 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | reply to JoelC707
Re: Texting and calling issue That -88 you get on the Ally is several orders better for signal. dB's are not a linear scale as you probably know. I also have to wonder if the thinness of the Razor has restricted the antenna size. I know my BB Torch generally whumps the heck out of my NS for signal, but it's a thicker device. In the same place indoors, the BB gets a steady -70, and the NS gets -79 to -81 and sometimes worse!
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JoelC707Premium
join:2002-07-09
West Point, GA
kudos:5 | LTE OnOff app installed so let's see what we get.
Upstairs in the foyer:
1x = -85 3-4 bars
3G = -88 2-3 bars
Downstairs at my desk:
1x = -88 3 bars
3G = -100 2 bars
This was with it held in my hand, sitting on the desk is about the same sometimes worse. I noticed it fluctuates wildly though with 1x going up to -120 and 3G dropping offline completely sometimes. I'm going to run with this and see if it solves the texting/calling issue. Ultimately it looks like a femtocell or amp is the solution though.
I figured the Ally being older and probably different chips/radios might not be an apple to apple test comparing signal strength but it's still a useful number to know. It may not be scientific or anything like that but hey it helped narrow things down. You're also probably right about the thickness (or lack thereof) hindering antenna size and all. If nothing else, LTE supposedly drains the battery quicker so this should help with that. I'm on wifi at home anyway so speed isn't an issue at all. |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | Yes, go with it and do some testing. I'll lay bet that it will solve some of it, and of course, in those 'good' areas you should see improvement as well by the same measure.
Good luck.
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