Got mine today, I've noticed the cellular reception seems to be quite poor. I live in a bad signal area anyway but this seems much worse than my Kaiser on T-Mobile. Most of the time it just sits here searching for a network. Has anybody else noticed poor reception.
Mine seems about the same as my Cruise so it's acceptable for me.
What radio version is it as a matter of interest?
I noticed mine is on the tad bit low too - I'm sure the Diamond1 had more bars
Ditto
Existing phone 2 blobs, TD2 struggling.
Generally speaking in poor signal conditions: my D2 has one bar less reception than my old Cruise. So I can confirm this issue. No big deal for me though untill now.
Radio version is 3.43.25.19
mine seems the same as my TD1 - I also live in a poor reception area
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Radio version is 3.43.25.19
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Same here. I guess we'll have to wait for a new ROM with a better radio.
Yeah a better radio would be nice. Having said that the GPS reception seems to be excellent compared to my Kaiser, I even get a fix in the house now.
Hello
For cactusbob :
can you said how Many signals your catch with your diamond II in outside ?
8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 satellites.
Because on my old diamond the first version i catch 11 signal when i'm driving (it has 7201a chip) and the new version had 7200a chip.
Thanks for your reply and what your navigation software.
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About 6-7 satellites outside, using iGo 8
I'm disappointed HTC still haven't sorted this out. My Touch Pro went back 'cos the reception was much worse than my Hermes (which I am still using).
Bad reception
I live in Chicago and use AT&T. MY Trinity was alright, but this one just looks for a signal. I have more missed and dropped calls than received.
Well initially I was not 100% sure but I am now... I'm struggling to hit more than 1 bar on H though on G it's full
I know for a fact I have full reception on H around my area - I live in London so you would expect it!
Put the sim on a few phones now and they are higher.
If I revive the HD, I'll test in that but I am sure that will prove the same
It's odd as well I'm in London as well and my reception for H varies between 1 and 2 in my house outside if I take a walk to my local station it goes between 2 bars and full 4 bars, but in central I get the full 4 bars.
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I have a Diamond and signal strength is always low compared with other phones...
...anyone can confirm it?
tony71 said:
I have a Diamond and signal strength is always low compared with other phones...
...anyone can confirm it?
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give it time, the version of radio will improve as HTC release updates... this was the same when the hermes came out...
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...will improve...
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New device and radio "will improve"
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New device and radio "will improve"
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get over it, that or move to an area with better signal strength... i dont seem to have a problem
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get over it, that or move to an area with better signal strength... i dont seem to have a problem
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Great idea
yes.. keep diamond.. sell house and move
lol
lol
Or get one of those piconodes.
I can confirm the same....the poorest signal....it has nothing to do with my HTC P3600...that´s a great signal right there.Both phones in my hands and the Diamond is searching for signal like crazy.
I hope HTC release a solution.I don´t recommend this device poor siganl and crappy battery life.
my diamond always got good if not brilliant signal.
My Diamond also get poor signal strenght at times (both GSM and 3G). But I dont really care. My SE K600i was basicly fixed on strong signal all the time (only GSM though), but the call quality even on 1 bar in the Diamond far exceed that of the SE. As long as it doesnt fail to receive or make calls (havent yet) it matters little.
why does it matter how many bars you have? if you got signal your good to go!
I have a funny problem with my phone...
I disable the 3G and permanent on GSM network.
when I take the elevator, its normal that the GSM get disconnect cos no signal, but my phone can never re-connect back to GSM network when i get out of the elevator. I have to activate 3G to get back the phone signal...
Anyone encounter this problem..??
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I have a Diamond and signal strength is always low compared with other phones...
...anyone can confirm it?
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I had the same problem. I just upgraded my diamond with the new ROM downloaded directly from HTC club and got improved phone performance and signal sensitivity. I'm happy with this one.
I haven't tried Radios nor ROMs from this forum, but there are some over here, i think people here have been doing a great job on improving not only radio signal strenght but adding functionalities.
HI,
my diamond is alsi getting me down as its a great phone and i love it but its getting to the point where i cant use it to its full potential due to crappy signal strength. Im on orange and on my old spv m3100 the signal was great all the time 3g. With my diamond most of the time the signal is only gprs if i get any signal at all that is as sometimes its just consantly searching. This mainly occurs indoors as if im outside signal improves straight away. I have updated the rom on sunday with no major improvement to signal to be seen. I just wondered if there was anything else i could do or tweak to improve it?
Ok all the guys that are complaining about poor quality on signal:
Have you tested different Radios??
It not hard nor you loose info if you only flash Radios.
Flash a Radio a day till you find the one that works good for you.
Im using .05 and it even gets signal on -2 on the parking lot. Where my old Nokia didn't get any reception.
Greetings guys.
i will have a go at trying new radios tommorow as i needs some sleep. Hopefully i can find one that works best for me in my area of work. At the moment i have .05 . Thanks for the link.
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why does it matter how many bars you have? if you got signal your good to go!
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It does matter...
The stronger the signal, the lower the transmitting power when I call, i.e. the larger the battery life...
Danilo
walshieau said:
move to an area with better signal strength... i dont seem to have a problem
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Wow! Now THAT was helpful advice! However did you manage to work through the technicalities?
Why revive this thread? The forum is a mess already.
I compared the reception quality on my TD2 against my N95 8GB and it is a huge difference. Whereas my Nokia gets almost full Turbo3G signal in my apartment, my TD2 gets 1 bar at most, but most of the time it switches to GPRS.
Does HTC have a very weak antenna or is this maybe going to be better with a Radio upgrade??
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I compared the reception quality on my TD2 against my N95 8GB and it is a huge difference. Whereas my Nokia gets almost full Turbo3G signal in my apartment, my TD2 gets 1 bar at most, but most of the time it switches to GPRS.
Does HTC have a very weak antenna or is this maybe going to be better with a Radio upgrade??
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Diamond 2 rom upgrade available for Asian Market (11.5.2009);
Wait for WWE...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=514092
We can only hope that it will be out for WWE very soon
Is anyone else on the UK T-Mobile network experiencing incredibly slow download speeds lately? For the past week or so my speed has been pathetic at best and just plain not there the rest of the time. I've gone through various speed tests and get varying results but the Speedtest.net app (the Ookla one) is showing consistently that I'm getting around 5KB/s at BEST download with the average being about 2KB/s. Upload speed is poor at about 50KB/s but compared to the download speed it's motoring. I'd be fine even with 50KB/s download but the only way I'll see that is using WiFi.
Before anyone says it might be the time of day, server used, website, phase of the moon etc I was already noticing very slow speeds when pulling down apps and simple Twitter updates. These tests just confirm it to me. I just want to know if anyone else is having similar problems before I complain. If nobody else is having issues I might try reflashing the radio because the ROM used makes no difference and if nobody else has issues it's all I have left to check.
Just tested with the same app from my front room (where my signal is pretty weak) and I got 1901 down and 280 up. Could be congestion on the network in your area, but I wouldn't imagine that would get noticably worse over a few weeks..
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Just tested with the same app from my front room (where my signal is pretty weak) and I got 1901 down and 280 up. Could be congestion on the network in your area, but I wouldn't imagine that would get noticably worse over a few weeks..
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Not sure what constitutes good or bad on this page but can you tell me what you have under Settings > About Phone > Status > Signal Strength ?
Right now mine is showing..... -63 dBm 25 asu (fluctuates to -89 dBm and 12 asu)
Dyonas said:
Not sure what constitutes good or bad on this page but can you tell me what you have under Settings > About Phone > Status > Signal Strength ?
Right now mine is showing..... -63 dBm 25 asu (fluctuates to -89 dBm and 12 asu)
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Right now, -69dBm 22asu to -75dBm 19asu.. So your signal is fluctuating more than mine, your best is slightly stronger than mine but your worst is quite a lot weaker.
A 26dB swing is quite drastic.. Possibly interference from something? Are you sat next to the LHC by any chance?
What area are you in?
Im in kent and havent had any issues or noticed anything.
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Right now, -69dBm 22asu to -75dBm 19asu.. So your signal is fluctuating more than mine, your best is slightly stronger than mine but your worst is quite a lot weaker.
A 26dB swing is quite drastic.. Possibly interference from something? Are you sat next to the LHC by any chance?
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Only if LHC stands for Large Hairy Cat
I'm in the North East, joners. I don't remember it being this way when I first got the phone six months ago and it didn't feel this slow a week or so ago either. I initially thought it was using a custom ROM or some tweaking I might have done but I've counted that out now. It seems like it's going to be a mix of congestion and... (pun warning!) my electrical personality.
I've seen lots of complaints about the HD7's reception. With my DEFY I've gotten the best 3G reception ever on T-Mobile. HTC seems to have longstanding complaints about 3G reception and hearing about it with the HD2 and HD7 isn't encouraging.
So, Is the HD7 the best or worst you've had on T-Mobile?
Mine is not good, the signal is very weak. My other phone which is the Nokia N8 gets better signal on the same spot.
Overall I get pretty good reception as I did on any of my other phones, except in my living room. It is a total dead zone. Only that part of my house, out of anywhere I go, has a problem. Otherwise I get on average 4/5 bars. I am in Northern California if location is anything important to you.
As more Radio's become available to flash we should be able to get optimal signals hopefully. I personally haven't found it any different to my previous phone (TyTN II)
I've owned a mytouch 4g, g2 and hd7 all of which are htc made
It seems that these phones tend to have a bad reception in low signal area
however the hd7 tends to have the worse
wi-fi calling really works in handy for the mytouch 4g and g2 and i wish they would release this for Wp7
I also have a Defy as well as a HD7. The Defy was the forth phone I had with T-Mobile the others being a Moto Razr V3, T-Mobile Tab and Nokia Nuron. The Defy gets the best reception I've ever had and still does. Sitting in the same spot in my home the Defy gets full bars 3G while the HD7 only gets 2 bars 3G. Even the Nuron gets better reception.
Remember that the "bars" don't mean that much. A better test would be seeing which phone keeps a working signal (can make phone calls) the longest, as you drive away from a tower and into a dead zone. Then you can see which phone actually has the best and the truest reception.
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Remember that the "bars" don't mean that much. A better test would be seeing which phone keeps a working signal (can make phone calls) the longest, as you drive away from a tower and into a dead zone. Then you can see which phone actually has the best and the truest reception.
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Agreed
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I had one or two disconnections during my conversations but the reception has been OK.
Reception in North Texas is good. Went out to lunch with a friend on Saturday who couldn't connect to the internet on his fruit phone but we could on my hd7. Every place will be different.
Well it's kind of disappointing to hear the varying but mostly bad reports on the HD7's reception. I guess I'll have to wait for something from Samsung or Nokia, if I can't get my hands on one for cheap.
The reception is not that bad its only if you live in the middle of nowhere where I see even a remote issue
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My reception has been just fine in places where T-Mobile has reception. That being said, after updating my phone's radios, reception and even data speeds have improved greatly.
Now that I have the No-Do update I'm sorry to say that reception on this phone is still really bad. I was hoping that T-Mobile or HTC would include some sort of radio update. Well, since they didn't is a way I can update my radio firmware without flashing a whole new rom?
I only know of two TMOUS (531) Radios...
1. RUU_Schubert_TMOUS_1.20.531.01_Radio_5.51.09.11a_22.31.50.09U
2. RUU_Schubert_TMOUS_1.54.531.02_Radio_5.51.09.29a_22.32.50.10U
I'm currently on the 2nd one... but I've also tried the newer European and Telestra ROM/Radios as well...
All of them have worse receptions than the HTC TP2 that I had... and it really sucks at my house where I loose data connections all the time.
My reception sucks! I came from Verizon where my reception at home was not the best but with this HD7 its awful. I did have TMO before with an MDA and the reception wasnt nearly this bad. I drop calls daily. However, in some of my clients homes where my old verizon sucked, this phone shines, go figure.
Reception is going to depend on where you use your device. Try it out for 30 and if it doesnt work for you take it back. This phone is amazing and worth the trial! Good luck!
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My reception sucks! I came from Verizon where my reception at home was not the best but with this HD7 its awful. I did have TMO before with an MDA and the reception wasnt nearly this bad. I drop calls daily. However, in some of my clients homes where my old verizon sucked, this phone shines, go figure.
Reception is going to depend on where you use your device. Try it out for 30 and if it doesnt work for you take it back. This phone is amazing and worth the trial! Good luck!
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Sure but making a call in a weak signal area with the right phone can be the difference between holding it or constantly dropping it.
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I only know of two TMOUS (531) Radios...
1. RUU_Schubert_TMOUS_1.20.531.01_Radio_5.51.09.11a_22.31.50.09U
2. RUU_Schubert_TMOUS_1.54.531.02_Radio_5.51.09.29a_22.32.50.10U
I'm currently on the 2nd one... but I've also tried the newer European and Telestra ROM/Radios as well...
All of them have worse receptions than the HTC TP2 that I had... and it really sucks at my house where I loose data connections all the time.
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I'm currently using the 2nd radio listed above. I really like this phone but the dropped calls are making me crazy. Damn if only T-Mobile would just go ahead and release WiFi calling on this phone.
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I'm currently using the 2nd radio listed above. I really like this phone but the dropped calls are making me crazy. Damn if only T-Mobile would just go ahead and release WiFi calling on this phone.
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But your DEFY performs better under the same conditions? Right?
I have found the opposite.
I had the Desire HD, Galaxy S, and my HD7.
The HD7 works in my gym while the Desire HD did not. I found the reception the same for the Galaxy and the HD7.
I'm using mine on Telus.
Been using my HTC One now since it's release day and although I wasn't a huge fan when it came out, it's grown on me like moss and i'm now 100% confident that I made the right choice in getting this instead of the S4.
However......
On my daily commute to work, a journey I've been taking for over two years now, I seem to have less signal than all the phones before this one ?
It's the same sim card, same number and the same network.
What happens is the signal will go really low to around 1 - 2 bars and the mobile data connection will teeter around Edge and 3G and come back up to H in parts.
My previous handset as you can see from my signature was a galaxy s3, it didn't ever drop below 3G, was mostly on H and never once went to Edge, on the same trip for well over a year, I've also used an EVO 3D which acted in the same manner as the S3, but the HTC One is really annoying me now as I'm not able to check things on the internet and such, which I've been able to do for as I said a few years now on previous handsets.
I'm currently on Venom rom 1.2.1 and I have an Orange Sim card in the UK.
My baseband is 4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05L
I did try another Radio, however it had little impact on the reception and I was just wondering if anyone else had witnessed similar drops in signal quality themselves?
I'm using a case too, I have three, Double dip flip, Double dip and a silicone case, I've also had the phone without a case and it makes no difference at all.
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks.
same problm
I'm in the US , recently unlocked my but but mine all of the sudden drops from 4 bars to no signal. I have noticed that while I have WiFi on, the network signal seems more stable. I've been reading a lot of ppl have the same problm.
I am on TMo in London. When I first got the phone my signal was awesome. I had H with 3 plus bars all the time all the way from home to work, in work, at home. Since the update I have the exact same issue as you. I lose signal completely, it goes to E a lot of the time now. All in all a very poor experience. I was thinking of installing the original radio to see if that would do the trick(I think it was mentioned that the new update had a new radio). I just do not want to root and lose my warranty. I am getting pretty p'd off though so may just take the plunge
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I'm in the same boat with you guys. My signal varies a lot from H+ to 3G and E and few times is just disappearing completely, taking a good 1-2 minutes until it comes back. I tried like 4 different radios, all with the same behavior.
I'm on GE 4.3 ... stock.
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I'm in the same boat with you guys. My signal varies a lot from H+ to 3G and E and few times is just disappearing completely, taking a good 1-2 minutes until it comes back. I tried like 4 different radios, all with the same behavior.
I'm on GE 4.3 ... stock.
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I was also facing the same issue. Finally realized that it was because my network setting was on GSM or WCDMA i.e. 3G.
I changed my network to 2G and everything is fine.
try this out.
same issue!!
Is it possible 2b a Hardware problem !