so as everyone knows knows T-mobile started to throttle speeds once a user passes 5GB of data. Well here is how to go back to unthrottled speeds.
Simply click menu-> settings -> Wireless & networks -> mobile networks
then you are going to want to click to use only 2G networks. Click back and wait till it connects to edge.
then go back and uncheck Use only 2G networks
(must repeat upon reboot)
You should now be connected to an throttled 3G network. Personally i was getting about 60 kbps before i did it and after i get around 2000 kbps.
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Awesome find. Should be stickyed.
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BONUS FEATURE:saves battery life!
ps:tmo is going to look for a fix now that you have posted this
if this works for anyone else please reply (to know if your speeds are being throttled T-mobile sends you a text message telling you)
Sweet.
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Good to know. I haven't been too worried until lately. Started using tethering at work to watch a lot of Netflix and Hulu when things are slow. I may be giving this a try very soon.
This is a great tip, thank you for it. I attached a pic of my results:
I never did this, got the text mrss
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Message, but still get 3g speeds
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master.peterm said:
so as everyone knows knows T-mobile started to throttle speeds once a user passes 5GB of data. Well here is how to go back to unthrottled speeds.
Simply click menu-> settings -> Wireless & networks -> mobile networks
then you are going to want to click to use only 2G networks. Click back and wait till it connects to edge.
then go back and uncheck Use only 2G networks
(must repeat upon reboot)
You should now be connected to an throttled 3G network. Personally i was getting about 60 kbps before i did it and after i get around 2000 kbps.
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I hit 5.7Gb(i only had it for 2 weeks) and i just got a txt msg from tmo that i hit the limit i tried your tick and its not any faster.... =(
Sorry if I'm necroposting, but this helped me a lot, thanks so much!
Lol... guys, you do know there is already a thread about this in development, right?
You guys really need to learn to use the search button before posting duplicate threads.
I already had someone steal my work today but this looks unintentional and is a far inferior method to disabling the data cap (aka throttle). Check out development if you want a more permanent method...
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Lol... guys, you do know there is already a thread about this in development, right?
You guys really need to learn to use the search button before posting duplicate threads.
I already had someone steal my work today but this looks unintentional and is a far inferior method to disabling the data cap (aka throttle). Check out development if you want a more permanent method...
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You know this is an old thread, made from before your thread in the dev forum, right ?
Just that someone revived it from the dead
Apologies if it sounds like I'm being a smart-a**, maybe I misunderstood though.
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Can anyone tell me my speeds are average I'm running mikg 2.55 chopsuey kernal if that matters and have about .50 on the download and .46 on upload hope that helps if you need to know anything else let me know thanks in advance for help
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Sounds like Sprint to me....
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How many bars do you have? Have you done the fix to get rid of the proxy? Possibly start running script manager with the turbo 3g script. Let me run a speed test and ill let you know my.speeds.
Edit: speed test isn't connecting right now but ill try later and get a screenshot of my speeds
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I get between .8 & 1 mbps down with one to two bars on MIUI. I assume that's average, but I rarely use 3G, I'm usually on wifi.
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I use get almost 1.5 Mbps near my home. Since last Nov, I'm lucky to get 200Kbps down and 480Kbps up. That's right, faster up then down. I guess Sprint thinks my EVO is a server. In the same area I have 4bars.
I'm not looking forward to the IPhone stooges looking for unlimited data.
Speed test app is being stupid and won't locate a server for me. However, at home in the boondocks with an airrave I get 1.3mb down and like 350 kb up. When I'm in town (20 miles from home, lol) I get probably 600-1000 kb down and 150-400 kb up.
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Thanks guys for the responses I can't figure out for life of me that 3g speeds are so slow but guess its all good unlimited date and 4g is awesome just annoying always having to put it on using YouTube or downloads
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I'm running copysuey to and team blaze Rom runny bliss 5
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Thanks guys for the responses I can't figure out for life of me that 3g speeds are so slow but guess its all good unlimited date and 4g is awesome just annoying always having to put it on using YouTube or downloads
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Try this if you haven't already. Props to avalaunchmods for posting this. This should help.
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PLEASE READ L-E-T-T-E-R FOR L-E-T-T-E-R, W-O-R-D FOR W-O-R-D.
As we all know, HTC and Sprint borked downloads for apps like Rhapsody, Mog, Thumbplay.
I recently ran across the subject and i found a fix. It is very simple.
1. Get your MSL, There are many ways, call Sprint, Download the app MSL Reader from the market, CDMA workshop
2. After you have your MSL go to your phone and type ##3282#
3. Click Edit Mode
4. Click Advanced
5. Scroll down to HTTP PD Proxy Port & HTTP PD Proxy Address
6. Change HTTP PD Proxy Port to 0 (zero)
7. Change HTTP PD Proxy Address to 0.0.0.0
8. Go enjoy Downloads and a .20-.60 mbps increase in 3G speeds!
-All credit to original finder of this fix, i am just passing it along and found the speed increase. Also when you flash a new rom it will back to old settings so remember to re-apply and it wont make you more vulnerable to anything.
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sent from my Mik Sense 3.5 based EVO 4G
Sux that it wont work AOSP roms
droiddawg said:
Try this if you haven't already. Props to avalaunchmods for posting this. This should help.
funny thing is i tried that and only to find out my evo already came with those settings. just unrooted and got s-on again so i could return it to sprint. ever since i got my evo about a week ago reception been fine then all of a sudden for the past two days its been on 1x it hardly ever gets 3g now, and when it does its just for a split second. is that normal for sprint, only reason i ask is i mainly use my verizon phone for calls and such.
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Yeah, that mod doesn't work for everybody.
I'm on the $20/month 5GB/month data plan. and I think I goofed, big time. i was downloading some ps1 roms and didn't realize I was using my data instead of my wifi. lol
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post your data graphs.
anyone know any ways around the caps? i don't think i can go the rest of the month with only 500mb to spare.
wifi
wifi:
Not to get off topic, but what app is that? Looks nice.
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Sniper_5 said:
Not to get off topic, but what app is that? Looks nice.
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comes with ICS.
it's simply in settings under "data usage"
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Not to get off topic, but what app is that? Looks nice.
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settings >> data usage >> select menu button and check Show wifi usage
I believe it's under system settings - in the wifi/mobile networks area. Sorry, I don't have exact instructions... You'll find it. Lol
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Ah Gotcha. Guess I'll be waiting for the SGS3 then. I'm still stock GB on my DX
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This comes to show me just how little data one gets with Verizon and AT&T. Wow, one large download or 3 Netflix movie and you're done for the month!! No thanks I'll pass. You guys could show off all your network speeds all you want, at the end of the day who gives a **** how fast you go if you can't really use it for anything without going over your limit. I'll stay with Sprint and my unlimited data. Being on the list of the first to get LTE also helps my decision to stay with sprint.
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This comes to show me just how little data one gets with Verizon and AT&T. Wow, one large download or 3 Netflix movie and you're done for the month!! No thanks I'll pass. You guys could show off all your network speeds all you want, at the end of the day who gives a **** how fast you go if you can't really use it for anything without going over your limit. I'll stay with Sprint and my unlimited data. Being on the list of the first to get LTE also helps my decision to stay with sprint.
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It's impossible to support millions of customers on a network without it straining. They prioritize quality of the network over unrestricted access. So it works great for as long as you're allowed to use it, or pay overages.
shook187 said:
This comes to show me just how little data one gets with Verizon and AT&T. Wow, one large download or 3 Netflix movie and you're done for the month!! No thanks I'll pass. You guys could show off all your network speeds all you want, at the end of the day who gives a **** how fast you go if you can't really use it for anything without going over your limit. I'll stay with Sprint and my unlimited data. Being on the list of the first to get LTE also helps my decision to stay with sprint.
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Sorry but speed allows me to use my data the way I'd like. Unlike sprints dialup network. After 6 years of sprint I'm glad I left for att. Much better service.
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After flashing a rom a few days but not bad tho
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Hey, I'm currently working with a HTC HD2 with a Froyo Android on it and having difficulties in the basement.
I've recently moved into a new rental house (am a University student) and was given a room in the basement (not much choice there since I signed up late for housing). Anyways I've noticed I get 1-2 bars in the basement which is fine (so I thought) but I'm not receiving any text or phone calls! Whenever I walk outside with my phone there's multiple texts waiting for me and whenever I meet my parents they question why I never pick up the phone (I dont even have missed calls showing).
Now with my closest friends I have whatsapp/fb chat/google talk which is fine but for employers who I give my resume to, or friends I occasionally meet up with they have no way to contact me :S so was wondering if there's any way to boost my signal in the basement?
I've read about a few signal boosters and repeaters but they are costing hundreds of dollars which is out of my price range but really do need to fix something or my social life is going down the drain next semester :S
Thanks in advance
forgot to mention, it wont even send texts as well at two bars... so sad T__T
aerok5 said:
am a University student
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really do need to fix something or my social life is going down the drain next semester
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Says it all really
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Go outside. Solves both your social life problem and signal problem.
Maybe AT&T will have better signal and you can just switch to like Straight Talk.
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Hey just downloaded a signal booster app last nite (Fresh Network) and it doesn't fix the problem completely... but if i hold the phone exactly above my mini-fridge and send texts they usually go through after 3-4 attempts which is nice but sad to see there's no better solutions
aerok5 said:
Hey just downloaded a signal booster app last nite (Fresh Network) and it doesn't fix the problem completely... but if i hold the phone exactly above my mini-fridge and send texts they usually go through after 3-4 attempts which is nice but sad to see there's no better solutions
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Signal booster apps are a scam. I hope you didn't pay for it.
You should connect it to a strong wifi network and use wifi calling.
Mr.Mischief said:
Signal booster apps are a scam. I hope you didn't pay for it.
You should connect it to a strong wifi network and use wifi calling.
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Hey, no didn't pay for it but I personally disagree. It feels like it does help (although the difference isn't very much)
And yea was debating on going pure WiFi but seems like a lot of hassle to have two different numbers, or is there a way to keep same number?? Sorry not very sure how WiFi networks work, if you could recommend a good one that'd be great
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Hey, no didn't pay for it but I personally disagree. It feels like it does help (although the difference isn't very much)
And yea was debating on going pure WiFi but seems like a lot of hassle to have two different numbers, or is there a way to keep same number?? Sorry not very sure how WiFi networks work, if you could recommend a good one that'd be great
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Most T-Mobile smartphones have built in wifi calling. No porting or different numbers. You just connect to a wifi network and enable it in the settings.
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checked under settings and no luck thanks anyways mite get roomies to chip in for a used network extender (cheapest i found was around $60 which isn't all that bad)
thanks again
aerok5 said:
checked under settings and no luck thanks anyways mite get roomies to chip in for a used network extender (cheapest i found was around $60 which isn't all that bad)
thanks again
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The HTC HD2 is a Windows phone, right? I believe only T-Mobile Blackberry and Android phones support UMA.
Read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843433&page=6
Didn't know where else to put this so mods please move if need to. Only found older threads, just looking for more current usage.
This is just a general question to all heavy data users regardless of carrier. I'm just curious because when I called to check on my plan the customer service rep was flippin out and said I'm in the TOP 1 percent of data users. I have service with Verizon wireless and thankfully I have unlimited data still. Just looks like I'm not upgrading anytime soon
I use between 10-20 a month on AT&T unlimited plan.
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21-45GB a month.
Around 6G on att mobile share. I wish I had wifi.
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Do you guys get throttled at all from your carrier ?
Vain III said:
21-45GB a month.
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Nice, who's your service provider?
I know I get throttled for a bout a week or so. Also around the same time every month.
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Cuz97 said:
Nice, who's your service provider?
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T-mobile and [previously] sprint.
I don't get throttled at all so far.
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10 gb +/-
Sprint.
How much are you using to get into the top percentile?
5-20gb with wifi using ADSL.
Speeds aren't too great but it's much better than the unstable 3G signal I get at the moment.
Shawn said:
I don't get throttled at all so far.
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U shouldnt get throttled BC u have a share plan.
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Last month I got 70gb. This month I'm at 45 GB with 2 days left. I use the hotspot at work and share it with like 5 people at work.. unlimited LTE on verizon. Never been throttled with them. That's the reason I left att
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How much do you pay for you data?
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aleph23 said:
10 gb +/-
Sprint.
How much are you using to get into the top percentile?
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You probably wouldn't believe me if I told u so I'll just show u. Screen shot was taken a minute ago.
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Did 130+ last month and never got throttled from Big Red
Bout 20 to 50 funny cause when Verizon throttles me I still get speeds of 12mbps
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45gb is a lot..
i consider my self a heavy user, but i never got above 3GB, even when tehtering wifi for friends for a lan party
How do you use all that data??? I have a 1gb data plan and usally never went much further than 800mb!!!
It's got to be torrents. No way can someone consume 100gb of data without video files lol. I download nightlies every day on my drive from work and even with all my app updates via cell signal I never go over 5-8gb's.
Hi,
Lets show off a bit of our speed demons?
Here is T-Mobile US, Server in Fort Lauderdale,
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I get faster speeds from London to Amsterdam than from another server in London
Tre in Göteborg, Sweden. (If I use their ipv6 apn I only get 10/10 though, I guess because of the way they route ipv4-packets in that case, do you guys know any way of testing the speed using ipv6?)
ergoen said:
Tre in Göteborg, Sweden. (If I use their ipv6 apn I only get 10/10 though, I guess because of the way they route ipv4-packets in that case, do you guys know any way of testing the speed using ipv6?)
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Lol verry nice,50mbit on mobile and i have 10mbit on cable!
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Lol verry nice,50mbit on mobile and i have 10mbit on cable!
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Hehe, I have a monthly data cap of 2GB though, after which it get's throttled to 200kbit, so its not very useful, I would rather have lower ping rates and (a bit) lower speed to be honest.
I wish there was way to change the 4G symbol into LTE symbol.
LTE sounds cooler :lol:
I i am not in US at the moment, but noticed on T-Mobile US I have the 3G APN settings, here its posted different settings for 4G .. retest in few days.
@ergoen , 2GB monthly is not bad, I have 200 MB 4G per day only ..
in front of department of homeland security in seattle.....those whores.
When I hit the populated areas I get a consistent 40-60mb down with 10-20mb up. At my house....2mb down.
Megafon, Moscow. I think I can get much more speed, but I dont have this much traffic
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Oh snap, shots fired hahahaha
Are you running stock firmware or a rom? I dont like how stock wont show lte...just 4g.
First screenshot is Kitslim, second is CM-based rom.
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My Z1 Compact in Montevideo, Uruguay. I have one of those new LTE contracts from local carrier ANTEL, they offer LTE 20/2Mbps but for some unkown reason it's working faster than contract limits.
So far I'm very happy with Z1c !!!
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Any body know how change back 4g to lte icon?
mine is stock and shows only Lte, never saw 4g on my z1c.
Depends from firmware to firmware! You need search a firmware which show icon LTE.
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Fast, but unfortunately can't get over the 100mbps mark. 99/14
4G speeds on Three Mobiles 4G network
My dad get this speed on Telia Sweden LTE and hes using a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
Hey American AT&T users/anybody that could help me out: I'm having trouble getting 4G on AT&T in Northern California.
Could you go to settings --> about phone, and tell me what your "Baseband version" and "Build Number" is?
Also, do you have the 4g option enabled? (You can check by dragging down the notification bar --> quick settings --> edit --> and selecting 'LTE'. Is it toggled on or off?)
Thanks!