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Old 28-08-2008, 10:58 PM
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Anyone lost 3G icon?

A strange thing happened tonight to my iPhone. Despite getting an unprecedented 3 bars on my iPhone with Optus, the 3G icon has disappeared and I can no longer get 3G data. When I manually switch 3G I get full bars on GSM and I have the GPRS icon and can download data. Anyone know what's happening here?
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Old 28-08-2008, 11:00 PM
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Yes...I've had that all night too. But haven't noticed it much at home, as it connects to my WiFi. Interesting, maybe their network is down?
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Old 28-08-2008, 11:01 PM
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Have you barred your GPRS/3G by any chance?

I spoke with Vodafone to have my GPRS disabled and this removed the 3G icon (even if I manually 'enable' 3G from the Settings menu).
I also don't have the GPRS icon.

The only time I see any sort of icon is when I enable WiFi.
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Old 28-08-2008, 11:03 PM
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Not at all.

I have WiFi connected at home so I don't know when this happened. I was doing a test on my iPhone and needed 3G. When I switched off my wireless the 3G icon was gone. When I switch 3G off the GPRS icon comes on.

Just wanted to know if any other Optus people are having the same issue? I am in the Elsternwick, VIC area.

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Old 28-08-2008, 11:09 PM
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Turn wifi off then go into general, turn airplane mode off and on again.

Tell us if it comes back.
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Old 28-08-2008, 11:23 PM
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I've tried that and it didn't work. Hopefully it is network related and is fixed by the morning. I'll report back then.
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Old 28-08-2008, 11:34 PM
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Hahahahahahahaha... Optus.
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Old 28-08-2008, 11:54 PM
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i live close to you and im on 3G
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Old 29-08-2008, 05:58 AM
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A strange thing happened tonight to my iPhone. Despite getting an unprecedented 3 bars on my iPhone with Optus, the 3G icon has disappeared and I can no longer get 3G data. When I manually switch 3G I get full bars on GSM and I have the GPRS icon and can download data. Anyone know what's happening here?
Welcome to my world of Optus and the Iphone!
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Old 29-08-2008, 06:36 AM
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Mine seems to do this randomly too. I have to switch the phone off, it normally comes back after that.
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Old 29-08-2008, 07:46 AM
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I occasionally lose 3g while on the bus and it will change to [E]dge, and the only way to fix it quickly is to just reboot. It's generally pretty solid coverage on the Telstra network though.
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Old 29-08-2008, 07:55 AM
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It's back. Phew!!! Bloody Optus!
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Old 29-08-2008, 08:14 AM
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/me expects Silverdreamer along any moment now...
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Old 29-08-2008, 10:39 AM
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Hahahahahahahaha... Optus.
lol

Better than Telstra's 14Mbit HSPA with a download limit of like... 17Mb or something?
Cool! I wish I could download 17Mb really quick rather than having 3Mbit max and a 500Mb limit :P
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