SGS3 poor mobile signal?

JJ_Egan

Samsung have just pushed out new firmware LG6 and modem for many .
You lose local search in this firmware as Apple are suing .

jje

owen1978

JJ_Egan wrote: »

As to the actual network signal its often the phone does not have the best modem for the local area .

This is an important point that's getting missed!

When I first got my S2 the signal wasn't great and the battery life was ok.

Luckily I was able to find various modem/radios firmware for the S2
which helped me get a better signal and battery life.

mrochester - its not a OS or Hardware related issue its probably most likely the antenna firmware isn't great.

That's why with carrier handsets compared to sim free handsets have customised firmware so it can get the best signal for you phone for your carrier.

thegoodman

anewhope wrote: »

How do you measure signal strength in physics, certainly not in signal bars which brings me right back to the start that no one making these statements is willing to back them up with anything readily available to give credibility to their position.

You're blaming the handset. You're being asked to back that up with meaningful information. Until you do, your position can quite legitimately be disregarded.

Unable or unwilling?

And no one mentioned malware. Including that in every discussion just goes to show what a broken record you are.

I agree with you on this point. If data is available for whatever problem then it must be correct regardless of why one or two users say.

A few users here have both phones including myself and posting the network signal available on both phones. The 4s works where no network is available on s3. My S3 is stock version.

But I do agree with you, if only a few users say something may not be fact or trying to hide due to love with that phone or os. The facts or data are always good to get.

One will only need to search Google for Samsung S3 signal problem
To get the data or more information. If you don't get any info then it is likely some users are doing something wrong with the S3 to get the problem.

Many users also have reported the problem on YouTube such as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDflL4xOi_8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Also read the comments from others.

I dont care what firmware or modem phone is using or try many version of firmware. This is the job for Samsung not me. A few of you here may be interested in all this but not me.

thegoodman

anewhope wrote: »

It was changed in Ios 4, since that was not exclusive to the iPhone my point is correct.

Are you saying now that since iOS 4 this have not been a problem on all iPhones?

JJ_Egan

thegoodman wrote: »

I agree with you on this point. If data is available for whatever problem then it must be correct regardless of why one or two users say.

A few users here have both phones including myself and posting the network signal available on both phones. The 4s works where no network is available on s3. My S3 is stock version.

But I do agree with you, if only a few users say something may not be fact or trying to hide due to love with that phone or os. The facts or data are always good to get.

One will only need to search Google for Samsung S3 signal problem
To get the data or more information. If you don't get any info then it is likely some users are doing something wrong with the S3 to get the problem.



BUT and its as usual with your posts a big but .
One will only need to search Google for IOS 4 signal problem to get many many more recent posts on poor signal for IOS 4 than for SGS3 .

No doubt an unbiased report would say that many different mobile phones on different networks and with different OS can have a poor signal where another mobile might get a much better signal .

Likewise facts might suggest that 250,000 complaints of poor signal against 20 million sold IOS4 units is probably not a significant figure .


jje

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thegoodman wrote: »

Are you saying now that since iOS 4 this have not been a problem on all iPhones?

It had by Apple's own admission been a mistake in all four generations of the iPhone but it was the poor design of the iPhone 4 caused the huge problem for them.

thegoodman

JJ_Egan wrote: »

thegoodman wrote: »

not a significant figure .


jje

But if person is using two phones and one have less signal then that person is going to use this type of forum to make the problem known. I can't see any problem with that such as the problem OP is having.

I agree to to use the numbers where available and also ask others to do their research using Google rather then only use this post where some users many not even have or used other phones.

I have agreed with anewhope to make the data available where possible, it's a good point and also shows more facts from others.

buscape

owen1978 wrote: »

its not a OS or Hardware related issue its probably most likely the antenna firmware isn't great.

That's why with carrier handsets compared to sim free handsets have customised firmware so it can get the best signal for you phone for your carrier.

Good point well made. My phone used to change base stations unnecessarily every 30 seconds or so and would drain my battery in 4 hours. I installed Three's firmware and it solved this issue instantly, so clearly network operator firmware did make a difference in my case.

thegoodman

anewhope wrote: »

It had by Apple's own admission been a mistake in all four generations of the iPhone but it was the poor design of the iPhone 4 caused the huge problem for them.

anewhope wrote: »

It was changed in Ios 4, since that was not exclusive to the iPhone my point is correct.

But the problem is sorted from iOS 4 for iPhones that's what you are saying. All iPhones from 3GS can be upgraded to ios 4 as well as ios 5 so iPhone uses would not have that problem as long as upgrade to ios 4 above is done. I can see your point and I am sure this will help others who are using iOS 3 or below. Good point made

thegoodman

buscape wrote: »

Good point well made. My phone used to change base stations unnecessarily every 30 seconds or so and would drain my battery in 4 hours. I installed Three's firmware and it solved this issue instantly, so clearly network operator firmware did make a difference in my case.

May be network do this for a reason with Android phone so people do not buy sim free or stock version. If this is the case you would be better off buying the phone from network them self at times higher price.

Worth to keep in a mind if someone is looking to buy Android sim free since the sim free phone may not work correctly out of the box or may have network problem. I am sure this type of info will help many others as well as OP.

This type of firmware problem will help networks to make more £ as most will just buy the phone from them or pay more per month. It is in their intrest to make sure sim free phones have a problem.

I have S3 sim free so this might be the reason as well I was not aware of this before.