I bought a new-in-box LG V20 about 18 months ago because I was tired of phones without removable batteries and headphone jacks. However, it gets absolutely terrible reception for some reason (as in, no signal in the middle of Manhattan). Some guy had the same problem and he soldered a big antenna to his phone to fix it. I might try to do that but given how great I am at soldering, there’s a good chance I’ll break the phone. Should I do it? I don’t want to have to buy a modern phone with a built-in battery but I can’t just have a phone which doesn’t work when I’m away from wi-fi…

  • Gibberish9031@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I would practice soldering at least a few times before trying it on the phone, but at this point you don’t really have a choice. Moving forward buy a phone like the Asus Zenphone10 which has the battery glued shut but the back is plastic which would make it far easier to remove than a glass back phone. And bonus this phone has a headphone jack as well.