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HSDPA icon hack/tweak in registry
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Posted by: TheGSRGuy

On WM6 "Professional" (for PDA phones), there's the registry key "HKLM/Software/OEM/RIL/EnableHSDPAIcon = 1" to make the phone show an H when on HSDPA.

This key does nothing on my BlackJack 2 (WM6 "Smartphone"). Is there an equivalent registry key or hack for this?

Posted by: CeluGeek

The key is probably on a different location. My Q9h displays the ' H ' icon but it is not crippled, I mean branded by AT&T but by a different carrier. I've seen all four icons on my Q9: G, E, 3G and H.

EDIT: I searched through my phone's registry and the only reference to HSDPA I could find is in the key: HKLM \ Comm \ Cellular \ RIL

The value is named CHSDPANotification and mine is set to 0. Not sure if this is the one but worth the shot.

Posted by: TheGSRGuy

Interesting, I didn't have that value at all. I added it (as DWORD = 0) and rebooted. Nothing.

Changed to 1, rebooted, still no "H". I'm getting HSDPA speeds of about 750kbps though.

Posted by: CeluGeek

Have you done a search on your registry for the text HSDPA? Maybe said value is missing on my phone because the default is enabled, and since AT&T disables the setting you might have a key or value I don't have.

Posted by: CeluGeek

Questions:
1. Have you tried your registry modifications after rebooting the phone?

2. Have you tested while actually using the data connection?

My Q9h from Claro shows the H icon even on Standby without the data connection active. My Tilt with AT&T required the registry hack, and it only shows the H icon while I'm actually transfering data; else it displays 3G.