Grey edge icon

[czbird]

Hi, ocassionaly I can see that the Edge icon on my Diamond turns grey (it's shadowed) - never seen this state before, anyone know what it means?

[iainparkes]

I also have been getting that. I dont think it matters if it's EDGE, GPRS, 3G, or HSDA as I have been getting it with 3G after a soft rest

[happyguy82]

when I put a 3 SIM card in.. in place of the H icon I get an icon that looks like a mountain... triangle.. what's that mean? any ideas?

[pedmond]

when I put a 3 SIM card in.. in place of the H icon I get an icon that looks like a mountain... triangle.. what's that mean? any ideas?

Triangle means roaming - so beware the costs!

[s1rl4ncel0t]

When it's grey, means that it's not "Attached"...



Bye

[tomchap]

I kept getting a "Grey" H icon and I actually found that I couldnt connect to the Internet. Also some of my texts wouldnt send and I couldnt make calls either (not sure if its related or not)

The only way I found to solve it was to switch HSDPA off, now I get the 3G symbol but its not "Grey" anymore and everythings working fine.

[SecureGSM]

this is issue is also reffered as "black icons issue". have a search over this forum and you will find many reports of the same.

[czbird]

No, that's not true. This is completely different issue.
Also it's not true that the gray icon denotes unattached GPRS. For unattached GPRS, there is no extra icon, you just see the aerial icon instead of small letter inside the "signal strength" icon.

The grey state is weird, never experienced before on any device, and it's not explained anywhere so far.

[Rapier]

I couldn't find it right now (though I'll still search it), but I've changed a setting yesterday and after this, the "grey" icons appeared. Untill then I had the "filled"/normal ones. That setting is for telling if the data connection is ALWAYS available or only BY REQUEST/ON DEMAND (from an application that needs it).

As soon as I'll find it again, I'll post it here.

[oonline]

i disabled the GPRS auto attach and the grey 3g icon started to appear...no longer the filled one...

[Peio64]

I have the same problem since yesterday with edge on my workplace: big grey "E" icon, and it's impossible to connect to the net. But I have 2 or 3 network bars and a little "E" in the top left of them. At home I have HSDPA and no problem

[oonline]

i have a grey 3g icon... only came on after i disabled the GPRS auto attach function in advanced config...

[Peio64]

I had disabled that function too. I've just re-enabled it and soft reset but I see no difference, it can't connect in edge :(

[teddyen66]

I had disabled that function too. I've just re-enabled it and soft reset but I see no difference, it can't connect in edge :(


I had an isue a long time ago.
When I disabled/detached my GPRS, it was detached from my provider, ie it was detached on the mobile central.
Only way I could get it working again was to call my mobile provider to have them enable it again.

[Peio64]

Yeah but it works on 3G and HSDPA, it's not the same parameters?

[craigiecraigie4]

I couldn't find it right now (though I'll still search it), but I've changed a setting yesterday and after this, the "grey" icons appeared. Untill then I had the "filled"/normal ones. That setting is for telling if the data connection is ALWAYS available or only BY REQUEST/ON DEMAND (from an application that needs it).

As soon as I'll find it again, I'll post it here.

This is correct. Grey means Gprs/Edge/3G/Hspda is available, but not necessarily attached. When you connect (fire up a browser/mail/any other internet proggie) it will go black (and a lot bigger and uglier I might add). It's a bit confusing cos when you disconnect, it STAYS black, which is probably a bug.