[Rangerdave]

ok my issue is resolved!
the issue was radio 3.35.04. for some reason it dorks the reception of the cell signal. even after calling verizon and them walking me through the manual programming of the phone-no go. she suggested bringing it in.
after a few flashes here and there, i went to the restocking thead of the verizon and started from scratch.
after i got my files straight, followed the novice flashing thread, it worked without a hitch.
for some reason radio 3.42.40 works the best and gps locks are really fast.

this was my second phone so i knew i was doing something wrong that was really simple.

Thanks!