TP2 bar drops like iphone 4.. lol.

[austin420]

Originally Posted by Mr. X

Tak off you back cover. see that black sticker that runs above the camera? thats the antenna. it has the antenna wire/traces in it. placing your hand over it on mine has no effect on my signal. but i took some tinfoil from my pack of smokes and covered it and it drops to nearly no service from 4 bars.

wow. thats very mac guyver of you!

[frazell]

Originally Posted by Mr. X

Tak off you back cover. see that black sticker that runs above the camera? thats the antenna. it has the antenna wire/traces in it. placing your hand over it on mine has no effect on my signal. but i took some tinfoil from my pack of smokes and covered it and it drops to nearly no service from 4 bars.

Covering the spot I indicated for around 30 seconds cuts me full signal to less than half. That is just laying the phone in my hand covering it with my four fingers.

But this is no surprise as it is posted in the manual. Every cell phone I have ever used has had a similar warning in the manual. So the reaction I get is expected and no surprise.

Of course, the effect of this depends a lot on how you hold the phone, but the placement on the TP2 is very good. Not all phones are as good. The placement on the HTC/Sprint Diamond is really bad (bottom back of the phone).

If you are in a limited signal area holding it wrong will drop your call...

[murtynvr]

Originally Posted by frazell

You don't need to hold the TP2 with both hands all over the back to have a severe affect on the signal strength. You simply need to hold it near the top under the camera area. As pointed out in the manual... But I guess I'm the only person who ever read that lol.

i read it too... and yesterday i tried to cover top part of the phone and it did drop signal. antenna is ideally should not be touched and in old phones it used to pop out. with internal intenna now, i guess a small compromise is ok.. for i phone the strip was all the reason ha... i read in pre-release reviews that it is supposed to make the reception better however turned out to be a total opposite....

Originally Posted by AndroidTroll

wAIT A MINUTE! Proof with video? You dont need video! Just grab your TP2 and put you palm in the bottom and put the other on the top right hand corner. Mines drops all the way to 1 bar. Get you facts straight! I like iphone for its fluid operation and nothing else. And I stand by my thoughts on the EVO. Snapdragon CPU is over hyped and slow. Sorry to break your hear EVO users.. but thats the truth. Like it or not... your stuck with a slug slow CPU with a ferrari name. lol

Also i read the reviews of captivate and Droid X on pocketnow.com which has the comparison of the processors and mentions the snapdragon processor is marginally slow compared to hummingbird and the OMAP.

[augozageek]

FALSE!!!! Fool, this did not happen on my tp2 at all. Sorry, good day sir.

[pimpsuprazx]

its kinda funny the op hasn't posted back, like starting a fire and walking away

[code_311]

I agree, my TP2 goes from full bars to no service. All I have to do is hold my left thumb on the top right corner, touch the middle back with my index fingers, wrap the bottom with the palm of my right hand, break the phone in half with my left palm while dipping the phone in water inside of a lead box.

[stevenkabc]

My Sprint TP2 drops 3 bars holding it on top, too.

Also, bars drop just by bringing phone to my ear (holding it from the bottom.)