Hello,
When I do a test with the SpeedTest app, it gives me fast speeds (10~20mbps), but very high ping. I'm getting 500~700ms ping from using this app to connect to a server that is only 2 km away. I have tried other servers and gotten the same results.
When I ping google.com, I'm getting an average of 300ms.
I live in NYC, and the cell tower is actually very close, according to OpenSignal app. I see others getting 30~60ms times on T-Mobile HSPA, so this seems out of the ordinary.
I get normal ping times when connected to wifi.
Anyone know what is causing this?
I get it too its nothing to worry about I think its just a bug and not accurate sometimes. Nothing to worry about.
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I get it too. But I don't care b/c ping matters to me if I'm playing multiplayer games. I never play games on my S2 except on rare occasions. So long as I get my data, I am satisfied.
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I get them all the time, and slow speeds so I'm not surprised..
Slow speedas as in 2000Mbps.
Mb, not MB.
JPOKeefe said:
I get it too its nothing to worry about I think its just a bug and not accurate sometimes. Nothing to worry about.
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No idea about the speed test app, but I don't think pinging google would result in a glitch. It seems there is a delay in loading websites as well.
I even get lower ping on EDGE....
8Fishes said:
I get them all the time, and slow speeds so I'm not surprised..
Slow speedas as in 2000Mbps.
Mb, not MB.
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2000Mbps = 250MB/s = 1GB every 4 sec
wat
saltmine said:
2000Mbps = 250MB/s = 1GB every 4 sec
wat
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That's odd.. thought I set it to Mbps..
It's an order down, so 2000 kbps.
Maybe it's because of where you live. Ping is how long it takes to speak with the outside servers, heavy congestion higher ping.
I live outside of Orlando and get 50 or less. With about 20mbps do speeds and over 2 up...
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I have no idea what is going on, but my 3G speeds have gone to ****. I've tried everything to get them back... I just don't get it...
This is with 2 'coverage' bars on CM6...
fldash said:
I have no idea what is going on, but my 3G speeds have gone to ****. I've tried everything to get them back... I just don't get it...
This is with 2 'coverage' bars on CM6...
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How long ago were you getting good speeds? Because it could just be the Sprint network, because they have gotten a lot of new people because of the new phones to come out, and that could be the cause.
I've had my phone since Aug 11th... So almost a month and a half... My speeds have just got worse and worse as time has gone on... Maybe the network is overloaded, I don't know... but man it sucks.
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I have no idea what is going on, but my 3G speeds have gone to ****. I've tried everything to get them back... I just don't get it...
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This is with 2 'coverage' bars on CM6...
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Try rebooting. I was having that same issue some weeks back. I was hitting > 14.4kbps on 3g and 3.2mbps on 4g. I did a quick restart and 3g shot back up to 600ish kbps.
LordKyleOfEarth said:
Try rebooting. I was having that same issue some weeks back. I was hitting > 14.4kbps on 3g and 3.2mbps on 4g. I did a quick restart and 3g shot back up to 600ish kbps.
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sometimes this is the case, not just the evo, but having to reboot the wife's hero also.
I notice that at night my speeds drop dramatically. I can play youtube vids in the day time without any stutter but once it's about 8pm the numbers on speedtest drop and I have constant buffering. I don't know if it's because everyone is home and bandwith is being used a little heavier or if sprint automatically drops the bandwith at night.
I've tried rebooting multiple times with no luck... looks like I'm either being capped or in high usage area...
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I've tried rebooting multiple times with no luck... looks like I'm either being capped or in high usage area...
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your ping is pretty terrible too - did you try other servers?
My 3G got really bad right before the unofficial launch of 4G here. Not quite as low as what you show, but BAD compared to what it was.
Jjday7 said:
I notice that at night my speeds drop dramatically. I can play youtube vids in the day time without any stutter but once it's about 8pm the numbers on speedtest drop and I have constant buffering. I don't know if it's because everyone is home and bandwith is being used a little heavier or if sprint automatically drops the bandwith at night.
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Welcome to Sprint, mine is exactly the same. I can rarely get over 500 kbps at night but can usually get 1 mbps or better during the day. The weird one is that at night my upload speed is almost always higher then my download speeds.
Night before last I noticed my browser was unusually sluggish so I did a speed test. Download was 39 kbps upload was 150 kbps, did a test the following morning and it was 1101 kbps down and 550 kbps up.
This is in a very rural area, so I seriously doubt if the tower I am connecting to is getting overwhelmed with bandwidth usage.
uniquenameevo said:
My 3G got really bad right before the unofficial launch of 4G here. Not quite as low as what you show, but BAD compared to what it was.
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Haha, I can hope my man...
Wow, yeah that's pretty bad. I am getting 960Kbps (1040 max) down and 88Kbps (158 max) up speed on one bar (-89dBm)... ran Speedtest right now to check what I'm getting.
Stuff might very well be congested over there, although one way to for-sure rule out bandwidth capping is are you doing anything to cause them to cap your bandwidth?
I'm consistently hitting right around 400 kbs down and 800 kbs up, the only time I hit higher is when I'm roaming then it's 1 mb down.
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Wow, yeah that's pretty bad. I am getting 960Kbps (1040 max) down and 88Kbps (158 max) up speed on one bar (-89dBm)... ran Speedtest right now to check what I'm getting.
Stuff might very well be congested over there, although one way to for-sure rule out bandwidth capping is are you doing anything to cause them to cap your bandwidth?
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Not that I can think of.. I use my phone a lot, but it's not like I'm browsing torrents or anything... Most of my bandwidth is probably youtube and ROM downloads...
Does the rom you run have any affect on 3G speeds? I've been running CM6 forever though basically...
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Does the rom you run have any affect on 3G speeds? I've been running CM6 forever though basically...
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I'm on CM6, the 9/19 nightly I think (or 9/20 I can't remember). I don't think it has any affect on 3G speeds. I flashed the latest radio and PRI if that makes a difference (didn't notice one).
Does anyone else notice slower wifi speeds and higher ping when running the speed test app?
I'm paying for 20mbps but I'm getting 5mbps and 44ms ping.
Is it just me, or does everyone notice this?
My DX2 gets 24mbps and 9ms ping.
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Avelnan said:
Does anyone else notice slower wifi speeds and higher ping when running the speed test app?
I'm paying for 20mbps but I'm getting 5mbps and 44ms ping.
Is it just me, or does everyone notice this?
My DX2 gets 24mbps and 9ms ping.
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no problems... try and update your radio it might help....
Overclocked to 1.6ghz I can only pull about 15mbit. If I turn the clock down, the wifi speed goes down. This is a limitation of the hardware, not the network.
I have a 25mbit home internet connection. My other wifi devices (ie: netbook) pull the full 25mbit.
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Overclocked to 1.6ghz I can only pull about 15mbit. If I turn the clock down, the wifi speed goes down. This is a limitation of the hardware, not the network.
I have a 25mbit home internet connection. My other wifi devices (ie: netbook) pull the full 25mbit.
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I actually noticed that my friend's Sensation pulls about the same as I do on the same wifi network. But his g2x actually pulls more than what I am paying for, which is 20mbit, he gets about 25mbit... Which made me really jelly.
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Noticed something. If my friends g2x and my Dx2, and nimdae at a higher clock pull higher speeds, does this mean higher CPU output, better network speeds?
But then again his Sensation also pulls the same as I do and we're both unrooted and stock clocked.
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Avelnan said:
Noticed something. If my friends g2x and my Dx2, and nimdae at a higher clock pull higher speeds, does this mean higher CPU output, better network speeds?
But then again his Sensation also pulls the same as I do and we're both unrooted and stock clocked.
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The fact the speed increases with the higher clock means the phone is going as fast as it can possibly go given the resources it has. If you were limited to 5mbit, your phone would only be able to do 5mbit regardless of clock speed (unless you dump it really low, then it will be slower).
I looked up the G2x specs and it is running Tegra2, meaning it's a CortexA9 system. It doesn't surprise me that it can easily use the entire bandwidth available at just 20-25mbit. CortexA9, even in a single core configuration (why isn't anyone doing this?), is faster than CortexA8 and current Snapdragon platforms even at the same clock frequencies.
As for pulling higher than advertised speeds, this can happen due to a concept called burst, along with compression. My 25mbit connection can burst at 30+mbit (I've seen it hit 40mbit). Because the mobile app probably works with much smaller data sets, it could be possible to report burst speeds over streaming speeds.
I'm currently located in New York running CDMA Galaxy Nexus with ~ -80 db.
Why is it that when I try to play HQ videos on Youtube, it is always buffering. Does anyone else have this issue?
BTW, ran a speed test and I'm getting about 2.5megs down on average, so its not like I have a bad connection.
Not sure. I watched the video where the FedEx driver threw that Samsung monitor over that guys fence with no buffer...lol.
cool. would be nice if anyone in my area is having issues with youtube videos loading.
Depends on your location and the quality of the signal. There are places where I get full bars of 4G and 30+ mbps and places where I'll only get 1 or 2 and much less .. how many bars do you have?
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aohus said:
BTW, ran a speed test and I'm getting about 2.5megs down on average, so its not like I have a bad connection.
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actually, that is kinda bad i have a -107 connection on LTE and i get 7.5
the 2 range sounds like 3g to me, you might be in a bad area =/
koszor said:
actually, that is kinda bad i have a -107 connection on LTE and i get 7.5
the 2 range sounds like 3g to me, you might be in a bad area =/
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i said 2.5 megs down, thats 25Mbps...
i see, then maybe an issue with the youtube server?
the numbers from speed test are reliant on the server your connecting to
Are you speaking Mbps? Because 2.5Mbps isn't that fast. What exactly is the speed test showing?
Edit: I mean that that to say you shouldn't be buffering with 25Mbps.
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could be a youtube issue, application side.
i had buffering issues on my original gnexus as well (replaced original as it had a dead pixel this morning at verizon store).
kangxi said:
Are you speaking Mbps? Because 2.5Mbps isn't that fast. What exactly is the speed test showing?
Edit: I mean that that to say you shouldn't be buffering with 25Mbps.
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FYI, 2.5MB/s = 25mbps.
Yeah, thats why I'm on the phone with them. I have faster internet on LTE than my home internet connection yet I am unable to buffer HQ videos...
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FYI, 2.5MB/s = 25mbps.
Yeah, thats why I'm on the phone with them. I have faster internet on LTE than my home internet connection yet I am unable to buffer HQ videos...
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Not that matters but your conversion is wrong. 8bits in 1byte so 2.5MB/s = 20mbps (or 25mbps = 3.125 MB/s).
so none of you guys are having any buffering issues with HQ youtube clips?
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so none of you guys are having any buffering issues with HQ youtube clips?
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Roger that, no problems here.
cykotix said:
Not that matters but your conversion is wrong. 8bits in 1byte so 2.5MB/s = 20mbps (or 25mbps = 3.125 MB/s).
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It depends. Some use 10:1 to cover overhead, and in some forms of data communications there's a start bit and a stop bit in each packet, making it 10bits per byte.
Generally, those who divide by 10 (I do) are ball parking an estimate, not giving you exact figures.
YouTube runs and looks beautiful on my lte gnex
Im in NY on the LTE Nexus and the highest dl speeds I got were in the 30s. No buffering problems, not even on 3g
FYI, are you guys watching Youtube videos in HD? You need to do that in General Settings - Enable HQ
Went up to tier 2 with VZW CSR, they can't resolve the issue. Opened a trouble ticket with them. Hopefully the next update will resolve the issue, if not, its going to have to be returned.
I'm pretty disappointed with the Nexus release. Along with the display defect, Samsung could have done a better job of Quality Control.
I was at a verizon store and noticed the YouTube HD buffering. Speedtest was 25+ mbps download, but it buffered every few seconds, wtf!?
Funny thing is that I am noticing buffering at home too, on Verizon FIOS. Is there something wrong with YouTube these days?
dynamicpda said:
I was at a verizon store and noticed the YouTube HD buffering. Speedtest was 25+ mbps download, but it buffered every few seconds, wtf!?
Funny thing is that I am noticing buffering at home too, on Verizon FIOS. Is there something wrong with YouTube these days?
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i think its a youtube application issue. they should probably update it. hopefully the new radio update will resolve buffering issue as well.
Could just be Youtube too... I get this all the time on the desktop version too.
Ok, I have charters 100mb service at home with has a Belkin N150 router hooked up to it...I do lots of speed tests and rarely will I get over 25mb on my speed tests...Usually between 20-25. Shouldn't I be getting alot more than that? I realize I loose some speed going thru the router, but that much? Is there anything I can do to improve? Does this sound normal to you guys? Many thanks
P.S. The speed test numbers are done from my galaxy nexus
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Ok, I have charters 100mb service at home with has a Belkin N150 router hooked up to it...I do lots of speed tests and rarely will I get over 25mb on my speed tests...Usually between 20-25. Shouldn't I be getting alot more than that? I realize I loose some speed going thru the router, but that much? Is there anything I can do to improve? Does this sound normal to you guys? Many thanks
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Depends on what else is using your internet
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Usually its just my phone and my galaxy 10.1 tab, but they are never online at the same time.
I read somewhere on here that the wifi on the GNexus is not that great and wasn't all that fast, the LTE is usually faster. I may be wrong.
Do you live in a large apartment building with extremely crowded wifi channels? I know that my Gnex gets about 7 Mbps (36 Cable connection) on 2.4 GHz because it's so crowded. When I switch the router to 5 GHz it gets about 34 Mbps because those channels are empty.
I have 35/35 fios that actually hits 42/30 on the every single computer and laptop at home. I have NEVER gotten higher then 29 on my phone and like the OP I usually only get 20-25. Buff McBig (great name btw) What do get on speedtest with your phone on wifi can you post a screen?
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I have 35/35 fios that actually hits 42/30 on the every single computer and laptop at home. I have NEVER gotten higher then 29 on my phone and like the OP I usually only get 20-25. Buff McBig (great name btw) What do get on speedtest with your phone on wifi can you post a screen?
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Apparently I exaggerated because I can only average 29 or 30 and max at 32. That is with 3 devices all samsung. The others are gtab 10.1 and sprint gs2. My transformer prime can't connect to 5ghz.
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every mobbile device is basically limited by its hardware, memory/cpu and throughput bottleneck. you cant get much higher than 30Mbps on the nexus as it's hitting hardware limits due to a mobile device.
thru the generations speedtest results have gone up though.
i test my phones download speed with http://www.bandwidthplace.com/ and i get some fast dowloads 10 to 40 mbpps. it one instance i got over 42. it kind of makes me suspect of the results.
when i tether and test my speeds, i usually get about 5 to 8, averaging 5 mostly. is tethering usually that slow compared to what the phone can download itself.
what kind of speeds are you averaging when tethering and how reliable do you think http://www.bandwidthplace.com/ is
I would use Speedtest.net (they also have an app for Android). The speeds are much more realistic.
Yeah dude.. I'd say to use speed test. Net because the results from the page you linked are showing my GS2 downloading at 54mbps while speed test shows 17... That's a huge difference..
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i test my phones download speed with http://www.bandwidthplace.com/ and i get some fast dowloads 10 to 40 mbpps. it one instance i got over 42. it kind of makes me suspect of the results.
when i tether and test my speeds, i usually get about 5 to 8, averaging 5 mostly. is tethering usually that slow compared to what the phone can download itself.
what kind of speeds are you averaging when tethering and how reliable do you think http://www.bandwidthplace.com/ is
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+1 Speedtest. I've never got anything anywhere close to 40 Mbps on my phone, and I've tested on 4 different networks in 4 different countries.