goldringers Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Were all suffering from poor mobile phone signals at home, we all have sim only contracts and at the mo I'm on IDMobile (I think it uses 3 network) wife and kids on Tesco (o2) eldest on Virgin sim only. I've ran checks and it seems were on the fringe for the nearest towers. Downstairs is the worse and I struggle to get text and calls till I shift upstairs or they all come in 1 foul sweep. I've resorted to whatsapp for messaging but calls are a mare cutting off and losing signal mid conversation. So, is there anything to improve all the signals ? I know each provider have boosters as such you can buy but we regular shift from provider to provider when better deals come out. Do stuff like this work ?;- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-LCD-3G-UMTS-WCDMA-2100Mhz-Mobile-Phone-Signal-Booster-Repeater-Amplifie-/171896816155?hash=item2805d9421b:g:cZMAAOSwl8NVZ8Ty or are they just a chinese swizz ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashuk Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 A m8 of mine uses something similar. It worked ok for a while then the power supply went pop , he now has trouble finding correct one to run it as it is some weird volt/amp config. A lot of phone company's now have a wifi app so you can make calls via wifi , might be worth a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldringers Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 thanks, but the thing is , we never know who's on what provider at any 1 time it's all down to the deals and whats on offer. I prefer minutes , my eldest prefers data 4g so for most of the time we might be on 2 if not 3 different providers. I just need something to improve the signal for the whole household. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz2905 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 They work but you won't get one that works for all because different providers work on different frequencies.You would need two or three of them, i don't know if running that many would interfere with the signals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldringers Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 OK, no worries, thats what I was trying to suss out if there was a powered aerial of some sort that covers all. I'll look to see if I can move them over to ID Mobile sim only as there's some cracking deals on there at the moment then pick up a 3 network router/booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdos Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Get all the family on giffgaff which I think runs on O2 and get a booster for that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldringers Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 A fiver on giffgaff gets me ;- 100 + extra UK minutes 300 UK texts 100 MB UK Data A fiver on ID Mobile gets me;- 250 minutes 5000 UK texts 1GB of data Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigout Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I'm on three, I use their wifi app which works a treat. Can you not get this for each of your providers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldringers Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 I tried that and it gave me an error message saying I dont subscribe with three. I'm on ID Mobile who use three so must be that....shame that would have been spot on for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldringers Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 I found this which explains a few things with not just ID Mobile but Virgin and Tesco Mobile http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2079497I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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