Is anyone else having issues with cellular signal on Sprint with the lg g5? Mine randomly drops to no bars for a few seconds and the data on cellular seems to be really slow. My upload is usually faster than my down. If i grab the phone a certain way the bars always drop for a second. It i grab it with my right hand at the top and my left hand at the bottom the signal always drops for a second. I installed an app that tells me the signal strength and it defiantly shows in there. The signal strength seems weak all the time though, usually -100 to -110 rspp and the rssnr is usually between 0 and 4.
Cellular signal issues
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Does it happen everywhere?
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You normally lose lte around-116
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I have only been using mine for one full day but I haven't experienced any issues at all
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Hello this happened to mine as well.
This was a LTE band switching issue for mine.(In Houston area)
Quick Info:
As you know our phones are Tri-Band ..Sprint Uses Band 41,26,25 and switches between them to get the best "signal". Band 41 here in Houston is the one with better speeds 25,26 are for better indoor signal.
With the above stated you can use a simple tool "Signal Check Lite" to show you which band you are curently connected to. I did a lot of speed testing with each of these bands to get my desired fix below.
My Fix : Use at your own risk /discretion.. I am not responsible for anything that happens to you,your phone or anyone/anything in or around your vicinity while doing this.
1. Get your MSL. (easiest way is to talk to sprint rep nicely do not say what you need it for ... just state you simply want it.)
2. Enter the data programming menu (dial ##3282##)
3.You will be presented with the Main menu, Select LTE (see Screen Shot 1)
4. Select Edit and enter in your MSL (see Screen Shot 2) ..if you input in your MSL incorrectly it will cry and reboot your phone. (Try again from Step 2)
5. Select Band priority (see screen shot 3)
6. My Band priorities (see screen shot 4).. Do not mess with any of the other bands set your prefered band priority .
7. Once done with step 6 ..hit the back button a couple of times and it will say updating changes and reboot.
hope this helps you out.
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@uacolon Your LTE Roaming is that on by default or have to turned it on? Mine has been off by default and I keep turning it back on myself. But yet to be in an area to test it.
If I recallI, I turned it on..
Note: I forgot to mention... if you do a prl update it will revert all your settings back.
Poor signal strength
I have a Nexus 6P and my wife has a HTC A9. Both of those phones are getting better signal reception than my LG G5. I don't know if I have a defective phone but the signal strength is definitely crap. At home my wife's A9 shows -75 dBm and my LG shows -95dBm at the same spot. At work, my LG would drop data while my Nexus 6P would maintain a decent LTE connection. I had a titan color phone and now I'm using the silver one. Both phones had crap reception. I'm thinking of selling the phone. Weird how others are reporting that the G5 has good signal reception.
Guys I fugured out what the problem was... my LG G5 case with a magnetic kickstand! The magnet was interfering with the cellular signal reception. Now I see no difference in signal reception between my G5 and my Nexus 6P.
had the same issue. reboots and switching off and on airplane mode, and updating prl worked for a as long as i didn't leave that spot.