agentaaron
11-12-2009, 12:09 PM
I did a quick search on el goog but could not find a straight forward answer to my question.
So...I heard a rumor (may not be, who knows) that Tmobile is starting to roll out HSDPA 7.2. Since I first got my G1 and now have my MT3G...I have always kept the phone to only hit 2G towers.
...well this morning, just to play around I set it for 3G. It seems that whenever I am on Edge I have 4 bars of signal...when I switch to 3G, it drops to 2 bars consistantly.
I am a bit confused...I know that you should never rely on a graphical bar and should always look at the numerical radio signal strength because one phones 4 bar could be another phones 3 bar signal.
...my real question is, I thought 3G and 2G were only for data...why would it affect my overall signal strength in the first place? Should I be concerned?
I suppose I really have nothing to lose by testing it out for a few days to test my signal and battery performance...but just dont know if 3G is even really worth it...even on Edge, I can still perform my mobile banking and stream Pandora without any problems at all.
So...I heard a rumor (may not be, who knows) that Tmobile is starting to roll out HSDPA 7.2. Since I first got my G1 and now have my MT3G...I have always kept the phone to only hit 2G towers.
...well this morning, just to play around I set it for 3G. It seems that whenever I am on Edge I have 4 bars of signal...when I switch to 3G, it drops to 2 bars consistantly.
I am a bit confused...I know that you should never rely on a graphical bar and should always look at the numerical radio signal strength because one phones 4 bar could be another phones 3 bar signal.
...my real question is, I thought 3G and 2G were only for data...why would it affect my overall signal strength in the first place? Should I be concerned?
I suppose I really have nothing to lose by testing it out for a few days to test my signal and battery performance...but just dont know if 3G is even really worth it...even on Edge, I can still perform my mobile banking and stream Pandora without any problems at all.