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New pda, no signal

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plaguelift
Posts: 133
Joined: 19 Apr 2011, 06:16
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by plaguelift »

I'm sure some of you have had this problem so I was wondering how it is resolved. We received our new pda's on Tuesday for 'going live' on Friday. (The fact that they had been sitting in our hub office for a month is a different matter)
To cut a long story short, it seems the EE signal in our area is not strong enough for the pda's to connect. It connects to O2, but won't let you log on. They have been tested in the hub office and seem to work ok, but fail to log on in our area.
Looks like we'll be using the old ones for a while longer. Anyone else had this problem?
hellpop
Posts: 62
Joined: 13 Nov 2011, 15:32
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by hellpop »

Yes we have had the same problem. After a trial run everyone was given the new ones and after the first week they have all been recalled and the entire office is back to the old ones.
spen
Posts: 531
Joined: 18 Jan 2011, 19:53
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by spen »

Was given ours this mornin, couldn't log on
MAN OF STEEL
Posts: 11
Joined: 06 Aug 2009, 20:52
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by MAN OF STEEL »

Yep. Same in our office. Manager came to our small rural office this morning to brief us so that we could go live today. They couldn't connect to EE either and only recognised O2. Signal was so weak we couldn't log any of them on.
buntin
Posts: 100
Joined: 27 Jul 2011, 13:55
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by buntin »

you really would have thought the business would have thought about this before hand wouldnt you ? are am i just being silly !!!
Postie45
Posts: 2160
Joined: 21 Aug 2012, 23:05
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by Postie45 »

I dont know how widespread this will be as EE coverage is probably the best in the country, so it could be that we`ll see a lot of posts by the minority here. We`re still on the old PDAs and i get no signal where my duty is.
mjt120
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 53
Joined: 26 Oct 2015, 18:49
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by mjt120 »

We've had the new pda's for a few months and we all had problems this morning logging on and downloading collection info. Will say however this is the first time we've had issues since using them.
worktotime
Posts: 2866
Joined: 14 May 2010, 20:47
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by worktotime »

money well spent then , lol :thumbup
DB1100
Posts: 1976
Joined: 10 Sep 2007, 14:30

New pda, no signal

Post by DB1100 »

We've had em a couple of months now and couldn't log on today,this has happened twice already,I should say the system is overloaded.
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Shaders
Posts: 218
Joined: 22 Jun 2010, 07:47
Gender: Male
Location: Oop North

New pda, no signal

Post by Shaders »

No doubt bought them from Trotters Independent Traders :Applause
Destiny
Posts: 200
Joined: 29 Dec 2010, 10:18
Gender: Male
Location: North

New pda, no signal

Post by Destiny »

No signal in the office but ok when we leave.
Staffordshire, supposedly average network coverage.
Surreypostie
Posts: 999
Joined: 04 Aug 2013, 21:05
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by Surreypostie »

I'll just be happy if the battery lasts long enough to do the job, lack of signal is their problem.
trythat
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 720
Joined: 23 Jun 2007, 16:36

New pda, no signal

Post by trythat »

You really couldn't make it up :crazy:
19times
Posts: 339
Joined: 11 Aug 2011, 13:36
Gender: Female

New pda, no signal

Post by 19times »

Had ours a couple of weeks now, new Manager tried to conduct code me because I 'didnt' scan a Tracked - turns out it was the day the pdas were not connecting to the network although she tried to insist it was a different day :roll:
Jpro747
Posts: 1342
Joined: 23 Dec 2012, 10:22
Gender: Male

New pda, no signal

Post by Jpro747 »

We're still using the old brick ones, by the time we get them they will be hand-me-downs from a bigger office, just like the vans :Boo hoo!