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[Q] Why is my data so slow?

I have been noticing a lot of my heavier data apps have been cutting out a lot lately. The best speed test I can get is 129kb down and 242kb up. Seems really slow and not sure why up would be better than down honestly.
My radio is 2.15.00.09.01 that I installed with 3.30.651.3. Could my radio version be causing my slower speeds?
Any help is greatly appreciated!

tgrgrd00 said:
I have been noticing a lot of my heavier data apps have been cutting out a lot lately. The best speed test I can get is 129kb down and 242kb up. Seems really slow and not sure why up would be better than down honestly.
My radio is 2.15.00.09.01 that I installed with 3.30.651.3. Could my radio version be causing my slower speeds?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Could be heavy data usage in your area. Maybe try to update prl and data profile and see if that helps.

animal7296 said:
Could be heavy data usage in your area. Maybe try to update prl and data profile and see if that helps.
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Holy smokes animal...Updated prl and data profile and pulling down 667kb and up 481. Best I have ever seen on my EVO. Thanks so much! You just made my weekend.

tgrgrd00 said:
Holy smokes animal...Updated prl and data profile and pulling down 667kb and up 481. Best I have ever seen on my EVO. Thanks so much! You just made my weekend.
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Not a problem. Glad to help.

Uncapped data speeds..

I don't know if VZW capps us or not be I found this on the Evo dev section and edited my services.jar without a problem, it will help heavy data users if verizon does capp data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10100043&postcount=1

lemaj5 said:
I don't know if VZW capps us or not be I found this on the Evo dev section and edited my services.jar without a problem, it will help heavy data users if verizon does capp data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10100043&postcount=1
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working on putting it into the warm rls5 beta today.

I wonder if the Data Service Governer Killer download can be flashed to the Incredible without screwing anything up on the phone?

I don't get the purpose. I have unlimited data. Is this for like buying the $15 10gig (i think) package or whatever and actually having it be unlimited?

incubus26jc said:
working on putting it into the warm rls5 beta today.
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badass!
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morph3k said:
I don't get the purpose. I have unlimited data. Is this for like buying the $15 10gig (i think) package or whatever and actually having it be unlimited?
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if that was so, i have a feeling this patch and thread would be delete very quickly

no. even unlimited is capped at 5 gb after that is throttled so...if u guys get any diff with this let me know. very interested
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I probably need this fix, hopefully it can be flashed to other ROMs? (Specifically the GB ROMs - I went from probably 800 MB at halfway through the month to 4.1 GB - yes, GB - by 12/25. That was around the same time I put on the GB ROM, too (switched between Evervolv and OMGB).

morph3k said:
I don't get the purpose. I have unlimited data. Is this for like buying the $15 10gig (i think) package or whatever and actually having it be unlimited?
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From the posted thread:
1. What does this do?
This is a modification to the services.jar framework file, that allows you to have an un-throttled internet.
2. Will this make my internet faster?
Yes and No. This will not "Upgrade" your internet. This only takes the trottle off, so you can download, or play games and not have to worry about it hitting a certain peak and lagging from that point on. It doesn't provide you with a new internet, only a warm fuzzy feeling from knowing you don't have to worry about it capping off.
So basically, it stops your phone from slowing down your internet when it becomes "worried" that you are using too much data (a service probably put in so that people don't unintentionally get overages, a failsafe of sorts).

I was working on this today as well. I am running evervolv and made a flashable zip based on its services.jar
Haven't noticed any difference between before and after but since it didn't hurt anything . . . what the heck lol as I'm not sure if VZW utilizes data throttling or not.
For those running evervolv if you want the zip just let me know

jackbtha1 said:
I wonder if the Data Service Governer Killer download can be flashed to the Incredible without screwing anything up on the phone?
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I tried flashing it and my phone went into bootloop. Had to use my backup.

ejdavis72 said:
I tried flashing it and my phone went into bootloop. Had to use my backup.
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the services.jar needs to be edited specific to the rom you are running or bootloops
The big question is . . . does vzw utilize these throttle files?

If anyone makes a flashable version for virtuous that would be great
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I wonder how this mod affects will battery life though.
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I made mine from skyraider 3.3, if anyone needs it just let me know and I'll post a link.

All it does is makes it so your data speed won't be slowed down shouldn't affect battery what so ever
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I wonder how this mod affects will battery life though.
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driphter said:
The big question is . . . does vzw utilize these throttle files?
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The answer in my opinion is absolutely! I remember when I first tethered I got very fast speeds and now they suck! From person experience I would say they do!

Ok so I'm gonna flat out ask can someone please do this for me? My data is going at like .1mbps and it should be around one lol. I don't feel safe doing this myself.
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If anyone does this for the new miui I will love you.
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I'm using a stock Dinc ROM I modified myself, mostly to get rid of the Sense stuff (too much battery, and stuff I don't use) which works fine for me. I had noticed after trying a few different radios that the top speed for uploads was somewhere around .1Mbps, and downloads were nothing to write home about as well.
So I just took a look (did a find / -iname 'services.jar') and found it in /system/framework along with about 12 other .jar files. Most of them including services.jar are 345 bytes and have a manifest that says "Sun Microsystems" (and nothing else inside)
Well, I can see it's not going to do any good to modify those. I also grepped the other .jar files (like grep -i throttle *.jar) and found the word throttle in one of them. It was framework-res.jar.
Has anyone else come up with this sort of thing? It has the 3.21.605.1 ROM (slightly tainted by me but I never touched the services.jar file).
I've got a feeling I'm throttled, but aren't sure how to go about changing it if it's not in services.jar. (without throttling the phone )

[Q] Internet hangs tried everything?

Im not new to the forums here is my problem and i hope someone has some info on a fix. I usta get bad ass speeds on 3g surfing the web and youtube now my net has come to a halt and hangs also youtube. I had used miui for one day to test it didnt like it and i flashed myns warm point two and the net got worse then I tried koni elite 2 no luck even the cm7 no luck with the net speed. I did all the wipes and use amon recovery I have updated my prl along with radios and every thing that i can think of even Hboot no luck went all the way back to stock even got my msl and re activated my phone still no luck with the net even the market drags. It's not my service out here tho cause I checked out a friends evo that lives next door and his is blazing fast still along with everyone else that I know. So here i sit with sprint lovers rom latest update and lead speed 3g. Any one have this problem or a fix. This blows... Any help please.... Again I did do all the proper wipes and proper flashes I have no idea why the net is so sloppy and I don't have a virus cause I dont surf porn or click on ad's.

Have you tried doing the gps fix? Though it only works on sense roms.

teh roxxorz said:
Have you tried doing the gps fix? Though it only works on sense roms.
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Ya ive tried that one. thanks

Have you tried different radios and PRIs. Different combos work better for other people.

teh roxxorz said:
Have you tried doing the gps fix? Though it only works on sense roms.
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I also wonder if sprint really does throttle people for using the net. All i use is facebook along with youtube and surfin xda.

teh roxxorz said:
Have you tried different radios and PRIs. Different combos work better for other people.
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Ya been trying that no luck currently updated everything hboot latest and everything thing I can do other then wanting to throw it into the wall

Well try to give it a day or two, you may not see it instantly; and if they did throttle, they wouldn't throttle you for that minimal usage.

teh roxxorz said:
Have you tried different radios and PRIs. Different combos work better for other people.
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The wireless wifi when connected to my home router and the net still like lead.

Well on AOSP, its been general that you do experience some data loss for some reason, they're trying to resolve the issue. But you aren't the only one. I don't know what else to do, but if the speeds are that bad, you may want to try a sense rom.

teh roxxorz said:
Well try to give it a day or two, you may not see it instantly; and if they did throttle, they wouldn't throttle you for that minimal usage.
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Thanks its been a whole day since it started dickin up I dont think they are throattling me cause the wifi would be ballin and its slow as hell wont even load web pages so slow.
Do you think the memory could be fragged all to hell and that would cause things and if so how do you go about defraggin the bastage.

teh roxxorz said:
Well on AOSP, its been general that you do experience some data loss for some reason, they're trying to resolve the issue. But you aren't the only one. I don't know what else to do, but if the speeds are that bad, you may want to try a sense rom.
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Im using the sprint lovers rom its sense. So i have no idea why im having this issue. Thanks

I can't remember, a littler tired, but have you tried re-flashing the rom?

teh roxxorz said:
I can't remember, a littler tired, but have you tried re-flashing the rom?
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Yup 4 times.

Sorry man, I'm out of ideas..I've used up all my tricks for this type of problem.

teh roxxorz said:
Sorry man, I'm out of ideas..I've used up all my tricks for this type of problem.
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thanks tho

Anytime, but a lot of people are experiencing speed issues at the moment, so you aren't alone.

teh roxxorz said:
Anytime, but a lot of people are experiencing speed issues at the moment, so you aren't alone.
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Thanks see the thing that sucks is my father has a evo and his net speed hauls everything is working for him and mine and his are the same hardware versions 0003 but for some reason mine doesnt wanna play with the net.

reaper24 said:
Thanks see the thing that sucks is my father has a evo and his net speed hauls everything is working for him and mine and his are the same hardware versions 0003 but for some reason mine doesnt wanna play with the net.
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You can try unrooting and taking it to sprint and complain about the speeds and compare it to your dad's and he has excellent speed. But I would suppose that being the last resort.

teh roxxorz said:
You can try unrooting and taking it to sprint and complain about the speeds and compare it to your dad's and he has excellent speed. But I would suppose that being the last resort.
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Thanks again man.

No prob at all man.

1x/3g

Not sure when and with what ROM this started happening but my signal drops to 1x really frequently. 3G is always going in and out. Any ideas or fixes? Has this been discussed somewhere before? On train ride in to work so haven't searched threads yet! I flashed synergy a few days ago coming from mikg and before that gingerale..and before that cyanogen! It seems like I've had the problem since moving back to sense from cyanogen about a month/month and a half ago.
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Where are you located? Have you had speed related issues?
Sprint has been having issues related to the overloading of towers with the excessive growth of data usage [with the boom of the Evo]
Towers are set to send some phones to 1x when 3g usage is high in order to alleviate speed issues for all.
That could explain your issues.

mattykinsx said:
Where are you located? Have you had speed related issues?
Sprint has been having issues related to the overloading of towers with the excessive growth of data usage [with the boom of the Evo]
Towers are set to send some phones to 1x when 3g usage is high in order to alleviate speed issues for all.
That could explain your issues.
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I live in the northwest suburbs outside of downtown Chicago. I work and commute to the city and I experience it the whole ride to and from home. I will be sitting at my desk and randomly go from full 3G to 1x. At home in the suburbs, my signal is terrible in my house already but I do get dropped to 1x as well. Don't really notice any speed changes besides the normal slowdowns from what I am assuming is the congestion.
That sounds like a horrible way to fix their congestion issues! Is this something they just started doing? Like I said in the first post, everything functioned perfect up until a month or two ago. Also, would they apply that to an area as big as Chicago out the suburbs?

ripalsanghani said:
I live in the northwest suburbs outside of downtown Chicago. I work and commute to the city and I experience it the whole ride to and from home. I will be sitting at my desk and randomly go from full 3G to 1x. At home in the suburbs, my signal is terrible in my house already but I do get dropped to 1x as well. Don't really notice any speed changes besides the normal slowdowns from what I am assuming is the congestion.
That sounds like a horrible way to fix their congestion issues! Is this something they just started doing? Like I said in the first post, everything functioned perfect up until a month or two ago.
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It's not a fix, it's just a way to alleviate some congestion while they work on redoing the towers.
I'm not saying this is what's happening to you but it's likely.
You can try to have the phone reactivate itself. [If I recall correctly that function is in ##yourmsl#]
You can get your MSL here.
You can also try to update your PRL and then Data profile.

Same thing here. I've complained to Sprint several times so now they want me to bring my phone in to be checked so I need to unroot. Ugh

mattykinsx said:
It's not a fix, it's just a way to alleviate some congestion while they work on redoing the towers.
I'm not saying this is what's happening to you but it's likely.
You can try to have the phone reactivate itself. [If I recall correctly that function is in ##yourmsl#]
You can get your MSL here.
You can also try to update your PRL and then Data profile.
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Thanks for the info. I will give it a shot. I did update my PRL and profile in that order but didn't seem to help. If nothing helps maybe I'll have to get this bad boy replaced or something.

ripalsanghani said:
Thanks for the info. I will give it a shot. I did update my PRL and profile in that order but didn't seem to help. If nothing helps maybe I'll have to get this bad boy replaced or something.
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Also, and before you ask there is no logical reasoning for this and even the very knowledgeable technician that recommended it hasn't figured out why it would do anything, you can try going to ##3282# and clicking "view" and then clicking on EVDO and then backing out and trying the internet.
They don't know why that would do anything and no it doesn't make any sense...but that's exactly why I refuse to go into anything related to working on computers...for being logical they aren't logical...at all.
By the way, doesn't hurt to keep your radios updated.
Best of luck.

mattykinsx said:
Also, and before you ask there is no logical reasoning for this and even the very knowledgeable technician that recommended it hasn't figured out why it would do anything, you can try going to ##3282# and clicking "view" and then clicking on EVDO and then backing out and trying the internet.
They don't know why that would do anything and no it doesn't make any sense...but that's exactly why I refuse to go into anything related to working on computers...for being logical they aren't logical...at all.
By the way, doesn't hurt to keep your radios updated.
Best of luck.
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Haha, I am actually in IT so I know exactly what you mean. I will try that out as well. And my radios were updated and I was actually considering rolling back to see if that caused any issues for me.

Let me correct myself, sorry I never run Sense, it's ##786# then you hit menu and hit reset.
You need to have your MSL. Also, please note that this will erase your /data and you will lose all personal information.
Furthermore, be sure to cancel when it tries to do a check for firmware update.
This honestly may be more trouble than it worth though.

Thanks, yeah I found the reset option in another thread. I reset, hit the prl update, cancelled the firmware check and will run this around town for the day see if I get 1x. I'll post back here later today. thanks again for the help!

Well used for most of the day and so far so good. Saw it go down 1x once on train compared to everytime I unlocked the phone. Let's hope this isn't temporary . Ill post again after the weekend to test around the suburbs and state to state during a trip to toronto. Thanks again!
Oh and speed still sucks but that's a sprint issue obviously.
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ripalsanghani said:
Oh and speed still sucks but that's a sprint issue obviously.
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Yeah it is.

ripalsanghani said:
Not sure when and with what ROM this started happening but my signal drops to 1x really frequently. 3G is always going in and out. Any ideas or fixes? Has this been discussed somewhere before? On train ride in to work so haven't searched threads yet! I flashed synergy a few days ago coming from mikg and before that gingerale..and before that cyanogen! It seems like I've had the problem since moving back to sense from cyanogen about a month/month and a half ago.
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I had the same problem a month ago. It's the phone. I tried many different combination of radios and roms but no help. Ended up exchanging it. When you bring in the phone just use the android browser to load a heavy graphic webpage which should take forever in 1x mode.

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