LG VX-8100
8100 "0" bars V120 4 bars
Guess I need to return the 8100
I am so pissed right now. The build quality of the 8100 downright puts the 815 to shame. But what good is a solid phone if you can't make and receive calls.
And to the VZW customer service person I was speaking to when I dropped the call, you're full of S**T if you have never heard of a person having reception problems with the phone.
There I feel better.
If you want all bars all the time get yourself a satellite phone or an old analog phone and really pump those rads into your head 🙂
I will admit- the 8100 pulls up the VCAST stuff a heck of a lot quicker then the 815.
Right this moment I am in an office in Uptown Charlotte NC with 1 bar and my secretary has 5 bars on her Samsung 870.
I guess I need to risk brain cancer because missed calls will kill me too.
Thanks for the overwhelming support anyways.
I even dropped a call last night talking to customer service.
Is it possible the phone is bad?
Boulderboy said:
Why am I missing calls which go directly to VM on the 8100?
I even dropped a call last night talking to customer service.
Is it possible the phone is bad?
Yes, the phone could be bad... I had the LG 7000 and it worked perfectly fine for the first few months and then I had the 0 bars issue and dropped calls. I even had a weak signal outside of a Verizon corporate store!
I got fed up and switched to T-Mobile and my problems are gone. I now get a good signal inside the stairwell of a high-rise office building.
It could be an issue with these newer LG phones. The features are nice, but I need a phone that works.
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Not that you are agreeing with my problem for the most part but that forums in general are very biased.
I drive a Porsche 997 and am a member at www.6speedonline.com and it is the same there as well.
If I have a problem with something regardless of my position I tell it like it is. It only benefits everyone.
To sum it up, the 8100 is very nicely done but reception IS a known issue.
Regards
Also we tried another yesterday which is going back. Has same reception problem AND the earpiece volume goes quiet and loud during a conversation. It fluctuates.
Just a poorly done phone software wise.
According to VZ everything appears fine with phone settings.
So it may be defective, I can certainly tell by swapping it out and going back to office where I know for a fact 3 other VZ models pull 4+ bars with never a dropped call.