Cel-Fi Go X Cell Signal Booster Extreme Teardown #ReverseEngineering
Kerry D. Wong posts about a teardown of the Cel-Fi Go X Cell Signal Booster:
About a year ago, I bought a Cel-Fi Go X signal booster for my house as where I live the signal reception is very poor. I managed to do a quick teardown and examined the top side of the circuit board. But I did not take the board out to see the reverse side as in order to do so, I would need to desolder the SMA and power connectors. And that had left a lot to be desired.
After a year’s use, I have to say I am very impressed with its performance. Not only I have strong cell signals everywhere in the house (including the basement where I do most of my work from), I can also use my phone as hotspot when the internet is out and carry on a video conference without any issues.
So I was excited when I got my hands on another identical used unit. And this time around I was going to to do an extreme teardown and take a deeper look at the unit.
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