I've had an aluminum bumper for about a month now. Noticed that my reception started getting very spotty (frequent lte/hspa drops). Called tmo several times to no avail. Finally it hit me... Took it off and reception quality has been much better since. It also improved print reader accuracy as well.
Anyone else noticed this?
I haven't used an aluminum bumper on this phone. When I had the g3 i read a couple of reviews about metal case affecting the reception of the phone.
Robert235 said:
I haven't used an aluminum bumper on this phone. When I had the g3 i read a couple of reviews about metal case affecting the reception of the phone.
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I had the same bumper on g4 and haven't really noticed it with that phone.
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I recently purchased an incipio case for my phone. This morning I noticed that I was loosing at least two bars of reception on both wifi and phone with the case on. Has anyone run into this issue either with the incipio cases or any other cases?
I've been using Otterbox for some time and I dont have any issues like that. Its probably your case
Its known as the death grip..... google it
some say its a myth..... others swear its true (like me)
finsilva said:
I recently purchased an incipio case for my phone. This morning I noticed that I was loosing at least two bars of reception on both wifi and phone with the case on. Has anyone run into this issue either with the incipio cases or any other cases?
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Which case? I have the TPU one its fine. Also have a super thick case mate case. Also fine.
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Try it without the case and you'll probably see the same problem. Like azzle said, our phone is notorious for death grip.
I had an Incipio NGP case and my signal was no better or worse than it is now with a CaseMate Tough. I could take the case off and still get an inconsistent crappy signal.
I have an TPU Incipio case and I have no problem whatsoever.
I've tried two cases with my phone and both made the signal weaker. With my cases I could never get my Wi-Fi signal to full bars. Setting the phone directly on top of my router didn't get it full.
Anyways without the case its better, but this phone is not the best with reception (specifically wifi).
I have the same case, so does my friend. Neither one of us has had any reception issue. Case is awesome.
I have heard a few people complain of wifi and gps issues with their incipio NGP case. Although I've had my case for 6 months and no issues with any signals. Maybe your case is defective?
Saw this on ebay last night
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hippocampal...Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&var=&hash=item541278d467
Look at the bumper, there are cut outs in the aluminum where the antennae is. Would this case suffer from signal loss? I remember the aluminum bumpers for the Note 2 and Note 3 would have weaker signals and/or loss of GPS ability.
Anyone have experience with these?
Thanks
They look good. Does it cover the back of the phone also?
i kinna dig the silver and gold and even black but the missing camera protection is what's stopping me.
have any of you use something similar to this before?
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Aluminum-Met...Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&var=&hash=item20efa851c0
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ultra-Thin-A...Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&var=&hash=item5413302dfa
oh and not my stuff. don't buy it. i didn't. its ugly. china, no good.
verus thor all the way. just wanting to hear your thoughts as i might consider it.
ya i'm using the first one, its really good. I have the gold one , it gives you the feel of a 60k worth device.
i_kills said:
ya i'm using the first one, its really good. I have the gold one , it gives you the feel of a 60k worth device.
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Any drop in reception?
I'm using the second one right now. Where I have good service I haven't noticed any drop in reception. But down at my shop I normally would have one to two bars and it is still the same bars but getting calls out and even sending text messages is noticably worse. But I'm on Tmobile anyway and they offer wifi calling so I use that all the time down at my shop anyway. I will say it kills the signal much less than the sweet armor bumper I had on my note 2. But the sweet armor bumper was much better built. This one you can feel it shift on the phone a bit sometimes. The sweet armor one was rock solid.
I checked my network strength with and without the bumper in an area with good reception and an area with pretty bad reception. The area with good reception with the bumper was -96dbm and 44asu and without the bumper was -88dbm and 54 asu. The area with poor service with the bumper was -112dbm and 2 asu and without the bumper was 109dbm and 24asu. So the aluminum bumper has a fair amount of signal reduction. Ive also got a nillikin bumper case which is plastic on order so will most likely be using that once it arrives.
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Any drop in reception?
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Nope, its quite good. but won't protect your camera it it falls.
Hello, everyone!
I found this nice looking metal bumper on eBay:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/281901716741?_mwBanner=1
Does anyone have any experiences with it? Does it fit well?
If nobody have this bumper: What do you think? Is there any chance that it'll scratch the edges of the 6P when installing? Regarding the back: Do you think it's a fingerprint magnet?
I would be happy about any thoughts of all kind you can share!
Thanks a lot and have a great day!
They definitely look interesting, however they look like fingerprint magnets, specially the silver one. If they're really made of smooth metal they may be very slippery and covering the phone's antennas with metal might cause signal problems.
Damn, almost worth $16 just to find out cuz the black one looks sick. Definitely probably a fingerprint magnet but looks slick af.
Read Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/JANDM-Fashion...&keywords=nexus+6p+metal+case#customerReviews
I don't have that same one, but I had an aluminum bumper on my 6P and it really decreased my signal strength. Also made my GPS unusable in the car (always dropping my location). But man, did it look sweet combined with my dbrand skin.
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I don't have that same one, but I had an aluminum bumper on my 6P and it really decreased my signal strength. Also made my GPS unusable in the car (always dropping my location). But man, did it look sweet combined with my dbrand skin.
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Same issue.
I had a similar bumper. No issues with scratching but was just horrible for signal.
On Mine I had back covered with di-noc 3M carbon fiber vinyl. Looked sweet, but nonfunctional.
tech_head said:
Same issue.
I had a similar bumper. No issues with scratching but was just horrible for signal.
On Mine I had back covered with di-noc 3M carbon fiber vinyl. Looked sweet, but nonfunctional.
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Had a somewhat similar case with my old Note 4. The case had a metal bumper and a glass back, absolutely stunning and didn't scratched my phone. It did, however, reduced my wifi and cell signal to unusable level, and made my GPS virtually non-functional. OP, stay away from metal bumper or cases, at least those that physically touch the phone.
On an unrelated note, I truly hope that spigen would introduce their metal neo hybrid series for our 6P. Had one with my note 4, that was truly a looker. Sleek black TPU case with textured back, surrounded by an almost visually orgasmic metal bumper that never touches the phone, preventing any signal loss.
In need of a good bumper case and the only ones I've seen are the Luphie aluminium ones. Does anyone have experience with them? Some interfere with 4g or GPS and air definitely don't want that.
dont have a honor 8 but tried a aluminium rim on my phone and the signal dropped constantly, would stay away from metal cases.
I have one, I forget the brand name, but it fits very well, and is good quality. I was actually surprised how nice it was.
It has cutouts for the antennas, so you don't lose signal.
I actually ordered one of the luphie ones, because as nice as this is, it's just a bumper, and doesn't provide any clearance for the back or front of the device, which I want.
I think you'll be OK either metal bumpers for the honor 8. The manufacturers have realized they need the openings for the antenna.
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I have one, I forget the brand name, but it fits very well, and is good quality. I was actually surprised how nice it was.
It has cutouts for the antennas, so you don't lose signal.
I actually ordered one of the luphie ones, because as nice as this is, it's just a bumper, and doesn't provide any clearance for the back or front of the device, which I want.
I think you'll be OK either metal bumpers for the honor 8. The manufacturers have realized they need the openings for the antenna.
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How about the GPS signal reception? I read somewhere that although the metal bumper did not affect the call signal too badly, the GPS signal was being dropped.
No issues with gps I noticed. My gps was as crappy with it as it was without it.
I've used this:
https://www.amazon.com/TopAce-Bumpe...TF8&qid=1486746387&sr=8-1&keywords=B01HT7BHDA
Fits perfectly and makes it work (attached picture of the result of the phone falling from my pocket while sitting in my desk). I found no issues with the antennas. The problems I found where the following:
-The shape increase the grip but makes the phone too wide and not comfortable to work with if you not have a huge hand.
-Is as thin as the phone what is good for inserting in your pocket but the phone won't rest on it when you put in any surface as a table. The glass surface is in contact which means not protection from scratches.
-The power and volume buttons have the same texture.
Finally I'm normally using a regular transparent classic tpu case. I only use the bumper when I want it to be slim as possible (when wearing suit for instance).
PS: I've also used an aluminium bumper in my old HTC One (m7) and was a good experience too.