dose anyone else find the signal very poor on Samsung galaxy s3 mini

[paddyguy]

Why is the signal very poor on a Samsung galaxy s3 mini 😞

[Anonymous]

could be a mast upgrade in your local area so signal could be low.. try http://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

[paddyguy]

Just had a look at the network and everything is working fine but it says I should have good coverage in doors and out doors on the 3G900

[MI5]

The O2 network status page is here http://status.o2.co.uk/
Other possibilities (if signal should be good) are a faulty phone or a faulty sim card.
Have you tried your sim in a different phone to see if it improves?

[paddyguy]

It's a new sim card tho only got it last month and there's only one mast in my area and my phone doesn't have 4G on it

[Anonymous]

o2 are still rolling out 4G the aim is 2017 they will be fully 4G and "everyone" will have 4G services so their is a lot of maintainance and network upgrades going on daily, so just bear with it and it will get a lot better for you

[paddyguy]

Thanks jayjay will be getting a new phone with 4G on it keep up the good work

[MI5]

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@paddyguy wrote:
It's a newsim card tho only got it last month and there's only one mast in my area and my phone doesn't have4G on it

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Does the status page indicate that there is any 4g work ongoing in your area at all?

If not, any reference to 4g improvements is irrelevant as you won't gain any benefit, esp on a non 4g phone.

If there is only one mast in your area the distance you are from it will have a significant bearing on your signal and remember, the theoretical signal shown is just a computer simulation of coverage and not a guarantee, so it could just simply be you are bin a bad area.

Without trying different phones and sim cards though it will be difficult to say exactly.

[Anonymous]

MI5.... when a mast is being upgraded or worked on for 4G they shut off a certain ammount of mast to carry out the work, hence that will effect 2G and 3G services that is why i refered to 4G upgrade

[MI5]

I never would have realised that - thanks for the insight.