UK 02 (poor signal strength/reception problems)

lol yeah great advice from o2, did it help gareth lol

I don't think Apple chose not to use Vodaphone, but read that Vodaphone could not agree terms and withdrew from negotiations.

their technical know how is astonishing lol!
seriously though i hope they can get this sorted it's the only thing bugging me about my phone i absolutely love it!!!!!!

same here. its crazy that i cant even phone o2 from my iphone, cos i cant get a good signal lol, how daft is that !

i tried to send them a link but it came back failed, i think we have been fobbed off with a fake 02 address lol will have a look on their website.

sorry guys my fault, the address is : mycare@o2mail.co.uk

email sent with link to this post!!!!!!!

see this link for ringtones. it works.

josh

http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=205183&page=3

Email sent with link.

Mandy

The following Ofcom (UK) website lists the locations of mobile transmitters used by the UK Mobile networks, this may help in assessing whether your problems are phone or network related.

http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/

However, a few points to consider:

The website is not very intuative (to the point of frustration!) You have to zoom in close to see/select the actual base stations to see the relevant info.

Not sure how accurate the info is – I have read critisism in the past that the database is often out of date and innacurate.

Hope this helps a few of you!

Melv

Melv,

Thanks so much for that Ofcom site, I've been able to find out that I should have good signal at home and university when I get my iPhone!

Of course, judging from some of the comments here, apparently good signal isn't guaranteed in such an advanced phone! Fingers crossed!

Well I have a mast some 1000 meters from my house, I only get one maybe even 2 bars on the signal indicator.

Also noticed that when the phone is in the cradle, 5 bars show all the time!!

Just to add, I'm about 15 miles outside Cambridge and have just picked up an iPhone and get full 5 bars in my house. Was on voda before with a nokia and also got 5 bars so no difference there.

Will find out more when I travel around a few villages from here to Grantham over the weekend to see how well it keeps signal.

Cheers

Russell

I really don't think this would be caught by disclaimers. The original post said that other O2 handsets don't have any problem getting a signal - just the iPhone. This suggests that it is a handset problem rather than a good old signal strength issue. If someone knows that they have a good O2 signal where they are in the country, they are entitled to presume that O2 will not contract with them for a phone that can't get that signal.