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Danorak81

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Jul 21, 2013
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Hey,

The room I work in has very little cell/mobile reception. My main carrier, EE, gets zero call or data service in that room. As such, I have a second SIM which uses the Vodafone network which does get me roughly two bars of signal in the room. On my iPhone 15PM, in a case, I had no issues at all, was able to send and receive emails/messages etc.

I have noticed using my 17PM this morning that loading sites and apps was unsuccessful-apps just hanging, Safari not loading etc. I took off my case-not sure what prompted me to, but apps then loaded as they should. So, i then conducted a speedtest using the Speedtest app. The results with the phone in the case were 6.47Mbps Download, 3.33Mbps upload. Out of the case, it got 30.8Mbps Download, 0.99Mbps upload. So without the case, the download speed was quicker and I was able to access all the things I ordinarily would. The upload speed was slower.

I know the area is a bit of a signal blackspot, but having the case on has made a difference. I didn't experience this issue with a case on on the 15PM. I don't have a different case to compare it with, but wondered if anybody else had experienced this?
 
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