Anyone get really good interest speeds with three mobile but then other times I'm similar location terrible..
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Did I understand right? You don't know why when other people are in the same location as you, they sometimes get better reception than you, right?
Well, it can be because of your operator, your phone and even your location (even by few inches). Maybe you phone is switching towers too frequently, or is associating itself with a tower that's far from your location and your friends' phones are associated to a closer tower. It just could be that your phone has bad technology (my LG always has bad reception).
... or, as illustrated by Apple, you're just grabbing it the way it shouldn't be grabbed.
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Did I understand right? You don't know why when other people are in the same location as you, they sometimes get better reception than you, right?
Well, it can be because of your operator, your phone and even your location (even by few inches). Maybe you phone is switching towers too frequently, or is associating itself with a tower that's far from your location and your friends' phones are associated to a closer tower. It just could be that your phone has bad technology (my LG always has bad reception).
... or, as illustrated by Apple, you're just grabbing it the way it shouldn't be grabbed.
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during the day it is fine good speeds at night between 5-10 o clock speeds drop to 512kps max..
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Your speed also depends on the number of people using the tower you're connected to.
If people call/text during the day and use internet at night speed may drop at night
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Your speed also depends on the number of people using the tower you're connected to.
If people call/text during the day and use internet at night speed may drop at night
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Same issue on a different tower cell Id
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Same issue on a different tower cell Id
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Well, the case might be the same on the different tower as well. It depends on how busy the tower currently is.
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during the day it is fine good speeds at night between 5-10 o clock speeds drop to 512kps max..
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I joined Three last week and at times during the day I can get up to 21meg download and 3.5meg upload speeds but last night and again tonight from around 5pm I am only getting 500kb or less download and 1.75Meg upload. This is the case in different locations as I tested it on the way home from work and even stopped next to a Three cell tower so I had 100% signal and did a speed test and it was still terrible.
I wonder if phoning Three and moaning will do anything? I am on a Three business account so I need a reliable data for my business which I'm not getting so far!!
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Guys please help me understand I'm running DC Rom 3.2.3 with the old radio and just updated to the newest radio and still getting slow three g speed. However I do get good 4g speed around 4.3 mbps. But what I donot understand is why my upload speed is higher than download speeds. I took a snap shot. Is it because I'm In a 4g area or could it possible be that the network is having problem.
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From what I have been reading about radios, it seems that some radios work better in some places, and the latest may not be the best for everyone. Try different radios to see what different speeds you get.
thats horrible. i just tested 1604 down and 692 up. not too shabby. ive gotten 2000 before though.
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From what I have been reading about radios, it seems that some radios work better in some places, and the latest may not be the best for everyone. Try different radios to see what different speeds you get.
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The radio I had before worked great until few days ago I just update to new radio so I figure I upgrade to the new radio to see if it fixes the problem. Do you think sprint is forcing 4g people that are in 4g area to use 4g? 4g is great but runs battery down for just surfing and textin.
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hockey4life0099 said:
thats horrible. i just tested 1604 down and 692 up. not too shabby. ive gotten 2000 before though.
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I'm in greensboro nc where you located. Are you rooted
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The problem is that you are using the speedtest.net app I presume. If I am not mistaken it is fairly inaccurate. Try using the xtremelabs(sp?) speedtest app in the market or try using the speedtest.net website.
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I'm in greensboro nc where you located. Are you rooted
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I'm rooted in the metro detroit area.
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I have the same problem sometimes, and I am fairly sure it isn't your radio, it is Sprints network. Last night for the first time I experienced the same thing as you did with the uploads being higher then the downloads, weird. I have been testing it at random times daily and it is just really inconsistent. Here are some screen shots of my tests for the last few days. As you can see from the shots, I have almost full 3g signal (the red bars at the top of the screen) when I did these screen shots, yet two hours ago I had no 3g at all in the exact same spot for about an hour.
thats crazy, i live just out side a tiny city where most folks have dial up yet the whole area gets sprints 3g. my tests are usually 1.2mb down and 700kb up.
on a side note, i had no idea sprint had such sweet speeds even in areas that you just wouldnt think they would spend the money on. maybe att had me bamboozled all this years.
Somebody should start one of those Google maps that we can all put pins in with notes about the most reliable radios in our region. I bet we could populate it pretty fast if a few root users would be willing to flash a few versions and test each one. I'd do it, but I'm in the middle of another project.
I'm in a 4g area and I'm having trouble with the connection even while outside. Could it be my particular phone?
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What kind of issues are you having? Since the update my 4g connection is constantly dropping then connecting again in the same spots i had 4g before the update.
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The very issue u speak of, except it was also doing it before the update. I really want to keep this phon, but not if the radio can't keep a decent connection
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Are you having the problem just in one place or all over in your area?
I've seen the 4g disconnect and reconnect when I have a really weak 4g signal. When I am at home I have 1/3 bars on the 4g icon when I am inside and it will sometimes lose connection for a minute. I also see pretty slow speeds, usually even slower than 3g.
When I am outdoors or in a part of town closer to the source of the signal I get much better results. It maintains the connection fine and the speeds are great. With 1/3 bars I usually see 1-2 mbps download, with 2/3 bars I typically see around 3-4 mbps. One time I drove around until I found 3/3 bars and ran a few speed tests and it hit around 5.8 to 5.9 mbps consistently, the upload was up over 1 mbps too. I'd like to see less gaps in the 4g coverage, but hey it is a new network.
I'd say your disconnects are just related to a bad signal in your area, but if it happens no matter where you are it could be related to the phone. Maybe try hunting for a stronger signal and then see if you still have disconnects?
I'm in a 4g area per the sprint map. I'm pretty sure that map is none too accurate. Also, if it's 4g though Clear (basically subcontracted service), I think Clear's network is good or bad on a device by device basis. I've had a total of 4 devices at home through the Clear network and only the clear mobile has been any good. 2 home modems, the mobile (Spot), and the Epic. My epic has the same problem as yours and I'm in an official "indoor" area. My wager is that the network is still being rolled out and Clear has oversold some (or many) markets.
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I'm in a 4g area per the sprint map. I'm pretty sure that map is none too accurate. Also, if it's 4g though Clear (basically subcontracted service), I think Clear's network is good or bad on a device by device basis. I've had a total of 4 devices at home through the Clear network and only the clear mobile has been any good. 2 home modems, the mobile (Spot), and the Epic. My epic has the same problem as yours and I'm in an official "indoor" area. My wager is that the network is still being rolled out and Clear has oversold some (or many) markets.
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That perfectly describes my situation..I was telling my friends that that map isn't really accurate apparently because I am also in an supposed indoor area..but even if I go outside an walk down toward the main street I will only get one bar..and maybe 2 if I take my hands off of it..so I know the ma is exagerated greatly. I'm in. Different place right now and while I get two bars outsde even with my hands on it..I can't connect at all right now..sucks period.
They should rename their network from the "now" network to the "outside" network..because even my 3g never goes above half strength indoors...
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That perfectly describes my situation..I was telling my friends that that map isn't really accurate apparently because I am also in an supposed indoor area..but even if I go outside an walk down toward the main street I will only get one bar..and maybe 2 if I take my hands off of it..so I know the ma is exagerated greatly. I'm in. Different place right now and while I get two bars outsde even with my hands on it..I can't connect at all right now..sucks period.
They should rename their network from the "now" network to the "outside" network..because even my 3g never goes above half strength indoors...
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same here, its funny though, 2 bars of 4g and ill get random disconnects on the epic. my evo is perfectly stable, so id almost say its something with the phone. i may swing by the sprint store during lunch and see what they say.
I get the same 4g connectivity now as I did pre IO7. At work here in Southern New Jersey with two bars inside. Sometimes drops to one. Never disconnects. Just ran a speed test inside.
3072kbps down / 1057kbps up
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I just spoke to a Sprint rep, because my data connection/browsing was drastically slow or not working at all. They informed me that areas in Florida are experiencing a data outage. I'm located in the Central Florida. The rep said they hope to have the outage resolved by the end of today. Anyone in Florida, not just my area having any data issues?
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Working fine here.
Slow, but no slower than normal.
Where are you located?
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Hmm, well I used odin to update to eb13 and I'm running ext4 TER v3. EB13 wouldn't be causing my phone to have these data issues would it? I mean I know eb13 has some data connectivity issues but not this severe.
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My speeds fluctuate from molasses to dog poo to tolerable, but it still works. South central PA.
ETA: I'm using Stock EB13 with the Genocide Kernel .3a for what it's worth.
my data seems to be working... in Kissimmee.
Hugh threads over in the evo forum about this.
At this point in time, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that they have some MAJOR PROBLEMS and they COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ACTUALLY FIXING THEM.
It's been going on for MONTHS.
Its 'unlimited data', but you're going to be hard pressed to actually use it because they sucked in a ton of new users with the EVO release, then cut just about every program, haven't fixed the obvious problems for months and no one has any proof that they've actually tried to fix it, let alone actually fixed it.
RIGHT NOW: Everybody with Sprint is getting AOL speeds and its 2011.
Yah Sprint's not exactly fast lately. On a good day I can get around 1200kbps. For the last few days it's been between 250 and 450kbps. Latency is still okay though.
We'll dchawk those low speeds of yours crush my top speeds atm. I'm getting like 3 - 10kps d/l and that's if I can even connect the speedtest app.
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Oh that REALLY sucks.
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We'll dchawk those low speeds of yours crush my top speeds atm. I'm getting like 3 - 10kps d/l and that's if I can even connect the speedtest app.
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Yup; I get 60-70kbps usually... It sucks. If I am in certain hot spots I can get 300-600 but it is only in certain areas, lots of grey zones down here.
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Yup; I get 60-70kbps usually... It sucks. If I am in certain hot spots I can get 300-600 but it is only in certain areas, lots of grey zones down here.
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Oh I get those really low speeds too occasionally. I work from home though so the biggest variable is time of day rather than location.
Ironically, when I'm out and about it's for a reason that keeps me too busy to use the phone...especially the data.
Jacksonville up north, working at 100% efficiency.
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Oh I get those really low speeds too occasionally. I work from home though so the biggest variable is time of day rather than location.
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For me occasionally means 99.999% of the time.
There are a few hotspots I can stand in where it get in the low hundreds, but 60k is 'normal' speed here. When there is a drop it is <10k or no data service.
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For me occasionally means 99.999% of the time.
There are a few hotspots I can stand in where it get in the low hundreds, but 60k is 'normal' speed here. When there is a drop it is <10k or no data service.
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I'm talking to a Sprint rep right now, asking about Airave, it sounds promising, to be honest.
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For me occasionally means 99.999% of the time.
There are a few hotspots I can stand in where it get in the low hundreds, but 60k is 'normal' speed here. When there is a drop it is <10k or no data service.
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Oh okay. I can even force roaming and get a consistent 130kbps (1G I guess) if desperate. 60kbps is definitely not normal.
Blame Ericcson. The network management vendor of Sprint.
Sprint doesn't actually manage their own towers.
Sprint has a major outage going on in Houston apparently, i called 3 days ago and they said 68 zip codes were affected. Considering Houston is the 4th largest city in the U.S, that's unacceptable.
Jacksonville is experiencing outages.. At least around the South Jax Beach/Ponte Vedra area.. Started around 10:00 this morning.. My phone won't make or recieve calls, or send or recieve text messages, BUT my internet works fine.. Sprint said it's a voice tower down..
I was just running some speed tests and I am seeing pre-83 speeds for some reason. After the update I was getting 6mb down and now im back to 1.5. ATT restrict something?
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I was just running some speed tests and I am seeing pre-83 speeds for some reason. After the update I was getting 6mb down and now im back to 1.5. ATT restrict something?
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Only way to conduct a test is same location, same test application, and same time of day/night.
I don't see any difference other than day/night because of the usage in day vs night.
What are your test conditions?
I am litterally sitting in the same chair which is in the same spot as prior testing. Ill check later tonight again to see if its network load but it was consistent any time of day before. I would get fluxuations between 4mb and 6mb but never below 4. Now I cant get over 2mb.
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At my home nothing has changed I am still screaming fast, but at work after about the first week my data speed has just falling all to hell, worse then before the patch, I am talking dialup modem speeds. I am just hoping it has something to do with updating towers or somesuch and will get better. So I can say I have the same problem at work as you , but not at home.
Maybe they are working on towers in your area.
Maybe there was a RTA and the nearest tower was damaged.
Maybe it's a particularily electric day with a lot of static in the air.
Lots of reasons your signal can change.
Network load changes throughout the year too. Things like college kids coming home and high school kids staying home can really overload a neighborhood tower.
Coverage is crap at home for me.
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Why does my phone show full signal yet all apps that use mobile data either run shockingly slow or not at all!! My steam app is constantly reconnecting yet signal is constant! In BBS it's showing i have good signal for a matter of minutes and is mostly showing poor or unknown signal nearly the whole time the phone is on!
My set up is the latest AOKP rom and faux's kernel
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Why does my phone show full signal yet all apps that use mobile data either run shockingly slow or not at all!! My steam app is constantly reconnecting yet signal is constant! In BBS it's showing i have good signal for a matter of minutes and is mostly showing poor or unknown signal nearly the whole time the phone is on!
My set up is the latest AOKP rom and faux's kernel
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Could be you only have full bars of 2G data speed. You are either being throttled for excessive use from your carrier or your carrier only has 2G speeds where you live. Where I work the entire county only has 2G Edge speeds from AT&T even though their coverage map shows 3G for the area. Check your data type and speeds with an app like Network Signal info.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en
Happens to me a lot as well. I show full 4g and yet everything times out and wont load because data is so slow. I'm also in a good coverage area where i get 12-14 Mbps speed with other phones and when this one is acting normal.
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The towers you are connecting to are probably overloaded. Thin of them as a wireless access point at your house with 1 internet line. If too many connect to and use that line, the connection gets slower. Would be nice if cell providers posted tower stats in your area. Would save a lot of angry calls
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The towers you are connecting to are probably overloaded. Thin of them as a wireless access point at your house with 1 internet line. If too many connect to and use that line, the connection gets slower. Would be nice if cell providers posted tower stats in your area. Would save a lot of angry calls
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I think in my situation it is not this. My wife has an HTC one s and my brother a sgs2 and they will have great data speed while i have dead slow even though we are on the same carrier and in the same room.
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Got the same problem
My pbone is acting wired showing full signal but no traffic gets through
Also sometimes the signal just greys out and i dont get any connection until switching flightmode and back
Im at aokp to... Maybe its relaxed to the rom
Im on Stock kernel
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MoooN said:
Got the same problem
My pbone is acting wired showing full signal but no traffic gets through
Also sometimes the signal just greys out and i dont get any connection until switching flightmode and back
Im at aokp to... Maybe its relaxed to the rom
Im on Stock kernel
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Happened to me on stock, cm, aokp, and now pa. I don't know what it is. I just hope an update will fix it.
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Glad im not the only one suffering.. I didnt really have the problem on stock so much.. just since unlocking and flashing new roms.
To the person who mentioned carrier throttling, its certainly not that as one minute i'll get full speed and the next (youtube for example) will just stop and start saying no signal retry and then if i turn the phone off and back on again it will work. How can a carrier throttle you when you only have a 2Gb usage limit and then they charge you afterwards that makes no sense.
Also its not a 2G problem as Signal checker shows 3G and also now EE all around my area. Besides my wife's S3 on the same network is getting full speeds where im not or anything even though im apparently at full strength H
I hope this gets sorted soon as its also affecting calls.. I'll have what looks like full signal while playing a game then suddenly a text to say someone tried ringing me like 3 minutes before!!
probably switching from HSDPA to HSPA+.
did you notice a H on top of your signal bar, that switches to H+ when the lag is over?
I have had this problem for a long time, since I got my Galaxy Nexus and now again on my Nexus 4, and finally got so fed up that I have been testing it all day and getting screenshots ready to make my own post about this so I am pretty relieved to see this post!
I live in Philadelphia and use T-Mobile. I have had T-Mobile here for years and never had this problem before. When they upgraded to 3G I had amazing speed boosts and when they did HSPA+ it got even better but that was on a G1/G2. On my Nexus phones the internet is damn near unusable in center city but what is so odd about it is that in my Google searches about the problem I can only seem to find posts raving about T-Mobile in the city and how Philly keeps getting improvements including the new improved 1900Mhz HSPA+42 but I have never even seen my Nexus 4 on the +42 network the best it goes to is +15 and even that makes no difference because the internet is so slow and unrelaible that unless I am on Wifi, my phone just sits in my pocket useless.
I'm really at my wits end about this and no one, Google or T-Mobile seems to take responsibility or have any advice on how to fix it except the pointless factory reset.
I've seen a brief mention on XDA about a fast.tmobile.com APN and I changed to that and I'd like to imagine that it showed some type of improvements but certainly not with data speeds/latency/integrity of connection. If anything, it may have improved signal 'strength' (used lightly because regardless of what my strength is listed as the connection sucks.
To be clear, I am connected to HSPA and HSPA+ when the connection is being used, like it should, but these are the best speeds I managed to get throughout the day today as I moved around campus trying different spots.
Please, someone have advice!!
Could it be kennel related? Did you guys try just being on stock ROM?
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Could it be kennel related? Did you guys try just being on stock ROM?
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I am using the stock kernel, stock radio although not the stock ROM. I am pretty sure I had this problem before I rooted (I say pretty sure to be conservative with my answer since I am not 100% sure but I am definitely 90%)
Is anyone confident about their knowledge regarding APN settings? I have seen like 15 different configurations for T-Mobile's APN and have no idea which one to try and would prefer not to just go through them one by one -- I've got things to do!
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Could it be kennel related? Did you guys try just being on stock ROM?
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Again.. I'm pretty sure i didn't have this problem while on stock but i could be wrong. My GNex was exactly the same. And I'm on orange UK so completely different network to the T-Mobile USA so surely can't be random that we're both having the same problems
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I had the same slowness over cellular, 9kbps or so. I changed APN's, rebooted and just got 2463kbps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791526
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I had the same slowness over cellular, 9kbps or so. I changed APN's, rebooted and just got 2463kbps.
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Will this only work for at&t users though?
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I'm on stock 4.2.1. Phone is rooted and boot loader unlocked. For about two days now I'm having signal drops from 4bars, then greyed out 4 bars and jumps between H to 3G. Settings for LTE revert to WCDMA every time I lose reception. Also dialer crashes/ force closes if I have an incoming call and sends all calls to voicemail. I can dial out but at the end of my calls when I go to hang up I see the popup that phone process crashed.
My carrier is Bell Canada and the phone worked fine for about 10 days before this started happening.
Any tips or advice to help me out is appreciated. Thanks.
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