hey can you hear me now in this video
I’m going to show you 10 cellphone life
hacks for getting better reception
would you believe there’s actually no
industry standard for what the bars on
your phone mean it’s true for bars on
your phone could translate to only two
bars on another phone so how be tell
what kind of service you’re actually
getting we’ll check this out
if you’re on an iPhone try dialing star
three zero zero 1 pound 1 2 3 4 5 pound
star then press call you can see it puts
your phone in a secret field testing
mode that shows the real strength of
your signal in the upper left corner of
the screen I’ll show you why that’s
important in just a second in the
meantime if you’re an Android user it’s
even easier just go to settings about
phone status look for the signal
strength indicator which you may have
noticed is measured in DBM BB M stands
for decibel milliwatts and to put things
in perspective – 70 DBM is a really
great signal well anything under minus
100 DBM is pretty much a dead zone the
scale is exponential which means a boost
from minus 105 to minus 95 actually
means the signal on my phone just got 10
times better and a shift from minus 105
to minus 75 isn’t just 30 times stronger
it’s over a thousand times stronger
that’s a dramatic difference now try
walking around your house and stopping
in each of the rooms for a couple of
minutes to make a map of which areas
have the strongest signal and which
areas are the weakest this way you’ll
know all of your ideal calling locations
see where to go for quality
conversations speaking of locations
let’s try to find the phone tower you’re
connected to right now if you have an
Android go to the Play Store and
download a free program called open
signal open it up and click the tower
icon on the left hand side and you’ll
see it brings you to a map view showing
all the towers in your area give it a
minute you should see a red line pops up
between your phone and the tower you’re
connected to which in most cases isn’t
the closest one if you click the tower
you can get GPS directions to it in the
bottom right hand corner of the screen
so why not go for a little walk and make
a real-life connection with your cell
phone tower by knowing exactly which
direction it is you’ll be pointed the
right way on your quest for clarity
quite often your phone will stay
connected to a tower even if there’s a
much stronger signal nearby of course
this prevents you from being tossed
around from tower to tower but
be the same reason your call quality is
suffering try rebooting your signal you
can easily do that by switching to
airplane mode for about three seconds
then switching it back if you don’t have
airplane mode you can use open signal to
refresh the network for you or simply
turn your phone off and turn it back on
again you know those times when you
start getting messages just when you
take your phone out and check it it
might not be a coincidence but instead
your messages might be getting delayed
and delivered late glance down at your
battery level and check to see if it’s
low your phone uses more power to ping
the towers when you’re actively using it
but conserves power when it’s on standby
mode and that might be the reason it’s
not getting updated as frequently so if
you’re suspicious your messages are
getting delayed the solution could be as
simple as charging your battery by the
way flip it to airplane mode for a few
minutes and it will recharge even faster
modern-day installations and window
tinting –zz are great for keeping
buildings and vehicles cool but they can
be terrible for cell phone signals
because it’s kind of like wrapping the
building in aluminum try doing that with
your cell phone the next time you’re on
a call and see what happens in a similar
way your vehicle is nothing more than a
big metal box with metallic tint
covering the windows so if you notice
you’re struggling for a good connection
on the road the simple solution could be
as easy as rolling down the window
you’ll probably find your signal more
than doubles and string which not only
boosts productivity but will probably
boost your mood as well it’s possible
that your phone doesn’t work very well
because your carrier doesn’t actually
cover your area get online and compare
your location with the coverage maps for
all the different networks if you live
inside one carriers dead zone there
might be another network that services
your area a bit better so solving the
problem could be as simple as switching
providers now if you really like your
carrier and don’t want to switch it’s no
problem there is a way you can keep your
network and still boost your signal I’ll
show you how that works in a couple of
minutes
in the meantime another low-budget
alternative is to call your carrier and
ask for the customer retention
department you might be able to talk
them into sending you a femtocell or a
cell spot router which is basically a
small low powered cell phone converter
that connects through your internet you
should be able to get service as long as
you have an internet connection but
there are some drawbacks you need to be
prepared for calling through the
internet doesn’t produce the best call
quality in your femto cell only works
with your carrier that means it won’t be
compatible for anyone with a different
network and since it goes through your
internet it’ll likely slow your
connection as well but as long as you’re
okay with that
at a femtocell or a saucepot router
could be a good way to go
another option is Wi-Fi calling if you
happen to be near a Wi-Fi hotspot try
switching your phone over to Wi-Fi mode
and just like that you’ll be able to
make and receive calls using your
regular phone number put over the Wi-Fi
network instead this can be a great way
to save on roaming charges if you’re
traveling internationally or may be
trying to send a message from 39,000
feet but keep in mind that not all
phones and carriers will support this
feature and if they do it’ll still count
against your monthly cellphone minutes
while slowing your internet speeds at
the same time now if you want to fix the
problem rather than just figuring out
ways around it try what I did and get a
weboost cell phone signal booster the
genius behind a signal booster is that
it can take the weakest of signals
outside and amplify them to full power
inside which effectively is like putting
a mini cell phone tower right inside
your room this means you’ll get faster
data speeds clearer conversations and
since your phone doesn’t have to
transmit long distances anymore you’ll
be saving power as well which means
longer battery life a signal booster
will eliminate dead zones at the office
and even keep you connected on the road
which is perfect for anyone making
business calls on the go and if you’re
living way out in the boonies a booster
might be just the right prescription for
curing your weak signal condition by the
way the great thing about weboost
technology is they work with every
network every carrier and there’s really
no limit to how many people can use it
well now you know a little more about
how your phone works and ten tricks for
finding a clearer signal so whether you
live in an area with terrible coverage
or just have a load of radio blocking
materials between you and your Tower
remember you’ve still got options to
boost your network signal and get your
voice heard well that’s it for now if
you like this project perhaps you’ll
like some of my others check them out at
the king of random comm
hey guys thanks for watching to the end
and a huge shout out to my friends that
we boost because they were the ones that
reached out and sponsored this video I
did quite a bit of research and
experimenting to learn how cell services
actually work so I hope you saw a trick
or two that you’re excited to start
using yourself if not then watch my
video again I craft a lot of good
information into this and I promise if
you play it again you will see something
you missed the first time I didn’t even
know signal boosting was an option so I
imagine you didn’t either and that’s why
I want to put weboost on the map as the
company I recommend for solving your
cell phone signal challenges the weeaboo
staff are some of the nicest people you
can work with so please check them out
at weboost comm and see what they can do
for you
thanks again and I will see you in the
next project video talk to you then
I’m going to show you 10 cellphone life
hacks for getting better reception
would you believe there’s actually no
industry standard for what the bars on
your phone mean it’s true for bars on
your phone could translate to only two
bars on another phone so how be tell
what kind of service you’re actually
getting we’ll check this out
if you’re on an iPhone try dialing star
three zero zero 1 pound 1 2 3 4 5 pound
star then press call you can see it puts
your phone in a secret field testing
mode that shows the real strength of
your signal in the upper left corner of
the screen I’ll show you why that’s
important in just a second in the
meantime if you’re an Android user it’s
even easier just go to settings about
phone status look for the signal
strength indicator which you may have
noticed is measured in DBM BB M stands
for decibel milliwatts and to put things
in perspective – 70 DBM is a really
great signal well anything under minus
100 DBM is pretty much a dead zone the
scale is exponential which means a boost
from minus 105 to minus 95 actually
means the signal on my phone just got 10
times better and a shift from minus 105
to minus 75 isn’t just 30 times stronger
it’s over a thousand times stronger
that’s a dramatic difference now try
walking around your house and stopping
in each of the rooms for a couple of
minutes to make a map of which areas
have the strongest signal and which
areas are the weakest this way you’ll
know all of your ideal calling locations
see where to go for quality
conversations speaking of locations
let’s try to find the phone tower you’re
connected to right now if you have an
Android go to the Play Store and
download a free program called open
signal open it up and click the tower
icon on the left hand side and you’ll
see it brings you to a map view showing
all the towers in your area give it a
minute you should see a red line pops up
between your phone and the tower you’re
connected to which in most cases isn’t
the closest one if you click the tower
you can get GPS directions to it in the
bottom right hand corner of the screen
so why not go for a little walk and make
a real-life connection with your cell
phone tower by knowing exactly which
direction it is you’ll be pointed the
right way on your quest for clarity
quite often your phone will stay
connected to a tower even if there’s a
much stronger signal nearby of course
this prevents you from being tossed
around from tower to tower but
be the same reason your call quality is
suffering try rebooting your signal you
can easily do that by switching to
airplane mode for about three seconds
then switching it back if you don’t have
airplane mode you can use open signal to
refresh the network for you or simply
turn your phone off and turn it back on
again you know those times when you
start getting messages just when you
take your phone out and check it it
might not be a coincidence but instead
your messages might be getting delayed
and delivered late glance down at your
battery level and check to see if it’s
low your phone uses more power to ping
the towers when you’re actively using it
but conserves power when it’s on standby
mode and that might be the reason it’s
not getting updated as frequently so if
you’re suspicious your messages are
getting delayed the solution could be as
simple as charging your battery by the
way flip it to airplane mode for a few
minutes and it will recharge even faster
modern-day installations and window
tinting –zz are great for keeping
buildings and vehicles cool but they can
be terrible for cell phone signals
because it’s kind of like wrapping the
building in aluminum try doing that with
your cell phone the next time you’re on
a call and see what happens in a similar
way your vehicle is nothing more than a
big metal box with metallic tint
covering the windows so if you notice
you’re struggling for a good connection
on the road the simple solution could be
as easy as rolling down the window
you’ll probably find your signal more
than doubles and string which not only
boosts productivity but will probably
boost your mood as well it’s possible
that your phone doesn’t work very well
because your carrier doesn’t actually
cover your area get online and compare
your location with the coverage maps for
all the different networks if you live
inside one carriers dead zone there
might be another network that services
your area a bit better so solving the
problem could be as simple as switching
providers now if you really like your
carrier and don’t want to switch it’s no
problem there is a way you can keep your
network and still boost your signal I’ll
show you how that works in a couple of
minutes
in the meantime another low-budget
alternative is to call your carrier and
ask for the customer retention
department you might be able to talk
them into sending you a femtocell or a
cell spot router which is basically a
small low powered cell phone converter
that connects through your internet you
should be able to get service as long as
you have an internet connection but
there are some drawbacks you need to be
prepared for calling through the
internet doesn’t produce the best call
quality in your femto cell only works
with your carrier that means it won’t be
compatible for anyone with a different
network and since it goes through your
internet it’ll likely slow your
connection as well but as long as you’re
okay with that
at a femtocell or a saucepot router
could be a good way to go
another option is Wi-Fi calling if you
happen to be near a Wi-Fi hotspot try
switching your phone over to Wi-Fi mode
and just like that you’ll be able to
make and receive calls using your
regular phone number put over the Wi-Fi
network instead this can be a great way
to save on roaming charges if you’re
traveling internationally or may be
trying to send a message from 39,000
feet but keep in mind that not all
phones and carriers will support this
feature and if they do it’ll still count
against your monthly cellphone minutes
while slowing your internet speeds at
the same time now if you want to fix the
problem rather than just figuring out
ways around it try what I did and get a
weboost cell phone signal booster the
genius behind a signal booster is that
it can take the weakest of signals
outside and amplify them to full power
inside which effectively is like putting
a mini cell phone tower right inside
your room this means you’ll get faster
data speeds clearer conversations and
since your phone doesn’t have to
transmit long distances anymore you’ll
be saving power as well which means
longer battery life a signal booster
will eliminate dead zones at the office
and even keep you connected on the road
which is perfect for anyone making
business calls on the go and if you’re
living way out in the boonies a booster
might be just the right prescription for
curing your weak signal condition by the
way the great thing about weboost
technology is they work with every
network every carrier and there’s really
no limit to how many people can use it
well now you know a little more about
how your phone works and ten tricks for
finding a clearer signal so whether you
live in an area with terrible coverage
or just have a load of radio blocking
materials between you and your Tower
remember you’ve still got options to
boost your network signal and get your
voice heard well that’s it for now if
you like this project perhaps you’ll
like some of my others check them out at
the king of random comm
hey guys thanks for watching to the end
and a huge shout out to my friends that
we boost because they were the ones that
reached out and sponsored this video I
did quite a bit of research and
experimenting to learn how cell services
actually work so I hope you saw a trick
or two that you’re excited to start
using yourself if not then watch my
video again I craft a lot of good
information into this and I promise if
you play it again you will see something
you missed the first time I didn’t even
know signal boosting was an option so I
imagine you didn’t either and that’s why
I want to put weboost on the map as the
company I recommend for solving your
cell phone signal challenges the weeaboo
staff are some of the nicest people you
can work with so please check them out
at weboost comm and see what they can do
for you
thanks again and I will see you in the
next project video talk to you then
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