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I have been dealing with Sprint this past week about very slow data speed. I have been getting around 50-100 kbps down and 300 kbps up. When I went to a nearby town I was getting 800- 1300 kbps down and 400-500 kbps up. All of these are on 3G. Today when Sprint called me I was asked if " EV " was displayed instead of 3G. I was told there are 3 levels to 3G. I vaguely remember EV before I rooted and ROMed but I have not seen it since. Is indication of " EV " typically removed from a custom ROM? I have used Frozen 1.2 and am now using RandomRom 2.3.4. I tried all of the available modems with Frozen with no change before I installed EG22 and Flashed RandomRom. I have a few friends that also are complaining about slow data speeds in our area so I don't think its my phone anymore. Any thoughts or advice on the subject?? Thanks!
I think you mean EV
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viper786 said:
I think you mean EV
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Your right! Fixed!
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Your right! Fixed!
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I think you mean "you're"
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Sprint has horrible 3G speeds which is also why Im going to drop them soon.
After Sprint did not renew its tower leasing agreements and lost its Alltel tower network, its % nationwide coverage area dropped precipitously. Even with SERO, I am now questioning whether it's worth staying with Sprint given the decline in service over the past few years.
bnguyen1983 said:
Sprint has horrible 3G speeds which is also why Im going to drop them soon.
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Have fun when you reach your 2g of 5gig cap. which is really easy to do.
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You're most likely on 1x. The Epic doesn't have 1x or EV signal icons by default. Try this app and it will tell you everything about your connection.
before the evo came out, sprint was worty of its name.
it had the fastest 3g in the country. 3-5mbps on my hero in nyc
then evo came out and who needs 4g when your 3g is more than enough?
Everyone saying they dropping sprint soon. Sprint will phase in their new type of signal next year, they will discuss it on the 7th of next month. I think they may have started on some towers. My 3G has greatly dropped but my 4G is almost as fast (if not as fast) as my DSL internet. I am happy with it and being with Sprint 6 years and compared to what others complain about from their service I'll stick with sprint for 6 more. Unless they raise prices.
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R3537L1F3 said:
Everyone saying they dropping sprint soon. Sprint will phase in their new type of signal next year, they will discuss it on the 7th of next month.
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Well, hopefully it changes things for the better, but I still don't see how it makes up for the lack of towers. And what's good is 4g if I can't get it in 50% of locations? Giving it until the end of the year.
I guess im lucky. I get ok 3g (0.9mbs) and great 4g ( 5-7 mbs). But driving around my city, it cones and goes once I hit a few city hills.
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Me and my g/f both have Epics. Mine is rooted and running a custom rom and hers is stock. Both of us were experiencing crappy data speeds until i updated both phones modems to EH17.
Speeds are much better in some places where we have good signal, from 300k to 1.5 - 2.2mbps. So it may have something to do with the modem you currently have as well.
Although i did talk to a sprint employee at the nearby store and I was told they were going through some tower upgrades in the DFW area. Tearing down old towers and putting up new. He suggested that it would be around 6 to 8 months time before things are completed.
I also have been in contact with sprint over the last 6 weeks or so about crap 3g. At times I see 12KB downloads with 6 out of 6 to 6 bars.
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I ran that clear nvram thing from the other thread. I suggest you try this. It fixed my GPS perfectly and my 3g speeds have increased dramatically. I ran a speedtest earlier and got 300-350kb/s. Before I did it my 3g was atrocious at less than 50kb/s.
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Problem with all this is that CDMA "4G" eats a ton of battery compared to just as fast (or in Sprint's case, 20x faster) HSPA+ network. This is just my very personal observation between Epic and LG G2X. My super personal opinion is that CDMA should just burn in hell and die. Voice quality is better...
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Problem with all this is that CDMA "4G" eats a ton of battery compared to just as fast (or in Sprint's case, 20x faster) HSPA+ network. This is just my very personal observation between Epic and LG G2X. My super personal opinion is that CDMA should just burn in hell and die. Voice quality is better...
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This. Anyone ever run their phone in airplane mode from a full charge to 0%? The battery lasts AGES. I had to run benchmarks repeatedly on performance mode for hours to kill it purposely. The ****ed up part is that I ALWAYS have NY 3g off and 4g on. The radio in this device is horrid for battery life.
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I've also called sprint this week to ask/complain about data speeds. The best I've ever had is around 1100 kbps down, but lateley it's only been 100 to 300. So a couple of days ago I went to a verizon store and asked the girl to compare speeds with me. She was getting 1900kdps down and my epic NEVER even found the nearest server. I was blown away and very red faced when I left. I could get better data speeds with two soup cans and some string.
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M1Quinn said:
I've also called sprint this week to ask/complain about data speeds. The best I've ever had is around 1100 kbps down, but lateley it's only been 100 to 300. So a couple of days ago I went to a verizon store and asked the girl to compare speeds with me. She was getting 1900kdps down and my epic NEVER even found the nearest server. I was blown away and very red faced when I left. I could get better data speeds with two soup cans and some string.
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You know who else has 2 soup cans and a string? Mah maaammm!
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I gotta say the slow data speeds were killing me but now things have changed for the good. I hit my 4g icon by accident and now my data speeds fly! 5700kbps down and almost 1700kbps up....truely awesome!!!! Thanks Sprint!!!!
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So, no one knows how many IBones were sold by sprint in the last few days, but, has anyone noticed any effects on their network/data speeds or quality?
I dont notice anything different, but, a lot of folks were wondering if the crush of these things would make Sprints network any shakier than it already is..
Nope. My 3G speeds have actually improved the past couple of days. *shrug*
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Nope. My 3G speeds have actually improved the past couple of days. *shrug*
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I went from getting .22mbps download to .07mbps download. Im in phoenix az
Mine remain ****ty as always.
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I'm sitting in my office just south of the Seattle airport and I am getting 1.3Mbps down and .67Mbps up on 3G and 2.08Mbps down and .20Mbps up on 4G. I'm sure the 4G would be better outside.
Mine have increase from .100 to .800
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Mine has improved, and it's been proven that Android phones consume more data
http://gigaom.com/2011/05/31/android-smartphones-consume-more-data-heres-why/
Just checked my 4G data usage and seen I hit 11 GB is this excessive?
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Not really, there's people who use 50+ gigs and bragging about it.
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Just checked my 4G data usage and seen I hit 11 GB is this excessive?
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Yes I used over 5GB on slow ass sprint 3g
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I'm usually at 6gig and I live on this thing.
no 4g around me though.
I used to use about 1-2 GB on 3G, but then I got a wifi router for home.
Now I barely use 200 MB. Plus moving files between PC and phone w/o cables @3 MB/s is pretty nice.
My idiot friend said he used over 300gb one month because he was downloading ps3 games.... Idiots like that are the reason we won't have unlimited forever.... The odd thing is he said that he never got a warning or disruption in his service. I never even get close to you guys cuz I am on wifi virtually everywhere I go
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Raheem387 said:
Just checked my 4G data usage and seen I hit 11 GB is this excessive?
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Did you hit 11GB through phone usage or through tethering? My home internet provider in my building went out of business so I had to start tethering and I hit 18GB of 4G. From what I understand, Sprint doesn't care as long as you aren't roaming. Before tethering, I would go through about 3-4GB a month.
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My idiot friend said he used over 300gb one month because he was downloading ps3 games.... Idiots like that are the reason we won't have unlimited forever.... The odd thing is he said that he never got a warning or disruption in his service. I never even get close to you guys cuz I am on wifi virtually everywhere I go
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Those idiots won't be the reason why, but, they will be the excuse why.
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Those idiots won't be the reason why, but, they will be the excuse why.
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300GB? I think that would be a pretty good reason on their part. He's using 20-30X the amount of data the average data hog here uses (or admits to using). And that's 300X the amount of data the average user (people who live in the 21st century and have wifi at home) uses.
That's obnoxious even compared to other abusers!
Other than illegally downloading warez, I can' think of a single legitimate way a normal person could go through that much bandwidth. Even streaming Netflix... that's 300+ movies (from my experience watching data use on the phone). The hogs here who stream Pandora every day even stay in the low 2 digits of data use.
That idiot friend deserves to get booted!
I hit around 1.3GB last month on 4G (Usage reset yesterday). And I used around a Gig or so on 3G. Im typically always on Wifi though, so my data isnt as high as it would be if it werent for me using Wifi. I get AWESOME 4G coverage at my apartment too
used +8gbs of 4g on primary line this past month, streaming like crazy....bought nba league pass, only use google cloud music for music and heavy surfing. im not worried about overages, ive got a smarthphone to use not stare at.
as for that 300gb claim....id say youre friend is just a douche and didnt even come close to that. i doubt you could even pull 300 gigs of data in a month due to poor sprint coverage/service
The most I ever used was 6.5 gigs and that's because I was testing this torrentlt client on my phone. Lol I downloaded the entire Naruto series.
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My highest has been 25GB on 4g and 2GB on 3g. I'm already at almost 5GB on 4g n not even at 1GB yet on 3g since I barely use that crap. I got 17 more days left in this cycle so i'm sure I'll be at about 20GB by the end of this cycle.
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Those idiots won't be the reason why, but, they will be the excuse why.
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Well said!
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I think you're good...a lot of us have hit high numbers for one reason or another and if you actually have a good signal and utilize your phone for streaming music and uploading pics, etc its not hard to hit a higher number.
When I moved to a new place a few months ago I tethered my revue and two laptops for a couple of weeks until I had broadband hooked up and hit 48 gigs...no letters in the mail. I get great 4G at home and 3G for that matter and average around 10 gigs a month combined usage. Sprint is great if you're in a strong signal area.
I don't understand why a home ISP internet provider can give you all the data you want but cell companies decided to cap people and offer tiered plans. It is not like it cost them more if I use 2 gigs or 4 gigs of data.
Is is a real shame that mobile providers took this direction with data. Getting anything more then the 2 or 3 gig plan just makes your cell phone bill an outrages unaffordable price.
Sprint is great that they still offer unlimited data but when you are using 3G and getting 40kbs what is the point? How could Sprint have ever let there network get this bad. When I had the EVO 4G and I never needed to turn of 4G. Since it killed the battery within hours I was able to use 3G for anything I wanted to without a problem.
Now, if you are not in a 4G area, you phone is almost useless as far as data is concerened. Streaming anything is almost near impossible.
If Sprint actually fixes their network and has LTE 2 years from now I am sure they will not be unlimited either. If they were to tier now, why would anyone in their right mind stay with them? Like Sprint took everything else away from their customers, unlimited data will be next. They just need a network that they can pull that BS on...
Depends on who your ISP is.
ATT has a 100gb limit, and I get a lousy 2.5mbs for $38 month...
Comcast has a 250gb limit.
I don't understand why a home ISP internet provider can give you all the data you want but cell companies decided to cap people and offer tiered plans. It is not like it cost them more if I use 2 gigs or 4 gigs of data.
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There may not be a direct monetary cost, but bandwidth being consumed by one user is bandwidth unavailable for other users to use; it is a rival resource. Users who use a large amount of data place a higher burden on the network than users who use a typical amount and cause data speeds for these users to be lower than they would be otherwise. This reduction in service quality experienced by other users could cause them to leave the network and cost the service provider.
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Depends on who your ISP is.
ATT has a 100gb limit, and I get a lousy 2.5mbs for $38 month...
Comcast has a 250gb limit.
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DSL users are capped at 150GB, U-Verse has no cap since AT&T can't distinguish the TV usage from actual internet usage, so they don't cap that at all.
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Sprint is great that they still offer unlimited data but when you are using 3G and getting 40kbs what is the point? How could Sprint have ever let there network get this bad. When I had the EVO 4G and I never needed to turn of 4G. Since it killed the battery within hours I was able to use 3G for anything I wanted to without a problem.
I remember this! It was Unbelievably fast. ...
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well here is my story when at first bought my galaxy s3 at first the speeds we're amazing up to 10mb anyway started browsing and streaming videos and BAM slowed down went to my account only 3gb was used when i have 5gb to use for full speed then my billing cycle expired never received a message saying that i was throttled and started a new cycle and guess what? still slow called and went for costumer service at a store they said that everything was ok in my account that i wasn't throttled sometimes the phone goes crazy boom 17MB download try again 0.35 kbs this is not normal why is this happening
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well here is my story when at first bought my galaxy s3 at first the speeds we're amazing up to 10mb anyway started browsing and streaming videos and BAM slowed down went to my account only 3gb was used when i have 5gb to use for full speed then my billing cycle expired never received a message saying that i was throttled and started a new cycle and guess what? still slow called and went for costumer service at a store they said that everything was ok in my account that i wasn't throttled sometimes the phone goes crazy boom 17MB download try again 0.35 kbs this is not normal why is this happening
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have no point of reference but I did a side by side speedtest vs a Verizon GS3. Kicked Tmobiles ass 15.87mb vs 5.87Mb
I did a side by side and killed a Verizon gs3, 22 vs 10MB. So as you can see , it all depends on your area. And as for your data being slow, contact cc and have them take a closer look play your account.
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T-mobile is doing a LOT of work on their networks right now. People all over have recently had intermittent problems which seem to come and go.
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Due to the back hauling of fiber out to their towers. So usually when they do that, the tower getting worked on gets shut down, putting more strain on the ones around it, thus causing said issues, be it data or voice problems.
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T-mobile is doing a LOT of work on their networks right now. People all over have recently had intermittent problems which seem to come and go.
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I can confirm. Live very close to the tower, usually get over 15 mb download and always have all bars of signal all the time. Every week or 10 days my signal will fluctuate up and down like a yoyo. Lots of work on surrounding towers will stress out the tower getting all the load. Bright side of this, hopefully T-Mobile will have one bad ass LTE and HSPA+ data for the customers.
So I recently switched from Sprint to Tmo. And so far I can say the speeds are at least 3x faster if not more. Which is great! The only thing is I'm not used to a data limit so I'm scared to even use data if I can't find wifi. But I forced myself to use pandora and memedroid with some mild app downloading and before I started using my hotspot, I managed to hit 700mb with 1-2 weeks left in my cycle. So 2.5gb is pretty good imo data and price wise.
Then, as I was celebrating my birthday yesterday at my friends house, I decided to try out my hotspot (Stock rom) and watch some netflix. Watched ONE episode of south park and pushed my data to around 1.1gb. Figuring I was just about at the end of my cycle, and wanting to see how bad throttling could be, I decided to use it again and stream a comedy special and reached within about 45 minutes.
Dear god I had no idea throttling could be so terrible. I was figuring 3g speeds comparable to sprints network (Which is still somewhat terrible) but this 2g is HORRENDOUS! 15kb just makes me want to cry. I'm amazed we don't even get dial-up speeds. But at least they don't charge overages which is nice, so no real complaints.
Answer me this though, I've seen a few threads mentioning unrestricted hotspots and came across this thread which talks about evading the throttle. Is this still possible; and what exactly does it mean to unrestrict the hotspot? Say I upgrade to unlimited, I remember hearing it throttles after like 5-10gb even with unlimited, is this true?
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So I recently switched from Sprint to Tmo. And so far I can say the speeds are at least 3x faster if not more. Which is great! The only thing is I'm not used to a data limit so I'm scared to even use data if I can't find wifi. But I forced myself to use pandora and memedroid with some mild app downloading and before I started using my hotspot, I managed to hit 700mb with 1-2 weeks left in my cycle. So 2.5gb is pretty good imo data and price wise.
Then, as I was celebrating my birthday yesterday at my friends house, I decided to try out my hotspot (Stock rom) and watch some netflix. Watched ONE episode of south park and pushed my data to around 1.1gb. Figuring I was just about at the end of my cycle, and wanting to see how bad throttling could be, I decided to use it again and stream a comedy special and reached within about 45 minutes.
Dear god I had no idea throttling could be so terrible. I was figuring 3g speeds comparable to sprints network (Which is still somewhat terrible) but this 2g is HORRENDOUS! 15kb just makes me want to cry. I'm amazed we don't even get dial-up speeds. But at least they don't charge overages which is nice, so no real complaints.
Answer me this though, I've seen a few threads mentioning unrestricted hotspots and came across this thread which talks about evading the throttle. Is this still possible; and what exactly does it mean to unrestrict the hotspot? Say I upgrade to unlimited, I remember hearing it throttles after like 5-10gb even with unlimited, is this true?
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I'm using jovy's Darthstalker ROM and the unrestricted hotspot is still working great. And if you have the truly unlimited data plan they do not throttle you at all, since switching to it back in September I have routinely hit 20-30 GB a month and not been slowed down.
I've used 7.1gb of my unlimited plan and no throttle, also I've used over 10gb and no throttle either.. As far as the hotspot, I think it still works but I've read people saying that no matter what you do they will eventually find out and block the hotspot access
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I was on a 5gb plan before and would cap 2 weeks in. I upgraded to unlimited data with no cap and I ended up reducing my bill by 6 or dollars.
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So theres no way to evade it like that one post? Oh well. Ty guys
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So theres no way to evade it like that one post? Oh well. Ty guys
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I can't say because I don't use tethering, but that's what I have seen people say.. just go ahead and try it, the only thing they will do is block the hotspot access till your bill is due, no throttle
Edit: nevermind I was thinking you asked something else lol i forgot you didn't have unlimited data
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