Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy S9+'s Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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I proudly bought it yesterday and today I put it for sale. I was chatting on wtp and realized at some point that I hadnt got any notifications in a long time. Then I realized that there was a small exclamation mark next to the wifi symbol. Actually I was also taking a dump upstairs and it happened again. And downstairs, and in the kitchen and on the sofa. Every time I had to stop wifi and turn it back on again. I did not pay all that money to do that. I reset everything, network settings and all, but nothing changed. Worked for a while and then boom, exclamation mark and internet stopped. The two iphone x in the house did not even blink in the meantime, all worked perfectly. I dont think there is a workaround for this. Therefore, Note9 maybe.
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I proudly bought it yesterday and today I put it for sale. I was chatting on wtp and realized at some point that I hadnt got any notifications in a long time. Then I realized that there was a small exclamation mark next to the wifi symbol. Actually I was also taking a dump upstairs and it happened again. And downstairs, and in the kitchen and on the sofa. Every time I had to stop wifi and turn it back on again. I did not pay all that money to do that. I reset everything, network settings and all, but nothing changed. Worked for a while and then boom, exclamation mark and internet stopped. The two iphone x in the house did not even blink in the meantime, all worked perfectly. I dont think there is a workaround for this. Therefore, Note9 maybe.
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Sounds like a defective unit. Worked flawless for me at every wifi place ive been. I have an Asus aimesh setup at home. Works great and switches between nodes at my house without any issues.
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I thought I had my weak wi-fi problem licked, by using "wi-fi best performance" in the settings.This is my second Sensation, I took one back for awful wi-fi and speaker, this one no better even after discovering the "best performace" setting.
I first took the sensation to a Mickey D's nearby, as I know they have wi-fi. Not a blip. I tried with and w/o "best performance", nothing, nada, I parked right next to where customers would sit, as well as tried a couple other areas in the lot. Nothing at all when I scanned.
I then went to another McD's. Pretty much same thing, even though one spot in the lot, I got 1 bar/poor, but not stable to make a connection. I assumed it was theirs, but maybe not,didn't say Wayport or attws. I also parked as close as I could to a sports bar that has wi-fi, again not a blip. I was inside that sports bar the other night, and even though it seemed to get a decent wi-fi signal inside, kept saying "page not found". If I used 2/3/4 G (actually only 2G was working in there), I could get web pages.
I came home after my first trip to McD's, grabbed my laptop, my Sensation, as well as my original HTC Dash, which I decided to try a unused SIM card in. I couldn't make calls of course, but I could connect to wi-fi at my house.
So I set sail with all 3 devices. I went back to the first McD's I tried a half hour earlier, and parked again right outside where the customers sit. Good to excellent signal on the laptop. A consistent 1 bar signal on the Dash, but stable and functional, and it definitely showed McD's sign in page - attws hotspot plus a Wayport icon showing also. The Sensation - not even a hint of wi-fi service again.
Any updates or hacks that will make the wi-fi more normal?
Or else the thing is going back. If I have to eat $50 for the T-Mo store restocking fee, so be it, but now I'm reading people are getting phones from Best Buy and Costo (I assume Sam's Club maybe too) and getting pretty long periods to try them out and no restocking fee. So I may do that. The T-Mo store is 14 days, and I had the first Sensation 7 days, plus the new one 4 so far. Thanks.
I agree 100%. My wife's Vibrant gets 3 bars strong from my bedroom (where the wifi is) to my living room, my Vibrant only gets one bar, and often just disconnects all together???? WTF???? Not so Sensational right? I hope a better ROM or some kind of fix becomes available soon.
Look guys, there are already dozens of threads on this. Can you repost this in one of those?
Just trying to avoid clutter
Thanks guys
BW
My phone has dropped data randomly two times this morning. I could only get it back by doing a switch to airplane mode. Anyone else with this problem? Is this a phone issue that I need to get a new one?
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Mine has dropped several times. when coming to and from work. It seems to always happen when it connects to wifi. when i leave work and its wifi, i lose all signal entirely.
I don't use wifi though that's the thing. I called ATT and they said it may need a new simcard......which this was. So I swung by and got one and the lady at the store said that my phone may be going bad! LOL wow I love how they train their people.
YES. Most definitely, this is the same problem I'm experiencing. I had another thread posted about how the 4G icon was lit but there was no signal. The icon now seems to be a little more accurate...But still.
At home I switch on WiFi so I don't run up my data but if I look at the settings for mobile network the status underneath in gray text keeps showing that it connects and disconnects. Endlessly. The phone isn't moving. My wife has signal on her iPad and iPhone (I know those are 3G).
I have to turn on airplane mode and then off...Then mobile network on and it seems to help a little. However it's still super spotty.
This is pretty much only indoors but I don't know. I'm going to go around town and try it out. On their coverage map I'm in a big zone of LTE coverage. Outside I have seen 30Mbps on LTE using speedtest.net app. So I don't know. I thought it was very odd given the houses here in CA don't exactly have super thick insulation and every other cell phone (Sprint, my wife's on AT&T, etc.) seem to be AOK. It's just this new One X that just can't stay connected to the 4G.
Going under settings > about > network ...
I see my signal strength....some readings are...
-109 dBm 4 asu
-101 dBm 6 asu
-107 dBm 2 asu
I have no idea what values I should be seeing - what is considered good?
Mobile network type says HSPA. Service state says in service. Icon up top is 4G with one bar. If I turn off WiFi I could not load a web page or anything. That's what annoys me. I usually see like 2 bars and that's fine...But if I see the damn bars and the 4G icon....I sure as hell expect the data to work, even if a little slower.
It's just SUPER flaky. Again outside seems to help but to be honest I haven't sat and watched it. For all I know it could be connecting and disconnecting over and over outside as well but just have a stronger connection when it is actually "on."
I'm annoyed and speechless. I'm not in the boonies. I've never experienced anything like this before. I'm actually at my desk in front of a window. Uh...WTF?
Just picked up lunch and watched the data while on the trip.
This phone is unusable. It's gotta go back. Well, I guess it's welcome back Sprint. Sooooo disappointed.
All I got was HSPA. The only time I get LTE and those fast 30Mbps down is at night time. AT&T is such a joke and their network is NOT ready for this phone.
I'm in Palo Alto, CA. It's not the middle of no where. This is embarrassing. Either that or somehow I have a defective phone or SIM card or something I have no clue here...It's really really bad and I'm obviously not the only one.
3 days and it's been horrible, the only reason why I didn't notice sooner is because I've been using the phone on WiFi most the time.
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Just picked up lunch and watched the data while on the trip.
This phone is unusable. It's gotta go back. Well, I guess it's welcome back Sprint. Sooooo disappointed.
All I got was HSPA. The only time I get LTE and those fast 30Mbps down is at night time. AT&T is such a joke and their network is NOT ready for this phone.
I'm in Palo Alto, CA. It's not the middle of no where. This is embarrassing. Either that or somehow I have a defective phone or SIM card or something I have no clue here...It's really really bad and I'm obviously not the only one.
3 days and it's been horrible, the only reason why I didn't notice sooner is because I've been using the phone on WiFi most the time.
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how fast is the HSPA you're getting?
1-3.56Mbps down and 0.04-1.03Mbps up.
Out on the street downtown.
Best I've ever had was at night on LTE 30Mbps down and like 17Mbps up.
All to the same test server. Trying servers several states away it varied, sometimes I'd even see 20Mbps down to a far away server.
Again this is all WHEN I'm actually connected to the data network.
The thing just can't hold a connection. Constantly dropped.
edit-- ok so right now same time of day, servers, etc. Sprint's 3G is a little slower, but at least I'm not getting dropped.
and on a side note, i got a REALLY helpful lvl1 tech support lady on the phone. much better experience than i thought. there was an issue in the area before. but basically i'm going to give it another shot. if no good tomorrow, swap for a new phone. they'll call me back friday and we'll see... crossing my fingers.
Any update on this? I've got a new One X and work night shifts twice a week. I've notived tonight that the data drops when the phone is idle and obviously nothing pushes.
There's got to be a way of turning this off. I can see why HTC would call it a feature, but there has to be a flag or a switch somewhere....
Heeeelp! I dropped my N8000 for the first time and it literally fell less then 13 inches high on a pillow and then hit the ground. But since then, my wi-fi suddenly disconnects. I have modem problems so I reset my modem to fix it but the problem persisted. When I checked my other devices, they're all connecting normally to the modem and the internet. The issue happens when I try any download or watch hd videos. Suddenly it disconnects from my modem and it has to find it again and after 5 to 10 seconds, it works normally. It buffers the video from where it stopped (if the video hasn't crashed) amd resumes the download. If I watch a 40min video for example, it keeps losing connection every 5min of vid. Is it possible that the drop damaged my wi-fi? I mean, that would be soooo unlucky (since this week my sister's dog already ate my money and my iPhone's screen got cracked on an accidental drop even WITH a silicon case AND a short slow drop). I hate my life. I wish I was dead. Anyone has any clue? Tomorrow I'll test my tab on other connections. Can it be malwares? Bad settings? I'm sort of new to Android.
UPDATE: Just found out the problem isn't really the connection, my wi-fi shuts down as if I clicked on the wi-fi icon and I can turn it on right away... wtf... this is getting weirder and weirder.
Hey all - so I'm grandfathered unlimited on Verizon and *love* my unlimited 4g. At my girlfriend's house (right near an interstate), the data is absolutely rocking. But at my house, about two miles away, I usually have decent signal (half or a bit better), but the internet seriously struggles. For instance right now I've got my phone on Pandora and am wifi hotspotting to my laptop, where I'm FB Messenging. Every 30 seconds or so, my laptop says that my hotspot has no internet connection, and I have to wait 30 seconds or so for it to come back. I've just paused Pandora and at least I can chat uninterrupted now. Seems like I should at least be able to do these two things successfully...
Is there anything at all I can do to help it?
Many thanks!
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Hey all - so I'm grandfathered unlimited on Verizon and *love* my unlimited 4g. At my girlfriend's house (right near an interstate), the data is absolutely rocking. But at my house, about two miles away, I usually have decent signal (half or a bit better), but the internet seriously struggles. For instance right now I've got my phone on Pandora and am wifi hotspotting to my laptop, where I'm FB Messenging. Every 30 seconds or so, my laptop says that my hotspot has no internet connection, and I have to wait 30 seconds or so for it to come back. I've just paused Pandora and at least I can chat uninterrupted now. Seems like I should at least be able to do these two things successfully...
Is there anything at all I can do to help it?
Many thanks!
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You'll probably have to move in with your girlfriend
Maybe the area in which you live is extremely congested or there aren't enough/any cell towers nearby.
Nothing you can do about that.
Haha - fair enough!! Just so weird that the connection just stops working even though I've got decent service showing. Is there any merit to any of the "signal booster" stuff you can buy? Can't really see how any of that could work...
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Haha - fair enough!! Just so weird that the connection just stops working even though I've got decent service showing. Is there any merit to any of the "signal booster" stuff you can buy? Can't really see how any of that could work...
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They're of no use whatsoever. Even worse than all those "cleaner" apps out there (thats supposed to say something).
If you live in an apartment/building with multiple walls/thick walls, that might impact signal strength and speed. You'll probably have to check out various locations inside your house (or even outside) and see where the reception is best. Near open windows good.
Rate this thread to express how you think the Elephone S8's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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It's garbage. Sat next to the router it's normal speed but one room away it's unusable and I switch to mobile data.
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It's garbage. Sat next to a router it's normal. Move one room away and it's unusable so I switch to mobile data.
I have the exact same problem with the WiFi.
We have a 50 mb connection. When I'm near the router it's ok. But like you said, move any bit away and it's so slow. If I go to the kitchen I get 0mb.
A couple of feet away and it's gone. All the other phones in the house are perfect.
Bad coverage and speeds.
Any fix for this?
What the hell? I just noticed that too, WiFi download performance is completely bull****! If I change room or get a few meters away from my router the bandwith gets to less than 100*kB/s (on a 2*MB/s connection!).
What can I do with that poor performance? Never seen anything that bad before, if I knew that before I wouldn't have bought it.
Wifi still shows a perfect signal strength (all the bars on WiFi icon). Also when I put my hand above the top right of the phone, there the WiFi is completely dead and I receive nothing at all.
GilDev said:
What the hell? I just noticed that too, WiFi download performance is completely bull****! If I change room or get a few meters away from my router the bandwith gets to less than 100*kB/s (on a 2*MB/s connection!).
What can I do with that poor performance? Never seen anything that bad before, if I knew that before I wouldn't have bought it.
Wifi still shows a perfect signal strength (all the bars on WiFi icon). Also when I put my hand above the top right of the phone, there the WiFi is completely dead and I receive nothing at all.
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Maybe that helps
Had that problem with S7. Check here for possible solution. [url]https://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-13192-1-1.html#.WxKwue4vz_U[/URL]
joh9 said:
Check here for possible solution. [url]https://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-13192-1-1.html#.WxKwue4vz_U[/URL]
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Thanks for the link but how changing MAC address and IMEI number can help with WiFi issues?
So this problem comes from the antenna because the reception is really affected by the phone's position and angle. When I*turn 180° or when I tilt the phone upwards it starts getting better, but not as my old Ulefone Paris. Can't get over 1*MB/s at all with the Speedtest.net app.
GilDev said:
Thanks for the link but how changing MAC address and IMEI number can help with WiFi issues?
So this problem comes from the antenna because the reception is really affected by the phone's position and angle. When I*turn 180° or when I tilt the phone upwards it starts getting better, but not as my old Ulefone Paris. Can't get over 1*MB/s at all with the Speedtest.net app.
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Maybe to clear the cache and dalvik cache
Wiping cache and dalvik cache did nothing. Sadly I’m returning the phone, as I can’t live with a malfunctionning WiFi.
I think I’m gonna go with a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 instead: better support, better ROM, better cameras, better performances, better battery life… It’s only not as pretty as the Elephone S8, has a micro-USB plug and the fingerprint scanner is on the back but hey, the advantages are quite big… =)
If you still have the option, you should return it