nardoblue

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Hi all is there any way to boost the phone signal on my 3GS. Just got it and it's quite poor/ drops out of signal around my home?. My old Nokia was great.
Cheers nardoblue

AndyC_772

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Mine's the same... change network or buy a better phone are the only suggestions I can offer, I'm afraid. Actual communication was never really the iPhone's strong point.

zip106

Mine works fine on O2.

(well, not at home - no mobile does)

Turbohot

Mine also operates alright on O2. No signal probs here apart from getting poor signal in my back kitchen.

lordharding

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Mine 3GS ok for the last 2years

Maybe it's the severe wind today

JackClark

Just sold my 3GS to a mate in the middle of bum **** nowhere, works great.

Gear Head

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A work colleague popped round last night for beer and had been in Belgium all day. He would have called or txt to say he was going to be late but his iPhone didn't want to work abroad......again. That's his third sim card from o2.
'Great a toy,' he said, 'But crap as a phone!'.



Then he really worried me and said, 'Think I might get a Blackberry next time around.'

jimmyinrugby

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With ALL i phones they will try and log on to 3g,if like me this is a poor signal you have to change it,settings,general then just flick it off,it then will be sat on 2 which will be perfect

jonc

Blackberrys are excellent as phones, a top notch device for communication. Also Vodafone have done something to their network recently as the 3G signal is excellent now everywhere. They've enhanced their network, suspect to HSPA+, in the run up to 4G.

jonc

I'm not sure if O2 do a similar device but Vodafone have a Sure Signal device that you plug in to your broadband router to improve reception. You have to assign your mobile number to it which prevent other people from hopping on to it.

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobi...ne-sure-signal

dpb

is it as poor a signal as the 4 , difficult to tell i suppose

f1_fan

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The 3GS has always had signal issues, only the faithful deny it.

Get rid of it and get a phone

gpssti4

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Thought that was the 4?

JackClark

No iPhone has signal problems, don't believe the hype.

Gear Head

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Oh stop with the Bull**** Jack. It isn't funny anymore.

MMT WRX

Ive just upgraded from an HTC Desire on T Mobile to an iPhone 4s on O2 and the reception is much much better generally. Although the T Mobile postcode checker claimed my house was in a very good reception area it constantly dropped calls and had no signal. My Mrs is on Vodaphone and that's terrible both at home and where she works. Her contract expires this month and will be changed to O2 as well.

Coffin Dodger

iPhone with reception problems - nah, can't be

All owners of the iPhone were invited to Steve Jobs funeral, there'd be no reception afterwards though

Turbohot

I am not one of them "faithful" ones for a piece of gyzmotaaz with the downside of becoming outdated by another toy in next 6 months. Signalwise, iPhone 3GS has been better than all my past phones. I even had a Nokia 7710 flip-phone at one point, which was used by James Bond in one of his cheesy films. Even that didn't operate as well as 3GS. I don't know about iPhone 4/iPhone 4S much, because I haven't yet been a proud owner of any of them yet. These new models are also infamous for one thing or the other. I just like Apple, I do.

f1_fan

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The 3GS has well doucmented reception issues. The 4 is better, its party trick is the antenna bridging issue.

Not having a go and couldn't care less, but anyone who tells you the iPhone 3GS in general does not have reception issues is talking out of their ****!!

gpssti4

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My 3GS doesn't have reception issues, mumble mumble mumble. Or should I drop my trousers so you can hear me better?

nardoblue

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Well I did read some where that plugging the phone inti it's sync/charging cable would make it better. Tried it and got two signal bars up where before there was none. So I'm gona keep it. Thanks for all the reply by the way

Spoon

Marketed as an Immobile.

nardoblue

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Mmmmmmmm yep I must agree

f1_fan

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You don't have any issues with the level of reception it has... that isn't the same thing as it not having any recpetion issues

Dedrater

Get an Android and live the dream.

Dunk

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I've just got a trial boost box from O2 to set up a the weekend......it can't make my reception any worse.

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