Evo Speed test - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I don't know if this has been discuss and if it has please feel free to move it to the right thread.
But I have notice that when I run the speed test the highest I have been able to get is 1.7 Mbs in Tampa, Fl
I wonder if there is a setting I'm suppose to use that I'm not aware of, or the radio within my evo is not working very efficient. I have a rooted evo and I see that my 3g signal kind of bounces alot.
Can anyone help me to understand why am I having this issue or is this the way the radio works? By the way I have never had a drop call or any other issues with my Evo, is just an observation.

You do not have 4g there yet. I know I do business there. 1.7Mbps is very good. Try ATT and your lucky to get 800kbps. I have the Verizon HTC incredible and I could barely get 1.1Mbps. There is nothing wrong with your phone.
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Thanks for your response
How do you get the numbers you show on your in your post?

he is using 4g

I was able to get 1.8mb up as my fastest speed on 3G. I tried 4G yesterday and got 3.3mb up. The 4G hasn't officially been released here yet, so I'm really hoping for much more improvement....
My friend got 6mb up on his iPhone yesterday!

GReddySetGO said:
I was able to get 1.8mb up as my fastest speed on 3G. I tried 4G yesterday and got 3.3mb up. The 4G hasn't officially been released here yet, so I'm really hoping for much more improvement....
My friend got 6mb up on his iPhone yesterday!
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I HIGHLY doubt that. Unless you are in Chicago (afaik the only 7.2 market in AT&T's network as of yet) it's impossible, since their theoretical max DOWNLOAD is 3.2 in almost every market in the country and their theoretical max upload is 1.8.
And 3.3mb up on WiMax is also impossible, since Sprint has capped uploads at 1mb. If you mean download, I still doubt he got 6, although 3.3 is pretty reasonable. My fastest on 3G here in relatively uncrowded frequencies is 2.2mb, which is approaching the theoretical peak, which is really a tough feat if you think about it.

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I HIGHLY doubt that. Unless you are in Chicago (afaik the only 7.2 market in AT&T's network as of yet) it's impossible, since their theoretical max DOWNLOAD is 3.2 in almost every market in the country and their theoretical max upload is 1.8.
And 3.3mb up on WiMax is also impossible, since Sprint has capped uploads at 1mb. If you mean download, I still doubt he got 6, although 3.3 is pretty reasonable. My fastest on 3G here in relatively uncrowded frequencies is 2.2mb, which is approaching the theoretical peak, which is really a tough feat if you think about it.
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Ummmm... Its definitely possible to get faster than 3.2 - my ATT data card hit 5.76 down and 1.9 up on a speed test before I returned it because it kept kicking me off the network...
As for my EVO, don't even ask... the speeds are so atrocious it isn't even worth talking about. My Touch Pro 2 and Mogul both hit 2.2 regularly... Evo... not even close.

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US tmo 3g speeds

Has anyone tested their US tmo 3g speeds at any test sites?
i did mine today while connected to 3g and it only showed a DL speed of
68Mbps (484 Kbps)
thats like not even 1% better then edge speed....
i tested at testmyiphone.com
Those numbers don't compute. 68Mbs is blazing fast. Faster than even my cable modem, faster than any cellular connection on the planet, and way, way faster than 484Kbps.
68Mbs = 68000 kbps
484kbs = 0.484 Mbps
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my bad. sorry if forgot the point.
so its:
.68 Mbps not 68
i downloaded a 3MB file in 83 seconds....
.68mbps is a lot? I thought 3G was at most like 1Mbps? I tethered to my laptop and got .86Mbps down and .30Mbps up.
no my first posting said 68 in error.. it should have read .68.
so his comment was regarding 68 being too fast and incorect on my part.
so the question stands at .68 for evaluation
about the same here
.47Mbps(469Kbps) DL speed3072 KB in 53.6 seconds
Have tested higher before
ok good..
what gets me is when the page says its only a small percentage faster then edge... this is my first 3g... so i have nothing to compare it too....
loueber said:
ok good..
what gets me is when the page says its only a small percentage faster then edge... this is my first 3g... so i have nothing to compare it too....
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Much faster than edge on my retired tmo wing...lol
Saw 880kbps in downtown Rochester NY using the DSL reports mobile speed test last weekend. Much slower on 3G in Newport News VA during the week, in the 400kbps range (can't remember exactly)
Which browsers are you using to perform these tests? Opera? PIE? I got 120 KBs on PIE using 6mb test and 71KBs on Opera. Is this test even accurate for WMo considering it was setup for Iphone? I tried the download and the combination test, the download speed was much faster during the combination test.
Sorry to be off topic but i just had to ask this... I currently have a blackberry data plan with t-mo and would like to know if this will work with the touch pro 2 as far as internet connectivity goes. I didn't get it to work with the g1 and the mytouch since it connects with google servers and required web2go. any answers or thoughts?
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Sorry to be off topic but i just had to ask this... I currently have a blackberry data plan with t-mo and would like to know if this will work with the touch pro 2 as far as internet connectivity goes. I didn't get it to work with the g1 and the mytouch since it connects with google servers and required web2go. any answers or thoughts?
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works for me. Using BB plan on my Tmo TP2 no problem.
cool, thanks for the heads up. this is way cool.
Here are my data tests from when i first got the Tmo TP2 when it launched.
that's not bad at all.
i haven't tested since then, but i may
Good news guys tmo just sent out an internal letter to all employees that they will be throttleing up there 3g speed to 3.6 by late oct early nov. and 7.2 by mid december. and it also stated that there hsdpa 21 is in the near future at the begining of the year. that is pretty much verbatim of the email.
that's great news! now we're really making progress.
1.07Mbps/1065Kbps/130kBps tmobile 3g download test on testmyiphone site. BB curve managed to get 4-6kBps on edge before I switched to tp2
When I first got the TP2, I was getting speeds consistently over 1 M on the stock rom using mspeed, kind of shocked me as the google phones were never close to those speeds. I'm using the genesis rom now and still get pretty much the same speeds. I wonder why this phone is so much faster than the android phones!

How to improve 3G?

Hey guys I have had my Evo for awhile now and Sprints network has great coverage BUT the 3g seems abysmally slow. For instance, I can rarely stream videos without it buffering - youtube videos on regular quality mind you. If I stand still in a place with good signal I will be fine but if I'm moving etc it is slow. I get around 100KB/s during daytime where I live and 130KB/s night time which is great but luckily I also get full signal where I am. On the go, it sucks.
Are there any ways to increase 3g speeds or is it purely network related?
Welcome to sprints idea of 3g
God's honst truth man... if thats all you get... thats all you are going to get because sprints 3g network is the worst i have ever seen. Bar none. Even little us cellular has better coverage and twice the data speeds as sprint does here in iowa.
There is no possible way for the phine or any hack to it to speed up sprints crap network.
My advise to you is to cqll sprint and plead your case, that you paid for 3g and are getting 1x rtt speeds 24/7 and politely demand a credit to your account like i do every month.
And then call back about 5 minutes later and ask to speak to the retention center because you want to cancel your service because you arpe not getting service you are paying for.
Then tell the retention persion you were thinking of getting the Airave but cant afford it and see if they will give it to you free on the basis of poor service and they typically will.
I did, and got one for when i am at work and the boss wont let me use it because it uses works internet for voice and data.
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Figures... Should have went with ATT or Verizon.
I know in the old days of 3g internet hacks Sanyo phones had a data cap screen that was accessible via ##040793##. From there you could change the data rate, 144K/230K. Not sure if we have the same here but phone codes may be a place to start.
Mmmmhmmm. Just be glad you don't have the epic and are capped at 150kbps up.
I think sprint has finally gotten 2 good phones and 4g, so now they think they're the top dog and can do whatever they damn well please...it's like a cycle with them. Bad service>>>loose all of their customers>>>cheap, semi-good service>>>get customers back>>>become assholes again>>>loose their customers...
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Figures... Should have went with ATT or Verizon.
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lol, good luck getting a decent phone on att or verizon. Let alone coverage. Oh and dont forget about the data caps on the phones, 100mb right? or was it 200mb?
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lol, good luck getting a decent phone on att or verizon. Let alone coverage. Oh and dont forget about the data caps on the phones, 100mb right? or was it 200mb?
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Well Verizon has amazing android phones for one. There is a data cap for ATT which is true but no cap for Verizon. You know now that I think about it I might do the force roam hack on my Evo and see if if I get better 3g speeds.
I have no idea what any if you are talking about, I get better 3g speeds on Sprint then I ever did with any other carrier I've had.
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am I doing something wrong?
on 3g I pull down at least 512 up
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werxen said:
Hey guys I have had my Evo for awhile now and Sprints network has great coverage BUT the 3g seems abysmally slow. For instance, I can rarely stream videos without it buffering - youtube videos on regular quality mind you. If I stand still in a place with good signal I will be fine but if I'm moving etc it is slow. I get around 100KB/s during daytime where I live and 130KB/s night time which is great but luckily I also get full signal where I am. On the go, it sucks.
Are there any ways to increase 3g speeds or is it purely network related?
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I wish I could get speeds that fast consistently. Actually what you are getting is right about on par for 3g. That's prob the avg speed one would expect to get. There are higher areas and lower areas depending on a lot of things. A 100KB connection is nothing to complain about. I've personally never had a connection over 150 KB.
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Not sure if its sprint or my phone but I can't break 40kbs down on anything and 3g cuts out all the time. Crappy....
The first thing I would do to verify your 3g speeds is to unroot your phone, and make sure you are running the latest .93 hboot release and sprint ota release. If your phone is already in this state (un rooted and latest hboot) then ignore me.
You should also look into unrevoked forever if you haven't already...it runs off the current hboot, and I've noticed that something about that hboot does help 3g speeds on some rooted phones if you go that route.
I've done a ton of research and practical testing on this subject and I can say without a doubt that the evo's current rooting methods DO have a negative impact on some 3g phones in some areas. And I'm not talking about 100 or 200 kbps here or there. In the same house, same phone, 1 rooted and 1 not. That was the ONLY difference. The rooted phone got 7 kbps. The stock got 1800kbps. I swapped phone setups so that the rooted one was now unrooted and vice versa. That time the rooted one got 47kbps and unrooted was 1681 kbps...in other words the problem followed the rooting process, and not the phone. I've done dozens of tests like this and others in various areas within the surrounding wilmington delaware area.
I have access to 3 rooted evos, 1 evo that is always stock, as well as a samsung moment. The 4 evos are all rev 3 nova. I also did similar tests on the hero with the same sorts of results. Feel free to pm me or post here with any questions.
EDIT: the kbps numbers I listed were for download speeds. Upload speeds on both rooted and unrooted, regardless of build or boot version, were consistent at around 600 -700 kbps during almost all of my testing.
EDIT2: I forgot to say - this problem also happened to me when I changed recoveries from clockwork to AmonRA. So it's not JUST the rooting process that can cause this, but several low-level engineering commands, such as flashing a kernel, upgrading a ROM, etc.
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That's pretty crappy, I get full 3g pretty much everywhere around St. Louis until I get out to the country. And pretty good 4g around town. My 3g is about 1.5mb down. 4g is 5 to 7mb down.
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Flash the PRL to connect to Verizon's towers. I get 1.2 mb/s even see 2mb/s occasionally. Of course ping times are raised.
It's pretty hit or miss here, one day I will get 50-150k down and the next it will be +1meg. Next time it get drops below 500 you can bet I will be talking to somebody about it though, their advertised 3G speed is 600kb - 1.5mb.
100kb is ridiculous
I get anywhere between 500-1mb down 100-200kb up. My 4G easily does between 2-6mb down and 1mb up. People just love to complain. You didn't realize this within your 30 day trial? If so, why didn't you switch carriers?
What should the prl be right now ? And how are you guys testing the speeds? Nvr done it
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You live in an area with poor coverage or your phone has a faulty radio.
I get good signal and up/Downs on 3g. If I nandriod away from cm6, I can get 6-7mb down and 1mb up with 4g in San leandro CA.
evohack99 said:
What should the prl be right now ? And how are you guys testing the speeds? Nvr done it
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Speedtest... its in the market.
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I think it is my radio. I was getting fine speeds up until 3 days ago when I noticed severe loading lag in my tethered apps. I get decent pings ~ 200-300ms which is not too out of the ordinary. I did a speed test other day and it was 50KB/s down and 70KB/s up. I figured it was just a faulty day but it has gone on far too long now. This is with 5/5 bars too... Just gotta wait for my new Evo to come in. Seems like every hardware ****up is happening at once.

[Q] 3G Speeds on Epic 4G Extremely Slow?

Well, ive had the Epic for about 2 months now. Got into the rooting scene and have been flashing all kinds of roms and hacks, but something has never changed for me. My 3G Speeds are about as fast as dial up... i cannot watch youtube without waiting half an hour for a 5 minute buffer, and barely can wifi tether because the connection is too damn slow. im getting about 194 kbps down and 98 kbps up, which is trash compared to what i used to get with ATT (1.2 mbps/800kbps). I am running on DK28, and have Epic Experience 2.0.0.5 installed EVEN WITH the viperROM data governor killer. Can someone please help me with this incredibly annoying issue?
It's the phone. The Evo and the Moment both get better speeds on 3G than this phone.
It's disappointing.
I am sorry, but i need a second opinion of this... I payed $530 for a phone that doesnt get 3g speeds?
Sorry to here that, however im on stock 2.1 eclair rooted, custom kernal and my 3g is fast and i get faster speed then your earlier att speeds, Even when i have poor 3g service it still blazing fast, right now im using it to wifi tether using mobile ap to stream music on my ipod touch and was downloading 6mb gba roms and got 4 of those downloaded in like 3 min total.
What rom are u running i have no issues with 1x/3g/4g
Man,i had constant 500-700kbps on Tmobile before lame ass sprint rep promised me 4G in one month of my Epic purcHase(October 11,2010),now im stuck with 70-200kbps(about 120kbps most of the time) and now that I bought the phone sprint reps dont know when 4G is coming to Biffalo,NY.My ATT 2G 3 years ago was faster the Sprint's 3G.
It used to take me 20min to download a movie on,tmobile now its like 2-4 hours.Man,i feel like walkin to Sprint and splittin that dude's head open for telling me all this.
I havet tried data governor killer yet,it improves speed?If so how much improvement would I see?
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Man,i had constant 500-700kbps on Tmobile before lame ass sprint rep promised me 4G in one month of my Epic purcHase(October 11,2010),now im stuck with 70-200kbps(about 120kbps most of the time) and now that I bought the phone sprint reps dont know when 4G is coming to Biffalo,NY.My ATT 2G 3 years ago was faster the Sprint's 3G.
It used to take me 20min to download a movie on,tmobile now its like 2-4 hours.Man,i feel like walkin to Sprint and splittin that dude's head open for telling me all this.
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Man my hero had a hell of a lot more speed than the epic on 3g. My hero was 1.8mb d/l 1mb u/l
Epic is 150-250kb and 100kb for dl and ul
Not to mention,the ping is horrible. The epics ping is 150-200ms compared to my heros 50ish ping
On 4g the ping is still horible with 150-200ms, but I get 6mb dl and 1mb ul on average, sometimes I get 1MB/s download but the upload seems to be capped at 1mb/s
I think sprint gimped this phones speeds to ensure the evo was good and banwidth free
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Well what ive noticed is that AT&T 3g Speeds Crawl Everywhere i go compared to sprint, sprint has always been the most reliable and fastest for me. Ive been on my HTC touch.Touch pro 2 and My latest epic and always been fast data just slow phones. my epic has been blazzing fast on data compared to my friends iphone, my old phones and gross t-mobile
I think it is the network. I get lousy 3g speeds in some places and excellent 3g speeds in others.
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Man my hero had a hell of a lot more speed than the epic on 3g. My hero was 1.8mb d/l 1mb u/l
Epic is 150-250kb and 100kb for dl and ul
Not to mention,the ping is horrible. The epics ping is 150-200ms compared to my heros 50ish ping
On 4g the ping is still horible with 150-200ms, but I get 6mb dl and 1mb ul on average, sometimes I get 1MB/s download but the upload seems to be capped at 1mb/s
I think sprint gimped this phones speeds to ensure the evo was good and banwidth free
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Yeah,Sprint's ping and latency makes 200kbps seem like 50kbps.But still this is 2011 and not 2007,200kbps on 3G is a joke.
Plus I read that when Epic/Evo have their 4G turned on they lag so much that you have to reboot them 3-4 times a day.
It is the network, when I am at my GF house I get very poor 3g speed like 200k-maybe 400k every single time I am there no matter day it is. But when I go back to my house on the week/weekends which is about 150 to 200 miles away my 3g speeds are great 700k-1000k. So now I just expect poor 3g speed when I am at my GF house.
I'm envious of you "slow" speeds.
Using Speed Test, I'm lucky if I get 50kps regardless of signal. I've been thinking of bringing my phone in to be looked at, because I think that speed is BS for 3G.
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The problem is not inherent with the Epic. I get 1243kbps down and 514kbps up on mine. My only points of comparison are my Nexus One on T-Mobile (no longer working, number ported to my Epic) which got somewhere around 2500kbps down and 1000kbps up but that's on HSPDA so that's not really a fair comparison. My Verizon Blackberry 9650 gets similar speeds compared to my Epic in speed tests but obviously day to day internet activity is loads faster on the Epic due to the better OS and faster processor.
My first Epic was defective and, among other problems, it did exhibit low speed (in addition to device hangs, a broken accelerometer, etc) so definitely take it in to a Sprint store and ask about getting a replacement.
So... Is there any solution to this? Seriously, how in the world does someone "video Chat" with the front facing camera over **** speed? Sprint needs to get their stuff together.... I, however, had my wife's hero and i did a speed test and she gets 800kbps down and 500 up.... in the same exact place where i tested my epic, and it even had the same amount of bars... 3
What's the signal strength (in dBm) of both the phones?
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What's the signal strength (in dBm) of both the phones?
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NOOB question: what's dBm and is the best number after the minus sign higher or lower? Right now I'm -85, but at times I've been at -105 or -45. Which of these numbers is best?
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NOOB question: what's dBm and is the best number after the minus sign higher or lower? Right now I'm -85, but at times I've been at -105 or -45. Which of these numbers is best?
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-45 is great. Almost as though you are right under a tower. -105 is right before you might expect your signal to go away to nothing.
FWIW, I think it is the network. I get 100-200kbps in places and upwards of 1200kbps (download) in others.
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Yeah,Sprint's ping and latency makes 200kbps seem like 50kbps.But still this is 2011 and not 2007,200kbps on 3G is a joke.
Plus I read that when Epic/Evo have their 4G turned on they lag so much that you have to reboot them 3-4 times a day.
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Well no...not really lol. I keep my phone on 4g or wifi. I barely use 3g. I only put it on fr testing purposes lol
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What's the signal strength (in dBm) of both the phones?
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Not sure if your question was even directed at me, as I too posted slowness issues, but my dBm is -76.
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Well no...not really lol. I keep my phone on 4g or wifi. I barely use 3g. I only put it on fr testing purposes lol
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Is it true that Epic start lagin when on 4G is turned on?Another question what kinda speed are you gettin on 4G?
Thanx in advance.

T-Mobile 42Mbps?? Yeah right.

Is anyone pulling higher speeds then 700Kb a second on T-mobile's network? I am in Jacksonville, FL where apparently T-Mobile has recently upgraded the network to 42Mbps. I know that the G2 does not support that top speed, but I figure I should be getting better than 5Mbps when they are advertising 42Mbps.
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Is anyone pulling higher speeds then 700Kb a second on T-mobile's network? I am in Jacksonville, FL where apparently T-Mobile has recently upgraded the network to 42Mbps. I know that the G2 does not support that top speed, but I figure I should be getting better than 5Mbps when they are advertising 42Mbps.
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Its all BS, look @ the G2x the highest anyone got was 12mbps and its a 21mbps device as tmo advertised it. And those are the speeds we should be getting on the G2, not even 12 we should be getting even 10mbps, and the highest I've gotten was 9 and was just once in tampa florida, in NY the highest was 8
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Its all BS, look @ the G2x the highest anyone got was 12mbps and its a 21mbps device as tmo advertised it. And those are the speeds we should be getting on the G2, not even 12 we should be getting even 10mbps, and the highest I've gotten was 9 and was just once in tampa florida, in NY the highest was 8
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Thanks....its good to know I am not the only one.
If its to good to be true then it probably is.
You're getting better speeds than I am. I normally get around 2-3 or 4 Mbps here in socal. A few weeks ago I was getting speeds of 5-8 Mbps before they turned on the 42Mbps. And I'm on the new Tmo radio too.
Are you guys seriously complaining about something like this. Do you get on your internet service provider because they say you have 20mbs which I can almost guarantee you clock no where near that on a regular basis? The speeds advertised are all theoretical. Basically in the perfect conditions with no other traffic on the network you could attain the advertised speed. Our phones are actually not capable of the new speeds. They are only capable of the original hspa+ speeds that are advertised as 21mbs and lower. The new devices that they have for mifi and what not are the only ones that can use the new 42mbs. Go to any other carrier and you will find the same result. Its called marketing (4g anyone) and it will be around longer then you and I.
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Are you guys seriously complaining about something like this. Do you get on your internet service provider because they say you have 20mbs which I can almost guarantee you clock no where near that on a regular basis? The speeds advertised are all theoretical. Basically in the perfect conditions with no other traffic on the network you could attain the advertised speed. Our phones are actually not capable of the new speeds. They are only capable of the original hspa+ speeds that are advertised as 21mbs and lower. The new devices that they have for mifi and what not are the only ones that can use the new 42mbs. Go to any other carrier and you will find the same result. Its called marketing (4g anyone) and it will be around longer then you and I.
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I see nothing wrong with this thread. I'm not even close to what the G2 should be capable of.
Average down for me here in Sac, CA is 3.9 Mbps.
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Are you guys seriously complaining about something like this. Do you get on your internet service provider because they say you have 20mbs which I can almost guarantee you clock no where near that on a regular basis? The speeds advertised are all theoretical. Basically in the perfect conditions with no other traffic on the network you could attain the advertised speed. Our phones are actually not capable of the new speeds. They are only capable of the original hspa+ speeds that are advertised as 21mbs and lower. The new devices that they have for mifi and what not are the only ones that can use the new 42mbs. Go to any other carrier and you will find the same result. Its called marketing (4g anyone) and it will be around longer then you and I.
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To me, it's not complaining, but more observing. Especially when, my case I was getting better speeds a few weeks ago compared to now. I understand that more people on the network means more draw and therefore lower speeds. However, one would assume that if a carrier comes out with better service/speeds that older devices would benefit, even though they obviously aren't built for it. I think what's happening here is the same that's been going on, at least with T-Mobile, for the last few years: They come out with higher speeds and the new stuff can take advantage until they get a heavier load and then it suffers until they update the back-haul.
Besides, even though XDA is a technology forum site, it's the General and Q&A subforums like this that make it so people are allowed to have a conversation like this, of which I'm grateful. It could get pretty boring just being limited to just talking about ROMs.
uhh?
if this thread is cause of LATELY my G2 Speeds just got LOW AS HEK,than I'm in them 'Complaints".
for some reason out of nowhere, my speeds have gotten super low...like EDGE speeds. I have 4g icon/H icon and it still running like its on edge.
Market apps downloads takes up to 30 minutes to finish and it only works good on wi-fi.
I've changed my ROMS,KERNELS, & Radios and still LOW SPEEDS.
This has bin goin' on for about..a week and a half now..
anyone else experiencing massive low speeds?
Thanks.
What is the new tmobile radio?
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I pull between 6Mbps and 10Mbps. Just ran test and it was 9.38 down and 1.3 up
Oh and the "upgraded speeds" are only available in 55 markets...not every state in the union
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T-mobile 3G speed is sloooooooow.
But I have no choice and have to keep using it cause I have one of those very old low price family plan that are no longer offered to new customer.
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I pull between 6Mbps and 10Mbps. Just ran test and it was 9.38 down and 1.3 up
Oh and the "upgraded speeds" are only available in 55 markets...not every state in the union
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I get these speeds as well, all over Dallas. It's great!
Not again..
Fellas those speeds are only supported by the tmobile rocket right now.. As advertised.. Not any android device or cellphone.
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T-mobile 3G speed is sloooooooow.
But I have no choice and have to keep using it cause I have one of those very old low price family plan that are no longer offered to new customer.
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I don't think you should be locked on 3g....did you try switching radios or wiping the efs?
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Lol you all should be lucky. I'm just outside the 3g/4g area (Kansas city/olathe/lawrence) so I'm stuck on the beautiful EDGE in Leavenworth. Soooooooooo slooooooooow
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I'm getting 2mb/1.4mb in the Anaheim, CA area, close to disneyland (i'm on vacation) and I currently have about 5.5GBs transferred for the month.
I will update again when I get home in a few days. (Portland, OR) I have been getting about 9mb/5mb there on a regular basis.
And for those of you who are having really slow 4G speeds, you might be getting throttled by tmobile for too much data usage.

3G speeds *Please Help*

Im currently on the latest Miui 109090 and savaged-zen 2.0.2 cfs havs gb+ kernel. I noticed my 3g was horrible so decided to do a speed test and Im averaging around 250 ping, 150kbs upload and about 200kbs download. Why is my 3g so incredibly bad? is it sprint or my rom/kernel?
Knucklez09 said:
Im currently on the latest Miui 109090 and savaged-zen 2.0.2 cfs havs gb+ kernel. I noticed my 3g was horrible so decided to do a speed test and Im averaging around 250 ping, 150kbs upload and about 200kbs download. Why is my 3g so incredibly bad? is it sprint or my rom/kernel?
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Was it that slow before the combo your on? I think its sprint though.
My knocked up EVO
Knucklez09 said:
Im currently on the latest Miui 109090 and savaged-zen 2.0.2 cfs havs gb+ kernel. I noticed my 3g was horrible so decided to do a speed test and Im averaging around 250 ping, 150kbs upload and about 200kbs download. Why is my 3g so incredibly bad? is it sprint or my rom/kernel?
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Pretty sure its Sprint. My speeds have abysmal in the past few weeks. Never had these issues before. They dont seem ROM related
Prolly all the iphone hippies...
My knocked up EVO
It's Sprint. My 3G has gotten worse but my 4G has taken an even bigger hit. I've also noticed more that I'll lose 3G and drop to 1X in an area I KNOW has 3G coverage, and sometimes it won't switch back unless I toggle the mobile data on and off.
My 3G tests have ranged from 175 kbps (5:30 PM) to 860 kbps (11 AM). While I used to be able to hit up to 8 mpbs on 4G, my last two tests showed me at 1860 kbps and 1740 kbps. That is slower than any other carriers 3G, like really Sprint? Wimax is a ****ing joke (probably more due to the spectrum used but still)
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Prolly all the iphone hippies...
My knocked up EVO
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Hilarious!!!
You guys are doing better than me.......I'm down to 54kb. Checked wifes intercept and it is a little better but.not much. I'm so sick of this!!!!!
Anyway thanks for listening lol
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Yep, way better than mine. I havent gotten above 100kbps since last November.
ok.. thats "good" i guess.. I was this close to wiping everything and starting from scratch, but I guess this horrible service is normal.
What dbm are you guys getting? im at -99
Pretty sure it's Sprint as others have already said. In north NJ and my speeds have been horrible for the last 6 months. Just getting worse and worse.
I signed up with Sprint cause of unlimited data but what's the point of having it when it's so slow as to be nearly useless? I have wifi everywhere at work so not an issue but I used to be able to stream music while driving and that's no longer possible.
I've tried just about every speed tweak out there, including the 3G script, resetting data, changing proxy settings and different radio combinations but all have ended up yielding 0 results. My speeds max out at 0.20 Mbps at best.
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What dbm are you guys getting? im at -99
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Yeah, about the same, sometimes up to 85.
Rediculouse that we have to pit up with it.
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What's funny is Sprint featured some video chat apps on their Twitter account the other day. I replied back basically, "Why feature video chat apps when there's only a 200 kbps network?" They never got back to me, .
3g dial up speed internet access.
Glad Roaming is free till they yell at me. haha
How do u force roam?.
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To Force roaming.
There is an app called roam control that will do it for you or there is a new rom called Evo Classic v0.0.3 that has it baked in the rom.
I've got roam control already but it doesn't seem to do anything. And yes I am rooted
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Roam Control will only let you roam for voice. For data, you will be on 1x only. (although 1x is usually faster than what I get on sprint's 3g).
To fully roam on verizon with 3g you will need to flash the verizon prl here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
Be sure to fully read, and understand that until you unflash the prl, you will be CONSTANTLY roaming on verizon, for both voice and data. Your phone won't show you are roaming, so be careful and dont forget and leave it on verizon for too long. Sprint will catch you if you go over about 3gb of data, and they could kick you off their service.
How do u get back to sprint after you flash the Verizon prl?
Edit: nvm, just figured it out
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