Ok, the basic idea is outlined here:
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Make-a-Coffee-Can-Cellphone-Booster-2388107You can purchase our antenna connector here:
http://www.wpsantennas.com/359921-samsung-Solstice-sgh-A887-antenna-adapter-cable.aspx I'm sure there's other places as well.
You plug your adapter into the back of your phone, inside the battery case. If you hold your phone facing away from you and the camera up, the antenna port is to the left of the sim card and water detector, (the white square detects moisture for warranty purposes) above the battery and below the camera. On your phone you will see a small black square of plastic covering the antenna adapter. I've put a picture up of the antenna port on mine. Grab a knife or use your fingernail, it comes right out and could even be replaced if you wanted to.
There's two important things to remember about your new cell phone booster.
1) It is DIRECTIONAL. You need to point your antenna towards a cell phone tower.
2) The Length of the setup is important. I can't really detail which lengths right now, because our phone may use a different frequency than the coffee can/Pepperidge Farm Pirouette can from the video length is.
This brings me to my question though: I haven't tried this yet, my parts are in the mail. What I want to figure out is if the two cans used in the video are the correct length for our reception, or if it doesn't matter as much since it's basically a radio telescope. Perhaps the copper wire that he uses as antennae is what needs to be the right length for our wavelength.
