Maybe a coincidence that I have recently done a factory reset on my sim-free unlocked phone on Orange, but my internet speeds are awful, no better than dial-up with full 3g signal.. Checked mobile network settings and still has Orange profile...
Im sure pre-reset, speeds were good and was getting 300k speeds on 3g..
Could I have deleted some settings???
Probably a coincidence. Where did you get your orange sim?
T-mobile (same company) restrict internet speed unless you buy direct from them.
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Was a contract deal through CPW.. I did read about TMobile restrictions which is why I went for Orange, as I couldnt find anything saying they did the same...
T-Mobile UK restrict the speed even if you buy direct them from them.
That's one of the reasons why I'm getting my PAC this week...
Tmobile here no restriction
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I have T-mobile sim and Orange and the Orange is way slower over hs, lucky to hit half a meg speeds but on T-Mobile i can easily hit close to 2meg speeds.
I also have full bars of HS with orange but only 1-2 with T-mobile but still get the higher speeds.
Orange U.K 3G is rubbish. It's at least 4 times slower than other networks like Vodafone. There is already a thread on this issue. Which has detailed comparisons. Search.
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can someone who is also on orange uk confirm what speeds they are getting via the speedtest app i am getting 0.8mb down and 0.3mb up is this low
what do the rest of you get??
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did u upgrade through orange or third party? orange SAY that they dont cap if you have bought through anywhere else i got mine through phones4u
Mines from a private trade. Not sure where its originally from. But they did root it to unlock it. And my sim is direct from orange.
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Out of curiosity, do you have a decent looking signal when you get low speeds, or does the signal look low?
I only ask as I'm with Orange and find that I'm lucky if I get any 3G signal at all. I tend to be on wifi most places I go, so it's never been an issue, but I do just find their coverage to be a bit poo.
Incidentally, their coverage map shows that I should have excellent coverage at home. I get 2 bars of GPRS at best.
ok i got my streak unlocked off of amazon.com. I'm already a t-mobile customer and i go to my t-mobile store to get a new sim card becuase i lost my old one.so they give me a new one. I go home put my new sim card into my streak and nothing happens. It recognizes my sim card it just won't let me connect to t-mobiles network. i tried to connect to there network outside becuase i thought that it need a better place to pick up a signal but it keeps coming up"cannot connect to this network at this time. Please try again later"
P.s the streak when searching for networks sees t-mobile it just won't let me connect.also the signal bars has a little tiny x over it
You may not be aware of this though it has been discussed here more times than I care to count, but unlocked Streaks will not see T-Mobile 3G signals and are limited to EDGE. It sounds like you're not getting an EDGE signal where you are, and thus cannot connect.
If your Streak is one of the AWS models designed to work on T-Mobile, then disregard my comments about the Streak itself. There is a network issue in that case.
Smart..... I too, have a factory-unlocked Streak on T-Mobile.... The last time I needed a new SIM card, it took about 5-hours from the time I bought the new card before it actually would register on T-Mobile's network..... So it may just take a little more time in your case. Also, check your APN names..... they're under: Menu/Settings/Wireless networks/Mobile networks/APN names..... It should say under T-Mobile US: epc.tmobile.com; and under T-Mobile MMS: epc.tmobile.com I believe these APN fields automatically populate themselves based on the SIM card's registration to the mobile network, so you may need to give it some more time. Otherwise, call T-Mobile's customer service......
Hope that helps
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Also, for the record, everywhere there's T-Mobile 3G coverage, there's also 2G (edge) coverage..... Furthermore, my Streak is absolutely as fast, and occasionally FASTER than my wife's iPhone 4 on aTnT's "3G" network ...... Better still, my monthly bill is $67, while her's is $127.... Anyone who tells you it's too slow to run your Streak on T-Mobile has obviously never actually tried it..... They're just fooling themselves and paying nearly twice the price to do so...
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Also, for the record, everywhere there's T-Mobile 3G coverage, there's also 2G (edge) coverage..... Furthermore, my Streak is absolutely as fast, and occasionally FASTER than my wife's iPhone 4 on aTnT's "3G" network ...... Better still, my monthly bill is $67, while her's is $127.... Anyone who tells you it's too slow to run your Streak on T-Mobile has obviously never actually tried it..... They're just fooling themselves and paying nearly twice the price to do so...
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I paid $1 for a T-Mobile SIM that I got in the mail. Easy to follow instructions to activate my Streak 5 on T-Mobile. For now, I chose the $2 per day "pay as you go" plan. As expected, I get Edge connection speed. OK, for Google Maps with traffic, email and browsing. Not fast enough for watching NetFlix movies. So far, I get great reception at home and at work.
Folks,
I went to a Telstra shop (Australian 4G network provider) and was testing the 4G capabilities of the device. Having a HTC one XL to compare and an SII 4G, I noticed that it took a lot longer to connect to 4G. When it did connect we could only run speed test once on 4G and then it would not reconnect to 4G, always sitting on 3G. It was not a reception issue as the other 2 devices next to it were working fine. We placed the phone in flight mode, turned off data, 're enabled data, etc and nothing would get it back on 4G. There was only one SIII to check or compare so I am curious if others have the same issue? I can confirm it was running 4.1.1. I wonder if other i9035 users experience the same thing or its just a Telstra / one off device issue?
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Not sure abt telstra but my virgin S3 4G always stick to 4G whenever available
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They are meant to automatically connect back and forth from 4g to 3g where evere there is the coverage. There might be a setting, I am using Vodafone at the moment as my number has been with vodafone for ages, and I am not that worried about 4g untill the coverage becomes much larger, by then Vodafone is going to jump in the game anyway Early 2013, so will see how it goes, might jump into telstra or optus, I am pre-paid as I love to have the choice and no lock-in contractss
I'm on Telstra in Melbourne and can confirm the data speeds are fantastic and don't have any trouble getting on the 4G network. Infact, when in a 4G coverage zone it is always on 4G, doesn't 'step-down' to 3G or HSDPA+, Just sits on 4G ready and waiting.
I got 2.8MB/s down and 2.4MB/s up from my work on Collins Street.
So couldn't be happier.
And once I rooted and removed all the bloatware, runs perfectly! Really couldn't be happier.:good:
One thing I noticed is this modem is better than the standard S3. I get better 3g signal now inside my place than before.
At Sydney airport.....first taste of 4g. Wow! It's fast.
I have done a few speed tests of my data and it has always been good. The other morning I was at Skippers airport on the way to work and I thought I would give my speed a test.. 48mbps, I was shocked (in a good way..), I did not know those speeds were possible.. I need a speed app with a higher speedo as mine stops at 20mbps.. So old school now with 4g around..
Max I got in the city was 50mbps (bear in mind I only did two tests). My speed at home using my Optus ADSL connection (with Optus) my speed was under 2mbps.. Crazy difference..
Attached is a pic of my speed tests, the last two are the really cool ones.. I will have to test the speeds at Skippers when in the airport again next week.
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One thing I noticed is this modem is better than the standard S3. I get better 3g signal now inside my place than before.
At Sydney airport.....first taste of 4g. Wow! It's fast.
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Was that a Telstra or Optus S3 4G?
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Hi guys I'm using an unlocked GT-I9300 on T-Mobile USA. This weekend I noticed the signal fluctuating from full bars to no bars where I usually get good coverage. Today I went to the about phone setting and noticed it was on HSDPA-9 when it gets bad signal and on EDGE when it gets the normal good signal. I'm curious what this means. I thought international sgs3 could only get edge on T-Mobile US? I'm not using data btw, connected to wifi, yet the signal still fluctuates.
My phone was branded T-Mobile Germany, but I flashed unbranded UK ICS.
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I'm based in NE England and work in an office with 5 other S3 users all of which are on EE. 2 bought Sim free phones and use an originally Orange Sim, one has a branded Orange phone and one has a branded TMobile one. The other person has a Tmobile 4G phone. The only one that isn't stock is one of the Sim free phones (mine)
All but the 4G phone lose signal several times a day but show 3 bars. There is no data connection and the phones cannot make or receive calls. If they are reset or toggled between 3G & 2G then they work again for a while.
This behaviour happens at work and at home. No other phone user has this problem - there are a few iphone & non smartphone users who gloat constantly
Anyone else suffering as badly as us?
All fine here. Sim free phone under TM contract.
Under carrier it says either TM/Orange never EE for some strange reason.
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why not post in the help section?
Try different modems and make sure ril/modem match
Here's your answer: EE sucks!!
Lots of people reported signal loss on many different devices, I'll blame EE not S3s.... I've got one of my phones on Orange and since EE showed up, I'm experiencing signal problems as well. Many times people trying to call me, my phone shows full reception but is unavailable and voice mail kicks in!!!! It's annoying but this behaviour is a Network fault. Nothing to do with phone imho.
The only thing you can check is Baseband version (modem) of all phones and compare to the one which works fine. Maybe all except one have wrong modems installed. Unlikely but can happen
Next time use Q&A section to post your problems or questions..
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Hahaha it appears that u're right mate. Working for EE Cust service and nothing but calls abt network issues when EE arrived. )
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Same here in Yorkshire. Was already crap, now even worse.
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Has everyone changed their APN to 'everywhere'? No signal problems here in the south - getting four bars, H+ and 12Mbps data speed.
I'm in the south also, no problems here, in fact excellent!
I get bandwidth issues and signal drops. Been on orange & tmobile for years and it only became an issue with the arrival of EE.
Most of the time the signal/speed is great tho.
I'm north west UK
Worth trying one check correct network settings and two try different modems .
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