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Old 11-11-2010, 09:43
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I have just swapped my Nexus one for a desire z on Monday and I haven’t seen the 3g symbol show up yet. For the last 6 months I have been with 02 on there 30 day rolling contract (simplicity) and with my nexus it would only drop the 3g signal when I went to work. I have spoken to a couple of my friends who have the older desire and they both say the very rarely get the 3g symbol.
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Old 11-11-2010, 12:28
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What symbols are you seeing?
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Old 11-11-2010, 12:41
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desire and nexus are certainly 3g devices

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_google_nexus_one-3069.php

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T, Rogers Wireless
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Old 11-11-2010, 12:54
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I get a 'G' or an 'H'. I have rarely got an 'E' or '3G'. Clearly, this is dependent on your provider.
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Old 11-11-2010, 15:19
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As I understand it, in order of better connection speed it goes G -> 3G -> E -> H

I have seen G, E & H on my desire but haven't noticed 3G
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Old 11-11-2010, 15:27
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As I understand it, in order of better connection speed it goes G -> 3G -> E -> H

I have seen G, E & H on my desire but haven't noticed 3G
Not quite, its G -> E -> 3G -> H.

E (edge) is like an enhanced 2G network connection. And I've rarely seen it at all.

To the OP - is the phone set to "2G network" only?
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Old 11-11-2010, 15:30
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@ SonyJunkie - Nope. In order of Speed (lowest to highest

G is GPRS - Slowest
E means EDGE - Kind of like 2.5G
3G
H means HSDPA - Fastest

Some phones won't show H they'll simply show 3G whether it's regular 3G or HSPDA.
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Old 11-11-2010, 15:31
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On another note, my Desire doesn't like loading pages when 3g is shown. It loads fine on G or H though. Weird.
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Old 11-11-2010, 15:45
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Not quite, its G -> E -> 3G -> H.

E (edge) is like an enhanced 2G network connection. And I've rarely seen it at all.

To the OP - is the phone set to "2G network" only?
@ SonyJunkie - Nope. In order of Speed (lowest to highest

G is GPRS - Slowest
E means EDGE - Kind of like 2.5G
3G
H means HSDPA - Fastest

Some phones won't show H they'll simply show 3G whether it's regular 3G or HSPDA.
Oops! my bad!!! I knew this, I just couldn't type it out correctly!!
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Old 11-11-2010, 17:46
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On my HTC Wildfire I only ever get 'H' connections when I'm away from my home wireless.
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Old 11-11-2010, 19:36
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What symbols are you seeing?
I see E and G mainly with a very rare flicker of H
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Old 11-11-2010, 19:36
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Not quite, its G -> E -> 3G -> H.

E (edge) is like an enhanced 2G network connection. And I've rarely seen it at all.

To the OP - is the phone set to "2G network" only?
Just checked and it is set to GSM/WCDMA auto
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Old 11-11-2010, 22:38
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On my HTC Wildfire I only ever get 'H' connections when I'm away from my home wireless.
that's what's supposed to happen - you don't need hsdpa/3g when you're connected to wifi

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in fact I don't think you'll see g or e either because you don't need the cellular network for data at all!
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Old 12-11-2010, 07:15
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that's what's supposed to happen - you don't need hsdpa/3g when you're connected to wifi

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in fact I don't think you'll see g or e either because you don't need the cellular network for data at all!
I don't understand. I said when I'm away from my home wireless. What I mean is that I leave both 'mobile network' and 'wireless network' enabled. The wireless is the default so that is used whenever possible, but when I go outside of that range the 'mobile network' kicks in, always using 'H'.
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Old 12-11-2010, 07:41
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I usually get H and 3G on my Desire, sometimes E, but I know in that area is no 3G yet. I use 'GSM/WCDMA auto'.
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Old 12-11-2010, 14:06
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I get a H an R and a G on my desire.
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Old 12-11-2010, 19:02
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Mine skips between H & G when I'm out and about. The only times I ever get Edge connections are when I'm abroad.
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Old 12-11-2010, 22:05
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Desire HD on TMobile - shows H 99% of the time. I've had 3G a few times, but I don't miss it because H is nice and quick
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