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#1077142 30-Jun-2014 16:15

macuser: HTC ONE M7, Kingsland/Mt Eden/Eden Park

would be interesting to know how much data your burned doing that test, I would estimate somewhere between 100 - 150 Mbytes.... ouch.

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#1077150 30-Jun-2014 16:25

UncleArthur:
macuser: HTC ONE M7, Kingsland/Mt Eden/Eden Park

would be interesting to know how much data your burned doing that test, I would estimate somewhere between 100 - 150 Mbytes.... ouch.

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#1077205 30-Jun-2014 17:15

SaltyNZ:
I believe non-2degrees-purchased LTE-capable Android handsets will get their updates later, as in, up to a few months, depending on the manufacturer. Could be wrong about that though.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (i9305) which had the Vodafone Jellybean modem which was released in May of this year.
I drove through Penrose and Greenlane and only got H+, so I flashed a newer modem and went back through the same locations. This time they were all LTE.

If it is Samsung's responsibility to roll out the update, then I'd be waiting forever.

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#1077219 30-Jun-2014 18:07

All well if you can get it.
My HTC One M8 still isn't showing me an option to select the LTE network.
Is there a software update being released to enable that?

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#1077231 30-Jun-2014 18:12

bongojona: next up, battery endurance test vs 3G

You are gonna need a lot of data to burn?! (Does 2d jump from 3g 4g or stays at 4g even when data is not transmitted?) Or am I mistaken ...

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#1077233 30-Jun-2014 18:21

Has anyone tried doing a speedtest off the Christchurch Snap speedtest server given they are 2degree's uplink?

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#1077234 30-Jun-2014 18:25

dauckland: All well if you can get it.
My HTC One M8 still isn't showing me an option to select the LTE network.
Is there a software update being released to enable that?

never mind, found a way.
So for those who haven't:
*#*#4636#*#* and select WCDMA / LTE and all good.

D

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#1077235 30-Jun-2014 18:26

dauckland: All well if you can get it.
My HTC One M8 still isn't showing me an option to select the LTE network.
Is there a software update being released to enable that?

As previous post, updates for non-2degrees handsets to come later.

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#1077237 30-Jun-2014 18:31

dauckland:
dauckland: All well if you can get it.
My HTC One M8 still isn't showing me an option to select the LTE network.
Is there a software update being released to enable that?

never mind, found a way.
So for those who haven't:
*#*#4636#*#* and select WCDMA / LTE and all good.

D

This won't survive a reboot - you will need to do it every time the phone is restarted.

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#1077239 30-Jun-2014 18:35

freitasm:
dauckland:
dauckland: All well if you can get it.
My HTC One M8 still isn't showing me an option to select the LTE network.
Is there a software update being released to enable that?

never mind, found a way.
So for those who haven't:
*#*#4636#*#* and select WCDMA / LTE and all good.

D

This won't survive a reboot - you will need to do it every time the phone is restarted.

Yes, noted- a small drawback until 2D decide to kindly ask HTC to push the update ;-)

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#1077254 30-Jun-2014 18:54

What band(s) are 2degrees using?

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#1077273 30-Jun-2014 19:15

DarkShadow: What band(s) are 2degrees using?

Band 3 (1800mhz) is the primary band

You may see deployments on Band 7 (2600mhz) for extra capacity if they choose to use this.

And in the future Band 28 (700mhz)

This is similar to the other providers in NZ.

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#1077282 30-Jun-2014 19:40

I got the 2Degrees pushed soft/firmware update to my S5 on Friday 20th so knew something was up! Had the beautiful 4G symbol on the phone tonight at the northern end of South-Western Motorway, but it appears not in Mangere Bridge. I want to try the "download booster" feature when in 4G+Wifi & will post pic if I can.
Funny story - I have a mate who was Country Manager for a BIG tech firm when 2Deg launched. This guy has picked correctly almost every trend in IT, general Tech, pretty much everything and is very successful. He didn't pick 2Deg to survive however - I'm glad they did as they've been awesome for me for the last 5 years.

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#1077313 30-Jun-2014 20:18

I was surprised to see 4G appear in my notification bar when I walked down to Queen St for lunch! I'm on an Australian Z2. The speeds on this are faster than my home network, with the upload 20x faster!

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#1077322 30-Jun-2014 20:32

Why does it get disabled in the first place? it just makes things a pain

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