Does turning off 3G reduce dropped calls?

I had iPhone 3G for a couple weeks and returned it due to the high number of dropped calls and poor 3G reception. From the recent barrage of complaints, it's clear now that there are issues with the iPhone 3G feature. It never occurred to me to switch off 3G to see if I get better reception and reliability with calls but it has been mentioned in a few posts that that's a workaround. So is it a good workaround until Apple fix the 3G issue? I am considering getting the iPhone 3G again but only if this is a reliable workaround for the dropped calls issue.

Well, there are 2 potential outcomes from the 3G issue, either a firmware upgrade fixes it or a product recall happens because of the defective Infineon 3G chip. Either way I expect to get 3G performance sooner or later. In the meantime, I can get AT&T to credit me for only using Edge (and not 3G). Does this seem like a reasonable compromise? The other option is to wait for the real 3G fix and see if it works. I suspect if the firmware upgrade doesn't fix it, a hardware redesign with a different chip (presumably) will take perhaps up to 1 year.

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It's really ******* me off that I am paying another $15 - $20 a month for something that seems useless and problematic (And now just to turn it off).
Does this really help with the issue pertaining to dropped calls ?

Hi guys
Hope you don't mind me dropping in, but I work in the telco industry, albeit in Australia. The turning off of 3G for better reception isn't an iPhone fault, it's a network thing.
Any phone with 3G capability is programmed to try and access the 3G side of the network first. It will continue to scan the network all day and night, anytime your phone is on to maintain signal. If it's unable to maintain service coverage with 3G, it then drops down to 2.5G, then 2G, then EDGE (if available in your area). If you turn 3G access off, it skips that step. The older networks are more reliable, but slower. They are also (now) much less crowded with users so there is less congestion and you get (on occasions) better signal.
The recent 2.1 upgrade would have modified the supply of power from the chipsets to the antenna's which is why many people are experiencing better signal strength and less dropouts, but it will always come back to the 3G coverage in your area.
I know this doesn't really improve things for you, but gives you some background to how the whole circus works.
Cheers
Russ

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Try signing out of your account and restart your iPad.
Go to Settings>Store>Apple ID and tap the ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button. Go back to Settings>Store> Apple ID and sign in again.

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Sorry for such a long delayed response...
I was able to get to an apple store this past weekend, and let me tell you... I'm about finished with there great "support".
Right before I went to the store, I tried to eject a disk. Well the cloth in the SuperDrive (I assume to protect the drive from dust and such) Pulled up with my disk. So I get the Apple store, describe my problem and what happened with the cloth piece. The "Genius" writes up a form and tells me they have to run diagnostic and it will take a couple days... and I will get a call when its done (1-3 days).
Well on day number 3 I called up the store and they told me it was ready to be picked up? I asked if anything had been fixed and they told me they could not reproduce my "sleep issue", so they couldn't fix that.. but told me the cloth piece in the SuperDrive had been fixed.
I drive an hour (one way) to the Apple store to find that all they did was PULLED OUT the cloth... they did not replace it! So basically I have a hole for a Super Drive.
I asked why I was not called to say that my computer was ready to be picked up... didn't get an answer on that one.
I asked why my SuperDrive was said to be fixed, when nothing was done... they told me that it would have to be sent out to the factory store for that to be fixed (FIRST TIME THEY MENTIONED THAT!) Oh, and that would take 5-7 business days. Well that's not going to happen right now considering I'm a college student that NEEDS a working computer!
So I go home, angry... start just putting all my important documents back on the computer. And the screen starts blinking!!!! I guess now I have the same thing described in another post on these forms...
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I recommend checking your prompts and alerts to turn this feature off. This may be you "Call Connect" or "Readout" alerts. Listed below are steps to update this feature.
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Hi All,
It seems that in Lightroom 4 you have the ability to turn off individual modules by right clicking on them and unchecking whichever ones you don't use. I'm wondering if when modules are unchecked, does that increase the speed or performance of the system?
I recently upgraded to LR4 from 3 and definitely experienced a major slow down. That being said, when I uncheck everything except the development module, the sluggishness completely disappears. Is turning individual modules off actually helping performance? Can anyone else confirm this? I've posted on a few other forums and haven't had a great response. Thanks!

Actually, in another thread this topic came up and I'll post my results below...
The posts above are correct, simply "right clicking to turn off the modules from the title bar does not disable them.
I have had significant performance gains by actually removing the modules altogether from the Lightroom program folder.
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My original posts come from this thread : http://gsfn.us/t/2qqr8
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I simply uninstalled LR4.3, defragged, reinstalled, updated, moved the modules i dont use, rebooted.
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Ate dinner, played the Xbox, ignored the phone... had family time for a while.
right now,
it opens bullet fast into library.
it's 10 seconds to move from library to develop. film strip scrolls bullet fast- but at super low Rez and takes 3 seconds to load the "highrez thumbs" - once I stop moving the strip (12 thumbs wide)
When an image is clicked they open to "fit" within 3 seconds. Choose 1:1 and its 5 seconds.
switch to library again and it's 1-2 seconds and a redraw of the image - filmstrip unchanged.
choose an image at 1:1 and its a 3 second wait
"Fit" is immediate. awesome
these times flex a second either way depending on image content.
scroll film strip and it behaves the same as above - but not jerky like it used to be (up till today's efforts).
LR4 is way faster than LR3 like this.
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--- I then read another person's post relating to my earlier posts and decided to do a test :
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put modules back.
20 seconds to start.
I don't change the image shown.
change to develop 30 seconds
5 seconds to "refresh" same image same setting of "fit"
change to 1:1 6 seconds
lower to fit 2 seconds
back to 1:1 2 seconds
film strip jerky on develop
thumbnail refresh same speed
change to library - 3 seconds
I'm still in 1:1
film strip "less jerky" - only a slight lag
3 seconds to load a new image as 1:1
1 second to change to "fit"
1 second back to 1:1
with the one main image chosen in library, mouse wheel scroll is pretty darned quick, low Rez "fit" with 1 second refresh when you finish moving
10 seconds to go back to develop in "fit"
5-6 seconds for subsequent photo choices in fit
1:1 is ten seconds
scrolling the 1:1 is so jerky you have to use the mouse "hand"
exit
move - book, layout, print, slideshow, web
delete win prefetch references for a clean start, reboot.
wait for windows to realize its a computer and settle down.
start Lightroom, same lcat.
it remembers I was in develop and reopened in 5 seconds with a "fit" image
cool actually - program loads and displays image all in 5 seconds, in develop.
change to 1:1 2 seconds
can actually scroll 1:1 with mouse only small lag
film strip back to new normal (fast and smooth)
change to library immediate
back to develop 1 second
new image 2 seconds on fit
1 second to 1:1
new image 1:1 2 seconds
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module disable worked for me
my pickle?
I have to test each one at a time to point adobe as to which is the issue...
*sigh*

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Does turning off DHCP remove option to Share Hardisk over WAN?

I'm a recent Apple convert. I have a new Macbook and have downloaded all recent updates.
I just integrated the Airport Extreme Base Station into my current home network. I have DHCP turned OFF in the AP because I am running a netgear router in my basement that is already connected to my Cable Modem. It needs to stay in the loop because I am using it to feed my XBox360, due to the issues related the Base station/360 interaction.
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Does turning off email delivery also turn off text delivery?

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I'm trying to get my application to run faster. I saw on this website that turning off the debugger makes the application run faster but it's unclear if that applies to the development platform or a compiled executable.

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