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Old 29-09-2015, 21:07
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Agree, barring the old Nokias with external antennas, the 6 is the best phone for reception I have ever owned.
I've got a 6310i here and if I can coax it into life, I bet it beats the 6. Probably melt your brain but that is the best reception I ever had. That thing could pick up an Orange signal in the middle of the Sahara, stuck up a camel's backside. So I am told.
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Old 29-09-2015, 22:01
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Was in London yesterday and had a very poor experience on three. On the train journey there from Bedford I experienced from poor to no signal, constantly switching from bad signal to no service, I made one call which dropped after 1 minute because I lost service, data was extremely slow when available and all this as I'm getting closer and closer to central London. I had 4g at some of the stations but never while traveling.

I don't expect to get great service when traveling at high speeds on a train but when EE is doing better in the same situation it's frustrating. EE wasn't fantastic, but it held 4g quite often and even some 4g+, it dropped to no service a lot less.

Once in central London, service from three was shocking. 1mb or less on 4g and ping times of around 120. Also coverage was poor. I was using it for Google maps and city mapper to get around, but it actually came to a point at Oxford circus where the data couldn't even load maps anymore while EE was getting 70mb on speed tests.

I had to turn off 4g to even get usable data, the 3g coverage was much better, faster and more usable than 4g. Where I could get on hotspots in London like The Cloud, they were much faster than three's data speeds.

On the train home I left it on 3g only, didn't experience anywhere near the amount of no service when I did this, much better experience with 4g disabled.

I came away surprised that in some of the most popular areas of central London, threes coverage is shockingly bad and 4g unusable. It honestly felt like I was using giffgaff.
Mmmm, imaging you have to work in one of the buildings on Oxford Street, it is truly unusable, can't wait till my contract finish and move to EE.
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Old 29-09-2015, 23:51
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I've got a 6310i here and if I can coax it into life, I bet it beats the 6. Probably melt your brain but that is the best reception I ever had. That thing could pick up an Orange signal in the middle of the Sahara, stuck up a camel's backside. So I am told.
The 6310i, did that one do Ultra HD video over 4G+ or was that the next model up?
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Old 30-09-2015, 00:15
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The 6310i, did that one do Ultra HD video over 4G+ or was that the next model up?
That was the 6310i+
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Old 30-09-2015, 00:23
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Is nobody going to get a G4 on Three? I'll volunteer for the greater good if so?
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Old 30-09-2015, 00:39
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Wait the Three blog says that the S6/S6 Edge should be getting Super-Voice today?
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Old 30-09-2015, 05:23
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Is nobody going to get a G4 on Three? I'll volunteer for the greater good if so?
Planning too but waiting to see if the hidden menu is locked down so you can do LTE by choice and band selection for testing. Would you be our guinea pig?
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Old 30-09-2015, 08:31
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The 6310i, did that one do Ultra HD video over 4G+ or was that the next model up?
It can if you know the secret engineering code and then press # 1000 times. If you press it more than that, you go into hyperspace.
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Old 30-09-2015, 08:50
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It can if you know the secret engineering code and then press # 1000 times. If you press it more than that, you go into hyperspace.
(Off topic but related to this) It was around then (give or take a year or two) that people got half rate and enhanced full rate voice offered on phones, and it was configurable by shortcodes.

I also remember the myths about using said codes to do all sorts of unrelated things (I think a con was that entering the code for half rate turned off billing or something ridiculous). No Snopes back then to bust that myth either, which seemed to have spread everywhere because when I sold phones I had loads of unconnected people telling me this great 'cheat'.
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Old 30-09-2015, 09:42
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Wait the Three blog says that the S6/S6 Edge should be getting Super-Voice today?
Link please.

Nothing so far for my Edge.
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Old 30-09-2015, 10:21
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Link please.

Nothing so far for my Edge.
@David Tedstone – Hi, we’re aiming to have the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge enabled for 4G Super Voice, on or around the 30th of September. Thanks
http://blog.three.co.uk/2015/09/15/4...here/#comments
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Old 30-09-2015, 11:35
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Hope it happens soon or 3 are losing me as a customer.
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Old 30-09-2015, 11:43
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The Galaxy S6 has appeared on their 4G Super-Voice page today:

http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/network/4G-Supervoice
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Old 30-09-2015, 11:44
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A reply I got RE 4G priority:

Moderator: Claire September 30, 2015

@Anthony – Hi, we will always prioritise the 4G signal over the 3G signal and we have no further information to give you on this. Thanks.
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Old 30-09-2015, 12:05
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From my experience with the S5, you should be able to flash a Three S6 ROM on an unlocked S6.

With root, you should be able to get the service mode back too?
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Old 30-09-2015, 12:29
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A reply I got RE 4G priority:

Moderator: Claire September 30, 2015

@Anthony – Hi, we will always prioritise the 4G signal over the 3G signal and we have no further information to give you on this. Thanks.
Haha. Technically correct I suppose. Yet still totally wrong.
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Old 30-09-2015, 12:59
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My Edge is updating as I type this.
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Old 30-09-2015, 13:39
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According to the coverage map, I am within the 'strong' signal area.

However, even with the super 4G software, I am still only getting 1 bar when getting the super 4G signal, so not really super 4G. (This is indoors by the way).
After a few seconds, it reverts to normal H+ or just H with 2 bars.

No sign of the super 4G now except for the first 10 seconds or so.


I assume it is all automatic and I don't have to do anything.

Not impressed at all and am still planning to leave 3 unless a miracle happens signal wise soon.
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Old 30-09-2015, 14:09
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The Three coverage checker lists that I am getting good indoor coverage but I hardly get 1 bar of 4G and it switches to H+ most of the time.
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Old 30-09-2015, 14:17
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I bought an LG G3 from the O2 store earlier this year before I decided to move to Three, I thought it wouldn't harm to flash Three firmware in case they send an update out in the near future, but it seems like the firmware I found labeled as "Three UK" is just a generic Europe firmware.

Does anyone have any experience with a Three branded LG G3? Should it be branded with the Three logo and have anything that identifies it as from Three or do they actually use a generic firmware on this phone?
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Old 30-09-2015, 14:20
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The Three coverage checker lists that I am getting good indoor coverage but I hardly get 1 bar of 4G and it switches to H+ most of the time.
Same for me.

I have been with 3 for around 3 years now. The first 2 years the signal was fine at home with no loss of signal unless the transmitter went down.
For the past year or so, just after I renewed the signal has been appalling.
Something has changed. 3 have twice told me that they have identified a fault and on both occasions after many months they report it as fixed, but no change.

Now, I have access to super 4G and guess what? No bloody change. I have a collection of phones in my drawer as I throw nothing away and I have tested them all just in case the Edge has a poor reception because of the way it is made, but all are the same.
Unless things improve pretty damn quick, I am leaving.
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Old 30-09-2015, 14:20
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If you have 3 firmware, when the phone is booting up you will see the 3 UK logo on the screen.
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Old 30-09-2015, 15:58
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I'm not sure if this is 2 X 15MHz worth of spectrum. http://imgur.com/TRWVpcM
I would consider this to be a busy business park.
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Old 30-09-2015, 16:24
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Speaking of the Galaxy S6, I just got one, upgraded from the LG G3, does anyone know how or if you can lock the S6 into LTE only mode?
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Old 30-09-2015, 17:12
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I got my S6 update this afternoon and this is what I found.

If you are using data on your phone ie callmapper 800mhz is a priority. It would rather connect to a 4g mast a mile or two away if nothing has 800mhz close. The signal is still strong all that distance away.

Before it would fall back to 3g and sit there until you had finished using data On my little tour round London today it hardly ever fell back to 3G.

For example, I have a 4G mast right next to my flat which is not 800mhz enabled. I use mine to tether my laptop and it now locks onto a mast which is 800mhz enabled about half a mile away instead of the one next door.

In all, 4G coverage has vastly improved.

I am off to a pub tonight where I can only ever get a trace of 3G so I will report back later.

ETA: Looks like the mast next door is undergoing maintenance tomorrow so I guess that will be for 800mhz.
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