Hello . I have a problem switching from 3G to 2G with my G1 . I check the "use only 2G networks" option and when I come back to the menu I see the option is unchecked again.
Anyone had the same problem or knowing what causes/fixes it please help.
I use 1.42 rc33 with apps to SD
Anyone?
Anyone have an answer yet or maybe there is some other forum with more responsive members?
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The "Advanced Network" utility seems to be missing the option that disables HSDPA... Any ideas how to enable it?
Many thanks.
Same question here. I've got a T-Mobile UK HD2 and am seeing the 'H' logo rather a lot.
I've just tried one fix which is to create a shortcut for CMBandSwitcher in the startmenu and use that to switch the connection from Auto to GSM, however I'm not sure if I'm now getting 3G data or not.
Guys
I've got the Milestone right now and before that had the G1 and the Magic.
When set to 3G on, my Milestone keeps switching between 3G and HSDPA and this is a drain on battery and very annoying as it slows down browsing, downloading apps etc.
I've looked everywhere in the settings and there doesn't seem to be any way to disable HSDPA.
Anyone else gave this a thought and have found a solution, am I missing something?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
im also looking for this on acer liquid...
do you have the option in settings?
Settings>wireless settings>mobile networks>use only 2g networks....
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dial *#*#4636#*#* then select phone info. Use set preferred network type to change setup.
Thanks guys for getting back to me.
Shep211 I did what said and I went into phone settings but there's so many options there. I'm guessing WCDMA is the one I'm looking for.
Should anything go wrong, a hard reset should set the phone back to normal again right?
Thanks guys.
untill now I use my HD2 with Vodafone so no problem at all, but from today I start using my LEO with a WCDMA band on UMTS. Does anyone know if "My Location" service has any issue with this kind of band ? ....... because untill now I couldn't mannage to use "My Location" on WCDMA. thnx
P.S. If I add my town with a new location there is no problem, but I don't know how to put my town on the SENSE instead of my location
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albumihai2004 said:
untill now I use my HD2 with Vodafone so no problem at all, but from today I start using my LEO with a WCDMA band on UMTS. Does anyone know if "My Location" service has any issue with this kind of band ? ....... because untill now I couldn't mannage to use "My Location" on WCDMA. thnx
P.S. If I add my town with a new location there is no problem, but I don't know how to put my town on the SENSE instead of my location
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Hi,
I guess you use an RDS Digi Mobil card now.
I'm facing the same issue since I bought the phone in November. No permanent fix yet.
The bad news is that this won't be your only problem. Data connection has some lags and sometimes stops working, at least from my experience.
The good news is that you can try to flash a good custom ROM, which diminishes the issues to an acceptable level.
Hope this helps.
PS: This seems to confirm my suspicion that this issue is related to the lack of 2G functionality.
thnx for reply 27firesnake, so I guess it's all about the radio ? or just the RDS radio relay doesn't provide the information to the phone ?
By the way , I didn't experienced any lags in data conection untill now.
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albumihai2004 said:
thnx for reply 27firesnake, so I guess it's all about the radio ? or just the RDS radio relay doesn't provide the information to the phone ?
By the way , I didn't experienced any lags in data conection untill now.
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It appears that the first few days everything works fine, others have experienced the same. I read almost all the posts on this issue and replied on a few. If the problem starts for you too, you may read my posts in my profile under statistics.
Can you please share your network settings, I hope I didn't miss somethig all this time...
...I only noticed now that you have a custom ROM aboard .
I tried Dutty's HG v.05, multilang 1.5 and I run now the Artemis 2.9b.
Did you try these, how do you like the one you have?
so my network settings are : Ntwork Type - WCDMA , Band Frequency - UMTS (2100+900) , as I was instructed from RDS Constanta ( if you let network settings on "AUTO" it might apear some lags, they say ......).
I didn't try Dutty's and Artemis. Now I'm running Sone HD2 v1.33 (6.5.x) and untill now I used Topix 1.2 (6.5) - I'm fully satisfied from both. U should try
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albumihai2004 said:
so my network settings are : Ntwork Type - WCDMA , Band Frequency - UMTS (2100+900) , as I was instructed from RDS Constanta ( if you let network settings on "AUTO" it might apear some lags, they say ......).
I didn't try Dutty's and Artemis. Now I'm running Sone HD2 v1.33 (6.5.x) and untill now I used Topix 1.2 (6.5) - I'm fully satisfied from both. U should try
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I did the same.
Plus, under My ISP > Cellular line (GPRS) > Name: RDS; APN: internet; everything else left blank
Also I set HSDPA only in Advanced Network settings, as HSUPA is not available in RDS (as far as I know)
I didn't know about HSUPA availability on RDS, but my ISP settings are the same, thnx.
So my question : is there any way to put on SENSE instead of "My Location" my town (Constanta)? ...... as if I add new location, is no problem at all to download wheater data .
Add city
Yes, click on the clock in Home screen, add Constanta manually and select.
I did the same and it works.
thnx , it's working.
Hello!
I'm using Rafdroid HD von my HD2 now for 2 weeks and I'm verry happy with it, i just have one problem (dont know if it depends on de android build or on the hd2 or whatever...)
I'm using gsm all the time because it has less battery drain in stand by, but when i want to use data for surfing etc. i switch to wcdma. on my x8 wich i had before this was no problem, it switched within seconds between the networks. Also the HD2, BUT it doenst start a data connection. i just can talk but no data.
in "wireless and network" the option for wireless data is checked, but the whole option is not clickable and it says "starting" (dont know if it says starting, i use the german version, there it say "einschalten..."
when i restart the hd2 then the data connection is working. so all times when i want to switch the data connection i need to restart my hd2.
is there a way to solve this problem?
sorry, i've searched the forum, but i haven't found anything
thanks and best regards, chris
No one who knows something about this issue?
tried this yet??
enter: *#*#4636#*#* in your dialer
go to phone info
go all the way down
now you can manually switch between edge or 3G
(default should be WCDMA preferred)
Thank you, I've foudn this idea before but it doenst change anything.
I'm using the whole day only gsm/edge, but when i need more data (searching something on google etc.) i would like to switch to 3g. after this, back to wcdma. on my x8 this worked well, on the hd2 it looks like it cant start the data connection when switching between the two types of network...
coldest~~~ said:
tried this yet??
enter: *#*#4636#*#* in your dialer
go to phone info
go all the way down
now you can manually switch between edge or 3G
(default should be WCDMA preferred)
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viper2097 said:
Thank you, I've foudn this idea before but it doenst change anything.
I'm using the whole day only gsm/edge, but when i need more data (searching something on google etc.) i would like to switch to 3g. after this, back to wcdma. on my x8 this worked well, on the hd2 it looks like it cant start the data connection when switching between the two types of network...
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Same here,
when running runnymede rom from dung my phone switches to WCDMA (in *#*#4636#*#*; because of this I have no data connection 3G or HSDPA. When switching back to GSM only data conncetion (3G or HSDPA) is working but after a while phone switches back to WCDMA preffered.. How to change this into GSM only as default???
Well after many searches and a lot of trial and error, I think ive finally solved my problem of dropped/no phone signal for NAND builds, which in turn has also made my battery life way better since the phone is no longer constantly searching for signal Basically its 4 steps, ive tried each individually with no changes but for some reason when applied all together it works wonders. They are as follows:
1: dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to phone information and choose 'gsm auto PRL'
2: go to settings>mobile networks and check 'use only 2g networks'
3: go to settings>wireless networks>wifi>advanced and change wifi sleep policy to 'never'
4: go to app store and download "wifi keep alive" (free). choose wifi behavior 'always on' and advanced options 'enable workaround 2'
using these 4 steps i reduced my time without signal from 74% to 12% in 16 hours, and im getting 4-5 green bars all the time, at home and work hope this helps
I'm not an expert, but doesn't that mean you are stuck in 2G-Mode for Data Transfer? I believe 3G if available would be faster..... or am i wrong?
loekis said:
I'm not an expert, but doesn't that mean you are stuck in 2G-Mode for Data Transfer? I believe 3G if available would be faster..... or am i wrong?
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yeah, it stays in 2g for data but for me its an acceptable trade off to actually be able to recieve calls. plus you can always switch 3g back on if you plan on doing something that uses a lot of data and switch it back off when youre done
damm i was excited until i saw that you have to disable 3G
Is this a common problem?
or... you could just go to settings/wireless&networks/mobile networks and change the network mode to gsm only (which is 2g) so, same thing.. and you know what? i still have signal issues, just not as bad..
pyrorob said:
or... you could just go to settings/wireless&networks/mobile networks and change the network mode to gsm only (which is 2g) so, same thing.. and you know what? i still have signal issues, just not as bad..
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yea i think that option is only on Desire or froyo builds, on all of the GB's ive used it says 2G. i suppose its not gonna work for everyone, it probably still depends on your coverage area, but it definately helped me A LOT. ive been using these settings for the past 3 days and my time without signal has dropped down to 0-5% from the 55-75% it was before, and im no longer missing calls
very useful tips
I ticked the "Use 2G only" checkbox in my wireless settings and all connection problems seem to be gone! (for now)... My data connection used to be terrible... voice connection shaky.
Thanks a lot!