Getting lots of dropped and choppy calls at your house? Here are simple things you can do to improve the cell reception in your home.

The settings on your phone can help you get better cell service, but there are other tricks for improving your reception without even touching your phone's software.

Obviously, if the nearest cell tower is a long way from where you are—a staple plot device in no end of horror and thriller movies—then your phone will struggle to establish a link.

Responding to growing concerns that holding the iPhone 4 in the left hand results in poorer signal performance for some, Apple has said that all cell phones experience a similar issue.

Improving your cell service is a trial-and-error task, and it’s impossible to tell whether these techniques will work unless you try them.

A cell phone began singing a catchy tune, while we were fishing many miles out at sea. At first, cell reception at sea seems to surprise people.

Exasperated Hamptonites are affixing ugly, awkward cell phone boosters to their cars to improve reception in the notorious dead zone.

We’ll show you how to get better cell reception and ways to increase your cell phone signal strength so you can stop running around looking for that extra bar.

Amid the recent news of a U.S. citizen being asked to turn over his phone to authorities at a border crossing, Sophia Cope of the Electronic Frontier Foundation has tips on digital civil liberties.

Lifting your arm won’t change your service, but, he says, walking could wrangle you more bars, especially if you’re in a city. Cell reception can be questionable in cities because buildings ...