UK iPhone - O2 recepion. And how many have seen EDGE yet

[afd]

Sorry if this has been covered before, but how are others finding the o2 reception? Both at home and at work I find the signal varies drastically, going from No-Signal to nearly 4 or 5 bars. All this when I am in the same place. Our house has thick stone walls and work is brick and concrete, maybe this has something to do with it. Does seem strange how much it varies, don't understand that.

Also have yet to see an EDGE signal yet although with a good reception GPRS is faster than I expected. Anyone else seen an EDGE signal yet and how much faster does it seem?

 

[bartelby]

I'm on O2 with an LG Prada. In the Wales and West area it uses EDGE most of the time. I've not noticed much difference in speed to be honest.

 

[speakerwizard]

edge was much better than i had expected after reading from initial us users, but i have heard uk edge has a higher bandwidth

 

[miniConvert]

Going off what reviews have said, the rapidly fluctuating signal is a 'feature' of the iPhone itself. Some reviewers note that calls will actually drop due to it. I wouldn't worry about it unless it's stopping you from using the phone.

 

[cwedl]

My recepetion is fine, mostly full bars, no edge in my area but when I am on edge don't notice that much os a speed increase.

 

[emotion]

I've noticed EDGE to be pretty quick compared to GPRS. When available.

There's a thread on this here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/364802/

 

[afd]

Going off what reviews have said, the rapidly fluctuating signal is a 'feature' of the iPhone itself. Some reviewers note that calls will actually drop due to it. I wouldn't worry about it unless it's stopping you from using the phone.

just annoying if you're in middle of a text conversation and "No-Signal" appears. The signal does come back, but it is a bit of a pain that it goes at all.

 

[sneeks]

The signal has been OK but I have noticed the no service message in places where I know my previous phones have all been problem free.

EDGE in Glasgow city centre works great.

 

[rjackman]

I have not seen the EDGE logo yet but didn't expect to where i live, GPRS just feels like dial up which is fine fro me on a mobile phone.

 

[Yixian]

I was connected to GPRS/Edge yesterday but today it says "Could not activate EDGE".

Omg help....

 

[sneeks]

Have you tried switching the iPhone off and on? This seems to cure the problem for many people.

 

[caseys]

Seems there's great reception in the South. I have Edge service at home and at work.

I must admit after trying to log into my account on the apple store on GPRS, then on Edge I noticed a remarkable difference.

 

[benfilan]

my reception has been fine. EDGE has been on too - in belfast city, but i've noticed that if the signal is weak it drains my battery a lot.

 

[cyberbolt]

I haven't seen any EDGE yet in Nottingham

 

[afd]

The signal has been OK but I have noticed the no service message in places where I know my previous phones have all been problem free.

EDGE in Glasgow city centre works great.

not been in glasgow since I got phone on friday night

 

[MacDonaldsd]

I get it in my house, but I have wifi their so pretty useless.

 

[talazem]

Is Edge access a condition for visual voicemail to work? Are people who do *not* have edge access able to access their visual voicemail? (in the UK, on the o2 network).

 

[pilesofstones]

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[MarkW19]

John Fowles

GPRS is a BLANK blue or white box beside the carrier name.

When you're in an Edge coverage area, the box has an "E" in it.

 

[ascender]

Well I'm surprised (pleasantly) to say that I've got Edge coverage in my house which is outside a very small village about 15 miles outside of Edinburgh. Result.

 

[Moleshome]

Is Edge access a condition for visual voicemail to work? Are people who do *not* have edge access able to access their visual voicemail? (in the UK, on the o2 network).

Nope, visual voicemail works without Edge. After ringing O2 support though I discovered that you cannot decline calls to voicemail if you have call waiting enabled.

 

[Zmmyt]

I was connected to GPRS/Edge yesterday but today it says "Could not activate EDGE".

Omg help....

call 202. I had to give O2 a ring and they will activate the service. It will take up to 24 hours.

Edit: just got a call from o2. They said it can take up to 5 days. Oh well.

 

[crunkcrumpet]

I get EDGE coverage all over Liverpool =]

 

[emotion]

I get EDGE coverage all over Liverpool =]

Well that's a start in the NW. Manchester ain't so good.

 

[deniser]

O2 have the worst coverage of all the providers where I live. I live in a rural area in the SW of UK. With voda I can get 3.5g upstairs, orange 3g, 3 3g, and o2 not even edge !! In my last house I often could not get a signal on o2 hence I changed networks.

So it is important for me to be able to unlock the iphone just to be able to use it !!!