Cell phone boosters don't work if you follow their instructions. If think you're going to collect any extra signal by placing what's basically a second antenna behind a brick of metals, you're in for disappointment. I used to have the Kyocera Slider through Virgin Mobile (CDMA). I trimmed the sticker and stuck it on the back side of the front plate. This way the sticker would be behind the antenna with the phone open. My guess is that it turned the omni-directional antenna into a directional one but I'm not sure. Either way I went from no reception to two bars. I put a couple on some flip phones (CDMA & GSM) later on and got positive feedback. (Put it under the face plate so it looks nice and stick it so that it's upside down when the phone is closed.) They're 2 buck. What do you have to lose?
Yes Canadian, they are essentially tape and a metal compound thats like what your car uses for the defroster. But its the length of the strips that makes it work. Kinda like the security tags that electronic stores use.
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Cell phone boosters don't work if you follow their instructions. If think you're going to collect any extra signal by placing what's basically a second antenna behind a brick of metals, you're in for disappointment. I used to have the Kyocera Slider through Virgin Mobile (CDMA). I trimmed the sticker and stuck it on the back side of the front plate. This way the sticker would be behind the antenna with the phone open. My guess is that it turned the omni-directional antenna into a directional one but I'm not sure. Either way I went from no reception to two bars. I put a couple on some flip phones (CDMA & GSM) later on and got positive feedback. (Put it under the face plate so it looks nice and stick it so that it's upside down when the phone is closed.) They're 2 buck. What do you have to lose?
Yes Canadian, they are essentially tape and a metal compound thats like what your car uses for the defroster. But its the length of the strips that makes it work. Kinda like the security tags that electronic stores use.
This picture might help you as well:
http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/cellbear.jpg