Smartphone Thoughts: Antenna Booster - This One Works!

Time To Pack Up


Figure 5: The Smartphone now has a tail. :-) The back panel has been replaced. The battery and SIM Card have been loaded.


Figure 6: The patient is all sewn up.


Figure 7: It's time to power up the Smartphone to see, if the surgery worked or not. Nervous moments...The phone responds to the power switch and I see the familiar Hello Moto power up logo. :)


Figure 8: Phew...The Smartphone powers up! I didn't mess up anything. I see two bars instead of the usual one. The experiment is a S.U.C.C.E.S.S. :-)

But Does It Really Work?
Time to make a phone call and test the signal quality. I call my friend, and try to explain what I just did to my phone; the other side thinks I am a nut case. I ignore the remark and am now walking up and down inside my apartment, chanting "Can you hear me now." My friend can hear me loud and clear, no crackling sounds and no more missed words. Yippee!
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Next Steps
I want to trim the 3" antenna wire down to half the current size. What do you think? Will it work as effectively as it is working now? Will I get better results if I make a spring coil roll (similar to the regular telephone cord connecting the handset to the base)? I would like to hear from some antenna experts. ;-)