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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] btoddweber:
Sorry for the "dumb" question...when you say reprovision what do you mean?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
reactive your phone with sprint. New profile and update prl.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] btoddweber:
So is that an adequate way to update prl and profile from an aosp ROM? I've been flashing back and forth to TW to update prl and profile. Can I just dial that and do the same? That would just be amazing!!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rheller219:
I reactivated the phone and still only have the one APN. "APN2 LTE Internet n.ispsn" now i need to figure out how to add the rest of them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rheller219:
I downgraded back to MF9 then went all the way back to Sacs v6 rom. Now I have 5 APN's. Now I am going to reflash sacs 5.1 first to see if they stick. Then, if they do, I will odin back up to MJA. I am hoping they stick.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rheller219:
so going back to Sacs 5.1 brings me back to just 1 APN. Can anyone verify they have all 5 on sacs 5.1 Rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] imbmiller:
I just read that there is a trick to getting the apn to stick. With your sprint sim card in download the apn settings shortcut, add to the home screen, click it, hit menu and select restore to defaults and it should read the apn from the sim card and give you a choice of a couple apns to activate.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rheller219:
That isnt doing anything for me either. Something changes in my phone going from 4.2 to 4.3. I have all 5 APN's with 4.2, whatever 4.3 i install, it gets knocked down to 1. Not sure if this is normal operation for 4.3 or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] btoddweber:
So will this update profile and prl successfully while on AOSP?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rheller219:
Well, It doesnt matter what 4.3 rom I put on, stock,sacs,triforce...they all go to 1 APN on my phone. As soon as I reflash 4.2, all 5 APN's come back. I find this hard to believe it is limited to my phone. Something in 4.3 is causing this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] btoddweber:
So will this delete apn's or update prl & profile?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rheller219:
I am trying to figure out wtf is going on going from 4.2 to 4.3 in regards to my APN's dissapearing and you keep changing the subject. No offense, but start a different thread, your issue is not the same as mine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] btoddweber:
Wow....OK...good luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CyberpodS2:
Um, I'm pretty sure you just lost a huge chunk of people that might have helped you. Like btoddweber said... good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rheller219:
I am not trying to be rude. But everytime we get rolling on the issue, it gets sidetracked to a different issue and never gets back on course. It starts to get a bit frustrating. Lets figure out the original question before we start on a seperate topic. Sorry you feel this way..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] shadowcliffs:
Anyone knows where the entry "APN2 EHRPD internet" and "APN2 LTE internet" come from? They are not in the stock apns-conf.xml file, but with stock ROM, they will appear in the APN list when you are with mvno (in my case it's Freedompop). I'm trying to figure this out so that I might be able to do some mod the non-stock ROM which don't usually has these two entries.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaySayonara:
Out of all the desire models out there, which one would u choose (except the original one) ? :)

All Desire models bellow:

http://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sQuickSearch=yes&sName=htc+desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
None. They all have horrid GPUs, and for their price, you could find a much better phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaySayonara:
Yeah, I know. I have my eyes on the Butterfly S, but it's kinda expensive.. :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
What about a Nexus 5?
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
I see many people complaining that google used a cheap antenna.

http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/DdnTSVArIB2SnhYT.huge

The antenna is on the bottom of the phone (Radio)

Left side of phone is Wifi/Bluetooth Right side is GPS

the white and black wires on each side is the antenna.

now people say the antenna sucks well i say it doesn't i have a galaxy s3 from T-Mobile and in my house it picks up EDGE and LTE Outside

my Nexus 5 can pickup 1 Bar of HSPA+ and LTE in some rooms and not just outside

so to those who are complaining about the reception its a $350 phone okay! and it does more than well enough for your needs i know they cut corners on the antenna but it still does significantly better.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Reception loads better for me than s3.

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[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Can anyone comment on the reception of this device below ground, like in a basement?

Sent from my Xiaomi MI2S
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
i live in a basement apartment, and get lte there. i average around 25mbps download, and 20mbps upload there as well.
[Nexus 5 General] skw5115:
I get a much better signal on this phone than I did on my Note 2...and still get a better signal than on my gf's iPhone 5 lol
[Nexus 5 General] speedyink:
I definitely get better reception than my old Galaxy Nexus.
[Nexus 5 General] tjtj4444:
At least as good as my SGS2
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Ok I know someone who needs a new device for work. They have a basement office in new York.

Sent from my Xiaomi MI2S
[Nexus 5 General] k3mik4l:
I barely get a signal in my basement apartment, one bar tops :( but then again my subdivision in general has bad reception. As soon as I'm out of it I have full bars LTE ...Its frustrating a little bit.

Sent from my Liquidized N5
[Nexus 5 General] umesswitme:
Currently getting one bar of reception in a basement the LTE is not great in my city but 6.4 down and 1 up

Beamed from the almighty Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Once T-Mobile refarms 1900mhz you should be good
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Lte is currently the same band for hspa+
[Nexus 5 General] Andrew149:
Signal seems equal to my galaxy s4 that I recently sold
[Nexus 5 General] khfrekek:
works great for me
[Nexus 5 General] Dx9:
Same here. Pretty much the same as my Rogers S4 that I got rid of a couple days ago.
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
the great thing about new york and tmobile, there great lte coverage just about everywhere, even signal towers in many underground subway lines.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
New York is a fully modernized market for t-mobile.
[Nexus 5 General] m0biusace:
Looking at dbm, and not just bars, my Nexus 5 gets 3-5dbm worse reception than an HTC One XL or Moto X on AT&T LTE while being held, or while just sitting on a table.

Going into an area of a house where an AT&T LTE signal does not penetrate the Nexus 5 switches over to HSPA (once signal reaches -120dbm or so) much before the One XL or the Moto X.

This was tested on the .15 radio, the .17 radio, and the newest radio, whatever version number that is.
[Nexus 5 General] FatalityBoyZahy:
I get great reception with the Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] spazzynexus:
My nexus 4 gets better signal than my nexus 5 though. Better lte too.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Corners had to be cut somewhere with that 1080P HD screen and that Snapdragon 800 + Adreno 330 GPU

along with LEGIT LTE certification unlike the nexus 4 where it was disabled to cut corners.
[Nexus 5 General] bioyuki:
Def. agree. The N4 gets on average 3-5dBM better reception than my N5.

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I was able to test against a Moto X on T-Mobile (my N5 is T-Mobile as well) and agree with your statement...I've seen about 3-6dBm poorer reception on both HSPA and LTE. The Nexus 5 RF doesn't seem quite up to snuff compared with most other flagship phones out there which is a bit disappointing.
[Nexus 5 General] zivan56:
I would have to disagree, at least for AWS band. My Nexus 4 barely got reception at some meeting rooms at work (1 bar to no signal). The Nexus 5 has at least 2 bars and usable data.
[Nexus 5 General] midgarsormr:
Even with one bar at home I still get better speeds than I did on verizon with one bar lte.
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Been noticing that as well. One bar of LTE coverage still performs wonderfully.

At home I have 3 - 4 solid bars of LTE, which is awesome.
[Nexus 5 General] mmmmBACON:
In my house at launch on 4.4 I was getting okay reception. After the 4.4.1 update I was getting crap dBm, -115 or worse in my house. LTE would drop and force me into 3G... Other times I would get Emergency Calls Only. This would happen throughout the city as well.

Once I got my RMA replacement though, HOT DAMN night and day difference!

Same room in my house, I'm getting -95 and I'm not exactly close to any towers.

I have no problems with the radio in the Nexus 5. It's smooth as butter.
[Nexus 5 General] darkgoon3r96:
What about the WiFi antenna? How does that fare against other phones?
[Nexus 5 General] farsight73:
I find my N5 also have low reception towards LTE or 3G.. A bit disappointed.. Just hope next update would do a little boost on the reception..
[Nexus 5 General] nadrojjordan:
I have a Nexus 5 on AT&T and have noticed that it gets only average reception IMHO. Last night I stopped by an AT&T store and compared it to the Moto X. I ran numerous speed tests and moved the devices around while watching the -dbm and ASU. The signal was consistently 3-5 dbm worse on the Nexus 5, just as others in the thread have said. The Moto X also won my a large margin (sometimes 2x) doing speed tests on LTE. It even loaded web pages faster in most instances despite the Nexus 5 being faster on paper. While I love my Nexus 5, I think I may actually sell it and get a Moto X now that the Moto X price has dropped. I go to a few remote areas regularly so this is pretty important to me.
[Nexus 5 General] razholio:
it would be interesting to see the difference between different bands. While sample 'defects' can explain some of the differences in reception people are seeing, I suspect the antennae of different phones may have different gains for different frequencies. I haven't looked at db myself, but I know that my N5 consistently shows a lower 'bar rating' for LTE and HSPA reception than my LGOG, but hasn't given me any trouble with voice calls, and gives me higher data rates at those lower bars. I suspect that the db->bar translation is different between the phones.

I know that wifi reception works much the same way. I don't see as many 'lines' for a given distance from a WAP as my LGOG, but in the basement garage of my building my phone connects to the WAP on the 6th floor. I noticed this after an email came in, so it was an active connection to boot. The only other device I've seen do this is my nook HD+ which gets excellent wifi reception.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Another factor on why your service might be bad is due to fast dormancy if you're on a at&t mvno or on at&t itself they support this

read more here

http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-tv-2/fast-dormancy-the-whole-story-xda-developer-tv/

and here

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-international/674208-fast-dormancy-in-nutshell.html
[Nexus 5 General] ozzmanj1:
Is it possible to mod the power levels to try and get better signal? Or perhaps mod the antenna? On my old phone I added a longer piece of wire to the WiFi and got a better signal. Could this work....?
[Nexus 5 General] ozg33k:
indeed the radio is great.
[Nexus 5 General] akarol:
The antennae on the One and all Galaxy S devices are much better than the N5. I have compared them side by side over the holidays with my family. Therefore, this thread is a FAIL!
[Nexus 5 General] Wakamatsu:
Indeed. I routinely lose reception at work and get no reception at my parents' place. I get good reception at home, though. I'm usually not one to tinker with hardware but if someone comes up with a fix, I'd strongly consider it.
[Nexus 5 General] tvdang7:
I actually think it'd a little worse than my nexus 4. At work my n5 losses a lot of battery due to trying to connect to the network compared to my n4 running LTE.
[Nexus 5 General] DoesntPostAThing:
Tons better than my Galaxy Nexus. On par with my friend's Note 3 and my dad's S2 Skyrocket.
[Nexus 5 General] george241312:
That's highly illegal and if you could do it I'm pretty sure it will start microwaving your brain, however I think the towers will have to be modified to adjust output power I don't think its possible to adjust receive power levels on the phone itself.
[Nexus 5 General] psy_spy:
the radio is poor. in my home, n5 doesn't pickup any signal whereas my sony xperia picks up 1-2 bars. disappointed by n5.:(
[Nexus 5 General] Andrew149:
Guys I had my gs4 right next to my Buddy's n5 the dbm were exactly the same
[Nexus 5 General] ozzmanj1:
Oh okay. When I said I did it on my old phone I meant my WiFi antenna. But okay. Never mind.
[Nexus 5 General] heavy666:
There is no such thing as best antenna, instead there is the best antenna for a certain band. The wavelength (λ) is not the same for all mobile operators and antennas should be customized for different bands, but to keep the manufacturing process viable and make one phone compatible with every single band out there they choose to make an universal size and type of antenna.

So maybe your phone does not have the best signal on a certain operator but might be the best on another one. What mobile are you currently using?

OI TIM CLARO?
[Nexus 5 General] nadrojjordan:
for iabolent

Totally agree, I'm on AT&T with 850 MHz HSPA+ and 700 MHz LTE in my area. I switched the N5 to HSPA+ mode and tested against my wife's Moto G as well. Tried it in a grocery store where I get a weak signal, tried it around where we live, and in the car a few times. Holding it, not holding it, etc. The Moto G outperforms the N5 on 850 MHz HSPA+ by 3-5 dbm consistently, and the Moto G consistently hangs onto HSPA+ where the N5 sometimes drops down to HSPA which I found interesting. Also the N5 dropped signal entirely numerous times in the grocery store where the Moto G consistently held onto a weak signal.

As I mentioned earlier the Moto X beat it in LTE too, so to me it appears that the N5's antennas are not quite as good as others in the 850 MHz and 700 MHz bands. It's not terrible, but other phones I am testing it against are consistently outperforming it. Could be the best in the world at 1900 MHz for all I know, so I agree that we shouldn't make blanket statements about it. But for us AT&T users who are sometimes in weak areas, I'm not sure it's the best choice and might swap mine for a Moto X :(
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
When it drops down from HSPA+ to HSPA its fast dormancy it does this when you're not using the data connection and you dont really need the battery drain from the radio using HSPA+ so it drops down to HSPA when you use data it bumps back up instantly to HSPA+ again
[Nexus 5 General] nadrojjordan:
Ahh interesting, I am familiar with fast dormancy but since I never saw it bump up to HSPA+ I didn't think that was it. However, then I realized I had wifi on. Turns out the N5 is actually smart enough to not connect to HSPA+ when wifi is on, whereas the Moto G stays connected to HSPA+ even with wifi enabled. In fact, using Network Signal Info Pro I noticed that the Nexus 5 is on DC-HSPA+ so that's nice.

At any rate, when re-testing for the HSPA/HSPA+ fast dormancy issue I just walked around our residence for a considerable amount of time testing the signal again. Even though I looked like a crazy person to my family, I even held the phones in the washing machine to emulate a poor signal environment, LOL. The Moto G was consistently 3-5 dbm better once again, and as much as 11 dbm better in some spots. The Moto X seemed identical to the Moto G in the AT&T store, so I think I'm ordering myself a Moto X. I love every single other thing about the N5, but as soon as I do some traveling this spring to the remote areas I normally go to, I know it will drive me nuts.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Motorola generally has a better side with battery life and signal strength (Droid RAZR MAXX, Moto X, Moto G)

Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On 3 April 1973

LG however does not have their reputation for their Antenna design/signal strength.

So im guessing Motorola must be the pros
[Nexus 5 General] overon37:
For me. With my n5 is worst than with my wife's note 3. Much worst..... And in our room I can not connect to WiFi she can....

Zebra NeXuS 5
[Nexus 5 General] nerv8765:
I get a great signal on this phone, which is amazing considering I'm on SPRINT.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
And it was and still is an American company which made it even better.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Murica
[Nexus 5 General] deakelem:
much much much better single than my HTC one.. i cannot stress this enough how much better lte coverage is.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
LTE is good because of that qq enlope tracker however the new 4.4.2 radio is crap see my other thread about it
[Nexus 5 General] deakelem:
second this
[Nexus 5 General] AndrasLOHF:
Comparing it to my Evo LTE on Sprint I'd say it's the same on all the radios(wifi, gps, bluetooth, cell).
[Nexus 5 General] deakelem:
oh of course i know lol i use the .15 radio because of that :)
[Nexus 5 General] deakelem:
picked up the 26 band again in Houston

in addition to the one locaiton i found 41 band i got the 26 band twice... both off 59 (southwest fwy just by grand parkway) and also eastex fwy just north of crosstimbers.

see screenshots

decent speed for the 800mhz band too

and before you ask lol yes the speedtest result says im connected to 3g... those were not 3g speeds lol i wish i simply took the screenshot of the result after i got done driving
[Nexus 5 General] gee2012:
Why are you trying to convice everybody the radio is crap? Seems to me you`re one of the few having an issue :)
[Nexus 5 General] deakelem:
i think the .23 radio isnt good but crap might be too harsh because yes i get less signal stregth and yes it wont connect back from 3g to lte unless i wait a long long time or airplane mode. I prefer the .15 radio but even the .23 radio doesnt drop calls or miss calls like the .15 radio does.. i noticed that.

on sprint
[Nexus 5 General] aooga:
Yeah I'm lost. He has two threads that say the radio is bad, and one that says it's amazing...which one is it? :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] gee2012:
Yes, but its foolish to believe that one radio version will work good all over the world, there are many regional differences that make one radio do better than the other. So its something everyone should figure out. The 4.4.2 radio works very well for me but may not for another user. Its a shame though you have to unlock the BL to do that, Google should build it into the firmware imo.
[Nexus 5 General] deakelem:
can you provide any info on the "qq enlope" you mentioned? im curious to know what it means and google did not help..

thanks!

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i know i understand this.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
http://androidcommunity.com/nexus-5-getting-battery-boost-from-qualcomms-envelope-tracking-20131101/
[Nexus 5 General] Ltdrev:
I flashed other radios to see what all that fuss was about and finally got back to .23 after testing the most locations I could... verdict was: no differences! with exeption of no voice call or text with M8974A-1.0.25.0.13

But I must say that there it is difficult to know whats what... sometimes in the same spot my N4 or my gf S4 get better LTE or H than me and then the next day I get couple DB better!
[Nexus 5 General] stealthj:
Side by side with a sony xperia z1, tmobile lte, same tower, sony gets full bars, nexus gets 1 bar, sony gets 30megabits, nexus gets ten. Connected to same tower, so in this case, nexus ANTENNA SUCKS
[Nexus 5 General] nadrojjordan:
I haven't responded in a few pages, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to add some info about my situation. I ended up switching my SIM into a couple of other phones to compare signal in two specific spots that I often have trouble with. Here are my results. Same exact spots, holding the phones the same way. It's not completely scientific, but I thought I'd pass it along anyway.

Grocery Store

Moto X: 1.5 Mbps of LTE, 1-2 bars

iPhone 5s: 2.5 Mbps of LTE, 1-2 bars

Nexus 5: No signal (sometimes would show 1 bar of HSPA but would disconnect before I could run a Speedtest)

A concrete room at my office

Moto X: 9 Mbps, 2-3 bars of LTE

iPhone 5s: 15 Mbps, 2-3 bars of LTE

Nexus 5: 1.5-2.5 Mbps of LTE, 1 bar and it was switching back and forth between HSPA and LTE

I checked dBm in numberous spots between the Moto X and Nexus 5 and the Moto X was often 5-10 dBm better. I did not check the dBm on the iPhone 5s. While signal bars don't mean much, the iPhone 5s and Moto X have a full signal about a mile from my local tower, whereas the Nexus 5 often shows only 3 bars out of 4 even when I'm driving right in front of it.

I'm not arguing that anyone here should get an iPhone 5s or even a Moto X, I'm just sharing my experience. I still prefer the Nexus 5 on MANY levels. There just seems to be a significant difference in the reception sensitivity of these handsets I tried. Perhaps a different radio version would change things as some have suggested. I'm open to ideas because I really love the Nexus 5, but at the moment I am using the iPhone 5s. The Nexus 5 works great in solid signal areas, but in marginal signal areas it does seem to struggle for me. Unfortunately I often travel to these areas.

I know everyone has different experiences, but I hope this helps someone.

Cheers!
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Hey me too I made another thread on why the radio sucks but maybe we will see an updated radio from Qualcomm to fix this.

As of right now I'm on my iPhone as I'm a real estate agent and calls and text's are very important cant miss em like on the Nexus 5 :cool:
[Nexus 5 General] junkinmytrunk426:
I gotta agree...i definitely get better reception with the nexus 4 with LTE enabled compared to my nexus 5.

Also having WiFi hotspot with the nexus 4 was a plus.
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
I think radios make a difference too. I started on .23 I think (what comes stock on 4.4.2) and would actually lose LTE just going between towers driving in a car. I downgraded to .17 and actually hold an LTE signal where I have one, and .15 has been the best yet.
[Nexus 5 General] GunnyHighway82:
the signal is better than galaxy nexus but the problem is how switch from H to E or vice-versa. sometimes you can find the phone connect to E when it could be in H
[Nexus 5 General] akash3656:
I am still new with this phone. But compared to my GNex, the Nexus 5 hasn't even dropped down to E ever. My Galaxy Nexus would have itself connect to E and get stuck at E at certain spots.

Not saying you're wrong, but I haven't seen my phone ever going down to E when at a low signal area yet. Since my carrier doesn't support LTE for my plan, I set android to use 3G (preferred?) as you can see here.
[Nexus 5 General] GunnyHighway82:
my company too doesnt support lte. but my nexus 5 i have to set only 3g or everytime switch to E or worse G:eek:
[Nexus 5 General] akash3656:
Maybe try flashing a different radio?
[Nexus 5 General] GunnyHighway82:
which? I have the last I didn't know about new radio. I know Google released 2 firmware then 2 radio, No?