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Has anyone had any success with this combination? I've got an Orange-branded w910i but it doesn't see HSDPA even in central London. Sony's website suggests it should support HSDPA, but Orange say they believe the handset's hardware doesn't. Have Orange hobbled their w910s, or are they just confused? (I get a slightly different answer every time I call!)
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Posted: 2008-04-15 12:06:37
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Not every HSDPA firmware displays a H symbol when HSDPA speed is available. My V640i doesn't yet I have speed tested it at over 1.1 Mbps which is obviously HSDPA speed. Try connecting it to your PC and visting
www.speedtest.net. - there is a speedtest thread
here
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Posted: 2008-04-15 12:49:47
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I'll try the speed test, but browsing in central London was pretty slow when I gave it a try on Sunday. Some people at Orange suggested that the Orange firmware on other SE handsets uses a "3G+" icon instead of an "H" icon, but I haven't seen either - just the "3G" one.
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Posted: 2008-04-15 13:19:45
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Orange's HSDPA network is shockingly small. The only place I've been able to get a signal is at the MoD in Bristol.
Oh, I've also had it for 30 seconds in Birmingham New Street and some random field on the train near Stevenage.
Never had a signal in the centre of Manchester, Bradford, Leeds or London, all of which I seem to remember being listed as in their coverage.
Oh, I used a k850 though
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Posted: 2008-04-15 13:21:53
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I only see a 3G symbol too.
UK K850i owners often see the H symbol.
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Posted: 2008-04-15 13:27:03
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Im on O2 and I get a H on my K850i, On occasions it does go to 3g, but very rarely.
However it does depend on the firmware you have on the phone.
If its the early version then it probaly wont show H on 3g or 3g+
The latest firmware will show both 3g and h as mine does.
Hope this helps,
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Posted: 2008-04-15 13:49:10
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I think the firmware is OK - it's revision R1EC001. Interesting about Orange's HSDPA being so lame. I asked in the Orange shop on Oxford Street about whether the area was 3G+ enabled and they believed it was, although this information is of questionable validity. It's a shame they don't publish coverage maps.
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Posted: 2008-04-15 14:45:45
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On 2008-04-15 13:21:53, gudgin wrote:
Some random field on the train near Stevenage.
do you know what field it was?
if my k810 supported hspda, i would try and see if i could get signal on it
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Posted: 2008-04-15 16:36:30
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Oh, and just to clarify, the icon does say 3G+ on orange k850i. A little plus appears in the gap above the letter G
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Posted: 2008-04-15 17:17:32
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I shall go for a walk round with a speed tester this evening and see if I can get anything useful.
There are mumblings every so often that you need an HSDPA SIM card, although this often seems to be disputed. I'm assuming you all had HSDPA on your existing 3G SIM and didn't need a replacement?
Also, SonyE have suggested that the whole icon thing is a product of the network and firmware and only loosely related to the actual speed available (http://www.a site/2007/11/se-k850i-and-w910i-hsdpa-problem.html) so I'll see what speedtest thinks and go from there
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Posted: 2008-04-15 17:37:55
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