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Telstra 850 version working in USA on 3G

Hi
I stuck my neck out and purchased a Touch HD telstra version from a company in australia. It just came in today and it appears to be working well on the 3G band of ATT. I have the H in the signal bar and DSL report speed test 934 kbs. More to follow.
see this: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NPV2LJDG

This is awesome news...please keep us updated and also tell us where you got it from?
Thanks.
bjrmd said:
Hi
I stuck my neck out and purchased a Touch HD telstra version from a company in australia. It just came in today and it appears to be working well on the 3G band of ATT. I have the H in the signal bar and DSL report speed test 934 kbs. More to follow.
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WOW, thats compared to my E connection in Chicago that tested at 150K and WIFI at 1100K.

Ouch, I might shed a tear. I'm definitally jelous of 3g in US. Stuck on roughly 230kbps on E with tmobile. Though paying $10 for unlimited data and 200 msgs is nice compared to the move to At&t. Im =( nonetheless, but congrats to you

BTW, anyone know if its a change in hardware or software (like in diamond) that adds the frequency?

bjrmd said:
Hi
I stuck my neck out and purchased a Touch HD telstra version from a company in australia. It just came in today and it appears to be working well on the 3G band of ATT. I have the H in the signal bar and DSL report speed test 934 kbs. More to follow.
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Just done the same thing here. Great to hear that you are having success!! thanks for letting us know.
Have you put a new ROM on the thing yet Dutty or something else?
Is the telstra customisation as bad as we have been hearing?
Cheers,

Awesome, please let us know where you got it from. Also, if you don't mind, how much was it with shipping and how long did it take to get.

x5-rwk said:
Awesome, please let us know where you got it from. Also, if you don't mind, how much was it with shipping and how long did it take to get.
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You have been quicker than me, I was writing the exact same questions
But yes guys, I really want to know in what store you found it.
Thanks !

Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSAA:US:11&Item=280315368392
Took 4 days, should have been 3 but customs held it up--needed a form filled out that I was using it for "testing" (I guess because its not FCC approved). Seller was great.
So far so good, flashed it and testing out some new roms.
3G works fine.
Getting used to the big screen and few buttons(had a polaris).

Damn, this is some amazing news if true....
I just recently got an Xperia X1a, but the HTC Touch HD was definitely my first choice. But the 3G thing was a deal-breaker for me since I really wanted something that was speedy on the browsing.
I absolutely love my X1 but this is making me wonder if I should return it....
MAN, I hope this is just a myth, lol!

How sweet it is
$826 plus shipping is a considerable amount. It doesn't surprise me that the OP is able to get 3G. I wonder where the user is located. It might make a difference if everybody will get 3G in the United States. I wish there was some kind of map / key that would identify where the 850 / 1900 3G signals were at in North America. Congrats on having 3G with the HD in the United States. I am quite jealous I must say.

I am in north Florida.
BTW saw some posts about bluetooth skips.
Using Dutty 1.9 rom and pocket player, perfect sound with a 64 bitpool even with internet usage. Kept the stock radio.

AllTheWay said:
$826 plus shipping is a considerable amount. It doesn't surprise me that the OP is able to get 3G. I wonder where the user is located. It might make a difference if everybody will get 3G in the United States. I wish there was some kind of map / key that would identify where the 850 / 1900 3G signals were at in North America. Congrats on having 3G with the HD in the United States. I am quite jealous I must say.
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Really? That doesn't surprise you? All the threads I've read in the past were talking about how disappointing it was to not get 3G in the U.S. with the HD. And how it was most likely a hardware issue (although that is still up for debate). Most people were even skeptical about the Aussie version.
I think if you were to hit up an AT&T wireless store, they could show you which areas have the 3G signals, they did for me. Although I'm not sure if they'd be able to specify if it's an 850 signal area.

markgencorelli said:
Really? That doesn't surprise you? All the threads I've read in the past were talking about how disappointing it was to not get 3G in the U.S. with the HD. And how it was most likely a hardware issue (although that is still up for debate). Most people were even skeptical about the Aussie version.
I think if you were to hit up an AT&T wireless store, they could show you which areas have the 3G signals, they did for me. Although I'm not sure if they'd be able to specify if it's an 850 signal area.
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Exactly. I know where all the 3G areas are in the US they just won't be able to tell me on what frequency.
The Xperia works on the 1900mhz signal only and gets 3G in some areas. That's why I was not surprised.

AllTheWay said:
Exactly. I know where all the 3G areas are in the US they just won't be able to tell me on what frequency.
The Xperia works on the 1900mhz signal only and gets 3G in some areas. That's why I was not surprised.
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Ahh, I see I see.
I got a big fat H with a box around it on my Xperia (HSDPA I think), which I was told by another poster is actually a lil faster than 3G.
So does that mean my area has only 1900mhz signal? Or not necessarily...
I'm really considering returning my Xperia now hahahah

Anyone can tell what make the different from the T8285 and T8282, both of them have the same hardware.....how can the T8285 support 3G, i use my T8282 to flash the telstra rom but still cant get the 3G even the model name have changed to T8285. I still dont believe that is the hardware issue

k6076199 said:
Anyone can tell what make the different from the T8285 and T8282, both of them have the same hardware.....how can the T8285 support 3G, i use my T8282 to flash the telstra rom but still cant get the 3G even the model name have changed to T8285. I still dont believe that is the hardware issue
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You've put the Telstra software on a T8282, and don't get 3G.
Yet you still don't think it's hardware!?

Just ordered mine...oh man, 4 days is too long.....why is it only 4:00AM in Australia.....comeon ship it now already

From a differnt thread on the 850-1900 discussion:
http://cellularmap.net/att_850_1900.shtml
AllTheWay said:
$826 plus shipping is a considerable amount. It doesn't surprise me that the OP is able to get 3G. I wonder where the user is located. It might make a difference if everybody will get 3G in the United States. I wish there was some kind of map / key that would identify where the 850 / 1900 3G signals were at in North America. Congrats on having 3G with the HD in the United States. I am quite jealous I must say.
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Telstra T8285 fro EBAY AU Unlocked?
I have been tempted to order it on Ebay as well. It will be my first purchase on Ebay.... From what I can see the Telstra T8285 is the one I want and It says it's unlocked. I plan to pop my AT&T SIM card in and expect it to work on the 850 3g band. Am I missing anything else?? I'm pretty sure the folks who have already bought one have got it from the same source in AU. If I get the nerve to do this I will be selling my T8282.
Thanks

flash att modem with bell firmware, fix upload speed problem?

Hey guys still a noobie so take er easy, just figured id ask. Since bell is releasing the atrix here in canada tomorow and everything ive read about the lack of upload speed on the att version of the atrix(which i have and can atest to lol) is directly related to the handset and not the network, cause im capped as well and im on rogers here. Can the software from the bell version be applied to the att version?

interesting idea
might work ...

guess we'll find out in a few days

I have a feeling they cap it based off IMEI numbers

LancerV said:
I have a feeling they cap it based off IMEI numbers
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This is unlikely, it is a radio issue.
Flashing the radio worked for the Captivate to get HSUPA and the Nexus One gets HSUPA stock.

a close friend of mine has had the phone since last thursday (mar. 10) i ran a speed test at her house and it was around 2.7mbps down and .5 mbps up and that was on a two bar connection.

sileralias said:
a close friend of mine has had the phone since last thursday (mar. 10) i ran a speed test at her house and it was around 2.7mbps down and .5 mbps up and that was on a two bar connection.
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a bell version ? or the ATT version
i thought the bell version wasnt suppose to be out until the 17th

i put a bell sim in my atrix (unlocked att phone) 5.85 mb/s down 0.3 up took the same sim and put it in an iphone and got identical download and 2.5 up speed. so now i know bells network is capable, so i guess well just wait

lsxrx7 said:
a bell version ? or the ATT version
i thought the bell version wasnt suppose to be out until the 17th
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Which is tomorrow...

I'm really hoping its not capped. That way we can try and flash the US radio with the Bell radio. So far that is the only complaint I've had with the phone.

If anyone gets their hands on a Bell Atrix let me know. I can walk you through dumping the radio firmware from the device. Hopefully the Atrix will take it without having radio security turned off!

guitar_east said:
guess we'll find out in a few days
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One the mods (from Canada) at Android Forums said that it is indeed uncapped, they got 1.5 to 2 Mbps up:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-atrix-4g/289470-bell-atrix-canada-2.html#post2432323

I remember all sorts of problems with flashing the Bell modem onto the Captivate when I still had it, like not able to be heard on a phone call. Did those issues all get worked out in the end?

@GermanGuy:
That was pretty much a conflict between the ROM in use, the Kernel in use, and the Radio in use (Cappyvate had a sound processor onboard that calls got processed through whereas the i9000 and others did not, so the components had to match up or you'd run into that issue)
Hopefully not a problem on Bell I'm mostly worried that the radio will be signed with a cert that the AT&T Atrix accepts!

Is the Bell modem HSPA+ capable, or is it strictly HSUPA/HSDPA?

Da_G said:
Hopefully not a problem on Bell I'm mostly worried that the radio will be signed with a cert that the AT&T Atrix accepts!
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does this have anything to do with the locked bootloader or is that a different issue? flashing a modem is possible even with a locked bootloader?
nsaia said:
Is the Bell modem HSPA+ capable, or is it strictly HSUPA/HSDPA?
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bell modem will have hspa+ since their network supports it.

Then let's hope it is flashable. Would solve at least one of my problems.

Today I went to a bell store to see if they had the atrix on display. They didn't, however there was a guy talking to one of the bell employees with something that looked like the laptop dock. So i go closer, and what do you know, its the atrix. I start talking to both gentlemen and one of them tells me he is from Motorola and he is showing the Bell staff how the accessories work. I asked to borrow his phone for a minute and ran a quick speed test. I got 2.3 mbps upload and 7.9 mbps download. My jaw dropped. Then i went inside his gallery app and saw that his pictures date all the way back to late December. He said the atrix has been his personal phone for a while now and he goes around to different parts of the country to demo the units. awesome job if you ask me.

n4d3r said:
Then i went inside his gallery app and saw that his pictures date all the way back to late December. He said the atrix has been his personal phone for a while now and he goes around to different parts of the country to demo the units. awesome job if you ask me.
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LOL way to snoop around in his private stuff!

Are you sure it was not connected to Wifi?

[Q] Can I get 3G+ on ATT Focus?

I've done the whole diagnosis tweaking (release 6) and pretty much all of the other tweaks I've found in these very helpful threads.
But my download and upload speeds are atrocious. 80-150 kbs mostly. I ALWAYS have a 3g signal. I'm located in Boston and before this I had a Tilt2, which data speeds avg. 2000 - 3500 kbs.
Could it be my sim card? it is like 3-4 years old. Just a thought, because really i have no idea.
I am a novice when it comes to this type of tweaking. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thx

The specs indicate that the Focus is only capable of HSPA (HSDPA and HSUPA), not HSPA+.
Michael.

ouch, that hurts....8(
Thanks for the quick reply...much appreciated

But your Focus should still be able to match the speed of your Tilt2 which is HSPA as well (but with HSUPA disabled). The real world experience really depends where you are and how many AT&T customers are on the same tower as you. I routinely get about 100kbps speed (download) on my various 3G smart phones as well here in nation's capital.
On the other hand, a lot of ppl who bought the new '4G' HSPA+ AT&T phones (Inspire 4G and Atrix 4G) are also rarely ever get HSPA+ speed at all. Those so called 4G phones also comes with HSUPA disabled.
So, in the end, it is the same crappy AT&T network that limits your connection speed, really doesn't matter what phone you have. I'll be happy if I can reach the full 3G speed (2 to 3 mbps down, 1mbps up) in next few years. And refuse to play the AT&T '4G' game.

You should get a new sim card considering it is 3-4 years old that will affect connectivity to 3g and hspa network..
Boston network shouldn't be a problem.
Samsung Focus At&t USA

I had the same problem when I had an old SIM card in my att fuze when trying to connect to 3g and hspa speed networks...rule of thumb is buy a new SIM when switching to a new phone....it also depends on what network your on...are you at&t?
Samsung Focus At&t USA

Yes, I am currently on Att network. Which I must say was really reliable and fast, up until the last few months...
And I will get a new sim card after work today or early tomorrow. I will let you know if that helps at all.
Thanks peeps 8)

Jcavz said:
I've done the whole diagnosis tweaking (release 6) and pretty much all of the other tweaks I've found in these very helpful threads.
But my download and upload speeds are atrocious. 80-150 kbs mostly. I ALWAYS have a 3g signal. I'm located in Boston and before this I had a Tilt2, which data speeds avg. 2000 - 3500 kbs.
Could it be my sim card? it is like 3-4 years old. Just a thought, because really i have no idea.
I am a novice when it comes to this type of tweaking. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thx
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Samsung Focus unlocked I get 3G+ in EU, if that helps. Seemed pretty fast, but I haven't done a speed test, though.

Usually I unlock my phone as soon as I get it home. With a bunch of unknowns with the Focus, I'm waiting it out right now before I do anything
So My phone is still locked 8)
Thanks for the help

I got 3G+ icoon with Rogers ROM, but not with AT&T ROM. And there's tool which can enable 3G+ icon, so I think it's just a registry issue.

3g+
I also get 3G+ with a Rogers sim card in my Focus, same card in the BB only 3G.

Is it possible to check whether this is just graphic, or there is a real difference in d/u speeds? I am using AT&T Focus in Europe.

You can check real speed with speediest.net to differentiate whether its gfx only or real network.

rrmcco said:
I also get 3G+ with a Rogers sim card in my Focus, same card in the BB only 3G.
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I'd love to hear what results you get if you test out the download/upload speeds. Like others have said you can use speedtest.net or there's a pretty good app called Bandwidth that I use.
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I'm getting a Focus and will unlock it to use on T-Mobile. What's the highest speed I can get? Thanks.

ikingblack said:
I'm getting a Focus and will unlock it to use on T-Mobile. What's the highest speed I can get? Thanks.
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7.2 mbps download

siralex241 said:
7.2 mbps download
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tmobile's edge network is that fast?

minori_aoi said:
I got 3G+ icoon with Rogers ROM, but not with AT&T ROM. And there's tool which can enable 3G+ icon, so I think it's just a registry issue.
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Do you have a link to the tool that enables the 3G+ icon

baritoneguy said:
Do you have a link to the tool that enables the 3G+ icon
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Connectivity\CellularUx\DataConnectionIcon
1XHSDPA = "3G+"
You can basically change it into anything (3 chars max.). And I prefer "H", instead of "3G+".
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My original post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17018543&postcount=6

my sgs2 downloads are slower than my sgs1 =[

hello everyone, just got my sgs2, its totally awesome. im using my sgs2 and sgs1 side by side, first i did a speedtest.net test, my sgs1 got 6.5mbps, my sgs2 got 300kb. then i was like ew speedtest.net is being weird, lemme try the app, similar results, so i was like speedtest server is whack, lemme download a 1080p video from youtube.. and thats where i started to realize, side by side the two phones downloading the exact same 164mb video, the sgs1 finished 2 minutes ago, but the sgs2 is still at 41% ... the speed they downloaded the video was sgs1: 9300kbps sgs2: 1200kbps..
why is my sgs2 downloads so much slower than my sgs1?

Does having a EU phone in USA might be part of the problem?

both my sgs1 and sgs2 are from europe, and both have the same bands

this is interesting, and hopefully not characteristic
did you try upgrading to latest fw via kies?
did you try swapping the SIM cards between sgs1 and sgs2 and testing that way?

Ok...
If I was in this kind of situation, I would probably do the following (out of desperation) and see, if any help:
1) Swap sim cards between phones and see if it makes a difference,
2) Hard reset the phone,
3) Flash newer/same firmware using ODIN...
If this does not help, I (out of even bigger desperation) would start swearing and wait for others to come up with better ideas

You are on ATT and not TMO, right? You don't mention anything about signal strength or whether you're getting H on the S2. Are they both set to Auto? Try setting the S2 to WCDMA only. I hope the signal strength on the S2 isn't so much lower that it's kicking down to GSM, with the S1 running 3G.
(sorry, just saw your ATT logo. ignore first ?)

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You are on ATT and not TMO, right? You don't mention anything about signal strength or whether you're getting H on the S2. Are they both set to Auto? Try setting the S2 to WCDMA only. I hope the signal strength on the S2 isn't so much lower that it's kicking down to GSM, with the S1 running 3G.
(sorry, just saw your ATT logo. ignore first ?)
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yes both phones are AT&T
both phones are full bars of H, i live 8 houses down from the AT&T so my signal is as ideal as it could possibly be, normally my mobile ap is faster than my DSL, so signal isnt the problem..
ive set my S2 to WCDMA only, im going to do some speed tests now, will post updates in a few minutes
thank you all for helping me, i really hope this can be easily fixed <3 xda members
edit: well my speedtest.net results say 1.73 dl speed .21 upload, and 514 ping..
i passed my s1 down to my roommate, who has taken it off to work with her, so i cant switch sims..
im on the original firmware, do you think this matters?

soraxd said:
yes both phones are AT&T
both phones are full bars of H, i live 8 houses down from the AT&T so my signal is as ideal as it could possibly be, normally my mobile ap is faster than my DSL, so signal isnt the problem..
ive set my S2 to WCDMA only, im going to do some speed tests now, will post updates in a few minutes
thank you all for helping me, i really hope this can be easily fixed <3 xda members
edit: well my speedtest.net results say 1.73 dl speed .21 upload, and 514 ping..
i passed my s1 down to my roommate, who has taken it off to work with her, so i cant switch sims..
im on the original firmware, do you think this matters?
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Wait, you got 6.5mb on your SGS1? Is this the original SGS, or the new SGS 4G? I don't believe the SGS1 could actually go that fast - at least, mine never did...
I'm getting about 4-5mb on H+ (not H) on my SGS2 now, so there is no 1mb limit on the SGS2 or anything.

soraxd said:
yes both phones are AT&T
both phones are full bars of H, i live 8 houses down from the AT&T so my signal is as ideal as it could possibly be, normally my mobile ap is faster than my DSL, so signal isnt the problem..
ive set my S2 to WCDMA only, im going to do some speed tests now, will post updates in a few minutes
thank you all for helping me, i really hope this can be easily fixed <3 xda members
edit: well my speedtest.net results say 1.73 dl speed .21 upload, and 514 ping..
i passed my s1 down to my roommate, who has taken it off to work with her, so i cant switch sims..
im on the original firmware, do you think this matters?
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That ping time is absurd. Try changing speedtest servers. You may have been accessing two diff speedtest servers on the two phones. But the movie DL speeds are so different that's not likely the whole story.
(In Speedtest you can choose "Settings" then "Change Server" to select one near you. Can make a big difference.)

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That ping time is absurd. Try changing speedtest servers. You may have been accessing two diff speedtest servers on the two phones. But the movie DL speeds are so different that's not likely the whole story.
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that is a good point! did you enable GPS? Maybe the phone and speedtest app still think you are in the UK and speedtest is pulling data from there

RyanZA said:
Wait, you got 6.5mb on your SGS1? Is this the original SGS, or the new SGS 4G? I don't believe the SGS1 could actually go that fast - at least, mine never did...
I'm getting about 4-5mb on H+ (not H) on my SGS2 now, so there is no 1mb limit on the SGS2 or anything.
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yes with the sg1 hehe, the i9000 one, i live in a really prime location, i mean i could take a picture from my porch and you would see a big AT&T sign, with 5 dozen AT&T vans parked out in front. as far as 3g in the US, my speeds will beat anyones, just not on my s2 =[
and i love this firmware, it has so many languages built into the keyboard, vietnamese, AND japanese, two languages ive previously had to download additional keyboards for. will these still exist in the newer firmware?

RyanZA said:
Wait, you got 6.5mb on your SGS1? Is this the original SGS, or the new SGS 4G? I don't believe the SGS1 could actually go that fast - at least, mine never did...
I'm getting about 4-5mb on H+ (not H) on my SGS2 now, so there is no 1mb limit on the SGS2 or anything.
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I regularly got 4 mbps on Vodafone in the UK with my SGS 1, the phone was supposedly capable of 14.4 Mbps, but that was network dependant and UK networks did not support that speed.

soraxd said:
hello everyone, just got my sgs2, its totally awesome. im using my sgs2 and sgs1 side by side, first i did a speedtest.net test, my sgs1 got 6.5mbps, my sgs2 got 300kb. then i was like ew speedtest.net is being weird, lemme try the app, similar results, so i was like speedtest server is whack, lemme download a 1080p video from youtube.. and thats where i started to realize, side by side the two phones downloading the exact same 164mb video, the sgs1 finished 2 minutes ago, but the sgs2 is still at 41% ... the speed they downloaded the video was sgs1: 9300kbps sgs2: 1200kbps..
why is my sgs2 downloads so much slower than my sgs1?
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If swapping the sim cards does not help, try calling ATT see if they can help you trouble shoot it, maybe it needs some provisioning tweaks to get just right.
Congrats by the way, I am holding onto my iPhone 3GS waiting on this phone. I might pick up the infuse see if I like it.

RyanZA said:
Wait, you got 6.5mb on your SGS1? Is this the original SGS, or the new SGS 4G? I don't believe the SGS1 could actually go that fast - at least, mine never did...
I'm getting about 4-5mb on H+ (not H) on my SGS2 now, so there is no 1mb limit on the SGS2 or anything.
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my vibrant just about hits that.
as far as i know, the US versions of the SGS max out at 7.2mbps.

definitely check the server. My SGS2 was running the speed test from a kansas server and i'm in nyc.
In terms of speed, it's very similar to my sgs1 except i've hit 4mbps+ a few times with sgs1 and i haven't with sgs2

guys, I think switching sims may have done the trick!
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I've actually been noticing faster downloads on my SGSII compared to my first (both unlocked, same network and SIM).
This includes via WiFi too.

SLOW 3/4G DATA SPEEDS bell i9100m

just picked up my new phone, however 3/4g data speeds are crap. speed tests come out at less then impressive (when i can do them) but real world performance is far bellow what the speed test says. i am pulling about 1Mb/s down and about 1Mb/s up (usually less but im rounding), now the fun part, if i try to pull up a website, it is slow as hell or times out. google market also times out 70% of the time. downloading a 1mb app can take upwards of 7 minutes as it pauses while doing this, facebook app usually times out or works for a few minutes and then stops receiving data. all this said, my battery died at noon today because my phone was constantly trying to sync with gmail, FB, google+, etc. if i watch the data activity icon it looks as if my phone repeatedly sends off requests but does not receive data back. i have seen that some at&t users with an unlocked i9100 are also having the same issues, but they seem to mainly be a apn issue. others are using root explorer to change some config files. am i alone? is my phone defective? or is this just my new galaxy s2 ruined by bell?

clearcase said:
or is this just my new galaxy s2 ruined by bell?
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right there

If I am correct, I think you should be able to experiment with the different modems avaliable for the SII.
For me the newest euro one has the fastest speeds, but that depends on the network and country you are in!
Best,
Sebkinne

clearcase said:
just picked up my new phone, however 3/4g data speeds are crap. speed tests come out at less then impressive (when i can do them) but real world performance is far bellow what the speed test says. i am pulling about 1Mb/s down and about 1Mb/s up (usually less but im rounding), now the fun part, if i try to pull up a website, it is slow as hell or times out. google market also times out 70% of the time. downloading a 1mb app can take upwards of 7 minutes as it pauses while doing this, facebook app usually times out or works for a few minutes and then stops receiving data. all this said, my battery died at noon today because my phone was constantly trying to sync with gmail, FB, google+, etc. if i watch the data activity icon it looks as if my phone repeatedly sends off requests but does not receive data back. i have seen that some at&t users with an unlocked i9100 are also having the same issues, but they seem to mainly be a apn issue. others are using root explorer to change some config files. am i alone? is my phone defective? or is this just my new galaxy s2 ruined by bell?
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Weird.
I did not have any of those issues so I think you have a dud.
Take it back before you start trying other fixes etc as that's what the return period is for.
I've used it since yesterday (Thur/21) and didn't notice any issues/problems with WiFi, or HSPA+ speeds.
Hrm... mind you I didn't actually use it on Bell, could be their network.
As soon as I got the sucker I rooted / unlocked so I could pop my Rogers SIM in there and it's fine on Rogers.
Actually there is one thing you could check before you return.
Do a *#0011* and make sure your WCDMA says 850 Band 5, if it says 1900 it will be as slow as *[email protected](.

How is it that you change it to 850?

My baseband version changed to XXKG2 when it was originally UMKG2. This is probably why I'm showing as 1900 band when I do *#0011#*.
I'll have to wait for someone to post the UMKG2 modem file.

Could be Bells network. I thought maybe the custom ROM I am currently using was to blame but I am experiencing everything you are with my sgs1 and have been for about a week now. I'm in Calgary.
Edit : Also I get the best speeds on 1900, 850 is only useful out in the mountains here.
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My baseband version changed to XXKG2 when it was originally UMKG2. This is probably why I'm showing as 1900 band when I do *#0011#*.
I'll have to wait for someone to post the UMKG2 modem file.
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Dude you do realise that this is quadband GSM and quadband hspda phone. This means if you are on 1900 currently blame your provider or maybe you screwed band selection which is easily corrected. I usually turn off euro GSM and 3g frequencies and leave only our 850 and 1900 bands to save battery so it does not keep searching for 2100 for example.
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Bell throttles their upload speeds, haven't touched their download speeds as far as I know.
Speedtest gives me 800kb/s but downloading I get 1.2Mb/s.
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Same boat. On Rogers network and only getting ~1.5mbps.

amcghie said:
Weird.
I did not have any of those issues so I think you have a dud.
Take it back before you start trying other fixes etc as that's what the return period is for.
I've used it since yesterday (Thur/21) and didn't notice any issues/problems with WiFi, or HSPA+ speeds.
Hrm... mind you I didn't actually use it on Bell, could be their network.
As soon as I got the sucker I rooted / unlocked so I could pop my Rogers SIM in there and it's fine on Rogers.
Actually there is one thing you could check before you return.
Do a *#0011* and make sure your WCDMA says 850 Band 5, if it says 1900 it will be as slow as *[email protected](.
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ok, i am running on the 850 band 5. i did notice a slowdown on my sgs previously but not the timeouts/drop data connections/etc. i just finished a factory reset and lost all mobile net access for about 2 hours but have it back now (kinda). popped my sim out and back into my sgs and am having similar problems with the sgs but not as severe. i guess i can chalk it down to network issues that started up within 5 hours after buying the new phone. talked to the place of purchase and they are saying the network is loaded do to "rib fest" which in all reality only pulls maybe 1k to 2k of people that are already up here cottaging so i have trouble with there theory that the local towers are loaded as really its only one tower thats loaded more than normal. love the phone, wifi speeds and page rendering is retarded fast. i was watching a 720p video streaming from vimeo through the phone and scrolling around the page, it stayed smooth as butter. i just want my mobile internet to work. past that, when i have been able to do a speed test i have got no more than 2Mb/s, a far cry from what the technology can do. I hate you bell!

I have by Bell Galaxy S 2 running with telus, I am getting between 2-4 mbps download, and 1-3 mbps on upload. I an only getting up to maybe 1mbps on wifi, download or upload. I am using a 2.3.4 custom Darky Rom.

I'm getting 3 to 7mbps download on 4g and 1.5 to 4mps upload. Purchased from bell. On bell network.
On my home wifi 16mbps to 19mbps down, 1mbps up right next to the router.
I am using KF3 modem(radio) and it has improved the speeds and reception.. slightly (5 to 10%) but i do find the wifi signal doesn't crap out anymore which as my problem.
Try KF3 modem, put the file on your phone and flash with CWM http://www.mediafire.com/?fnkld9swo6u99
keep in mind there is no official ROM for bell yet so if u flash custom roms you wont have warranty until stock firmware is released for it.
maybe u gusy are in low 4g coverage ares? im around the don mills and lawrence area in toronto.
first one is 4g, second is wifi

Its probably most likely bell. Its nothing but corporate ripoffs. If this was the U.K they would be out of business. I dont see anywhere near 2mbit in newfoundland either.
*#0011# showd 0 HSPA+ connections so im guessing either bell doesnt have hspa+ here or bell has severely crippled the provisioning in favor of their internet sticks. But even then when a person pays nearly 60.00 a month for an up to 42mbit connection, it states that average is only something like 5 to 8mbit.
I share the same slowness and timeouts as you.
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lotacus said:
Its probably most likely bell. Its nothing but corporate ripoffs. If this was the U.K they would be out of business. I dont see anywhere near 2mbit in newfoundland either.
*#0011# showd 0 HSPA+ connections so im guessing either bell doesnt have hspa+ here or bell has severely crippled the provisioning in favor of their internet sticks. But even then when a person pays nearly 60.00 a month for an up to 42mbit connection, it states that average is only something like 5 to 8mbit.
I share the same slowness and timeouts as you.
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It seems they have bad coverage there. Why don't you get people in your area to sign a petition for Bell to install some antennas in the area and send it to Bell... worth a shot.

I am on Sasktel and the data on the Galaxy S II is quite poor. I have been getting aroud 2.5 Mbps Up and 2.5 Mbps Down max, this is including build.prop edits. I have tried KH3, KH1, KG3 and KG2 with KG3 yielding the best results. These numbers are about the same as my Nexus S but the Nexus S yielded much more consistant results.

2.7Mbps down and 1.5 up with KG6 on Telus

8 Mbps down & 1 Mbps up - On Virgin Mobile, HSPA+
Try flashing the KH3 modem using Odin, it's said to work extremely well on the Bell/Virgin network.

Just put the KE7 modem on my phone, pulled the best numbers I've got yet and I have tried MANY modems. 6012kbps up and 2633 down. Will continue to test and report back if there is a change. This is on Sasktel with a KH3 based rom.

Decent speeds for me in Guelph on Rogers.
*edit* After seeing some of the above posts maybe it's not so decent after all. Maybe I'll try some other firmwares for kicks.