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Rooskibar03

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Feb 5, 2007
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Does anyone have one of these Metallic series cases? I just got mine and maybe its just me but I swear it kills my cell and wifi signal.

Anyone else issues or is this just all tied to the mess ATT has made of the network with tomorrows impending doom?
 

ihonda

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Sep 17, 2009
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i hope tomorrow isnt doom for att.. fml its gonna suck.

reguarding your case, it has to be in your mind, honestly.. bc from what i understand there isnt enough metallic to mess with the antenna
 

sparrky

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Oct 23, 2008
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It's not in your mind. The same thing happened to me. I'd go from 5 bars to 2 or even no signal at all as soon as I put those metallic cases on. I googled it and found several people with the same problem. I'm on T-Mobile so it definitely has nothing to do with AT&T issues (also this was months ago). It's too bad this isn't more well known.

Here's a link with reviews for metallic cases where many people complained of poor reception, and a thread from macrumors...

http://www.more-thing.com/eternity-collection-incl-mirror-protector.html (click on reviews)
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/626969/
 

Rooskibar03

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Feb 5, 2007
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State of Denial
It's not in your mind. The same thing happened to me. I'd go from 5 bars to 2 or even no signal at all as soon as I put those metallic cases on. I googled it and found several people with the same problem. I'm on T-Mobile so it definitely has nothing to do with AT&T issues (also this was months ago). It's too bad this isn't more well known.

Here's a link with reviews for metallic cases where many people complained of poor reception, and a thread from macrumors...

http://www.more-thing.com/eternity-collection-incl-mirror-protector.html (click on reviews)
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/626969/

Wish I had read those before I ordered this. WiFi is worthless with this case, and my cell signal is crap. Guess its over to the Apple Store for something new.
 
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