[eyecon82]

I keep noticing my BB losing signal and gaining it again...happens just a few times a day (and that's when I notice it..so it must be happening more)...

does anyone else have this issue?

Thanks

[b1time]

Nope I have had 4 to 5 bars constantly... even found my self having 2 bars in the subway here in NYC and if u ask any New Yorker here thats incredible...

OP are you in a good coverage area???

[eyecon82]

Yea, I'm in a pretty stable area...how about it switching from 1X to 1EX, and 1x?

[Dr.Sadistic]

A lot of VZW Tours have been having the same issue.

[loudsystem]

i drop calls at home now. i didn't with my 8330..

[b1time]

Yea, I'm in a pretty stable area...how about it switching from 1X to 1EX, and 1x?

Well in the streets and at home I always have 1XEV but like in elevators and the subway when I do manage to get a signal its 1X... I mean the getting a signal in the subway is not herd of but out of the 12 times I gotten on the train I'll say that I had any type signal about 5 times (with my tour of course)... the only time the Signal really switches is when I come out of a non coverage area such as elevators and subways etc... I start off roaming with 1X then a few seconds later I'm back to 1XEV other than that i have a steady 1XEV...

[anagirlca]

Never have a problem with my signal.

[CostaBerry]

Yes, my Tour does this all day at work. It will go from 1 to 5 bars a lot.

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[GG1]

What i would like to know is if this can be fixed with an OS upgrade. The weak vibrate i can live with, my Pearl has a weak vibrate so i got used to it, but the signal jumping up and down is driving me nuts. I am constantly one 1XEV and never drops to 1x or 1xev but my signal does jump up and down.

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[JNSJr]

I'm having this exact problem as well. Does not result in dropped/missed calls as of yet.

[cityguyaz]

i drop calls at home now. i didn't with my 8330..

Yes, my Tour does this all day at work. It will go from 1 to 5 bars a lot.

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ditto....same issues here. I thought that going with the tour would elimate this issue I had with my 8330M which was highly unstable.

[cbunting]

the tour is junk, i'm sorry, but I've had 2 of them now, and they both do this... I can't hold a call in my house... big mistake RIM made by releasing such an awful model

[dumbgeniuz]

yea i used to have the curve 8330 and it great service , then i got the tour thinkin it would have better service and it happens to be that im wrong , i get dropped calls , sometimes it says searching for network , and wen im at work i get like 1-2 bars compared to full coverage wit my curve. Must be the fone cuz ive always had great service wit sprint , this small issue has me iffy bout the tour

[Ramg66]

I have not had a dropped call since I changed to the tour, I used to get them daily. Awsome phone.

[cadmonkey]

Great service here on Sprint. 4 or 5 bars all the time and always 1XEV.

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[cbunting]

where was your tour made? mine were both in mexcio... the posters with good signal, was yours made in canada?

[Ethrem]

I sit at -80dB most of the time, sometimes dipping to -100. I am sure the signal available is better than -80 I just have never seen a BlackBerry drop below -80 (probably because -80 is a great signal and anything more is a waste of battery life).

[eyecon82]

I'm sitting at 61 dBm at 100% reception..is there something wrong with that?

[eyecon82]

mine was also made in mexico 5

[tehman#CB]

mine's just terrible

[Ethrem]

-95 is NOT terrible...

[tehman#CB]

compared to what i had on my Curve...yeah it is lol

[Ethrem]

compared to what i had on my Curve...yeah it is lol

BlackBerries are programmed BY DESIGN to not show a signal better than -80... Unless they're tethered, apparently.

[TonyTurboII]

This is moreso a problem with Sprint and their systems still being upgraded to accept MEIDs.

I noticed the same problems with my 8330e vs an 8330m.

It will get better over time.

[Jimmy_Jo#AC]

Nope I have had 4 to 5 bars constantly... even found my self having 2 bars in the subway here in NYC and if u ask any New Yorker here thats incredible...

OP are you in a good coverage area???

Yup me too. I consistently have 4-5 bars and signal on the train to the surprise of 85% of the people on the train. On ocassion I'll see the signal drop to maybe 1-2 bars only to come back up so I can only imagine it was a sunspot or electro magnetic interference or something of the like. But i haven't missed any msgs or anything like that. No dropped calls, no problems other than a trackball I'm still breaking in.