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Cell phone reception improve - the Top 3 tips

  • Oct 25, 2025
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To improve the cell phone reception is often in rural areas with poor network coverage is necessary. We provide some tips and Tricks that you better make phone calls, SMS and use your Smartphone to browse the Internet can receive.

1. The right place for good reception

Often there are inside the home, certain places where you have good reception. If you when on the phone, not always at this point are want is a Bluetooth Headset well, to mobile to stay. Your phone you can then just position and, with your Headset take calls. Often it also helps if you just open the window and, in addition, to ensure there are fewer obstacles between the transmitting station and the phone.

2. Network mode to GSM switch

Your reception for SMS and telephony, you can often improve it by changing the network mode on GSM - this goes with almost all mobile phones. In order to restrict the usability of mobile data and, thus, your Internet speed heavily, if you had previously but no good reception, this should also pose no Problem.
The network mode in the settings of your phone, this varies from device to device. So go ahead, for example, the Samsung Galaxy S6:
  1. Go to the "settings".
  2. You go under "Wireless and networks" click "More settings".
  3. Go to "Mobile networks".
  4. Here you can select the "network mode" - among other things, the "GSM Only".

Power mode on iPhone

On the iPhone you can change the network mode is quite easy.:
  1. First navigate to the settings.
  2. Tap on "Mobile network".
  3. In the next step, you must tap on "data options".
  4. Here you will find the Option "4G enable".
  5. Here you can change the "From" or "to reduce voice & data" to the data power, and so as to obtain a possibly better reception.

3. If nothing helps: change supplier

Different providers have also covers different Network. You have Eplus has no reception, it may be that Vodafone offers better coverage, or Vice versa. You can test this by inviting friends with other providers or for little money a Prepaid card from another provider and get. Inform you also in the current CHIP network test.

The Expert Tip

Hobbyists can try their hand at the construction of a Relay Station that redirects the mobile phone signal, for example, in the basement or a workshop. A simple instruction is there in the Blog of Roland Strejcek, so a relay station for under five Euro with Parts from the hardware store designed has.
In another article we tell you what it can be, if you at once with no connection at all have.

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