Has anyone tried Kapton Polyimide tape to mitigate the signal attenuation?

[PecanEater]

Has anyone tried Kapton Polyimide tape (a la Anandtech) to mitigate the signal attenuation on their iPhone4? Is it possible to use an fine-tipped X-Acto knife to cut all the appropriate openings? Probably pretty tedious but is it do able? The gold color doesn't look bad.

 

[hazeydavey]

Has anyone tried Kapton Polyimide tape (a la Anandtech) to mitigate the signal attenuation on their iPhone4? Is it possible to use an fine-tipped X-Acto knife to cut all the appropriate openings? Probably pretty tedious but is it do able? The gold color doesn't look bad.

I dunno, but the full Zagg invisible shield seems to have mitigated the problem on my phone.

Before I applied it, I would drop calls here at work. Since on, problem hasn't occurred...bars drop only 1-2 instead of 4-5.

 

[atomicbatteries]

I ordered a roll for 7 bucks its worth a shot.

 

[dgstan]

Three layers of electrical tape didn't help me. I doubt something this thin will.

 

[JackSpearo]

looks straight up gangsta! don't like it at all haha

 

[Geckotek]

Three layers of electrical tape didn't help me. I doubt something this thin will.

Well, there are 2 issues here:

1) Bridging the gap between the 2 antennas detunes them - this issue is resolved by a case or tape
2) Cupping your hand around any antenna degrades the signal. This is the issue that ANY radio device will suffer from and will not be resolved by a case or tape

Issue #1 is what makes the iPhone unique and causes most of the problems. Issue #2 is minor but is what keeps people bitching and saying "a bumper doesn't fix the issue!" It most likely won't cause dropped calls except where the signal is already very weak.

 

[stylinexpat]

I was wondering how this work if you placed the tape on the inside of one of those bumpers