What does 'EV' stand for on the Motorola Razr v3m

Hello everyone,

We just bought a Motorola Razr v3m from Alltel, and in programming and
working with it, we now have a blue 'EV' showing-up to the right of the
signal strength icon. I've looked through the book and also checked
Google, but I can't find what this means. It wasn't there when we
first activated the phone, but after an hour or so of using it this EV
popped-up.

Any ideas? Just curious --

Alex

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Meat Plow wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:33:08 -0800, Alex Has Frothed:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > We just bought a Motorola Razr v3m from Alltel, and in programming and
> > working with it, we now have a blue 'EV' showing-up to the right of the
> > signal strength icon. I've looked through the book and also checked
> > Google, but I can't find what this means. It wasn't there when we first
> > activated the phone, but after an hour or so of using it this EV
> > popped-up.
> >
> > Any ideas? Just curious --
> >
> > Alex
>
> Actually EV-DO
>
> (EVolution-Data Only) Part of the third generation of high-speed data
> enhancements to the CDMA cellphone technology.
>
> --
> Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, June 2004
>
> COOSN-266-06-25794

So did we turn this on by mistake or something? We're not using the
phone for high-speed data or anything like that, just talking, and it
wasn't on when we first started using it. Just curious as it's always
there and this icon isn't listed in the book.

THanks --

Alex

Meat Plow wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:22:56 -0800, Alex Has Frothed:
>
> >
> > Meat Plow wrote:
> >> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:33:08 -0800, Alex Has Frothed:
> >>
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >
> >> > We just bought a Motorola Razr v3m from Alltel, and in programming and
> >> > working with it, we now have a blue 'EV' showing-up to the right of the
> >> > signal strength icon. I've looked through the book and also checked
> >> > Google, but I can't find what this means. It wasn't there when we first
> >> > activated the phone, but after an hour or so of using it this EV
> >> > popped-up.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas? Just curious --
> >> >
> >> > Alex
> >>
> >> Actually EV-DO
> >>
> >> (EVolution-Data Only) Part of the third generation of high-speed data
> >> enhancements to the CDMA cellphone technology.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, June 2004
> >>
> >> COOSN-266-06-25794
> >
> > So did we turn this on by mistake or something? We're not using the
> > phone for high-speed data or anything like that, just talking, and it
> > wasn't on when we first started using it. Just curious as it's always
> > there and this icon isn't listed in the book.
> >
> > THanks --
> >
> > Alex
>
> The info I gave you was inaccurate on how to disable evdo. This I tested
> and works, From Howards Forum:
>
>
> From the home screen, you need to press #073887*, enter 6 0's, and this
> will bring you to the system menu. Press up twice to get to the test mode
> menu option, and enable it. Then exit the system menu, go back to the home
> screen, and then press clr, then the left soft key. Now you should be in
> the field test screen. Now press the right soft key three times (should
> bring you to a menu with "ServOpt:" at the top). Hit the down arrow until
> the ">" along the left gets to "HDR Pref" and use the right soft key to
> change it until it reads "CDMA". Left soft key to remove the ">" and then
> clr + left soft key to exit (screen might freeze for a bit, but just wait
> until it does exit out). Now repeat the steps from the beginning to
> disable the test mode from the system menu. Then just to make sure, power
> cycle the phone and you should be good to go with no EVDO
>
> --
> Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, June 2004
>
> COOSN-266-06-25794

The instructions you sent do get me into the admin menu of the phone,
but after talking to the guy at Alltel and seeing that pictures sent
from the phone send in like 2-3 seconds (thanks to EVDO), i'll leave it
on. I just didn't know what it was...

Thanks for the info, and it's good to know how to get into the phone
now if I do need to make modifications.

Alex