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Thabzee

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I have mine for 2 and half months now, ordered 32 GB from orange for 7K, white, also ordered a matching black lip on white spigen slim armour case :) loving it!!!
 
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tkmadisha said:
I have mine for 2 and half months now, ordered 32 GB from orange for 7K, white, also ordered a matching black lip on white spigen slim armour case :) loving it!!!
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im still unsure weather to take a black or white
 
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Turbobok

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Got my G2 on Tuesday after a very quick upgrade process at Vodacom.

Wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue - the phone doesn't seem to want to change between cell phone towers. It's fine if I sit at my desk or at home, but as soon as you move around, it drops the signal, and it won't regain signal without a restart. 3G reception also seems very poor.

I'm doing to take it back today for the 7 day out of box replacement, but I'm a little concerned that this is a design issue.
 
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Turbobok

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Thanks. I have tried disabling LTE now, and I will see if that has made any difference.
 
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betty85

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Not that I consider it an acceptable solution - not much point in having a LTE phone that you can't use on LTE
 
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Turbobok

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No, I agree. I'm just trying to problem solve for my own curiosity. Taking the phone back will be a pain, as I don't have another phone that accepts a micro sim - especially if a replacement phone will have the same issue on the network. Frustrating.
 
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betty85

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Hehe my wife had the same issue as I gave her my old phone which had a micro but she didn't - so got her sim cut by VC guy. Then I figured if I ever have to migrate back I'll need a normal sim too - so I asked him if he didn't have the offcuts, and sure he enough he gave me a spare. Colleague of mine went to one of those Chinese mobile shops and paid R50 for a plastic frame for his microsim!
 
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Turbobok

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Ok problem solved - seems the LTE APN wasn't on/correct/set. 30 seconds in Vodacom Stellenbosch, they activated it from their side, and all fixed. Wonder why it wasn't done in the first place, but the guy was quite helpful.
 
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betty85

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What changes did you have to make? I've fiddled with my APN settings and as I said, VC told me 'known problem'
 
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Turbobok

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It didn't seem to be on the phone. He did something on the PC, I received SMS saying "Your request to activate LTE has been successful for 082 XXX XXXX", followed by a message saying "Vodacom has activated you free LTE service. Go to your device settings and change the APN to lte.vodacom.za and enjoy LTE in coverage areas". Messages were pretty much instant.

Then went to Settings, Tethering and Networks, Mobile Networks, Access Point Names, and selected lte.vodacom.za.

Hope this helps - I'm afraid that's where my knowledge ends.
 
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betty85

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Weird, I got an SMS like that too a few days after I got my phone, by no request of mine - but my APN settings were already right :(
 
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Turbobok said:
Ok problem solved - seems the LTE APN wasn't on/correct/set. 30 seconds in Vodacom Stellenbosch, they activated it from their side, and all fixed. Wonder why it wasn't done in the first place, but the guy was quite helpful.
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You could have done it yourself with the Vodacom portal, without even leaving home.

Just login to your account, check data bundles on the left, and under data, you just need to just subscribe to "LTE free"....

And voila! you've got LTE enabled. ;)
 
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betty85

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Mine is but I still experience those issues :( - problem in my case is not LTE - it works fine - it's when it has to switch signals that it does and doesn't come back which is what VC told me was a known problem
 
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betty85 said:
Mine is but I still experience those issues :( - problem in my case is not LTE - it works fine - it's when it has to switch signals that it does and doesn't come back which is what VC told me was a known problem
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Me too. This sucks for when you really need your connection
 
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Turbobok

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kingrob said:
You could have done it yourself with the Vodacom portal, without even leaving home.

Just login to your account, check data bundles on the left, and under data, you just need to just subscribe to "LTE free"....

And voila! you've got LTE enabled. ;)
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Cool, good to know. Didn't know this was the issue at the time though. Will remember for future.
 
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