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A50boner:
nothing , it just stopped working all of a sudden. It’s not even up to six months

May b U used a wrong charger, do you use power bank to charge it

A50boner:
Good evening everyone, the ups that came with Airtel odu is faulty, where can I get any other one that will work ?

What makes it faulty, what happened to it ,,pls share with us so they other ppl can learn from it

morikee:
I hope i won't get into any trouble living my ODU on for 3 days+ last time i left my MTN 5G Router on for 30 days naso as i reboot am e no on again it's still softbrick and can't fix it

Na U b d real Badoo o, 30days non stoping, U get inverter I guess, the maximum my router has been on is 35hours that is from Saturday evening till the Monday morning, if I don't work on Sunday

Obviouslyblunt:
same here. I had thought my device had been deregistered. Just started working couple of minutes ago.

The network went off more than 4 times today

morikee:
I put on flight mode tire na now e dey work but very slow and funny thing with this thing network reception is 100% ok

It's general problem... I am very sure that it will b fixed soon

It seems Airtel network is bad this morning., who else noticed this. Abi na only me the experience am lol

morikee:
Full Speed around 40 to 60 ish usually stable at 50

morikee:
Currently using different sim seff i haven't sub the esim for like 2 months now 😅

What is the speed

morikee:
Come to think of it i think they will never retrieve the device even if you failed to sub for 3 months cus that's what they said with that Nokia own then and there was no retrieval i still have the device seff but that one no get power bank

Na wa o, what about using another Sim card with it?

Obviouslyblunt:
the Airtel guy I got my router from, with whom I’m also planning to get another ODU router from. He told me Airtel is planning a price increase next week to the routers. I don’t know how true it is but it’s just something I was told.

I don't believe this, I think he is Saying this just to make more sales

Gidah:
Actually notnsure if thats the reason but im convinced uts the start of the problem

That is the reason...

NSEstudent:
Does X17U not have filters?

Not sure if X17M has guest login.

Most of the specs don't matter because data is just 50mbs. For G5F, the difference between its network/signal reception and that of X17M I tested it against, is quite significant.

it has just normal filters blacklist and whitelist , when. It comes to backup, I don't think anyone Airtel router come close to this . With more then 10 active device, when I say active, they are all downloading or streaming are the same time , I still get more than 5.30 hours ..

moremuch1:
Pure specs, X17M clears it, you can look it up online to see

Apart from filters and guest log in... Wat esle can U do on x17m that I can't on my 17u...

Gidah:
I guess switching from esim to physical Sim was the start of my issue.Firstly my old subscription was active when I did the switch so when the sub end and I was trying to do another ,after loading airtime on the Sim card it took little less than 48hrs before they were able to activate it . I was spamming them with calls ,they first took the credit off the line without it browsing it took another 4 hrs before I got a msg the subscription its active . But the first 4 days was ,good speed blazing 50Mbps stable until few min before Arsenal vs Man u .

I’m very happy that you acknowledge that the cause of the slow network speed is switching from eSIM to a physical SIM. I will never advise anyone to change from eSIM to a physical SIM

Obviouslyblunt:
that’s what I’m also considering and will do. I’ll keep that one as a backup device for rainy days.

No be only Airtel go come carry your device if you no sub. 😂

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😂

Unfaized:
Omo Starlink is 600k o with subscription fee more than double that of Airtel and without ups.

Airtel is basically free. You can easily get another one with the next month sub if you wish.

U get brain 🧠 , I am thinking of buying another one instead of paying 25k for subscribing

lilclin:
I don't even think 17m lasts more than 3 hours even with 2 or 3 devices connected and also takes a very long time to charge

17u is the best

lilclin:
Something will be working fine boom you go swap to physical sim

Abi nw… I don’t think they want people to be using it as physical sim, it takes only luck for it to work on physical sim

moremuch1:
This is the x17U, a downgrade of X17M , it has a lot of complaints from this thread, it's only selling point is the battery life which is way better than the X17M, if that's the only device available, he should get it , but if there's another model available, he shouldn't get this

My own x17u as Been serving me ,it is very good and my work depends on it , the speed is fast, downloading files, to updating of operating system to streaming and uploading of files on YouTube, I have minimum of 6 devices connected always, so I can recommend it anyone

morikee:
That's better than the other ZLT in battery backup

U can say that again

lilclin:
X17m users can't relate lol

They can never lol.. conneting more than 10 devices and still serves me for 5.40 hours

morikee:
Shey this type good na wetin them get for Kaduna office asking for a friend

Very good .. my reviews about it has been superb...the backup will last you for more than 5hours

enoch5553:
No oh. This problem has been since. Before I even got a physical SIM. It started on the 12th

Me swapping to Physical SIM was literally a last ditch effort when band locking, cell locking, moving it around didn't work. And Airtel themselves have proven unable to fix it for the past 10days now

If that is the case, the only solution is for you to do another Sim registration, take it back to were U got it from tell them you want to register another Sim , your odu Sim is the problem, I don't think it can be fixed because I Neva see person way get his own fixed ..they all registered another hbb Sim, and they are now enjoying it ..

morikee:
Lately I'm getting very poor service from Airtel the network no stable at all

The network was a little bad at first I restart my router and boom , the network good again, wen eva U are facing bad network, restart your router, the speed will increase

enoch5553:
1. I've tried all bands (1,3, 7, All of them give me good network but the same speed at 1-2 mbps

2. I don't think my area can be considered a new site, It's at egbeda, Lagos side

3 I just did a sim swap from eSIM to physical today

4. Yes, It's goes fine at about 20mbs with my normal Airtel SIM.

5. Inside, But I've tried moving it around my house and area even to another street but same thing

6. Yes

You can find your answer in points 3, 4, and 6. The problem started when you swapped from eSIM to a physical SIM. Most people around me who are having network issues are those who did a SIM swap. I’ve been telling people that if you want to enjoy your ODU, don’t swap from eSIM to a physical SIM—it’s a 50/50 risk. If you really want to enjoy your ODU, get another router SIM.
If U are getting more than 20mbps with normal Sim, that should tell you that your unlimited sim is the problem and not the odu or network

twosquare:
I am not using ODU....it is the Airtel router 5g.

I may test the sim with a universal router to see if it is better than the one Airtel provided.

Change the location.. till you get a better place

enoch5553:
Feedback on this😭😭
I've swapped it to physical SIM and I'm still getting the same speeds
1mbps

Guys I don't know what to do again

I need U to answer those few questions

1..Wat band are U on
2. Is Ur area a new site
3. Did you do a Sim swap from eSim to physical Sim or U registered a new hbb Sim
4.. have U tried inserting normal Sim card and browse with it
5. Do U have it mounted outside your inside
6. Do you get good phone signals on phone using Airtel sim

twosquare:
3mb/s...but it suddenly stopped connecting...so I had to changed to 7...right now, I am getteing 10mb/s

10mbps is too small ... Try and change the location of your odu and test the speed

lilclin:
cc: NSEstudent cc: Tover cc: morikee
Yes but wait for people with more experience to reply

For you to get a odu 5g Sim.. U have to register it has hbb and scan the imel on the odu carton, that is when U will get a odu Sim , normal sim registration won't give U router plan ..

twosquare:
I've changed to band 7 despite the two bars...3 is disappointing despite the bars...I am just testing around. If not satisfied, I will revert to the default of checking all bands and save it like that.

What speed are you getting