Im using black 2.5 rom and after upgrading to it my internet connection doesnt seem to work as it did before.
While i was using wm5 and any radio rom i reached around 12 kb/s speed in EDGE zone.
Now i can at best reach round 6.4 kb/s.
Also connection is jamming once in a while... by that i mean it just stops working. Takes 3-4 trys to load some web pages.
Also downloads are stopping completely after few Mb's but connection is still alive on background and after pushing dl link it starts again.
Any advices?
I have been having some major problems with my EVO regarding the data. If I use anything that is on the heavy side of bandwidth, like downloading a file from android marketplace, surfing the web, watching sprint tv, using the GPS, etc...the data will just time out for about 3 min at a time. For instance if I am downloading a 5mb app from android marketplace, it will maybe download a megabyte, then it will just stop downloading. If you look at the 3G symbol at the top, it will be white, but only the upstream indicator will be on. I can then open any other internet application on the phone, and nothing will work. It usually lasts for about 3 minutes at a time and happens fairly regularly. It will end up taking me 15-20 min to download a 5mb file from the marketplace. Same thing if I browse a bandwidth heavy site like digg.com. It will just time out after a while and it will just show the upstream indicator as solid and not do anything in any program.
This problem is not location dependent. I have this issue at my apartment, at work, at my friend's house, at the Sprint store...anywhere.
In chronological order, this is what I have done to troubleshoot/fix the problem:
First noticed problem
Turned off phone/Turned back on
Rooted and installed custom version of 2.1 w/ Sense
Removed battery (power cycle)
Talk to Sprint cust care. They sent signal over that reactivated the phone (2x)
Did factory reset on phone and formatted SD card
Swapped phone at Sprint store with new one
So even after swapping my EVO with a new EVO from the Sprint store and not fooling with the phone at all, I am still having the same exact issue.
I am absolutely at wit's end with this and I have no idea what to do at this point.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does this happen over wifi too, or only 3g?
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Thats a good question. I dont have a wifi connection to try it on at home because I keep my wifi on 5ghz N. I will take it to a friend's house and try.
yeah good luck testing it with WIFI. I'd say my WIFI is about 10 times less reliable than 3G.
I have not been able to test with Wifi yet, but I just had one of my coworkers that has the same phone to replicate the issue on his phone. He is having the same exact problem.
We set our phones next to each other and downloaded Space Buster 3D Lite off the Android Marketplace. Mine crapped out about 2mb in and so did his. He wasnt able to surf or do anything else on his phone for a few minutes just like mine.
I'm wondering if this a network problem in our area or if there is a problem with the phone.
Also, I downloaded a continuous ping program and did 3,000 pings with no packet loss, so it seems to only happen with heavy data usage ie. saturating your bandwidth.
Either way, it makes me feel a lot better to see this problem happening with other people lol
dude... i was just about to post a thread on this. im tearing my hair out with this horrible horrible problem. tmobile was better and more consistent its ridiculous...
i'm having the exact same problems, and not only just this, but i'm sending and receiving texts hours and hours off... its just not instant. wheerever i am. and sometimes i'm sending a text and this data "blackout" happens. also when i'm receiving texts i can't send texts out at the same time.. the phone gives me sms errors and then the data timeouts for minutes.. i have to wait minutes to resend the texts or use data..
Well it turns out that my friend that got this phone too is having the same exact problem......
WTF is going on here? Can people test this on their phones? Just try downloading a large file (5mb+) off android marketplace 2-3 times and watch the download. See if it stops or says download paused. Then try surfing the web when this happens.
Including myself, thats 3/3 people that are having this problem that I know personally.
oRAirwolf said:
Well it turns out that my friend that got this phone too is having the same exact problem......
WTF is going on here? Can people test this on their phones? Just try downloading a large file (5mb+) off android marketplace 2-3 times and watch the download. See if it stops or says download paused. Then try surfing the web when this happens.
Including myself, thats 3/3 people that are having this problem that I know personally.
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I have no issues downloading large files, maybe it is location based?
It appears the OTA update that was released today fixed the problem. I've been running Sprint TV for about 4 hours with no issues. Thank god...I was about to cancel my service over this.
Observing something weird with unrooted OTA updated EVO, youtube and tv.com related. Also with ted mobile. and apparently pandora.
I can only guess from the above they are related in streaming data and require 3G state to be active and not dormant. Doing ##DEBUG# i can see under evdo connection that using the above apps, if it doesn't error out that a video can't be played, it will load, play for 1-2 mins and then stop loading.
I have no issues with 3g and 3g speeds. i average about 700kbps-1.2 mbps down and up. web and apps that use data are normal, just those apps above aren't playing or loading their respective videos.
anyone observed this before or have any insight or pointers? so I know where to dig further. thanks
When running speedtest.net on my computer I get around 10 mbps download, and around 9.5 mbps on rooted stock rom.
but whenever i try a gingerbread ROM, i.e oxygen, CM7, redux 1.2, etc with ALL radios...i get around 6.5 mbps sometimes 1mbps with other radios.
I have tested this many times, and always get a consistent speed over 9mbps
this also affects HSDPA speed (slow ping, and sudden speed increase/rapid decrease)
Can anyone confirm this?
Or is it just my device?
i'm having the same issues. just flashed omfgb 1.2. download speeds are dramatically reduced, testing same server from same distance from router. 22mbps down on laptop, 3 down on Dinc. i was running virtuous 3.2.0 with his custom kernal and always duplicated my laptops speed results.
Sooooo, what can we do about it? Can someone please help? I'm having the same issue. By the way, just downloaded samba file share, it's pretty cool, fairly basic interface though, you can basically transfer stuff "drag & drop" style without having to connect USB and mount as disk drive. My only issue is, you can't tell it "only use this network".
Maybe someone else could give this app a go and let me know what they think?
I'm not sure who to thank sprint or Samsung but ever since MC3 and MD4 was released I'm able to watch a YouTube video in HQ without it buffering every 2 secs. I can actually use the web without much delay. I'm finally feeling like I'm getting what I been paying for actually working 3G. Did anyone else notice an improvement in 3G speeds?
I love the 90s. Good times.
Haven't noticed any kind of speed change here in Orange County, California. Currently running the MD4 modem with the Deviant Xone ROM, though I'm downloading stock MD4 to get away from the screen glitching. Not to mention that, well, my data is faster and more reliable on TW (not trying to start this whole conversation again, just my experience). LTE is nice, but will sometimes just sit there and the ping sometimes when trying to load something up is just unacceptable. I'm guessing this is because I'm in an area where LTE is technically still being worked on. I'll report back with anything new I find in MD4.
disclaimer: my speeds suck right now. can't stream a spotify song without it pausing to buffer constantly.
Edit: After some testing, I can say that my data performance is actually somehow better on AOSP now. Couldn't even get a Play Store download to start in my room with stock MD4, went back to MROM and well, it took forever, but it worked.
i am getting anywhere between 1-3mb download on MD4 with 3G