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    Meaning of mobile connection icons

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        Johan
        last edited by

        Hello everybody,

        Phone: One Plus One

        Before OTA12 I had problems with my mobile connection going from 4G to "E" after not using the phone for a while. I had to reestablish (going into flight mode and back) the connection in order to get 4G again.

        Now I see a "L". What does "L" mean?

        Thanks
        /Johan

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          domubpkm @Johan
          last edited by

          @Johan You will no longer find the 4G icon but L under OTA-12.
          L is the abbreviation for LTE Long-Term Evolution, which has been more or less exactly described as 4G Advanced.
          See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_(telecommunication) for more details.

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            Johan
            last edited by

            Thank you for explaining!

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              flohack
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              We discussed it a lot, basically there is 4G 4G+ and LTE, and all are mixed up with all the carriers. We probably rework this for OTA-13 as "L" was kinda proposal but people got confused with it. Idk what is better now ^^

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                Keneda @flohack
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                @Flohack
                Why not displaying actual connected network?
                4G for 4G
                4+(or if possible 4G+) for 4G+
                L (or if possible LTE) for LTE
                And same for 3G or H things?

                Why not do that simple?

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                  Capsia
                  last edited by

                  Hi,
                  what about displaying just 2G, 3G or 4G as they are commercially called? It would make less confusion for people not knowing what L or LTE stands for.

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                    flohack @Keneda
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                    @Keneda Because that depends on what RIL (the ril daemon specifically) from Android delivers to us, and it can be device-specific. If it would be easy, we would do it πŸ˜‰

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                      flohack
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                      There is no standard encoding of radio technology for example for 4G vs 4G+ ...

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