I am looking for a good modem suggestion, I am aware that different modems affect different phones differently, but I am just trying to find a good stable one. I am yet to find a model that gives me 1000+kbps except for FF09 but gps on it takes about 15 minutes to get a fix. On the contrary FF18 gives me speeds of about 300-500kbps, so only about half, but my gps locks instantly. I'm not sure if anyone else there has similar issues, and but even if you don't, I can you suggest a good modem? I have also tried el29 and FC24. el29 had speeds of about 40-50 and FC24 had 1000+ but would never get a gps fix. ever.
Im on FF18 as well. But is different on all phones. For me FF18 is better than el29. But it takes me a bit to get a gps lock
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As both you and gding said it varies a lot from phone to phone, there really is no substitute to flashing, using it for a few days, then trying another... for me el26 and ff11 work well, but I'm more concerned with maintaining signal over speed or anything as 3g in my area sucks and can kill my battery quickly if its constantly dropping and rescanning...
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Very true. I have tried almost all of them so far. But FF18 i get better reception. From -95 dB to-86 dB. Im not looking for speed either. I live in NH. They dont believe in tower. Lol
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Just updated OTA to ek02 and am experiencing slower 3g speeds... with and without the tweak. Anyone else noticing this or is it just me?
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For me with update, 3g is same, but 4g is almost double.
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If they get any slower they'll stop completely (at least for me).
Sprint is so slow anyway that o havent noticed anything yet
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hijewpositive said:
Just updated OTA to ek02 and am experiencing slower 3g speeds... with and without the tweak. Anyone else noticing this or is it just me?
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I really feel that i am having much slower 3g speeds.
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I am really curious tho as to which modem is the best out of all of these
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I'm experiencing slower speeds and my 4G connectivity got even worse...even did a profile and prl update after the update and it didn't help.
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Sprint's 3G is stupid slow. It's completely unusable around here. For example, the Android Market. Most things say they are "starting to download" then they never do.
I did a speed test and my ping was like 900~1100+ with a download speed of 7~13kbps and an upload speed of 50~100kbps or so.
Seriously, 7~13kbps download?
The only reason I put up with this crap is I'm almost NEVER away from wireless. I work in the technologies field with full gig-network access on almost all the campuses I'm at threw out the day and 105mbit at home.
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Sprint's 3G is stupid slow. It's completely unusable around here. For example, the Android Market. Most things say they are "starting to download" then they never do.
I did a speed test and my ping was like 900~1100+ with a download speed of 7~13kbps and an upload speed of 50~100kbps or so.
Seriously, 7~13kbps download?
The only reason I put up with this crap is I'm almost NEVER away from wireless. I work in the technologies field with full gig-network access on almost all the campuses I'm at threw out the day and 105mbit at home.
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Wow, that is really slow. I don't have it that bad lol. But with that ping and those speeds, it seems like something is uploading constantly. That's the only time I've ever seen speed tests like that for me, while i was uploading songs to Google music. That's interesting.
As for the speed test tho, i feel there is an issue with the actually test and specifically our 3g. The reason i say this is because the speed test will give me a result of 40-50kB/s, but then i will download a torrent at like 150kB/s.... all in the same area. Very weird.
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Sprints download speed for me is around .12kbs to .45kbs in good reception areas... in the same areas ATT gets 3.5mbs and Verizon is very stable with good reception and stable internet that is around 1.5 mbs... so ATT is wicked fast 3g but the reception and internet are both hit and miss as far as coverage goes. Where as Verizon may not be the fastest internet, they are well within my personal tolerance and needs... and their coverage surpasses ATT by a long haul in my area... notice i haven't mentioned sprint? That's because my download speeds on average are (like previously stated) between 10kbs and 50kbs at most! 50kbs is the fastest I've ever gotten with the speestest.net app! Don't even get me started on call reception.... I've honestly had more dropped calls in a month and a half then I've had with every other company combined throughout my life. End rant
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So needless to say... no matter what modem u decide is he best, it will never actually please you or meet any sort of standard for you... i know it hasn't for me
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My 3g is pretty much the same bro
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Title... Im torn between the 2... Whats the general thought on which has better signal and speeds?
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Title... Im torn between the 2... Whats the general thought on which has better signal and speeds?
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not sure on speed since i never used it.. but i have not once had LoS on EK01 and i been using it the day it was released.
On eg31 my speed were the best I've seen so far and 4g worked well. Since I have switched to ek02 I've noticed the phone acts a lot more quirkier now. the 3g speeds are back to what they were ( a k a terrible) and 4 g conectivity is a lot more erratic. however, I have not had an los issue this entire time I've been running ek02 but I do believe that is because they implemented some of the Los kernel into it; I've witnessed my phone go from perfect signal to no signal and then the phone does a soft reboot without me touching it.
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My phone out of the box is still on EG30 with no updates pushed to me yet. I'm not sure what to do with all the info on this subject. Some say bad, others say no problems... Using this phone for the past week I'm still not really sure what everyone is talking about, no soft resets at all for me. I had an Evo 4G before and with my coverage area it just seemed spotty, so to say the signal "drops" im not sure. The only thing I have noticed is when I'm in a 4G area my Evo did drop the signal a lot, when I'm in a 4G area with this phone it stay's connected all the time and is very fast.
It's more or less one of those things you're going to have to try and see. I've had great results with a full ek02 setup and calks 2.01a.
My suggestion... try a full ek02 setup. You can go back now.
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It's more or less one of those things you're going to have to try and see. I've had great results with a full ek02 setup and calks 2.01a.
My suggestion... try a full ek02 setup. You can go back now.
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Are you in a good service area? Was it bad for you before?
Who's got the best 3g speed with their modem. I'm on the new modem that is with the leaked Sprint build of ics signal is better but internet is dragging balls.
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Who's got the best 3g speed with their modem. I'm on the new modem that is with the leaked Sprint build of ics signal is better but internet is dragging balls.
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I've had the most luck with EL29 modem.
I am on el26. I'll try that. I just wanted to see if someone actually tested Al of them to see what differences there are.
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Im partial to EK02 right now.
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I am on el26. I'll try that. I just wanted to see if someone actually tested Al of them to see what differences there are.
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Yeah I've run pretty much all of them (with the exceptions of FD19 and FD26). I had some decent ratings on FB27, FC05 and FD10 but EL29 always gave me the best.
I've had the best of luck on EL29 as well. Which isn't saying much however as the speeds are still MEH for me.
People will tell you every phone is different and you have to try them all but I really don't see how that could possibly be the case. There would have to be some serious quality control issues in Samsung's production line for that to happen. All of that said, I did try a whole bunch of them (EL29, FB, FC, FD) in one sitting to try to get as close to an apples to apples comparison as possible. EL29 came out the winner for me too.
I use FD19
FD19 has given me the best results so far. I am getting 1.3 Mbps down (with only -91db of signal in my middle-of-nowhere home.) This is versus FD26 which I only got 748Kbps down.
EL29 hands down. sitting in the exact same spot, FD26 hit avg. 0.45. first test on EL29 in the same spot got 1.56. averaged 0.75 on 4 tests. (In San Francisco)
3G and 4G speeds. I used to never get 4G in this spot. Yay for network vision?
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3G and 4G speeds. I used to never get 4G in this spot. Yay for network vision?
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No because Network Vision deal with LTE - not wimax.
Did this test myself today, went through many modems and lots of speed testing lol
result el29
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I'd be running with el29
Currently on fd19
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Haven't seen much difference and I been on it all day. 4g seemed to connect a little bit better.
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MOST modems will perform the same, to be honest. Sprints network is slow as it is, not like flashing a new modem will make a jump in speeds. Its a placebo anyway. With EVERY new modem, the same people will say 3G is better, or 4G is better, or Wifi, Gps, ETC. when in actuality......it doesnt!
Ive had fairly good luck with most of the modems. But today I was not happy with FE07. 4G kept dropping out alot and way too many times 3G was not working. But it works enough to not complain yet. If it goes on for more than another day I will double check FD26.
From EK02 up I can expect up to 15 Mbps on 4G and 500 Kbps to 2 Mbps on 3G. If I see those figures pop up over the course of a week I figure its doing alright. If I have a horrible experience the entire week, crappy performance and never hit anywhere near those numbers then I begin to suspect something. Nearly every modem I have been on had 1.40 to 1.49 Mbps on 4G Upload. When that goes sour on a modem all the time its a quick sign if it persists.
best modem for GPS so far?
Which modem seems to lock on the best with GPS. On EL29 and it isn't very good at all, connects for a while then drops leaving me hanging or won't connect at all. Are they all pretty much the same in this regard? My EVO 4G was really good on GPS.
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Which modem seems to lock on the best with GPS. On EL29 and it isn't very good at all, connects for a while then drops leaving me hanging or won't connect at all. Are they all pretty much the same in this regard? My EVO 4G was really good on GPS.
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Samsung devices have not been known for having the best GPS hardware. EL29 is the latest official release but there are several ICS modems available. Try some of them and see how it goes... latest is fe07 found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642564
Its in post #2 its b5
Right now, I'm running CM9 alpha 3 / kernel fd10 / modem el29.
Question: What would be the benefit of flashing the FE07 kernel?
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Right now, I'm running CM9 alpha 3 / kernel fd10 / modem el29.
Question: What would be the benefit of flashing the FE07 kernel?
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You could brag to your friends about having the latest ICS kernel installed
I like to listen to a streaming talk show on my phone when I shower in the morning. I need wifi to do it, no data at home. Some modems will not connect to my wifi in the same bathroom which is the furthest from the router. Other modems will connect with a strong connection. I don't think every modem is the same.
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You could brag to your friends about having the latest ICS kernel installed
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Haha I like that idea.
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Well I have had gps issues with all the ICS leaks but I have noticed big differences in speed between certain modems fd19 is a solid modem but fe07 is just as fast for me and my gps actually works especially in navigation and our app places.
The top 3 speeds are on fe07 the bottom 3 are fd19 on 4g
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FE07 has been good for me so far. Some of the leaks really crippled my 3G, but FE07 seems to work just as well, if not better, than EL29 - at least for me anyway. Haven't tested GPS yet.
For me, No modem seems to work. I guess I'm plain out of luck. There are no towers near me so my phone ALWAYS(sometimes) fails to send text messages or even make calls.
Anyone one have any suggestions I can try?
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For me, No modem seems to work. I guess I'm plain out of luck. There are no towers near me so my phone ALWAYS(sometimes) fails to send text messages or even make calls.
Anyone one have any suggestions I can try?
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You should ALWAYS(sometimes) switch to another carrier.
But seriously, allow roaming if you haven't done so already.
Wouldn't I get charged extra for roaming?
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Wouldn't I get charged extra for roaming?
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You should be ok as long as you're in your coverage area. I roam all the time and don't get charged extra. I think it has to do with whether you're on Sprint's towers/network or not, and whether those towers are in your coverage area. Might be worth a *2 to Sprint to find out.
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You should be ok as long as you're in your coverage area. I roam all the time and don't get charged extra. I think it has to do with whether you're on Sprint's towers/network or not, and whether those towers are in your coverage area. Might be worth a *2 to Sprint to find out.
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Will do, thanks!
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Will do, thanks!
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Use roam control to force roaming. They will eventually send you a letter telling you they're canceling your account (no early termination fee) due to excess roaming, and you can sell your E4GT and go to another carrier!
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Well I have had gps issues with all the ICS leaks but I have noticed big differences in speed between certain modems fd19 is a solid modem but fe07 is just as fast for me and my gps actually works especially in navigation and our app places.
The top 3 speeds are on fe07 the bottom 3 are fd19 on 4g
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so you would recommend the fe07 over the el29 modem for GPS performance?
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so you would recommend the fe07 over the el29 modem for GPS performance?
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This is just my personal opinion I try different modems and I have better success with fe07 on my device
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I have a T-Mobile GS3 and I'm rooted and getting amazing speeds on the T-Mobile network on the (Rooted) Stock Rom (Via Galaxy S3 Toolkit)
I was going to install AOKP and wanted to make sure that I would get the same speeds. Is there anything I should keep in mind before doing anything?
Thanks!
I've read that OC phones get a little better speed. I have never seen anything to support that though. If you use the same modem you shouldn't see a difference up or down.
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@ OP...
your data speeds will not suffer from having a custom ROM. You should see the same speeds and connections in the same areas. As he^ mentioned, mostly depends on your radios and signal. Nothing more (for the most part)
My experience with AOKP has been always, no matter what phone, I get lower speeds than stock based. If you search you will find a lot of people complaining that their speeds dropped once they Flashed AOKP. I'm not sure if anyone has figured out why yet, it just seems to be one of the trade offs. Of course ymmv though.
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At one point AOKP/AOSP ROMs could only get 10Mbps, now there is no difference. As others have said, you may find that one particular radio is better for you than another.
I'm an AOKP user and the highest I've gotten is 26Mbps.
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