Scooter

i'm not getting the Digital signal icon to pop up on my LG6K, even tho it looks like the signal strength is at max...what am i missing??

BTW, loving the battery life on this phone...camera sux

mikeymobiles

there is no digital icon on the phone, as long as you have the 1x and the little cross hair icon your good to go man...

mikeymobiles

plus if you had no digitial service you wouldnt be able to use it cause it is an all digital phone.....so obviously your getting digtial service..

kensteele

Isn't that so intuitive of Verizon? What the hell is 1x? Crosshairs?

Scooter

so if there is no digital icon, why is it listed in the user manual and even on the phone itself in the help section???

Scooter

it's the port used for wireless faxes

the crosshairs i believe is for 911-Emergency tracking

kensteele

1x means 1xRTT with is the current setup at Verizon. It basically means 3G. I was just making the comment that most customers wouldn't even know what it means, why is it there to clutter the screen?

The crosshairs are for position location, you are correct. With the right equipment, a vendor can tell where you are using GPS and then act according. Nothing in placed today, this is planned for the future. So another misconception....that position location is for 911. Truth is 911-emergency tracking is ALWAYS ON and you can never turn it off in your handset...when you dial 911 and the local PSAP has the right equipment, they can track your location using GPS and the customer can't turn it off ever....it's the law.

Sprint created the crosshair two years ago...we don't use 1x and you can't use wireless faxes on our network. Just fyi.

kensteele

Because Verizon doesn't seek perfection and LG probably wrote the generic manual.

I think the Verizon network is confusing, sometimes it works one way, sometimes another. Your phone is digital only so if you ever see signal bars, it's gotta be a digital signal for sure. The D is turned on whenever it is triggered by the phones roaming list that looks something like this example:

Denver: 1.Verizon(+) D=Yes
Denver: 2.Sprint(+) D=Yes
Denver: 3.Qwest(+) D=No
Denver: 4.US Cellular(-) D=No
Omaha....

For example, that way Verizon can say "when you see the D, roaming rates do not apply...." Phone looks for VZW service first, if it can't find it, look for Sprint, no Sprint then lock onto Qwest and turn off the D. Means Verizon and Sprint have roaming agreement; none with Qwest. Just an example, note that US Cellular is negative which would essentially prevent your phone from ever locking onto them ever (except 911). All CDMA phones work this way.

I just think the LG is poorly done and might be buggy.