Comments on: When Your Apartment is a Cell Phone Dead Zone http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html Renters guide to solving problems, saving money, and living better. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:24:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9302 Guest Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:19:40 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9302 you could of done dial 21*(telephone number to divert to)# haha you could of done

dial 21*(telephone number to divert to)#

haha

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9303 Guest Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:19:13 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9303 you could of done... dial 21*(telephone number to divert to)# haha you could of done…

dial 21*(telephone number to divert to)#

haha

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9305 Guest Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:12:52 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9305 I bought mine from: http://www.repeaterstore.com this model: http://www.repeaterstore.com/products/repeaterkits/wi-ex/zboost-zp-wireless.html and there was a noticeable improvement in reception. The trick is to place the box in a good location. It took me 4 tries with different locations (you have to try each one for a full day to see the difference). I bought mine from:
http://www.repeaterstore.com
this model:
http://www.repeaterstore.com/products/repeaterkits/wi-ex/zboost-zp-wireless.html

and there was a noticeable improvement in reception. The trick is to place the box in a good location. It took me 4 tries with different locations (you have to try each one for a full day to see the difference).

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9304 Guest Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:10:38 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9304 are you kidding me? this sounds like something that should be done in private and not something to subject your callers to do. I wouldnt recommend anyone do this unless they want to be kicked out of their apt for lewd behavior and indecent exposure if their windows are open are you kidding me? this sounds like something that should be done in private and not something to subject your callers to do. I wouldnt recommend anyone do this unless they want to be kicked out of their apt for lewd behavior and indecent exposure if their windows are open

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9306 Guest Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:34:43 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9306 Yeah...this happened to me when I didn't realize that my "1st floor apartment" was actually underground. It was basement-level and the 3rd floor was ground level, which meant I was two floors underground. Needless to say, no reception. If you rent on the lower levels of a high-rise, be sure to ask which floor is the ground floor! I didn't know about the solutions above & after a month or so I worked out a deal to move. Yeah…this happened to me when I didn’t realize that my “1st floor apartment” was actually underground. It was basement-level and the 3rd floor was ground level, which meant I was two floors underground. Needless to say, no reception.

If you rent on the lower levels of a high-rise, be sure to ask which floor is the ground floor! I didn’t know about the solutions above & after a month or so I worked out a deal to move.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9307 Guest Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:42:03 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9307 Your own body! You can use your own body to amplify the cell phone signal. You have to make a closed-inductive loop using your arms and the cell phone, which will yield the maximum possible coverage without needing any external electronic amplifiers. Best of all, this method is FREE! The easiest way to do this is to use one arm to hold your cell phone - make sure this arm is held so your upper arm runs straight out and parallel to the ground, forming a triangle when you put the phone up to your ear. The other arm must be touching the lower half of your body as much as possible while standing up. This works best with the moist parts of your body, which is better for carrying electrical currents. So if you have sweaty palms, this will work towards your advantage. The best place to touch with your free hand is your crotch. So to summarize: - one hand holds the phone to the ear with upper arm straight out and parallel to the ground, forming a triangle. - the other hand touches your crotch (through your pants, must make full skin contact to the moist areas). Hope this helps! Your own body! You can use your own body to amplify the cell phone signal. You have to make a closed-inductive loop using your arms and the cell phone, which will yield the maximum possible coverage without needing any external electronic amplifiers.

Best of all, this method is FREE!

The easiest way to do this is to use one arm to hold your cell phone - make sure this arm is held so your upper arm runs straight out and parallel to the ground, forming a triangle when you put the phone up to your ear.

The other arm must be touching the lower half of your body as much as possible while standing up. This works best with the moist parts of your body, which is better for carrying electrical currents. So if you have sweaty palms, this will work towards your advantage. The best place to touch with your free hand is your crotch.

So to summarize:
- one hand holds the phone to the ear with upper arm straight out and parallel to the ground, forming a triangle.
- the other hand touches your crotch (through your pants, must make full skin contact to the moist areas).

Hope this helps!

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9308 Guest Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:54:04 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9308 another option is magicjack - i bit the bullet while watching the infomercial and it Works ! I forward my calls whenever im at home...(for that matter any internet enabled deadzone {woah oxymoron!})..40 bucks for a year for free call within the US ..my 2 cents. / / PS : Stock photos are a pretty bad conveyor of ideas...:) that said - i think the lady in it has a minx set of eyes another option is magicjack - i bit the bullet while watching the infomercial and it Works ! I forward my calls whenever im at home…(for that matter any internet enabled deadzone {woah oxymoron!})..40 bucks for a year for free call within the US ..my 2 cents.

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PS : Stock photos are a pretty bad conveyor of ideas…:) that said - i think the lady in it has a minx set of eyes

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9309 Guest Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:52:37 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9309 I found a repeater for sale at Thinkgeek.com. Depending on your mobile phone carrier, expect to spend between $250 and $360. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/9823/ I found a repeater for sale at Thinkgeek.com. Depending on your mobile phone carrier, expect to spend between $250 and $360.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/9823/

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9310 Guest Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:33:37 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9310 There are other options. I happen to live in a cell phone killing apt. complex, but my saving grace was that I had purchased a phone that was WiFi compatible, meaning, whenever I am in the vicinity of WiFi service, my phone automatically switches over to the WiFi and the minutes I use on that connection are free. I have a Samsung phone and use T-Mobile cell phone service, but I don't have to have T-Mobile at home to use my WiFi phone service. I have AT&T Wifi in my apt. So, because of the WiFi I have at home, I get phone service with very few issues (sometimes the signal doesn't catch when I'm on the complete opposite side of the apt.) and I get free minutes when I make calls at T-Mobile hotspots. I know there are other phones that have this capability, but I don't know which brands they are. Hope that helps someone! There are other options.

I happen to live in a cell phone killing apt. complex, but my saving grace was that I had purchased a phone that was WiFi compatible, meaning, whenever I am in the vicinity of WiFi service, my phone automatically switches over to the WiFi and the minutes I use on that connection are free.

I have a Samsung phone and use T-Mobile cell phone service, but I don’t have to have T-Mobile at home to use my WiFi phone service. I have AT&T Wifi in my apt. So, because of the WiFi I have at home, I get phone service with very few issues (sometimes the signal doesn’t catch when I’m on the complete opposite side of the apt.) and I get free minutes when I make calls at T-Mobile hotspots. I know there are other phones that have this capability, but I don’t know which brands they are.

Hope that helps someone!

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9311 Guest Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:29:12 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/apartment-cellphone-dead-zone.html#comment-9311 Where can we get a repeater? Where can we get a repeater?

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