Kindle 3G antenna hack

kindite · 03-25-2011, 08:10 PM

For fringe coverage situations, has anyone looked at doing a Kindle 3g external antenna hack? This is a screen shot from ZDnet's Kindle 3 teardown

The Anydata quad-band 3G radio uses a "hirose, u.fl-r-smt, 50ohm" SMT connector, which seems quite standard, according to AnyData's specsheet.

Any number of stock quad-band hi-gain antennas should probably work with this, I would assume.

coupled with something like this 8-inch U.fl to N-Male 8 Inch Cable for 6 bucks: http://www.wlanparts.com/product/CA1...nch-Cable.html

yifanlu · 03-25-2011, 10:27 PM

I don't think you'll get any better coverage with an external antenna.

Tanga · 03-25-2011, 10:39 PM

Hmm, this is the kind of hack that Kindle are bound to notice. I doubt even the most hardcore software hackers will want to do this.

kindite · 03-25-2011, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tanga

Hmm, this is the kind of hack that Kindle are bound to notice. I doubt even the most hardcore software hackers will want to do this.

Not sure how they would be able to. The radio and software isn't altered in any way - just the piece of metal that's between it and the cell tower. Also, the only hardware change-up would be disconnecting one cord and (with a small hole on the back of the Kindle, void warranty of course) connecting another one. Nothing in the SIM card is touched.

Quote:

Originally Posted by yifanlu

I don't think you'll get any better coverage with an external antenna.

that's definitely true in the city or other dense area. My thought was something like a really high-gain antenna in a very rural area. Something like this 10dBi quad-band patch antenna:

03-25-2011, 08:10 PM	#1
kindite Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle3 3g+Wifi	Kindle 3G antenna hack For fringe coverage situations, has anyone looked at doing a Kindle 3g external antenna hack? This is a screen shot from ZDnet's Kindle 3 teardown The Anydata quad-band 3G radio uses a "hirose, u.fl-r-smt, 50ohm" SMT connector, which seems quite standard, according to AnyData's specsheet. Any number of stock quad-band hi-gain antennas should probably work with this, I would assume. coupled with something like this 8-inch U.fl to N-Male 8 Inch Cable for 6 bucks: http://www.wlanparts.com/product/CA1...nch-Cable.html Last edited by kindite; 03-25-2011 at 08:23 PM.

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03-25-2011, 10:27 PM	#2
yifanlu Kindle Dissector Posts: 662 Karma: 475607 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	I don't think you'll get any better coverage with an external antenna.

03-25-2011, 10:39 PM	#3
Tanga Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 5792 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kindle 3	Hmm, this is the kind of hack that Kindle are bound to notice. I doubt even the most hardcore software hackers will want to do this.