[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
2¢, -95dBm is really bad for signal strength. That would not even light one bar on my signal icon. I know I said "up to -100dBm", but that is really "the outer fringe" of what

might work

. No guarantees but could, possibly make a connection. -95dBm is not suitable for day to day use or any kind of dependable phone. I see signals like that in parking garages and no, my phone usually does not work until I get out of the garage and obtain a stronger signal.

Try this website to locate cell towers near you, [MENTION=2774395]my2cents[/MENTION]. Put in your address, Click GO, and then Process. Allow time to generate a chart of all towers within 4 miles around you. The click "View Tower Results" to view all towers around you in a chart by distance. Click the first few locations to view them in a map in a new window. You can zoom in and out, switch to Map or Satellite view. Zoom out a bit (Mousewheel) to see adjoining streets. Pull small yellow "man" onto a nearby blue street to get a street view of the tower. Spin around map by dragging to have a good view of the tower. Then

drive over to that tower and see how much your signal improves

. Try more than one, should be something good in the top three towers.

AntennaSearch - Search for Cell Towers

Do NOT drive FAR to visit these towers! It is late at night, I had to go to store, went to a tower 4 blocks away. Signal -84dBm, no improvement from my house. As I drove North, away from that tower, my signal went all the way to -77dBm, MUCH stronger, so it is reasonable to believe that particular tower is not servicing Verizon.

Forget a daily phone with -95dBm signal strength, you cannot depend on it to work unless this signal improves. You get the same reading in Jellybean or stronger?

Still think you have a phone "on the way out" but to make that determination, we need something for comparison. This is why I asked you to get some signal strength from other phones near you. My phone dying was a big deal. I do not have the $99 to replace it, but my phone bill is not cheep and I cannot pay for something that does not work 100% at Verizon prices.

I am pretty sure that cm roms are not quite as good at signal as stock blur roms, but not enough to make a difference. Unless someone really lives in a fringe area or has really bad coverage. This is

an opinion

, NOT a

fact

!

We really need some signal reference in your area to figure it out. What about your wife's phone, what is her rom, carrier, and signal strength? In the next couple of days, can you get at least one or two more phones signal strength readings? Friends, coworkers, kids? Anyone? We need Verizon signals, a Razr would be ideal, but we will take what we can get.

The -95dBm is not going to work, you must come up at least ten dBm, preferably 15dBm to have a good phone. -85dBm should be worst but for garages, inside big buildings, or "bad spots". You do not have enough signal to work with.

Get signal strength in BOTH stock rom and in CM 10/11 rom.

Get signal strength from at least two other phones, on Verizon, in your area.

I am an electronic tech for over 30 years. I know about "radio". The phone is a radio receiver/transmitter. As a receiver, the incoming signal is very, very small, measured in "Micro Volts" or uV. To boost this signal to a usable radio signal, it must be collected by the internal antenna, AND, the radio front end contains one or more FET transistors in a metal container to greatly amplify such tiny signals. FET or "Field Effect Transistors" do "leak" when they go bad as well as short out or blow open. A leaky transistor will still work but fail in it's duty to amplify the signal enough for the required purpose. This part of the radio circuit is called "The Front End". Your front end may very well be tanking out. Seen it many times, repaired it many times, but not in "cellphones". That is specialized microscopic and robotic work that is not generally done in the neighborhood repair shop.

Don't bother with roms or software. You have something else going on. Hardware or signal in your area. Find out what it is before pulling your hair out with software and operating systems.

Hang in there buddy. Get these results for analysis so we can continue. :highfive: