Ever since I downloaded the new update (DI18) this morning, I cannot get good download speeds, but my upload speeds have greatly increased. Any ideas? Here is some proof...If someone could give me a clue of what the problem could be, that would be great.
I tried to insert the pictures of speedtest.net results, but since I'm new, it won't let me.
I've had crazy results like 97kbps down and 702kbps up?!?
my download has remained the same while the upload increased
Between 900 and 1200 down and 400 to 700 up depending on signal strength. I'm in the western suburbs of Chicago.
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I had same problem, I rebooted the phone and all seems fixed now
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All seems normal after OTA update, loving the increased upload speeds.
I was getting like 650s up and about the same or worse down. Very laggy net and things would time out frequently. 600 or 700 was the best down I could get even with full signal strength. I flashed the previous release and all went back to normal. Up was between 100 to 200 and down was 1.5 or better. I guess I prefer better down. I guess if when it gets pushed to me officially, and things act like that, I will go back to 06. Really looking forward to 2.2 and the improvements it offers.
Downstream speeds are exactly the same or better for me. My update was pushed OTA. Is everyone waiting for the GPS to resolve completely before testing? It seems to affect speed, this happened with my Evo, and seems to still be the case with the Epic.
Right now I'm getting 6.24 mpbs download and 1.13 upload on 4g is that good?
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my download is always awful on 3g after the update.
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my download is always awful on 3g after the update.
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Dude why are you complaining this is by farrrr the best phone right now....and a few months down in developement imagine how much better it will be i still am in awwww with a 2.1 rom if you have so many complains take your phone back.
Didn't see any slow download speeds on my 3g are >1000 and uploads >150. So I'm fine over here. Go outside or somthing, this could deal with your location.
And even before this update my phone perfformed fine on all radios.(less upload of course)
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II5StarII Swag said:
Dude why are you complaining this is by farrrr the best phone right now....and a few months down in developement imagine how much better it will be i still am in awwww with a 2.1 rom if you have so many complains take your phone back.
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The guy asked a question.
My downloads since the update here at home on 3g has never been above 400k/sec
That's pretty weak isnt it?
Also my uploads since the fix have ALWAYS been faster! Which is neat, but man.
hmm maybe something is wrong with your phone bro if your getting that on 3g..didnt know it was that low
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hmm maybe something is wrong with your phone bro if your getting that on 3g..didnt know it was that low
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Looks like I'm not the only one.
The pictures posted in this thread are exactly like what I'm seeing.
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ep...ds-increased-ul-speeds-after-di18-update.html
I just did a test w two bars of 3 g and dl speed was 400 and up speed 70 ? On wifi it was 600 dl and 147 up the update made my phone slower is that possible wtf
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I just downloaded the speedtest net version and
got 550 dl and 250 upp and wifi 680d 450up
I get 500-1000 down consistently and up to 700 at times up.
I do remember pre update going over 1000 down was very common and pushing 2000 wasn't out of the question either.
While not complaining my downstream did take a hit but with the nature of networks and cell towers it could simply be not phone related. If it's the same a few weeks or so from now I would consider it phone related. (Unless someone can run side by side tests with another phone). 4G is still blazing fast though.
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I'm just wondering. Are you noticing slower download speeds or are you just going by the speed test programs?
You can tell the difference in just browsing. There used to be a not so dramatic difference between 3g down and 4g down. At work. 2000 down on 3g wasn't uncommon at all.. I get full bars here all day long on 3g. Just running a speed test on a server 12 miles away I got 649 down with full strength. Tried different server, the same. At home the results are worse. So yeah you can notice the difference between 500-1000 down(average is 700 with good signal) and 1000-2000 down without speed tests.
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Let me add also. Speed tests down before the update the needle on the meter was fluid and smooth in movement. Now it seems to be rigid and make sudden jerky shifts in speed like there is some kind of random packet lose.
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I have had the Vibrant for about a week, and love it dearly despite its shortcomings. I have noticed the data speeds and connectivity are in no way related to the amount of bars of service showing, except when it drops to EDGE (which it seems to do an seemingly random times).
I ran the Speedtest.net app about 20 times in different settings, many one right after another without holding the phone. The speeds fluctuate so wildly I can't describe it.
Sometimes I get DL speeds of 100kbs and upload speeds of over 2mbs in the same test, and everywhere in between.
The Nexus one fluctuates a little bit, but no where near this. N1 is on CM6.
This sucks because sometimes for example I'll click the news widgets story, and the webpage will not load even with full 3g service.
And yes, I can stop the speedtest completely by covering the antennae bump with my finger.
Any Ideas?
I also suffer from very spotty GPS functionality, even after the fix. I am not able to root this phone the standard way, tried over 20 times to restart holding VOL up and down, never gets to recovery mode - have not tried adb yet. (I'm at work lol)
Have you done a factory reset on the Vibrant? You should if you haven't. Might solve this too but there is something you have to understand, bandwidth is shared on every tower. If 2 phones are downloading a 1GB file EVERYONE's speed will suffer on that tower. So make sure you're not doing them at the same time because it's not going to be accurate if you are doing them at the same time
Hmm interesting, and thanks for the response. I don't think two phones downloading a file at the same time should make a huge difference, I am in downtown New York City.
I usually kill all processes on an hourly basis usually to prevent lag. Should I not?
System restore from the recovery menu you mean?
I only did two concurrent tests on the N1 and my Vibrant - all others were done by itself.
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Have you done a factory reset on the Vibrant?
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i see this alot, i got my vibrant and rooteded but never done a factory reset... Im not having any issues, is there a reason i should look into this?
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i see this alot, i got my vibrant and rooteded but never done a factory reset... Im not having any issues, is there a reason i should look into this?
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I factory reset every new phone. Just because.. been doing it since windows mobile... any problems factory reset helps so I just start from a factory reset. ...
Do you recommend a backup first? Like Titanium if I was rooted?
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Might solve this too but there is something you have to understand, bandwidth is shared on every tower. If 2 phones are downloading a 1GB file EVERYONE's speed will suffer on that tower. So make sure you're not doing them at the same time because it's not going to be accurate if you're doing them at different times.
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Umm, not necessarily. We don't know how big the internet pipeline for each tower is. The way GSM works though, is each tower only has a specific number of slots for phones that can be connected at one time. Kinda lile a QOS type thing. So each phone sorta has a dedicated pipeline while it's connected. That's just on the GSM switchboard, though. As far as I know the internet pipeline is shared. I'm not saying one way or another on speeds slowing when more people are online, just saying "don't jump to conclusions". Because if they engineered the internet pipeline the same way they engineered the GSM switchboard, then each phone might have it's own dedicated pipeline. Just saying.
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Just did a factory reset, seems speedier already.
I used mIQ to sync because I wasnt able to root the phone for Titanium. Will report back.
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Umm, not necessarily. We don't know how big the internet pipeline for each tower is. The way GSM works though, is each tower only has a specific number of slots for phones that can be connected at one time. Kinda lile a QOS type thing. So each phone sorta has a dedicated pipeline while it's connected. That's just on the GSM switchboard, though. As far as I know the internet pipeline is shared. I'm not saying one way or another on speeds slowing when more people are online, just saying "don't jump to conclusions". Because if they engineered the internet pipeline the same way they engineered the GSM switchboard, then each phone might have it's own dedicated pipeline. Just saying.
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3G is not GSM. Bandwidth on each and EVERY tower is a shared media. I know because I've done it myself. Two phones pitted against each other would always leave one phone slower than the other.
Also there is the possibility that the phones are each on a different tower.
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3G is not GSM. Bandwidth on each and EVERY tower is a shared media. I know because I've done it myself. Two phones pitted against each other would always leave one phone slower than the other.
Also there is the possibility that the phones are each on a different tower.
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True, 3G is a CDMA technology but I really doubt the pipeline is so small that two phones running a test would cause it to slow down. A more likely explanation would be that the radios in the two devices were interfering with each other, and suffered a slower data speed due to lower SNR.
unrelated to this, how do you guys get your speed test results to show on your signature?
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I factory reset every new phone. Just because.. been doing it since windows mobile... any problems factory reset helps so I just start from a factory reset. ...
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just learned that myself, for some reason my pinch to zoom was not smooth at all when loading certain websites it would be very choppy and such until I did a factory reset, now everything works perfectly. Also I think having a task killer is a must on this phone at times I can have 36 apps running at a time which makes for a laggy phone. I thought these phones had better self management systems. Guess not!
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unrelated to this, how do you guys get your speed test results to show on your signature?
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Get the image of the speedtest result then [ img] picture link [ /img] ?
To get the image: Do a speedtest.. click Direct link when its done and bam.
But most likely since its T-MOBILE USA as the ISP.. they most likely tethered and did a speedtest on speedtest.net
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unrelated to this, how do you guys get your speed test results to show on your signature?
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When you complete a test at Speedtest.net, it gives you a link to a picture of your results to post on forums and such.
PePPaZ said:
I have had the Vibrant for about a week, and love it dearly despite its shortcomings. I have noticed the data speeds and connectivity are in no way related to the amount of bars of service showing, except when it drops to EDGE (which it seems to do an seemingly random times).
I ran the Speedtest.net app about 20 times in different settings, many one right after another without holding the phone. The speeds fluctuate so wildly I can't describe it.
Sometimes I get DL speeds of 100kbs and upload speeds of over 2mbs in the same test, and everywhere in between.
The Nexus one fluctuates a little bit, but no where near this. N1 is on CM6.
This sucks because sometimes for example I'll click the news widgets story, and the webpage will not load even with full 3g service.
And yes, I can stop the speedtest completely by covering the antennae bump with my finger.
Any Ideas?
I also suffer from very spotty GPS functionality, even after the fix. I am not able to root this phone the standard way, tried over 20 times to restart holding VOL up and down, never gets to recovery mode - have not tried adb yet. (I'm at work lol)
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Thanks for sharing.
I will say though that speedtest.net is not very accurate and very buggy. I've experienced some of the same issues as you and have been using speedtest.net for a very long time.
I'm curious to know what the most accurate speed test site is out there.
Try: www.MobileSpeedTest.com
When doing the test, let the initial test finish, but scroll down and click on 2MB test to test it again. That should give you a pretty accurate result.
so there is no way to do it from the app itself?
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so there is no way to do it from the app itself?
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Not that I know of. I looked for that option but couldn't find it.
i keep getting a "Missing Liscense Key" error at speedtest.net.
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so there is no way to do it from the app itself?
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Could do a speedtest on the phone and take a screenshot of it on the phone if you REALLY REALLY wanted it but it wouldn't look very official lol.
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so there is no way to do it from the app itself?
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yes, go to the results tab then go to the specific test you want the results to. Then hit the menu button and click "email results", it will send you the same picture that the "direct link" would give you.
Speed test stutters most of the time I run it and the results are usually just ok....When using speed test websites my speeds are usually alot higher.... Anyone else think that the app sucks?
The app sucks. Testing via the speedtest.net website is better.
I like the app.
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Speed test stutters most of the time I run it and the results are usually just ok....When using speed test websites my speeds are usually alot higher.... Anyone else think that the app sucks?
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It's just you
Application definetely sux.
When I used the app it seemed to slow, then when I used the actual website it was much more accurate. The app most of the time wouldn't even show the servers in my area. It would pull up ones hundreds of miles away and when I would go to settings it wouldn't show the one in my city.
The app has some serious problems. It does indeed stutter and lock up, causing the average transfer rate to be much slower than it should be.
It also has serious problems with their IP Geolocation function on 3G/4G. I'm in Seattle but it likes to put me in Kansas. Then, when I go to change the server Seattle isn't an option because it's too far away from Kansas.
When I test using the website while tethered I get much higher speeds than on the phone itself.
I think it's primary value is for relative speed and not for absolute accuracy. I use it to asses the relative speed of different access points, usually just because I'm bored and want to play with my phone. The FCC has a speed test app in the market if you want to try something different. A search for FCC should find it for you.
I use speakeasy.net/speedtest it seems to be the most accurate, especially for testing 4g. From my account the speedtest.net does not have accurate results on 4g
Pretty sure the FCC app is just speedtest rebranded.
I like testmy.net.
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yeah I use speakeasy.net/speedtest. cause on wifi my phone maxes out at 7mb on the speedtest app. but hits 14s all day on speakeasy
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Yup, the app gives me max speed of roughly 20% of what the website says.
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thanks to all the replies....I too now use speakeasy
I used the app side by aide with my fathers iPhone and I was shocked to see ATT blow Sprint away in download speed. His iPhone got some like 2734kbps and my phone got like 786kbps
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Hey guys,
I know this was an issue on release, that was fixed, but now I notice (ec05 sfr, genocide latest) I'm having almost the same issues. Anyone else notice the upload test runs for half a second, stalls, moves a tad, stalls, and gets abysmal scores? Or is it just me. (No I haven't done a hard reset yet, that was my next plan. Just didn't wanna waste the time/effort if it was a known issue).
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I have always had this issue on every epic rom I can remember. I don't know anything about it however...
3G speed tests have ALWAYS been twitchy and sporadic on the Epic. 4G looks like any normal speed test on a PC while 3G the needle looks like a feigning meth addict trying to hold a pen straight.
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While I agree they've always been wonky, I feel like it was much better back in 2.1 after the fix came out. I feel like it was never great but at least testable, and with results higher than 200kbps... maybe some devs could shine some light on the root cause of the problem? For that matter, anyone have better luck on the flakey gingerbread build that's been floating around?
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Try the EB13 modem, or blame Sprint.
I have tried both EB13 and EC05 modems on SFR1.1 and did not notice a difference. I consistently get 80-150kbps upload speeds at home in front of an Airave (compared to 1600-1800 down). I can't really complain since my Epic is a pure "3G device." I did have it test at 600-800 at a Dunkin Donuts a few days ago which is a 1 in 100 shot it seems.
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Try the EB13 modem, or blame Sprint.
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Lol, will try the eb13 modem, but I'm not trying to play a blame game. Just resolve an issue. And it's hard to blame sprint when I know I'm getting fairly good 3g down speeds (although my moms new thunderbolt has me seriously considering lte. 14 down 4 up...just waiting to see what happens when they roll out the caps...
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Hello,
First of all, I want to apologise if this was already covered, but I really did use the search button, not only on this site, but also on google!
I really love the cm insanity rom and Ive been using it for a long time. You can see my post count is low because I really didnt have any problems and if I did, I usually solved it by myself. But that doesnt mean I am new here or noob
Ill try to describe my problem now.
I have the international i9000 with insanityCM021 and GlitchV11 kernel, I didnt really need HSDPA until now, because normal 3G speeds were sufficient for my mobile surfing. Now I have a new laptop which I want to use and the 3g speeds are really not doing it for me anymore.
The city I live in has really good HSDPA coverage, according to the operator webpage its 14.4mbps, altough the independent tests show speeds from 6 to 9 mbps. And all I am getting is 3G without hdspa with speeds as low as 200kbps to 400kbps. And it switches down to Edge quite often too, which is even more strange. It just never shows the H icon. And I am certain it is not coverage problem. Where I live I can see the transmission towers of my operator. Approx 250m away from my window.
I have tried various modems from this list nitr8 posted today in insanityCM thread and its still only 3g with average 300kbps download speed.
Ive tried the JV6, JV4, default JVK and JQ1
JV6 - 3G
JV5 - 3G
JV4 - H
JV3 - H
JPY - H
JPG - 3G
JQ1 - H
JVE - H
JVK - H
JPM - 3G
JP5 - H
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I also did a cleanup of my phone few days ago. Factory reset, InternalSD format, EZbase 2.0 and fresh CMinsanity.
I really dont know what to do next, thats why I am asking for your help, xda community
Sorry for the wall of text, but I didnt want to go down the "Halp my netz broken" path.
Thanks for help in advance
Come over too insanity thread and post this. I can't answer this personally, but I'm sure someone over there will help you
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Yeah, thats what I wanted to do, but I need 10 posts and I dont want to spam other threads just to get there
So, I finally managed to get the H icon for some short times, with KC1 modem.
Even the speeds were fine, but it keeps on switching back to 3g.
And one bigger problem appeared, the "Warmer" display colors from voodoo display seem to be gone and also when im scrolling through menus it tears the picture... glitch reflash didnt help...
Its funny how I am always the one who has these special problems...
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So, I finally managed to get the H icon for some short times, with KC1 modem.
Even the speeds were fine, but it keeps on switching back to 3g.
And one bigger problem appeared, the "Warmer" display colors from voodoo display seem to be gone and also when im scrolling through menus it tears the picture... glitch reflash didnt help...
Its funny how I am always the one who has these special problems...
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Well it is probably some minor installation problem, I'm sure we can sort it
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Are you using glitch kernel with uv? Did you install via ezbase 2?
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Are you using glitch kernel with uv? Did you install via ezbase 2?
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Yeah, Im using Glitch with 1400mhz overclock and significant UV, but I am pretty sure its stable. Ive sorted the colors problem, for some strange reason the gamma offset settings were reverted to default 2.3.3 values.
The HSDPA is working, but its falling back to 3g a lot, I dont know if thats normal though, because I didnt really use it that much. Even on old, non-cm insanity I had it disabled. So, if thats normal I seem to have no troubles anymore
The speeds are fine when it is working, I currently have cheaper data plan with 3.2 mbps cap and the speeds are pretty much as advertised. Though there is one thing I would like to know. My mobile operator offers unlimited data plan for mobile phones with 7,2mbps download cap and its just 15E.
Can galaxy S even reach that speed ? I couldnt find this information anywhere.
Have any of you noticed how slow the Hotspot functionality is? I am on Verizon and earlier with nearly a full LTE signal I was only getting .23 Mbps download and .03 Mbps Upload as tested on Speedtest.net. Web Pages were taking forever to load. Has anyone else experienced these issues. I'm going to try it again at home to see if it was just the area I was in, but I did have great signal strength on my phone.
slow hotspot
robn30 said:
Have any of you noticed how slow the Hotspot functionality is? I am on Verizon and earlier with nearly a full LTE signal I was only getting .23 Mbps download and .03 Mbps Upload as tested on Speedtest.net. Web Pages were taking forever to load. Has anyone else experienced these issues. I'm going to try it again at home to see if it was just the area I was in, but I did have great signal strength on my phone.
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I have noticed this as well, curious on others experiences and possible causes to look into
robn30 said:
Have any of you noticed how slow the Hotspot functionality is? I am on Verizon and earlier with nearly a full LTE signal I was only getting .23 Mbps download and .03 Mbps Upload as tested on Speedtest.net. Web Pages were taking forever to load. Has anyone else experienced these issues. I'm going to try it again at home to see if it was just the area I was in, but I did have great signal strength on my phone.
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No where near as slow as yours but still slower than I've experienced with other VZW phones...
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No where near as slow as yours but still slower than I've experienced with other VZW phones...
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Shoot I would be thrilled with that! Gonna try again right now while I'm at home and see what it does. I'll report back.
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Shoot I would be thrilled with that! Gonna try again right now while I'm at home and see what it does. I'll report back.
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Blazing fast at home for me! I was at work earlier
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Blazing fast at home for me! I was at work earlier
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Holy cow, that's crazy! Are you on Verizon? I have never seen speeds like that on LTE where I'm at. Here is my at home speed, and I'm happy with this.
I've experienced this. It's intermittent. When it's happening it's dirt slow. Sometimes a reboot fixes it, sometimes it doesn't... but it's never as fast as my Droid Maxx's hotspot used to be.
I'm on Verizon, grandfathered unlimited data, and never had any issues tethering from this phone or any other. At times my 60 MBPS home wifi gets congested so we use our phones to pick up the slack.
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Holy cow, that's crazy! Are you on Verizon? I have never seen speeds like that on LTE where I'm at. Here is my at home speed, and I'm happy with this.
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Yep, VZW here! Totally surprised myself as I almost never use it at home but signal is way better than what I was getting at work earlier
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I also notice that when i connect a device on the hot spot there is no notification that indicates that a connection is established. Is it specific to Android stock ? On my M7 i could view all the connections opened.