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Now that was fun! Speedtest: Iphone4 200kbs / SGS 1Mbs

Last Saturday I was with a friend of mine who was very proud of his new iphone4 (he is the "I don't care" type). So I was showing to him the AP system and I tethered to him by 3g connection.
So I had an idea (we have the same telco). I asked him: why don't you run your speedtest app (IOS app to check speed of upload download) twice - one with your own connection and one through mine (through tethering). We ran the test and he achieved 1Mbs through the SGS connection. He then ran the test directly through his own 3g connection (same place / telco) and he only had 200kbs.. You should see his face - he was tapping the "run speedtest" button again and again hoping that he would get better results..
Well done Samsung...
Just try it.. You might make them understand that it is not the bad network responsible for the miserable performance of their phones..

I'm getting inconsistent results using speedtest and my galaxy s. sometimes it hits my cellular's limit, sometimes it gives poor results. I'm talking about tapping "test again" and getting a much poorer result (or better), using hsdpa.

I once achieved around 4.5 Mbps download speed on my SGS through HSDPA, though those results vary depending on the current circumstances...

Evans_Prophet said:
Last Saturday I was with a friend of mine who was very proud of his new iphone4 (he is the "I don't care" type). So I was showing to him the AP system and I tethered to him by 3g connection.
So I had an idea (we have the same telco). I asked him: why don't you run your speedtest app (IOS app to check speed of upload download) twice - one with your own connection and one through mine (through tethering). We ran the test and he achieved 1Mbs through the SGS connection. He then ran the test directly through his own 3g connection (same place / telco) and he only had 200kbs.. You should see his face - he was tapping the "run speedtest" button again and again hoping that he would get better results..
Well done Samsung...
Just try it.. You might make them understand that it is not the bad network responsible for the miserable performance of their phones..
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Strangely this seems to be true. My wife complains about her data speed everyday when she was using the 3GS. Recently I bought the SGS for her and her first reaction after days of using was that the data connection lag is gone.

I finally got to see and play with the IP4 today.
In all serious, I don't know what the fuss about the UI or the phone design. It looks like a hunk of junk compared to my galaxy S.
I wanted to send a video file over bluetooth to compare the screens, but it wouldn't work. I only later realised it must be due to Apple relying on itunes to convert/store files on the phone.
Without simple bluetooth file transfer, how stone age.

oswade said:
I finally got to see and play with the IP4 today.
In all serious, I don't know what the fuss about the UI or the phone design. It looks like a hunk of junk compared to my galaxy S.
I wanted to send a video file over bluetooth to compare the screens, but it wouldn't work. I only later realised it must be due to Apple relying on itunes to convert/store files on the phone.
Without simple bluetooth file transfer, how stone age.
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i think the ip4 hardware and software are pretty smooth and mostly ok.
but such limitations are indeed very annoying. the other day i was like "hey i'll send u the ringtone i made since u like it"
oops, that cannot actually work
and so on.. basically could just share pictures.
then there's the classics "u could watch this <h264 mkv file> report we made in the train" nope, he can't he has an iphone, need itunes + conversion.
and so on.
heck, we also jailbroke that iphone, installed mplayer - nope mplayer jailbroken doesn't support iOS4 yet. theres also a couple of players on the store - but nope, they can only stream stuff and you must copy using hacks from a computer (still no bt transfer)
then.. we had to forward a .odt (like doc) per email on the iphone.. nope.. transferred it to the SGS.. ha. nope! that's one thing which doesn't seems to work on either iOS or android can only attach pictures & vids ><

then this will blow the iphone4 out of the water
stock JH2 ROM, no mod of any kind

Seifer1975 said:
Strangely this seems to be true. My wife complains about her data speed everyday when she was using the 3GS. Recently I bought the SGS for her and her first reaction after days of using was that the data connection lag is gone.
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Sometimes I can't get connection. Maybe it's singtel ? lol

Ya I get about 4-5MB down and 2.5MB up here in London Ontario.. both on the rogers network and the Bell network.

you know the funny thing is
my cell phone is faster than my home high speed broadband from both rogers/bell
i'm actually using both of them for load balancing, yet neither of them gets dedicated speed like the SGS can get
at these amazing speeds video call is not a problem at all

dude thats not good.. LOL I have a 15Mbps with rogers with my home internet and get that speed all the time.... but 4-5Mbps with my samsung S is really good.. too... very impressed.. a buddy of mine has the Iphone3GS and he can only get about 1Mbps on the same network.

My previous phone was an SGS, and I recently switched to a badaOS and an iPhone4.
I have no experience of 3G internet over-the-phone, since my company (Voda) in Greece is a bit crap-signaled, but what I noticed for sure is that iPhone 4 has better wifi reception.
And, regarding 720p video, yes, iPhone 4 cannot play mkv files directly, but throwing an mp4 file doesnt need convertion. It directly copies it to the phone.
In general, I respect both companies, Apple for keeping standard quality of OS & hardware, and Samsung for making huge efforts to make the perfect phone. It is obvious that, with Galaxy S, Samsung made a huge leap towards ruling the market, which, I believe, will happen with its next device.

A little disappointed in my 3G speeds. only 3.2 Mbps up and 1Mbps down. Last FW was dedicated to 3G speed, I can't remember what I was scoring back then but it might've been about 2.5 Mbps
Evans_Prophet said:
Last Saturday I was with a friend of mine who was very proud of his new iphone4 (he is the "I don't care" type). So I was showing to him the AP system and I tethered to him by 3g connection.
So I had an idea (we have the same telco). I asked him: why don't you run your speedtest app (IOS app to check speed of upload download) twice - one with your own connection and one through mine (through tethering). We ran the test and he achieved 1Mbs through the SGS connection. He then ran the test directly through his own 3g connection (same place / telco) and he only had 200kbs.. You should see his face - he was tapping the "run speedtest" button again and again hoping that he would get better results..
Well done Samsung...
Just try it.. You might make them understand that it is not the bad network responsible for the miserable performance of their phones..
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Well, they have a faster (potential) wifi connection:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3891/samsung-epic-4g-review-the-fastest-android-phone/6
Fatherboard said:
I'm getting inconsistent results using speedtest and my galaxy s. sometimes it hits my cellular's limit, sometimes it gives poor results. I'm talking about tapping "test again" and getting a much poorer result (or better), using hsdpa.
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Tell me about it, 4 tests in 1 minute, one of them bombed out at around 700kbps
TriC_101 said:
Ya I get about 4-5MB down and 2.5MB up here in London Ontario.. both on the rogers network and the Bell network.
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Mb?
TriC_101 said:
dude thats not good.. LOL I have a 15MB with rogers with my home internet and get that speed all the time.... but 4-5MB with my samsung S is really good.. too... very impressed.. a buddy of mine has the Iphone3GS and he can only get about 1MB on the same network.
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4-5 Mb?

Aaron8282 said:
Sometimes I can't get connection. Maybe it's singtel ? lol
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Singtel nowadays getting from bad to worse! Their 3G is becoming very unreliable nowadays, dropping connections like nobody's business.

Is the WIFI bad on the Nexus 7 or does my router have bad range?

i was curious does anyone have really bad wifi connection on there Nexus 7? I need to know because i need to know if its my nexus 7 or do i need to move my router closer to my bedroom and nexus? im hoping its something simple as moving my router but im checking with all u folks first.....
ty

There's an app for that. WiFi analyzer

My N7 picks up my router throughout my entire house, no problem.
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ty guys for ur help. i just want to hear back from a few more people to make sure, ty guys

It's weird because it finds my Wifi at home ok, but using my S3 as a hotspot right next to it only gets me like 1 bar.

yeahmon said:
It's weird because it finds my Wifi at home ok, but using my S3 as a hotspot right next to it only gets me like 1 bar.
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i used the WIFI analyzer and i found out that i was using the weakest channel on my router for wifi! so I was able to change channels to a much stronger wifi strength

My nexus7 reception remains very strong also, throughout my entire house. I also have the tf201 and the nexus7 blows it out of the water. Wifi analyzer shows a good 30% more signal on my n7 vs my tf201. Additionally, GPS signal is very solid as well. I get 7 birds in house and 11 as soon as i walk outside.
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movieaddict said:
i used the WIFI analyzer and i found out that i was using the weakest channel on my router for wifi! so I was able to change channels to a much stronger wifi strength
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WiFi analyzer cannot help me change channels on my Galaxy SIII. That's where I see poor reception. At just a few feet away too.

If I hold it in portrait orientation and cover the left side of the tablet (top 1/3) my reception drops 1-2 bars. It increases again when I move my hand away. I noticed this when I was lying on the couch with the tablet resting on my chest in portrait mode, and I had my left hand holding the tablet at the top left side. If I held it on the right-hand side (with my right hand) and moved my left hand away from the tablet then my reception improved. Put my left hand back up, signal strength decreased. This only happens if I'm far away from the wifi source. If I'm close to the source then my hand position doesn't seem to affect the reception at all.

zc1 said:
If I hold it in portrait orientation and cover the left side of the tablet (top 1/3) my reception drops 1-2 bars. It increases again when I move my hand away. I noticed this when I was lying on the couch with the tablet resting on my chest in portrait mode, and I had my left hand holding the tablet at the top left side. If I held it on the right-hand side (with my right hand) and moved my left hand away from the tablet then my reception improved. Put my left hand back up, signal strength decreased. This only happens if I'm far away from the wifi source. If I'm close to the source then my hand position doesn't seem to affect the reception at all.
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Not sure if you have had a chance to see the internal layout of the Nexus 7 but that area is exactly where the wifi antenna is located. I have noticed the same signal drop (10–20db on wifi analyzer). It is worse in landscape because your hand naturally rests there. But it hasn't been too much of an issue. I had my router transmitting at 30mW and just kicked it up to 80mW and I am good to go. I remind myself for $200, the Nexus is good but still far from perfect. If you look into the reason this device was built, it makes sense. Its sole purpose is to drum up tablet software developement for android, not so much to be an iPad killer, that is still to come.

movieaddict said:
i was curious does anyone have really bad wifi connection on there Nexus 7? I need to know because i need to know if its my nexus 7 or do i need to move my router closer to my bedroom and nexus? im hoping its something simple as moving my router but im checking with all u folks first.....
ty
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My N7 wireless is good. I am comparing it with my Samsung Galaxy S2 which is much weaker than the N7 across the whole house. Mind you I am using a good wireless router 7800N from Billion which has got good wireless ratings.

dsldsl999 said:
My N7 wireless is good. I am comparing it with my Samsung Galaxy S2 which is much weaker than the N7 across the whole house. Mind you I am using a good wireless router 7800N from Billion which has got good wireless ratings.
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My wifi reception is poorer than both my HTC Desire Z phone and laptops etc, judged by it losing reception in the furthest room in the house (approx 15m from the router, in a pretty solid Victorian house).

drpepe said:
My wifi reception is poorer than both my HTC Desire Z phone and laptops etc, judged by it losing reception in the furthest room in the house (approx 15m from the router, in a pretty solid Victorian house).
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As suggested by other users, I think really worth to install wifi analyzer from Google Play then you can see a direct comparison rather than looking at the bars. Solid walls are not good for wifi and it is only fair if you compare distance base on line of sight. If you are using 802.11n 2.4Ghz then try different channels and also try changing channel width to 20Mhz can improve it but dropping from 40Mhz will reduce the max possible speed to 150Mbps.

wifi on any asus made tablet I owned has been never as good as other brands....stil works great but never full bars like my laptop or any apple product I own. Maybe its a android thing as my android phones are the same weak wifi. Nothing bad just less bars.

Depending on the model of your router, you might look into flashing DD-WRT on it (think of it as analogous to flashing a custom ROM on your phone/tablet). There are options to increase range on it.

The nexus 7 has very good signal strength and I get full bars while sitting 15 feet away from router with no walls. I can't try more than this distance because that's how big my room is and if I go outside of room then the walls comes in between and of course the strength drops.
Screen shot attached with full bars.
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Wifi sucks on this tablet
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So far in the week I've had my n7... WiFi is notably weaker than on my laptop or iPad in the same locations so I suspect they've compromised on the aerial during design and construction. I can't determine if it suffers from an apple style 'grip of death' issue but I try holding it in different ways to see if it helps.
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My wifi is awesome until I try to stream an HD YouTube video then it buffers like crazy. Very annoying. Anyone got a fix??
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I've tested my Nexus 7 with 5 access points at the house with great signal and speed, and at work which has a large roving WiFi system with equally the same response.
If your access point is properly configured you should have no problems.
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Nexus 7 Maximum wifi speed?

Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help me figure this out.
I was wondering what the theoretical maximum download speed for the nexus 7 is. When testing my internet connection (speedtest.net) on my pc my download speed is 70Mbps, upload is 10Mbps, which is also my maximum speed (I live 3km away from my provider) When running the test on my nexus 7 with their speed test app downloaded via Google play, I only get around 30-33mbps. Sometimes I'll get a speed of 36 and the highest I've gotten in 40, but this only happens VERY rarely. So I've been trying to figure out if something is set up wrong.
I tried:
different channels from 1 until 11 (12 and 13 don't work)
20 and 40hz, and both simultaneously.
set the router to operate on b/g/n as well as N only
Security is wpa2
inkspeed on the tablet says 65Mbps
Distance : standing next to the router
My router is a netgear R6300. (http://www.netgear.com/R6300#two)
My question is, am I an idiot for thinking that I'm not getting max speed, while ~33mbps is the actual maximum speed that the nexus 7 is capable of. Or am I having connection issues. If so what steps could I take to solve them.
You have my thanks,

One reason I can think of is nexus 7 can not use the 5mhz band in your router, thats why you may be getting half speeds than you are expecting.

sahshah said:
One reason I can think of is nexus 7 can not use the 5mhz band in your router, thats why you may be getting half speeds than you are expecting.
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I thought about that as well, but my router support wifi N up to 450Mbps on the 2.4ghz freq, so I'm not really sure that's a limiting factor.

70Mbps download. That's fast.

scandalousk said:
Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help me figure this out.
I was wondering what the theoretical maximum download speed for the nexus 7 is. When testing my internet connection (speedtest.net) on my pc my download speed is 70Mbps, upload is 10Mbps, which is also my maximum speed (I live 3km away from my provider) When running the test on my nexus 7 with their speed test app downloaded via Google play, I only get around 30-33mbps. Sometimes I'll get a speed of 36 and the highest I've gotten in 40, but this only happens VERY rarely. So I've been trying to figure out if something is set up wrong.
I tried:
different channels from 1 until 11 (12 and 13 don't work)
20 and 40hz, and both simultaneously.
set the router to operate on b/g/n as well as N only
Security is wpa2
inkspeed on the tablet says 65Mbps
Distance : standing next to the router
My router is a netgear R6300. (http://www.netgear.com/R6300#two)
My question is, am I an idiot for thinking that I'm not getting max speed, while ~33mbps is the actual maximum speed that the nexus 7 is capable of. Or am I having connection issues. If so what steps could I take to solve them.
You have my thanks,
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I'm on 60 Meg download and 3 Meg upload and I get the same speeds as you on my nexus using the speedtest app. I think they are the max wireless speeds we can get.
My ipad 3 maxes out at 20 Meg which is surprising.
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maigre said:
70Mbps download. That's fast.
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It's relatively slow We have fiber 500 down and 500 up available here, but It's not yet available in my particular area. I bought the router for that reason. Actually bums me out that I'm going to have 500 mbps available to me, but don't have any devices that can actually benefit from it besides my pc....
simacca said:
I'm on 60 Meg download and 3 Meg upload and I get the same speeds as you on my nexus using the speedtest app. I think they are the max wireless speeds we can get.
My ipad 3 maxes out at 20 Meg which is surprising.
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Thanks for testing that out, I figured as much. I found another thread where someone mentions that he's also maxing out at around 33mbps.
Although a bit further down the topic, a guy posted a screenshot of his nexus 7 achieving ~47 mbps. Guess he got lucky?..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787199&page=2

Your speeds are actually alright. The n7 doesn't have good wifi imo. I am connected to a 100/2 connection in Australia (fastest consumer connection available to my knowledge lol) and I only get about 25/2 on my n7.

smt8544 said:
Your speeds are actually alright. The n7 doesn't have good wifi imo. I am connected to a 100/2 connection in Australia (fastest consumer connection available to my knowledge lol) and I only get about 25/2 on my n7.
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Kind of sucks that google went cheapo on the wifi. Would have hoped they would have at least went the 5ghz route. But at least it confirms that there is nothing wrong with my router or wifi settings, but that the nexus 7 just maxed out at ~33Mbps. Surprisingly my GSII does 40~42Mbps.

you guys are lucky bastards. living in rural canada, i get 1.5/0.5 on a good day!

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you guys are lucky bastards. living in rural canada, i get 1.5/0.5 on a good day!
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That must be pretty annoying! Here in Australia, most people have connections around the 10/1 mark which is actually a joke for a developed metropolitan area. Luckily fibre infrastructure upgrade are under way!

I live in a metropolitan and manage fine with my 4/0.5 amidst all the fibre optic and vdsl.
Admitted, 0.5 upload does get annoying in some cases. But hey, it's cheap as hell and unlimited bandwidth!

Logic_ said:
I live in a metropolitan and manage fine with my 4/0.5 amidst all the fibre optic and vdsl.
Admitted, 0.5 upload does get annoying in some cases. But hey, it's cheap as hell and unlimited bandwidth!
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Thats the problem with connections here. They are not cheap and offer limited bandwidth. i.e. my mate is on an adsl2+ connection that only manages 4 down and 0.7up. He pays $70 a month for 200gb.

redundant409 said:
you guys are lucky bastards. living in rural canada, i get 1.5/0.5 on a good day!
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Haha, well we wouldn't be on xda if we didn't wanna push our devices to the limit right

smt8544 said:
Thats the problem with connections here. They are not cheap and offer limited bandwidth. i.e. my mate is on an adsl2+ connection that only manages 4 down and 0.7up. He pays $70 a month for 200gb.
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Wow... I pay 35 and that includes unlimited calls to landlines, national and international.
People here are always complaining how we're overcharged for our network, compared to for instance the Netherlands. And it did take me quite a while to get this deal, literally the cheapest in the country.
But 70 for the same speeds with a 200gb limit, that seems insane!

Logic_ said:
Wow... I pay 35 and that includes unlimited calls to landlines, national and international.
People here are always complaining how we're overcharged for our network, compared to for instance the Netherlands. And it did take me quite a while to get this deal, literally the cheapest in the country.
But 70 for the same speeds with a 200gb limit, that seems insane!
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Our internet here is pretty cheap indeed, since it also comes combined with a land line and a tv package. Prices for our mobile network are of the charts tho'.

hey guys.. i was only getting 10 or so meg down on my 50+ meg connection and I wanted to let you know I fixed it to get what you are getting by removing my bluetooth connection. Turns out, the bluetooth and wifi are handled by one chip so when its busy handing a bluetooth connection, it chops down the download speed of the wifi! So, if you dont need the bluetooth connection, dont use it. (I was using tablet talk to my phone over bluetooth, i swithched it to wifi and that fixed it)

51 mbps max
Hey guys, i live in IIT Delhi, INDIA. Via ethernet we get 100 down and 70-80up (100/70). But my nexus 7 2013 maxes out at 51mbps only. I checked using galaxy s5, s5 showed 90 download. So it is pretty much confirmed they put a limit, or maybe the technology is out dated...

Awesome 5GHz speeds...best of all?

Sorry guys, just get really excited - we just got our 125Mbit connection with Virgin installed today, and their new router is 5GHz capable....and I wasn't aware that the One is 5GHz capable, so I just tried it out. To my massive surprise the download speed actually went past 100Mbit....on a PHONE. Am I the only person who finds it absolutely mindblowing that we are getting that kind of speeds wireless,and on something that fits in our pockets? Are there any other phones capable of this?
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You should learn more how to use photo editing software. This is good example how lame ur in this matter.
Mike

sp5it said:
You should learn more how to use photo editing software. This is good example how lame ur in this matter.
Mike
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Where does this look photoshopped Mr Condescending?
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sp5it said:
You should learn more how to use photo editing software. This is good example how lame ur in this matter.
Mike
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Sorry,but you made me so angry that I just had to grab a camera and record a video of how well it works.
http://youtu.be/iPBlviOJ5Mc
I expect apologies, it's not often that I am called a liar on the Internet, but when that happens it's usually by people who have nothing to prove their statements, like you sp5it. Shame.

Only got 60MB here on Virgin - but yeah - download speeds of 47260kbps+ etc.
I know the HTC One X & Sony Xperia Z all have 5GHz capabilities - so it's not limited to the One - I would guess that nearly, if not all, new high end phones have 5GHz capability.
It's great that it works - but boy do you notice a difference when you're out and about and stuck on 3G!

sp5it said:
You should learn more how to use photo editing software. This is good example how lame ur in this matter.
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Get laid
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The one and the s4 are the only phones with the WiFi ac standard though. Only a few routers are ac capable, though.
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sp5it said:
You should learn more how to use photo editing software. This is good example how lame ur in this matter.
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...wow

sp5it said:
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WTF is that all about???

Got this on my 5 GHz
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gambiting said:
Sorry,but you made me so angry that I just had to grab a camera and record a video of how well it works.
http://youtu.be/iPBlviOJ5Mc
I expect apologies, it's not often that I am called a liar on the Internet, but when that happens it's usually by people who have nothing to prove their statements, like you sp5it. Shame.
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people gonna hate buddy, i have an ac capable router just got it a month ago, and i love it!! speeds are incredible. i have a 30mbps connection and im rocking all 30 mb lol

As others have said, there are previous generation phones and routers that had 5GHz capabilities.
Used my HTC One X on 5Ghz with virgin cable router , been on their 100Mmb tariff for approximately two years.
Agree that up and downlink via 5GHz wi fi gives impressive transfer speeds, even without ac capability
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Rogers LTE MAX has theoretical speeds of 150mbs down.. I only get 1 bar where I live and can get about 60mbs.. nothing compared to your home speeds tho lol. My home WiFi is 30 down.
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Just curious, what are these Virgin routers? Are they cable modem based? I have Time Warner and I get about 30mbps.

What is an ac/router?
regards

As a networking student...
What in the world does 5GHz have to do with this?
The Wi-Fi 802.11n-standard is capable of up to about 300 Mbps for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. Some products achieve higher, the the initial N-standard was for up to 300 Mbps.
5 GHz uses wider bands and is less congested (because 5GHz still ain't that common and that it has plenty more channels to reduce interference) which should grant a tad better local performance and responsiveness. This isn't necessarily the case though.
See, the disadvantages of 5 GHz is that, being a much higher frequency, the range is actually worse than that of 2.4 GHz. Furthermore 5 GHz is also worse at penetrating walls and other solid objects (making the range even worse between different rooms).
Back to my point nonetheless, I believe the source of these speeds are routers using modern standards (N and/or AC) as opposed to the older G-standard (54 Mbps) rather than the use of the 5 GHz band.
tl;dr... 5 GHz might increase throughput a bit, but no doubt the same results are possible with the 2.4 GHz band.
EDIT: Don't mean to sound like a smartass, just thought since it seems several people here seems to be under the impression that 5 GHz will make your network speeds and all better with no downsides. Whilst this is true to some degree, it does suffer in range, especially though walls and objects (i.e between rooms).

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You should learn more how to use photo editing software. This is good example how lame ur in this matter.
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Timmyfoxeh said:
As a networking student...
What in the world does 5GHz have to do with this?
The Wi-Fi 802.11n-standard is capable of up to about 300 Mbps for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. Some products achieve higher, the the initial N-standard was for up to 300 Mbps.
5 GHz uses wider bands and is less congested (because 5GHz still ain't that common and that it has plenty more channels to reduce interference) which should grant a tad better local performance and responsiveness. This isn't necessarily the case though.
See, the disadvantages of 5 GHz is that, being a much higher frequency, the range is actually worse than that of 2.4 GHz. Furthermore 5 GHz is also worse at penetrating walls and other solid objects (making the range even worse between different rooms).
Back to my point nonetheless, I believe the source of these speeds are routers using modern standards (N and/or AC) as opposed to the older G-standard (54 Mbps) rather than the use of the 5 GHz band.
tl;dr... 5 GHz might increase throughput a bit, but no doubt the same results are possible with the 2.4 GHz band.
EDIT: Don't mean to sound like a smartass, just thought since it seems several people here seems to be under the impression that 5 GHz will make your network speeds and all better with no downsides. Whilst this is true to some degree, it does suffer in range, especially though walls and objects (i.e between rooms).
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You've got my support on this one, I actually understand what 5GHz means in terms of wireless bands and I was highly confused why people think it has anything to do with speed. I've gotten faster speeds on corporate internet on the regular 2.4GHz frequency.
That being said, nice speeds, OP, sounds like you're all set!

This is kinda strange. I just got an upgrade to my internet from Comcast. My download speed has increased a little bit, but I've never seen such high upload speeds. I just wish it was the other way around. This was done on my Nexus 7.
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Hey Guys. out of curiosity does anyone know what nvidia's official stance is on the wifi issues we are having on our tablets?
i bought mine on the day of release in the UK. and basicaly since then it has had horiffic wifi. the recent update went some way to help aleveate some of the issues, but it dosesnt fix it. my LG G3 get a very good signal on both 2G & 5G wifi in my bathroom, but my tablet will not get signal on either.
im starting to loose hope... anyone else feel the same?
Cheers! Kieran.

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Hey Guys. out of curiosity does anyone know what nvidia's official stance is on the wifi issues we are having on our tablets?
i bought mine on the day of release in the UK. and basicaly since then it has had horiffic wifi. the recent update went some way to help aleveate some of the issues, but it dosesnt fix it. my LG G3 get a very good signal on both 2G & 5G wifi in my bathroom, but my tablet will not get signal on either.
im starting to loose hope... anyone else feel the same?
Cheers! Kieran.
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RMA?
I tested mine, and the wi-fi is as good as my Nexus 5 and 7. Don't think I can ask more than that.

My wifi hasn't been bad been struggling keeping the controller connected. It sporadically drops connection, so I guess that a a wifi issue. I was just going to wait til they fixed the case cracking issue and swap it out then, hopefully they would have fixed the wifi or fingers crossed even put the new k1 in it...

I've gotten a replacement with stronger wifi but the screen is more yellow so it had to go back.
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aznmode said:
I've gotten a replacement with stronger wifi but the screen is more yellow so it had to go back.
Top is note 10.1 2014. Bottom left is replacement and right is original.
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Try going into settings and turning display to native instead of srgb.

KieMarshall said:
Hey Guys. out of curiosity does anyone know what nvidia's official stance is on the wifi issues we are having on our tablets?
i bought mine on the day of release in the UK. and basicaly since then it has had horiffic wifi. the recent update went some way to help aleveate some of the issues, but it dosesnt fix it. my LG G3 get a very good signal on both 2G & 5G wifi in my bathroom, but my tablet will not get signal on either.
im starting to loose hope... anyone else feel the same?
Cheers! Kieran.
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I don't think they will be able to fix the wifi. So yes. I've lost hope.

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I don't think they will be able to fix the wifi. So yes. I've lost hope.
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yeah. its funny. i decided to but this over an iPad mini because i really didnt want to fall back in the the relm of iOS. and apart from the wifi issues. its actually a fantastic tablet.

I'm sure many will disagree but I still think that only some units are plagued by the WiFi issues. I have had two shield tablets and neither had a single WiFi issue. Signal never drops, even on campus with the crappiest WiFi I've ever used. This tablet actually gets better signal then my lg g2. No matter where I put my hands, I can't seem to noticeably effect my signal.

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I'm sure many will disagree but I still think that only some units are plagued by the WiFi issues. I have had two shield tablets and neither had a single WiFi issue. Signal never drops, even on campus with the crappiest WiFi I've ever used. This tablet actually gets better signal then my lg g2. No matter where I put my hands, I can't seem to noticeably effect my signal.
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When did you get your tablet?I am wondering if this issue only affect certain old production batch.
I just ordered the tablet last week and should get it today.

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When did you get your tablet?I am wondering if this issue only affect certain old production batch.
I just ordered the tablet last week and should get it today.
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I bought the first one the day it came out from Nvidia (7/29). Unfortunately it had a display driver issue you can see here: Shield tablet screen defect: http://youtu.be/PUP_zAgpbxs
Although the screen didn't work properly, the WiFi was perfect. I returned it and bought another from GameStop. This one has zero issues. Best tablet I have owned (coming from nexus 7 1st gen, tf300t and a galaxy tab pro 8.4)

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I bought the first one the day it came out from Nvidia (7/29). Unfortunately it had a display driver issue you can see here: Shield tablet screen defect: http://youtu.be/PUP_zAgpbxs
Although the screen didn't work properly, the WiFi was perfect. I returned it and bought another from GameStop. This one has zero issues. Best tablet I have owned (coming from nexus 7 1st gen, tf300t and a galaxy tab pro 8.4)
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Ah, that looks like a hardware issue. Maybe a bad unit.
So I assume you got the replacement around September?

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Ah, that looks like a hardware issue. Maybe a bad unit.
So I assume you got the replacement around September?
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I sent the defected one back and bought another at GameStop probably the first or second week of august. So I got it well over a month ago. Sadly, I just noticed my first crack on the seam. Top left corner.

I posted this in the Nvidia forum as well.
I've tested the wifi on my tablet in a bunch of different ways using ookla speed test and general chrome browsing. I have come to pretty much the same conclusion most people in here have. The wifi is weaker than most other wifi devices but this will not be noticed in an ideal wifi setup. For folks with less than ideal wifi setups, they are affected more.
There are a few caveats to my test: I am not using gamestream, so I can not comment on that. And I have such low wifi speed from my ISP (30mbps), that I can not test 5ghz top download speeds vs 2.4ghz top download speeds (because they both easily top out at 30mbps).
I want to go over the things that have improved my wifi performance.
1: Switching to 2.4ghz wifi. This has made the biggest difference for me. Paul Deemer was saying that not using 5ghz wifi is the best for the ST and I agree. I will switch to 5ghz when I gamestream and switch it back to 2.4ghz when I'm done gamestreaming (when I finally get my gaming PC back next month).
If you do need to use 5ghz wifi, see below for other improvements.
2: Using a wifi analyzer app to set my wifi channels up. My apple router is supposed to do this automatically, but when I used the wifi analyzer app I noticed that my channels were crowded.
I set my 2.4ghz wifi channel to an empty channel and I got a full bar more wifi strength in my living room. I set my 5ghz wifi to the highest channel I possibly could (I think 160) and I got a full bar more wifi strength in my living room as well.
3: Avoiding the wifi antenna. This only affects 5ghz wifi for me. When I use 2.4ghz this issue goes away.
http://youtu.be/7v3AR6gZNYQ
4: Using a cover. The cover seems to keep you hand from interfering with the wifi antenna. This is not a total fix, but it does help. Just like in this video at 6:30.
Wifi Death Grip Samsung Galaxy S4 Workaround: http://youtu.be/ySIUuMAvduM
5: Moving your router. If you're having wifi issues you could always try moving your router. I will be moving my router to my living room where I eventually will be gamestreaming.
All of this stuff has been talked about before in this thread and others. I just hope to help anyone out who is still having wifi issues.

Out of Curiosity, what would be the process to get your device returned to nvidia? mine is well out of its standard 14day money back ( UK ) and im guessing id need to go straight to nvidia.

KieMarshall said:
Out of Curiosity, what would be the process to get your device returned to nvidia? mine is well out of its standard 14day money back ( UK ) and im guessing id need to go straight to nvidia.
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Email them. Or post in the Geo Force forum.