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I thought the Australian site that measures signal for use on the sticks found Sony phones really good?
Far too few sites test antenna performance, or have the means to. Let's be honest though, how many people would choose a phone on that criteria? |
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I thought the Australian site that measures signal for use on the sticks found Sony phones really good?
Far too few sites test antenna performance, or have the means to. Let's be honest though, how many people would choose a phone on that criteria? |
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Three 3G/4G coverage
Hi everyone, I don't if anyone knows this question or knows a friend of a friend of a friend as the saying goes!
Three's coverage at my postal address wf1 1de shows as outdoor only on 3G and very good indoors and out on 4G1800, this certainly isn't the case 3G appears depending on where I sit and if I pick the phone up it goes to no service and same with 4G. Does anyone have any info, as it when if and when this will improve, EE shows good indoors and out for 4G which is not the case either but their 2/3G is rock solid indoors and out which is correct. SoI'm hoping 3 will end up the same. I've asked in the 3 store also and they've checked and nothing shows. The agent said we don't get to know about future coverage she also said 800 won't be as good as 1800 for coverage as its a lower frequency as soon as she said that I gave up and walked out! |
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iOS 9.1 is out with carrier update 22.1. No changes that I can see, still on 3G in a 4G800 area.
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iOS 9.1 is out with carrier update 22.1. No changes that I can see, still on 3G in a 4G800 area.
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iOS 9.1 is out with carrier update 22.1. No changes that I can see, still on 3G in a 4G800 area.
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I'm on 1 bar 3G, dropping to no service at the back of my house. I'll see if I can figure it out, are we expecting a VoLTE setting?
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iOS 9.1 is out with carrier update 22.1. No changes that I can see, still on 3G in a 4G800 area.
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Can Three do their own update because if not we are now a long way off from getting an update for iPhones as I've just updated carrier settings and iOS and no 800. Even though I'm in a strong 800 area.
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Work has been completed in my area with 4G worse than before.
Will wait a few days to see if it improves. I don't understand why they are transmitting 4G only from the one mast in my area. |
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Can Three do their own update because if not we are now a long way off from getting an update for iPhones as I've just updated carrier settings and iOS and no 800. Even though I'm in a strong 800 area.
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As far as I know carriers can push iOS carrier settings when they wish - go to general > about in settings performs a check. I got this independent of iOS 9.1 whilst on the iOS 9.1 public beta earlier
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iOS 9.1 is out with carrier update 22.1. No changes that I can see, still on 3G in a 4G800 area.
![]() I guess they knew about the iOS 9.1 release date, that's why they were originally saying 21/10/15 |
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Just updated and no change... No real surprise I guess, can't imagine Apple will realise another update for quite a while now.. Our only hope would be like you say, if Three send their own carrier settings, although with iPhones I thought all that came from Apple.. Could be wrong! Stil with one bar/no service... Great!!!
AT&T in the states got Apple to push out new voice over wifi carrier update, two days after authority's approval |
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Three can request Appleto push out new carrier settings updates.
AT&T in the states got Apple to push out new voice over wifi carrier update, two days after authority's approval |
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On my home mast I now get regularly under 30ms pings on the 3G network (still no 4g on my mast), lowest I've seen is 27ms. Just out of curiosity does anyone know what's going to be the lowest ping time we'll see regularly once 4g is rolled out fully?
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I thought the Australian site that measures signal for use on the sticks found Sony phones really good?
Far too few sites test antenna performance, or have the means to. Let's be honest though, how many people would choose a phone on that criteria? The networks would love the results to be published because they're well aware of the problem but still get blamed for a crap signal by customers with handsets that have poor reception. They can't however tell customers about the problems with specific phones beyond a generic 'handset signal varies between different models' statement because it's forbidden by the commercial agreements they have with the handset manufacturers. |
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That would be great. As you say, manufacturers wouldn't be best pleased to have this information released by a network (and a network likely wouldn't want to say either, if they're ranging it) - but if Ofcom does it, then it's somewhat harder to stop.
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On my home mast I now get regularly under 30ms pings on the 3G network (still no 4g on my mast), lowest I've seen is 27ms. Just out of curiosity does anyone know what's going to be the lowest ping time we'll see regularly once 4g is rolled out fully?
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That would be great. As you say, manufacturers wouldn't be best pleased to have this information released by a network (and a network likely wouldn't want to say either, if they're ranging it) - but if Ofcom does it, then it's somewhat harder to stop.
The differences between the handsets i had were bad enough on Three as they lead to reduced 4g access and premature loss of service which doesn't help three's reputation on coverage fronts, but on Vodafone I found it fundamentally changed how the network was perceived. The poorer reception phone ment I spent lots and lots of time on 2g even in good 3g areas, 3g was often 900mhz not 2100mhz leading me to think speeds were even worse then I thought, 4g coverage area was poor, in fact I remember posting about coverage and saying how it was like Vodafone had set things up to keep you off data.. Then try a better reception phone like my lg, and the same networks now seems to make sense, |
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Huawei is one of the few companies that seems to talk about antenna design, and I think the P8 (and my Honor 7) each perform really well. Each is designed to work better on the edges of service, and I have to say it seems to be true.
But I can't do any proper scientific testing, as moving my phones just a few metres can also make a difference. All I can reliably do is make a mental note of issues over a period of time, and consider if one phone was/is worse or better than another. |
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What are your top phones for reception, Jon?
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What are your top phones for reception, Jon?
Motorola, Apple, LG, Blackberry, Huawei and HTC all produce good phones with good receiption. Anyone wish to correct me? |
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Just avoid Sameung and Sony!
Motorola, Apple, LG, Blackberry, Huawei and HTC all produce good phones with good receiption. Anyone wish to correct me? Over the years I have used all the other manufacturers. I can confirm that Apple has done a great job with iPhone 6S, which I currently own. You have forgotten Microsoft Mobile (formerly Nokia devices). They do a great job in terms of reception and network compatibility. |
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What are your top phones for reception, Jon?
I can say the Huawei/Honor devices I've used seem really good. My Wileyfox Swift also seems to be doing really well, having got me some incredible speed test results. But good 4G performance doesn't necessarily mean good 2G or 3G, and so on. |
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