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iPhone XS Max Is the mobile reception on the xs Max even worse than iPhone X ?
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My rsrp0 is -108
rsrq0 -18
rsrp1 -114
rsrq1 -25
Band 2 currently though i'm often on band 12 at this same location.
I'm in a building. Values are similar to my 8+ with AT&T. Current phone is a Max on T-mobile.
My speeds are 20mbps down and 1mbps up at this location. This is about double my 8+ AT&T.
i guess it's using different band/cell. that's why is so much difference.
It looks like. Your numbers are where the good numbers should be.
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So your phone isn't worse. It's same. That's good
You realize a lot of people have no issues?
True but from the comments I see it's really bad and I get battery drains in stand by and I'm afraid it's the cell reception.It looks like. Your numbers are where the good numbers should be.
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So your phone isn't worse. It's same. That's good
I would not try to compare the indicated rsrp values on the different modems in those different phones. There are no technical documents available that show the derivation and scaling of those values. Ignore them and use 1) whether you have a signal or not and if it is consistent, and 2) if you do have a signal use speed tests to compare the quality of the connection.
The field test menu on different phones can be useful to ensure you are on the same tower and band, but I would caution comparing any of the signal quality information across phone models.
Thanks appreciate it. I guess I wasn’t overly focused on the numbers, per say. I was surprised at the difference. Someone else mentioned could be on a different band....
You guys seem to be spending a lot of time and energy focus on how many bars you have and speedtest. While helpful to see if you are experiencing major performance degradation you should really be focusing your energy on working with AppleCare support. This is what I am doing.
The best way to solve the problem is to work with AppleCare to get the baseband profile installed which enables debug logging for cellular.
https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/profiles-and-logs/
Then you will need to repro the issue and create a sysdiagnose which compresses a bunch of logs together. Then get these files over to support who then send the files to engineering. It is only then that engineering can finally take a look at the hard data and dig through 1000s of lines of logs to try and figure out what is the root cause.
Then after root cause is found then they can work on writing and testing a code fix.
Spend less time doing speed tests and more time working with AppleCare to gather logs to send to Engineering!
The best way to solve the problem is to work with AppleCare to get the baseband profile installed which enables debug logging for cellular.
https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/profiles-and-logs/
Then you will need to repro the issue and create a sysdiagnose which compresses a bunch of logs together. Then get these files over to support who then send the files to engineering. It is only then that engineering can finally take a look at the hard data and dig through 1000s of lines of logs to try and figure out what is the root cause.
Then after root cause is found then they can work on writing and testing a code fix.
Spend less time doing speed tests and more time working with AppleCare to gather logs to send to Engineering!
Excellent idea. However, I need to first work with support to uncancel my cancel abs trade in....
I think I’ll keep it
Not playing the lottery on a $1250 phone when mine works just fine.
Good lord.
I have zero issues. I’m on Verizon and not in a good area for cell service.
My 7 plus got one bar at home. My max gets 3 or 4!
Thank you for taking the time to do this, but I'm not spending my time beta testing for Apple.
The Speedtests and testing I'm doing is to figure out how reception compares to my old iPhone and if I'm keeping the new one.
Don't you have an option to return it? Assuming you do, how is it playing the lottery when it's 100% likely that you'll get a refund if you're not happy? Open the box. They already have your money so you may as well see what you have.
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I would still try it out. Its from apple and there is no restock fee. You may get lucky and it works out for you. If the phone was from a carrier then I would not take the chance cause they do charge you a restock fee.
Still spouting this "fake news" BS? Hahaha. Bars mean absolutely nothing. Actual signal values and comparisons between phones while on the same cell site, cell sector, and LTE band prove it is performing slightly worse than most phones.
Your logic is like saying, "there isn't an drought in California! It rained 3 inches today where I live!"
If this isn't an issue you are dealing with then why are you constantly in this topic? Move on with your life.