Want to enable "E" EDGE icon

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I read in the wiki for WM5_Tweaks_Other that it is possible to tweak the registry to enable "E" icon when in EDGE networks. It goes something like this:

If your network provider supports the Edge network (and your device does as well), you can use the following to show a little 'E' icon instead of 'G' icon when connected to an Edge network:

HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL\EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon = 1 (DWORD decimal)

I tried this on the Treo 750. EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon did not exist under RIL, so I added it and set the value and it did not work.

Wondering if anyone figured out how to enable the "E" icon?

Doesn't work on my HTC TyTN too. Registry entry wasn't there so probably we are missing something else too, not just that single reg key.

Hmmm

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Hi,

I thing that it is relatred with the phone subsystem and each one is different. Palm has one version TyTN has another version.

It is just a guess.

Regards,

Taguapire.

I have I-Mate SP5 Smartphone and HTC TyTN PPC Phone - both are Windows Mobile 5 and registry looks very alike, both have this entry: "dll=ril.dll" or something like that in the same place where is the mentioned "Edge" registry entry, but one device has a lot more reg entries there then the other, so it's probably down to radio version/implementation.

Today I was switching band in UMTS/EDGE area. Each time I was switching band phone was logging out the network then logging in again. When I was going from UMTS to GSM I noticed [E] icon appearing for about 0,2 second (it was [U] when I was logged to UMTS network) and then turning to [G]. I'm sure I was in EDGE area (I was in the ceter of Krakow, one of the biggest cities in Poland).

Conclusion is that Treo DOES HAVE Edge icon, but we need to find the way to use it... Any ideas?

I also looked in registry like schriss said. There is entry about dll file. I have set rilgsm.dll. But in the \Windows directory there's also ril.dll. Maybe something is with those files?

Does the Treo allow you to lock it in EDGE/GSM mode?

Originally Posted by juiceppc

Does the Treo allow you to lock it in EDGE/GSM mode?

You say not UMTS or automatic?
If is it, you may found this in phone settings, 2nd tab, band selection.

Originally Posted by bleony

You say not UMTS or automatic?
If is it, you may found this in phone settings, 2nd tab, band selection.

Thanks. Just got my Treo today! Keeping it at Edge. Seems faster than all my other Edge phones.

I just upgraded to WM6. The icon now shows H when I'm in HSDPA. I've also seen it switch to 3G from time to time. (I'm assuming that's either Edge or UMTS) I'll have to see if it goes to E when I travel far enough away from the city where HDSPA isnt available yet