Connectivity very flaky

[Anonymous]

I've been with O2 for a couple months now. Had no problems up until around a week ago. My phones connectivity reverts back to the G icon, which results in me not being able to use the Internet at all.

Now and then it will go back to H or sometimes 4G. But very rarely. I spoke to someone on the live chat who suggested:

1 - I shut down my phone, remove my sim, put my sim back in, boot up my phone again.

This did nothing.

2 - I enter the details they emailed me (Because the details they supposedly sent me via SMS, I never received). I did this, and it temporarily fixed my issue for about 20 minutes. 

It's very frustrating because I moved from Three to O2 because of lack of connectivity at my office where we are not allowed to use the company Wifi, only to have more problems with my O2 account than I did with my Three account.

Can anyone suggest anything else? The person on the chat didn't seem to know what else could be done to fix this issue.

Sorry, just so you know the phone is a Nexus 6P

Thanks!

[MI5]

To get settings automatically you send a text with the word "active" to 2020.
Also check your network status here as a mast could be down or undergoing maintenance http://status.o2.co.uk/

[Anonymous]

Hi, Thanks for your quick reply.

I texted active to 2020, and get no response.

The network status is good indoors and outdoors on 4g where I am, which was the selling point for me getting this contract.

[MI5]

All I can suggest is you download the My Network app and report the issue - they may have a problem that they aren't aware of yet.
http://www.o2.co.uk/apps/my-network

[MI5]

One other thing - just manually check your apn settings against those here http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/o2-apn-settings#o2%20Android%20APN%20MMS%20mobile%20internet%20s...

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately those APN didn't fix the issue either.

[MI5]

It has to be a network or sim card issue.
You can get a free sim swap in any O2 shop, so give that a try?

[Anonymous]

Frustratingly the nearest O2 shop is >30 mins drive from me.

[MI5]

Call CS (202) and get one sent by post.
When it arrives do the sim swap yourself http://swapmysim.o2.co.uk/

[Martin-O2]

Hey @Anonymous Are you still having patchy network coverage or has it settled down now?