Signal issues

escalade6103 · Mar 26, 2012

I've never had any issues with signal till recently. Ive always had 4 to 5 bars and now I'm only getting 2 most of the time. It's terrible! And so frustrating. I've turned it off and back on to update the towers and also called *228 and it never gets better. Randomly it does get up to 4 bars but never 5 bars. Any ideas? Anyone else having this issue?

MauiWowwee · Mar 27, 2012

I get around three to four bars in my apartment. The only issue I have is when I'm in the parking lot across my building then I get switched to roaming and I'm in the open. I always forget to do the *228 thing when I travel out of state and get frustrated thinking I got a defect phone.

xrayeyes · Mar 28, 2012

We went through a period of that a few months ago when Verizon was updating towers in our area (NC). We used to be in an Alltel area. Now it's better. If I recall, they still had tower work to do in other areas. You may want to contact a corporate store and see what they have to say about it. Don't even bother with a franchise...they don't know much of anything!

zig9449 · Mar 28, 2012

Yeah man. It probably has nothing to do with your phone......most likely the towers.

escalade6103 · Mar 29, 2012

Yeah I'm guessing it's cause their upgrading to 4g. Glad it happening now so when I get my 4g iPhone 5 it will be up and running good.

Kfarron1 · May 30, 2012

What does *228 do?

Skull One · May 30, 2012

If you are on Verizon, *228 allows you to select one of two options.

Option 1 downloads activation data and initializes your phone for using on the network.

Option 2 downloads the PRL (Preferred Roaming List).

jjmartinez1982 · Jun 4, 2012

Does the prl update remove previous updates or does it simply add to the list? In other words, I'm I go to a different county and do it, do I have to redo it when I get back to mine or will it now know both lists?