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| Janet Wilder 2008-03-31, 3:33 pm |
| My cell phone has two signal strength indicators. One is "EV" which I
assume is EVDO and the other is 1X which, I believe, is the regular
digital service.
I don't know what the difference is between these two other than for
data so I'd appreciate it if you "mavens" could please answer the
following stupid questions:
1. Do these signal meters mean anything specific for voice only?
2. Are EVDO and 1X on different towers?
3. If they are not, then why do I get a stronger signal for EVDO than I
get for 1X on my phone inside my house?
Thank you all, in advance, for answering such dumb stuff.
Janet
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Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life
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| Marc Auslander 2008-03-31, 10:33 pm |
| Give that this is Verizon, the major function of 1X is to cause your
phone to search agressively for EVDO, running its battery down. No
non-hack way to stop this. Since Verizon suits believe you'll spend
money on EVDO internet services.
AFAIK, some towers don't have EVDO yet. I am also in a place where my
phone appears to talk to one of two towers, one with, one without.
Others more knowledgable should comment on whether a tower with EVDO
falls back to 1X at low signal levels.
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| Ness-Net 2008-04-01, 4:33 am |
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"Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:47f1353a$0$2393
2$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> My cell phone has two signal strength indicators. One is "EV" which I
> assume is EVDO and the other is 1X which, I believe, is the regular
> digital service.
>
> I don't know what the difference is between these two other than for
> data so I'd appreciate it if you "mavens" could please answer the
> following stupid questions:
>
> 1. Do these signal meters mean anything specific for voice only?
>
> 2. Are EVDO and 1X on different towers?
>
> 3. If they are not, then why do I get a stronger signal for EVDO than I
> get for 1X on my phone inside my house?
>
> Thank you all, in advance, for answering such dumb stuff.
>
> Janet
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life
>
1. Signal meters on a CDMA phone are not signal strength meters.
Think of them more as signal quality meters.
2. If the same carrier, then yes, same towers.
3. see #1
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