Cell phones forum: Does anyone know if the Antenna Boosters work?

Work in what way?

a. Boosting money from your pocket.
b. Boosting the seller's sales.
c. Boosting the maker's coffers.

In short, all of the above.

Bob

Goodness, what a bunch of miss-information. How do you think you can use your phone in a mall?

Cell phone signals are just radio frequency signals,and have been around since 1865 in England, closer to 1900 in the states. In both cases they started building boosters about 5 minutes later.

All of the dishes and dishes you see on commercial buildings are transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals being pushed by amplifiers (boosters).

And the service providers do sell them - and have them installed for their large user customers in fooice buildings. Additionally Verizon uses Wilson Electronics boosters (repeater systems) in their National Communications Center that they bought from UnwiredSignal.com. I know because I engineered it and talked with them by phone after they installed it.

I have also engineered and sold Wilson systems to the US Homeland Security,US Army, Navy, Marines, Chevron Dow and our company has sold thousands to individuals for their homes, offices, cars and cabins.

Those decals the go inside the phone don't work and can't. It is against FCC regulations to boost the signal at the point of the head. Besides, what did you think you were getting for a dollar?

forums are great. I love them. Then I come across people who are talking when they should be listening.

I have tried them is several phones and found no improvement at all .I think they are a usless gimmick

Yes i purchased same, time ago, and installedit and it improved the coverage, yes, Javier

No!!! They don't work.

I have 2 different types of Antenna Boosters, the one that tapes to your phone, & another that is like a regular antenna for placing outside your window, with a wire that leads back to the phone. I really don't think either boosts reception any. I am good at wasting money on gagets that have fabulous claims, but when you get them, they don't work any better then nothing at all. So, my answer would be; No they don't work.
Eugene L. McQuaid
mcquaid@northlink.com

Yes, they do. I live in the Texas Hill Country. Getting cell phone reception when you're between hills can be a real problem here. Since I put an antenna in my cell phone, it doesn't cut out any more when I'm trying to talk on my phone while going through the hills. As for whether it's a legitimate antenna or not, I'd suggest buying it at a reputable store, rather than at a flea market or through an ad.

NO!!!!!

Goodness, what a bunch of miss-information. How do you think you can use your phone in a mall? Why do police cars use multiple antennas (for different devices) on their cars?

Cell phone signals are just radio frequency signals that have been around since 1865 in England, closer to 1900 in the states. In both cases they started building boosters about 5 minutes later.

All of the antennas and dishes you see on commercial buildings are transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals that are being pushed by amplifiers (boosters).

Quality wireless cell phone signal boosters (repeaters) just do the same thing cell phone towers do (those little houses by the cell phone towers house powerful amplifiers and huge battery packs). That is to push a signal that's here to the tower (repeater) over there, that continues down the line.

And the service providers do sell them - and have them installed for their large user customers in office and other commercial buildings.

Verizon uses a Wilson Electronics booster (wireless repeater system) in their National Communications Center that they bought from UnwiredSignal.com. I know because I engineered it and talked with them by phone after they installed it.

I have also engineered and sold Wilson systems to US Homeland Security,US Army, Navy, Marines, Chevron, Dow and many other big orgianzitions and UnwiredSignal has sold thousands over the years to individuals for their homes, offices, cars and cabins.

Those decals that go inside the phone don't work and can't. It is against FCC regulations to boost the signal at the point of the head. Besides, what did you think you were getting for a dollar?

Forums are great. I love them. Then I come across people who are yacking when they should be listening.

If anyone needs further information about cell phone signal boosters, I can be reached through the company mentioned above. The 800 number is at the top of every one of the thousand pages. I'm usually a nice guy.

I installed one and it DID NOT work. My signal was worse after i installed it. It was a total wast of money.

They work for me, been using them for several years. I live in the mountains of SW Virginia and my phones work better then those that don't have it when down in the valleys.

Speaking as a repair technician for a major cellphone manufacturer, I can tell you now that NO, they do not work. The little cicuit looking ones they tell you to place between your battery and the housing are a rip off.

There are a few things you can do to get better reception. Some aftermarket antennas have a lower resistance than the one from the manufacturer and will cause lower signals to be slightly heightened, but they also reduce quality of transmissions.

The Intenna, antenna ampplifyer and others that are a paste on or stick on are simply only making them money by boosting the consumer.

If they did work, don't you think the service providers stores would stock them?

They don't work!

The little stick-on type don't seem to do anything. But I did discover a partial solution when using my cell phone in my office( where the signal is very weak). The C. Craine Company sells an aentenna for use in trucks to boost cell phone signal--http://www.ccrane.com/cellular_antenna.asp It definitely works. Drawbacks--it costs $75, plugs into the charging socket on your cell phone, and in my case I drilled a hole in my office wall and hung the device from a shrub. If you want to get a few looks, walk down the street with it

NOT NO: BUT HELL NO. i am not an/a electronic engineer, but it seems to reason that if you remove your battery and stick the booster to the phone and reinstall the battery, you have just set up a magnetic field which will produce interference. yes i have tried these and they do not work. save your money.