How's your signal after update?

longdaddy · Jul 20, 2010

After I updated my phone last night my signal has gotten alot worse I lost 3G completly. My phone would show 3-4 bars of 3G now it only shows 2-3 bars 1X :eek:

WTF? I'm verry pissed about this I tried the airplane mode and *228 tricks no luck

rolandct · Jul 20, 2010

Mine seems exactly the same.

mountainlover · Jul 20, 2010

I lost 3G shortly before the update.

mikeyfl · Jul 20, 2010

no change.

DrJD · Jul 20, 2010

Mine actually seems 1-2 bars higher...

Eryl Flynn · Jul 20, 2010

You can check the actual signal not bars under settings, about phone, status. But if you don't have a benchmark from before it won't help. For me at my desk I am pretty much the same. -97db

longdaddy · Jul 20, 2010

It's probally has to do where you live and the PRL mine is 51926

jdk33 · Jul 20, 2010

I didn't pay too much attention to it, but when I checked the phone status page before the signal level was always around -85dBm, now it's around -51dBm in the same location (for the non nerds, that's a better signal - or at least a better signal indication).

longdaddy · Jul 20, 2010

Eryl Flynn said:
You can check the actual signal not bars under settings, about phone, status. But if you don't have a benchmark from before it won't help. For me at my desk I am pretty much the same. -97db

Yeah I was checking it that way and with bars. But that method only shows you 1x signal only not 3G

SFWB · Jul 20, 2010

I haven't been out of the house since I did the update, but here in my bedroom I have 3 bars of signal where I used to have only 1 bar.

Wolfedude88 · Jul 20, 2010

I haven't noticed anything different. I still cannot use the market at my work, seems like anything with 3g doesn't work. It works perfect at my house, I never had any problems with the Incredible. I wonder if it is my X or is there something different with the X that makes this happen.

longdaddy · Jul 20, 2010

My 3G just kicked back in strong. Might have been a fluke or they might have been working on the network in my area. This phone has the same death grip as the iphone thou holding the phone sideways i get 71 dBm upright it goes up to -85dBm So if your getting slow data hold it sideways or like ol steve jobs say get a case lmao

_Aardvark · Jul 20, 2010

I noticed at work my bars would jump from 1 up to 4 depending on how I was holding the phone and the direction I'd turn. After the update, it seemed at first much better, the jumping stopped and I was getting three bars.

However, after awhile it still seemed to still vary from 1-3 bars, but still no rapid changes. Prob has nothing to do w/ the update.

While, I voted "Better", it's really no different...

Piiman · Jul 20, 2010

longdaddy said:
After I updated my phone last night my signal has gotten alot worse I lost 3G completly. My phone would show 3-4 bars of 3G now it only shows 2-3 bars 1X WTF? I'm verry pissed about this I tried the airplane mode and *228 tricks no luck

Were you in the same excate place when you tried this.

jroc · Jul 20, 2010

Damn, my signal actually got better.

Before at my desk I would get a constant -102. I'm sitting at -95 now, and when I move the phone around it picks up worse areas around my desk, office better. Some area at my desk can get to -120...lol

I might be able to get 3G at my desk now...lol

HalfFrozen · Jul 20, 2010

My fiances phone is still the same full bars 3G...

c_aus · Jul 20, 2010

My signal strength is about the same, ranging in the -80s, but I have noticed that I generally have one or two more bars indicated on the home screen.

jroc · Jul 20, 2010

longdaddy said:
My 3G just kicked back in strong. Might have been a fluke or they might have been working on the network in my area. This phone has the same death grip as the iphone thou holding the phone sideways i get 71 dBm upright it goes up to -85dBm So if your getting slow data hold it sideways or like ol steve jobs say get a case lmao

Aahhh I just tried it, u right...NO!!!!! lol.

The iPhone might can do a software fix for the issue then...lol But that would mean knocking off some of the phone's reception.

Everyone, try the iPhone 4 death grip and see if anything changes. If it does, Motorola needs to know ASAP.

Old Man · Jul 20, 2010

Does anyone know for sure what the signal levels shown actually represent? The RF signal level is what it is at any location, no phone can change that. What can differ is how the phones process and work with the available signal. So if what is being reported is the actual 1X or 3G signal strength at that location then the phone should not be affecting that other than in how accurate of a reading it provides.

jroc · Jul 20, 2010

Ok, from what I seen so far, the decibels, bars do drop. I did lose service. But, service came right back if I continued holding it and the decibels starting going down. I think thats the Diversity Antenna at work.

EDIT: decibels started going higher when I continued holding it, yea Fab negative numbers. ...lol

Old Man said:
Does anyone know for sure what the signal levels shown actually represent? The RF signal level is what it is at any location, no phone can change that. What can differ is how the phones process and work with the available signal. So if what is being reported is the actual 1X or 3G signal strength at that location then the phone should not be affecting that other than in how accurate of a reading it provides.

Thats what I try to do. Use the decibels as a compass for finding bad reception areas and not as an indicator of phone antenna strength. But, this update did something. Either its reading the area better or the antenna had some extra power unlocked.

Fabolous · Jul 20, 2010

longdaddy said:
This phone has the same death grip as the iphone thou holding the phone sideways i get 71 dBm upright it goes up to -85dBm So if your getting slow data hold it sideways or like ol steve jobs say get a case lmao

jroc said:
Aahhh I just tried it, u right...NO!!!!! lol.

The iPhone might can do a software fix for the issue then...lol But that would mean knocking off some of the phone's reception.

Everyone, try the iPhone 4 death grip and see if anything changes. If it does, Motorola needs to know ASAP.

I hope you know that a -71dBm signal is better than a -85dBm signal. The higher, the better. Keep in mind these are negative numbers

Also, I think that the antennas are at the top and bottom of the device, so the "death grip" may actually be the proper way to hold it.

And on topic, I am experiencing about the same signal as before.

jsanta11 · Jul 20, 2010

Mines is the same ...

longdaddy · Jul 20, 2010

Fabolous said:
I hope you know that a -71dBm signal is better than a -85dBm signal. The higher, the better. Keep in mind these are negative numbers

Also, I think that the antennas are at the top and bottom of the device, so the "death grip" may actually be the proper way to hold it.

And on topic, I am experiencing about the same signal as before.

Yeah I know the lower the better thats why I said hold it side ways mine gets to the lower 70's that way holding it upright it loses signals even get up to the 90's

Fabolous · Jul 20, 2010

longdaddy said:
Yeah I know the lower the better thats why I said hold it side ways mine gets to the lower 70's that way holding it upright it loses signals even get up to the 90's

Aha! I just reread your post and it makes more sense now

Just thrown off when people say the signal went UP to -85 from -71

Personally, I don't see that big of a difference when holding it upright vs. in landscape.

longdaddy · Jul 20, 2010

Fabolous said:
Aha! I just reread your post and it makes more sense now

Just thrown off when people say the signal went UP to -85 from -71

Personally, I don't see that big of a difference when holding it upright vs. in landscape.

Haha sorry bout that. I had the droid, incredible, and now the x and for reason I find holding them in landscape gets me better signal then upright idk it's weird lol

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