i did a search on here and didnt really find anything definitive so i figured i would bring it up again.im in a poor reception area,no3g,depend on wifi for data transfer.have been looking at repeaters and was wondering if anyone has tried some of the repeaters on the market.im not referring to those little stickers you place under the battery.im talking about the more expensive ones ranging from 50.00 bucks to over 400.00.
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Didn't think this was possible but the manufacturer says you can test the signal strength of all US carriers simultaneously right where you stand. They claim not even the carriers have this equipment.
Never heard of it before. I was actually trying to find info on the sealed Opticell car batteries (trying to find out if they are lead or gel based) and this popped up in Google results.
Here is the .pdf http://acceleratedconcepts.com/docs/opticell-users-guide.pdf Pretty neat seeing the carrier names on a unit testing THEIR signal strength.
Manufacturers home page doesn't seem to show cost or way to buy but if it were cheap enough definitely wouldn't mind having.
http://acceleratedconcepts.com/
A lot of phone reviews seem to compare common specs such as how beefed up the CPU is, memory size, picture quality or how hot it looks etc…
There seems to be very, very little information on reception quality in terms of both 3G and Wifi when I think these are the most important features in a phone. Without a decent internet connection a smart phone is just a phone.
I bought the HTC Desire 2 years ago and at the time it got absolutely stellar reviews on all the sites. Everyone was raving about the performance, screen quality and software. However, I found it a BIG disappointment. Pages load very slowly and sometimes won’t load at all, if it’s an SSL connection. I can rarely connect to the android market. When I travel it barely connects to the WIFI inside the hotel room. The reception is just a joke.
I highly doubt it’s the operator since I’ve been with both Vodafone and O2 which are the biggest networks in the UK and I live in central London. I see people glide effortlessly through web pages on their iPhones while I’m stuck loading like an idiot.
So my question is, what are the best brands/models for 3G and Wifi reception? Can we have a face-off in terms of antenna side? What is the spec/module inside the phone that determines reception quality?
Anyone got any ideas?
Hi, Wasn’t sure on the best place to post this so please feel free to move, I’ve had a search but not really any help… so, just moved to a new house (53.365816,-6.995974) and the mobile signal outside and in is rubbish, I’m on Vodafone IRE but tried Three, o2 & Metor. Sadly rural Ireland isn’t great for comms.
Looking at askcomreg.ie under side ID KE020, I appear to be about 4Km as the crow fly’s from the nearest mast site. The main building is about 20m above the rest of the buildings so I was looking at buying a booster and mounting it inside the roof or outside.
Has anyone got any recommendations or suggestions?
As most of the buildings are either log or standard bricks & mortar…
Thanks
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I looked in the smartphone comparaison we can find everywhere around the internet about this single thing,
i thought it was pretty usual when reviewing a phone to check if it can at least connect easily to the network but I WAS SO WRONG.
Except the different band used by the smartphone, there is litterraly none of these fancy youtuber that dare to check the antenna strength ...
Why would anyone care if its phone can actually make descent call, as long as it runs PUBG fine :good:
God, the smartphone business has become such **** since a few years.
i live semi-off grid, and rely on mobile internet. this has been fine most places i've been, and it's still pretty much fine where i am now, i can get about a 10Mbps HSPA+ connection through my S7, though annoyingly, it's more like 25Mbps slightly up the hill from me.
i thought i would try a huawei e5332 mifi box, connected to an external antenna on the roof. i didn't realise that the receivers in these mifi boxes are garbage compared to what's in a decent phone, so even with the antenna in the optimum position, the best i can get is just over half the speed i get through the S7.
so what should i be looking for in a personal hotspot to find one that has a receiver anywhere near as good as the one in my S7? like what are the specs i should be looking for?
i'm specifically looking for decent 3G/HSPA+ connectivity, there's no 4G/LTE where i am anyway, though i guess anything with a 4G receiver would also be a better 3G receiver?
I have one of these bundles : https://www.motorhomewifi.com/product/4g-huawei-e5577-mifi-window-mount-antenna/
Which I used while travelling around France and Spain in 2018/19. It's a Huawei (can't remember the model number), with an extra aerial connection. Possibly similar to what you already have?
I'll admit I never tested the speeds in play, but I invariably got a much better signal with it than I did using a Sony Xperia Z5C as a hotspot.
Just here to support this thread beacuse for the life of me I can't seem to understand why mobile hot spots are grabage in today's world. Will there ever be a time we look back on this and 'wonder how they made it' while in my life time.....