Good evening good fellowes... I just wanted to post this and check it out with others...
Day before yesterday I got a text message from O2 saying they were sending an update for my APN's to connect to 4g. I'm on a 3g tarrif so thought nothing of it. Next day, there was a config update for network settings which I applied. Am on the road for a couple of days and noticed 4g popping up here and there with some pretty respectable speeds.
Phoned O2 who said they've upgraded me for free to 4g which lets face it is very unlike them! Anyone else had this? Have they done it for all customers?
I'm with EE and I asked them if they could switch over to a 4g sim and they said yes and then I got another 3g sim ._.
I'd just like to point out Im on a 24 month contract with an S3 and recently got a xperia z ultra
J
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Wow, just wow, I opted for the 4G bolt on and now they're giving it away for free...**** you O2
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Just got off chat with Sprint rep admitting there is an outage. My service has gone from 5 bars to "No Service" and back.
I thought it was related to the VM FW I'd installed earlier this week (hoping to fix that ICS VM flash thing) but it appears it's something big.
Anyone else affected?
mogul420 said:
Just got off chat with Sprint rep admitting there is an outage. My service has gone from 5 bars to "No Service" and back.
I thought it was related to the VM FW I'd installed earlier this week (hoping to fix that ICS VM flash thing) but it appears it's something big.
Anyone else affected?
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Nope, no issues here in Dallas area.
I'm replying from 4G right now and just got off a call. No issues here at all.
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Yea some issues with the service in and outs and a reduced speed in 3g I'm in CA the Carson area
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I'm going in and out. New York.
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Could be more of a secluded problem. Perhaps they're working on a few towers, or are just experiencing some issues that require maintenance.
Yea earlier it was doing that here, hollywood fl
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No problems here in NYC.
No problem in sacramento ca
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In Southern South Carolina, I find myself roaming more than I should be.
MAYBE THEY'RE PUSHING OUT AN UPDATE FOR OUR PHONE THAT WILL COMPARE OUR PHONES WITH AT&T!?!?!? lol! oh wait. I don't think sprint gives a **** about us enough to do that. hahaha. It's a simple upgrade. easier than doing 4G. JUST DO IT! YAYAYAY!
Big issues in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. They told us it wouldn't be fixed for a while and they allowed us to exit our contract without an etf.
Service is still "up" in Green Bay area
If that happened around here, I'd be dancing in the streets...not that I'd even be able to tell if there was an outage. I think I've used maybe about 150KB off of WiFi in the past month.
I just started getting a 2128 error when sending text.
Here's the message I get
" The message could not be delivered due to a temporary network error. Please try later. Error 2128"
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Same here got the error on sending text on both of my lines.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
I am considering leaving but now is not a good time to switch. I would probably go to ATT and the phone i want probably wont be out for about a month. I would kick myself if i had to get a phone that's already been out for 6 months just to have the galaxy s III eat it's lunch a month later. The other option is ATT, which would be more reasonable with the family plan that we need and and they have a solid phone in the One X. The only problem with that though is they do not get good service within my house which is ridiculous (and i'd rather have the evo lte).
Happened to me to in Connecticut!
No problems in Kennesaw, GA.
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yep
Was happening last week here in vacaville Ca. And my over all indoor signal strength is **** now everywhere.
Major issues when I was working in Detroit today. Bars on the phone went from full to nothing to 1 to full to 1, all within a matter of seconds. Data was slow (as usual with sprint) however most of the day my phone couldn't even connect to 3g or 1x. When it did, it was constantly switching from 3g to 1x. Phone calls would go through maybe 1 out of 10 times. I sent texts to about 10 different people today, I just got to the airport and called all of them, NONE of them got a single text from me today, even though my phone reports them as being sent.
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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Optus/virgin mate
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its finally time to replace my HD2, Ive run every rom under the sun for it and been extremely happy with it over the years but i finally cracked the screen! Anyhow Ive always loved HTC's lineup but it seems to REALLY get what i want i end up switching carriers every couple years! the wife and i recently switched over to my family mobile with a new galaxy S II for her and Ive been eying htc's new lineups like the one series. Almost bought a euro quad core one X then did some research and saw it would only work on the edge network now the new DNA is everything im looking for but am i gonna run into any issues with this setup now? biggest concern is the my family mobile kit uses a standard sim card and the DNA uses the micro sim correct? great 3G coverage in my area and with the new service and im always on the WIFI so 4G isn't all that important to me (yet) so if this phone will work unlocked on t-mobiles walmart my family mobile at 3G speeds I'd be happy with that! thanks guys for any info!
I haven't checked all the details, but it should work. Many people have put AT&T and t-mo sim cards into this phone and its worked without a problem. You won't have 4g lte, but people have posted 10+ mbps speeds on t-mo so it will still be plenty fast.
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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 .
jje
On may 5th I was throttled because I went over 5GB. My cycle started may 10th and it never went back to the 4G speed. I can connect to the 4G network, shows 4G, but the data speed is 0.05Kbps... I removed the SIM card, power cycled it, switch back and forth 2G and 4G and nothing.
I've been throttled before with my Amaze 4G and it would go back to normal 4G speeds the day of the new cycle. It's the first time it has gotten stuck in 2G speeds.
I hope it's not a phone issue. This phone is extremely rare to come by in Puerto Rico.
It's not the phone, check your tmobile account
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Goog luck with that. Same thing happened to me and they couldn't figure out why. It didn't show on their side I was being throttled but I was. I got screwed that whole month till the month after when everything went back to normal.
I did ask for 50% discount on my data though. So they only charged me $15.
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coupetastic-droid said:
Goog luck with that. Same thing happened to me and they couldn't figure out why. It didn't show on their side I was being throttled but I was. I got screwed that whole month till the month after when everything went back to normal.
I did ask for 50% discount on my data though. So they only charged me $15.
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They refreshed my network connection, but nothing. I guess I have to wait. I tried the SIM in another phone, and the same slow speed issue. Looks like I'll be on WiFi more than ever until this gets fixed. :/
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They refreshed my network connection, but nothing. I guess I have to wait. I tried the SIM in another phone, and the same slow speed issue. Looks like I'll be on WiFi more than ever until this gets fixed. :/
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Yea, you have exactly the same problem I had. I suggest you call and demand for a discount on your account for this month, since you're paying for a service you're not receiving. It was a hassle for me. CS wouldn't help me because I couldn't proof to them that I was throttled when their system showed I wasn't.
I actually had to go into a corporate tmo store, explain and show them my problem. Then I asked the rep if she can call herself and let them know my problem and that she was proof. From there, I demanded a discount.
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