02-12-2008, 13:54
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Orange 3G reception
Orange 3G reception is poor!
Never able to get a signal and im in Central London,anyone else experience this?
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02-12-2008, 18:21
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Re: Orange 3G reception
I cannot get a strong signal in my home 3G or other on Orange.
My T-mobile had full bars across the board.
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03-12-2008, 09:38
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Re: Orange 3G reception
Every now and again I notice 3G becomes available on my Orange phone for about 5 seconds and then buggers off again.
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03-12-2008, 09:46
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Re: Orange 3G reception
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Originally Posted by Central
Every now and again I notice 3G becomes available on my Orange phone for about 5 seconds and then buggers off again.
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It's probably your phone hopping between strongest signal transmitters and your local, strongest one maybe doesn't support 3G yet
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03-12-2008, 09:56
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Re: Orange 3G reception
If it's just a signal problem and you don't actually need 3g then you can turn it off on your phone so it goes back to 2g. When a mast went down near my house i did this and got my signal back until the mast was repaired.
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03-12-2008, 10:44
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Re: Orange 3G reception
How do I turn it off. I have the Samsung F480
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03-12-2008, 11:43
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Re: Orange 3G reception
Google is your friend 
Goto Settings -> Network settings -> Network Mode, change from Automatic to GSM 900/1800
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03-12-2008, 15:27
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Re: Orange 3G reception
Thank you very much
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03-12-2008, 18:10
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Re: Orange 3G reception
Thing is, I need 3G to use video calling and download content such as music!
Otherwise looks like I might need to unlock my phone and switch to Hutchison 3G(3 mobile) that gives good 3G reception.
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16-12-2008, 16:27
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Re: Orange 3G reception
orange are funny blighters. I have to set my phones up to manually select the 3G network
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16-12-2008, 20:31
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Re: Orange 3G reception
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Originally Posted by southwell
Google is your friend
Goto Settings -> Network settings -> Network Mode, change from Automatic to GSM 900/1800 |
3G and 3G+ reception is also known as UTMS
2G and 2.5G is also known as GSM
1G was basic Analogue mobiles I think and they are long gone!
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16-12-2008, 20:52
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Re: Orange 3G reception
Oldham OL4 area, T-mobile gets 1 bar max, O2 is sporadic, Voda works on 2 bars 2g only, 3 gets nothing, Orange gets HSDPA without problems.
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17-12-2008, 17:01
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Re: Orange 3G reception
HSDPA, whats that? If you have 3, then switch on GSM(2G) instead and it will use Orange's reception.
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17-12-2008, 17:20
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Re: Orange 3G reception
HSDPA = 3.5G or about 2mbit / second downloading via mobile. (High Speed Data Packet Access)
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18-12-2008, 19:06
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Re: Orange 3G reception
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HSDPA = 3.5G or about 2mbit / second downloading via mobile. (High Speed Data Packet Access)
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Oh now I understand lol Orange call this 3G plus
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