I've been having problems with the throughput when copying files to a network share on my Windows 7 64 Bit machine. I noticed that recently the throughput has dropped down from 2.4 MB/s to about 200KB/s.
Upon investigation it seemed to start when I installed HTC Sync. I uninstalled it and immediately my network throughput went straight back up to 2.4 MB/s.
Re-installation caused the throughput issue to immediately return. I've tried with the latest v2.34 and the version which came supplied on the memory card with the device.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to stop this happening?
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Dae
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I've been tethering my Evo 4G for about a year now and all of a sudden, a few days ago, I noticed my WiFi tether speeds dramatically decreased, especially when 4G is turned on. When I run speedtests directly on my Evo 4G I would get an average of 6 Mbps download and 1.4 Mbps upload. When I run speedtest.net on my laptop that is WiFi tethered I would get an error "Configuration Load Failed" and my browsing is extremely slow. I tried my desktop computer and got the same error message and dialup like browsing speeds. I tried tethering my iPad and another Evo 4G and the speedtest app resulted in ridiculously low speeds like 0.04Mbps download but a normal 1.4 Mbps upload speed.
I've been tethering my Evo 4G with 3 devices on a daily basis and used to get an average of 3 Mbps download and 1.4 Mbps upload speeds at my office. Is it possible that the built-in WiFi router is defective now?
A couple of other unusual changes that I noticed within the past few days:
- My 4G speed on the phone itself is faster now at my office. I used to average 2-3Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload at work every day. Now I've been clocking at an average of 6 Mbps download and 1.45 upload. Maybe Sprint improved service in my area?
- I checked my latest Sprint bill and noticed I used an unusual and huge amount of 4G data last month. I used to average 2-3GB of data per month but this September I used 12.2GB. I was shocked when I saw that. I don't think I'm being throttled because my phone is still running fast on 4G.
- My billing cycle starts every 3rd of the month (about the same time the slow WiFi tether problem started)
- I started getting "Low Internal Storage Space" messages
I've been searching other threads with Slow WiFi Tethering problems and so far I've done the following in attempt to troubleshoot and still got the same slow speeds:
- Wiped Cache Partition and Wiped Dalvic Cache using ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.5. I read somewhere in the forums that this may increase 4G speeds. This did free up some memory and cleared up my "Low Internal Storage Space" message.
- Moved the 'fixroute.sh' file to another location (as instructed from another thread)
- Uninstalled and reinstalled WiFi Tether 2.0.5 (been using that since last year), WiFi Tether 2.0.7. (Same results), and WiFi Tether 3.1. Beta 6 (Does not work)
- Tried 4G at home and friend's house about 5 miles away and got the same sluggish results.
I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar problem where their WiFi tethering just stopped working as fast as it used to and what did they do to fix it? Is this a hardware problem?
By the way, I'm on a rooted stock 2.2 ROM, Pri 1.40_003
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
Update:
My phone is still suffering from slow 3G/4G wireless tether today in Brooklyn, NY with 0.08 Mbs down / 1.76 Mbs up.
This past Saturday I did notice that while I was in South Amboy, NJ, I was able to wireless tether 4G signal at about 2.16 Mbps down / 0.73 Mbps up. Speedtests were about the same on the phone itself and on my laptop. Why was I able to tether faster there made me even more puzzled and ruled out that my phone's built in wifi router is defective.
I'm hoping I can get this fixed soon. I have no clue what else I can do to get my wireless tethering back up to speed...
Update:
2 days ago I followed instructions on how to fix download speeds by editing the phone's HTTP PD Proxy Port & HTTP PD Proxy Address.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922978
After applying the changes I instantly got my WiFi tether speeds back! I ran speed tests on my ipad and was able to get as high as 5 Mbps down and 1.4 Mbps up. I waited until the next morning to try it at work (where I mainly tether) and to my disappointment my speeds were back to slow 0.1 Mbps down and normal 1.5 Mbps up. I checked my proxy settings to see if they reverted back but nothing changed. I then went back home and found that my tether speeds were slow there as well. This was really bothersome! I then decided to give up for now and just tether on 3G for now.
This morning I stumbled across another thread on filterproxy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966418
I followed the instructions and was successful in tethering at 4G speeds! Whew! My speedtest's results:
Ping 353 (This increased dramatically. I normally get 75)
Download Speed 5.14 Mbps
Upload Speed 1.33 Mbps
I'll keep running speedtests though out the day and see anything changes. Hopefully this filterproxy solution will hold up. It's an extra step to configure my browsers to use the proxy whenever I tether but I won't complain because I got my 4G speeds back (For now).
My question for now is... How come I was able to run wifi tether without all these problems for over a year and then all of a sudden run into these problems?
I hope this helps anyone else who has slow tethering over 4G problems.
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I am experiencing very poor wifi performance on my xperia z1 compact.
I am always able to connect to my router and all my other devices all work fine without any issues. The issue is that 99% of the time I am getting very poor wifi speeds (I am getting good signal to the routers wifi). The strange thing is that everytime I use the speedtest app, I am reaching my target speeds (around 16mb generally), however when I try to use other apps, I am getting extremely poor wifi speeds. I have tried a factory reset and also a repair using the pc software but i am still stuck with this problem.
I had been using kitkat 4.4.2, I was hoping that updating to 4.4.4 would fix this issue but it still persists. This is my first sony device, can somebody please help remedy this problem!
We just switched to Xifinity's 105 Mbps internet. I can regularly see 125 Mbps + speeds wireless on my laptop, where as my Nexus 7 routinely gets 35-45 Mbps. When I launch the facebook app it literally takes about 45 seconds for the news fee to load and even then after that many seconds the images on the feed load one by one. When updating apps on the playstore they take about 15-20 seconds to start, but when they do, the update jumps 8-12 mb at a time finishing in a few seconds. Apps like youtube and google chrome seem to function as normal with the problem only being Facebook. I brought my Nexus to work with me and with a much slower wireless connection Facebook loaded almost instantly. Here is everything I have done as well as the information about the two WiFi connections:
Troubleshooting steps completed:
Uninstalled/re-installed Facebook app
wiped the Cache partition
updated Facebook app the latest version
WiFi settings at home:
WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK (recommended by Xifinity, and honestly gives the best performance)
I tried messing around with WPA2-PSK (AES) & WPA-PSK (TKIP) but for some reason I was being restricted to a throughput of 19mbps-34mbps no matter what I did. Given this, I didn't bother checking the Nexus when I was utilizing those settings as I knew I wasn't going to use them since I was getting such poor speeds.
Laptop detects it as WPA-2 (Personal) Encryption: AES
WiFi settings at work:
802.1x EAP
Laptop detects it as WAP-2 (Enterprise) Encryption: AES
The previous router I had I was using WPA2-PSK (AES) and was getting the maximum 45mbps speed I was paying for and had no issues on my Nexus. I'm assuming this router is somehow restricting the Nexus on WiFi, but wanted to post here for feedback/suggestions before I hard reset it and potentially not rectify the issue.
Has anyone ran into something similar and fixed it?
5 GHz or 2.4?
matt55555 said:
5 GHz or 2.4?
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2.4. I just recently picked up a Galaxy Note 3 for work. I can confirm that the WiFi on it exhibits the same issues as the Nexus 7. Seems to be something with Android as none of my iOS devices exhibit any issues regarding speed. I switched my WiFi security to WPA2-PSK (AES) and saw no improvement. I don't have the ability to create a guest network with my current router, but again can confirm that both my Note 3 and Nexus 7 are fast at work, but slow at home.
I did a search and didn't find anything. I've been updating my ZE551ML and keeping it completely stock. I am on the latest update (WW_2.20.40.97_20150917) and did a Factory Reset for a clean start. I realized after setting up my Wi-Fi again that speeds are extremely slow; <20 Mbps. This is on both the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands, and even if I put it in the Performance Battery mode.
Is anyone else seeing similar and if so, did it start with this update or something earlier?
Is it because of the location? For me, Wi-Fi working normally (at least didn't affect my daily use) except for in my room which is not very far from the router. I get 3 to 4 bars wifi, but it will stop working for sometime and speed is very slow I can't even watch a video without being interrupted. If I walk out of my room, speed is back normal. It's like my room is protected against wifi
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It is definitely something up with my ZF2. I have plenty of other devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network that get appropriate speeds. I'm pretty sure it also got great Wi-Fi speeds when I first got it, but this is the first time I re-checked the speeds after all of the various software updates since release, plus a Factory Reset.
FYI, after some additional testing as well as downgrading the firmware, this seems to be some sort of weird interaction between my router/access point and the ZF2.
I'm currently using the T-Mobile CellSpot (basically a ASUS RT-AC68 with T-Mobile custom firmware) in Access Point mode, and what I've been able to determine is that the ZF2 seems to be speed-limited when connected to the "normal" SSIDs (I have separate ones for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz). I have configured guest SSIDs (which have Internet access but not local LAN access) and when connected to those the speeds are as expected.
Really doesn't make much sense to me since it is the same wireless radio on the router. But at least I can reproduce it definitely at this point.
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I did a search and didn't find anything. I've been updating my ZE551ML and keeping it completely stock. I am on the latest update (WW_2.20.40.97_20150917) and did a Factory Reset for a clean start. I realized after setting up my Wi-Fi again that speeds are extremely slow; <20 Mbps. This is on both the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands, and even if I put it in the Performance Battery mode.
Is anyone else seeing similar and if so, did it start with this update or something earlier?
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My ZE551 ML is also facing some issues after the final update WW_2.20.40.97_20150917. Cellular data is not working. All the buttons are working and on but arrows are not displayed and no data transfer and status says Cellular network status-Disconnected.
poor clarity in voice calls to the receiver and slow system respond with even phone book app.
Expecting a kind support ....
I have just bought a new moto Z2 play, everything is great but the wi-fi disconnects and reconnects too much when i am in the next room. I had moto z play earlier and it gave me no problems at all.
I have reset the networks, forget wifi and started fresh, restarted phone in safe mode, restarted router and still facing the issue.
Any perfect fix/solution please?!
What network ? 2.4 ? 5 GHz ?
For me 5GHz is much faster at least, they are both stable but 5GHz is noticeably better.
What AP are you using ?
Last time when I had frequent disconnects on Android device, it was due to incorrectly set security parameters on the WiFi AP.
IM facing the same issue
I have the same problem on latest version. The connection to my 5 GHz network at home is just bad. It's not great on 2.4 GHz too, but 5 GHz is just a desaster. It's slow, often can't transport anything and very often just disconnects and then it takes an eternity to reconnect. Most of the time it won't even show up in WiFi list, but very often it at least still shows up when checking with WiFi connection manager. Then it's still there at about -70 to -60 dB which should be more than enough for a stable connection.
And like the op I can confirm I had absolutely no problems on the first gen Moto Z play.
My router is a "Fritz!Box 6490" by AVM (Not known much outside but everyone that understands a thing about routers they will recommend that company since they make the best non-business routers you can get here) and I don't think there can be any problem with it since the Z2 play is the only device having any problem.
I can't use 2.4 GHz at home which I can understand since that frequency band is just too crowded, but I put my 5 GHz network in the highest band possible, the next WiFi signal is about 7 bands lower. The only signal using the same band is the guest WiFi of the router but there is no traffic at all on it.
The router UI seems to confirm that there are problems. It shows my phone's connection with a signal strength of about -90 dB while the phone itself reports about -65 dB. And while the router UI shows a momentary data speed in the hundreds of Mbit/s for my laptop (which also maxes out at 802.11n, so no ac), it mostly shows one under 10 for my phone, that only changes when I'm doing a speedtest, but not much
It's there any hidden WiFi setting for Android that could be altered or anything to make the connection as robust as it's supposed to be?