My phone's reception is very inconsistent... Generally speaking, it does get good signal and speed, but there are times where I am left scratching my head...
For example, standing outside of my house, I get "full bars" for 4G anywhere in my yard (signal a steady -78 to -82). However, there are three spots that I know of (so far) that are not blocked by anything, where my signal drops to barely 1 bar of 4G (-130 or worse). Moving my phone six inches out of this "dead zone" and I go right back to full bars, but for some reason...
The problem is that it seems like the phone acts like this everywhere! I will have full bars and suddenly lose my connection completely only to get it back at good strength after moving a few feet/yards from where it dropped...
It is rather perplexing.
What I am actually disappointed with in terms of signal on these phones is WiFi! I don't understand why my laptop with the same 2x2 antenna configuration (internal) as my Gnex get's 3-5x faster throughput from my router, which is 10ft away and direct line of sight (no signal interference; cordless phones are 1.8ghz, microwave is built-in above double-oven and the enclosure was actually built with shielding (first owner who built the house was the head of IT for a large North American company... house is pretty new, and I am the second owner) that is effective according to Inssider...
In fact, there are NO signal disruptions via interference according to multiple WiFi "scanners", and I am on the least-populated channels in my neighborhood for 2.4ghz (concurrent 20mhz and 40mhz) and the only other 5ghz network I can pick up from my house is on the complete opposite end of the spectrum from me...
I just got one of the Asus RT-N66U 900 routers to work as my primary and have the E4200 moved to the first floor (50' of Cat7E shielded cable connecting the two, run through the wall) to serve as a better signal source than what was there previously. There are multiple repeaters (APs) in my house, as well as Powerline Ethernet hubs for certain areas, and I get full connection speeds everywhere in my house with all three laptops...
BUT MY PHONE STRUGGLES TO GET 54Mbps SPEEDS! It is defaulting to "G" speeds, when it is clearly a MIMO "N" device... The routers identify it as such, and are trying to send the proper signal, but the phone defaults to "G"...
It is driving me bonkers! Does anyone have any idea why the phone is doing this? It doesn't matter if it is configured for 2.4ghz, 5ghz, or Auto, or if it is set for 20mhz or 40mhz band... It just won't even recognize the 5ghz network and not connect at all if manually set to 5ghz.
I am not a Wireless Networking genius, so I am sure I am missing a number of things, but I could use some help if anyone notices anything odd?
THANKS!!!
(PS: WPA2, no QoS, no MAC Filtering currently, and internet connection is Cable 50down/25up)
