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Who here is having GREAT signal strength and call quality?

Could more of you guys try out the "holding the phone from the sides" rather than in a normal fashion and see if reception improves? This seems like a really awkward way to hold the phone though and I wouldn't want to HAVE to do that every time just to get good calls -.-
 
owlmatt said:
I exchanged it. Had terrible call quality.
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My incredible gets bad signal too. Just got it a week ago and the signal is worse that when i had my iPhone. I travel a lot so my towers are switching all the time and keeps dropping calls all the time. Did Verizon give you any problems when you tried to exchange it? :confused:
 
the_night_bandit said:
My incredible gets bad signal too. Just got it a week ago and the signal is worse that when i had my iPhone. I travel a lot so my towers are switching all the time and keeps dropping calls all the time. Did Verizon give you any problems when you tried to exchange it? :confused:
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None at all. Though I brought it into a store thinking I could do it there, but since I bought it online I had to send it back.
 
Hm.. If you buy it at Best Buy can you exchange it there? (no restocking fee or anything?)
 
This may sound bad at first but read on...
I was talking to my brother today and kept getting a popup on my phone saying something like "call halted due to low signal issues" and then had a button that said dismiss. I would press that and say hello around 3-5 times and get my brother back. During a 10 minute call this happened around 6 or 7 times.

When I got off the phone I called customer service to see if there was tower trouble in my area. It was overcast today but thought maybe a tower got struck by lightning or something cuz I really haven't had any major signal issues with it so far. The CSR said there were no tickets up and they were transferring me to tech support.

While waiting for tech support (on a landline) I looked at my phone location. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but it shows your location as the nearest city to the tower you are running off of. Normally my location shows as Miller or Ree Heights (South Dakota), but it now said Grandview. I had never heard of that town. I cycled my phone and it went to Ree Heights. I mentioned this and asked if with it being overcast, is it possible to get a different tower which maybe farther away than my home tower, similar to having the atmospheric conditions right to get radio from Chicago or even Mexico (my older brother used to try this when he was in high school). He said that's very possible as atmospheric conditions can greatly affect mobile signal strengths. He went on to say that if signal became an issue we could always get a network extender and so on.

After finishing that call I looked up Grandview, SD. It is about 90-100 miles line of sight away! Now with my location showing as my home tower I called back my brother and had a 20 minute conversation with no hiccups whatsoever. An odd tale I know but I thought some of ya might get a kick out of it, I knew it threw me for a loop when I saw that.:)
 
My new one rocks! So much better than my first! I can actually hear what people are saying! It is redic clear. Im shocked! Also, the battery seems better and my phone vibrates!
 
alison03 said:
ok where do i find this dbm setting? curious as to what mine says.
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At the home screen press the menu button at the bottom, select settings, scroll down and select about phone, then select network, and signal strength should be the second from the top. The range is -50dBm is the best, -125dBm is bordering on no signal. I get around -92 to -102dBm living in a rural area about 20-25 miles (about the edge of the tower's range) from the tower.
 
Thanks! I kept looking in settings but there are so many options to potentially click through (compared to my Voyager) that I just couldn't find it! :)
 
I live in a rural area and I was a bit nervous after reading all of the mixed reviews regarding the reception/clarity of the calls. So far, I'm extremely happy! I have at least 3 bars where ever I go and calls are crystal clear! :D I love this phone!!
 
My signal strength and battery life have been excellent, however the call quality has been poor. I have already submitted a "ticket" for this. Going to the Verizon store tomorrow.
 
My signal strength and call quality has been great (scale 1 to 10; 9), I was 15 to 20ft below ground level, received a call and had no problem hearing the person, nor did the person on the other end have any problems hearing me. The SIGNAL BARS always increase when I am in conversation call or receiving mode. I thought that was awesome for this phone to be that deep under ground level, and received and send signal for conversation.
 
Signal strength is average yet fluctuates quite a bit. Call quality can be choppy at times but mostly good or above. I'd say 7-8 on signal strength and maybe a 6-7 on call quality on a 1-10 scale. Erring on the harsh critic side I'd say.
 
My home must be in a black hole cuz I had NO service with ATT and low service with VZ, best signal strength so far here as been -83dbm. At work I'm surrounded by lead walls so the signal there sux too, around -100dbm. BUT everywhere else I've noticed it to be awesome, 4-5 bars all the time!
 
My signal is pretty much always -85 to -95 no matter where I am. This is alot better than the zero signal I had with ATT at work.

As for call quality, my calls on ATT seem to sound better. With Verizon, it often sounds more "digital" "boxy". It is hard to describe. I think it might just be the difference between ATT and verizon because I would hear it if I called my friend on verizon, but not with other people. I guess it could be their phone.

I havent had any dropped calls and my data speed has been good though.
 
My call quality has been excellent (compared to my former Palm Centro). Signal strength is 3 bars at work and 1 at home (Verizon signal is weak in our neighborhood). No problems.

Battery life is okay (a little better than my Centro) I am down to around 25-40% at the end of the day leaving it unplugged for 16+ hrs. I leave it charging overnight, so it is good to go for the next day. I have a 1750mh battery on order.
 
Call quality is VERY weak compared to my Storm, which was excellent. I'm in Los Angeles. Hope there is some update of the phone that helps.

The battery stunk for the first few days and now it's fine.
 
Call quality and signal strength on my Incredible are as good as my Moto E815 was. Of course my battery can't go three days before charging, but I knew that would be the case before upgrading.
 
Best call quality for me in a long time, possibly ever - definitely better than my previous 2 phones which were Blackberry's, and that holds true for both ends of the call. Always been on Verizon/BAM/NYNEX.
 
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