Simple 3G indoor signal improvement

adam917 · 01-06-2010, 16:15

On some phones (usually unbranded high-end ones) like the N95, you can choose 3G-only mode so it can't fall back to 2G when signal is low. This can greatly help in fringe areas because otherwise, in dual-mode 3/2G, usually the phone can switch down to 2G well before you are out of range. My BlackBerry 9700 can be switched like this via the engineering menu & I no longer have these premature fallbacks. I heard the 9000 can do the same too.

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adam917 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 187 Join Date: 14 Sep 2008 Location: North America Country:	01-06-2010, 16:15 On some phones (usually unbranded high-end ones) like the N95, you can choose 3G-only mode so it can't fall back to 2G when signal is low. This can greatly help in fringe areas because otherwise, in dual-mode 3/2G, usually the phone can switch down to 2G well before you are out of range. My BlackBerry 9700 can be switched like this via the engineering menu & I no longer have these premature fallbacks. I heard the 9000 can do the same too. Active SIMs: 2007-05-14: T-Mobile post-paid (USA: 267) 2007-12: T-Mobile pre-paid (USA: 857) 2009-01-21: Mobal World (UK) 2010-06-08: TracFone (USA: 215) 2011-03-12: Tru (USA: 305) 2011-08-01: AT&T pre-paid (USA: 212) 2011-08-22: Spot Mobile (USA: 603)