Cell Phones with RF antenna ports/adapters

Maureen

While most modern mobile broadband modems (aircards) tend to have external antenna ports, cell phones and PDAs unfortunately do NOT often have antenna ports - or if they do, they may be hidden under a battery cover or plastic inlay. Worse yet, neither the carriers nor the manufacturers make it easy to find out if a phone has an antenna port, or where it might be on the phone.

This forum thread will discuss which phones have antenna ports, where the ports are, and which antenna adapter they use.

For a list of CURRENTLY AVAILABLE phones from Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T that have antenna ports (along with their location and which adapter they use), CLICK HERE. That article will be continually updated as Sprint/Verizon/AT&T release new phones or if we find new adapters for existing phones.

If you have an older phone that is NOT on that list that has an antenna port, please add it here! Make sure you note which adapter cable you are using, and where the port is.

Maureen · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject:

Below is a list of the CURRENTLY AVAILABLE (as of 9/3/09) phones/PDAs from Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T that have antenna ports, as well as where they are and which adapter they use (remember that "under battery cover" means you'll have to either remove the battery cover or drill/punch a hole in it to connect an antenna, and "under plastic/chrome inlay" means you'll have to remove a piece of plastic/chrome to access the port):

Verizon:

* LG Dare - under battery cover (359919)
* LG Versa - under battery cover (359919)
* LG Chocolate 3 - under battery cover (359919)
* LG vx8360 - under battery cover (359919)
* LG EnV2 - under "2.0 Megapixels" plastic inlay next to camera lens on back (359919)
* Motorola W755 - back port (352019)
* Motorola VU204 - under battery cover (352019)
* Palm Centro (690) - back port (WA-1037)
* Samsung Flipshot U900 - under battery cover (359919)
* Motorola Aventure V750 - under battery cover (352015)
* LG vx7100 Glance - under battery cover (359919)

Sprint:

* Palm Centro - back port (WA-1037)
* Samsung Ace - under chrome inlay by camera (359921)
* Motorola VE20 - under battery cover (WA-1003)

AT&T:

* Samsung A237 - under battery cover (359919)
* Samsung A637 - under battery cover (359919)
* Samsung A737 - under plastic inlay at back of phone (359921)
* Samsung Eternity A867 - under battery cover (359921)
* Samsung A777 - under plastic inlay at back of phone (359921)
* Samsung Propel A767 - under plastic inlay at back of phone (359921)
* Samsung Blackjack II SGH-i617 - under battery cover (359921)
* Samsung Impression A877 - under battery cover (359921)
* Samsung Epix i907 - under battery cover (359921)
* LG Vu CU920 - back port (359921)

As new phones are released (or new adapter cables), we will update this thread as well as this article on EVDOinfo: http://evdoinfo.com/phoneantennas

Maureen · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject:

There are, of course, lots of OLDER phones that have antenna ports, too - let's not forget about those! Here are just a FEW "older but still popular" phones that have antenna ports:

Sprint/Verizon Treo 755p - back port (358505)
Sprint/Verizon Treo 750 - back port (358505)
Verizon LG Voyager - under chrome inlay surrounding camera (359919)
Verizon LG vx8800 Venus - under battery cover (359919)
Verizon SCH u-550 - under battery cover (359919)
Verizon LG vx8350 - port on side of phone, easily accessible (359919)
Verizon Samsung Glyde - under battery cover (359921)
Verizon Samsung Gleam - under battery cover (359921)
Verizon LG Venus - under battery cover (359919)

Add yours, too!

Jim_in_VA · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject:

Sprint HTC Mogul
Verizon VX6800

Both are widely available on Ebay and are RevA / WiFi as well. Good value.
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Maureen · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject:

Good ones, Jim - here's the location and antenna adapter for those two:

Sprint HTC Mogul/Verizon VX6800 - port on back of phone (359909)

Maureen · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject:

Here's another popular "old" phone:

Verizon Alias u740 (NOT the new Alias2) - under battery cover (359921)