Better EDGE reception after 2.0.2

[pj rage]

Anyone else notice this? The last few miles into work have been a "no service" area since I got the phone. Occasionally they would grab 1 bar for a couple seconds, but I could never do anything with it (ie talk or download email, whatever). Today, however, I had 1 bar for 80% of the previously dead area and even had 2 bars for a bit. Moreover, I was able to download an app and check email! Something that I've NEVER been able to do with 1 bar on edge if moving in a car. I guess it could be a coincidence, but I was impressed.

Now if only my 3g wasn't worse, lol. It's doing the intermittent-not-working-at-all-but-works-after-reset thing that it seems others have too. Previously no problems with it at all ever.

 

[AustinSTI]

Anyone else notice this? The last few miles into work have been a "no service" area since I got the phone. Occasionally they would grab 1 bar for a couple seconds, but I could never do anything with it (ie talk or download email, whatever). Today, however, I had 1 bar for 80% of the previously dead area and even had 2 bars for a bit. Moreover, I was able to download an app and check email! Something that I've NEVER been able to do with 1 bar on edge if moving in a car. I guess it could be a coincidence, but I was impressed.

Now if only my 3g wasn't worse, lol. It's doing the intermittent-not-working-at-all-but-works-after-reset thing that it seems others have too. Previously no problems with it at all ever.

In...Your....HEAD. THe update did nothing to the reception....

 

[Wolf103FM]

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I still have no service, to 1 bar with around 36kbps at my house. But I blame that more on terrain and distance from any tower, as even my Verizon phone gets 0- 1 bars inside

 

[gowanis]

i thought EDGE referred to DATA and not your voice signal (bars).

In Jersey City, NJ I have 5 bars, can make calls no problem, but barely have any data connectivity.

Can someone clarify ?

 

[jonnyb]

I've noticed my EDGE reception is now a steady two bars in a previously horrible blackspot in my workplace - my desk

 

[pj rage]

In...Your....HEAD. THe update did nothing to the reception....

It's absolutely not in my HEAD. I did admit that it could be a coincidence, but it's not in my HEAD. I'm not imagining that I have bars where I never have before, I'm reporting that as a fact, because it is. Maybe AT&T did something on their end, or maybe it's just the right temp, humidity, etc to receive the signal where I didn't before, but it is definitely improved. Considering over the course of 5+ weeks I have never had signal in these areas, I update last night and today I do, I find it interesting, though. And unless jonnyb is pulling our legs, I guess I'm not he only one. It could still be a coincidence, but unless you have proof that "the update did nothing to the reception" we can still hypothesize that it may be playing a role here.