2018 T-Mobile 4G LTE Cellspot Full Review

This is a full review on the 2018 T-Mobile Cellspot. If you have T-Mobile service, and your connection at home is not the greatest. This might be the answer you've been looking for.

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[Claroboy]

That's not a reception antenna it's a GPS. This just uses your internet connection to mimic a tower

[ralfish]

It doesn’t boost signal. It even says, on that page you had pulled up, that the device doesn’t require signal. Just needs to be where coverage is offered but maybe not the best.

[randomyoutubevideos]

Make sure your cell spot is in a well ventilated area so it does not overheat.

[DavidA]

If it has to be connected to an Internet source what is the point? Isn’t that what Wi-Fi calling is for?

[askgeorge]

I have the note 3 and I had no signal at home. Wifi calling does not work, att uverse. I could not even sent a simple ( Ok ) message, it would fail to send. Now that I installed that cellspot, everything works very well. No more problems.

[LastOfADyingBeard]

none of the other lights are active on the device. only the top green led is illuminated//// that's odd

[davidlopez]

Do you have any idea how much stronger the cellar antennae is than a modern iphone or Samsung device? Your phone will show -91 because it's near the repeater however the quality of that is still relative to how well the box you mounted is receiving - like is that receiver getting -91 also'.

[Anonymous-bkeq]

why not just use wifi calling on ur phone?

[LastOfADyingBeard]

it takes 2 hrs to setup/ update etc? I was wondering what was taking so long considering that I thought it was easily plug and play

[RockStar]

Great video! Extremely helpful! Thanks a lot man!!

[christiane]

Why do you have to plug this thing into our own networks if it's a cell booster? This makes no sense. What is this thing?

[bubbabobbentley]

Okay Sir, can you tell me if your phone has band 71 ? Band 71 is a GSM band used to go into buildings with thick walls or poor signal areas. My Motorola phone did not come with band 71 and I made a huge mistake buying a unlocked phone. Now have bought a Google pixel 3a XL that's from T-Mobile and has band 71 and a bit better signal at home. Perfect at work. So T-Mobile is send me a box like this today.
Anyway my point being if using TMobile or buying unlocked phones make sure it has band 71.

[ESUNintel]

Sort of worries me that it's connected to your Internet provider at home and that it's open to all T-Mobile customers - what if someone you don't know around the house is performing illegal activities on their phone using this signal, that's connected to your ISP? ...not that I care what people are doing if my family, friends, or neighbors aren't impacted; but, I could be enabling a break-in, drug deal, etc... through a service that I'm paying for without knowing. Sort of wish they did what AT&T used to do with their discontinued booster, where you can set it to only work with your pre-configured phones.

[DonutsReview]

Has anyone tried plugging this into their cars? How much wattage does this thing take? My 4Runner has multiple power ports that serve up to 600 wats. Will this work plugged into the trunk?

[bigd]

So if it does the exact same thing as having your phone connected to wifi what's the purpose?

[elmengh]

Thx for posting this...Im trying to decide if I should go with the booster or cellspot and its just an overall annoying dumped Verizon to save $40 a month and daughter also rec a new iphone but service is terrible for my old galaxy bars at all at work or subway, cant make phone calls or send booster or a cellspot will only help me (if anything) at home....but what happens when I go outside? dead ...Tmobile sucks for me.

[EthanTolentino]

Does it have to be connected to a router?

[ChrisC-bcod]

i have one of these and my next door neighbors DID happen to have tmobile and i also happened to have an internet cap at 500Gig per month. after 2 months WELL over 900Gig i found out why my usage went up so much lol. I wish i could lockout other users but i cannot so people should be aware. I switched to unlimited usage becuase its not my neighbors fault their phones pick up my AMAZING signal. my phone literally didnt work at home prior to getting one of these (which was free to me) so all and all they do work well BUT they are not for everyone for sure.

[ivermec-tin]

This is not a signal booster. The gps antenna is only accessed for setup, in order to verify your location for 911 service and to confirm where this customer has deployed this device.

It is a wired ethernet device which sends and receives a 4g tmobile signal locally. It is a cross network bridge. It will only be as reliable as your broadband network.

This device permits you to deploy a local tmobile 4g network without any measurable signal from a tmobile tower at all, provided you have an ethernet connection with broadband.

[matthewozga]

1) comcast has a data limit with charges for overages... will tmobile pay for my neighbors internet usage when they cause me to go over?
2) if the data traffic is on the internet, is the data still metered by tmobile (essentially and potentially being charged by both tmobile and comcast???)
3) does this affect GPS location services or impact 911 calls in any way?
4) is it possible to turn off the cell radio in a smart phone and FORCE wifi calling so tmobile doesn't charge me for streaming hundreds of gigs of youtube, netflix, hulu, numerous other services, etc...
5) is it possible to limit data usage going through this device onto my home network so my wifi devices don't lag?
6) since this device puts data on my home network and cannot be blocked, how can i guarantee this doesn't become a hackable portal into my home networked devices?


seems to me this device helps tmobile way more than it helps their customers... maybe tmobile should pay US to set it up on our homes!