GR "Scott" Cundiff Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Okay - is it just happenstance or is something else going on. Here's the deal. I have the phone in the Wilson Sleek cradle and, if I hop in and out of airplane mode, it will go to around 3 bars of 4G - however, they aren't steady. It will climb up to 4 bars, then drop down to 1 bar and then the phone switches to 3G and stays there. I picked the phone up, still in the cradle, to watch the signal fluctuate - as I hold it, it settles down and holds on 4G. I sit it down and the signal climbs and then drops, resulting in a switch to 3G. After repeating this a couple of times, I carefully sit the phone and cradle on the floor beside my chair -- and it holds on 3 bars of 4G. Is this just my imagination or does the location of the phone while in the cradle matter? Or do I have something going on with a cable? . Our "Here and There" Blog 2005 Safari Cheetah Motorhome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark and Dale Bruss Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 What antenna are you using? The location of the antenna, even the little one included, matters. The phone couples to the Sleek and it not too sensitive but the center of the phone should be centered on the Sleek. Please click for Emails instead of PM Mark & DaleJoey - 2016 Bounder 33C Tige - 2006 40' Travel SupremeSparky III - 2021 Mustang Mach-e, off the the Road since 2019 Useful HDT Truck, Trailer, and Full-timing Info atwww.dmbruss.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR "Scott" Cundiff Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 The antenna is just the little mag mount that came with it and it wasn't moved. The phone is securely mounted, so it isn't moving in the cradle either. Still, it seems that moving the phone makes a difference - I wouldn't have thought that would happen. Our "Here and There" Blog 2005 Safari Cheetah Motorhome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR "Scott" Cundiff Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 I'm still having weird episodes with my sleek. I'm in a spot with about 2 bars of 4G. If I put the phone in the sleek, the signal will climb and then drop. At that point it switches to 4 bars of 3G and stays there. However, if I don't use the sleek, I stay on a usable 2 bars of 4G The sleek in this case, actually slows my phone down by causing it to go to a stronger 3G signal rather than just boost my 4G signal. Do you think the issue is with my phone or the sleek? Or something else? Our "Here and There" Blog 2005 Safari Cheetah Motorhome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockylarson Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Try powering your phone off and on while on the Sleek and see if it locks onto 4G. I had a similiar problem which I think had to do with more than one tower competing for my attention. Once reset the phone stayed on 4G (Verizon) until my next session on the Sleek. You also might be in a fringe area that is affecting which tower can lock onto you with prevailing atmospheric conditions. Good Luck. Jan and Rocky Larson, Volunteers, USFWS , 9,300 hours each. 29 refuges since 2006. 2 new each year. 2004 Allegro 30DA, Workhorse 8.1, Banks, 2012 Jeep Liberty, Blue Ox Aladdin, 300 watts solar, 5 Optima group 31 AGM's, 2000w PSW inverter Philippians 4:11-13 KJV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR "Scott" Cundiff Posted November 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I think I figured out what is going on. The coax connector was bad. I was moving it and the coax just pulled out of it. Once I got my soldering iron out and soldered the ground to the connector the sleek started acting like it should. So, yeah, the location mattered because, depending on how the phone was in the sleek, a connection was being made, or not. Our "Here and There" Blog 2005 Safari Cheetah Motorhome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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