Telstra ZTE T2 Mobile Phone - Continual Failure
Submitted: Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 15:27
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MEMBER - Darian, SA
Just in case other members have this phone (Regional blue tick, as I understand it).
Mine has been 'dying' continual over quite some months - had to reboot it often - used the old phone for awhile, but finally got around to sorting it - a new battery and restoration of default settings got me nowhere - found a note on Whirlpool to the effect that the issue (software) is
well known (by Telstra too - what else). A link on Whirlpool
here took me on a merry dance through a software download and upgrade routine, using my PC and the phone's supplied USB cable. All good for now (it seems).
Reply By: member - mazcan - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 15:59
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 15:59
hi darian
as a mater of fact i have just bought one very cheap from coles s/market10 days ago bugger! $24.50 as a prepaid phone so will be awaiting any malfunctions thanks for the imfo up front so will put this in my favorites list just in case
there was a thread recently and there are several people with them who said that they were the greatest ph and it seeme that telstra is aware of that but have done b/all about it
cheers barry
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Follow Up By: MEMBER - Darian, SA - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 16:45
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 16:45
The phone may actually be good quality, because
mine ran reliably for the first year - it seems that Telstra's network upgrades have generated an incompatibility with this particular phone -
mine was happy here at home, but would soon be found dead, after going out and about for the day - I presume the problem is triggered as the phone registers itself with new cells when on the move. Then again, re cost ....... Telstra gave it to me for $0 when I last signed up for a 2 year plan - maybe it is worth that much - nothing :-o).
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Reply By: Member - Peter R (QLD) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 18:09
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 18:09
I would raise the issue on the zte
forumzte forum
They were very helpful to me with my F165
Pedro
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Reply By: PeterInSa - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 18:17
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 18:17
Had very few problems prior to the network upgrade, did the download and still working OK. What I like about it is that you can connect it to a
broome stick aerial for way out of town communications.
Also use it to link laptop when touring or desktop when at home to the net for medium speed communications $10 for 1Gb per month on top of my $20 a month plan with my hour. ($20 for 2 Gb)
Phone is nearly 2 years old,
Peter
No association etc etc.
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Follow Up By: farouk - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 18:31
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 at 18:31
There was a message from telstra recently about the possibility of the T2 turning off whilst telstra were doing some updates or whatever, they provided a link to ZTE site to download the fix, my T2 has not experienced any problems and i downloaded the link
Colin
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Reply By: Holden4th - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:46
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:46
Ditch the phone, it's not reliable (as a quick troll of the internet has shown me).
Get the Samsung S5511T instead. It will do everything the ZTE will do and do it reliably. Whats more you can get it for $80. I have an earlier version, the C5220, and it has been working perfectly for over three years now. The main thing is that it is blue tick and will work just about anywhere that Telstra say they have coverage. Add a small aerial and it will even surpass this.
Check it out here
http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/mobile-phone/mobile-phone/mobile-phone/GT-S5511IKTTLP/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail
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Follow Up By: snapper49 - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 08:42
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 08:42
I have a 5520 but have damaged the display scree although it still works perfectly
Does the 5511t take the broom stick ariel as the 5520 does
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Reply By: Kris and Kev - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 09:19
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 09:19
Maybe we were lucky, but we bought one from Telstra on a plan just over 12 months ago and have taken it with us on several trips, Tasmania, NT and WA and love it. (Also using it as a modem on our laptop.) Have had no problems at all and get brilliant coverage, especially with our antenna. (Hope I have not jinxed it now!) Also did the software upgrade as advised by Telstra about 2 months back.
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Reply By: Member - Kevin S (QLD) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 17:37
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 17:37
I have had one for almost 3 years. It has seen a lot of Australia and except for a problem with the calendar early in its life there have been no other problems despite it having been dropped several times.
Kevin
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Follow Up By: Member - nick b - Friday, Dec 16, 2011 at 23:05
Friday, Dec 16, 2011 at 23:05
We to have 2x of the T2 with NO real problems very happy with it . we live in a bad reception area, I use external aerial when out in the paddocks ,more to do with the weather conditions than the phone
Wife had a blue tick samsung ,reception in this area was next to useless townies phone ......cheers nick
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Reply By: Member - vicbar57 - Friday, Jan 06, 2012 at 12:27
Friday, Jan 06, 2012 at 12:27
Hi Darian, had a zte for 3years no problems. It has been dropped many times and it just keeps on going. I live in the Gascoyne(WA) and use a broom stick aerial whenever i go bush.vicbar57
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian, SA - Friday, Jan 06, 2012 at 15:41
Friday, Jan 06, 2012 at 15:41
Update - the software download seems to have cured the T2 - been running happily since my original post - the original battery was doing ok, but I guess the new one for $25 is not money wasted - at least I have a spare :-o).
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