No Reception inside House?

Lmino on 21/01/2018 - 23:44

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has issues getting mobile signal indoors? I'm nowhere near rural areas. Around <20km from Sydney CBD.

Currently ordered the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 N9500 however I wont be able to flash it Australian (Optus) firmware to use wifi-calling.

Any ideas in getting signal indoors, preferably free or most cost effective method.

Mobile

Comments

  • chazfg on 21/01/2018 - 23:52

    Who are you with right now? How many signal bars do you get outside?
    Lodge a complain to your mobile service provider, break the contract and change to a new one.

    • mino on 22/01/2018 - 00:02

      Currently with Optus, tried a Tesltra prepaid card however even Telstra didnt have any signal bars within the house. I get 4G connection outside of the house.

      • dcep on 22/01/2018 - 00:22

        change to 3g only

        or try vodafone 3g

  • Cheeper on 22/01/2018 - 00:38

    If the house has a tin roof or sarking that can reduce signal strength.

    • mino on 22/01/2018 - 00:42

      Apartment complex :(

  • [Deactivated] on 22/01/2018 - 06:56

    Knock a little louder, sugar

  • [Deactivated] on 22/01/2018 - 07:03

    Band 28?

  • bobbified on 22/01/2018 - 07:07
    +1

    A quick search says you can still download the Optus App to get wifi calling.

    Info: https://yescrowd.optus.com.au/t5/Wi-Fi-Talk-Home-Zone/What-i…

    App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.optus.w…

    • mino on 22/01/2018 - 10:30

      Apparently wont work with devices newer than the Galaxy S6 :( (For Samsung)

      • bobbified on 22/01/2018 - 10:42

        Apparently wont work with devices newer than the Galaxy S6

        I haven't read through the entire forum, but that would seem strange. If anything, I would've thought that it wouldn't work with devices older than an S6.

        The requirements just state that you must have an Android phone running version 4.0 or above.

        Guess you could give it a try and if it doesn't work, then just uninstall.

  • kipps on 22/01/2018 - 07:47

    You already know about VoWiFi, i.e., Voice over Wifi. You might also be able to use call forwarding to send calls to a landline if you need to receive calls while home? Not ideal tho.

  • Hithere on 22/01/2018 - 08:46
    +1

    I tried everything including changing telcos and still had major issues,

    Ended up buying a LEGAL booster which works. The eBay yum cha boosters are illegal with hefty fines from ACMA when caught using them.

    http://www.cel-fi.com.au

    It ain't free but it's effective.

  • haboutnnah on 22/01/2018 - 09:20

    I had the same thing and switched to Telstra

  • myusername on 22/01/2018 - 10:26
    +1

    do you live in a faraday cage?

  • richmond12 on 26/02/2018 - 12:40

    im interest in this as I have a large shed - where to get a mobile booster?

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