6 tips to get or improve your mobile coverage

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Nowadays Mobile devices have become inseparable travel companions for almost everyone, also making us that we are aware of them at all times. Having mobile coverage is essential for most of us and when we do not have it, we suffer greatly because we cannot answer or make calls, but neither can answer a WhatsApp message or browse the network of networks in search of some information that at that time we may need.

Sometimes not having coverage can be a specific problem and that can be solved with a series of interesting tips. Avoid the crowds, look for high points or simply restart our smartphone can be some interesting tips to get coverage or improve the one we already have.

So that you can always have the best possible coverage available, today we are going to show you 6 tips to get or improve your mobile coverage. If you are one of those who every so often has your mobile to decorate and without coverage, read carefully to learn how to improve your life in general, which depends so much on your smartphone in recent times.

Restart your network connection

Sometimes our mobile device connects to a network that may not be the most optimal for our terminal and especially to have the best mobile coverage. One way to find a new mobile phone tower to connect to is to restart our connection. For this we have two options, the first and simplest one is to enable airplane mode.

With this simple action we will leave our smartphone without connectivity to the network of networks and when deactivating the airplane mode, our terminal will carry out a new network search, being able to find one with better quality and availability. Unfortunately, not in too many cases more optimal signals are achieved and in many cases our device will reconnect to the same before, providing us with the same coverage, as until then.

Another option to restart our connection to the network is to restart our smartphone, although the result is usually the same as if we activate and deactivate airplane mode.

Eliminate potential physical obstacles

Unfortunately, one of the places where we usually have less coverage on our mobile device is at home, although luckily our WiFi can get us out of almost any trouble. When calling we can also use the wireless signal, although in some cases it will be essential to have at least some line of coverage.

For this, the most recommended is be close to sales and avoid the innermost places of our house. If this is not possible, a great advice we can give you is to eliminate possible physical obstacles, starting with the windows, which must be open in order to increase coverage.

Mobile coverage is transmitted wirelessly over the air, so Any physical object that is in the place, be it our address or another, can interfere in an important way. This is one of the reasons why, for example, in garages we do not have any type of mobile coverage since physical obstacles are very important.

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In high places the coverage is better

As we have already explained mobile coverage is transmitted over waves, which are received in a better way the fewer physical obstacles there are. In high places, where physical obstacles disappear as we climb, mobile coverage is greater. If you find yourself in an area without coverage, try to find a high place where your coverage will undoubtedly increase.

Of course, despite the fact that you see many people lift their mobile device to try to "catch" some mobile coverage, do not repeat this action as it is not affective at all. Climbing to high places usually improves the existing mobile coverage, but raising our terminal by half a meter is of absolutely no use.

Big crowds won't help you

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It seems pretty obvious but large crowds of people are not going to help you when it comes to having good coverage. If thousands of people, with their mobile device in hand, try to have the best mobile coverage, it will obviously be difficult to access it. For example, in a football stadium where tens of thousands of people are present, it will certainly be difficult to access good coverage.

On the other hand, we do leave that stadium and walk towards an area where there are practically no people and therefore no mobile devices, mobile coverage will improve and we will have no problem carrying out any activity with our smartphone.

Obviously if we are in an area where there are thousands of people, it is for something, and leaving it is not usually an option, so in most of us we will have to settle for not having too much coverage. Of course, if you can avoid crowds, avoid them in order to access better mobile coverage.

Keep your mobile battery charged

Keeping the battery of our mobile device charged is something really difficult and it is that in most cases, it is something that we all propose, but that we hardly achieve. This tip may seem like it has very little to do with mobile coverage, but it can sometimes be critical.

Our mobile or smartphone constantly consumes battery, giving priority to those processes that are most important. If, for example, our terminal has only 10% battery, our device will automatically give priority to important processes, leaving aside the option of getting better mobile coverage.

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If we always have our smartphone with a good battery level, we will be able to access better mobile coverage, although as we have already said before this is really difficult. Of course, so that your mobile coverage is the best possible, you can always carry an external battery that can always get you out of the odd mess.

Locate good coverage areas

If you have followed all the advice that we have given you in this article to the letter and none have worked for you, we will try to help you in one last way that may be of great help to you. In most application stores such as Google Play or the App Store you can find applications that allow you to locate areas with good coverage.

For example thanks to Speedtest and 3G and 4G WiFi Maps, from OpenSignal, which is available for Android and iOS, you will be able to see not only the quality of the mobile coverage you have, but also locate the location of the closest mobile antennas on a map. This will allow you to locate areas where the coverage is good.

These applications can be really useful in areas where we have very little mobile coverage and that is we can check if our operator has one of the so-called coverage black spots in our area or that we are without a 3G or 4G network due to other reasons.

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