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Originally Posted by tomc585
I am really liking how stable this ROM makes this phone feel. Only issue so far is that I show no bars at home (I have an airave). When I get or make a call it then shows full bars and goes to 1x on data thus indicating I'm connected via airave. This used to happen with Sprint Lovers and some other Roms too. Not a big deal but just wondering why it happens.
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This is because stock sprint uses 7 bars to indicate signal, which looks kind of cramped, but is more accurate for the most part. Stock HTC uses 4 bars (5 signal levels, no bars indicating lowest signal) to indicate signal. So, having no bars in this ROM is like having 1.4 bars (might be rounded to 2 bars) on stock Sprint ROM. This DOES NOT AFFECT ACTUAL SIGNAL and is simply a visual thing. (similar to how Apple decided to change the way the iPhone showed signal bars after the whole signal drop issue with iPhone 4. :P). In any case, Ev signal tends to be usually lower in most areas and I THINK the phone increases power to the antenna when switching to 1X, which leads to a higher signal when sending/receiving SMS or in-calls.