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I am on Tmobile (in the USA) and it seems I ALWAYS get a reading of "3.5G" when transferring data when I am in a 3G area, but my download transfer speeds would be as low as 15-30 KB/s which I think means I could not possibly be on HSDPA?

Are we sure that a reading of "3.5G" is an accurate indicator of being in a HSDPA area?

Originally Posted by Benson View Post
You would see the "3.5" under the signal-strength bars (when transfering data) instead of "3G" (UMTS, used either in a non-HSDPA cell, or when data is not being transferred) or "2.5" (meaning EDGE (which of course is technically 3G, despite being a bitrate enhancement of GPRS, but is usually referred to as 2.75G, 2.9G, or similar, reserving "3G" for UMTS) and I believe would also show for plain GPRS, although I'm uncertain there).

I'm a little unclear as to why one would want to disable HSDPA, could someone explain?