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tigris

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I just got a replacement phone due to the silent call issue and
I didn't get the silent bug yet (for 4 days).
But it seems like a bug fix has been released just yesterday anyway...
Oh well....

Anyway, I don't know if I'm just imagining, but it seems like I am getting less bars than before. I used to get 3 or 4 bars at home and at my office, but now I'm only getting ~2 bars. But as soon as I dial a number and press send, it jumps right up to 4 bars. Maybe this is a non-issue?

I vaguely remember reading something similar in this forum, but I couldn't find it. Has this issue been reported? Is this related to the 50% signal issue or the signal meter issue? Can someone point me to the right thread?

I sort of regret getting a replacement, especially now that a bug fix has been released. I didn't send the old phone back yet. I wonder if I can keep the old one and send the new one back...
 
It's not really a big issue. It's more cosmetic than anything. It's well known that they messed with something in the 2.1 update with the signal meter. So now its nearly impossible to get 4 bars of 3G unless you have a perfect signal. Unless you are seeing internet speeds going radically slower or your dropping calls, its fine.

And the reason why your signal meter goes up when you make a phone call is because you are reverting back to a 1X 2G signal for voice (Verizon's 3G service can't handle voice). As a rule of thumb, your 1X signal is generally higher than your 3G signal. And that's why it goes up to 4 bars.

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I see. That's good to know. Thanks!

Just curious. Is the issue with all Erises (Erii?), or with just some of them?
 
tigris said:
I wonder if I can keep the old one and send the new one back...
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I was wondering the same thing. My replacement phone is arriving today but I've never had any problems with my original phone until the silent bug. I'd really like to keep my original if this update fixes the silent bug.
 
I still feel I have much worse reception after the update. I can get 3G in my house, but I cannot send a text or make a call. The reception on this phone has never been anything to write home about, but I feel it is worse now. I like the phone for the most part, but the signal reception is subpar.
 
jaydroid said:
I still feel I have much worse reception after the update. I can get 3G in my house, but I cannot send a text or make a call. The reception on this phone has never been anything to write home about, but I feel it is worse now. I like the phone for the most part, but the signal reception is subpar.
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Have you performed *22899 to update the PRL?
 
Demache said:
It's not really a big issue. It's more cosmetic than anything.
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Yeppers. It is, in most Eris devices running 2.1 anyway, what I call a "display issue."

The reception is there, unless you truly are experiencing poorer performance, but the bars are not.
 
What signal meter are you fellas referring to ? If I have one built in, I never see it...
Maybe I turned it off by accident?
 
hakr100 said:
What signal meter are you fellas referring to ? If I have one built in, I never see it...
Maybe I turned it off by accident?
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Immediately to the left of the battery meter..

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