G icon always on in rom 1.40

[albnigxda]

Upgraded to rom 1.40, the G (gprs) icon is always on... seems I am always connected but in 1.22.04 rom G icon was always Off. except when I was downloading something I suppose. What does it mean? I'm a little bit confused by this Icon. GPRS bytes are very expensive here in italy and I am not so rich :)

Thanx for your answers...

[TheLastOne]

The white G means that GPRS is available, not that is it on. When you connect to GPRS, the icons changes to the G with arrows.

This is different than previous versions of the rom.

Otherwise, you did something else wrong (extended rom mishap, full restore after upgrade, etc)

[chlouk]

i have noticed the same think.....
can the G icon be removed somehow?

[TheLastOne]

No. There is a significant difference between the status icons of the older roms and this new 1.40 rom.

First of all, the phone and connectivity icons are no longer TOGETHER. They have been seperated out. The Icons showing you the signal strengh is phone icon, which deals with all things phone, and the typically "G" icon, is the connectivitiy icon, which deals with all things internet/networking.

With the older roms, when you connected to GPRS or Wifi, a seperate black icon would pop up showing you what you are connected to. Now, the connectivity icon shows always shows you WHAT IS AVAILABLE (so it displays a white G most of the time because GPRS is available, when you turn on WIFI, it displays a WIFI symbol) and when you connect, it shows you the corresponding connection icon.

The only real difference then, appears when you aren't connected. The old rom would show no second icon, but the new icon shows you what you CAN connect to.

I hope that explained it.