Hey people, I recently bought the transparent cover for my FP2 (finally! Looks super awesome 8). Up to now, I was using the indigo one. Not sure if it’s my imagination but to me it seems that the signal of my phone improved considerably with the new cover. At my working place I generally had a bad…

I really doubt it is the cover. Please consider this guide: [image] Bad radio performance caused by oxidation and scratchmarks on display module backside contact pads Fairphone 2 Over the past months I noticed that the radio performance of my FP2 got worse and worse. I o…

I have my reservations as well. Still there is the fact, that the transparent covers are made from a different material, not using recycled materials. Should that really improve reception, that would be good to know. Maybe FP already has measured it? If not, maybe the could do so? @anon79757119 , …

[image] BertG: If I am right, this might be a cause for higher battery consumption as well, as a low signal is countered by more energy for getting a signal. Or am I wrong there? You are right. You can verify it at the battery consumption in Android. If the signal is red there, then its a ca…

I just tried to quantify the influence but the built-in signal strength values (about -79 dB) are kind of strange. The value is lower with a case compared to without. Will have a look at the oxidation of the contact pads though, thanks!

Which values do you get exactly, when you compare with and without cover?

Here the values for the signal I’ve got with the built-in function (roughly): Without cover: 75-79 dBm With indigo cover: 81-89 dBm With transparent cover: 79-85 dBm Guess the difference which I’ve mentioned earlier (value with cover better than without) was due to some stablizing effect or some…

Just tried wlan without cover to the same effect. Less networks available than with the red cover. And those available showed lower signal strength. Sorry, no measures, though.

Need multiple tests, without humans around (water is bad for signal), and without yourself around ideally (camera or walk away and read log)

Effect of cover on phone signal

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JeroenH June 30, 2018, 10:13am 2

I really doubt it is the cover.

Please consider this guide:

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