4g being weird..>.>

[gTen]

I think the issue is ith android-wifi-tether..I was using that..its having issues with 4g..I did speedtest app and got 7mb/sec dld on 2 bars...do speedtets on laptop and well the results are as above..3g works fine though.

[Vassago]

Originally Posted by gTen

I think the issue is ith android-wifi-tether..I was using that..its having issues with 4g..I did speedtest app and got 7mb/sec dld on 2 bars...do speedtets on laptop and well the results are as above..3g works fine though.

Are you using the rooted wifi tether?

[gTen]

Originally Posted by Vassago

Are you using the rooted wifi tether?

There is a none-rooted version? O.o...unless you meant MobileAP via Sprint Hotspot...

[jparks29]

Originally Posted by gTen

Ok..first I would like to note that I'm in ny which is a 4g area but is not officially..but anyways I was playing around with my phone and noticed something pretty weird...

When my device is lying on the desk I get 4g with 1 bar

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when my device is verticle or slanted I get 2 bars
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P.S if someone says iphone deathgrip I will smack them lol

I'm sure coverage will improve once more of my area is blanketed with 4g..but its a very interesting result...

The antenna is vertical, not horizontal.

When you hold the phone vertical, two things happen.

1. The antenna is raised.
2. The antenna is vertically polarized (as is the signal coming from the tower)

When the phone is horizontal, the internal antenna then becomes horizontally polarized, and a significant loss of signal occurs due to the different polarization of the signal and receiving element, ditto goes for the tower when you're transmitting with the phone(antenna) horizontal.