Is there like a setting that needs to be turned on or something to get better signal?
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Is there like a setting that needs to be turned on or something to get better signal?
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Is there like a setting that needs to be turned on or something to get better signal?
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Is "bad" reception in comparison to your previous T-Mobile phone, or your previous phone on another carrier?
This Is my first phone, but it says I'm in great coverage area on the T-Mobile site, for both cell usage and data, but I only get 1 maybe 2 bars.
The cellular spectrum T-Mobile operates on is well known to have poor building penetration, so it's a guess as to whether you'll get good coverage in your house or not if you're judging by the coverage map.
I get poor service inside my house on T-Mobile most of the time unless I'm right next to a window but I only have 100 min/month so obviously I'm not taking a lot on my phone via cellular anyway! LOL! The majority of my calls are made on Wi-Fi using Vonage or Google Talk so it's not an issue for me right now.
(BTW, outside, I get great signal strength.)
If it's not up to snuff, switch to AT&T or one of AT&Ts MVNOs.
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Have you guys tried forcing your phone onto 2g EDGE when at home using Wifi? That's what I do since I don't get a good 3g in about half of my home.
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+1.. I was on the TMO prepaid $30 plan for Nov/Dec and while signal was great at home, it was too spotty around Atlanta (even tho it's one of their big network cities??), crappy even on major highway like I-75 from GA to MI and lastly has .1% chance of getting any data signal at my work with their crappy building penetration.haha, problem with t mobile is that their service area is too spotty. that's why I switched out to straight talk att instead.
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First of all, big mistake by going to T-Mobile, their spectrum is terrible, you're going to continue to get bad signal, and there's nothing you can do about it. If u activated your phone in store, u have 14 days to cancel, online or called in to activate, it's 20 days. Stay with bigger carrier, Yes it maybe a few more bucks but you don't have to worry about bad reception.
While T-Mobile's standard operating frequencies for 3G and HSPA+ perform rather poorly when dealing with interference (i.e. buildings/objects in the line of sight), be aware that they are slowly rolling out 1900Mhz HSPA+ service to select markets. In these markets, it appears that only certain towers are receiving the upgrades, at least initially. The 1900MHz frequency has a significantly increased ability to penetrate objects and other sources of interference.
Airportal.de is an interactive mapping site which displays geo-located records of T-Mobile 1900MHz towers and reception quality. There appear to be a reasonable number of records in Cleveland, but only one report in Akron. My offhand guess is that it's an outlier; it is either incorrectly geo-tagged or incorrectly identified as a 1900MHz connection.
@ccgabe, there appear to be quite a few 1900MHz records in Portland. You might want to take a look at the Airportal map of the Portland region and compare it with T-Mobile's coverage map for '4G'. That might help you identify the signal issues you're experiencing. I live in Seattle, and I'm in Portland every few months. I've had decent reception in the city and some residential areas on both Verizon and T-Mobile, but I didn't have great luck with AT&T. Just my experience, however.