I found sthg really weird in my unlocked ATT tilt today. I m curently using T-mobile. As many of you know that, you rarely get signal/reception in basement if you are using t-mobile. but today, when i went down to the basement, reception was gone w/ the E icon, then after a while, the E icon was changed to G, then the signal was detected and I could make phone call too. and the carrier on the screen is still T-mobile. Nothing changed except the E/G Icon. I then checked w/ my friend who is also using T-mobile(nokia phone), no reception at all. Does any one know what the difference between E and G icon on top of the screen is? will I be charged for some type of service fee or something if I make calls or use the Tmobile web w/ the [G] icon? please tell me if you guys know anything about it.
thanks in advance...
The "E" is picking up an edge reception, i get it in the UK sometimes because i have a crappy t-mobile signal in my house. When its displayed i cant make phonecalls/txts etc so might be picking up another carriers signal because i dont think t-mob uses edge here. The "G" is gprs just the basic slow phones signal.
G is when GPRS is available, E is when EDGE is available. No extra charge. This could have been easily answered by looking in the manual.......page 29
I guess this may be different for T-Mobile (and could possibly vary on the ROM you're using) but the E on my device is for EDGE service, and G is for 3G service. 3G, obviously, is the better of the two. But I'm on AT&T of course...
Poetique said:
I guess this may be different for T-Mobile (and could possibly vary on the ROM you're using) but the E on my device is for EDGE service, and G is for 3G service. 3G, obviously, is the better of the two. But I'm on AT&T of course...
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I don't think T-mobile has 3G here in NY.
Thanks for all the replies above
so, the signal of GPRS is stronger than the EDGE? if yes, then we are all able to get reception even if in basement. No need to get verizon anymore... lol
but why can't my friends' phones picked up any GPRS signal? is that because their phones don't support GPRS?
Poetique said:
I guess this may be different for T-Mobile (and could possibly vary on the ROM you're using) but the E on my device is for EDGE service, and G is for 3G service. 3G, obviously, is the better of the two. But I'm on AT&T of course...
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And then H (HSDPA) just defeats them all.
One Icon to rule them all, One Icon to find them...
Nono
Poetique said:
I guess this may be different for T-Mobile (and could possibly vary on the ROM you're using) but the E on my device is for EDGE service, and G is for 3G service. 3G, obviously, is the better of the two. But I'm on AT&T of course...
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No no no, g is not 3g, G is GPRS, the slower version of EDGE, thats the reason why you can call in your basement now!
G is GPRS
E is EDGE
3G is UMTS
H is HPSDA
first is the slowest, last is the fastest, so if the fastest is not availible, it switches to a slower one, like happened in the TS situation
My icon used to pretty much always be on 3G, sometimes switching to E when I drove to my brothers house which is about 25 miles away. But recently I haven't been seeing 3G at all, but only H. I did see E a couple days ago, but I haven't seen 3G in more than a week now. I thought H was only supposed to show up when you were using a data network or something? At least that's what I read somewhere on here a while ago... Any explanations?
that H is wat you want to see
first H shows up when downloading data means you're using HSDPA, but is H shows up when u're not downloading data, you have HSUPA too
Ya, as XtreMe_G indicated this is easily answered by opening up the manual.
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that H is wat you want to see
first H shows up when downloading data means you're using HSDPA, but is H shows up when u're not downloading data, you have HSUPA too
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Yeah, I know HSDPA is what I want to see the most, but when the hell did AT&T have HSUPA? I live in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia Metro area... Anyone else from the area noticing this?
And as for the OP's question about E and G, there is no difference between signal strength and ability to make voice calls. E just means that the cell offers Enhanced G.
Whether you see a G or and E (or 3g or H) is dictated by the data connection offered by the cell - which has no baring on voice at all.
If you have any signal, you should be able to make voice calls - the speed of the data connection (ie for web/email etc) is the only thing indicated by the Letter - except that 3g/H can also do simultaneous voice and data where G (and E) can't.
swiftgs said:
No no no, g is not 3g, G is GPRS, the slower version of EDGE, thats the reason why you can call in your basement now!
G is GPRS
E is EDGE
3G is UMTS
H is HPSDA
first is the slowest, last is the fastest, so if the fastest is not availible, it switches to a slower one, like happened in the TS situation
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That's what I thought, but then I tested my data connection speeds and when I'm supposedly on basic GPRS the speeds are much greater than anything either GPRS or EDGE could accomplish (unless EDGE was having a perfect day).
I did notice however that it only shows G instead of 3G when I force the phone NOT to use 3G while 3G is available in the area. If I allow it to use 3G service it shows up as "3G" and the speeds remain the same. As soon as I force it not to use "3G" it shows up as just "G" but the speeds stay the same.
"E" or EDGE always seems to be indicative of the correct speed. But for my device it switching between G & 3G are one in the same, and the speed doesn't change at all.
Could just be a glitch with the software on my phone, but that's how it is for me.
Exousia said:
Yeah, I know HSDPA is what I want to see the most, but when the hell did AT&T have HSUPA? I live in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia Metro area... Anyone else from the area noticing this?
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they are turning it on as we speak, i saw it somewhere but i cant find it right now....
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- except that 3g/H can also do simultaneous voice and data where G (and E) can't.
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Thanks for that.
That will be the reason that when I used a tomtom one and got traffic via my bluetooth phone, a traffic update would kill any call I was making.
I assume I am correct in also expecting my TyTn II to ignore voice calls (or drop gprs data connection) if I am using the TyTn II for internet access for my laptop and a voice call comes in?
I sometimes get the E but as far as i know we dont have Edge in t mobile UK.
how do you remove the G?
Exousia said:
My icon used to pretty much always be on 3G, sometimes switching to E when I drove to my brothers house which is about 25 miles away. But recently I haven't been seeing 3G at all, but only H. I did see E a couple days ago, but I haven't seen 3G in more than a week now. I thought H was only supposed to show up when you were using a data network or something? At least that's what I read somewhere on here a while ago... Any explanations?
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Same thing here in Baltimore. I have not seen my 3G icon in a while, only the H.
data speeds seem to be the same though.
My G Icon changes to E Icon
Hello,
I have a small problem...
First I will Switch ON my wizard. After Switch ON I will see a G Icon at top of the today screen ( That is correct ). When I press the power button, the screen goes off (i.e Goes to Sleep Mode ) and again I press it to wake up. but now the G icon will change to E icon.
I not understanding why this happens.........
Also when i connect to GPRS internet but it shows as I am connected to EDGE with E icon ( This happens on when I wakeup the device )
My probem is that why the icon should change when I wakeup the device.
To confirm you that, I have also disabled the "EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon" setting in registry.
This problem will not occur in wm5 but only in wm6 or wm6.1.
In wm5 There is no E icon or it is not showing as "connected to EDGE" when I connect to GPRS internet.
Please any one help...............
Thanks in advance
Srikanth.K
is there any way to make the phone roam onto a 3g network over the others...i am in sweden where there is a good 3g network, but i am alsways on H & G, hardly 3G.
Thanks
Mina08 said:
is there any way to make the phone roam onto a 3g network over the others...i am in sweden where there is a good 3g network, but i am alsways on H & G, hardly 3G.
Thanks
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You should not complain then, since H means HSPDA, which means 3G+ and is faster than 3G.
Regarding G, it is supposed to mean GPRS, which is indeed the slowest one.
Maybe your carrier didn't not bother to maintain the intermediate services such as (E edge, and 3G umts).
You get either the fastest or the slowest.
G means GSM
And yes, HSPDA is better than 3G
i know its HSPDA, and G means gsm or gprs, but with HSPDA meaning hi speed, i cant get video calls or streaming when its on H.....if you get me, but i can use them when i get a 3G connection
just tried again and now it works, strange....
Hi
I have a Z1 brazilian 6943 and my carrier is Claro. As you probably know 4G in Brazil is not great, even 3G is not 100% reliable so I have question that so far no one was able to respond to me.
When I leave the LTE(preference) WCDMA/GSM active under networks and I have 4G signal everything is ok, but the problem is that 99% of the time is not ok, there is no data available. So I expect the phone understand that LTE is not available and uses the 3G network but this doen not happen, I have zero data availability and I have to change from LTE (preference) WCDMA/GSM to WCDMA(preference)/GSM to have data...
Any one of you has the same situation? if so is there any way our phone understands that there is no 4G and uses 3G instead I have to do it manually?
Regards
Renato
No one has this issue? Any reply will help a lot
mussacredi said:
Hi
I have a Z1 brazilian 6943 and my carrier is Claro. As you probably know 4G in Brazil is not great, even 3G is not 100% reliable so I have question that so far no one was able to respond to me.
When I leave the LTE(preference) WCDMA/GSM active under networks and I have 4G signal everything is ok, but the problem is that 99% of the time is not ok, there is no data available. So I expect the phone understand that LTE is not available and uses the 3G network but this doen not happen, I have zero data availability and I have to change from LTE (preference) WCDMA/GSM to WCDMA(preference)/GSM to have data...
Any one of you has the same situation? if so is there any way our phone understands that there is no 4G and uses 3G instead I have to do it manually?
Regards
Renato
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That's exactly the problem i have as well in France, the Z1 handle very bad the 4G, if you can't have a decent 4G connection just don't select it in network preference because u'll have signal problem. It's fine only when i'l folly cover by 4G, if it's not the case, just disable it in the notification and all will be Ok.
Hey, im not sure what i should have called this thread but anyway, when i lose LTE on my phone it used to switch to H+, now it switches to 3G. Basically im wondering what i need to switch in the default file to display H+ instead of 3G
i hope this makes some sense
Well 3g and H+ are different. You can check to make sure in data settings that you have GSM/WCDMA/LTE AUTO set in there.
Howie3045 said:
Hey, im not sure what i should have called this thread but anyway, when i lose LTE on my phone it used to switch to H+, now it switches to 3G. Basically im wondering what i need to switch in the default file to display H+ instead of 3G
i hope this makes some sense
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I basically loose the H (HSPA) service with my operator by taking the 4G package, I get 4G LTE, and in bad coverage area's, which is almost everywhere for Vodafone UK except major cities, I get a G or an E unless I can connect to a wifi.
Hi,
I am new on XdaDevelopers. I have moto g2 xt1064 (single sim). Currently i am running 5.0.2.
I didn't used 3G on this phone for almost a year after buying it.. few months back i tried to use 3G services on it, i installed network settings provided by my service provider and my area had 3G coverage but network type remained as EDGE.. i didn't bothered it at that time..
last week i rooted this phone (unlocked boot loader etc) because i had some battery drainage issues. I Finally made my mind to use 3G services. I installed network settings for 3G. Checked preferred network type as 3G but still i ended up on EDGE. I am not getting H or H+ sign instead i only see e sign with signal bars.. i know its not an issue of 3G coverage because at same place i put the same sim card in moto g 1st gen and it instantly showed H sign..
Also in About phone>> Status>> Cellular Network Type is showing EDGE.
I checked APN settings it was OK..
My baseband version is : MSM8626BP_1032.3112.97.00R RETYSA_AWS_CUST
System Version is : 22.46.12.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US.retus
Kindly help me out if this a baseband version issue or something else.. any possible solution for it?
PS: *#*#4636*#*# didn't worked on moto g2
What for do you need network settings?
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What for do you need network settings?
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Network settings are perhaps for APN's .. but i guess its not an issue because i have factory restored my set many times APNs are set automatically if i turn on data usage
343meri said:
Hi,
I am new on XdaDevelopers. I have moto g2 xt1064 (single sim). Currently i am running 5.0.2.
I didn't used 3G on this phone for almost a year after buying it.. few months back i tried to use 3G services on it, i installed network settings provided by my service provider and my area had 3G coverage but network type remained as EDGE.. i didn't bothered it at that time..
last week i rooted this phone (unlocked boot loader etc) because i had some battery drainage issues. I Finally made my mind to use 3G services. I installed network settings for 3G. Checked preferred network type as 3G but still i ended up on EDGE. I am not getting H or H+ sign instead i only see e sign with signal bars.. i know its not an issue of 3G coverage because at same place i put the same sim card in moto g 1st gen and it instantly showed H sign..
Also in About phone>> Status>> Cellular Network Type is showing EDGE.
I checked APN settings it was OK..
My baseband version is : MSM8626BP_1032.3112.97.00R RETYSA_AWS_CUST
System Version is : 22.46.12.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US.retus
Kindly help me out if this a baseband version issue or something else.. any possible solution for it?
PS: *#*#4636*#*# didn't worked on moto g2
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TRY reinstalling stock firmware from my signature make sure you pick AWS for xt1064
reefuge said:
TRY reinstalling stock firmware from my signature make sure you pick AWS for xt1064
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Can you provide me a link for it?
Here download to pc, unzip read instructions
343meri said:
Can you provide me a link for it?
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Thanks for the link i am gonna give it a try... can you plz elaborate the term AWS?? sorry for these questions am new here.....
Are you located in Pakistan? Being that the XT1064 is a US/Canadian model, I didn't think you'd be able to get 3G there, only Edge.
Tel864 said:
Are you located in Pakistan? Being that the XT1064 is a US/Canadian model, I didn't think you'd be able to get 3G there, only Edge.
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Yes i live in Pakistan... But there must be solution for it ?? may be there is way to change baseband frequency for asia etc ????
same problem same model
same problem same model...can someone please explane how to enable baseband for global 3G. I found some tutorials on xda, but QPST dosent recognise my phone...tnx
can u show me tutorial link?
Moto G 2nd Gen XT1064 3G connectivity issues
Hi,
I have flashed My Moto G 2nd gen with mokee Rom. After the flashing 3G Data connection is not working. Can anybody solve this out