Hi Everyone!
I found this forum when I was searching for information on Google about RF signal quality (strength) on the LG G2.
I read the entire thread from start to finish last evening. I couldn't stop reading. The information was so interesting and useful to me.
I also want to ciompliment each and every one of you who has contributed to this thread. Your knowledge and intelligence is awesome!
Please forgive me, I don't mean to jack your thread, but I was hoping to gain information about Sprint and the LG G2. I am interested in purchasing an LG G2. I couldn't have come to a more educated group of people.
Some Background: I joined Sprint and lasted 12 days. I think that I really chose the wrong phone. I chose a Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Meanwhile I kept my Verizon contract going just in-case. I have a Motorola Droid Bionic on Verizon.
I live in the Harrisburg PA area and am served by Shentel. I went around comparing signals with my new GN3 and my Bionic. I live in a horrible Verizon signal area, but an outstanding Sprint area. I found that when I went into buildings with the Sprint GN3, I would lose 4G LTE and drop back to just a few bars of 3G at best, while my Verizon Droid Bionic maintained 4G LTE at a few bars. I was blaming this on Sprint not having the lower frequencies for good penetration in buildings.
I had to return my first GN3 because the "Home" button would get stuck under the front bezel. You had to pop it out again by pressing on the opposite end. I checked the same areas with the second GN3 against my Verizon Droid Bionic and obtained the same results.
At this point I figured that Sprint had an inferior signal, and since the GN3 was a single band phone - there was no hope for me. I cancelled my contract with Sprint. I'm really sorry I did now and am going to join again as soon as Sprint will let me.
I liked the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phone so much that I got one from Verizon. That was a BIG MISTAKE! The first day I had the GN3 in the building where I work in Swatara Township, I got a 1X signal or "No Service" on Verizon where people around me were getting a few bars of 4G LTE from Verizon. My own Droid Bionic was a signal magnet in these same places. I could always maintain a 4G LTE signal from Verizon. When I checked my signal at my house, I could barely maintain a 4G LTE signal from Verizon with the GN3 as well.
The GN3 has horribly poor RF reception in fringe and marginal signal areas. With a strong signal it was great, but if you get it in a less than perfect signal area, it doesn't work well at all. Problem is, I live in a Verizon fringe area.
Then a light came on in my head! I thought that the test on the Sprint network I did was totally unfair, because I used the GN3 which has abysmal RF receprion (didn't know this until I tried the Verizon version where I knew what my Bionic would do). Now I realize that all the places the Bionic would maintain 4G LTE and the GN3 could barely hold on to 3G from Sprint was the GN3 iteslf - not the Sprint network. The GN3 is not worth the price at all! A flagship phone with poor radio sensitivity, poorly designed antennas - or both!
Now I am looking to come back to Sprint and future-proof myself with the LG G2. That's why I came to this thread. I was hoping to find out how sensitive the radios and antennas are in the G2 and how well the phone performs.
As Shentel builds the network in my area, the G2 should eventually be able to make use of the additional frequencies.
I would be very appreciative to anyone here who could let me know what you think of the LG G2 radios and antennas as far as sensitivity and RF performance in fringe areas.
Again, I apologize for posting such a large litany here, but I hope I will be welcome to share information.
Thanks so much!