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I have 3g in my town until I start going home then I just go to g. If I hold up my my phone while going home I can keep 3g until I get out of my car. Is there any way to boost my signal to where I can have fast 3g at home?
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jajon3775 said:
I have 3g in my town until I start going home then I just go to g. If I hold up my my phone while going home I can keep 3g until I get out of my car. Is there any way to boost my signal to where I can have fast 3g at home?
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Sure!http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827911

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Hspa+ text

So, I just text from t-mo telling me that they're new network had made my phone faster, but so far I haven't noticed a difference. Anyone else get a text out notice some speed increases?
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Download the SpeedTest.net app, do a couple tests and post your speeds here. I work for Tmo and we have HSPA+ at the call center (very congested cell site), and I have gotten up to almost 5Mbps download speeds there. On regular 3G I get only like 1Mbps max.
1.46/d & 1.29/u best out of three, with full signal and 3G. I ran it earlier, right after I got the text, and it wasn't nearly that fast-
Stupid question- will the data indicator say something other than 3G when on an hspa+ network?
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zerolgk5 said:
Stupid question- will the data indicator say something other than 3G when on an hspa+ network?
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"H" if you're on the new radio
Ok, so the 'H' just means hspa. I think whether or not it says 'H' or '3G' depends on the rom you happen to be using.
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zerolgk5 said:
Ok, so the 'H' just means hspa. I think whether or not it says 'H' or '3G' depends on the rom you happen to be using.
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Yes, you are correct. I figure that T-Mobile made the hspa icon 3g was so that people didn't get confused between gprs, edge, and 3g. Some roms will have editted the icon so that it will show an h. It's something along those line.
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Where are these networks located? I barely get 3G as is, phone constantly changing from G to E and really pissing me off.
The new radio alone will not make it show the H. I didn't get the H until I flashed CM6, now I always see it. I don't have HSPA+ around my home, but at the Tmo call center, I have seen up to 4Mbps download, and it's pretty congested there.
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But yeah can't wait to have it around my house, as my Verizon DSL sucks and I'd love to have a nice backup connection.
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I work and live about 10 & 20 miles north of boston, respectively. The fastest speed I've seen was 2.4mbps, and I've only seen that once. Usually I get around .5/1.2mbps with full signal.
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zerolgk5 said:
I work and live about 10 & 20 miles north of boston, respectively. The fastest speed I've seen was 2.4mbps, and I've only seen that once. Usually I get around .5/1.2mbps with full signal.
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I'm in medford and don't get anything as good as this

Force extended network.

Any one know any way of forcing a phone to go on extended network? Anything I can change in the service menu or anything?
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Isn't that the same as roaming? And may I ask why?
Yes. And because I'm in the military and the tech school I'm at everyone is on the same tower so my 3g download speed is 12-16kb/s
The upload is like 1mbps. It sucks. when my phone goes into extended network I get almost 1mbps download.
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We've had this question before and I don't think we ever found a way...

Tethering Sucks

I never use tethering, but my connection is down, so I get setup and this blows. It's so slow, pages just time out and I keep getting intermittent DNS errors.
THIS is what people are all gaga over?
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Are you tethering in an area where Sprint's 3g is slow?
Is there an area where it's not slow?
Btw, I tried wireless and USB tethering. Both sucked
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All depends for me. Obviously it'll vary with area. I only break it out for the chromebook when I absolutely need it.
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HipKat said:
Is there an area where it's not slow?
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Plenty of areas.
Not here, apparently, but then everything here sucks
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It must just be your area. I tether my EVO connection all the time and have no issues. I use it for browsing as well as playing games on xbox live and netflix. It works great.
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Works perfectly fine here.
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It "works" here...but it's something I use in a pinch. I got an overdrive to reduce my hassle factor. Same signal and it's far faster.
maybe im crazy but does wifi hotspot work with 4g? I swear my tethering is pretty damn fast when i turn on 4g...
Are all of yall paying for hotspot or is it the wifi tether and can u post speeds please on 4g
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Hey hipkat...my wireless tether is almost twice as fast as my home WiFi. And my home WiFi is pretty damn fast....Works great for me.
You guys are lucky then, and today, I used USB tethering again, and damned if it didn't kill my WiFi... again.
I get a connection, but nothing will update, browser won't connect, etc. They all say no connection.
I'm not even sure how I fixed it yesterday. I think it just came back "on"
mattykinsx said:
Are you tethering in an area where Sprint's 3g is slow?
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AKA: are you tethering anywhere in the us?
At my house i average 1.5mbps on 3g, and at work where i have 4g i average 7mbps.
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You guys are lucky then, and today, I used USB tethering again, and damned if it didn't kill my WiFi... again.
I get a connection, but nothing will update, browser won't connect, etc. They all say no connection.
I'm not even sure how I fixed it yesterday. I think it just came back "on"
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Are you using Windows 7? I had that problem with my moms computer (running win7) after I setup easytether for her. It didn't want to connect to WiFi. I have had no problems on my pc running Vista.
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At home I average about 4-5mbps down, 1.0-1.5mbps up.
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billbowers said:
Hey hipkat...my wireless tether is almost twice as fast as my home WiFi. And my home WiFi is pretty damn fast....Works great for me.
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LOL
Either you're maxing on 4G or you're 'laxing' on the home internetz. Either way, many of us won't have 4G touching our home service.
As for speeds, and people saying 'it's fine here,' it all depends. Obviously area and coverage is going to dictate speeds. As stated, if Peoria sucks, well it sucks and it will be mirrored in your efforts to tether. You can't tether faster than your available speeds. Naturally.
I can get amazing speeds around campus but around home it's 'meh.' So, naturally, when tethering around school it's usually decent but around here it isn't. Make sense? Thank the good (raptor) lord for the WiFi.
It should be obvious that coverage and native speeds dictate your connection.
Anyone know where I can find tether drivers for XP? I tried the tetherxp.info from android.com but when I try to install them it says its not for my phone. IM using MIUI if it makes a difference.
Also plz no links to tether apps.
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Att use, bouncing between 3g and h+ all the time

Is it normal or I have to get the right settings? I notice it on 3g all the time but then it jumps to h+ when ever I use data.
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Stay on hspa?

Hey this has been bugging me all day.
My network switches from 3G to H every few seconds almost even if I not moving. Is there a way to just pick it to one?
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Don't blame me if you screw something up but goto your phone app and dial *#*#4636#*#* and begin to tinker.
daviiiiiid said:
Hey this has been bugging me all day.
My network switches from 3G to H every few seconds almost even if I not moving. Is there a way to just pick it to one?
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Sounds like Fast Dormancy. It switches back and forth to save battery when there is no data use.
Suggest you do some reading on it!
daviiiiiid said:
Hey this has been bugging me all day.
My network switches from 3G to H every few seconds almost even if I not moving. Is there a way to just pick it to one?
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It will change to H when using data, otherwise it will remain on 3G when idle. Mine also switches between the two regularly. I wouldn't worry about it.

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