I've got 2 EE carriers listed but it doesn't say which one is 3G and which one is 4G. Oh I just chose the 2nd EE on the list and suddenly I have 4 bars on my signal.

*3001#12345#* Call

Choose MM info, then serving PLMN. Mobile network code 30=T-Mob, 33=Orange.

It's gone back to one bar again.

It says mobile network code 304. Can I change it?

I got 30 when I switched to the first EE on the servers list. What does that mean regarding the signal?

I got a -77 signal which I think means a poor reception.

Quite the opposite, that's a really good signal.

On most phones that would show as 5 bars.

Oh I thought less than -100 as bad. Then why are my calls not coming through and why am I getting an engaged tone when I make calls all the time?

It's -117 now. Is that good or bad?

Bad.

-120 is unacceptable
-100 is poor but usable
-90 is acceptable/decent
-80 is good
-70 is excellent
-60 is the best
-50 means your phone is plugged into the mast... literally

OK thanks. So is there anything I can do to fix it?

Step 1- Buy a tent
Step 2- Buy canned food
Step 3- Buy a can opener
Step 4- pack a bag with essentials
Step 5- Use sitefinder to find your nearest mast
Step 6- Walk to nearest mast with everything described in step 1-4.
Step 7- Once you've found the mast check dbm rating
Step 8- If dbm is around -60 move onto step 9. If not then re do step 5.
Step 9- set up tent and camp under mast

Hope this helps

How do you check your signal like that on O2?

I think you might need a large lump hammer as well. You may find it won't hit -60 directly under the mast so in the night you'll have to break into the compound, scale the mast and bash one of the antenna bars until it's horizontal to the ground. You'll be like a sick animal under a heat lamp but hey!, great signal.
Hahahahahahah

That seems to be the problem. It switches from T-Mobile to Orange but drops during the switch.

Out of interest, I know 4G drops down to 3G in calls but can it drop straight to 2G for calls instead? I only ask this as I get 2G on T-Mobile OK on the 1800mhz band but don't get 3G on the 2100mhz in most of my house.

Yes, it can hand over to 3G and 2G if i remember correctly.

I thought that bit was implied

ROFLMAO!

I've been telling EE for months that calls drop near my home because of the handover between T-Mobile and Orange. The guys at the end of the phone couldn't care less tbh the phone gradually loses all reception, drops the call, then almost instantly goes back up to full. It's irritating, and as EE have yet to admit there's a problem I don't have any confidence it'll be fixed.

Haha you would know by our resident mast watcher

i've been getting the same dropped calls and 5 second silence. also each time i dial voicemail i never hear how many messages i have because it cuts out briefly

still got to july next year in contract with t-mobile but i'll be switching to 3 as i've had enough of the crap signal and lack of switchover to the stronger network

In the process of moving my business phones away from Orange due to this very problem. It's unusable. Heading for O2, which works. Going to test my personal phone on 3, to see what it's like, used to be very poor but my friends who've switched recently tell me it's much better now.

Well, I was talking to my wife today in a totally different area of Glasgow to where I normally am. There was a T-Mobile mast right in front of me. All was going well for a whole 6 minutes and boom, call failed.

What the hell is going on ?

They're struggling to do the upgrades and keep it all going at the same time.
Having said that I thought you were all upgraded up there.
It's up and down like a whore's knickers down here. Two rural MBNL cells were off completely yesterday. I was trying to find a new customer's farm and Siri wouldn't play at all!
They keep turning Plymouth LTE on and off as well. It's off this morning but was on 2 days ago and a week ago before that.

Incidentally, what happens if Mr Salmond get's his way? Apart from him appearing on BBC news sitting in a big leather chair, smoking a cigar and stroking a white cat?

did anyone catch watchdog over a week ago on BBC 1 about this its beacuse of the phone if your on 4g switching back to 3g to make calls because Extremely Expensive haven't yet set up the network to allow the phones to make calls on 4g as yet so when the phones switch back it over loads the 3g network and drops calls .