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[HTC One X] jonstatt:
For me it improved actually. I found I would get 0 or 1 bars (with 0 could still make calls) on the top floor, and occasionally lose signal altogether. This would be worse than any other phone I have had on Three. But after 1.28, it never drops out, and is normally 1-2 bars on the top floor. This is not just about bars, I could see by the actual signal decibel levels that it had improved. Interesting it has gone the other way for others.

With home signal, I have seen -59dB right near it!
[HTC One X] twe69:
No mine keeps going to no signal and I sometimes have to force it into airplane mode and then back out of it to try and reconnect.

Sometimes without even moving the phone and pressing the power button to see whats happening I just get the no signal message. Very annoying..... I have my Sony Xperia Play with me on Three too and that does not have the same problems which is 10-20 cms away from the HTC One X.... 1.26 was definitely better for me. Not sure if I should do a factory reset/wipe cache and see if that improves it?

Edit: My Sony Xperia Play is showing signal strength -113dBm and the HTC One X showing -111dBm but disconnects itself without me even moving it whilst the Sony Xperia Play seems to keep hold of the network signal.... Which is what the HTC One X was doing for me on 1.26 but now loses signal quicker in 1.28.....
[HTC One X] jmpmjmpm:
It's definitely a nice little bit of kit. I'm not bothered about using my bb to make up for the poor signal because as has been said, 3 is definitely the network of choice for mobile data. The procudure seems to be as follows:

Call three on 333 and choose option 3. (to report a problem using the network)

Tell them that you are very happy with three and really don't want to leave as they have the best network everywhere for you apart from inside your house.

Don't try to bs them and say you don't even have a signal outside if you do. They will know! Simply tell them due to the construction of your house (in my case very thick stone walls) the signal does not get through

They will then monitor your signal at home and they wil ask you for a place you get good signal (work? College? Etc) for several days.

You will then get a call from second line network support and they will run through all the details. They may offer you a reduction on your contract or option to leave early. This is a test in my opinion to weed out the "scammers". Tel them you have no intention of leaving and you would really like a hone signal box

At this point delivery was arranged and all was sorted

Can I just say I hear people complaining about the "indian" call centre and to me it borders on racism. I have had far better service and found the people to be very polite and helpful at all times. And often with a better command of the English language than many UK call centre workers ;)

Note though, if you have less than 6 months on your contract or are sim only or payg you are not eligible for the free home signal although there are rumours three are looking to roll this out in the future with a £100 approx price tag

Ps sorry for the typos :)
[HTC One X] jonstatt:
I think Three's Indian call centre is one of the best ones. I have had some really good experiences there because they think outside the box and try to help, rather than following scripts. The handling of my Home Signal box required an escalation which was extremely well handled, and the guy I was dealing with, owned the issue until I was sorted, calling me exactly when he promised etc.

It is nothing to do with being racist. Most Indian call centres are very poor quality, not because of the race/culture/country etc...but simply because they don't hire the right people, or don't train them to the right level, and they become script followers. So you get stupid conversations like "My phone line is dead and my broadband is not working", followed by "Have you reset the home hub?".

BT is an example of a very poor quality call centre based in India.
[HTC One X] huwwatkins:
I've been trying to get one of these for about 2 weeks - no luck so far.
[HTC One X] jmpmjmpm:
Thanks, but I wasn't referring to the experience with any call centre other than 3's. My opinion is just that, and your more than welcome to disagree :)

Anyway my statement was kinda off topic. Apologies;)
[HTC One X] jmpmjmpm:
How did you go about it? My experience was quite painless, although it did take a few days of waiting for them to investigate
[HTC One X] Tomo1971:
Signal improved for me too when on the 1.28 update on Three.

Where I previously drove to work and had no signal/dropped call, im getting a signal and just sitting in the house can see the RX levels are much improved, by about 12 dbm

Steve
[HTC One X] huwwatkins:
Phoned 333 complained about low reception indoors. Network team investigated and then said that there was nothing they could do as I had not had my contract long enough.

I may try again in a few weeks.
[HTC One X] jmpmjmpm:
:eek: that doesn't make sense! Perhaps ask to speak to a manager at 2nd line net support? Make a song and dance on their blog too on the network related post ;)
[HTC One X] jonstatt:
If the contract is brand new and was an "Internet" purchase, there is a cooling off/distance selling period plus they will sometimes wait to make sure the direct debit is working. Therefore it could be 1 month before a brand new Three customer can request this.
[HTC One X] jmpmjmpm:
True. I hope they decide to help out. We have 6 handset contracts in our house and have been with three for quite a few years. Maybe this was a factor when they decided to grant the request
[HTC One X] Drefsab:
I might have to try this, I've been having little to no signal at home (cant even make or receive calls). Yet the cell site is about 150 meters away from me and visible from back my windows. They say there is a network fault and it has been passed to engineers and should have already been resolved but because its not the case is escalated.

They have have given me a credit on my bill for my troubles though its only £5 so its nothing and id much prefer my phone to be working. I will see what its like after the weekend if its not any better I think I will push for one of these.

I know its daft having to use your broadband to get signal but I have bandwidth to spare (100mbit virgin and 80mbit FTTC connection).
[HTC One X] jmpmjmpm:
Now your just showing off and making me very, very jealous! :D;)
[HTC One X] Drefsab:
Belive me the 100mbit virgin one is nothing great they have just done a big upgrade from 50mbit to 100 and their screwed their core network last night I was only able to get 356kbps out of that line :( its great in the day but not in the evening, they say its in hand but its been like that for weeks.

The other line well thats something I get from work (one of the perks of working for an ISP).
[HTC One X] twe69:
Thats slow in the evening, might be better to tether from your phone if you are allowed and on the one plan!
[HTC One X] Drefsab:
Strangely enough I have done just that a few times :)
[HTC One X] lilvfr400boy:
H signal on 3 on my hox is 9mbps download n 3mbps upload, immense speeds round where I live
[HTC One X] LaneyEFC:
Why would you even recommend for others to crack open there phone :rolleyes:

I managed to grab hold of a three home signal box after several attemps, there really awesome and do the trick... thing is though, say i switch plug of by wall and switch back on, my phone doesnt automatically connect, i have to unplug it from the box and reconnect but that doesnt bother me at all.. FULL SIGNAL all round house and that was from having 0 bars at all :)
[HTC One X] adamgaltress:
The issue being discussed isn't with the phone, but with the network signal
[HTC One X] phobos512:
I use 3 when I travel in the UK for work and have always been disappointed. I used to think it was my old phone (unlocked AT&T Motorola Atrix) but now that I've been over with my international HOX I'm convinced it's the network. My phone repeatedly would drop the signal and not recover without switching to airplane mode. Is 3 just a ****ty network? I have not of these issues at home in the US (where I still use AT&T).
[HTC One X] Nit3m4re:
I still think there is a small issue to be had here with the phone. My signal is shocking in a lot of places that it normally wasn't bad on my SGS with Vodafone. Probably due to the lack of 3G therefore causing the dropouts switching between the two all the time.

I get no signal where I live and it took a 10 minute call to Vodafone complaining before I got my SureSignal box sent to me free of charge instead of £50. All I said when she offered me the option to pay for it was "So you expect me to pay £50 for something that I am already paying £36 pounds a month for but not getting because of Vodafone's lack of masts? How does that work? I have a One X and its 2012, I should have 3G signal in the middle of nowhere let alone in a town.. 30 minutes from Central London.."

Worked perfectly lol try it :)
[HTC One X] :
Started getting bad/ terrible signal at home, read this thread, rolled my sleeves up, rang three mobile and got ready for a fight...

The call centre chappy was sort of helpful though - said that they were aware of issues in my area and it should be fixed within 72 hours... And refunded me a fiver on both my three mobile accounts for the inconvenience. 72 hours is almost up (the guy is going to ring tomorrow to check I'm getting a good signal) and I'll take it from there. My signal is still pretty crappy right now, tbh, (better than it was though) but I'll see how it looks tomorrow and take it from there. I've always found three to be alright, really!

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[HTC One X] LaneyEFC:
I done this, they took £5 off my bill not long after I got the phone, then when they rang back nothing had changed, it did do the better for outdoors in my area but not in doors, so I waited patiently with every intention of ringing them back :) then when I rang them back they passed it back over to support they rang me and said sorry etc etc and said I cant promise when it will improve, all i stated was "DON'T USE DO SOME KIND OF SIGNAL BOX?" I knew they did but acted DAFT and my signal box arrived next working day :) never looked back since...
[HTC One X] :
Didn't get my call back and the signal has gone completely. Zero connection at moment... Hmmm.

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[HTC One X] eightace:
I spent several hours on the pone to them and can confirm they are the worst UK network for support. Absolute waste of time and money.
[HTC One X] LaneyEFC:
Disagree with that quote but hey everyone has different opinions/experience! Mine not so bad. I've got everything I've wanted off them with no hassle, first off £5 of me bill, phone fault within 28 days got a replacement then I got me signal box, am now 2 and half months into my contract and I've had so many faults with this current phone am on and I sent of to repair, came back exact same so I demanded a replacement... Which is being delivered friday... So no I disagree its not the worst, all it takes is a bit of currage to say "I WANT"....
[HTC One X] twe69:
Going to call them and ask for the box, I got £5.50 off but thought they would only offer that.... Let's see, can't hurt to try :)

Thing is I am moving house, and the signal is worse there than my current place, lol!
[HTC One X] LaneyEFC:
Don't take no for an answer and demand that your signal is pretty much woeful and useless....
[HTC One X] adamgaltress:
I rang up and complained about the signal that I get at my girlfriends house, and work. I work for her stepfather, so the same place really, they said that signal is forecasted as good in the area. I whined about it being important for work. The nice man said he would make it a priority issue for the department which dealt with going out to the masts and checking them and what not. He said they would check the signal in the post code blah blah, call in 10 days. So their chance begins now. If they can fix then I will be very impressed. I have had this issue for months, but it has never been that important to me. I will demand a box if they don't fix it. I think saying it is for a business and that is very important helped raise the importance of me having signal. So feel free to lie a little if you need to.
[HTC One X] Smith2001:
Take comfort in the fact I got a home hub and I visit my Mrs house every weekend and still got it! So persist and it will come
[HTC One X] ahmadcentral:
When you guys ring up ask to be transferred to the second line network team. They're the guys who decide if you can get one or not. It took 5 days but one of my family members now has one and has full signal around the house.
[HTC One X] mindriot:
Same

Im on this trail right now.

What I know / have read :

Three are trialling this with test groups.

Three are currently using this solely as a customer retention tool, and as such at no charge, and users form an additional test group.

You cant qualify if youre sim only monthly supposedly.

Theyre researching and thinking whether to make it a feature or commercial product, possibly announced sometime this year.

They check if youre in a known problem area as part of the process, and may even send engineers to test signal in local vicinity.

I phoned them as I wanted to enquire if it was possible to buy/rent the service, ended up going through the pre-qualification process checks and having my issue elevated to upstream tech support, despite being sim only monthly. I spoke to a woman in an Indian call centre who handled everything to absolute perfection.

The minute Im inside or away from a windowsill signal falls away to no network on my Hero with the best antenna rom etc.

Been 3 for 6 months on a monthly sim only one plan, as good as data is I also need three's international saver fixed price addon as I call abroad a lot and it saves vast amounts of costs vs other networks, three are only provider to offer this.

Later yesterday I thought what the hell, I normally like to own my phones outright and stay monthly sim only but I need the int. saver and cash is tight, so Ive just upgraded to a shiny H0X in grey arriving in the post imminently :) Sorry HTC Hero, its finally time to move on.

If signal is good on new H0X Ill leave it there, if its still no-go Ill continue the Homesignal process.

If its a no for homesignal then there is another alternative folks, because in that case Ill buy a mobile repeater amplifier, something like this : Cant post links!! Im NOT a new member XDA :S - anyways a mobile repeater on thee 2100 band to take a weak outside signal and amplify it and rebroadcast inside.

Hoping for a Homesignal box as missing calls all the time from 8 hours different TZ and having to make calls with head pressed to window or going outside is really a recipie for Phone Rage, the Heros suffered a couple of incidents already :S
[HTC One X] mindriot:
got callback today.

after some discussion it was no problem to reach a conclusion i qualify as poor home service.

.

got 3 offers.

1. Downgrade service keeping phone (not useful, need data + international deal)

2. Keep package at a discounted price (highly tempted but i need to be available on mobile calls, data less important at home)

3 give me homesignal box FOC - told normal charge to 3 customer £100 - £120 so theres a clue where itll be if its rolled out as a commercial option.

Asked for 2 + 3 but only one option choice is allowable :D

Still irks have to use a paid broadband service quota to stay on a network also being paid for, but keeping it to voice wont use too much.

Acceptance criteria from three is you must have an unlimited quota broadband service, get at least 1 mbit speed in normal operation and accept you cant rely on homesignal for emergency calls, also you must confirm you have a spare port on router and/or network switch to plug into.

You have to notify cust services what three numbers youll be using with homesignal and technically it is only to be used at registered address. Wondering if that can be subverted, be interesting to plug it into a satellite broadband router up in cumbrian hills :D
[HTC One X] mobilemaduk:
Have a genuine need for one of these as my wife and I oth use 3 and both have issues indoors. They only offered me one for £50 which I refused to pay.
[HTC One X] jmpmjmpm:
just wanted to give an update as I've now had the device for a while, this is a boring "review" of how the home signal has performed in my home so be warned :p

I live in a 3 bed terraced house built circa 1880 with thick (2-3feet) stone walls, the "original" house had 2 rooms downstairs and 3 rooms upstairs. Downstairs dividing walls are solid brick/stone, upstairs they are stud partition. The kitchen (downstairs) and bathroom (upstairs) are a 2 storey extension so are on the other side of the thick stone walls (obviously with doors allowing some signal penetration). The home signal box is located in the living room, which is in the middle of the house.

So before and after results: (dBm)

Before After

kitchen No Signal -91

living room No Signal -75

hallway -107 -75

front/dining room -91 -91

bathroom -91 -99

bed1 -99 -91

bed2 -87 -91

bed3 -83 -99

The homesignal seems rock solid stable, never needing to be reset, never dropping calls etc. However it does seem to be very low powered, with massive improvements only seen in connecting rooms on the same floor, in fact I get better signal upstairs from the local masts (there are 2) than from the home signal. However, my upstairs signal was never a real problem and it DOES "reach" upstairs and give a signal, so if I had no signal before, the homesignal would have done its job and gave me one. The major difference is that I now get a strong signal in my living room and kitchen where before I had none. Had my house not had a signal anywhere then now it would have a signal everywhere, even with this very challenging construction. If this was a modern house with thin walls ans stud partition everywhere I'm sure the signal would be pretty much "5 bars" everywhere with the box.

So was it worth the hassle of asking for it and then being "tested" for eligibility? Absolutely!

Would I have spent £120 on it? Yes, grudgingly, but yes

So, to conclude, I am very happy to give 3 my money for the foreseeable future. I know there are lots of 3 haters out there that insist that orange/o2/vodafone/tmob is better but having had them all, still using other networks for my work (with professional 3g routers that power critical banking infastructure) I can without even a shadow of a doubt say that 3 is by far and away the best network to be with at this point in time. Yes, my view is totally independant.

Hope this helps someone out;)
[HTC One X] mindriot:
I would have to concur, seems to work well enough and simple but low powered, 70 year old house, upstairs or a couple of rooms away signal starts to fall off noticeably.

Occasionally if ive just come in, and even more occasionally ive noticed data link will drop for 1-2 mins even though homesignal network signal remains.

My only gripe was mine didnt detect its sim, bad/loose mechanism, in the end after many tries had to tightly wedge with a strip of card. Wasnt helped by the fact theres no pictographical info on orientation of sim, and even when located it sticks out exposing part of chip contacts.

All in all good but ill stll invest in an external/internal mobile signal repeater forthe 2100 band when one presents itself at right price, my adsl speed is bad as it is and frequently below standard as is most of BT's shamefully pitiful network.

Mines mainly to facilitate voice calls, both practically and not missing calls etc. so datas not a huge issue.
[HTC One X] Supaiku:
Anyone know?
[HTC One X] Tiersten:
Left of the HTC logo above the screen. It is also where the proximity sensor is.
[HTC One X] jaaystott:
If you call someone, take a look at the front of your phone. You will see a steady red glow from the top left of your screen, this is where the proximity and ambient light sensor are housed.
[HTC One X] adamgaltress:
It helps if you angle the phone, you can see that there is almost like a rectangle hole in the paint behind the glass
[HTC One X] schriss:
If you want to easily see it, enable Face Unlock, then try to unlock your phone in complete darkness, you will see that little red light comes on to the left of HTC logo.
[HTC One X] Lawliet:
That light seems to be permanently on after I had a viber call. Any ways to turn it off

Edit.: the cause was NotifierPro. Fixed it.
[HTC One X] vdude_1:
This helped me out as my light was constantly on too. do you know why that is though?
[HTC One X] muamers:
"settings --> display and gestures --> sleep" and there you can set the time for turning off the display ;)
[HTC One X] jeyml:
Face Unlock?Do we have something like that on HOX?
[HTC One X] Supaiku:
Indeed.
[HTC One X] Frepa_AL:
HTC One X sensors

Dear Sir!

Do you mean the sensor activated during a phone call? My HTC one X last time has an abnormal behavior when I place a phone call. Normally when you move the phone away of hear it should turn on the screen back light so you are able to hang up the phone call. But my phone still be black after moving away from the hear so I need to push power button to activate the screen back-light and than hang up the phone call. Could somebody help me out on this issue? Any kind of help shall be much appreciated.

Best regards

Fredi
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mox123:
got it for £245 as opposed to £380 brand new, very good condition boxed packaged

my back cover is white, what does this mean?

can i oc the gpu and cpu?

the serial or mpn is MTRXOOMNA32US does this mean its a us version?

actually it says it is MZ601 so i assume european

how does rooting work on this, do i need cwm? or is it already su and root stock?

can i update to latest software android and still use root and su?

im so confused, ive been reading android development but all so confusing
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] new-noob:
hey

just quick questions :)

does 3G work ok?

does it still have warranty?

is that white color you worry about or somethign wrong with tablet?

in terms of overclocking etc be sure you use images for your 3G xoom!

I have my 3G UK xoom myself and am much more happy with it after I rooted and installed Team EOS XOOM

ICS 4.0.3 umts_everest MZ601

NIGHTLIES

and have better performance in overall....

good luck with your xoom :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
I can't answer all of your questions, but look at the link in my signature...guide to rooting...and read it thoroughly...it may answer some. You will have to unlock the Xoom, following instructions after setting up adb on your computer...it's really pretty simple but you need to be prepared and follow directions...then you will enjoy your Xoom to the fullest.
[LG Optimus 3D] pandaball:
Hi,

I'm going to release a new rom based on stock rom very soon. However before I release I want to send it to a small group of beta testers to ensure it doesn't have problems.

I would prefer if you know how to use logcat and know how to send me a logcat file, as well as knowing how to make nandroid backups (and restoring them where necessary :p). It would also help if you can follow instructions :D

If you're interested, please do PM me. Include your phone model (P920 or P925) so I can keep track of phone-specific problems.

As for the feature request bit, comment on what features you would like. I will try not to deviate from the stock rom (v21D in this case) by too much, so I won't do any theming. Don't ask me to solve GC issues, I can't do that. Neither can I make ICS for us. I'm not a kernel hacker either. However, any reasonable feature request should be posted here and I'll see what I can do. Don't bet on every suggestion being included though ;)
[LG Optimus 3D] cheong12001:
Good!!! i am anticipating to see your work!!! btw, i really need a function to tweak the cpu voltage to save battery as i find the battery really drain very fast!!! This is my suggestion, thankyou:)
[LG Optimus 3D] pandaball:
I can't do that, it's kernel related and I have no experience with it. Maybe when I have time I'll try to learn.