Mobile Network Question

Martyn... · 21 Jul 2011

I have a Nokia C3-01, it is set to "Dual" coverage, so I get GSM & 3G, the problem is when set like this it will drop the connection mid conversation, and it is getting rather annoying.

If I set it to "GSM" rather than "Dual" it is fine.

Am I correct in thinking that I only need 3G if I want to use the phone to connect to the internet, as I do not go online with the phone I am more than happy to leave it set on "GSM" as it seems more stable this way.

Answers from the the youngsters on here who understand this stuff better than me would be welcome

NiKha · 21 Jul 2011

Yeah, if you're using it for voice calls only, there's no reason to leave 3G on.
Plus you'll get better battery life too.

Martyn... · 21 Jul 2011

NiKha said:
Yeah, if you're using it for voice calls only, there's no reason to leave 3G on.
Plus you'll get better battery life too.

Thanks for that

strumstrum · 22 Jul 2011

I had a similar issue with my N8, turned out that it was down to the default network selection was set to auto, when I set it to manual and chose my network it stopped.

Martyn... · 23 Jul 2011

strumstrum said:
I had a similar issue with my N8, turned out that it was down to the default network selection was set to auto, when I set it to manual and chose my network it stopped.

Cheers, I had put it on auto when I was away the other week, just switched back to manual

B1ts · 24 Jul 2011

That should do it, had exactly the same on three nokia handsets, seems to be a trait of theirs...

jonnysmith199 · 24 Jul 2011

Yup nokias always do it.

Superewza · 24 Jul 2011

To be honest, i only use 3G for stuff like Youtube - for normal browsing (google, facebook etc.) GSM (probably aGSM) is fine.