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sensation XE weak signal reception

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alvinccl

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Hi All,

Did anyone experience weak signal reception for sensation XE?

My XE is always in weak signal and sometimes getting no service, but it only happened at my house, stay at 15th floor.

However, it has no problem when i insert the sim card to another phone, galaxy s and it shows good signal, full bar.

Will the installed Apps and games be affected, if factory reset the phone?

hope anyone can help... Thanks.
 
I've noticed the same thing. My galaxy s2 had much better reception. I am sure there is nothing you can do because reception has to do w/ the make up of the phone - ie, the antenna and the LNA (low noise amplifier). cheers........
 
New update:
I did some digging around - the XE is only Tri Band - and it doesn't have the 900Mhz band. This band travels further than (arguably) the higher Freq bands. So, for example, if your last phone had the 900Mhz band and it was locking up on that Freq - but, now the XE has to lock up on a higher Freq - it may mean you're struggling w/ reception.

I've learned that the XE has a much desired, but newly used, 850Mhz band, just like Vodafone here in Australia. If your provider will transmit on 850, that is the coverage that may work best.
cheers
 
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