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post Feb 20 2024, 09:30 PM

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Hello guys!

My maxis fibre has been down for three weeks so today I got a prepaid umobile card and upgraded it to the home fibre plan

It works okay, but it keeps dropping to 4G and not going to back 5g, no matter how many times I reset.

It goes to 5g randomly and stops a few minutes later

I’ve put the sim in a galaxy fold 4, connected to my ASUs router usb sharing

Even when disconnected from the router the 5g doesn’t last longer than 5 minutes

Anyone else having the same problem or know how to fix this issue?

When I for 5G NR only, it says no service
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post Feb 20 2024, 10:06 PM

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QUOTE(PRSXFENG @ Feb 20 2024, 09:50 PM)
I'm not sure about Samsung but I've noticed on my Xiaomi, if you turn off the phone screen and put it into sleep, it likes to drop from 5G down to 4G
My guess it is to save battery

check in settings I suppose
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Thank you, yes I’ve checked and I don’t have any power saving things enabled

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post Feb 22 2024, 01:13 AM

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Hello

Does anyone know what will happen if I cancel the sim before the month is over? Like after only 1 week of usage?

The app shows rm-71 for me

Do I still need to pay the whole 68? I just started but they gave me a billing date one week from now

I can’t seem to get the 5G to work consistently
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post Feb 22 2024, 05:29 PM

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QUOTE(jack2 @ Feb 22 2024, 01:25 PM)
You did not buy prepaid to test out before going postpaid?
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Me and my family using umobile 5G at home no issue on postpaid phone line

Only the home 5G sim can’t connect to the 5G network
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post Feb 22 2024, 05:29 PM

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QUOTE(ahlong0180 @ Feb 22 2024, 03:48 PM)
Can try to cancel but probably need to pay 1 month advance first before terminating the line.
You will overpay them, after 1 month of termination they will send you the final bill on how much you overpaid them (negative balance) and you will need to call hotline to claim from them.
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Thank you for the info ☺️
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post Feb 22 2024, 10:44 PM

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QUOTE(aniq8676 @ Feb 22 2024, 05:56 PM)
or your 5G router problem.
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It’s a phone actually 💀 extra fold 4, was using it solely for hotspot

I googled and there are many similar issues with other Samsung device (5G symbol flickering and then staying in 4G) but the sims 5G doesn’t work on my iPhone too
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post Feb 23 2024, 01:02 PM

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QUOTE(4WD_er @ Feb 23 2024, 08:38 AM)
What 5G modem are you using, some cheaper ones in the market not so good.
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QUOTE(ad2000 @ Feb 23 2024, 08:50 AM)
Uhome 5G sim is not meant for use with mobile devices (hp)  iirc , u need to use it with a compatible 5G router
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Yeah that could be the problem

We had an extra galaxy fold 4 at home

Connected that to an ASUS router and used usb tethering to share to whole home

Can get 300mbps when 5G was working for a few minutes then it refuses to connect again
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post May 4 2024, 02:57 PM

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QUOTE(petpenyubobo @ May 2 2024, 08:55 PM)
Fibre internet providers now sweating and don't have a clue why their revenues are now slowly reducing?

For the price you're paying with no contracts you still want to return to 100Mbps fibre? laugh.gif
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No contract but how much you paid for the modem 😭😭
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post May 12 2024, 11:08 PM

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QUOTE(hustlerism @ May 12 2024, 11:05 PM)
Can i purchase the umobile simcard from 7E and buy the uhome 5G package?
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Yes I’ve done it before. Very straightforward and instant activation
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post May 24 2024, 02:32 AM

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QUOTE(Zaryl @ May 24 2024, 02:25 AM)
hi sifus,

just took umobile 5g together with the ZTE MC888s router black color(contract for 2 years) yesterday.

so far been testing almost a day, and the nearest 5G tower is just behind my house, about ~100m, direct LoS.

but average speedtest i get is <150Mbps DL, 20Mbps UL at my parents' house in Klang area.

i checked the speedtest pattern,

afternoon - got ~130Mbps
evening - ~25Mbps
midnight - ~35Mbps

latency wise, ~30-50ms.  sad.gif

this is very unacceptable. But i could easily get ~500Mbps at my home in Jitra kedah or Penang though via ZTE MU5120 5G portable router ( i have another U5G simcard). doh.gif 

all settings are by default, except i changed the wifi password of course.
so I was thinking to buy another 5G router on shopee.

so Zyxel 3UK NR5103E v2 comes to mind. This one using Qualcomm or Mediatek chip ya?
Saw TPLink X50 5G but the price is kinda steep.  rclxub.gif

Didn't want to terminate to pay the penalty obviously. So i just continue using this package like normal.

i shall make the ZTE MC888s as a spare router in case i could use this better at other places using my another U5G simcard.
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yeah thats the problem with 5g and wireless networks in general. promised speed is never accurate.

when 5g was new maybe you can get the minimum 200mbps touted by the isps, my now it is very congested, especially in an area like klang .

when i first tried at my home in 2022, i could easily get 1gbps.

now i am lucky if can hit 200mbps at night, and about 80 in the day.

it is faster if i switch to my maxis 4g connection lol. you should try that too

im just happy i did not cancel my gigabit fibre for this farce
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post Nov 27 2024, 09:09 PM

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Hello. My relative is now on uhome 5g with free router with contract already one year and now slowly getting so much worse until now barely usable. Even sometimes in the night got no internet at all.

Still got 1 year contract left. Was thinking, is it possible to switch to umobile fibre broadband without paying penalty fee?

Also does the fibre support landline?
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post Nov 27 2024, 09:19 PM

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QUOTE(fruitie @ Nov 27 2024, 09:16 PM)
Probably it’s the router issue, I also have U Home 5G and never had issue with the connection, I bought my own router. Always fast speed. The bundled router is problematic based on the feedback here.
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I see I see, actually my uncle was the one who set this 5g thing up. He’s sadly passed away, don’t think they can afford to spend much on a new 5g router now.

Would much better they be on the 79 for 100mbps by umobile itself

Is there a clause in the contract for minimum service? Or is it the government set 1mbps?
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post Jan 8 2025, 01:44 PM

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QUOTE(tmc @ Jan 8 2025, 01:39 PM)
Yeah competition from peer users.
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come putrajaya can barely get 5mbps or stream spotify when driving past to go airport
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post Jan 8 2025, 02:17 PM

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QUOTE(tmc @ Jan 8 2025, 02:09 PM)
Compare the equivalent data when using other providers, that will tell us more information if the congestion comes from where.
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i dunno im maxis only.

but if switch to maxis 4g no issue means can i still be a issue specific to dnb maxis shared 5g?
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post Jan 9 2025, 09:08 PM

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QUOTE(tmc @ Jan 9 2025, 08:57 PM)
Haha I am already confused.

Were you talking about maxis 5G giving you 5mbps or you were talking about Umobile ?
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Ehhhh no I’m talking about 5G in general 😭 sorry off topic. I used to get 1.2gbps at home. Now barely 5mbps

 

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