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What is considered good signal strenght (in dbms)

Lower number the better.

I've heard 50-90 means you are close to a tower and good. 90-100 is "meh."


Menu>Settings>About Phone>Battery>Battery Use

What's is say is dragging the battery... if it's cell standby, click and see what the time w/o service is.

This must be a 2.1 thing cause that menu does not exist in 1.5. :)
 
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well, my signal always fluctuates from 90-100ish, but I do live in a rural area and the closest cell tower is a few miles away.

Also, I did the "switch it to Auto CDMA PRL by doing *#*#4636#*#*" ... but that killed my EVDO connection, so I had to reboot (which resests that option) and I will avoid doing it again so my mobile internet isn't killed.
 
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