Hi,
I wonder if anyone experience the same problem like me where the 3G icon sometimes look smaller and nice looking, but sometimes look bigger and ugly.
I have flash my rom with the latest shipped rom which i downloaded from HTC official website, and this problem still unsolved..
I have spb shell v3.0.1 installed in my jade.
Can anyone advise me please...
Thanks in advance.
Vincent
i think what you mean is this:
the icon 3g can change into a larger 3g- a G only- or an E. This happens according to the signal strength you recieve from your network (or so).
However, it is nothing bad. It happens automatically.
Hi Qabooz,
Thanks for your advise.
Cheers.
Qabooz said:
i think what you mean is this:
the icon 3g can change into a larger 3g- a G only- or an E. This happens according to the signal strength you recieve from your network (or so).
However, it is nothing bad. It happens automatically.
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Actually sometimes, 3G can change to 3G of different graphics, especially when you customise the phcanoverbmp.dll. To understand where the graphics come from, follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=441829
Hi Azahidi,
Thanks a lot for your advice!
Vincent
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hey,
i have a tytn that doesn't have any orange customisation (for the first time i almost wish it did!).
for some reason my umts/gprs connection seems to hang. it looks like it's still connected but it isn't. sometimes it's just a case of resetting the connection in comm manager and at it's work i have to soft reset!
anyone else suffer this? if so, how did you fix it?
cheers
I'd say everyone suffers from it. The reason it's not reported/discussed/solved is because most people don't require constant data connectivity and therefore never discover the problem.
I just posted about this problem yesterday:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=297002
So far it seems to be a problem related to WM itself since it affects different devices.
thanks for the response, but maybe I should make myself clearer.
i've had an spv m500 and m600 and never experienced this.
when I say it hang I don't mean after a significant amount of time. this happens about every 10 minutes! as you can imagine this is incredibly frustrating!
Does it do this if you select gsm only rather than auto?
may be a silly question, but how do I change it?
gibster said:
may be a silly question, but how do I change it?
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Start>Settings>Personal>Phone Icon>Band Tab and here you can choose GSM and certain bands only instead of auto.
Mike
if you find this does help, then you might want to look at
http://commmgrpro.com/_wsn/page3.html
which is a little app which will switch from band to band from your today screen.
thanks marisa! a neat little app!
anyway, it seems to not hang on gsm. is 3G unstable? or is it my device?
Lots and lots of people seem to have one kind of problem or another with 3G.
I personally think that these devices have problems with switching from one to the other as signals become stronger & weaker, and that's when connections get dropped etc.
I discovered this when trying to use MSN messenger to give me a kind of push email on hotmail. It worked, but only while logged in to messenger, and when the connection dropped, so did the log in!
So, now I'm always connected by gsm, and when I really want to download something quickly etc etc, I switch over to 3g and then back again.
A bit tedious, but at least I know that when I think I'm connected I am!
good answer! it's kinda what i'm thinking now! hell, if the thing is in my pocket should I really care that the d/l speed is whack! like you said I think in future i'll gsm when my device is not in my hands and 3G when i'm browsing!
thanks a lot for the heads up on that app and your advice!
No probs, I've solved most of my issues through this forum, now on the Hermes, and before on the XDA IIi. You'll find it does wonders for your battery life too!
Hello everywhere!
As you can read in the title, I need a program to switch between those two signals.
I´v got an internet flat, but the city i live in doesn´t has enough signal strength for 3G / UMTS, so i changed it back to GSM, with that the signal is much better to have phonecalls. But then i only have GPRS left for internet, so i need a program to change that easily. I once saw a communication manager which had this function, but never found it again. Can anybody help me?
Thx an advance,
Steffen
P.S. Sorry for my english!
you can install the energy3.0 ROM and then its in your comm manager.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517300
Or you could try this little app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501256
Yes, that´s exactly what i meant! Thank you very much!
But i will also have a look at the energy rom. Looks quite promising! Thanks guys!
Does anyone know why my "G" icon is sometimes greyed?I mean, no problem it is a G, but why is it on gray background?
I don't see in the user manual anything like that..can it be because of my ROM?
In order to try to save a little battery and because i don't use data connections (wifi only), I set GSM only and deactivated HSDPA, does it have to do with it? Thanks
P.S. i've looked around for some nicer top-bar icons like some people have,but no success:any advice?link?
I'm not completely sure what icon you mean, but I think it is the icon that indicates that a GPRS connection is available (not connected).
To connect to the internet you can have different mobile wireless connections: GPRS (with a G-icon), EDGE (with an E-icon), 3G (with a 3G-icon) and HSDPA (with an H-icon). GPRS being the slowest, HSDPA the fastest, EDGE is not available in all country's and not every connection is available everywhere.
its saying that u are using 3G
shayan.k said:
its saying that u are using 3G
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No it's not, that's a 3G icon.
shayan.k said:
its saying that u are using 3G
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This is out of question, 3G is disabled with NoData.cab and HD Tweak.Furthermore, the name of my gsm operator changes when not in 3G.
@whizz: Thanks for your clear explanation, but as a matter of fact i have 2 "G" icons available (not at the same time), one is the white "square G" on black background (let's call it default, present in the manual) and another one wich is a normal G on grey background..curious..I'm sorry!I wish I could post a screenshot!
EDIT: Here's my guess, I am on a GPRS network but using only GSM..could it be?
Sualc, I can't answer your question but I have wondered the same myself. I also see the greyed out icons sometimes. I haven't bothered researching it becasue it doesn't seem to be a big deal but I would like to know as well.
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Sualc, I can't answer your question but I have wondered the same myself. I also see the greyed out icons sometimes. I haven't bothered researching it becasue it doesn't seem to be a big deal but I would like to know as well.
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Thank you for witnessing the same , I was afraid people could think I had hallucinations.Yeah you're right, compared to dozens of other REAL bugs this subject is really not important, just to know...By the way..I just left my bedroom and went down the stairs and now I've got the standard icon!!Tricky, hum?
Greyed out icons mean that type of connection is available, but not in use. It's white when in use.
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Greyed out icons mean that type of connection is available, but not in use. It's white when in use.
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Implausible - I have my internet connection APN deliberately mis-set to prevent any data connections at all. I still get both normal and greyed out icons from time to time.
Grey G icon means bad or no gprs signal I think. I have somewhere read about it.
Thanks, anyway there is already a signal strenght indicator near the G..but if you read it somewhere no reason to doubt.
I can confirm I get that grey G icon sometimes... it might be a rendering screen bug too....
i get a E for edge and a g for 3g
It may mean a bad signal but the device polls so infrequently as to make it pointless.
Behavior just observed.....
1 - I had an H (HSDPA) with a grey background.
2 - I connect to the internet and get an H with a white background.
3 - I disconnect from the internet to try and a grey background but it is still white.
4 - I walk over to the elevator (bad signal) to try and get a grey background
5 - The data icon goes from H with white background to G with white background
Conclusion ..... non informative and quite meaningless
I am 90% sure that the grey background means bad signal... When it shows in my device, it happens always in areas that reception is poor.
Not unique to the TD2. I get the same from time to time on my Touch HD. Have mildly wondered but never bothered to research.
check out this link,
there is a picture explaning all the icon meanings on D2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520751
It happens to me too, but not very often. It´s not about not being connected, because the white icon is there when there´s no connection.
The GPRS signal being too weak seems like a good explanation to me.
lazylilsnoop said:
check out this link,
there is a picture explaning all the icon meanings on D2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520751
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I'm afraid the G icon we're talking about is not among the ones lsted there..so until something "official" comes out could we say that "G greyed icon" = "GPRS band selected but not availabe "?
sualc said:
I'm afraid the G icon we're talking about is not among the ones lsted there..so until something "official" comes out could we say that "G greyed icon" = "GPRS band selected but not availabe "?
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the G is there, the 2nd reply attached with the picture explains
G(dark color) = GPRS available
G(grey color) = GPRS unavailable.
After doing a Hard Flash for the first time from 1.43 to 148 and rebooting my HD2. Within several minutes my reception speed would change from 3G to GPRS and back again while on the go, this has never happen before and was wondering is there a way to have consistent 3G speed/reception or was there a fault during my flash?
Any suggestions or help would most helpful.
HD2 on T-Mobile UK.
umbrellaman08 said:
After doing a Hard Flash for the first time from 1.43 to 148 and rebooting my HD2. Within several minutes my reception speed would change from 3G to GPRS and back again while on the go, this has never happen before and was wondering is there a way to have consistent 3G speed/reception or was there a fault during my flash?
Any suggestions or help would most helpful.
HD2 on T-Mobile UK.
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Did you flash with SSPL / Gold card or with the HDSPL in-tacked?
EITHER WAY:
Press Phone Key>Options>GSM/UMTS Services:
Here select Band....then, "Get Settings"
The first tab should say GSM. Drop down menu option you want is WCDMA. This will force 3G all the time. However I don't recommend this setting as this will consume more battery.
Leaving it in 2G saves more battery and voice quality doesn't change....
hi,
maybe you flashed the radio part of the rom also, when you flash from 1.43 to 1.48?. im not sure, but you should check out this htc update, and try it. its a replacement for the radio portion of your rom only, and maybe fixing your problems. my singnal strengh has stoped to swing between full and no bars, and i have full bars most of the time, with this update.
regards mad.
madbird said:
hi,
maybe you flashed the radio part of the rom also, when you flash from 1.43 to 1.48?. im not sure, but you should read here about this htc update a try. its a replacement for the radio portin of your rom only, and maybe fixing your problems.
regards mad.
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Stock Roms include the Radio so if there was a change between one stock and the other then a change will occur...
There is nothing wrong with the radio band switching automatically though so unless you have bad reception, everything should be fine.
band27 said:
EITHER WAY:
Press Phone Key>Options>GSM/UMTS Services:
Here select Band....then, "Get Settings"
The first tab should say GSM. Drop down menu option you want is WCDMA. This will force 3G all the time. However I don't recommend this setting as this will consume more battery.
Leaving it in 2G saves more battery and voice quality doesn't change....
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You're a star, it works now plus it has enabled some app's that wasn't connecting before like the twitter app. Many thanks for your help guys!
umbrellaman08 said:
You're a star, it works now plus it has enabled some app's that wasn't connecting before like the twitter app. Many thanks for your help guys!
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You are so welcome, glad to know I could help..
band27 said:
Stock Roms include the Radio so if there was a change between one stock and the other then a change will occur...
There is nothing wrong with the radio band switching automatically though so unless you have bad reception, everything should be fine.
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ah ok so im in 'the wrong film' . and again i learnd somthing from this great forum.
mad
PLEASE.
Could some one help with the setting for HSPDA and HSUPA i have checked and made sure they are enbled but still only connects to 3g i am on t-mobile uk all help would be much appreciated and help a few others out there that need help with this one too.
Thanks in advance.
Are you on radio 2.07.50? I have noticed i mostly get "3G" as well, but when i get closer to the city center it turns into "H". I think reception is just really bad!
firaX said:
Are you on radio 2.07.50? I have noticed i mostly get "3G" as well, but when i get closer to the city center it turns into "H". I think reception is just really bad!
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just stock radio. i have used with othere roms but can not seem to get h on this stock rom. i have seen others asking the sam ? so i thought is start a new thread.