Poor signal reception

The signal strength on my iphone 3gs is very weak---only one or two bars, at most.  Is there a way to fix this problem so that full signal is available?

what did your carrier say when you reported poor signal strength in your area?

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  • N8 poor signal reception and other hardware issues...

    I have always been a Nokia fan . I started with Nokia 6600, then N70, then N82 and now a Nokia N8.
    However, I am facing the worst experience with N8 reception issues.
    The problems faced are as under :
    1) Poor Signal Reception Issues - Signal strength is weak and is constantly fluctuating compared to other Nokia Phones. At my workplace, if Nokia N82 displays 5 bars, N8 would display only 1 or 2 bars.
    2) Phone freezes many times. Whenever an Alarm is enabled, phone freezed much more.
    3) Purple Tint in the display. Nokia Service Centre says that its normal but according to me, they are just ignoring this issue. 
    4) Vibration is weak : I often do not realize when the phone is vibrating in my pocket !! 
    Upcoming Symbian Anna will just improve the user interface but will not be able to solve these hardware issues.
    If Nokia plans a hardware update facility for N8 users wherein they can fix the signal reception issues and increase the RAM to 1 GB atleast, I would retain this phone for few years.  
    But, now, I intend to switch to Samsung Galaxy S II. 
    Your views solicited.
    Regards
    MODERATOR'S NOTE: This post has been edited as we do not allow the discussion of speculations concerning products or services which have not been officially announced by Nokia.

    sats_24 wrote:
    I have always been a Nokia fan . I started with Nokia 6600, then N70, then N82 and now a Nokia N8.
    However, I am facing the worst experience with N8 reception issues.
    The problems faced are as under :
    1) Poor Signal Reception Issues - Signal strength is weak and is constantly fluctuating compared to other Nokia Phones. At my workplace, if Nokia N82 displays 5 bars, N8 would display only 1 or 2 bars.
    2) Phone freezes many times. Whenever an Alarm is enabled, phone freezed much more.
    3) Purple Tint in the display. Nokia Service Centre says that its normal but according to me, they are just ignoring this issue. 
    4) Vibration is weak : I often do not realize when the phone is vibrating in my pocket !! 
    Upcoming Symbian Anna will just improve the user interface but will not be able to solve these hardware issues.
    If Nokia plans a hardware update facility for N8 users wherein they can fix the signal reception issues and increase the RAM to 1 GB atleast, I would retain this phone for few years.  
    But, now, I intend to switch to Samsung Galaxy S II. 
    Your views solicited.
    Regards
    MODERATOR'S NOTE: This post has been edited as we do not allow the discussion of speculations concerning products or services which have not been officially announced by Nokia.
    I am agree with poor signal issue with nokia N8. I have two cell with one is N8 and other one is N26 with nearly 4.5 year old but at same place Nokia N8 showing very poor quality of network signal compared to N26. So for same network provider with two different cell with same manufacture how can drastic different that is also investing nearly RS.22000!
    Please resolve the issue ASAP.
    Regards,
    Praful

  • Poor Signal Reception Range Satellite L55-B5170sm

    Hey Im experiencing poor reception on my Toshiba, it works great but it just dont get as far away as other laptops which makes me thing that the wifi receiver is really lacking some range.
    Everything is working good but when I approach the meeting room it disconnects and other laptops dont. Can you explain why is that?

    Keith - I have a similar issue that I wonder if you can help with please.
    my parents have BT infinity in Room A and get great wi-fi signal and speed in that room. In the living room only 10 metres away, the signal is down to one bar of reception and intermittent.
    i have tried many of the recommendation on these forums such as unplugging the microwave, cordless phones and nay other electrical devices. Have even done th behest to move the modem closer within the limitations of the cable lengths. None of this makes a difference.
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    am at my wits end and having spent £70 on the tap link system, am nervous of spending any more to find that doesn't work either.
    my parents arenhug technical folk and I won't be over there for a while yet so don't have the bilty to test things much so was wondering where you think it could be best to start? Could I link an extra device from the access point perhaps?
    any ideas would be most welcome.
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  • What is the best Radio app for Iphone with poor Signal

    hi folks
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    Well, 2(.(7)5)G (GPRS/EDGE) is still sufficient for a lot of (mostly HE-AACv2) streams - they're between 24 and 40 kbps, . That is, first, check out whether there are favorite stations in the station directory of the HE-AACv2-specific radio app "Tuner2 Hi-Fi Radio". Note that there are other HE-AACv2-capable clients but this one is the best.
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    Whenever possible, deactivate 3G (if you have a second- or third-generation iPhone used in a compatible 3G network, that is). Why? It’s easy: I’ve made some very thorough experiments with power consumption when streaming over cellular (mobile phone) connections. For this, I’ve listened to a 31 kbps VBR HE-AACv2 stream in Pocket Tunes. I’ve measured the battery life decrease of 0.6%/minute when streaming in 3G and 0.3%/minute when doing the same in 2.75G (EDGE) and 2.5G (GPRS). This means streaming 3G consumes two times more battery than in 2.75G with a stream that, when streamed over Wi-Fi, consumes 0.18% power a minute.
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    Having to rely on pre-3G stream speeds means the following:
    - If you only have GPRS connection (but not EDGE), select a station broadcasting at less than 35-40 kbps to avoid pauses and stuttering. You can easily see if your phone is in GPRS only: then, to the right of the name of your network, there is a circle and not the capital letter ‘E’ (it’s '3G' when in 3G mode and it’s here that the Wi-Fi signal is shown when operating over Wi-Fi.)
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    4. You can also give your station a name
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  • I got reception problem in my 4g both gsm and wifi ? in form of very poor signal why*

    i got reception problem in my 4g both gsm and wifi ? in form of very poor signal why*?? it was working fine suddenly the signal became bad and when i make phone call the other person on the seceond side doent hear me but when i use face time it is working , and the wifi signal is the same there is no or poor signal , signal improve only when i get closer to the modem that provides wifi at home or any wifi hot spot
    is it antenna problem ? or what???

    That thread helped for a time.  But now it seems as though my computer is back to slow again.  But, some of the jargon is over my head as well.  Not sure I knew quoite everything they were talking about.  But thanks a lot for that, it helped I probably just need to reread it and follow the instructions again.  Thanks so much.

  • I run in an area without wifi and poor cell reception. How do I keep my tunes on the iPhone 6 plus and not in the cloud

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  • How to fix the poor network reception in iphone 4s 5.0.1

    How to fix the poor network reception,GPS location services issue & Battery life issue in iphone 4s 5.0.1

    So I am guesing probably the iPhone signal reception issue came from the iPhone SIM card reader itself not adjusting to the SIM chip.
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  • Poor Wifi Reception All Of A Sudden

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  • Poor TV Reception

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