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Old 05-12-2011, 07:06 PM
 
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Is there a way to directly connect an external antenna to either an LG Optimus S or to an HTC Evo? I'm not findng any kind of port or jack on either phone. I have a signal booster system from Wilson Electronics that has an external antenna that goes on the roof, connected by coax cable to an internal amplifier/antenna that sits on my desk. My phone then needs to be within about 10 feet of the internal antenna, in order to exploit the boosted signal. But the Wilson literature mentions that for many cell phone models, they sell "external adapters" that "connect the cell phone or cellular data card directly to the [external] antenna". Their chart doesn't list either the Optimus or the Evo. I'm wondering if that's simply because neither phone has a port or jack that an antenna can be plugged into.
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It's got an antenna jack in the back, under the battery cover and then beneath a little sticky flap. It's just like the jack on many other devices, you just have to figure out which ones
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It's got an antenna jack in the back, under the battery cover and then beneath a little sticky flap. It's just like the jack on many other devices, you just have to figure out which ones
dam thats pretty cool
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I don't know if I should have started a new thread, but it seems worth mentioning here that plugging in an external antenna on the optimus s disables the internal antenna.

This has happened to me and now I am stuck using the external antenna. Does anybody know of a way to re-enable the internal antenna?
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I don't know if I should have started a new thread, but it seems worth mentioning here that plugging in an external antenna on the optimus s disables the internal antenna.

This has happened to me and now I am stuck using the external antenna. Does anybody know of a way to re-enable the internal antenna?
Where did you get the external antenna? Please post a link!
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Umm how does that work? I didnt know you could take apart the phone,usb?
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Umm how does that work? I didnt know you could take apart the phone,usb?

The ones I have seen are right under the battery. Check youtube for a teardown video for your phone. There are a bunch of them out there.

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