Cellular strength and throughput - Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re

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 S11'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.

depends
It depends where you are meaning your locality.

I have better connection than what I had with s10+!

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It depends where you are

inside the house I get really bad signal here. had much better on older s9

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I don't think they get it. If your part of town does not get high speed internet than no matter how fast your phone is, it will only be as fast as the actually service is. Case in point. I just moved to another part of town and sign up for high speed internet, supposedly up to 100mb a sec. My son's Playstation showing only 6mb a sec. So I check with a tech for the service I use and he verified what my son's Playstation was showing, 6mb per sec. That it.
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Mobile data problem
I am using mobile data all the day , but I face big problem , always data change from 4G+ to 4G then H+ then E.
I face it all the day , is there any problem with my phone and if yes how to solve.

Using an unlocked version in the US, I get worse signal at work than I did with my previous pixel 4 XL and OnePlus 7 pro. Usually I get 1 bar maybe 2, which was same on orbits devices, however on this, I rarely can access the internet and forget even sending a MMS.

My experience is very good with signal strength and throughput. Better than the S10 it replaced.

it's all because of Exynos chip, signal strenght is very bad with exynos.
If i put my sim in Huawei P40 Pro i will get 4 bars, with Exynos only 1 bar.

alleshi said:
it's all because of Exynos chip, signal strenght is very bad with exynos.
If i put my sim in Huawei P40 Pro i will get 4 bars, with Exynos only 1 bar.
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Exynos S20U here, I get faster speeds / higher bandwidth than my 75/18 fibre home broadband, was getting 80/56 or there abouts, no 5G here yet either but not too far from the mast, full bars too

alleshi said:
it's all because of Exynos chip, signal strenght is very bad with exynos.
If i put my sim in Huawei P40 Pro i will get 4 bars, with Exynos only 1 bar.
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agreed, had iphone previously and it was always full streght, now its only 1 bar or 0

Hi good people
I just bought S20 Ultra 5G Korean version G988N
Using the phone in UK O2 Network but 4G speed are so slow.
I'm getting only 30mbps i used to get 110mbps with the same handset but Exynos version. Instead of showing 4G i have LTE
Please help

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I don't think they get it. If your part of town does not get high speed internet than no matter how fast your phone is, it will only be as fast as the actually service is. Case in point. I just moved to another part of town and sign up for high speed internet, supposedly up to 100mb a sec. My son's Playstation showing only 6mb a sec. So I check with a tech for the service I use and he verified what my son's Playstation was showing, 6mb per sec. That it.
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Hi, you are correct. Yet not exactly. I will have full signal strenght at homeon my mate 20 pro and i could play hours of spotify at work on 4g with no problem at all. The s20 is only 2 bars at home and i cannot even thinking of playing spotify at work plus i use medium power saver all the time. The network optimization is really poor..

At home, using the same sim card for testing,
my old p9 lite has much better cell reception than my s20+ :/

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Bands and LTE Coverage

I got the phone 3 days ago ....
I love the design, the Concept .... Hardware seems solid ... very fast and responsive .... faster than my Note 7.
However I have a big issue ....... *(
Even though on the official ASUS webpage it says the phone supports LTE Band 12, 700MHz for T mobile, the phone refuses to see and connect to anything else except Band 4, 2100MHz.
I live in an area where Band 4 LTE sucks ..... I dont live in the City ...
LTE Coverage seems to suck for me at the moment ....
On top of the LTE issues ..... It seems that this phone does not get very good cell signal for making phone calls ....*(
All metal design ??
Any thoughts on the LTE issues ??
You may need to bring this up to support and find out what is going on with it (otherwise t-mobile). I have metor pcs, and i know that goes with t-mobile, just might be certain bands not connecting to it.
Update:
OK .... so after further testing and use of the phone, I have verified that the phone does connect to ALL of the T-mobile LTE bands ...... both 4 & 12.
But the phone it self seems to have Terrible signal / reception ....... *(
I have been carting around with me 2 phones ...... this phone and the Note 5.
it seems that this phone is just having a very hard time holding a good solid LTE connection.
Not even good enough for a Messenger call or Whatssapp call ...... *(
when the Note 5 had great LTE, this phone couldn't even hold a connection long enough for a 30 second Whatssapp call.
its very frustrating ........
I think it has to do with the all metal body of the phone.....
Any input ??
Are their tmobile APN settings the same?
Do you have a case on it?
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Update:
OK .... so after further testing and use of the phone, I have verified that the phone does connect to ALL of the T-mobile LTE bands ...... both 4 & 12.
But the phone it self seems to have Terrible signal / reception ....... *(
I have been carting around with me 2 phones ...... this phone and the Note 5.
it seems that this phone is just having a very hard time holding a good solid LTE connection.
Not even good enough for a Messenger call or Whatssapp call ...... *(
when the Note 5 had great LTE, this phone couldn't even hold a connection long enough for a 30 second Whatssapp call.
its very frustrating ........
I think it has to do with the all metal body of the phone.....
Any input ??
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Yes, I believe you are right. I don't own this phone, but thought I'd give my two cents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTsg7EyYKFM
Yes, this is not your phone, it's the ZTE Axon 7. Watch from around the 4 minute mark. Much loike the Zenfone Deluxe 3, the mostly all-aluminum body without much field testing is always going to be a drawback for wifi strength and certain radio frequencies on LTE.
The Axon 7 is arguably more plastic than the Zenfone 3 Deluxe (at the top and bottom at least) meaning there should actually be incremental differences for the ability to hold a frequency with good strength in the favour of the Axon 7, however it's receiving a few poor real-world reviews for those who have bothered to test. From that assumption, the more 'sleek' all-aluminum body of the ZD3 is going to have the same problems, so its no surprise that you are reporting it.
I'm considering getting this phone up against the LG v20 H990DS dual sim. But Wifi strength and reliability on 4G LTE is a huge considersation, as it's really a basic expectation of any flasgship - dont bother making a phone of all-alluminum if the drawback is poor performance. This is why the design of the v20 is 10x better, for instance.
RoOSTA
roosta said:
Yes, I believe you are right. I don't own this phone, but thought I'd give my two cents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTsg7EyYKFM
Yes, this is not your phone, it's the ZTE Axon 7. Watch from around the 4 minute mark. Much loike the Zenfone Deluxe 3, the mostly all-aluminum body without much field testing is always going to be a drawback for wifi strength and certain radio frequencies on LTE.
The Axon 7 is arguably more plastic than the Zenfone 3 Deluxe (at the top and bottom at least) meaning there should actually be incremental differences for the ability to hold a frequency with good strength in the favour of the Axon 7, however it's receiving a few poor real-world reviews for those who have bothered to test. From that assumption, the more 'sleek' all-aluminum body of the ZD3 is going to have the same problems, so its no surprise that you are reporting it.
I'm considering getting this phone up against the LG v20 H990DS dual sim. But Wifi strength and reliability on 4G LTE is a huge considersation, as it's really a basic expectation of any flasgship - dont bother making a phone of all-alluminum if the drawback is poor performance. This is why the design of the v20 is 10x better, for instance.
RoOSTA
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I can assure you all just based on the quality of the display compared to the V20 this phone is a thousand times better. The blues are very apparent on the V20 and side by side it doesn't even come close. The V20 just looks awful. If you're browsing webpages and playing games I'd much rather do it on the Zenfone. I wonder what it's like up against one of the newer Samsung's. Maybe I'll test it out, but the sales people in most stores are so pushy to help and get in your way. Some people really need to learn the best way to a sale isn't by being pushy but feeling out your customer.
I think people's mileage is going to vary on signal strength. I noticed identical WiFi strength between this phone and the Moto G4 I have. I often get poor signal at work and this phone drops signal way less. I haven't really tested out LTE other than to check that it works and I get the same number of bars as the G4 in my house.
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I can assure you all just based on the quality of the display compared to the V20 this phone is a thousand times better. The blues are very apparent on the V20 and side by side it doesn't even come close. The V20 just looks awful. If you're browsing webpages and playing games I'd much rather do it on the Zenfone.
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AmOled wins every day over IPS, however limiting the display to 1080p on a flagship is... so 2014. You can get the V20 with same screen size and bigger battery. On top of that, it's removable. The best feature is repairability. Take off the back cover, 20 small screws and it's easy to lift out the plastic cover, motherboard cameras and screen with ease. Even the 3.5mm jack pops off easily. It's one of the last flasgships yo keep the FM radio and have a more than useful IR blaster.
Zenfone doesn't even advertise Nfc despite some deluxe owners saying their phone had it, but in a very awkward position. I can see you have a preference but I find it hard for there to be any comparison. Comes down to your requirements in the end.
RoOSTA
roosta said:
AmOled wins every day over IPS, however limiting the display to 1080p on a flagship is... so 2014.
RoOSTA
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Same can be said with putting an IPS display in a flagship phone. They chose 1080p vs 1440p because it's a well known fact 1080p gets better battery life. Put the phone side by side and pull up the same webpage and the text has the same clarity as the V20. Many will say the eyes can't tell the difference. Resolution aside, I can't express how much better the screen is than the V20. The phone is also lighter and smaller because it doesn't have the secondary display. At the end of the day, the Verizon's store rep owned the V20 and we both laughed at how awful the display on V20 looked compared to this phone.
Bottom line it's nice to have a removable battery, but it's the screen you look at most. I'd rather have a phone with the better display.
There's tonnes of IPS still used in non-amoled flagships. 1080 p does in fact get a better battery life, probably why LG increased the battery capacity. 2nd display is also very handy. A few grams/ounches weight isn't going to bother me when comparing both of these phones. Anyway, getting off topic. I think the design of this phone is the reason why you may be experiencing issues, or your radio could be faulty if it's happening everywhere, even in places you'd normally get good reception. See how the resulrs vary at inner city, more outer-suburban locations and compare to what you were getting previously (on this phoine or another 4G LTE).
RoOSTA
I got the phone to finally to replace my SG Note II N7100 version (I don't like newer Notes. I was hoping for same features past Note 4. Finally gave up replaceable battery feature for Asus ZF3D 64GB) Also I could finally use Tmobiles 4G LTE and add Freedompop H+ networks as secondary. I notice something with Tmobile LTE. At first Tmobile's 4G LTE had 1/4 bars and data speeds seem to fail a lot and if it pass it would read it as 0 kbps. But I kept using it for few days more. I'm starting to get 2 or higher on signal and data speeds hit around download 8/upload 1 mbps at 38 ms ping and this is at the same area. Not sure what happen in those first few days. Signal got boosted good if you disable secondary SIM. I get about 3 or 4 bars.
If I did get into good place I would hit around 10/25 speeds still better than Tmobile's H+ with Note 2.
^as long as lte signal gets better instead of few bars! What part of the USA?
snkchaos said:
I got the phone to finally to replace my SG Note II N7100 version (I don't like newer Notes. I was hoping for same features past Note 4. Finally gave up no replaceable battery feature for Asus ZF3D 64GB) Also I could finally use Tmobiles 4G LTE and add Freedompop H+ networks as secondary. I notice something with Tmobile LTE. At first Tmobile's 4G LTE had 1/4 bars and data speeds seem to fail a lot and if it pass it would read it as 0 kbps. But I kept using it for few days more. I'm starting to get 2 or higher on signal and data speeds hit around download 8/upload 1 mbps at 38 ms ping and this is at the same area. Not sure what happen in those first few days. Signal got boosted good if you disable secondary SIM. I get about 3 or 4 bars.
If I did get into good place I would hit around 10/25 speeds still better than Tmobile's H+ with Note 2.
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I had the same exact problem on my phone. It cleared up after a few days as well. My Sim2 slot is still enabled, so I don't know how mine fixed itself. Maybe something with the cell towers, not sure
galaxys said:
^as long as lte signal gets better instead of few bars! What part of the USA?
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I live in Tracy, CA.
snkchaos said:
I live in Tracy, CA.
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You should usually have a good signal there. I'm in Vegas and have full bars with T-Mobile...
Hi all, I posted part of this message in another forum as it was part of a bigger posting. Here I am only posting issues with the Bands & LTE Coverage.
So I also upgraded my wife's phone (S5) to the Zen 3 deluxe (ZS570KL / 256gb hd / 6gb ram / 821 chip) and she hates it... calls keep dropping signal is low and it does not even say LTE. I did a speedtest comparison between her Zen 3 and my Zen 2 (rooted and running CM13) and mine is way faster. Hers is also disconnecting from cellular (AT&T) data and does not show 4G anymore along with no push notifications of emails. I get strong bars and the phone displays LTE, hers only shows 4G+.
Anyone else having these issues? Oh and she does have a plastic / silicon clear case.

Cellular strength and throughput

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 S8+'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.
I get a low 4g signal at work whereas on my s7 edge I didn't get anything
Mine is a lot better than any phone I've had before. Usually at home on all my other phones I have 1-2 bars and on the S8+ I have at least 4 bars.
Bars are no indication of true signal strength. My S8+ doesn't get nearly as strong of a signal as my Pixel XL. I drop signal a lot more often now. I was rather disappointed with the performance of the cell radio actually.
For me, the signal is about the same at home. But at work, the S8+ performs much better than the Note5 that I had... Must be an extra band or something. The Note5 would hang on to an unusable LTE signal or drop to 3G/1x inside my job. The S8+ stays on on LTE with a usable signal.
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It's worst Then S8 as I used that before shifting to S8 plus. But download speed is great.
My S7 was better. The S7 ised a new duel antenna tech, I am not sure the S8 used it or not.
My AT&T Note 4 and my new S8+ get about the same signal, which is really disappointing
I generally see around 5-8dbm better then I did with my pixel xl at home..notice the s8+ does drop signal little easier tho then my pixel in fringe areas
Tested right outside my house. Never had these speeds on my Note 5.
Comming from a S6, the signals and speeds are far better, also my s6 was missing a few bands so never ever got speeds like this on my Jio 4G Network in India
At work on LTE Im getting 31 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. Not bad! Faster than our company wifi!
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At work on LTE Im getting 31 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. Not bad! Faster than our company wifi!
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I used to get 54Mbps which WAS faster than the company wifi. Then we bumped up to 500Mb.
Poor Reception in Canada on Bell Mobility
I just got an unlocked S8+ that was apparently originally from Sprint (because that is where the home page goes in Samsung Internet).
I do not get very good reception on it – even in urban/suburban areas. Sometimes, when I am inside a building, it disappears altogether. I often get 1 or 2 bars on the reception indicator. If I check the “Sim Card Status” screen under settings I get -105 dBm 3 asu. I don’t really know what those numbers mean.
Is there anything I can do to improve reception? Should I be calling Bell and maybe they need to know what kind of phone I have? Should I expect an S8+ purchased directly from Bell (they also carry this phone) to have better reception? Or is the reception of “105 dBm 3 asu” fine and it’s just the indicator showing low levels?
As much as I like this phone I cannot be missing calls randomly. I have a business to run.
Thanks.
The Fish
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I just got an unlocked S8+ that was apparently originally from Sprint (because that is where the home page goes in Samsung Internet).
I do not get very good reception on it – even in urban/suburban areas. Sometimes, when I am inside a building, it disappears altogether. I often get 1 or 2 bars on the reception indicator. If I check the “Sim Card Status” screen under settings I get -105 dBm 3 asu. I don’t really know what those numbers mean.
Is there anything I can do to improve reception? Should I be calling Bell and maybe they need to know what kind of phone I have? Should I expect an S8+ purchased directly from Bell (they also carry this phone) to have better reception? Or is the reception of “105 dBm 3 asu” fine and it’s just the indicator showing low levels?
As much as I like this phone I cannot be missing calls randomly. I have a business to run.
Thanks.
The Fish
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Hey fish you want it down, the dBm i mean. Here's a quote "-50 dBm is great signal or full bars. -120 dBm is very poor signal or a dead zone." you at 105 dBm is garbage, no wonder your missing calls.. Since you are experiencing network issues, you could get a replacement, but i don’t think it will make much difference. as it's all same hardware. Why not get a Google Pixel XL i heard they got awesome reception! Or if you’re at home a lot, purchase an lte repeater booster ? Problem Solved!
Drop in signal & Block sign
Im living in UAE - and my service provider is etisalat, and my 4G signal is dropping and sometimes i get block sign, i tried my sim in different device it working.
i have started a thread on the subject if anyone could help me please.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...block-sign-t3851575/post77823171#post77823171
N1NJATH3ORY said:
Hey fish you want it down, the dBm i mean. Here's a quote "-50 dBm is great signal or full bars. -120 dBm is very poor signal or a dead zone." you at 105 dBm is garbage, no wonder your missing calls.. Since you are experiencing network issues, you could get a replacement, but i don’t think it will make much difference. as it's all same hardware. Why not get a Google Pixel XL i heard they got awesome reception! Or if you’re at home a lot, purchase an lte repeater booster ? Problem Solved!
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I went through a whole “carrier switching” routine (details found somewhere on these forums) and after changing the CSC to Canadian I flashed Bell Mobility's firmware. The phone now shows that it’s an SM-G955W which is the Canadian model. And apparently now supports additional LTE bands 29(700) and 30(2300) which were missing from the SM-G955U (I determined this by dialing *#2263#).
I have no idea if it *really* supports these bands or just *says* that it does but my gut tells me that it really does support them. I suspect that the hardware for the SM-G955U and SM-G955W is 100% identical and any differences are controlled through software only.
And I seem to have better reception now. I am getting 4 to 5 bars in most places and under -100 dBm in most places. Plus Wi-Fi calling works now so I have reception in my basement at my house.
The true test will be when we go camping next summer.
The Fish
thefish123 said:
I went through a whole “carrier switching” routine (details found somewhere on these forums) and after changing the CSC to Canadian I flashed Bell Mobility's firmware. The phone now shows that it’s an SM-G955W which is the Canadian model. And apparently now supports additional LTE bands 29(700) and 30(2300) which were missing from the SM-G955U (I determined this by dialing *#2263#).
I have no idea if it *really* supports these bands or just *says* that it does but my gut tells me that it really does support them. I suspect that the hardware for the SM-G955U and SM-G955W is 100% identical and any differences are controlled through software only.
And I seem to have better reception now. I am getting 4 to 5 bars in most places and under -100 dBm in most places. Plus Wi-Fi calling works now so I have reception in my basement at my house.
The true test will be when we go camping next summer.
The Fish
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Happy days for you i do suffer poor signal in my house:crying: i'll see if i can flash the CSC to fix it, thanks for the update!
s7 does lot better than 8+ in the same room

Cellular strength and throughput

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 Asus ZenFone 3 Zoom's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
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Compared to my Nexus 6P, this phone tends to stay on HSPA+ more often than my 6P did. This phone either wont choose LTE or doesn't get LTE in many places where my 6P did. A bit frustrating.
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Compared to my Nexus 6P, this phone tends to stay on HSPA+ more often than my 6P did. This phone either wont choose LTE or doesn't get LTE in many places where my 6P did. A bit frustrating.
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Same here; I'm on straight talk, and I'm stuck on HSPA+. My S6 used to get LTE at full bars.
I'll chime in here. I fell asleep and my 8 month old destroyed my Moto Z Play. The Zenfone 3 zoom has a much crappier radio interface layer setup as I get 2g in places where I had lte in the same area and same SIM card. Otherwise specs were pretty much identical. Also while I get better battery it's not an extra 1500mh . I averaged 6 1/2 hours screen time on the zplay and average only 7 1/2 here with same apps /usage.
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I'll chime in here. I fell asleep and my 8 month old destroyed my Moto Z Play. The Zenfone 3 zoom has a much crappier radio interface layer setup as I get 2g in places where I had lte in the same area and same SIM card. Otherwise specs were pretty much identical. Also while I get better battery it's not an extra 1500mh . I averaged 6 1/2 hours screen time on the zplay and average only 7 1/2 here with same apps /usage.
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This is a little strange: as my previous post states, I was stuck on HSPA+ at home. Well I went into town yesterday, and caught 4G. Went back home... And I have 4G at home now.
Strange, but I won't complain.
The maximum I can get anywhere is HSPA+, even in places where my lgg3 would have full LTE coverage. Very disappointing quality of an otherwise impressive device. It is possible that at&t does not yet recognize the phone as 4g capable in their database yet, and this will change later, but for now at least, I don't think that this phone is a worthy purchase.
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The maximum I can get anywhere is HSPA+, even in places where my lgg3 would have full LTE coverage. Very disappointing quality of an otherwise impressive device. It is possible that at&t does not yet recognize the phone as 4g capable in their database yet, and this will change later, but for now at least, I don't think that this phone is a worthy purchase.
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I've been getting 4G no problem on my AT&T SIM card, so they definitely recognize the phone as 4G capable. Coverage does seem slightly worse than my Galaxy S7 though.
I have no problem. Where I'm staying my network has domestic national roaming. At home I get LTE+ signal, but most of the time, it on LTE.
I'm a truck driver in Canada, so I travel a lot within Canada. I have to admit that the strength of LTE on this phone is very poor. In cities it's ok, the speed is high. However, when you get on road, the phone often looses the signal where s7 still has LTE and stream video. I'm disappointed with the phone. I would never buy it again for travel although it has excellent battery life.

WiFi strength, range, and throughput

Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy S10+'s Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I've noticed a huge upgrade in wifi strength , coming from a Note 9 . So am happy with that regard.
Hi,
Is anyone facing Upload Mode-CP Crash issue on Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus. Can't believe 2nd unit out of the box is having same issue. I have a dual SIM Exynos SM-G975F variant brought in Oman. 1st unit had this issue, even the 2nd replaced unit has the same issue. Phone freezes with a message Modem Crash!! & goes into Upload Mode. This happens at least 4 to 5 times a day.
Any suggestions.
Thanks,
I switched to S10+ from Mate 20 Pro. Connectivity it is way way better than S10+ and all my previous samsungs ( Note1-4, S2,4,7,8) . All wi fi, gps, 4g, signal in the mountains, etc etc in Huawei is not simply better. Is way way better
But I love more S10+ for everything else : soft, video, speakers, display, etc etc
I have both a note 2 and a note 5 here, as well as an Asus tablet, all of which are able to see and connect to hotspots located in businesses down the street from my home. They also show varying numbers of other neighborhood wifi networks. The S10+ however sees exactly 3 networks. Mine, and my next door neighbors 2.4 and 5 g ssids. That's it.
That said, the connection to my home network holds strong throughout my place, despite it dropping a bar or two in certain areas. Usually see upwards of 800Mbps indicated, and have no issue maxing my 350Mbps wan.
Not bad, but if I'm out and am in the presence of a weak signal, I might not even know it exists. This may actually work to my benefit though, because weak wifi signals really suck.
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Maybe I am late to comment here. I have Note 9 for around 7 months and 2 weeks back switched to Galaxy S10+. A major drawback I am seeing with my device (running latest update) is Wifi signal strength which is not as good as Note 9. I used to get very strong reception in the areas around the house (I still have Note 9 and compared them both), but S10+ shows no signal for wifi in those areas. I have a dual band 5Gx and 2.4GHz networks and the strength is better for both bands on Note 9. Not saying it is a big issue, but the signal quality is not as good as Note 9. Does anyone switched from Snapdragon Note 9 experience the same difference?
The worst wifi and Lte signal i have ever encountred....coming from note 9 i thought am upgrading but now i miss my note 9
This phone has very bad WIFI range, + stupid Samsung software which kills low signal networks from even showing in list, you need use 3d party app to connect to them like WIFI analyzer..

Cellular strength and throughput

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 S10+'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.
I just got the phone today and compared to the Pixel 3xl or Red Magic Mars the signal strength on Mint Mobile using T-mobile network is pretty bad.
Maybe it is because I am at home and wifi calling is on. We will see real world results but so far not good.
I pulled 100Mbps downstream on Freedom mobile earlier today. Hell of a lot faster than my older notes could ever achieve, that is for sure.
It's no 5g though.
I get barely 5Mbps on Sprint
0.12 Mbps on Sprint
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XDA_RealLifeReview said:
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 S10+'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.
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I've got Sprint and I have trouble all the time. I've had problems connecting to the internet when I'm showing 4 bars LTE.
You would think after more than a year Samsung would have fixed their networking coding.... Nope....
Signal strength is abysmal on this device and I can't believe they have the nerve to ask for more money for the S20 when they refuse to fix this model. I also see it hasn't gotten better even with the midrange mode of the A71, poor connectivity.
What good is a device that can't get a signal? It's not any good at all, you've overpaid for a small glorified tablet. It's clear Samsung can not get its act together, maybe they should spend less time coding on goofy apps nobody wants to keep people in their ridiculous ecosystem and more time on actually getting their devices to work properly.
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I pulled 100Mbps downstream on Freedom mobile earlier today. Hell of a lot faster than my older notes could ever achieve, that is for sure.
It's no 5g though.
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you're lucky!!
most networks are putting out 5-12mbps & can be much slower.
Weak signal ls a common problem with the s10 plus. Hell tmobile doesn't even sell it anymore.
My s10 is lucky get 25 mb on my wifi that puts out over 110 mb download speed . My laptop, wife's phone and this crappy, 150 dollar Motorola I have all hit over 100 mb on tests. This is is the last samsung I'll ever own. It's the same with network signal.
fernando sor said:
Weak signal ls a common problem with the s10 plus. Hell tmobile doesn't even sell it anymore.
My s10 is lucky get 25 mb on my wifi that puts out over 110 mb download speed . My laptop, wife's phone and this crappy, 150 dollar Motorola I have all hit over 100 mb on tests. This is is the last samsung I'll ever own. It's the same with network signal.
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depends how close you are to the router.
if i move away from the desk the combo cox modem/router sits on, i'll usually get 350+ on my 500 plan.
move away from the router, try another server:
https://www.speedtest.net/
bearone2 said:
depends how close you are to the router.
if i move away from the desk the combo cox modem/router sits on, i'll usually get 350+ on my 500 plan.
move away from the router, try another server:
https://www.speedtest.net/
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Yeah I've tried. What it does on any wifi is bounce. It will shoot up to 25mb and then dip down to two mb. Im sure that's why I'm always dropping videos. There are a few fixes but they never last. It will improve for an hour or so and then go back to being crappy.
fernando sor said:
Yeah I've tried. What it does on any wifi is bounce. It will shoot up to 25mb and then dip down to two mb. Im sure that's why I'm always dropping videos. There are a few fixes but they never last. It will improve for an hour or so and then go back to being crappy.
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poor wi-fi means poor isp. unless you're providing your own modem/router!
would a factory reset help with bad signal strength? my phone has always been terrible even on wifi calling it always drops calls im thinking its the phone itself i like the phone i dont really wana upgrade but if i have to i will or should i get another s10 plus?
a factory reset won't help with wifi calling, that's an internet provider issue, as i mentioned in my previous comment.
if you're in a fringe area for your cell provider, a network reset may help.
mine is horrible on T-Mobile network, which i hate because the phone on wifi is sick!
RunBMX said:
mine is horrible on T-Mobile network, which i hate because the phone on wifi is sick!
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wifi is from the isp.

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