Help No H+ data speed in uk on S2

james_uk · Oct 27, 2011

Hi, only has my s2 3 days, i previously had the htc desire, when i was connected to 3g it always showed as 3G or 3G+, at high speed the htc desire would show as H+

on the s2 (on the same network as before) my data speed only ever shows at 3G+ at the most, i havn't seen it once change to H+ is this right?

James

GalaxyS2 · Oct 27, 2011

I've been on both orange and Vodafone with the s2 and have had H+. My brother has an S2 and is on 3 and he also gets H+.

CodeDeveloper · Oct 27, 2011

I'm on O2 in the UK (well, GiffGaff actually) and when idle the phone always shows 3G. It changes to H when pulling data across.

Only ever had H+ when I visited Belgium a few weeks ago.

james_uk · Oct 27, 2011

hmm im finding it a bit weird because i haven't changed provider, i am on orange and havn't changed my service plan either, with my htc desire in my house i would get h+ and in work i would get h+

now with the s2 it just says 3g+ at home and in work, it hasn't changed to h+ once.

very odd, not sure what to do or just leave it.

plum · Oct 27, 2011

I get H+ when using internet ( I am on THREE)

slugger09 · Oct 27, 2011

On Vodafone I always get H+, Its starts of 3G then changes to H+

VulturePenguin · Oct 27, 2011

I'm on three too and probably get H+ 30% of the time.

matttye · Oct 27, 2011

The HTC Desire shouldn't show H+ because it doesn't support HSPA+ - were you rooted by any chance? I wonder if there was some kind of glitch with a custom ROM or something...

james_uk · Oct 27, 2011

i was using gingerbread, not rooted though, i downloaded it from HTC's site as orange didnt make their own so was able to get it direct from htc.

i dont remember if i got h+ on 2.1 or 2.2, i know i did on 2.3 though.

Callum67 · Oct 27, 2011

i only ever get 3G+ just now, firmware is 2.3.3. Orange UK

recently flashed to 2.3.5 to test it out and during that time, it displayed H instead of 3G+

matttye · Oct 27, 2011

I'm not sure if HSPA+ uses the exact same technology as HSPA or not, but if it does then I guess it would theoretically be possible for the HTC Desire to connect to and use a HSPA+ network even though it's not capable of HSPA+ speeds. The Desire maxes out at 7.2mbps, whereas Three's HSPA+ network is capable of 21mbps - so it's about three (no pun intended) times as fast as the Desire can handle.

Namder · May 12, 2012

james_uk said:
Hi, only has my s2 3 days, i previously had the htc desire, when i was connected to 3g it always showed as 3G or 3G+, at high speed the htc desire would show as H+

on the s2 (on the same network as before) my data speed only ever shows at 3G+ at the most, i havn't seen it once change to H+ is this right?

James

Hi guys, I've got an S2 on T-Mobile mobile (UK) was running gingerbread always had H+ a lot of the time, but since I upgraded to ICS (via kies) I now only get 3G+ not even a sniff of H+, I've had a few other issues with ICS which I've yet to work out. I think it was buggy when t-slowbile released it which is weired considering they were the late network to release ICS. not sure of this helps anybody but I just thought I'd throw it out there B-)

SRH990 · May 12, 2012

I'm on Virgin which uses Orange/T-Mobile and regularly see H+ when using data. If you go to Settings/About Phone/Status and scroll down you will see the 'Mobile Network Type' and at the moment mine reads HSPA:11 which is H+.

You do need to know that the phone will automatically fall back to 3G when not using data to save battery power so it will only show H+ when data is in use.

If you are still having problems I'd check you operator settings by going to Settings/Wireless and network/More.../Mobile Networks/Access Point Names, this will give the settings which you can check against your service providers recommended settings which should be on their website.

1981 · May 12, 2012

might I fire a Q here. what does this H+ stand for? how is it different from the simple old H?
thank you

Slug · May 12, 2012

H = HSPA (High Speed Packet Access), supporting peak data rates of 14Mbps/5.76Mbps down/up.
H+ = Evolved HSPA, supporting peak rates of 84/22 down/up.

chillibean · May 13, 2012

On orange and get +h every day. Only comes up when using data though and never when using wifi. could it be a setting that's not working.
Btw I am on a generic hand set, not An orange branded one

1981 · May 13, 2012

oh thts a phenominal jump. i wonder wats the speeds when 4G hits the air.
thanks.

rozel · May 13, 2012

1981 said:
oh thts a phenominal jump. i wonder wats the speeds when 4G hits the air.
thanks.

Stuck in rural north yorkshire I guess I'm never going to find out

lol!

evohicks · May 13, 2012

I got H+ yesterday when I was on the M60 around Manchester.

russoakes · May 13, 2012

My phone mostly idles on H and then every now and then kicks up to H+ when I'm in the city (Birmingham), I've noticed it about 20% of the time, I really think it depends a lot on the network area, I'm on O2, I think they're slowly upgrading their towers to H+, before the ICS update I'd never seen H+.

Shocky · May 13, 2012

I'm getting H+ speeds in Cardiff now on giffgaff (O2)

Slug · May 13, 2012

chillibean said:
Only comes up when using data though and never when using wifi.

That's because wifi connections are used for data if available.

1981 said:
i wonder wats the speeds when 4G hits the air.

The official ITU-R requirements for 4G are peak rates of 1Gbps for stationary users e.g. pedestrians and 100Gbps for high-mobility comms e.g. cars and trains.

Welsh Guy · May 19, 2012

I'm running ICS 4.0.3 on T-mobile in the UK. My phone has never show either H or H+, all I have ever seen is G and G+.

When the phone is showing G the Mobile Network Type states UMTS:3. When displaying G+ the Mobile Network Type states HSPA:11.

From SRH990's post then HSPA:11 is H+ but for me this is showing as G+ in the notification bar.

I carried out a speed test and it came in with Download 3.19 mbps, Upload 1.3mbps, latency 119.2ms, browser 4.5ms.

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