IOS 4.2 and 3G signal strength

I have been having a really hard time with my 3G maintaining solid reception at home. Granted, I live in a mountainous area, but it's one of those circumstances where other phones on the same AT&T network are getting much stronger signals and I'm barely getting anything, or nothing at all. I know my phone is working though because in most other places it's fine.
I've seen and heard a bit of mumbling about this issue from a few 3G users. My question is, does anyone know if the new iOS 4.2 will address this particular problem, or will it mainly address speed and wifi connectivity? Thanks for any insight.

Let me see if I can provide you with some "useful information"...
Currently I am on iOS 4.1.
I have never used/owned an iPhone before and it is new to me, but used. Given to me by a dear friend who went to the 4. Don't know if you need to know that, but essentially, it is not under warranty.
I have done all the troubleshooting steps you listed, I have also gone to the Genius Bar, and I replaced the SIM today. The thing is, the phone worked fine at the Genius Bar, and I'm not sure I did all the troubleshooting correctly.
I have never hacked or jailbroken the phone. I doubt that the previous owner had either, she is an older lady, takes really good care of her stuff, would most likely never go through the effort of hacking or jailbreak.
Right now I have 2 bars and wifi. When I just tried to make a call, it connected then failed. I'm sitting in the exact same spot as I was when I posted earlier. I am baffled and bummed because I was given an iPhone that I let myself get pretty psyched about.
There's my story...

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There is a Verizon tower about 6 miles southwest of my home; they actually had me drive out and sit under it last winter to fix a Droid Pro problem once.
I absolutely do not understand how 3G and 4G relate to call signal strength, as it's been eluded to in other discussions. I'm getting the impression that it affects the signal strength for phone calls, but then how can I (on my old phone) toggle it off and still have signal for calls? When I drive into the heart of 4G LTE country I can turn off the data and still have 4 or 5 bars. What's the connection between data and phone signal strength?

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Nor outside,
Nor under a tower,
Nor in a car,
Nor while eating green eggs and ham,
Sam I am.
Sorry Dr Seuss.

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2) apple.com takes forever to load. Shame.

What kind of AP do you have? What is the FW Version? Is it the latest? What is your network configuration? If you are looking for help you may want to provide more information.

TS1398 i cannot get the wifi on my ipad to lock on to the signal it just keeps thinking but never shows the check mark and the signal strength is at full?

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Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304
iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
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Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
Another thing to try - Go into your router security settings and change from WEP to WPA with AES.
How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
If none of the above suggestions work, look at this link.
iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE
Fix Slow WiFi Issue https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2398063?start=60&tstart=0
Unable to Connect After iOS Update - saw this solution on another post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4010130
Note - When troubleshooting wifi connection problems, don't hold your iPad by hand. There have been a few reports that holding the iPad by hand, seems to attenuate the wifi signal.
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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
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Dear Admins,
I have had the WRT600N for 2 months in operation, at first everything was running smoothly (5ghz, Excellent signal, 270Mnps consistently).
All of a sudden the router started acting up and my range is low and the speed is a mere 81Mbps. Prior to that I used to download and stream content all the time.....I have tried hard ressetting and changing the wireless settings, but to no avail. The current firmware on my router is 1.01.35 build 3 and I own a WRT600NV11 (aka v1.1). I checked for new updates on this model, however I only found for v1.0?!?!?! What kind of customer support is this?? I am very disappointed and appauled by the lack of updates for this model. I humbly request for a solution for the problem.
Thank you...

Znil: I tried doing what you said, but it did not work...my 5Ghz signal is abysmally low...though I did not update the firmware from the V1, because it is not meant for v1.1. unless I have a written consent form Linksys to do so, I do not want to put the wrong firmware version and in the end nothing works...I do not want to take that risk...
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I have alot drop calls and bad signal strength with my iphone 4, please help

I have alot of problems when I speak to all parties and the keep saying, are you there...are you there almost all the time, please help me

To solve this issue you must first find out if it's a carrier problem or device problem.
So what I suggest is that you try another sim card from another carrier, if you still have issue with the device than you can try a clean restore according to HT1414.
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Yesterday, I have updated my iPhone 4s to iOS 6.1.2 and the signal strength decreased from 5 bars to 2 bars. All of my phones at home with the same GSM provider shows 5 bars (full) and my iPhone 4s swings between 2 and 3 bar. Prior iOS 6.1.2 this was never the case. I would really appreciate if the developers at Apple can fix the problem as soon as possible. The low signal increase the battery consumption too.
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My network includes an iMac, Mac Mini and PC. Today, while the PC was having no difficulty accessing the internet, on starting up the iMac was unable to, showing a very weak and unusable signal strength from the AEBS. I turned off airport on the iMac, waited 30 secs, turned it on, and VIOLA had a strong signal. After months of faultless Belken performance, the AEBS may be unreliable. Any suggestions????

You're missing my point.
If say, your router uses Wi-Fi channel 6, and a neighbor decides one day to buy a router and his also uses channel 6, you will see a reduction in signal level on your iMac due to the interference on the same frequency from your neighbor's router.
This same thing can happen if your neighbor one day buys a 2.4 GHz cordless phone.
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hubsm wrote:
I see this thread has been dead for months, but I have to bring it back to life.
I upgraded from a Storm 2 to a Droid X last Wednesday. Since that time I have had nothing but trouble with making calls. I have the same problem as above when the signal goes from 4 bars of 3G to 2 bars of "Extended Network" the minute I initiate a call and then goes back to 3G after I hand up. Frankly I don't care what the signal strength says as long as my call goes through. The problem is that 80% of the time it does not. I also cannot receive calls most of the time. I took back my first X yesterday and got another one - no change. Everything else works; email, texts, apps, internet, just no calls. What is even more mystifying is that quite often, even when dialing *228, I get an error message from US Cellular. I have a US Cellular number, but I ported that, first to Sprint (as soon as porting was possible) and then to Verizon two years ago. During all that time I never got any kind of message from US Cellular. Also, I could count on one hand the number of times a call did not go through in the last 5 years. Now, it is all the time. What good is a phone that does not make or receive phone calls?
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