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neh · 02-04-2007, 4:19 PM

I borrowed a friends T-Mobile phone. I live in the 2 bar area and get all 6 bars inside my house. Does anyone know why? Does that mean that it could be the opposite too? If I am going somewhere in the 4 bar area, could there be no coverage? I don't understand why it is doing this. Can someone please explain it to me? Thanks!

SpookyET · 02-04-2007, 8:34 PM

The map may not be accurate.

neh · 02-04-2007, 8:39 PM

Oh. Ok. .

EdwardP · 02-04-2007, 10:08 PM

I have found the T-Mobile coverage maps to be conservative. I will travel in areas that will show one bar on the map, however my T-Mobile phones that I've used will display full bars for a signal (either four or seven bars, depending on phone model) in the same area.

In fact, everywhere I travel in my local area, I receive full bars with T-Mobile.

Matt · 02-05-2007, 12:26 AM

and "bars" don't mean much....you can only really make a semi-ligitimate compatison with two phones from the same manufacturer. - "5 bars" on a samsung isn't the same as "5 bars" on a motorola.

EdwardP · 02-05-2007, 5:49 PM

The only phones I've used with T-Mobile have all been Nokia: 3595, 6010, 6800 and 6101. The 6101 has four bars on both the signal and battery meters, the other three models have seven on both. All four of these models display full bars for signal in my area.

neh · 02-05-2007, 5:55 PM

Also, I had someone else take a phone in a 1 bar coverage area and inside the building there were no bars. If there are no bars on the Samsung SGH-C225 can it still make a call? There was not an icon that meant no service so would it still connect and make a call?

Alienware_51 · 02-05-2007, 5:59 PM

You are very very lucky if it connects, and if it does than most likley you will not hear the person very clear and it will probably drop the call afte a few seconds of connection.

neh · 02-05-2007, 6:11 PM

Ok. So it did really get a very small signal there?

Alienware_51 · 02-05-2007, 6:17 PM

yes, it had very very little service and I wouldnt even call it service because when it displays zero bar but doesn't say no-service it still technically has service, but in reallity you can't use it, you can try if you would like.

neh · 02-05-2007, 7:09 PM

Ok. Thanks!

Alienware_51 · 02-05-2007, 9:17 PM

no problem

neh · 02-06-2007, 3:53 PM

I was in a 5 bar area with my friends phone and it got 2 or 3 bars but in a 2 bar area it got 6. Also, in a 1 bar area it got 6 outside. It is odd.

Alienware_51 · 02-06-2007, 4:40 PM

yea, the maps arent very accurate

neh · 02-06-2007, 4:44 PM

At least it is better not worse in most places.

neh · 02-06-2007, 8:08 PM

So the service that the Samsung C225 gets I should get on the Samsung T319? If I get 6 bars with C225 I should get it on the T319 right?

Mobile Mike · 02-06-2007, 9:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neh

So the service that the Samsung C225 gets I should get on the Samsung T319? If I get 6 bars with C225 I should get it on the T319 right?

There is NEVER a guarantee, but the likelihood is yes.

neh, how many more times do we have to tell you the same thing? Getting a cell phone (prepaid or otherwise) does not need to be this complicated. Regardless of what is posted on this site, you will never know what your service will really be like until you activate it.

02-04-2007, 4:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	T-Mobile Coverage Map I borrowed a friends T-Mobile phone. I live in the 2 bar area and get all 6 bars inside my house. Does anyone know why? Does that mean that it could be the opposite too? If I am going somewhere in the 4 bar area, could there be no coverage? I don't understand why it is doing this. Can someone please explain it to me? Thanks!

02-04-2007, 8:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
SpookyET Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map The map may not be accurate.

02-04-2007, 8:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map Oh. Ok. .

02-04-2007, 10:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
EdwardP T-Mobile since 2004 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,092 Phone(s): Nokia 6101 Provider(s): T-Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 3	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map I have found the T-Mobile coverage maps to be conservative. I will travel in areas that will show one bar on the map, however my T-Mobile phones that I've used will display full bars for a signal (either four or seven bars, depending on phone model) in the same area. In fact, everywhere I travel in my local area, I receive full bars with T-Mobile. __________________ T-Mobile: 126,700,000 customers and counting...

02-05-2007, 12:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
Matt Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lititz, Pa. Posts: 4,704 Phone(s): BlackBerry Pearl Provider(s): T-Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 2	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map and "bars" don't mean much....you can only really make a semi-ligitimate compatison with two phones from the same manufacturer. - "5 bars" on a samsung isn't the same as "5 bars" on a motorola. __________________ Join the T-Mobile Group Forum (or any other!) ...a/k/a cheerioboy26 elsewhere on the net....

02-05-2007, 5:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
EdwardP T-Mobile since 2004 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,092 Phone(s): Nokia 6101 Provider(s): T-Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 3	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map The only phones I've used with T-Mobile have all been Nokia: 3595, 6010, 6800 and 6101. The 6101 has four bars on both the signal and battery meters, the other three models have seven on both. All four of these models display full bars for signal in my area. __________________ T-Mobile: 126,700,000 customers and counting...

02-05-2007, 5:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map Also, I had someone else take a phone in a 1 bar coverage area and inside the building there were no bars. If there are no bars on the Samsung SGH-C225 can it still make a call? There was not an icon that meant no service so would it still connect and make a call?

02-05-2007, 5:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
Alienware_51 - a Mobile Enthusiast. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 922 Phone(s): BlackBerry Bold (2), BlackBerry Curve (2), Motorola Razr V9x (1) Provider(s): American Telephone & Telegraph Thanks: 6 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Images: 8	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map You are very very lucky if it connects, and if it does than most likley you will not hear the person very clear and it will probably drop the call afte a few seconds of connection. __________________ I am a part of the BlackBerry Addicts Group

02-05-2007, 6:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map Ok. So it did really get a very small signal there?

02-05-2007, 6:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
Alienware_51 - a Mobile Enthusiast. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 922 Phone(s): BlackBerry Bold (2), BlackBerry Curve (2), Motorola Razr V9x (1) Provider(s): American Telephone & Telegraph Thanks: 6 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Images: 8	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map yes, it had very very little service and I wouldnt even call it service because when it displays zero bar but doesn't say no-service it still technically has service, but in reallity you can't use it, you can try if you would like. __________________ I am a part of the BlackBerry Addicts Group

02-05-2007, 7:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map Ok. Thanks!

02-05-2007, 9:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
Alienware_51 - a Mobile Enthusiast. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 922 Phone(s): BlackBerry Bold (2), BlackBerry Curve (2), Motorola Razr V9x (1) Provider(s): American Telephone & Telegraph Thanks: 6 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Images: 8	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map no problem

02-06-2007, 3:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map I was in a 5 bar area with my friends phone and it got 2 or 3 bars but in a 2 bar area it got 6. Also, in a 1 bar area it got 6 outside. It is odd. Last edited by neh; 02-06-2007 at 4:36 PM.

02-06-2007, 4:40 PM	#14 (permalink)
Alienware_51 - a Mobile Enthusiast. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 922 Phone(s): BlackBerry Bold (2), BlackBerry Curve (2), Motorola Razr V9x (1) Provider(s): American Telephone & Telegraph Thanks: 6 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Images: 8	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map yea, the maps arent very accurate __________________ I am a part of the BlackBerry Addicts Group

02-06-2007, 4:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map At least it is better not worse in most places.

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neh Pre-members Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 225 Phone(s): Audiovox 8610, Kyocera KX414, Sprint PCS Touchpoint Provider(s): Virgin Mobile,Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless Devices: Linksys Wireless USB G Network Adapter Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: T-Mobile Coverage Map So the service that the Samsung C225 gets I should get on the Samsung T319? If I get 6 bars with C225 I should get it on the T319 right?

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