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The AT&T support forum suggests that I do a clean restore not from backup for 3.0. I am leery about anything from that side of the fence since they royally screwed the pooch on the whole 3.0 MMS/Tethering thing I doubt they could program the clock on a VCR let alone do anything to my baby lol

IF I need to do this clean restore then is there anyway for me to save my TXT msgs quickly and efficently (not copy and paste to notes like I have seen a few places as well as the AT&T forum.

You could try restoring fresh and if that doesn't work you can go back and restore from the backup. No point in copying and pasting text messages and rebuilding stuff if it's not going to work anyway.

I'm not  that impressed with AT&T and I'm having the same issues you are. I live in an area where AT&T's coverage is horrible. I had this same problem with my original iPhone (2G?). Apple and AT&T were pointing fingers at each other. They had me do restores, replace the SIM card and so on... The problem was cured when version 2.0 was released. When I loaded version 3.0 on my 3G, the exact same reception issues came back - dropped calls and crappy reception. Now I have a 3Gs and it has the same issues. I'm hoping version 3.1 clears up this reception issue...

Is your coverage only crappy indoors? I have that problem. GSM is terrible at penetrating certain substances. If you live in a building with stucco, reinforced concrete or metal, you won't get very good reception. I have problems at home and other buildings. I step outside my building and get full bars and 3G. Inside I get maybe one or two bars and no data. I've missed several calls and can't get visual voicemail messages until I go outside, connect to the data network (messages won't download over WiFi) and then return calls outside. Friends in our building put their iPhones next to the window and use BT headsets. Most everywhere else I go around the Bay Area I get good coverage. I hope GSM gets dropped when they roll out LTE.

But alas, help is on the way.

Yeah. Almost all buildings here are built in cement or reinforced concrete. Still I get full bars almost anywhere except in my parents office or when we are out at sea near 12 miles from the coast. That is where I lose all contact with the rest. Having been out there this past week, mostly fishing, I had 15 new texts, 20 new emails and near 30  missed calls.

You mean 12 miles from the nearest cell tower and you got no reception? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

ATT should put more floating cell towers on the oceans!

a boat now ... so what's this about your family not being wealthy?

I know that. Was actually gonna comment about his zarcasm. But 12 miles is a rather short distance. Though they do become longer when you actually have to swim them.