signal quality - Orange UK
Just changed to Diamond on Orange - updated to latest official Orange Rom 1.93.405.1.WWE and radio 1.00.25.05
I don't know if it's a diamond issue in general or an Orange issue or a faulty handset
The signal often drops to one bar or disappers, only to return to 2-3 bars a minute or 2 later
I have the option of getting the phone replaced if I'm quick, but obviously there is no point if its a common issue
If neccessary I could upgrade the radio, although this version seems to be the most popular
I have no issues with GPS lag or Wifi - just phone reception
I believe this goes to Diamond general.
I have it on Orange too, i came over from Vodafone.
To be honest i wish i had just stuck with Vodafone and waited for it to come out on there. The signal quality with Orange is just plain ****. I used to get signal everywhere in the house before, and now there are about 2 select places where i can make a phone call.
Its utter pants, i will for sure not be staying with them
At a guess I'd say your problem was with with Orange, in my experience with them signal quality is terrible.
A guy I work with was on Orange (he lives in the middle of no-where) and regularly struggled to get a signal, he is now on O2 and has full signal strength most of the time
I have same phone, ROM and Radio and have no problems at all. The signal on Orange is MUCH better than I used to get with T-mobile where I live. I also have a Vodaphone modem stick and signal type (3G etc) and strength are about the same as the Orange phone
So in summary I don't have this problem
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Hi Everyone
Bought new HTC a couple of days ago on Orange. Went through most of the posts to see different opinions and learnt a lot, thanks to all of you. My query is regarding signal strength.
Placing together, O2 Mini S and Kaiser, Mini shows "full bars" of signals whereas Kaiser only shows 1 signal bar. I have tried using the same sim in both pocket pc at same location. This is making me believe that for some reason, the signal strength of Kaiser is not as strong as other mobile phones. My kaiser has following configuration:
rom: 1.81.61.2 wwe rom date: 09/20/07
radio: 1.27.12.29
But still, Kaiser is an upgraded version than Mini S in all aspects, so why it is happening that inferior phone is having more signal strength than superior one (in terms of software and launch date). Are all the owners of Kaiser satisfied with signal strength of their hand sets? Any comments?
Thanks in anticipation...
The kaiser has great signal strength and compared to my last Nokia it holds a call where the M95 would drop one.
Perhaps you should compare two like for like phones, if your using the standard kaiser with the sim you purchased it with 90% chance the reason your signal is lower is it defaults to 3g, where as the O2 mini is 2.5g http://xda.o2.co.uk/comp.html so not using the 3g network thus its not surprising you get a diffrent signal strength.
Treat the signal strength the same as you do a car fuel gauge, if you can make a call its working, other than that take it with a pinch of salt every phone is slightly diffrent.
Have found my TyTn II to have loads better signal than my previous M3100. I mainly keep the handset it 2g due to traveling however where i used to get cut-outs with the M3100, i dont with the T2.
Hello all,
I've noticed that with my Kaiser signal usually is very low, no more than two stands... otherwise with all my old phone, for example in my home, signal was full, also with htc touch dual of my friend.
Maybe can be usefull a radio update?
Thanks
Stefano
it could be displaying the 3G signal vs the gprs signal of your old phone...
try turning off 3G
itarix said:
it could be displaying the 3G signal vs the gprs signal of your old phone...
try turning off 3G
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Old phone was 3G and my operators supports 3G only...
Ste
My Tilt doesn't get very good reception either. When sitting next to a Motorola Razr V3xx (my Mom's phone), the Razr consistently has at least 2 bars, often 3 or 4 when in my house, but the Tilt has, at most 2 bars, and sometimes even loses signal completely. That never happens on the Motorola, but mine often goes straight to voicemail due to lack of signal.
Now, I realize a Razr and a Tilt are apples and oranges , but they are both 3G, so I would think signal should be comparable. Also, this is not a mattar of one phone simply displaying more bars, but of actual call quality.
I thought it may be a defect in my particular phone, but I have since done a warranty replacement for another issue, and was sent out a new one (it wasn't even a refurb). The new one has the same poor reception.
The Tilt is obviously a superior phone to a Razr in most ways. An ideas why call strength is so poor?
PS: I had a Treo 750 prior to the Tilt, and it too had good reception when in the exact same spot as the Tilt.
Is it just me, or is the radio/phone reception on the Diamond really weak.
I know I'm using a UK phone in the US (so disabled HSDPA etc) but getting/maintaining a connection with either T-Mobile or AT&T is a real challenge.
WiFi and GPS work well so I know those bits are okay at least, but I don't trust it as a phone!
My Shadow (HTC Juno) and BlackJack II (T-Mo and AT&T respectively) are rock solid at home, but the Diamond spends more time searching for a signal than connected (and hence eats battery)
Is this a common problem? Any suggestions to improve things?
I'm in the UK using a UK diamond and I also find the phone signal to be very weak compared to my Tytn 2 which had an awesome reception.
I'm with Orange and I live in an area where I can only just get a signal with no bars to 1 on GPRS and always looses the signal, searches then picks it up again, now my Tytn 2 always had at least 2 bars on GPRS and sometimes even held a decent 3G signal.
Apart from the crap phone radio which should be easily fixed with a radio update the GPS and Wi-Fi is perfect, the GPS reception is much better than my Tytn 2 was and outdoors my Diamond
usually picks up 2 or 3 more sats than the Tytn 2
All the problems with the phone are software problems so give it a little time and the Diamond should be one hell of a phone
Gotta hope they hurry up with a radio update.... I'm still carrying my Shadow so people can call me and the Diamond to play the ball game
Had some weird GPS issues (with SportsDo mostly) where it just loses connection to the GPS (kinda annoying when I'm out for a ride and get no stats at the end... my BlackJack2 is perfect)
I hate the fact that any update results in a hard reset and the need to re-install/configure everything... but I'd happily to do right now to make this reliable!
Could all UK T-mobile users provde feedback on how they are finding the reception on the T-mobile network? As an ex-Kaiser user, I'm finding reception is quite poor, the Diamond usually showing a couple of bars less than the Kaiser. Additionally, HSDPA performance is poor and intermittent.
Mine shipped with 25.03 and I am not impressed with the signal or data at all. I am finding it is dropping calls where my Vario II was fine.
The battery usage is quite high too so I am recharging at the moment and I think I will take the radio to 25.05 tonight....Not sure whether I should try another OS ROM.. seems too many to choose at the moment
Cheers
Aidan
I have tried all of them and now on 25.11 which seems to hold a 3g signal longer but not very strong (2bars ish) better than 25.06 but not a huge difference. I am prob thinking of moving back to 25.06 because it got more better signal for gps purposes, as i said not a huge difference in phone signal.
In all honesty Im what dissappointed i couldnt get a strong 3g signal on motorway. Oh well just wait for the next new radio to test
Hi everyone,
I have a touch diamond under a week old, I have used it both inside and outside the house and have checked the coverage online on the orange website and also by calling customer services.
I am not getting hardly any 3G coverage and most of the time it stays fully on the G coverage and switches to 3G and quickly back again and sometimes HSDPA.
I have contacted orange and I am going to send the phone back as I am not happy with this at all.
Is there any rom i can apply I have seen the radio .25 one which apparently improves reception but would I be able to reset everything back incase this fails as well?
Please can anyone help me out I love the phone but browsing is so slow without 3g!
I am in the same boat.
My Orange reception is useless with the phone when in my house finding it hard to even get a signal.
I am fairly certain that its not the phone as I put the sim in another phone and reception was equally bad.
Luckily I also have a T-Mobile contract so will be putting the sim from T-mobile in the Orange Diamond as soon as I can get it unlocked!
Orange is good for me with stock rom and stock radio.
I live in a 2g zone in the countryside, so yes internet is a bit slow for browsing and youtube sucks but call reception is excellent.
http://coverage.orange.co.uk/business/small/uk/UKCoverageSearch.htm
Works fine for me
I live in Wycombe and have great reception. Always have 3G and a lot of the time I even get HSDPA. I am using original radio and TLR3 ROM. It used to work well on the original ROM but not as good as since moving to TLR, even though this shouldn't make a difference!!!