i wonder if they accidentally cross-posted. it happens to all of us, right?

there are many DIY antenna ideas out there, most work to some extent. Some are harder than others to build. Here is one i have used, and it is easy to make. Print out the template, tape tinfoil to it, cut it out, and tape together. Put a wifi usb dongle into it, and you have increased your distance 2x or 3x. I…

TetherMe = make your phone into a wifi hotspot without paying $$ extra to AT&T or Verizon.

or you might just need to press the button in the upper right that says "continue", and it will proceed with updating whatever dependencies are need for that app to work.

someone said it on your other thread, but it bears repeating - LH stays relevant (and i keep checking back) exactly because of articles like Whitson's. (And this JB info here too)

also, get "Tether Me", which turns your phone into a wifi hotspot. It uses the existing Tether option in the Settings section, but does it without the phone company knowing. app costs $5

best jb app = "Tether Me". a $5 app that allows "free" wifi tethering. Your phone becomes a wifi hotspot, and all the data looks like it originates from the phone.

Thanks for the reply. Perhaps in my anecdotal experiences, i always have a tower nearby, so my phone is transmitting on LOW power. But in a plane, the nearest tower is 5 miles away, so the phones are transmitting on HIGH power. I will have to try this experiment in a "fringe" area.

No proof. You are correct, we all have our own set of anecdotal data, but apparently none of us has access to formal studies on the matter. Probably because there are way too many variables.

Lillyhammer was great. And now I learned a new word/meme. Ah, Giz, will the learning never cease?

There is not "some truth to this", it is a fact. Headphones and speakers will pick up the buzz sound from a cell phone. But i think the phone needs to be within 10 feet. I don't think a passengers phone would affect the pilot communications - but the copilots phone would.

do you check to see if ALL the pilots and crews have their phones turned off? I would think the phone would have to be within 5 to 10 feet of your headset/radio/wires for you to hear the data buzz. The audible buzz we hear is because the on/off of the cell phone data is being rectified on the audio signal and we…

I like your comment that it may be airplane specific. Thanks for the post.

I think there is a grain of truth to all of this. The video's main point that the cell companies don't want 1 phone hitting hundreds of towers is true. They could have a planeful of phones taking up a planeful of channels on thousands of cell towers, causing availability issues on the ground.

what do you see in the reflection? I can make out some windows (bright squares), and i can see the woman taking the movie, but i can't quite get the make/model of the camera.

@bob38 - re: strap on a big magnet:

I really want to read this article, but i keep getting distracted. Can you give me the cliff notes?

who knew a giz article could get us to watch movies? I'm watching Jackie Brown now because of all this talk...

Yeah, Kill Bill 1 was most excellent. Tarantino has excellent dialogue.

I agree. I bought a used MacBook Pro a few years ago, and recently bought an iPhone 3gs. Yes, both were not the "top of the line" as far as specs, but are still both VERY functional and useful. Saved a lot of money in the process.