02-22-2016, 12:27 AM | #1 | |
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Mobile Phone Signal Boosters
I was curious if the Camaro 4g LTE Antenne could be hacked and turned into a Cellphone signal booster...
The 4G LTE Wifi is a joke.... why would you pay GM $60 a month for data when I am already paying for data on my phone? What is smarter is BOOSTING the signal getting to your mobile phone and using that as a hotspot... What I am curious about is using the large sharkfin as a signal booster as a part of a system like this... https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/cel...-booster-guide anyone have the technical know-how to tell me if its possible?
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02-23-2016, 11:43 AM | #2 |
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This is very interesting and something I will be following to see if some one does it.
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02-23-2016, 11:52 AM | #3 |
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Well, that's going to depend on how easily you can access the software that's controlling the radio components and if it'll interconnect with cell towers in such a mode (basically a repeater).
I'm not a cell cracker or EE/RF Engr myself, so I don't know the ramifications of doing such things or if you would just splice off the antenna wiring (thought that was interlinked with the OnStar uplink though). |
02-23-2016, 12:28 PM | #4 |
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Really that makes way more sense than paying separately for your car to have an internet connection. It would have been cool if they made it capable of both functions. Either a hotspot or a signal repeater. I know a mobile repeater would be stupid advantageous here in North Dakota. There's a ton of cellular dead spots.
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02-23-2016, 01:15 PM | #5 | |
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I know OnStar uses AT&T networks, so guessing it's sim card based. Not sure if that means it will work for other fequencies like Verizon and Sprint.
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02-23-2016, 01:29 PM | #6 | |
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You don't need jack up anything at that point. Just make a trip to Walmart and grab a mobile antenna, some wire and some 3M tape. I would think the whole point of the venture is to have something offloading your cell handling, and then to repeat it locally to your phone amplified, for use in low signal areas. Most of those devices I've worked with are all powered. |
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02-23-2016, 01:58 PM | #7 | |
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Now if you can tap into the signal wires for the antennae and keep OnStar connected, your phone will have access to that better antennae. But then you really haven't done anything different than a booster like in the OP, since you are loosing any amplification or tuning done by myLink. Sorry I might not have been clear in my first post.
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Anyways, was just going off what I see in the phone hacking side to allow for unlocked WiFi piggy backing for data.. and the powered cell boost amps I see.. All the passive ones have never worked out too well... And, I've had to deal with cell signal complaints years back on the 55th floor of the Prudential tower here in Chicago and we ended up going through a couple different catch/repeat systems with lengthy cable runs, amps and various antennae. |
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02-23-2016, 03:19 PM | #9 | |
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There just doesn't seem to be an easy way make it pay off. If there is, like you said, it will likely have to be licensed by the FCC. And I don't see them doing that with current focus on "securing" connected car tech.
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Though, if someone makes Cyanogen Mod for MyLink with that.. I'm all over it. |
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02-24-2016, 07:16 AM | #11 |
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If you have AT&T, you can add your vehicle as a device (just like a tablet) to your mobile share plan for $10/mo. You don't have to pay for any extra data this way, and just use whatever's already on your cell phone plan.
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02-24-2016, 09:01 AM | #12 | |
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02-24-2016, 09:03 AM | #13 | |
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As it states, you can do either Mobile Share OR OnStar data plan. No need for both.
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02-24-2016, 09:25 AM | #14 | |
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