Help with Motorola V3xx it don't want to get Edge

On 3/22/07, Kelvin wrote:

> Hi, Yesterday I bought a Motorola V3xx but it don't want to catch
> EDGE, only show GPRS Icon [The Pentagon with to opposite side blue],
> where lived [zip code 00627] there is EDGE coverage because I have
> check the coverage map, btw I has Sony Ericsson W600i that catch
> EDGE without any problem. Any help will be appreciate.
> Thanks -

* You're in Puerto Rico?
* Is the V3xx Cingular-branded, some other brand, or generic?
* Has it been modded in any way?
* Did you buy it from Cingular itself, an auth dealer, or someone else?
* Does it show the EGPRS icon in a Cingular company store?
* How many bars of signal are you getting?
* What data speeds are you getting?
* Does it show the EDGE (EGPRS) icon in any location?

From an EGPRS(EDGE) mobile device (handset) point of view, there's no
real difference between EGPRS and GPRS, since EGPRS modulations are
essentially just faster versions of GPRS given an EGPRS-capable tower
and sufficiently good signal. So measure speed before assuming you're
not getting EGPRS. Speed is, after all, the whole point.

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

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On 23 Mar 2007 07:52:56 -0700, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:

>On Mar 23, 10:48 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Mar 23, 10:08 am, John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > On 3/22/07, Kelvin wrote:
>> > > Hi, Yesterday I bought a Motorola V3xx but it don't want to catch
>> > > EDGE, only show GPRS Icon [The Pentagon with to opposite side blue],
>> > > where lived [zip code 00627] there is EDGE coverage because I have
>> > > check the coverage map, btw I has Sony Ericsson W600i that catch
>> > > EDGE without any problem. Any help will be appreciate.
>> > > Thanks -
>>
>> > * You're in Puerto Rico?
>> > * Is the V3xx Cingular-branded, some other brand, or generic?
>> > * Has it been modded in any way?
>> > * Did you buy it from Cingular itself, an auth dealer, or someone else?
>> > * Does it show the EGPRS icon in a Cingular company store?
>> > * How many bars of signal are you getting?
>> > * What data speeds are you getting?
>> > * Does it show the EDGE (EGPRS) icon in any location?
>>
>> > From an EGPRS(EDGE) mobile device (handset) point of view, there's no
>> > real difference between EGPRS and GPRS, since EGPRS modulations are
>> > essentially just faster versions of GPRS given an EGPRS-capable tower
>> > and sufficiently good signal. So measure speed before assuming you're
>> > not getting EGPRS. Speed is, after all, the whole point.

>> * I'm In Puerto Rico
>> * Cingular Branded
>> * It don't have been modded
>> * I bought from Cingular
>> * Yes
>> * 4 Bars
>> * 4 to 5 kbps
>> * I have moved from location a nothing happen, I saw E for a seconds but it disappear...

Sounds like the phone is having difficulty holding higher EGPRS speeds.
The signal may be insufficiently good, or the phone may be defective.
Get the phone replaced. And compare the speed to the W600i, which may
be reporting EGPRS even when connected at GPRS speed. (Slower EGPRS
speeds are similar to GPRS speeds, but are still EGPRS, not GPRS.)
Again, what matters is what the phone delivers in terms of speed, not
what icon it shows.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:43:02 -0400, "Andy S"
<[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>alt.cellular.attws added as IT IS RELEVANT
>[SNIP nasty comments]

Not really -- the bulk of relevant traffic and users are on
alt.cellular.motorola and alt.cellular.cingular. alt.cellular.attws has
largely atrophied except for fragments cross-posted by those with
childish agendas.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>