Nexus S Weak Radios/Battery Problems

falestinee4ever · #1 (**permalink**) 05-14-2011, 08:55 PM

I live in Chicago suburbs.. my TP2 never had these problems... but my Nexus S seem to always have 1 or 2 bars, the 4G signal never connects.. my bro has an epic 4g and 4g is always on and it has full bars.. wifi i dont have full bars even 5 feet from the the wirelss n router..battery takes like 4 hours to charge... and if ur using the fone while its charging dont expect for it get charged anytime sooner than that.. (and this is not watching tv or using internet much)

Can this be fixed with a patch or fix from sprint or google? im thinking of returning and waiting for evo3d...

**syanni85** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-15-2011, 04:43 PM

I'm in the north suburbs of Chicago, bout 45 mins away and have noticed my "bars" are less, but my speeds are the same. Haven't been down to the city to test out the 4G yet, but where i live 4G is very weak. my epic and evo would get a very minimal 1 bar, but i have noticed 4g on my ns4g is struggling to connect out here (never use it anyways tho).

falestinee4ever · #3 (**permalink**) 05-15-2011, 10:15 PM

ok.. i hope so.. thanks for the assurance

falestinee4ever · #4 (**permalink**) 05-19-2011, 02:17 PM

my 4g connects and disconnects every 5 seconds... its ridicoulus i dont even turn it on anymore.. it prob kills battery doin that all day

leprycoon · #5 (**permalink**) 05-20-2011, 10:09 AM

Be fair, there are lots of good things about owning a Nexus S. I am stunned at how fast this phone is in general.

Has anyone put an Epic 4G next to the Nexus to compare the signal strength? I wonder if it is just a Samsung thing.

icepick127001 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-20-2011, 08:30 PM

I'm going to be up for an upgrade on Sprint soon and was comparing phones to replace my 2 year old Touch Pro 2. Out of the phones out now this is the one I was most excited about. I sampled one in the store last week and it seemed great.

However, now that I've had a chance to read about end user experiences and the chronic poor signal issue I'm content to wait. This phone certainly won't be a serious option until the signal strength issue is fixed (most likely via a radio update.) Of course, the real downer is the nearly year old technology that comprises this phone (1GHz single core, SAMOLED display, no gorilla glass.) The more I wait and the more time that goes by without the software issues being fixed the more content I am to wait for the Galaxy 2. I just can't see being stuck with a single core and 512MB RAM for two years. Who knows whether the Android updates a year from now will still run on that hardware? If Sprint held onto the once per year upgrade path then I'd be tempted. At 2 years, this phone is already too old.

**info[]box1** · #7 (**permalink**) 05-20-2011, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by icepick127001

I'm going to be up for an upgrade on Sprint soon and was comparing phones to replace my 2 year old Touch Pro 2. Out of the phones out now this is the one I was most excited about. I sampled one in the store last week and it seemed great.

However, now that I've had a chance to read about end user experiences and the chronic poor signal issue I'm content to wait. This phone certainly won't be a serious option until the signal strength issue is fixed (most likely via a radio update.) Of course, the real downer is the nearly year old technology that comprises this phone (1GHz single core, SAMOLED display, no gorilla glass.) The more I wait and the more time that goes by without the software issues being fixed the more content I am to wait for the Galaxy 2. I just can't see being stuck with a single core and 512MB RAM for two years. Who knows whether the Android updates a year from now will still run on that hardware? If Sprint held onto the once per year upgrade path then I'd be tempted. At 2 years, this phone is already too old.

1. I have never drop a call, no matter what.
2. I dont suffer from any slow data speed (mobile hotspot or web).
3. The Nexus S will receive the next major android update and a few minors after that. Just like the big brother Nexus One.

A. My issue is visual of reception bar.

leprycoon · #8 (**permalink**) 05-24-2011, 08:50 AM

I have never dropped a call either. I wonder if it is just a graphic issue? Probably not. Moving from a hero to this phone has been wonderful.

falestinee4ever · #9 (**permalink**) 05-25-2011, 02:11 PM

i got an epic too.. never loses 4g signal... and fast as hell...

tyhart44 · #10 (**permalink**) 05-28-2011, 02:14 AM

I just got my NS4G last week, and I got my wife an Epic. I can tell you that there is no question the Epic blows the NS4G out of the water on connectivity. I've run Speedtests on 3G and Wi-Fi (no 4G in my area) and the Epic is twice as fast. I'm about 23 days away from the end of my 30-day window, and I'm keeping a hopeful eye out for news of an OTA update...otherwise, I might be switching to an Evo 3D or something else.