Cellular strength and throughput

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy A50's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.

 

[Lynjun002]

Always high ping on online games but my other phone works well on same simcard

 

[Lynjun002]

Mobile data is crap i swear

 

[bobandar]

Works perfect just like my s9plus

 

[badfinger]

Something is gravely wrong with this phone. I have the Latin American variant here in the US using T-Mobile SIM card and the variant has all the T-Mo bands, but 4G LTE data is crawling slow, very slow. I have several phones at various times, and this is the slowest I have seen. Even the cheaper Galaxy J4+ is a lot normally faster than this Galaxy A50.

 

[Faust777]

this phone mobile signal is horrible, I don't have any signal issue with redmi note 5. This phone is pretty disappoint me

 

[NandoKerry]

It's roughly the same as other phones I own (S2, S4, S8, Lg v10..)

 

[mrcamp]

Horrible Mobile signal using on AT&T in the USA! Especially on LTE. One has to be right by the cell tower to get Full signal. Don't know...may be the radios are not optimized for the networks here. But the phone has all the LTE bands used here. Where my other phones show full signal, this phone barely shows any. Now,when close to the tower and full signal is shown, it has excellent LTE speeds. Using LTE discovery app, I have observed my device connect to LTE bands 2,4,5 and 17 on AT&T.

 

[SixPaths]

If there is a Samsung representative who reads this forum, I want to say something, your A50 is sucks

 

[fablebreton]

Quite good Cellular strength here. i use 2 sim ( 2 operators ) , and both works fine

 

[slugger09]

Worse than my old iPhone 7 here in the UK, At home I would have got 2 bars, I get none on this phone, at least I have wifi calling thought. It is a major disappointment at work though, I would have got 1-2 bars now I have no bars unless I go outside.

 

[Sumedh_]

Network reception sucks, especially the data speeds, im Using Jio 4G & Vodafone 4G.
While my friend who has recently bought A50 which has older March update patch doesn't have any such problems though the operators are same & We stay in the same building.
I believe its a bug in the recent update (June/May).

 

[Eleazarp]

Same here, I have the latinoamerican version A505G with June patch (may patch same problem).

I live far away of the city. With LTE I have one bar or 0 sometimes. I tried with my old samsung j5 2016 (Snapdragon 410!!) and in this I have 3/4 signal. In 3g is the same proportion. In the places with full signal, I have not any problem.

I have been discover the A50 is using the band 28 (inside places). How I can change the band ?

 

[cdoublejj]

Quite good Cellular strength here. i use 2 sim ( 2 operators ) , and both works fine

ATT?

 

[rcll]

Does anyone have good cellular strength? What model A50 hardware and what date firmware update are you on?

Anyone have an A50G and their cellular strength is good?

 

[Md Ashifur Rahman]

Terrible Cellular Strength

I've been using this phone for couple of months but honestly cellular strength is very weak! Mobile data keeps struggling and frequently changes status 4G to H+

One of the most annoying thing is when I first enable the mobile data it gets automatically disabled/enabled on its own for more than 5-6 times! It happens each and every times!

 

[mrcamp]

I doubt it. It's probably one of those saturated places where the network towers are not too far apart. This device's cellular radios is definitely not optimized for the US market. As I posted above, very horrible cellular signal using it (I have the Panama version A505G) on AT&T. Signal is good only if right next to cellular tower.

Tons of complaints in this samsung forum - https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5...twork-problem-in-low-signal-area/td-p/1345215

ATT?

---------- Post added at 08:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:15 AM ----------

I want to know as well. Very horrible cellular signal using the A505G on AT&T.

Does anyone have good cellular strength? What model A50 hardware and what date firmware update are you on?

Anyone have an A50G and their cellular strength is good?

 

[cdoublejj]

i think i'm going to pass on the A50, samsung downgraded it to 4gb of ram anyways

 

[mrcamp]

AS I posted above, very horrible signal for me as well. Using the A505G version on AT&T.
Several complaints here - https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5...twork-problem-in-low-signal-area/td-p/1345215

I've been using this phone for couple of months but honestly cellular strength is very weak! Mobile data keeps struggling and frequently changes status 4G to H+

One of the most annoying thing is when I first enable the mobile data it gets automatically disabled/enabled on its own for more than 5-6 times! It happens each and every times!

 

[rcll]

I doubt it. It's probably one of those saturated places where the network towers are not too far apart. This device's cellular radios is definitely not optimized for the US market. As I posted above, very horrible cellular signal using it (I have the Panama version A505G) on AT&T. Signal is good only if right next to cellular tower.

Tons of complaints in this samsung forum - https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5...twork-problem-in-low-signal-area/td-p/1345215



---------- Post added at 08:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:15 AM ----------

I want to know as well. Very horrible cellular signal using the A505G on AT&T.

If the device supports the correct bands, shouldn't the signal be fine?
What kind of optimizations are needed to have it perform like other Samsung devices that have support for the same band, but get good cellular signal on that band?
Can we flash the optimized radios from those other devices onto the A50?