Out of curiosity, will you actually see 3 or 4 bars on the phone? I ask because I too have poor signal at home, I am in what the Verizon rep termed a " Marginal Coverage Area " and after some fighting with customer retention, I received one for free while I had my Droid X. I still have intermittent dropped calls and at times no call receipt ( incoming calls ). I rarely see 4 bars and I almost always hear the tone that means that I am on the network extender and my cellular experience has been better, but, not what I expected with a network extender. I see the same exact behavior now that I am on the G-Nex and just wonder, what the *&^@$#?
I'm in a similar position. My home is in a very poor area for any signal reception - constant missed and dropped calls, etc. Had the original Network Extender, which helped a fair amount, but not as solid as I would have expected.
Got the 3G version a few months ago, and have had my Nexus about 2 weeks now. It definitely connects to the Extender, call reception is quite good, no dropped calls, and no missed calls that I'm aware of.
But - on my phone, it still only shows a bar or even less, even when standing right next to the Extender itself.
So it seems to be working, but I would have expected a full 3 to 4 bar signal showing on my phone. Anybody know what's up with this? If it matters, I am on a grandfathered in Alltel plan.
(Oh, and I have WiFi, so don't need the 3G Data for that reason, but still wonder about the bars).