Sensation reception is useless

[xaccers]

That's normal for everything there

It's practically a 3rd world country

 

[cihanleanne]

It's practically a 3rd world country

yeah but they are not do advanced.but well they all made everyone try ready salted lamb

 

[elkingyboy]

I live on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland and to say the signal around here is abysmal is a bit of an understatement however I've never has as poor signal on a phone as with the sensation. I do miss having the Orange Signal Boost app since changing to ARHD but i would still say that a custom ROM was worth it

 

[Rusty!]

Can you not just pull the .apk out of a stock ROM and install/push it to your current one?

 

[silverblack]

Same problem on my XE data seems to hang in HSDPA mode too.Tried the sim in other phone and it works fine so its definetly a HTC issue.Might try that mod with the wire and tape as its making the phone useless at some locations.

 

[cihanleanne]

just had my phone came back from their warranty they send me back with aeroflex test result saying reception same as any other phone but what i do not understand is its not here look at image same network next to each other

 

[Rusty!]

That shows that the Sensation has better reception than the Xperia...

 

[elkingyboy]

Can you not just pull the .apk out of a stock ROM and install/push it to your current one?

Cheers, I thought that myself but upon further investigation, I found that, due to Orange not having released ICS for the Sensation, the signal boost app does not work. Don't really wanna go back to GB so looks loke I'll just have to suffer for a bit longer

 

[Rusty!]

Orange have released ICS now.

 

[PHo3]

It is the back cover with the antenna - when i hold the phone sticky on my Hand i lost 2 bars from 5 - when i hold it with 3 fingers and 1 cm air to my Hand i have 4 bars and when i hold it on the top and lower edge with back cover free i have füll signal.

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA

 

[jambotech]

It actually shows that the sensation is the worst for signal...

The lower the dbm the better the reception. Roll eyes.

I am on orange also and reception is fine.
If your not happy better change your phone. Nothing is perfect.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

 

[Rusty!]

Nope.

The Sensation is holding a 3G connection, the Xperia is only managing 2G.

 

[bmwsensation]

Maybe this will help, I've reached 10- 15 more gsm signal also a permanent 3 bar Wi-Fi , look at my other topic how its been placed

Thanks if it helped

send with my sensi

 

[laxin]

hmm weird, my sensation has always better reception than my friends xperia s and galaxy s2

 

[DehoXeD]

Care to your hands

By the way, don't forget that our poor sensation has its antenna on his back --> Our hands are often our biggest enemys for having a good signal. Even in WIFI, near the box, a badly placed hand can result to 0 signal...

 

[realsis]

cell reception

It really drove me nuts to have a 4g phone running on edge! What I did was go into the system with *#*#4636#*#* then I locked my signal on HSDPA only. Their are more options to suite your preference,but for me this is what I wanted! Now I get only 4g speed! Never loose signal! Won't switch over to snail slow edge! It might not work for everyone depending on availability of signals but it worked for me! Now I'm running 4g instead of Edge! It might help? Just a thought...

 

[cihanleanne]

well we have problem with it today i spoke to HTC customer service they blamed network provider. when i told the i get full signal with nokia 1100 i get very little with sensation they just said you can only compare reception with same model phone it might be lesser than other phones but its same of any other sensation so no network problem jokers

 

[merwin]

just had my phone came back from their warranty they send me back with aeroflex test result saying reception same as any other phone but what i do not understand is its not here look at image same network next to each other

Well the difference is obvious to me. The sensation is on HSDPA and the other is on EDGE... Two different LAC and CID codes as well, which is the cell tower identifier.

Your first problem is that you are on two different towers. The second (and more relevant problem) is that you are on two completely different networks (HSDPA vs EDGE), and it is normal for the signal to be very different between them. At my workplace I get full EDGE signal but only 1 to 2 bars of HSDPA.

Force the Sensation onto EDGE and I bet your signal will go up.

I still prefer HSDPA even with 2 bars, because I can get high speeds and perfectly fine calls with even only one bar, while EDGE is basically only good for voice these days, no matter the signal strength.

To illustrate the awesomeness of the Sensation and HSDPA, I was in Tijuana last week about 10 miles from the border and got 2 bars (full signal if I was on the roof) through T-Mobile. 1 to 2 bars was enough to serve wifi to 4 people easily. I was getting 75KB/s both ways with 2 bars... nobody else on T-Mobile was able to use their phones... and only occasionally on the roof.

The only gotcha is that the Sensation does not like having its back covered, and for some reason performs more consistently in landscape mode. When on a table, it wanted to be face down.

And the weirdest part... when face down, the speed would increase by 15 percent or so if I lightly placed my pointer finger about 2/3 of the way down the phone in just the right spot. Human antenna I guess.

Yes, the Sensation suffers from some grip issues, but it is far outweighed by being able to serve up high speed internet and make calls when nobody else can when you know where not to touch it.

Lastly, I worked in T-Mobile's corporate engineering department in Bellevue for several years testing new markets, new technologies, and major changes to network architecture... used a LOT of different phones and there is no perfect phone. They all have an Achilles heel. It just depends on what you use the phone for.

 

[monkor]

Well the difference is obvious to me. The sensation is on HSDPA and the other is on EDGE... Two different LAC and CID codes as well, which is the cell tower identifier.

Your first problem is that you are on two different towers. The second (and more relevant problem) is that you are on two completely different networks (HSDPA vs EDGE), and it is normal for the signal to be very different between them. At my workplace I get full EDGE signal but only 1 to 2 bars of HSDPA.

Force the Sensation onto EDGE and I bet your signal will go up.

I still prefer HSDPA even with 2 bars, because I can get high speeds and perfectly fine calls with even only one bar, while EDGE is basically only good for voice these days, no matter the signal strength.

To illustrate the awesomeness of the Sensation and HSDPA, I was in Tijuana last week about 10 miles from the border and got 2 bars (full signal if I was on the roof) through T-Mobile. 1 to 2 bars was enough to serve wifi to 4 people easily. I was getting 75KB/s both ways with 2 bars... nobody else on T-Mobile was able to use their phones... and only occasionally on the roof.

The only gotcha is that the Sensation does not like having its back covered, and for some reason performs more consistently in landscape mode. When on a table, it wanted to be face down.

And the weirdest part... when face down, the speed would increase by 15 percent or so if I lightly placed my pointer finger about 2/3 of the way down the phone in just the right spot. Human antenna I guess.

Yes, the Sensation suffers from some grip issues, but it is far outweighed by being able to serve up high speed internet and make calls when nobody else can when you know where not to touch it.

Lastly, I worked in T-Mobile's corporate engineering department in Bellevue for several years testing new markets, new technologies, and major changes to network architecture... used a LOT of different phones and there is no perfect phone. They all have an Achilles heel. It just depends on what you use the phone for.

Bump

 

[craven667]

What plugs do what

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