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Question

I have an LG G4 Android

Jun 23, 2015 1:19PM PDT

and where I live , I barely get a signal, especially in the summer.
I see that Amazon has antenna signal boosters and was wondering if these things work .
Has anyone tried one? Any Luck ?
Digger

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P.S
Jun 23, 2015 1:21PM PDT

This uses a Ting GSM card .

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as apple would say
Jun 23, 2015 2:15PM PDT

apple would say you are holding it wrong Happy

seriously, I had a signal booster a few years ago and it was worthless. you may want to talk to your service provider and see what the recommend and make sure if you get one, you can return it if it does not work.

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May have to try ATT.
Jun 23, 2015 2:36PM PDT
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PS. Boosters rely on some signal.
Jun 23, 2015 2:39PM PDT

So you have to place the booster's outside antenna outside and if you don't get a good signal outside you have to shop around.

Here my old Spring dropped from pretty good to 1 bar and 0 at times. Turns out Sprint decommissioned a tower nearby. Outside I got 1 solid bar. But still barely usable and rarely a data connection. Tmobile covers my home turf better than Sprint. ATT covers it better than Sprint. Not sure why Sprint left town.

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I'm probably doomed
Jun 23, 2015 3:37PM PDT

I've had the same problem for years with different carrier, Verizon, ATT ....
They all work a block away from home or when it's not hot outside. Winter time they all work great.
It's like the Twilight Zone here . I thought maybe a GSM phone would be different... NOT !!
Digger

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About Wilsonware.
Jun 23, 2015 3:49PM PDT
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seems to work fine
Jul 5, 2015 10:21PM PDT

I used antenna signal boosters 3 months. I think it works ok. My suggestion would be just to spend a little more money and buy an better antenna.

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Signal Booster
May 13, 2016 1:35PM PDT

I'm using a signal booster, and it works great for me.