So I’m running the newest radio with DCD’s ROM from his 3.0 kitchen. Everything is running great. I love the great rev A and the stable radio. I started poking around over at ppcgeeks and I’ve run across a few tips and hacks to help my internet speeds be all they can be. Some, like changing your DNS really helped. Others though, I was a little hesitant to try out until I learned a little bit more about them. Instead of resurrecting some zombie threads, I decided to start a new one with links to the hacks in question. I would really appreciate any factual answers and comments on these. Thanks.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=1233
OK, this one is a little old, and the reasoning behind it seems to be on the mark, but I have a mogul and don’t have much memory to play around with. Anyone out there using this hack on there mogul? What do you have it set to? How much faster would this hack increase my speed if I tether using WMWifiRouter? And if you want, care to go into detail why this works?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=18435
This one I have my doubts about (increasing the TimerWheelSize). Don’t get me wrong, if someone could explain to me why this would work, I’m all for it, but it seemed everyone did this hack with the DNS hack and was attributing the increase of speed to TimerWheelSize. Once more, anyone willing to explain the details of this hack and if it will increase my speed if I tether using WMWifiRouter?
No one??
Well, i guess i'll try these out when i get home. i'll run some speed tests and post the results.
Not sure WIFIRouter is necessary
I was able to use PAN to connect from my laptop to my Mogul, and get connection speeds over 1100 kb/s. I'm not sure what other benefit would be realized with a WIFI router setup...unless I'm misunderstaning what it's being used for.
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Greetings,
I thought I would check out the Internet Sharing feature of my new AT&T 8525, and it works effortlessly, but it is quite slow. Is there a way to speed things up? If not, would a Bluetooth connection be faster (I would have to use a USB Bluetooth dongle)?
I have looked around quite a bit on these forums and noticed a couple people mention the speed issue, but could not find a solution.
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!
Aaron Jackson
ArrowJ said:
Greetings,
I thought I would check out the Internet Sharing feature of my new AT&T 8525, and it works effortlessly, but it is quite slow. Is there a way to speed things up? If not, would a Bluetooth connection be faster (I would have to use a USB Bluetooth dongle)?
I have looked around quite a bit on these forums and noticed a couple people mention the speed issue, but could not find a solution.
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!
Aaron Jackson
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I find the results to be different. I am in the Dallas area and get very nice 3G speeds while tethered. It fluctuates a bit but averages around 700k down and 280k up. I have seen as high as 1190k down but it isn't stable while on the move. Just because I am always looking for a boost, I searched and found a post in the forums for 3gnetopt.exe from HTC - I don't know if it helped much, but it seemed to burst faster.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=325080&highlight=3gnetopt.exe
HI,
Ok, on my way back from Blockbuster I was taxing the ole cognitive faculties and, being the cheap b*stard I am, thought of a possible way of gaining free internet access on the move. Here is my idea.
Using a Orange UK Pay as You Go sim in a GSM data card hooked up to my main PC at home with full access to High Speed internet. I set up a RAS server, add this number to my Magic Numbers and dial in for remote access and iNet connection. Of course if this is possible compression could be used before IP packets are routed to the mobile device improving, what I assume to be, a lousy bandwidth.
Further questions related to this:
What is the available bandwidth of a GSM data call?
Do Orange allow data calls on non-contract numbers, and are Orange able to detect that a line is being used for data rather than voice? And, if yes to the latter, can a data call masquerade as a voice?
Are there any good compression clients for Windows Mobile?
Being stuck with GPRS/EDGE on my VOX the data plans are diabolical, now I have a eee pc I'm kinda getting these two devices to dance together as best they can for the ultimate mobile experience, and if this theory is plausible and with performance comparable to GPRS, then I think im on to something worth while for my self and others.
Any response is appreciated
not sure if it's possible
but data gsm is only 9600
Unfortunately I don't have any concrete answers for you, but I'm thinking about picking up an EEE PC as well, and this is an absolutely FANTASTIC idea. I'm extremely interested in how this project fares for you. When it comes to phone networks, I'm still a noob, but I've been administering a satellite network for a few years, and based on the networking experience i've gotten in that short time, what you propose seems entirely possible. The biggest issue that I think you're going to run into is getting the compression to work properly. I'm worried that it will impede the processing performance of the phone. I think you may have better luck finding a packetshaper for the EEE rather than your WM device.
On a side note, what distro of Linux do those run? i've been looking around, and havn't been able to find out if it's Ubuntu, RedHat, anything. Everything I find just says 'Linux'. Also, have you been able to easily pair your phone to the EEE? I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on my desktop and I can't get anything out of the USB connection. (I know this is off-topic of your original post, and i apologize, but please PM me if you, or anyone else, have any suggestions. [i've searched forums for some suggestions, havn't worked out] Thanks.)
Good Luck!
Ok thanks all for the response, im going to post info etc. as and when I find it.
Here is general GSM info that confirms and elaberates on Rudegar's post
http://www.tml.tkk.fi/Studies/Tik-110.300/1998/Newtech/fast_gsm_2.html
in brief, using compression 'up to 36000 bps' can be acheived, which is sufficient for Image free web-surfing courtesy of Opera and telnet. Moreover, the article referenced is fairly old and I imagine DUN compression algorythms have come on leaps and bounds, especially since the broadband revolution. I think you're right in suggesting that decompression may tax my Vox, I will use the VOX as modem either over USB or BT. Next I will research compression, keep you all posted.
As for the EEE, well I am totally in love with mine. The stock Eee comes with Xandros a flavour of Linux that I found to be quite bitter. I am currently using XPTablet Edition. I have tried Ubuntu, gOS, eeexubuntu and couldn't deal with the inability to upscale the resolution so I went Windows. Now I can scale 900x600 without any glitches. I have modified my 4g with a touchscreen, 2 gigs of RAM in the post, all I need now is a way of fitting an Xscale PPC sisterboard and the HTC Shift can suck my.......
My only advice is DON'T GET a eee pc 2G, as you will only regret it.... I did!
Oh... I think you'd have to recompile your kernel to get some kind of activesync replacment. I've seen the answer somewhere on my travels--probably www.Eeeuser.com or www.ubuntu.com--If i find it again ill let you know.
Whilst browsing for a cheap GSM modem I came across the Three Pay 3G modem reduced to £69 from Ebuyer. Of course I bought one on the spot--perhaps I'm not such a cheap b*stard after all. For this reason this little project is now less of a necessity. I will be using a VPN of some kind but I doubt that it will be of much relevance to this post. If I do stumble on anything of interest I will post. As the modem has 2G capabilities I will test a few dialin setups.
I'm considering switching from t-mobile with a Hermes to Sprint with a Mogul for the faster speeds.
I tried searching and just couldn't find what I was looking for. Does internet sharing work on the mobile? Can sprint tell you are internet sharing and charge you for it?
Thanks for the responses
normaly yes
but you are surrounded by a community of basement nerds with very little cash in their pockets, and we could maybe show some little reg tweaks to set you in the right direction.
or you could flash to a custom rom. I know DCD's roms, for example, already have the key taken out for you. Alltel moguls, in their stock configuration, dont have this key. I dont know about other carriers. but we could figure something out for you, yes.
Hi All,
New reader/lurker and I'm a bit overwhelmed. I'm technical by nature but nothing to do with phones so I think all the nomenclature I see is so foreign to me that I'd love to read a primer or FAQ or anything to help me get up to speed.
My goals (I have a stock XV6800 from VZ for about 6 months now):
I want to tether this to any laptop and make it easy to do so. The only options under Verizon to do so without paying extra I have found are using the modem application (ugh) via this thread or using a DCD I found out via this simple thread on these forums.
I prefer to use the clean Internet Connection Sharing method so it seems I would need to upgrade to some DCD or other...if I only knew what that was and all the steps, considerations, options, pitfalls, etc. in doing so are.
Can someone point me to a guide for a Verizon XV-6800 that might make this possible, or what documents I need to read to get up to speed, where I can find the media, etc?
It feels a bit overwhelming to get bits and pieces of info but not enough to feel comfortable taking the first real step.
/noob
Thanks!
Well, to help others, since no responses...after scouring the 'net for much time, I found these two links which should help, and I'm temtped to use the short version but will read the other one for completeness:
http://ppc.stoleyour.net/xv6800/
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanRecentHome
If there is any other Verizon specific guide or something that might help a first timer, please point the way! I dig learning about all this.
There really isn't any carrier specific documentation. Just run the Verizon carrier CAB when you get done with the ROM. Just unlock, radio rom, Windows ROM, the carrier CAB. Then tethering is cake. Run the prog, click on connect and then connect it via USB. Windows XP thinks it is a network card and will do the rest. Works great.
I am kinda having some crazy stuff going on. First does anyone have a good website to check download speeds? I am using I.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.HTML.
I pick the 3G test I get about 300-600 Kbps for a download speed. The crazy thing is if I turn on my wifi, but DO NOT CONNECT to a network I get 1600-1800 Kbps. I have tested and retested many times no matter what if I have the wifi turned on I always get a faster speed. I know I am not connected to a network because A. When I do connect to my home wireless I get about 4000 Kbps. B. I have tested this when there are no networks around.
I guess cool if I am really getting those speeds which it looks like I am because even the latency probes are fast, my concern is having the wifi on all the time will eat up my battery even more.
So I would like some feed back on what others are using to do speed tests and also does this happen to anyone else?
I am on joshes fast and stable rom.
Radio2.10.50.26
Thanks people.....
It is changing your reg settings and allowing for a larger transfer rate.
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It is changing your reg settings and allowing for a larger transfer rate.
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Ok... So can I change those settings so I can get that speed without the wifi on?
Thanks
I use www.speakeasy.net/speedtest for that...it only works in IE (not opera, haven't tested it in skyfire), but does a great job.
I personally dont know how, i cam across a post saying how to, ill look it up. Recently ive been busy running android on the hd2