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Craig1


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At least Telstra offer a check service in case you have an older 4g phone. Some discussion that some models could be affected for 000 calls.

 

SMS THE NUMBER 3 to 3498, we received an" ok " message shortly after doing so.



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Thanks for that ...

Worked for me too. 

Got a much longer response identifying the mobile number & iPhone model as well as confirming that it was 4G capable ...  &  saying thanks for using the service.



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Worked for me too.



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Checked two phones today. One isn't ok & the message said the 3g cutoff is 30 June.

 

The other phone is ok & but it still stated the cutoff date, but it was 31 August.

 

Can't see why two different dates.



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I have a silly phone for old farts. Just recently I lost the facility to make and receive voice calls, but SMS and time syncing via the network were unaffected. Apparently, this happens if VOLTE is disabled. This was a common problem after the switch from 3G to 4G. I don't know why, but I had to reboot my phone to re-establish VOLTE, despite having no problems with it for several months.



-- Edited by dorian on Thursday 9th of May 2024 01:35:56 PM

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