no 3g just g?

[Serialkilla]

Anyone have this issue? In the status bar,I am showing just a G instead of 3G. I don't notice anything different in performance or the like,but curious as to where the 3 went.lol. thank you in advance!

 

[jltung]

The case of the lost "3"

Maybe you should put the "3" on a milk carton and see if anyone else has

seen your "3".

This probably represents an area of diminished coverage.

Verizon prides itself on their coverage, so you probably have decent phone

service and maybe a little slower web coverage UNTIL the signal is lost

completely. I have noticed that other phones may have a stronger signal

than the droid. Is this an internal antenna vs. a software problem ?

I have seen in other posts that there will be an update soon (? Dec 11 ?)

which will improve a lot of the coverage and battery life problems that

have been noted in many of the previous threads.

 

[medicTHREE]

Never seen this. I have lost 3g, but never gut a g.... Try a battery pull see if it persists.

 

[Serialkilla]

Thanks for the replies. I will try the milk carton approach if all else fails.

 

[Dave12308]

I would say it's a display glitch, and I would try rebooting the device.

You either get "No Service", "1X", or "3G" - there is no such thing as "G" since the "G" in "3G" means 3rd Generation.

 

[Dave12308]

I have noticed that other phones may have a stronger signal

than the droid. Is this an internal antenna vs. a software problem ?

It's viable that it's a software problem. Although I have actually found the Droid to have a BETTER signal in my experience I do know that in alot of modern smartphones, the radio chipset is controlled by a "driver" in the OS. Coming from the world of the BlackBerry Storm, I can safely say that at least in that case, a software update can have MAJOR effects on signal quality. Unfortunately, I also learned from my BB experience that newer "radio code" isn't always better.

 

[Backnblack]

I am seeing the G myself right now...

 

[Backnblack]

Rebooted and all is well.....

 

[Serialkilla]

Rebooted and all is well.....

Yeah, same here. All is well here too. I also am coming from BB world, and know that software updates do make a huge difference in radio signal and strength. Just be prepared for me to be asking some stupid questions, due to the fact that I am completely new to the Android OS all together, and know nothing about it...lol, So let me apologize in advance for that!

 

[jltung]

"Little Lost 3"

Thank goodness you found your "3". I was worried. There are a lot of

"bad" people out there and you can never be too careful.

The "take home lesson" is that if a solution is not readily apparent,

one can always reboot, if you have carefully backed everything up.

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