Re: c-139 antenna problem

On 5/13/2011 7:42 PM, Whitey Black wrote:
> one of my tracfones started only getting 1 or 2 bars while the other one is
> always 4. Anyone know what would cause the antenna to crap out or how much to
> fix it? I want to keep it as simple as possible with the phones and these are
> otherwise great.The good one is all grey and the bad one is black. Regards,wb
>

"Bars" are the equivalent of the blinking lights on a "Hollywood" computer.

Can you make phone calls from your phone? Can you receive calls? If
you answered "Yes!" to both questions, don't worry about it.

If you answered "No" to either or both questions, it's time to either
get your phone repaired (if possible) or to replace your phone with a
working phone.

To be fair, "bars" frequently have some relationship to the strength of
a received signal! What that relationship actually is, is usually not
specified!

On 5/14/2011 5:22 AM, Whitey Black wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2011 21:54:48 -0400, Richard B. Gilbert wrote
> (in article<95WdnXzmi6B4fVDQnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@giganews. com>):
>
>> On 5/13/2011 7:42 PM, Whitey Black wrote:
>>> one of my tracfones started only getting 1 or 2 bars while the other one is
>>> always 4. Anyone know what would cause the antenna to crap out or how much
>>> to
>>> fix it? I want to keep it as simple as possible with the phones and these
>>> are
>>> otherwise great.The good one is all grey and the bad one is black.
>>> Regards,wb
>>>
>>
>> "Bars" are the equivalent of the blinking lights on a "Hollywood" computer.
>>
>> Can you make phone calls from your phone? Can you receive calls? If
>> you answered "Yes!" to both questions, don't worry about it.
>>
>> If you answered "No" to either or both questions, it's time to either
>> get your phone repaired (if possible) or to replace your phone with a
>> working phone.
>>
>> To be fair, "bars" frequently have some relationship to the strength of
>> a received signal! What that relationship actually is, is usually not
>> specified!
>>
>
> Sometimes the phone display reads emergency only which is what makes me think
> the antenna is compromised. It was cheap but has been a good phone .I bought
> the double minutes for the life of the phone feature so it might be worth
> fixing.
>

"Emergency Only" suggests to me a broken relationship with your service
provider or something like that.

A talk with your service provider might provide some enlightenment!