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    From Nightfox to All on Mon Jul 18 18:43:23 2011
    Recently, my work moved us to a different office, and my cell phone doesn't get any signal in most of the new building.. Recently I bought a new cell phone (not really related to that issue), and I've noticed that this new phone has what looks like an antenna port in the battery compartment near the battery. I'm wondering if I might be able to buy some kind of antenna that would fit in there and help increase the phone's signal strength. I'm just not sure if I'd be able to find an antenna that would work, because the port is right under the battery cover, so there isn't much room in there. This is a picture I took of the phone with the battery cover off, with a red square around the port: http://home.comcast.net/~nightfox/LG_Optimus_V_Back.jpg
    Does anyone know if that really is an antenna port, and if so, if there's anything that might fit there that could help increase the phone's reception?

    Nightfox
  • From Silva Dolla@VERT/SILVAD to Nightfox on Tue Jul 19 23:20:19 2011
    Re: Cell phone antennas
    By: Nightfox to All on Mon Jul 18 2011 06:43 pm

    (not really related to that issue), and I've noticed that this new phone has what looks like an antenna port in the battery compartment near the battery.

    Its not an antenna port. If it accepted an external antenna, it would have an external antenna port. That port is used like a jtag port to flash the phone and give it its initial programming at verizon...

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  • From Nightfox to Silva Dolla on Wed Jul 20 12:39:17 2011
    (not really related to that issue), and I've noticed that this new phone has what looks like an antenna port in the battery compartment near the battery.

    Its not an antenna port. If it accepted an external antenna, it would have an external antenna port.

    I guess I don't know what an external antenna port looks like then..

    That port is used like a jtag port to flash the
    phone and give it its initial programming at verizon...

    Ah, interesting.. I'm not sure if Verizon offers this phone though - My service is with Virgin Mobile.

    Nightfox
  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Nightfox on Sun Jul 31 04:01:50 2011
    On 7/18/2011 6:43 PM, Nightfox wrote:
    Recently, my work moved us to a different office, and my cell phone doesn't get
    any signal in most of the new building.. Recently I bought a new cell phone (not really related to that issue), and I've noticed that this new phone has what looks like an antenna port in the battery compartment near the battery. I'm wondering if I might be able to buy some kind of antenna that would fit in
    there and help increase the phone's signal strength. I'm just not sure if I'd
    be able to find an antenna that would work, because the port is right under the
    battery cover, so there isn't much room in there. This is a picture I took of
    the phone with the battery cover off, with a red square around the port: http://home.comcast.net/~nightfox/LG_Optimus_V_Back.jpg
    Does anyone know if that really is an antenna port, and if so, if there's anything that might fit there that could help increase the phone's reception?

    How big is your office? How many people work there? Do many of them have corporately issued phones? If so, you may be able to convince the cell provider to put a cell repeater inside the office, or another tower closer to the office.

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