Iphone signal booster

saving-mad

Is there such a thing that boosts my signal or uses wi-fi to retrieve messages on an I phone 3gs in the same way my sons blackberry does?
I have swapped to o2 and now have a poor signal, if I remove it from the window ...to use it... I loose the phone signal.
I love the phone having upgraded from a brick i have had for 4 years but am disappointed i cannot retrieve messages while using the wi-fi etc.

grumbler

Home Signal Boosters?

Was it 3/3gs that had problems with antenna and required some special case to improve it?

smartphone

No, it was the iPhone 4 that suffered from the death grip. I have the same problem with an iPhone on O2 - don't know if you can get the iOS 5 software on the 3GS but if so, text messaging often uses iMessage which works on Wi-Fi. Another alternative is the What's App application, which works on Wi-Fi.

saving-mad

Thanks, I have a couple of contacts with iphones so have made use of imessages, I have now downloaded whats app, sadly only 4 of my contacts already use this, the majority of my texts are from people without smart phones, if whats app worked for every message it would be spot on but hay ho nothing is perfect.

Guys_Dad

So as an advanced technological gadget, the Iphone is great, but as a mobile phone, it doesn't work very well?

Is that right?

NFH

smartphone wrote: »

don't know if you can get the iOS 5 software on the 3GS but if so, text messaging often uses iMessage which works on Wi-Fi.

Yes, the iPhone 3GS does support iOS 5. It's the iPhone 3G and earlier that can't be upgraded to iOS 5.

ahxcjb

saving-mad wrote: »

Is there such a thing that boosts my signal or uses wi-fi to retrieve messages on an I phone 3gs in the same way my sons blackberry does?
I have swapped to o2 and now have a poor signal, if I remove it from the window ...to use it... I loose the phone signal.
I love the phone having upgraded from a brick i have had for 4 years but am disappointed i cannot retrieve messages while using the wi-fi etc.

O2 for years told the world that femtocell technology was not proven and they wouldn't be adopting it. Vodafone successfully rolled it out a few years back. O2 have now decided to get on the bandwagon with their 'BoostBox'.

Phone O2 and ask whether you can join their Boostbox beta test. If not, then request a cancellation on grounds that you can not receive signal in your home. Then switch to Vodafone where a Suresignal (femtocell) will guarantee you 100% 3G signal using your WiFi.

grumbler

ahxcjb wrote: »

...If not, then request a cancellation on grounds that you can not receive signal in your home. ...

This is not a valid reason for cancellation, but worth trying anyway.

grumbler

kitsonian wrote: »

Some rely on using additional hardware to extend the range and quality of the phone network signal and other like the Orange one actually seem to hop on the back of the broadband line to actually use that to improve reception. Have a look and see if it helps at all.

I think all of them rely on the broadband line. The only difference is what kind of signal the phone uses to connect to the box.

Buzby

No they don't. One from 3 uses UMTS, but allows you to place it where you get better signal (in an upper room or loft) and boosts the service for 4 devices within the home. No BB required.

grumbler

Buzby wrote: »

No they don't. One from 3 uses UMTS, but allows you to place it where you get better signal (in an upper room or loft) and boosts the service for 4 devices within the home. No BB required.

It's not what the above write-up says:

How does Home Signal work?
It is a femtocell product very much like the Vodafone SureSignal box and works through the connection to a broadband router which runs on a broadband line that needs to be at least 1Mb in speed.