Q. I recently bought virgin's flagship phone, the samsung galaxy victory 4g lte smartphone. For the past four days I have been receiving texts that were sent hours even DAYS earlier. I'm assuming this is why virgin is so cheap.. Anybody know how I can fix this?
A. VM has been updating their site the last couple of days
I had trouble sending pics last 2 days but seems to finally be fixed.
Why is virgin mobiles signal strength so much weaker than sprint?
Q. I had sprint for two years. I had the photon 4g. I decided to switch to virgin because it's running off sprint towers and is much cheaper. With the photon i had decent service and got a strong 4g signal at my job and home, I always had many bars. When I went to virgin I bought their flagship Samsung galaxy victory 4g lte and expected signal strength to be the same since its running off the same service. That's not the case. I don't get a good signal at my home (which is where I had the absolute best signal) and at work. What's up with that? Is virgin limited or something? There is a sprint tower literally down the street from my home and i barely get a bar.
A. There's many factors to consider. I understand you had Sprint with another phone, but regardless Virgin Mobile using Sprint's cell towers, quality differs with different cellphones. Also its not a direct access to the network since its not Sprint itself. There will a slight network strength loss. What makes more of a difference is the cellphone. I saw the same situation between T-Mobile & Simple Mobile, Simple runs thru TMO's network. But once again what makes the difference is the device.
(& platforms- Android 1.5 (Donut),1.6 (Eclair), 2.1, 2.2(Froyo), 2.3.4, 2.3.5. 2.3.6, 2.3.7(Gingerbread), 3.0, 3.1 (Honeycomb), 4.0.1, 4.0.4 (Ice cream Sandwich, 4.1.0. 4.2.1(Jellybean) <--Different versions means different radios. Radios also determine network strength.
Is it possible that x ray machines can make your cellphones malfunction or become damage?
Q. I work in a hospital and most of the time when I have to go to one of the medical office buildings on the other side of the hospital I have to walk through the radiology department. I just got a smart phone recently which is the samsung galaxy victory and I walked through the radiology department yesterday with it in my pocket. The radiology department had cat scans mri machines pet scans and regular x rays machines all in there next to each other. After getting off of work my phone started to act weird and it doesn't want to load web pages or Facebook at all. It also had problems sending texts and recieving calls too and I had to get my phone replaced after only having it for five days. I am wondering if those x ray imaging machines is what damaged my phone. Is it possible that those x ray machines damaged my cell phone ?
A. X-ray radiation (as well as pretty much all ionizing radiation) can indeed cause problems with cell phones, to the extent of memory loss and possible circuit damage.
The thing is that the phone has to be exposed to the ionizing flux at a fairly high level to cause damage. If the phone is left in relatively low shielded areas, then said damage could be attributed to ionizing radiation exposure.
That said, I doubt that damage would occur from casually walking by the radiology department.
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Title : Anyone having problems with receiving texts on their virgin mobile phone?
Description : Q. I recently bought virgin's flagship phone, the samsung galaxy victory 4g lte smartphone. For the past four days I have been receivin...