Tired of 2 bars of LTE but effectively no service with AT&T

[puma1552]

My wife and I have each have an iPhone 5 with AT&T.

Quite frankly, I'm tired of having 2 and sometimes even 3 bars of LTE service, but effectively having no service, being unable to send texts.

It's one thing to have no service, but it's another to tell me I have 2-3 bars of service and really have no service, that's irritating as hell. I'm sure AT&T would blame Apple and vice-versa.

Isn't there some way I can boost the signal? I think there is but I don't know what it is or if it works or is just a bunch of BS.

AT&T is definitely out the door when the iPhone 6 comes out. Tired of St. Paul - not immediately downtown where there are skyscrapers - being pretty much a dead zone for AT&T.

 

[darricksailo]

My wife and I have each have an iPhone 5 with AT&T.

Quite frankly, I'm tired of having 2 and sometimes even 3 bars of LTE service, but effectively having no service, being unable to send texts.

It's one thing to have no service, but it's another to tell me I have 2-3 bars of service and really have no service, that's irritating as hell. I'm sure AT&T would blame Apple and vice-versa.

Isn't there some way I can boost the signal? I think there is but I don't know what it is or if it works or is just a bunch of BS.

AT&T is definitely out the door when the iPhone 6 comes out. Tired of St. Paul - not immediately downtown where there are skyscrapers - being pretty much a dead zone for AT&T.

There's no way to boost a signal without extra hardware to repeat the signal. And I haven't heard of any to LTE signal repeaters, only 4g ones

How is your signal when you connect to 4g?

 

[Diseal3]

Perfect time to start looking for other carriers that work better in your area.

 

[Applejuiced]

My wife and I have each have an iPhone 5 with AT&T.

Quite frankly, I'm tired of having 2 and sometimes even 3 bars of LTE service, but effectively having no service, being unable to send texts.

It's one thing to have no service, but it's another to tell me I have 2-3 bars of service and really have no service, that's irritating as hell. I'm sure AT&T would blame Apple and vice-versa.

Isn't there some way I can boost the signal? I think there is but I don't know what it is or if it works or is just a bunch of BS.

AT&T is definitely out the door when the iPhone 6 comes out. Tired of St. Paul - not immediately downtown where there are skyscrapers - being pretty much a dead zone for AT&T.

Yes, you can boost the signal.
Gotta hold up in the air a metal coat hanger while you use the phone.
Signal will reach 4-5 bars at least. But make sure its metal and not a plastic hanger.

 

[Ecoh]

My ATT iPhone 5s kept dropping calls and not sending txt msg., even though I had 2 bars of LTE. I went through all the trouble shooting , reboot, restore, cleaning the sim, no help. Apple Care told me to get a new sim. Solved the problem, now I have 3-4 bars LTE always, and no dropped calls. If you haven't tried a new sim, it might be worthwhile.

 

[Mrbobb]

Sounds like one of those toxic relationships can't get out.

 

[T5BRICK]

I get fairly good service where I live on 2 bars of LTE. Have you contacted AT&T and let them know about your issue?

 

[wxman2003]

This is not the same thing, but I have an rMini with AT&T service. I get 2 bars with LTE and full bars with 4G when I turn LTE off. With LTE on, I get 5-7 Mbs download and less the 1 Mbs upload. I turn off LTE and only use 4G and I double my download and upload speeds. So I would recommend turning off LTE and see what happens. You probably will have faster speed and better connection.