It does seems that my carrier (Telcel) is blocking Skype in my Lumia 800 since it's only working on wifi.
Does your carrier do the same?
No one has used Skype over 3g with a Lumia?
I've used Skype on 3g on orange here in the UK. Worked quite well.
npoe said:
It does seems that my carrier (Telcel) is blocking Skype in my Lumia 800 since it's only working on wifi.
Does your carrier do the same?
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No, I use Skype over 3G on L800, this sems to be a problem of your mobile operator.
I think that it’s some kind of block because I get about 4 Mbps of download link and 1 Mbps of upload in bandwidth tests. It should be more than enough for voice and reinstalling the app doesn't fix it.
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I just got the phone and I cannot find the right radio to use in order to get 3g speeds:
. What is the best radio to use in order to get 3g and HSUPA speeds over 300 kbps/sec? I use to have this speed when I got my AT&T 8525 that is ancient now. How do I get the speed I use to have off the 8525 on this phone?
Thank you for your responses in advance.
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I just got the phone and I cannot find the right radio to use in order to get 3g speeds:
. What is the best radio to use in order to get 3g and HSUPA speeds over 300 kbps/sec? I use to have this speed when I got my AT&T 8525 that is ancient now. How do I get the speed I use to have off the 8525 on this phone?
Thank you for your responses in advance.
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I have the same radio and get between 1Mbps and 2.5Mbps when I tether...
theonemarcus said:
I just got the phone and I cannot find the right radio to use in order to get 3g speeds:
. What is the best radio to use in order to get 3g and HSUPA speeds over 300 kbps/sec? I use to have this speed when I got my AT&T 8525 that is ancient now. How do I get the speed I use to have off the 8525 on this phone?
Thank you for your responses in advance.
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Do you mean HSDPA?
(downlink - tower to phone)
or
HSUPA
(uplink - phone to tower)?
Is your posted speed from the downlink test?
peeps said:
I have the same radio and get between 1Mbps and 2.5Mbps when I tether...
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well as u see i am new at this. i read a lot from these forums since i love the htc product. but i don't know how to tether or anything like that. i just installed the radio i just displayed hoping to be able to get 3g speed. but it stays at edge at all times.
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Do you mean HSDPA?
(downlink - tower to phone)
or
HSUPA
(uplink - phone to tower)?
Is your posted speed from the downlink test?
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and the site u used to determine my speed i just found off google is a downlink site. and still my speed is slower than edge speeds.
Keep in mind the tower that is servicing your phone can have crap for bandwidth too.
I was near Gretna, VA on a trip and had full bars on 3g. I swear they had a dial-up modem on the other end of the tower though. Google maps were loading up slower than a typical edge connection.
In the end, it may not be your radio that's giving you trouble.
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Keep in mind the tower that is servicing your phone can have crap for bandwidth too.
I was near Gretna, VA on a trip and had full bars on 3g. I swear they had a dial-up modem on the other end of the tower though. Google maps were loading up slower than a typical edge connection.
In the end, it may not be your radio that's giving you trouble.
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I tried it through out Atlanta today. Different towers and several areas of metro Atlanta. West Atlanta, North Atlanta, and East Atlanta.
Keep in mind my phone is the htc touch pro. I do not have the brand names from t-mobile or AT&T.
Should I try a different rom or is that a useless effort?
theonemarcus said:
I tried it through out Atlanta today. Different towers and several areas of metro Atlanta. West Atlanta, North Atlanta, and East Atlanta.
Keep in mind my phone is the htc touch pro. I do not have the brand names from t-mobile or AT&T.
Should I try a different rom or is that a useless effort?
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perhaps 3G is disabled in your phone settings or the manila settings...
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perhaps 3G is disabled in your phone settings or the manila settings...
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You may have a hardware limitation. I noticed on the various Rhodiums that were around and for sale, the unlocked Touch Pro 2's stated they were not ATT 3G compatible, although they were 3G compatible. Apparently there are different implementations of 3G.
You may want to look into whether that is something in the firmware associated with the radio (Radio ROM) or the hardware itself.
Sounds like sprint
If you have the SPRINT service or a SPRINT phone, you do not have the "3G" icon enabled. This is because SPRINT uses the EDGE network and not the 3G network. They say that their network now (REV A) is actually what they consider 3.5G and is supposed to be faster than regular 3G . I have no issues with my phone with the speed, however, if you want the 3G to display, find a custom task bar and that icon will change to the 3G. Once again, SPRINT does not display "3G"
Hope this helps.
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perhaps 3G is disabled in your phone settings or the manila settings...
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the setting show that 3g is enable.
mwcostello said:
You may have a hardware limitation. I noticed on the various Rhodiums that were around and for sale, the unlocked Touch Pro 2's stated they were not ATT 3G compatible, although they were 3G compatible. Apparently there are different implementations of 3G.
You may want to look into whether that is something in the firmware associated with the radio (Radio ROM) or the hardware itself.
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i looked into the hdw side of things ... it looked like it is compatible according to the specs. i did notice there r some firmware update on htc that was released this yr. i'll have to look into that.
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If you have the SPRINT service or a SPRINT phone, you do not have the "3G" icon enabled. This is because SPRINT uses the EDGE network and not the 3G network. They say that their network now (REV A) is actually what they consider 3.5G and is supposed to be faster than regular 3G . I have no issues with my phone with the speed, however, if you want the 3G to display, find a custom task bar and that icon will change to the 3G. Once again, SPRINT does not display "3G"
Hope this helps.
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i thought of that too. that this rom my not have the 3g icon, but from time to time it will show "G" and then back to "E". and as far as i know ... i shough have close to 300kbs or more for downspeed. and i right?
thanks everyone for all of ur input. i'll look into all of it and get back to u. thx again.
If you have a standard Touch Pro (not Fuze or T-Mobile version), there's a very good chance you accidently picked up European version of it. European version will have European 3G, which is not compatible with US 3G frequency bands. Look into your documentation and see if you phone supports the following:
AT&T uses 850/1900
TMobile uses 1700/2100
European frequency bands are 1800/2100 if I remember correctly.
I have the Fuze and radio 1.14.25.35, and I get 396kB/s with only 2 bars...
Oh, and I'm in Connecticut.
lame!
something has got to be wrong man....i live hours away from 3G and if i even look at my phone wrong i lose reception!
BUT i got 281-392 Kbps!
Have you called your provider?
mlacomb said:
Keep in mind the tower that is servicing your phone can have crap for bandwidth too.
I was near Gretna, VA on a trip and had full bars on 3g. I swear they had a dial-up modem on the other end of the tower though. Google maps were loading up slower than a typical edge connection.
In the end, it may not be your radio that's giving you trouble.
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hobbbbit said:
If you have a standard Touch Pro (not Fuze or T-Mobile version), there's a very good chance you accidently picked up European version of it. European version will have European 3G, which is not compatible with US 3G frequency bands. Look into your documentation and see if you phone supports the following:
AT&T uses 850/1900
TMobile uses 1700/2100
European frequency bands are 1800/2100 if I remember correctly.
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That could be true, but the documentation i have states:
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
the 850 and 1900 Mhz should not matter if its in europe or in usa, right???
but there is a new updates. i Used IE on the phone and my speed is incredible. i was able to test 3mb and it came back with speeds higher than fast 3g. just like my old phone. but under opera it would not go any faster than 40 kbs. i used another browser called skyfire. and i went to mobilespeedtest and got: . i went to cnet brandwidth test and got 3632.3 kbps. lol. amazing it looks like opera was my problem. hear are all of my results:
opera: (after testing using the other browsers now i get these results)
mobilespeedtest.com
cnet bandwidth test
.6745 mbps
IE:
mobilespeedtest
.408 mbps
Skyfire:
mobilespeedtest.com
cnet bandwidth test
3.2588 mbps
is it me ... or does your phone get warm when u use the net for a long time???
I doubt that the results are valid with a browser like Skyfire. It does all the rendering on the skyfire server instead of on your phone. It's probably reporting the rates in between the test site and the Skyfire server. Skyfire is fast, though; it's much faster at bringing up a full webpage than any other browser. You can open up espn.com in about 5 seconds.
I've always had good luck with my radio [see signature]
I just got my gsm hero, its on T-Mobile. It doesn't receive 3g. I've tried every Rom imaginable, updated the radio, I still just don't receive 3g. Help?
Edit: forgot to mention, edge and WiFi and everything else work flawlessly.
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Anybody?
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Have you enabled the only use 2g network box?
If not, i think it is because that your coverage simply isn't good enough.
I do not have that box checked, and I know for a fact my service is good enough, my Touch Pro 2 and G1 both get like 4 bars of 3G everywhere in my house.. lol.
Could it have something to do with my APN(s)?
Do you by any chance get a "H" signal most of the time?
__HM__ said:
I just got my gsm hero, its on T-Mobile. It doesn't receive 3g. I've tried every Rom imaginable, updated the radio, I still just don't receive 3g. Help?
Edit: forgot to mention, edge and WiFi and everything else work flawlessly.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
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dude!! I had the exact same problem with o2! (a generic handset, not branded). I left o2 for tmobile and i get 3g on it.
by the way, i heard of many people having problems with the t-mobile branded hero with 3g.(dunno if yours is tmobile branded or just on tmobile). Its a hardware issue apparently, so no fixes i dont think if it is that
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Do you by any chance get a "H" signal most of the time?
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What do you mean by that? I get EDGE 100% of the time, if thats what you're asking.
and as for a t-mobile branded Hero, there isnt one of those here in the states. this guy's an import.
On the top bar what symbol do you see?
E = Edge
G = 2G
3G = 3G
H = HSPRS (or something) - this is the fastest signal level, its like 3.5G essentially
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Could it have something to do with my APN(s)?
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That's a good question. Sorry I don't have the answer.
Does anyone else know?
I updated my 10a and got everything working. Edge and hsdpa work flawlessly but just noticed that if there is no hsdpa available, i only get edge, no 3G. I read that others had same issue but how can be possible to have H but not 3G? And in any case, is there a way to solve the problem and have 3G working?
Cheers
I already updated my x10a but it changes to x10i... and i dont have 3g or hdspa... what is the firmware that do you use?
I used e10a FW.....and i guess you used the same.
BTW: maybe you don't have hsdpa because you don't have coverage.....do you have EDGE?
yes, i have edge, but how i can confirm if i have hdspa??, anyway... in the phone information it's appear lika e10i.... i used the the firmware posted by bin4ary with the flashtool....
hsdpa depends of area; now where i am there is no hsdpa so i've got only E.
I flashed same way as yours with bin4ry tool and FW.
then if I have HSDPA, I have no 3g?
Because before my xperia flash, it could use 3G.
Hsdpa is just a faster version of 3g. I think all that's changed is that 1.6 just always reported "3g" whereas now 2.1 tells you when it's getting "H" bandwidth
So, from slowest to fastest it's:
G: GPRS : ~40k/s
E: EDGE : ~200k/s
3G: UTMS : ~384k/s
H: HSDPA : Faster! ( meg/s depending on your network)
Anyways, if in your country you need to use american's 3g bands, then you cant connect to 3g with a e10i firmware. You will need to wait for a 2.1 e10a firm to recover 3g bands.
Im in the same situation
uhm.....as far as i have hsdpa i think i'll stuck on 10i; i'm able to make perfect calls with sip client even with edge so i guess i'm not going into reflash and reinstall all my apps....
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uhm.....as far as i have hsdpa i think i'll stuck on 10i; i'm able to make perfect calls with sip client even with edge so i guess i'm not going into reflash and reinstall all my apps....
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Which Sip/voip app do you use? I can't decide between Sipdroid and 3CX..
kiwiBratwurst said:
Which Sip/voip app do you use? I can't decide between Sipdroid and 3CX..
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i tested both but didn't like sipdroid and 3cx crashes quite often. Now i'm using csipsimple and i think it's the best and most responsive.
Hello there just want to make sure is this phonr working on vodafone New Zealand?
A local website says the phone only support vodafone 2G
Vodafone's mobile network operates on the following frequencies:
A 2G GSM voice network on 900/1800MHz (almost every GSM mobile should work on these frequencies)
A 2G GPRS data network on 900/1800MHz
A 3G UMTS data network for voice, video calls and data on 2100MHz
A 3G HSDPA network on 2100MHz
I know in some places voice call and sms are working, not the 3G data
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...Mobile-Phones/ci.MOTOROLA-PHOTON-4G-US-EN.alt
This might answer your question. But looks like it should work on 3g
Sent from my MB855 using xda premium
Watch out, though, people have reported it's not possible to enter customized APNs on the Photon due to Sprint's software customizations. This is necessary for some foreign carriers to have data access.
pgill34 said:
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...Mobile-Phones/ci.MOTOROLA-PHOTON-4G-US-EN.alt
This might answer your question. But looks like it should work on 3g
Sent from my MB855 using xda premium
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Watch out, though, people have reported it's not possible to enter customized APNs on the Photon due to Sprint's software customizations. This is necessary for some foreign carriers to have data access.
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Shall I just give it a try? It is a lot of money though
My Photon works fine. I'm using it here in the Philippines...
3G is 2100 over here.
Bought it on eBay sealed and untouched. So when I took it out, inserted my SIM, and turned it on, it was trying to get on the Sprint network to activate. Since that wasn't going to happen, I just let it be. Soon enough it got tired and displayed a screen saying activation failed. I clicked OK and then it let me continue onto the phone where I changed the network settings.
I set mine up to "Any GSM/UMTS" and immediately it recognized the new network. I created a new APN to test data and it worked.
The only thing I hate is that whenever I reboot the phone, it always tries to activate. I think maybe I should delete Sprint Zone so that it stops doing that...
Hey guys I'm a pretty new member but I want to save on my phone bills by using a flextab from bell on my sg3 and I like Dell voice because you can port your number. Anyone find the voice calls over cellular networks absolutely horrible compared to wifi? I was wondering if there's a fix for this or somehow a way to make my phone think it's on wifi even though it isnt; if that would even help.
Thanks!
By the way I'm in Canada so Google voice isn't an option for me
EricS123 said:
Hey guys I'm a pretty new member but I want to save on my phone bills by using a flextab from bell on my sg3 and I like Dell voice because you can port your number. Anyone find the voice calls over cellular networks absolutely horrible compared to wifi? I was wondering if there's a fix for this or somehow a way to make my phone think it's on wifi even though it isnt; if that would even help.
Thanks!
By the way I'm in Canada so Google voice isn't an option for me
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What version are you using currently? They seem to have released a new version that says it has better call quality. I have an SIII on Rogers and the quality is pretty good with the new update. It uses about 32kbps up and 32 kbps down so any decent 3G connection should be able to handle the calls. What is bad about the voice?
Also, since you are using Bell you have no EDGE fall back option, which it doesn't work very well on. Where I live, all I get reliably is EDGE so I have to rely on my WiFi for calling. When I'm in the city though I have had some long conversations without too much issue.
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What version are you using currently? They seem to have released a new version that says it has better call quality. I have an SIII on Rogers and the quality is pretty good with the new update. It uses about 32kbps up and 32 kbps down so any decent 3G connection should be able to handle the calls. What is bad about the voice?
Also, since you are using Bell you have no EDGE fall back option, which it doesn't work very well on. Where I live, all I get reliably is EDGE so I have to rely on my WiFi for calling. When I'm in the city though I have had some long conversations without too much issue.
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Thanks I did the know that! Maybe I should try getting the Rogers flex plan but I heard that it won't work on cellphones.