Poor signal indoors

4Qman

4Qman

4Qman

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We use EE at home and some rooms signal is 1 bar at best.

Is there a booster or repeater that can solve this issue?
 
There used to be something like this, probably still is, just call EE and ask?
Years ago I tried the 3 network, and it was truly shocking indoors, something to do with the frequency band they use not penetrating walls very well. Anyway, called to cancel etc, and they desperately tried to keep me to stay wanting to install boxes in my house etc.. I just cancelled and left.

You could also turn on WiFi calling if you have WiFi in the house and your phone supports it.
 
I have the same problem but I'm with Smarty (I believe they use 3's infrastructure). I'd be curious to see if there is any solution for this - Wi-Fi calling hasn't helped me, if anything it made the call quality worse (or malfunction somehow).
 
I think that at one time Three/EE would provide a femtocell box for customers with poor signal. I'm pretty sure they no longer offer this facility.
 
Would recommend you get a phone that supports wifi calling. If you are early in the contract you could try moving to a different network. Believe Vodafone and O2 use lower frequency spectrum which better pierces walls.
 
Kouba said:
I have the same problem but I'm with Smarty (I believe they use 3's infrastructure). I'd be curious to see if there is any solution for this - Wi-Fi calling hasn't helped me, if anything it made the call quality worse (or malfunction somehow).
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WiFi calling seems patchy for me too, on Three. Despite having excellent WiFi / fast low latency internet, the calls sometimes drop in and out. Other times its absolutely flawless.
 
4Qman said:
We use EE at home and some rooms signal is 1 bar at best.

Is there a booster or repeater that can solve this issue?
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we get patchy indoors with EE too but Wifi Calling is amazing, never had issues with it since the technology came out.

Use that or change to another provider
 
I am on EE and only get 1 or 2 bar but Giffgaff is full house. I can see the new mast from my kitchen window - less than half a mile in BT exchange yard. Signal was better before they put up the mast
My house also has ash blocks for inside wall which kills signals - I can't pick up Wifi in next room
 
What's the trick to get wifi calling working reliably? Despite only having one bar of signal wifi calling doesn't kick in. The only way I can get it to work is to enter airplane mode and turn on wifi. The phone is a Redmi Note 9 pro.
 
Ozymandias said:
What's the trick to get wifi calling working reliably? Despite only having one bar of signal wifi calling doesn't kick in. The only way I can get it to work is to enter airplane mode and turn on wifi. The phone is a Redmi Note 9 pro.
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Might be phone dependant but my Pixel immediately uses WiFi calling regardless how strong my phone signal is. Could be a Xiaomi thing where it's not prioritising WiFi calling.
 
Ozymandias said:
What's the trick to get wifi calling working reliably? Despite only having one bar of signal wifi calling doesn't kick in. The only way I can get it to work is to enter airplane mode and turn on wifi. The phone is a Redmi Note 9 pro.
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On my S23 there's an option on wifi calling to set a calling preference, options are wifi preferred or mobile network preferred.
 
Ozymandias said:
What's the trick to get wifi calling working reliably? Despite only having one bar of signal wifi calling doesn't kick in. The only way I can get it to work is to enter airplane mode and turn on wifi. The phone is a Redmi Note 9 pro.
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Do you turn off mobile data? I only have WiFi enabled on mine, otherwise it keeps trying to connect to my mobile signal
 
If I just turn off mobile data and have airplane mode off I don't get wifi calling. I only seem to get it with airplane mode on and wifi on
 
Yes, "Make calls using Wi-Fi" is enabled. It's pretty frustrating that I need to set airplane mode, then enabled wifi for it to work and then remember to turn off airplane mode when I leave the wifi area.
 
4Qman said:
We use EE at home and some rooms signal is 1 bar at best.

Is there a booster or repeater that can solve this issue?
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There used to be but they have stopped issuing femtocells. indeed they shut the service down......As im in the same boat..........They rely far to much on wifi calling which uses computers or servers there end which i believe are overloaded as there wifi calling is patch at best

Also FACT you still need a cell signal to use WIFI calling!!!
 
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