Better signal strength ?

[knowsleyroader]

Is there anyway to improve the signal strength on the mini S ? It doesnt seem to be giving me anywhere near as strong a signal on O2 as I got with my Nokia 3650.

Im sure I remember reading something on a model of phone where you could improve the reception although it hit the battery a little.

[fone_fanatic]

your thinking of the nokia's and other phones where you could enter a keypress and it would increase the signal and reduce battery life or you could decrease signal and increase battery life. but with my jam in Texas i do have a really bad reception issue, but thats because i have the international jam thats 900/1800/1900 and cingular runs on 850/1900 so thats why i'm getting the k-jam which is quad band... maybe if you go to the power settings and click move the slider to best performance, see if that helps

[inquisitor]

How do you realize signal strength is lower? Have you actually noticed lower speech quality or is it only the lower count of antenna bars on your display?

Keep in mind that there is no standard on how signal strength has to be displayed. Nokia phones tend to show more bars, whereas a Siemens phone receiving the same signal strength (in dB) would show fewer bars. They do that intentionally, so customers think a Nokia has better radio quality.

[knowsleyroader]

How do you realize signal strength is lower? Have you actually noticed lower speech quality or is it only the lower count of antenna bars on your display?

Keep in mind that there is no standard on how signal strength has to be displayed. Nokia phones tend to show more bars, whereas a Siemens phone receiving the same signal strength (in dB) would show fewer bars. They do that intentionally, so customers think a Nokia has better radio quality.

My wife said I was going louder and quieter on one occasion although I could hear her fine. In some places its only on 1 bar on the signal strength indicator. I believe there are 3 or 4 in total arnt there ? So I would consider it a weak signal.