How's the FD26 modem performing for you? - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I just downloaded it and wondering what other user experiences are out there.

I am running my tests today.. I will post my results here..
sj
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Tapatalk, as usual, is being a pita. First two are FD19. Second two are FD26.
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Now quickpic and imgur for android aren't cooperating and had to do it slightly different.
So far, speed is slightly better. I didn't pay any attention to signal strength levels. Will have to run for a day or two so I can see how it behaves in different areas near me. I'm running calkulin 2.8.1 and the kernel that came with it. Also have no frills CPU set at 1200 200 ondemand cfq.

4G works pretty well on the new modem, here in Philadelphia, indoors.
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Tits
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kingdazy said:
4G works pretty well on the new modem, here in Philadelphia, indoors.
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That's actually pretty bad for 4G. That download speed is what would be expected of a 'good' 3G connection, in the areas where Sprint has upgraded backhaul.

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That's actually pretty bad for 4G. That download speed is what would be expected of a 'good' 3G connection, in the areas where Sprint has upgraded backhaul.
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Srsly? 12Mbps is barely acceptable?
EDIT: thanks, sfhub. I understand those concepts well enough, I enter just actually never bothered to check what "good" 4G speed should actually be.
Maybe I should look into that, lol.
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Things are relative. A modem is not going to make a bad area all of a sudden better. The problem with most Sprint areas which have speed issues is the backhaul is overloaded. So as an analogy, a new wifi driver is not going to suddenly make your DSL WAN connection turn into a FIOS connection. If it doesn't make your connection worse or things are slightly better, than that should be a sign of good things for most people. You want the radio to allow you the full potential that is available *in your area*. The radio isn't going fix endemic problems in your area, you just want it to not make things worse.

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Things are relative. A modem is not going to make a bad area all of a sudden better. The problem with most Sprint areas which have speed issues is the backhaul is overloaded. So as an analogy, a new wifi driver is not going to suddenly make your DSL WAN connection turn into a FIOS connection. If it doesn't make your connection worse are is slightly better, than that should be a sign of good things for most people. You want the radio to allow you the full potential that is available *in your area*. The radio isn't going fix endemic problems in your area, you just want it to not make things worse.
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Thanks for that SF, you make everything as easy to understand as possible!
sj
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Srsly? 12Mbps is barely acceptable?
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That screenshot shows 1.5 mbps...

KB/s not kbps. big difference.

Damn, that was a good run while stopped at a light.

dmchssc said:
That screenshot shows 1.5 mbps...
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kB/s.
kilobytes not bits.

I just tested FD26 modem after flashing the FD26 kernel in my rom update.. well.. this modem is BY FAR the fastest and most stable yet.. (on my device) in a test spot where I was consistently getting .58 or so MB/s, I am getting .92 or so MB/s. This is a significant increase.
sj
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How come i can't update my profile or PRL? Keeps saying error....
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What I do is reboot to recovery, clear cache and dalvik, flash modem, reboot, update profile then prl then reboot. Sometimes you need to try again on profile/prl. If it doesn't take by the third time then something isn't right. I don't know how to fix that either.

I have been getting pretty good speeds on FD26, however, I started getting frequent LOS today. Was at a music festival earlier, and thought it may be an issue with overloaded towers, but it just LOS'd again at home. I haven't had an LOS issue since pre EL29. Flashed to FB24 a few days ago, then FB26 (nodata) yesterday. Considering doing a full wipe and reflash to see if it cures the issue.

gershee said:
kB/s.
kilobytes not bits.
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Oops, my bad. I'm used to seeing speeds in bit-terms.

I like it. Smooth overall, i have no major complaints. I have noticed areas where i normally have minimal service, i now have none, and my 3g speeds are terrible. However sprint is also doing some major overhauling, so im going to blame sprint. Ive compared my phone to my wifes stock el29, and i think each user will have a different feel towards things. I love the lockscreens and smoother transitions fd26 has, but i think in my area staying stock is in my best benefit as far as service goes....Looks like if i want my service back i might have to go back to el29. SFHUB, do you think its possible that maybe all the sprint network changes could be the reason for my bad 3g data speeds and poor connections? My wifes phone see's 3g and shows it, maybe 1 or 2 bars, and i show none....however she cant browse online or do anything...just make a phone call....i can do that to....what do u think? I formatted all and did a fresh flash from el29 to fd26 btw....(also im in niles,IL and chicago,IL)

If your wife's e4gt gets signal, then it is probably the modem/kernel in FD26 causing you issues. Also check to see if they are on the same PRL and try update profile.
If that doesn't help, try ##72786# reset from the dialer, you'll need your MSL which you can get using "getprop ril.MSL" in adb shell.

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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
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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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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.

RESOLVED:SUPER SLOW HSPA speeds (652kbps) with FULL signal! What can I do? (T-Mobile)

I have a Stock (rooted) Galaxy Nexus GSM (4.0.1) software on T-Mobile. I'm getting HORRIBLY SLOW data speeds even with full signal HSPA.
Anyone else having this issue? What did you do to fix it?
Thanks in advance!
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I know this sounds really weird but when I have GPS-enabled and use the app, it drastically slows my results. Try disabling it and report back. Also, your ping is VERY high!!!
try a flashing a new radio im currently on KL1 but some say KK6 and KK7 are good choices too.
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try a flashing a new radio im currently on KL1 but some say KK6 and KK7 are good choices too.
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Mine automatically updated to KK6.
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Choose a server closer to your location? 220 ms.
It depends on ur location too...what have u averaged with other 4G phones? Keep in mind that roms use "H" or "4G" to depict the "strongest" signal....but maybe its your radio too...I'm on KL1 and it works great for me
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I'm on KL1. Weird thing is, my wife's phone is really slow too and she has a Nexus S. We have great service here, I even called t-mobile and they said we have full 4G coverage, as good as it gets. I just downloaded a 4mb app, and it took 5 minutes! that's bad!
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Choose a server closer to your location? 220 ms.
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That's the closest server to my location. But it's not just the app, market is slow, browser is slow, everything's crazy slow!
I would try a different radio/baseband. Although people have different results, the UGKL1 and UGKK7 are made for North America including AWS bands (T-mobile). You can read more here.
The latest North American radio, UGKL1, has been working well for me. Give it a go here.
alexthearmo said:
That's the closest server to my location. But it's not just the app, market is slow, browser is slow, everything's crazy slow!
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try a different server. Tmo is using a different line. The server closest to you geographically may not be the server closest to you . You get what I mean?
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Wow! This is just pathetic! Anyone else on T-Mobile experiencing anything like this?
Edit: Don't mind the wifi indicator...I did these tests with wifi off.
What server are you using? Try using one near an internet backbone for the best results, the distance from you can be misleading because the connections don't always lead directly there.
Servers in or near Washington DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Dallas and Los Angelos should be the most reliable.
Is there any way to check if T-Mobile is throttling you?
xHausx said:
What server are you using? Try using one near an internet backbone for the best results, the distance from you can be misleading because the connections don't always lead directly there.
Servers in or near Washington DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Dallas and Los Angelos should be the most reliable.
Is there any way to check if T-Mobile is throttling you?
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I will try a different server. I called T-Mobile and they are doing a service check to see if the towers are jacked. They said they saw something fishy reported about the towers on Feb 29th, and they aren't sure if the issue has been fixed yet. Hopefully that's the problem and they're working on a fix. I don't think it's the speed-test app though because anything that has to do with data is incredibly slow. Took me 7 minutes to download a 2mb app! My wife's nexus s is doing the exact same thing, so I think it probably has to do with the tower (hopefully!). I'll try changing servers though and report back if the numbers improve significantly. Sad I'm the only one having a problem with this. Thanks to everyone for the input. Thanks xHausx for checking in!
-alex
This is kind of my speeds with changing the server around. Not bad at all.
alexthearmo said:
I called T-Mobile and they are doing a service check to see if the towers are jacked. They said they saw something fishy reported about the towers on Feb 29th, and they aren't sure if the issue has been fixed yet. Hopefully that's the problem and they're working on a fix. I don't think it's the speed-test app though because anything that has to do with data is incredibly slow. Took me 7 minutes to download a 2mb app! My wife's nexus s is doing the exact same thing, so I think it probably has to do with the tower (hopefully!).
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Oh, well if the other phone is doing the exact same thing, you know its not your issue specifically.
also, wasn't T-Mobile throttling heavy users?
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also, wasn't T-Mobile throttling heavy users?
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No. They only throttle at specific levels. Either 2GB or 5GB depending on your plan.
Figured it out!
I figured it out! The T-Mobile tower right next to my house is bad. I was driving around and ran the speed test in a couple other spots and got some great speeds! When I got back near the tower by our house I tested again, and again it sucked...so thank God, it's the tower and not the phone! Thankfully at home I have wifi, so who cares about the tower...I mean, it'll be nice when they get it fixed, but I'm good for now. Love the 4G speeds and really glad I can use them in other spots! Had me worried for a sec! Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! Really appreciate the help.
Holy high ping though
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I figured it out!
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I think this was pretty apparent when you said you had two separate T-Mo phones both having the issue in the same place.

FD24 modem speeds

So far they have been worse than fd19
Went from 80Kb/s to 26 lol
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donsh00tmesanta said:
So far they have been worse than fd19
Went from 80Kb/s to 26 lol
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I ran speed test after flashing the FD24 modem and they were horrible. I just flashed the FD24 kernel to match and there is a huge difference for the better, almost tripled the download speed and doubled on upload. I am on AOKP for the time being.
Back to fd19
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I had flashed the fd24 modem and it broke my mms so i went back to fd19. However, once the aosp fd24 kernal was out, i flashed both.... and BAM!! MMS is working again and so far speeds seem much faster. Wireless tether doesn't lag and i'm happy so far.
Just my experience
Initially it was really bad. I couldnt update the profile or PRL but after a reboot everything got quite better. I have ALWAYS gotten 1.4 something upload on 4G and that's definitely changed a bit. Latency is kinda cruddy.
All FD24 4G:
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Normally id test 3G to be thorough but since I never use it.... lol
where is this kernel and does it have cwm
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where is this kernel and does it have cwm
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if you're looking for the AOSP kernel just go get it from TCP's page on AndroidFileHost. That seems to be a good place to check periodically for new aosp kernels and roms.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Samsung_Epic_4G/TCP/
Seems pretty solid to me.
Pulling about 1Mb down and about 0.6Mb up.
This is with fd24 kernel and modem on CM9
MOST people dont even test during the same time of the day. OFCOURSE speeds will be better/worse. I usually run a few test, flash new modem, then test & judge speeds.
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MOST people dont even test during the same time of the day. OFCOURSE speeds will be better/worse. I usually run a few test, flash new modem, then test & judge speeds.
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Though i tend to post test sometime in the early morning. I usually test on the road on the way to work in the afternoon in the middle of Downtown where residents, workers, businessmen, tourists all killing it. I often get 15 Mbps at the Burger King on my way to work lol.
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Though i tend to post test sometime in the early morning. I usually test on the road on the way to work in the afternoon in the middle of Downtown where residents, workers, businessmen, tourists all killing it. I often get 15 Mbps at the Burger King on my way to work lol.
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Well, I said that to say you cant run speedtest at like 2 am (where your speeds are likely to be HIGHER), and then flash a new modem at 3pm, test it, get low speeds (peak hours) and say the modem sucks, and speeds arent comparable to a previous modem. You need to test them at nearly the same time.
So what's the verdict?
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When I flashed fd19 it was at 2pm and saw a boost
Boost was bigger at night
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I went back to EK02 and it destroys. I'm not messing with any new modems. it's pointless and they only gets worse.
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FD24 4G... 3g blowz in chi-town...
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FC24 blows it outta the water, I get double the speeds on FC24.
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FC24 blows it outta the water, I get double the speeds on FC24.
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Ok so FC24 Modem is a go then?
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Test the modem at various hours over the course of a full week, including weekends. If you get high and low speed tests, then the problem is likely at Sprint and has nothing to do with your modem.
OK, so my results have been mixed, I haven't tried the FD24 modem with the FD24 kernel yet only tried the FD24 modem along side the FD19 kernel, but I've had much faster speeds with the FD19 kernel/FD19 modem and the FD24 kernel/FD19 modem. Same speeds no matter the kernel.
Does thebkernel really affect modem speeds?
sj
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I always test when running the same modem and kernel version and the verdict.... they're basically all pretty similar for me. I know I have increased wifi and 4g on any FD16 and newer
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Sprint Epic 4G user, beware of ICS UPDATE, SLOW 4G CONNECTION

I can't believe no one is bringing this up. When I decided to drink the kool-aid and updated my phone to ICS, I noticed a huge drop in my speedtest result. In 4G, I used to get speed 2-4x faster than 3G. Ever since I upgraded to ICS, my 4G speed is unstable and it is now speedtesting at less than my 3G speed. Does anyone know what is going on? I have tried 4 different ICS rom and modem, they all do the same thing. I am currently on the official sprint patch, same exact problem again. When I flash back to Gingerbread, my speed skyrockets back up to where it should be. Anyone know what is going on? I can't believe no one is bringing this up.
Same problem here, I don't get it. Is everyone else not having the problem or just cool with it?
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The OP meant to say our Epic 4G Touch, and he is correct. It varies by region and it doesn't seem to affect everyone, but for those who are affected, the difference is noticeable (in my case, about 8-10mbs on gb versus 2-3mbs on ics). Course, this issue has existed since the first ICS roms were leaked as well as all of the AOSP based ics roms. Based on previous threads, there are people getting 8-10mbs on ICS roms so I'm pretty sure it isn't affecting everyone...just some.
Same problem here... Knox TN ... It sucks BC I don't have internet and rely on my tether. Is there a dev working on a fix? If not, I'll donate to anyone that can
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It is the Sprint Epic 4G touch Galaxy whatever crap name they give it. Anyway it is definitely related to ICS because I flashed multiptimes back to Gingerbread and I was getting speeds that were 8x faster. Now i am stuck at like 1200kbps at best with ICS. I would have stayed on Gingerbread if I can get the tether to work. My rooted EL29 cant seem to bypass the Sprint block anymore.
Turn 4g off, update profile and prl, turn 4g back on. Sometimes reboot
Sprint has been working on towers in area 13 miles south of los Angeles. Just tested and great speed now! Thanks Sprint. On blue Kuban custom ICE ROM. Top two are 4G, ...3G. ... and bottom WiFi with time Warner sucks
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Same problem here... Knox TN ... It sucks BC I don't have internet and rely on my tether. Is there a dev working on a fix? If not, I'll donate to anyone that can
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Knoxville TN here as well. Near the Halls Crossroads area if you know where that's at. No 4G and 3G sucks so bad I have to use a corporate PRL and Roam Control to have data in half the places I go. Sucks cause I can't run AOKP all the time I would like too due to the data issues. Nothing you can really do other then use QPST and use a corporate PRL. It helps dramatically.
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bump, any fix?
I would try flashing different modems I'm on Fd19 which works well for me ff18 is really bad for me.
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My speed tests have been strange on FF18, they start off slow and then they get up to 9mbps shortly after it starts. Back on EL29 Blazer 4.1 I would get very sporadic and uneven wimax speeds, but they sometimes went up to 15mbps. When I blazer I did try several modems (including FF18) and I did not notice much of a difference. I am in NYC and in NJ.
Mine actually went up, I never had this speed before 0.o
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I posted about this yesterday.
With FF18 I get .5mbps down and 1.5mbps up on 4g which is slower than 3g. In the exact same location I flashed el29 and got 12+mbps down and 2+up.
I then flashed the EL29 modem and used ff18 but still received very slow 4g speeds. I have to assume that this is a kernal issue, not the modem. I've tried updating PRL and profile, even putting different PRL's on (sprint corporate 11119) and had no increase in speeds.
Either way, forget ICS. Its great but its not worth the crappy data speeds so I'm back to EL29.
Why don't you go to aokp/cm9
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because its exactly the same.
Tails4u2nv said:
Same problem here, I don't get it. Is everyone else not having the problem or just cool with it?
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Modems have different effects for everyone. Hundreds of users had tested FF18 prior to the OTA, plenty of talk happened before the OTA.
Flash a different modem if your performance is that bad see if it clears up for you. I get great 4G speeds. Only a couple of modems were troublesome for me and it was usually GPS not network speeds though had a couple that 3G was screwed on.
This thread is ridiculous, my speeds are the same on ics. The variations in speed are due to crappy sprint (and clear) service not android version.
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This thread is ridiculous, my speeds are the same on ics. The variations in speed are due to crappy sprint (and clear) service not android version.
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You're ridiculous, not the thread. Did you even read it?
Sitting at my desk with a VERY solid 4g connection, if I install FF18, I get ~.5mbps down and 1.5mbps up
Flash a stock EL29 I get 12+mbps down and 2+mbps up.
Explain how that is crappy service?
bjonesy77 said:
because its exactly the same.
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Really didn't know touchwiz is the same as cm9/aokp. Smartass.
I've gotten faster speeds on cm9 than ics touchwiz that's why I suggested it.
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You're ridiculous, not the thread. Did you even read it?
Sitting at my desk with a VERY solid 4g connection, if I install FF18, I get ~.5mbps down and 1.5mbps up
Flash a stock EL29 I get 12+mbps down and 2+mbps up.
Explain how that is crappy service?
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Flash the EL29 modem back and see if your phone, area likes it.
I get between 8 and 15 Mbps and ALWAYS get 1.4 Mbps Up. I currently run the FF18 modem and I have had the same experience on most of the modems. Like your current experience upload seems to not get much of a wrench thrown in it.

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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.
ih8sense said:
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?
woody296 said:
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
woody296 said:
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?

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