Can I use a mobile wifi as a repeater for my home router?

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My default router from the ISP doesn't seem to be enough to cover the whole house. There's only this small corner where I usually work and down at the outdoor kitchen where the signal disappears . I'm wondering if I could use this locked Huawei E5330 Mobile Wifi I have to be used as a repeater while I keep it charged? Sorry if this is somewhat a dumb idea . Thanks for any help
 
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Nope. Even using your mobile phone as maybe a hotspot would still give you rubbish to none signal,

As Phillip said, A Range extender would benefit it, Their fairly cheap and usually your ISP has one.
 
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Hey guys, sorry for a bit of late reply here and I hope you're still following this, soo I've been searching and aside from range extenders, I've also realized that the default router that came with my ISP is quite rubbish and replacing it is not an option but only buying a 3rd party router that can be connected as a bridge. This, I figured, by itself can extend range if placed in advantageous places with both transmitting wifi signals right?

Also, I'm bothered as to how and why I'm getting lag spikes or ping spikes in my CSGO games, no one's home but me and the only connected via wifi (experimenting) is my laptop and my phone which is only on idle (but I tried with it turned off but I still get spikes). I just don't know why I'm getting lag spikes if the router is just sitting in the next room with only a wooden door between. Is this caused by the router being very very rubbish or can I change some settings to change this?
 
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Yes, before but that required me to move the ISP's router/modem near the plank of my room because right now its seating across the living room and I'm sure people here won't appreciate cables everywhere. It used to be placed at the plank of my room (modified wallmount area optimal for signal radius) but the cable (fiber interface I supposed its called) broke and I used the provided patch cable at around 2meters long and I can only place the router/modem around the living room area but it cannot reach the optimal spot now.

Maybe I could work around this if I call my ISP again its just that their service is really slow right now. I'm hoping to move it back again at my optimal spot around my room wall but I noticed that the antennas on the ISP provided router/modem are removable. Would changing antennas to higher grade finally reach some corners? What do you think?
 
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