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How to improve 3G?

Hey guys I have had my Evo for awhile now and Sprints network has great coverage BUT the 3g seems abysmally slow. For instance, I can rarely stream videos without it buffering - youtube videos on regular quality mind you. If I stand still in a place with good signal I will be fine but if I'm moving etc it is slow. I get around 100KB/s during daytime where I live and 130KB/s night time which is great but luckily I also get full signal where I am. On the go, it sucks.
Are there any ways to increase 3g speeds or is it purely network related?

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God's honst truth man... if thats all you get... thats all you are going to get because sprints 3g network is the worst i have ever seen. Bar none. Even little us cellular has better coverage and twice the data speeds as sprint does here in iowa.
There is no possible way for the phine or any hack to it to speed up sprints crap network.
My advise to you is to cqll sprint and plead your case, that you paid for 3g and are getting 1x rtt speeds 24/7 and politely demand a credit to your account like i do every month.
And then call back about 5 minutes later and ask to speak to the retention center because you want to cancel your service because you arpe not getting service you are paying for.
Then tell the retention persion you were thinking of getting the Airave but cant afford it and see if they will give it to you free on the basis of poor service and they typically will.
I did, and got one for when i am at work and the boss wont let me use it because it uses works internet for voice and data.
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Figures... Should have went with ATT or Verizon.

I know in the old days of 3g internet hacks Sanyo phones had a data cap screen that was accessible via ##040793##. From there you could change the data rate, 144K/230K. Not sure if we have the same here but phone codes may be a place to start.

Mmmmhmmm. Just be glad you don't have the epic and are capped at 150kbps up.
I think sprint has finally gotten 2 good phones and 4g, so now they think they're the top dog and can do whatever they damn well please...it's like a cycle with them. Bad service>>>loose all of their customers>>>cheap, semi-good service>>>get customers back>>>become assholes again>>>loose their customers...

werxen said:
Figures... Should have went with ATT or Verizon.
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lol, good luck getting a decent phone on att or verizon. Let alone coverage. Oh and dont forget about the data caps on the phones, 100mb right? or was it 200mb?

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lol, good luck getting a decent phone on att or verizon. Let alone coverage. Oh and dont forget about the data caps on the phones, 100mb right? or was it 200mb?
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Well Verizon has amazing android phones for one. There is a data cap for ATT which is true but no cap for Verizon. You know now that I think about it I might do the force roam hack on my Evo and see if if I get better 3g speeds.

I have no idea what any if you are talking about, I get better 3g speeds on Sprint then I ever did with any other carrier I've had.
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am I doing something wrong?
on 3g I pull down at least 512 up
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werxen said:
Hey guys I have had my Evo for awhile now and Sprints network has great coverage BUT the 3g seems abysmally slow. For instance, I can rarely stream videos without it buffering - youtube videos on regular quality mind you. If I stand still in a place with good signal I will be fine but if I'm moving etc it is slow. I get around 100KB/s during daytime where I live and 130KB/s night time which is great but luckily I also get full signal where I am. On the go, it sucks.
Are there any ways to increase 3g speeds or is it purely network related?
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I wish I could get speeds that fast consistently. Actually what you are getting is right about on par for 3g. That's prob the avg speed one would expect to get. There are higher areas and lower areas depending on a lot of things. A 100KB connection is nothing to complain about. I've personally never had a connection over 150 KB.
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Not sure if its sprint or my phone but I can't break 40kbs down on anything and 3g cuts out all the time. Crappy....

The first thing I would do to verify your 3g speeds is to unroot your phone, and make sure you are running the latest .93 hboot release and sprint ota release. If your phone is already in this state (un rooted and latest hboot) then ignore me.
You should also look into unrevoked forever if you haven't already...it runs off the current hboot, and I've noticed that something about that hboot does help 3g speeds on some rooted phones if you go that route.
I've done a ton of research and practical testing on this subject and I can say without a doubt that the evo's current rooting methods DO have a negative impact on some 3g phones in some areas. And I'm not talking about 100 or 200 kbps here or there. In the same house, same phone, 1 rooted and 1 not. That was the ONLY difference. The rooted phone got 7 kbps. The stock got 1800kbps. I swapped phone setups so that the rooted one was now unrooted and vice versa. That time the rooted one got 47kbps and unrooted was 1681 kbps...in other words the problem followed the rooting process, and not the phone. I've done dozens of tests like this and others in various areas within the surrounding wilmington delaware area.
I have access to 3 rooted evos, 1 evo that is always stock, as well as a samsung moment. The 4 evos are all rev 3 nova. I also did similar tests on the hero with the same sorts of results. Feel free to pm me or post here with any questions.
EDIT: the kbps numbers I listed were for download speeds. Upload speeds on both rooted and unrooted, regardless of build or boot version, were consistent at around 600 -700 kbps during almost all of my testing.
EDIT2: I forgot to say - this problem also happened to me when I changed recoveries from clockwork to AmonRA. So it's not JUST the rooting process that can cause this, but several low-level engineering commands, such as flashing a kernel, upgrading a ROM, etc.
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That's pretty crappy, I get full 3g pretty much everywhere around St. Louis until I get out to the country. And pretty good 4g around town. My 3g is about 1.5mb down. 4g is 5 to 7mb down.
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Flash the PRL to connect to Verizon's towers. I get 1.2 mb/s even see 2mb/s occasionally. Of course ping times are raised.

It's pretty hit or miss here, one day I will get 50-150k down and the next it will be +1meg. Next time it get drops below 500 you can bet I will be talking to somebody about it though, their advertised 3G speed is 600kb - 1.5mb.
100kb is ridiculous

I get anywhere between 500-1mb down 100-200kb up. My 4G easily does between 2-6mb down and 1mb up. People just love to complain. You didn't realize this within your 30 day trial? If so, why didn't you switch carriers?

What should the prl be right now ? And how are you guys testing the speeds? Nvr done it
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You live in an area with poor coverage or your phone has a faulty radio.
I get good signal and up/Downs on 3g. If I nandriod away from cm6, I can get 6-7mb down and 1mb up with 4g in San leandro CA.

evohack99 said:
What should the prl be right now ? And how are you guys testing the speeds? Nvr done it
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Speedtest... its in the market.
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I think it is my radio. I was getting fine speeds up until 3 days ago when I noticed severe loading lag in my tethered apps. I get decent pings ~ 200-300ms which is not too out of the ordinary. I did a speed test other day and it was 50KB/s down and 70KB/s up. I figured it was just a faulty day but it has gone on far too long now. This is with 5/5 bars too... Just gotta wait for my new Evo to come in. Seems like every hardware ****up is happening at once.

[Q] Really slow data speed

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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I think you mean EV
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Your right! Fixed!

Fryedchicken said:
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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herzzreh said:
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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Slow data speeds is it worth exchanging the phone?

Well I like many of you on here are experancing horrendious data speeds and I don't seem to see any pattern to why some people have the problem and some people are just blazing along, so I am strongly considering taking the phone back to best buy and exchanging it for another E4GT tonight to see if that helps the problem.
Has anyone else tried to exchange their phone for another because of this problem? If so did it help or do you still have the same problem?
Also will Best Buy even let me bring mine in and exchange it for another on the spot over something like this? They said they have a couple in stock.

They may be back-hauling the network. Some days my data flies, some days its utterly useless.
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For what it's worth, I just got off the phone with a sprint tech rep and received an e-ticket to take my E4GT in for repair. He said they would try to "manually calibrate" the radio to get a better signal. He said that sometimes new phones are calibrated months before release and that new phones may not be calibrated properly when changes are made to the tower system. The rep said they were back-hauling their towers for a "multi-mode" setup or something, and my E4GT may not be calibrated for the recent changes. We will see. My data speeds aren't terrible, but they are a whole lot worse than my 1 year old Epic 4g. I will report back after the "manual calibration." Overall, though, loving the upgrade ...

Test with this, not a speedtest app...
http://speakeasy.net/speedtest

I have until next Saturday when my 14 days are up and I considered doing this as well. Replacing it for a new one.

I was having ridiculously slow 4g speeds speeds when I got the phone on launch day, but they have improved significantly. Do a prl update and such with it. Great phone!
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Hopefully Samsung fixes this I am getting about two thirds what I had with the evo
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Called sprint today for an exchange. Figure i might as well take advantage and try a new one and see if its any better. The phone really just needs a software update to fix these issues.
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Did the exchange unit perform better on 3G?

all anyone needs to do is a 'data profile restore' you just need your device's MSL.
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info[]box1 said:
all anyone needs to do is a 'data profile restore' you just need your device's MSL.
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Hello,
I know how to get the MSL. What is the data profile restore thing? How do you get there?

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Hello,
I know how to get the MSL. What is the data profile restore thing? How do you get there?
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^This.
If this is a solution to issues, please post. Thanks.

Example: These are EPST codes
##data# aka ##3282#
Then you're prompted to enter unlock code (msl)
Hope that give y'all a head start.
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My speeds have gotten better over time.
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I also followed the directions in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283229
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I have tested nearly every day in culver city between 5-6AM so there should be minimal traffic at that time and I've tested later in the day and it doesn't seem to cause any significant different in speed so this isn't due to the heavy population of Los Angeles but lack of infrastructure. I've also tested on a regular basis the offices I visit.
On 3G
In Culver City near the intersection of 2 major highways - 200-400k down - 100-200k down.
In Westwood - 300-450k down - 100-200k up
In Brentwood - 300-450k down - 100-200k up
In Santa Monica 200-400k down 100-200k up
In Pacific Palisades 100-300k down - 100k up
In the hills of Malibu - 0-100k down - 0-100k up
in Pasadena 300-450k down - 100-200k up
in Northridge 300-450k down - 100-200k up
On 4G
Pretty much the same if I get any 4G although the upload speeds are often lower.

What I don't get...I use the speed test app and I pull like 700-900kbps. I go to the actual website through the Opera Mobile browser and my download/upload speeds are sick as ****. I do not like that speedtest app.

I did a scrtn reset on my epic touch and that solved it for me.
##72786#
enter your MSL number
Reset your scrtn>yes
I went from .02 mbps DL to .7

3g and 4g speed on sprint - questions

I have a rooted EVO 4G with the stock Rom and I have been experiencing slow speeds lately. I've tried searching the net and have found numerous articles that contradict one another at times. Most pages sujjest to change the prl so I've tried that and have had no luck thus far. I do not want to do the prl hack where I would use verizons towers because ay the moment I do not want to get terminated from Sprint. I just do not like the speeds I've been getting lately. Had anyone had any luck with some type of modification to their phone that has helped speed their data up??
I live in new York city and almost always have 3 to 4 bars of reception. So I don't think that's the problem.I'm attaching 2 screenshots of my speed results. Obviously the faster one is where I was using 4G. I have tried multiple prl files and the speed is around the same with each. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Most pages sujjest to change the prl so I've tried that and have had no luck thus far.
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PRL has nothing to do with sprint. The prl update just updates the towers you connect to when roaming.
Had anyone had any luck with some type of modification to their phone that has helped speed their data up??
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There is no mod you can do, Sprint's speeds just suck right now. I personally got the evo in June of last year on launch day. For a few months, I got perfectly normal speeds, around 2mbps. In November of last year, my speeds went to about 100kbps, and I haven't gotten above 150kbps on sprint's network since then. Nothing you can do about it, Sprint just needs to majorly update their network, and we all know that isnt going to happen anytime soon.

Try the ##3282# option fix...it can help in some cases...did for me...

luvofthagame said:
Try the ##3282# option fix...it can help in some cases...did for me...
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By how much?
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sitlet said:
PRL has nothing to do with sprint. The prl update just updates the towers you connect to when roaming.
There is no mod you can do, Sprint's speeds just suck right now. I personally got the evo in June of last year on launch day. For a few months, I got perfectly normal speeds, around 2mbps. In November of last year, my speeds went to about 100kbps, and I haven't gotten above 150kbps on sprint's network since then. Nothing you can do about it, Sprint just needs to majorly update their network, and we all know that isnt going to happen anytime soon.
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Same exact thing happened to me. Was 2 up 1 down til about November, then 150kbps.
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You can try the 3G Turbocharger, it's in the V6 Supercharger thread. I'm pretty sure it just makes some changes to your build.prop to help with your connection.
I honestly didn't see much of a difference using it, but I rarely use 3g. A lot of people claimed that it helped, so it may be worth a shot.
The bottom line is that Sprint's service sucks. With the new influx of heavy data users, there's even more strain on the network. I'm lucky, I still get usable speeds, but some people get just awful speeds. If Sprint doesn't step it up and do something, they're going to lose customers.
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Try the ##3282# option fix...it can help in some cases...did for me...
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What option are you talking about? What modifications are you suggesting to make?

your posted speeds are faster than mine lol

Those speeds are better than my 3g, and I don't even have 4g to compare.
My 3G used to be good until earlier this month. I could sometimes snag 1000kbps but now I pull dismal numbers. It seems that the bad 3g speeds are because of heavy network traffic. When I speedtest at around 1am, my speeds go back up to the 1000kbps range.
I suspect the iPhone 4S had something to do with this, and also the S2 was released fairly recently.

Sprint service quality, is this normal?

I live in NW Indiana (just outside of Chicago) and last night my service was so slow I could not even stream Spotify (with 3-bars on the 3g meter), when I tested with speedtest app I was getting +,- 100 kbps, is that what I can expect from my new carrier?
My phone is rooted with Blazer rom and shows baseband EG31 and Kernel EG30, is that ok or could I have messed up the modem? I tested at 4:40am this morning and got over 1 mbps....

I have noticed, I live in New York, a significant service downgrade in the past three months. My unfounded theory is that it has something to do with the Iphone launch, because service was great about 6 months ago. I had very few problems.

I've noticed the same thing here in Oak Park, CA (just a bit NW of LA), starting about a couple of months ago, on both my Photon and my Epic Touch. Sprint's 3G service has become terribly inconsistent and generally bad.

Its all over thats why im switching to verizon. The worst thing is the reps act like nothings wrong
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They keep saying the iphone isn't having any problems. I wonder if they are degrading android to male iphone look better. We are switching to Verizon when the contract is up.

Sprint might be doing work in your area. See map here: https://network.sprint.com/

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I live in NW Indiana (just outside of Chicago) and last night my service was so slow I could not even stream Spotify (with 3-bars on the 3g meter), when I tested with speedtest app I was getting +,- 100 kbps, is that what I can expect from my new carrier?
My phone is rooted with Blazer rom and shows baseband EG31 and Kernel EG30, is that ok or could I have messed up the modem? I tested at 4:40am this morning and got over 1 mbps....
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Same here, data sucks balls big time but voice so far has had no issues.
Its the dat part that is killing it. Yet we have to pay that extra 10 bucks a month just because its a smart phone aka data usage. What a joke.
Or maybe that extra 10 bucks is to pay for data usage for Carrier IQ... LOL

It's not really because of the iPhone, although that plays a small part in it. Sprint has just been lazy overall in maintaining and upgrading their network while the majority of customers have switched to smart phones
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Honestly, I think its just work being done on the network. I noticed the same thing, but 3 days ago I did a prl n profile update (I had done this several times before) n started getting much better service, including 4g. I'm not saying g this is the case for everyone. If you do jump ship, have fun with Verizon. I dealt with them for years before sprint. And if you think sprints customer service is bad. . . Also their data prices are INSANE! but, Verizon does have a better network. TO ME, being able to stream my music collection without worrying about data is more important than being able to watch a movie on 3g, but thats why we get choices if sprint was right for everyone, Verizon wouldn't be in business, and its the same the other way around
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When I go within 100ft of the tower I use in my home in Toledo I get full signal strength and peek speeds of 100 kbps, sprint really needs to get on that. Then again in Cleveland I get 1mbit+.
Sprints network is really unstable right now so its probably not the best time to sign a contract with them if you use a lot of data.
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....the IPhone effect maybe? My 4g has been better lately.
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Just keeping checking the website that was posted before. We are making a lot of updates and changes to make the network better. I have seen better improvement myself and know more are coming. The next two years are going to have a better and faster network. Remember that the USA is huge so it does take time. The other thing to do is preach to everyone to use wifi whenever they can so that there are less phones on the network until the project is completed in 2013!
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I have noticed these slow speeds, buy within the last week, it has improved. I was driving down the highway and was hitting 1600kbs on 3G!!
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Yup lots of variables.
each site can handle only so many people. Older sites have overall capacity issues. Thats to say some sites can handle x amount of users, and x amount of data. Some sites get user upgrades to handle more users but not data, causing a super slow down.
Then theres the issue of interference. Add in any issues your device might be having due to flashing a custom rom, kernel or modem and it all adds up to way to many possibilities.
The good news is, you verified your modem is good, not only did you get slow data speeds one test, but later it was good.
I have a similar experience with my Stock Epic Touch.
Some locations in Dallas, TX have horrible data speeds, while others are hit and miss.
One of the worse i am aware of is the are of i635 / hwy 80. Ever weekend i meet my dad for lunch at a BBQ place in that area. I test every weekend and the speeds are SOO SLOW. But once i leave the area im back to 1meg or so..
Overall i am still happy. I am just patient i guess.

yap service absolutely sucks, that's why I have started using the ROAM method and hopefully within a couple of months sprint will let me leave at no cost.

I think the implementation of "Network Vision" is going to cause things to get worse before they get better in many areas.

I live in NW Indiana as well and this is how it normally is
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i live in orange county NY the army bases in los all. I get 1-2 MB down on 3g and 4g on most of the area ranging from 4.5-11mb down. Its really spotty in some areas though. I can honestly sit in the my bed sometimes and get like 100kb down
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California
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pbiancardi said:
I live in NW Indiana (just outside of Chicago) and last night my service was so slow I could not even stream Spotify (with 3-bars on the 3g meter), when I tested with speedtest app I was getting +,- 100 kbps, is that what I can expect from my new carrier?
My phone is rooted with Blazer rom and shows baseband EG31 and Kernel EG30, is that ok or could I have messed up the modem? I tested at 4:40am this morning and got over 1 mbps....
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I was up in Michigan City last month for 4 days (Mother in Law and Wife's Grandma live there) and was in and around Hammond and Valpo as well. I got much better speeds than that with my EG4T. The 3G in MC was actually superior to the 3G down here in DFW, although they don't seem to have 4G...
I was running Caulkin's 1.0 at the time, and it was pretty nice up there.