I am in one place wich signal strength isn't good enough and for any reason when I put the back cover on my phone signal decrease one line. I believe is something about antenna or maybe cover is to tight, I don't know exactly. Something like this has happened to someone????
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I was searching around on ebay for some back covers for my mum's s3 and saw these back covers and they are made of aluminum! These remind me of the backplate on my Captivate, which is strong and sturdy. Thinking of picking one or two up for my mum as a gift . What do you think?
Some people say that will affect, decrease or at least damage your phone because of the signal that'll get interrupted into this case.
Signal drop is a fact, but damage the phone is a dream i think, so i have brought two of them, but at 15usd
It's a known fact that you will suffer a drop in signal, which pretty much is a no brainer. However, at the same time it's not as bad as people claim because only half of the phone is covered. It still creates a Faraday cage like effect and it will effect your signal strength...ie...having full bars does not mean it's at 100% signal strength. It is possible if you're in a good area that you can put these aluminum covers on and still have full bars, however, you will suffer dBm's...
This makes all the difference for those times where you need every bit of signal you can get to connect....
So I guess it all depends on your location. If you're in the city with cell phone antennas located everywhere, you'll be fine. If you're in the boon docks in the middle of butt crack hicksville....you may want to think twice about it..... common sense really...
SkzBR said:
Some people say that will affect, decrease or at least damage your phone because of the signal that'll get interrupted into this case.
Signal drop is a fact, but damage the phone is a dream i think, so i have brought two of them, but at 15usd
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I was thinking about how the Dinc2's back cover is the antenna, and how BAD this phone's reception is. Has anyone ever tried to add copper tape or mod the rear cover in any way to increase reception?
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I was thinking about how the Dinc2's back cover is the antenna, and how BAD this phone's reception is. Has anyone ever tried to add copper tape or mod the rear cover in any way to increase reception?
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Not being an Electrical Engineer with concentrations in antenna design and RF, I can´t say for sure, but you may harm or hurt the phone. I´d first look at cleaning the contacts of the existing rear cover to try to increase the efficiency of the antenna as designed, and watching how I hold the phone. This could also mean the phone has less work to do searching for signal, which can boost battery life. Also, maybe use some conductive paint. I´d imagine the copper tape would be a bit thick in the case personally, and as for the design of the new antenna, I´m clueless.
but seriously, give it a shot and let me know how it works! If all else fails, you can use the external antenna port to really boost the sucker, especially if you´re driving, or using it at home.
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I was thinking about how the Dinc2's back cover is the antenna, and how BAD this phone's reception is. Has anyone ever tried to add copper tape or mod the rear cover in any way to increase reception?
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there's a thread about it in the general section. since I'm nice here's the linkclick here
My Dinc2, like everyone else's, has terrible reception. (relatively speaking). About a week ago, it went from tolerable to dropping calls like crazy. The db use to be in the 90's, but it has since pegged at 105 and stays there no matter what - indoors or outdoors, unless I'm downtown where a tower is almost in sight. WHY did this degradation happen? I flashed from the 320 radio to the 312, no change at all. I am running the Magnolia ROM, after having tried the others. The reception was doing fine up until a week ago....
Yesterday, I put my flashlight in my pocket, which has a magnetic base. When I used it later, I noticed something stuck to the magnet... it was a "U" shaped piece of metal. It was very defined, then it occurred to me it wasnt a U, it was a C. The "C" from the "HTC" on the back cover. The H and the T were already gone. So I wonder... if these being metal had anything to do with the antenna being in the back cover? Could these tiny pieces of metal be contributing to the reception? Or their loss being a determent?
If you have the metal HTC letters on your back cover, could you check your db rating then pop them out, and check it again? Strange request I know... but all in the name of science!
I would give anything for the Dinc2 to have Motorola like reception.... it's almost perfect, except for that.
I know it is a long shot, it was just a thought. The metal loading of the cover may or may not have anything to do with the reception... from what I've read the aftermarket covers do not receive as well as OEM's, so who knows.
if i took off back cover and dial *#4636#*#* i found the "db" became 105 and i put it back it goes normal,that means the antenna was integrated in back cover,so you can try do to it to find if the problem cause by back cover and order a new cover over the Amazon.
I have had this phone since May of 2011 and I never noticed that the HTC on the back cover had the metal inlays!!!!! Wow!!!! Anyway, I don't want to pop mine out but I did the same by removing the back cover and the db's also jumped to 105 for me when I did that.
Pop off your back cover and grab some tweezers or a small flat head screw driver. You'll see 4 gold prongs on the back of your phone. 2 near the camera and 2 in the bottom left corner. Gently bend those up a little bit, being careful not to break them off. Now grab a pencil with a good eraser. Look at the inside of your back cover and you will see yellow/goldish lines that line up with the prongs you just bent. Rub these lines with the eraser. Personally I would do this with my phone turned off, but that probably doesn't really matter. I suspect your reception will return to normal.
The metal letters have nothing to do with the antennas. They're located near the middle of the thinnest section of the back cover. The plastic would be thicker there if any metal or wires were running close enough for them to do anything.
Sent from my ICS Dinc2
I wasn't even having trouble with mine and did this and worked great. Thanks for the tip!!!
I bent the tabs, I tried the foil trick, I tried up and down grading the radio, and with the cover on at my house, I'm looking at 105db. I borrowed a Verizon Samsung network extender which plugs in the wall and internet router, and when I'm within 10 feet of it, my phone registers about 70db. However, it makes my GPS location about 75 miles away!
So I'm a loss... I'm grasping at straws here trying to not give up on the Dinc2.
My guess would be that a new back cover is in order then. Do you know anyone that has a Dinc2 that you could try swapping covers with?
If that doesn't work then maybe the magnet damaged your phone. Magnets can do some weird things to electronics.
Sent from my ICS Dinc2
so I have a quick question about metal/aluminum covers for the backplate of the s3. do they affect wifi greatly to the point of un-usability?
i really want one but have not done so yet based on rumors that it kills wifi, signal, 3g, etc
Here's a little experiment you can try: cover the entire back of your phone with aluminum foil.
Preferably do this on a weekend at home so you don't look like a fool in public lol
But then just see how it responds for the day, because on some phones it MAY kill the wifi and on others it may not, just like for some S3 s there was a "death grip" report going around where if you held it too hard, the signal would drop several bars.
So i bought a metal bumper case(the ones which only cover the side of your phone) from the company called luphia(?)
Very nice case but i found out it keeps decreasing my signal range for my wifi which really sucks because my wifi is on the other end of my house and my room is on the opposite end. The moment i put the case on, the signal gets unstable where it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting from the wifi, which is really annoying.
Anyways, is there any way to at least decrease the signal interference without abandoning the case? I thought about drilling it but its aluminum and I don't have the necessary tools for it.
If i should drill it, where should I? Im pretty sure the wifi module is located somewhere on the top of the phone but idk if the antenna itself is on the sides or wut.
ZeeSmilez said:
So i bought a metal bumper case(the ones which only cover the side of your phone) from the company called luphia(?)
Very nice case but i found out it keeps decreasing my signal range for my wifi which really sucks because my wifi is on the other end of my house and my room is on the opposite end. The moment i put the case on, the signal gets unstable where it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting from the wifi, which is really annoying.
Anyways, is there any way to at least decrease the signal interference without abandoning the case? I thought about drilling it but its aluminum and I don't have the necessary tools for it.
If i should drill it, where should I? Im pretty sure the wifi module is located somewhere on the top of the phone but idk if the antenna itself is on the sides or wut.
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That's one of the reasons I had to ditch mine: reduces signal by 4-5db. I doubt drilling would help, but I were to do it, it would be on 4 edges. You can remove screws and try with bottom and upper parts off to see which one reduces signal more (while watching signal in 'about phone' or 'test' menu.