Will this product work for an apartment with only the ability to make calls (but no texts) on the balcony, but not inside the apartment? Our cell phones show only one or two dots on signal strength on my iphone. T-Mobile is our provider. We are on the first floor facing a courtyard with apartments on the other side. Will this product work for an apartment with only the ability to make calls (but no texts) on the balcony, but not inside the apartment? Our cell phones show only one or two dots on signal... » Read More Will this product work for an apartment with only the ability to make calls (but no texts) on the balcony, but not inside the apartment? Our cell phones show only one or two dots on signal strength on my iphone. T-Mobile is our provider. We are on the first floor facing a courtyard with apartments on the other side. « Show Less
610813
It worked great for the first month and a half after which I barely get Asignal this product is outdated there are newer models do not buy
610814
If you are getting only one or two bars (dots) on your cell phone while outside, don't expect much on the inside. You will probably be able to talk and text inside, as long as you do it very near (within 3 ft. of the transmitter). This is what I am having to do. I also have a weak signal where I live.
610815
It will need an antenna installed outside of the apartment facing the nearest tower. There are at least two types of antenna. One is a 360 degree antenna. The other is a directional antenna. If you are in town the Omni or 360 degree antenna should work fine. The catch is, what ever the signal strength is outside, that the outside antenna receives, the z-boost transmitter will retransmit a signal of equal strength up to six feet. After that the signal begins to fade. If you have a good signal outside. And, if you can install an antenna outside on the exterior of your building, then it should work. It will need an antenna installed outside of the apartment facing the nearest tower. There are at least two types of antenna. One is a 360 degree antenna. The other is a directional antenna. If you are in town the Omni or 360 degree antenna should work fine. The catch is, what ever the signal strength is outside, that the outside antenna receives, the z-boost transmitter will retransmit a signal of equal strength up to six feet. After that the signal begins to fade. If you have a good signal outside. And, if you can install an antenna outside on the exterior of your building, then it should... » Read More It will need an antenna installed outside of the apartment facing the nearest tower. There are at least two types of antenna. One is a 360 degree antenna. The other is a directional antenna. If you are in town the Omni or 360 degree antenna should work fine. The catch is, what ever the signal strength is outside, that the outside antenna receives, the z-boost transmitter will retransmit a signal of equal strength up to six feet. After that the signal begins to fade. If you have a good signal outside. And, if you can install an antenna outside on the exterior of your building, then it should work. « Show Less
856021
1. @ Emily D. Wollen, This device works great throughout my apartment. I live in an apartment, and I have yet to have an issue being in other rooms. I am an IT professional, and this little guy is one of two routers in my home. I apartment is on the first floor, but in the back of the building. And yet I get great service outside on the front side of my brick apartment building. It will work.
1101655
I pulled the box out and it says 2500 right on the back of the box. I would caution you that the further you get away from the unit, the weaker the signal will be. If the unit is placed in the middle of a one floor 2500 sq ft room, it would likely cover the whole room. However, when you put it in a corner, and have two floors and walls that separate the room where the unit it placed, coverage will not be as strong. I still like the unit and am happy that I purchased it, but it has to be installed exactly as it is shown and it can't boost a signal that doesn't exist.
648590
I have one and it works great. However, there is a hitch. Last I heard T-Mobil no longer accepts new customers. There are two SIM cards inside. Each can be associated with a number. When I bought mine, I was assigned a number. I can use it anywhere in the country that I can plug into the internet. I'd suggest you contact T-Mobile. If they won't set the service up for you there is also Vontage which works the same way, but at a slightly higher price. 2 notes: if the router(the device in the photo) stops working, you will need to buy another. It's the same with Vontage. It cost me about $60, not to mention the time and effort. The vontage one works with fax machines, the T-Mobile one doesn't. I have one and it works great. However, there is a hitch. Last I heard T-Mobil no longer accepts new customers. There are two SIM cards inside. Each can be associated with a number. When I bought mine, I was assigned a number. I can use it anywhere in the country that I can plug into the internet. I'd suggest you contact T-Mobile. If they won't set the service up for you there is also Vontage which works the same way, but at a slightly higher price. 2 notes: if the router(the device in the photo) stops working, you will need to buy another. It's the same with Vontage. It cost me about $60,... » Read More I have one and it works great. However, there is a hitch. Last I heard T-Mobil no longer accepts new customers. There are two SIM cards inside. Each can be associated with a number. When I bought mine, I was assigned a number. I can use it anywhere in the country that I can plug into the internet. I'd suggest you contact T-Mobile. If they won't set the service up for you there is also Vontage which works the same way, but at a slightly higher price. 2 notes: if the router(the device in the photo) stops working, you will need to buy another. It's the same with Vontage. It cost me about $60, not to mention the time and effort. The vontage one works with fax machines, the T-Mobile one doesn't. « Show Less
1663538
i have this model, there is no cell tower close to my house and it works, I get good signal in the house. see http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/270960-at-t-micro-cell-device-m-n-dph153-at-thumbs-up-for-cell-signal-boostIf this doesn't answer your question, specify details needed.
1525707
The only time my phone had weak signal (wifi and 4G) was sitting on my toilet in the far corner of the house (wifi is on the other corner). With the new battery, signal on the toilet is still weak, but i can still connect. The only thing that doesn't work is the NFC (transfer pictures or files by touching two phones back to back).
1781800
I have found that location and direction is vital to reception. If you can find out what direction the tower is located and point it in that way you should get decent reception.
982851
With wi-fi accessibility, do you need to have a provider (AT&T or T-Mobile) data plan in place (to access something like myspace or other)? What is the least expensive way to go, if you have any idea? I am in NY and do not travel much, but my child is spoiled by the sidekick and we had to cut the web, leaving texting open. It doesn't state it has AIM either. It seems AT&T is better in the no-choice game, but since we have a family network already on T-Mobile and unlimited texting and free T-Mobile to T-Mobile calls, I am not sure there is a savings. Please...its on sale today :)
2097364
I think the antenna type makes a difference. I have an internet booster on my main floor with an antenna and it does nothing for my phone. I also have 3 different cell boost antenna's throughout my house and 2 of them work, one doesn't except in the small room it is in. I am no expert so I don't want to give you the wrong information, but in my research, the cell antenna booster pulls the signal boost strength from the cell tower, whereas the tv antenna would pull the boost strength from the tv tower. I hope this helps.
1738631
I don't know. It was too long ago and wouldn't work in my area because T Mobile only has 2G towers so I get very poor reception with all the phones.
1072690
I have my router on the first floor and radio on the second floor and it works great. (I'm able to get a good signal on my laptop so before getting the radio my assumption/hope was that this would indicated enough signal strength for the radio to work.)
694219
You must have a active 4G Signal outside and must find the area of best reception. In order to get these booster to work. You must have a 30 distance by 15 feet vertical distance. In other words, must have 30 feet apart from the base station to the antenna. They have to be 30 feet apart. Also metal surfaces interfere s with this system. Must have a 3 feet distance from the base station otherwise you will get noise polution causeing the red green light to go spastic. I have the Zboost SOHO Datablast YX550 S. I get 1 bar 4G outside and now I get 5 full 4G bars on my phone and 35mbps. They are sensitive systems so must follow the instructions for this system to function correctly. I live out in the country and middle of no where no have metro reception like beimg in the city. I use Galaxy Note 2 through Verizon on the 4GLTE network.
550405
Have you spoken with your service provider; a couple of times I had a similar problem and they said my phone was still connected to a tower for T Mobile used previous to the problem. Either they can release the signal or she told me to shut the phone off and then back on in a few minutes.
1518099
Depending on the signal outside of your house is the answer...If you were to walk outside the home do you get improved signal bars on your phone? If you have 2 to 3 bars then this will theoretically place those inside your home. The second question is how much distance do you want inside the home. If you just went with this and say a small candy bar inside antenna (the piece that amplifies the incoming signal inside your home) then your going to be limited to sitting close to that point to use your phone. They make cradles that attach to the antenna's cable that comes in your house and this cradle will amplify this signal but it's limited to usually leaving the phone in or very near to the cradle to actually work. The best way to increase the signal inside your home is to purchase both the outside antenna and an inside powered booster with it's own inside antenna. The Zboost Tri Band unit is something to consider... http://www.amazon.com/zBoost-ZB575-A-Phone-Signal-Booster/dp/B00KDZEE68/ref=pd_sim_sbs_cps_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=12DMKJ3CH3Y7R65NDHZS Or the Wilson Kit...Easy to Setup aswell.... http://www.amazon.com/Wilson-Electronics-460101-Signal-Booster/dp/B00HWX16GU/ref=sr_1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1409158009&sr=1-1&keywords=wilson+att+signal+booster Both kits are all inclusive meaning everything is included to setup and use, no additional parts to buy. I own a similar Wilson kit to boost my cell phone and cell internet hub and it's been working flawless for a couple years and I can use my cell phone in the room located upstairs from where I installed the kit. Without the kit before I had zero bars in the basement, now I have 5 to 4 bars anywhere in the basement. Outside my home I have 2 bars before the booster was installed.
994718
I bought this one for Tracfone use. I was told long ago that Tracfone used all the towers, and I had great reception. Now, it's sketchy. My friends where I am use Verizon, so if it uses Verizon towers and they have good reception, it would stand to reason that I would too. ??
905335
It did not work for us.I got the phone for my husband. His old phone had a full signal inside out house, but when we put the sim in the Fortis it had no signal. The screen said sim error. Put the sim back into the old phone and it worked just fine. So, we returned this one
1834176
am not sure because I use it with a T-Mobile sim card and I think in order to get signal you are going to have to have a sim card in the phone, but again am not sure if its possible. All I know is that you can use a T-Mobile sim card and a at&t; sim card. Try to contact your phone carrier to find out if you can. I hope I helped you out.