Thread: Crap Network - Hardly Any Reception
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colnago is offline colnago
2010-02-05 , 21:36
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Originally Posted by stlpaul View Post
I'm on a different continent and using different carriers. I switched from AT&T (no 3G) to T-Mobile (3G) and never had the "no cellular" error with AT&T but already experienced it a couple times per day with T-Mobile. I just chalk it up to poor coverage (their maps show full coverage for the areas in which I live, work and travel... but...)

I wonder if the phone is not able to gracefully handle these situations as well as other phones? It seems like once it loses the cellular signal, it has a hard time reconnecting to the network. I use the 3G/2G mode selection applet to "kick start" this process. Usually when it has no signal, if i change the mode it'll magically have 3 bars of signal or more...
Fair enough. Everyone criticized AT&T's service, in particular in my area, yet T-Mobile has a rep of providing superior coverage (DC/Balt corridor). I wonder if its just the nature of CDMA/WCDMA technology, and antenna/radio issues. Reception was "NEVER" a concern with my Motorola Q, on AT&T 3G, from VA to RI, but when I manually switch to Edge, I notice signal fluctuations. I had the same, but worse issues with my Droid on Verizon. I hear that other phones, on VZ in the same area, do not suffer from signal issues. I did an antenna mod which helped the Droid's reception drastically.

http://androidforums.com/motorola-dr...light=homemade

With the 900 on T-Mo, I was able to get 3Mb DL speeds in Philly, but at my dad's house, 20 blocks up, I had signal issues, where it dipped to half strength or lower. I noticed that when in the AT&T store, the HTC TP2 had signal issues, just picking it up off the display cradle, where again my Q was rock solid on "full bars". I know its kind of an apples to oranges to steak comparison, but just trying to emphasize that "it may be the phone".