✅ Get Better Signal Indoors! 5G Cellular Signal Booster - Tested - HiBoost 4k Mate Review
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2023
- Have poor cell signal in house? Here is how to boost your 4G LTE and 5G cell phone signal to improve voice calling and data speed and home internet. This pulls the signal from outside your house and amplifies it inside. I show what the kit is made up of, how to install it outside and inside and some real world testing of the device with my thoughts. This is the HiBoost 4k Mate and they provided the product for the testing.
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Thanks, Nate! This video really helped me understand some things I was wondering about, like using a booster versus a mimo antenna.
Nate, thanks for your testing this booster with verizon and T-mobile, cellular and Wifi. Provide us with a very comprehensive test. I live in a densely wooded area and seek for some solutions to improve my signal. You know sometimes upgrade my carrier monthly plan just doeesn't work. Cell towers don't move because I pay more. Booster is definitely a better solutions for me. Thanks for you honest test again. Keep up😁
The HiBoost 4K Mate work for me 0n T-Mobile it is Great. Thank You for Info. Nater Tater Is the Best
Thank you Nate for your review at your location for both Verizon and T-Mobile home gateways. As a money and time saver beneficiary, thanks!! 💯💪😊
You're welcome!
So helpful. Thank you. Our home in Tenn is semi rural and between towers.
Glad to help
Great video! Love the content. As a former cell booster installer, I would only recommend buying a cell booster if you need cell signal. This should not be bought for the sole purpose of increasing data speeds. The problems with cell boosters is, they lack the ability to use Carrier Aggregation. Even though they are boosting multiple signals, the cell booster cannot 'combine' the signals to get the best data speeds. Now if you have 1mbps, there is a chance this device will get help you 20mbps. (if the 1 signal being boosted has decent data speeds). But if you have 20mbps, don't expect 100.It just wont happen. All modern phones and 4G LTE modems support and use Carrier Aggregation. It is essential for good data speeds. The NetMonster app will show your Carrier Aggregation on your phone. Also, it may show 5G signal, but it wont be 5G speeds.
thanks for this (edit: I'm back to thinking I need to get an outside antenna, just wish Verizon and t-mo would make it easy to connect, or offer outside antenna as an option.). however, the app you mentioned is android only, along with the signal stream app mentioned in this vid, why so many apps not available on apple platform? These are free apps are they not? ...I don't do windows ;o) ...I have all apple devices, so I don't have access to these apps. are there any alternatives?
@@benji888578 I’m in the same boat and all of the tutorial videos out there are only related to Windows unfortunately.
@@benji888578 Apple is very restrictive on what they approve and it costs a decent amount more for devs to get approval on the Apple app store.
I got a few questions about all of it but I’ll keep it simple. I live far from the nearest tower about 18 miles out. I used to get 8 mbps but the cell signal just dropped, now 6 boosters later I’m only getting about 1mbps during the day and around midnight about 4 to 6mbps. When it’s cloudy it goes about 3mbps. I’ve tried all the different antennas changed so many places to put it. Changed to the thickest wiring. Is there anything else I can do? I just want to get it to at least 5mbps all the time. Answer if you can, thanks.
I am blessed I have T-Mobile and my signal strength is excellent all the time no router but my ps5 is only thing on it AT&T runs everything else
8:50 Nice selection of anticipation music. 😄
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What is a good app for apple to see what you cell metric strenghts and stuff are?
so, firstly, I can't find waveform's SignalStream app for iOS/apple platform? (edit: I only have apple devices, so, are there alternatives?)
I live in a metal mobilhome . On Total by verizon i got 1 bar in doors , and a lot of dropped calls. Now with the HiBoost 4 bar all the time and never a dropped call. I live 10 miles out in the country, so it really helps. Im getting t-mobile home internet and i hope it helps it also
Awesome to hear it helped so much!
Hi Nate thanks so much! My son is in school in NC and he's in the woods! Which booster is this?
@@wishiwasthere link is in the video description
Too bad cell boosters can’t work along side the antenna connected to the Verizon box. I still find that some days connectivity is nonexistent with the antenna alone
To bad they don't make a mimo booster so you can hook it upto waveform, but have seen splitters could some one split this into a mimo and get even better signal
Hi nate...I just got t-mobile home internet..its using b66 and n41...what boisterous will work best for these channels?
No boosters work for tmobile 5G (n41 and n71). Best bet is an external antenna. Check out my channel playlist for examples.
I want to use my vzw 5G uwb hotspot with Ethernet... Should I get a single antenna booster or is it better to go the mimo route? Pro and cons?
Mimo us better but harder install. ua-cam.com/video/bboYE4qcfDM/v-deo.html
How close did the T-Mobile gateway need to be to the indoor antenna? I have 2 bars inside on the gateway, I've seen it pop 3 but rare, so I know outside off the roof is better. I have the hiboost 4k smart link and your same initial speeds before install and it is no better after install. LTE700 and AWS2100 are booth good-Super and the other two stay in the crap range. $460 into this so far and not happy...
Mine was probably 15 to 20ft away but coverage will depend how strong your signal is. Do not expect blazing speeds from a booster which has a single antenna and no MIMO capability. As shown it took me from effectively no connection to fast enough to stream a couple 4k videos at the same time.
@@NaterTater Thanks. I had good luck walking around outlet to outlet with the gateway to see where the signal improved. I went to the basement and literally held it right up to it and for the first time ever I saw all the bars lit up, but it was unstable, unusable. I guess too much interference bouncing around down there. I found that the bedroom above it with 3-4 bars was the best useable spot. So relieved that it improved things even if only slightly.
Hay Nate! Another informative video. Got a question concerning safety in boosting 5G in a home. I'm not to concerned with 5G transmission from a tower but wonder ,in your research, does a more direct transmission of a 5 G signal in a home lead to possible health issues?
Thanks again for all your helpful videos.
Anthony
Hey Anthony! With an FCC approved boosters like this that limit output you would be no worse off then if yoj simply lived closer to the tower.
I have t mobile home internet and I live in a small metal trailer. Their service is ok outside the trailer but Horrible on the inside . What would you recommend
an external antenna ua-cam.com/play/PL8d9FovK2dNS1HuMabIm8hspYa7nlXpPP.html
Would you recommend something like this (cell booster) or hook up Verizon modem with a mimo antenna?
Depends on the situation. My favorite solution is a 3rd party gateway.
@Nater Tater gotcha, how would that work with the SKU:ARC model though? Or would it have to be with SKU:ASK by extracting the sim?
@@holysabre8499 correct need the ask for SIM to put in another modem.
@Nater Tater I appreciate your response. I had bought a 5G cell signal booster in hopes that it would help my version 5G but it didn't do anything, it did boost my mobile device but not the internet so I've been digging deeper into all this info. I do alot of traveling for work and sometimes end up in rural locations with little signal. So any suggestions you got, I'm all ears lol.
Just watching you climb that makes me a little faint, lol
Hehe
That’s a directional antenna. Are both towers (tmobile and Verizon) the same direction?
Yes
@@NaterTater you lucked out. :-)
will you set your tmobile trashcan same room where you sleep? next to your bed? i get best signal in my room next to the window near my bed
3ft should be safe
What is the signal app you used?
Signal stream and ookla speed test
Can you just buy only the indoor booster if you already have a outdoor cell antenna my presence booster indoors is not working
Perhaps! You'd have to contact the manufacturer though as they appear to bundle them as kits online.
Hi Cool Dad 😊 not understanding why cellco would want or need registration?
It's really the FCC that requires it and puts the burden on the ISP to track it. They want to prevent interference issues.
Oder process please
I see it doesn't say bands b66/n71 are supported. That seems to be my best connection band. So this wouldn't be a good fit?!
Depends what you are trying to do but if you get n71 and want to improve 5g home internet then i'd suggest a outdoor 4x4 MIMO antenna directly to the gateway.
@@NaterTater we use tmo for isp and have verizon cell. Wanted to boost both if possible. And not comfortable opening up the tmo modem at this time
@bigcountry4301 in that case a booster might be best. Even though it doesnt boost n71 it will help your 4g lte connection and your gateway will still connect to n71. Note the booster unit needs to be reasonable close to the gateway to work. For more indoor coverage look at the cel-fi booster i reviewed recently.
@NaterTater ok ty for information. My issue with the tmo is I get stuck on B12, all day yesterday it ran perfectly on b66/n71 but this morning like usual it's b12. It feels like my home has a barrier that flips on and off 😅 would upgrading from the Nokia befit me?
@bigcountry4301 for sure. The best way to avoid that is get a 3rd party 5g router that lets you band lock. You can force it on b66 or whatever you want. Chester Cheetah is the best bang for your buck there with my discount code.
Nater , i have right now the worse experience with t mobile and is not about service is about customer service , like i tell you before the modem reboot , go to the store last friday they dont replace the modem tell me i need to call the 800 , i call after 2 hours int he phone they tell me i will receive the new modem last monday , still today waiting call t mobile tell me the guys last friday dont do the order , wow t mobile is a messs
Does it use home internet to run?
No
The only "5G" it picks up, is the same n2/n25 and n5 that any other multi-carrier Booster picks up. No n41, n71, or n77.
I realize that is what is advertised and perhaps is true but if so then by boosting the 4G the devices get enough of a 4G anchor to latch to 5G. So in my case it "boosted" 5G one way or another.
@@NaterTater Hey Nate! Ran across your channel yesterday and have been watching all I can. I switched to T mobile yesterday from straight talk (Verizon) towers, along with the LTE lite Home internet. I'm trying to figure out what booster to go with, my android phone seems to bounce from B71 to B12 to B4, but B71 mostly. I have 2 bars outside, but NOTHING inside, and the iPhone seems to be locked to B71 best I can tell... The home internet box seems to do ok, in the window, and for it I feel the best thing is the 4x4 antenna you show. My main question is, if I have a booster that boost the B12 will the cell phones automatically use that band over the B71 they seem to try to be staying connected too? I'm not sure how far the towers are from me but I'm in the woods and in the middle of 3, just in a bad spot, half mile down either way of my road I can get 150mbps speeds and almost full signal.
Thanks for any input!
Is B66 and N41 part of 4G or 5G?
B66 is 4G. n41 is 5G
You need to get closer to your microphone because I can barely hear I had to turn my phone all the way up I still cannot hear anyting
Why does tmobile not include a jack!
This is all terrifying. I need a booster because my 4g router is useless and no landline for broadband but I am a single woman and have no idea what to do!
a local TV antenna installer should be able to install this type of unit. It installs very similarly to a TV antenna.
so, this is overkill for me and my tiny house. I think I need to go with an external antenna, but, 1) have to void warranty to connect, 2) cost. seems like they are all hundreds of dollars, seems like there should be a $50-$75 option, it's just an antenna, right? ...I just wish Verizon and t-mo would give us an external antenna connection so we can just add an external antenna, or even add an external antenna as an option. ...I have both Verizon & t-mo right now, why? Verizon: they are extremely slow at getting 5G outside of big cities, no 5G here, so, it works on 4G/LTE, but, useless during the day, too many people on the tower. T-Mobile: works great, WHEN it works. I've sometimes/often lost the internet connection even though it shows 3 bars of wireless signal connection, (time of day, how often it drops varies greatly...I work evenings and can come home to no internet late night and it won't fix until daytime, this is when I switch to Verizon). From one of your vids, I think it is because, being inside, it will pick up one of two different signals, I get 3-4 bars, but, t-mo doesn't seem to lock in to one signal and stay with it, it keeps switching between (I think it's n41/n71?), but, I don't get why it drops the internet, (speed test may show a connection but will spin and spin and eventually give up the speed test), maybe this would not be happening with an external antenna pointed at the closest/strongest signal tower. ...BUT, I would actually prefer Verizon if they could get their arses moving and get 5G here as I have my own router and wired connections and it works better in that regard. Plus, maybe the Verizon box would work fine without an external antenna, if they put 5G in the same location as the 4G/LTE signal I get now. ...I hate having two internet bills, but, no cable available here, so this is the best option outside of satellite, which is not so great an option.
...for some odd/unknown reason I lose the t-mo connection most often after work: late night/early AM, I try to power cycle the t-mo box, but, 9 times out of 10 it makes zero difference...so, I thought maybe someone is doing data mining or something to bog down the tower, but, I think it's more complicated than that, it screws up something because it keeps switching towers. I just don't get why when the signal is 3-4 bars...if it was down to 1-3 bars I would get it, but, I guess the algorithm for the unit makes it keep trying to get 4-5 bars of strength so it switches? IDK, all I know is, when t-mo finally made 5G home internet available here I was hoping to get rid of Verizon, but, it seems I may be keeping both until Verizon finally upgrades the tower and then drop t-mo. 😐
sorry to add even more, but, now I'm thinking, I could spend hundreds on some kind of external antenna, or I could spend hundreds over time on both services until Verizon upgrades and then I may be able to drop t-mo and not need an external antenna.
for $500 Na i'm GOOD.............
It does not work on t mobile. T mobile uses n71 for 5g. It's illegal to boost 5g bands by t mobile. Any boosters does not work with t mobile. Call the company an ask. They will say it can boost only 4g t mobile bands
The FCC blocks 5G boosting for all carriers in the US. This boosts tmobile 4G LTE and that can also enable a better connection, including to tmobile 5G as I show in this video.
Why are you removing my comments
I'm not. YT does if there are url links or curse words.
@@NaterTater there was a URL n 71 booster
EasyBoost 135
Question: If I get this and install this, will I be the only one enjoying the benefits of the booster?? Or will other unwanted, ungrateful freeloaders also benefit from the booster against my will? Lol u.u
Anyone in range would benefit. But the range isnt that far so unless you live in a multi unit dwelling I think it would only be you.
I do not feel this was a fair test. An antenna that high up could be the only reason for the improvement and not the booster.
Maybe put the antenna a few feet away (think there is a minimum distance of 10FT and try again.
This is the correct way to install and leverage a booster. You place it where the signal is the strongest, and it repeats that signal where the signal is currently weak.
the whole kit and kaboodle,hell,why not build a damn mast in your garden and be done
I dont trust paid promotion videos
That's understandable and I wasnt paid to make this video but they did send me the product for free for testing. It's an honest review of the performance.