Signal now fixed?
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jasperwill
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-50?! are you climbing on the cell tower?
kyler13
Android Expert
For those of you having battery problems, signal strength is a huge factor. I'm on vacation and VERY close to a cell tower (-60db outdoors, -70 indoors). The phone is absolutely sipping from the battery. I think I could go two full days on a charge. Haven't dropped below 60% during the day with light-to-moderate use.
I've had fantastic coverage at home and at work (and most of Seattle, actually). I plan on spending the day tomorrow around town and checking what my signal strength is.
At home I've seen it at -47 (though I heard the lowest was -50 but both of our phones were in the upper 40's) and right now it's -54. Verizon has been good, which is the main reason we decided to upgrade to the Incredible instead of switching to AT&T when our contract expired earlier this year.
I also posted in the battery thread that I was on like 54 hours of uptime and 3 hours of awake time on a charge (granted fairly light-moderate use). Knock on wood this continues!
At home I've seen it at -47 (though I heard the lowest was -50 but both of our phones were in the upper 40's) and right now it's -54. Verizon has been good, which is the main reason we decided to upgrade to the Incredible instead of switching to AT&T when our contract expired earlier this year.
I also posted in the battery thread that I was on like 54 hours of uptime and 3 hours of awake time on a charge (granted fairly light-moderate use). Knock on wood this continues!
I've had fantastic coverage at home and at work (and most of Seattle, actually). I plan on spending the day tomorrow around town and checking what my signal strength is.
At home I've seen it at -47 (though I heard the lowest was -50 but both of our phones were in the upper 40's) and right now it's -54. Verizon has been good, which is the main reason we decided to upgrade to the Incredible instead of switching to AT&T when our contract expired earlier this year.
I also posted in the battery thread that I was on like 54 hours of uptime and 3 hours of awake time on a charge (granted fairly light-moderate use). Knock on wood this continues!
Im at -102 right now
maverick96
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Im at -102 right now
Incredible is the worst for call quality and reception...THE WORST.. Returned mine after a week...adios. Hello EVO.
I live in an area with bad reception to begin with and this phone does no worse than my previous phones. I generally range from around -92 to -102dBm and have had no trouble making and holding calls.
As far as the EVO, nobody knew what the signal on the Incredible was like until it was tested a few days prior to release. It's very possible that the EVO may have similar issues with signal as what some are experiencing. And depending on who has a better network in your area, you may be sacrificing a better network on the chance that that phone will have stouter signal capabilities. Just some food for thought.
This is strange... My friend lives in an area where reception has been so bad that its almost impossible to send texts, usually you have to stand on one leg and balance the phone on your head while standing on his front porch. With that being said, I have sent 3 text messages from his house with no problem. Granted I am still only getting 1 bar there but compared to his phone (LG Dare) which is getting zero bars, I think I'm doing pretty well.
Don't know what happened but it's awesome!
MisterMixelpix
Android Expert
Make up your mind. It's either the Inc or Verizon that's the problem.
Bob Dobalina
Member
Could the updated coverage come from some possible tower upgrades? I have always had 1-2 bars in my home and currently around -92dbm...I would like to see this get better, but I think that's a tower issue and not the phone. My last BB Curve was the same thing here.
Bob Dobalina
Member
I just tried the *228 and I currently have one bar and running -92dBm...
rezeew
Well-Known Member
Im at -102 right now
I'm at -96 in my office and have two bars and perfect call quality.
What's the problem? Do we want clear calls or better numbers? I'll take the calls every time.
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