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Help Anyone having low signal

Aww this is a bummer, I am waiting on mine to come from under employee advantage which I was surprised it was offered so quickly. Guess this will be the first thing I am testing.
 
Here's something I found interesting about the 3G signal issue.

Sprint Community link

Sprint Community: Signal Issues with Nexus S


"For everyone comparing the signal indicator to the EVO/Epic/Shift/etc.. remember that the Nexus S has a "true" mobile network indicator. So when the NS4G shows 1X and the EVO(or other device) shows 3G, its simply because the EVO does not indicate the correct network technology, it always says "3G".
Also, AOSP devices (NS4G) have a different algorithm for calculating the signal, its more of an underestimation (in laymans terms). The NS4G also only has 4 indicator bars where the EVO/Shift/etc has 7.
These are just factors to take into consideration.
I also have the NS4G (since launch) and have experienced this issue to a small degree. Nothing worth returning the phone for though. What this phone has to offer is the rare instance of the Android Open Source Project, which is certainly not for everybody. So if this is a dealbreaker, return while you can. But take into consideration the facts provided above before doing so".





I'm not techy enough to know what this all means. I just hope Samsung,Sprint,Google get their act together so I can get some NS4G awesomeness soon. :confused:
 
Her's an update to the quote above, from NastyNate208.........


"Whoah calm down everyone. I was simply stating facts regarding the signal reporting differences. I am not implying anyone is incorrect in what they are saying... Just trying to help.
After a little more investigation I believe the issue is being caused by the Samsung driver build. I am quite certain its not the Sprint network, which is good news for everyone because an OTA can easily fix this.
However I encourage everyone to do the following as no company is going to fix an issue because people are crying on a forum. We need to give some numbers. If everyone in this thread gave the following info, Samsung/Sprint would have something to work with.

-Zip Code where issue occurs
-Build# (settings, about, bottom of page)
-dbm reading (setting, about, status, signal)
-baseband version (settings, about)

-83706
-GRJ22
-76dbm
-D720SPRKD8

Hopefully we will all have similar or the same reporting. Then when they look at this thread, it will prove this is not happening because a select few don't have the correct software or that we are just not having strong signal to begin with. The lower the dbm the stronger the microwave is (60-120 is the spectrum)

I encourage everyone to do this, then when we have 10-20 someone can forward this message to a tech."




Sprint Comm. Forums link..........


Sprint Community: Signal Issues with Nexus S :)
 
I have a low signal at my house. 2 miles down the road the signal is maxed out. I am not in a 3G area.

I did find something interesting.

When I have wifi on, my 3G signal is boosted. I discovered this by monitoring both signals with the app: Network Signal Info, which can display the actual signal levels for both radios at the same time. I checked it several times just to be sure.

Weird, eh?
 
This was just posted in Sprint Comm Forums. :D


A little more hope, someone just mentioned this to me,
" expect 2.3.5 in a few weeks with fixes,
someone already saw a new 2.3.5 head in AOSP
* [new tag] upstream/2.3.5 -> upstream/2.3.5"

FWIW I think that's a good sign.
 
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