Comments on: Verizon Confirms Galaxy Nexus Software Update, Will “Adjust Signal Indicator” to Better Match Other Devices

By: Mimsyborogove923

Mimsyborogove923 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:10:00 +0000

Is the Nexus always displaying bars and dBms in 4G? Because I have tested it in 4G, 3G and with mobile data off and not only do I never have more than two bars of connection, I have also never gotten a better connection than -93dBm, and occasionally it’s dropped to -104dBm. That being said, my phone seems to hold the connection just fine and my 4G downloads speeds are rarely below 10Mbps. My 3G speeds are like .8Mbps, which seems to be a little below average but not awful. It does take a few seconds(10-15) for it to get a connection though. Oh and I’m in Portland, OR, and have had the phone for about 5 days, just to paint the full picture.

I can’t really speak for dropping calls as I haven’t made many calls yet. I’m gonna have to go do some serious testing on this bad boy before my 14 days are up.

Just wanted to throw out my situation into this craziness if it might help someone like me who’s trying to sift through all this insanity and decide the truth.

(P.S Don’t you love seeing that screenshot on the right for the Nexus “How to Guide” with four bars?)

By: Jim Mcclain

Jim Mcclain — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:01:00 +0000

camera really needs a fix,when you blow the pics up and really look bad,

By: David

David — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:47:00 +0000

Mine has got extremely hot twice, to the point where I shut it off and rebooted it!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:19:00 +0000

im seriously thinking twice of getting this phone now :/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:45:00 +0000

This is not a “signal indicator” problem. Last night I put my brand new Galaxy Nexus next to my buddy’s brand new Razr (both on Verizon obviously). We were in a “3G only area”. I know the “bars” aren’t the same as dB numbers for the signal, but his had all bars full and mine had NO SERVICE whatsoever. Both of us were trying to run speedtest except mine wouldn’t even run it because it had no service. That is not an issue of a signal indicator. I couldn’t care less how many bars there are, but if his phone can connect to the internet and mine cannot in the same place – that is an issue….a HUGE-I’m Going to Return My Phone-type issue!

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:00:00 +0000

In some areas I actually get full bars of 4G signal. Can i opt out of the update that ruins my indicator?

By: Josh Nichols

Josh Nichols — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:30:00 +0000

AOSP-based roms show data signal in the bars..

By: 224232

224232 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:19:00 +0000

I think someone from Anandtech is pulling our legs. I have a galaxy nexus and Droidx. The Droid x gets DBMS values that are consistently about 15 dBm better than the Nexus.

By: Guesticles

Guesticles — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:49:00 +0000

You forgot the sheep who swear there’s no issues.

By: Guesticles

Guesticles — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:38:00 +0000

How come the sheep are not going crazy over this? This is worse then antennagate…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:52:00 +0000

I really don’t get the point of this, why release a software update to artificially change the number of bars, when in fact, they were more accurate than the other phones. Then you will just be deceived into thinking you have much better service . . .

By: Tyler Cameron

Tyler Cameron — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:51:00 +0000

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12832-is-my-nexus-a-lemon-or-is-this-something-i-have-to-deal-with-until-a-radio-update/
Is that the issue you’re having, there’s a youtube video I posted where I show exactly what the problem is. I’d post the idrect youtube link but I’m at school xD

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:56:00 +0000

They saw it that way, because i do not have hair on my tongue, i say it as it is period. They are suffering with their weak radios, whereas i am enjoying my -58 dbm signal strenght

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:50:00 +0000

I really have yet to experience any of this… 4 bars on 4g when I’m in range. I’m in the middle of nowhere and have 2 bars 3g. Same as my Tbolt and DX had. No dropped/missed calls. No data problems. I don’t know… The only time I’ve lost 4g is when it went down for a bit.

By: tyguy829

tyguy829 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:05:00 +0000

thanks for the reply. They really are stupid. If I wanted 3g, I would either turn off LTE or buy a 3G phone!!!