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[Q] Slow DATA speeds!!! Post your speed test results

NY Queens Speedtest results to nearest NY server 15miles away.
3g
94ms ping
.14Mbps Down
.30Mbps Up
Roam Control roaming
1x
803ms ping
.11Mbps Down
.18Mbps Up
WiFi Speedtest
63ms ping
6.46Mbps Down
.38Mbps Up
srf 1.2 EB13 modem Twilight zone v1.1.1 kernel
I believe i should get better speed any advice greatly appreciated.

Upgrade your modem
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I tried them all eb13 seems a bit faster. What speeds do you get
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What speed test are you using? I was using. Speedtest from ookla. It worked fine the 1st day but seemed to have. A loss in data after that. I normally got to speakeasy.net/speedtest with my pc. And I was getting around 18 mb dl. And 2mb ul. But my phone on wifi would barly get 1mb dl. I went to the website with my phone and boom it showed me real results. On 3g. At home I get 2.03 mb dl. .44 mb ul. And wifi. I get 12.8 mb dl and 2.08 mb ul. I am currently on stock with no tweaks. So. Try a different speed test unless u notice the lack of speed
Edit: I just changed the server for the speedtest by ookla to chicago. My closest server is kalamazoo, mi. But I changed to chicago and my results were a lot closer to the websites. So try changing he server to a different one
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lucifermoh said:
I tried them all eb13 seems a bit faster. What speeds do you get
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on eg22 modem, for 3g i get about 1.4mbps upload about 700-800kbps
4g i get 5-8mbps, and upload is 1.4mbps

Test Date: Aug 12, 2011 5:34:59 pm
Connection Type: EvdoA
Server: El Paso, TX
Download: 0.05 Mbps
Upload: 0.10 Mbps
Ping: 450 ms
External IP: 174.18.152.6
Internal IP: 174.18.152.6
Latitude: 31.79275
Longitude: -106.27708
I wish I could get 4g this is my 3g its horrible and I'm on the EG22 modem which was the fastest for me
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On EG22 I get between 1500-1700 kBs download and 700 up on an Airave.

Running SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2, Genocide kernel 2.0, EG22 modem
Inside my house:
Down: 169kbps
Up: 22kbps
Ping: 440ms
Bars: 1/4
Outside my house:
Down: 367kbps
Up: 290kbps
Ping: 369ms
Bars: 3/4
I live in a one story woodframe home and I lose 2 bars by just going inside.
Fastes 4G result:
1952kbps
1224kbps
351 kbps
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kwazytazz said:
Upgrade your modem
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It's not anyones modem. It's Sprint! My gf and I both have different phones and for the past two weeks both phones data speeds have been complete garbage.
Server Los Angeles
Down 871 kbps
Up 318 kbps
Server Phoenix
Down 847 kbps
Up 88 kbps
LMFAO! Unacceptable

Sprint is definately capping the WiMax through the Realm and possibly a 2nd place. I used to get 7MBps regularly on my downloads. Now I get in the 3 to 5 range. People that use Clear directly don't have this happen. I did some testing with my Clear mac address on my Epic and the download speeds were regularly much higher.
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Oh, forgot my screenie. In between L.A. and Orange County...SoCal
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Speedtest.net always lists closest server in Kansas (and South-West). I'm in NYC. FCC works OK for me.
3g New York server
0.90 down
0.75 up
90 ping
Tested with FCC Test (by Ookla)
SRF 1.2 Genocide 2
EG22 modem

MikeyLee said:
It's not anyones modem. It's Sprint!
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Yes. Sprint has acknowledged that there are data speed and reception issues in NYC area. My brother recently called to nag them about it several times and got 1 month credited to his account and will probably get a 2nd month if they don't do something about it soon.
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With 4G on:
1.83 Mbps Down
0.73 Up
Same exact spot with 4G off:
0.10 Mbps Down
0.15 Up
There's an issue with 3G right now, as I've tested it with all of the store's demo phones, and other employees are also seeing the same results in 3G. I haven't seen any official word on what is going on, but it's been a couple weeks since I noticed the speed decrease. Hope something gets fixed soon because I don't have 4G at home, and would like to use my Tab and phone when I am not at work.
Starting to wonder if the latest PRL did something?

There is sporadic 3G service currently in NYC, not sure about other places. I have tested for 3g service in queens, manhattan and brooklyn today and it was all 1X speeds. 4G is working fine but slower than usual, I usually get about 7mpbs on average but today my max is 2mbps. Seems like everyone has switched to 4g until they fix the 3g.
By the way, if your in NYC (or in the northeast), the best and most reliable servers to test with are Newark, NJ and Portland, ME on the ookla speedtest.net app.

MikeyLee said:
It's not anyones modem. It's Sprint! My gf and I both have different phones and for the past two weeks both phones data speeds have been complete garbage.
Server Los Angeles
Down 871 kbps
Up 318 kbps
Server Phoenix
Down 847 kbps
Up 88 kbps
LMFAO! Unacceptable
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Same hear :-(
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Here's my 4G/3G speeds in my bedroom:

Here are some of the differences between 3G and 4G (in the one area oh Phoenix that it's up)
Where I live is NOT where 4G is available but it's very close.
In my house I downloaded a game that's 2mb in size from the market and it took about a minute and a half to download and install. hen tried to download the 102 mb data pkg that comes with the game and after 15 minutes it froze and stopped about 30 mb into the download. I uninstalled the app and I went down the street to the area that has 4G and the app downloaded and installed in less than 2 seconds. Then downloaded the data pkg in about 4 minutes total. I think Sprint owes me a serious service credit, especially since I pay their stupid $10 premium data charge every month.

Here some pretty good speeds

MikeyLee said:
Here are some of the differences between 3G and 4G (in the one area oh Phoenix that it's up)
Where I live is NOT where 4G is available but it's very close.
In my house I downloaded a game that's 2mb in size from the market and it took about a minute and a half to download and install. hen tried to download the 102 mb data pkg that comes with the game and after 15 minutes it froze and stopped about 30 mb into the download. I uninstalled the app and I went down the street to the area that has 4G and the app downloaded and installed in less than 2 seconds. Then downloaded the data pkg in about 4 minutes total. I think Sprint owes me a serious service credit, especially since I pay their stupid $10 premium data charge every month.
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Some thing is going on with sprint even up in WI near Milwaukee. I started complaning to them about 3G after that sprint news letter add thingy came out in june or July because it said "we are working to improve the network in "my towns name hear". Well they asked me for speed test data and what speeds I was talking about. I email data to them and over the 2 to 3 weeks of emailing guess what happend to 3G..... yep it got slower :-( I can't even watch youtube on my phone in low def with out it buffering many times over and over. Its getting to the point where I want to chuck the phone! I/WE pay for a nice SAMOLED screen and we can't ever watch youtube. WTF SPRINT!
I just get so sick of there fbs if my market in my town is not going to be upgraded cuz there are working on one of your citys (yes u guys reading) then they should man the F up and just say it not going to happen.
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Modem comparison using SpeedTest app

Hey guys. I have been using the out of the box EG30 modem up until today. Never had LOS and for the most part had good 3G speed but kind of crappy 4G speed. Today I finally decided to flash the EL13 modem.
Using SpeedTest app (with same location) I did FIVE speed test on EG30 modem and FIVE speed test on EL13 modem. The test were done at the same time and in the same exact location. I did test on the 3G and 4G speeds. The rom I used on all test was CALKULIN's 2.5 rom. Here are the results:
EG30 modem: 3G avg = 1.35 DL, 184 UL and 97 ping
4G avg = 3.28 DL, 355 UL and 143 ping
EL13 modem: 3G avg = 1.51 DL, 190 UL and 93 ping
4G avg = 4.2 DL, 594 UL and 123 ping
As you can see from my test flashing the EL13 provided moderate increases in DL and UL speed. Like on my EG30 modem, I have not experienced any LOS yet (have only been on this modem for a few hours though.)
Feel free to post your comparisons between modems...it may help someone decide whether they want to flash another modem.

Nice. Thanks.
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SantinoInc said:
Hey guys. I have been using the out of the box EG30 modem up until today. Never had LOS and for the most part had good 3G speed but kind of crappy 4G speed. Today I finally decided to flash the EL13 modem.
Using SpeedTest app (with same location) I did FIVE speed test on EG30 modem and FIVE speed test on EL13 modem. The test were done at the same time and in the same exact location. I did test on the 3G and 4G speeds. The rom I used on all test was CALKULIN's 2.5 rom. Here are the results:
EG30 modem: 3G avg = 1.35 DL, 184 UL and 97 ping
4G avg = 3.28 DL, 355 UL and 143 ping
EL13 modem: 3G avg = 1.51 DL, 190 UL and 93 ping
4G avg = 4.2 DL, 594 UL and 123 ping
As you can see from my test flashing the EL13 provided moderate increases in DL and UL speed. Like on my EG30 modem, I have not experienced any LOS yet (have only been on this modem for a few hours though.)
Feel free to post your comparisons between modems...it may help someone decide whether they want to flash another modem.
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How about EG30 vs EK02 vs EL13?
Now that the EG30 is avail to download and restore to stock, I'm interested in determining which modem pulls down faster d/l (all subject to area).
Also, did you notice any screen / transition lag on EL13 compared to Eg30?

My signal strength and d/l speeds seem the same but my u/l speeds do seem much faster, not the results I hoped for but it's an improvement lol. Can't test 4g...not sure it really exist.
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SantinoInc said:
Hey guys. I have been using the out of the box EG30 modem up until today. Never had LOS and for the most part had good 3G speed but kind of crappy 4G speed. Today I finally decided to flash the EL13 modem.
Using SpeedTest app (with same location) I did FIVE speed test on EG30 modem and FIVE speed test on EL13 modem. The test were done at the same time and in the same exact location. I did test on the 3G and 4G speeds. The rom I used on all test was CALKULIN's 2.5 rom. Here are the results:
EG30 modem: 3G avg = 1.35 DL, 184 UL and 97 ping
4G avg = 3.28 DL, 355 UL and 143 ping
EL13 modem: 3G avg = 1.51 DL, 190 UL and 93 ping
4G avg = 4.2 DL, 594 UL and 123 ping
As you can see from my test flashing the EL13 provided moderate increases in DL and UL speed. Like on my EG30 modem, I have not experienced any LOS yet (have only been on this modem for a few hours though.)
Feel free to post your comparisons between modems...it may help someone decide whether they want to flash another modem.
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must be nice to be able to get anywhere remotely close to that dl speed, best I seen ever here is 700Kbps

EG31 next.
I have a hunch that it's the fastest, but, that can change from minute to minute, place to place, phone to phone, etc to etc.
Though getting 3G speeds like that you seem to be in the perfect place to actually test these modems.
I get the best results with EG31....but, that's just me....and I haven't done back to back radio tests since my evo3d when the eng. radio got leaked

daneurysm said:
EG31 next.
I have a hunch that it's the fastest, but, that can change from minute to minute, place to place, phone to phone, etc to etc.
Though getting 3G speeds like that you seem to be in the perfect place to actually test these modems.
I get the best results with EG31....but, that's just me....and I haven't done back to back radio tests since my evo3d when the eng. radio got leaked
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You beat me to it. I see serious variations between tests. Maybe if someone can run 10 tests on each and took the average of the 10 to compare....
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JohnCorleone said:
You beat me to it. I see serious variations between tests. Maybe if someone can run 10 tests on each and took the average of the 10 to compare....
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I've tried this before and even on the same phone with 10-20 back to back tests in the exact same spot, speeds vary so much, it's really hard to say what causes the speed changes.
The network has many, many users on it and their use is not controllable. If 10 users on the tower are tethered and DLing a torrent, that will affect everyone on the tower...
Unless you can control who is on the tower and how much bandwidth the tower has available, these tests aren't very reliable.
If you want something that *might* be meaningful, you'll need same phones with different modems side by side and running the test at identical times. You'll need to do dozens of trials and vary the time of day and week. Over time a trend will occur and then you can begin to make inferences about THAT tower in THAT area ONLY.
You might also consider a different testing software. Speed Test, for me, has always been highly variable. I've tried different apps on the market but I seem to get the most consistent results using speakeasy.net (website) rather than the application on the phone.

I am on EG30 modem and my wife's phone is on the new EK02 modem. I do side by side testing at home and at restaurants where we eat. There is no improvement. At any one time doing the same test on 3G and 4G, the speed difference can be + or -(10-50%) with no clear indication of which one is the better modem. Tried both the speedtest and speakeasy.net website. I have done this 50-60 times for 2 months before and after the update. There is no way I can draw a conclusion about which modem is better so I left mine at EG30 running Calk 2.0 which is based on EK02 rom and kernel.
Our 3g speed in Tampa/St Pete is anywhere from 200kbps to 2000kbps with the average of around 500kbps. Our 4G averages around 2000kbps but there are plenty of area around town including our house where we can regularly pull 5000kbps and up to 10MBPS if I hold my mouth just right. Testing with our own wifi shows that we can consistently get the same speed. Testing with 3g/4g, no way to predict which phone will post a higher score.
Just did 6 consecutive tests with speakeasy.net using 4g with 2 bars and the results are as follow(in Mbps):
3.5, 1.7, 1.2, 3.4, 4.61, 3.14
I moved 6ft to the left:
1.19, 1.4, then I switched to a server that was farther away and got 2.0
Trying to get a consistent number is futile but getting a range of number is not.

SantinoInc said:
EG30 modem: 3G avg = 1.35 DL, 184 UL and 97 ping
4G avg = 3.28 DL, 355 UL and 143 ping
EL13 modem: 3G avg = 1.51 DL, 190 UL and 93 ping
4G avg = 4.2 DL, 594 UL and 123 ping
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Looks cool, but what are the units? mbits?

Getting my Epic on Monday. New to this whole scene, coming from an EVO 4G. Whats the best modem? And which should I avoid?

el13
for me, el13 has drastically improved my 3g dl and ul speeds.

poppygt said:
My signal strength and d/l speeds seem the same but my u/l speeds do seem much faster, not the results I hoped for but it's an improvement lol. Can't test 4g...not sure it really exist.
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"cant test 4g... Not sure it really exists" hahahaha same here. Im not sure there really is 4g. I have never seen it or used it. Theres definately ZERO 4g on kauai
---- speed test app that every one uses seems to not be reliable for me here in hawaii what so ever. Its really a joke. How ever the most reliable and 100% consitent test is not a app, its a web site that is bar non the best out there. http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ try it out. You cant be dissapointed, especially for those of you in Hawaii that cant reliably use speedtest.net app

[Q] Slow 3G speeds

I am a new Epic 4G Touch owner, have had my phone for about 4 hours now.
My Speed Tests results are terrible and the internet is not really usable. Getting about 21 kbps down and 312 ms up. No 4G in my area only 3G. (Sprint) I am in Detroit.
I was wondering if upgrading my radio would improve internet speeds? Or is there ANYTHING I can do to increase 3G performance?
My phone is not rooted YET.. I want to make sure the phone(s) are keepers before I go screwing around. (I have 3 of them)
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

I've read other complaints here from Detroit about the same issue. Apparently sprint service is bad there. Its a great phone and probably worth keeping if you use wifi a lot. Give it a few days before you decide.
Also what are you using for speed test? I get most accurate results here http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

I think that's what I am using, its the SpeedTest app from the market.
I gave Sprint a call to ask if there was anything I could do and was told that there is an outage in my area that should be resolved tomorrow. I let them know that I will be returning the phones if this didn't improve.

Internet may be slow, but daym I love this phone! upgraded from sprint Hero 200
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Could always request one of them air wave devices to improve ur signal inside your home.
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Yes I probably will request an airwave. I dont wish to part with this phone.
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Rich3077 said:
I am a new Epic 4G Touch owner, have had my phone for about 4 hours now.
My Speed Tests results are terrible and the internet is not really usable. Getting about 21 kbps down and 312 ms up. No 4G in my area only 3G. (Sprint) I am in Detroit.
I was wondering if upgrading my radio would improve internet speeds? Or is there ANYTHING I can do to increase 3G performance?
My phone is not rooted YET.. I want to make sure the phone(s) are keepers before I go screwing around. (I have 3 of them)
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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After a week I posted about the radio. In my experience, EG30 has worked the best. I just flashed FC18 tonight and will run that for a day, see how it goes. I'm on stock el29 software, rooted(obviously).
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This is just sprint, either your really lucky with 4g or good 3g or unlucky (like me) and have bad 3g and no 4g, hopefully this changes someday. Until then skip Sprint's proxy's and try different prl's and modems to get the best reception and signal strength.

Try new modems once you root. I used to get horrible speeds with ek02 but they improved with el26. There's no one modem that works best for everyone though... It varies from person to person. Anyways, with those speeds I'm assuming your problem is temporary because 21 kbps is nowhere near 3g
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I'll chime in here since I'm in the Detroit area as well, Warren to be specific. I just tested my speed test and got 0.6Mbps down and 0.43Mbps up. Second test results are 0.39Mbps down and 0.41Mbps up. Third test 0.80Mbps down 0.34Mbps up. And just for kicks and giggles a 4th test with results of 0.46Mbps down and 0.55Mbps up. All tested with speedtest.net app and 2:40am. During the day im mostly around 0.30Mbps down speed. You might want to try the stuff in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22782739 the 1st and 7th posts are helpful. Also, update prl and profile.

[Q] FD16 slow 3G speeds???

Anyone getting significantly slow speeds with the fd16 modem installed?

Yes but I always get **** speeds here in Utah where I live

Slower for me, and GPS didnt work. I went back to EK02.

is ek02 better? have you tried el29?

Same here
FD16 pretty much killed my 3G. Lucky for me, 4G is not too bad in my area. I may go back to EL29 if the next leak doesn't improve 3G. Battery seems to be a little better on FD16 than FD10.

Sprint's 3G is pretty terrible in general. I hope what people say is true and that Sprint will be revamping their whole network including 3G this year.
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Been pretty good for me
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Crucifixion said:
Yes but I always get **** speeds here in Utah where I live
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same here in south tx I have tried every thing modems..etc and it has come down to this area is just bad, here is how I compare speeds in my area
3g=dialup
4g=3g speed if I can even get 4g
maybe
LTE=4g speed when up and running

Did update your PRL and Profile? That has been important. For me the FD16 had been the best for both 3G and 4G. In fact I got 4G in a location I used to barely get 3G just today! Try a few different modems and see what works in your area.

FD02 is the one I keep going back to.
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FD 16 speed where pretty bad. 4g speed was good. GPS connected pretty quick so that was a plus . Just upgraded to FD19 Rom still kept the FD 16 kernel going to upgrade to FD 19 modem hopefully a betted improvement

4G Speeds

I live in Michigan, and the best spped I can ever get is about 8 mbps download. Am I doing anything wrong?
Also, going to Vegas on Wen. Can anyone tell me what speeds they were / are getting in Vegas????

I live in Michigan just outside of Detroit. I regularly get 15-21Mbps speeds download and about 3-4 upload.
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Wow,
Im in West Bloomfield. What rom and or modem are you using?

I spend a lot of time in southfield for work. Right now I'm on stock unrooted, but prior to that I was on Blu Ray, using the radio that allows wifi calling.
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Here the speed test I just completed. Its hitting a dearborn server, and I'm on southfield right now.
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Its based entirely on location. You arent dojng anything wrong
you MIGHT be able to get better speeds with different radios but at my house i get about 5-20 KB (you read that right) per second and no radio will ever fix that. Just t-mobile...
sent from my t989. giggitygiggitygiggitygiggity!

I have traveled multiple times between Chicago, NJ / Newark, and Boston. I regularly got 2 to 3 mbs using an HTC SENSATION. With the GS2, I rarely get below 4, have not yet gotten above 7mbs, and most often about 5 mbs. So, I'm about 2 x faster, or even a bit more, with the Gs2 than the sensation.
In all 3 of those areas, the tmo speeds vary a LOT during the day. The 7mbs? 1 am. the slow speeds? 7pm. Tmo seems to have a congestion problem, but still decent speeds, my parents home dls is 6mbs. Verizon galaxy nexus is most often above 12, and often above 20mbs in the same areas.
Good luck in vegas!

It can be due to network congestion or simply the market in which you live. Some markets, even though your phone will show "4G", might just simply may not be optimized for HSDPA
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I just tried and got 18 in north Florida. But as others have said it depends with the time which you use the internet.
Edit: I am using CM9