if you’re in between 3g and 1x there is ways you can force evdo... there’s a couple of ways but I found this one really quick...
But your said your phone is only in 1x where you’re at I would use this if it constantly jumps between 1x and evdo, you can try it and see what happens thou...
I don't know why they hide this option, but for people living on fringe areas as I do, it is nice to be able to force 1X or EV-DO on or off.
To do so:
1) Obtain a registry editor (I just use total commander)
2) Navigate to \\\registry\HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\PhoneSetting\
3) Change the value of 'HiddenModeOperationPage' from 1 to 0
4) Save
5) Soft reset
It didn't seem to want to remember the value of 0 for me the first couple times, and I'm not sure why.
What this does:
-Adds an item to the list at '
Phone - Menu - Options - Services (Tab on bottom)' that is named "Mode of Operation". The default value of this is
Hybrid, which will prefer EVDO, but will use 1X when not available. I seem to get better reception at home if I change the option to 1X Only.
As a side note, there are a couple other 'Hidden...' pages in this registry directory that I don't have time to play with right now. Maybe someone else will figure out what they do.
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6...-1x-ev-do.html