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NSEstudent:
Can you explain what you mean by locking and unlocking? Which bands did you mark and unmark? I am talking about the check boxes. Which ones did you uncheck and which ones did you check?

I uncheck all and only check band 3

nurez305:
I uncheck all and only check band 3

Wonders of the world

Anyway, with what happened in my area with band 7, which at one point, had its best performing cell become useless, I think what's happening in your place can be explained.

Apparently Airtel newly installed stable and quality cells on band 3 in your area.

NSEstudent:
Can you explain what you mean by locking and unlocking? Which bands did you mark and unmark? I am talking about the check boxes. Which ones did you uncheck and which ones did you check?

Is there any Airtel device one can use ODU physical SIM on without tweaking. Especially their routers.

nurez305:
This is exactly the issue I was facing late last month. Exactly the same issue until someone recommend I lock just a single band, immediately I unlock all bands and lock only band 3, I have never experienced single downtime since then and the speed has never went below 40mbps... Speed want to wound me. Maybe you can try that as well of that will solve the problem.

I did a write-up for him/her, but I don’t think he/she even read it. A lot of people don’t understand that the ZTE ODU is not plug-and-play.You need to lock the band. The person refused to listen and kept complaining, even though the explanation was already in the topic. Even before my write-up, someone else had explained the same thing too.

henryutd:
Is there any Airtel device one can use ODU physical SIM on without tweaking. Especially their routers.

I haven’t come across it, though—if you read through the post.

henryutd:
Is there any Airtel device one can use ODU physical SIM on without tweaking. Especially their routers.

Their 5G X25 router works without tweaking.

Have you been able to fix the issue you had at their office?

gambus007:
I did a write-up for him/her, but I don’t think he/she even read it. A lot of people don’t understand that the ZTE ODU is not plug-and-play.You need to lock the band. The person refused to listen and kept complaining, even though the explanation was already in the topic. Even before my write-up, someone else had explained the same thing too.

Not plug and play as how? Band locking is optional. That router is very good at choosing the best cells. I use it and no band is locked for the most part. I only play with band locking when I want and or when network is misbehaving really badly. Even then, I still end up leaving the bands unlocked.

NSEstudent:
Not plug and play as how? Band locking is optional. That router is very good at choosing the best cells. I use it and no band is locked for the most part. I only play with band locking when I want and or when network is misbehaving really badly. Even then, I still end up leaving the bands unlocked.

Talking from my experience and from people around my area, it does not work well without locking the band,especially if you have a 5G signal. Do you have 5G in your area?

NSEstudent:
Their 5G X25 router works without tweaking.

Have you been able to fix the issue you had at their office?

No.
They sent mail to their head office but the issue hasn't been resolved. I get notification almost daily with their normal pleading to exercise patience. I don't think I will keep waiting.

henryutd:
Is there any Airtel device one can use ODU physical SIM on without tweaking. Especially their routers.

All Airtel branded "ROUTERS" work without tweaks, the ones not working that requires tweaking are their Mifis.

Note: I've tried the ZTE X25, X25 pro, ZTE T30, the smart android tv box, the Nokia fastmile router and an unlocked Spectranet branded Huawei B310s and they all worked fine with the ODU line.

Presently, my Sim is in the X25pro (unlocked) and it's working perfectly, infact I've had less down time now than when I used the ODU. The carrier aggregation of cell bands on this device is flawless.

saint2ace:
All Airtel branded "ROUTERS" work without tweaks, the ones not working that requires tweaking are their Mifis.

Note: I've tried the ZTE X25, X25 pro, ZTE T30, the smart android tv box, the Nokia fastmile router and an unlocked Spectranet branded Huawei B310s and they all worked fine with the ODU line.

Presently, my Sim is presently in the X25pro (unlocked) and it's working perfectly, infact I've had less down time now than when I used the ODU. The carrier aggregation of cell bands on this device is flawless.

How much is the X25 Pro?

henryutd:
No.
They sent mail to their head office but the issue hasn't been resolved. I get notification almost daily with their normal pleading to exercise patience. I don't think I will keep waiting.

If you have a physical sim that's still active, just throw it into any Airtel router or universal router and it should work. Please note i said router not mifi.

Seems the ZTE and Huawei routers are all out of stock at airtel shops we only left with ZLT X17U

henryutd:
How much is the X25 Pro?

Depending on where you get and if it's new or used, you can get BTW 50k - 150k

gambus007:
Talking from my experience and from people around my area, it does not work well without locking the band,especially if you have a 5G signal. Do you have 5G in your area?

I see. This is a different scenario. I have no 5G signal in my place. Apparently the router is giving preference to 5G, which is probably unstable in your place.

saint2ace:
Depending on where you get and if it's new or used, you can get BTW 50k - 150k

getting the pro is very difficult now, he can easily get the x25 which is not unlockable.

saint2ace:
If you have a physical sim that's still active, just throw it into any Airtel router or universal router and it should work. Please note i said router not mifi.

His ODU sim is currently not active.

saint2ace:
All Airtel branded "ROUTERS" work without tweaks, the ones not working that requires tweaking are their Mifis.

Note: I've tried the ZTE X25, X25 pro, ZTE T30, the smart android tv box, the Nokia fastmile router and an unlocked Spectranet branded Huawei B310s and they all worked fine with the ODU line.

Presently, my Sim is in the X25pro (unlocked) and it's working perfectly, infact I've had less down time now than when I used the ODU. The carrier aggregation of cell bands on this device is flawless.

Available in their office is the 4g smart box. I hope the sim will work in it.
I think it's the ZLT S25.

henryutd:
Available in their office is the 4g smart box. I hope the sim will work in it.
I think it's the ZLT S25.

You can get the X25 Max 2. If it's anything like X25 or X25 pro, you should be good.

NSEstudent:
His ODU sim is currently not active.

This should be the first step. Let him activate it first then follow all other steps as advised.

henryutd:
Available in their office is the 4g smart box. I hope the sim will work in it.
I think it's the ZLT S25.

It will work if it's active, but NSEstudent has stated above that your sim isn't active. Do try and rectify that first if it's still not working. My humble advise.

saint2ace:
It will work if it's active, but NSEstudent has stated above that your sim isn't active. Do try and rectify that first if it's still not working. My humble advise.

My sim is active. It's my ODU that is giving me problems. I have changed the esim to physical SIM. The ODU can't connect to 4g nor the 5GNSA network. It's only connecting the 3g network and it started after 2 weeks of purchase. It didn't connect till the sub expired. The physical SIM is active and can check balance. I have strong Airtel coverage in my area because my phone sim is Airtel and it's working perfectly well.
Just the ODU device.

NSEstudent:
I see. This is a different scenario. I have no 5G signal in my place. Apparently the router is giving preference to 5G, which is probably unstable in your place.

Gbam. Band locking and 5G frequency locking are best for 5G NSA; otherwise, you will experience signal drops.It’s not plug-and-play because 5G NSA depends on a stable 4G anchor band. If the device keeps switching bands automatically, it can cause instability and drops. When my ODU was on 4G, I had no issues using it that way, but once on 5G NSA, proper band and frequency locking became necessary for a stable connection.

henryutd:
Is there any Airtel device one can use ODU physical SIM on without tweaking. Especially their routers.

Airtel hertz 6 works with the ODU physical SIm without tweaking, that's what I am currently using,as a matter of fact all the devices that worked with the 20 MPS plan can work with the ODU physical SIm

Please I want to ask a question:
Now that Airtel has brought out 90 days plan for the ODU at 67.5k, will the throttle start when one exceeds 1TB monthly or will it be throttled at 3TB in 3 months?

henryutd:
My sim is active. It's my ODU that is giving me problems. I have changed the esim to physical SIM. The ODU can't connect to 4g nor the 5GNSA network. It's only connecting the 3g network and it started after 2 weeks of purchase. It didn't connect till the sub expired. The physical SIM is active and can check balance. I have strong Airtel coverage in my area because my phone sim is Airtel and it's working perfectly well.
Just the ODU device.

Did the issue start after swapping to physical SIM or you swapped because of the issue?

aribitoye:
Please I want to ask a question:
Now that Airtel has brought out 90 days plan for the ODU at 67.5k, will the throttle start when one exceeds 1TB monthly or will it be throttled at 3TB in 3 months?

Very important question. Co ask

nurez305:
This is exactly the issue I was facing late last month. Exactly the same issue until someone recommend I lock just a single band, immediately I unlock all bands and lock only band 3, I have never experienced single downtime since then and the speed has never went below 40mbps... Speed want to wound me. Maybe you can try that as well of that will solve the problem.

pls how do i lock bands, is it from my phone settings

Which website i need to visit, my odu is stressing me

Tolu181:
pls how do i lock bands, is it from my phone settings

Which website i need to visit, my odu is stressing me

From the ODU IP address, check the label under the ODU to find the IP address. Log in using admin if you haven’t changed it. Once logged in, navigate to where you see 4G, 5G, and other network options—you will find the band settings there.

Osyxcel:
Did the issue start after swapping to physical SIM or you swapped because of the issue?

I swapped because of the issue to see if it will work in another router.

henryutd:
My sim is active. It's my ODU that is giving me problems. I have changed the esim to physical SIM. The ODU can't connect to 4g nor the 5GNSA network. It's only connecting the 3g network and it started after 2 weeks of purchase. It didn't connect till the sub expired. The physical SIM is active and can check balance. I have strong Airtel coverage in my area because my phone sim is Airtel and it's working perfectly well.
Just the ODU device.

Your ODU sim is not active. It was, but not anymore. You need to fix it yet with Airtel, which you have started. If you put the Sim in X25, it will still not work. I have seen that type of problem before.