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Great news. I've updated carrier settings but can't do the software update as I'm travelling. Sorry to ask the obvious question but in field test mode how do I know I'm on 800?
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#3127 |
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Haha mine did the same. Shows 4g at first. Got all excited then drops down to 3G again
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#3128 |
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Great news. I've updated carrier settings but can't do the software update as I'm travelling. Sorry to ask the obvious question but in field test mode how do I know I'm on 800?
1800 is 3. 2600 on other networks is 7. EDIT: Oh, by the way, told you it would come with iOS 9.2!!! Hahaha Damn... could have had money on that!!!
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#3129 |
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EDIT: Oh, by the way, told you it would come with iOS 9.2!!!
Hahaha Damn... could have had money on that!!! ![]() Got 800 now at home, despite it saying excellent coverage I can get it properly in only one room and it just now hovers between the two everywhere else. 11mbps though on -120, not bad. |
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#3130 |
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Thanks. Still on 1800 at work but expected that as I get an OK signal. Be interesting at my parents house later as signal sucks there and they have a home signal box.
By the way, you will have to turn the home signal box off as 3G is prioritised higher than 800. You will also need to be somewhere there is no 3G or 4G1800 signal whatsoever to get 800. |
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#3131 |
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Frequency band indicator will show 20. (in serving cell info).
1800 is 3. 2600 on other networks is 7. EDIT: Oh, by the way, told you it would come with iOS 9.2!!! Hahaha Damn... could have had money on that!!! ![]() |
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#3132 |
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Which option shows frequency band indicator? Can't find it anywhere
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#3133 |
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Hi
Ive taken a wander outside the house, now getting 4G where I didn't before. Still falls back to 3G when making a call. Is that how its meant to work? Thanks Baz |
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Is iOS 9.2 seperate from the carrier update?
I'm on 9.2 but no signal even though web site says it should be excellent. Also my settings don't mention VoLTE just a 4g toggle. |
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Is iOS 9.2 seperate from the carrier update?
I'm on 9.2 but no signal even though web site says it should be excellent. Also my settings don't mention VoLTE just a 4g toggle. |
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#3136 |
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So many guesses one of them would be right!
Got 800 now at home, despite it saying excellent coverage I can get it properly in only one room and it just now hovers between the two everywhere else. 11mbps though on -120, not bad. iTech and myself were having a small but friendly disagreement over whether it would come as part of 9.2. Being normally wrong, I didn't expect to win that one! ![]() I think with the Three 800 even if there's a small whiff of 2100 it switches back. In other words there is no threshold set up. it will cling to even unusable 2100 if it's there? Skippy was saying this is a glitch in the system they are trying to fix and he could be right but it seems that everyone who says they get some 4G800 and then it fades to 2100 actually has some 2100 available which is why that happens. I think.... maybe.....
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Is iOS 9.2 seperate from the carrier update?
I'm on 9.2 but no signal even though web site says it should be excellent. Also my settings don't mention VoLTE just a 4g toggle. |
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#3138 |
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Actually I was only guessing on the date (15th or today).
iTech and myself were having a small but friendly disagreement over whether it would come as part of 9.2. Being normally wrong, I didn't expect to win that one! ![]() I think with the Three 800 even if there's a small whiff of 2100 it switches back. In other words there is no threshold set up. it will cling to even unusable 2100 if it's there? Skippy was saying this is a glitch in the system they are trying to fix and he could be right but it seems that everyone who says they get some 4G800 and then it fades to 2100 actually has some 2100 available which is why that happens. I think.... maybe..... ![]() |
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#3139 |
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Which option shows frequency band indicator? Can't find it anywhere
Go into field test mode. Go to serving cell info (I think that's the wording, I don't have 4G at the mo). Frequency band indicator shows the band. 3 = 1800 7 = 2600 20 = 800 |
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#3140 |
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I'm a donut. Didn't see that setting as I wasn't on 4g 🙄
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I'm a donut. Didn't see that setting as I wasn't on 4g 🙄
See my previous post #3139 !!!
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#3142 |
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Haha yeh just saw that 🙄
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I updated to 9.2, the carrier update didn't come with it. I had to go into Settings\General\About to trigger the carrier update.
So far so good, my entire house is covered in 800 and VoLTE works great. I used 333 to test, call connections are super fast. Screenshots and Speedtests: Field Test: http://i.imgur.com/JDHe0Ia.png Speed Test downstairs in my house while being on a call to 333: http://i.imgur.com/2ycUyuJ.png Speed Test upstairs in my house immediately after, still 800: http://i.imgur.com/U9j5A4g.png If you look in the distance, you can see the site that's serving me: https://goo.gl/maps/89Y6VZurXD42 This site is just under a mile away from me in a straight line. There's an awful lot of things in between though, it's not exactly close and it's not a site that has ever served my house. To be downstairs in my house and get -110dBm from that site is incredible, I've got 3 much closer sites that can barely get into my house at all downstairs. It doesn't look as if the 800 rollout is particularly dense, but it stretches damn far from every site that's broadcasting it that's for sure. Oh and fyi, upstairs in my house I get -110dBm 1800 from 3 local sites of which I'm on the border of coverage for all of them. Speedtest is giving me 7 down and 4 up over 1800. So the way I see it, 800 is doing pretty well atm, I guess because no one is on it, yet. |
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#3144 |
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Shame you can't force 800 on an iPhone.
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#3145 |
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Shame you can't force 800 on an iPhone.
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I updated to 9.2, the carrier update didn't come with it. I had to go into Settings\General\About to trigger the carrier update.
So far so good, my entire house is covered in 800 and VoLTE works great. I used 333 to test, call connections are super fast. Screenshots and Speedtests: Field Test: http://i.imgur.com/JDHe0Ia.png Speed Test downstairs in my house while being on a call to 333: http://i.imgur.com/2ycUyuJ.png Speed Test upstairs in my house immediately after, still 800: http://i.imgur.com/U9j5A4g.png If you look in the distance, you can see the site that's serving me: https://goo.gl/maps/89Y6VZurXD42 This site is just under a mile away from me in a straight line. There's an awful lot of things in between though, it's not exactly close and it's not a site that has ever served my house. To be downstairs in my house and get -110dBm from that site is incredible, I've got 3 much closer sites that can barely get into my house at all downstairs. It doesn't look as if the 800 rollout is particularly dense, but it stretches damn far from every site that's broadcasting it that's for sure. Oh and fyi, upstairs in my house I get -110dBm 1800 from 3 local sites of which I'm on the border of coverage for all of them. Speedtest is giving me 7 down and 4 up over 1800. So the way I see it, 800 is doing pretty well atm, I guess because no one is on it, yet. |
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#3147 |
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This is excellent! monitoring it all from way home on train from Birmingham to Worcester.
Watched 3G signal drop down to be replaced by 4g 800mhz signal instead of usual no signal! Yay |
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#3148 |
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I wonder if there's a jailbreak tweak that let's you force a certain frequency?
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#3149 |
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Actually I was only guessing on the date (15th or today).
iTech and myself were having a small but friendly disagreement over whether it would come as part of 9.2. Being normally wrong, I didn't expect to win that one! ![]() I think with the Three 800 even if there's a small whiff of 2100 it switches back. In other words there is no threshold set up. it will cling to even unusable 2100 if it's there? Skippy was saying this is a glitch in the system they are trying to fix and he could be right but it seems that everyone who says they get some 4G800 and then it fades to 2100 actually has some 2100 available which is why that happens. I think.... maybe..... ![]() |
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I wonder if there's a jailbreak tweak that let's you force a certain frequency?
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