My new Droid X keeps switching from the 3G to the 1X and then back to the 3G all of the time. Not really sure if that is bad, good, if it is suppose to do it or if there is something wrong with my phone? This is my first 3G phone so sorry if this is a stupid questions. Thank you for your time.
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Help 3G switching to 1X????
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It usually happens when I am in the Android Market but maybe I am receiving a text message at the same time. Thank your for your answer
vincentp
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Original Droid does (did) this too. There were more complaints about it when the phone was new. I think the baseband updates helped a lot because I don't see it much anymore. Definitely try the *228 update, but if it persists, it may be fixed or alleviated if they update the baseband for 2.2.
tjoebgen
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Mine (droid original) is constantly switching back and forth, regardless of texting or not. But, I'm I mostly notice it when I'm at my office (a steel frame building in a known bad cell area), or in my basement at home, so I kind of expect spotty coverage.
My issue is that when I AM texting in these areas, sometimes my message will get stuck sending. Then I have to wait for it to eventually time out (and give the not sent error) before I could do anymore texting. This time out seems to range from about 1 minute to 3 minutes (on my averages) - but at least twice now it never recovered and had to power-cycle the phone. I would love for there to be a way to force the phone to cancel the send before the timer - then I could resend. It is so frustrating to sit there and watch it do nothing while holding me hostage.
Oh, this was happening in the last 2 updates, and happens regardless of which messaging app I'm using.
My issue is that when I AM texting in these areas, sometimes my message will get stuck sending. Then I have to wait for it to eventually time out (and give the not sent error) before I could do anymore texting. This time out seems to range from about 1 minute to 3 minutes (on my averages) - but at least twice now it never recovered and had to power-cycle the phone. I would love for there to be a way to force the phone to cancel the send before the timer - then I could resend. It is so frustrating to sit there and watch it do nothing while holding me hostage.
Oh, this was happening in the last 2 updates, and happens regardless of which messaging app I'm using.