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NSEstudent:
Na turn by turn na. So when we say na location issue, we are right. Enjoy sha. You don too suffer

On the bright side, if you were calling and texting them with your problems, you're very likely going to get extension on the expiry date.

If they'll extend it I'll be glad, but I doubt sha. Just waiting for mtn to figure their shit out.

Didn't face any network challenges here. Being running smooth after serving my 2wks of compulsory terrible network 😂

CBTxFactor:
Here's what it looks like in the box. Got another unit. Cheaper than subscribing with 45k for 100Mbps.

Sweet. Anyway to help someone purchase and ship?

fuckboys:
even up till now o, nawa cos this has never happened to me before.

Go put that sim for your ODU and see if anything changes.

michlins:
So I bought the device

Can you post pictures of this stuff unboxed? Coz I think I saw this 5G broadband at the mtn head office... They said they had 5G device but seems the clash is the ODU name.

michlins:
ikoyi branch of MTN. Price is 30k

Great. An installer is coming to install or you took device home?

michlins:
So I bought the device

Where and how sir? Please show us what full package is like.

How much did it cost?

With what I experienced this May and the likelihood of MTN ODU being mainstream soon, I wouldn't dare go for anything more than 1 month for Airtel 😁

Meanwhile since this mtn ODU rumour started, my network has significantly improved after 2 weeks+ of suffering.

brightk:
can you share the model of the stabilizer?

It's Century

Fremlin:
Tried doing that, and it still bypass,

I'm using a 5kva stabilizer, dedicated to only the inverter, and it's not stable.

Even go as low as 190 sometimes.

Rewire your 5kva stabilizer to power the whole house. Mine does minus water heater and electric cooker and it does a great job. We go as low as 160 sometimes and I still charge at 25 amps while powering the house.

I usually charge between 40-20 amps depending on voltage.

It's a 3 bedroom apartment and being using that stabilizer since 2020.

Fremlin:
90v?

And I'm limiting mine to 180v..wow

Anyways that's not really the problem, the issue is that, the voltage been bypassed is unstable and sometimes less than 220v, my freezer works within 220v to 240v, so, once the voltage drops below the 22v, it trips the freezer.

So was wondering if it's possible for the AC input to just charge the battery, while I draw from the battery, with a more stable voltage

Oh ok. You can set it to Battery priority then. Check your manual.

But in that case, if your charging current is only 5 amps that means u are likely to drain your batteries faster rather than get full charge.

Alternatively, you can buy a 5kva stabilizer to power the whole house.

Fremlin:
Solar is not enough sometimes, some days, I barely generate much.

Will love to charge with NEPA but the light is unstable, even with stabilizer. although it charges, it trip off my appliances sometimes.

Here is the thing, the voltage from grid is unstable, but with stabilizer, I get to charger my battery via the AC input of my inverter.
However, when I try to power my load thesame time while my battery is charging from grid, my freezer in particular shuts down often.

So, I was wondering, anyway I can make my inverter not to bypass, but just just the battery, while I power from the battery that is charged.

Check your AC charging current and reduce by 5 maybe. You should be able to power your load while charging.

Say your charging current is 25 Amps, change to 20 Amps or better still get an external charger like someone recommended above.

michlins:
location?

Funny thing is that many of them don't even know about the device

True. The lady didn't seem to have an idea but she said they only had 4G routers.

I'm heading to a bigger office now. Location is PH.

*Someone told me they did training for the ODU devices but deployment isn't full yet.

*Update; Just left the mtn head office for PH. They said mtn don't have ODU. I insisted they do, so after a few inquiries, they admitted they don't have it in that location.

Just left the mtn office in my location. No mtn 5G ODU router here.

Osyxcel:
Cell issues. Some cells are having issues in your location interchangeably.

The cell your device gives priority to when you select Auto may be different to when you select 4G only.

Auto will likely make your device want to aggregate, selecting the primary cell that allows the best aggregation.

If the primary cell is faulty, you won’t be able to browse irrespective of the how many cells were aggregated.

4G only will connect to a single cell — often the best available one.

Damn it's so crazy. And this only started since May subscription. My experience has been so bad.

Can you believe I couldn't browse all through yesterday and midnight due to terrible connection, only to switch from auto to 4G only and it's blazing now.

Like how does Airtel do this? Yesterday I had to switch from 4G only to auto due to bad connection 🤦🏾‍♂️

bassdow:
Hey Pals,
As you might know, soon WhatsApp is ending support for older devices, making the app incompatible with Android versions 5.0 and iPhones running iOS 12.5.7 and earlier from September 8, 2026.

Funny enough, I barely use smart phones and only retained one due to need to make calls and messages via whatsApp & teleGram. Those of us freelancers need cost effective means to communicate with foreign clients hence reason I kinda still bothered myself.

Yes I understand most of you would wonder how one could afford to live such kinda life BUT sometimes, you need wean yourSelf of certain things so you don't end up a prisoner like they want you to.

AnyWay sha, Currently using a used android device of over 5-years which still runs on android 5.1 and with this latest development, need to make the Switch soon to avoid distruptions.

Why am I bringing this here; well partly to notify those who sees me as ancient human + in case anyOne got a capable quality used device at Very pocket friendly price. For those with problematic devices, would suggest you don't waste ya time.

My kinda Devices:
The likes of Tecno, Gionee, inFInix, etc; and even Samsung + iPhone are a NO Go Area. I prefer Sony Xperia, Huawei, Motorola, Asus, Honor, LG, and onePlus/umidigi; and the order of preference is just as I listed them.

I prefer portable devices I could hold on my palm comfortably without tiring BUT at the right sweet price, that's just a soft preference.

Of course battery life should be excelent, or atleast good enough since it would be plugged-in 99.5% of the time. On transit, I rarely have a need to move with them.

Really not after fancy features so long performanceWise, it's fluid enough (not having 20GB ram but takes ages to swipe or open menu).
All I need is ability to seamlessly operate whatsApp (mostly make and receive calls) as most times (99% of the time), I am on whatsApp / teleGram web via my PC.

NeatNess doesn't matter much as I prioritize performance over aesthetics. I want no cracked or broken screens or those with ink please.

DisplayType don't matter much. infact LCD is much appreciated than AmoLed or retina Displays.

Operating System must be from Android 8 and above. Also those with Android Go shouldn't bother at all abeg.

Mind you, I'm not after a device that would last just a year or 2. No; I want it to even outlast mua sef hence mostly after those of Qualcomm Snapdragon or similar BUT would outRightly reject those of MediaTek except they're flagShip models.

Also my major target is normal or flagShip models, not budget models.

Also, super slim devices are a NO go area for me as they are not only fragile BUT easy to heatUp. Don't want to suffer from dead motherBoards or screens like most of you normal humans.

Also have no issue with those with no Sim (wifi Only) as even if it's got working simPort, would always be on airplane mode.

I don't do iOS except you would be gifting me as I'm more of an openSource kinda human.

maxBudget is 40,000 naira and that's a very hard max. For very very exceptional devices, could be willing to go up to a max of 50,000 naira.

Location: Lagos / Ogun (not Abeokuta) state.
Mind You, except it's completely FREE, and I pay for wayBill only after testing it at least works, I don't do wayBill.

NB: No one should waste his/her time + mine trying to engage me in negotiations as I would end discussions even before they get started the moment I notice your offer doesn't align with my requirements.

PS: Just that I'm kinda busy else already have plans for a browser only whatsApp alternatives that wouldn't force me to rely on apps BUT ETA is kinda long as I'm tightly occupied with other more serious things that actually pays ma bills. Hopefully before next phaseOut, wouldn't have a need to once again upgrade.

If you write like this, I wonder how you talk sir?

If you be Pastor church no go quick close o 😂

Tover:
Is network issues.. it has been happening for some weeks now .. U have to keep on restart like 3 to 5 times b 4 it works .. or go to network and change to 3g or 5g or 3g/4g... It will connect.. after it has connected U can change it your preferred network mode

Oh my God. Airtel will turn us all to something else. So I applied your solution to my terrible network situation and seems to work.

After each cycling between 3G, 5G & 4G only network seems to improve alot.

If dem explain Airtel to you & u understand then u probably didn't listen well 😂

michlins:
check your local stores

I'm in Ph too. I'll check out one near me by Monday sha

michlins:
I can confirm that MTN ODU exists. Marketers from MTN called me and told me to check my local dealership but unfortunately they don't have it. I called a friend in PH who went to their office and they said it will be available by next week.

You people in Lagos can easily confirm it at your local dealership and let us know if we should abandon Airtel ODU. Although its monthly payment is 30k as against the 25k of Airtel

Omo if it's really a thing and truly unlimited I'll be going for it without a second thought. This month has been one of my worst with Airtel.

Normal sim sub working well on phone while ODU cant even browse at night. 2 weeks in and the experience has been so terrible.

NSEstudent:
Oh, you installed outside. Una dey try o. Me wey dey commot the sim almost everyday. I no fit mount outside.

I think you might make do with just the x25pro by the time you're able to get it working like Peter and fuckboys(bro probably needs to retire this handle ). It should work out of the box, but even me was surprised to see it misbehave recently. Maybe you need to spend 10k to tweak it but I'm sure that's not necessary.

Omo I removed my lnb from my dstv dish and hosted the ODU there. I tried it indoors but the reception was terrible even with that install helper app.

On the current location outdoors signal says 'excellent' with complete circle but as we all know, Airtel is still Airtel regardless of what your signal says. Na only 5G I no get here.

NSEstudent:
Try all the Airtel Access Point Names (APNs). Try them while having network mode on Auto.

Did you see 4G and 4G+ signal when you were trying? In my case, when I chose 'internet' as the APN, there's only 3G and it works. But that's not what I wanted, so I tried other APNs.

Did 3G work for you?

I set to 5G & 4G NSA. Then 4G only.. Nothing worked. I didn't try 3G only.

I also tried the apn thing but nothing worked. I don't remember if I did the 'internet' only apn option sha.

Na when next network bad & I get strength to carry ladder I go try again.

NSEstudent:
After playing around with the APN, 4G now works in the X25pro. If the network mode is Auto and you use only 'internet' as the APN, the router works but on 3G only.

Turns out APN is critical to it. But it didn't give these issues since I have been using it; not even the base X25 gave this APN issue.

Whenever it works, the connection is reasonably stable though.

So what conditions are the 4G option working with?

favouredbymercy:
Guy the thunders for Benin last night na something else. Many inverters go waka as you talk.

Thank God i just close eye do all the necessary things wen i set up my system. No matter the thunders, my mind nor dey move.

Tbh earthing & thunder arrestor can't really save your inverter from better lightning strike... Just dey pray make e no happen 😂

NSEstudent:
I tried using the ODU sim yesterday in the newly Paragon tweaked X25pro. It worked and I left it for the whole day. The experience was not bad at all.

Today, however, I returned and inserted the sim from my mifi into the x25pro and the thing was proving stubborn, refused to work. It was shocking. I tweaked the APN, used Auto, nothing worked. I even changed the IMEI a few times just to play with that feature. E no still work. I put the sim in both my small MIFIs (M30 and Navtech), it worked.

Well, it did manage to work on the X25pro when I changed the APN to just 'internet' and set the network mode to 3G only. I figured network (4G bands and cells) was not strong. The 3G only wasn't useful enough so I resorted to putting it back to my trusted G5F and that one has some functional LTE Bands.

Wondering what just happened. I have tried putting the sim in the X25pro a few times after the ordeal and same thing is happening. I will assume it's temporary.

I did everything besides changing apn to internet and using 3g only mode.

Is yours unlocked?

fuckboys:
is your X25pro Unlocked?

No its not unlocked.

Peterlove11:
Go inside the setting, under Internet Function, go to sim function.....set the settings as External SIM card

Bn there, done that. All network parameters are green and active including 4G+ but it won't work.

Sim back in ODU

Peterlove11:
Is it registered.....if it is, it should work effortlessly.

It's registered and working well on the ODU.

I did the physical sim swap recently, tried on day 1 nothing. Now trying a 2nd time same thing. Not even 1kb

Day 2 of trying out the ODU sim on my X25pro and it's not working. Do I need to change anything guys?

I even reset the X25pro yet nothing.

fuckboys:
I didn't lock any, just plug and play no change in settings.

Chief. What's up with your 3 months sub. Have you surpassed 1tb?

morikee:
But why are they pairing the ZTE with a Wifi 5 Router cus this router i see no be Wifi 6

That's the default router it comes with on this package. At 50Mbps I don't think a Wifi 6 router will make any difference.

saint2ace:
Bros calm down, this is so false. The issues with the Sims boils down to how the sims were provisioned during registration. I have 2 ODU lines and I can say it for free that one works better than the other, infact with the particular good sim I rarely have downtime, while the other sim just jumps from one issue to the other, note that I have tested them on the same router and same position and the difference in performance is like night and day. So I simply dumped the troublesome sim and am using the good sim with no issues.
NB: Both ODUs came with sim cards originally.

Omo just imagine. If dem explain Airtel to you and you understand that means you didn't pay attention 😂