[Official]: Changi Mobile

[Dorkable]

I just find it odd that every now and then I need to "refresh" my network by toggling Airplane mode on and off. Never experienced this with GOMO, Giga or Grid before.

 

[firesong]

I just find it odd that every now and then I need to "refresh" my network by toggling Airplane mode on and off. Never experienced this with GOMO, Giga or Grid before.

This is normal for M1 based networks. Nothing new. It's a major issue for people who just want to be able to take out their phones from their pockets and use it as usual.

It can be frustrating when you are dependent on data messaging (iMessage, Email, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, FB Messenger, etc...) Cos as long as your data connection is down, you don't receive anything. The worst part, you don't know when your data is down cos it all looks okay, and you get family/friends/colleagues/bosses complaining why you are uncontactable/never reply.

It all came to light during the introduction of SafeEntry, when people realised they can't just check-in easily. I know people now who stick to their M1 based lines but only use the Token to check in.

Even now I still find that I have to toggle airplane mode to force a reconnection to base stations for data to work. That's why Changi Mobile is my backup line, not my main.

 

[lohsenglte]

This is normal for M1 based networks. Nothing new. It's a major issue for people who just want to be able to take out their phones from their pockets and use it as usual.

It can be frustrating when you are dependent on data messaging (iMessage, Email, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, FB Messenger, etc...) Cos as long as your data connection is down, you don't receive anything. The worst part, you don't know when your data is down cos it all looks okay, and you get family/friends/colleagues/bosses complaining why you are uncontactable/never reply.

It all came to light during the introduction of SafeEntry, when people realised they can't just check-in easily. I know people now who stick to their M1 based lines but only use the Token to check in.

Even now I still find that I have to toggle airplane mode to force a reconnection to base stations for data to work. That's why Changi Mobile is my backup line, not my main.

This was a glaring issue when at the start of pandemic, but now the areas with such issue reduced significantly alr.

 

[hereiam7788]

This was a glaring issue when at the start of pandemic, but now the areas with such issue reduced significantly alr.

agreed. I have been using M1 line for quite a few months. So far so good. only blind spots that I really encounter with zero signal is inside the shop lots besides the spring leaf mrt

 

[mosmos]

I just find it odd that every now and then I need to "refresh" my network by toggling Airplane mode on and off. Never experienced this with GOMO, Giga or Grid before.

Same thing happened to me when I was with Myrepublic which also uses M1 network

 

[firesong]

This was a glaring issue when at the start of pandemic, but now the areas with such issue reduced significantly alr.

Seems to still be happening when I pop the card into a phone for the day.

Yesterday I was out traveling to visit clients and run some errands, and after a few speed tests on my way to a train station, noticed that notifications came in through my iPhone on ST, but nothing on the Pixel 4a. Ignored it and just used my iPhone (primary phone) for the day. I remembered checking the Pixel just before I left Marina Bay area to head home and there were no notifications on it.

The moment I connected to wifi when I got back home, there was a notification flood on the Pixel - all the messages came in, including a couple of messages on some accounts restricted to that number (ie, not on my iPhone).

As we know, coverage is location dependent. If it works for some users, great. If it doesn't, keep it as spare (cos cheap enough) or port out to something else that works. We have 3 established telcos with deployed infrastructure and one up and coming one that's almost fully deployed - plenty of choice for each user.

 

[Dorkable]

Seems to still be happening when I pop the card into a phone.

Just yesterday I was out and after a few speed tests on the train, noticed that notifications came in through my iPhone on ST, but nothing on the Pixel 4a. Ignored it and just used my iPhone (primary phone) for the day. I remembered checking the Pixel just before I left Marina Bay area to head home and there were no notifications on it.

The moment I connected to wifi when I got back home, there was a notification flood on the Pixel - all the messages came in, including a couple of messages on some accounts restricted to that number (ie, not on my iPhone).

As we know, coverage is location dependent. If it works for some users, great. If it doesn't, keep it as spare (cos cheap enough) or port out to something else that works. We have 3 established telcos and one up and coming one.

And that happened on your Changi Mobile card? Okay, now I am worried....

 

[firesong]

And that happened on your Changi Mobile card? Okay, now I am worried....

Nothing to be worried. I've shared before in my case M1 coverage isn't strong enough - where I am normally for 85% of the time (eg, Home, work, etc..). This is not the case for many users since coverage would differ. So in your use case it could be good enough.

Best is to try for yourself and decide if you can accept it. I've compared all 4 telcos fairly extensively the last 4 years within the family (TPG trial, porting from SH to ST, using Gomo/SH Sim only, and this M1 line, with a former circles.life and M1 Sim-only line too). Most of the main comparison testing was done within a year before my family migrated our primary lines back to ST.

The CM line remains a family spare so keeping it cheap was a consideration. I just happened to take it out yesterday. In fact, I might move it to TPG but am not really firm on that yet.

 

[lohsenglte]

Seems to still be happening when I pop the card into a phone for the day.

Yesterday I was out traveling to visit clients and run some errands, and after a few speed tests on my way to a train station, noticed that notifications came in through my iPhone on ST, but nothing on the Pixel 4a. Ignored it and just used my iPhone (primary phone) for the day. I remembered checking the Pixel just before I left Marina Bay area to head home and there were no notifications on it.

The moment I connected to wifi when I got back home, there was a notification flood on the Pixel - all the messages came in, including a couple of messages on some accounts restricted to that number (ie, not on my iPhone).

As we know, coverage is location dependent. If it works for some users, great. If it doesn't, keep it as spare (cos cheap enough) or port out to something else that works. We have 3 established telcos with deployed infrastructure and one up and coming one that's almost fully deployed - plenty of choice for each user.

If no notifications for such prolong period of time and you're travelling to so many places, might actually be the Pixel's problem.

At the start could be the network, then Pixel gave up pinging, wait for WiFi then ping. Android's problem of handling connectivity issues imo.

 

[firesong]

If no notifications for such prolong period of time and you're travelling to so many places, might actually be the Pixel's problem.

At the start could be the network, then Pixel gave up pinging, wait for WiFi then ping. Android's problem of handling connectivity issues imo.

I guess. By your argument, it's perhaps the same problem too for a Galaxy S9+ (Android 10), Note 9 (Android 10), Pocophone F1 (Android 9), S20+ (Android 11) too. Cos that's the list of phones the Changi Mobile SIM has been in the past 2 weeks.

I think the S20+ last Monday was the closest travel pattern with yesterday's, heading to Tiong Bahru area, then SGH, then Orchard road on my way back cos I had to drop it off at Plaza Sing for my mom...

Might be the phone's OS. I should take the 2016 iPhone SE out someday to see if it's an Android problem then.

PS: Pixel 4a on Android 12.

 

[lohsenglte]

I guess. By your argument, it's perhaps the same problem too for a Galaxy S9+, Note 9, Pocophone F1, S20+ too.

Cos that's the list of phones the Changi Mobile SIM has been in the past 2 weeks.

Uh what.

Pocophone F1 I can suspect it's MIUI being MIUI.

Samsung, maybe same as Pixel, might be Android's Doze mode.
Like you said, you didn't use the phone. It might have triggered deep sleep mode, in an effort to reduce battery usage.

Maybe u try and put the Changi SIM into the iPhone and see if the issue is the same.

 

[firesong]

Uh what.

Pocophone F1 I can suspect it's MIUI being MIUI.

Samsung, maybe same as Pixel, might be Android's Doze mode.
Like you said, you didn't use the phone. It might have triggered deep sleep mode, in an effort to reduce battery usage.

Maybe u try and put the Changi SIM into the iPhone and see if the issue is the same.

Perhaps so. I just checked - I did take a photo with the Pixel at Tiong Bahru tho. So it's not true that I didn't use the phone at all.

Geolocation and timing checks out in Photos app.

Really puzzling cos I'm sure I didn't get any notifications on it, and DND was not set.

 

[lohsenglte]

Perhaps so. I just checked - I did take a photo with the Pixel at Tiong Bahru tho. So it's not true that I didn't use the phone at all.

Geolocation and timing checks out in Photos app.

Really puzzling cos I'm sure I didn't get any notifications on it, and DND was not set.

Hmm weird issue...

 

[Aw2006]

Sounds like my circle life last time. I got full bar of signals also the data is not moving during certain peak. They give me 100GB data also no use. In the end port back to giga.

If no issues with trace together app anywhere here should be acceptable........ Can still watch youtube video in MRT smoothly right?

 

[jinsatkilife]

has anyone ported in their old numbers into changi?

been receiving non-stop whatsapp calls ever since port in

i somehow think their phone database is not secured

maybe some employees sold them or hackers can access them easily from the cloud

do note that this old number i ported has been inactive in the sense i dont use them often

so quite positive its due to changi mobile port in

 

[Habrosus]

Mine aren't port-in numbers but from their "new number" list. Couple of months have passed but I'm still getting +65 calls daily twice or even trice, so much so that I've downgraded them and threw one into an iPad and swapped my TPG number into the phone since its connection has improved a lot these days.

I'm waiting for eSIM to be available before porting my own number over, but I've been having second thoughts these days of maybe directing it to TPG instead.

 

[firesong]

has anyone ported in their old numbers into changi?

been receiving non-stop whatsapp calls ever since port in

i somehow think their phone database is not secured

maybe some employees sold them or hackers can access them easily from the cloud

do note that this old number i ported has been inactive in the sense i dont use them often

so quite positive its due to changi mobile port in

I ported my old number in. Haven't gotten a single WhatsApp call. Did get a few GSM calls from the UK for a period, but it stopped. I note that I had spam calls internationally too.

 

[dreamer_toons]

Anyone try using this Changi Mobile number to authentic your Google account?

I tried mine but Google indicates the number could not be verified. Not sure if this is due to the intermittent issue of delay recei

 

[CPTMiller]

And that happened on your Changi Mobile card? Okay, now I am worried....

If most if the time you are either home or office with WIFI.
It should be fine.
Every ISP is not perfect and some have stronger network

 

[dexboi]

has anyone ported in their old numbers into changi?

been receiving non-stop whatsapp calls ever since port in

i somehow think their phone database is not secured

maybe some employees sold them or hackers can access them easily from the cloud

do note that this old number i ported has been inactive in the sense i dont use them often

so quite positive its due to changi mobile port in

Yes, same sentiment as you. I ported in a dormant TPG line that NEVER had spams.
Right after porting into Changi, I started to receive tons of spams international calls and messages.

I dare to say it is Changi Mobile that is "not clean", or somewhere during the porting process our number is "leaked".