How can this be?

For me, reception is a fickle thing - even on my Nokia (which I consider to have the best RF). Personally, I don't care if it shows 1 bar or 5 bars as long as reception is clean enough to communicate. For about the past month, Tmo access in my area has sucked. Nearly overnight, it improved or at least went back to what I would call normal.

My upgrade to .67 did improve my battery life. I now recharge every 3rd night, and could most likely go to 4 full days. In the past, I recharged every 2nd night. Other than that, there were no changes or improvements on my unit.