Before I buy the Sleek 4G
My wife and I are long time users of the sleek 3G. We use the sleek cradle connected to a Wilson truckers antenna, which is mounted on a redneck extendable paint-pole slid into a piece of pvc pipe zip...
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rjsurfer wrote:
Be careful with that older phone, many of the older ones have lousy radios, and don't cover all the frequencies used today. So, even going to a sleek 4G still might give you a problem.
Im on Verizon unlimited so I don't get free phones so I used my Galaxy Nexus on the Sleek 4G and didn't have much increase in speed if any. I put my wife's Samsung S5 in it and it flies with the Sleek, more bars and much higher speed.
As others have said buy a new antenna that covers all the 4G frequencies.
On edit, what's the version of your wife's phone?
Ron W.
Thanks for the heads-up.
We don't get new contract phones either and don't upgrade very often.(I'm still using an old HTC Incredible ver.1) When we do upgrade we purchase older used phones and stay with our old verizon plan.
My wife purchased her Galaxy Nexus used off ebay last year. Similarly my son purchased his Samsung S5 used, and he reports that the reception is good and speeds are very fast. (never tried it in the sleek)He uses a ridiculous amount of data every month and would be squawking if it was not fast.
It doesn't sound promising for using the nexus with the sleek. Ah, the joys of upgrading technology.
