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K750 has HORRIBLE reception |
Icydius
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Posts: 9
From: East Coast, USA
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I just received my K750 3 days ago (6/21) and so far the reception has been horrible!! I only signed up with T-Mobile a week ago (6/17) and bought a used phone because I wanted to see what coverage was like in my area before I purchased a more expensive phone. So far, T-Mobile's service has been okay in my area, but like Verizon (who I'm also still with) their phone selection is lacking.
(I'm in Northern Maryland about 5 miles from the PA border in Carroll County)
The used phone I bought was a Samsung SGH-r225. That phone consistenly had 5-6 bars of strength (mostly 5 bars) so naturally I thought the K750 would be just at least as good if not better -- seeing as how it was newer with better technology. My K750 only keeps 1-2 bars but both phones support GSM 1900. I'm wondering if this is normal or if I have a defective phone. Sony told me to ship it to their repair center in NC where they will have the phone for about 2-3 weeks and will repair it. I REALLY don't want to do this but it will either be that or selling it. 
Just wondering if anyone else has faced the same problem with their K750 and how they fixed it? |
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riffola
Joined: Jun 02, 2005
Posts: 247
From: NYC
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 phones tend to be conservative when reporting signal strength. Also the bars fluctuate more because it polls the strength in more real time. As long as your calls are going through you should be fine. Anyway you usually have 7 days to return the phone to the seller. |
hellsat
Joined: Jan 16, 2002
Posts: 36
From: Norway
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I live in a "concrete" apartment where the reception always is bad, regardless of brand of phone. With K750i I'm for the first time able to sit inside my apartment using my phone. In other words I experience the opposite..... |
Icydius
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Posts: 9
From: East Coast, USA
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I can't return my phone because I didn't buy it from T-mobile -- it's unsupported. The place where I bought it you can't return once it's opened. I'll just do as Sony said and send it to their repair shop in North Carolina. I'm convinced it's the phone as I've tried the sim card in several other phones and they all had strong signals.
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tzakiel
Joined: Sep 29, 2004
Posts: 66
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if you can make calls, dont send it to some repair center. |
Icydius
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Posts: 9
From: East Coast, USA
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Well they go through okay they just don't stay connected all the time. I've had 4 dropped calls in one night and after that I stopped using it. |
tzakiel
Joined: Sep 29, 2004
Posts: 66
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I highly doubt a repair center would help. try another SE phone in your house. I have noticed SE phones get slightly worse reception on tmobile than nokias |
Icydius
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Posts: 9
From: East Coast, USA
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I wish I could try another SE phone but I am with Verizon so of course I can't swap out my sim card in my verizon phone.
Thanks anyway |
REO
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: U.S.A.
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I have 2 T616'sand a S710. Great phones.
One of my T616's has always had two bars less than the other, no matter where I am in the house. While this is not a major issue in terms of reception, it has always bothered me, that one has a weaker signal than the other. My S710 always has all bars showing. Go figure...... I guess it depends on the phone.
iphone rocks... |
tazmania
Joined: May 10, 2005
Posts: 95
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On 2005-06-25 02:33:29, Icydius wrote:
I can't return my phone because I didn't buy it from T-mobile -- it's unsupported. The place where I bought it you can't return once it's opened. I'll just do as Sony said and send it to their repair shop in North Carolina.
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first of all that will teach u not to buy from such stores again 
second of all, its Sony ERICSSON . not Just Sony.
Sony Ericsson. repeat after me !!! Sony Ericsson. See ??? not to hard, is it ?
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Posted: 2005-06-24 23:54
