I know this issue has been already been talk in some forums , but none of them had a real answer . does any of you guys know the right external antenna for the MDA Vario????
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Is there any way to hook up an external antenna to a T-mobile MDA (HTC Wizard), without soldering? If no, is there any tutorials on how to?
A good question - I had wondered this too for a spot of rucksack based war driving (war wandering?).
Hello all, i have a Vibrant. but unfortunately in my area at&t only operates their 3g on the 850band, which the vibrant doesn't support. so ive been stuck on Edge for months now, and getting sick of it.
I was wondering if the internal cellular antenna could be swapped with lets say a samsung captivate. so that it could operate on my local 3g band? (without any horrible software issues).
thanks for replies.
I don't know if this is actually possible, but I wish it was. That way, I would my antenna with the one in the Galaxy S 4G. I guess you'd have to find someone with that type of experience.
As of now im guessing it isn't, been searching everywhere on the net and i dont think its even been attempted on any android phones, I have learned that the cellular antenna housing is in the hump on the bottom of the phone. may disassemble it and take a look.
EDIT::: this is completely possible, however, i cannot find a supplier or place to buy a compatible chip that works on all bands....
ANYONE lemme know where i can. please and thankyou
That little thingy to the left of the SIM and MicroSD slot; is that an external gsm antenna?
I guess for attaching to a signal booster of some sort..?
Sorry for the potentially dumb question.
No it was also on the SGS1 .
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Seen these on a lot of phones going back 10 years or more, so you are most likely correct.
I was thinking possible satellite extension antenna, but the old phones didn't have this.
Found this
http://www.cell-phones-store.info/drivetime-cell-phone-antenna-booster-kit-for-samsung-a500
I have T-Mobile and I want to buy the International Samsung Galaxy S II. I understand that the International version does not support T-Mobile's 3g frequency band, and I would be limited to 2g speeds. However, I was wondering if it would be possible to buy an external antenna to be able to use 3g speeds. Or even better, is it possible to replace the internal antenna?
No and No.
DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR GS2.
Sorry for the bold, but despite there being no rhyme or reason for it, I came across a thread which illustrated this fact from multiple people who tried external antennas, and here's what happened. The antenna worked, they thought all was good, then they disconnected the antenna, no signal. EVER again. I guess what happens is when you plug in an external antenna it pushes some contacts apart which breaks contact with the internal antenna permanently (supposedly a few that were very handy with a VERY tiny needle were able to fix it). Don't ask me why Samsung would design it this way while leaving the plugs exposed but that's what I read. Just wanted to make sure you didn't find out the hard way
In other words, the jack is there, and you can find adapters for those jack(s), but you really don't want to, unless you want to ONLY use external antennas for the rest of time (not most people).
EDIT: Whoops, forgot to add the most important part. Antenna has NOTHING to do with the fact that the radio doesn't support t-mo's frequencies. It's like having an antenna designed for HDTVs, and hoping to get hdtv on your standard def tv. Antennas don't "translate", they're all just fancy coathangers.
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I have T-Mobile and I want to buy the International Samsung Galaxy S II. I understand that the International version does not support T-Mobile's 3g frequency band, and I would be limited to 2g speeds. However, I was wondering if it would be possible to buy an external antenna to be able to use 3g speeds. Or even better, is it possible to replace the internal antenna?
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"antenna has nothing to do with GSM OR CDMA bands." its the radio chip that does the work.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Understood, thanks for your help guys. Is there a way to mark this as [Solved] or something?
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Understood, thanks for your help guys. Is there a way to mark this as [Solved] or something?
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Yes. Edit your first post to an eye-popping "SOLVED"
A friend has come to me with an Samsung S3 (GT-I9305) , it works fine with an external Antenna, but once its off the set up it shows not network/ limit signal and can not connect to Telstra , he is using the L1 port on the back of the phone.Has anyone come across this problem before and using external antenna? any help or insite would be great thanks