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I never go by the bars... as they could have changed the scale just to make things look better. I always look at the true numbers on the ##DEBUG# screen.

I haven't noticed much difference at all. I'm not sure if it makes a difference but I would also flash the latest stock ROM to grab the new PRI along with the radio. Then flash to whatever custom ROM you want.

Be careful though... the stock ROM comes with the horrible 60660 PRL. 60660 and 60662 have horrible channel acq tables that cause your phone to scan and even try to connect to VZW EV signals. Kills my battery real quick. I can always tell when my phone auto upgrades since the battery starts dropping like a rock and the data starts stalling all the time. I put PRL 60659 on and all is good after that.