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cmmorrison

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Jul 11, 2008
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seems to be the iphone not o2.
i tested with an N95 on o2 next to an iPhone

N95 - 6 bars
iPhone - 1 bar
 
yes but virtually full signal vs virtually none is a fair comparision

esp as im lucky its latched onto 1 bar of 3g
it normally flicks between 2g and 3g all the time
 
there's definitely something wrong with the iPhone's 3g reception. At least on my example anyway. I spent all day yesterday in and about Birmingham city centre and didn't get a 3g connection once. Switching it off and back on again forced it to see a weak connection for about a half a second before it gave up and flipped back to gprs. I've only seen an edge connection a couple of times.

I can't believe o2 doesn't have strong 3g service in the centre of Birmingham.

I drove back through Wisbech today where my wife's nokia gets an easy 3g connection. Even trying a hard reset couldn't persuade the iPhone to connect to 3g for more than half a second.

I'll take it back to an o2 shop this week to see what they say, but I don't hold out much hope. Luckily there is no 3g where I spend most of my time so there's not much to miss.
 
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