Description says it all. When I roam onto Verizons towers I only get. 12Mb/sec which is almost no internet at all. Is there a way to fix this? I know the signle from my tower would give me 2.5-3Mb/sec on my evo just a few weeks ago. Ideas guys? Oh i use Roam Controle to switch over to Verizon if that makes a difference
yeah well the best Sprint 3G I can get in my neighborhood is about .25 Mbps. And it's true for many parts of Manhattan, you can't crack .5 Mbps.
I thought verizon dramatically throttles it for roaming.
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dead78 said:
yeah well the best Sprint 3G I can get in my neighborhood is about .25 Mbps. And it's true for many parts of Manhattan, you can't crack .5 Mbps.
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I dont use 3g much in Manhattan. But where I live(in queens) and where I work and go to school (midtown) I have an awesome 4g signal. When I'm inside, I average anywhere from 6-9mbps and when I'm outside I get about 9-11mbps
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Damn you 4g'ers lol. Kauai doesn't have 4g yet
It all has to do with the 3g radio in the phone...It sucks...I'm in Dallas TX and I get speeds so low I can't load a web site through opera mini. Any other phone I owned Evo4g and 3d where not that slow at all. 4g is not strong enough to keep a signal while moving/driving so I dont use it much.
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Actually, it has all to do with your prl...unless you're on an old or select business prl, almost all current prls only allow 1xrtt data on roaming. So the speeds you are seeing are actually normal 1x speeds
Its confusing though, since our phones seem to be lacking the 1x icon
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squshy 7 said:
Actually, it has all to do with your prl...unless you're on an old or select business prl, almost all current prls only allow 1xrtt data on roaming. So the speeds you are seeing are actually normal 1x speeds
Its confusing though, since our phones seem to be lacking the 1x icon
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This. And it's not just this phone.
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squshy 7 said:
Actually, it has all to do with your prl...unless you're on an old or select business prl, almost all current prls only allow 1xrtt data on roaming. So the speeds you are seeing are actually normal 1x speeds
Its confusing though, since our phones seem to be lacking the 1x icon
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Actually in many areas, the PRL entry for Verizon is defined to search for Verizon 1x signal while also searching for Sprint EV signal. So you could actually be roaming on Verizon for voice, have the EV/3G indicator, but still be using Sprint for EV/3G data.
This can lead to even more confusion.
Can I get a verizon PRL so I can ise there 3g?
bluefire808 said:
Can I get a verizon PRL so I can ise there 3g?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
bluefire808 said:
Can I get a verizon PRL so I can ise there 3g?
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That's not going to help you...Go to the link he posted above and i am sure no one is successfully roaming on 3g on a Samsung phone. Well not SG2 atleast.
bluefire808 said:
Description says it all. When I roam onto Verizons towers I only get. 12Mb/sec which is almost no internet at all. Is there a way to fix this? I know the signle from my tower would give me 2.5-3Mb/sec on my evo just a few weeks ago. Ideas guys? Oh i use Roam Controle to switch over to Verizon if that makes a difference
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LOL I normally get about .20mbps on Sprint's terrible 3G network, and still no 4G here in Phoenix.
You have to admit Sprints 3G network is a joke. I was sitting at dinner earlier right next to the tower and I was barely breaking 1mbps.
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That's not going to help you...Go to the link he posted above and i am sure no one is successfully roaming on 3g on a Samsung phone. Well not SG2 atleast.
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Speed? Any LOS's?
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That's not going to help you...Go to the link he posted above and i am sure no one is successfully roaming on 3g on a Samsung phone. Well not SG2 atleast.
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My Moment (August, anyway) was able to roam on 3G in northern Wisconsin. Of course, I believe that that part of AllTel went to Cellular One, not Verizon. That's probably the difference.
In fact, I often got better data speeds in the middle of the forest up north than I do at home in Milwaukee. I usually got 150-200kBs (bytes, not bits) whereas at home, I get 15-20kBs.
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Speed? Any LOS's?
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speed heavily depends on time and location
can be anywhere from 500kbs-1.5mbs but as slow as 200 if the tower is super hogged.
Never had a LOS, stock kernel + root
graffixnyc said:
I dont use 3g much in Manhattan. But where I live(in queens) and where I work and go to school (midtown) I have an awesome 4g signal. When I'm inside, I average anywhere from 6-9mbps and when I'm outside I get about 9-11mbps
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Damn I would kill for those speeds. In midtown manhattan and on 4G I can only get around 5mbps download (standing next to a window) and 350kbps download.
I can't even get 4G signal in my house downtown. I get only 1 or 2 bars for 3G unless I am standing next to a window.
I need to test the speed of the 3G next time I roam.
this is fps test. hope the pic works this time
From what I understand Verizon does not support 3G roaming with Sprint phones you will only get 1x service. 3G roaming was a deal with Alltel, who got bought out by Verizon and ATT. You are going to get crappy speeds if you are roaming on Verizon.
hi i have a htc evo on metropcs in dallas i heard that some people are able to get 3g in florida but i ha have friends here in dallas that have the elg optimus from metro and they are able to puck up 3g almost any where sence like a mount ago
deseo said:
hi i have a htc evo on metropcs in dallas i heard that some people are able to get 3g in florida but i ha have friends here in dallas that have the elg optimus from metro and they are able to puck up 3g almost any where sence like a mount ago
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I'm not on MetroPCS but I am on Boost Mobile and I've been in your situation where I was getting 1X speed and getting pissed off because I couldn't get 3G while others were. What I would do if I were you is flash a sense 2.2 rom or a sense rom with the old EPST.apk in it and start flashing different metropcs PRLs and just different PRLs in general and see what works in your area.
Check out this thread and maybe PM one of them and see if they can hook you up with a PRL that works for them and you might get lucky and meet someone that's in the dallas area that has 3G and you might get some help on getting decent 3G speeds....GOOD LUCK!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288216
i have friends tow using the lg optimus m and they getting 3g as well i was trying to get the setting of one of them using qps but didnt save em mi mistake and afther that i was not able to get it detect on qpst also wee did a prl update over the air and hes phone lost 3g conection due to a prl downgrade intead of upgrade it wen from 3024 to 3019 and because unable to conect to qpst cant load the 3024 so talk to mpsht rep and they dint or cant or want to send the 3024 prl over the air so it get 3g again also i have evo on boost with 3g but my wifwes evo is on mtrp**** hope some one with a lg optimus can share the qpst settings to get 3g using 3024 prl
also i have a evo on boost
Is there a way to find out if 4G coverage has been removed from an area? I came in to work today and no 4G connection....I barely get 3G as it is in this particular area, so I called sprint and they said that there was in fact an issue with the zip I provided, but the problem had been resolved.
We went through the usual update this and that, and still no signal. She concluded saying there was a possibility that 4G coverage may have been removed from that area. I would just like to know if there's a way of digging deeper in order to get a solid answer to whether it's been removed or not.
The best thing I could think of is sprint.com/coverage,I believe they also have a clearwire wimax app in the marketplace search clearwire
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The best thing I could think of is sprint.com/coverage,I believe they also have a clearwire wimax app in the marketplace search clearwire
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Thanks for the info. I'll have to wait until I get home to download the app with my wifi lol.
Lol o ok no problem
It shows coverage on the web like I thought. I'm going to reflash the rom to see if there was something going on there...
Wimax aka 4G is spotty everywhere...Sprint did a horrible job of deploying 4G...and sadly it's weak...
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Wimax aka 4G is spotty everywhere...Sprint did a horrible job of deploying 4G...and sadly it's weak...
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The thing is if they've really removed 4g from the only place I did get 4g, that would suck considering that 3g is slower than tmobile's edge. Hopefully it's temporary...
What modem are you using? I recently updated to EL26 from E13. I only get 3g in my house and spotty service so when I updated my modem my dl/ul speed increased.
A more recent map is on clear.com
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Hello,
I have a Sprint Galaxy S2 flashed to Metro PCS and everything works GREAT!
EXCEPT 4G... i get good 3G internet but when i try to use 4G it tries to connect to sprint. How can i get my phone to use Metro PCS 4G???
thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
I'm pretty new at all this, but it sounds like a PRL issue...you should have a PRL file that includes the Metro 4G.
Metropcs uses LTE 4g and our phones are Wimax 4g, so sorry but no working 4g on your phone,
There is NO WAY you can get 4g to work...but I'm surprised you got mms working...i have been trying to get mine going...
Why can't I get 3g speed? All I get is 1x data speeds. It isn't my area because I have had other phones flashed to cricket before and I got good 3g speeds. My nexus s 4g didn't have any problems.
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I think it has to do with crickets radio frequency, and the fact that it's flashed and not made for cricket.
And also Samsung doesn't make the best radios
I know with Page Plus, you need a Verizon donor phone to get 3G unless the phone you are flashing is an actual Verizon phone. Wonder if Cricket is the same way?
There is a thread over at www.cricketusers.com that will help you get 3G.
Lot's of info for Epic Touch Cricket phones over there.