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[Q] Flashed Dk28 modem and PIT, now DATA is sloooowww

Ok, was getting ready to flash a new ROM (ViperROM Trinity), and saw I needed to first flash DK28 modem and PIT(whatever those are?), anyway, installed ODIN, loaded the files like it said (only, it said use modem.bin, all I had was modem.tar, but seemed to work) and now my DATA is super slow. I used to get about 1Mb down and over 600 k up on 3G and 6-8mb down and 1.3mb up on 4G, now I'm getting 60k down and 150k up on 3G and 600k down and 600k up on 4G.
Also, have Signal Status Bar app installed, gives me my dbm for signal, Usually the CDMA and EVDO are about the same, but now I can have good CDMA (-70 or so) but I am only showing -1dbm on EVDO all the time, it never changes.
I have flashed back to stock Eclair, up to the leaked stock Froyo, a rooted stock Froyo, and now using Viper Trinity ROM, nothing seems to help.
I honestly don't know if I was having this problem before I flashed the modem and PIT or not, but nothing I do fixes it. I have been all over the place today traveling as far as 40 miles from home, still same everywhere.
FWIW, I had already upgraded to the leaked stock Froyo ROM before I used ODIN to flash the DK28 modem and PIT, I just didn't realize I didn't need to do that before flashing the ROM since I already had it.
Any ideas out there?

Download the data governor fix from ViperRom's thread. Follow the directions. Just make sure to take it easy on data. Don't constantly download large files.

hm, I'll try this. Ya, my 3g data speeds have gone down to around 20-30 kb/sec on average... You think this might help it?
It doesn't seem like the data problem is a "governing" issue.. But could anyone elaborate on what this actually does, or what the data problem is?
Thx for the tip!
Sent from the future.

Edit: applied viper's governor fix, and will continue to test- initial speed tests seem faster, but still under 100kbytes/sec down, about 70 kb up.
Sent from the future.

I wonder if since you just reflashed if you are syncing google/fb/twitter stuffs. and its slowing you down.

I noticed it too, I get around 40kb down and that sucks a lot, luckily I get 4g at work
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DotMpeg said:
luckily I get 4g at work
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show off.
Some of us have to drive 100 miles to get near 4g.

Kcarpenter said:
I wonder if since you just reflashed if you are syncing google/fb/twitter stuffs. and its slowing you down.
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no-- the stuff I'm syncing didn't change before/after flash, but I have most turned off:
Account sync: only Gmail (I do contacts and calendar manually)
No Facebook sync (..but I wonder what the SNS service is).
No twitter syncing.
Google Voice widgetservice and updateservice are the only other extras I can think of.
The last speed test I did, I was able to get over 100kb/s down. The odd thing is, my up speed has stayed the same. Before flashing Viper's fix, my down was about half my up. As of last test, my up is about twice my down kb/s (which seems a little more "normal").
Kcarpenter said:
show off.
Some of us have to drive 100 miles to get near 4g.
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yes.. ditto. except, I just have to find a spot and stand very very still.

Well, I hate when I struggle with a problem for a day or two, then post the question, then right after wards I figure it out.
That's what happened though. A little bit after I posted the question I tried Update Profile, and that fixed it. Go figure....
Anyhow, I also installed the data governor fix as recommended and it seems to have upped my speeds a bit. I am now getting over 1.2mbs down, and nearly 800k up. Not too bad for 3G. Haven't tested 4G yet....
Thanks to all for the help.

Vipermuscle83 said:
Download the data governor fix from ViperRom's thread. Follow the directions. Just make sure to take it easy on data. Don't constantly download large files.
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Will this work on a rooted 2.1 rom?

T-Mobile "Over The Cap" Throttle Is No Joke...

I just exceeded my 5GB for the first time ever (I thought I exceeded it last month but I didn't).
My speed test results were as followed:
Pre-Throttle:
DOWN: 3.5 mb
UP: 2.0 mb
Post-Throttle:
DOWN: .06 mb
UP: .09 MB
That is insane. It takes absolutely forever just to load pages now, and my reset isn't until the 8th.
Is there a way around this?

Not that I am aware. use wifi.
This happened to me last month. Sucked balls

actually, there was some work done a couple months ago on this.
something about pulling a file out of /system or /data and then editing the file to delete a couple lines of code, then pushing back to phone. (you may be able to use RootExplorer if youre not adept at ADB)
i understand it that Tmo tracks data usage, then sends a message to your phone to throttle. this message changes some settings.
apparently if you delete or modify those lines of code, the throttle message from Tmo does NOTHING but take up space in your sms inbox
i would post the thread for you, but i forgot where i found it.
just googlesearch "nexus throttle xda" and you should find it.

onesavior said:
Not that I am aware. use wifi.
This happened to me last month. Sucked balls
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When I moved in to my new place, I decided to save money by not getting internet and just tethering from my phone so...this isn't an option for me unfortunately :/
zmodp said:
actually, there was some work done a couple months ago on this.
something about pulling a file out of /system or /data and then editing the file to delete a couple lines of code, then pushing back to phone. (you may be able to use RootExplorer if youre not adept at ADB)
i understand it that Tmo tracks data usage, then sends a message to your phone to throttle. this message changes some settings.
apparently if you delete or modify those lines of code, the throttle message from Tmo does NOTHING but take up space in your sms inbox
i would post the thread for you, but i forgot where i found it.
just googlesearch "nexus throttle xda" and you should find it.
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Thanks dude, I'll look it up and see what I can find.

OK, so I found these...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900639
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872570
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9639621#post9639621
...but it says "out of date" and when I pull up /system/framework/service.jar and try to open it in text editor, its just characters..
Anyone have information on this?
EDIT-
I found files in data/system/ that were called (Folder) Throttle (which was modified today, when my throttle would have taken effect), a file usagetracker and a folder usagestats (which had a few files created through the day today).
I deleted all of the above, rebooted....phone rebooted fine.
Let me check and see if I'm throttled still...
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Yeah, I shouldn't have expected it to be that easy lol. Still throttled.
EDIT3-
After rebooting and clicking my browser, the file in /data/system/throttle came back again...so it may actually have something to do with it.
File is -470754350 and temp.

I remember reading that switching over to EDGE and then back to 3G somehow made the throttling go away...

pakraider said:
I remember reading that switching over to EDGE and then back to 3G somehow made the throttling go away...
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Yeah I tried. I actually switched to 2g, deleted the throttle folder, switched back to 3g and tried again but same results. Soon as I switch to 3G and try anything to do with internet it puts that throttle folder back in the data/system folder.
I opened the file, and its just a bunch of numbers. I tried playing with the numbers a bit to see what happens but so far, nothing has changed...

T-Mobile USA is a dying operator.. play nice

Try and play with file/directory ownership/permissions to stop this directory/file being written/read.

pakraider said:
T-Mobile USA is a dying operator.. play nice
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How is it dying? Its now a part of the largest cellular provider in the US. wtf

Tmobile edge routers shape traffic based on IMSI, HLR, and VLR which are stored on the SIM and authenticate user equipment/accounts to the network... meaning, shaping is done at the OSI layer 3 network level... attempts to make changes at a higher level will result in the same condition (data throttled connection), which is why your changes to the registers on the device would not rectify the throttling... proxify your transmissions to get the result you desire...

teh_lorax said:
How is it dying? Its now a part of the largest cellular provider in the US. wtf
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Yeah, because it's being gobbled up for a fraction of what it was worth when Deutsche Telekom first bought it. They're strapped for cash and spectrum. Sad.

Sinister said:
… proxify your transmissions to get the result you desire...
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Care to elaborate?

Been searching and have not found any work around yet. Not sure what this means "proxify your transmissions to get the result you desire"??

galaxys said:
Been searching and have not found any work around yet. Not sure what this means "proxify your transmissions to get the result you desire"??
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Yeah, I found nothing either. I think I'll have to stick it out, I'm not sure there's a way around it.
It'd be nice if we could get some guys together and figure out a solution to this for others though

I think what galaxys is saying is that the throttling is done on the network side, not on your phone. So, no matter what change you make to your phone, you will still be throttled by the network. I don't see how proxying would help either since the data still goes over the network... unless it can't throttle encrypted traffic or something.

pakraider said:
Yeah, because it's being gobbled up for a fraction of what it was worth when Deutsche Telekom first bought it. They're strapped for cash and spectrum. Sad.
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Yeah, and they bought them before the huge crash in 2001, so that really means nothing.

Ouch. That's a bummer. Wish I could help. I used 10.5Gb on att last month and no throttle.
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upyouratrix said:
Ouch. That's a bummer. Wish I could help. I used 10.5Gb on att last month and no throttle.
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Yeah, just paid a nice hunk of bill for going over 2GB lol.
I think I'd rather have a 5GB cap and merely get throttled as apposed to being charged.

So I just rooted my phone, what now?

Ive been reading about the possibilities of rooting and why its a good thing.
Well I finally rooted, but what should I do now?
I've already removed the bloatware and im not interested in themes.
As for ROMS/CustomOS, there hasnt been any ROM that sets it that much more better then the stock 2.2firmware that came with the phone. Aside from the possible swipe texting, is there any significant benefit from using a custom ROM as oppose to the standard OS?
Also what are some must have apps for rooted phone?
Feels like the only real benefit from rooting (if one is not interested in themes/looks) is just removing bloatware

Same boat
So I just rooted my phone too, I was hoping to gain the ability to remove the bloat ware and maybe free mobile hot spot, but im such a noon im too worried about bricking my phone so really all I've done is the initial root, I did download the liberty 1.5 and saved it to my memory card but I don't really know if I did a full backup or not. I downloaded the titanium backup app that specifically says root on it and did what I thought was a backup in preparation for putting the liberty rom on my phone. Do I automatically gwet free mobile hotspot or is that a separate app all together?

Rhill051 said:
So I just rooted my phone too, I was hoping to gain the ability to remove the bloat ware and maybe free mobile hot spot, but im such a noon im too worried about bricking my phone so really all I've done is the initial root, I did download the liberty 1.5 and saved it to my memory card but I don't really know if I did a full backup or not. I downloaded the titanium backup app that specifically says root on it and did what I thought was a backup in preparation for putting the liberty rom on my phone. Do I automatically gwet free mobile hotspot or is that a separate app all together?
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Im not sure about titaninum backup or the liberty 1.5 youre trying to install.
However, I can hopefully share with you what I know about the free mobile hotspot. If by that you mean tether, than yes, you do need a seperate app. In fact the app is the only thing you need, no need for roms and what not. Some of the tethe rapps are PDAnet, easytether, and wireless tehter
theres probably more but those 3 are the ones I see most mentioned and hear success stories with most of them

alot of the Roms out there include a wireless 3g hotspot app in them, for example the rom im rocking is Darkslide 4.2 and it includes the app, and always remember to give credit where credit is due ^_^ and always thank the devs for doing this for free

Oh for sure, I appreciate the help info ethus site is the bomb and the dev's here kick butt. So I was using pda net before I rooted but I was told by someone that you can get the wireless hot spot by rooting. I might check out that dark sliders rom too. Is it a lot of work tojump between roms?

Just remember than Verizon is now monitoring rooted phones and they can send you a bill for data. I would suggest against it but it depends on where you live as to if they are monitoring.

droid_freak said:
Just remember than Verizon is now monitoring rooted phones and they can send you a bill for data. I would suggest against it but it depends on where you live as to if they are monitoring.
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How do they even know that a phone is rooted? Im guess I don't know what to think of that.. I know its a service you are supposed to pay for but isn't that kinda along the same lines as apple or google monitoring you? Do we know what markets Verizon is monitoring? Is it something where they pick the people who are using gig's of data, I've only used maybe a couple hundred megabytes

Rhill051 said:
How do they even know that a phone is rooted? Im guess I don't know what to think of that.. I know its a service you are supposed to pay for but isn't that kinda along the same lines as apple or google monitoring you? Do we know what markets Verizon is monitoring? Is it something where they pick the people who are using gig's of data, I've only used maybe a couple hundred megabytes
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He's confusing Verizon with AT&T:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/...-using-unauthorized-tethering-methods-to-pay/

[WORKAROUND] Bypassing Tmobile's Anti Tethering Policy

Recently Tmobile finally started filtering their data and are attempting to prevent all users no matter the ROM or software on the phones from tethering their laptop to the phone.
As soon as you tether and try to view a webpage on your laptop, you will get redirected to a sales page, where TMobile tells you that you need to purchase an additional feature for $15 USD a month. This is outrageous considering you already pay for a certain ammount of data per month, and as long as you remain within that they are just being greedy and are nickle and diming us.
The workarounds / bypass are detailed here:
http://benbuchacher.com/posts/2012/06/bypassing-tmobiles-tethering-filters.html

Using CyanogenMod 9 I tether just fine...

This just started today for me Ive tethered since cupcake just fine.. There are other reports too using Cyanogenmod or any other ROM will not help you when this rolls out to your area.

e495957 said:
Using CyanogenMod 9 I tether just fine...
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Cm9 here too, still blocked though

We ran into this problem several months ago but were using the LG Optimus T phone for tethering. It ran fine for a day or so and then we started getting the Tmobile message screen to upgrade. We had plenty of gigs left and couldnt figure out why we could no longer tether. We are heading on vacation next month and this will hopefully help us bypass Tmobile's junk. Haven't tried our Galaxy S2's yet so we may be worried all for nothing..
UPDATE: Tethering works great on the S2 thru Tmobile,.,,Hotspot does not. Got a screen on my phone for Tmobile to sign up for it monthly when I searched the Help link...laptop is asking for a Network Key to access the Hotspot...

Try the ClockworkMod tethering app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether

HOW DO I TUNNEL!?!?!??!

I didn't have any trouble using USB or wifi tethering on my bone stock galaxy nexus, but they might not have rolled this system out back then. This is definitely good information though, the wife wants to use this when we're out on business.
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HOW DO I TUNNEL!?!?!??!
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You need a Virtual Private Network or VPN. I can't post links so you'll have to look it up yourself.

So I have a question for you guys...
I understand that I need to switch the user agent on my laptop when tethering, but what about when I tether to something like a Roku box or a Playstation 3?

The reason why only some people are having problems with the tethering is because T-Mobile is including hidden APN settings in the new software updates and the software on new devices. These hidden APNs helps T-Mobile detect tethering. Go to this thread to see what I mean, also you can PM the OP and he can tell you exactly what he had to do, I think he had to decompile the framwork,apk or framwork.jar one and remove them from there I can not remember exactly.
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I will gladly discuss it here... Both Elegancia 3.0.0 and version B of my rom are using resources from 3.32.401.105 in order to achieve two functions:
1. Unlock APNs
2. Provide leedroid tweak compatibility
The only problem with this is the fact that they are no longer "true tmous builds". I refer to them as "franken-builds"... I have not gone through all the differences between framework-res, systemui, framework.jar, services.jar, etc... but I can tell you that certain small bugs have been reported with the xe build that others have reported as fixed in the official tmous version.
The APNs are written to apns.xml within the framework-res.apk. This is why we used XE components to unlock the APNs at first. You can distinguish what roms are built this way by the framework version:
TMOUS: 20120412.202737
XE: 20120321.232857
My unlocking mod is the stock TMOUS framework-res.apk, but it has the apns.xml from XE. This ensures that the rest of the rom stays in tact and that no bugs will be induced by mixed resources... I've also included this mod as an option during install on version A of my rom.
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CapnBoost said:
I didn't have any trouble using USB or wifi tethering on my bone stock galaxy nexus, but they might not have rolled this system out back then. This is definitely good information though, the wife wants to use this when we're out on business.
You need a Virtual Private Network or VPN. I can't post links so you'll have to look it up yourself.
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Can you send in a pm?
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Just so I am clear...the way T-Mobile is doing this is by seeing the user agent of the browser. Since I tether my Galaxy Tab Wifi to my Gnex from time to time I should be in the clear correct? Since I am not using a browser on a laptop, but rather on another Android device.

Thanks for the post, will try this out

Wait...so what if I use a desktop user agent from a mobile browser to grab the full page. That's going to get blocked as well...?

I got that problem with my new Galaxy S2... luckily the rom I flashed took care of that problem.
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solarus2011 said:
Just so I am clear...the way T-Mobile is doing this is by seeing the user agent of the browser. Since I tether my Galaxy Tab Wifi to my Gnex from time to time I should be in the clear correct? Since I am not using a browser on a laptop, but rather on another Android device.
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Just tested. It works on almost all of the UserAgents becauses Chrome/IE/FireFox.. Hell IPad even works. You should be fine for now. I hope they stick to this solution instead of going to more preventive measures because this is easily bypassed.. My Skype/Steam/Trillian/AIM/etc all still connect perfectly even without bypassing because it's only blocking Desktop useragents. The stupidest part of this is requesting the desktop version of sites like on the Google Chrome Android browser results in the blocked page as well.. :|

Nexus S Stock
I have a Nexus S and I have gotten all my updates are via T-mobile OTA updates, however I have never had a problem tethering.

MischievousMrFoxx said:
I have a Nexus S and I have gotten all my updates are via T-mobile OTA updates, however I have never had a problem tethering.
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None of your updates have been from T-Mobile. All those OTA updates came straight from Google. One of the things that ended with the nexus s was that the carriers weren't allowed to really touch the phone at all. As such, T-Mo never sold it in their stores. You could get it at Best Buy, etc, but not at official stores.

I believe this only works if you bought the device from T-mobile right? since i can tether on my iPhone just fine (althought on 2G/EDGE) I can't confirm it with android though, but if they are ruling this all over the network we're gonna have a bad time.

databaiz said:
I believe this only works if you bought the device from T-mobile right? since i can tether on my iPhone just fine (althought on 2G/EDGE) I can't confirm it with android though, but if they are ruling this all over the network we're gonna have a bad time.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure this is with T-Mo-sourced devices specifically (as in, you got it at the T-Mo store or it has the T-Mo logo on the phone itself).
Also, nice South Park reference. ".....you're gonna have a BAD time!"

System updates over mobile data

Does anyone know how to get system updates over mobile data? It keeps telling me I need wifi

DJW35 said:
Does anyone know how to get system updates over mobile data? It keeps telling me I need wifi
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Just hit continue ? ?? Definitely don't need wifi

digitaljeff said:
Just hit continue ? ?? Definitely don't need wifi
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Depends on the carrier.
AT&T update apk will only update using wifi or special "update" AT&T cell towers.
If you get within range of one these towers you can update from them. They aren't that common but they do exist for AT&T.
There's a term for them, not sure if this is it.
Meh, I feel your pain

Never have experienced that problem on all of the big 3 Canadian carriers ... If you have the data to use, they won't stop you from updating .

Go to a McDonald's and have a cup of coffee.

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Go to a McDonald's and have a cup of coffee.
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Then watch the bug slow firmware download get stopped and corrupted at the 128mb mark.
Perfect.
With AT&T you get one shot... good download or not it's getting flashed.
Whatever safe guards they have isn't enough to keep some of their flashes from bricking phones.
Make sure you have a fast, stable wifi connection and don't interrupt it during the download.