HiBoost Cell Phone Booster 4K Plus - WeBoost KILLER?

Do you need internet off grid? Today we are unboxing and testing the HiBoost cell booster 4k plus. It is a cell phone signal booster the will work with AT&T, T-Mobel and Verison. This a Weboost alternative cell phone signal booster.
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[@Aprilbirds]

I love your attitude with everything you do, very calm, very relaxed and totally informative, well done. Best wishes from the 🇬🇧

[@dsdsmitty2]

I'll never understand KZbin. I've been looking for Off-Grid stuff for over 18 months and today is the first day you show up in recommendations. Glad it finally did!

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Glad you found us, David!

[@jimbennett1227]

one of the best you tube makers, clear, easy to hear, straight forward. Maybe Martin Johnson should become a news reporter, we could get the news without all the hype. I love this guy.

[@Timetravel1111]

6:40 I love watching you figure this all out and talk it out. Cute too!!

[@Hj61S827]

LTE and 4g is MIMO. With only one antenna, I believe it’s only Receiving. I have two of those antennas, formed to make a “L” shape, directly connected to my Netgear modem, and I get better uploads than downloads.

[@bigrod0069]

cell providers should give these to people with low signal

[@Jeralddoerr]

Great video... Thanks for taking the time to make it... I'm still researching for HI or WE Boost...

[@DwadeIsHere2010]

The boosters come with RG6 cable but I heard RG 11 has way less loss in reception.

[@charliekoder3788]

Hey man just found your video and I wanted to mention that Band 4 is a high bandwidth band, it has more channel width than some of the other bands, so if you can set the base unit to specify to band 4 you might have even better speed.

[@yourpalfranc]

I'm interested in the WeBoost Killer claim. How does it compare with the WeBoost?

[@bobjoncas2814]

..sure beats a wire coat hanger on an old b/w tv aerial..lol..great vid

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

No doubt.

[@bobjoncas2814]

@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving ..LOL..

[@wangwang4082]

The Uplink data speed is bit slow frankly, the reason is that the Router is too close to the booster, it has to be at least 10~15ft away, because the router has uplink power level which is pretty strong, so if it is too near to the booster, it is going to jamm the booster and enable the booster to trigger the protection system. So having a reasonable distance is important, pls try that way. while downlink from the tower has no such issue, because the signal recieved by the router is pretty weak, so it is going to have full bar, but even for that, the downlink still needs a reasonable distance to performance better.

[@nurhuda5653]

Well done, sir. Although the upload speed is less satisfying. Btw pak martin, your old house in jogja is painted white now. The pepper tree is drying

[@reneegriffith2375]

Have you heard when your roof truss will be there. I sure hope you can get them up before this weekend's bad weather hits.

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Tomorrow. Lord willing.

[@gilbertmick62]

Bravo Martin tu et plus fort que moi ça doit être que je suis plus vieux que toi bon courage salut 😉🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@ALTJR]

Quoi?

[@DavidD-bg7uo]

I was waiting for you to say "Know what I mean Vern", every time you looked at the camera.😀 I bought one of these units because of this video. Haven't received it yet, just really hoping it works for me in my rural area with the tower about 7mi. away and a really weak T Mobile signal. Thank you.

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Hope it works for you too.

[@ModernMountainLiving]

As a KZbinr moving up there phone coverage is Nonexistent with T-Mobile, and getting a cable provider is sketchy. It is good to know this could help. (after I get a different provider) WOWHEY!

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Really? Julie uses T-Mobile everyday.

[@ModernMountainLiving]

@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving Not a bar on our property.

[@philswisher4275]

I appreciated your review ... and your genuine comments!

[@kevindouglas8768]

Keep us posted after you use it a bunch. I'd like to get one for on the farm. Nice gift. Thank them again:)

[@jasara1895]

IDAHO!!! You make me homesick, there is no place like home. Thanks for the info, hope you get the ap to work.

[@schnitznschnatzn]

Does your AT&T modem have connectors for external antennas? You might be better off with two antennas on the roof, directly connected to the modem. That way you can keep the coax a lot shorter to minimize cable losses and make use of MIMO, which gives you much better throughput than this booster. Very nice project you've got going there, btw.

[@michaelgreen9721]

Did you try uninstalling app and reinstalling with Hi-boost activated?

[@foddyfood3050]

We up here with starlink in Canada. Wait till you guys get it. Changes eveyrhingZ

[@yardbikebob]

I'm trying HiBoost. WeBoost warranty sucks. I am 16 days short of the 2 year warranty and the WeBoost (model Connect 4G 470103) performance has degraded over time; used to always get 4g now, over the last 6 months only 3g. The outside antenna was 5' off the top of a 20' metal building. So I raised it atop a 20' pole. Also noticed the WeBoost amplifier it too hot touch. Standing on the roof next to the antenna my phone sees 4G. But down in the living room it never sees more that 3g. Using Advanced Signal Status app on phone. 'Greg' from Wilson Electronics says either the cell phone tower changed, the trees are too high, or I don't know how to aim the antenna (same direction for 2 years). I live in a rural area with closest cell phone tower 3.5 miles away. My phone will get 4G at different parts of the property, even in the trees, but now not with WeBoost? My phone on the roof sees 4g (15' below yagi antenna) but not my living room? I feel Greg is motivated to reject warranty claims. I'm not going to spend another $550 with Wilson Amplifiers. I'm done.

[@majorpayne4098]

So, how did this end up ?

[@sue_mama]

Wow, that's cool dude

[@BleeTiT]

It is very likely that you have a weak router LTE and AT&T It has far BTS antennas. I recommend you to buy a router such as huawei b715 with aggregation of LTE bands and testing various mobile operators. Maybe you may not even need this booster.

[@bobfore3839]

I always have doubts about reviews on free products sent by the company. If you had said, "I bought this booster..", your review would carry more weight.

[@Bullhornbeach]

Good review Martin! New sub here. I live out pretty far as well and have been trying to find a good internet solution. I may give this one a shot! Btw, northen ID... Beautiful country there!! Did some contract work there about 10 years ago.

[@lpg12338]

Great video & attitude, subscribed! 👍

[@idahodad1]

That's impressive, there are so many dead spots in North Idaho.

Tim Fergel, probably IH has better 4G Coverage at +1.7 GHz than Germany.

[@unknownwolf4046]

I have a bec 6300NEL Ridgewave R15 LTE modem from my isp Bravado Wireless. They told me where i live Spotty

[@thyreaper650]

How good would it work inside a house on a mobile phone not being near or infront of the indoor antenna?

[@keithsullivan5873]

400 Bad Request The server cannot or will not process the request due to an apparent client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, size too large, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing) Could try connecting to the app from a different wifi when you are around another one. If that doesn't work you may have to contact the company.

[@dgmenace73]

I have Verizon for cell and then Spectrum for my Internet and the Internet is 250mbs, but 4months ago we lost our 4g signal. Verizon says they don't know??? I even have a Obdator cellular signal booster and its not helping at all. When I 1st put the booster up, we went from 1-2bars to 4-5 bars. Is there a way to use the directional outdoor cellular antenna with a satellite dish or something? We can't use our phones without wifi now until we get 5-6 miles from the house. Thanks

[@hafsalinda]

Turn your phome off then back on to move it to the top of the stack of phones connected to the tower the longer your connected the less bandwidth your assigned cellular service was designed as a hand off to traveling phones moving thru the area, not a permenent connection. They dynamically allocate bandwidth according to time in connection to tower. Be well, and god bless -hallelujah!

[@GlassHalfFullLife]

You are getting 4 bars because that is just showing the signal from the HiBoost devices, think of it as a router. It matters what the HiBoost device itself is getting signal wise.

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

That is why I do a speed test.

[@gio2577]

Im late but have you tried Starlink?

[@gergemall]

Man , I just found your channel . Happy Fourth of July 2020.

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

You too.

[@akjahrin]

Sir from where i can buy this booster I'm from india i need 1set of this

[@TheBigChill1]

If the repeater is just one mile away you don't even need a booster... A good LTE router with an external antenna will do the exact same thing much cheaper... I'm 8 miles away from a repeater with a better Yagi directional antenna and I got from 3Mb/s to 20 Mb/s on 4G... Another thing is having a long cable from the antenna to the booster...that cable have loads of loss on the higher frequencies...On any cellular antenna connections distance must be as short as possible due to the signal losses...

[@KillerRaptorr]

Boosters like this are intended to be as far as possible from the two systems. The closer they are the less performance boost you get. Because both of them are sending and RX signals. The outside antenna transmit/RX and the inside does same of the boosted signal. Most will come with atleast 60+ foot cables and require atleast 40foot of range between the two antenna's from line of sight distance. Since the inside antenna also transmits and RX the signal the phone sends. Now if it was a cradle device. That wouldn't have as much impact since the antenna is sitting directly on the phone. So the outside antenna won't bug itself over on the inside antenna signals.

[@tahquameken]

Did it help with phone service at all?

[@bigboyys420]

I was just wondering did you ever try 5G cellular booster?

[@DwadeIsHere2010]

You have wifi through cellular I see how much is it monthly? If you don't mind me asking. Also is it capped/throttled or is it just depriorized?

[@arnoldromppai5395]

any time you get a server 400, is web page not avalable,, , both 400 and 404 are the same

[@gwernette5971]

It's been 9 months, so how is it working for you? Did you get another App to pinpoint the cell tower?

[@aspendell209]

If you are still using your 3rd-party wifi router, it could be blocking the App (smart phone) direct connection to the server in the HiBoost.

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

You shouldn’t have to.

[@AYdailylife]

Ahaa... finally see your youtube again. Been long time I didn’t see your vlog 😭

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Welcome back.

[@johnmcdonald8240]

Should be no problem converting to 12v to run on the battery's .

[@wangwang4082]

yes, it is no problem, it will do 12V to run on the battery's

[@voice4voicelessKrzysiek]

Actually, your upload speeds also improved- more than doubled, maybe even x10. 👍

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

True. Great for regular internet usage but still slow for uploading videos.

[@Wilsonwillfixit]

I called AT&T and they said they do t have a unlimited data plan for routers, is that something they just stopped?

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

We had to go into the local att store and ask.

[@maruwaanmoses]

Hi Marty. Welcome back to your channel. I've been hanging around here for the past 2 days watching some of your SE Asian videos 👨‍💻

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Cool. Where are you from?

[@sylhunt8230]

a little better is better than nothing

[@xuxielin7599]

how about if we don't have WiFi, how to use Bluetooth?

[@thesecret2]

that sucks,...i know a man who has a weboost 4h home,..and his reaches the nearest tower of 20 miles away,....4 bars,...and 20 mbps

[@cool2180]

the tower could congested too. At&t is not well known for high upload speeds.

[@That1ufo]

Did you kick the family off the net before the first test? You're old antenna in the tree should be just as good! maybe its time to bring it down for side by side tests

[@kecudotcom]

how do you get the electricity supply in forest?

[@rithawoods5092]

what do you need from Los Angeles?

[@david020218]

You need 2 for mimo

[@murnisilaban2481]

Yap.

[@johnpiegzik298]

Great video! Not sold on that unit? WeBoost seems to have better results! What’s the price on that unit? Thx John 👍😎

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

There is a link in the description with the current price.

[@johnpiegzik298]

Martin I will open my eyes and ears a little better next time! 🤪 Thx for your response. John 😎👍

[@devonphillips3596]

I WOULD LIKE TO BYE ONE OF THESE BOOSTER BUT THE NETWORK TOWER IS ABOUT 7 MILES FROM MY HOUSE COULD THIS BOOSTER WORKS

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

You have to have a signal to be busted. No signal no-work.

[@randallsemrau7845]

How far is the nearest tower?

[@MichaelBrowns]

On the Speedtest app, try different test servers. You may find one that gives you better results.

[@armourofgod6310]

....and then came Starllink:)

[@g.mendoza8138]

Cool!👍👍👍

[@takumiwanabe]

I need this one

[@josephbranham9299]

What does internet have to do with cell service. I have good internet but no cell service

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Our internet is over LTE.

[@benfz]

Is it legal to use signal booster in the USA?

[@jimfberry]

yes!

[@TheUserid82]

They operate in a narrow range (cell service) so are legal. If they operated over a larger range of the frequency that is where you would need to apply for a permit. Only places they are illegal would be in a radio quiet zone where all RF equipment needs to be turned off.

[@wangwang4082]

Yes, it is legal to use, but such device needs to be certified by FCC and this one did so

[@ivanadhi3628]

channel pak martin masih active gk?

[@juangracian4756]

Who in the world besides this guys plugs the cord into the wall FIRST and then into the corresponding device? 8:18

[@MrSsrt33]

Disconnect from the WiFi router and run your speed test, with and without the booster plugged in

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

I don’t have a SIM card in my phone. This is the testing speeds through a router.

[@MrSsrt33]

10-4

[@IMiss_The90s]

Your only a mile from the tower and your signal is that weak? I'm 8 miles from the tower in rural hilly Canada and my speed is 8 down 2 up with the uniden Booster. Strange. But. Interesting

[@johnnyblaze9217]

Lots of trees maybe its a small tower lots of interference

[@colin8653]

Google the server 400 error it will help with the reason for the error and might a fix for the error

[@craigr6763]

My family has a cabin in Colorado mountains we can get cell service at the end of driveway with a weboost but at the house we get 0 bars literally talking a 100 feet, you think this would work to get signal at the house

[@equality_is_not_equity1010]

Craig Pants our hiboost just came in. We are installing in our northern MI cabin sometime within the next 10 days. We have same issue, 1 bar out on the dirt road, no bars in our cabin. Will try to remember to come back and reply to let you know how it worked. There is a 30 day money back guarantee both from the company, and from Amazon (which is where we purchased ours)

[@danielmaher9512]

@@equality_is_not_equity1010 so, what's the word?

[@equality_is_not_equity1010]

@@danielmaher9512 It works! Not well enough to stream a KZbin video, but we can get phone service in a 3ft x 3ft area. It was expensive but I feel better knowing I can call for help in an emergency. We had absolutely no signal before, so yea, it works.

[@keramanbinmohamad7219]

Good morning

[@vincentsparks55]

I bought hiboost after watching your video and after hooking it up at my house in western ks, I saw No improvements in signal on the phones. The hiboost display showed a great signal but didn’t pass that on to the phones. Weird. I’m guessing it’s defective and I’m going through the process of having it replaced. Wasn’t sure if anyone had a similar problem?

[@chrisvids184]

use your phone without the att wifi...

[@hg2.]

How much?

[@thehomesteadingjourney6096]

What's the plan on the well

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

It is on hold right now. Will get back to it after we get dried in.

[@jimfberry]

You need to look for another ISP.

[@arifin4666]

beda nya orang indo dan amrik, rumah blm jadi udah pasang wifi hehehe

Probably not in other languages because often they are illegal.

[@rizkynugraha7283]

first sir😃😄

[@tk1882]

Why didn't you zip tie the coax to the mast right below the antenna? One good wind and your antenna is toast.

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

It is a temporary set up for testing.

[@darrellhornick7764]

Bought it, installed it, disappointed in it. Just didn't help all that much at all.

[@stanleysiewierski]

Just go to Panera Bread and use their internet access. I do it all the time...I'm cheap. 😐

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Hahaha

[@trentgilliam5192]

PB internet isn’t really fast enough to upload KZbin videos in a convenient amount of time. Been there tried that.. but it’s great for checking emails and such.

[@NicholasWalditama]

Nice... I need this device! Btw i have DIRECTTV account,if you want

[@raaj2111]

Sir I’m from India ... where can i get this device... pls reply ...

[@fuzzypickle5307]

Look online, just search for HiBoost. Maybe Amazon as well.

[@joemadre9550]

Actually plugs device in at 8:55

[@ericjohnson6456]

We have better luck with Verizon in the area.

[@claramaria5047]

Bolehkah ada translate bahasa indnesianya?

[@toyolrock]

Upload speed this not work

[@c490cuK]

Hay Martin when are you going to finish the roof on your house, you remind me of my landlord took him three years to put siding on his house. Man your S-L-O-W

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Am I? What do you know about our truss situation?

[@marentesvic65]

Too bad was seems interesting,but no Spanish manual no me interesa tu vídeo güero saludos desde southern California

[@jodilooper6930]

Time to call HiBoost for app help

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

True.

[@roniedeniega5366]

Is that will work in Philippines?

[@BenjaminSahlstrom]

Stick with WeBoost. HiBoost is the Chinese knockoff version and is owned and operated by the Chinese.

[@winalways3598]

U need a VPN bro

[@riod_frog1445]

🤔😱👍👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🙂