Comment on Hundreds complain about failing mobile phone service since 3G switched off

FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This happened to me.

  I had a Oneplus 7 Pro. I turned 3G off before the shutdown and it was fine.

  Then Optus decided to brick my device because my phone wasn’t on their list of compatible devices.

  Fucking assholes.

  I then put a friends Telstra sim in the phone to see if it would work, and it was bricked on the Telstra network too.

  Apparently I could roll the phone back two android versions to make it work, but I shouldn’t fucking have to.

  There should be a class action lawsuit for this shit. My phone was only five years old and worked fine.

  Thanks for turning what I assume is tens of thousands of phones into e-waste so some dickhead with the latest 5G iPhone can take up an extra kilobit of bandwidth.

  Happened two months ago, but I’m still mad.

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  • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Have you tried a Vodafone SIM? I’ve heard they’re less strict with their blocking.

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    • Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Unfortunately I had to switch from Internode mobile (on the Vodafone network) because it doesn’t reach my house.

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