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Kaiser (TyTn II) not working with Fido. Help!

I've had my Kaiser for 2 days now with no probs. Then today, a nightmare. I cannot make any calls longer than 10 secs. For some reason as soon as i make a call it shows the 3g logo then kicks the call, loses the network connection then gets it back. it also shows the E for edge Icon all the time and its this icon that changes to 3g during a call. It also has the triangle icon all the time, which is roaming. i sure as hell hope im not! all other functions in this device work like a charm-texting, gps, wifi- all work great. Im on fido in Vancouver. This is not a supported handset and so i get no help from them( i dont think the 20 year olds that man the tech lines have a clue anyway). I read that it may be due to an old sim card, is this likely? Any help would be appreciated, im at my wits end, and im starting to think of selling. Help!
P.S.
I dont care about data connection other than Wifi, since the data plans are a joke here. So i dont even want these features active.

Try to switch your phone to GSM only (under phone options/band)

Dag Gammit i think this may have done it! -crossing fingers and testing- will play around with this some more and see what happens. thanks for the suggestion.

Yes indeed ID64, has it right. It's not just this phone that tries to seek the strongest band around, but drops the call in the process.
Changing using settings to GSM only works, but you may be in situations where you want the other bands. You can use the same method to switch back, But you might want a nicer/quicker way using Danielherrero's Bandswitch or Commmgrpro application. He's a member here and you can search here or google. The early freeware version is around somewhere.
Mike

Fido and the roaming triangle
I wouldn't worry about the roaming thing, since all of the towers report as rogers since the network conversion.
Here in Winnipeg I'm always roaming and it has never been an issue. I'm even calling long distance (Calgary?) for voice mail.
I haven't tried it since have the all you can eat data plan for $50. but I vaguely recall seeing in the wizard forum that apparently you can get a cheap data plan through fido if you claim your phone is a HipTop. Worth a try if you want data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1135200&postcount=6

hiptop
Umm, just out of curiosity, does the HipTop thing still work? and what is it exactly?
I am about to get a plan and this one sounds intriging..

I'm on Fido with a Tilt too, works flawlessly with my 8 year old sim card. I'm very interested in this Hip-Top data plan. Has anybody tried it yet? someone definatly should and let us know!

any way to get rid of the roaming notifications so we can enable automatic email downloading? feature will not work while roaming and my FIDO phone is always roaming on my home network. can't find a registry hack for the Kaiser for this.

Fido roaming and e-mail
I haven't found a way to turn off the roaming notification. However you can set up e-mail accounts to automatically download even when roaming. Obviously if you do really roam you will be charged mightily so I would use with caution.
for hotmail (windows live) it's option 5 in the options menu item
for other accounts
-Send/Receive Schedule
-- Advanced Settings
--- Use automatic send/receive schedule when roaming

send/recieve schedule when roaming
hondophred said:
for other accounts
-Send/Receive Schedule
-- Advanced Settings
--- Use automatic send/receive schedule when roaming
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My rom will not let me enable the automatic send/recieve when roaming without FIRST defining a send/recieve schedule. The schedule is inconveniant becuase i don't want the phone to stay on 3G connected 24hrs/day or my battery goes dead. I have it set to disconect 3G after 45 seconds but this only works if the phone is ON. When the phone is in sleep state it will leave the 3G on all the time so it opens up a whole other can of worms/problems. Does your rom let you enable this send/recieve while roaming option without first enabling a schedule? if so, which rom you using?

No HSDPA on Tilt?

I'm here in the middle of San Francisco. I just ran a test at www.dslreports.com/mspeed and NEVER saw the 3G icon change. I got 120 kbit/sec.
Anyone know if I need to do something to get it to switch to HSDPA? Anyone else in SF able to get higher speeds on this test?
Robert

If HSDPA / 3G coverage is available in your area, the phone will detect it - assuming that Settings > Connections > HSDPA > Turn on HSDPA is enabled.
Network speed performance can be affected by any number of factors including how heavy the network is being used by subscribers.

see here too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1567369#post1567369

rmcalhany said:
I'm here in the middle of San Francisco. I just ran a test at www.dslreports.com/mspeed and NEVER saw the 3G icon change. I got 120 kbit/sec.
Anyone know if I need to do something to get it to switch to HSDPA? Anyone else in SF able to get higher speeds on this test?
Robert
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I was in SF last week and was getting really good download speeds with the 3G turning to H al the time.

Possible Problem with No 3G
First, is this your first 3G device, from Cingular? If so, they may have skipped the "change of technology" step in the upgradeing process...I worked for Congular for 2 years...If they didn' do a change of technology you will only get edge speeds...Hope it helps....

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First, is this your first 3G device, from Cingular? If so, they may have skipped the "change of technology" step in the upgradeing process...I worked for Congular for 2 years...If they didn' do a change of technology you will only get edge speeds...Hope it helps....
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Hmmm, good point, my account online shows a line under the features list of "UMTS Compatible". I *thought* you wouldn't get the 3G icon either w/o that but not sure. FWIW I was getting HSDPA in some parts of the SFO airport last week and not others, so you just might be unlucky...
Richard

not sure if this would help but, how old is your sim card? does it say 3G on it?

I just switched to AT&T so the sim card is new. In an earlier post, isdereks said to go to settings > Connections > HSDPA.
Well, that may be the problem. In Connections, I don't have an icon that says HSDPA.
Thoughts?
thx
Robert

After you got your tilt, did you do cancel the custimizations to avoid having the bloatware loaded on your device? I read at the AT&T forums that one of the consequences of doing this is that you lose HSDPA from the connections tab:
http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&thread.id=56257&page=2
Maybe this is what happened to you? If it did, you could do a hard reset and it will appear again with all teh bloatware.

MAXPOW3R said:
After you got your tilt, did you do cancel the custimizations to avoid having the bloatware loaded on your device? I read at the AT&T forums that one of the consequences of doing this is that you lose HSDPA from the connections tab:
http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&thread.id=56257&page=2
Maybe this is what happened to you? If it did, you could do a hard reset and it will appear again with all teh bloatware.
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Nope. Didn't cancel anything. In fact the list of "missing programs" on that link you posted are ALL on my device EXCEPT the HSDPA program in settings.
Any other ideas?
Robert

Same here. I have a Tilt that also does not have the HSDPA setting in options. I use it in Wilmington, Delaware which is a 3G area. I also never get the H symbol when transferring data. However, on the dslreport speed test I get a speed of 432kbps. Might there be a registry setting that serves the same function as the HSDPA button under Connections?
P.S. I did not cancel auto customization and this is a brand new phone with only Opera installed.

432bps is above the 3G Max of 384kbps, so I'm guessing you're in fact in 3G+ already even if the logo isn't there. I get about the same speed with the logo on.

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432bps is above the 3G Max of 384kbps, so I'm guessing you're in fact in 3G+ already even if the logo isn't there. I get about the same speed with the logo on.
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Could installing the Clean 3G Icon cab have screwed things up?

VidMan said:
Could installing the Clean 3G Icon cab have screwed things up?
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on the Tilt - the default icon for everything is the "E" - and i believe HSDPA may be off by default - there is a file call HSDPASwitch.exe in the \Windows directory - run this and see if the check box is checked - if not check it - not sure how to enable the 3G icon .. yet

gregross said:
on the Tilt - the default icon for everything is the "E" - and i believe HSDPA may be off by default - there is a file call HSDPASwitch.exe in the \Windows directory - run this and see if the check box is checked - if not check it - not sure how to enable the 3G icon .. yet
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Not in mine. Anyone else see this? FYI, I have 3G icon on ALL the time. Well, once yesterday I saw something else (I think it was E). I have never seen H and I've never seen speeds above 200kbps.
And unless I'm wrong, HSDPA is in a lot of the bay area. Any way to determine for sure if HSDPA is in the areas I frequent? Map?
Robert

rmcalhany said:
Not in mine. Anyone else see this? FYI, I have 3G icon on ALL the time. Well, once yesterday I saw something else (I think it was E). I have never seen H and I've never seen speeds above 200kbps.
And unless I'm wrong, HSDPA is in a lot of the bay area. Any way to determine for sure if HSDPA is in the areas I frequent? Map?
Robert
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you have a tilt? is "show all files" checked in file explorer? did you say you installed a 3g icon?

gregross said:
you have a tilt? is "show all files" checked in file explorer? did you say you installed a 3g icon?
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Now that was a good post. Good amount of info. No I hadn't checked "show all files." When I did that, I saw the file you were mentioning. HSDPA was checked.
I had not installed any 3G icon. It's just always been showing 3G (except briefly E over the weekend). Never seen H in 3 days. Never been above 200kbps.
R

rmcalhany said:
Now that was a good post. Good amount of info. No I hadn't checked "show all files." When I did that, I saw the file you were mentioning. HSDPA was checked.
I had not installed any 3G icon. It's just always been showing 3G (except briefly E over the weekend). Never seen H in 3 days. Never been above 200kbps.
R
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didn't intend to sound flip ....
strange - i haven't seen a 3g icon - but see H all the time - but i have done some tweaking - and enabled HSDPA as described above.
sounds like you are in a 3g area most of the time - hopefully you get HSDPA as well.

just reread the post - noticed you said HSDPA was checked - Not sure why you don't get faster speeds - have seen > 1000k
there is also an "enable HSDPA icon" registry setting - don't know of HSDPASwitch sets this or not - i will take a look for it -would at least let you know if the phone thinks it is in HSDPA
g

rmcalhany said:
It's just always been showing 3G (except briefly E over the weekend). Never seen H in 3 days. Never been above 200kbps.
R
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To restore the "H" icon when HSDPA data is in use, there's a registry tweak - thanks to HiwayFuzz for the tip:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\RIL and set EnableHSDPAIcon to 1

HOWTO allow UMTS, HSDPA - Disable GPRS connection

Forgive me for cross-posting, BUT: it seems this is a REAL big issue for many users...
We're looking for a way (=tool/app) to disable GPRS data only in order to avoid roaming data connection costs (from 0,50 up to 2,00 euros/MB) while keeping the chance to connect to GSM networks (if needed) for roaming calls.
If anyone will pop out with a working solution for that issue, there's already a number of us ready to donate in order to contribute/reward the author(s)!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419804

Why not just force it to 3G only?

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Why not just force it to 3G only?
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You're right (I was editing my original message), but it would be desirable to keep the chance to connect to GSM networks (if needed) for roaming calls otherwise we loose connection and voice calls functionality in areas serviced by TIM with which H3G has a roaming agreement...

Should not be a big issue to make something like that, however...
Why wouldn't HSDPA be available while roaming? I have HSDPA here while roaming as well... :/

Chainfire said:
Why wouldn't HSDPA be available while roaming? I have HSDPA here while roaming as well... :/
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It very much depends on operators' agreements!
In Italy H3G has a "national" roaming agreement with TIM: whenever an H3G customer is out of H3G signal coverge, the phone is allowed to switch to the TIM network, BUT the only data connection available is GPRS, not UMTS/HSDPA!!!
This causes our phone bills get bigger and bigger at an incredible speed...

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This causes our phone bills get bigger and bigger at an incredible speed...
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That's the first time I think GPRS has been referenced to as 'incredible speed'
Point taken, though.

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That's the first time I think GPRS has been referenced to as 'incredible speed'
Point taken, though.
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LOL
Tis a sad but true point

Chainfire said:
That's the first time I think GPRS has been referenced to as 'incredible speed'
Point taken, though.
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Guys,
the "incredible speed" is related to how fast the bill grows, not to the GPRS data connection speed...!

UP!.......

What is HSDPA & AGPS?

I recently installed the eOS 4.888.FiRe ROM on my Tilt and it has been working nicely. I noticed some additional settings that weren't available to me when I was using the stock HTC ROM. What is "HSDPA" and "AGPS"? And will it cost me to leave these turned on? I notice when I turn on HSDPA, I see a an "H" icon at the top rather than the usual "3G" icon.

nathanofseattle said:
I recently installed the eOS 4.888.FiRe ROM on my Tilt and it has been working nicely. I noticed some additional settings that weren't available to me when I was using the stock HTC ROM. What is "HSDPA" and "AGPS"? And will it cost me to leave these turned on? I notice when I turn on HSDPA, I see a an "H" icon at the top rather than the usual "3G" icon.
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what is google???
anyways simple answer:
hsdpa is a form of data connection which is faster than 3g.
agps stands for assisted gps. it is same as normal gps except that agps uses a server to cut down on the time to requires to get ur location using gps.
both won't cost u anything extra but ur carrier does need to support them for u to be able to use.

Thank you. I just wanted to know if they both won't cost me anything extra. You never know these days with Cellphone companies. I turned on both HSDPA and AGPS. So far my calls have been going through just fine and my navigation software continues to function normally.
How do I know if my carrier (AT&T) supports HSDPA and AGPS? I hate having to call customer service to ask so I'd rather ask here.

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Thank you. I just wanted to know if they both won't cost me anything extra. You never know these days with Cellphone companies. I turned on both HSDPA and AGPS. So far my calls have been going through just fine and my navigation software continues to function normally.
How do I know if my carrier (AT&T) supports HSDPA and AGPS? I hate having to call customer service to ask so I'd rather ask here.
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I used KaiserTweak to set my phone to HSDPA. I am an AT&T user. It's worked fine. No additional charges. I don't use AGPS so I can't respond to that part of your question.

theo44001 said:
I used KaiserTweak to set my phone to HSDPA. I am an AT&T user. It's worked fine. No additional charges. I don't use AGPS so I can't respond to that part of your question.
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Thanks for your response. I just use it for voice calls anyway. Do you see any improvements? Or is it specifically if you subscribe to a data plan? And do you also see an "H" icon at the top rather than a "3G" icon?

nathanofseattle said:
Thanks for your response. I just use it for voice calls anyway. Do you see any improvements? Or is it specifically if you subscribe to a data plan? And do you also see an "H" icon at the top rather than a "3G" icon?
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HSDPA has to do with you data connection, so unless you have a data plan you really won’t see the benefit.

thesire said:
what is google???
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Google
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v. (Computers) search for data on the Web using the search mechanism Google; search on the Internet for particulars relating to new or likely to be girlfriend or boyfriend

HSDPA doesn't cost anything to activate, but if you are on a restrictive tariff it is a lot easier to run up over usage charges.
In the UK you need to usually be paying at least £30 a month to have the unlimited mobile broadband and e-mail. I would personally check your contract before you let the HSDPA run loose.
Rob

As mentioned multiple times, neither HSDPA or AGPS will cost you anything. You will know if you are in an area that has HSDPA because of the H icon. If it goes back to 3G then ATT does not have HSDPA in that area. If it goes to E then you are back on Edge. As also was mentioned, neither of these have any impact on your phone calls. HDSPA = Data and AGPS = using the cell towers or the internet to help you lock on your GPS location quicker.
And yes, if you had used google to search for this you would have probably got a better explanation in a less amount of time.

[Q] Is there a way to disable roaming?

I have a quite rare problem. I'm in Ireland and use 3 operator. It does not have coverage on many places and it has some kind of contract with o2, so whenever the signal it lost, phone automatically switches to o2. Problem is when I'm back in place with full 3 coverage again, WP does not switch back. I have to select network manually several times a day. It's very annoying. Is there an option somewhere in settings to disable roaming completely? I found it only for data but I need it for calls. Phone is Lumia 920.
Thanks

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...so whenever the signal it lost, phone automatically switches to o2.
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I imagine specifying your network provider as "3 IRELAND" or whatever it's called will stop it from connecting to O2? The setting is under Mobile Network (under the roaming options, at the bottom) and is set to "automatic" by default.

at45 said:
I imagine specifying your network provider as "3 IRELAND" or whatever it's called will stop it from connecting to O2? The setting is under Mobile Network (under the roaming options, at the bottom) and is set to "automatic" by default.
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First thing I tried, but it did not help. Maybe problem is that the other network has same name - probably to ensure seamless switch. (it's actually Vodafone, sorry for my mistake: http://www.vodafone.ie/aboutus/media/press/show/BAU002953.shtml )

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Maybe problem is that the other network has same name - probably to ensure seamless switch.
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I'm not saying I'll be able to help, but could you elaborate a little on why roaming comes into this? Are you changing countries between two places where the operator is called "Vodafone"?
Don't forget to help on my Bing Vision query

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I'm not saying I'll be able to help, but could you elaborate a little on why roaming comes into this? Are you changing countries between two places where the operator is called "Vodafone"?
Don't forget to help on my Bing Vision query
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No I don't. It's actually a funny thing. I live in Dublin and yet you can find here many places without signal coverage. I think, but not exactly sure that 3 is the last operator who entered on a market here, so it does not have proper infrastructure and negotiated with Vodafone national roaming for places where native 3 signal is not available. In general it's not a big problem, you can make calls like in your home network, price is same, you can even see on your phone you are connected to 3 network but with a roaming. (because in fact you are connected to Vodafone)
I'm trying to disable roaming completely because mobile data on the roaming are just GPRS while in native 3, you got 3G.
It would not mind me if phone would automatically switch back on 3 when available. (when I had WP 7 it was doing like this) But now with WP8 the behavior seems to be changed and as soon as it enters the roaming it never reverts back to native network unless I manually select the 3network again.