Is there a way to boost the reception of your phone?
If I put my phone in a metal case with long antennas on it would that work?
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Yes you can!
In older generation of phones, they would often have small ports that you could attach an external antenna to (such as [https://www.criterioncellular.com/antenna-adapters/index.html](https://www.criterioncellular.com/antenna-adapters/index.html)) for use in a vehicle or on the road when cellular service was in its infancy.
Now we can use the charging port (Lightning or USB) to connect to an external antenna (See [https://thfcomms.com.au/product/iphone-13-car-kit-cradle-with-7-db-high-gain-antenna-iphone-13-car-signal-booster/](https://thfcomms.com.au/product/iphone-13-car-kit-cradle-with-7-db-high-gain-antenna-iphone-13-car-signal-booster/))
An alternative solution is getting a “signal booster” – think of these as WiFi routers for your cellphone. They take an existing weak signal coming in and amplify it, rebroadcasting it to your local area. Great if you have a few dead spots, but important to know – your signal may show full bars on your phone, but you are still limited by the signal of the booster in terms of speed and quality.
Just “attaching an antenna to a case” won’t help, unless that antenna is connected to you phone’s antenna somehow. Modern phones are not designed around using an external connector for that any longer.
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