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Odd 3G/2G problem

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  • 08-01-2014 4:17pm
    #1
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,421 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm with Vodafone PAYG with a Huawei G510. It's running the latest Vodafone f/w, and it's rooted to allow me to run a different launcher (ADW) and do a few other things, otherwise standard.

    Recently while at home I started noticing that occasionally I couldn't make any calls. I'd dial, the dialling screen would appear, and then almost instantly it'd display "Call Ended" and that was it. Same for texts, which would just not send. While in this state I could receive calls (from my landline) fine.

    Much fiddling around with settings resulted in me discovering that by selecting the option to use 2G networks only, everything started working again (apart from being to use 3G data, of course.)

    Has anyone come across something similar before? 3G reception at home, where I noticed it first, isn't great. I contacted Vodafone via the Talk to... forums which wasn't much help, but then I'm not sure if it's a network issue, a phone h/w issue or a f/w issue so I don't have much to go on. When I'm out and about the problems occur as well sometimes, but not always.


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    #2
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,421 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Just an update in case anyone else is experiencing the same problem. There's a new update available from Vodafone (B195) which solved all my problems in this regard.


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    Squeeonline
    Registered Users Posts: 2,551 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    Alun wrote: »
    I'm with Vodafone PAYG with a Huawei G510. It's running the latest Vodafone f/w, and it's rooted to allow me to run a different launcher (ADW) and do a few other things, otherwise standard.

    Just so people are aware, you don't need root to change the launcher on this device.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,421 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Squeeonline wrote: »
    Just so people are aware, you don't need root to change the launcher on this device.
    That's interesting. What is different about it to other devices?

    Anyway, I needed it for a few other things as well, so not a wasted effort.


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    chrislad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,324 ✭✭✭chrislad


    You don't need root ever for a launcher. For any* android device, not just this one.

    *might be some exceptions, like the Kindle Fire, but I can't think of any off hand.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,421 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    OK, I thought it was needed, sure I read it somewhere but must have been imagining it.

    Anyway, it's irrelevant to my original (unanswered) question, and the solution.


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