I’m trying to figure out if I have a malfunctioning modem, or if it’s just the crappy Intel modem in these phones, as I had a similar issue with my XS Max last year. Basically I live in an area of my (fairly large) city with somewhat of a weak signal, but not terrible. I have t-mobile, and an android on T-Mobile gets 3-4 bars in my house, the nearest tower is about 1.5 miles away. My iPhone gets 1 bar, and at times it gets 2. Data speed is dreadful!! Under 1mbps. I tried everything before calling T-Mobile, including resetting network connection in settings, toggling airplane mode, etc.... T-Mobile said they “reset” my connection on their end and it still did nothing. Being this close to a tower, in a major city, with another T-Mobile phone getting good signal, my iPhone shouldn’t be running slower than a dial up modem! In other parts is the city when I do have full bars, the LTE is blazing fast. I put the phone in field test mode (*3001#12345#*) to see what it’s connecting to... when I have 1 bar it’s connecting to a band 2 frequency at about -115 dB. That is the signal it prefers to connect to and that’s the signal I get under 1 mbps. It switches to 2 bars sometimes and it’s connected to a band 66, which is much better speed wise, I get anywhere from 5 to 20 mbps. The signal strength on that band is around -100 dB. Still a trash signal strength, but much stronger than the the slow as **** band 2. Why wouldn’t the phone want to stay connected to the stronger band 66 signal? It will still almost always switch back to the weaker slower signal. Here is what really irks me and leads me to believe something may be wrong with the phone: T-Mobile sent me a cell spot signal booster. It connects to the tower with one box and another box boosts the LTE signal in the house. Thought for sure that would fix it, because the phone does great with a strong signal. At first setup, the signal booster works great. Stays connected to band 66 at 4 bars and runs between 5 and 20 mbps. Signal strength is -70 dB. Then all of a sudden without moving an inch in the house it drops down to 1 bar, won’t load a webpage! I check the connection and it’s back connecting to that crappy band 2, at -115 dB, completely ignoring the massively strong and fast signal present. Sometimes 10 minutes goes by before it connects back to the strong signal provided by the cell booster. Is this normal behavior for the widely known trash Intel modem in my $1300 phone, or do I have a faultly one? I have a feeling I already know the answer since my XS Max did almost the same thing. :(