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The 'G' as 3G icon has started to flash on over the last few days in the 604/778!!!

Could it be that Rogers is finally rolling out the 3G network in the 604/778
area? I heard the GTA would be first... well no surprise there,
but I figure these blips of the 'G' icon maybe hardware setup and testing
during the wee hours as to avoid making people go "OH GEE, IT'S FINALLY
A G'Thang".
Anyone else see that 'G' pop up after 2AM starting this week?
AE!

I presume that you mean "3G" or "U" or "H", not "G" (which means "GPRS"). Yes, Ottawa is now live as well (finally). Although, I am not too impressed with the signal strength. My office is about 500 metres from a cell site and I get four solid bars with GSM, only one or two with UMTS. I drove all over the west part of Ottawa quite a bit yesterday and never saw it go above two bars. Is this what we have to look forward to with UMTS, or is it just that not all of the cell towers are lit up yet?
John

AquiEsta! said:
Could it be that Rogers is finally rolling out the 3G network in the 604/778
area? I heard the GTA would be first... well no surprise there,
but I figure these blips of the 'G' icon maybe hardware setup and testing
during the wee hours as to avoid making people go "OH GEE, IT'S FINALLY
A G'Thang".
Anyone else see that 'G' pop up after 2AM starting this week?
AE!
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Woohoo!! Where in the 604 are you?

johnburn said:
I presume that you mean "3G" or "U" or "H", not "G" (which means "GPRS"). Yes, Ottawa is now live as well (finally). Although, I am not too impressed with the signal strength. My office is about 500 metres from a cell site and I get four solid bars with GSM, only one or two with UMTS. I drove all over the west part of Ottawa quite a bit yesterday and never saw it go above two bars. Is this what we have to look forward to with UMTS, or is it just that not all of the cell towers are lit up yet?
John
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Yes G as in 3G. My handset's OS ROM displays "G" instead of "U" for 3G.
Here in Vancouver they don't have it set up and working yet but I did see
the "G" blip on and off after 2AM this week. I confirmed with Rogers that
they are planning a 3G roll out in June '07 so this just maybe it but I'm not
holding my breath.
AE!

j0dan said:
Woohoo!! Where in the 604 are you?
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When the G showed up I was in Coquitlam and in Vancouver.
AE!

AquiEsta! said:
When the G showed up I was in Coquitlam and in Vancouver.
AE!
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I think the "G" means GPRS, NOT 3G...I get the G all the time

tallshorty said:
I think the "G" means GPRS, NOT 3G...I get the G all the time
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As far as I know on my handset the "G" is for 3G as in UMTS and the "E" is for
the Edge. I have always seen the E showing on my handset but this week
the G has popped up for a few seconds here and there after 2AM. When I'm
in Japan all I see is the G icon and there's no GSM or GPRS on SoftBank.
AE!

G is GPRS... Why would it be any different on your handset? Maybe you're roaming out of your edge coverage and hitting GPRS only territory.
Get happy when you see 3G/U/H.

airjer said:
G is GPRS... Why would it be any different on your handset? Maybe you're roaming out of your edge coverage and hitting GPRS only territory.
Get happy when you see 3G/U/H.
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Could be the OS ROM that I'm using isn't "stock".
AE!

no G = GPRS no question sorry! 3G = UTMS H = HSDPA this is a well known fact check your carriors information just to check. What rom are you running? If its a newer WM6 it like duttys rom you have in your sig it will show 3G or H for UTMS and HSDPA
Also the radio version has something to do with what icon is shown for what but all the newer ones should show 3G or U or H
G = GPRS
E = EDGE
3G/U = UTMS
H = HSDPA
Seems to me that you dropped to GPRS for a few minutes not to 3G

austinsnyc said:
no G = GPRS no question sorry! 3G = UTMS H = HSDPA this is a well known fact check your carriors information just to check. What rom are you running? If its a newer WM6 it like duttys rom you have in your sig it will show 3G or H for UTMS and HSDPA
Also the radio version has something to do with what icon is shown for what but all the newer ones should show 3G or U or H
G = GPRS
E = EDGE
3G/U = UTMS
H = HSDPA
Seems to me that you dropped to GPRS for a few minutes not to 3G
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Thats right, this is the behaviour I've seen as well.
G = GPRS (2.5G, about 50-60kbit/sec)
E = EDGE ("2.75G", about 100-200kbit/sec)
3G or U = UTMS (3G, about 300-400kbit/sec)
H = HSDPA ("3.5G", about 1+mbit/sec)
If you really want to confirm if its 3G or not, switch your phone to WCDMA-only mode in the phone settings. If you don't get a signal, it means no 3G. Or conversely, switch your phone to GSM-only mode (this limits the phone to GPRS/EDGE), and if you are still getting the "G", it means that it is GPRS and NOT 3G.

austinsnyc said:
no G = GPRS no question sorry! 3G = UTMS H = HSDPA this is a well known fact check your carriors information just to check. What rom are you running? If its a newer WM6 it like duttys rom you have in your sig it will show 3G or H for UTMS and HSDPA
Also the radio version has something to do with what icon is shown for what but all the newer ones should show 3G or U or H
G = GPRS
E = EDGE
3G/U = UTMS
H = HSDPA
Seems to me that you dropped to GPRS for a few minutes not to 3G
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Well, that's is weird because I swear (sometimes quite rudely ) that the
last time I was in Japan for a week my X01HT was showing the G icon all the
time. At first I didn't think anything of it because I had a dog's breakfast of
a setup on my handset and this and that was either sort of working or not
at all. So now I guess I will check the icons out more closely when I return
to Japan.
AE!

t-mobile internet uk

just wanted to know what the H andG stands for when on the web, and if there better than3G

H = HSPDA = 3.5G
3G = 3G
E = EDGE = 2.5G (effectively)
G = GPRS = 2G

nordic 2.1 FW Data icon

Anyone noticed the data icon is an H instead of a 3 while using the nordic 2.1 Firmware?

I think that means you're currently using HSPDA as your connection instead of 3G
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hmm thats interesting. never did it before. always displayed 3, and sometimes E or G something like that when it went down to GSM.

Obviously the H idicates a HSPA network.

i was abit confused myself to see the "H" but as far as i know now it is actually faster the 3g so if thats correct then its a good thing

In order of speed:
G - GPRS (56Kbit/s)
E - Edge (236.8 kbit/s)
3G - UMTS (384 kbit/s)
H - HSPA (7.2 mbit/s - 14.4 mbit/s)
So yes: YIPPPIIII

The X10 always had HSDPA, it used to always run on it just never had the icon as 1.6 struggles to display it as it was never designed to be used on HSDPA handsets.

[Q] How do i know if 3G is working??

How do I know if my 3G is working? (Tmobile US, HD2, WP7, Leo70, very new just flashed it) What I am basically is wondering is how can I tell if my 3G is on? I do not have a data plan on my phone, due to the fact that I am always at school so I can always be on WIFI so I have no need for it. The Wifi works perfectly I just want to know if my 3G is working bc if I look at the signal it has signal but has no letters beside it like "3G" "E" etc... any help??
THANK YOU!

If you do not have a data plan no "H" "3G" or "E" icon will show up.
An easy way to test this is if you turn off your Wi-Fi and then try to load a website, if it doesnt load, no data.

i get that but what im wondering if the fact when i was running wm6.5 i had 3g written at the top by the signal bars and now there is nothing??

If you setup the APN correctly then it will establish a data connection with T-mobile whether you have a data plan or not.. When you install WP7 rom it wont have the apn set.. you have to do that manually... Also if you turned off Data in the cellular menu it wont show E/3G/H..
Some Advice if your not using the DATA then in the Cellular Menu turn off 3G and switch to 2G like that it uses less battery compared to trying to stay connected to Tmobiles 3G
T-Mobiles main apn: epc.tmobile.com or (for the proxy) wap.voicestream.com

I've just loaded a Win Phone 7 rom onto my HTC on vodafone.
On Win6.5 I used to get G, E, 3G, 3G+ as symbols at the top of the screen.
In Win 7 my 3G toggle is on, but all I get is G or H??
Is G = 3G in this instance because the toggle is on and H = 3G+ or am I only getting slow connections (i.e. really G=gprs and H is edge)? The browser speed seems OK, but.....

planty said:
I've just loaded a Win Phone 7 rom onto my HTC on vodafone.
On Win6.5 I used to get G, E, 3G, 3G+ as symbols at the top of the screen.
In Win 7 my 3G toggle is on, but all I get is G or H??
Is G = 3G in this instance because the toggle is on and H = 3G+ or am I only getting slow connections (i.e. really G=gprs and H is edge)? The browser speed seems OK, but.....
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If you get either G or H thats good... G is basic GSM and H is faster 3G
H is HSPDA+
G is GSM

Finally An Answer For You....
In WP7, go into Settings. Tap Cellular (your carrier in this case T-Mobile) should be displayed.
Tap the 3G Connection setting to it turns on. And you're done. If you want to see if you have 3G or whatever connection at any given moment you can lock the screen and turn it back on to see the connection status in the upper left corner.
A simpler way, is like on the WM6.5 world...tap the very top portion of the screen (where the taskbar would be in WM6.5). Your battery, time, and connections status will drop down.
Voila!

hakuchi18v said:
If you get either G or H thats good... G is basic GSM and H is faster 3G
H is HSPDA+
G is GSM
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Sir, just fyi: "G" means GPRS on a GSM network. HSDPA is still GSM, but with higher rates. "E" menas EDGE and has lower rates compared with HSDPA but hight compared with GPRS.
When you has G means your network is slow, about 1.5Mbps, when E it's quite OK,3.5Mbps and when H or 3G your network has higher rates 7.2Mbps or +
Hope it helps

Idhor Naergon said:
Sir, just fyi: "G" means GPRS on a GSM network. HSDPA is still GSM, but with higher rates. "E" menas EDGE and has lower rates compared with HSDPA but hight compared with GPRS.
When you has G means your network is slow, about 1.5Mbps, when E it's quite OK,3.5Mbps and when H or 3G your network has higher rates 7.2Mbps or +
Hope it helps
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oh I know.. I realized it after I posted and reread it.. but then again in most cases barebones GPRS isnt really noticed since it jumps to edge right away
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[Q] How to toggle on H+ network?

On my phone, there are 2G, E, 3G, H, H+ networks,
2G & E are too slow,
3G & H are basically = no connection, when I on these networks, webpage is taking forever to load,
H+ is the only one working,
Here is my question:
How to toggle on H+ ?:silly:
Anyone?

cpuzzz said:
On my phone, there are 2G, E, 3G, H, H+ networks,
2G & E are too slow,
3G & H are basically = no connection, when I on these networks, webpage is taking forever to load,
H+ is the only one working,
Here is my question:
How to toggle on H+ ?:silly:
Anyone?
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Go to Settings then mobile networks then network mode nd change to wcdma mode ....it will depend on your network wheather 3g h or h+ would come
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cpuzzz said:
On my phone, there are 2G, E, 3G, H, H+ networks,
2G & E are too slow,
3G & H are basically = no connection, when I on these networks, webpage is taking forever to load,
H+ is the only one working,
Here is my question:
How to toggle on H+ ?:silly:
Anyone?
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If you already support carrier WCDMA 3G
H + will automatically appear