okay i get 2 BARS of 4g in my house but my download speeds on WIRELESS TETHER are at 650 the HIGHEST and mostly from 230-350 KBPS on the regular again with TWO BARS of 4g...WHATS WROGN ??IS THIS NORMAL?CUZ i think i used 2 have more b4 the DI18 update
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Maybe I'm just a noob and this is how smartphone wifi works, but I can only pull 2mb/s download and 1mb/s upload speeds using wifi via my HTC Ozone.
I have a 30mbps fiberoptic line and a Dlink DIR-625 router.
IS this normal? My ping is also very high at 180ms.
If this is normal, how come it's SO much slower on mobile devices? It's barely any faster than my 3g speeds....
I also can only get 2mb/s download speed. Using a HTC snap.
computerpro3 said:
Maybe I'm just a noob and this is how smartphone wifi works, but I can only pull 2mb/s download and 1mb/s upload speeds using wifi via my HTC Ozone.
I have a 30mbps fiberoptic line and a Dlink DIR-625 router.
IS this normal? My ping is also very high at 180ms.
If this is normal, how come it's SO much slower on mobile devices? It's barely any faster than my 3g speeds....
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I usually get 5Mbps download speeds and 2Mbps to 3Mbps upload on WiFi, I dont think it will go much faster then 8Mbps (its rated for 7.2Mbps). I usually only get 1Mbps on 3G.
There is a program called SmartTweaker that is supposed to help speed up WiFi (and other things) but I have never used it.
With the new PRL update did everyone get increased signals and speeds?
My personal best at home and at a location I am very familiar with was 5.5 Mbps and I thought that was more than good enough.
Well today I tested and my bars increased in my home office by 1 or 2 bars(up and down) and I just got over 11.50 Mbps!
Nice job Sprint. Anyone else get much better results lately through the radio update and PRL change?
I don't get 4g in my house, but I did notice a speed increase with my 3g coverage. I'm in a weak signal area and got around 200-400 kbps with the old prl, and now with the new prl I get 500-700 kbps.
abanh said:
I don't get 4g in my house, but I did notice a speed increase with my 3g coverage. I'm in a weak signal area and got around 200-400 kbps with the old prl, and now with the new prl I get 500-700 kbps.
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Can't complain about double right?
I also did notice my 3G speed increased as well. I am fortunate to have 4G as now I have a tethering solution wirelessly and USB for PC and MAC
I hope Sprint continues down the path they have been going lately and get a foothold of the 3.5G(4G) market. I am liking their Customer Service and their speeds along with their phones. They are finally understanding the game.
Yeah, I see better signal and 3g speeds with the new prl. Lakeland,fl
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I drive by the Sprint Campus in Overland Park, KS everyday and I have full 4G bars. I have never get over 3.5 and it's really annoying and with all the latest updates it now doesn't go past 1.8...
It's funny though because my 3G speed has in fact increased. Ok, well not so funny because I want the 5+ 4G speeds other's seem to get.
Before 2.2 I used to get spotty 4G coverage at my house with about 5mbps down/1mbps up but didn't notice any issues with battery. Now with 2.2 I consistently get 4G at my house and get about 7-8mbps down/1mbps up, but the battery life is horrible! I left 4G on this morning when I unplugged my phone from the charger around 9AM with 100% battery, its now close to 1PM and I have hardly used to phone (just checked some emails) and I am down to 20% in 4 hours. Anyone else seeing this as well??
Oh yeah, I've noticed a huge increase. Before I wouldn't go past 4MB, now I am getting Over 8MBs! Pic for proof here
I live right in the city of Seattle just northeast of downtown and in a very old building with thick brick walls. I could only get 2 or 3 bars of 3g and could not get a 4g connection at all. when I updated to froyo rooted Rom, and the radio to the 7.28 and wimax to 26023, I can now get 3 bars of 4g!
the 3g signal did not change, but after thinking wimax indoors would never happen due to the structure of my building, surrounding tall buildings, the wavelength used for 4g, and a tiny dead zone a block from my apartment, I am very pleased and surprised.
and no, I did not discover some new magical hotspot of reception inside my apartment - I checked every square inch to find the best reception for tethering in the past and set the phone at the exact same spot, on top of my 2nd window's curtain rod.
this happened before I updated the PRL, but now with the updated PRL it still works the same, so maybe it was partly the radio too?
I'm on DK28, midNIGHT 2.9.3, and trying to use wireless tether but the results are heartbreaking.... It can hardly load web pages before they time out an looking at the wireless tethr ap its only doing 20kbps max.
Anyone else have similar results?
I noticed pretty slow speeds on 3G when using Wireless tether (mine were like .35mb down/.8mb up) but when I switched over to 4G I got >4mb consistently. This was on a rooted stock DI18. I'm using Wireless Tether 2.0.6, fwiw.
Honestly, the 3G speeds are disappointing when I was getting ~3mb on 3G with my old Touch Pro2.
Well I did a speed check last night and it was a lot faster. 200-300 kbps down and 100 kbps.
It had been sucking really bad like at 25 kbps down and 10th kbps at my house. The ping is better so I tethered the xbox and played cod with yellow bars with no lag that I can see.also launched netflix and got 2 bars and five mins later it kicked to 3 bars, saw like 600 kbps down listed on the app.so it soooooo much better. Any one else see this?.
Hey,
Could you tell me how you managed to get those speeds on your EVO? I'm in costa mesa and can't get anymore than 1x = 120KBS
thanks!
I used to work in dana point and I agree the 3g speeds there were pretty decent. Didn't have 4G but downloading roms really didn't take all that long.
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My girlfriend and I both have Nexus S 4G's so I decided to update mine and leave hers at 2.3.4 until I ran some tests. Here is what I concluded after about an hour of testing at home:
Signal strength was improved by around 10db
3G download speeds were 60% faster
3G upload speeds were 40% faster
It's important to note that the Speedtest.net app does not work properly on the Nexus S 4G. To get accurate results, you should use the Speakeasy Speed Test through your phone's web browser, or, tether your computer to your phone and run any speed test from your computer.
I haven't had a chance to test 4G but I am anticipating a big improvement.
Marco
PS. Sorry for the crappy photos taken on my old Evo 4G
It's impossible to rate 3G speed performance increases based off a radio update accurately. Sprints 3G network is such a pile of crap you could get 1mb a second one minute
and this garbage the next.
I tested it a few times over an hour period and got the same results. Beyond that I don't have the time to waste running further tests.
Sorry to hear you get crappy speeds.
did you do any testing on wifi signal strength?
I was getting 2.6 mbps dl at home before update. 60% of that would be crazy. Im on miui atm and idk if im going to update if it blocks tether.
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I didn't test Wifi and unfortunately I just updated her phone to 2.3.5!
Most importantly, how is the signal acquisition? One severe problem I faced is that signal is extremely patchy in areas that should not be patchy at all
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i know it stuffed all sorts of baby unicorns into 4g speeds, previously id average 1.4 down and up.. now i get 2.6 down and 1.7 up
I installed the update via this forum and I have zero signal bars and my airave is 20 feet away if that. My wifi signal indicator jumps around from weak to strong but is mainly weak. I don't know what the deal is, I'm not trying to scare anyone. Its just annoying me.
Is there anyway I can remove this update? I've never done any kind of rooting on my nexus s 4G
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krisnicaj said:
I installed the update via this forum and I have zero signal bars and my airave is 20 feet away if that. My wifi signal indicator jumps around from weak to strong but is mainly weak. I don't know what the deal is, I'm not trying to scare anyone. Its just annoying me.
Is there anyway I can remove this update? I've never done any kind of rooting on my nexus s 4G
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OK so I did some playing around with my phone. It seems like everytime I start to make a call I immediately get 2 or 3 bars. Kinda strange.
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krisnicaj said:
OK so I did some playing around with my phone. It seems like everytime I start to make a call I immediately get 2 or 3 bars. Kinda strange.
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Do you have the older airave that is only 1x data? If so, it's displaying the 3G bars when not using 1x (either sms or call). You'll never miss a call due to signal if that's the case. It used to be that way for me when I had the older unit (just got the newer 3G airave, and now it's full bars all of the time).
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Do you have the older airave that is only 1x data? If so, it's displaying the 3G bars when not using 1x (either sms or call). You'll never miss a call due to signal if that's the case. It used to be that way for me when I had the older unit (just got the newer 3G airave, and now it's full bars all of the time).
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Yea I do, thanks
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3G signal has become worse for me on the new Radio. I'm now stuck on 1X in my home when I used to be decent 3G.
This sucks.
I'm running rooted 2.3.5 with Matrix 4.0 kernel.
Before update:
WIFI was 4.9 down 4.3 up
4G was 3.6 down 1.5 up
3G was 325 kps down 100 up
After Update:
WIFI is 7.2 down 1.5 up
4G is 4.5 down 1.5 up
3G is 550kps down 100 up
I ran each test a few times.
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My 3G speeds before were around 100kbps before the update, and around that now. Sprint is the worst carrier in the whole damn planet. I just check my Evo and it has around 300kbps tops... pathetic. Sprint if you are reading this, you ****ing SUCK
I just got 2.16 megs on my airwave. I used the speakeasy test. Before I could hardly get .8 mbps.
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It's important to note that the Speedtest.net app does not work properly on the Nexus S 4G. To get accurate results, you should use the Speakeasy Speed Test through your phone's web browser, or, tether your computer to your phone and run any speed test from your computer.
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Why is that the case?
2.3.4
3G 300kbps-1000kbps depending on location
4G max 5.5Mbps
Wifi max 6Mbps
2.3.5
3G 500kbps-1200kbps depending on location
4G max 7.5Mbps (!!!)
Wifi max 8Mbps
It seems like to me that one person says it helps and then the next says it sucks so I think I'm just going to leave well enough for now because i have mine on Boost and really don't feel like setting up data and mms again...wouldn't be hard but from the looks of things it really doesn't look like its worth it.
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Why is that the case?
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They are both built by ookla labs i'm with you on this one, if everyone uses speedtest app its clearly going to show any changes.