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Old 12-14-2007, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by mindfrost82 View Post
1) If someone lives in a fringe EVDO area the phone will try to hold onto the EVDO signal as long as possible instead of picking up the possibly stronger 1X signal.
True. Its also possible for a PowerVision phone to hold on to that EVDO signal for as long as possible while still using the control channel of the closer stronger tower to listen in for incoming calls and text massages. The signal strength bar is only going to show you the dbm reading for EVDO unless you are in a 1X only area. To determine if you are in the scenario I explained you can simply go to ##debug# from the phone application. Once in the debug menus compare the signal strength readings under "HDR" and "1X" sections.