Help with MOTO RIZR Z3

[dylanagibson]

Hey, I'm new here and I have a question.

I have HORRIBLE signal strength with my RIZR all the time. This is my third one (my first one was running extremely slow, the second was slow and had signal problems) and I am getting very agrivated with this phone. I hardly get good service at my house. When I go to school I have absolutely no service. I have recently updated the s/w because I heard that would help, and it has given me a bar or two when I don't really need it, and I still never get service in school or hardly any at work. I have the speed on my network set to continuous and everything else is automatic. Three of my other friends have the blue RIZR Z3 like I have and they all have t-mobile like me. That all get excellent service in school and everywhere around town. I get pretty good service upstairs in my house, and around the middle of town. School and my work are about less than a mile and about 2 miles away, respectively.

So, down to the question. Is there anything I can do to improve signal strength on my phone or will I have to call t-mobile?

[soccerjohn]

Well if your friends are getting better signal than you and your on your 3rd Z3, I wouldn't think its the phone. I would think its something with T-Mobile. Odd that its only you out of your friends with good signal. If you change the signal to 1900 only or something like that, does it improve or stay the same? Maybe someone else can give some incite if mine don't work.

[milkbone98]

do you by any chance have a very old sim card? To me, 3 phones absolutely indicates a network problem, maybe try your sim in a friends phone for confirmation. Unless you have a steel plate in your head or something lol