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Increase Data Speeds

Ok so I have seen threads about data speeds and read all of them some time past. My question is. Is there any way to increase your data speeds? Our is that completely controlled by sprint thru the towers? I read somewhere you can delete the throttle file but out only lasts a short time and I never noticed a difference.
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Long story short its basically controlled by sprint, or more precisely the technology that sprint uses. I'm not sure if sprint actually controls the speed at which a phone can download, ie throttling, or just lets the towers give to each user what its demanding. You can try to flash different radios and see which one works best for you in your area, or you can look around for different PRL files.
I haven't heard anything about a throttling file, so im no help there. But the actual technology your using (CDMA, Wimax, 1x, etc), as well as how good your connection to the tower is, are the main things that are going to determine how fast your connection is.

Thanks.. thats what I figured.. Just checking to see if anybody had any tricks.. After further searching my data speeds are actually as fast or faster than most. Guess I just wanted more. I have tried different radios and prl not much difference for me thou
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cmurray77 said:
Thanks.. thats what I figured.. Just checking to see if anybody had any tricks.. After further searching my data speeds are actually as fast or faster than most. Guess I just wanted more. I have tried different radios and prl not much difference for me thou
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Have you tried the Data Profile reset? It may help a bit, as far as the throttling file, it's made no difference at all on my phone.

miguelfp1 said:
Have you tried the Data Profile reset? It may help a bit, as far as the throttling file, it's made no difference at all on my phone.
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Ya the throttle file made no diff to me either. How do I reset the data profile?
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cmurray77 said:
Ya the throttle file made no diff to me either. How do I reset the data profile?
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Here you go. Same method you'd find on xda, this just has pictures.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...aybe-boost-your-3g-speeds-with-a-simple-hack/

Thanks.. Your always on top of it.
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cmurray77 said:
Thanks.. Your always on top of it.
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Never a problem; I do what I can to help out.

teh roxxorz said:
Never a problem; I do what I can to help out.
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That would be the fix I was needing.. Increased just enough to make me happy.
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cmurray77 said:
That would be the fix I was needing.. Increased just enough to make me happy.
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Yay for satisfied customer.

Works great. Thank You.

Anybody notice this?

/data/system/throttle? Anyone know what this does or what it can do? I was poking around with root explorer and saw this.
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I did some Googling on this and most of the info I found was people saying that this could be used to throttle data speeds. May or may not be true. I hope not.
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There was a thread in Evo section about this. We were deleting the folder/file and running speed test. Our speeds would improve, 5 minutes later the files would reappear and speeds would drop. The thread turned into a big argument about sprint and throttling, rather than why the files seemed to reduce speed and would rebuild itself.

Hmmm
3 runs of speedtest.net average 1.3
Delete files
3 runs again avg 2.3
Done on an airvana so fewer variables
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R1ptide said:
Hmmm
3 runs of speedtest.net average 1.3
Delete files
3 runs again avg 2.3
Done on an airvana so fewer variables
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You realize that on an airvana or airrave its using your home internet connection for data, right?

Hmm. I had briefly Googled this last night and saw that this had been placed on T-Mobile phones. Is there a possibility of getting rid of this or finding what is likely throttling our data?
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Daemontrain said:
Hmm. I had briefly Googled this last night and saw that this had been placed on T-Mobile phones. Is there a possibility of getting rid of this or finding what is likely throttling our data?
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For ****s and giggles I removed this folder and ran a speed test.
No improvement.
There was some talk about T-mobile using something on their ROMs to throttle but that was later de-bunked as no longer the truth.
The fact is it's all server side, just like your home ISP.

I'm switching to Sprint in a week and getting this phone so I'm doing some studying. I saw this thread and figured I'd give some input.
We noticed this on the G2/Desire Z and yes, it originally was found to effect speeds - only after you hit the 5GB data limit. After that you were throttled. Removing the files disabled the throttle that is of course until the files were recreated. Eventually T Mobile figured this out or was informed of it and figured out another way to throttle us. It seems the use of this file isn't limited to T Mobile so as far as it's current use I have no clue, it seems like a junk file Google needs to remove from the OS. Of course this could all just be coincidence but that seems like a stretch.

mattykinsx said:
You realize that on an airvana or airrave its using your home internet connection for data, right?
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You realize that if these files are throttling data that its on the phone end (not tower) so the data coming from an airvanna's 3G signal could still get throttled just like a tower, right?

I deleted the folder and noticed dramatic speed increases. Interesting. I'm going to pm some devs about this I think.
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Daemontrain said:
I deleted the folder and noticed dramatic speed increases. Interesting. I'm going to pm some devs about this I think.
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On Evo's the folder came back..Check later to see if it came back..We couldn't get it removed completely.

Daemontrain said:
I deleted the folder and noticed dramatic speed increases. Interesting. I'm going to pm some devs about this I think.
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u can delete it it but itll keep coming back everytime. happened to me on my g2 on tmob. those ****ers slowed me down to 56k after i hit my 5gig limit. that actually makes the phone FC on things like market and gmail, i went as far as to filing a report to the BBB...= nothing, we even tried changing the read\write permissions on there, still a no go. good eye but let that file slip away painlessly and ull b glad u did.

I deleted it and I went from 600kbs to 200-300 lol so idk. Probably just coinsidence

[Q] metro pcs evo 4g question

had my evo flashed by a local metro dealer(full flash). He put the metro edition CM7 on the phone. However im trying to force one of metros new prl in order to get 3g. So on to the question since my ports wont show up on cm7 if i make a nand backup of my settings now switch to a sense rom so i can get the ports to show up for qpst force the prl then restore my backup will i have to run any scripts or willl i be right back where i was but with the new prl?

Did you try to re-designate your port.. meaning veiw the list of ports that's listed under "ports" in computer management, right click on the listed device, and go to properties, then advanced settings in the ports tab [I think its called that] and res designating it to com1 or one that's not in use.. and when you were in "qpst setup" did you click that little box that only allows you tto view certain ports? [I forgot the name mybad] that happened to me when I had to set up the ports.. give me the rundown on what you did and Ill try my best to help you out.. not many people here know how to use qpst.
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I think he is asking if the prl changes when you nand-restore. Simple answer no, that really the most common way AOSP users change them out.
I am one of the many unfamiliar with qpst so I am not sure about this method 100%.

I ended up just flashing the sense rom so I could get the drivers to install properly. I was mainly concerned that if I switched roms it would make me lose web and mms. I was enable to switch and force the prl. And restore my backup without losing anything. To my surprise everything workwd when I was on the sense rom without running any web scripts or metrooff. I'm new to the device so was concerned but once someone else agreed I could do it I went ahead. Thanks for checking my thread though
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mteezey said:
I ended up just flashing the sense rom so I could get the drivers to install properly. I was mainly concerned that if I switched roms it would make me lose web and mms. I was enable to switch and force the prl. And restore my backup without losing anything. To my surprise everything workwd when I was on the sense rom without running any web scripts or metrooff. I'm new to the device so was concerned but once someone else agreed I could do it I went ahead. Thanks for checking my thread though
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No prob man.. that's awesome you got it to work. I wish they'd stop being punks out here by ny and just flash my boys phone for him.. they're pretty weird about it.
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j7jman said:
No prob man.. that's awesome you got it to work. I wish they'd stop being punks out here by ny and just flash my boys phone for him.. they're pretty weird about it.
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Yea. It took me a while to fine someone that did a full flash. I had to go to the hood.lol. I was gonna do the Houdini at the store by me but they wanted more than the other place for the full flash. I just wish we could add esn's to the data base on our own then we could just do it all ourselves.
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mteezey said:
Yea. It took me a while to fine someone that did a full flash. I had to go to the hood.lol. I was gonna do the Houdini at the store by me but they wanted more than the other place for the full flash. I just wish we could add esn's to the data base on our own then we could just do it all ourselves.
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haha.. I'm with you on that one, that'd be awesome.

In thier defense though they probably make it like that so they can try to limi the number of people useing devices with bad esn's. So its probably a discretionary thing for the stores if they want to do. And im sure in some cases the people just might not know how to. But if metro would just step up the quality of the devices people wouldnt have to flash from oter carriers. However the esteem is pretty sweet we just gotta wait for metro to make some money so they can lower the prices of their 4g handsets.

mteezey said:
In thier defense though they probably make it like that so they can try to limi the number of people useing devices with bad esn's. So its probably a discretionary thing for the stores if they want to do. And im sure in some cases the people just might not know how to. But if metro would just step up the quality of the devices people wouldnt have to flash from oter carriers. However the esteem is pretty sweet we just gotta wait for metro to make some money so they can lower the prices of their 4g handsets.
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so true.. their devices are pretty damn expensive, and not really worth the money if you ask me.. personally i'd pick boost over metro because it seems so much easier to go from an incognito to an evo 4g or epic 4g than its is to do it from metro.. and the service in my area is awesome .. but hey you cant beat the pretty damn low price of a no contract provider

Yea I almost made the switch to boost when I bought this evo. But they wanted 130 to flash and had to wait a month for some reason till my number could be in it. I wanted it for 3g but whenever I'm really using my phone app wise or browser I'm on wifi anyway. I still might do it down the road only time will.
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Ciq test?

So with all this troubling info on CIQ I saw that verizon stated they do not have it installed on any of there devices. Anyone on a stock rooted verizon rom want to test this and post it here? How do we know there telling the truth?
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bangdrum said:
So with all this troubling info on CIQ I saw that verizon stated they do not have it installed on any of there devices. Anyone on a stock rooted verizon rom want to test this and post it here? How do we know there telling the truth?
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I checked the applications list on a unrooted stock verizon rom, and nothing there with "IQ" or "CIQ" in it's name, seems clean. Maybe I was looking in the wrong place though.

Yea the problem with that is it may be under a different name.
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bangdrum said:
Yea the problem with that is it may be under a different name.
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Checked the red DI2 while it was still stock on HB.98 and afterward on RMK's Ginger Sense, rechecked it on SK's Zeus 1.3 - looked clear of CIQ.
However, while it's stripped of most if not all VZW bloatware, it is still running many Google & HTC apps on the device, I wouldn't be sure as others said. Besides, as long as location-based is checked & it's using data - one can be sure "Big Brother" is watching/monitoring somewhere .... the Patriot Act or otherwise, LOL.
Use common sense, it's a smartphone with a browser .... Facebook, Twitter, SMS/MMS, IM, Talk & GV, etc. !

If anyone wants to check to be sure that the Ciq stuff is gone, use This
It's an easy check. Will also take care of any other loggers as well if there are any.

Verizon went on record as saying they don't use CIQ, so I guess we can trust them on that...

They may not use CIQ, but you can bet they have some form of data analytiçs on their devices.
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PacerguyDon said:
If anyone wants to check to be sure that the Ciq stuff is gone, use This
It's an easy check. Will also take care of any other loggers as well if there are any.
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I ran this on my unrooted Dinc 2 and it came back clean.... It seems they are telling the truth. Who knows about other software though.
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cstone1991 said:
I ran this on my unrooted Dinc 2 and it came back clean.... It seems they are telling the truth. Who knows about other software though.
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Just for curiosity did you check the Htc logger setting as well?
I am glad to know that stock there is no Ciq. Thanks for posting the result.

We don't use torture"
Right, just like that Cha Hanus VP back in the Bush Wack days said "We don't do it".
Doesn't mean that they don't hire it out under a different name..
Is HTC North or South Korea? I bet they are somewhere in between.
Did CARNORVOR ever end up devouring itself?
For years Brit's have spied on the US for the US and the US has spied on Britten for Britten just so they each could say "We don't conduct those type of operations".
HAH. I say If ya want to know, ask. Otherwise it's just second hand news...
And that's what got US to cleanup up Iraq. No wait a minute, It was because SadMan insulted Pa Pa Hog Wash Bush.
I better quit while I am still breathing.... And the ruels of engaugement will change yet again.

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Just for curiosity did you check the Htc logger setting as well?
I am glad to know that stock there is no Ciq. Thanks for posting the result.
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No problem. I just ran the HTC Logging Tools test and there are 4 hits on that one.
System/app/qxdm2sd.apk
system/app/qxdm2sd.odex
system/lib/libhtcqxdm2sd.so
System/bin/htc_ebdlogd
I know the first 3 are all parts of the same app. Not sure what the last one is but it appears to be some kind of log. I assume its the log created by the app but thats just a guess.
Let me know if there is anything else you want me to test because I will probably be rooting my phone this weekend.
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Dual/Multi Botting on the Inc2

When I had the OG DInc, I was using Conaps "DualRom" multiboot solution and was running 4 or 5 roms on my phone at a time. Which is great for someone like me who loves to flash different roms pretty much daily.
Anyways.... I did a little searching and everything regarding dual or multi booting I could find for the DInc2 generally suggested using BootManager, which is an app on the market and is not free. Call me cheap, or whatever, but I prefer open source and free apps. Back on the OG Inc someone had written a guide on how to do this without needing any fancy app, though it was long and tedious it worked quite well.
Does anyone know of a writeup for our phones for installing multiple roms?

Will ROM manager suit your needs?
I use ROM manger to boot all the ROMS i want. IDK If thats what your asking for but if you want a paid android app then do a google search.

joefrog1996 said:
I use ROM manger to boot all the ROMS i want. IDK If thats what your asking for but if you want a paid android app then do a google search.
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Eh, you have no idea what I am talking about. Thanks for trying though.

n0yd said:
Eh, you have no idea what I am talking about. Thanks for trying though.
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As far as I know, boot manager is the only one that works.
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tylerlawhon said:
As far as I know, boot manager is the only one that works.
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Well if thats the case, then I am gonna try evolving the guide for doing it manually on the DInc to the DInc2.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, it shouldn't be that hard to go off the guide for the OG DInc. Mostly what would need to be changed is the mount points, assuming they use different mount points on the DInc2.

n0yd said:
When I had the OG DInc, I was using Conaps "DualRom" multiboot solution and was running 4 or 5 roms on my phone at a time. Which is great for someone like me who loves to flash different roms pretty much daily.
Anyways.... I did a little searching and everything regarding dual or multi booting I could find for the DInc2 generally suggested using BootManager, which is an app on the market and is not free. Call me cheap, or whatever, but I prefer open source and free apps. Back on the OG Inc someone had written a guide on how to do this without needing any fancy app, though it was long and tedious it worked quite well.
Does anyone know of a writeup for our phones for installing multiple roms?
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BootManager, v1.2 didn't work with me . always stuck at first step of backing up my rom .i didn't investigate why is that much . what is the link for Conaps "DualRom"

INC1 has alot of phone memory, inc2 doesnt.

andybones said:
INC1 has alot of phone memory, inc2 doesnt.
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Yea, 4gb of actual emmc.
VZW told me that my Red DIncII would have 4gb of internal memory. HA!
The only way I can get the emmc to show up on the DIncII is to flash ICS B2.
It shows as a folder with 0.0 bites in size.
I just do it the old fashioned way of wipe n flash...