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In many areas, the GO X will only nd a single band to boost. You can see this under
the Advanced tab: one of the GO X’s radios will say Boosting and the other will remain
Scanning. If thats the case, there’s only a single band available for the GO X to amplify.
However, in some areas, your GO X may nd two bands. If thats the case, you may be able
to optimize your data rates by manually testing different bands.
Here are the steps we recommend following:
1. Discover all available bands
There may actually be more than 2 bands available outdoors. The GO X will attempt to
boost the best two available, but sometimes data rates may be better on other bands. If you
manually disable the rst two bands that the GO X has selected, you can force the GO X to
scan and show you what other bands are available.
2. Test each band individually, then together
When your phone detects multiple bands, it will attempt to “carrier aggregate” and
connect on multiple bands simultaneously. Unfortunately, carrier aggregation isn’t perfect -
sometimes it works well, but in other cases, it can actually decrease your data rates.
To get the absolutely best data rates, you can try running speed tests with the GO X
amplifying each band individually, and then testing different combinations of bands.
How to disable and enable bands
You can disable and enable bands under the “Booster
Settings” dropdown in the settings tab of the Wave app.
Each time you enable or disable a band, the GO X will rescan
to nd signal. It can take a minute or two until the GO X nds
and starts boosting signal again.
After the GO X starts amplifying a new band, toggle on
airplane mode on your phone for a few moments, then turn
it off again. This will force your phone to connect to the newly
boosted band before you run a speed test.
Optional: Test Band Combinations
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