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Samsung galaxy s4 External Antenna

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trekky

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So I get around -110dBm to -115dBm Sprint 4g LTE
so I get around 2mbps to 4mbps of download speed on my Sprint 4g LTE
i use my phone for home internet because sadly its the fastest i can get
so i want a boost my 4g signal and im looking at this
http://www.amazon.com/External-Antenna-Adapter-Connector-Samsung/dp/B00EUD7B2I
http://www.amazon.com/Wilson-Electr...onnector/dp/B0002EOFFK/ref=pd_bxgy_cps_text_y

has anyone tried using their phone's External Antenna port?
thoughts? is this the right Antenna to boost Sprints LTE?
also is there a cheaper Antenna Adapter Connector for my galaxy s4?
and the ones for the S2 and S3 are cheaper and look the same, are they?
 
Does Sprint let you get a home repeater like Verizon does?
 
I don't know does home repeater do 4g?
I did not know the companies offer stuff like that
 
sadly that's Wimax and I don't have that "4g" o have 4g LTE
 
reading the comments for that repeater claims sprint LTE does not work
but sprint LTE is at 1900Mhz
I think im going to try the External Antenna when I get paid next week
 
trekky said:
reading the comments for that repeater claims sprint LTE does not work
but sprint LTE is at 1900Mhz
I think im going to try the External Antenna when I get paid next week
Click to expand...

Yeah, I'm not familiar enough with Sprint's service to recommend a specific model that isn't branded with Sprint.
Post back if it does/doesn't work for you though, I'm curious now!
 
so go it in!!
this is what I get (no tweaks I think my antenna needs to be pushed a little to the right or left but its to late tonight to do that (still 2x my download speed)
and put it up
4g no ant
-110DBm
3.51 download
1.91 upload

-112DBm
Ping 151
3.11 download
2.36 upload

-112DBm
Ping 148
3.08 download
1.68 upload


4g with ant (L1)
-107DBm
Ping 136
5.93 download
0.84 upload

-107DBm
Ping 151
5.08 download
0.98 upload

-107DBm
Ping 156
7.4 download
0.94 upload
 
ya im testing it now and im getting 3x now
great deal for $90 and $5 of hardware from Lowes
i will post pics of it later
 
here is the pics of my antenna
2014-07-23174641_zpsfa9eb9cf.jpg

and this is the pig tail that plugs into my L1 external port on my S4 (note R1 is only for 3g and as I only want 4g also i get better speeds with it unplugged)
2014-07-23174546_zps014e35af.jpg




note this works great for trees I got though ~2 miles of trees (see Google map pic my home on the right and tower at the left)
Capture_zpsb5d6374c.png
 
just a heads up sprint does offer "mini" towers that they wills end you if your getting poor reception but they didn't do much good for a friend of mine, his was LTE.

I wonder if there are more portable options for external antennas.
I get crappy reception at work but I am also in a big metal box, it might help get through some of that
 
If your in a big metal box perhaps checking into an antenna as well as a repeater .. We had those setup in a huge data center.. No reception unless you were by the window..
 
the upload is poorer because its not 100% at the tower and this was before tweaks
its much better now

alos you can get Omni antennas but for poor signal at work i would get a repeater
 
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