just alil update to this post to inform some ppl. today i went to the mall and went by the tmo booth, i seen on here where ppl were saying bout u can get a backup sim card free. so i stopped by and asked if they coudl do that cuz i said my card is old - its over 2 yrs old and i use to own a razr and it came out of that. so the lady made me a new card and said look at ur card and look at a new one she said since its so old u might pick up alil better reception. well i noticed i had edge network where i usually didnt before so it helped alil, like the one person said bout reregistering in advance options... that might of worked too, i dunno. cuz when she switched my sim card it reregistered everything, had alil trouble getting my internet icon to show up but the lady called and got it back on... but just wanted to say if anyone is using an old/older sim card id get a new one - its free... it helped alil bit.