Anybody on Orange in London?

[andyf1]

Allegedly, Orange have officially launched HSDPA, and branded it Orange 3G+.

http://www.business.orange.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Business&c=OUKPage&cid=1044133173948

According to the fieldtest application, this does seem to be the case, although I've never actually managed download rates greater than around 300kb per second, the same as 'normal' 3G.

Has anybody managed to get correct HSDPA download rates on Orange, and if so, do we need some kind of SIM update or account setting changed?

Andy.

[jpxdude]

Hi Andy,

Funny you should mention this...Yesterday, I upgraded my M3100 with the wm6 lsvn version which as the radio 1.34.0010 and spl 1.10.oli version included. That night, after putting in my orange 3G settings that were in place before, I was shocked to see the 'H' symbol appear on the top!! I browsed around using the full opera web browser and some internet explorer ones, while connected to Windows Live! and everything appears much slicker. I am also from London, but also the H symbol never appeared on the original Orange software that was on the phone...

I guess Orange may have some restriction in place on their devices to prevent them using HSDPA yet *shrugs* But i'm convinced it was working for me with the custom 'cooked' WM6 rom! Is there any tool I could use to test this?

[TheBrit]

I'm innterested in an Orange cooked WM6 from for my M3100 - where can I get it?

[andyf1]

Hi Andy,

Funny you should mention this...Yesterday, I upgraded my M3100 with the wm6 lsvn version which as the radio 1.34.0010 and spl 1.10.oli version included. That night, after putting in my orange 3G settings that were in place before, I was shocked to see the 'H' symbol appear on the top!! I browsed around using the full opera web browser and some internet explorer ones, while connected to Windows Live! and everything appears much slicker. I am also from London, but also the H symbol never appeared on the original Orange software that was on the phone...

I guess Orange may have some restriction in place on their devices to prevent them using HSDPA yet *shrugs* But i'm convinced it was working for me with the custom 'cooked' WM6 rom! Is there any tool I could use to test this?

I've since managed to find some active HSDPA in London, with my standard M3100, no new ROM's etc. Wasn't fantastic, but managed a download at about 450kbps so seems to be working.

I think that WM5 and/or the Radio ROM installed as standard with it doesn't show the 'H' icon, even though in theory it *is* HSPDA enabled.

This thread explains how to tell if definitely on HSDPA:

http://www.orangepartner.com/show_thread.do?forumId=83&searchBy2=MSG_PARENT_ID&searchValue2=-1&searchBy3=MSGFORUM_FORUMID&searchValue3=83&ps=50&threadid=25193&sortDirection=0&sortCol=MSG_AUDIT_MOD_DT

The fieldtest application is explained in the wiki I believe.

Andy.