got the 02 xda mini s and have problems with the signal, both recived and sent conversations are poor in the house but do get a bit beeter at the main window. do they suffer from poor reception problems as i have not had any problem on any other phone at all, and i have used and owned about 6 in this house. inc sony 750i and nokis etc.
rom 1-54-2
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radio version 01-09-10
ext rom 1-5-4-102
I find the speaker call quality not to be the best on the Mini S but general call quality and reception is fine for me, mainly using my Mini S on Vodafone right now as O2 reception is weaker in my area.
john
well i have just talked to 3 people and they all say that i am bracking up. so looks like i may well get rid and get the sony 910i not that i whant it.
How do you find O2 reception in general in your area with other phones?
The Wizard is an interesting device but as a phone it's definitely weaker than the P9xx series, just upgraded from a P900 myself.
John
as i said the wizard has bad reception in the 3 call i made from the house, i have never ever had a problem in the town were i live let alone from the house, rang a m8 back on a sony 550i i have as well and he said it was just like a landline very clear but the wizard was terible. oh read some said its a pda not a phone so dont expect it to be as good, then why call it it a phone pda when its not. at least mine an't.
which do u like the wizard and what would u have the sony p900 or the wizard.
just to let u know, took the phone back to 02 this morning and tried another one, total differance, the new one is miles better. thanks for ur help. hope it may continue.
That's good you got it sorted, something definitely sounded wrong there.
My feelings are fairly mixed about the P900 vs the Wizard, obviously the Wizard is newer, has better resolution, wi-fi etc. but as a phone/PDA combination device, the P900 was definitely a lot better. Even just for simple things like setting an alarm, plus I didn't need to soft reset it fairly regularly.
I have my fingers crossed for the P990i but with the delays already it's not looking great.
John
well i thought it worked, its bloody bad as well, thats it, both in the sin bin and get a seperat pda and phone, at least that should work out. :evil: :evil: :evil:
i thought about the sony 910i but it is big and and wizard would have been better, but i just canot put up with hissing and brackup on the phone, my m8 say it sounds like i have a hanki on my mouth, and the signal keeps droping. :x :x , oh i have already shelled out over 150 notes on gps and mount, as u can tell it not looking good.
don't get yer hopes up with sony p900-910-990. in my experience, all converged devices make concessions with gadgetry inside due to size, cost and engineering, and so they are jacks of all trades, but rarely are masters at any.
you still can't beat the nokia 6310i for reception and quality, but i am using my wizard as a phone for convenience's sake.
joe
I found the P900 to be an excellent balance between phone and PDA, if the P990 can manage a similar balance with its more modern feature set then I'll be picking one up.
John
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I had people asking me what kind of phone it is, or who made it, and I never heard of it. Some even question who is the provider and so on. A couple of time, I answered that it's not just a phone, it's a Pocket PC. Even then they don't know what Pocket PC is. They ask if it's Palm.
Of course, that's when I told them, it's more powerful, I can watch full 2 hours+ movie in this, browse the internet with IE. One person was so awe about this device, he's willing to pay premium for it and he works in a Cellphone place.
It really tickles me how I have to explain about this device and seeing their face changes as I explain the things I can do by showing them. It doesn't even look like a phone.
I want to hear what people say about the XDA II or similar device that's not available in the U.S. Maybe you guys wants to share? Or even places where XDA II or similar device isn't available in that country.
Yeah, that's been my experience too. It's even worse now with the XDA II and a Bluetooth headset. I guess I'm kinda used to it, since I had an Apple Newton since they were released. Handhelds just didn't exist at all then, so it was a real attention-grabber.
Even helped with dates. If a lady of appropriate specifications asked about how it worked, I'd pop open a "new contact" form and let her have a go. Usually I'd get a knowing smirk and a number.
If you think it's like that in the US, you would have fallen on the floor laughing if you were with me in Mexico when I tried to get a prepaid SIM for it. They were asking what phone it was for, and didn't understand "Pocket PC," so I pulled it out to show them. Well, I may as well have pulled a wiggling baby alien out of my pocket and thrust it at them, judging by their reaction and wide eyes.
Since I use my XDA for just about everything, I get questions from people in all facets of business. I've used it on-the-spot to check car ratings and comparitive prices while standing in front of the salesman. He was rather taken aback, as he lost his ability to bull**** me. I used it while looking for a house for a recent move. Got the agent hooked on the idea, she said she was going to buy one. I keep my shopping list on it and occasionally look up nutritional info while in the store (I'm diabetic, have to watch some things). Speaking of that, I track blood sugar vs. sugar intake, as well as other dietary info to help me understand my needs. Other people with dietary needs are amazed at how it simplifies life. I track the cars and motorcycle with it. TV shows. And on and on. It seems that no matter what I do, I'm using my XDA to do it, so it gets a lot of exposure.
In Washington DC where I'm going to school they sell the Siemens SX56 (xda I) and the MDA I and MDA II at TMobile... but yah generally people look at my phone and go wtf is that
They are obviously common in the UK then as noone seems to take a second look at it when i'm using mine,
I see at least 4 or 5 people every day with XDA2's on the train into london in the mornings and it not the same people either!,
most people seem to just hold it to their head to talk on it, but i think it much easier to use a bluetooth headset with it
tmobile and o2 are not present around here but the 2 mayor cellphone company offer the qtek series but mainly to companies
and orange sell their m1000 even see them in comercials but thats with tomtom and i doubt many people know it's a gsm phone aswell
suppose xda series are less known in us because they are not cma or 550Ghz
but mda3 / qtek9090 comes in both versions
I was looking for XDA II or something similar to it here in T-Mobile shop but come to a disppointed conclusion. There seem to be selling it on the East Coast rather than West Coast. T-Mobile specified they carry it, but when I looked for it, it's not available and the sales person were like, is that a phone? How come there's no antenna.
A couple of times when I took my phone out to make a phone call, people just look at it as a pda. Not until I got a phone call while doodling with it when they realize it's a phone too.
My co-worker was making fun of it saying, phones are getting smaller and here he is carrying a brick. Haha. So it's a multi-function brick, small phones can't do what this thing can do. I love it. Thanks for sharing guys. Great story.
nokias havent had antennas for ages
if they carry it on the other cost cant you just order it online rather then go to a shop where they would not know a pocketpc if it attacked and eate them and everybody they knew ?
recall when the first xda1 version i heard off came out which was the siemens 56 whatever it was only in the us and it took a few of months to reach here of cause maybe tmobile and o2 had them before i dont know
I love my universal but when I thrown on sweats and go play poker or to the gym the SIM comes out of that and into a Sierra Wireless VOQ smartphone.
What about you guys... wha's your lightweight "spare/2nd" phone?
You know what would be great... a motorola razr type phone that was detachable from the Universal when you dont need all the other stuff.\
Cyb
I'm a house DJ in New York City, and when I spin, there's no way I'm bringing my Universal to the clubs.
For clubs, bars and all other situations where smoking, drinking, "etc." might be involved, my backup is a Nokia 6010 that I got for free.
I never use my Universal for anything except browsing the net in bed and developing.
Magician is my baby, but roll on Atom!
I'm in a suit all day, and the Universal is too heavy to be comfortable.
V
my spare phone is xdaIIi.
SE k750i
@geovass, my spare phone is a Nok 9500 but my wife uses a K750 and that is a wonderful phone. Fast email client and a useable web browser. The pictures from the 2 megapixel camera are superb. K750 - a great spare phone!
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well, thats your "small" "spare" phone! that should give an idea of how "big" & 'handy" the universal is
Another 8 days for me to get my bulldog! I got some time with the universal at a trade show here, and holy cow!! it definitely is monstrous, especially when you put it in the cover....extremely thick, and draws very close resemblance to a well packaged "brick"!
cheers!
San
SPV C500 is my little spare - cus i aint takin my exec out clubbing! LOL :twisted:
Magician (Qtek S100)... :twisted:
W800i my spare phone
Motorola Razr, I use Jasjar just like ordinary ppc + sim card which supports gprs/umts!
Original XDA with a cracked screen
It is trusty and works fine otherwise though I wish I had a solution for the screen. I use a combination of Remote Display Control and Jeyo Mobile Companion to use it when I need to insert another SIM.
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spare phone
I am a bit sad as in I collect technology i.e phones,
Bar the ones listed below I use my nokias, 8800, 8910i, 8910, 9300, n70, 6630, 6230i, p900.
I always carry two phones as I have my line 2 from orange on a separate sim. This results in me mainly carying my exec and wizard or exec and nokia 6230i, or vice versa wizard and 6230i.
Plus in the car, I just plug my sim acrd in to the car. So only have exec foe emails whilst driving.
If I am out then wizard and nokia 8800.
Me and my Universal have a love / hate relationship.
When the pain gets too much, out slips Nokia 6230: trusty/small/stable.
gee ... seems that i'm the only one using it 24/7 (calls, videocalls, umts data, radio, mp3)
so ... NO SPARE !
I bought a Samsung E720 at the same time as my JasJar, with the intention of using it when I can't be bothered to lug the JJ around.
It seems that the novelty value of my JJ still hasn't worn off though, and I've hardly used my little Samsung. It does come to football matches down the Lane with me (my clubbing days are behind me now!), and anywhere else where I don't want to look like a flash tw*t with a brick for a phone!
Motorla A1000
Used to think it was a "big" phone until I got my XDA Exec but I wouldn't get rid of either of them
It's a Moto RAZR for me too, but my RAZR serves two purposes...
First, like everyone else, if I don't want to take the big and heavy Jasjar with me I'll just grab the RAZR.
Second, I live in the US and use Cingular. Unfortunately, Cingular uses 850MHz in some areas and 1900MHz in others. The area I live in has good 1900MHz coverage, but some of the areas I travel to only have 850MHz coverage. When I'm going to be traveling in one of those areas I put my SIM in the RAZR and use it as a bluetooth modem to be able to get email and data on my Jasjar.
Brett
My spare phone is a Samsung T100
YOU KNOW i have been using a 8125 for the past 6 months and i loved it last night i bought a Cingular 8525 and i must say i really hate this phone
i work for a big cell phone chain in NY so i have a demo (so that means i pay full price for these phones) well not full price but cost still alot $550
i had my 8125 all tweaked up overclocked hacked and running great
now i have this 8525 which runs on a faster processor and it feels so much slower wtf?
DOES ANYONE FEEL THE SAME WAY OR AM I THE ONLY ONE?
mine definitely feels faster than my 8125. some programs also run slow to begin with...
Yeah, performance is about the same as my overclocked (240mhz) 8125 was. However, UMTS web browsing is a thing of beauty as is attachment load speed on direct push. No more GSM "buzz" in speakers and speakerphones either. Big business plus! WiFi connectivity and GPRS handoffs work great now (always used to lock up my 8125). A2DP performance is worse out of the box but I've cobbled together a work-around. I also miss not being able to stream from WiFi out A2DP. Love the thumbwheel and the keyboard is lightyears better too. Battery life sux.
Bottom line: its an 8125 on 3G. This is the main reason I dumped my 8125 for a TyTN.
I have TyTn to play, S620 to work!
The worst part is the unreability of Hermes, my wizard was AKU 2.3 (i-mate, last official ROM), but STABLE! Now I can test the AKU 3.3!
I had to reset it just when I decide to want to make some test, my wizard battery..., even overclocked.
Slower (or not faster than wizard, slower than S620), good to show to some stupid how fast is this internet connection (the normal mind asks: "and how many batteries do you have?"), stupid bootloader policy, no bug fixed.
So I play with (700 euros, compared with a theme park ticket price, I need to play at least one year before I can change it to a real phone! )
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I have TyTn to play, S620 to work!
The worst part is the unreability of Hermes, my wizard was AKU 2.3 (i-mate, last official ROM), but STABLE! Now I can test the AKU 3.3!
I had to reset it just when I decide to want to make some test, my wizard battery..., even overclocked.
Slower (or not faster than wizard, slower than S620), good to show to some stupid how fast is this internet connection (the normal mind asks: "and how many batteries do you have?"), stupid bootloader policy, no bug fixed.
So I play with (700 euros, compared with a theme park ticket price, I need to play at least one year before I can change it to a real phone! )
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NOt to be mean but i have no clue if you are agreeing with me or calling me stupid i really have no clue lol
well,
bad news for me, i returned my 2nd JASJAM earlier this week due to a problem with one of they keyboard keys (top right sofkey). damn..... why cant HTC get thier act together. software issues are one thing (hopefully they can be patched etc with hacks/updates) but hardware related issues that are very common, that is unacceptable.
just received a confirmation from imate that my 3rd new replacement will arrive early next week (posted today).
serial number on this new device coming is htc647. Has anyone got this batch to comment on any issues?
To me the Hermes is much better than the Wizard performance wise. Although I feel that the Hermes' slider is a bit more loose compared to the Wizard. I do wish we can get a higher AKU on our Hermeses
I would like to kick ass Hermes designer , for loose slider . Its a horror to fix it. I don't want even try.
Payd 700 $ and what do I have ? !
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well,
bad news for me, i returned my 2nd JASJAM earlier this week due to a problem with one of they keyboard keys (top right sofkey). damn..... why cant HTC get thier act together. software issues are one thing (hopefully they can be patched etc with hacks/updates) but hardware related issues that are very common, that is unacceptable.
just received a confirmation from imate that my 3rd new replacement will arrive early next week (posted today).
serial number on this new device coming is htc647. Has anyone got this batch to comment on any issues?
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Be happy, you have post-sales service! Here in Italy HTC service is... is... isn't!
I can't even register my device on Italian service site. I called HTC europe, asked about warranty services, they asked my IMEI (TyTn an S620) and they said "your service is in Italy". I contacted the service and the said "wrong IMEI the service isn't ours!".
I haven't stolen my devices, TyTn is from expansys ITALY and s620 is fom Expansys UK
I hate? what do you think?
About HTC647 issues, no way to know even IF and HOW they fixed the screen alignment issue.
whats it like as multimedia player.
can it handle movies and music files with no problems (apart from the battery running out quicker).
and how editable is windows mobile, ive been with nokia and its so easy to change the look (using themes).
also hows the 2 megapixle cam for recording movies and taking pictures
i just need that extra push before i commit to a 12 month contract with t mobile
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whats it like as multimedia player.
can it handle movies and music files with no problems (apart from the battery running out quicker).
and how editable is windows mobile, ive been with nokia and its so easy to change the look (using themes).
also hows the 2 megapixle cam for recording movies and taking pictures
i just need that extra push before i commit to a 12 month contract with t mobile
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Do it! the Vario II is a fantastic phone... it handles full screen video playback just fine and giving it has Windows Media player on it, compatibility is great!
As a Pocket PC its very customisable... it can be skinned to look like almost anything! so to say... check out Wisbar for example http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/index.php?pg=skins
The camera is good... nothing special but it does the job...
I would say though, once you've gotten used to it... read up on the WM6 posts - it turns a good Vario into an Excellent Vario
sounds great.
one thing im a bit worried about is a long time ago i used to have a one 2 one phone and the reception in my house was terrible, so hopefully T mobile have boosted up their signal since all those years ago. i did the street check for reception in my road and it was 3 bars good covarage
How is the general reception for making and reciving calls on the phone .
also is it easy to get it unlocked so i can swap when i need to my current sim card. (pay as you go vodaphone) just in case because the vodafone signal is so strong here.
thanks again
two words........
street check, that's what TMobile offer BEFORE you buy
and even if the reception is bad, if you upgrade your Radio rom you will see the improvement
Ive had my VarioII for three months and its been brill, especiall with this site!!!
You can soooooooooooooo customize it to your liking like no other phone on the market, its just fab
bongloid said:
sounds great.
one thing im a bit worried about is a long time ago i used to have a one 2 one phone and the reception in my house was terrible, so hopefully T mobile have boosted up their signal since all those years ago. i did the street check for reception in my road and it was 3 bars good covarage
How is the general reception for making and reciving calls on the phone .
also is it easy to get it unlocked so i can swap when i need to my current sim card. (pay as you go vodaphone) just in case because the vodafone signal is so strong here.
thanks again
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I'm more than happy with the reception... and like you, my street check was good... also, I think you'll find that t-mobile doesn't sim lock their phone... but in any case, its easy to get over that issue
if your in the UK, look on ebay.
i got 2 for under 180 quid, brand new factory sealed.
do try outbid ppl, some of them are scammers, the seller will resort to selling to the next highest genuie bidder, and that should be you!
The Vario 2 (Tytn) is a very versatile device and there are endless tweaks and themes and I would recommend getting one. I would never be without mine.
can i get vario rom for update
abhishek141 said:
can i get vario rom for update
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Is this guy just posting the same question in every topic on the forum? lol
The Vario is great as a multimedia player - just get something like Coreplayer to use and that will play most types of video. I got stuck in traffic the other day and ended up watching 2 episodes of southpark on my Vario to pass the time
Camera is ok although its not so hot indoors - outside in good light the pics are perfectly acceptable.
Also if you are going with T-Mobile in the UK you can get the web'n'walk deal which means high-speed internet wherever you are.
Got one in the end and im so glad i did
thanks for the advice
just got back from a trip abroad.
I had a heart attack after passing through the Xray machine at check in.
I looked at my phone and the screen was totally screwed up. most of the colour was reversed and just was unreadable.
I think it must have had something to do with the magnet on the leather case the phone comes with and the rays from the Xray machine.
i really thought i broke my new toy (2 days in)
after trying to go through the settings on the phone to see if there was anything in there that might help and a few soft resets later it still was screwed.
so i took the magnet from the black case and held it up to the screen and magically it went back to normal.
so be careful going through check in.
Hi,
I live in New England and I currently have the Focus with AT&T. The signal here with the focus is bad, constantly losing calls, signal fluctuates from 4 bars 3G switches to edge and then loses signal totally. During this the call quality gets progressively worse. They can't seem to fix the problem so they said they would get me a new phone. They did recently have me change out the Sim as well as a multitude of other things that haven't worked.
I was just wondering what is the best smartphone they currently carry that has good signal quality? I do need a smartphone but one that doesn't lose calls all the time. I'm not far from a tower here and other phones I have had work fine here but the Focus just isn't working out. I do like the focus for the most part and wouldn't mind another Window 7 phone as long as the signal isn't a problem. If I have to go to Android that's fine too, although that would be my last choice.
Thanks for any help.
Fiberop said:
Hi,
I live in New England and I currently have the Focus with AT&T. The signal here with the focus is bad, constantly losing calls, signal fluctuates from 4 bars 3G switches to edge and then loses signal totally. During this the call quality gets progressively worse. They can't seem to fix the problem so they said they would get me a new phone. They did recently have me change out the Sim as well as a multitude of other things that haven't worked.
I was just wondering what is the best smartphone they currently carry that has good signal quality? I do need a smartphone but one that doesn't lose calls all the time. I'm not far from a tower here and other phones I have had work fine here but the Focus just isn't working out. I do like the focus for the most part and wouldn't mind another Window 7 phone as long as the signal isn't a problem. If I have to go to Android that's fine too, although that would be my last choice.
Thanks for any help.
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I think you should consider that in your area the signal might just be bad, for your carrier. Unless you have other reasons to think different.
In any case, you are likely to hear subjective opinions on this matter.
One important thing to understand from the beginning is reception vs call quality.
While good reception should insure good call quality, that isn't necessarily the case. As it also depends on the hardware of the phone (bad or low quality ear piece). However, a good call quality depends on the signal quality/strength.
What I can tell from my experience, is that phones with stronger antennas have better reception but not necessarily good call quality. I found out that for me, the best sound quality was in Sony Ericsson phones. However, that was back in Symbian era.
Stronger antenna usually means bigger SAR (radiation).
I can most certainly say the Focus doesn't excel in call quality and I've heard far better. It is reasonably ok.
EnderPsp said:
I think you should consider that in your area the signal might just be bad, for your carrier. Unless you have other reasons to think different.
In any case, you are likely to hear subjective opinions on this matter.
One important thing to understand from the beginning is reception vs call quality.
While good reception should insure good call quality, that isn't necessarily the case. As it also depends on the hardware of the phone (bad or low quality ear piece). However, a good call quality depends on the signal quality/strength.
What I can tell from my experience, is that phones with stronger antennas have better reception but not necessarily good call quality. I found out that for me, the best sound quality was in Sony Ericsson phones. However, that was back in Symbian era.
Stronger antenna usually means bigger SAR (radiation).
I can most certainly say the Focus doesn't excel in call quality and I've heard far better. It is reasonably ok.
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Other friends have come over here with ATT as their provider and they have good signal and don't lose calls. I was just out yesterday in known good 3g areas in my town and lost 2 calls out of 3.
I'm gong to have to get a new phone. I talked with ATT yesterday and they made me do a hard reset on the phone. I told him I've already done that before but I did it again. They are calling back Friday to see how things are going and if nothing has changed he said they will give me a new phone. I did tell him I don't want another Focus as this is my 6th one. Pain in the backside.
I just hope they give me a choice and don't try to pass off a 2 year old phone on me. Hopefully the damn thing has good call quality.
If you can hold out until September you should. The new phones with Mango will be coming out and maybe one of them will be better for you.
Have you tried a Microcell? Maybe one of them in your home would make the phone much more tolerable. That's what I did but only because AT&T gifted it to me.
TIGGAH said:
If you can hold out until September you should. The new phones with Mango will be coming out and maybe one of them will be better for you.
Have you tried a Microcell? Maybe one of them in your home would make the phone much more tolerable. That's what I did but only because AT&T gifted it to me.
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I'm talking to AT&T about a microcell. Their own tech department suggested it. I still lose calls outside of my house but at least I could do business here. At first the customer service person said I could get a free one because of all my issues but he just informed me I'd have to pay for it. I told him no, that after 6 months of terrible service and constant lost calls that they should provide it for free. I told them either a new phone other than the Focus, let me out of my contract or a microcell. I'm waiting on the supervisor to call me back.
Damn, 6 months of crappy service. I've been using my home phone and my daughter's Tracfone to do business. $110 a month it costs me and I can't use this thing, what a rip. This is my 6th damn Focus too. I have a feeling I'll be switching to Verizon soon.
For signal quality what would you guys choose? The Infuse, the Atrix, or the HTC HD7S? I'd rather stay with windows 7 but I've heard the signal quality isn't that great with the hd7s? Anyone have an opinion?
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For signal quality what would you guys choose? The Infuse, the Atrix, or the HTC HD7S? I'd rather stay with windows 7 but I've heard the signal quality isn't that great with the hd7s? Anyone have an opinion?
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Btw, you should ask again all this in the Windows Phone 7 Q&A forum, not in the Focus thread, as this is a WP7 general question.
I don't have first-hand experience with a lot of AT&T's line-up, but I do find that my Dell Streak will catch much better signal in places (in particular, my office) than my Focus, as basically the entire back of that beast is a giant metal antenna plate. Now if only the Streak would run WP7...
Hi Fiberop did you sort out a good phone for the signal? I too am in the uk having similar issues using vodafone and o2, tried htc legend, htc desire HD, htc desire s, and getting cut off during a call and the singal is always up and down, So you are not on your own. I still love HTC phones but i wish they would sort the signal and battery issues.
I have an old XDA lls and this never had these problems. All the HTC phones were on the highest operating systems they could be at the time. Tried the gsm only settings but still gets signal up and down. You can help by how you hold the phone, e.g on the legend dont hold the rubber base cover.
I do have 2 friends, one on 3 with a desire S and one on the HTC sensation on orange and no signal issues apart from bad batterys they are ok with these phones.
You can always get a microcell. I went that route and now all my phones work great in and around the house. With a microcell you can use the phone you want instead of having to forego phones with lots of functionality and lousy reception, which is every smartphone I've ever owned.
I ended up getting a microcell. They did try to give me a Surround but I declined that. I mentioned a couple other phones but they suggested a micro cell. I do make a lot of calls from home so it made sense. It was free because of all my problems so that worked out well. They charge $200 for the damn thing. It works great though and it's the first time I have ever seen 5 bars on this phone. What a relief not to keep losing business calls.
By the way, the Presidents office is where you want to call if you have issues that tech support or customer care can't or won't fix. I found that number on the internet and they can actually authorize things like a free microcell where customer care won't even discuss it. Nice people there too.
Samsung Captivates are cheap and have amazing signal.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium
Fiberop said:
I ended up getting a microcell. They did try to give me a Surround but I declined that. I mentioned a couple other phones but they suggested a micro cell. I do make a lot of calls from home so it made sense. It was free because of all my problems so that worked out well. They charge $200 for the damn thing. It works great though and it's the first time I have ever seen 5 bars on this phone. What a relief not to keep losing business calls.
By the way, the Presidents office is where you want to call if you have issues that tech support or customer care can't or won't fix. I found that number on the internet and they can actually authorize things like a free microcell where customer care won't even discuss it. Nice people there too.
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Hey I have a question for you as I was in EXACTLY the same boat as you. I'm even in New England (Vermont, where are you?).
Anyhow, Samsung Focus here as well. About a month ago the cell signal degraded in my local area to the point I could only make and receive calls at home if I stood out on the front porch. There was no explanation given from AT&T and I spent a frustrating month going back and forth with tech support trying to get their field techs to find out WTF happened.
Long story short, they eventually credited me the full cost of a microcell AND my last months bill.
So, got the microcell, installed all fine and dandy. HERE'S MY QUESTION....have you noticed any change in your battery life? If my phone is connected to the microcell the battery drains REALLY fast. I can take it off charge at 7am, not touch the phone at all and by 4pm I'm way below half. If I do the same thing when the microcell is not on, I can get over 24 hours off a single charge.
Something causes the battery to drain extra fast when the Focus is connected to the MicroCell. Have you noticed this at all?
woodbane said:
Hey I have a question for you as I was in EXACTLY the same boat as you. I'm even in New England (Vermont, where are you?).
Anyhow, Samsung Focus here as well. About a month ago the cell signal degraded in my local area to the point I could only make and receive calls at home if I stood out on the front porch. There was no explanation given from AT&T and I spent a frustrating month going back and forth with tech support trying to get their field techs to find out WTF happened.
Long story short, they eventually credited me the full cost of a microcell AND my last months bill.
So, got the microcell, installed all fine and dandy. HERE'S MY QUESTION....have you noticed any change in your battery life? If my phone is connected to the microcell the battery drains REALLY fast. I can take it off charge at 7am, not touch the phone at all and by 4pm I'm way below half. If I do the same thing when the microcell is not on, I can get over 24 hours off a single charge.
Something causes the battery to drain extra fast when the Focus is connected to the MicroCell. Have you noticed this at all?
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The explanation is pretty simple: the weaker the signal from the nearest Network Cell, the greater the power on the phone's antenna has to be. The battery life is tied into this because the phone has to put extra juice to insure a good quality of the signal.
It won't matter what phone you're on, it will drain faster than if you would have a better signal.
I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm saying that when I'm connected to the MicroCell, i.e. Where there is a very strong signal, my battery drains faster than when I'm NOT connected to the MicroCell at the same location and am down to maybe one bar. The MicroCell causes my battery to drain faster which is the inverse of what should be happening right?
woodbane said:
Hey I have a question for you as I was in EXACTLY the same boat as you. I'm even in New England (Vermont, where are you?).
Anyhow, Samsung Focus here as well. About a month ago the cell signal degraded in my local area to the point I could only make and receive calls at home if I stood out on the front porch. There was no explanation given from AT&T and I spent a frustrating month going back and forth with tech support trying to get their field techs to find out WTF happened.
Long story short, they eventually credited me the full cost of a microcell AND my last months bill.
So, got the microcell, installed all fine and dandy. HERE'S MY QUESTION....have you noticed any change in your battery life? If my phone is connected to the microcell the battery drains REALLY fast. I can take it off charge at 7am, not touch the phone at all and by 4pm I'm way below half. If I do the same thing when the microcell is not on, I can get over 24 hours off a single charge.
Something causes the battery to drain extra fast when the Focus is connected to the MicroCell. Have you noticed this at all?
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I'm in west central NH. I haven't noticed that much of a difference with the micro cell and the battery. I'm not using it as much as I was so maybe that has something to do with it. I do only charge it late at night and that remains the same. I don't recall anyone else that has received a micro cell talk about this. Maybe you should do a google.
Have a good one and good luck with those washed out roads over there.