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Sprints 3G Service is Back / At Least for Some!!!

So Android Police had reported they were speaking with Sprint techs for the last few weeks and were being told upgrades are happening and we will start seeing improvements coming Oct. 31st. Of course everyone was doubting that and thought it was just more BS from Sprint.
Well low and behold Android Police starting to run speed checks after the 31st and are seeing huge improvements. Figured I would give it a shot this morning, not expecting much and ran a speed test on 3G. I have been getting about 50kbps average for the past few months and was expecting to see the same. Well I be darned, my SGS2 is testing over 1Mbps over 3g! Holy Cow!!!!!!!!! After running about 10 tests it never dropped below 800kpbs.
This is great news! I am in the Raleigh/Durham NC area. Let's here if your 3G speeds have improved and where you are located. I believe NYC is seeing some great improvements as well.......Here is to happy 3G'ing!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...nts-in-3g-speeds-in-some-areas-how-about-you/
P.S. I did update my profile and PRL but not sure if that was needed or not.

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So Android Police had reported they were speaking with Sprint techs for the last few weeks and were being told upgrades are happening and we will start seeing improvements coming Oct. 31st. Of course everyone was doubting that and thought it was just more BS from Sprint.
Well low and behold Android Police starting to run speed checks after the 31st and are seeing huge improvements. Figured I would give it a shot this morning, not expecting much and ran a speed test on 3G. I have been getting about 50kbps average for the past few months and was expecting to see the same. Well I be darned, my SGS2 is testing over 1Mbps over 3g! Holy Cow!!!!!!!!! After running about 10 tests it never dropped below 800kpbs.
This is great news! I am in the Raleigh/Durham NC area. Let's here if your 3G speeds have improved and where you are located. I believe NYC is seeing some great improvements as well.......Here is to happy 3G'ing!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...nts-in-3g-speeds-in-some-areas-how-about-you/
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Where abouts are you testing? I also live in RDU and would like to confirm this because as far as Im concerned, Sprint service around here sucks.

MadFlava said:
Where abouts are you testing? I also live in RDU and would like to confirm this because as far as Im concerned, Sprint service around here sucks.
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I am not far from RDU airport right now....Also tested it while driving in Western Cary and got great speeds there as well.

Since we got walloped by the freak nor' easter' in New England I have been on 00001.PRL...I switched before the power went out 'cuz I know that when power went out after Hurricane Irene Sprint's towers lasted barely an hour before 1X roaming...and if I'm going to roam I might as well do it at full 3G.
I check in on Sprint every now and then and the towers just aren't on. I haven't checked again yet, but, I can't even get calls through to my friends on Sprint right now...texts barely make it out and are frequently delivered anywhere from late to very late.
I sure hope we see some upgrade progress soon...my speeds are worse than abysmal. I'll report back if I notice anything.

I'm seeing an increase at times in Tampa Florida...finally.

39kbps/33kbps in downtown jacksonville on 3g
7mbps/1mbps on 4g in downtown jacksonville
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I tested in LA last night and got .06 down and .03 up - thank goodness it is so much faster

2mbps down in owings mills md 3g.
8mpbs down in owings mills md 4g.
On my tmobile SGS2 15mbps down.

No joke,they did good here in south Texas.
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r1_2fast4u said:
No joke,they did good here in south Texas.
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blestsol said:
2mbps down in owings mills md 3g.
8mpbs down in owings mills md 4g.
On my tmobile SGS2 15mbps down.
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Wish we got those tmobile speeds, but we signed up with sprint knowing their speeds were a bit slower.
3g D: 800k
3g U: 200k
4g D: 4.94mbps
4g U: 0.16mbps
pretty consistent in 5 miles from New Orleans, and inside a building.
Not great, but better than the 150kbps I was getting before.

I'm near houston tx
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here in Northwest Houston/Cypress area and tested in 10 different locations and all where less then 200k down and 60k up. 4G runs well, but 3G is still sucking. Funny thing though if I start heading north towards Tomball and Pinehurst on 249, Hockly on 290 or Conroe on 45 the speeds jump to 1.6M+D 400KU. So we are still saturated here in the metro area's but the outskirts have improved. And no coverage improvements either as I'm still sporting an Airave in my house for coverage.

Averaging over 1000 down and 500 up in Memphis Tn. Most were over 1200 down and a couple were around 800 down.

Actually, my speeds increased significantly about a week after hurricane Irene hit the DC area.

That's 4g in sacramento
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sacramento's super crappy 3g which curiously has faster upload than download for last two weeks wtf?
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Seems faster in la
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hey r1, where is that?
is that in the valley or corpus area, cause when I am in edinburg or in the valley in general I am lucky to even break 100k, if this is true I will be a happy camper.

Falls Church, VA
3G: 10.21 Mbps down / 1.5 Mbps up
4G: 0.08 Mbps down / .23 Mbps up

[Q]Wcdma?

Hey everyone, I recently got a new Android phone, Samsung galaxy s2x, it should have dual 4g capabilities. The speed isn't great compared to what others have been getting. I usually get around 3-4mbps, the Telus website says 7-14 should be attained...
My question is basically, in the wireless options, I can choose gsm, wcdma or both. Is wdcma considered hspa+ ?
I live in Montreal, where the Telus network should be fully developed. Highest speed I've got was 6mbps.
Anything wrong, or were my expectations too high when buying this phone?
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Also, my girlfriend has an iPhone4 with Telus also, its often quicker than mine on the net...and its a 3g phone.
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see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306045
there are some from Montreal they are getting great speed
the thing is with cell phones, it depends highly in your location and tower
also in Canada do not believe anything that says 4G it's all fake
our infrastructure is poor compared to the USA, at best we can only get good 3G speed even when you see 4G
even the Rogers LTE are no where near as good they also top out around 15 Mbps at its best, while the USA or other counterparts they get like 30 Mbps on LTE

So i'm stuck with slow speeds lol?
I kinda regret going with Telus, they have terrible reception as well as slow speeds...
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850T5m said:
So i'm stuck with slow speeds lol?
I kinda regret going with Telus, they have terrible reception as well as slow speeds...
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It really all depends on where you are when you take the tests. Here is mine from just 5 minutes ago.
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850T5m said:
So i'm stuck with slow speeds lol?
I kinda regret going with Telus, they have terrible reception as well as slow speeds...
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I just tested mine and I got 19 down and 4 up on Telus. Most days I get an average of 10. I live outside of Vancouver. Downtown I am lucky to get 3.
Telus has always given me faster speeds than Rogers. I am very happy with Telus's network.
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850T5m said:
So i'm stuck with slow speeds lol?
I kinda regret going with Telus, they have terrible reception as well as slow speeds...
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I think you are just not tech savy enough to use a cell like the S2X. Try doing a speed test in your browser and you will see that the speed test.net app is crap. I get 21 mbps downlink on telus in mtl using speedtest.net in dolphin HD (using app I get 3-10mbps). Stop blaming the carriers. People like you are just never happy but its your own fault! Maybe also if you would test your phone outside your basement it would help! Mtl reception is flawless, actually reception in QC in general is great.

I have tried all the different modems from the kj3, vk1 and even the Blaze LB7 and different roms and I still get miserable speed on my phone. I have many friends with different phones even 3G phones that are doing alot better. I am getting speeds of less than 300 k downlaod with with full bars.

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I think you are just not tech savy enough to use a cell like the S2X. Try doing a speed test in your browser and you will see that the speed test.net app is crap. I get 21 mbps downlink on telus in mtl using speedtest.net in dolphin HD (using app I get 3-10mbps). Stop blaming the carriers. People like you are just never happy but its your own fault! Maybe also if you would test your phone outside your basement it would help! Mtl reception is flawless, actually reception in QC in general is great.
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This post fails so hard its unreal.

Striker333 said:
I have tried all the different modems from the kj3, vk1 and even the Blaze LB7 and different roms and I still get miserable speed on my phone. I have many friends with different phones even 3G phones that are doing alot better. I am getting speeds of less than 300 k downlaod with with full bars.
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I think some people had similar problems as you. I don't remember exactly but some workarounds are using the supercharger script and running those 3g scripts or whatever it's called.
Someone if i recall correctly couldn't get fast data at all, he opted for a warranty exchange and that fixed it for him.
If anything you could try making your own thread in the Q&A area and maybe those people who had similar problems can answer it for you. Obviously it's not because of your location because your friends' phones get fast speed in the same location

Sprint speeds, this is good I assume?

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Running ek02 modem, finally upgraded from eg30. Ya i know I'm slow, but i never really had any issues with eg30. Only 1 los in 4 months, and that was a fluke i think.
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for sprints 3g, that's pretty good. Still crap compared to other networks, but that's life on sprint.
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wish i had that speed.
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wish i had a quarter of that speed consistantly

AestenD said:
for sprints 3g, that's pretty good. Still crap compared to other networks, but that's life on sprint.
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That's not crap for comparable 3g with other networks...

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That's not crap for comparable 3g with other networks...
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Hmm why so.??.
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wish i had that... at best i get an average 400 down and 200 up on 3g

well its the same as verizon but niether cdma networks can come close to touching current gsm carriers as far as 3g speeds
i had to get an at&t phone for work so now im packing 2 sgs2's i mix them up so much and no i didnt get the craptacular skyrocket i got the i777 which is the i9100 branded for at&t

Yeah those numbers seem pretty much what I get. Every once in awhile ill be lucky and see 2MB on 3g but its rare.

I'm three blocks from Times Square on New Years Eve. I would have thought with all the crowds today speed would be way down, but:
3G: Ping 84ms Download 2120kbps Upload 850kbps
4G was a little slow however:
4g: Ping 114ms Download 8836kbps Upload 1513kbps

wow... I'm blown away by everybody here.
I'm in central long island (melville for the locals) and around here I average about 100kbps... never ever see above 150
at home, I use wifi and roam control because I've got nothing going on over there. so all of you should feel lucky
clarification: this is real life use. speedtest app says I avg 800kbps but I've never seen that happen

After flashing EL26 modem, my 3g increased to 1360kbps down/ 720 up. Before I was averaging 800 down/ 300up. So far this modem has given me the highest speeds out of all the modems. Even 4g speeds are higher and more consistent. Ping times are slower than previous modems, but speeds are faster. Go figure. I'm in D/FW area here.

AestenD said:
for sprints 3g, that's pretty good. Still crap compared to other networks, but that's life on sprint.
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that's just as good as Verizon's best areas.
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dafluke24 said:
After flashing EL26 modem, my 3g increased to 1360kbps down/ 720 up. Before I was averaging 800 down/ 300up. So far this modem has given me the highest speeds out of all the modems. Even 4g speeds are higher and more consistent. Ping times are slower than previous modems, but speeds are faster. Go figure. I'm in D/FW area here.
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Lucky... I get 25 kbps with EL26. I'm sticking with EG30 where I'll get 200 kbps.

flyboy1100 said:
Running ek02 modem, finally upgraded from eg30. Ya i know I'm slow, but i never really had any issues with eg30. Only 1 los in 4 months, and that was a fluke i think.
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Those speeds are great! Approximately 4 times my download speed and 10 times my upload speed. Congrats!

ET4G vs iphone4
My ET4G (left), Blazer Rom 3.2 EL13 modem.
My girlfriend's iphone4 (Verizon -right).
3G Speed Test.

3g
4g
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Flashed the el26 modem and its hard to believe but my speeds have more than doubled. no more need to switch to wifi at the house.

Post your speed test!

The title says it all. Post a picture of your speed test. Also if you want post modem and ROM you use.
I hope in the long run this little thread can help people when it comes to info on modems and setups people are using.
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Im running Calkulins GB v3.0 with the ff11 modem

FF18 ota rooted.
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And this is how I got out of my contract and why I'm leaving Sprint next week after 10 years. This is actually a good speed test for me.

How did you manage to get out of your contract?
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Here is mine, I believe I was on Blazers 4.1 or possibly stock EL29.

3G speeds for me suck bad. Here's mine.
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Im getting around 1mbps download all hours of the day after a little work i use to get .7mbps and lower .Im using agats 2.0 with Wicked Sensations 1.5 . Modem is ff18 with a 11119 PRL until the prl Swap my data was crap . I can't get the screen on here but heres a link http://db.tt/87PlLhCN
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Read 'em and weep.

Stock FF18 rooted FF18 modem, ridiculous speeds
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I've been using Sprint for years, their 4G service for over a year now and I've never seen speeds anywhere near what I've seen past few days... it's crazy. I'm hitting 13mb at night, 11mb during the day... I'm VERY pleased right now, it's like years of struggle and their rewarding me.
Rom is straight up Cyanogen 9.

For me, ping times double on ICS.
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ih8sense said:
I've been using Sprint for years, their 4G service for over a year now and I've never seen speeds anywhere near what I've seen past few days... it's crazy. I'm hitting 13mb at night, 11mb during the day... I'm VERY pleased right now, it's like years of struggle and their rewarding me.
Rom is straight up Cyanogen 9.
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Any chance we can a few more details like where?

woody296 said:
Any chance we can a few more details like where?
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From playing around past several days, it's all around the pacific northwest, Oregon, Washington, etc.
My guess is they're upgrading towers for LTE. 3G speeds are still the same though, that is to say, beyond belief terrible. But 4G has gone nuts. I might try to find a Sprint store in the area and check to see if LTE is live yet.

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From playing around past several days, it's all around the pacific northwest, Oregon, Washington, etc.
My guess is they're upgrading towers for LTE. 3G speeds are still the same though, that is to say, beyond belief terrible. But 4G has gone nuts. I might try to find a Sprint store in the area and check to see if LTE is live yet.
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So you say your wimax 4g speeds have gone up as a result of the network vision work? I thought that was for lte and 3g improvements only? Can anyone else comment on that?

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So you say your wimax 4g speeds have gone up as a result of the network vision work? I thought that was for lte and 3g improvements only? Can anyone else comment on that?
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Beats me as to whats going on... all I know is I've never seen a speedtest result beyond 7mb or so on a GOOD day, now even during busy hours I'm hitting 11, 12, 13... maybe so many Sprint subscribers have cancelled their service due to poor network speeds there's simply now an abundance of bandwidth. lol :laugh:

Rob the plumber said:
Read 'em and weep.
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speeds are so bad he didn't even let the test finish.
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ih8sense said:
Beats me as to whats going on... all I know is I've never seen a speedtest result beyond 7mb or so on a GOOD day, now even during busy hours I'm hitting 11, 12, 13... maybe so many Sprint subscribers have cancelled their service due to poor network speeds there's simply now an abundance of bandwidth. lol :laugh:
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Notice the same here in Orlando, 4g speeds have never been higher. Could it be people switching to LTE devices and getting off of wimax?
Edit: unnamed rom, ff18 modem
Swyped from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch.

Caulk ROM 3.0, modem ek02 also in the Miami area only Wimax I don't use 3g lol
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So according to sprint the average lte speed isn't going to be much better than wimax?http://www.sprint.com/landings/lte/index.html?ECID=vanity:lte

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So according to sprint the average lte speed isn't going to be much better than wimax?http://www.sprint.com/landings/lte/index.html?ECID=vanity:lte
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Have you looked at the ping differences?

Data speeds awful on note 2

I've been getting some pretty bad data speeds here is a screen shot. Anyone else experiencing the same issues? All tests I had 3 to 5 bars of 3g. My Evo was never this bad in the same spot.
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I've been getting some pretty bad data speeds here is a screen shot. Anyone else experiencing the same issues? All tests I had 3 to 5 bars of 3g. My Evo was never this bad in the same spot.
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I dont think it is a phone problem, from the looks of it you have poor signal strength. Unless you can compare side by side with a comparable phone like an Iphone or S3,. But more or less it is a sprint problem there data speeds have been on the decline.

Yup, normal for sprint. Your pings are pretty good actually. Mine can be up to several seconds. During the day my data drops to <10kbps, like a 9600 baud modem from 1993. Enjoy Sprint.

I'm getting good signal and my Evo data speeds were never this bad. Here is another shot

This is a sprint issue
Horrible data everywhere.
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sprint freakin sucks then. My evo 4g wasnt this bad. I guess i was lucky im starting to miss the data speeds on that phone now.

Mine aren't too shabby
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massiveian said:
My evo 4g wasnt this bad.
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Were you in a Wimax market with the Evo?

Yes i had wimax but never used it because of battery drain. The speeds on my old Evo were all 3g and i would always get atleast 1mb down now im barely getting .1mb down

Yes sprint data sucks..

Don't have an explanation then... 3G speeds for me have always been fairly consistent. If anything I found the Evo to be a little lackluster in this area. I wouldn't say the 3G speeds I get on my N2 are groundbreaking, but they're adequate.
I'm just waiting patiently for LTE to launch in my area.

Just like most of what they're saying in this thread...Sprints data is horrendous!
BTW...I'm also getting a Note II this coming month!
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Don't have an explanation then... 3G speeds for me have always been fairly consistent. If anything I found the Evo to be a little lackluster in this area. I wouldn't say the 3G speeds I get on my N2 are groundbreaking, but they're adequate.
I'm just waiting patiently for LTE to launch in my area.
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Doing the same. Get about 100kb/s at home and 1.9mb/s at work. Cant wait for LTE to roll out.
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In the city I live it my data is great, when I get into Milwaukee your better off not even to try any data.

Hey OP when you click on your result in speed test what do you get? RevA, ehdrp?

Force roam it
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You think speeds are bad on the note, try the iPHONE 5 on sprint lol, data wouldn't even load for me unless on wifi. Thank God the note 2 came out before my 14 days were up lmfao
THIS NOTE 2 IS SENT FROM A GALAXY WHERE SAMSUNG SPRINTS TO THE TOP, AND JELLY BEANS EAT APPLES!!!!

I saw this thread a few days ago. I went out yesterday for a drive. LTE radio on Note 2 is stronger then nexus LTE radio. Hard to go anywhere in my area and loose LTE. Regular 3g works good as well. I couldnt be happier knowing the issues with other phones connected to sprint networks. Had a Epic Touch and Nexus. Both had horrible signals.
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This is stupid.. I just signed up with sprint my 14 days aren't up yet, I had better service with tmobile LG N4. I am having .64mbps down.. I'm going back to tmobile.

raoufosman said:
This is stupid.. I just signed up with sprint my 14 days aren't up yet, I had better service with tmobile LG N4. I am having .64mbps down.. I'm going back to tmobile.
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Sweet
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