarding towers and reception. They sent a replacement phone. Dropped calls were actually worse on the replacement phone. TMO declined any further action, suggesting I should call LG. LG stated categorically that they had no reports of any problems like what I was having.
So I have been forced to return the phone for full credit, reversing the required two year contract and I am back on my trusty Vibrant.
Don't know what I will do now. Unbelievable. Selling phones that don't work as phones.
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No problems here. Running Simple Mobile(Tmobile) in the Dallas area.
Very happy with mine!
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No problems here. Running Simple Mobile(Tmobile) in the Dallas area.
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Good to know that T-Mobile service is good in Dallas, I'll be moving there next month. How's data coverage and speeds?
rderoko said:
From day one I had dropped calls, sometimes as many as five in the same 10 minute call ! Considering that my previous phone never dropped calls at my location, I was immediately suspicious. Did the required checks with TMO regarding towers and reception. They sent a replacement phone. Dropped calls were actually worse on the replacement phone. TMO declined any further action, suggesting I should call LG. LG stated categorically that they had no reports of any problems like what I was having.
So I have been forced to return the phone for full credit, reversing the required two year contract and I am back on my trusty Vibrant.
Don't know what I will do now. Unbelievable. Selling phones that don't work as phones.
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Believe it or not, the I9000 is a solid phone. My Bell Canada Vibrant is still kicking ass with latest 4.2.1 nightlies from the CM team. My daily driver is the Nexus 4 these days. Stock from Google, just boot loader unlocked and rooted. Too bad it didn't work out for you.
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LG stated categorically that they had no reports of any problems like what I was having.
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Unbelievable. Selling phones that don't work as phones.
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So ONLY YOU out of thousands of phones sold have the problem, and yet you accuse them of creating a phone that doesn't work? Narcissistic much?
ive made hundreds of calls with this phone, only like 1 dropped call and i think that might have been on their end. im in a good service area but this phone seems especially good reception wise because i have made calls in spotty coverage areas and they have been great. LG wasnt lying when they said that they dont know of this issue
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Good to know that T-Mobile service is good in Dallas, I'll be moving there next month. How's data coverage and speeds?
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I live just outside Dallas, I get good coverage, a little shoddy at times inside buildings, but never any real problems. Especially as I get closer in to the populated areas where towers seem to be more frequent/powerful.
There are many things about this phone I am not thrilled with (battery life!) but reception and call reliability is not one of them. It is far better than my previous phone on TMO and better than my work phone (Incredible 2) on Verizon.
Omg. Why with these pointless threads. I'm no developer or such. But my god.....
Its an android phone that has a lot of techno and great performance. Of course it will not be great on battery . a lot of ppl buying this phone seem to think its the ultimate phone .. Either deal with it or buy a Nokia 3310.....
And the screen scratching and breaking its not indestructable ... It'll protect to an extent .
As for the op blaming his phone out of the bucket load sold.I've not heard of 1 instance (I work in a phone shop ) ... I've had mine since day 1 along with a work colleague.
We both have no yellow tint issue.
No random cracks (that just happen) .
No speaker or mic issue.
I rooted mine straight out the box and running faux kernel and aokp ROM . battery I have just seen my best yet at 2 days and 14 hours.....
Use on WiFi all the time. Moderate net browsing. Ebay.mail. few hundred texts. 25 mins of calls.....
I can't understand why ppl post bad things that effects all new phones, but yet there's threads and threads of this and that. .... Its a phone ...
Op I know you proberly mean well but its just constant now . I use to come on here a lot to see how development and cool new things and new info are in progress. All I see now is
Threads about
This issue .that issue. Oh my screen randomly broke.battery's terrible. Screen is not gorilla glass as it has a scratch.
Any way all the best what ever phone you decide next .
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You mean you actually dialed a number? How do you do that on android? I can't remember the last time I did that.
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Hahaha.
Saved.
The only problem I have on my nexus 4 in regards to calls is that sometimes the phone doesn't ring?
I'll dial someone and i'll wait the usual amount of time, but with no ring and all of a sudden a here the person say, "hello".
So the phone is dialing, but there is do ringing? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Weird.
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The only problem I have on my nexus 4 in regards to calls is that sometimes the phone doesn't ring?
I'll dial someone and i'll wait the usual amount of time, but with no ring and all of a sudden a here the person say, "hello".
So the phone is dialing, but there is do ringing? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Weird.
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Isn't that on the carrier's side?
I call bull. T-Mobile sent a replacement nexus 4???? I know they are supposed to start selling them soon. But this would mean you already bought one from T-Mobile. Then used it enough to know it sucked. Then waited for a replacement... So you bought one from T-Mobile before they announced they were selling it? Or you convinced then to give you a replacement just cause?
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I bought the phone online from TMobile in early December. I immediately had dropped calls. Reported it to T mobile and they told me they were going to send a replacement, which also didn't work. I am not sure why you can't follow this simple explanation. Perhaps you should put down the drink, turn off the porn and try reading, you do know how to read don't you ?
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I never said I was the only one. LG implied that I was the only one when I called them. The two phones I got just didn't work. That's all and that is a disappointment. I am glad that many of you have phones that do work. However there are quite a few that don't for various and multiple reasons. I think your hostility is inappropriate and revealing of a projection from your dark side that doesn't,t belong in this forum.
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This is the best phone for me, I'm in Canada
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3G 2G Reception

I've mentioned this in another post but I'm really struggling with this phone in "weak" signal areas. I have weak in quotes because I don't think it's that weak. Whilst everyone is using their phones around me I can't even get a signal. In weak areas where I usually get two bars on the iphone, this phone is showing no signal at all. Even if I get a signal the call quality on the other end is really bad and keeps cutting out.
Is anyone else having any issues? I'm specifically on about 3G and 2G.
Hopefully it's just my phone and an exchange will sort this out... I hope so because I love this phone but I can't cope with a phone that only works in high signal areas!
Thanks
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My phone seems to get better reception than my others.
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ste1164 said:
My phone seems to get better reception than my others.
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Yeah i agree with this, phone service has been second to none, best i've had on a phone in recent memory
I am using a UK version in the USA and I am having exactly the same issues on 3G...
I posted a new thread on this about 20 minutes ago..
I hope someone has a suggestion, or I will have to send it back...
Too bad, I really like the phone.

Crazy bad signal compared to S4 - bad phone?

So long story short, my roommate got my S4 and I got what was supposed to be his One. I was in love with the S4. Great LTE speeds, battery life, screen, etc.
Well now that I'm on the One, I'm finding a HUGE disparity in signal... Without a case, his signal is 10-12dB better than me consistently and his LTE speeds are double mine.
Is it par for the course that the One has a bad signal? I've flashed other radios (surprisingly even the international radios have 1700 band support even though the international models don't support that band) with marginal differences but I'm not impressed... And I've lost phone calls because of it.
Have any of you compared the signal side by side with another device and noticed such a large disparity? With my case on, I get no LTE signal at all. His S4 had a case on the entire time.
This whole thing has been a nightmare but I'm going to be really upset if I have to do a warranty exchange (and thus get a refurb) on a phone we've had since the 11th. :/
Well I have just decided to use WiFi at home and I turned off LTE... Not what I want to spend 579 dollars on but when I'm out of the house, LTE picks up. Sad though. For such a lauded device it certainly gets a terrible signal...
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Sounds like you got a bad radio chip. I have no trouble getting full LTE speeds, and neither do most people.
I was afraid you were going to say that. I'll call the store tomorrow and have him confirm. If he confirms that an S4 and One are about on par in signal I'm sending this One back under buyer's remorse and getting a new one in a month or so.
The the question becomes - can I even return a phone after using HTC Dev? I know how to restore everything but I wonder if I can do that. I've returned phones I did all kinds of things with before but I've never used HTC Dev
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I was afraid you were going to say that. I'll call the store tomorrow and have him confirm. If he confirms that an S4 and One are about on par in signal I'm sending this One back under buyer's remorse and getting a new one in a month or so.
The the question becomes - can I even return a phone after using HTC Dev? I know how to restore everything but I wonder if I can do that. I've returned phones I did all kinds of things with before but I've never used HTC Dev
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Who did you get it from? I can't speak to T-Mo or Sprint, but AT&T is very lenient about warranty exchanges. From what I've seen, as long as you're inside the one year, they don't seem to care if you unlocked.
I don't know how it is with international variants but here in the UK my One has much better signal than my S4 (I9505). At work I have terrible signal so it really shows up bad radios. If I use an iPhone 5 for example it constantly drops to NO SERVICE. The S4 is marginally better but the HTC One, whilst still displaying a low signal strength, is rock solid and never drops to EDGE and/or shows the dreaded circle with a line running through it like the S4.
I can only assume you have a faulty phone.
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Who did you get it from? I can't speak to T-Mo or Sprint, but AT&T is very lenient about warranty exchanges. From what I've seen, as long as you're inside the one year, they don't seem to care if you unlocked.
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I'm with T-Mobile and it would be a return. I just got the phone on the 11th and long story short, didn't start using it until yesterday. I am in the buyer's remorse period until the 25th or do you think I should just warranty exchange it?
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This really has not been my month... Figures I would get a bad phone. Lol
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EtherealRemnant said:
I'm with T-Mobile and it would be a return. I just got the phone on the 11th and long story short, didn't start using it until yesterday. I am in the buyer's remorse period until the 25th or do you think I should just warranty exchange it?
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I have no experience with T-Mo, so I can't say which would be better. But it seems like if it's defective, get an exchange. Make sure they give you a new one from the store stock, though.
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I have no experience with T-Mo, so I can't say which would be better. But it seems like if it's defective, get an exchange. Make sure they give you a new one from the store stock, though.
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They're going to overnight me a brand new in box S4 and we are going to send them the One back tomorrow and they're going to credit us 10 dollars for the shipping the defective device back. I have had to refurb every HTC device I've ever had in my sig in my list at least twice and I never wanted the One in the first place, I wanted the S4 and my roommate wanted the One - he hated it and its been an absolute nightmare ever since. Getting a broken phone out of the box and all the issues I've seen on this forum and the issues I've had already, its not worth getting another One.
Yeah bro my lte strong as ever even with two bars I get 20 + dl and ul that's a rarity like outskirts of town constant 4 or 3 bars anywhere I go in the city do you and your friend have the same provider ?
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Yeah bro my lte strong as ever even with two bars I get 20 + dl and ul that's a rarity like outskirts of town constant 4 or 3 bars anywhere I go in the city do you and your friend have the same provider ?
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Yes, we live in the same house and are on the same account actually.
I confirmed that its a bad radio. Now I need to figure out how to downgrade my firmware, return everything to stock, S-ON, etc so I can I return it. I'm a bit concerned about not being able to get it to stock HBOOT and off the engineering HBOOT :/

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