Help X often switches into 1X even in metro areas

[THCincredible]

So I was riding down Interstate 40 last night in the 10 or so miles between RDU airport and Raleigh NC and I noticed that I was in 1X for data. I kept an eye on it the rest of the night while I was in Raleigh and it spent a fair amount of time in 1x even after updating the towers (*228). Has anyone else noticed this or found a problem with an X switching to 1X often?

BTW - I had an incredible for a month or so and didnt notice it using 1X very often at all.

 

[Kamikaze77]

Have noticed it too, hopefuly gets fixed soon.

 

[vtroid5]

toggle airplane mode helps

 

[redgtconv]

I have had that too on 2 different Droid x phones. So it is not a particular unit problem. It is either a problem with the Droid x as a whole, or it is a Verizon problem. Is it possible that their system is now getting bogged down with all of the newly added smartphones they have sold?

 

[sharpgator]

I have the same problem. I will be showing 1X even when I am in area I know has had 3g service in the past. In fact I checked it against my blackberry and found plenty of times when my DX is in 1X mode while the BB is 3g. I think it is a software issue and would love to see it get fixed. Will try the Airplane toggle idea.

 

[Deleted User]

Have you tried checking your data connection when this happens or are you just observing the icon?

I have a coworker with a DX and spent a bunch of time playing with it before ordering one. I noticed his phone was occasionally in 1x but if I called up a web browser and started browsing, it was fast and after just a second the icon would switch to 3G.

 

[lexluthor]

I got stuck in 1x this morning in an area I knew was 3G. I toggled airplane mode and got back to 3G.

But, I did note something interesting. I was streaming a fairly high bitrate shoutcast station at the time and I didn't get any buffering. I wonder if I was really in 3G, but the phone was displaying 1x?

 

[bigbadwulff]

Never seen the 1X symbol

 

[Napalm]

Mine will bounce back and forth occasionally especially at the office (on airport property at MEM)

But it if very short periods of time and I assumed it was normal. never stays in 1 for longer than 3-5 minutes. And never when using internet connection.

 

[john0821]

Just yesterday, I noticed the 1X showing up which I'm guessing is due to many people on the network as this only happened to me during the day & not in the evening. I just toggle the 3G icon on my SwitchPro widget to go back to 3G. I hope this is just a temporary thing...

 

[dookie1]

Just yesterday, I noticed the 1X showing up which I'm guessing is due to many people on the network as this only happened to me during the day & not in the evening. I just toggle the 3G icon on my SwitchPro widget to go back to 3G. I hope this is just a temporary thing...

didn't realize the switchpro app had a 3g toggle. do they call it, uh, '3g'...or something else?

 

[inphoenix]

So I was riding down Interstate 40 last night in the 10 or so miles between RDU airport and Raleigh NC and I noticed that I was in 1X for data. I kept an eye on it the rest of the night while I was in Raleigh and it spent a fair amount of time in 1x even after updating the towers (*228). Has anyone else noticed this or found a problem with an X switching to 1X often?

BTW - I had an incredible for a month or so and didnt notice it using 1X very often at all.

Yes DX does that. Never had that issue with my Droid. It is very irritating. Hopefully they will fix it soon.

 

[Kipmaslonka]

you all may be covering the antenna at the bottom of the phone by holding it in your hand that way. Either cover the top of the phone when holding it or hold it with your fingertips, giving the antenna plenty of holes to receive data.

If the phone does switch to 1x, there must be no data transfer for an entire update length (10 seconds) before the phone will attempt to kick back into 3g.

 

[cwaterhouse]

Have the same problem here. It hapens in areas I know have good 3g coverage even if it is not being held.

 

[john0821]

didn't realize the switchpro app had a 3g toggle. do they call it, uh, '3g'...or something else?

Isn't it the 3G-2G icon?