AT&T Disabling HSUPA on Atrix!

[kuj]

Say it ain't so! No wonder all the Atrix reviews only had 3g speeds.

Is AT&T Disabling HSUPA on its 4G Devices? [UPDATED]

Can HSUPA be enabled with only root? Or does the bootloader need to be unlocked?

 

[kuj]

Here's a thread over on xda-developers about it also:

Atrix Wireless Speeds and ATT disabling HSUPA - xda-developers

 

[Jeremy81]

They do the same on the Dell Streak but it could easily be fixed by manually updating to the non AT&T 2.2 firmware. Note this mostly affects upload speeds. When I went from 1.6 to 2.2 on Streak the speeds went from 1-1.5mbps/250k to up to 3.5mbps/1.5mbps down/up.

 

[gzrecoil]

Sigh. I really want to get the device. Rooting has given me faith again, but now this? smh... The atrix 4g speeds are consistently slower then other devices up and down.

 

[NJR]

People are making a common mistake. Just because you see the H+ does NOT mean you are getting HSPA. From what I understand there are only two indicators on these phones EDGE or H+ ( Everything else ) There is no 3G indiactor.

 

[s.m.knipe]

People are making a common mistake. Just because you see the H+ does NOT mean you are getting HSPA. From what I understand there are only two indicators on these phones EDGE or H+ ( Everything else ) There is no 3G indiactor.

THe "H" could be simply meaning HSDPA enabled networks (the 7.2 MBps version of 3G) and not the HSPA+ we all are anxiously awaiting. The only place that AT&T has announced HSPA+ being completely live so far is Columbus, Ohio.