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0004 Evo

My replacement is a 0004 and the buttons are a little higher. My speed test have doubled from my past three evo's they have always been around 26-34 mbps now I'm getting 80-1.26 I'm kinda worried about flashing cm 6.1 it might mess up my data speeds I'm already rooted.
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Not much to say but that's cool.
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futuristicstyles said:
My replacement is a 0004 and the buttons are a little higher. My speed test have doubled from my past three evo's they have always been around 26-34 mbps now I'm getting 80-1.26 I'm kinda worried about flashing cm 6.1 it might mess up my data speeds I'm already rooted.
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Can you post some screen shots and what your system information is?

@OP - The data throughput numbers you posted make absolutely no sense. Can you please verify / correct? Also, what do you mean, the buttons are a little higher?

phobos512 said:
@OP - The data throughput numbers you posted make absolutely no sense. Can you please verify / correct? Also, what do you mean, the buttons are a little higher?
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The power and volume buttons is slightly higher than my other evo. You can barely notice but I'll post pics
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Rydah805 said:
Not much to say but that's cool.
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Yea its not much.
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blkout01 said:
Can you post some screen shots and what your system information is?
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I'm trying to insert my screen shots from screen grabber but its saying invalid format pm me your email and I'll send them
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Would love to see a screen shot of those speed tests. I thought the theoretical max speed of WiMax was around 40Mbps with the current revision.

walkention said:
Would love to see a screen shot of those speed tests. I thought the theoretical max speed of WiMax was around 40Mbps with the current revision.
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Don't have wimax in my area those are my 3g speeds what's your email so I can send the screen shots
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futuristicstyles said:
My replacement is a 0004 and the buttons are a little higher. My speed test have doubled from my past three evo's they have always been around 26-34 mbps now I'm getting 80-1.26 I'm kinda worried about flashing cm 6.1 it might mess up my data speeds I'm already rooted.
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Sure you don't mean 2.6 - 3.4 mpbs?
Thought 3G was only capable of up to around 3mpbs speeds.... No way you'd be getting 26-34 if thats the case.

aronslusa said:
Sure you don't mean 2.6 - 3.4 mpbs?
Thought 3G was only capable of up to around 3mpbs speeds.... No way you'd be getting 26-34 if thats the case.
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Oh I'm sorry I meant to put a . Before those numbers I see my mistake now
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futuristicstyles said:
My replacement is a 0004 and the buttons are a little higher. My speed test have doubled from my past three evo's they have always been around .26-.34 mbps now I'm getting .80-1.26 I'm kinda worried about flashing cm 6.1 it might mess up my data speeds I'm already rooted.
Sorry made a mistake in the first post didn't put the .'s
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futuristicstyles said:
My replacement is a 0004 and the buttons are a little higher. My speed test have doubled from my past three evo's they have always been around .26-.34 mbps now I'm getting .80-1.26 I'm kinda worried about flashing cm 6.1 it might mess up my data speeds I'm already rooted.
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Ahhh. That would make more sense. Max I was seeing with 4G was 10Mbps down at the moment and was interested that speeds could be higher.
That's a considerable jump in 3g speeds, however depending on where I stand in my house I can see some wild variations like that with a max usually between 1.5M-1.7Mbps down/500-600kbps up and lows at 200-300Kbps down/100-200Kbps up.
I'm on an 0003 and didn't notice a decrease in speeds flashing Myn's Warm TPT RLS2 or RLS3 over stock. Mind you I am using the stock kernel. Not sure what might be expected from CM 6.1.

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Ahhh. That would make more sense. Max I was seeing with 4G was 10Mbps down at the moment and was interested that speeds could be higher.
That's a considerable jump in 3g speeds, however depending on where I stand in my house I can see some wild variations like that with a max usually between 1.5M-1.7Mbps down/500-600kbps up and lows at 200-300Kbps down/100-200Kbps up.
I'm on an 0003 and didn't notice a decrease in speeds flashing Myn's Warm TPT RLS2 or RLS3 over stock. Mind you I am using the stock kernel. Not sure what might be expected from CM 6.1.
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I flashed myn's and cm6 and my speeds stayed the same
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What are the full specs on this rev 004?

splink7007 said:
What are the full specs on this rev 004?
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What do you mean? Its the same phone. If it were different, it wouldnt be an Evo.

sitlet said:
What do you mean? Its the same phone. If it were different, it wouldnt be an Evo.
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Lol, they could have changed or enhanced hardware. Just curious if he researched what revisions were made.

splink7007 said:
Lol, they could have changed or enhanced hardware. Just curious if he researched what revisions were made.
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The charging port suppose to be more sturdy and power and volume button raised a little can barely tell and they have a different software than older evos cause its suppose to have new parts
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Do the 0004's have Epson or nova screens.
Aka purple hue or not?

futuristicstyles said:
My replacement is a 0004 and the buttons are a little higher. My speed test have doubled from my past three evo's they have always been around 26-34 mbps now I'm getting 80-1.26 I'm kinda worried about flashing cm 6.1 it might mess up my data speeds I'm already rooted.
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was this a replacement through Sprint Warranty Replament Program?

Weak !! 4G signal/service on custom roms ,not on stock.

I've bin pretty disapointed with the roms signal and service strength on my G2 lately.
When I bought my fone I had full 4G bars all the time in my area and at home, so it can't be that "towers" moved or network error. I can explain why.
First with stock rom I got it all bars, rooted and everything.
I notice the signal change once I jump to a rom first was virtuous, I get 3G all the time..speed test sucks and it sometimes goes to edge. It goes to 4G once in a blue moon...for only like 6 seconds max. I swear.
Than I go back to stock "backup" and my signal strength is back to awesomeness and check speedtestt and they're out of hand perfect.
So I stayed stock for a bit, tried other roms and same crap.
Stayed stock for a bit more longer, now on cm 6.1.1 and its not as bad as it was but its really bad still. Edge is on as I speak at a spot where 4G is full strength all the time at my house.
I need help figuring out what's the cause? Is it a kernel? Or something? If so can I flash the stock one for it on the cm so I can have my stock speed since its the best?
Or what can it be?
Pleeeaaasee help ! I wanna enjoy this rom,but without excellent signal/service strength it means nothing at all to me but back to boring old stock...
Thanks..
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did u check ur apn?

Not really, but it shouldn't have bin touched since the apn isn't in stock.
Just don't get why all of the custom roms have bad service but when I got back to stock with root and all the service goes back to being excellent again.
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Compare 6.1.1 and stocks build.prop files
Maybe you will find your answer there?

Another point to make is that the stock rom doesn't show a 3G icon.....it just displays the 'H' icon regardless of whether you are on 3G or 4G.
So when using the stock ROM, you just *thought* you were getting 4G all the time when you were actually only getting 3G connections.
On the non-stock ROM's, they actually differentiate between 3G and 4G. Thus you get to see when you are 'really' using 4G and the few times you actually get 4G speeds.
It's all a marketing game by the providers.

f4phantomii said:
Another point to make is that the stock rom doesn't show a 3G icon.....it just displays the 'H' icon regardless of whether you are on 3G or 4G.
So when using the stock ROM, you just *thought* you were getting 4G all the time when you were actually only getting 3G connections.
On the non-stock ROM's, they actually differentiate between 3G and 4G. Thus you get to see when you are 'really' using 4G and the few times you actually get 4G speeds.
It's all a marketing game by the providers.
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Your right, the stock rom doesn't differentiate between umts n hspa. But one thing I noticed is that all rooted roms have a slight lag when switching from umts n hspa.

I can totally attest to this statement. Stock data access speeds and signal is much better than custom ROMS. It must be something that is missing in the kernel or maybe the ROM itself. Dont think it is the radio because no one has mentioned flashing another radio in any of the stock roms list so far.
I am on CM 6.1.1 right now and I really want this ROM to have the same signal as the stock....

I have the same thing on mine. When I tried cyananogen my signal was crap. I would get slower speeds and less service overall. Same for MIUI. Couldn't handle it and went back to stock. Not to be unapreciative to rom developers but its hard to beat stock connection and battery life
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rumitg2 said:
I have the same thing on mine. When I tried cyananogen my signal was crap. I would get slower speeds and less service overall. Same for MIUI. Couldn't handle it and went back to stock. Not to be unapreciative to rom developers but its hard to beat stock connection and battery life
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I agree, I'm currently back to stock till someone finds out what's the problem and fixes it.
This clearly states its not only me.
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f4phantomii said:
Another point to make is that the stock rom doesn't show a 3G icon.....it just displays the 'H' icon regardless of whether you are on 3G or 4G.
So when using the stock ROM, you just *thought* you were getting 4G all the time when you were actually only getting 3G connections.
On the non-stock ROM's, they actually differentiate between 3G and 4G. Thus you get to see when you are 'really' using 4G and the few times you actually get 4G speeds.
It's all a marketing game by the providers.
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Wish you where right, but I wouldn't post this up if it was just that.
I tested the speeds out with speed test and my results cleary show that stock has perfect 4G speeds. also used tethering and on my ps3 it loses connectiong with custom roms. When usually it doesn't . So, it couldn't be that. Download speeds and everything lags a lot, and I go to edge awhole lot where I'm at when I'm always in 4G.
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I have owned many diff types of android phones. And all were rooted with custom roms and all exhibited the "laggy umts to hspa switch."
might be something we r gonna have to comprimise...
On an unrelated note. My n900 from nokia is capable of hspa plus but only till about 10mb where as my g2 can pull in about 14mb. Today I noticed that the n900 consistently hovers around 5-7mb per second where as my g2 hovers around 2mb-4mb per sec lol.
Can't wait for the nokia n9.

I'm confident your answer is in /system/build.prop. Check the HSDPA and HSUPA categories.

funkeee said:
I'm confident your answer is in /system/build.prop. Check the HSDPA and HSUPA categories.
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And what do I do here?
Is it possible, that everyone that owns a G2 having this problem but doesn't notice it?
We need to let people know.
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It's gotta be something in the software, a setting gone awry or accidentally unnoticed, a line in the kernal code or something.
Eventually CM or someone will figure it out and we'll enjoy "4g" speeds even while ROM'd up.

AbsolutZeroGI said:
It's gotta be something in the software, a setting gone awry or accidentally unnoticed, a line in the kernal code or something.
Eventually CM or someone will figure it out and we'll enjoy "4g" speeds even while ROM'd up.
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I believe its in the build.prop file. Rodriguezstyle once released a beautiful black n green rom for the nexus one. It didn't exhibit the umts to hspa lag. I remember reviewing his build.prop. it was definately very different from what I have seen in the past

sheek360 said:
I believe its in the build.prop file. Rodriguezstyle once released a beautiful black n green rom for the nexus one. It didn't exhibit the umts to hspa lag. I remember reviewing his build.prop. it was definately very different from what I have seen in the past
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Is it possible to port his build.prop into one of our existing ROMs? Maybe that'll fix the problem.

Ive compared the build.prop files from a stock backup and 6.1.1 and there's nothing in there in the communication settings that would be causing this. They're literally the same going down the list.
It must be the new radio 6.1.1 uses which isn't the Tmobile stock radio. That's the only thing that could be affecting communications (bars and data speeds).
But I agree I'm seeing similar results i an HSPA+ area where Speedtest seems to get stuck and wobble around 1.5mb down like its some kind of cap or something. Haven't seen a huge signal bar drop though.

klmsu19 said:
Ive compared the build.prop files from a stock backup and 6.1.1 and there's nothing in there in the communication settings that would be causing this. They're literally the same going down the list.
It must be the new radio 6.1.1 uses which isn't the Tmobile stock radio. That's the only thing that could be affecting communications (bars and data speeds).
But I agree I'm seeing similar results i an HSPA+ area where Speedtest seems to get stuck and wobble around 1.5mb down like its some kind of cap or something. Haven't seen a huge signal bar drop though.
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Compare stock to cm 6.1.1?

sheek360 said:
Compare stock to cm 6.1.1?
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Yes stock ROM to CM 6.1.1 was what I meant. Nothing different in build.prop that would affect the radio portion. Just some memory tweaks but that would have nothing to do with the signal or data speeds.

klmsu19 said:
Ive compared the build.prop files from a stock backup and 6.1.1 and there's nothing in there in the communication settings that would be causing this. They're literally the same going down the list.
It must be the new radio 6.1.1 uses which isn't the Tmobile stock radio. That's the only thing that could be affecting communications (bars and data speeds).
But I agree I'm seeing similar results i an HSPA+ area where Speedtest seems to get stuck and wobble around 1.5mb down like its some kind of cap or something. Haven't seen a huge signal bar drop though.
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Yes stock ROM to CM 6.1.1 was what I meant. Nothing different in build.prop that would affect the radio portion. Just some memory tweaks but that would have nothing to do with the signal or data speeds.
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Oh ok. Sorry for the confusion.
After the new g2 update I actually got stronger signals n better data speeds though. I don't think downgrading the radio will help....
But its worth a go I guess

What is your 4g speed?

What is your 4g speed on your device?
ALSO POST YOUR CURRENT RADIO YOU ARE USING AS WELL.
Download - 3585 kbps
Upload - 1797 kbps
Radio - 26.06.02.27_M
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to get a better idea, we should run the speed test 3 times (take the average) at a few different points during the day (morning, afternoon, evening, night?) in the same place, then take the overall average... this will give you a more accurate whole picture.
might be a good idea to put where you live in there as well.
using the above method (3 simultaneous tests, 1 morning, 1 afternoon, 1 evening, 1 night), my results are as follows... both radios were tested in the same location at the approximate same times a week apart. I'm in eastside seattle:
26.02.01.15:
DOWN: ~4.8mbps
UP: ~3.5mbps
26.06.04.27 (w/ updated lib files):
DOWN: ~5.4mbps
UP: ~3.9mbps
noticeable (not just placebo effect) decrease in browser loading times and GPS is much better for me. switching from towers seems to be quicker as well - my phone used to hang for 10-15 secs going from 3G to H, now it's almost instant even in the middle of communication. have been extremely happy with 26.06.02.27 so far... I may try some other radios just for testing, but I'm scared to screw up what is already a pretty solid setup.

You should also note that just because your phone has the "H" icon in the status bar, doesn't mean that you're on the "4G" network (which technically is HSPA+). The H can refer to HSUPA (instead of HSPA+), and it will often stay on H even when you're down on UMTS (3G). I don't even have HSPA+ "4G" in my area, being told that its on the way in the coming months, and H is lit up all the time, but its just HSUPA.
Something to think about.
That being said, I generally get about 1.9mbps down, 1.9mbps up on HSUPA. Stock radio.

Using your same radio
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Radio - 26.06.02.27_M
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I average between 4.5mb up to 8mb depending on data traffic and my uploads average around 2.5mb
I think most of it just has to do w/ the coverage in your particular area.

I get the "H" icon a lot at home, but my speeds are usually < 1 mb as you can see:
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The most recent amazingly fast ones are taken at my work.

I'm getting an average of 4.2 Mbps using the stock radio.
Can you change the radio when you're not rooted? Don't really know much about radios.

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I'm getting an average of 4.2 Mbps using the stock radio.
Can you change the radio when you're not rooted? Don't really know much about radios.
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Wow 4.2 mbp... wow I get only 1 mbp. So the stock is sopose to be better?
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lainvalenajr said:
Wow 4.2 mbp... wow I get only 1 mbp. So the stock is sopose to be better?
And yes you have to be rooted to flash radios
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lainvalenajr said:
Wow 4.2 mbp... wow I get only 1 mbp. So the stock is sopose to be better?
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Network speeds are affected by much more than simply your radio version or ROM type. See my post above for explanation of the "H" icon in your taskbar for a little look into that.
You can flash your radio independent of your ROM, some people get better performance with other radios, but I've gotten consistent performance with my stock radio and a few different ROMs.

durps said:
I'm getting an average of 4.2 Mbps using the stock radio.
Can you change the radio when you're not rooted? Don't really know much about radios.
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Yes, you must be rooted to flash new radios. Unless you're having network issues, and you're happy with your speeds (I hope you are at avg 4.2mbps) then there's no need to be flashing different radios.

Radio - 26.06.02.27_M
Running virtuous v1.0.1
I only get 350kbs-1.5mbs download and 800kbs-1.5mbs up. The upload isn't the problem. The best download I have ever gotten was 2.2mbs in my area (with the H or 3G+ symbol and 3-4 bars). I did get 3.5mbs download once, but that was on the other side of town.

Just to clarify, when I said 4.2 mbs was my average, I meant my average at the moment. I did 3 tests.
Although, my average overall is usually about 2.5-3 mbs which is still good enough for me. Just hate when I randomly get Edge out of nowhere.
Best speed I ever recorded was 5.37mbs late in the afternoon a month ago or so.
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Man I thought I lived in a **** town because I only saw 6.5mbps max when our phones are capable of easy double digits. Especially when I see some people having screenies showing cell speeds of like 9 or 13mbps. I guess I have nothing to ***** about.
Although I have found I can do just about anything I really need my phone to do if I have atleast 1.5.

I only get like 5mbps downloaded and 2mbps uploaded. I really dont think that the 4g network isnt completely up yet but the speeds are okay with me.

Is Speedtest.net app accurate for Galaxy Nexus?

I just bought the galaxy nexus coming from sgs2 t989. After running speed tests, it says I have extremely low speeds over the air & wifi but when using the phone with data, it doesn't seem slower. Got 6gb/sec OTA & 12 wifi where on sgs2 12 gb/sec OTA & 20+ wifi....
Just wondering if anyone knows if speedtest.net app is accurate per your experiences?

Its as "accurate" as any speedtest can be. Its not exactly indicative of how fast data actually flows in real-world use.
Keep in mind that the T-Mo branded SGSII has a 42mbps HSPA+ radio, whereas the GNex has a 21mbps HSPA+ radio. Speeds will differ. As for WiFi, I'd say that's just a coincidence, speeds should be ~the same.

It seems to glitch sometimes with the GN and only measure DL speeds for a split second before stopping, I was able to fix it by changing servers though.

It should be 100% accurate. It's feeding you your actual speeds. It's just that HSPA+ isn't as consistent as LTE or other technologies. I usually get a consistent speed of about 20mbps with 2 bars outside.

Thanks for the input! Its as fast as I need it to be so I'm fine with what I am getting either way. Would be nice to be able to do some surgery & make a hybrid of the two phones tho... haha
The nexus def looks and operates much better than sgs2.

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It seems to glitch sometimes with the GN and only measure DL speeds for a split second before stopping, I was able to fix it by changing servers though.
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I noticed something similar. It jumped to about 3mbs which is sadly typical for the tower closest to my house, stayed there for about a second then dropped to 500kbs for the rest of the dl test, but in real use it is typical of my sgs2 which test around 3mbs
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Has anyone else noticed that the bandwidth graphs (where it shows the spikes and how consistent the connection is) on both sides of the actual current bandwidth readout (near the bottom directly below the gauge) don't work most of the time? I'm not sure if it's an issue with ICS or what, but usually it's just a white blur that kind of moves around as the test runs. I've only actually seen the lines on the graph a few times since I've had my Nexus. Pretty sure it always worked good stock, but on most custom ROMs, it doesn't show the lines on the app. Sometimes it does, but not usually. I've played around with the options to see if it fixes it and it doesn't.

I see the graph every time. Turn off 2d hardware cause that breaks the speed test graph.

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I see the graph every time. Turn off 2d hardware cause that breaks the speed test graph.
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What do you mean by turn off 2d hardware? I don't see that as an option

I turn the 'animations' slider all the way to better performance and seem to avoid the glitching issue with it.

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What do you mean by turn off 2d hardware? I don't see that as an option
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He means turn off "force GPU rendering" in developer options.

Yeah force hardware acceleration is known to break the speed test graph. But I guess that's not your issue if you didn't know about that setting in the first place.

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Yeah force hardware acceleration is known to break the speed test graph. But I guess that's not your issue if you didn't know about that setting in the first place.
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Correct, didn't know until I read these posts and like you predicted it was turned off.

Underwhelmed by the Sprint Samsung E4GT (SPH-D710)

The firmware on my wife's SPH-D710 was just upgraded to FH13. Based on my reading here, that upgrade included an improvement to the 3G modem. If that is true, this is a pretty sad phone - let me explain.
I downloaded Speedtest to my phone, a 2+ year old HTC EVO and here phone. I then ran Speedtest on both. (Actually, it was much harder than that. The GPS on her phone was simply not working, and Speedtest thought I was near Wichita, not southeast Michigan. Even after rebooting to get the GPS working, Speedtest still thought I was hundred of miles form here. Fortunately, the second-to-last server listed overlapped with the servers listed on my phone.)
To be clear: I did one phone then the next. I turned off the WiFi and help both phones in the same location.
HTC EVO: Ping - 192 ms, download - 2531 kbps, upload - 612 kbps
Samsung E4GT: Ping - 173 ms, download - 1789 kbps, upload - 520 kbps
The only difference is that my phone is rooted and I am running AdFree, but that certainly cannot account for the huge difference in performance.
I was actually quite pleased with my wife's phone until I a) ran headlong into the very poor GPS performance and b) saw the poor modem performance. I understand now why HTC phones cost more...

Cool story bro.
Trolls don't take labor day off?
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lol wow.. dunno bout fh13 but fh23 works better for me.. either way this phone is beast.. maybe just yours is crap?
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I thought it was common knowledge that the antennas on the e4gt were a little weaker than most, that seems to be a common trend in Sammy phones. If you want strong antennas I'd recommend Motorolla, however the software on their phones is ****. Motoblur, bleh. Regardless, Samsung still makes the best phones on the market and smother everything else out right now. The S2 helds its title until the S3 came out, nothing tops a Sammy phone but another Sammy I believe the smooth performance and top of the line GPU/CPU/screen is a good trade off.

My apologies if this sounded like a troll message. My wife's phone is clearly faster than mine with regard to processing speed. This is clearly noticeable when updating apps. My post was more a matter of disappointment - why it should clearly excel in some areas but seem to fall flat on others, especially given that it is a much newer device.
I just downloaded and installed Quadrant Standard on both phones. My perceptions were correct - the Samsung is MUCH faster than the EVO. So, again I ask/wonder, why the much slower 3G speed and poor GPS performance?

groston said:
My apologies if this sounded like a troll message. My wife's phone is clearly faster than mine with regard to processing speed. This is clearly noticeable when updating apps. My post was more a matter of disappointment - why it should clearly excel in some areas but seem to fall flat on others, especially given that it is a much newer device.
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Your Samsung radio is not going to do better than the HTC radio, first and foremost you have to accept that. Then you can move on to trying out other modems in an attempt to improve signal and download/upload speeds.
There's a LONG list of them that have been released since back in February; you'll find the downloads for each in a stickied post in the development. It doesn't matter what kernel or ROM you are running, you can swap out modem builds at will. If one doesn't work, flash another but always make sure you update profile & PRL after each flash and before running any sort of speed tests.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
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groston said:
The firmware on my wife's SPH-D710 was just upgraded to FH13. Based on my reading here, that upgrade included an improvement to the 3G modem. If that is true, this is a pretty sad phone - let me explain.
I downloaded Speedtest to my phone, a 2+ year old HTC EVO and here phone. I then ran Speedtest on both. (Actually, it was much harder than that. The GPS on her phone was simply not working, and Speedtest thought I was near Wichita, not southeast Michigan. Even after rebooting to get the GPS working, Speedtest still thought I was hundred of miles form here. Fortunately, the second-to-last server listed overlapped with the servers listed on my phone.)
To be clear: I did one phone then the next. I turned off the WiFi and help both phones in the same location.
HTC EVO: Ping - 192 ms, download - 2531 kbps, upload - 612 kbps
Samsung E4GT: Ping - 173 ms, download - 1789 kbps, upload - 520 kbps
The only difference is that my phone is rooted and I am running AdFree, but that certainly cannot account for the huge difference in performance.
I was actually quite pleased with my wife's phone until I a) ran headlong into the very poor GPS performance and b) saw the poor modem performance. I understand now why HTC phones cost more...
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Fh13 is battery improvements, if you update your prl that will help with download speeds. There are way to many variables for data speeds to get reliable info. 1.7 mbs download is damn good on 3g, I wish I got those speeds, I get .5 MBS if I'm lucky in Sacramento, ca. So anyway unless you have one of the lte phones that Sprint offers there is no better phone then the S2. And those phones are by no means leaps and bounds ahead of this one.
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Thanks for the feedback. I am not an expert with regard to these matters and had assumed that a) the the newer phone would have a faster modem than the older one and b) the download speeds I recorded were not out of the ordinary. My expectations have been reset and I will enjoy her phone (when I can) for what it does well.

Those speed differences are small, I don't think you will notice. Also the faster processor will probably still load Web pages faster even with the slightly lower network speeds.
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For those who have been kind enough to reply: I finally rooted the phone today and reran the test. Post root, the results are:
Samsung E4GT: Ping - 161 ms, download - 2339 kbps, upload - 641kbps
These values are essentially the same as the HTC - no complaints.

Wow really? A thread whining about 1.7mb on 3g... That's f'in good speed for 3g.. There's plenty of us who can't even get past the kb's. Go get yourself an Evo and enjoy your HTC reloading screen...
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groston said:
For those who have been kind enough to reply: I finally rooted the phone today and reran the test. Post root, the results are:
Samsung E4GT: Ping - 161 ms, download - 2339 kbps, upload - 641kbps
These values are essentially the same as the HTC - no complaints.
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You'll find there is a whole lot to love about this phone and with the amazing developers in this forum your choices for customization are endless. Getting rid of my E4GT was one of the hardest things I've done (as far as my gadgets are concerned) but I'm also enjoying the SGSIII.

groston said:
For those who have been kind enough to reply: I finally rooted the phone today and reran the test. Post root, the results are:
Samsung E4GT: Ping - 161 ms, download - 2339 kbps, upload - 641kbps
These values are essentially the same as the HTC - no complaints.
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You have to understand something, network speeds tests are not exactly reliable measures. If you want comparable measurements, you have to run multiple tests on the 2 phones using the identical server at the same time. Then you average the tests. Otherwise, what you have is one data point, testing from a server at different times. So one point may have been when server was less loaded, or the network was less loaded. And even then, your original tests were close enough that you would not notice it, and to be "underwhelmed" just because of that is silly.
Root has absolutely nothing to do with data speeds. What accounted for the improvement is most likely a decreased load on the server or Sprint's network. I have seen much more variation than that on my own phone, simply by testing at different times of the day.

worrying about a 500 k difference on what appears to be pretty great 3g(remember, some sprint users get literally 100kbps) seems kinda bourgeois. how much faster do you need your porn to download?

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worrying about a 500 k difference on what appears to be pretty great 3g(remember, some sprint users get literally 100kbps) seems kinda bourgeois. how much faster do you need your porn to download?
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You ever try and jerk with the video skipping totally messes up your rythem
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You ever try and jerk with the video skipping totally messes up your rythem
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This.
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Since the htc was rooted isn't it possible that the sprint proxy had been removed? Nowhere in the post did I see where the OP even stated what ROM he was running.....