4G and signal strength

[Anonymous]

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?

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[MI5]

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

[MI5]

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......

[Anonymous]

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

[Bambino]

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.

[DinoF]

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!

[jonsie]

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

[Anonymous]

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