I believe they work. I have one in my phone as we speak and although I'm usually in a full service area, there are places I go (like to my camp) that have spottier coverage. My friend of whom has the same phone as I do has a more difficult time picking up a signal in that area while I do not.

I give all the credit to that antenna booster. It's proven to me that it works time and time again...even if ever so slightly.

thanks for the feedback. 🤣

think about it. how is a STICKER going to boost your signal.

I have heard real mixed issues also. Someone told me that it is purely mental. That the magnetic strip in it only contucts heat with your battery, obviously making the phone warmer, giving you the "feeling" that your phone is working "harder" to get that solid signal.

But like all as seen on tv items, I doubt they are any good. Next thing you know you will have a Ronco Cooker Cell Antentea Super Booster and Rib Cooker.

~~ Just Set it And......Forget It ~~ 😁

try it and see. what are they, like $5?

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We've tested it her in tech support, no discernable effect.

Well, you have to just think about it. If the manufacturers of handsets could improve the reception quality of their products by just using an adhesive sticker on the back of their units they'd have done it already. AFAICS it's nothing but snake oil and the only thing that it improves is the person's fatness of their wallet once they've gotten your money that you sent them.

Of course, it's not specifically the carrier, but the technology. Do you have any input regarding antennas?

i wasnt bashing t-mobile or anything, i was just saying if he is constnantly in a one bar area, i dont thing an antenna will help improve the service significantly, because it is obviously a weak area for t-mobile,if it is constant

and on the topic of antennas i do belive that htey help with service, in marginal areas. but in compleely horrible areas, they really dont do all that much, they may give you a bar but i konw that some phones, when you have 1 bar, you cant really make calls, when i had t-mobile i had the samsung SGH-R225 that had an antenna and when i had one bar i couldnt do anything, besides txt. so for gsm i dont think antenna are any good, but on cdma htey can help, on my current phone an e815, there is this one crappy serv...
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No problem....

In the area I drive around in southern California, I come across many marginal areas (1 bar), and many buildings when inside I get no bars.

There is nothing more annoying than when I'm responding to voicemails while driving, to have the call drop. And it may be just a pocket of road only about a half mile long! Then I have to leave the whole message over again!

I've tried and returned many of T-Mobiles phones, and all of them have about the same reception with the exception of the Nokia 6101. It had 1-2 bars more than all the others I tried and wouldn't drop calls where the others would.

The only problem with the phone was the little tiny pinhole opening for the ear speaker. With some peoples ears, if you don't hav...
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yeah they still make them, im jsut not sure if theyre universal or not 👀

does every carrie have the same problem your having?

Every carrier that uses 1900MHz GSM technology....

so just t-mobile? or cingular too cause they operate on 850 and 1900?

ever consider switching to anything else since t-mobile is giving you such a hard time?

It's mainly a frequency thing, so any carrier using 1800 or 1900 MHz will have the problem. It's pretty simple really...twice the frequency means about half the power, which means you need twice as many towers. The carriers using these frequencies do a decent job of provided coverage in open areas, but if you are in a building, there is not much they can do.

I really can't "afford" to switch to another carrier because nobody can touch the minutes that T-Mobile has. I've got 1000 whenever minutes with free nights, weekends, long distance and roaming for $39.99.

Dave