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ChoP
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Re: [General] EVDO questions
First let me explain something about the EV signal you see on your Phone, thats not the true EV signal. The Cell Phone is in automatic detection mode, which means it is detecting an EV signal and a 1x signal at the same time. If the EV signal is too weak to connect then the Phone will connect at 1x speeds. The EV will still be displayed because the Phone is detecting the EV signal but the signal that you see displayed on the phone may represent the 1x signal, not the true EVDO signal.
I found that you need at least 2 bars to connect, and 3 bars of true EV signal to connect and maintain a connection for EVDO.
You can lock evdo to only Hdr on your phone to see exactly what the true EV signal is.
You can do a google search on how to turn off evdo on you phone, but in this case after following the direction on how to get into the proper menu you set the phone to Hdr only.
In My case, when I see 4 bars on my Cell Phone with the EV displayed, and the phone is set with the HDR preference set to auto , I am really only getting about 1 or 2 bars of true EVDO for a signal. | |
zvolts
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| Interesting. As I was entering the code to force EVDO only on my Treo, my phone showed a 1 bar roaming and an EV indicator. Immediately after forcing EVDO only it changed to a 4 bar Alltel with an EV indicator. It seems I was seeing a roaming 1x and weak EVDO signal off, I presume, one of the Alltel towers, just as you said, ChoP. In fact, I now see a 4 or 5 bar Alltel signal "EV" throughout my house, including in my basement, which seems too good to be true. Especially since I wasn't able to connect to EVDO from home when I tested last week.
Probably a stupid question, but does forcing EVDO-only just affect the signal indicators on the phone or does it actually affect how the Treo would connect to the EVDO network?
Good stuff, ChoP. Thanks.
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