Mysterious 3G icon appears on my Airtel mobile
I spent my weekend in a village called Ponmalaippatti, Trichy, Tamil Nadu. While fiddling with my N80 I noticed to my surprise a tiny ‘3G’ below the signal status bar. It was there for only a second and disappeared before I could launch ScreenCap to take a picture of it. I saw it again a few minutes, but again, it disappeared the next second. I checked the Web browsing speed and it wasn’t anything worth mentioning.
I called Airtel to ask if they’re already testing 3G here, if it’s possible, but they denied it. Wish someone explained me the mystery of the 3G logo.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
AFAIK, this happens due to a bug in the firmware.
Last week when I was traveling in a remote place where there is no network, the 3G icon appeared on my N95 even though the phone is set to use only GSM mode.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Oh! I couldn’t believe my eyes. Without thinking about the logic of it I immediately congratulated myself! Has this bug been reported?