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Edge issue

Same. - it fails almost every time.
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Were you on EDGE at the start of that test? nPerf has to POST (Upload/Send) data to it's servers to get the information to start the test, since you got the 0.00Mb/s on Upload technichally that would've been impossible unless I'm missing something

So maybe if you have the app open and ready before you drop to Edge, it could work? or i'm wrong
 
Were you on EDGE at the start of that test? nPerf has to POST (Upload/Send) data to it's servers to get the information to start the test, since you got the 0.00Mb/s on Upload technichally that would've been impossible unless I'm missing something

So maybe if you have the app open and ready before you drop to Edge, it could work? or i'm wrong
I forced my phone to 2G only, opened the nPerf app fresh and it detected the connection no problem and began the test. WiFi was also turned off
 
Was just in Leek, North Staffs and the Edge issue cropped up again.

They’ve got 5G deployed there surprisingly too.
 
I’m off to EE again soon because of this. Stupid Voda strikes again
 
I noticed the edge issue is much worse on my newly acquired Motorola, while setting it to LTE only pretty much always brings it back to LTE instantly

Side by side with an iPhone 12, the Motorola dropped down to EDGE while the iPhone didn’t at all - on the drive back putting the Motorola into LTE only mode fixed the issue
 
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Yeah this issue makes me crazy with my voxi sim. I'm allways around a location where is full 4g and 5g coverage is good, but my pixel 7 keeps go down to edge or not data connection at all. I have to disable and reanable the sim to recover the connection or need to wait couple minutes to connect back automatically. I tried to use 4g only and no 5g but that doesn't change a bit. If I use my 2nd sim which use EE network I did not experience this issu. I also have another voxi sim for primary internet as that not moving around the 5g connection is good and no issues.
 
I've been seeing Edge quite often on my Vodafone/TalkMobile SIMs recently. I had just assumed it was the result of the 3G switch off and that I would have had 3G in those locations before, though it did seem an unusually high number of places and sometimes in locations where I thought I remembered having 4G in the past.
 
I asked for a replacement SIM card in the nearest Vodafone store and since that I have no issue which make no sense as my SIM was only 2-3 years old and worked without any issue. But let's see after a week or too but I'm happy now
 
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This is quite anecdotal, however I have noticed since updating my iPhone to ios 18 beta 4, and enabling the SA 5G option, I am no longer seeing my phone switch to Edge in locations it would always previously. I need to do some further testing but it seems to be better.
 
This is quite anecdotal, however I have noticed since updating my iPhone to ios 18 beta 4, and enabling the SA 5G option, I am no longer seeing my phone switch to Edge in locations it would always previously. I need to do some further testing but it seems to be better.
I wish that were the same for me, twice yesterday walking the dogs I left the house and was stuck on Edge.

Also, might just be a beta bug but I found when I drove to St Helens yesterday I would intermittently lose connection on both SIMs in the phone.

Are you using an eSIM or a physical one?
 
I'm using an eSIM currently in a 15 pro max, I previously had the Edge issue on both physical sim and eSIM.
On my morning commute I noticed it hanging on to 1 bar of 5g for much longer than it previously did. May be something coincidental or a localised change, but will know more by this evening once I pass through some more locations I know I used to always have Edge at.
 
I drove up from London to Liverpool on Friday and there was a lot of Edge - for many miles in some spots (particularly going through the Bicester area) and to be honest it’s completely unacceptable as we’re talking about the Strategic Road Network, not A and B roads, but major motorways. It would pick up one bar of 4G which didn’t work and then push me onto Edge (3/4 bars) before going no signal. The Vodafone network, in my opinion, is increasingly unstable and I’ve had enough of it. My partner is with EE had none of these issues on the same drive, so I’ll be moving to EE.
 
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I drove up from London to Liverpool on Friday and there was a lot of Edge - for many miles in some spots (particularly going through the Bicester area) and to be honest it’s completely unacceptable as we’re talking about the Strategic Road Network, not A and B roads, but major motorways. It would pick up one bar of 4G which didn’t work and then push me onto Edge (3/4 bars) before going no signal. The Vodafone network, in my opinion, is increasingly unstable and I’ve had enough of it. My partner is with EE had none of these issues on the same drive, so I’ll be moving to EE.
You really see the EE advantage when doing long drives, I ditched Three after Wales -> London was on 3G for hours straight
 
Vodafone is unusable on large parts of the East Coast Main Line as well. Between Stevenage and Finsbury Park you will frequently find only 3G available, and it's so oversubscribed that nothing will load. EE by comparison even works in a lot of the tunnels.
 
I drove up from London to Liverpool on Friday and there was a lot of Edge - for many miles in some spots (particularly going through the Bicester area) and to be honest it’s completely unacceptable as we’re talking about the Strategic Road Network, not A and B roads, but major motorways. It would pick up one bar of 4G which didn’t work and then push me onto Edge (3/4 bars) before going no signal. The Vodafone network, in my opinion, is increasingly unstable and I’ve had enough of it. My partner is with EE had none of these issues on the same drive, so I’ll be moving to EE.
That patch around Bicester on the M40 has always been awful on VF. You either get hopeless weak 4G or Edge, but it was that way before the 3G switch-off. The lack of a mast there is inexcusable when EE have 2 in the area.
 
After my previous post, I've done some more testing.
Bear in mind this is only over a small local area and not widespread at all.
My phone is definitely holding on to a weaker signal compared to previously where I'd see Edge much more often. Today it hung on to 1 bar 5G and data working whereas normally in that location it would have switched to Edge and no data.
Still not terribly happy, as Vodafone has gone downhill locally with many locations around me having no data throughput at all despite showing 3-4 bars 4G/5G. It's now at the point where I wish I wasn't still in a contract with them.
 
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