I noticed what looks like an antenna plug on the back of the phone. Anyone know what this is for? It looks like a wifi plug like the ones in laptops.
I noticed what looks like an antenna plug on the back of the phone. Anyone know what this is for? It looks like a wifi plug like the ones in laptops.
Samsung's tech support just informed me that it "Absolutely, positively" is an MPX connector for an external antenna for the phone. Not the GPS, the phone....
I wonder if it's possible to have a GPS antenna that then can transmit its signal to your phone wirelessly? I seem to remember add-on cellular antennas back in the day that did not require a wired connection to your phone. That, or perhaps the crack is particularly sweet this afternoon.
on the Captivate, I'm not sure how that would be used but may be an option to have decent working GPS on the phone.
on the Captivate, I'm not sure how that would be used but may be an option to have decent working GPS on the phone.
I wonder if it's possible to have a GPS antenna that then can transmit its signal to your phone wirelessly? I seem to remember add-on cellular antennas back in the day that did not require a wired connection to your phone. That, or perhaps the crack is particularly sweet this afternoon.
So is MPX a mistype for MCX? If so, that would seem to indicate that the connector is a GPS antenna connector, right?
Sorry if I'm making this confusing, I don't really know much about antenna connection standards.
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