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Disappointed with Sprint data in my neighborhood

As you can see I don't have internet at home through Sprint. The Wifi was off. Decided to swich carriers. Already called sprint today and asked them to waive my early cancellation fee. He said he will call me next Tuesday.

You sure you had Wifi off? It shows it as on in the screenshot.
But you can check and see if Network Vision is upgrading soon in your neighborhood.
http://www.sprint.com/network

Overstew said:
You sure you had Wifi off? It shows it as on in the screenshot.
But you can check and see if Network Vision is upgrading soon in your neighborhood.
http://www.sprint.com/network
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Yes it was off. I turned it on and went back to the program to take the snapshot. Here is a pick with wifi on.
PS: I'm rocking your ICS theme in my Calk ROM btw. You are the man buddy.

I'm running ek02 ROM, desperado 1.3 ek02 kernel and ek02 modem. I'll flash el29 modem and see if I notice any difference.
I'll flash ek02 again and post the numbers.
Now I'm getting 200's to 450. There must be varying amounts of network traffic tonight. It's only 12:41am, so people are probably still awake and using the data network. You could try a different host like Naples. Sometimes speakeasy speedtest on a browser gives different numbers out of Atlanta. Wanna see a crazy ass screen shot with 4g that I think was a fluke?

Miami is a city being worked on now. You won't see improvements for another 2 to 3 months. The reason for all the decrease on speeds is due to the off loading sprint is doing right now
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Thats funny that you're disappointed with those speeds. Id be happy if I was getting that. Here is what really crappy looks like.
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Who isnt? Lol i think 80% of people that have sprint have crappy data speeds
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Guess I'm in the 20% here Dallas, TX ;p
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stargaterules said:
Thats funny that you're disappointed with those speeds. Id be happy if I was getting that. Here is what really crappy looks like.
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I get from 128 to 188 kbps all the time. I am surprised I got over 300 yesterday. But your numbers are really bad. I couldn't live with it for one day.

stargaterules said:
Thats funny that you're disappointed with those speeds. Id be happy if I was getting that. Here is what really crappy looks like.
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Why are you still on Sprint?! Lol I hate sprint's network, ans tthat's with me getting 100-900kbps most places
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I hate my speed too but I'm getting better speeds with el29
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Androidfreakz said:
Guess I'm in the 20% here Dallas, TX ;p
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Yes, Dallas has been fully updated. Or at least it is nearly finished
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docmarioce said:
I get from 128 to 188 kbps all the time. I am surprised I got over 300 yesterday. But your numbers are really bad. I couldn't live with it for one day.
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afive720 said:
Why are you still on Sprint?! Lol I hate sprint's network, ans tthat's with me getting 100-900kbps most places
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That's because I get 29% off from them through work, but I suspect I'll be ditching them shortly. It just isn't worth waiting for the upgrades to be completed. For comparison purposes. It took me 7 minutes to download a 6 MB app on their 3G. LOL. Thank god for WIFI.

stargaterules said:
That's because I get 29% off from them through work, but I suspect I'll be ditching them shortly. It just isn't worth waiting for the upgrades to be completed. For comparison purposes. It took me 7 minutes to download a 6 MB app on their 3G. LOL. Thank god for WIFI.
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Correction. Waiting months or years to get to the point where Verizon is already at 4g wise, 3g is still a joke, even post upgrade.
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afive720 said:
Why are you still on Sprint?! Lol I hate sprint's network, ans tthat's with me getting 100-900kbps most places
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First world problems

I used to have Sprint and their slow data so I switched to the Galaxy Nexus with 4G LTE from Verizon. It puts my Comcast Cable to shame.

Buff McBigstuff said:
I used to have Sprint and their slow data so I switched to the Galaxy Nexus with 4G LTE from Verizon. It puts my Comcast Cable to shame.
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Amazing WOW

I am sitting in the same spot as last night at this time. Big difference in numbers. Perhaps people are in bed because there's work tomorrow morning?

This is this morning at my bedroom. Thanks to Wi-Fi I can check my email in my smartphone before going to work.

Buff McBigstuff said:
I used to have Sprint and their slow data so I switched to the Galaxy Nexus with 4G LTE from Verizon. It puts my Comcast Cable to shame.
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What's the point of all that speed though if your capped after a certain amount?
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(Q) Whats this been happening since I lost 3g like 30 mins ago

(Q) On the ##code# 1x and evo engenier it said trf covn and then pagin then sync msg then pilot aquire its been doing that alot
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tech7 said:
(Q) On the ##code# 1x and evo engenier it said trf covn and then pagin then sync msg then pilot aquire its been doing that alot
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What language is this?
Edit: Please correct your original psst.
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On the code list of the ##debug# the first 2list it was changing to those words that i posted on top sorry is this better
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No, it's not any better. Please try to be concise so we can understand what you are saying

I posted a pic i was finaly able too for some odd reason the xda mobile app wont post pic no more

You are having issues connecting to EVDO so your phone is in 1xRTT mode.
Try update profile.

sfhub said:
You are having issues connecting to EVDO so your phone is in 1xRTT mode.
Try update profile.
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Actually all in one voice call too
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Having trouble understanding what you mean. If you type like you are on a computer instead of mobile-speak, it would be easier.

Well my network went out again and now its doing the same thing and then i loose signal like lost then it come back and on that pic the first one changes to the same and then tri mode then back to paging and then channel goes uo high to 650 and it goes to tri mode again and hopefully this post
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tech7 said:
Well my network went out again and now its doing the same thing and then i loose signal like lost then it come back and on that pic the first one changes to the same and then tri mode then back to paging and then channel goes uo high to 650 and it goes to tri mode again and hopefully this post
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It does that scanning of different channels either because of authentication failure or because it can't find an evdo signal. It is just scanning the different frequencies defined in the PRL.

sfhub said:
It does that scanning of different channels either because of authentication failure or because it can't find an evdo signal. It is just scanning the different frequencies defined in the PRL.
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Oh it been doing that alot and i cant get calls or data on 3g im on 4g right now
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I check my family sprint phone and same issue on theres
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Then most likely the tower is out or you have very bad signal in your area.

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Then most likely the tower is out or you have very bad signal in your area.
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Must be bad tower becuase i get well use too get full bars now its like 3 then full
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Lte!!!! Holy poop nugget

Well I was sitting at work and bam, 4g came on, way to go sprint!!!! (Shentel for my area) So glad I hung in there, screw the haters!!!!
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Those are some damn good download speeds!
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Not bad at all

I know, it's on, but I still feel like they're testing it, still goes off and on from time to time, but when it's on..oooohhhh boy is this fast,lol
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I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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epicnoob66 said:
I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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fryingpan0613 said:
You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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A2CKilla said:
Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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Ya I know what you mean, I just wasn't sure if you knew you could turn it off since other carriers force you to have it on.
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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Does it work with EasyTether?

Yeah its really spotty and on/off for me. Weird observation though... I get 4g with my note in places I don't with my Galaxy Nexus.

Darn them, talked to a shentel rep (people that control sprint towers where I am) and these lte siting are just the test sites -_- but hey, at least full lte will be out at the end of the year for me at least, but hey for test speed of anywhere from, 8-20mb down?! I can't complain, but hey, I saw the same speeds with my wimax 4g, so to each his own
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With Note 2 i get LTE everywhere in Dallas Ft. Worth. Even traveling to other cities through tolls where development is not really there. Just alot of trees. I even get LTE in most people homes. Nexus never had this strong of a signal and if LTE switched the phone would freeze. I can honestly say this is a good phone.

patrickjaden said:
Does it work with EasyTether?
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Yes indeed.

On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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hayabusa1300cc said:
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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[email protected] you Texas!!!!! Lol, but great speeds man, I still haven't seen anything near that in good ol pa, shentel needs to hurry up!!! But for the test site, I pretty much get lte in the majority of areas I go to, and at least get 2mb down at home if I'm not using wifi for 3g
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I am also seeing very little battery drain from 4G. The radios in this phone are amazing (especially compared to the Nexus).

I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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yellowman82 said:
I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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Depends, since a lot of areas are tests sites, lte does drop on and off for me, but battery still lasts all day, I say Samsung got it right with the battery, hope other manufacturers follow suit
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They have recently expanded their signal here in dallas, texas and now I get 4g on my work which I never usually got any 4g signal because of this old bulding but now I get some strong 4g signal. Props for sprint but my speeds are not that fast, I usually get max 5 or even 6 thats it :S
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prl 00001 and sprint airwave

I just recently recieved my airwave and noticed that if im running on prl 00001 the bars are constantly jumping from full to two and sometimes none. Even if I have full bars the data still runs slow. If I update my prl it goes into full bars and data runs properly but prl 00001 gets me better service with no dropped calls while on the go. What shoukd I do?

You have have full bars but you can be on 1x
Most custom roms tell you if your on 3g or 1x
Also you can use the speed test app and it'll tell you on what you are on
And I'm not to sure on this but I don't think air wave does data
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gtuansdiamm said:
You have have full bars but you can be on 1x
Most custom roms tell you if your on 3g or 1x
Also you can use the speed test app and it'll tell you on what you are on
And I'm not to sure on this but I don't think air wave does data
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If you are on 00001, you likely are not connecting to the airave since that is looked at as a Sprint tower.
My cousin has an airave, and it seems to do data as well.
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Dial *99 to see if your connected..
I have SENSATIONS and its WICKED!!

I dialed *99 and it said I am connected to it but the voice was very choppy you coukd hardly hear but I do get service throughout the house now just twwo to three bars not full bars like I would get if I was on a regular prl
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So what tower does prl 00001 connect to if it reads airwave as a sprint tower? And does this mean any manual uodated prl wont connect to airwave?
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I talked to a sprint tech today and he said there is been lots of people reporting about the gs3 not playing nice with the airwave. He changed some setting. On there end for my airwave and so far so good.
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notsosmrtgeek said:
I talked to a sprint tech today and he said there is been lots of people reporting about the gs3 not playing nice with the airwave. He changed some setting. On there end for my airwave and so far so good.
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I just got 2 GS3's & have a GS2, my GS3 is on PRL 25009, the GS3's never link to my Airave & the GS2 will every once & a while, are you saying they can correct this issue on their side?

monke30butt said:
I just got 2 GS3's & have a GS2, my GS3 is on PRL 25009, the GS3's never link to my Airave & the GS2 will every once & a while, are you saying they can correct this issue on their side?
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Yes. And no. My phone still bounces. But. If I unplug the airwave then plug it back in. Then it usually will work. But. Today nothing is working so back to calling sprint I go.
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monke30butt said:
I just got 2 GS3's & have a GS2, my GS3 is on PRL 25009, the GS3's never link to my Airave & the GS2 will every once & a while, are you saying they can correct this issue on their side?
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I'm on 25010 and I connect to the Airave just fine every time.
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notsosmrtgeek said:
Yes. And no. My phone still bounces. But. If I unplug the airwave then plug it back in. Then it usually will work. But. Today nothing is working so back to calling sprint I go.
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What area are you in?
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digiblur said:
What area are you in?
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Portage Michigan
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notsosmrtgeek said:
Portage Michigan
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Definitely not a 800smr issue.
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Well after trying everything and failing this weekend to send messages. I called and they are gonna send me the 2.5. So I will. Chime in after I get that hooked up.
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So far day 1 with the 2.5. And I haven't had a single issue
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My data is horrible recently!

At home my data is usually always 7mbps-15mbps.. This past week it's been horrible at home. At about 40kbps...
At work and everywhere else it's fine, but once I get home it's horrible! Even 2 miles away from my house, it's fine.
I called tmobile and they filed a ticket to look into the tower but could take up to 10 days.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Mftek1 said:
At home my data is usually always 7mbps-15mbps.. This past week it's been horrible at home. At about 40kbps...
At work and everywhere else it's fine, but once I get home it's horrible! Even 2 miles away from my house, it's fine.
I called tmobile and they filed a ticket to look into the tower but could take up to 10 days.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Have any friends using the same tower?
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RonnieRuff said:
Have any friends using the same tower?
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I'm going to ask a couple friends right now, my wife's phone is always getting the same speeds 20-40kbps download
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Mftek1 said:
At home my data is usually always 7mbps-15mbps.. This past week it's been horrible at home. At about 40kbps...
At work and everywhere else it's fine, but once I get home it's horrible! Even 2 miles away from my house, it's fine.
I called tmobile and they filed a ticket to look into the tower but could take up to 10 days.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Depending on where u live ur tower by ur house can be old and not updated so it slower or it can be a borrowed tower. The one by ur job must be in a city which they update first. For me the new lte modem sucks I went back to the old modem. It is more reliable.

BACARDILIMON said:
Depending on where u live ur tower by ur house can be old and not updated so it slower or it can be a borrowed tower. The one by ur job must be in a city which they update first. For me the new lte modem sucks I went back to the old modem. It is more reliable.
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Did you notice an improvement when you went back to the old modem?
What I don't understand is after the lte update, I was still getting good speeds till recently.
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Looks like none of my friends in my area have tmobile.
I'm still getting roughly 50kbps at home and 15mbps at work.. Smh
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I get horrible speeds as well and always have. I live in in a crowded area....Brooklyn, New York
Also, it's not like I'm underground or hidden from the outside world, I'm sitting right next to a window in a 6 story building. I've honestly had enough of t-mobile.. they always mess up my contract and have such ****ty speeds in my area. Not to mention, they directly lie to you over the phone and barely keep any promises. Oh and New York being one of the biggest cities isn't even one of the LTE cities that was upgraded. Sorry for this rant but I'm just kinda pissed with TMO.
Does anyone know if I can somehow check if my phone is set on the right antenna?

Mftek1 said:
Did you notice an improvement when you went back to the old modem?
What I don't understand is after the lte update, I was still getting good speeds till recently.
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Yes a big difference. I mostly use WiFi tho when out cause I have WiFi hot spots every place by me. But the lte modem is use less by me till lte is around here.

Use the old apn if you're having issues. There's already a thread on this. Search for it.
I have a feeling the new apn is speed limited so when lte fully rolls out the hspa network isn't overloaded. Most people don't notice a difference between 8mbps and 11mbps. Which was my difference. But if your difference is between 3-5mbps and 55kbps then it's probably a tower issue as well.
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GN2Rabbit said:
Use the old apn if you're having issues. There's already a thread on this. Search for it.
I have a feeling the new apn is speed limited so when lte fully rolls out the hspa network isn't overloaded. Most people don't notice a difference between 8mbps and 11mbps. Which was my difference. But if your difference is between 3-5mbps and 55kbps then it's probably a tower issue as well.
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Already tried the old apn in the other thread. No luck.
I'm thinking a tower issue, but I guess it's not? Tmobile contacted me today saying the towers around my area look good. So, there going to recheck since I get great data speeds everywhere else
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BACARDILIMON said:
Depending on where u live ur tower by ur house can be old and not updated so it slower or it can be a borrowed tower. The one by ur job must be in a city which they update first. For me the new lte modem sucks I went back to the old modem. It is more reliable.
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I wanted to go back to the old version 4.1.1, im not rooted and just updated via kies and noticed the slowness also. Any chance u could help how to revert to old version. Thanks
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jhobert said:
I wanted to go back to the old version 4.1.1, im not rooted and just updated via kies and noticed the slowness also. Any chance u could help how to revert to old version. Thanks
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Hey bro where bouts in Los Angeles do you stay? Cause I'm close to there. What kind of speeds do you get?
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jhobert said:
I wanted to go back to the old version 4.1.1, im not rooted and just updated via kies and noticed the slowness also. Any chance u could help how to revert to old version. Thanks
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Believe it or not but a easy way would be to root and then revert back to stock 4.1.1. It will get u back to normal u will just have to not update till they fix all the bugs

If you're in a refarmed market just manually select the 1900 band as AWS might be too crowded. I have to do the same when I'm at my house as on AWS I get 500kbps while on 1900 I get no less than 12mbps
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minhajmsd said:
If you're in a refarmed market just manually select the 1900 band as AWS might be too crowded. I have to do the same when I'm at my house as on AWS I get 500kbps while on 1900 I get no less than 12mbps
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How do I do this?
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Try add old tmobile apn and chose auto 4g/3g/2g they change data speed on mine.
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Mm

Yes. Because we don't change the modem, just switch back and forth apn if in the are have lte tower just switch to lte apn (the original one).
This just my experience though.
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Mftek1 said:
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Hey bro where bouts in Los Angeles do you stay? Cause I'm close to there. What kind of speeds do you get?
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Im mainly on LAX area, speeds varies but usually I get 18 to 20 now ita down to 10 and lower, even if I change the apn and not use lte same slow speed compared to the old radio.
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Mftek1 said:
How do I do this?
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Dial *#2263# and then under WCDMA choose the 1900 band.
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