Real Difference in SEEM Edit between A1200E and A1200 w/EDGE

[Rizenfenix]

Contributors,

I haven't posted for some time but frequent the forums often coming upon this discussion. I am running the original firmware that came with my A1200, which is R532_G_11.00.53P. Before applying the SEEM EDIT to enable EDGE, I performed a speedtest via DSLReports (several times to get an average) and realized a ~40 to ~64 Kbit/sec download (I frankly do not remember the upload speed). After applying the SEEM EDIT, following the instructions provided by MotorolaFans, I again ran the same test several times for an average. This time the download was, and currently is, ~98 to ~114 Kbits/sec down and ~25 to 30 Kbits/sec up. I have ran this test from time to time, and it has remained constant with the later test. All these tests where ran utilizing the OperaMini browser, also provided to me by MotorolaFans.

I understand there is also some question as to the reliability of the phone conveying if EDGE is enabled or not via the "E" versus "G" icons appearing on the home screen. What I can tell you is that the icons, at least with my firmware and SEEM EDIT are accurately and correctly displaying the the current status of EDGE. The reason I understand this is that when I travel, I often enter areas where there is coverage via Cingular (AT&T) from areas that are not. The "E" and "G" icons will fluctuate depending on the availability of an EDGE enabled carrier. (I believe this is proprietary with Cingular (AT&T), but I don't know.) As a matter of fact, this will even happen in certain gray areas (where the signal is poor) in my office building or the surrounding area. Also, when you power-up the phone the "G" icon with appear prior to the "E" indicating that the discovery service is working and connecting/connected.

Obviously, I cannot apply my finding to the plethora of different firmware that people are utilizing on the A1200, and that are available via this forum and elsewhere. However, what I can say is that it is working on my phone with the firmware stated above and utilizing the original seem edit instructions provided by MotorolaFans in the HowTo area.

Lastly, I would like to thank absolutely everyone who contributes to this forum for the vast amount of knowledge that is provided free of charge. This is surely the best of the best when it comes to the ideals of sharing information and ideas. Everyone here is simply remarkable!!!

Regards,

[Robikonobi]

Contributors,

I haven't posted for some time but frequent the forums often coming upon this discussion. I am running the original firmware that came with my A1200, which is R532_G_11.00.53P. Before applying the SEEM EDIT to enable EDGE, I performed a speedtest via DSLReports (several times to get an average) and realized a ~40 to ~64 Kbit/sec download (I frankly do not remember the upload speed). After applying the SEEM EDIT, following the instructions provided by MotorolaFans, I again ran the same test several times for an average. This time the download was, and currently is, ~98 to ~114 Kbits/sec down and ~25 to 30 Kbits/sec up. I have ran this test from time to time, and it has remained constant with the later test. All these tests where ran utilizing the OperaMini browser, also provided to me by MotorolaFans.

I understand there is also some question as to the reliability of the phone conveying if EDGE is enabled or not via the "E" versus "G" icons appearing on the home screen. What I can tell you is that the icons, at least with my firmware and SEEM EDIT are accurately and correctly displaying the the current status of EDGE. The reason I understand this is that when I travel, I often enter areas where there is coverage via Cingular (AT&T) from areas that are not. The "E" and "G" icons will fluctuate depending on the availability of an EDGE enabled carrier. (I believe this is proprietary with Cingular (AT&T), but I don't know.) As a matter of fact, this will even happen in certain gray areas (where the signal is poor) in my office building or the surrounding area. Also, when you power-up the phone the "G" icon with appear prior to the "E" indicating that the discovery service is working and connecting/connected.

Obviously, I cannot apply my finding to the plethora of different firmware that people are utilizing on the A1200, and that are available via this forum and elsewhere. However, what I can say is that it is working on my phone with the firmware stated above and utilizing the original seem edit instructions provided by MotorolaFans in the HowTo area.

Lastly, I would like to thank absolutely everyone who contributes to this forum for the vast amount of knowledge that is provided free of charge. This is surely the best of the best when it comes to the ideals of sharing information and ideas. Everyone here is simply remarkable!!!

Regards,

Thank you for taking the time to benchmark your connection. Would you mind rerunning these tests using "regular" Opera and not "Opera Mini." Since Opera Mini runs everything through a proxy cache server; your benchmarks will be skewed and will not reflect the true throughput. Let us know how it turns out. I haven't been able to get much more than 40kb/sec out of regular Opera w/ or w/o the seem edit using Cingular here in the US.

[Alpha43]

Contributors,

I haven't posted for some time but frequent the forums often coming upon this discussion. I am running the original firmware that came with my A1200, which is R532_G_11.00.53P. Before applying the SEEM EDIT to enable EDGE, I performed a speedtest via DSLReports (several times to get an average) and realized a ~40 to ~64 Kbit/sec download (I frankly do not remember the upload speed). After applying the SEEM EDIT, following the instructions provided by MotorolaFans, I again ran the same test several times for an average. This time the download was, and currently is, ~98 to ~114 Kbits/sec down and ~25 to 30 Kbits/sec up. I have ran this test from time to time, and it has remained constant with the later test. All these tests where ran utilizing the OperaMini browser, also provided to me by MotorolaFans.

I understand there is also some question as to the reliability of the phone conveying if EDGE is enabled or not via the "E" versus "G" icons appearing on the home screen. What I can tell you is that the icons, at least with my firmware and SEEM EDIT are accurately and correctly displaying the the current status of EDGE. The reason I understand this is that when I travel, I often enter areas where there is coverage via Cingular (AT&T) from areas that are not. The "E" and "G" icons will fluctuate depending on the availability of an EDGE enabled carrier. (I believe this is proprietary with Cingular (AT&T), but I don't know.) As a matter of fact, this will even happen in certain gray areas (where the signal is poor) in my office building or the surrounding area. Also, when you power-up the phone the "G" icon with appear prior to the "E" indicating that the discovery service is working and connecting/connected.

Obviously, I cannot apply my finding to the plethora of different firmware that people are utilizing on the A1200, and that are available via this forum and elsewhere. However, what I can say is that it is working on my phone with the firmware stated above and utilizing the original seem edit instructions provided by MotorolaFans in the HowTo area.

Lastly, I would like to thank absolutely everyone who contributes to this forum for the vast amount of knowledge that is provided free of charge. This is surely the best of the best when it comes to the ideals of sharing information and ideas. Everyone here is simply remarkable!!!

Regards,

Im glad you find this community a great place to visit and an excellent source to learn about these phones. We do have incredible members, staff, and developers here. We are blessed to have such a great community. Cheers!

As per this discussion. Now that im settled down a bit after opening up the new section and re-organizing a few sections i will investigate this issue so all of us can enjoy EDGE and not only half of you..



~Alpha~

[Rizenfenix]

Robikonobi,

Hello!

First things first. The browser I utilized to achieve the previously posted tests results was NOT Opera-Mini, but the built-in browser that comes with 53P FW. Sorry for the confusion. I only realized this AFTER trying to run the test again just now and doing a bunch of head scratching... Simply put nobody can run the speedtests at dslreports (or any other speedtest site that I am aware of) utilizing Opera-Mini for the reason you so rightly pointed out to me... Thank you very much for catching that (should have been so obvious) error!.

Nevertheless, I re-ran the tests (5 times) just a few minutes ago prior to this post utilizing the built-in browser and this is what it reported (I should have screen captured the results):

1st Test (50k) - 114 kbit/sec with 1.01s latency
2nd Test (50k) - 96 kbit/sec with 1.09s latency
3rd Test (50k) - 103 kbit/sec with 1.03s latency
4th Test (50k) - 98 kbit/sec with 1.04s latency
5th Test (50k) - 122 kbit/sec with .98s latency

I hope this helps. PS I noticed when closing out the browser that there is a green underscore directly beneath the "E" EDGE symbol on the home screen that dissappeared shortly after exiting the browser.

Thanks again for pointing out the error in my previous post.

Take care,