Help Only 1 or 2 bars signal strength inside house

[karman]

I have been noticing that when I am inside my house I usually have only 1 or 2 bars. Go outside the house and have 3 or 4 bars. ATT has a Micro Cell that is installed in your house to put outgoing calls over the internet. While in the local ATT store complaining about my signal strength I found out some facts about our Inspire. I use to have a Moto Razor that had real good signal strength in my house. Store manager said that Moto is one of 3 top phone manuf that have strong antennas in their phones. Took that to mean the HTC phones don't have as strong an antenna. ATT offered me the Micro Cell at a $200 cost less $100 mail in rebate and reduce monthly fee of 14.99 from 19.99. I declined. Some customers are getting a letter from ATT offering the Micro Cell free. My neighbor across the street from me got such a letter and I installed their Micro Cell today. Guess will learn to live with Inspire.

 

[greg4android]

I have a Moto Razr, and an Inspire (upgrade).

I have the same signal strength on the Razr as I have on the Inspire.

3 bars usually (sometimes 2 depending on area of the house).

I have been noticing that when I am inside my house I usually have only 1 or 2 bars. Go outside the house and have 3 or 4 bars. ATT has a Micro Cell that is installed in your house to put outgoing calls over the internet. While in the local ATT store complaining about my signal strength I found out some facts about our Inspire. I use to have a Moto Razor that had real good signal strength in my house. Store manager said that Moto is one of 3 top phone manuf that have strong antennas in their phones. Took that to mean the HTC phones don't have as strong an antenna. ATT offered me the Micro Cell at a $200 cost less $100 mail in rebate and reduce monthly fee of 14.99 from 19.99. I declined. Some customers are getting a letter from ATT offering the Micro Cell free. My neighbor across the street from me got such a letter and I installed their Micro Cell today. Guess will learn to live with Inspire.

 

[Kopsis]

Unless your RAZR does HSPA, you're comparing apples and oranges. Force your Inspire into EDGE mode and then compare signal strength.

 

[greg4android]

We ONLY have EDGE in this hick-town.

Unless your RAZR does HSPA, you're comparing apples and oranges. Force your Inspire into EDGE mode and then compare signal strength.

 

[Kopsis]

We ONLY have EDGE in this hick-town.

You forgot to add the "... you insensitive clod!" Ok, maybe that's just for Slashdot posts

You have my sympathy, but my suggestion was directed at the OP who is seeing a difference between the RAZR and Inspire.

 

[colnago]

"Bars levels" are relative...every company reports differently. My LG G2x reports 2 out of 4 bars (half strength?) when the dBm level is borderline "no signal at -107dBm. Where as my mifi unit will report 2 out of 5 bars (less than half?) but have a -89dBm signal. I'll take less bars with higher dBm anyday.

FWIW, my T-Mobile branded Motorola Defy, which has AT&T's 3G radio(s), consistently gets 10-15dBM better signal on AT&T, than my Inspire. Of all the HTC phones I've experienced, on AT&T and Verizon, they all seem to be more susceptible to interference than other phones

 

[AvengerBB]

My inspire gets a worse signal than my old captivate. That's the only thing the captivate did better though...

 

[Kuhns787]

Unless your RAZR does HSPA, you're comparing apples and oranges. Force your Inspire into EDGE mode and then compare signal strength.

How do you force the phone into EDGE mode? I ditched my Inspire and went back to my Blackberry. I miss the inspire and would love to go back however I too live in a hick town (lol) and get poor signal strength. My friend has the same phone but always has 1 or 2 more bars of signal strength. I know it is not the phone because I tried two different ones with the same outcome. Any help would be great I would love to go back to the inspire!

 

[kdeerman]

How do you force the phone into EDGE mode? I ditched my Inspire and went back to my Blackberry. I miss the inspire and would love to go back however I too live in a hick town (lol) and get poor signal strength. My friend has the same phone but always has 1 or 2 more bars of signal strength. I know it is not the phone because I tried two different ones with the same outcome. Any help would be great I would love to go back to the inspire!

can anyone tell me how to force the 'edge' mode?
Thanks