3G SUCKS!!! - Touch Pro, Fuze General

hi guys i recently upgraded from the at&t tilt to the fuze. on the tilt i had the hsdpa network unlocked via the app "kaiser tweaks", i tried it on my fuze with no luck. without using a cooked rom is there any app i can get to unlock hsdpa?

hsdpa isnt locked out, its just hidden under the umts (3g) icon. theres a registry tweak to disable this to get the h icon back. theres 1 registy entry that disables hsdpa (already enabled) and 1 registry entry that disables the icon. im not sure what they are, ill look around for it. hsupa is disabled by default how ever on some roms. setting HKLM\Software\HTC\AdvancedNetwork\SupportHSUPA to 1 should enable it. dunno which roms have it enabled and which dont.

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Want to enable "E" EDGE icon

I read in the wiki for WM5_Tweaks_Other that it is possible to tweak the registry to enable "E" icon when in EDGE networks. It goes something like this:
If your network provider supports the Edge network (and your device does as well), you can use the following to show a little 'E' icon instead of 'G' icon when connected to an Edge network:
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL\EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon = 1 (DWORD decimal)
I tried this on the Treo 750. EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon did not exist under RIL, so I added it and set the value and it did not work.
Wondering if anyone figured out how to enable the "E" icon?
Doesn't work on my HTC TyTN too. Registry entry wasn't there so probably we are missing something else too, not just that single reg key.
Hmmm
Hi,
I thing that it is relatred with the phone subsystem and each one is different. Palm has one version TyTN has another version.
It is just a guess.
Regards,
Taguapire.
I have I-Mate SP5 Smartphone and HTC TyTN PPC Phone - both are Windows Mobile 5 and registry looks very alike, both have this entry: "dll=ril.dll" or something like that in the same place where is the mentioned "Edge" registry entry, but one device has a lot more reg entries there then the other, so it's probably down to radio version/implementation.
Today I was switching band in UMTS/EDGE area. Each time I was switching band phone was logging out the network then logging in again. When I was going from UMTS to GSM I noticed [E] icon appearing for about 0,2 second (it was when I was logged to UMTS network) and then turning to [G]. I'm sure I was in EDGE area (I was in the ceter of Krakow, one of the biggest cities in Poland).
Conclusion is that Treo DOES HAVE Edge icon, but we need to find the way to use it... Any ideas?
I also looked in registry like schriss said. There is entry about dll file. I have set rilgsm.dll. But in the \Windows directory there's also ril.dll. Maybe something is with those files?
Does the Treo allow you to lock it in EDGE/GSM mode?
juiceppc said:
Does the Treo allow you to lock it in EDGE/GSM mode?
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You say not UMTS or automatic?
If is it, you may found this in phone settings, 2nd tab, band selection.
bleony said:
You say not UMTS or automatic?
If is it, you may found this in phone settings, 2nd tab, band selection.
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Thanks. Just got my Treo today! Keeping it at Edge. Seems faster than all my other Edge phones.
I just upgraded to WM6. The icon now shows H when I'm in HSDPA. I've also seen it switch to 3G from time to time. (I'm assuming that's either Edge or UMTS) I'll have to see if it goes to E when I travel far enough away from the city where HDSPA isnt available yet
s4czech said:
I just upgraded to WM6. The icon now shows H when I'm in HSDPA. I've also seen it switch to 3G from time to time. (I'm assuming that's either Edge or UMTS) I'll have to see if it goes to E when I travel far enough away from the city where HDSPA isnt available yet
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I know that E icon is in WM6, but I'd like to activate it somehow in WM5 (I'm not upgrading now...)

[Q] HSDPA?

Stupid Question? How do I enable HSDPA on the Fuze? I am only getting UMTS speeds. There is no setting entry in connections for HSDPA like there was for the Kaiser. I enabled HSDPA in Kaisertweak but still am only getting UMTS speeds. The icon on top shows only 3G but not H.
Start>Settings>Phone>Band,first row...
AT&T Fuze Can't Enable HSUPA
I just got my Fuze today. HSDPA is working great (around ~1.2Mbit) however HSUPA is off. I tried installing the advanced configuration tool from touchxperience to set it. I also have tried adding the SupportHSUPA DWORD to the registry manually. But to no avail... seems like my upload is capped around 60kbps. I was getting just over 300kbps upload on my Tilt.
Does anyone else have this issue? Is there anything more that I can try? I will need to tether with this device and no HSUPA would suck!
-e
TomasNM said:
Start>Settings>Phone>Band,first row...
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Unfortunately, that just changes auto setting to preselect. Did not make a difference.
though I do not have a Fuze but you could try Schaps Advanced Configuration 3.3 Tool. It has an option to turn it on
Did not do the trick. Weird, in the Windows directory, there are 2 htm files - HSDPA and HSUPA. Clicking the files displays instructions on how to enable HSDPA and HSUPA - go to settings/connections/advanced network. But there is no such option under "advanced network" on the Fuze
Ok. I disabled HSDPA in Kaisertweaks - reset. Then i enabled HSDPA and powered down to make the registry change stick - reset. Now, I have the H icon and HSDPA speed - 1200 kbit/sec. However, after the next reset i am back to UMTS - speed 360 kbit/sec. I checked under HKLM-Software-OEM-RIL - and the setting to enable HSDPA is still there. I don't get it.
kiasertweak works on the Fuze??
TurboX2 said:
kiasertweak works on the Fuze??
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Most of the registry entries should work since they are not specific to the Kaiser.
I'm interested in this as well.... There should be some file to enable HSDPA on this device.
OK here it is... seems to work well! Remember, use something like Total commander and when done making the changes, POWER OFF and then POWER ON. Soft-Reset won't work:
HKLM\Software\OEM\RIL\DisH
0 - enabled
1 - disabled
This is a registry setting to disable HSDPA, not enable it. So if it's not present in your registry, then HSDPA is on by default. On my FUZE, it was set to 1 (disabled)
The hack for the icon is:
HKLM\Software\OEM\RIL\EnableHSDPAIcon
0 - disabled icon
1 - enabled icon
set value to 1. On my FUZE, it was set to 0.
But that won't actually change the speed.
iboj007 said:
OK here it is... seems to work well! Remember, use something like Total commander and when done making the changes, POWER OFF and then POWER ON. Soft-Reset won't work:
HKLM\Software\OEM\RIL\DisH
0 - enabled
1 - disabled
This is a registry setting to disable HSDPA, not enable it. So if it's not present in your registry, then HSDPA is on by default. On my FUZE, it was set to 1 (disabled)
The hack for the icon is:
HKLM\Software\OEM\RIL\EnableHSDPAIcon
0 - disabled icon
1 - enabled icon
set value to 1. On my FUZE, it was set to 0.
But that won't actually change the speed.
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This works once (after powering off and then on). After the next softreset, icon goes back to 3G and you have no HSDPA.
This device is starting to frustrate me. Only on AT&T can you be sitting in an area with FULL 3G service and be getting speeds of 20Kbps.
This is ridiculous. So ATT obviously does not want us to use HSDPA, probably because the stupid iPhone is eating up all the bandwidth. Out of the box HSDPA is disabled and there is no tab in settings to enable it. For us that are knowledgable, we are able to hack the registry but the changes do not stick. I guess i have to go with a non-ATT cooked ROM to hopefully solve this issue unless some of the smart guys here on the forum are able to fix it.
GermanGuy said:
This is ridiculous. So ATT obviously does not want us to use HSDPA, probably because the stupid iPhone is eating up all the bandwidth. Out of the box HSDPA is disabled and there is no tab in settings to enable it. For us that are knowledgable, we are able to hack the registry but the changes do not stick. I guess i have to go with a non-ATT cooked ROM to hopefully solve this issue unless some of the smart guys here on the forum are able to fix it.
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hmmm....This seems very interesting. I wonder why it is not enabled out of the box. I guess I will have to do this registry trick after I set everything up and never do a soft reset until someone cracks the code.
slow speeds
Hey gang,
I can confirm that the registry hack seems to stay on my Fuze even after a soft reset, but the speeds I am getting are not 3G speeds. Is DSL reports reliable for the Fuze. I just went there and did the 100k test and only was getting 106 on that! Not good! What are other folks getting and what did you do to increase speeds?
thanks,
d
ArmyDoc said:
Hey gang,
I can confirm that the registry hack seems to stay on my Fuze even after a soft reset, but the speeds I am getting are not 3G speeds. Is DSL reports reliable for the Fuze. I just went there and did the 100k test and only was getting 106 on that! Not good! What are other folks getting and what did you do to increase speeds?
thanks,
d
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I can also confirm that the registry hack stays in place. You think that 106 is bad, I'm getting a steady 25 Kbps. I tested this on DSL reports and by using my slingplayer.
I've called and complained to ATT 3 times already today and all they tell me is that "you may experience slow connections speeds blah blah blah".
What makes me want to jump off a bridge now is that I just tested my net in my Tilt and I just got 466 Kbps with HSDPA. I have a feeling that AT&T has limited the FUZE on purpose. This just sucks.
iboj007 said:
I have a feeling that AT&T has limited the FUZE on purpose. This just sucks.
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That is exactly what I think is going on.
In an even odder twist, disabling the HSDPA hacks bumped my speed waaaaaay up. I am able to watch Slingbox @ 350 Kbps steady and DSL reports now shows 617 kbps.
Can anyone else confirm this behavior?
I've done Advanced config, Kaisertweak and the registry edits and the 1mb dslreport was 816... then redid immediately and got 126... I will attest to the softreset/HSDPA vanishing act too

How to disable 3G?

Is there a way to disable 3G? I don't use it and I know it used a lot of battery.
yes use advancedconfig
go to more settings to to comm manager and add the toggle to that
Alternatively, if you have the band tab enable in start>settings>phone>band, you can just choose "GSM" instead of "Auto" on the first drop-down list.
kareem9nba said:
Alternatively, if you have the band tab enable in start>settings>phone>band, you can just choose "GSM" instead of "Auto" on the first drop-down list.
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This is what I did last week and yet, my battery is much better... Thanks... will see how it goes with NAFT's v2.3 now
kareem9nba said:
Alternatively, if you have the band tab enable in start>settings>phone>band, you can just choose "GSM" instead of "Auto" on the first drop-down list.
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This works fine on my Fuze, but I would like to have the toggle in Comm Manager.
HOWEVER, when I use AdvancedConfig, the toggle shows up, but it (along with Data connection) is greyed out. Could anyone help? Thanks.
People should also note that setting it to 3G only ALSO saves a lot of battery. Not as much as 2G only, but it is definitely better than 2G+3G because only 1 radio is running instead of 2.
If your area is well covered with 3G and you use data a decent amount, I would recommend trying 3G only.
Disable all T-Mobile Dataplan radio activity?
I use my GSM phone with wifi only - I have no data plan.
Still, my phone looks for 2g and 3g connections when network activity happens and there is no Wifi connection.
Can I disable this behavior? Is there a way to disable both 2G and 3G, all cellular data activity - but still allow cellular phone activity so I can get calls in and out?
I have a 1.5 Cupcake-rooted-rom from haykuro (good stuff, BTW) ...
thanks,
[email protected]
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I use my GSM phone with wifi only - I have no data plan.
Still, my phone looks for 2g and 3g connections when network activity happens and there is no Wifi connection.
Can I disable this behavior? Is there a way to disable both 2G and 3G, all cellular data activity - but still allow cellular phone activity so I can get calls in and out?
I have a 1.5 Cupcake-rooted-rom from haykuro (good stuff, BTW) ...
thanks,
[email protected]
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yep, just use diamond tweak to disable the data connection altogether . just disable media net and at&t isp gprs or whatever options are there (if you're not att)
WM 6.5 disable 3G
Sorry for opening old theme but i cant find solution nowhere.
How can I disable 3G in WM 6.5 ?
There is no "band" and in Advanced Configuration Tools is nothing to disable it. I want use only GSM.
Thanks
skurakai said:
Sorry for opening old theme but i cant find solution nowhere.
How can I disable 3G in WM 6.5 ?
There is no "band" and in Advanced Configuration Tools is nothing to disable it. I want use only GSM.
Thanks
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Most chefs cook the option into the Com Manager. Check in there.
Thanks for the help
Disabled 3G by pressing the green phone button>Menu>Alternative...>Band (scroll down) and then select GSM rather than automatic!
Thanks for the help!
Just delete the connection settings from Start>Settings>Connections>Connections>Manage Existing Connections
No way for it to connect without settings

Disabling 3g via Registry in WinMo 6.1

Is there a registry entry to be edited in order to toggle 3G in Mobile 6.1 that anyone knows about? Wife has a Pantech Duo that refuses to work well in 3G areas. I've read all the problems that this phone tends to have in 3G. Thanks.
See the cab below. Got this from Modaco. The application interrogates the registry to list the connections, then toggles the 'enabled' value on the connection between 1 and 0.
If it is set to 0, the device does not try to connect it. You can switch back when in a 3G area.

Enabling "Band" Phone Settings Tab on Rogers iPAQ 910

I've been trying to find a way to disable 3G on my new HP iPAQ 910c I got through Rogers Wireless a few weeks ago. I find the battery drains pretty quickly on the phone, and from what I've read forcing it down to GSM when I don't need the 3G speed will help that alot.
My problem is that when I go to the Phone Settings, there's no "Band" tab in which to designate that I want to limit to GSM. From everything I've read the tab *should* be there, but it's not. What tabs are there are the following:
Phone
Security
Services
Network
TTY
PIN2
AOC
More
Doing some searching, I came across this post from last year that addressed a similar issue with an HTC Diamond on the Rogers network.
raidendb wrote:
Just want to share this. But I'm pretty sure this has been tackled in the forums already.
Rogers branded HTC Diamond doesn't have the option to turn of 3G through band selection. I found this registry hack to enable band selection and now I can turn 3G off.
Rogers default registry - OFF
[\HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\]
"ShowUMTSBandPage"=dword:0
Registry tweak to enable band changes
[\HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\]
"ShowUMTSBandPage"=dword:1
Now you can go to >start>settings>phone>band tab and change band settings to your choice. I switched mine to just use GSM instead of auto which always connects on 3G.
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The issue with that suggested fix is that I don't have a "PhoneSetting" key under \HKLM\Software\OEM (or anywhere for that matter) on my iPAQ. I tried adding it, and then adding the "ShowUMTSBandPage" dword, but that didn't seem to have any effect (even after a soft-reset).
If anyone has any ideas on how I can enable the Band phone settings tab, or otherwise turn off 3G on occasion on my phone, it'd be greatly appreciated.
This one time, at band tab...
try DHR Bandswitch
Thanks. I installed it and it seems to kindof work. I've posted my questions about it in the Bandswitch thread.
Congrats.

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