Nokia phone on idle used to show 3.5g

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bazbear

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#66785 23-Aug-2010 17:41

Can anyone here help me with this.

My Nokia E52 used to show 3.5G on the top left when it was idle for the whole time i've had it. (about a year)

Sometime in the last 2 weeks, it now idles at 3G and switches to 3.5G when i activate a data connection.

Just been nosey here. Does anyone know why the change was made?

Apart from the idling, the phone still works as normal as a phone and modem

johnr

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#371703 23-Aug-2010 17:49

Yes 3.5G HSPA is not required when not using packet data services. They are only allocated by the network now when required this saves capacity per cell

bazbear

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#371706 23-Aug-2010 17:53

ok thanks. in April i went to england, greece and iceland and no one else had it. was strange they did it here.

wonder if the battery life will be better. i force my phone to UMTS only as it used to annoy me the phone would go back to GSM for phone calls which gave worse reception

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#371709 23-Aug-2010 17:56

Yes you may see a slight improvement in batt life