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Old 24-10-2010, 03:36 PM
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Default Orange users with sh!t signal? Help inside...

You can now make use of the T-mobile network too.

Go to www.orange.co.uk/share to sign up for it. It's all free
Old 24-10-2010, 07:15 PM
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my work just changed all our phones to t-mob/orange last week.

i was on the phone to a mate saying how the signal has been, when i lost all signal for 5 mins

fookin things!
Old 24-10-2010, 07:25 PM
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be careful cos it can fuck with your MMS and Internet settings which you will get charged for.
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They have made a big thing about it not costing any more - so I hope not!
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Originally Posted by St3V3_C
No-one interested
would of been more interested if it was another get out of contract early thread the last one was a treat
Old 24-10-2010, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by St3V3_C
They have made a big thing about it not costing any more - so I hope not!
Thats what they say but thats not what others are saying. Since i signed onto it, my MMS and Internet don't work and they are taking the piss trying to sort it out.
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Orange are the worst network I ever had.shit signal and even worse people to deal with.of course it varies from area to area but it's appalling where I am.vodaphone are the best round by us for signal but I've been with o2 for a few years now and their pricing/customer service has been 100%,really good.
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Originally Posted by St3V3_C
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i was interested but the first time it was posted a few weeks back
Old 24-10-2010, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Fudgey
my work just changed all our phones to t-mob/orange last week.

i was on the phone to a mate saying how the signal has been, when i lost all signal for 5 mins

fookin things!
we've just changed over from vodaphone to orange, pity there is no reception at our head office from orange though

it's the first thing they should have checked surely
Old 24-10-2010, 08:03 PM
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I'm O2, no problems, mrs is on Orange, no problems, my work phone is Vodaphone and its shit. Best work phone EVER
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Glad this has been posted. Ive been with orange for 8 years no problems, but the last 2 weeks my reception has turned to shit in my own home. Makes me wonder if it has anything to do with the t-mobile thing. Keeps coming up with SOS, which is doing my tits in as no one can get hold of me. Like i say, in my own home!
Old 24-10-2010, 08:25 PM
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My works phone is orange and theres been a lot of problems witrh the network latly.
Old 24-10-2010, 08:33 PM
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For a while i thought it was actually the phone, obviously not.
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since I joined up a few weeks ago, ive had issues, im on t mobile, and now I get content restrictions ie site requires you to be over 18, get this on a lot of forums?

logged into my t mobile account and my content lock is off.

plus now my internet maxes out at just over 300kbps when before always see 1meg plus

gotta phone some indian call center now!

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Chip chippy chip put this up a few weeks ago.
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Originally Posted by St3V3_C
No-one interested
I think its only natural that after its been posted quite a few times it starts getting less interesting TBH
Old 26-10-2010, 12:55 PM
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anyone know how to opt out?

As its really screewed up my mobile internet
Old 26-10-2010, 12:59 PM
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im on tmobile, my sister said to text yes to 2121 and that will allow me use of orange and tmobiles.so thats what ive done,not noticed any difference yet,but then again,i probly wont notice lol
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Originally Posted by Fil
anyone know how to opt out?

As its really screewed up my mobile internet
Best bet is to go to where it has the network selection on your phone, and instead of having it set to "automatic" just set it manually to the one network, then it wont attempt to roam.

Then it will work like it used to, and if you do end up broken down somewhere with no service you can always try selecting the other network.

Seems to make more sense than opting out and losing the choice?


If you go abroad, you'll then need to set it back to automatic in order to roam normally, but thats a pretty minor downside.
Old 26-10-2010, 03:16 PM
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have done that its manually set to t-mobile now, to stay off orange, but i still get t-mobile content lock pop up on sites, seems a few users have the same issue.

Have logged into my t-mobile account and content lock is off as it has allways been,

phoned some helpfull indians who really didnt have a clue what i was on about

Eventally spoke to an english person I think, who denied there was an issue and must be my phone! Which it probably is , but its due to the oranging roaming ive set up, hence the removal.

Heres another user with the same issue, and then a t-mobile workers advice, that solves fuck all, then no more t-mobile worker replys ?
http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/discus...9aad01f3007e8d
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