Hi,
Firstly, great forum.
I have an unlocked XDA Orbit and my network supports EDGE. However, the device will only connect using standard GPRS. I can't find a setting anywhere in the device to set it to use "EDGE" instead. Is this feature disabled in the O2 software, and if so, how can I enable it?
Thanks for your help,
Justin.
I thought the O2 XDA Orbit is a NON EDGE Device?!
The Orbit supports EDGE!
If the Provider supports EDGE, it may be possible, that some cells don't support it.
At home, I have EDGE but at my woking-place only a few kilometers away, I havn't.
What about this ?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]
"EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon"=dword:00000001
T-Mobile UK Edge support
I have made the registry change, but Edge isn't showing up. Does anyone know if T-Mobile UK support Edge?
Thanks
Dae
no network in the uk has an EDGE network for commercial use, orange have one but don't use it, it was set up in case UTMS failed somehow. so in the uk it GPRS only for the artemis i'm afraid.
XaN
Related
Hey all,
I know that the current PDA2K GSM is GPRS enabled but not EDGE (EGPRS). Will there be an EDGE version or did I just buy a Siemens SX66 for no reason at all... hmm I mean I realize you probably can't upgrade it via a soft upgrade or an SD card... but at any rate any thoughts on whether an EDGE chipset based device will be available?
In PDA2k form? Never.
HTC has moved on to it's next line of products.
The HTC Universal has UMTS support, the step above EDGE.
The HTC Wizard does indeed have EDGE support. I personally believe late buyers of the PDA2k got screwed, and would not recommend ANYONE buy a new device until the next line is out.
The next v ersio nis not the form factor I (and a lot of others) desire. Yes newer and faster is better, but did what were they thinking onthe re-design of this device. I did not want a mini laptop, I want (and bought) a PDA with slid out keyboard. This has been their most popular device, and have touted how their financial numbers have skyrocketed, have they forgotten why?
I know that a lot of people that I have spoken with are just as disappointed in the new design as I am. How about others on this board?
Raptor
Is UMTS backwards compatible
Question is UMTS backwards compatible, like most edge enabled phones still support gprs, will the UMTS phones operate one edge networks. because out here in the USA UMTS is no where near, cingular is still trying to make there edge networks nation wide, and tmobile doesnt even have an edge network,
sorry what is edge????
robinzon said:
Hey all,
I know that the current PDA2K GSM is GPRS enabled but not EDGE (EGPRS). Will there be an EDGE version or did I just buy a Siemens SX66 for no reason at all... hmm I mean I realize you probably can't upgrade it via a soft upgrade or an SD card... but at any rate any thoughts on whether an EDGE chipset based device will be available?
Click to expand...
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Hypothetically, you can buy Backpack for XDA (100$ at my place:-( which gives CardFlash (CF) extension to your device and then you will need to buy CF GPRS/EDGE modem card (usual CF card for notebooks ~150$)
Cheers
So there isn't such thik as an EDGE upgrade for the siemes?
HI all, thanks here for all your help. I finnaly have my unlock code from T-mobile UK, for 30 pounds, but i think it is workth it.
Now using the PRO as a phone, it is kinds weird to get used to. I live inthe US and i put my T-MOble US sim card in, when i check the settings, i found out for some strange reason that the GSM band it was using was EGSM+DCS1800, i don't know what this band is, but i noticed that i don;t get enought bars, always loosing signal, and i have put the new 1.08 radio rom on it. My SK65 gets better signal.
The only other option i see there for GSM band is PCS1900, so i have manually set it to this. My question is, which band should i be using? whats the diffrence? and when setting up WAP for MMS, do i use WAP1.2 or WAP2.0.
Also does the UTMS2100 mean it will work on Sprints 2100 network?
Thanks.
Search is your friend
All of the Universal forums are full of information about why the MDA Pro is not as useful in the US because it is just Tri-Band. T-Mo USA uses GSM/GPRS 1900 for voice and data. You need to stick to this band alone. Try using WAP 1.2 for WAP. There's no EDGE available on the Uni.
No, Sprint won't work It's different technology using a different standard. You can only use UMTS in Europe, the Middle and Far East. That's why this device is targeted for these markets and was never brought to North America. And it never will be.
Let's hope the successor to the Universal can do it by incorporating the latest technologies prevalent in North America.
I have an MDA II, I brought back home from Germany
R 1.19.00
G 1337.43
D 2.01a.64WWE
I have unlocked it, reflashed it, even tried to have Cingular add the IMEI to allow it to connect, but no love. It simply will not connect to the Cingular network. I have been at this for several months, and recently pulled it back out of the drawer, dusted it off and tried again. Anyone have any idea as to why it will not allow the phone to receive service?
Also, if this helps???
I have also exported the Registry, and found something strange, maybe the key? It does not list the IMEI in the registry, as does my Cingular 8125. Could this be an issue? The registry of the 8125, lists the IMEI number in "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]", but on the MDA it simply is not in there anywhere.
Is it quadband?
Its tri band
as is my v300, should that be a factor?
If you're in an area with 850MHz coverage only, then yes it will. If your MDA II is German tri-band, it is likely 900, 1800, 1900. Only the last is deployed in the US.
What happens if you do a network search with a non-Cingular SIM ? You should pick up T-MO which uses 1900. I have heard that some if not all Cingular SIMs block network search of other operators within the US. Cingular Blue SIMs (ex AT&T) do not have this restriction.
I think you have the answer there. When I search for other networks, it does not allow it, and when I had this same phone in South Carolina last year, it worked just fine. The area I am in, North East Arkansas, has shoddy coverage at best, and is probably the reason I cannot use the cingular service. Thanks for the replies and assistance. Luckily my new office just got me a 8125, so I can use the pda functions I missed. Guess I can use this other one as the dedicated Tom Tom device in the car. Still has it use I suppose.
Thanks again.
Hi guys
I bought a T-Mobile MDAIII Compact yesterday. It was a toss up between this & the MDA Vario II. So which is the best and why?
I asked the guy in the shop whether the MDAIII Compact was 3G capable as I found GPRS very slow. He told me it was 3G capable and the Vario II was 3.5G capable.
Is this correct?
John
No the MDA-CIII is not 3G it uses standard GPRS, the device is equipped with Edge but I have not be4n able to try this yet as I don't think the networks actually support this format as yet, it should offer higher speed once it is enabled though.
Most of the T-Mobile shops I have tried were insistant the CIII also had WiFi, so I would take their advice with a pinch of salt to be honest - Mike
Thanks Mike
Do you know if the Vario II has 3G or even 3.5G as he told me?
The Vario II does have 3.5G, aka HSDPA
Does any body know if the o2 xda supports hspda and/or 3G?.
Thanks
If you're asking about the XDA Orbit 1 (Or artemis as it's known on here) then unfortunately it doesn't. The best connection available on this device is Edge unfortunately. (In the UK anyway).
If its the Orbit 2 or any other device then I'm uncertain, the Diamond (or XDA Ignito as its known on o2) supports HSDPA tho thats definate.