3G icon on vodafone simcard but 3G+ when using another simcard?

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littlescott

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#34425 24-May-2009 19:41

Hello all, I thought I'd check out a bit of roaming on the telecom/vodafone network with a t-mobile UK sim card that I have lying around and was rather surprised to see that on both networks i had a 3G+ icon instead of the usual 3G. Once I put my vodafone simcard back in only the 3G icon appeared.

Does anyone have any idea why 3G+ would show when roaming on the vodafone network but not when i have an actual vodafone simcard inserted in my phone?

Phone is a windows mobile device.

Cheers,

Scott

mjb

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#217497 24-May-2009 19:44

Is the + a roaming indicator?

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littlescott

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#217502 24-May-2009 20:03

Hello, no there is a separate conical/triangle indicator that sits next to it for that. I figure the 3G+ is an HSDPA indicator but I'm interested to know why it doesn't show on the vodafone simcard. :/

Cheers,

Scott

LennonNZ

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#217508 24-May-2009 20:25

Its Just a faster UMTS Based Network (HSDPA 3.5G compared to 3G HSPA).. look up HSDPA on wikipedia

johnr

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#217511 24-May-2009 20:30

The + sign will show on the vodafone 3G network when data traffic is getting moved HSPA. When idel you are on 3G release 99

John

littlescott

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#217533 24-May-2009 21:24

Hi Johnr, thanks for your answer but I wasn't actually doing anything with the phone (it was just idling) but still showing 3G+ (instead of the usual 3G).

I tried creating a datasession but I couldn't, couldn't make a phone call either. It's a prepay sim so it's probably been cancelled or something (last time it was used in the UK was 11 months ago).

Thanks for you help anyway :)

Cheers,

Scott