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[Q]Anyone test out the Inspire GPS yet?

I'm seriously considering turning in my Captivate for the Inspire, but I don't want to make the same mistake I did with the Captivate.
Keeping that in mind, has anyone tested the GPS on the Inspire yet?

LiqudDeth said:
I'm seriously considering turning in my Captivate for the Inspire, but I don't want to make the same mistake I did with the Captivate.
Keeping that in mind, has anyone tested the GPS on the Inspire yet?
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I returned my captivate, I will be getting the inspire. HTC has never had problems with their GPS like Samsung has. I don't think you have any worries honestly. I will know in a few days..

Gpd should be fine. My only concern is the radio and camera. Htc cameras are usually some of the worse.

I can tell u the camera is super sharp with touch focus, looks great on huge slcd screen too..I heard people saying vids look yellowish whilest using led lights..but I tested it store today so no chance to use led
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GPS is solid. Three days of use and no issues there.
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If its anything like my Tilt2,itll be amazing. Im on my second Tilt2 and they both get instant lock in 2-5 seconds with 8-11 satellites. All my HTC phones had great GPS signal.

I just tested my GPS and lock was very fast.

Nice this is something that I use everyday and my captivate has never ever worked correctly, actually I think it navigated all the way home the day I bought it and never worked again lol. F&CK SAMSUNG!! I will never buy another samsung product ever.

Thanks guys. All of us soon-to-be-former Captivate owners really appreciate the feedback.

LiqudDeth said:
Thanks guys. All of us soon-to-be-former Captivate owners really appreciate the feedback.
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Quite true. I can't bloody wait.
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GPS works fine. Phone is very. very cool. I went to Costco after seeing posts here today. Took them 10 min to activate with data. Phone also has a cool blue tooth transfer feature to move your contacts over.

How are all of you Captivate owners trading in your phones? If there is a specific complaint that will get the job done, let me know.
I just picked the Inspire for my wife and I am jealous. The phone is stupid fast. Has the HTC build quality that I love and the screen is sweet.

uhmump95 said:
How are all of you Captivate owners trading in your phones? If there is a specific complaint that will get the job done, let me know.
I just picked the Inspire for my wife and I am jealous. The phone is stupid fast. Has the HTC build quality that I love and the screen is sweet.
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I can only speak for myself, but I will be going to the att store and.politely demanding an exception upgrade due to the general known issues with the captivate. If that works, great. If not, I will be either paying my minimal etf and going to T-Mobile, or sucking it up and paying the no contract price. I haven't decided between those two yet.
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I got to use it again today so I tried gps indoors. It connected quickly using Google maps and locked onto several satellites in gps test. Every Samsung unit I've ever had since they started having internal gps has had awful performance. My Captivate has always been terrible and I've had 3 of them. HTC phones tend to connect well and the Inspire is no exception.
This phone is just what I've been waiting for on AT&T along with the Atrix, but I have a feeling the Moto isn't going to be all it's cracked up to be.

I can also confirm that the Inspire's GPS works perfectly. I'm also coming from a Captivate, and it's so relieving to finally have a working GPS. I actually bought a bluetooth GPS receiver because I was so fed up with the GPS on the Captivate. I no longer have any use for the receiver.

Donatron said:
I actually bought a bluetooth GPS receiver because I was so fed up with the GPS on the Captivate.
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Lol... I had one sitting around from my HTC 8525 days. Did the same as you and used with the Craptivate. Good riddance.

I didnt trade in my captivate, but i did sell it and have never looked back. Back in july i totally bought into the hype of the galaxy s specs and had nothing but problems with my captivate. Stock the phone is garbage, was only worth using after custom froyo rom, custom overclock kernel, lagfix and changing the laggy file system. The inspire is an awesome device even stock without any mods its fast & responsive. And also having working gps is a bonus, coming from captivate im not used to it locking on so fast.
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how does accuracy up to 3 meters sound inside of my house. With samsung I never got anything better then 15 meters outside the house. Inside no signal ever.

How is the actual driving gps?
Previously had a craptivate and had horrible gps where I would stop and gps signal icon would still be going forward like I was driving into incoming traffic. How is the inspire in driving conditions? does it actually stop when your car stops? lol

Also, the compass works correctly as well.
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should i come back to the inspire?

I have had the inspire the day it came out and i would loose data and the reception was very bad so i went and got the atrix and had that for 2 weeks now.But now that the bootloader can not be cracked i was thinking of returning to the inspire,but the loosing data and the bad reception is holding me back.Has anyone else had any problems with data and reception,or do you think that the phone i had was defective?Not sure what to do

Signal is hit or miss for me I blame att but it's not bad enough for me to complain, been with them for 3 years. I'd say come back it's such a great phone minus the battery.
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Yeah, if the signal is bad no phone is going to fix that.
That being said my Inspire has given me the best reception to date under AT&TS network.
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you should make a decision.

Its possible that you had a defective phone, bad signal, or both. As a new Inspire owner, I would say do what alot former atrix owners already did...go back to the inspire. Atrix is one of those phones that looks good on paper. Sure it beats the inspire as far as specs go, but in the end, its the overall experience that tends to sway final decisions.

No issues with the signal here. Battery is not bad for me, lasting 15-16 hrs with medium usage. I just ordered a 1300mAH battery hopefully it will last bit longer

Signal seems to be pretty good to me so far.
Here is a little rundown of cellphone data and celluar signals ive noticed so far on AT&T
iphone 3gs: excellent signal
Captivate: crap for signal
Atrix: had very good signal (owned very briefly before returning for Inspire)
Inspire: very good - excellent

tmdegler said:
I have had the inspire the day it came out and i would loose data and the reception was very bad so i went and got the atrix and had that for 2 weeks now.But now that the bootloader can not be cracked i was thinking of returning to the inspire,but the loosing data and the bad reception is holding me back.Has anyone else had any problems with data and reception,or do you think that the phone i had was defective?Not sure what to do
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The battery on the Inspire SUCKS.

GAPY427 said:
The battery on the Inspire SUCKS.
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No it doesn't.

synnyster said:
No it doesn't.
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agreed. WAAAAAAY better than my captivate.

p4ranoid4ndroid said:
agreed. WAAAAAAY better than my captivate.
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I also concur.
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p4ranoid4ndroid said:
agreed. WAAAAAAY better than my captivate.
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I'm sitting at 85% life and it has been 11 hours since I unplugged. Granted I didn't do a whole heck of alot through the day, but that is damn good for being OCed at 1.229Ghz and on wifi all day.

Ok thanks guys i just got back from returning the atrix.this time my new inspire has better reception.now time to flash a rom.

battery use depends on use obviously, this became very clear to me as I purchased the Inspire off contract, used it for a couple of weeks, btw does anyone know if this phone supports auto answer, as in ring so many times then answer without tapping answer while on headset? If it does I cant find it. went back to my captivate with cog4.1 because auto handsfree answer is essential for me at work. anyway,I would get about a days use, which is good. But my wife is on day 3 and at 50%
completely stock

Inspire reception is good.
AT&T's poor cell tower placement stratagy favors major freeeways and streets, not home areas.
I got one of their MicroCell units and it fixed the problem, and works perfectly with the Inspire.

p4ranoid4ndroid said:
agreed. WAAAAAAY better than my captivate.
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as a former captivate owner I totally agree! Inspire off charger since 830 last night.hour and a half drive to work my shift at 11 as night supervisor. phone calls, sms, a few emails, some web browsing, epocrates, and streaming some pandora while I audited a chart. 30 minutes from home and my battery now just now yellow. my captivate would be on the charger long before now lol.
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My experience...
Reception has been crappy at my house with every phone I've had.
I first thought it was the phone, hoping the next new one would magically make it better.
While each phone has improved the situation, I came to realize it ain't the phone... It's my house/ATT.
I can go down to the store/mall, and get a solid five bars, whereas at my house, multi-stories/ built in 70's, literally two blocks away, drops to 1 or 2 bars, even with this Inspire, yet I rarely miss/drop calls.
Oh yeah, as to your question... yes, you should come back to the inspire. ;-)
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GameDoctor said:
Inspire reception is good.
AT&T's poor cell tower placement stratagy favors major freeeways and streets, not home areas.
I got one of their MicroCell units and it fixed the problem, and works perfectly with the Inspire.
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are you located in Murrieta CA? if so i'm right next door in temecula; small world. i like it out here in the middle of nowhere cause i always gets decent speeds, even though coverage isnt always the best.

Any way to improve wifi reception?

Is the problem the hardware? Or can the software be tweaked? Just wanna know because as everyone knows it is horrible on this phone.
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.

Obviously you have a crap router. I'm 30 feet from mine right now and I have full bars.

strychninetwitch said:
Obviously you have a crap router. I'm 30 feet from mine right now and I have full bars.
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Helpful....
and really, 30 feet? that's not exactly far.....
Its not the router, it is the phone. Mine, though it will remember the networks I use, will NEVER reconnect to one when its in range. Signal strength is also an issue. All previous phones I've had have been able to get at least 2 bars of wifi signal at the other end of our house, but the Infuse just can't do it. Drops to the very least signal indicator on the display and will not pull any data.
I've had a bit better luck with Infused 1.6, but it may just be in my head as I don't think that it actually changes anything in the software for wifi over the stock ROM.
There are a LOT of posts about this and there doesn't seem to be an answer (at least that I have been able to find) to it or any work-arounds. This is really my only complaint with the phone, the wifi is absolute garbage. Some have said that its because the phone only does b/g and not N, so if you have N and you can set it to B or G that may be better.

strychninetwitch said:
Obviously you have a crap router. I'm 30 feet from mine right now and I have full bars.
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Well from 30 feet away you should have full bars.
But at the op, I know what you mean about wifi signal. I learned though that even though it shows low bars, my speed was still good.
On the other hand, for some odd reason the miui rom made my wifi signal better. I went from about 16 mbs down to 23 down. Maybe a coincidence, I dunno.
Strychnine, try not to come across as such an ass.
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Try being more successful trolls. Even laptops rarely have perfect reception through 4 walls and a ceiling at 30 feet.

strychninetwitch said:
Try being more successful trolls. Even laptops rarely have perfect reception through 4 walls and a ceiling at 30 feet.
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Learn the definition of troll. Lol
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I think it's mostly a hardware problem. The consensus among those who own the phone seems to be that wifi reception is average to poor.
I don't have the knowledge to be able to speak authoritatively, but I think software *can* have an impact.
With my particular Infuse, I have better reception with the new MIUI rom posted by Mikey than anything else I've tried (almost all of them). I get full reception - "excellent" - in locations where on any other rom I would have "fair" or "poor"...
I don't know if this makes sense but that is my experience.

iruleyounow said:
Is the problem the hardware? Or can the software be tweaked? Just wanna know because as everyone knows it is horrible on this phone.
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.
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While Strych is being rude (normal from his other posts) I have to agree that it might just be your situation.
My router is on the ground floor and I can use my wifi from the third floor in my house.
Then again I've used Wifi Analyzer (from the market) to test the channels and see what wans were overlapping mine and select one that was empty with good strength.
I also tend not to flash beta roms and then wonder why things aren't working as expected.
If you want help with your issue, you may want to post in the Q&A forum and describe what you're running, what problem you're having (specifically), and what you've done to test/fix the problem. Otherwise, if you're just ranting, I can understand that as well.

Hmm well a lot of helpful tips. I will be purchasing a brand new router. The one I have is just a basic Linksys. So ill upgrade the next level up. Idk I've never been able to get great reception. But on the flipside Ive always used a basic router.
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.

TOA Duck said:
Well from 30 feet away you should have full bars.
But at the op, I know what you mean about wifi signal. I learned though that even though it shows low bars, my speed was still good.
On the other hand, for some odd reason the miui rom made my wifi signal better. I went from about 16 mbs down to 23 down. Maybe a coincidence, I dunno.
Strychnine, try not to come across as such an ass.
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What were you on before? AT&T Froyo or Rogers Gingerbread?
One of the problems with Rogers Gingerbread were crappy TCP buffer settings - CM7 had the "better" AT&T settings for a long time until it was updated to the new UCKI3/I4 settings. This would explain faster WiFi performance regardless of signal quality.
Signal quality has always been fine for me. Froyo has some annoying power management issues where the wifi chipset basically dies and needs to be disabled/reenabled to reconnect (This is actually common across many devices with the BCM4330 - happens a lot on the Tab 10.1 too, and in that case it's sometimes so bad that it hoses up the lockscreen.), Gingerbread seems to have fixed the wifi-death issues on our devices.

Wifi Connection
iruleyounow said:
Hmm well a lot of helpful tips. I will be purchasing a brand new router. The one I have is just a basic Linksys. So ill upgrade the next level up. Idk I've never been able to get great reception. But on the flipside Ive always used a basic router.
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.
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I am pretty sure this wifi problem is def not your router. I use wifi here at work and home while both receptions are TERRIBLE. I think its hardware related because I have still yet to find anyone with a fix.
thanks

I agree...both the thrill and my new phone have better reception and speeds than my infuse did.. same conditions/same router
bbayless said:
I am pretty sure this wifi problem is def not your router. I use wifi here at work and home while both receptions are TERRIBLE. I think its hardware related because I have still yet to find anyone with a fix.
thanks
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Flash the latest modem.
Cranky...

apallohadas said:
While Strych is being rude (normal from his other posts) I have to agree that it might just be your situation.
My router is on the ground floor and I can use my wifi from the third floor in my house.
Then again I've used Wifi Analyzer (from the market) to test the channels and see what wans were overlapping mine and select one that was empty with good strength.
I also tend not to flash beta roms and then wonder why things aren't working as expected.
If you want help with your issue, you may want to post in the Q&A forum and describe what you're running, what problem you're having (specifically), and what you've done to test/fix the problem. Otherwise, if you're just ranting, I can understand that as well.
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I also have the same exact issue. I went thru 3 diff routers and no change. I also have an inspire and a iphone and they connect perfectly when mine cant. I live in a apartment and my router is in the same room. My wifes inspire works and mine dont. I know one of you are gonna say something like maybe you have too many things connected. Well that would be false. Both inspires had no problems but when i got my infuse it was just still 2 phones connected. Im calling samsung tomorrow to see what they have to say. I had alot of calls about the infuse and wifi problems also
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Oh and i was on stock with these issues and now rooted with the same issues
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[Q] Microcell?

Is anyone else using their infuse with an ATT Microcell? If so what kind of issues are you having if any. I cannot run any modem besides the two stock Froyo modems.... Any other modems cause several issues. One issue is that sms and mms messages fail at a rate of around 65% . They simply dont send...With or Without WIFI on ..Same result. Another issue is that the sound quality is deminished to an unusable level.
I have seen several other posts about the MIcrocell but none of them have produced a good result. I would love to someday be able to run a custom ROM...But if the trade is the aformentioned issues, it isnt worth it.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

I use a Microcell and I do not have any problems. I use Google Voice for texting so I have no experience with messaging through the carrier.

secretasianman said:
I use a Microcell and I do not have any problems. I use Google Voice for texting so I have no experience with messaging through the carrier.
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I tried with Google voice when i had kl2 as well. Same result. Some send some don't. Very annoying.
The only commen anomaly is the modem. Kl2 seems to be the issue...for that matter any since froyo
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omnimanx1;22367557 The only comments anomaly is the modem. Kl2 seems to be the issue...for that matter any since froyo[/QUOTE said:
Luckily for me, I had no problems with Google Voice during the short period of time I was running Gingerbread with UCKL2.
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i had a microcell for a few months..same thing happened to me all the time ..used to piss me off!! i would either have to try a few times to send a text or go outside away from microcell and resend..sometime i would even have to restart the damn phone.. i called att ..not really much they could do or explain.. idk what to tell you my friend ..i ended up moving to an area with reception

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i had a microcell for a few months..same thing happened to me all the time ..used to piss me off!! i would either have to try a few times to send a text or go outside away from microcell and resend..sometime i would even have to restart the damn phone.. i called att ..not really much they could do or explain.. idk what to tell you my friend ..i ended up moving to an area with reception
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LOL.. No way I am moving for signal. This place is too perfect. I am jumping to the note soon if I don't get a fix. Crossing fingers it wont have the same issue.
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lol ..the move was just coincidental

So ... I thought I would be an informed man if I went over to the Galaxy Note forum and post my Microcell question. I asked if anyone was having the issues that my fellow Infuse owners are experiencing with their Microcell and the G-Note.
After not getting a response and over 50 people had looked at the thread ... someone finally responded. I will some up what they said.
The ATT version isn't out yet. No one can answer this question. I immediately felt noobish and dumb.
So after my posts here about the Microcell ... I still have no fix. And after my post over at the g-note o feel stupid. No winning for me in either case. Mom and Dad both denied my requests.
On a separate note: I went my the ATT store in Marion IL. I asked the salesman when they would have a G-Note in stock... he replied " oh! You mean the Phablet ?" . I almost threw up. Is anyone actually using that term? I see the logic in the term but just saying it out loud makes that beast of a phone sound like wuss that gets picked last when choosing last for a kick ball game!
Way to wuss it up ATT.
Just my 2¢

I have had an Infuse since June and relied on a M-Cell until recently. In as short of an answer as possible the M-Cell does not work well with 4G phones especially the Infuse. SMS are sent over data signals and that is where the bottleneck is. Get used to it, my texts would fail 50-80 percent of the time and I lost about half of my calls in under 15 minutes.
FYI: I called AT&T and demanded a refund for the M-Cell as it was causing my reception issues, after the unhook my phone is tolerable though not perfect. I received a $165 credit on my bill and then sold the M-Cell on ebay.

hamsterslayer said:
I have had an Infuse since June and relied on a M-Cell until recently. In as short of an answer as possible the M-Cell does not work well with 4G phones especially the Infuse. SMS are sent over data signals and that is where the bottleneck is. Get used to it, my texts would fail 50-80 percent of the time and I lost about half of my calls in under 15 minutes.
FYI: I called AT&T and demanded a refund for the M-Cell as it was causing my reception issues, after the unhook my phone is tolerable though not perfect. I received a $165 credit on my bill and then sold the M-Cell on ebay.
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I am very happy that you have signal without your mcell. I however have no choice. We have 3 4g phones and only the infuse has this issue. The other disturbing fact is that I don't have the issue with Froyo. By deduction I am left to assume that the issue is the radio.
Just my 2¢

omnimanx1 said:
The other disturbing fact is that I don't have the issue with Froyo. By deduction I am left to assume that the issue is the radio.
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I'll update you on how my phone works once I upgrade to Gingerbread.

you guys paid for your microcells?????
you must learn the way of the "unsatisfied customer"!!!

I have microcell at my home, i got from ATT for free when I have signal issue with my iPhone. After getting infuse, i didnt had any issues in terms of data. I never use SMS so i dont know about it.
But when I use micro cell, my batter drains too fast. so now i stopped using microcell, and now I have better signal in my home.

atrix4nag said:
I have microcell at my home, i got from ATT for free when I have signal issue with my iPhone. After getting infuse, i didnt had any issues in terms of data. I never use SMS so i dont know about it.
But when I use micro cell, my batter drains too fast. so now i stopped using microcell, and now I have better signal in my home.
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ah yes..the unsatisfied customer force is strong within you my friend!!
i had signal issues to ..got mine free as well
dont need it anymore ..sent it to my son!!

omnimanx1 said:
The other disturbing fact is that I don't have the issue with Froyo. By deduction I am left to assume that the issue is the radio.
Just my 2¢
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I had the same issues with stock Froyo, Infused 2.2.3, and stock GB, this of course does not disprove your theory as there are different modems. I just saw a lack of usability across 3 builds and gave up on the gadget and got my money back.
What I don't get is that my phone always showed 5 bars, so I infer the gremlin is not the radio, but some failure between the devices to handshake properly and this borks up the whole affair. Who knows though your theory is as valid as mine.
Just my $.02

I had this same issue when I had my infuse. It drove me bonkers so I finally sold the infuse and bought the sgs2 international version. It works perfectly with the M-Cell so maybe the note will too. Hope that's at least a little help.

Got microcell free also have horrible battery drain, have to resend sms atleast 10 times for it to go out, same with inbound SMS most of the time won't get them until I walk outside and disconnect from mcell then 5 or 6 will sms will come in at once, while my girls iPhone 4 sends/recieves texts fine over mcell
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CM7 R9b - how's your wifi signal?

Just wondering for those who are running the newest cm7, how's your wifi signal? Mine seems to be pretty bad, I have 1 bar about 20ft from the router. Upstairs, the phone will drop the wifi completely at times (never noticed it happening on VB). On VB, I would have 3 to 4. I still don't get why wifi is so terrible on this phone lol.
David
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I agree that wifi is a little quirky, but I wouldn't complain.
Last year we had several devs tells that we would never have Gingerbread officially and or CM7 was never possible because of lack of driver source.
I am so happy we have it.
BTW, my wifi is full until about 30 ft. Then it switches between 2 and 3.

I totally agree, not complaining. Just wondering because maybe something is messed up with my install. I did buy this phone used, so it could also be a phone issue. I've never gotten the best signal with wifi. Sometimes my regular TMobile signal isn't great either.
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