Signal was great!

[GalaxyN]

I spent the better part of last week in a sub-basement conference room at a DC hotel surrounded by iPhone users. My 3 Galaxy Nexus co-workers and I were the ONLY ones who had a signal. Yes, it was a 3G signal but I'll take 3G over nothing any day. At first we thought it was a Verizon vs. AT&T phenomenon until we tracked down a Verizon iPhone user and she had no signal either.

Say what you want about the signal strength on the Nexus but it sure as heck beat out the competition in a real-world setting.

 

[Mr. Orange 645]

When did you buy your GNex? I've read some reports that users with newer phones that display HW vers 10 have a better signal/less signal issues than older handsets.

Also what ROM and radio are you using?

 

[jhpk13]

When did you buy your GNex? I've read some reports that users with newer phones that display HW vers 10 have a better signal/less signal issues than older handsets.

Also what ROM and radio are you using?

I just traded a HW vers 9 for a 10 at Costco and I'm having problems getting 4G at home now. First night with the phone, cell standby at high % and battery drained to 2% from 99 after 7 hours. Also my 3G was cutting out at the Verizon store while waiting for service person.

 

[GalaxyN]

I got my phone about a week before Christmas. Stock ROM and radios. My co-workers got theirs right after Christmas and are also stock.

 

[Mr. Orange 645]

I just traded a HW vers 9 for a 10 at Costco and I'm having problems getting 4G at home now. First night with the phone, cell standby at high % and battery drained to 2% from 99 after 7 hours. Also my 3G was cutting out at the Verizon store while waiting for service person.

Well either you got a bad phone, or the HW version really doesn't matter, then.

I got my phone about a week before Christmas. Stock ROM and radios. My co-workers got theirs right after Christmas and are also stock.

Wow. I have problems getting signal in any building. Even my house, which is certainly no fortified structure. LOL.

 

[jhpk13]

Well either you got a bad phone, or the HW version really doesn't matter, then.

I agree with the HW version doesn't matter. Problem almost sounds like it's the superior VZW LTE network or how VZW wants the HW makers to handle signal transitioning.. In good 4G areas, I have no problems.