I've had my tilt for a few weeks now and not yet have I seen the 3G or H icon pop up on my screen. Instead I'm always connected to the Edge network. I've tried installing a different radio to it, but all that did was make my phone load up to the point where its should get to the windows mobile screen then the screen would go black. I've used kaiser tweaks to enable hsdpa but still no luck. The only time i've seen the 3G icon is when i don't have a good signal and it'll show 3G for like to seconds and then it'll show I have no service. Then come back as Edge. Does anybody have a suggestion for me?
You don't mention or list where you live. Are you sure you're in a 3G area?
Look this and send your Kayser to warranty service, your 3g is broken:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335074&highlight=signal+problem
good luck.
Zmeezy said:
I've had my tilt for a few weeks now and not yet have I seen the 3G or H icon pop up on my screen. Instead I'm always connected to the Edge network. I've tried installing a different radio to it, but all that did was make my phone load up to the point where its should get to the windows mobile screen then the screen would go black. I've used kaiser tweaks to enable hsdpa but still no luck. The only time i've seen the 3G icon is when i don't have a good signal and it'll show 3G for like to seconds and then it'll show I have no service. Then come back as Edge. Does anybody have a suggestion for me?
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did you go into the comm manager and make sure that the 3g was turned on?
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I was downloading a file on my TYTN from the microsoft site "framework 2.0"-something... using the phones network GPRS on "G" mode. The download took a long time and then it blocked the device. After a soft-reset, I could see the signal bars, but no "G" sign, just a "no connection" sign. Can't do/recieve call, sms or gprs... When I enter a 3G zone, all comes back to normal. But in G zones my phone is useless.
But if I'm on a 3G zone, and I chose the phone option to just use G, it connects fine! the G sign appears and I have no problems.
I upgraded to the last radio version, upgraded to WM6 and the trouble continues.
about 2 months ago I had a broken screen and change it myself. The phone worked fine for I month after that, I think it's not related but I opened the phone again just to see if I could had done something to cause this, but saw nothing wrong or burnt.
I've searched the forum and found nothing like this, can someone help me?
Thanks.
Sorry, I posted this in here too becouse this could probably happen in every model
Hello? noone? Help please.
Try clicking on the Signal Strength icon (those bars near the antenna icon), go Settings -> Band. And check AUTO there.
nope.
If I'm a 3G zone, and "band" is in "auto", I get 3G of course. If I'm just on a G area the problem arrises.
If I'm on a 3G area and "band" is set to "GSM" I get the G icon and the phone works fine...
Flash new radio upgrade.
I allready said I did that. no sccess.
Ok I have a Cing 8125 with the TNT.1933 rom. IPL and SPL are both 2.26 GSM is 02.19.11.
Often but not always when the unit boots up it displays not an E but a G icon. Performance appears to be the same. I have to turn off the phone in CM and re enable it for the phone to properly work and display the EDGE E. I know that the E is just a registry hack. So am I connected to EDGE or not. How do I tell and how do I force it to connect to edge on boot up.
Thanks,
nline.
the easiest way of finding out if you are on edge or not is the download speed whilst on the net. If you are downloading a file on standard gsm (g) then you can achieve a maximum speed of say 160kbs if you are on edge you can have double that.
As for getting the phone to automatically select edge, it wont, and it cant be done with a hack either, as, if there is no decent edge signal, for it to grab, it cant use it. Same as if you had no mobile signal to make a call , you couldn't hack the registry to make it find one.
do wizards have edge capabilities then?
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the easiest way of finding out if you are on edge or not is the download speed whilst on the net. If you are downloading a file on standard gsm (g) then you can achieve a maximum speed of say 160kb if you are on edge you can have double that.
As for getting the phone to automatically select edge, it wont, and it cant be done with a hack either, as, if there is no decent edge signal, for it to grab, it cant use it. Same as if you had no mobile signal to make a call , you couldn't hack the registry to make it find one.
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Ok so why isn't the phone finding an edge signal on boot up? After it boots up I can turn off and turn back on the phone and it finds the edge signal everytime. I can understand poor signal but I don't think it is the issue here. Better radio rom?
Yes, absolutely (with registry hack on official ROM, or use any unofficial ROM).
Wizard only display "E" logo when the network and stations support it. If you are using a network that doesn't support EDGE GPRS connection, the logo still shows "G" regardless the registry setting.
Maximum speed for non-EDGE GPRS connection is 80kbps (i.e. 10kb/s), so if you are getting speed of more than 10kb/s, then you are definitely connected to EDGE-enabled GPRS network.
However sometimes bad networks (such as the mobile operator I am now using, the New Word Mobility) still get speed of <10kb/s when connected to EDGE-enabled GPRS network, so it is mainly up to operator.
A work colleague is using a sim free touch cruise on the vodafone network but vodafone don't have any support for this device (mind you neither does HTC ). We got the vodafone settings for billpay vodafone off the internet and input them and can now surf, download gmail etc over HSDPA (H icon shows) and then it automatically reverts to 3G when not in use.
The problem is that the icon for 3G/umts in use is always on (ie the small 3G over the signal strength) and when the bigger 3G icon is touched it shows how long connected to 3G and as the device is still connected it keeps counting time even though the application using 3G is shut down.
My questions are as follows:
In this state (big 3G icon showing and small 3G icon above signal strenght) is this costing anything being constantly connected to 3G but not using it?
How can it be set to automatically disconnect?
My own touch cruise is on the 3 network but I don't have this difficulty.
My thinking is that it might have something to do with "vodafone live" but not sure what is happening or possibly have selected the wrong set of settings for vodafone ireland as there is a few different sets.
Sorry this is a bit long winded but any advice much appreciated.
The always ON connection is general behaviour... it doesn't matter which network is the device on.
The big 3G/H icons only represent the available network (G(PRS)/E(DGE)/3G/H(SDPA))
The smaller is the signal strength...
The cost of the always ON connection depends on the dataplan being used... if it's an unlimited or a fairly large one like 5GB, it won't matter... but it realy depends on the data recieved....
In my case the avarage hourly traffic is around 1 MB, but i have a little e-mail traffic going so... whith a few mails and every 30 minute checking the traffic should be around 500 KB or lower...
As for the Auto-Disconnect, please search the forum... there are several threads about this in both subforums.
Thats great gnick666 thanks for your reply.
I know the Advanced Configuration Tool has an auto disconnect feature, but I had some issues with it and never went back to go play around with it.
You can also hold down the End button and a menu pops up and you can end data connection there. Or alternatively you can configure it so that holding down the End button always disconnects your data connection.
I have an unlimited data plan so not worried about data, I'm not sure however what the impact to battery usage is so I disconnect "just in case".
As for the 3G / H icon behaviors. Depending on which part of the country I'm in, I get different icons. Sometimes I get 3G and it switches to H when doing data. Othertimes it's always H whether disconnected or connected. (This is assuming that I'm in a 3G location) and not switching back to Edge.
Mine mostly shows the bigger 3G icon and the signal strenght icon with the little antenna icon (I'm on the 3 network which is 3g) but when I download data the small icon changes to 3G and then both change to H as required. Once finished it disconnects and reverts back to 3G. I have Schapps Advanced config tool installed.
Got my TP 3 weeks ago. I am on Orange. Until this morning, everythig was fine. Very vey happy with my TP. Today, woke up and found "H" on the status bar for the very first time. Befire that it used to be "3G". Though , well getting HSDPA, good. However, with H on, i am unable to make calls or receive any. They go to voicemail. When i call, it just disconnects without dialing tone. Anyone else had similar problems? Any solution? I bought it from expansys, standard UK rom. Is there a way to switch hsdpa off? though it should work even if its on...... is set faulty or radio rom??? worried now. it was excellent uptil now
network's fault. Orange haven't programmed their network to cope with HSDPA properly.
start>settings>connections>advanced network
the settings to turn HSDPA on or off are in there.
Thanks mate. I was really worried that there is something wrong with my phone. But turning off HSDPA resolved the problem. So it was Orange's fault .
I will still be able to connect data session via 3G, isn't it??
Thanks again.
This is not specific to Orange...
I have problems maintaining an internet connection while making a GSM call on the touchpro too...
I used to get this same thing with my Kaiser on a roof in Hackney, if I disconnect the data session, it is OK again.
For some reason it was only there that this problem occurred for me. Other places had 'H' and voice calls working.
Cheers,
Joe
it's a common problem.
I know that Orange and Vodafone at least have this issue.
3 and T-mobile appear to be ok.
Don't know about O2.
Generally, it's the same throughout Europe as the networks tend to use the same hardware and software on all their infrastructure.
Hi All,
How do I make it so that my phone will not try and connect to the internet via 3G (the signal icon on the status bar has 3G written on it). Whenever my phone switches to 3G, internet doesnt work. this has been a problem for me here in Aus on multiple phones. While the icon says H, internet works awesome but the second it switches to 3G internet stops working until it switches back to H. It wouldnt be too bad, if it wasnt for the fact that the bloody thing switches back and forth every 5 seconds if Im in a good reception area, which is almost all the time.
Are you rooted/custom ROM? It sounds like it could be a poorly performing radio. Search for the radio/ril thread. You might find some answers there. You can switch your phone to 2G or 3G networks only, but the 3G option also includes H. So even if you left out the 2G you'd still suffer the same issues.