Help No 3g on transform?

[abcd1234]

I have the samsung transform and live in a complete 3g area but for some reason, my phone has the evdo icon on the status bar. Can anyone explain this why im not getting 3g.

 

[tytasupra2jz]

evdo is 3g...

 

[nstg8r]

I'm assuming you know the difference between the evdo and evdo rev A icons on the Transform. It doesn't have a 3G icon like the HTC Evo.

Might be a weather related issue. I live 45 miles north of NYC in a 3G (evdo rev A) area but starting today, I started getting the evdo icon only, too. However, my speeds using the Speedtest.net app average around 650kbps down 500kbps up. That's right on the lower end of rev A speeds. When the 3G network was working in my area, however, I was only getting around 800-900kbps.

 

[nstg8r]

evdo is 3g...

There is ev-do Rev O and ev-do Rev A. Only Rev A is 3G.

 

[pucksr]

nstg8r...you are wrong. All EVDO is 3G.
Rev A is just a faster version.

Non 3G would be a CDMA connection. That drops you down to a "2G" connection

 

[nstg8r]

nstg8r...you are wrong. All EVDO is 3G.
Rev A is just a faster version.

Non 3G would be a CDMA connection. That drops you down to a "2G" connection

Ok, you're right, but ev-do also uses cdma as well as tdma.

The original poster stated that his phone displayed the ev-do icon and that it he wasn't getting 3G.

1xRTT (IS-2000) is 2G.