Hi,
I noticed that with PPC2002 v 1.2 SE my gsm signal was about 3 or 4 bars. When I upgraded to PPC2003 v 4.00.05 my signal was about 2 or 3 bars.
Does anyone know how this is possible?
Jeffrey
I think they discovered that the signal indicator was lying (saying 'full signal' way too soon), and they made it more honest so that it would actually be useful.
Almost...
From what I can see here in my cradle, which is in the same place for a year now:
When the indicator says: "no signal", it means "reasonable signal".
When it says 1, 2 or 3, it means "Perfect Signal". Confusing.
Thnx for yours reply. Thought so, because I had good phone quality with lower signal.
@Bigrick
How do you like 4.00.10. Have you removed the T-mobile stuff? (how?)
Actually I was a bit disappointed at first too, thinking that the signal was weaker, but I noticed I get better signal now, both for voice and GPRS. I noticed because I can call and connect to the web in areas that I could not before, even if the signal indicator says no signal.
Related
Hi All,
Im on Orange with my M5000, however I have noticed that when my 'G' (GPRS) symbol is showing I have good signal strength (exactly as I used to with my M2000) however whenever the phone switches to '3G' symbol my signal strength drops by 1 to 2 bars, which thens means in a lot of cases its not enough to hold a voice signal.
What can be done about this as Orange seems to have great 3G coverage (i nearly always have a 3G data connection which works fine, I just wish I could use it as a phone too.
Cheers
Shaun
Shaunfarris said:
Hi All,
Im on Orange with my M5000, however I have noticed that when my 'G' (GPRS) symbol is showing I have good signal strength (exactly as I used to with my M2000) however whenever the phone switches to '3G' symbol my signal strength drops by 1 to 2 bars, which thens means in a lot of cases its not enough to hold a voice signal.
What can be done about this as Orange seems to have great 3G coverage (i nearly always have a 3G data connection which works fine, I just wish I could use it as a phone too.
Cheers
Shaun
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Thats odd mines the reverse!!
On my M2000 and M5000 the G signal is about 2 bars, when the 5000 has U coverage my bars are full.
Matt
Hi guys,
I have moved over from a 700p to mogul and so far have loved it.
The only thing I seem to miss, which is somewhat important is improved reception. Places where I would get solid reception with 1 or 2 bars. I am lucky to get 1 bar. These spots keep dropping calls or not receiving them.
Have my phone now sitting next to a Sanyo Katana, which is getting 3 bars, my phone is showing 0.
Man I love the phone, but there has got to be something which improves the reception.
Thanks for any suggestions.
I changed around my roaming settings to Sprint only network and noticed a large difference in less dropped calls.
Go to settings->phone>services, roaming. It is set to automatic to default which is going to cause more dropped calls and poorer battery life
Thanks for the suggestion.
However, I already have it on Sprint only for roaming.
you should check out the db readings in /windows/fieldtrial.exe rather than bars. bars illustrate your actual strength differently on each device and each provider and are basically uncomparable.
you could also try the 1.40 radio rom. I am not sure if it gives any higher reception than 1.32, but I've had better luck making calls in low reception areas.
an example... alltel's titan ROM reports "full bars" at as crappy as -85db, maybe even -90. Sprints reports 2 bars at the same signal level on the exact same device.
I am not sure if I can use the radio rom. My phone is with Sprint, is this something that can I use?
i live in Greece and i recently bought a cingular 8525 through ebay. the device is in great condition but i have very poor gsm signal. i live in an area with great reception of my provider, my nokia used to have 3 to 4 bars with 4 bars as maximum, but the cingular had at most 2 bars... i tried several roms and several radios from 147 to 154.30.something but with no result. i tried auto band, manual band, everything but it still has no reception or very poor, as i said the most 2 bars. my provider is also 3g gsm 900/1800, the sim card is brand new.
if you need more info please tell me.
if you have any idea or plain advise i will be greatfull.
thank you.
Less number of reception bar on the today screen doesn't mean that you have poor reception. Are you getting call drop or slow data connection? That should be your concern. Becuase with 6.1 roms sometimes I see a cross on data connection even though actual data flow is normal. You can also try "FieldTest". And see what is reception strength. It can be downloaded from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=274269
I don't use rom 6.1. I use pandoranaked 3.60 and radio 1.48.10. I have no reception. I can't receive text messages nor calls. Is it possible the phone is bricked? How can I easily see for myself? Because I am rather confused from what I have read on the sites.
noone else another oppinion about my problem? any other advise? something to look for?
Hi all,
had a quick search but didn't see anything...
Anyone notice if their signal strength bar in the top taskbar shows a 'lower' level?
I transferred my o2 Sim from my Orbit 2 into the touch HD and immediatley it showed just 'one' signal bar on the meter.
I plugged in my 'other' pay as you go Sim into my Orbit 2 and that, as expected went to full signal strength - oh, yes, thats an o2 sim as well !
So I sit here, both devices in front of me and the HD showing one bar and my orbit2 showing full strength - same operator !
Is this something to do with the fact I've left the HD in some kinda Auto mode? ie it'll look for a 3G signal when it can and 'fallback' when it cant? i walked outside and saw the '3G' logo appear for the first time.
As I don't ever use 3G services (as yet) can I switch that off ?
cheers!
Dennis! West London UK!
What radio version are you running? I think you will have to find a better working radio version, but I don't know if there are already options to change it.
DennisCooper said:
Hi all,
had a quick search but didn't see anything...
Anyone notice if their signal strength bar in the top taskbar shows a 'lower' level?
I transferred my o2 Sim from my Orbit 2 into the touch HD and immediatley it showed just 'one' signal bar on the meter.
I plugged in my 'other' pay as you go Sim into my Orbit 2 and that, as expected went to full signal strength - oh, yes, thats an o2 sim as well !
So I sit here, both devices in front of me and the HD showing one bar and my orbit2 showing full strength - same operator !
Is this something to do with the fact I've left the HD in some kinda Auto mode? ie it'll look for a 3G signal when it can and 'fallback' when it cant? i walked outside and saw the '3G' logo appear for the first time.
As I don't ever use 3G services (as yet) can I switch that off ?
cheers!
Dennis! West London UK!
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I have the same problem. Sometimes 1-2 bar of strenght is not enough to make or recieve a call, so I switch to only GSM and now signal strenght is full.
Hi there
ROM 1.14.405.3 (22273) WWE
ROM date 10/24/08
Radio Version 1.09.25.14
Protocol Version 52.49a.25.26U
I've also just changed my Phone 'band' to GSM on network type and left Auto in select your GSM/UMTS band... now showing full signal strength.
So is it just a case of having a 'low' signal strength for 3G services in my area!?! that's kinda bit of a shame, seeing as I live within a mile of the O2 HQ offices!
Cheers!
Dennis! West London & Slough UK!
Signal problems
troxter said:
I have the same problem. Sometimes 1-2 bar of strenght is not enough to make or recieve a call, so I switch to only GSM and now signal strenght is full.
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Ive got the same problem!! see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=466019&highlight=signal
Ill try to switch to gsm mode later.
Didnt work for me..
I am subscribing to a GSM 3G service.
I noticed that Jade's signal reception is a bit weak. In the area where I am living, my 3G signal reception shows only 1 bar whereas a Kaiser (in the same house) shows 3 bars. And intermittently it goes to "no service".
Does anyone else experience the same problem ?
+1 : same signal reception.
With an Herald (P4350 without 3G) i had 3 ou 4 bars on gsm...
+1
my old Cruise/polaris htc better than jade in reception3g
+1
I'm very sad because i love my jade but he's a little bit weak in signal reception...
what can we do ?
To me, it seems the same as with HTC Artemis.
azahidi said:
I am subscribing to a GSM 3G service.
I noticed that Jade's signal reception is a bit weak. In the area where I am living, my 3G signal reception shows only 1 bar whereas a Kaiser (in the same house) shows 3 bars. And intermittently it goes to "no service".
Does anyone else experience the same problem ?
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yep 3g signal reception is too bad on jade.. when i sent it for htc, they just replaced the main board, but still the 3g reception is poor, so i switched to GSM.