Have you guys with dropped / missed calls exchanged your phone and / or swapped SIM cards? I'm wondering if its not a hardware issue. Most of the 'signal problems' reported tended to be for people in areas without good signals where they had other phones that would work.
I've exchanged phones once. So, I'm on my second Gnex. My problem isn't having a signal in strong signal areas. I have fine signal in strong signal areas. Like, right in the middle of a city or right next to a tower. It's when I'm outside of the city a few miles or in my home.
Honestly, I truly believe that this problem is a hardware problem. The hardware CDMA radio in this phone just can't pull down and hold a signal like my previous phone could (Droid Incredible). I am left with a bad taste in my mouth. The funny thing is, sometimes at home, I have full 3G signal and fast data, but other times it won't even connect to data and I have to drive half way into town to get it to connect to data.
Also, making a phone call is most times impossible in my home, but other times, which are rare, I can make a phone call just fine in my home. There is no rhyme or reason to this problem. I usually have to leave my house and drive to the nearest highway to make a phone call, when my Droid Incredible never had this problem.
After installing this update, I am almost certain now that the data and voice not holding signal and even having signal but not connecting to data, for some reason, is a hardware problem. My phone will, often, have full gray bars, but it won't connect to 3G even though I can clearly see the full bars of signal that are gray. I can't even count the times I've wanted to chunk this phone, and the one before it, right into the wall! It's just so annoying.
So, my question would be now since this update and the new radios that came with it haven't fixed my signal issues, what phone do I start looking towards? I've already swapped out once and I know I can get Verizon to let me trade it for another phone, I just need to know which one I guess. Motorola kinda makes me sick at my stomach, but the Razr Maxx is looking like a very viable option. Because I HAVE to be able to use my phone for phone calls. Maybe the Rezound? I know they'll both have ICS soon, but I just love the Gnex so much I hate to leave it. But I have to do what is best for me, data and call quality wise.
Does anyone know which, or have an educated opinion, which phone on Verizon has the best signal strength? I am, unfortunately, going to have to start weighing my options.