Android - What does "H" mean in the signal indicator?

Let's state all the possible letters in the signal indicator, in descending speed (indicated speeds are roughly theoretical maximum):

  • 5G = 20 Gbps
  • LTE+ = 300 Mbps
  • LTE = Long Term Evolution (commonly and falsely known as 4G), 100 Mbps
  • H+ = HSDPA Plus, 10 Mbps
  • H = either HSDPA (3.5G) or HSPA+ (3.95G), depending on your network provider, 2 Mbps
  • 3G = UMTS (3G), 384 kbps
  • E = EDGE (2.5G), 40 kbps
  • G = GPRS (2G), 14 kbps
  • (no letter) = voice only, no data connection, 2.4 kbps

and also:

  • R = roaming (this means you're not on your home network)

(source for some of this.)


It's HSDPA which if I'm not mistaken is referring to 3.5G.