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bluetooth and the iphone. ANYONE getting this?

Christofc7

Oct 27, 2007, 9:38 PM
i work for sprint, and as such am required to wear one of the bluetooth headsets offered by sprint. in this case the moto h700. i have also used and older jabra headset, my pioneer d3(for the car) and of course the very nice apple headset. i have noticed, with both phones i have used, that when ANY other headset besides the apple one is used(it still happens with the apple one-its just REALLY rare, with the others its at least once a day), my signal will briefly and randomly drop all the way down to one bar and takes away my edge. and we all know that when it drops to 2 or less bars the phone is useless as a phone. i know the apple one is supposed to be the headset one is supposed to use. but this just isnt realistic. so please let me know i...
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Pictor

Oct 27, 2007, 11:29 PM
I don't use a BT headset but I use the feature in the car. I have noticed some occasional interference when on a BT call while in the car if I have WiFi turned on. Turning it off solves the issue right away. You may want to give that a try and see if it helps.

For what it's worth, this issue I have experienced improved quite a bit since the first firmware update from 1.0.1.
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chrizis

Oct 29, 2007, 11:33 AM
I also have the H700 and I almost always have interference. It seems to get worse the further the phone gets. For best signal I need to hold the phone in the same side as the side of my head the headset is on. If I do try and put it in my pocket I HAVE to keep it in the same side as well.

I have never tried turning off the WiFi. I will give that a shot.

As for losing signal...
That happens occasionally for me, but I believe it has nothing to do with my headset. Probably The local cell tower. There is way to measure the signal strength of the tower you are using.

To access the iPhone Field Test Mode (aka Debug) type this into the dial
pad: *3001#12345#* then hit [Call]

Select Cell information..

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