Thoughts on Signal Strength Etc
First, just to say everything went perfectly on my update, it took an hour to back up after the update but then backups were much faster - which is what I would expect so im happy.
I was thinking about the Phone Signal Strength and contradictory findings from people. Back in my windoes mobile days (pre 11th July basically
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I would try different rom versions on my HTC Touch and Hermes and could also update / downgrade to various radio versions - there were quite a variety and some worked better than others often depending on which network you were on, but also varying by area - some were better in weak signal areas, some in strong signal areas - and battery live would vary based on these.
With the iPhone im guessing there is basically one rom, and we are all effectively on the same base operating system revisions and im guessing only really 2 hardware types pre 3g and 3g, so he only variance (other than faulty hardware) is really the network you connect to and your location too.
I havent seen much mention of this - is everyone in the UK on O2 in this forum ? or can we split up the good / bad experience by O2 uk / ATnT US etc ?
For what its worth im in the UK, County Durham on O2(not much alternative) and whilst signal strengh isnt great in many places it doesnt seem any different - I twitter with locals and no-one locally has been complaining of problems...
Just a few thoughts.
Stephen
p.s. Maps finds me perfectly - on edge and 3g - and even better with gps - drove across the county and back with it on today and no problems whatsoever - unless you count the dead area with no signal where the maps didnt load but thats nothing new.
