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4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:40:12 GMT

Bit strange but when my phone is just 3G I have 4 bubbles of signal and when I turned on my 4G I only get 2 signal bubbles.

Does anyone know why and how I can fix this?

Re: 4G and signal strength

MI5 — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:48:13 GMT

You can't fix it - it depends on the strength of network where you are.
3G and 4G are not identical in terms of signal strength.

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:53:07 GMT

Oh right okay. It's just that I recall having a better signal strength with 4G when everything was working properly and on my other SIM

Re: 4G and signal strength

MI5 — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:55:53 GMT

They could be doing some work on your local mast - You can check here http://status.o2.co.uk/

Re: 4G and signal strength

MI5 — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:04:12 GMT

You may as well also try removing and wiping your sim and resetting the network settings on phone although unlikely to have any positive effect......

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:05:55 GMT

Okay thanks for the advice. I'll try the reset for network settings in a bit

Re: 4G and signal strength

Bambino — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:36:20 GMT

My phone can go from 4G to G without me having even moved the phone in the blink of an eye. It's a radio signal. It's subject to all sorts of external influences. It will always fluctuate. There is no way to guarantee a constant steady signal.

Re: 4G and signal strength

DinoF — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:59:11 GMT

Personally, I find the weather is the biggest influence!

When at my local train station (I always stand in the same spot!!), if it is a bright sunny clear day, my iPhone 6 will taop into 4G straight away however, on rainy days, it may just connect to 3G only. On misty and foggy days, I have seen me connection even drop to less than 3G!

Re: 4G and signal strength

jonsie — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:59:25 GMT

In most cases 2 bubbles of 4G will still give you much better data speeds than full signal on 3G.

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:40:36 GMT

Very true. Well it seems to be okay now. Thanks anyway

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:25:59 GMT

Lol, I prefer bubbles to bars!

Re: 4G and signal strength

jonsie — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:03:04 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Lol, I prefer bubbles to bars!

Bars every time for me....:smileywink:

Re: 4G and signal strength

Cleoriff — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:06:14 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Lol, I prefer bubbles to bars!

No No Mel...Go with the rest of us girls....bars all the way....

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:56:03 GMT

I have to keep toggling my 4G on and off to get it :S (at home that is) I know the masts are fine and I usually receive 4G signal fine here...

Re: 4G and signal strength

MI5 — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:57:35 GMT

You had this previously didn't you? (I lose track!)...
Have you had the phone checked by Apple yet?

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:02:58 GMT

Sigh, dont know whats going on anymore... I just checked my settings and requested the o2 ones again and done that, still the same.... maybe need a SIM swap?

Re: 4G and signal strength

MI5 — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:07:25 GMT

Worth a try but I'd still get the phone checked too....

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:11:25 GMT

Hmmmm

Re: 4G and signal strength

jonsie — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:14:14 GMT

I'm lost...is this before the number change or after? Didn't you already have a new sim?

Re: 4G and signal strength

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:18:06 GMT

After number change and yes this is a new SIM that came with my iPhone and contract