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by orionex_sigma 979 days ago
Is there any way to increase 4g LTE reception like this without using any "active" devices?
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If you have an LTE modem or hotspot with a removable antenna, you can do this sort of thing nearly exactly the same, just need to tune the antenna for different frequencies.

Phones tend to not have swappable antennas so you’re limited to doing something like using a parabolic dish to concentrate signals, and positioning the phone at the focal point.

Maybe you could construct something like a yagi antenna using a phone as the driven element…

mPCIe LTE modems with antenna connectors are readily available.

The Pinephone also has one, IIRC.

Here's another one: https://piped.video/watch?v=X2oImlGIviE

If you have an LTE device with an antenna socket yes. Otherwise you are going to have a bit of fun with that part