3 fiver a month PAYG data suddenly working in 2G area? |
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 Aug 6 2008, 07:57
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,961 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
How weird, I tried my 3 PAYG SIM today in the Shift (with the fiver a month internet bundle activated), and it's magically started working for data even tho i'm in a 2G area!
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 6 2008, 07:59
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Odd... 3's coverage checker says 2G for yours and my area. Unless they haven't updated the site yet...
Full bars? Or just one/two? -------------------- - Tony Sutton
- My Ford Focus ST170 car - Using MDA Vario III with 6GB MicroSD card - Got Phone, GPS and WiFi together? Sign up & Make Money with Navizon! |
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Aug 6 2008, 08:09
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,961 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
It's still getting only 2G coverage, so it MUST be roaming in O2 or Orange... I can't really tell as network indicator just says '3' with the roaming indicator.
Very odd! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 6 2008, 08:10
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 Timelord Group: Posters Posts: 1,597 Joined: 6th September 2003 From: Gallifrey Member No.: 15,319 |
I think the fact their data service did not work over 2G was what did for me when I was trying to get a PAYG SIM working on a friends laptop with an old vodafone 3G card. Worked perfectly with my TMob SIM, but when I put the three SIM in it didn't show it connected to any signal. I had assumed that we must be in at least a 2G signal (centre of London), so figured either the software or SIM were b0rked. If its now working I might try again.
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Aug 6 2008, 08:14
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,961 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Yeah, it'd be useful if someone could confirm they are seeing the same.
Maybe 3 have just initiated a 2G data roaming agreement with their partners... would make sense as they were getting hammered by dissatisfied customers IMHO? P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 6 2008, 10:53
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Enthusiast  Group: Moderator Team Posts: 183 Joined: 25th November 2002 From: Devon Member No.: 69 Device(s): HTC Touch Diamond |
You can use a payg sim to roam onto 2g. All the payg sims seem to use orange.
When I got my broadband adaptor (had to send back as it didn't work!) it worked fine with my 3 payg sim, only using Orange though... -------------------- Mark
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Aug 6 2008, 10:54
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,961 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Never USED to work! Honest!
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 6 2008, 11:12
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Enthusiast Group: Moderator Team Posts: 183 Joined: 25th November 2002 From: Devon Member No.: 69 Device(s): HTC Touch Diamond |
Just for you Paul, i'll add some credit to my payg sim and give it a try with the internet bundle....
Would be a good way of getting cheap orange unlimited data, even if it's only at 2g 
-------------------- Mark
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Aug 6 2008, 15:10
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Enthusiast Group: Moderator Team Posts: 183 Joined: 25th November 2002 From: Devon Member No.: 69 Device(s): HTC Touch Diamond |
As Paul says, it does work. I'm using the £5 bundle now via Orange and it isn't taking any credit away...
-------------------- Mark
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Aug 6 2008, 15:50
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,961 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
FINALLY!
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 6 2008, 17:15
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 Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,171 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
I connected last week before buying the £5 month credit, showed up as costing 71p out of bundle charge.
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Aug 8 2008, 21:29
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 19 Joined: 15th June 2006 Member No.: 194,892 Device(s): T-Mobile Touch |
Yay! Looks like 3 is finally working on 2G using the Orange network. Has anyone got Opera Mini working? Works fine on O2 but looks like it's port blocked on Orange. Anyone able to confirm?
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Aug 8 2008, 23:16
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 94 Joined: 9th March 2003 Member No.: 3,352 |
I got it working on 2g. Try changing the network setting to http rather than socket on the opera mini settings page.
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Aug 9 2008, 09:28
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 19 Joined: 15th June 2006 Member No.: 194,892 Device(s): T-Mobile Touch |
Nice one. Thank you. Works a treat now and I now have the perfect setup for my SPV M3100! The 3 network rocks! Just wish I could set up Skype to use the front ear piece rather than the rear speaker!
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Aug 9 2008, 13:16
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 I've always wanted to explore the Pacific rim Group: Posters Posts: 2,323 Joined: 19th January 2003 From: Lincoln Member No.: 2,100 Device(s): MWg Atom, i-mate Smartflip |
Just to add my 2P worth..................
When not on 3 my phone always had data using O2 (3 contract). I have never been able to get data on Orange until I read this thread and retried it. Guess what? It works with data on Orange now also. Hooray! Well done 3 
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Aug 12 2008, 06:39
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Regular |