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[HELP] No EDGE for AT&T/USA with Radio 1.46.00.11 and others

Greetings,
As the title reads, my EDGE connection is completely worthless with Radio 1.46.00.11, 1.38 and 1.50. I've done the AT&T settings per their Web site and also tried the advice on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335388
Right now I'm using Schap's 4.30 ROM, but have had the same problems with the factory ROM. My MEdia Net settings are isp.cingular and [email protected], etc--everything as all the advice I've found has it.
With "E" signal and four bars, calls will not dial. Data connects will fail for "an unknown reason" and I cannot even manually switch to GSM 850 + 1900. I've scoured this forum to no avail.
3G and HSDPA, when I get it, work like a charm.
Can anyone give me advice on how to solve the problem?

GPRS but no 3G

I have searched this forum for 3 weeks now but have not found an answer to my problem.... forgive me if it is here somewhere.
I have a pola200 running the official O2 WM6.1 ROM including the 1.59.42.15 radio. I have a vodafone SIM with full data enabled and am certain the internet settings are correct. I know the SIM works as I have tried it in another phone.
However, I can only connect to GPRS when using GSM as the band setting on the phone. As soon as I select Auto as the band setting and try to connect a data or voice call the signal drops and the connection fails.
I know that the phone is picking up a HSPDA or 3G signal as the icon changes but as soon as I try to connect to the internet or make a voice call I get a Dialed: internet -
I have tried all available Polaris radio ROMs and also tried loading udK's Diamond R8 ROM as I thought O2 may have loaded something to stop it working. Nothing has worked.
Any ideas?

Simple question, you probably have but, have you run the Connection Wizard and is the SIM card 3G compatible because my Vodafone SIM card isn't.

I have run the connection wizard and the SIM is certainly 3G compatible - it works in other 3G phones.

Hmm, then I'm stumped. Sorry I can't be of help.

My Location on WCDMA band ?

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

3G network
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.

3G network
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

3G network
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.

"Data network not available" while call using Dialer

Hi experts,
Very frustrated with the SGS phone GT-I9000 I bought a week ago. I keep getting "Data network not available" while trying to make merely voice call (in area with poor signal).
However, I have no problem making call using old Nokia phone with the same SIM card.
The GT-I9000 was upgraded to Froyo 2.2 (DXJPE) lately.
Anyone encountered similar issues? What's wrong with this Android phone, modem issue?
Regards,
Void

That new i would return to seller and get them to check phone under warranty .
jje

i got the same problem after upgrading to froyo, im from Panama, but i flashed my device following some UK guide, so i flashed it with another CSC, so if you did so, we both lose our network settings, so you have to set up the APN manually.(thats what i read) but i did so and i still cant make calls nor receive 3G

It happens on EDGE. Make sure you've selected the network to operate in WCDMA only..

Switch the Wireless and network -> Mobile network settings -> Network mode to "GSM only" or "WCMDA only" but doesn't resolve the issue.
However, I notice when the problem occurred, the Setting->About phone -> Network showing "Unknown" but the Signal strength seem to be OK, fluctuating between -87 dBm 13 asu (with 4-bar) and -111 dBm 1 asu (2-bar )
Probably, SGS transceiver/modem is not as good as Nokia E71.
Anyway, I guess I can only use this "smart" phone in city area.

in my case the problem was the orange phone card. i have changed it.

[Q] No service problem

UPDATE: I have noticed that I have only no 2G service. What am I doing wrong? From *#*#*4696#*#* under phone info I have enabled "WCDMA preferred". Can this be a hardware thing if I have 3G connectivity but cant connect to 2G network??
Hi everyone!
I've been having a strange problem lately - at random times and random places I suddenly have no service so i can make no calls. Then after about 10 minutes I have service again and everything seems to be just fine until the next time that happens.
This can happen at random places but also after I return from somewhere where there's not supposed to be any service (from the basement for example) it also takes very long (10-20 min) until I have service again. Also i have noticed that sometimes when I have no bars and can make no calls, I can still go online on mobile internet (not wifi).
It started after I updated Hyperdroid 2.01 to Hyperdroid 3.0. I have since then tried several times to completely wipe everything (have reinstalled WM6.5 (the problem persisted in WM6.5 also) and have wiped everything with task29.
After wiping I have reinstalled radio v 2.15.xx, MAGLDR 1.13, CWR 150MB partition and then reinstalled Hyperdroid 2.01 but i still keep getting the random service drops.
Can this be hardware-related? What else can I try?

"What else can I try?"
Your sim in another phone. Not just for 5 minutes, for a few hours.
Have you looked into your providers network status? Could be doing system upgrades.
Have you inadvertently set to use 3g only?

I didn't know that there was an option to only use 3G. But as soon as I switched to "only 2G" I lost the connection again so it might have something to do with that. How could I disable this "only 3G" (I can't find it near the "only 2G" option).
Also will try a different sim.
Thanks

isandkrl said:
How could I disable this "only 3G"
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sorry, not sure offhand, i used to know how to do it in winmo.

So now I have tried dialing *#*#*4696#*#* to enter "phone information" and there ir reads "WCDMA preferred" so that means 2G should be enabled as well. But when I select GSM only i dont have any service and under DATA it reads "fail because Radio Not Available". I have 2.15.xx radio rom installed, also tried 2.12.

Did your tryed to flash a other kernel?

I did. But the same kernel worked for me about a week before so this cant be it right?

Can this be a hardware thing if I have 3G connectivity but cant connect to 2G network??

thats not a hardware issue, sounds like a Rom problem. Test out the radios, and see which one gives you the best signal

I have tried different radios (2.08, 2.10, 2.15) different android roms (Hyperdroid 1.04, 2.01, 3.0, 5.30, MIUI gingerbread) and different WM6,5 roms. I have tried switching SIM cards. I have tried switching off ond on data connection. Have tried switching 2G/3G to 3G only and to 2G only. Nothing helps. I still get no service when I am in a 2G only service area.
Please help. Anybody?

finally, somebody with a same problem as me... i have tried to fix it for 6 month, and still can't get any 3g signal, i have tried task 29, wm 6.5, different android nand and sd rom.
but the 3g signal showed in wp7 rom, have you tried wp7?

I have not. Maybe I will. But my problem is that I don't have 2G signal - I do have good 3G signal though.

Tried to install Windows phone 7. No luck. Still no 2G signal. What does anybody think of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180?

isandkrl said:
Tried to install Windows phone 7. No luck. Still no 2G signal. What does anybody think of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180?
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isandkrl said:
I have not. Maybe I will. But my problem is that I don't have 2G signal - I do have good 3G signal though.
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I'm the opposite, but did you able to browse mobile internet with the no signal?? If you can, and get 2g speed then it's not the hardware, as your phone still able to get 2g signal
Sometimes my phone can browse the net in 3g speed even with no signal, so i guess its a software problem??

Two or three times I have had G or E instead of H or 3G in the notification bar but although it shows me that it has service it wont connect to the internet neither can i take calls during that time. All the time that I have 3G or H connection i can take calls and I havent noticed that internet would be slow.
So I have almost given up hope. I have quite good 3G service where I live but still 3G is not that strong indoors and I have too much downtime so my next desperate step would be to open up my phone and see if I can find something wrong with the connectors.. I really dont want to do that..