Strange symbol

[SayCheese]

I have downloaded the 2.0 software from the Macrumours link on the front page. It works fine, no crashes or anything that I've noticed.

My question is this.
I have noticed a new symbol on the top of the screen. Where you usually get a blue square or blue square with white E in it for either GPRS or Edge Connectivity, I am now sometimes getting a blue square with a White dot in it.
I've never seen this before. Anybody know what it means?

 

[chris1016]

The iPhone Guide (in your bookmarks in 2.0) says it's GPRS.

 

[ryanrit]

Same here

I'm getting the same symbol, almost all the time. Worth noting I have a first-gen iPhone, so no GPRS. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[slapguts]

I'm getting the same symbol, almost all the time. Worth noting I have a first-gen iPhone, so no GPRS. Anyone have any ideas?

You're confusing GPS with GPRS.

You've got GPRS out the wazoo.

 

[Niiro13]

I have downloaded the 2.0 software from the Macrumours link on the front page. It works fine, no crashes or anything that I've noticed.

My question is this.
I have noticed a new symbol on the top of the screen. Where you usually get a blue square or blue square with white E in it for either GPRS or Edge Connectivity, I am now sometimes getting a blue square with a White dot in it.
I've never seen this before. Anybody know what it means?

It's GPRS. I believe Apple changed the icon from a blank box to a box with a dot in 2.0. I'm sure it represents kind of a blurred E...cause some people can get confused with a blank box thinking that they can't go on the internet with a blank box. At least with a "blurred E", people realize they still can, only it's slower.

I'm getting the same symbol, almost all the time. Worth noting I have a first-gen iPhone, so no GPRS. Anyone have any ideas?

You're thinking of GPS.

GPRS is a cell signal that's slower than EDGE.

So you have No service, GPRS, EDGE, 3G.

 

[ryanrit]

interesting..

So if I'm getting this symbol where I previously got EDGE, what does that mean? Iis EDGE not working? Is this potentially a different chip issue, similar to the 3G reception issues?

Should I talk to AT&T or Apple?

 

[scaredpoet]

So if I'm getting this symbol where I previously got EDGE, what does that mean? Iis EDGE not working? Is this potentially a different chip issue, similar to the 3G reception issues?

Should I talk to AT&T or Apple?

It's a network issue. Call AT&T.