[Q] Slow 4G Speed - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was wondering if anyone else in a 4G area had sucky speeds today? Here's what I had today and I'm normally running between 6-10mbps. Today's speed tests ranged from 0.5-2mbps.

Okay where the heck are you at???? Its all a matter of location. Might be setting up lte.
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I had wondered that myself. I live in Nashville and we're rumored to get LTE pretty soon, but that sucks for anyone with a WiMax phone that isn't up for an upgrade. I personally buy and resell phones all the time. I'll get whatever gets me the fastest speeds.

I live in Nashville too and I get both slow and fast speeds depending on if im at home or at church. It could be your location or towers
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In cedar park texas.. close to austin. =]
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Anybody else noticing an increase in data lately?

Just monitoring my data lately.... seems to be getting better lately! I will keep testing up until the big announcement.
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Hmm
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I did a week or two ago...but, since that day not at all. It just seems to be getting worse.
daneurysm said:
I did a week or two ago...but, since that day not at all. It just seems to be getting worse.
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Well I can only hope it continues!
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Well I can only hope it continues!
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My data getting worse?
Thanks pal, lol.
Bought the phone 3 days ago. Slowest 3g data i ever seen on a phone. Sometimes no bars at all when i know i have excellent coverage area. SMH
dallastx said:
Bought the phone 3 days ago. Slowest 3g data i ever seen on a phone. Sometimes no bars at all when i know i have excellent coverage area. SMH
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call tech support, or better get them on chat. It's easier.
....tell them you have abysmally slow data speeds and want a data refresh. Every time I have activated a phone on Sprint since the E3D came out (that's been like 6 or 7 phones, lol) I have had to do this because of ABSURDLY slow data speeds....and this helped a ton.
If that doesn't help then maybe it's a hardware defect...if that doesn't help then the Sprint blows in your area.
Yup me and my friend are getting almost double the 3g speed and better 4g speed for the past week or two
Wow...i spend so much time on wifi that i havent really noticed, but i just installed speedtest and ran a battery of tests...holy crap
https://picasaweb.google.com/m/view...key:Gv1sRgCKz61KqTpabupgE/5658674949149447362
Even the ping has drastically improved...crazy
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My 3g has been super fast over the last few days.
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I'm not sure where people that are getting better data live. If it's in a major city it would make sense though. I would bet that places like NYC, LA, Miami ect may be getting the network beefed up in anticipation of the Iphone.
The last thing Sprint needs is to get crappy reviews on the Iphone due to a sluggish network.
My 3g is next to useless. And I live in San Antonio.
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dallastx said:
Bought the phone 3 days ago. Slowest 3g data i ever seen on a phone. Sometimes no bars at all when i know i have excellent coverage area. SMH
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Bars have nothing to do with data...I have seen 0-1 bars and still pulled 600kbps DATA
Dvin211 said:
I'm not sure where people that are getting better data live. If it's in a major city it would make sense though. I would bet that places like NYC, LA, Miami ect may be getting the network beefed up in anticipation of the Iphone.
The last thing Sprint needs is to get crappy reviews on the Iphone due to a sluggish network.
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I live in Conley ga which is about 5 miles long lol... but it's only about 15 miles from atlanta so I don't know....
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Here near Columbia 3g is useless...still.
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I'm in Milwaukee. 3g is barely passable I unless you are near a freeway or the airport... Then I can pull 250kB down.
The rest of the time I average 30kB out less.
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I live in the middle of Phoenix, AZ and i get about 0.50mbps down on average and we dont have 4G here.
Dvin211 said:
I'm not sure where people that are getting better data live. If it's in a major city it would make sense though. I would bet that places like NYC, LA, Miami ect may be getting the network beefed up in anticipation of the Iphone.
The last thing Sprint needs is to get crappy reviews on the Iphone due to a sluggish network.
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I'm in Culver City - not far from LA - I'm getting 400k with 3G and rarely get 4G.
My data speeds have doubled in the last 5 days. I'm loving it.
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depends on my location, but my sprint speeds are very good in boston

[Q] is anyone else experiencing slower 3g speeds on ek02?

Just updated OTA to ek02 and am experiencing slower 3g speeds... with and without the tweak. Anyone else noticing this or is it just me?
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For me with update, 3g is same, but 4g is almost double.
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If they get any slower they'll stop completely (at least for me).
Sprint is so slow anyway that o havent noticed anything yet
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hijewpositive said:
Just updated OTA to ek02 and am experiencing slower 3g speeds... with and without the tweak. Anyone else noticing this or is it just me?
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I really feel that i am having much slower 3g speeds.
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I am really curious tho as to which modem is the best out of all of these
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I'm experiencing slower speeds and my 4G connectivity got even worse...even did a profile and prl update after the update and it didn't help.
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Sprint's 3G is stupid slow. It's completely unusable around here. For example, the Android Market. Most things say they are "starting to download" then they never do.
I did a speed test and my ping was like 900~1100+ with a download speed of 7~13kbps and an upload speed of 50~100kbps or so.
Seriously, 7~13kbps download?
The only reason I put up with this crap is I'm almost NEVER away from wireless. I work in the technologies field with full gig-network access on almost all the campuses I'm at threw out the day and 105mbit at home.
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Sprint's 3G is stupid slow. It's completely unusable around here. For example, the Android Market. Most things say they are "starting to download" then they never do.
I did a speed test and my ping was like 900~1100+ with a download speed of 7~13kbps and an upload speed of 50~100kbps or so.
Seriously, 7~13kbps download?
The only reason I put up with this crap is I'm almost NEVER away from wireless. I work in the technologies field with full gig-network access on almost all the campuses I'm at threw out the day and 105mbit at home.
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Wow, that is really slow. I don't have it that bad lol. But with that ping and those speeds, it seems like something is uploading constantly. That's the only time I've ever seen speed tests like that for me, while i was uploading songs to Google music. That's interesting.
As for the speed test tho, i feel there is an issue with the actually test and specifically our 3g. The reason i say this is because the speed test will give me a result of 40-50kB/s, but then i will download a torrent at like 150kB/s.... all in the same area. Very weird.
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Sprints download speed for me is around .12kbs to .45kbs in good reception areas... in the same areas ATT gets 3.5mbs and Verizon is very stable with good reception and stable internet that is around 1.5 mbs... so ATT is wicked fast 3g but the reception and internet are both hit and miss as far as coverage goes. Where as Verizon may not be the fastest internet, they are well within my personal tolerance and needs... and their coverage surpasses ATT by a long haul in my area... notice i haven't mentioned sprint? That's because my download speeds on average are (like previously stated) between 10kbs and 50kbs at most! 50kbs is the fastest I've ever gotten with the speestest.net app! Don't even get me started on call reception.... I've honestly had more dropped calls in a month and a half then I've had with every other company combined throughout my life. End rant
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So needless to say... no matter what modem u decide is he best, it will never actually please you or meet any sort of standard for you... i know it hasn't for me
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My 3g is pretty much the same bro
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Speed

What speed are you going on 4g? I about to sign up for sprint from boost and was thinking s2 or s3. I'm in Baltimore and I know lte isn't here yet so I'm waiting to see. My deposit is 50 bucks and a s2 is $50 and a s3 is $150
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In LA- I get around 16-20 MBA
In San Bernadino, I only get about 11mbs
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St Louis on a s2(4G wimax). Personally, I'd get an s3 and wait for lte though.
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Wtf are u talking about?? I travel ALL over LA and the best iv seen us 8mb...the usual is like 3-5..
derrickmd18 said:
What speed are you going on 4g? I about to sign up for sprint from boost and was thinking s2 or s3. I'm in Baltimore and I know lte isn't here yet so I'm waiting to see. My deposit is 50 bucks and a s2 is $50 and a s3 is $150
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My 4G speeds has decreased greatly here in Delaware, I used to be able to get speeds as high as in my sig (10-12mb down on my OG Evo), but since I had my 3D & now this phone its much lower, but right now I'm getting better speeds at home where I used to get horrible speeds as posted in this pic. One more thing, get the GS3 cuz Bmore will have LTE hopefully within the month or sooner.
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Are all of you guys on WiMax? Wtf haha... I get like 3.5 Mbps MAX in Chicago
The 4-8 Mbps are 4g speeds. 8Mbps when close to tower. The latest test is from somewhere I never get 4g. Tests in columbus, ohio
Here are mine in St. Paul, MN
Here's my result from 4G testing in Boston:
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Are all of you guys on WiMax? Wtf haha... I get like 3.5 Mbps MAX in Chicago
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Lol yeah I'm on WiMax, & its a damn joke, shat my girl get way better speeds (6-8 down) on her Skyrocket using Straight Talk on AT&Terrible's network
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What is 4G/Wimax? Sprint in PR doesn't have that. :banghead:
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These are my 4g wimax speeds down here in Miami
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These are mostly from my house out in the burbs or nearby in evening. Also one test is 3g on there. 4g speeds will vary quite a bit. I get lower when I'm in Austin on weekdays.
No more wimax for me but I used to get a good 10-12mbps
But 3g is decent now it was unbearable a month ago
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3g is like 200kbps. 4g about 5mbps but kills my battery and makes my phone hot as hell. Sucks. Can't wait till Lte
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No 4G service here in the USVI. Service has also been horrible lately. About 8-20Kbs during peak hours and 50-90Kbs during off peak hours. It unbearable and makes the smartphone experience suck compared to the continental US. The voice service also sounds like I am under water on over 50% of St. Croix.
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Wtf are u talking about?? I travel ALL over LA and the best iv seen us 8mb...the usual is like 3-5..
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I get great speeds in west Hollywood and this is all trough the day. Same near Santa Monica and Venice beach.
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derrickmd18 said:
What speed are you going on 4g? I about to sign up for sprint from boost and was thinking s2 or s3. I'm in Baltimore and I know lte isn't here yet so I'm waiting to see. My deposit is 50 bucks and a s2 is $50 and a s3 is $150
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I would say go with the s3, the wait is not that much longer for LTE
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piscesjoey said:
Lol yeah I'm on WiMax, & its a damn joke, shat my girl get way better speeds (6-8 down) on her Skyrocket using Straight Talk on AT&Terrible's network
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Same here in Atlanta....my 4g is like 3-4mbs.. not even close to 10 !
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For me in good areas I get up to 2 mbps down on 3g and up to 13 mbps down on 4g.

how fast are your 3G speeds?

Hey so I have a question for you guys. How fast are your 3G speeds? I'm asking because my gs3 won't go over 600 kb even at my best service. And my wifi is also extreamly slow. The wifi doesn't make sence to me Cuz my Droid x2 uses the same wifi and it gets triple the speed that my gs3 gets. Any one have the same problem or have a solution for this?
My WiFi is fine. 3g sucks.
Los Angeles 90019
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Here's our blazing 3G speeds in Raleigh, NC.
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Here's our blazing 3G speeds in Raleigh, NC.
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Damn. Not even 56k.
I almost fell over when I ran this at my work...on one bar lol. Running totally unrooted stock LG8.
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Just ran the wifi one and earlier this morning did the speed test down the road from my house.
Edit: However... look at some of the other tests down below...signal blows up around here, although I keep getting told just wait for LTE... I'm waiting...
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Here's our blazing 3G speeds in Raleigh, NC.
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LOL, that's about what I get when I'm roaming on your network(I'm with US Cellular). I thought it was just cause I was roaming.
I can't say the words "Sprint", "3G" and "Fast" in the same sentence without laughing (or crying) :laugh:
This is in the Denver area:
Ping: 366 ms
Down: 23 kbps
Up: 326 kbps
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LOL, that's about what I get when I'm roaming on your network(I'm with US Cellular). I thought it was just cause I was roaming.
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Nope.. its because the network here absolutely sucks. Ive done battle with Sprint for over a year about the crappy signal here and gotten nowhere.
Here are mine. Funny thing is I live in a very small town in Western New York and we got 2 Network Vision towers put up recently with 4 more on the way lol. But hey I'm not complaining
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Here's my results from around the St. Louis area.
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I'm also in St Louis, here are my 3G speeds and Wifi speeds
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Did another 3G speed test (out of the valley) and got much better results.
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I get about 600 here in phoenix. No 4g here
I've seen MAX almost 2 Mbps. Average speed is about 1. Pittsburgh area.
I just got 446 kbps this morning but 9507 kbps tonight. No 4g and 905 nightly cm10. It seems things run better a day or two after flashing. Could be my imagination.
OK forget it, I had the wifi turned on ... "if it's too good to be true..."
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I puked some coffee when I got this today. Proof that the Vision tower upgrades are a funky reality at the moment.
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I was in NYC, and got 1.9 mbs down in Queens, and the Bronx, as well as in DC last week.

Can I get out of my contract from a lack of service?

I live in an area that should apparently be inundated with 4G LTE. Well I can walk around and get nothing but 3G and and mind blowing slow speeds at that. Since the service ahould be in my area and Sprint fails to deliver is that grounds to get out of my contract? Its not just my phone, my girlfriendhas the same and gets slow speeds as well.
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No you can't get out of a contract for slow speeds of any kind. But you can upload a prl that will make you roam constantly and they will cut you off for roaming too much. Or take it to a store and have them check it out.
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