as the title suggests how come the 4g icon stays in the status bar. Even when not connected (Mobile data off)?
It always stays on.. on mine the lte icon is always on.. it doesn't mean its using it. just that you are in a 4g/4g lte/3g/2g area
so I am guessing when I move around it may go away?
Yeah, It stay on all the time indicating your in a 4G area. Little arched lines will radiate up from the top right of the 4G icon when you're using it.
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I just installed Cyanogen 7 on my Nexus One, and couldn't be more pleased. The problem is, my phone now switches into Edge mode for days at a time, for no real quantifiable reason. It then seems to switch on its own, back to 3G/HSDPA. Does anyone know what could be wrong? I've tried rebooting the phone to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
What's the signal level or the area that you're in? Could it have anything to do with coverage?
There's an option in the mobile networks settings to toggle between 2G/3G, but I'm not aware of it being set by itself. This toggle button can be placed into the notification power widget toolbar, maybe it's getting set there?
Another thing to look at is the 'Phone info' with the *#*#4636#*#* menu. Near the bottom there's a drop-down for 'preferred network type'. From what I understand, 'WCDMA preferred' will try to use 3G if it is available with a lower signal threshold than 'GSM auto (PRL)', which will prefer 2G unless the signal for 3G is much better. I know that this value changed when I toggled between 2G and 3G with the notification power widget.
Is there a pattern to when it switches between 3G and Edge, either based on time or location? How is the signal/coverage in your area?
I live in downtown Chicago, and consistently got 3G before this. I don't think it's a signal issue as it randomly comes back to 3G/HSDPA and stays there in the same areas before going back and sticking on Edge.
I'm set to WCDMA preferred. Should I change that?
There seems to be no pattern, no. It's very strange.
Hey guys i want to have a 3G icon in my xperia but i cannot get it please help me with this issue do i need to change my network settings? i tired googling but i could not find any solution please help
Hi there,
I have a Xperia X8 with the Rom "Froyobread" installed, too.
At my homescreen I can't find the "3G" symbol like its normal as on Apple's IOS.
But there is a "H" below the two arrows, which indicate the up- and download.
The "H" stands for HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access. I think its the same as the "3G Standard".
If there is an "E" below the 2 arrows, indicated at the top corner, you have only the slower EDGE Connection. As a consequence, it is the "2G Standard".
Greetings from Germany.
Hey dude thanks actually i get the H icon in my Mobile i thought it is lower than the EDGE i think getting the H icon is more than enough.
but is there a way to see if some data are being transmitted or if the "H" symbol just means that that area is covered by HSDPA service?
On symbian, for example, you always see the 3G icon, when under coverage...
Well, you could use Phono, which you can get from the market, it will give you a lot of details about your network and its free!!!!!
As title, how do i do it in galaxy note?
hspa+ is 3G
HSPA bearers are assigned on demand. WHEN your data connection is idle it will show 3G, if in 3G service area. This is normal
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Maybe the icon is misleading.
Because when the connection is idel, the icon shows 3G. When is busy, H+.
I just want my phone to stay on H+, because it takes 3-5 seconds to connect.
HTC phones have this stay alive option as i know.
I have this issue. The data on all my modern devices always worked MUCH better when it showed H as opposed to 3G. Why is this?
I can do this on my wife's Android phone, so I know it is an option. Hopefully the feature hasn't been removed on the Note - I will soon be moving from my trusty HTC Advantage (the first phone with a 5 inch screen) and always lock my phones to H+.
As far as I'm aware, H is faster than 3g. So that's why your internet will work faster when H is shown. Also the H signal is not available in all areas....at least it's not in the UK. If H is not available the 3g symbol will show. If 3g isn't available then G will show up, which is even slower. I've noticed H is only fully available in Towns or cities or surrounding nearby country side.
So you can't set it to always connect to H because it's not always available.
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New York City has pretty good coverage if you're on AT&T and you haven't been flagged in some way by them. According to their coverage map on their website it's solid "faux" G all around my home.
According to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380284 there is a menu which is accessed by entering in *#9900# on the keypads. This menu gives you the option to disable fast dormancy, which according to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111581 will change the timeout from H+ to 3G from 7 seconds to 30 seconds. Admittedly it's not the permanent lock to H+ that was originally requested, but from what I read it sounds like it is done as a battery saving preventative measure.
Hi when i 1st got my xperia z there was a icon on the top notification bar, can't remember what it was but i know it had 3 there for my network, but there isn't one any more, the phone is official 4.2.2 updated and rooted, there is no icon appearing for 3G/GSM etc is there anyway to turn these on....?
Which icon are you referring to, and what is the icon that you are seeing now?
See here for the list of the icons:
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=global-en&product=xperia-z#!Icons-overview.html
hush66 said:
Which icon are you referring to, and what is the icon that you are seeing now?
See here for the list of the icons:
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=global-en&product=xperia-z#!Icons-overview.html
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What i get at the moment is the Signal strength icon which sometime has a Small H with it, I also get the Wif and Battery Icon but i don't get, EDGE, 3G, Sending and downloading 3G data, Sending and downloading EDGE data,
I get all other notification icons appearing like email etc, but no Status Icons for 3G or Edge.
I just wondered if they had been turned off somewhere..? But i can't find any options for them. I dunno if they are in the build prop like the NFC icon i set this to true and that now appears.
Network icons:
H or H+: you're connected to 3.5G / UMTS network.
3G: you're connected to 3G network.
E: you're connected to EDGE network.
Each icon will appear depends on what network you're connected to. And they will NOT appear when you're connected to wifi.
About the data upstream / downstream indicators, look for small upwards and downwards triangle under the network icons (of course when you're not connected to wifi).
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fakhreza said:
Network icons:
H or H+: you're connected to 3.5G / UMTS network.
3G: you're connected to 3G network.
E: you're connected to EDGE network.
Each icon will appear depends on what network you're connected to. And they will NOT appear when you're connected to wifi.
About the data upstream / downstream indicators, look for small upwards and downwards triangle under the network icons (of course when you're not connected to wifi).
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Ah thanks for the info, i didn't know about if your connected to wifi they wont show, and i didn't know that H was 3.5G.
So this morning i noticed on my way to work that my cell network icon has a "!" mark next to it, with no indication of the connection type (LTE, H ect). at first i thought it was because i had no internet connection for some reason, however, when i pull the notification shade down i see the icon for network connection has the connection type (says LTE) as well as the "!". So the notification shade had LTE and the ! while the status bar icon only had the "!". I confirmed that access to the internet was fine by checking websites and running speed tests. Anyone experience this issue?
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So this morning i noticed on my way to work that my cell network icon has a "!" mark next to it, with no indication of the connection type (LTE, H ect). at first i thought it was because i had no internet connection for some reason, however, when i pull the notification shade down i see the icon for network connection has the connection type (says LTE) as well as the "!". So the notification shade had LTE and the ! while the status bar icon only had the "!". I confirmed that access to the internet was fine by checking websites and running speed tests. Anyone experience this issue?
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I did as I posted in my other thread about this. Now if there is a way to put my Preferred Network Type back to "Global" instead of LTE (recommend) I switched it because I thought I had no internet either until it showed LTE on the notification shade too.
Looks like it was a problem with tmobile this morning, back to normal now
Vanhoud said:
Looks like it was a problem with tmobile this morning, back to normal now
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Anyway I can get my Preferred network thingy to show up as "Global" again? and not LTE (preferred)