My wife decided to get her and our two teenagers MetroPCS phones when her Verizon contract ran out. The cost of the MetroPCS phones is almost half what the Verizon bill was.
My wife picked the LG Connect.
About two weeks in, she decided these phones were just not working. In side our house she could NOT talk to anyone. The calls were so broken she has to go outside to hear. Unfortunately she is past the return policy.
I know they are pre-paid but between the 3 phones she bought she has almost $800.00 dollars paid out and doesn't want to loose out so she sticks with MetroPCS.
The only place they have call signal issues is IN the house.
She bought a Wilson Desktop Signel Booster. It did NOTHING for her phone and not much for the kids. It boosted the hell out of my Sprint Epic Touch though. I normally get one or so bars in the basement and it went upto like 3 bars.
Wasn't working for her so she returned it and got the ZBoost 545. Again it boosted the HELL out of my Sprint phone, I'm looking at 3 to 4 bars and Open Signal Maps tells me I'm sitting at 65~75% signal.
Seems to do nothing for my wife. Her calls are still broken in the house. Here is one thing I noticed though. Her signal will go from 10~18%, up to the mid/high 40~60% range then drop back off to 10~18% again. It does this every minute or so.
Also, she can NOT stay connected to our home wireless. It drops on and off wifi about every 30~60 seconds. If she stays connected to the wifi, her battery is dead in an hour or so.
Also, even if she gets 4G, the MAX I've seen on a speed test anywhere, here, downtown, whatever is like 300 to maybe 800kbps and that is not consistent.
She went to MetroPCS ans they updated here phone, no help. They decided to get her a replacement under warranty which will be in Monday, but this will already be her 3rd phone, she cracked the screen on the first one about a month after getting it and that one did ALL the same things with the signal strength, wifi issues and slow 4G.
The kids have major signal issues at the house too. Doesn't look like the signal boosters are that affective for them either.
Is there any reason having Sprint and MetroPCS on the same booster might cause issues or that the booster wouldn't work right for the MetroPCS phones? Again it's the ZBoost 545 and it's advertised as working on SPRINT and METROPCS.
Very frustrating. There is no way my wife's going to move to a new carrier with all the investment she has now. MetroPCS is eh, OK in this area, just IN OUR house.
My wife picked the LG Connect.
About two weeks in, she decided these phones were just not working. In side our house she could NOT talk to anyone. The calls were so broken she has to go outside to hear. Unfortunately she is past the return policy.
I know they are pre-paid but between the 3 phones she bought she has almost $800.00 dollars paid out and doesn't want to loose out so she sticks with MetroPCS.
The only place they have call signal issues is IN the house.
She bought a Wilson Desktop Signel Booster. It did NOTHING for her phone and not much for the kids. It boosted the hell out of my Sprint Epic Touch though. I normally get one or so bars in the basement and it went upto like 3 bars.
Wasn't working for her so she returned it and got the ZBoost 545. Again it boosted the HELL out of my Sprint phone, I'm looking at 3 to 4 bars and Open Signal Maps tells me I'm sitting at 65~75% signal.
Seems to do nothing for my wife. Her calls are still broken in the house. Here is one thing I noticed though. Her signal will go from 10~18%, up to the mid/high 40~60% range then drop back off to 10~18% again. It does this every minute or so.
Also, she can NOT stay connected to our home wireless. It drops on and off wifi about every 30~60 seconds. If she stays connected to the wifi, her battery is dead in an hour or so.
Also, even if she gets 4G, the MAX I've seen on a speed test anywhere, here, downtown, whatever is like 300 to maybe 800kbps and that is not consistent.
She went to MetroPCS ans they updated here phone, no help. They decided to get her a replacement under warranty which will be in Monday, but this will already be her 3rd phone, she cracked the screen on the first one about a month after getting it and that one did ALL the same things with the signal strength, wifi issues and slow 4G.
The kids have major signal issues at the house too. Doesn't look like the signal boosters are that affective for them either.
Is there any reason having Sprint and MetroPCS on the same booster might cause issues or that the booster wouldn't work right for the MetroPCS phones? Again it's the ZBoost 545 and it's advertised as working on SPRINT and METROPCS.
Very frustrating. There is no way my wife's going to move to a new carrier with all the investment she has now. MetroPCS is eh, OK in this area, just IN OUR house.
