You know all of you are going to try it anyways.

 

pics please, thats all im sayin. pic of dish, screen shots of speed diff... anything. i'm not taking my sculpting skills to work.... .....yet

 

Do you know of a good tutorial or video showing how to do this? My Sprint reception in my house is HORRENDOUS!!! They need to give me an Airrave but if not, I want to do this...

 

Yes, a video is exactly what we need.

 

If I wasn't already getting the same speedtest speeds as my hardwired pc I would try it. Instead I'll just leave my hat on.

 

...i've got those home-made antenna boosters made of foil on my home router. They worked, so i'm not hating on the idea... just sounds funny how it "fixed it" and it stayed that way.

 

ok, if you don't wanna show us pictures of your craftsmanship, that's fine... sheesh

 

Thank you Mitchell...it worked for me...though I had no idea how to make a dome...I just squished the foil on top to make an antena and it worked.

 

I just tried this since I am beyond bored. It seemed to make a slight difference at first. I taped a flat sheet of tin foil under my wireless router and then put a folded strip of foil in the top inside of my Amzer Evo case and I have to say it made quite a bit of difference, I can now use my Evo out in my yard a ways from the house which I couldn't do before. Thanks for the tips.

Here is my case if you are wondering. $10 on Amazon.

 

Ok, since I was the first one to make a wisecrack I figured the least I could do is test the claim myself.

Now I cannot guarantee that I did it exactly like the OP, as he hasn't provided any pics or videos.. but here's what I did...


Testing method: Wifi Analyzer from the market.. shows exact signal strength. I have 2 routers in my home so it was a good test in case one was lower signal (though typically they are about the same).

Tested in 2 places.. 1 a room away, and the other side of the house.
Before any 'mods' , signal was approx -70dbm and -85dBm at the end of the house. (Signal isn't so great due to metal construction of the walls).

1) Attempt 1:
Placed Tin Foil Under router (both of mine sit sideways so really wasn't much 'under' it them begin with).

Removed Evo From Case... Made a little 'dome' (though it was sort of like a square tent) and placed it over the top half of the Evo.. it went down just above halfway.

Results: Exact same signal as without mods.

2) Attempt 2
Tin Foil under router the same.
Made a long 'strip' of Tin foil, approx 1/2 in wide, and 4 in long... placed it behind the evo in my Seido active case, at the Top just above the camera. It's sides were sticking out the front, like a U shape with the phone in the middle. (Figured the extra exposure should help... right?)

Results: Still no change.

3) Attempt 3..
Still same tin foil under router..
Took a full sheet of tin foil, the same size as the evo + a little extra on the side. Took off the battery cover, and wrapped the evo back in the tin foil, effectively replacing the back cover with foil. Had to wrap the sides a bit to keep it on.

Results: no change (though in honesty I think it might have moved like 1-3dBm, but I think that was more due to the lack of cover+case than the foil

Bottom line... "What are you smokin???" This is pure rubbish, as others have stated.

Unless you can provide a video showing before and after signals with your exact steps, gonna have to call this one either pure bull, or you simply forgot to put on your glasses before you tried the foil and are honestly not realizing you did absolutely nothing to your phone.

Ok now to find some leftovers so I don't waste the foil!!

 

I'm glad for the post, it may not make scientific sense but leaving the foil under my router and in my phone case has improved my wifi reception. I removed the foil today and went out into the yard and could not get wifi reception. I reapplied the foil and tested again and once again I could use it in the yard. Good enough for me.

 

When you are able to come up with a shred of actual facts (not a self-proclaimed fact), get back to me. Nothin you have said is in any way accurate. Your dish BS is still wrong.

 

Ok I thought this was all BS, so for fun I tried it and WoW!!!

I did my setup a little differently though as I put a soup can over my wifi router, drilled a small hole in the middle of the bottom of that can w/the other side off. Then I attached a thin wire and wrapped it with Alu-foil for about 20'. Then I did the same on my phones end and duct taped the can to the top of my evo.

HOly ish this worked wonders, I am averageing about 9.5 mbps down via my DSL wireless and 5.6 up.

I gained another 1 mbps when I made an alu-foil hat and attached a 3rd wire and spliced it into the others. My neighbors may laugh when they seem me through the window from the street but if they saw my wireless speed, they'd understand, w/o a doubt.

Thanks for the amazing idea OP!