Samsung S3/O2 - no 3G?

starrybee

I've recently got a new Samsung S3 on O2, and I never seem to get any 3G!

It's popped up for about a second a couple of times, but then goes straight back down to H or H+.
Is this a common issue, or does it sound like there's something wrong with the phone? The coverage checker suggests that I should be receiving it in places like the city centre.

grumbler

H and H+ are in fact enhanced varieties of 3g.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access

moneycheck

H or H+ is higher than 3g symbol

[Deleted User]

H and H+ are far faster than 'regular' 3G.

starrybee

Oh! Well in that case...yay! Haha.
I thought they were one step lower, shows what I know!

Thanks

indesisiv

In order of slow to fast.

g, e, 3g, H, H+

[Deleted User]

If you get H+, you'll find you can do stuff you never imagined on your phone.. like streaming live TV shows.

Here's an app to show what you can do with nice fast H+:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gzero.tv