Wifi reception extremely weak

[ven07]

No it was static, it might have changed in a later update but when I had a Lumia 920 from launch until last July the WiFi icon was static it never really showed you the actual strength.

Oh boy... Yours was static.. Mine wasn't... Is that so hard to grasp? or is it just a contest to be right.. In any case it's my phone that I use daily so I know what I'm talking about regarding my phone.. I'm out

 

[Digital Moe]

First of no need to be rude this is a discussion forum not a contest to see who can be the biggest jerk, secondly I stand corrected it actually had two states all grayed out to indicate not connected to any network or full, i.e connected but not an indicator of strength.

 

[ven07]

First of no need to be rude this is a discussion forum not a contest to see who can be the biggest jerk, secondly I stand corrected it actually had two states all grayed out to indicate not connected to any network or full, i.e connected but not an indicator of strength.

Lol you've been telling me with absolute certainty that I was wrong.. That it was static.. Again that I was wrong...... But I'm the jerk? Ok well I'm sorry for being a jerk

 

[Digital Moe]

I never said you were wrong I clearly stated that it might have changed as I sold my Lumia in June of last year, but apology accepted

But here is another link to a discussion about the Wifi icon for WP8 wifi - Is the Wi-Fi symbol always supposed to have "full connection" - Windows Phone Stack Exchange

 

[zorb58]

I've found that the antenna in the Icon is relatively weak. Not severely (thankfully). But I've also found that the icon shown at the top of the screen for WiFi underestimates the signal strength.

 

[Ebuka Allison]

Lol you've been telling me with absolute certainty that I was wrong.. That it was static.. Again that I was wrong...... But I'm the jerk? Ok well I'm sorry for being a jerk

You are wrong, I have an 8.0 device right here and the signal bars don't change to indicate strength. Only off or on. I.e, all or nothing

 

[ven07]

You are wrong, I have an 8.0 device right here and the signal bars don't change to indicate strength. Only off or on. I.e, all or nothing

Oh boy... My phone says otherwise.. Oh wait my phone must be special! Mannn I love this phone

 

[Detectionable]

Nothing to do with signal strength, just a buggy icon, I get the same 1 bar if Im 1ft or 30ft away from the router, actual signal / speed / bandwidth is fine

 

[Lost_Cosmonaut]

All of the sudden mine decided to show a proper wifi connection level. Weird.

 

[CoreyJ]

WP8.0 WiFi symbol did not indicate signal strength... All or nothing in my experience. Getting back to the topic at hand; I believe that the actual signal strength is unaffected after the update... Just the WiFi icon doesn't properly represent the strength you're actually receiving.

 

[JonnieLasVegas]

Oh boy... My phone says otherwise.. Oh wait my phone must be special! Mannn I love this phone

Mine as well. It would always indicate signal strength on my WiFi icon from the drop down.

 

[ven07]

Mine as well. It would always indicate signal strength on my WiFi icon from the drop down.

Thank you.. I started to think that I was the only one :/

 

[Blacklac]

I actually thought my Wifi was slightly improved on weak signal areas. Maybe not, but it seems to be. I didn't expect any change, figured that would only change with firmware. I dunno.

 

[Ebuka Allison]

Oh boy... My phone says otherwise.. Oh wait my phone must be special! Mannn I love this phone

Did your 8.0 phone bars ever fluctuate beyond off (oops,too low going off,now) and on (ah, that's enough power)

 

[Ebuka Allison]

Mine as well. It would always indicate signal strength on my WiFi icon from the drop down.

Was it always full?

 

[artflo]

I have a 520,and my wifi is weak.It keeps disconnecting even thou I'm near my router.I hope it will be fix soon.

 

[Moiz Mian]

Im also having extra weak wifi on my 1020. It becomes limited after 10-15 minutes and then i have to reconnect...super annoying

 

[MazoMark]

Only issue I've run across with Icon is it doesn't always reconnect to my home network, even though I have it set to connect automatically. I have to go in and manually reconnect. Only happens sporadically though.

Otherwise, I don't have any problems with Icon wifi antenna or connection strength.

 

[acewing905]

I noticed this on my Lumia 525 as well. I had never gone more than one bar down, and even that's very rare inside my own home, but now, it's pretty common, and even two bars go down sometimes. I don't care, though, since this doesn't seem to affect performance.

 

[JasonKruys]

Ven07, I'm confused. The link you have liked basically suggests that your phone COULDN'T have had a signal bar for WiFi that was anything other than full or nothing, as the functionality was not programmed into the OS - are you now saying you were mistaken?
Apart from that, the 8.1 icon is clearly bugged. Often mine says not connected, but pulling down the notification centre indicates it is, as does the WiFi settings screen.

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