I've been tethering my Evo 4G for about a year now and all of a sudden, a few days ago, I noticed my WiFi tether speeds dramatically decreased, especially when 4G is turned on. When I run speedtests directly on my Evo 4G I would get an average of 6 Mbps download and 1.4 Mbps upload. When I run speedtest.net on my laptop that is WiFi tethered I would get an error "Configuration Load Failed" and my browsing is extremely slow. I tried my desktop computer and got the same error message and dialup like browsing speeds. I tried tethering my iPad and another Evo 4G and the speedtest app resulted in ridiculously low speeds like 0.04Mbps download but a normal 1.4 Mbps upload speed.
I've been tethering my Evo 4G with 3 devices on a daily basis and used to get an average of 3 Mbps download and 1.4 Mbps upload speeds at my office. Is it possible that the built-in WiFi router is defective now?
A couple of other unusual changes that I noticed within the past few days:
- My 4G speed on the phone itself is faster now at my office. I used to average 2-3Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload at work every day. Now I've been clocking at an average of 6 Mbps download and 1.45 upload. Maybe Sprint improved service in my area?
- I checked my latest Sprint bill and noticed I used an unusual and huge amount of 4G data last month. I used to average 2-3GB of data per month but this September I used 12.2GB. I was shocked when I saw that. I don't think I'm being throttled because my phone is still running fast on 4G.
- My billing cycle starts every 3rd of the month (about the same time the slow WiFi tether problem started)
- I started getting "Low Internal Storage Space" messages
I've been searching other threads with Slow WiFi Tethering problems and so far I've done the following in attempt to troubleshoot and still got the same slow speeds:
- Wiped Cache Partition and Wiped Dalvic Cache using ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.5. I read somewhere in the forums that this may increase 4G speeds. This did free up some memory and cleared up my "Low Internal Storage Space" message.
- Moved the 'fixroute.sh' file to another location (as instructed from another thread)
- Uninstalled and reinstalled WiFi Tether 2.0.5 (been using that since last year), WiFi Tether 2.0.7. (Same results), and WiFi Tether 3.1. Beta 6 (Does not work)
- Tried 4G at home and friend's house about 5 miles away and got the same sluggish results.
I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar problem where their WiFi tethering just stopped working as fast as it used to and what did they do to fix it? Is this a hardware problem?
By the way, I'm on a rooted stock 2.2 ROM, Pri 1.40_003
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
Update:
My phone is still suffering from slow 3G/4G wireless tether today in Brooklyn, NY with 0.08 Mbs down / 1.76 Mbs up.
This past Saturday I did notice that while I was in South Amboy, NJ, I was able to wireless tether 4G signal at about 2.16 Mbps down / 0.73 Mbps up. Speedtests were about the same on the phone itself and on my laptop. Why was I able to tether faster there made me even more puzzled and ruled out that my phone's built in wifi router is defective.
I'm hoping I can get this fixed soon. I have no clue what else I can do to get my wireless tethering back up to speed...
Update:
2 days ago I followed instructions on how to fix download speeds by editing the phone's HTTP PD Proxy Port & HTTP PD Proxy Address.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922978
After applying the changes I instantly got my WiFi tether speeds back! I ran speed tests on my ipad and was able to get as high as 5 Mbps down and 1.4 Mbps up. I waited until the next morning to try it at work (where I mainly tether) and to my disappointment my speeds were back to slow 0.1 Mbps down and normal 1.5 Mbps up. I checked my proxy settings to see if they reverted back but nothing changed. I then went back home and found that my tether speeds were slow there as well. This was really bothersome! I then decided to give up for now and just tether on 3G for now.
This morning I stumbled across another thread on filterproxy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966418
I followed the instructions and was successful in tethering at 4G speeds! Whew! My speedtest's results:
Ping 353 (This increased dramatically. I normally get 75)
Download Speed 5.14 Mbps
Upload Speed 1.33 Mbps
I'll keep running speedtests though out the day and see anything changes. Hopefully this filterproxy solution will hold up. It's an extra step to configure my browsers to use the proxy whenever I tether but I won't complain because I got my 4G speeds back (For now).
My question for now is... How come I was able to run wifi tether without all these problems for over a year and then all of a sudden run into these problems?
I hope this helps anyone else who has slow tethering over 4G problems.
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I am using the Wifi tether app, but seem to be getting reduced speeds for whatever reason. When I run a speed test on my Evo I typically get 1+ MBps for download, but when I run a speed test on my computer I get something like .3 MBps (sometimes it peaks a bit higher, but rarely.)
I am running on a roaming network if that matters, and have rooted for the app via unrEVOked.
Are there some sort of settings that I need to change?
I also seem to get long periods of what I can only call my data timing out where it will not let me upload or download. It goes away on it's own after a while though.
Easy tether seems to work fine....
I just upgraded to a rooted Stock Froyo release (3.26.651.6) and while the 2.0.5-pre07 Android tether works, I don't seem to get the good download speeds when I connect my laptop to it.
So the tether application shows speeds of 4-5 Mbps on the phone screen, but when I wirelessly tether to it and run a speed check on my laptop, i barely get 1Mbps, sometimes even around 500kbps. In fact this problem was even worse when I was on the earlier Android release on the phone. It has improved since the Froyo upgrade, but is nowhere close to the speeds that I would like
Any ideas if this is normal? Or am I missing something here?
what speed test are you using?
I know when I was rooted with 2.1 I was getting around 5-6mbps when using wireless tether with my laptop
2.2 opened rooted 2mbps usb tether 6mbps
Kornsaq said:
what speed test are you using?
I know when I was rooted with 2.1 I was getting around 5-6mbps when using wireless tether with my laptop
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Speed test.net
darth1289 said:
Speed test.net
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I get anywhere from 2Mbps to 6.7 Mbps depending on location. (that's on 4g)
I'm seeing the same thing as darth. Speed tests (the speakeasy one) gives anywhere from 5 to 10 mbps on my phone but on the laptop its around 1 to 1.5. I wonder if encryption has anything to-do with it, I run the WiFi tether app on wpa2 aes with a not-so-short key. Maybe the encryption and the heavier processing slows it down? I'll test without encryption and post the results in a couple of hours.
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ProcessorHog said:
I'm seeing the same thing as darth. Speed tests (the speakeasy one) gives anywhere from 5 to 10 mbps on my phone but on the laptop its around 1 to 1.5. I wonder if encryption has anything to-do with it, I run the WiFi tether app on wpa2 aes with a not-so-short key. Maybe the encryption and the heavier processing slows it down? I'll test without encryption and post the results in a couple of hours.
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The funny thing is if I share my internet connection using USB on 4G to my laptop, the speed is around 5 Mbps. So the slow speed is isolated to the wireless tether app and across all devices I connect to it.
On 3g with wifi tether pre7 i just did 1.7 meg down, and 0.34 meg up.
darth1289 said:
The funny thing is if I share my internet connection using USB on 4G to my laptop, the speed is around 5 Mbps. So the slow speed is isolated to the wireless tether app and across all devices I connect to it.
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Yes, I tried again without encryption and that does not seem to be the slowing factor. 4g tethered using WiFi tether app gives 1mbps download and 200k up. On 3g, the tethering app gives 250k download and 20k up.
When I do the same speed test directly from the phone, it shows 5mbps down and 1mbps up on 4g, and 500kbps down and 50kbps up on 3g. So its definitely the app. But since this is a preview, I'm pretty sure the devs will get around to fixing it before too long.
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I run Myn's Warm 2.2 rls 5. I don't live in a 4G area, typically have between 3-5 (out of 6) bars of 3G signal, and i am located inside a building. I have been using wireless tethering recently (starting 2 months ago) for connecting my laptop to the internet and using Mozilla Thunderbird for my email client. While it has been painfully slow since i started actually using wireless tether a couple of months ago, the last two days i have been unable to get certain data at all through the "Android Tether." Interestingly enough, i can download new email, but i cannot send new email, or save messages to the drafts folder. I cannot open web pages or go to gmail in Chrome or Firefox. It worked fine last week. Now i'm just getting time outs on the laptop. I ran the Speedtest.net mobile speed test app on the phone and i got and average Ping, DL, and UL of around 300ms, 200kbps, and 50 kbps, respectively, over about 3 tests in the last hour. I stumbled on an article (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394831,00.asp#fbid=ZeswhqErVcl)something recently about the Iphone affecting Sprints data network, but i'd prefer to try some troubleshooting before i chalk it up to increased data demand network wide. I've restarted the phone, computer etc. What troubleshooting should i try next?
Thanks
Hey TurbineTester,
You may want to try the filterproxy app that was discussed in the thread that I have linked below. It improved my 3G tethering speeds and it fixed my 4G tethering as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966418
I hope it works out for you.
Nelson
nelson1200 said:
Hey TurbineTester,
You may want to try the filterproxy app that was discussed in the thread that I have linked below. It improved my 3G tethering speeds and it fixed my 4G tethering as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966418
I hope it works out for you.
Nelson
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Thanks for your mail.
I have a problem that I cannot find a fix for.
I have used the 4g hotspot hack that is implemented in Calkulin's 2.7 rom and WiFi tether; neither of them work.
WiFi tether will start with errors regardless of whats used. So thats it for that one..
4g Hotspot hack will allow connection in 3g and 4g, but the 4g is roughly 10kbps down. 3g is faster.
I used it on my tablet which is the Lenovo K1 and thats where the speed test is run.
Next I tried it for my laptop. It connected with limited connectivity and after 5 minutes it got a connection. I went to speedtest and it lost connection. This was with 4g when I have full 4g bars. Same issue with 3G anyway so it wont make a difference.
Speed test app on my phone gets about 10-12mbit down with 4g. Im really lost as to why its doing this.
went from EK02 to EL13 to EL26.. no luck.
Same Here
I am actually having the same problem. I've been looking through the treads to see if anyone has posted a solution, but you're actually the first person I've found that has mentioned it. Either with 4G or 3G on, I', getting less than .45 Mbps on devices connected to my Sprint Hotspot. Meanwhile if I run a speed test on my phone, my 4G connection is anywhere from 3 to 5 Mbps. Very frustrating.
OP which versions of wifi tether have you attempted?
Here's what i would do. I would update to Calk's 2.9.1 Rom, and flash a new modem (el29 is my current fave). Update PRL and Profile, reboot for good measure. Use the stock Sprint Hotspot app (set security if you choose) and it should work. My fiance's phone is running all that perfectly.
Solution : I am a heavy data user and I use the Sprint hotspot with 4G and at first I was having problems then I found a way to make it work. first you MUST keep 4G on and not let it idle at all . Second when you enable the hot spot let it settle for about 5 minutes to allow the hotspot to set the right channel for WiMAX if not it will not connect and also will give you low speeds. third keep the charger connected.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App
I've yet to see anything on my N2 register more than 10mbps down or 4mbps up when using wifi as the data path. It doesn't matter if the speed test is using an internet-based speed testing server, or if I transfer a file to one of my wired LAN PC's.
Oddly enough, I sometimes get faster speeds with HSPA (25+ mbps). It doesn't matter what router I connect to (I have several AP's on my network) - whether at home, neighbors, work, or family. Both my N2 and my wife's show the same type of speed limit.
Not only is it slow, but it's very erratic. I've tried all the standard suggestions (turning of power save mode, always on during sleep, etc), but none of these matter. Both 2.4GHz and 5GHz have the same speed caps.
With all that being said, I'm curious:
What are your maximum DOWNLOAD speeds you've experienced using a WIFI connection?
I consistently get 20mbps+. On 5Ghz, Brighthouse networks, Orlando area, with Roadrunner lightning service.
I get the same as on my home wired computer... 30MB
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium
Sure does make me wonder what's so special about my two N2's. Im running a stock deoxed, rooted rom. In fact, it's this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091214
I wish I could say with confidence that the original unrooted rom was just as slow, but I didn't have it on my phone long enough to even test it...
What rom are you guys running?
I have gotten as high as 27-30 mbps down and 10.5 up. The down was on my home wifi. The up was in the wifi at work.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
I'm on stock everything. Only thing I've done is rooted and added the xposed framework to add apps to the multi Window.
I have comcast 50Mb down and 10Mb up I can ever exceed 20Mb down but somehow my upload goes over my 10Mb up