I just bought the galaxy nexus coming from sgs2 t989. After running speed tests, it says I have extremely low speeds over the air & wifi but when using the phone with data, it doesn't seem slower. Got 6gb/sec OTA & 12 wifi where on sgs2 12 gb/sec OTA & 20+ wifi....
Just wondering if anyone knows if speedtest.net app is accurate per your experiences?
Its as "accurate" as any speedtest can be. Its not exactly indicative of how fast data actually flows in real-world use.
Keep in mind that the T-Mo branded SGSII has a 42mbps HSPA+ radio, whereas the GNex has a 21mbps HSPA+ radio. Speeds will differ. As for WiFi, I'd say that's just a coincidence, speeds should be ~the same.
It seems to glitch sometimes with the GN and only measure DL speeds for a split second before stopping, I was able to fix it by changing servers though.
It should be 100% accurate. It's feeding you your actual speeds. It's just that HSPA+ isn't as consistent as LTE or other technologies. I usually get a consistent speed of about 20mbps with 2 bars outside.
Thanks for the input! Its as fast as I need it to be so I'm fine with what I am getting either way. Would be nice to be able to do some surgery & make a hybrid of the two phones tho... haha
The nexus def looks and operates much better than sgs2.
xHausx said:
It seems to glitch sometimes with the GN and only measure DL speeds for a split second before stopping, I was able to fix it by changing servers though.
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I noticed something similar. It jumped to about 3mbs which is sadly typical for the tower closest to my house, stayed there for about a second then dropped to 500kbs for the rest of the dl test, but in real use it is typical of my sgs2 which test around 3mbs
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Has anyone else noticed that the bandwidth graphs (where it shows the spikes and how consistent the connection is) on both sides of the actual current bandwidth readout (near the bottom directly below the gauge) don't work most of the time? I'm not sure if it's an issue with ICS or what, but usually it's just a white blur that kind of moves around as the test runs. I've only actually seen the lines on the graph a few times since I've had my Nexus. Pretty sure it always worked good stock, but on most custom ROMs, it doesn't show the lines on the app. Sometimes it does, but not usually. I've played around with the options to see if it fixes it and it doesn't.
I see the graph every time. Turn off 2d hardware cause that breaks the speed test graph.
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I see the graph every time. Turn off 2d hardware cause that breaks the speed test graph.
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What do you mean by turn off 2d hardware? I don't see that as an option
I turn the 'animations' slider all the way to better performance and seem to avoid the glitching issue with it.
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What do you mean by turn off 2d hardware? I don't see that as an option
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He means turn off "force GPU rendering" in developer options.
Yeah force hardware acceleration is known to break the speed test graph. But I guess that's not your issue if you didn't know about that setting in the first place.
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Yeah force hardware acceleration is known to break the speed test graph. But I guess that's not your issue if you didn't know about that setting in the first place.
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Correct, didn't know until I read these posts and like you predicted it was turned off.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
Well, pretty much I have tried hybrid 1 and 3 radio. I tried 4.0.2 and 4.0.4 radio. I have tried stock, Gummy, LiquidSmooth. I tried 3 different kernels.
What can else can I do? I bought this from a user on here and he swears they never had any issues and I completely believe him. I'm just wondering what is causing mine. I get about 50-150 KB/s speeds down and about 700-1000 KB/s upload... I don't understand the vast difference.. It has to be fixable.
Other than calling VZW, which I will do if I can't resolve this, what can I do?
Please help me oh great overlords of XDA!
For GPS signal lock, try updating your AGPS.
Download GPS Test
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&feature=nav_result
And go into options
"Clear AGPS"
and then I restart my phone (not sure if this makes a different but it's always a good idea to start clean)
then go back into the app and "Update AGPS"
This not only enabled me to get a lock but it also drastically decreased the time it took to get a lock.
Not sure about your 3G speed, maybe low signal which you can't really do anything about.
Hope this helps.
Mixmaster333 said:
For GPS signal lock, try updating your AGPS.
Download GPS Test
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&feature=nav_result
And go into options
"Clear AGPS"
and then I restart my phone (not sure if this makes a different but it's always a good idea to start clean)
then go back into the app and "Update AGPS"
This not only enabled me to get a lock but it also drastically decreased the time it took to get a lock.
Not sure about your 3G speed, maybe low signal which you can't really do anything about.
Hope this helps.
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Awesome. That helped amazingly. Now all I need is my 3G fixed and I'm all set.
I doubt its low signal. About as many bars as my mother's iPhone.
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I doubt its low signal. About as many bars as my mother's iPhone.
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"Bars" don't mean anything. Look at your dBm reading and compare it to similar phones in the same area in terms of dBm and speed on the same network.
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"Bars" don't mean anything. Look at your dBm reading and compare it to similar phones in the same area in terms of dBm and speed on the same network.
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I understand that, and I was going to include the decibels, but she left for work before I could. Roughly, I'm getting 100 KB/s and she's getting 1-2 MB/s in the same exact spot of our house.
I will include the actual decibels when she gets home. Also, how do I find the decibels of an iPhone? Seemed like I couldn't find a good Google result last time I searched for it.
You'll be able to tell which phone is the iPhone and which phone is the Nexus. http://imgur.com/a/VSJvo#0
I had them side by side, and the iPhone was getting about -68 dBm while the Nexus was getting about -80 dBm.
Regardless of the decibels, the speed difference shouldn't be that vast.
Turned off mobile data and then turned it on again. It seemed to give me a boost of speed because I was about to get 1.3 MB/s, but a follow up speed test garnered a 150 KB/s speed. I can't seem to win right now. Apparently, it doesn't matter what radio I use because it will still occur..
Let's give this a quick love tap to the top.
No help?
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I've seen screenshots of people getting 5 hours of screen-on time. Is anyone here getting that? If you are, please post screenshots below of your setup, and be VERY specific on what you are running, and how you are doing it. Please share the knowledge. Oh, and please don't bother posting if you're using an extended battery.
I'm running Liquid Smooth 1.4 and the (supposed) 3800 mAh Trexcell battery that I bought for $20 on Amazon.
With the standard battery the most screen-on time I ever got was 2:30 hrs. Now I get 3:30-4:00 hrs of on-screen time. Not quite double, but an improvement.
Frankly I don't know how anyone is managing 4 hours of screen-on time with the stock battery.
As an addendum: Even when I was running stock, I was getting equal-to or worse values for screen-on time.
95% of the people getting 4-5 hours of screen on time are on the GSM version. 2-3 hours is typical for Sprint and Verizon users.
Setups don't make a huge difference. What makes the difference is usage while the screen is on.
Depending on the usage, i can get 4 hours screen time on stock 1750mAh battery.
Just occasionally surfing the web using WiFi, no 3G connection, occasionally pressing the power button to check the time and 30% brightness.
I use AOKP + Franco (both latest), and always get around 3h - 3.5h. Half the time I'm using wifi, and I never use data. I don't have cell service 25% of the time, and usually have weak cell service.
Most of them are on wifi... like me I can get 5hrs of display time over wifi but only about 3hrs on my terrible 3G speeds and connection.
With the stock battery.
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When I was running AOKP build 36 with Franco Kernel 166 I was able to get 3:55 with the stock battery. I did underclock to 1036MHz with some slight undervolting. I never use WiFi and my data is only on when my screen is on. I also played games for about an hour and a half.
Now I'm on AOKP build 38 with Franco's Milestone 4, and I usually average 2-3 hours of screen on time.
Unless the spring and verizon versions are so wildly different, I'm going to ask for screenshot proof if this. I bet you're mistaking "awake" time for screen-on time.
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Unless the spring and verizon versions are so wildly different, I'm going to ask for screenshot proof if this. I bet you're mistaking "awake" time for screen-on time.
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They are wildly different. They use different cellular technology.
But you just said at the top of the thread that Spring and Verizon have comparable times, now they are wildly different? They are both CDMA. In the case above its WiFi only.
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Unless the spring and verizon versions are so wildly different, I'm going to ask for screenshot proof if this. I bet you're mistaking "awake" time for screen-on time.
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No problem...
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But you just said at the top of the thread that Spring and Verizon have comparable times, now they are wildly different? They are both CDMA. In the case above its WiFi only.
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I thought you were talking about Sprint/Verizon and the GSM model, that is my fault.
BUT, Verizon has LTE for the majority of people, which will suck the battery dry faster than EVDO Rev A on Sprint.
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I thought you were talking about Sprint/Verizon and the GSM model, that is my fault.
BUT, Verizon has LTE for the majority of people, which will suck the battery dry faster than EVDO Rev A on Sprint.
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I concur... usually if you have good LTE speeds and connection.. your battery life will be better same goes for 3G... i've seen people with full bars on 3G pull almost 4hours with the stock battery, yet with a 1-2 bar connection and a .50mbps speed... i can almost get 3 hours. I would assume that LTE would be less of a battery drain unless you have terrible connection to it.
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I concur... usually if you have good LTE speeds and connection.. your battery life will be better same goes for 3G... i've seen people with full bars on 3G pull almost 4hours with the stock battery, yet with a 1-2 bar connection and a .50mbps speed... i can almost get 3 hours. I would assume that LTE would be less of a battery drain unless you have terrible connection to it.
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LTE is more of a battery drain than EVDO I believe. Unless you have full signal. All the time.
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LTE is more of a battery drain than EVDO I believe. Unless you have full signal. All the time.
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hmm doesnt make sense, i figure the faster speeds would help... then it wouldnt have to struggle to pull something up through, lets say the web browser. I mean if you have 1bar of LTE then yeah thats gunna drain faster or similar to 3G. But 3-4 would be optimal.... i assume im terribly wrong but.. these are just my thoughts and assumptions
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hmm doesnt make sense, i figure the faster speeds would help... then it wouldnt have to struggle to pull something up through, lets say the web browser. I mean if you have 1bar of LTE then yeah thats gunna drain faster or similar to 3G. But 3-4 would be optimal.... i assume im terribly wrong but.. these are just my thoughts and assumptions
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In terms of data transfer, sure but I believe just getting and holding onto an LTE signal, especially for a CDMA-based phone causes a lot of the problems.
HOW!!!!! What are you running, what apps you have, etc.
Like I said over all wifi. Skanwich and Samurai Kernel. I don't have anything that syncs. I dont use any "battery" apps and this is just Xda and various other games and YouTube... it just doesn't show up... for some reason. Also its undervolted but stock frequencies. Using the on demand governor.
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LTE is more of a battery drain than EVDO I believe. Unless you have full signal. All the time.
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I can vouch for this. When I am at home I drain battery as slow as EvDo when on LTE. But I have a better signal than most people out there.
Whatcha running?
Hi,
I've been using JB since the version from io12 was out. Currently I use Bigxie's deodexed 4.1.1 and all is wonderful. Except one thing that is. The wifi signal is weaker than I'm used to from ICS. Especially the wifi range seems worse. Connections that I've used with ICS are now out of range. Some of my friend or family's connections are now very weak and I drop out of range very often. This goes for any JB rom/kernel I've tried.
I've tried several roms, trinity and franco kernels, dirty flashing, full wipe. I've even tried a couple of different basebands, even though I don't think they affect wifi.
So I'm wondering if other GSM GNex users are experiencing the same thing? I've seen a thread with a flashable "poor wifi fix" for the Verizon GNex, but nothing for the GSM version.
Verizon GNex wifi/gps fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739097
Any suggestions? Coukd a similar solution like the Verizon fix help?
Best regards,
P
Ok, allow me to explain whats going on with the "fix".
There were some folks who ported the GSM version to Verizon (myself included). However, they failed to use the correct wifi/BT firmware (I did but thats besides the point). They left in the GSM version. So that above fix is merely the bcm4330.hcd firmware and bcmhd.cal calibration file for wifi/BT from 4.0.4 for Verizon. It is not meant to be used for GSM and only applies to those who ported GSM to CDMA. Even with the fix, wifi is weak.
Verizon users currently have a newer version now, specifically for them from Google. However, the weak wifi issue still exists even for us. There are some who have strong wifi routers or are always close to them that do not see the issue, but it does exist for every JB user. Wifi is simply weaker, and BT is fairly janky.
It is a Jellybean specific problem, and I am assuming it will be fixed in time. You could try a 4.0.4 bcm4330.hcd, bcmhd.cal on Jellybean, but I doubt it will help, and it could end up hurting. I am thinking that broadcomm needs to fix these files.
Thanks for the reply and the precise info about the problem and the background for the Verizon fix. Very much appreciated.
I guess I'll have to wait and hope for an update.
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Thanks for the reply and the precise info about the problem and the background for the Verizon fix. Very much appreciated.
I guess I'll have to wait and hope for an update.
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I am right there with you.
Wifi is horrible!
WiFi does kind of blow chunks. WTF.
burhanistan said:
WiFi does kind of blow chunks. WTF.
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The more I think about it, the more I think it can probably be resolved by tweaking the calibration file. However that is a bit beyond my abilities as I don't understand whats contained in it to know what it needs tweaking to.
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I'm not sure why it does this but when I am in my house about 15 feet away from my router I would notice my wifi signal dropping down to 2 bars where my other phone would stay at full strength until I got around 15 yards away.. I decided to see how far I could get away from my router before completely losing signal. I walked a total of about of 30 yards from my router to the edge of my street and stopped every time the signal decreased down to one bar(which was between every 5 or 10 yards)... every time I thought the signal was about to drop out it would return back up to 3 bars after a moment of adjusting. Once I got to my furthest point it dropped out completely and then came back to 1 bar. When I came back inside where I previously had 2 bars I then had full signal throughout the house. I tested this a couple times and it seems that it only uses what it needs. If someone could do a similar experiment to confirm this isn't specific to my router set up I would appreciate it. I also did not notice any drop off in performance in speed from 1 bar to full signal while I was within 20 yards of my router, however, I didn't run a speed test, I just used my youtube app to load a video... I will run some speed test when I get home this evening to get a solid figure on the speed difference. This may not be a bug but a feature to conserve energy to increase battery life.
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I'm not sure why it does this but when I am in my house about 15 feet away from my router I would notice my wifi signal dropping down to 2 bars where my other phone would stay at full strength until I got around 15 yards away.. I decided to see how far I could get away from my router before completely losing signal. I walked a total of about of 30 yards from my router to the edge of my street and stopped every time the signal decreased down to one bar(which was between every 5 or 10 yards)... every time I thought the signal was about to drop out it would return back up to 3 bars after a moment of adjusting. Once I got to my furthest point it dropped out completely and then came back to 1 bar. When I came back inside where I previously had 2 bars I then had full signal throughout the house. I tested this a couple times and it seems that it only uses what it needs. If someone could do a similar experiment to confirm this isn't specific to my router set up I would appreciate it. I also did not notice any drop off in performance in speed from 1 bar to full signal while I was within 20 yards of my router, however, I didn't run a speed test, I just used my youtube app to load a video... I will run some speed test when I get home this evening to get a solid figure on the speed difference. This may not be a bug but a feature to conserve energy to increase battery life.
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A good theory, but I am dropping wifi in some of my rooms. Switching to and fro like that doesn't save power
didnt people have poor performance with their wifi signal on ics? did broadcom leave everything the same of did they change/update drivers for our phones with jb.
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A good theory, but I am dropping wifi in some of my rooms. Switching to and fro like that doesn't save power
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Me too, I only need to move to the next room or so sometimes. The main problem for me is range. The range for me was better with 4.0.x.
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didnt people have poor performance with their wifi signal on ics? did broadcom leave everything the same of did they change/update drivers for our phones with jb.
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ICS wifi performance on the GNex wasn't exactly perfect for me, but it was better than what I get with JB. My router at home is giving me an okay performance and range, but the routers I normally connect to at family and friends are giving me problems since I moved on to JB.
I believe JB does come with new drivers. At least I've read that it does, in other threads.
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didnt people have poor performance with their wifi signal on ics? did broadcom leave everything the same of did they change/update drivers for our phones with jb.
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I had better performance on ICS with WiFi.
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I had better performance on ICS with WiFi.
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Same
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Wi-Fi has been fine for me, but only when using 2.4GHz—5GHz, on the other hand, is horribly broken. If you are using 5GHz, I recommend trying 2.4GHz instead—hopefully Google will have this sorted before the Galaxy Nexus II ships.
you may want to revert back to ICS to verify if the phone hardware is not a problem? otherwise for me I have used both... ICS and JB, and I don't find any difference..
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you may want to revert back to ICS to verify if the phone hardware is not a problem? otherwise for me I have used both... ICS and JB, and I don't find any difference..
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I’ve found 5GHz to be broken on both ICS and JB and this is with more than one phone.
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Wi-Fi has been fine for me, but only when using 2.4GHz—5GHz, on the other hand, is horribly broken. If you are using 5GHz, I recommend trying 2.4GHz instead—hopefully Google will have this sorted before the Galaxy Nexus II ships.
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I'll try 2.4.
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I’ve found 5GHz to be broken on both ICS and JB and this is with more than one phone.
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5 Ghz was fine for me on ICS. It works on JB too, but the range...ugh.
I'm pretty sure it's not hardware related. It's definitely related to JB. It's not a 5 GHz problem either, that's what I use at home on my d-link. Family and friends have both 5 and 2.4 GHz. I'm sure it depends on the quality of the routers also but I didn't have any real range problems with any of them before JB.
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5 Ghz was fine for me on ICS. It works on JB too, but the range...ugh.
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Same here, except my d-link at home, which is kinda okay at 5 GHz.
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I'm pretty sure it's not hardware related. It's definitely related to JB. It's not a 5 GHz problem either, that's what I use at home on my d-link. Family and friends have both 5 and 2.4 GHz. I'm sure it depends on the quality of the routers also but I didn't have any real range problems with any of them before JB.
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2.4 is pretty weak for me too.
I looked at the calibration file from ICS to JB. I don't think the difference warrants the problems seen.
From ICS to JB, these are the changes:
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Hello, I I'm using the stable version that was just released and my phone keeps switching from H, H+, to 3G every 20 seconds or so?! What am I missing here? I have flashed all of the AT&T modems and the problem still exists and drains my better! I cleared everything before installing and everything else is working fine! Just not the data connection. Please help!
Sounds like a problem with AT&T. Some quick things to try when your connection is wonky like that is to toggle airplane mode on and off. I'm in Canada, so I'm not entirely familiar with AT&T, but I have read on a few other posts that they are a little sketchy right now as they roll out LTE to more areas. Also try running with just 3g for a bit, then try LTE and see if anything changes.
Tried doing that Still having issues.
I don't have LTE in my area, so that's not the issue. I do have the HSPDA+, so I get why I see the H+.
It seems to only be with the Cyanogenmod 10 Stable ROM that was just released 2 days ago. Doesn't seem very stable to me
I even just tried installing the nightly update that came out last night to see if there was a fix, and nothing.
Hmm, okay, well, then if it was me in your shoes, what I would try would be flashing back to stock with Odin and start over from scratch again. I find that's easier than messing around with radios and modems and everything. You can find a good stock image in the android development thread that already has root injected into it. Obviously make sure you grab the right image, yadda yadda, yadda.
If you're saying that its switching between 3G, H, and H+ in succession then its doing exactly what it should be doing. Think about it. If your devices data was constantly stuck on the highest speed (the most battery draining one) your phones battery life would be horrible. What aosp based ROMs do is show the true value of your data connection. What's happening is your device is switching to the lower level data (3G) when you're not using data services and then ramping up to the higher level (H+) when you're using data services. Touchwhiz based ROMs don't do this. They lie and always show the highest level data as always being used when in fact the data levels are actually switching back and forth like you're seeing right now.
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If you're saying that its switching between 3G, H, and H+ in succession then its doing exactly what it should be doing. Think about it. If your devices data was constantly stuck on the highest speed (the most battery draining one) your phones battery life would be horrible. What aosp based ROMs do is show the true value of your data connection. What's happening is your device is switching to the lower level data (3G) when you're not using data services and then ramping up to the higher level (H+) when you're using data services. Touchwhiz based ROMs don't do this. They lie and always show the highest level data as always being used when in fact the data levels are actually switching back and forth like you're seeing right now.
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Yeah, what Task said!
Thanks, dude. I looked at it as a problem that needed fixing - but I guess if that's what it's supposed to be doing then it's not a problem at all. For some reason, I never see my data type drop from 4G.
GladdBag said:
Yeah, what Task said!
Thanks, dude. I looked at it as a problem that needed fixing - but I guess if that's what it's supposed to be doing then it's not a problem at all. For some reason, I never see my data type drop from 4G.
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If you're in an area with a really strong 4g signal it will stay on 4g. I've noticed that at work it stays on 4g the whole time but at home where my 4g isn't as strong it will switch back and forth.
task650 said:
If you're saying that its switching between 3G, H, and H+ in succession then its doing exactly what it should be doing. Think about it. If your devices data was constantly stuck on the highest speed (the most battery draining one) your phones battery life would be horrible. What aosp based ROMs do is show the true value of your data connection. What's happening is your device is switching to the lower level data (3G) when you're not using data services and then ramping up to the higher level (H+) when you're using data services. Touchwhiz based ROMs don't do this. They lie and always show the highest level data as always being used when in fact the data levels are actually switching back and forth like you're seeing right now.
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yup, that makes sense
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task650 said:
If you're saying that its switching between 3G, H, and H+ in succession then its doing exactly what it should be doing. Think about it. If your devices data was constantly stuck on the highest speed (the most battery draining one) your phones battery life would be horrible. What aosp based ROMs do is show the true value of your data connection. What's happening is your device is switching to the lower level data (3G) when you're not using data services and then ramping up to the higher level (H+) when you're using data services. Touchwhiz based ROMs don't do this. They lie and always show the highest level data as always being used when in fact the data levels are actually switching back and forth like you're seeing right now.
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Are you ABSOLUTELY certain about this? I will just let my phone sit there (not doing anything) and the icons go 3G, H, H+, back down to H in literally 3 seconds.
This doesn't seem right. Especially with my battery draining about 20% in a matter of 20 minutes. I figured it was because the data connection was jumping all around.
Can everyone else confirm that their phone is doing this too (jumping between all sorts of connections) that is running Cyanogenmod 10 Stable?
Oh, and I'm in a really strong "4G" area downtown Minneapolis, etc.
PowerMan572 said:
Are you ABSOLUTELY certain about this? I will just let my phone sit there (not doing anything) and the icons go 3G, H, H+, back down to H in literally 3 seconds.
This doesn't seem right. Especially with my battery draining about 20% in a matter of 20 minutes. I figured it was because the data connection was jumping all around.
Can everyone else confirm that their phone is doing this too that is running Cyanogenmod 10 Stable?
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not sure why you would think that i would give information like this without knowing. either way. thats how its supposed to be. its flipping back and forth like that when you're not doing anything because of email syncing and things like that in the background. whether you think youre in a "strong 4g" area or not. your device knows better than you. if its switching in an area the you think its strong in, it's probably not as strong as you think if your device is saying otherwise.
task650 said:
not sure why you would think that i would give information like this without knowing. either way. thats how its supposed to be. its flipping back and forth like that when you're not doing anything because of email syncing and things like that in the background. whether you think youre in a "strong 4g" area or not. your device knows better than you. if its switching in an area the you think its strong in, it's probably not as strong as you think if your device is saying otherwise.
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Alright, thanks for the explanation. I might try it one more time tonight, but on the way to work today the data connection was flipping back and forth constantly, draining my battery as well too. I've been around the Twin Cities today (not just sitting in just 1 spot) and still happens. So I doubt the entire cities is not as strong 4G as I think :fingers-crossed:
Keep you posted.
WIFI Issues
Hi All:
I'm not sure if this the same issue as whats listed here but on CM10.0.0 Stable, wifi seems to fail to reconnect after the phone goes into sleep mode. In stock ROM, I could bring up the wifi menu by dialing *#0011# however on CM10 it doesnt work.
I know others have listed this issue on the web (not just xda) but wondering if any one has a fix? Thanks.
task650 said:
not sure why you would think that i would give information like this without knowing. either way. thats how its supposed to be. its flipping back and forth like that when you're not doing anything because of email syncing and things like that in the background. whether you think youre in a "strong 4g" area or not. your device knows better than you. if its switching in an area the you think its strong in, it's probably not as strong as you think if your device is saying otherwise.
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Okay, I'll admit when I'm wrong. Had some patience tonight and my mind wasn't playing tricks on me now that I got an explanation. Battery life is fine, and Internet connection doesn't go out when I'm on the browser ^_^
Thanks for your explanation!
hey...i know this might be a bit late but I'm on a rogers sg3 running CM10 stable as well and i mine is doing the same thing. I can understand where you are coming from because it seems that mine started doing this after i lost IMEI and restored. i think it's purely a case of me noticing things a little bit more after that whole ordeal. can't really confirm if it was doing this before but it seems to be working fine right now. recently i was in a very strong 4G(LTE) area and phone didn't switch at all...just stayed on LTE constant. At home on the other hand(rural ontario) my phone jumps around like crazy. I've even seen it go right down to E lol! So I, like yourself was a little skeptical and decided to switch back to stock and sure enought it just stayed right on H+ makiing me think that i was getting "better" service on a stock rom lol. but when i went into phone settings/about phone/status the mobile network type kept swiching even though it showed H+.
anyway...just my 2 cents. hope this puts your mind at ease