iBananakiller
Newbie
I am looking for phones support 5GHz wifi. 5GHz 2.4GHz is jammed and unusable in my apartment. Is there a search engine that I can set 5GHz as a filter?
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Phones support 5GHz?
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Harry Rossi
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What do you mean by 5GHz?
iBananakiller
Newbie
5GHz Wifi. 2.4Ghz is jammed and unusable in my apartment.
Harry Rossi
Lurker
Galaxy S3 supports 5GHz. Galaxy S2 doesn't. What's that got to do with search engines?
iBananakiller
Newbie
Thanks. I'm pretty sure S3 is not my only option. If there is a search engine allows you set 5GHz as a filter, you can compare all the phones with 5GHz support.
Hi, welcome to Android Forums.
Before considering changing your device have you tried changing the channel the router is using? - assuming it is your router. This may solve the problem, particularly if there is a significant number of routers near to you - there is a tendency for routers to default to the same channel.
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iBananakiller
Newbie
Yes I've tried. Literally every channel is jammed. My laptop uses 5GHz so it's fine.Hi, welcome to Android Forums.
Before considering changing your device have you tried changing the channel the router is using? - assuming it is your router. This may solve the problem, particularly if there is a significant number of routers near to you - there is a tendency for routers to default to the same channel.
I'm glad you're sorted. My HTC One is dual band and I've found that although it's naturally faster using 5GHz, the signal is considerably weaker to the extent that 2.4GHz is working in areas in my home where 5GHz won't unless I use a dual band wifi extender.
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andruoid
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I'm glad you're sorted. My HTC One is dual speed and I've found that although it's naturally faster using 5GHz, the signal is considerably weaker to the extent that 2.4GHz is working in areas in my home where 5GHz won't unless I use a dual band wifi extender.
Use WiFi Analyzer to scan the area, it will show what channels are being used. 1, 6, and 11 are best if on the 2.4ghz this band. I have a dual band router and run most things on this as the area is a bit congested as well.
I think you've missed the point I was making - I don't have congestion in either band but the 5GHz signal suffers greater attenuation than the 2.4GHz signal and requires a wifi extender to serve the same areas in my home.
On my BT Home Hub 5, the channel range for the 5GHz band is 36,40.......60,64 and 100,104......124,128 and for the 2.4GHz band it is 1 to 13
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Pyromethious
Newbie
What do you mean by "jammed"? Are you saying that none of the frequencies work?! Being in an apartment, it's possible that someone's using an old 2.4Ghz landline phone or there are simply too many routers in the immediate area. I have to alternate the band I use now and then. I use the app mentioned above to test the 2.4Ghz band for congestion.
Pyromethious
Newbie
I'm glad you're sorted. My HTC One is dual band and I've found that although it's naturally faster using 5GHz, the signal is considerably weaker to the extent that 2.4GHz is working in areas in my home where 5GHz won't unless I use a dual band wifi extender.
I forget the technical details, but your 5Ghz radio is being restricted by the router in an effort to conserve electricity or something like that. I have a dual band and the 2.4 is Definitely the stronger signal than the 5.0 on the order of 80%-100% signal vs 40%-60% signal. When I first installed the router and set my PC for the 5Ghz band, I kept getting dropped and wondered why. I found out that our phones were running the 5.8Ghz band and Every time a call came in I got dropped. Had to get a DECT 6.0 bundle because they run in the sub 200Mhz range (Read: phone manufacturers finally got smart).
I'm sorry but it has nothing to do with 'conserving electricity', but has everything to do with the relative attenuation and effects of interference of 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz signals.
Pyromethious
Newbie
I think what I've read before was that, similar to cars, there's a power limiter within the routers that can sometimes be bypassed by installing some alternate interface (I forget the names, but there's more than one Linux based UI). While I forget its purpose (which is apparently not to conserve powerI'm sorry but it has nothing to do with 'conserving electricity', but has everything to do with the relative attenuation and effects of interference of 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz signals.
), I think it had to do with the restrictions given by the FCC for that class of device.Then again, I recently got off my 10+hr black Friday shift so my recollections and train of thought could easily be derailed here. >.<
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@iBananakiller: I found this list. It's far from current despite the claim that it's "automatically updated" but should give you an idea e.g. anything more recent from a listed OEM should also support 802.11ac.
I think pretty much any recent mid to high-end device should support 5GHz now. Certainly all the major OEMs.
BTW there's some 60GHz wireless technologies coming out now. Problem is it's line of sight, 60GHz just doesn't go through walls or floors at all. Higher the frequency, the more that solid objects will attenuate it.
BTW there's some 60GHz wireless technologies coming out now. Problem is it's line of sight, 60GHz just doesn't go through walls or floors at all. Higher the frequency, the more that solid objects will attenuate it.
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