Very poor mobile coverage in the house

Despite apparently reasonable network coverage for this area, we struggle with making and receiving calls.
A local friend was issued with some form of booster box by EE. How do we go on about getting one?
It seems crazy that we recently took out new contacts with 4G coverage and bought new handsets to benefit, but can't get good phone calls!
Thanks for any advice.

No network can guarantee that you can get a signal inside a building of any kind, only outside your home. There are a few phones, that have wifi calling, but you will have to ring EE to see if they can supply you with a booster, unfortunately. What phone do you have?

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Very poor cell coverage, and the tower is reported a few miles down the road

Voice calls, even with 3 bars, whether it shows 1x or 3G, on the iPhone4S are worthless. The calls will drop out, not might. Other parties can't hear me when they do connect. I contacted VZ while at work, but they want me to t-shoot from home (ho hum...and do what? I can't update roaming, although I question I'm trying to hit a roaming tower from home), the call will fail. What does it take to have VZ do a signal strength test in my area and determine what can be done? I certainly can't call from home, and there is no live chat available, even though it's during the reported available times. I can't say AT&T is much better, but if any friends ever show up with an AT&T phone, I'll sure closely examine their service.

ZIP = 95060
x-street closest to my residence = Empire Grade Road and Conifer Lane.
Info I find on line about cell tower placement puts one at about 12600 Empire Grade Rd, which is only a few miles from me.
I updated roaming capability this morning while in an area of acceptable signal, but I don't know that roaming matters when I am hitting (albeit poorly) a VZ tower nearby.
I am in the mountains, but on the top ridge line, not in a canyon.
All I ask is a signal strength assessment in this immediate area; I'm sure other users cannot use their phones, either.

Very Poor CDMA coverage - Downtown Sterling, MA

Hoping a VZW rep can help, I'm fed up with VZW even as it is an otherwise flawless carrier.
My home in Sterling, MA is located between two towers and nothing I do seems to help with calls. They're dropping, spotty, and my phone is utterly unreliable. Checking the signal strength of the network, it's always ~ -90 to -100 dBm, which results in 0-2 bars, and the phone constantly switching towers and looking for service. I've tried PRL updates, different areas of the apartment, and even going outside; but the problems persist. Once I get out of the downtown area, the problems go away.
3G doesn't seem to be an issue, as I get 3-4 bars with that service. 4G hasn't been rolled out here yet.
It's becoming more and more a pain, as I'm currently working from home and use VZW to conduct business. I had issues with two phones now, my Droid A885, and now the Droid 3. I've tried troubleshooting the phones, but it's obvious it's a coverage issue, and not a phone issue. Family in the area, which I ended up reccomending VZW service too, have also been having these issues.
Is there anything VZW can do rectify the problem? Are there any options for me, besides switching carriers / using my land line?

@Trantll
That is horrible to have poor service in and around your home I understand how you would need your device there most of all! Thank you for the troubleshooting that you have already done you've helped narrow down what could be causing this issue.
Have you ever had good service in or around your apartment? Since other devices are also having a issue there has a trouble ticket ever been opened for your home location?
What a trouble ticket is we send a engineer out to your location they test the signal outside and at the tower to see if any improvements can be made. To open a trouble ticket please PM me and I'll get your account information or call Technical Support at 800-922-0204.
Another way to boost signal in your apartment would be a Network Extender. Here's a link for that device. It's a great help in signal challenged locations.
Thank you

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Ipad probs with my DMQJRB2YF18Y model A1460 fccid BCGA1460
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I have an ipad3
She has reception without a problem any distance from router.
I had reception anywhere in the hose, but now I must be within line of sight to have wifi.
I never dropped, changed or did anything hut upgrade the software when Apple said i should.
My ipad is now nothing more than my biggest frustration
I have done everything i could find, like switch off both the pad and router, reset ipad,forget network, delete history, delete cookies, etc etc .....
Apple tries to blame the problem on the user or the environment ..... Only problem .... We have 2 devices, of which one is very happy and one is very bad bad bad to say the least!-

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Thanks for sharing.
Too bad you didn't seek us out a little sooner. We could have tried to assist you with rigging up some amplifiers and antennas to improve your reception in your home. If you are in a fully serviced area then there is VZW signal floating around, you just need a way to capture it since it doesn't sound like it is penetrating into your home on its own.

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I just upgraded to IOS6 and I have some difficulties that I never had on IOS5:
How can a see the full screen when watching youtube. Address bar is always in view.
Maps are foggy and some images overlap to eachother.
If these problems can not be solved, how do I downgrade back to IOS5?
Regards,
Luis

Luis757 wrote:
If these problems can not be solved, how do I downgrade back to IOS5?
Regards,
Luis
No, there is no legitimate way to downgrade iOS to an earlier version.
Be patient, Apple will eventually get around to fixing the "bugs" in iOS 6.
You can leave feedback here: Apple Feedback.

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I do not experience any problem browsing Internet or using social networks via wifi but whenever I play a video from YouTube or any other source it stopes streaming after playing 10 to 15 sec video, doesn't matter how close I am from the homehub or which Internet provider I am using. Recently I am experiencing that my phone became slow after installing the new iOS 6.1.2. Application takes time to open. Sometimes application closes on there won without any command. The key l board became slower. I wish I could get the previous version of iOS which was perfect for my iPhone 4.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

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Experiencing very poor data coverage, including regular texts, in downtown area of Amherst, MA. Most of rest of town has good LTE coverage, but past couple of months signal drops to a 1G in the town center, and can rarely get any data to pass, sometimes even basic texts come back as undeliverable. I have asked others and they say they have the same problem, so not just my phone (IPhone 5). Being in public safety and working downtown this is a big issue. It used to be much better coverage here. I let it go for awhile thinking they were working on a tower or something but it has now been a couple of months at least. Looking for an official phone number or email to report it to Verizon but cannot find one.

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2) Steps to clear temporary internet files http://tiny.cc/p7jwkw
3) Steps to perform a factory rest http://tiny.cc/b9jwkw
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Report poor data coverage

Where can I report poor data coverage for my verizon 4G LTE hotspot?
Salem Oregon, 97305.
Specifically the Corner of Cordon Rd and Hazelgreen Rd NE. A little place called EZ Orchards has very poor data coverage. DOesn't matter inside, outside or upside down they unit get only 1 bar of data and cycle between 4G LTE AND 3G, it even show 1x evdo and basically useless.

We're here to do a service checkup nglayton! May I ask have you contacted our customer service dept yet? If not then let's look into this together. May I ask what model hotspot/jetpack do you have? Any liquid/physical damage on the device? Do you have any issues in another area outside of the zip code that you provided? As you share the details then we can investigate.
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ArnettH_VZW
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Hi guys.
Just moved house and setting up the Internet, I have a Home Hub 3.0 which is fine for downstairs, but doesn't give strong enough signal to reach some upstairs rooms. The main issue being my bedroom which is (due to extensions) beyond 2, very solid, external walls of the house, which gets no signal at all. There is only 1 working socket to plug into in the house which is in an extension, so not great positioning.
What would I need in order to put a socket in my room to plug directly in? Presumably just running a phone line into my room wouldn't be enough? Would I need modem/router in the room? I'm a bit lost, and never really understood broadband/wireless/phonelines.
Or alternatively are there any better solutions, such as boosters, extenders etc. I did look at the things that can extend through electric sockets, but I'm not sure I can run 2 upstairs PC's from that?
Any help much appreciated
Thanks
Matt

Powerline adapters would be your best option, one pair would be sufficient.
In the bedroom you can connect the powerline adapter to a network switch, which will allow you to plug in up to four computers upstairs.
Some suggestions
Powerline adapters, these come as a pair
http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-comtrend-powerline-hd-ethernet-female-kit-4Z2J.html
Ethernet Switch
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000FNFSPY
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Ron

Dear Sir/Madam, Adobe acrobat claims that there is an update. However the update process is very flaky and unreliable. Very poor service, with useless update prompts. System report is attached. Please fix the update, before advertising useless prompts

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Adobe acrobat claims that there is an update.
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Very poor service, with useless update prompts.
System report is attached.
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Nothing is attached.
You should also be aware that there are a number of scams and malwares claiming fake updates.
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Very poor mobile coverage in the house

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