I got my Nexus two days ago on Telus up here in Canada (40 min south of Whistler). Love the phone, love the features, but am getting destroyed by the signal strength and consequently, the battery life. One of the main reasons I moved last month was due to piss poor cell reception. My INQ Chat (a royal POS) was able to pull 3-4 bars in this new place easily, but the GNex rarely sees one bar and 80% of the time struggles to find a connection to send an outgoing text. Furthermore, I've noticed that I will often need to send a text in order to receive all the ones I've missed since my last bit of connectivity. Even in my workplace which is in a main hub of town, I frequently lose signal.
I read about the issue many people have raised for the verizon version, and was hoping the GSM phones will receive it as well. As it stands now, my phone is borderline useless at home and extremely frustrating. I have 6gbs of data to blow through and was hoping that I could use this as a hotspot for my netbook, but with such spotty connections around town, it's not going to happen.
I'm hoping someone can offer me some insight on the matter or give me something to look forward to, because as it stands I'm half tempted to return to my awful-but-operable talk&texter.
Edit: I've read into it further and have come across the Signal strength indicator within the status menu of settings. I get 113dbs and 0asu in most parts of my place, with a few areas getting -111 and 1, -109 and 2, -107 and 3. Only in one area can I get -105 and 4 and -103 and 5.
I'm going to see if I can get my hands on another android phone and try in the same places to see what the signals are like, that should at the very least answer where my problem lies.
It's worth noting I haven't received the 4.0.2 update yet, not sure if that makes a difference..
I read about the issue many people have raised for the verizon version, and was hoping the GSM phones will receive it as well. As it stands now, my phone is borderline useless at home and extremely frustrating. I have 6gbs of data to blow through and was hoping that I could use this as a hotspot for my netbook, but with such spotty connections around town, it's not going to happen.
I'm hoping someone can offer me some insight on the matter or give me something to look forward to, because as it stands I'm half tempted to return to my awful-but-operable talk&texter.
Edit: I've read into it further and have come across the Signal strength indicator within the status menu of settings. I get 113dbs and 0asu in most parts of my place, with a few areas getting -111 and 1, -109 and 2, -107 and 3. Only in one area can I get -105 and 4 and -103 and 5.
I'm going to see if I can get my hands on another android phone and try in the same places to see what the signals are like, that should at the very least answer where my problem lies.
It's worth noting I haven't received the 4.0.2 update yet, not sure if that makes a difference..