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SPV M700 and HSDPA in PAris

Hi everyone,
Orange France say that the HSDPA is open in Paris and suburbs.
A few month ago I've made some HSDPA test with a PCMCIA HSDPA car and I was having some incredible speed (about 1Mbit/sec) in Boulogne-Billancourt (wich was the experimental coverage).
This week-end I take my Trinity in Boulogne and when I take a look to the fieldtest program HSDAP tab, the CQI was >than 0.
But when I try the speed access, the max I've got was about 112KBit/sec.
So If I believe the speed test I'm in the average of the 3G access and if I believe the FielTest Program I should be in HSDPA coverage.
And the speed isn't in correlation with waht I test a few month ago.
- In different which speed did you observe in a HSDPA coverage ?
- For Orange FR user, which max speed did you observe with your Trinity ?
- Did the Trinity need to "enable" the HSDPA behaviour ?
falex

Hello !
I'm located in Puteaux (La Défense) just in front of the Seine river, near Suresne. I can perform a few test, can you tell me what to do ?
I have a SPV M700, and the option "plus d'internet" for the data.

Super Sheep said:
Hello !
I'm located in Puteaux (La Défense) just in front of the Seine river, near Suresne. I can perform a few test, can you tell me what to do ?
I have a SPV M700, and the option "plus d'internet" for the data.
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Go to the web page : www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1
Test with 50K, 100K, 200K and 600K and report the spped measure.
After we could debate about if the HSDPA is active or not inside this mobile phone.

Should I download them direct with the SPV ?
If yes which download app do you suggest I use ?
Edit : I have had a short look on the page and therefore did a few test at work (Montreuil, near Porte de Vincenne)
The results are not very significant : I got rate from 54 up to 112, with different sizes (600 : 54/103 ; 200 : 106/112 ; 100 : 69/66)

Super Sheep said:
Edit : I have had a short look on the page and therefore did a few test at work (Montreuil, near Porte de Vincenne)
The results are not very significant : I got rate from 54 up to 112, with different sizes (600 : 54/103 ; 200 : 106/112 ; 100 : 69/66)
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Ok SO you've got the same result as I've got this week-end at Boulogne ands Paris 17 AND the same as I can test at Rennes which is not HSDPA covered.
I'm very confused with this announcement.
I know that Boulogne is in HSDPA and we can't get the correct speed so I4ve got two questions :
- Is the SPV M700 HSDPA enable ?
- Is there a restriction on Orange which "block" the HSDPA field if you don't have an option like "TV Live HD" ?

how do you know you're connected on HSDPA network?
is there a "3G+" logo displayed on the phone?
and does anyone try an edge connexion? is an "E" displayed?

Super Sheep said:
The results are not very significant : I got rate from 54 up to 112, with different sizes (600 : 54/103 ; 200 : 106/112 ; 100 : 69/66)
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At home, with the 600 kB one I got 110...
I think my HSDPA is enabled, because in the extended rom, there's a "hsdpa /enable" in the tasklist...

To have 3G+ speed, you must normalky have a special option : it costs 4€/months (5 € with SFR)
When you tried some months before, it was experiment , test without the need of this option.
With "total TV HD" you don't have especially access to 3G+, because it works with 3G
In Paris, 3G or 3G+ is saturated because everybody has a 3G phone, so the speed is very slow

bebaer said:
To have 3G+ speed, you must normalky have a special option : it costs 4€/months (5 € with SFR)
When you tried some months before, it was experiment , test without the need of this option.
With "total TV HD" you don't have especially access to 3G+, because it works with 3G
In Paris, 3G or 3G+ is saturated because everybody has a 3G phone, so the speed is very slow
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When you read the Announcement about the HSDPA opeing in Paris (and in the next at Lille and Nantes) they do not write about an option to enable HSDPA.

I know, but if you go to orange-business , you can see that to have 3G+ access , it's only for "business everywhere clients" with 3G+ pc card or 3G+ icon usb modem.
Option is 4 € H.T. and free for some months...
They will open 3G+ for private users soon...I don't know, how they will do with 3G+ option.
During experiment, people could try HSDPA free in Lab'Orange in June and Later "TV HD" with Samsung Z560 in september-october before the commercial launch in november.
By the way, they are late in opening 3G+ in Lille and Nantes...They promised to do it for december...
SFR has already converted all 3G to 3G+ (65% of population covered)...Orange is one year too late...because they covered 95% people with EDGE...that is not a bad choice, because most od people have only an EDGE Phone now...

Hi Falex,
Your problem of speed is normal, infect the HSDPA trughput is "best effort".
It is dependent on how many users are in the cell (if alone you get an example 1.3 Mbit/sec, with another user simoultaniosly you will get half of the speed)!Not only the number of users connected but also the CQI value is important, an exampleif your CQI is low (ex.10) than you will switch to QPSK witch provide lower troughput than 16 qam (good CQI), so if the CQI is low you will have lower troughput as your radio conditions (coverage are lower).
Also the network dimensioning is important. The only way to improve is by optimize/expand the network, and i belive that this probably is allready on the Orange next months target.If you terminal is qualcomm 6280, than your calss is CAT 6 (you can arrive to 3 Mbit/sec in DL if network support). I have the same chipset and here in my network i allready saw that speed on the DUmeter!.

Thanks for everyone to answer this post.
SO if I sum'up, when I've done the test with the lab'Orange late June 2006 it was only a test and only the sim car provided by the tet was able to get HSDPA DL speed and field.
Know I understand that like EDGE, HSDPA DL speed depends on how many users use the radio a one moment. But nowadays there is a little few user and mobile or PC Card HSDPA enable, so what I'm thinking is that HSDPA is not available on Orange Network for common user, unlike you subscribe to an "HSDPA option".
I'll call the Customer center today to ask them there point of view about this question.
One more strange things : I'm located in Rennes during the week, I'm 3G covered and when I take a look to the CQI field I've got the same figures ???!!!??? And I've got the same DL speed as I4ve got at Paris or Boulogne.
I'll check my Extended Rom to see if there is the HSDPA /enable task.

If think that the SPV M700 is HSDPA enable!
The chip is qualcomm 6275 , so only 1,8 mbits/s speed is available , not 3,6 mbits/s
In any case, Orange France network is only at 1,8 mbits/s for the moment.
SFR is going to 3,6 now...They have one year advance in 3G/3G+ than Orange...because they choose to not make an EDGE network at beginning...
It's normal to have the same DL speed in 3G in Rennes and in Paris
Call the Customer Service, they will say you how to subscribe 3G+/HSDPA that has nothing to do for example with "TV HD" (normally)

bebaer said:
If think that the SPV M700 is HSDPA enable!
The chip is qualcomm 6275 , so only 1,8 mbits/s speed is available , not 3,6 mbits/s
In any case, Orange France network is only at 1,8 mbits/s for the moment.
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Yep, I've check the extended ROM and therer is in the config file the "SetHSDPA \Enable" command and in the "\Windows\" directory the program setHSDPA is present.
Now how can I check the task ? (I'm a beginner, before I was a Palm User )
bebaer said:
SFR is going to 3,6 now...They have one year advance in 3G/3G+ than Orange...because they choose to not make an EDGE network at beginning...
It's normal to have the same DL speed in 3G in Rennes and in Paris
Call the Customer Service, they will say you how to subscribe 3G+/HSDPA that has nothing to do for example with "TV HD" (normally)
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Ok I'll ask the Customer center.
Just for my point of view SFR has made a mistake to not go Edge because when you are outside the 3G area you are happy when you can surf with the Edge speed instead of the GPRS speed.
About this did you have an Map with the Edge coverage from SFR ? I looking after this for month and month and I found nothing ...

a "U" where the "G" used to be

K ya know beside the signal bar it shows a "G" then if you click on it it asks if you want to turn on wireless, well now there is a "U".
Is there someplace that can tell me what all these symbols mean?

Wow.... seriously... where do you live?
The U means that you now are connected to UMTS which gives you the "broadband" access through your provider. Make sure you have unlim data plan. It will start to eat it up when you realize what you get to do with all that bandwidth. Have FUN!!!

well does it eat up data if you "dont" use messenger or web browse? AKA: just use the phone?
I do have a data plan for unlimited text messaging and i use Wifi when i wanna surf.

Quick guide:
Starting with the slowest.
Second Generation:
GSM
GPRS (the G symbol)
EDGE (the E symbol)
Third Generation:
UMTS (the U symbol or depending on localisation, 3G symbol)
HSDPA (the H symbol, if you've got this, then you're in for some fast download speeds)
It all depends on which network you're on and proximity to a tower as to what speed you will actually get.
There are other types, but these are the ones you're more likely to come across using a Hermes.

U Bet
ROTFLMAO.... I thought I had a bug in my ROM after flashing it, even went to the trouble of rolling back.
What a freakin' idiot I am!....

I live in an area where i see U and H fairly often up there.
However, to me it makes little difference, I don't download large files with the device. Web browsing seems mostly unaffected by the connection type.

Having the device in 3G or 3.5G modes does however drain the battery somewhat faster. I saw the difference in my Uni. Can't comment on EDGE as the Uni doesn't have it, I'll be getting my Hermes today so I should be able to comment on that.

It would be logical that the faster connection speeds would drain the battery faster, but I don't know how much faster we're talking about.
However, if battery life is a concern at all for anyone reading this, I would recommend turning off 3G altogether. Why? Web pages are going to render just as fast. Surfing the web is painful on these things regardless of the connection type.

On T-Mobile at least - here is a rough guide for the download speeds for different connection types. These are averages and do change and vary with signal strength. I work for T-Mobile, so these are accurate ^^
GPRS - around 44 kbps
UTMS (3G) - around 386 kbps
HSDPA (3.5G) - up to 1.8 mbps (increasing to 3.6 soon)
If you are on T-Mobile, and in a 3G area, then you will be most likely connected to HSDPA as it covers the whole of their 3G network.
Hope this is of some interest....

Doom Tints said:
if battery life is a concern at all for anyone reading this, I would recommend turning off 3G altogether.
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But how? AFAIK it's not trivial with my unit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337485.

From your network type, select 'GSM' instead of 'Auto', which I'm sure it is on now. That will do the trick. You might see an 'E' if you service provider offers EDGE, but this won't be an issue, otherwise you will just see the 'G' again.

Thank you. Now I know that in this sense, WCDMA = UMTS = "3G" icon.

Doom Tints said:
From your network type, select 'GSM' instead of 'Auto', which I'm sure it is on now. That will do the trick. You might see an 'E' if you service provider offers EDGE, but this won't be an issue, otherwise you will just see the 'G' again.
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That looks notoriously like one of my posts earlier in another thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337485

Yeah. Someone said OH MY I HOW DO I DO THIS IT'S HARD OMG and then pasted a link to your thread, which says clearly how to do it.
A simple cut and paste seemed in order.

Radio Access Technologies
Hmmm...u poor guys..in Austria the speeds are different:
HSDPA : 7,2 MB (yep MegaBits) DL and 1,7 Mbits UL
BTW: HSDPA is not 3.5G its just a bunch of new coding schemes and NodeB software mods :.)

homerjay1981 said:
Hmmm...u poor guys..in Austria the speeds are different:
HSDPA : 7,2 MB (yep MegaBits) DL and 1,7 Mbits UL
BTW: HSDPA is not 3.5G its just a bunch of new coding schemes and NodeB software mods :.)
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T-Mobile UK will have these speeds by the end of 2008 all going well

Well my phone bill is the same so thats good
Text messages get sent a tiny bit faster, surfing is a bit faster. I dont see what the big deal about the HW upgrade was. oh well

Very slow HSDPA

I am connected to T-Mobile Internet (HSDPA) and I ran a speed test at www.dslreports.com/mspeed but I only got 395kbps, 0.324s latency. Why so slow?

That speedtester is rubbish - I once got 250k on wifi.

arfster said:
That speedtester is rubbish - I once got 250k on wifi.
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can you recommend a better one?

i've just found out that t-mobile doesn't activate HSDPA unless you call up CS and ask them to enable it. some people have been told that you have to be on web n walk pro to have HSDPA whereas others have had it added free of charge.
http://www.3g.co.uk/3GForum/archive/index.php/t-45508.html

but one thing is still confusing me... the H is displayed at the top of my screen when I use the data connection. and when I click on it it actually says HSDPA. what's going on?

try http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html via your laptop. much better and accurate

if you have the H - then you are def on it. If it was just 3G it would say 3G. But bare in mind that T Mobile HSDPA has been dreadful for nearly a month. It gets so bad that I am considering asking them to release me from contract for violating terms of service. I pay for HSDPA as advertised and I dont get it.

I had web&walk previously and I managed to get full speeds for a while. Once I have reduced my call plan(not data) the speeds were down to 300kbps and less. On these occations, I would still see H as the indication but sure they were capping it on the network.

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I've got H and my provider allows speed up to 7.2/2mbps, but for long time (few months) testing I never get speed higher than about 2.4/0.3 Mbps. I've tested on computers via USB cable and on two different locations both about 500m from antenna.
My provider say that I have all set up correctly and doesn't know why speed is 'so slow'.

reopening old thread
I've got H and my provider allows speed up to 7.2/2mbps, but for long time (few months) testing I never get speed higher than about 2.4/0.3 Mbps. I've tested on computers via USB cable and on two different locations both about 500m from antenna.
My provider say that I have all set up correctly and doesn't know why speed is 'so slow'.

Which provider? Mobitel or Si.mobil? I have Mobitel, and it's true, that it isn't always as fast as it should be - in centre of capital city...

My ISP is T2, unlimited for 10€. It's not listed on this forum settings dropdown menu
What max speed do you get with Mobitel provider and HTC HD

feeltch said:
My provider say that I have all set up correctly and doesn't know why speed is 'so slow'.
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Nearly everywhere 7.2mbit hspa is a myth - the only way you can get it is if nobody else is using the celltower.

A very reliable speed test application is: http:www.mobilespeedtest.com.
The dsl.reports app (on my HD) provides non accurate results.

The more people using a HSDPA or 3G celltower - the slower your speeds get.
Trust me - I've done all the testing from a corporate perspective - HSDPA 7.2 is a myth - you'll never get that speed - its more like 3.2mb/s MAX!. On 3G the average bandwith is about 300kb/s - but only on a good day.
hth

feeltch said:
My ISP is T2, unlimited for 10€. It's not listed on this forum settings dropdown menu
What max speed do you get with Mobitel provider and HTC HD
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I'll test and report tonight, when I'm on a good HSDPA signal covarage!

yo compatriot , have you manage to test the speed yet?

With www.mobilespeedtest.com it managed to get 3Mbit downstream in Ljubljana-Vič, haven't tried Centre yet. For normal browsing and download of some small files it's ok. I'll report if I get better bandwidth!

With www.mobilespeedtest.com:
- I get a 2.37 Mbps speed test result on the 3 MB file(biggest) while connected from my mobile to a HSDPA 3.6 network which allows for a max 1.1 Mbps speed.
- I get a 2.4 Mbps speed test result from my computer while connected on a 15 Mbps ADSL - yes - I do 1.7 MBytes/sec transfers all the time - careful at the units of measurement!
- on smaller than 3 MBytes file size, the results are just random
www.mobilespeedtest.com is FAKE
The flow of the web pages has been so severely thrashed by ISP filters its not reliable to real testing anymore.
Stop.Calling.Any.Web page.A.Speed.Test.
Ping flood is designed for real measuring a line speed, but most ISPs have scripts which will ban you automatically if you sent packets faster than with a delay of 0.02 seconds. That is because is too much prone to abuse.

[Q] Cellular Network Settings

Hey guys, I've looked around but nobody seems to have the answer to this question:
I just got my focus unlocked, awesome!, and I'm trying to input the new DATA settings from Telus to be able to use 3G+, but the only settings available are the APN settings. There is no settings for Proxy Server or Port. Will this affect my ability to use 3G+?
The second issue is MMS. There is a topic discussing it, but the instructions provided were not accurate and do not work.
Hope you guys can help me tackled this!
Cheers

There is currently no way to enter configuration information other than the APN.
There are currently only 4 possible solutions to this:
1) Samsung provides support through their Network Profile app (available in the Samsung section of the marketplace on your phone). The problem is this app refuses to run on AT&T phones. So it's currently useless.
2) Microsoft exposes these settings to the user in their next update (supposedly in January sometime - but no details on if this problem will be addressed).
3) Microsoft exposes developer API's to allow changes to these settings (currently no such API's exist).
4) Jailbreak the phone and change the XML file that is used by the operating system to configure these settings.
In the mean time - for Focus users - there is no way to change these settings today.

Thanks for the reply, I'm guessing that without the proxy server and the port, I will not be able to get 3G+, which is why I'm stuck with 3G right now?

It its Telus, that means its a Rogers phone, not AT&T. So the samsung network profile app may work?

JMackey said:
It its Telus, that means its a Rogers phone, not AT&T. So the samsung network profile app may work?
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Thanks for the reply JM, no it's an AT&T phone. I bought it from the USA.

Hey,
Sorry i didn't really read the OP correctly My original post isn't really relevant to your case. So your phone never shows 3G+ or H when you touch near the top when browsing?
Have you tried a speed test? ( www.mobilespeedtest.com ) If your getting over 2 mbps after several test then i think your HSPA.
i pretty sure samsung focus doesn't support HSPA+
reaver_shadow said:
Basically, i've got an Unbranded Rogers Focus (within a week of release had the LG Quantum on release day), was able to unlock it, figure out APN data (kind of, read below), but get no MMS and difficulties with my data connection.
You should read through this Thread a started;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850914
basically, Telus (i.e. Bell towers/network in the east) has an HSPA network only, but since the phone was programmed to work on networks which built up from the original GSM standard, the phone is constantly in "3G" (i.e. EDGE) and when a request for data is sent the phone detects whether there is access to HSPA.
Overall, this can take up to a few moments, however the phone will receive data over "3G network". Since bell/Telus only have HSPA you get no data (since not EDGE) until phone switches on/to HSPA mode (3G+)
Bell has the LG quantum, and works perfectly. Thus, i suspect the "network profile" can be changed to account for the HSPA only network. So when a data request is given, phone automatically switches on/to HSPA mode, without having to detect it first.
This is my hypothesis, i've done quite a bit of research, and while i haven't got a direct confirmation as no one will comment on a competitor network, and Samsung's response is " our phones are designed to work with specific providers" it appears to lead to this conclution.
As far as actually changing the "network profile" it can be done on an LG , HTC apparently has an app to allow customers to do it, but for samsung device, we've got no way to change it right now. yesterday, it was give some publicity by WPcentral.com
To keep up-to-date on the topic check out this link:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com.../thread/7834506f-c60d-4eb6-b04a-9829131922ee/
If a fix/workaround is found i keep your eyes on this forum as i will defiantly post something.
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reaver_shadow said:
basically, Telus (i.e. Bell towers/network in the east) has an HSPA network only, but since the phone was programmed to work on networks which built up from the original GSM standard, the phone is constantly in "3G" (i.e. GPRS/EDGE) and when a request for data is sent the phone detects whether there is access to HSPA.
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GPRS/EDGE is "2G" not "3G".

I just received an update in the marketplace for the Network Diagnosis app but it still doesn't run on AT&T phones.

Hey Reaver, thanks for the link, I didn't see your thread before, I'll keep checking it. As for your hypothesis, I never see a 3G+ or H icon at the top even when it is loading something, what IS REALLY interesting is the following test I made:
I started downloading a 2mb picture, or loaded a website, and as soon as I started that, I went to http://i.dslr.net/iphone_speedtest.html and did a 3G speed test. These are my results:
When device is downloading 2mb picture, download speed was calculated:
- 758 kbps
- 1320 kbps
After downloading picture, download speed was:
- 176 kbps
- 148 kbps
Loading www.gamespot.com, download speed was:
- 924 kbps
- 612 kbps
- 947 kbps
After www.gamespot.com was loaded, download speed was:
- 226 kbps
- 289 kbps
- 88 kbps
- 284 kbps
Now as far as I know, these are high end 3G speeds, not 3G+. Anyone care to elaborate?

TomH123 said:
GPRS/EDGE is "2G" not "3G".
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From what i've read and heard EDGE is considered 3G "for the most part".
You are right though GPRS is 2G, i'll correct that on my post

ghaith_d said:
Hey Reaver, thanks for the link, I didn't see your thread before, I'll keep checking it. As for your hypothesis, I never see a 3G+ or H icon at the top even when it is loading something, what IS REALLY interesting is the following test I made:
I started downloading a 2mb picture, or loaded a website, and as soon as I started that, I went to http://i.dslr.net/iphone_speedtest.html and did a 3G speed test. These are my results:
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Now as far as I know, these are high end 3G speeds, not 3G+. Anyone care to elaborate?
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I read a thread about something similar to this.
Question: are you using a old SIM card or fairly new one?
It's telus so i suspect it's fairly new

I'm using a new HSPA Sim card, got it last week. It's interesting that you see a 3G+ icon and I don't...hmmm
From http://mobilespeedtest.com without concurrent download:
- 307 kbps
- 462 kbps
- 500 kbps
- 512 kbps
From mobile speed test with concurrent download:
- 186 kbps
- 330 kbps
- 280 kbps
Now this is confusing lol

try 3 rounds of www.mobilespeedtest.com, and post back.
I only see 3G+ when using data, such as browsing or downloading from marketplace. otherwise it's 3G.
Icon or not, ultimatly what it comes down to is the speed of HSPA. The ceiling for bell seems to be around 2.5 Mbps.
Try mobilespeedtest at other location, and not much a few meters away. could just be your location.
Example( avg):
bed room avg 600 Kbps
living room near window 1.3 Mbps
Campus 2Mbps (but i know the towers are just outside)

ghaith_d said:
I'm using a new HSPA Sim card, got it last week. It's interesting that you see a 3G+ icon and I don't...hmmm
From http://mobilespeedtest.com without concurrent download:
- 307 kbps
- 462 kbps
- 500 kbps
- 512 kbps
From mobile speed test with concurrent download:
- 186 kbps
- 330 kbps
- 280 kbps
Now this is confusing lol
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try using 1MB (you can do it after the first test, under graph) this will give a more realistic picture of the speeds you can actual get at that location

From http://mobilespeedtest.com 1mb test without concurrent download:
- 1777 kbps
2mb test without concurrent download:
- 2053 kbps
3mb test without concurrent download:
- 1462 kbps
5mb test without concurrent download:
- 1668 kbps
2mb test with 2mb picture download:
- 635 kbps
1mb test with 2mb picture download:
- 1990

reaver_shadow said:
From what i've read and heard EDGE is considered 3G "for the most part".
You are right though GPRS is 2G, i'll correct that on my post
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Probably getting a bit nitpicky but EDGE isn't considered 3G by GSMA which is the authority over such things. EDGE and 3G are two distinct technologies. I don't see a definition for 2G but I've always seen that applied to both GPRS and EDGE.
http://www.gsm.org/technology/index.htm

TomH123 said:
Probably getting a bit nitpicky but EDGE isn't considered 3G by GSMA which is the authority over such things. EDGE and 3G are two distinct technologies. I don't see a definition for 2G but I've always seen that applied to both GPRS and EDGE.
Technically, isn't GPRS 1G and Edge 2G where G=Generation.
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HSPA+ Speeds working on SaskTel.
I have an unlocked Rogers Focus on the SaskTel network. We just rolled out our 3G+ network here.
I had to go into the diagnostics menu and change some settings around RRC Control.
After making the settings change, I was able to download > 6Mbit on HSPA+
Here's what I did:
##634# (diagnostics)
*#32489# - (GSM test) Shows the ciphering status and options to enable or disable it.
Pressed [Back] at the bottom.
[5] RRC(HSPA) Control
[2] Change RRC Revision
[3] Release 6(HSDPA/HSUPA)
[End]
Now I'm fast, wicked fast.
Can't claim it will work for you, but one setting can make all the difference.
I'm new to debug menus so I didn't know how to get direct into the RRC options.
If there's an easier code to get direct to this screen, please let me know.

dead_on_the_floor said:
I have an unlocked Rogers Focus on the SaskTel network. We just rolled out our 3G+ network here.
I had to go into the diagnostics menu and change some settings around RRC Control.
After making the settings change, I was able to download > 6Mbit on HSPA+
Here's what I did:
##634# (diagnostics)
*#32489# - (GSM test) Shows the ciphering status and options to enable or disable it.
Pressed [Back] at the bottom.
[5] RRC(HSPA) Control
[2] Change RRC Revision
[3] Release 6(HSDPA/HSUPA)
[End]
Now I'm fast, wicked fast.
Can't claim it will work for you, but one setting can make all the difference.
I'm new to debug menus so I didn't know how to get direct into the RRC options.
If there's an easier code to get direct to this screen, please let me know.
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where is the End button on the dialler in the last step?
also when I press 5 nothing happens. do we have to press 523 on the same screen and then which button to press to enable HSPA+?
edit - got it. I pressed the back button next to my windows key on the phone instead of the small 'back button' on the screen itself. did everything but still only 3G icon. my network has definitely upgraded to HSPA+
btw do you remember what are the default settings anyway for the focus if I want to revert back to original settings for RRC?

RRC
default is:
[2] Release 5 (HSDPA Only)

Hero stuck on hspda?

Hi, ive just rooted my hero and installed the elelinux 6.2.0-hero-speedmachine 4.
Everythings working good but its stuck in hspda mode, the top right icon used to switch to 3g before now its stuck at H and ive tried downloading something and its amazingly slow.
So defo stuck in hspda mode, im on 3 in england. The networks fine as my wifes fone is on 3g perfectly.
Is it the rom or am I doing something wrong?

mine permanently stuck on H too, its their high speed network mate

hello, whats faster 3g or H?
ive got villianrom 13 now and its still stuck on H.
my wifes fone goes to 3g and h and the phones are next to each other.
whats going on?

ah786 said:
hello, whats faster 3g or H?
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Here's the order of speed that the Hero supports.
GPRS - Shows as a "G" on your phone. Max theoretical speed is 48 Kbit/s
EDGE - Shows as an "E" on your phone. Max theoretical speed is 473.6 Kbit/s
UMTS - Shows as "3G" on your phone. Max theoretical speed is 2 Mbit/s
HSDPA - Shows as "H" on your phone. Max theoretical speed is 14 Mbit/s
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So right now if you're stuck on H, you're at the fastest available speed.
On a personal rant, if you were stuck on the "3G" (UMTS) connection, and were an orange customer. You wouldn't get any data transfer, never mind a slow speed. For some reason Orange doesn't seem to support UMTS, in fact when I rang them up to query this (over a year ago) they denies that UMTS could be used for data transfer.. Shows how much their tech support department knows.

ahh you learn new stuff everyday, now if only the youtube app worked properly.

ah786 said:
ahh you learn new stuff everyday, now if only the youtube app worked properly.
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What ROM do you use and get the youtube problem? btw do a factory reset and see if you still have the problem...
Stefan