do things like this actually work?

I don't know yet. I ordered the first one. (I was getting some other things and figured what's 2 dollars?) I'll let you know once I get a chance to try it out. I would have ordered the 59 cent one but it's out of stock.

 

no.................

 

Depends:

http://androidforums.com/motorola-d...rough-3g-1x-switching.html?highlight=homemade

 

No. Half the time they're not even conductive material.

 

had a verizon rep tell me they accually hurt the cel signal but i don't know if thats true or not