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Just a piece of crap. Just not worth the money, I resold it already on ebay to recoup some of my wasted money. Finding a good place for it is almost impossible in a house because that means booster in one rooms window and antenna cable strung to another room.If the booster see's the antenna it will kick it out requireing frequent resets so they can't be in same room together. What little I got was from the internet from someone else who tried to make this thing work. Bought this because it said if you had a signal in your window it would enhance and extend it inside via the antenna which I did. I played with it for almost a month trying different rooms and windows and finally gave up. Also this comes with almost no direction on how to properly install and operate.
Gave up after an hour of moving all over only to get a green light for a few moments then back to red. The antenna cable is only 20' so it is difficult to go further than that unless you are going to have cable in front of you, then the next problem is that you can not have the cell phone near the unit so in my 15' x 12' office I could not move the unit and antenna around so that I could get a green light as you also have to have phone within 6' of antenna. I may try the other four person Sprint device the company has. The unit I received contained no instructions; no problem go online to company site to get them. Easy to install put the unit near window or anywhere you have service (at least one bar) then put the antenna at least ten feet away. Did nothing to improve signal since I could not get a green light, presumably this would have indicated that I have a signal that my cell phone then would pickup.
We found the antenna needs to be real close to the air card ie receiver, for best results. Least it doesnt fade out completely. the signal fades but thats ATT. Went from two bars to Five bars. Easy set up. In a condo SW Florida.My ATT 3G went from 1 to 4 bars. Also got one for my sister in rural MI.
The indicator light would quickly flash alternating green and red for a couple of seconds, then shut down. Again, their customer service folks were very nice and are setting up another RMA replacement. I don't have much confidence that the third unit will last very long, either. With ground shipping both ways the turn around was about two weeks.The new unit functioned for about two weeks and then went bad just like the first unit.
But functionally competitive products require wired access to the outdoors, which for most people is not practical at work. The 1-year warranty is one year of usability by the consumer and not just one calendar year from purchase.The bottom line is that this product does work--when it works at all. It is illegal (at least in California) for a manufacturer to run down the consumer's warranty clock while warranty claims are pending (as long as the delay is not on the consumer's end). I have been using it in an office building where my cell phone reception is blocked by a steel structual support column. By placing the base unit in a window and routing the antenna wire around the structual column and placing the antenna near my desk, my reception improved by 3 to 4 bars.The first unit failed just short of two months. The zBoost customer service people were very nice and easy to reach on the phone and they set up a RMA to return and replace the YX300 with a brand new unit. This time I insisted that I should not have to pay shipping for shipping my unit back to them and they agreed.
If there was a comparable product on the market I would switch to it in a heartbeat. First of all, the YX3000 performs as described. Unplugging the unit and plugging it back in got the same response. I'm keeping track of my warranty claims, from the time I make the claim to the time I receive a replacement, because the manufacturer must add that lost time back on to the warranty period.
you cannot get up and walk around the room and talk but you can certainly sit at your desk or in your easy chair and get the full benefit. I get a 16db increase in signal within 6 feet from the antenna. The Extender has changed all that. There are only 3 instructions (printed on the packaging), follow them to the letter and you should be fine. I highly recommend this product IF it is used and instructed. The antenna and the phone need to be in the same horizontal plane for best results.
Now, I don't have to call people back with "cell phone dropped the call" so often. It took me all of 2 minutes to be up and running with this great device. I really think most of the bad reviews here are due to not following directions OR expecting too much from a $100 item. I use a Blackberry 9630 for tethering to my lappy and as our "house phone" (dumped the landline years ago)but only getting about -105db to -115db made for many dropped connections.
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