Guest castlebrae Posted February 6, 2003 Report Posted February 6, 2003 The signal on my SPV is crap (technical term). I found this and have ordered one, I'll ley y'all know how it works. http://www.1stphoneshop.co.uk/signalbooster.shtml At the moment I get no bars, but Orange service. My calls last about 30 secs and then cut off. People can't ring me because 'Orange' say the phone is turned off. I have no connection with this company, but they seem to be the cheapest around. I have seen these things for sale (on the 'net) for £10 - 20. Has anyone used one of these things? Do they work? It's worth a try in my opinion.
Guest Aonz Posted February 6, 2003 Report Posted February 6, 2003 For £2.95 inc. p&p, I might get one myself. Anyone know if these things work? Thanks
Guest HelloDave Posted February 6, 2003 Report Posted February 6, 2003 It looks like a larger version of your internal antenna, so I assume it is able to gather a stronger signal than it, and so a more concentrated signal will be around the booster antenna. This concentrated signal will be picked up by the internal antenna, resulting in a signal boost. I think :?! At least you're not on one2no-one :wink: There are two people in my house on it, one with a 6310, who can usually get a signal but he might have to move around a bit, and one guy with a T68i who can only get a signal in the porch!
Guest vampyre69 Posted February 7, 2003 Report Posted February 7, 2003 And more radation too... ...more radio waves frying what little cells us mobo users have left.
Guest benny Posted February 7, 2003 Report Posted February 7, 2003 How It Works: Like a satellite dish, The Signal Booster captures stray static electricity around your phone and focuses it back to the signal, dramatically improving reception. Installs in seconds underneath your battery. Not entirely sure about that one! There is a jack on the back of the SPV which I've been told is used to accept an external antenna - I'm sure that its possible to build your own "high gain" antenna using this socket, which would have the effect of increasing performance. Admittedly you might look a bit stupid waving a yagi or dish around, but an antenna with a decent gain (say between 12 and 18 dBi) would dramatically increase your signal strength. B
Guest benny Posted February 7, 2003 Report Posted February 7, 2003 Sorry to double-post, but here's the response from a mate of mine who works on the wireless research program: Oh my god! i didn't think these were still available! blimey!... erm.. yes, crock 'o sh*te i think is the technical explanation. I guess that sums this up then! B
Guest Firaas Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 At the moment I get no bars, but Orange service. My calls last about 30 secs and then cut off. People can't ring me because 'Orange' say the phone is turned off. Look at the good side of it - you get 30 seconds of free calltime if you call them back straight away!
Guest intelpower Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 There are a lot of companies they try to sell this kind of antenna boosters for handies. Siemens Germany was testing all this products with the result that they are making the reception of signals even weaker. As weaker as the signal is as more the mobilephone is rising his electromagnetic emissions. As stronger this emissions are, higher is the risk of cancer. Bye Rico :roll:
Guest castlebrae Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 When I fitted the doofer aerial thingy my signal went from 'no bars' to 'one bar'. I took it out and the signal went back to 'no bars'. I put it back in again and the signal went back up to one bar. However i have noticed that my ear now glows in the dark :)
Guest Wlodek Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 Do they really say: " Like a satellite dish, The Signal Booster captures stray static electricity around your phone and focuses it back to the signal, dramatically improving reception." ???? Bollocks! Utter bollocks even. Or worse. Is there any active electronics in it? I suspect not at this price. Something that would have an aerial and an amplifier and connect to the aerial input of the SPV- yes, that might work. Satellite dish works just like your torch reflector or rather like a mirror telescope, only on different wavelength of electromagnetic waves (not visible, shorter). So no static electricity, just waves. Static wouldn't carry any information anyway, how could it if it is static !? Focuses it back .. ? Would they care to elaborate on this ... sounds very interesting. So did anyone's reception improve after that? Come'on, whoever makes this. Sue me .... but prove it works first. W.
Guest chocobogo Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 I have got one on my phone, just place it under the battery! It isnt doing any harm but I still cant get a signal in someplaces! but i only paid a few quid so u might aswell use one!
Guest castlebrae Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 Here is some more info. http://home.pacbell.net/mtom168/antenna/
Guest Wlodek Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 Here is some more info. http://home.pacbell.net/mtom168/antenna/ This is getting curiouser and curiouser ... So this guy somewhere on the Web wrote it. What does this prove? "An Electrical Engineer", eh? Any names? So what exactly is "frequency strength"? Sounds frighteningly like this thing about focusing the stray static. Means exactly as much as 'strength of length' (as in wavelength). Description of the experiment is extrremely imprecise and uses jargon to mask it. Elsewhere on the Web people sell cures for cancer, write about all sorts. What does it prove? I can post an article on my personal web page claiming that my SPV receives very clear signals from Martians, and that they actually speak Polish and tell me bed-time stories. I can even provide description of a full experimental procedure I used to check they are really Martians. Does this make it true? Best of luck anyway, W.
Guest casper508 Posted February 10, 2003 Report Posted February 10, 2003 I bought some of these more than two years back. I showed it to my mates who then asked me to order some for em. I ordered SIX from the US and it cost somthing like 6 quid each including PnP. Two months after they arrived I was giving refunds to my mates. :evil: This thing doesn't work full stop! The sites/sellers make huge claims but I haven't seen even a small increase in signal strength. Prices have gone down as well. Few days back a guy was selling one for 50 pence on ebay! Don't waste your time and money I suggest. In the end just one word, USELESS :!: Cheers Cas
Guest casper508 Posted February 10, 2003 Report Posted February 10, 2003 10 Signal boosters for a QUID !! :!: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...&category=10364 You be the judge ! Cas
Guest spiderboy Posted February 10, 2003 Report Posted February 10, 2003 I had the same issue, was working in a site with no recepeption, bought one of those, still no reception...... Its just a gimmick based on no technical validity.....
Guest spv_user Posted February 10, 2003 Report Posted February 10, 2003 They do not work ! How can they if you realy think about it ? If This was a valid product that worked wouldnt ;-) orange,o2,vodaphone & joke all sell them ? Let me know you views john
Guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Posted February 11, 2003 I have made my own booster for free. I bent a metal coathanger and rammed it into the little plug hole on the back of the SPV !. It is fully customisable, you can bend the wire into pretty shapes, like circles, squares, stars, whatever you want. It is also very good for posing in the high street, you should see how many people stare at me when I am using my phone. I bet they are saying to themselves "WOW look at that guys signal booster, I wish I had one of those". Basically the signal from Orange is poor in some areas so a bit of wire sold as a booster is not likely to compensate for that. You would be better spending your money on a phone call to Orange to complain about the reception! Steve B :)
Guest castlebrae Posted February 11, 2003 Report Posted February 11, 2003 Clearly the boost I thought I saw was a fluke. Using it out and about the signal strneght is the same it always was. It was a con, and I fell for it! Ah well at least we know about it.
Guest Myke Posted February 12, 2003 Report Posted February 12, 2003 those things are pure crap, someone made alluminum foil look pretty and sold it for $20, theyre really worth only about 10 cents each. Most US auctions on ebay give these things away when you order ANY cell phone accessory. Theyre a gimick. They sell them because theres no real play to know its actually working.
Guest ashley Posted February 13, 2003 Report Posted February 13, 2003 When I fitted the doofer aerial thingy my signal went from 'no bars' to 'one bar'. I took it out and the signal went back to 'no bars'. I put it back in again and the signal went back up to one bar. However i have noticed that my ear now glows in the dark :) Have you tried this experiment with a one inch square of tin foil behind the battery. Probably the same results! ;)
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