Hello.
I hope a member of the XDA developers forum will be able to help me out again.
The reception of incomming calls at my XDA1 with an orange card is very poor. Sometime I can't hear the other side and/or they can hardly hear me.
It works better with other phones.I am located closed to Heathrow airport in the UK.
The indicator for the phone reception shows max. 1 bar, sometimes none at all.
any advice how to improve this?
many thanks in advance
andreas
What ROM and Radio Stack are you currently running?
Maybe time for some updates! :wink:
change to a better network lol
na you on ppc2002 or 2003 because 2002 is crap for signal but 2003 is alot nicer with v4,21 radio installed
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Lets compile a list of areas with poor reception.
Having looked into options to improve reception, If the xda wasnt such a damned good device I'd hate it as a phone as I just cant use it as a mobile when I'm at home reliably, and lets face it networks lie about temporary faults with coverage.
Saying that, my Motorola V60 is also poor in my area - So I thought if we could all post bad areas anyone interested in buying an O2 xda in the same area would certainly think long and hard before committing to a contract for a year.
GSM/GPRS
Next to no coverage in the lower hill areas in Rusthall near Tunbridge Wells for O2
GPRS doesnt connect sometimes
single dot on antenna symbol, one bar next to it very occasionally.
SMS
SMS sending sporadic
VOICECALLS
Voicecalls are distorted
Other Network coverage
T-Mobile - coverage awful.
No service whatsover (cant even send sms)
Orange
We also get a poor reception here using Orange (although miles better than O2)
Anyone live nearby with Vodafone?
I'm hoping to switch networks for my xda after the years contract with o2 is up
http://www.webmap.btcellnet.net
Put in your postcode and it can tell you exactly how many O2 cells you have in your area and how close they are.
How damn useful!!!
Is there a weblink for other service providers that anyone knows about??
Rog
its lying about the lower part of Rusthall!
Anon, I notice you're not man enough to use a real name. And that you have to resort to being abusive.
The whole point of this thread is to make people aware that salesmen who say that coverage is ok in your home area are sometimes unitentionally misleading the public.
If you enjoy misleading people then please leave this forum alone - its for sharing information - please read the posting guidelines.
And as for it being a simulation, dont you think its misleading, and why do you think I started this posting, to get REAL data - so we can compile our own results - and help other people who want to buy an xda. After all if a map showing coverage is false - whats the point of it. Would you sail to america in a yacht with a simulated map?
Moderator, how come people can post replies as guests anyway?
The whole system is set up so that guests can post messages. We've felt that the advantages have outweighed the disadvantages so far.
I've deleted the offending post and contacted the user behind this IP-number to see if we can achieve a change in behaviour.
derekcfoley said:
its lying about the lower part of Rusthall!
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mmm. The colour coding seems to be misleading but its handy to know how close the cells are. Even if you are very close to the cells I would guess there are things that can block the radio signals (eg. hills, trees, building etc.).
You say T-mobile and Orange are worse than O2, so I would definately try Vodafone.
Also interesting is that O2's cell indicator has a form you can fill in if you have a piece of land they could put a new cell on. Might be an option?
Spent last week in the UK with my Qtek on Vodafone. WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!! You guys have the worst mobile coverage ever! And people seem to think it's ok!
I lost connection all the time while going on major roads between major cities! On the site of the company I visited you had to go outside in certain spots to get any coverage at all, and they used Vodafone as their main supplier. And last but not least, getting a GPRS connection worked like one time out of twenty.
Here in Sweden, I find it irritating that I have bad coverage at my summer house. Which is like 20 minutes drive from the nearest major road or small town. No wonder they use Sweden as a test bench for new mobile services!
Could that also have something to do with the fact that the two largest mobile manufacturers are Scandinavian? You'd sort of expect it to work in your own back yard. When they try and turn up the juice in the UK, everyone complains about their kid's brains getting fried
rgds,
Alex.
well I can safely say that O2 in NW sheffield and south of Leeds is rubbish.
according to the map it should be GOOD
uh uh.
the whole area is a sinkhole for decent reception. about the only phones that give good signal in this place is orange.
Kent seems to work pretty much everywhere for O2. I live in Dartford and work in Bexleyheath and have no troubles.
Rgds,
Rob.
O2 in central Cheltenham is total crap and has been for as long as I can remember and I have used lots of different phones.
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You say T-mobile and Orange are worse than O2, so I would definately try Vodafone.
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Never had a problem with Vodaphone here............
Works phone is on Vodaphone...............
The only time I loose the signal is when I am hiding down in the Subway at work....!!! (Birmingham New Street Station!)
addendum to my post about Sheffield and Wakefield.
reception is crap if you are running windows 2003 PPC 4.00.05 and 4.00.11
I put 3.17.03 on my XDA yesterday and I am stunned at the difference.
In my works building on 4.0.05 and 11 I never got a signal. now I thought fair enough because I am in the basement below ground level with iron bars on the window. not even one bar
since I've put my XDA back to 3.17.03 I've never had less than 3 bars, even in places where I've never got a signal.
I think I'll wait until an official O2 ROM release for 2003.
Here are my list of bad spots....
Almost any part of the top of the mendip hills apart from near to major towns. One notable exception being orange, who seem to have much more coverage there.
Crediton in devon, and the road from tiverton to crediton. Reception is patchy at best. This is true for all neworks.
Parts of avonmouth are bad for O2 coverage, with orange being the best in that area.
Parts of the A38 from Churchill to cross, patchy reception for all networks.
Winscombe to Banwell, O2 is ok, but other networks patchy.
Flixton in norfolk, very patchy (stand outside and point the phone in the right direction).
Wooky Hole (village not the cave!) almost no signal on any network, unless you walk to the top of the nearest hill.
Frome a bit patchy for O2, not sure about other networks.
cells said:
http://www.webmap.btcellnet.net
Put in your postcode and it can tell you exactly how many O2 cells you have in your area and how close they are.
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http://www.webmap.o2.co.uk/
This is the current URL for this site, which according to my Post Code says i'm 0.3km from my nearest Cell. I'm also 0.35km (as the crow flies) from my O2 shop - in my O2 shop my XDAII gets 5 bars reception, from my living room, 0 bars!!!
What can I do to get a better reception?
PS my area is Worthing (town centre), West Sussex.
Hiya,
Ive unlocked my O2 XDA and started using my T-Mobile sim card with it as I get a great GPRS deal with it. The problem is that with O2 it connects to GPRS straight away and have no problems with it. But with T-mobile, its all over the place, most of the time it doesnt connect and when i'm searching on the web it only displays pocket pc friendly pages or disconnects within a few minutes. Not like the O2 one, which seemed so stable. Could it be something in the settings as I set them up manually? I could do with get it up and running as it will save me loads of cash. I'd appreciate any help you can give. I'm using the WM2003 which I got from the ROM kitchen, which I lurve.
Thanks in advance.
Chris
If it makes you feel any better, my T-Mobile GPRS service sucks with both the T-Mobile ROM and WM2003. It just sucks. I am currently using the radio ROM 6.18. I do not know if 6.24 is any better.
Hi! Just to let you know that I took the plunge and upgraded my Radio stack to 6.24 on my T-Mobile device. It works much better for me! I now have "always on". Now, I'm not saying the "speed" is any faster but at least it now stays "connected" even when it is turned off.. I am using it with WM2003. I have not upgraded to the latest T-Mobile version. :lol:
So you see no improvement in the speed of downloading or connecting in the first place? Is the only improvement just the constant connection?
It connects very fast to the network but the speed is still pretty slow on most searches and downloads. Having said that, I am very happy now that it stays connected all the time (albeit, as long as I am in an area of coverage) and does not drop out when I have a call come in or the unit it self powers off the screen. I will be one of the 1st, I am sure, to buy one of the new XDA II's when available, if for no other reason than to see if WM2003 works better with that unit than with the current XDA version.
I looked forward to see how the unit works with Wi-Fi at my local coffee shop..
camarao said:
So you see no improvement in the speed of downloading or connecting in the first place? Is the only improvement just the constant connection?
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The always on connection is a big deal to me.
I usually go out with 3 connections open:
-Ezwap pointing to a yahoo wap page of market indices
-My brokage software open to my fav stocks
-PIE pointing to a news site,forum or my blog.
All these on pause mode as we pay by the Kb here.
I will refresh each of these pages as and when needed
throughout the day.
The best is calls can still come in AND your battery
will last the day. Try that with WiFi!
Only wish Xda2 will have Class A? gprs where you
can talk and surf at the same time.
Help folks,
I currrently own an XDA2 which is all great. I live in an area not brilliant for 02 network but generally I get enough of a signal to talk to people. The problem is that my XDA2 has the worst signal ever and no-one can contact me 90% of the time. When I do a soft reset it seems to pick up 1-2 bars of signal for a while (during which I can retrieve my missed calls) but that will vanish after about 10-15 mins. It just doesn't seem to pick up the siganl as good as my old (Dare I say it) Nokia 3310. I am required by work to be contactable all of the time and it is getting very frustrating and unless I solve it soon i may be looking at my P45 or a Nokia 3310!!
Battle that out with o2 NOT your XDA
Thomo, are you using the latest radio stack/rom.
Yes mate, I am using the official one from O2, I spoke to them and they couldn't work it out. They have even tried sending me a new phone. I am curious as it may be a fault with the phones in poor network areas, is anyone else experiencing this sort of thing? Am i having to resort to 3310
I have the same problem. O2 reception has never been great for me irrespective of the phone in use. Some are better than others though, and my XDA II is one of the not so good ones (along with my Nokia 8850). My daughter's 7210 is terrible too.
O2 boasts the UK's best network coverage, so my theory is that it is to do with the band - and that O2 and Vodafone just cannot deal with buildings very well.
I am going to move to Orange! If I don't, my frustration with O2 reception will probably lead to me throwing my XDA up the wall!! - and I certainly don't want to do that
I have O2 Atom life
Rom WM6.0 CE OS 5.2.1616(Build 18120.0.4.0)
I have the a problem with the phone carrier 3G signal, mainly it stood at 2 bars the most is full bar but just for a little while, i's a problem for video calls,
I live in malaysia using Celcom, when i switch the sim to my nokia hp the bar is always full, so my theory is, it's in the o2 software.
can anyone help me about this , i've read someting about a radio upgrade it makes the signal stronger. please help
Im using the same ROM and same network as yours. No such problem. Maybe your area's 3G coverage is not strong enough.
(Cant compare to other mobile phone since the PPC phone's signal is abit weak than other device)
splua333 said:
Im using the same ROM and same network as yours. No such problem. Maybe your area's 3G coverage is not strong enough.
(Cant compare to other mobile phone since the PPC phone's signal is abit weak than other device)
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okey i see thanks man, this is something new to me so the ppc phone signal is weaker than hp signal thank u verry much.
I'm having the same problem as you but even when it shows a weak signal, the reception is still good. But that depends on the location I'm currently at.
Regarding PPC phone signal is weaker, that is not true. My O2 Xda II mini shows a full bar while my O2 Xda Atom Life shows only 2 bars, side by side.
programatix said:
I'm having the same problem as you but even when it shows a weak signal, the reception is still good. But that depends on the location I'm currently at.
Regarding PPC phone signal is weaker, that is not true. My O2 Xda II mini shows a full bar while my O2 Xda Atom Life shows only 2 bars, side by side.
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okey is this a defect on atom life side, for 1 month i have been using the atom life the problem is the signal keep on showing up then came down when i'm using the video phone! that is really wired. any fix for that? but in the coming month my atom will only for data use only, for video call i'm using my all thrusty nokia man.
Hello everyone, I wonder if you could help me with some roms.
I Wind but also trying other operators have no signal is almost always indoors and out. Can you help? thanks
English only!
You have don't exceed with SRS WOW HD parameters if you have installed.
I had the same problem.
However TG01 receive parts is horrible with edge and gsm. With 3g is better but don't much .
Regards.