The radio SUCKS!

markdapimp · Feb 15, 2014

I'm sitting at home nice good HSPA+ Signal then all of a sudden it just drops the EDGE
my other phone (iPhone is still on HSPA+ no issues) great so I toggle airplane mode on and off boom still edge, so I reboot and boom STILL EDGE
After a while it reconnect to HSPA+ or until it picks up LTE

Does this happen to you? It seems the radio got even crappier with 4.4.2

Im fully stock 100% I have 2 Nexus 5 units in hand one is from T-Mobile one is from play store both experience the same problem

Does anyone know if this is software or hardware Antenna or qFE1100 and does this happen to you?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLUqguZS1Q8

danarama · Feb 15, 2014

Never had this issue. Tried reflashing the old radio back?

This should be in q&a by the way

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simms22 · Feb 15, 2014

no issues here as well.

rayiskon · Feb 15, 2014

Both nexus 4 and 5 suffer from signal drops.
LG and Samsung made devices in general have weaker antennas than Motorola/Apple for example.

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danarama · Feb 15, 2014

My nexus is much better than my S3

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deakelem · Feb 15, 2014

markdapimp said:
I'm sitting at home nice good HSPA+ Signal then all of a sudden it just drops the EDGE
my other phone (iPhone is still on HSPA+ no issues) great so I toggle airplane mode on and off boom still edge, so I reboot and boom STILL EDGE
After a while it reconnect to HSPA+ or until it picks up LTE

Does this happen to you? It seems the radio got even crappier with 4.4.2

Im fully stock 100% I have 2 Nexus 5 units in hand one is from T-Mobile one is from play store both experience the same problem

Does anyone know if this is software or hardware Antenna or qFE1100 and does this happen to you?

Not the same issues but I have seen litle quirks with the latest modem. Flash the .15 modem.. I get the best results with it

I'm on sprint BTW so no hspa but with the .23,radio my phone is less eager to connect from 3g to lte unless I airplane mode it

wideasleep1 · Feb 15, 2014

This happens connected to your cel-fi?

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markdapimp · Feb 15, 2014

wideasleep1 said:
This happens connected to your cel-fi?

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Yes this happens with normal towers and my Cel-fi

aooga · Feb 15, 2014

markdapimp said:
I'm sitting at home nice good HSPA+ Signal then all of a sudden it just drops the EDGE
my other phone (iPhone is still on HSPA+ no issues) great so I toggle airplane mode on and off boom still edge, so I reboot and boom STILL EDGE
After a while it reconnect to HSPA+ or until it picks up LTE

Does this happen to you? It seems the radio got even crappier with 4.4.2

Im fully stock 100% I have 2 Nexus 5 units in hand one is from T-Mobile one is from play store both experience the same problem

Does anyone know if this is software or hardware Antenna or qFE1100 and does this happen to you?

Didn't you just post this exact thread yesterday? You said Google wanted you to get a new device, so do that first.

markdapimp · Feb 15, 2014

aooga said:
Didn't you just post this exact thread yesterday? You said Google wanted you to get a new device, so do that first.

Yes but it seems new or not they all have the issue I tested 5 of my friends with nexus 5's all of them report exact same issue
I also managed to catch my 2 units on video

gee2012 · Feb 15, 2014

Where i live i even have H+ indoors, couldn`t get that with a samsung or htc. So nothing wrong with the radio for me.

markdapimp · Feb 15, 2014

gee2012 said:
Where i live i even have H+ indoors, couldn`t get that with a samsung or htc. So nothing wrong with the radio for me.

The radio is great sometimes but there are these few certain time where it just craps out compared to other devices I caught this in video uploading now..

gee2012 · Feb 15, 2014

markdapimp said:
The radio is great sometimes but there are these few certain time where it just craps out compared to other devices I caught this in video uploading now..

Could it be bad coverage by the provider (blind spot)?

markdapimp · Feb 15, 2014

gee2012 said:
Could it be bad coverage by the provider (blind spot)?

Not at all I have an HTC One X Unlocked and a iPhone 5c and both seem to get the signal while the 2 nexus 5 sit with EDGE
5 of my friends also get edge

gee2012 · Feb 15, 2014

markdapimp said:
Not at all I have an HTC One X Unlocked and a iPhone 5c and both seem to get the signal while the 2 nexus 5 sit with EDGE
5 of my friends also get edge

Oke,does flashing another radio improve reception?

markdapimp · Feb 15, 2014

gee2012 said:
Oke,does flashing another radio improve reception?

Why would i flash back to 4.4. The Point is google ffffed up somewhere and I hope this gains momentum as right now Google does not see it as an issue and is blaming it on the carrier.

GuestK00442 · Feb 15, 2014

I think I'm having the same issue, my data has been bad(between .5mbps-1mbps) since I got this phone. First I thought it was the APN settings, then I thought maybe the towers, right now I'm thinking I might be throttled by at&t. I call them one person says yes, call again another person says no, wtf!

I came from a galaxy s 3 with no build problems, just slow updates. Damn I guess there's no winning with Android.

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gee2012 · Feb 15, 2014

markdapimp said:
Why would i flash back to 4.4. The Point is google ffffed up somewhere and I hope this gains momentum as right now Google does not see it as an issue and is blaming it on the carrier.

No i think you misunderstood me, i meant flashing only a different radio.modem and not an older rom.

wideasleep1 · Feb 15, 2014

markdapimp said:
Why would i flash back to 4.4. The Point is google ffffed up somewhere and I hope this gains momentum as right now Google does not see it as an issue and is blaming it on the carrier.

Not the point at all. Either you want a solution or you want to blame. This isn't an issue for the 3 N5's I administer so it sounds like a localised problem.

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markdapimp · Feb 15, 2014

wideasleep1 said:
Not the point at all. Either you want a solution or you want to blame. This isn't an issue for the 3 N5's I administer so it sounds like a localised problem.

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Take your Nexus 5's to an area where you don't get HSPA+ for example your basement then take it out and bring it to an area with HSPA+
Let it sit and see if it will switch to HSPA+ if not toggle airplane mode on then off then see if it will switch.

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