The way you can distinguish between EDGE and HSPA. Is it it's own individual thing or does it just show up as fast HSPA? Basically, how do I know if I'm connected?
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aad4321 said:
...."Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk" Oh im sorry, I see you are using a Nexus S, you will not be able to use HSPA + LOLOL ROFL COPTER FAILBLOG
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I actually ordered a G2 today. That's why I'm asking on the G2 board, asshole.
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It depends on which ROM you're using.
On the stock G2 ROM, T-Mobile programmed it so you only either see E for EDGE or H for anything from UMTS to HSDPA to HSPA+.
If you install a Sense ROM, you'll see the correct indicator. I.e. an E for EDGE, 3G for UMTS/HSDPA, and an H for HSPA+.
I have no idea what Cyanogen will show you, as I haven't used CM on my G2, but I would imagine it'd be the same as the Sense ROMs.
Basically, T-Mobile wants you to believe you're *always* on HSPA+, but the non-carrier-backed ROMs tell the truth.
the orange bandit said:
If you install a Sense ROM, you'll see the correct indicator. I.e. an E for EDGE, 3G for UMTS/HSDPA, and an H for HSPA+.
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The Sense ROMs show 3G for UMTS, and H for HSPA(HSDPA)/HSPA+.
Does anyone know what CM does? It's all I use. Also, HSPA+ just automatically picks up, right? It's not like Sprint's horrible 4G where you have to turn on your 4G radio that sucks the life out of the battery in a matter of hours.
TheBiles said:
Does anyone know what CM does? It's all I use. Also, HSPA+ just automatically picks up, right? It's not like Sprint's horrible 4G where you have to turn on your 4G radio that sucks the life out of the battery in a matter of hours.
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Correct. You *can* switch to EDGE-only if you wish (I do this at work cause I have WiFi and my cubicle is a black hole) but you don't need to do anything special to 'activate' HSPA+
HSPA+ is really just a faster HSDPA revision. Nothing special.
You should get the same H logo from as low as 1.2 Mbps HSDPA to at least 21 Mbps HSPA+ and probably more.
Also, technically, I think that 14.4 Mbps is still part of the HSDPA 3GPP release 5 revision. 21 Mbps is the newer release 7 HSPA+. So even if there were a "H+" sign, the Desire Z/G2 should never use it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA
TheBiles said:
Does anyone know what CM does? It's all I use. Also, HSPA+ just automatically picks up, right? It's not like Sprint's horrible 4G where you have to turn on your 4G radio that sucks the life out of the battery in a matter of hours.
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CM does show 3g and H.
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heybobitsme said:
CM does show 3g and H.
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So this convention: 3G for UMTS, and H for HSPA(HSDPA)/HSPA+?
TheBiles said:
So this convention: 3G for UMTS, and H for HSPA(HSDPA)/HSPA+?
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I'm assuming. I've seen it change, but haven't looked at the wireless status to confirm.
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My phone is still on stock rom. I get.....
E
G
H
H+
I guess my phone has an update or something.
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Bdix said:
My phone is still on stock rom. I get.....
E
G
H
H+
I guess my phone has an update or something.
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This is what I was hoping for. Maybe there's a theme for CM.
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I can 100% say that CM shows G for GSM, or whatever the exact term is. E for edge, 3G for when you are in 3G and H for HSPA+. I've flashed several diffeernt roms and everyone I have flashed(other than stock) show the true data.
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PatrickHuey said:
I can 100% say that CM shows G for GSM, or whatever the exact term is. E for edge, 3G for when you are in 3G and H for HSPA+.
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Sorry if this seems pedantic, but doesn't it show "H" for HSPA or HSPA+ ? Not just for HSPA+ ?
On my unlocked tmobile comet (Ideos) , when I insert my HSPA+ Sim in, it shows HSPA in the "about phone" info options in settings as network type, but only bars with no 3G/4G icon. (possibly because I am not connecting completely)
Looks like I need to have my provider update my device so it works, but in theory it should.
There's a H+ icon?
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brewser123 said:
On my unlocked tmobile comet (Ideos) , when I insert my HSPA+ Sim in, it shows HSPA in the "about phone" info options in settings as network type, but only bars with no 3G/4G icon. (possibly because I am not connecting completely)
Looks like I need to have my provider update my device so it works, but in theory it should.
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Dude-__- There's no such thing as a HSPA+ Sim..*Double Facepalm*
And I think the H icon on cm6 means regular HSPA (7.2) and the 3g Icon means HSPA+ rarely do I see the 3g icon
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dontbes said:
There's a H+ icon?
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In some custom ROMs, yes. Not in the stock ROMs.
Alex530 said:
Dude-__- There's no such thing as a HSPA+ Sim..*Double Facepalm*
And I think the H icon on cm6 means regular HSPA (7.2) and the 3g Icon means HSPA+ rarely do I see the 3g icon
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No, in CM the 3G icon is UMTS, and the H icon is HSPA/HSPA+.
Alex530 said:
Dude-__- There's no such thing as a HSPA+ Sim..*Double Facepalm*
And I think the H icon on cm6 means regular HSPA (7.2) and the 3g Icon means HSPA+ rarely do I see the 3g icon
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Double facepalm youself LMAO!! UMTS is 3G (7.2), HSPA is 4G (14.4), and HSPA+ is 4G (21.1) also. You are right though, wtf is an hspa+ sim? The sim I've had since the days of my RAZR works just fine.
In CM ROMs (and most others):
G = GSM/GPRS
E = EDGE
3G = 3G aka UMTS
H = HSPA/HSPA+ aka 4G
After bell sgs3 update, H+ now says 4g? Please confirm
I am talking about the icon on the notification bar, please let me know if the icon has changed from H+ to 4g after the update..
Thanks
I still have h+ on my bell galaxy s3
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Mine says H+ or LTE.
Did u update to official bell software. The bell version. Shows h+ while the rogers version shows 4g
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Is the 4G toggle different than lte? I am running an AOKP rom and since changing from stock I see h+ and 4g never lte anymore.
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I had that problem, I think it's the cosmetic setting that got screwed. I flashed another ROM and then back to stock to get the LTE icon back on.
- format System
-flash Kyan's ROM (caused it was based off of Rogersbuild or i747M)
- confirmed that it was showing LTE, then I flashed the stock Rom.
Northerntouch said:
Is the 4G toggle different than lte? I am running an AOKP rom and since changing from stock I see h+ and 4g never lte anymore.
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Thats because AOKP And other rom are based on AT&T not Bell so you will see 4G vice LTE.
I work for Bell and I have done a good 15 updates since it was released for customers. Still says H+lte. I know wanamlite had the att 4G, looked way cooler but thats the only rom I have tried that has had the 4g so far. the Bell update doesnt say that.
It is all based off of csc
Rogers uses 4g and lte, Telus says h+ and 4g and bell has h+ and lte. All same thing just their idiotic way of differentiating.
Mixing firmwares can produce some interesting results.
Waiting for JKay mod on GT-I9300
telus shows 4g or lte. people always think that im on lte when it says 4g and am 'wowed' by its speed. then i tell them they're actually on 3g.
happened to me for some reason 3g and and 4g are what I get.
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I think It's the same thing but I like the way the 4g Icon looks better then the H+ one.
Does something like this exist yet?
I recently switched to T-Mobile and am constantly checking the settings and running speed tests trying to figure out how well the HSPA+ coverage is in the areas I frequent and this icon/symbol would be sweet.
Thanks in advance
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Check out the last zip in the OP
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babalonius508 said:
Check out the last zip in the OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37010702
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I think this may change the H to H+...so he will always see H+.
I've used my nexus 4 on both t-mobile and at&t. In both cases, the H+ icon appeared when i had HSPA+ coverage, no mod required. This was running CM and PA... does the stock rom not do this?
dubstone said:
I've used my nexus 4 on both t-mobile and at&t. In both cases, the H+ icon appeared when i had HSPA+ coverage, no mod required. This was running CM and PA... does the stock rom not do this?
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Stock only shows me "H" regardless of the network type. Save for edge.
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This isn't possible on stock. Just flash cm or pa to get that.
Actually, even with cm10.1, you really never know when you have h+ because the icon only changes when you use data. This is a feature of this phone to save battery. It only connects to h+ when you're using the phone. Its stupid, but without it, who knows how bad the battery will be.
Find the h+ images somewhere and overwrite the h images with ninjamorph. Just keep the same file name as the h images, that's the file name the system will call for.
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I have S2 and ever since I started using roms i don't get 4g anymore. It shows HSPA 10.
That is the 4g network for tmobile. You should see 4g or h+ in status bar and hspa 10 or 15 in settings
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richardlibeau said:
That is the 4g network for tmobile. You should see 4g or h+ in status bar and hspa 10 or 15 in settings
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Yup. H+ on aosp roms is 4g. Its just a cosmetic difference.
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So download speed shouldn't be any different than Stock Rom correct? oh yah btw does T-Mobile US or T-Mobile US LTE apn actually make a difference sorry new to this rom stuff and how come i'm only using 3g for calling? Cause Stock rom used 4g im pretty sure and it was much clearer
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So download speed shouldn't be any different than Stock Rom correct? oh yah btw does T-Mobile US or T-Mobile US LTE apn actually make a difference sorry new to this rom stuff and how come i'm only using 3g for calling? Cause Stock rom used 4g im pretty sure and it was much clearer
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3 and 4g are your data connection...not phone calls or texts.
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3 and 4g are your data connection...not phone calls or texts.
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Oh lol im dumb. Anyways it seems my Download speed is much slower since i switched to a rom