L520 horrible signal

[wopspeed]

I have 1bar or red xall of the time. I have found that this only occurs when switched to 4g LTE. If I switch to 3g only I have great signal. Im currently in NJ. If I reboot whole in lte I get signal for a bit then back to none. Been working on this issue with sprint. The reps never heardof thisissue and At first the rep insisted I swap my phone out but, I refused because I believe I have pin pointed the issue to LTE and would rather be part of the solution. A ticket had been opened with Samsung. Let me know if you have the same issueand what you have found. For now just rousing strong on 3g. I'll keep everyone posted.

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[SAngeli]

I have 1bar or red xall of the time. I have found that this only occurs when switched to 4g LTE. If I switch to 3g only I have great signal. Im currently in NJ.

Hi,
I am not sure if your post refers to the Galaxy S4 mini (as I see in the subject you write "L520"): please confirm if we are talking about the same device otherwhise I should create a new tread.
Anyhow, here is my issue:
I live in Italy and have Vodafone as phone carrier. I recently got S4 mini phone. Before I have been using a Nokia XpressMusing 5530 phone.
I have always been having full signal with 5 out of 5 bar. Since I moved my SIM from Nokia into Galaxy S4 mini things got worst. I have most of the time barely 1/2 of the signal I had with Nokia, still in the same place and same carrier. Where I had 5/5 now I have 1 or 2 out of 4.
I reported this issue, which I greatly dislike to Samsung Exclusive support team and was told that I am forbid from comparing brands and even models as each individual smartphone or phone behaves differently. I replied that when a person spends €400 for a phone, it is implied that phone signal must be perfect! Sometimes, when it changes from Data to Wi-Fi the phone signal disappear and it reappears un within 5-7 sec displaying a circle with a bar across (meaning no signal).

Is this phone supposed to behave so bad? What to do?
I am still undecided whether to just sell my phone and get something better, like HTC One.

Thank you,
Spiro

 

[wopspeed]

Buon Giorno Spiro. Yes I Am referring to the galaxy s4 mini in the USA. The phone should have great signal. Im not sure how to Fix this either.

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[quanqw]

Hi,
I am not sure if your post refers to the Galaxy S4 mini (as I see in the subject you write "L520"): please confirm if we are talking about the same device otherwhise I should create a new tread.
Anyhow, here is my issue:
I live in Italy and have Vodafone as phone carrier. I recently got S4 mini phone. Before I have been using a Nokia XpressMusing 5530 phone.
I have always been having full signal with 5 out of 5 bar. Since I moved my SIM from Nokia into Galaxy S4 mini things got worst. I have most of the time barely 1/2 of the signal I had with Nokia, still in the same place and same carrier. Where I had 5/5 now I have 1 or 2 out of 4.
I reported this issue, which I greatly dislike to Samsung Exclusive support team and was told that I am forbid from comparing brands and even models as each individual smartphone or phone behaves differently. I replied that when a person spends €400 for a phone, it is implied that phone signal must be perfect! Sometimes, when it changes from Data to Wi-Fi the phone signal disappear and it reappears un within 5-7 sec displaying a circle with a bar across (meaning no signal).

Is this phone supposed to behave so bad? What to do?
I am still undecided whether to just sell my phone and get something better, like HTC One.

Thank you,
Spiro

You are same with me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/help/unlock-sph-l520-t3042562