The Nexus 4 doesn't have poor WiFi range from my experience. My own device is equivalent to my previous phones and my iPod Touch.
Android 4.2 however does have well known WiFi driver and Bluetooth issues that affect all three devices where 4.2 is currently available. This will show up as the device connecting but being unable to send and receive traffic or losing connection during sleep and not regaining it. This seems to occur with certain AP models far more often than others. It's rock solid with my Actiontec FIOS AP and whatever Frontier is using for their DSL models. I've also not had any issues on whatever gear AT&T is using for Starbucks, McDonalds, etc. However I did have issues with connecting to a Netgear router at a friends house. There is also a bug where if your enterprise wireless gear has 802.1k enabled the WiFi stack seems to shoot itself in the head whenever the device goes to sleep requiring a toggle of airplane mode to restore functionality. Once I turned this off on our gear at work the Nexus 4 and 7 are now happy. This shouldn't be an issue for consumer gear. I'd link to the Google bug tracker entries but people are retarded when it comes to wireless issues and the noise from people not knowing what they are talking about has buried any signal on the topic. Google has yet to do it's usual bugfix patches for 4.2. 4.2.1 was an emergency quickfix for a UI issue involving the contacts app and didn't really fix anything else. We're all waiting for 4.2.2 but considering it's the holidays I wouldn't expect it to be soon. As for VOIP echoing it wouldn't surprise me. It's not like any carrier leaves it intact to get any use on the 99%+ of phones out there. Perhaps try another VOIP package? It's it the job of software to filter out the echo and feedback? Good Luck. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:30 AM, ew <[email protected]> wrote: > > All in all this has been a frustrating change. Aside from needing to > learn a new OS, the device has some issues. > WiFi range is very poor. I loose connection in my house both on 5Ghz and > 2.4Ghz bands. I have no problems with > any other handheld devices (less than 50' from Netgear WNDR3800). > > The second issue is the built in VIOP/Internet phone function is nearly > useless. There is horrible echo on the remote caller side. > If I reduce my (Nexus4) earpiece volume to less than 50% it goes away, but > I'd have a hard time hearing the caller if I were anywhere > but a quiet room. If I put tape over the top mic hole I can increase > volume to nearly 75% before the echo becomes annoying. I'm > surprised to see a mic place so close to the earpiece, although it seems > to be a non-issue with cellular calls. > > Anyone want to buy a near new Nexus4 16gig? > > Well can anyone with this device confirm poor WiFi range? Perhaps I have > a defective unit. >
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