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Increassing 3g Speed

So I have spent 2 hours searching for some way to adjust me setting in order to speed up my 3g speeds. Could someone please post any changes to my settings that might speed up my 3g speeds.

Move to a 4G area? Its not a car, you can't just make it go faster.

Thanks
I didn't know if there we some teaks in the ##data# menu that I could change to increase my speed. Where I live I am right outside 20 miles from Eugene Oregon that just got 4g. My service here at my home is less than desirable so I am actually using a Verizon prl.

No need to be rude man. The guy was just tryin to improve his philone.
MCL1981 said:
Move to a 4G area? Its not a car, you can't just make it go faster.
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*This was posted from my Evo 4G*

Try searching for EVRC-B in the forums. It increased my 3G speeds.
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EVRC-B is a vocoder. How would it have any effect on datarate?

snake411 said:
No need to be rude man. The guy was just tryin to improve his philone.
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
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That wasn't rude......and what is a philone?

MCL1981 said:
EVRC-B is a vocoder. How would it have any effect on datarate?
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Who knows, but for a lot of people (perhaps just a placebo effect?) it seems to.

drmacinyasha said:
Who knows, but for a lot of people (perhaps just a placebo effect?) it seems to.
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For those lots of people, they're imagining things. This will increase your data speed about as effectively as different color back cover on it. It is just as unrelated.

Thats a typo, maybe uve heard of them?
Perception my friend....it was how i perceived it. And on anothrr(hmm typo?) Note, the orginal person my comment was meant for didnt care.
xBudahx said:
That wasn't rude......and what is a philone?
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*This was posted from my Evo 4G*

I noticed i was distracted and did not answer the question posted..
I find it that if you free up your phones memory you can maximize performance ,including but not limited to speed.
ibejaminben said:
So I have spent 2 hours searching for some way to adjust me setting in order to speed up my 3g speeds. Could someone please post any changes to my settings that might speed up my 3g speeds.
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*This was posted from my Evo 4G*

AFAIK, you're limited by whatever towers you have in your area and then by Sprint's cap. If you live in an area with poor reception, maybe you could buy a signal repeater or amplifier or something like that. If you have wifi available at work or at home, that's always a good option for faster data.
The phone should use as much speed as the tower can/will give it... although someone correct me if I'm wrong
3G speeds are comparable to "broadband" (you know, vs. a modem lol) but they are no match for modern DSL/Cable and from what I read (YMMV) current 4G isn't either.

snake411 said:
I find it that if you free up your phones memory you can maximize performance ,including but not limited to speed.
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Also completely unrelated to data rate and what are you doing to "fill up" the memory to the point it hurts performance?

I'm running Damage 3.2.3 and with JIT enabled my WiFi and data speeds are a bit faster. JIT does come with some instabilities though. You might also want to try a Froyo Rom. The JIT performance from those are insane.
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JIT has no effect on data throughput.

dglowe343 said:
I'm running Damage 3.2.3 and with JIT enabled my WiFi and data speeds are a bit faster.
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Probably not actually.

Obviously not, however when i dont clear the running tasks, and i have lets say 40mb of mem avl...the internet perfermance is affected.
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Also completely unrelated to data rate and what are you doing to "fill up" the memory to the point it hurts performance?
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MCL1981 said:
Probably not actually.
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Actually, through SpeedTest my data and WiFi numbers are higher with JIT enabled than without. Wasn't trying to get all technical. It was just my observation.

Actually, you should be looking into the issue where the PRI is not updating because we downgraded the bootloader to the ENG version to gain root access.... I think that this is an issue with all rooted devices. My GF has an unrooted EVO, and I ran a side by side comparison using the FCC speed test app, and my 3g speeds were less than 50% of hers(0.60 Mb/s compared to her 1.20-1.60 Mb/s).
rooted devices seem to have PRI version 1.34_003(or at least mine does), and my GF's and her brother's have PRI version 1.40_003.... this was the only software difference that I could see when comparing devices.
not sure if I am correct on all of the bits of info here... just something that I noticed.... feel free to correct me

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.

walkention said:
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?

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:
http://i.imgur.com/xLpr4.png
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.

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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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.

Slow 3g speeds

Lately I have been experiencing some slow 3g speeds. At first I thought that 3g reception in my area was just not very fast, however I don't think that's the case anymore. For example, I did a speedtest and got 300kbps down and 400kbps up while a friend of mine standing right beside me (also on verizon and has a Droid X) got 1000kbps down and 500kbps up.
What could be causing slower 3g speeds? Any help would be great as slow speeds are very annoying. Also now he keeps insisting that his phone is vastly superior to the Dinc...

Xazen said:
Lately I have been experiencing some slow 3g speeds. At first I thought that 3g reception in my area was just not very fast, however I don't think that's the case anymore. For example, I did a speedtest and got 300kbps down and 400kbps up while a friend of mine standing right beside me (also on verizon and has a Droid X) got 1000kbps down and 500kbps up.
What could be causing slower 3g speeds? Any help would be great as slow speeds are very annoying. Also now he keeps insisting that his phone is vastly superior to the Dinc...
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Not sure what would be causing that. Have you tried flashing different radios?
Also, throw our massive dev community in his face if he thinks his phone is all that. Locked bootloader < Inc.
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SteveG12543 said:
Not sure what would be causing that. Have you tried flashing different radios?
Also, throw our massive dev community in his face if he thinks his phone is all that. Locked bootloader < Inc.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running CM7.0.3.
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I have not tried flashing a new radio ever sense I first flashed 2.15.00.07.28. Is there another radio I should use or could reflashing that one help at all?

Noooo no no no no don't flash the radio again. That causes bricks, so I've heard. There are three newer radios than yours (9.01, 11.19, and 4.09, in that order), but there isn't any way to tell which one will work for your phone in your area except by trying them yourselves. But... Flashing radios is risky. You should always check your MD5 sum with the one provided from where you downloaded it. You can get them all from www.dougpiston.com
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Only way to brick is to pull the battery when flashing the radio. Check md5, have a good charge and you'll be fine.
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Ok if a new radio might help I guess ill try that.
The same friend mentioned that his rom included something that removed the data throttle. Obviously that could increase speeds... anything like that for the Dinc?

I don't know if it was just the natural variation in data speed but I got better speedtest results with the 4.08 radio. As far as throttling, if there is any throttling done its on Verizon's side and you can't do anything to your phone for it. If you were being throttled you would see an icon in your status bar and (should) receive notice from Verizon. The only people that would be throttled are (I think) the top 5% of data users so unless you use A LOT of data I wouldn't worry about it.
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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?

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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?

austin420 said:
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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cas8180 said:
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.....