Hey guys!
I upgraded the slow M3100 of my Mother to WM6 using Hard SPL and the official TYTN French WM6 Rom. It seems to be nice and snappy, however there might be one problem.
Though the telephone says it is connected to a 3G network (UMTS), there is no mention of HSDPA (3.5G). Do you think I broke it?
Turbostraw said:
Hey guys!
I upgraded the slow M3100 of my Mother to WM6 using Hard SPL and the official TYTN French WM6 Rom. It seems to be nice and snappy, however there might be one problem.
Though the telephone says it is connected to a 3G network (UMTS), there is no mention of HSDPA (3.5G). Do you think I broke it?
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HSDPA kicks in when you are downloading, set something downloading and see if it attaches to HSDPA.
Turbostraw said:
Hey guys!
Though the telephone says it is connected to a 3G network (UMTS), there is no mention of HSDPA (3.5G). Do you think I broke it?
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Did you Check on the EnableHSDPAIcon Setting (there are some tweaks in the forum).
T-Mobile does disable the HDSPA Icon and will always show only the 3G Icon, even if your download is on HSDPA.
Regards Thorsten
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Okay,
This is driving me nuts, i've been a lurker on this forum for months now, and i've searched all over this forum (for the last 3 hours) to find a fix for this but I havent found one.
I'm in Australia, and we've got UMTS here, it's working because it says "UMTS Telstra" in the dialer, but other then that I've still got the 3G icon displaying at the top and it NEVER changes, its so annoying!
I've tried XDA Live 0.10, 0.20 and now i'm using the 15-03-2007 LSVW release and nothing's changed...
I know i'm not the only one experiencing this, but has anybody found a solution for it?
Other than that everything else works great!
3g=umts=wcdma
S.k.
silent_killa said:
3g=umts=wcdma
S.k.
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Yeah but with WM5 it showed U for UMTS, G for GPRS, E for Edge etc...
Infact it was rare that i ever saw the 3G icon at all..
Its installed on certain ROMs and some roms have "U" by default and the ext rom installs the "3G" over it. We refer to it as 3G over here (I think many that use 3G will sit there and scratch their head at the mention of UMTS) so it dont bother me.
If my memory serves me correctly, the HTC 1.35 ROM has the "U" and not "3G"
Also there is a thread on this with some cabs to try if you run a search.
S.K.
silent_killa said:
Its installed on certain ROMs and some roms have "U" by default and the ext rom installs the "3G" over it. We refer to it as 3G over here (I think many that use 3G will sit there and scratch their head at the mention of UMTS) so it dont bother me.
If my memory serves me correctly, the HTC 1.35 ROM has the "U" and not "3G"
Also there is a thread on this with some cabs to try if you run a search.
S.K.
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I've searched all over this forum, and I haven't found it... I think i did come across it once before but when i tried to look for it now I couldn't find it... (very annoying)...
I know the I-Mate roms show it as a "U" because thats what I had on prior to WM6
Any idea what i should search for? I've tried "3G Icon" and "UMTS"
Also the UMTS is just a text string you can change in the registry. For me I've changed the UMTS to HSDPA to correspond with our network offering in Canada.
But when not in a 3G coverage area that text string is no longer there.
sirtrini said:
Also the UMTS is just a text string you can change in the registry. For me I've changed the UMTS to HSDPA to correspond with our network offering in Canada.
But when not in a 3G coverage area that text string is no longer there.
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Yeah i know about that one, I discovered it in XDA-Live 0.10...
If anyone could please post either the cleaner 3G icon or the "U" icon and instructions on how to install them, i'd be very thankful
If you let the ext rom on LVSW install then it will install the cleaner icon
S.K.
Andy4life said:
Yeah but with WM5 it showed U for UMTS, G for GPRS, E for Edge etc...
Infact it was rare that i ever saw the 3G icon at all..
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I was annoyed by this when I moved to WM6 too.
Doesn't this help?
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Hermes/WMXL_Support_Files/WMXL_Patch_Memory_&_HSDPA_Icon.CAB
"Recommended - Sets the memory cache to Auto and adds the HSDPA icon in registry file"
This cab work's good for me with wmxl 0.21
Wow, something this small annoys you? Why does it matter?
As several of us have said elsewhere, we get areas of standard signal, "3G" signal, and HSPDA signal. Without three icons, we can't distinguish between them.
Once again:
G = okay signal and speed.
U = good signal and 3G speed (upto 384 Kbps).
H = very good signal and speed upto (in my case) 1.8 Mbps.
When "U" and "H" signals both display as "3G", you can't tell if you've moved into an HSPDA area. In my case, I move across my office and it goes to "H" and I get better speed - so it's VERY useful when I want to browse or download stuff (or watch SlingPlayer).
Fair enough. I don't use any telco-supplied data so I wasn't sure. I always connect to local wireless.
Izzard-UK said:
I was annoyed by this when I moved to WM6 too.
Doesn't this help?
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Hermes/WMXL_Support_Files/WMXL_Patch_Memory_&_HSDPA_Icon.CAB
"Recommended - Sets the memory cache to Auto and adds the HSDPA icon in registry file"
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Thanks for that, but unfortunately it doesn't work, i'm still stuck looking at the disgusting 3G icon.
I don't know why it annoys me so much lol, I think i'm just so used to looking at the "U".
Andy4life said:
Thanks for that, but unfortunately it doesn't work, i'm still stuck looking at the disgusting 3G icon.
I don't know why it annoys me so much lol, I think i'm just so used to looking at the "U".
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I don't see what's wrong with the 3G icon...I think it looks more beautiful than the just the U icon. After all.....it's called 3G technology...which is a simpler name instead of the technical name.
My experiences:
LVSW first version gives a nice looking 3G icon when I've got UMTS coverage. When HSDPA is used, it show the 'H' icon (only when connected!).
However, the second LVSW version shows a 'stretched' 3G icon.
Is this also fixed by the cab file mentioned earlier?
Andy4life said:
Thanks for that, but unfortunately it doesn't work, i'm still stuck looking at the disgusting 3G icon.
I don't know why it annoys me so much lol, I think i'm just so used to looking at the "U".
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I looked for a solution to the ugly 3g icon too, but i think i gave up pretty fast. so iv'e learned to live with it, somehow. but i still want the "U"
hi,
do a search for shogun_Uicon.cab,that should take care of U probem...
after that do a registry hack for H icon and u r set to go....
hope it works
Hey all,
I installed the LVSW ROM onto my iMate. I've had the same problem mentioned here before (not displaying as UMTS)...
I think the reason for it is quite simple, at least for the Telstra users.
NextG nextwork is counted as a normal 3G network.. not as a UMTS network. The original WM5 rom that was supplied might have had some sort of hack in place for us JasJam users...
Anyways, now I actually get a HSDPA logo on my phone, letting me know about speeds...
*shrugs*
The TEST WWE AKU 3.3 Full ROM that I was given to test displayed the connection as follows:
G GPRS
U 3G
H HSDPA
I never saw an E as we don't have Edge in our area.
I changed the U display to read 3G with a posted registry hack.
The G correctly displays GPRS network
The 3G correctly displays 3G or UMTS
The H correctly displays when a data package is sent or received.
Maybe this information can lead you in the right direction with the WM6 os.
Cheers
Hi.. I always appreciate that you guys developed a lot of great stuffs..
But I couldn't find out any similar problem from this forum so that I have to write this thread.
My X01HT with Dopod official WM6(I tried more than 10 WM5 and WM6 roms) and my problem is GPRS mode is perfect! No problem at all, very stable, long battery life.
But when I choose auto or WCDMA (3G) mode, the connection quite often disconnected both voice and data.
I also tried most of the radio version here from 1.16 up to 1.48.
Some is a bit better like 1.27.00.00, 1.38.00.11 But still I couldn't use them as a voice and data connection.
The symptom is after call a person or receive a call, 3~4 second later disconnected. And then can not find out the signal until I off and on again.
After that it find again the UMTS signal and few minutes later it disconnected again.
What is the problem?? Radio? unlock procedure? My phone was wrong?? Can this problem be solved?
Please please help me,, I tried to search any similar problem and flash so~~ many roms and radio.. But it couldn't solve the problem...
Thanks in advance for your reply...
I forgot to mention that I am living in Hong Kong currently.
Same here, with my Hermes. That's why I keep 3G disabled unless I am using it for data/modem/internet sharing.
I am in the US (AT&T/Cingular) and I am attributing it to the carrier's network quality.
I get a similer problem in that if i am attached to 3g or hsdpa then most of the time i cannot make a call.. it just disconnects before dialing.
i've had to turn 3g off as to be able to make (and i presume receive) calls using 1.48 radio rom although its happened with other roms
First of all,, I feel comfort that this problem is not only mine.
And thanks for your prompt reply.
Which means this problem is possibly carrier's quality problem?
Or radio roms'???
Is there any suggested solution?
Hopefully some good reply from an expert...
I would say it has more to do with your reception of HSDPA probably the area you are at more than anything since it seems that out of the 100,000 people that have downloaded WM6 from this forum only a handfull have this problem. I do NOT and I live and work in Nyc where the 3G connection is really good and works like its suppose to. it could also be an issue with the chip inside your phones I would go to the wireless store and see if another hermes does the same as yours. if not you have a faulty phone and should get it replaced.
After upgrading from my XDA IIs to my new 8525 I immediately flashed the Schaps 3.54b WM6 ROM. After setting up the connection settings just as I had had them on my BA I noticed the internet didn't work. I thought it might be a T-Mobile issue since with the T-MobileWeb service you must use the proxy server to route HTTP traffic. I put my SIM back into my BA and the internet works! Next my thoughts are that this being a new Edge capable device that they could detect this and block service. Well just today I flashed the Dopod Lite rom, internet still broke. But then I flashed Black X b2 and low and behold its working! I did think that the Dopod Lite "6mb PP" was a bit faster than black so I'd like to use it but why won't the net work on those two roms? Any ideas?
I Got near same Problem,
I was a Happy user with an old WM5 Black Rom. I checked the forums and found a discussion About a WM6 Black od Schnap's Rom. Schnap's in is favour. I tried the 3.54b Full Rom and wasn;t able to connect to the T-Mobile atenna. I kept on searching, when i changed to Manual Network selection I was able to connect.
When I tried GPRS it worked, when i went outside to get 3G you see the switch of reception from G to 3G in the Topbar, butt when trying to surf it doesn't work. Looks like some kind of block or setting.
I also tried 3.57a Full Rom it will connect butt then again no Data is comming in the Browser Windows. When i Switch to GPRS only it works.. I was ble to use the automatec network selection.
Very Strange and annoying...
Regards Tom
fyi...T-Mobile USA has no 3G; only EDGE access. They told me they plan on having 3G later this year and they are testing it. My EDGE gprs internet access works great with schaps 3.54c.
When trying another SIM from KPN I have no problems.
It's strange, i flashed to another ROM 3.54c from Schap's again I ran into trouble. When i poppe in a SIM from another provider KPN, it worked inmediately. This KPN provider has gprs / umts and hsdpa.. You see the icon performing seamless handover for the data connection. When creating traffic if switches to hsdpa and when there is no or less traffic it goed back to UMTS, you see the icon switcing between 3G and H.
When putting back the T-Mobile SIM i have trouble connecting with the GSM antenna's you see the Antenna symbol seraching. Normally it fixes to the provider within 3-10 seconds. T-mobile only has GPRS and UMTS, also my UMTS subscription is trothled down to max 224 kb/sec (This is cheaper for monthly costs). Maybe the trotheling is the problem?
When it does connect sometimes, after driving to my home or after several warm resets it's hard to connect to 3G. My work is situated in a building which has coated windows. So inside the building I only have GPRS reception. GPRS is no problem, when i walk outside, it switches to 3G (UMTS) allmost instantly except there is no data connection handover. I'm unable to get any bit from the 3G connection. It appears to be a solid connection because you see the solid 3G above the reception indicators.
Puting back the KPN sim and everything works as it should.
Regards Tom
is there a radio that will upgrade the phone to be able to connect to a 3g network. i know with some phone the network access can be just radio related for example my hermes was 2g untill i flashed the radio to a 3g one. if this is possible where can i find it
No as it's hardware that facilitates a phone to use 3G not the Radio..
I think what you meant above was Radio performance so you needed to flash a Radio that had more reception to pick up the 3G signal.
3G on S620?
stylez said:
No as it's hardware that facilitates a phone to use 3G not the Radio..
I think what you meant above was Radio performance so you needed to flash a Radio that had more reception to pick up the 3G signal.
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My question is... is that if the S620 doesn't support 3G, which is all well and good, how or why does my T-Mobile Dash [purchased Dec 2007 for use on T-Mobile] (now working on AT&T network) connect to and have the "3G" symbol?
Doesn't make alot of sense that a phone that doesn't support or run on a 3G network actually has the programming to recognize and connect to it.
CowboyButler said:
My question is... is that if the S620 doesn't support 3G, which is all well and good, how or why does my T-Mobile Dash [purchased Dec 2007 for use on T-Mobile] (now working on AT&T network) connect to and have the "3G" symbol?
Doesn't make alot of sense that a phone that doesn't support or run on a 3G network actually has the programming to recognize and connect to it.
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I have no idea but know that out of 1000's of users no one else has mentioned this, i'd put it down to how AT&T put out signal "bands" maybe the phone is on Edge yet displaying 3G "not the foggyist" but one thing i do know is that if there was an exploit for 3G on the Excalibur we would all be using it and it'd be on XDA
I don't know if there are more of you having problems with 3g and hsdpa after flashing the new radio update.
My connection type only accepts gprs after the flash. When i dial *#*#INFO#*#* and choose information and tap the ping test, i can only see that gprs is connected.
With the older radio's i always had a hsdpa connection.
This is the radio i'm using: 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04
Roms are different roms with the same issue:
-Defrost 2.0a
-DJDroid v1.0r1
-Adams OpenDesire 1.5 and 1.6 prerelease.
All roms in combination with this radio are causing problems with my 3g connection.
Maybe if you specify the ROM and the Radio versions you are using, someone can help you....
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Maybe if you specify the ROM and the Radio versions you are using, someone can help you....
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edited the first post.
dutch Hi / KPN... no difference at all.. 3g works fine, speedtest still showing 950kbps
Open desire 1.5, h3g data connection is HSDPA, with latest radio.
Well i only see the gprs icon, no 3g or hsdpa here. Speedtests give me 0.01mbit down and 0.02mbit upload speeds.
I just found 2 more simcards.
1 kpn
2 t-mobile
both the same thing, no more than 0.02 mbit up and down. . .
Maybe i have to try flashing a older radio back.
peewster said:
I just found 2 more simcards.
1 kpn
2 t-mobile
both the same thing, no more than 0.02 mbit up and down. . .
Maybe i have to try flashing a older radio back.
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No problem with the radio (got 3.4 mbgit this morning), and I'm on dutch vodafone.
Ok, so maybe my phone is just broken....
peewster said:
Ok, so maybe my phone is just broken....
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Maybe vodafone 3G broadcast thingie (dunno) is broken in your area?
Yeah mine dropped to 2G All the time so I flash the Android 2.2 HTC sense Rom and pushed it to wcdma only. Works, I think it's an issue with the radio for T-Mobile UK customers
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
abats said:
Maybe vodafone 3G broadcast thingie (dunno) is broken in your area?
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No because he tried kpn and T-mobile as well.
I've always had 3G issues on mine regardless of radio so I'm putting it down to being orange. New radio for me seems better tho, I get H alot more so things work fine!
Maybe the flash didn't take...
I flashed Dj Droid 1.0 r1 today with new radio and ive not shown Hdspa since. I did a speed test and it showed 1.9 - 2Mb, which is good for where i am. I did the ping test and it came back saying Hdspa so i think with me its just the icon thats not changing.
2.2 unless patched will only display 3G icon for both 3G and H. I doubt HTC have put that patch in...
And found another vodafone card (vodafone dongle)
Lets try
I have the same problem with H only getting 3g signal, since I started using 32... radio. So its defiantly not network related.
Ok tested my vodafone dongle, and same issue (from laptop), so there must be something wrong with the vodafone network.
Pffieuw
I have same problem with last radio with ROM Six O'clock AM, Open Desire, AOSP, DjRoid and AOSPDesire_1.2.2.
It's a bit strange, normally when i am in the living room a always had 3g or hsdpa. Now i only have gprs until i go upstairs, when i'm at the top floor it shows me the hsdpa icon, and a speed test of +/- 1.5/2Mbit down and up.
So there changed something. Maybe Vodafone messed up their signal or there's something different with the new radio. . .