Cell-C E1820/E1752 Dashboard Software "WCDMA only" [SOLVED]

[ryan_black13]

Iv plugged the dongle in now. Now it says installing device driver software, I am guessing that it installing the driver that is on the dongle. So once this is done, should I start the process again?

 

[ryan_black13]

Where do I check which driver is installed?

 

[Tun@]

Looks like its in ok but maybe just restart the pc.....Let everything load...leave the dongle in....let the Cell C dash load so it's ready to connect then close it and do the "Run as Admin" on that DriverSetup.exe once again to be sure.
When its finished the Dash should open back up

 

[Tun@]

Iv plugged the dongle in now. Now it says installing device driver software, I am guessing that it installing the driver that is on the dongle. So once this is done, should I start the process again?

No - it will read the drivers from the Cell C folder.
If you reinstall the Cell C dash then it will go back to the older drivers

 

[marlboro]

Cell C Dash Fix - Fixes where there is no option to select "WCDMA Preferred" or "WCDMA Only" from the network type drop-down box

I got sick of it & managed to patch it. If you would like your Network Type box to work follow below:



Download the needed files from here - http://www.mediafire.com/?nj4h9ap32a48a40


1) Close Cell C Dash



2) Copy the "NetSettingPlugin Folder" (NOTE: THE WHOLE FOLDER named NetSettingPlugin ) & paste it into the

For Win 32bit: C:/Program Files/Cell C/PLUGINS folder......select copy & replace when prompted x 2.
OR
For Win 64bit: C:/Program Files(x86)/Cell C/PLUGINS folder....select copy & replace when prompted x 2.



3)Copy the "NetSettingPlugin.dll" File & paste it into:

For Win 32bit: C:/Program Files/CellC ......select copy & replace when prompted.
OR
For Win 64bit: C:/Program Files (x86)/CellC ......select copy & replace when prompted.



4) Open Cell C Dash & it should now have the Network Types no longer greyed out & the options to choose from available there.


Enjoy!

This hack does not help much. It allows you to select "WCDMA only" but that is only in the Cell C software. It does not "lock" the dongle to "WCDMA only". So if the WCDMA signal is weak, the dongle still starts flashing green searching for EDGE signal and then it never goes back to WCDMA unless it's unplugged and connected again.

 

[Jagtiger]

This hack does not help much. It allows you to select "WCDMA only" but that is only in the Cell C software. It does not "lock" the dongle to "WCDMA only". So if the WCDMA signal is weak, the dongle still starts flashing green searching for EDGE signal and then it never goes back to WCDMA unless it's unplugged and connected again.

Had opposite of what you mentioning. :wtf:
Switched to "WCDMA only", it turned me to WCDMA at 0% signal and kept me on, even when I turned back to "WCDMA preferred", it won't drop me to EDGE back. Had to force EDGE, to return to something more usable.

 

[marlboro]

Had opposite of what you mentioning. :wtf:
Switched to "WCDMA only", it turned me to WCDMA at 0% signal and kept me on, even when I turned back to "WCDMA preferred", it won't drop me to EDGE back. Had to force EDGE, to return to something more usable.

How can that happen on yours and different on mine? Are you using different driver for the modem by any chance?

 

[Jagtiger]

How can that happen on yours and different on mine? Are you using different driver for the modem by any chance?

I did nothing, except for updating Cell C program (as described by Tun@).
If you don't have 3G signal at all, you will not get WCDMA, as there is nothing to connect to. Had similar case to your sometimes.

EDIT: Now, posting from WCDMA with 0% signal, it won't unlock from WCDMA to EDGE again...

 

[marlboro]

I did nothing, except for updating Cell C program (as described by Tun@).
If you don't have 3G signal at all, you will not get WCDMA, as there is nothing to connect to. Had similar case to your sometimes.

EDIT: Now, posting from WCDMA with 0% signal, it won't unlock from WCDMA to EDGE again...

Yesterday I had very low WCDMA signal. The software stays on WCDMA signal only but the dongle kept on dropping the dark blue light and starts flashing green light like searching for EDGE. Then the Cell C software just starts showing no signal at all.

 

[Tun@]

Yesterday I had very low WCDMA signal. The software stays on WCDMA signal only but the dongle kept on dropping the dark blue light and starts flashing green light like searching for EDGE. Then the Cell C software just starts showing no signal at all.

Thats how it works - basically you dropped out of WCDMA signal & it never switched back over to Edge (so you now had no signal to use as you had the setting on "Wcdma Only"
If you chose "Wcdma Preferred" it would have switched to Edge.
Whats best to use is going to depend on your signal,remembering that the signal is going to come & go somewhat.

Is you RSSI something like -97dBm area - If you can improve it a little will help.
I never got stable connection until i got below -90dBm

 

[marlboro]

Thats how it works - basically you dropped out of WCDMA signal & it never switched back over to Edge (so you now had no signal to use as you had the setting on "Wcdma Only"
If you chose "Wcdma Preferred" it would have switched to Edge.
Whats best to use is going to depend on your signal,remembering that the signal is going to come & go somewhat.

Is you RSSI something like -97dBm area - If you can improve it a little will help.
I never got stable connection until i got below -90dBm

I don't think you understood what I mean. When the WCDMA signal is very weak - the dongle starts searching for EDGE even if it doesn't show under the Cell C software. Then it never goes back to WCDMA unless I disconnect it from the USB port and connect it again. So the dongle doesn't detect if the WCDMA weak signal is back.

If I put the Cell C card in my phone and select "WCDMA only" on the phone, then if the WCDMA signal is gone, the phone also doesn't show any signal but when the weak WCDMA signal is back the phone shows immediately WCDMA.

This means even with this "hack" when the WCDMA signal drops intermittently the dongle gets stuck on EDGE until disconnected from USB and connected again.

By the way I get very stable connection with -93dBm signal.

 

[Tun@]

Yeah ok, the "hack" is just putting the same functionality as what comes with the software normally, back onto it.
If you look closer at the green light you'll probably find it is flashing 2 x green (flash,flash.....blank......flash,flash) it has nothing to do with EDGE.
This means it has lost the network & doesn't have enough signal to automatically register back on.
While its doing this go look in the Settings/Diagnostics/Network Status Tab & you'll probably see it saying registering instead of registered.That RSSI value it is showing at that stage is false.
What your doing manually is forcing it to re register and thinking about it one has in fact "disconnected" at this stage so you need to manually reconnect again.


Edit: Seems to be a problem there & maybe why it wasn't enabled - if you lose WCDMA while in "WCDMA ONLY" mode i could reconnect manually but no webpages would load UNTIL i removed/replaced the stick.
Edit2 : Tryed to do it a few more times & no problem just reconnecting again so "shrug"

 

[Hansolo]

I'm starting to think this Cell C 3.5G is BS

So my 3G modem which wasn't compatible with Cell C's network, which works perfectly fine for Vodacom 3G. So okay it's a network issue, I go and buy their stupid black modem for R1300 as suggested.

I've been sitting here all night and it's still stuck on edge like it was with my last modem......It doesn't even try and go better than edge,

I go through all the settings in the "cell c stuck on edge" thread, it won't let me register with Vodacom's superior network, tired unplugging restarting all that. Tried changing the wmda setting, unplugging restarting and all that.

Still frikin stuck on edge for hours, what a load of bollocks!? The worst thing is on my Vodacom 3g modem I can see the 3G network, I try testing it with a vodacom sim and modem and wow running like a bomb. I'm so pissed off now it isn't even funny. I think Cell c spent all there money on advertising and forgot to upgrade their towers.

Location: Goodwood, Cape Town

 

[papooze]

Nothing like getting a device that others say are getting well over 2Mb/s consistently, and you getting less than 1 and disconnecting now and then.
Have you called cell c support?

 

[copacetic]

Don't tell us, tell CellC.

 

[DuckieZA]

Don't tell us, tell CellC.

No, tell Trevor ...

 

[Sponge Bob Square Pants]

Hey Trevor why is there no 4Gs on the coastal towns in KZN.These are hots spots for holiday makers.

 

[Synaesthesia]

You bought a R1300 modem when you could have payed like R450 for a 900Mhz 3G modem.

 

[ginggs]

...I go and buy their stupid black modem for R1300 as suggested.

If you bought the modem on its own, what SIM are you using?

Location: Goodwood, Cape Town

I'm in your 'hood, getting good speeds.

 

[Antonf]

So my 3G modem which wasn't compatible with Cell C's network, which works perfectly fine for Vodacom 3G. So okay it's a network issue, I go and buy their stupid black modem for R1300 as suggested.

I've been sitting here all night and it's still stuck on edge like it was with my last modem......It doesn't even try and go better than edge,

I go through all the settings in the "cell c stuck on edge" thread, it won't let me register with Vodacom's superior network, tired unplugging restarting all that. Tried changing the wmda setting, unplugging restarting and all that.

Still frikin stuck on edge for hours, what a load of bollocks!? The worst thing is on my Vodacom 3g modem I can see the 3G network, I try testing it with a vodacom sim and modem and wow running like a bomb. I'm so pissed off now it isn't even funny. I think Cell c spent all there money on advertising and forgot to upgrade their towers.

Location: Goodwood, Cape Town

1. My windsurfer, which isn't compatible with Adderley Street, works perfectly fine on the Atlantic Ocean
2. How do you know it is the modem that is stupid?
3. Sitting all night watching a modem - ah well, we all have our own lives...
4. How do you know the modem doesn't try to go better than Edge?
5. What do you men you tried "changing the wmda setting"? You either changed it or you didn't change it.
6. Have you installed the modem drivers that enable you to force the modem to only connect through WCDMA?
7. Whose 3G network do you see on the Vodacom modem and Vodacom sim, Vodacom or Cell C's?
8. What is the "it" you were testing with the Vodacom sim and modem? If it was Vodacom's network it should be running like a bomb.

I just did a Speedtest.net test (Jhb server), and the results speak for themselves:
DL: 14.02Mb/s
UL: 1.92Mb/s
Ping: 67ms

Posting this connected with my Cell C modem from guess where? Goodwood, Cape Town.