written by fredddd on 29/10/2004
Good Points
Works well when it works.
Bad Points
Don't rely on the antenna - build your own for nothing in 5 minutes - it really works very well.
General Comments
I went through 3 antennas at $15 to $19 each for my Motorola V60 before I did a little research and got smart. Take the back cover off the phone, remove the base of your broken off antenna. Take a piece of speaker wire from your home stereo approx. 5 inches long. Strip just the insulation off the end so you see nice shiny copper wire. Mess up the strands so it looks like spaghetti. Jam this into the hole where your antenna base used to be. Run it under the back cover so that when the cover is snapped into place it holds the wire. Notice the 5 bars where you used to get 2 or 3? Now you can replace your own antenna with a new one in 5 minutes if you ever break it again. Once I started doing this every six months or so, I have greatly enjoyed the phone. However, I will never ever in this lifetime allow myself or anyone I know to purchase another Motorola product due to the complete lack of support on this phone. Speaking with customer service regarding fixing this problem was less useful than screaming at Half-Dome because at least when you're screaming at a blank rock cliff you get an echo.....