Man FUCK, for the first time since i got the s2 im thinking 'damn, i miss my iphone'
The phone keeps switching between HSDPA and UMTS coverage, for no reason and in areas i know there are HSDPA broadcasters. I see this akin to how my iPhone would go from 2 to 5 bars, seemingly at random. the problem is the iPhone would load websites very seamlessly, while the S2 halts everytime it changes.
Now to what made me miss my iPhone.. i'm visiting someone and they're at work during the day, so i figured i'd kill time online with you guys. I wake up, take the dog for a pee, grab coffee, then attempt this shit for the first time, assuming its just as easy as if not easier than with the iPhone. Using WiFi hotspot i can load one single page after it connects. Then the phone drops the HSDPA signal for a second, resulting in a freeze. Thereafter, no more data is sent or recieved by the wireless network connection. Then, when I disable the hotspot, it says "Disabling.." until it is complete, then says "Error" instead of "Disabled". I can't find anywhere to turn off HSDPA so it only uses UMTS. This whole problem occured because Win XP doesn't have PnP support with the internet sharing, the phone cant use its own internet connection to download drivers automatically, this is all just waaaaay harder than I thought. I know there can be a myriad of causes outside the phone itself, f.ex. the carrier, but fuck me all the same. This is BS.