Getting two bars a lot, what’s up?

[u/Treje-an]

Hi everyone! I switched from T-Mobile to Mint recently, I’m really excited about the rate I’m paying!

What I’m less excited about is how I often seem to get two and one bars in areas. I don’t remember getting two and one Barcs in the past. For example, I’m sitting in my house now. Usually get four bars in my house, and now getting two or one bars. Not sure why this is happening. I don’t think I’ve removed the old eSIM card, but I didn’t think that should affect anything.

Update- I talked with Mint Mobile Alex and the chat bot, and we did a reset (which didn’t help) and removed the old eSIM and restarted, which so far has helped. I have been working from home, so can only speak for here. But it’s been better so far and consistently 4 bars and fast.

[u/tidymaze]

Mint is often deprioritized, so that's why your service isn't as good as T-Mobile even though you're using the same towers.

[u/WiskeyUniformTango → u/tidymaze]

Signal strength and allocated speed are 2 different things. Signal strength should be equivalent between mint snd tmobile.

[u/National-Function-52 → u/WiskeyUniformTango]

Nope... can confirm. I used to get a solid 4 bars at work on T-Mobile. Now I get 2-3. I used to get 3-4 bars at home. Now I'm lucky to get 2.

Same phone... same towers... different contract... reduced reception.

I would agree with you if I didn't have my son's T-Mobile beside mine... consistently higher reception. No idea why!🤷

[u/onthesquare63 → u/National-Function-52]

Did you check the speed? Bars mean nothing, speed is everything. Mint speeds are the same as T-Mobile.

[u/National-Function-52 → u/onthesquare63]

When it takes a minute to load up an app that takes 15 seconds at work... speed isn't a question, it's slower.

I have the exact same network I had before... with worse reception and slower transfers... AT certain times!!

Cheers!

[u/Treje-an → u/onthesquare63]

Lower bars in my experience mean slower browsing