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Bypassing o2’s data compression

Published by Ewan on Wednesday 20th August 2008, 09:14 | Filed under: Mobile, o2

If you’re getting annoyed with the data compression that o2 apply by default to your connections (It’s really annoying if you’re trying to take a screenshot of a webpage when you’re out and about!), Kip has got a work-around…

Link: kcjh’s world: Removing O2’s Image Compression on Mobile Web - Handy for iPhone users!

Anyone who uses O2’s data might have noticed they, by default like to compress images for you. This obviously means you use less data, BUT it also means on the iPhone, and high end smartphones, the quality or them can look very shoddy indeed

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  • Confirmed on my o2 N78.

    (does anyone have a similar solution for Vodafone?!)
  • Not sure it is possible on Voda :(
  • On the datacard software there is an option to reduce the compression, I think. You can selectively load images uncompressed by clicking SHIFT+F5 (I think. The alt-text of the image will tell you).

    The only way I've found round it is
    a) Use HTTPS where possible
    b) Use a VPN

    T
  • Bah. I want it on my N95 8GB.

    What if I be REALLY nice to you... ;)
  • If you're using "Contract WAP" as your access point, there shouldn't be any lossy compression.
    To verify, live -> web -> web preferences.
    There you can switch transcoding on or off. Even if it's on, you get a choice of high, medium, low compression - or no images.

    Just tried it on my N95 8GB and I don't see any compression.
  • Ahhhh... I've always used 'Contract Internet'.

    Thanks Terence.
  • nacho
    For one unknown reason my o2 default web settings was actually O2 PostPay GPRS, which is wap. After many calls to o2 requesting proper web settings I got fed up with them sending these same settings all the time. With wap not many applications worked, SEVEN did not work with wap, I changed these settings to proper O2 mobile web

    However, I just used kcjh's tip and my phone does not connect to the web at all. Yep, but I have one of those we-do-not-speak-of smartphones
  • Is you Access Point name set as - mobile.o2.co.uk ?
  • nacho
    err

    I have mobile.o2.co.uk under address... whatever that means
  • Is this what 3 have got planned? They mentioned something about a similar thing in July
  • It's web page reformatting for the mobile browser they're doing, right?
  • Have had to change this back as Mail4Exchange wont connect using 'bypass'.
  • Thats a bit crap - emoze works fine on 'bypass'.

    K
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