Thread: [ANN.] [Maemo 5] 3G/2G Mode Selection Applet
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mehdiE is offline mehdiE
2010-01-12 , 10:53
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#70
Originally Posted by bbin View Post
people need to understand the benefit of dual mode. It is really handy when you have bad 3g signal and don't want to drop calls.
Yes, i'm a bit puzzled too by all these requests to drop the dual button and only have 2G and 3G modes.

In a 2-button version, the 2 buttons should be 2G and Dual. In 2G mode, the phone will only connect in 2G (GPRS or EDGE) even if 3G is available. This would save power. In Dual mode, the phone would connect in 3G / 3.5G if available. If there was no 3G coverage available, it would automatically fallback to 2G, which would be the expected behaviour for most people i guess.

Unless I'm missing something, the 3G mode on the other side is of little use IMHO. 3G mode means that the phone connects in 3G if 3G coverage is available but doesn't connect at all if there's no 3G coverage. I'm failing to see where this could be useful. Feel free to enlighten me though.

Anyway, thanks a lot to qwerty12 for this great applet. The 2 / 3 button version is great.
 

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