Poor coverage

[rem_kujawa]

anyone else getting this. My cell standby says 94% of the time without a cell signal.

 

[Chris5#WN]

wow thats seems almost to high, maybe a defect? Did you try rebooting? I have pretty poor service in my Apt. because of the building materials, but cell standby is only at 20% ... but also 99.9% of the time in my place i am hooked via Wifi maybe try that

 

[Jeremy]

anyone else getting this. My cell standby says 94% of the time without a cell signal.

Sounds like you are looking at the battery usage... ?

 

[rem_kujawa]

yeah Ive tried everything.

 

[Jeremy]

Disregard my last post.

 

[rem_kujawa]

yeah that where I found it, my signal sits at 2 to 0 bars and at work nada. It was not like that with the pre I might have to call sprint. I even drove to the tower to with in 100 yards and still only got 3 bars.

 

[Jeremy]

Oh then that does not mean you don't have a signal 94% of the time... Just means that is using a lot of battery with the cell radio turned on. By any chance are you leaving 4G on constantly?

 

[rem_kujawa]

no, 4g ,wifi and gps are all off.

 

[2CupsWithString]

rem, are you missing calls or unable to complete calls? Is the data slow or does it take a long time to connect? I'm just wondering if "what you're seeing is what you're getting"?

 

[Jeremy]

rem, are you missing calls or unable to complete calls? Is the data slow or does it take a long time to connect? I'm just wondering if "what you're seeing is what you're getting"?

Again, what he is seeing is cell standby battery usage and not that he is without service 94% of the time. And if nothing else is running but the cell radio that is probably accurate.

 

[rem_kujawa]

No seems to be working fine, no slow data so I'm thinking this just might be a display issue like the wifi.

 

[Gigity]

Is your battery draining really fast with just the 3G antenna on? If so, that would be a deal breaker for me.

 

[rem_kujawa]

Don't know, took it off the charger about 6pm yesterday and with light to moderate use and then leaving on all night it just now displayed the low battery indicator.

 

[Jeremy]

Don't know, took it off the charger about 6pm yesterday and with light to moderate use and then leaving on all night it just now displayed the low battery indicator.

Of course after all night of sitting with only the cell radio on (using battery) will it display what you are seeing. That's what I've been trying to say. It's normal.

 

[rem_kujawa]

So don't worry about it then?

 

[Jeremy]

So don't worry about it then?

Correct. Use the phone today and in a few hours check it again and you will see the %'s change greatly.

 

[rem_kujawa]

ok, but the one thing that worries me is at work my pre was set to sprint only and it would be at 1-2 bars(all concrete shop) and now the evo says off line.

 

[Jeremy]

Well if you have no service that has nothing to do with cell standby %. If you continue to have poor service I would suggest replacing the device.

 

[rem_kujawa]

Well if you have no service that has nothing to do with cell standby %. If you continue to have poor service I would suggest replacing the device.

Ok I get the standby, but I will call sprint on the coverage. thanks for the help.

 

[Jeremy]

Ok I get the standby, but I will call sprint on the coverage. thanks for the help.

Good luck.