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No signal at different spots in house

arcon5
arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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At quite a lot of spots actually. Real pain in the bum.

I'm on orange using an iPhone 4S.

Yet my partners signal is near perfect in the same house all over - she's on orange also but has a blackberry.

Please can somebody more knowledgeable than myself explai how this can be ? And more importantly is there a way of fixing it?

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  • pepdavies
    pepdavies Posts: 444 Forumite
    Her phone must have a better aerial. You can either buy a better phone, try another network or ask Orange for a signal booster if they do them
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    Is the 'near perfect' signal 3g?
    Is it possible that the BB has 2g allowed while your 4s doesn't?
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    Erm...

    My phone has 3G.
    Her phone is really slow so I don't think she has it...
  • Rusty!
    Rusty! Posts: 2,076 Forumite
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    A 2G signal is stronger than 3G.

    If it is an older BlackBerry then it is probably 2G only. Try forcing 2G on your iPhone.
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    How do I do that? Can 2g and 3G run simultaneously?
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 20 April 2014 at 4:08PM
    If both are enabled a phone sticks to 3g even if the signal is weak, yet still available. AFAIK in iPhone you have to switch 3g off to force it to 2g only.
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