There are lots ofsignal booster apps in the play store that claims that it will improve the signal.
Is this for real? Do they really work? if yes, what app are you using
thanks,
I bought Fresh Network pro a while back. I really don't know how it works, but it really does. It's not a signal "booster" per se, but I'd give the lite version a try if you're getting slower than normal speeds.
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tomasitoc said:
There are lots ofsignal booster apps in the play store that claims that it will improve the signal.
Is this for real? Do they really work? if yes, what app are you using
thanks,
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Just contact T-Mobile and ask for a signal booster, they are 100% free, I got one a year ago and it has made a significant difference in my house.
When you were using fresh network. How was the battery drain?
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I read that even when t-mobile jumps on the lte band wagon in 2013, that our gs3 phones will not be able to take advantage of the new speeds (what a drag). I'm not sure if this is really the case, but I posted the link to the article below.
http://www.galaxys3newsblog.com/t-mobiles-samsung-galaxy-s3-to-miss-lte-yet-another-dissappointment/
One thing you have to remember you always want to buy a phone that works right now for you not a phone that would work better in the future, I'm happy with hspa+ and by the time I get lte from tmobile I might have another phone anyways so I think I'm cool with that, it bee discuss in another topic too
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This is true. I just thought that I would post this for those who didn't have the benefit of reading the other post. For those that don't change their phones often and intend on keeping the gs3 for some time, I thought that this was good information to help them make a well informed purchase. I hope this helped anyone that didn't know and wants to buy a gs3.
My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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One thing you have to remember you always want to buy a phone that works right now for you not a phone that would work better in the future, I'm happy with hspa+ and by the time I get lte from tmobile I might have another phone anyways so I think I'm cool with that, it bee discuss in another topic too
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+1, I owned my T-989 for less then a year before buying my T-999. At this rate I'll buy a T-1000 when it comes out in 6-8 months from now.
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My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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Same here in San Diego. Verizon was fast out of the gate but they heavily over-subscribed their network and now they are lame. AT&T is the crazy fast at the moment but I expect them to be in the same boat as Verizon this time next year.
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My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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How the heck do people get such fast download speeds? i downloaded the speedtest app and I'm only pulling about 3-4 thousand kbps with 3 bars of 4G.
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How the heck do people get such fast download speeds? i downloaded the speedtest app and I'm only pulling about 3-4 thousand kbps with 3 bars of 4G.
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Is disguise you might be only on 3g or hspa not hspa+(what tmobile calls 4g)
This is at my house hspa+
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Is disguise you might be only on 3g or hspa not hspa+(what tmobile calls 4g)
This is at my house hspa+
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My S3 is lying to me???
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My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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Why is the wifi simple active?
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m4r10 said:
My S3 is lying to me???
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Practicly yes on stock 4g shows when you connected to umts(3g), hspa and hspa+(t mobile calls this 4g cause it could go up to 42mbps) but if you changed yours to stock look ( aosp) you will see your phone going at all of them and won't stay connected to one at all times, you might no notice because their 3g is not crazy slow where you live, I have good coverage specially where I live and work so I don't mind it
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Why is the wifi simple active?
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If you see to the left it shows a town meaning is from a tower no wifi, wifi will shows different
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Honestly I dont know which one to believe. Ive read the frequency issue and one that said the T-mobile version got the 8290 chip that doesnt support LTE. I guess we will have to see when they actually launch it.
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Honestly I dont know which one to believe. Ive read the frequency issue and one that said the T-mobile version got the 8290 chip that doesnt support LTE. I guess we will have to see when they actually launch it.
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It does have LTE, just like the T-989 did, its just disabled by default. You can access this setting by opening the dialer and typing *#*#4636#*#*, and selecting radio type.
I need to get a new phone every year it just gets boring ... as soon as a good quad core comes out I'm outta here.
Can't stop consuming need moar
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Practicly yes on stock 4g shows when you connected to umts(3g), hspa and hspa+(t mobile calls this 4g cause it could go up to 42mbps) but if you changed yours to stock look ( aosp) you will see your phone going at all of them and won't stay connected to one at all times, you might no notice because their 3g is not crazy slow where you live, I have good coverage specially where I live and work so I don't mind it
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Ive rooted and mine shows H+ but the most i get is 5500kbps download and I live in the Los Angeles area, no idea how you guys are getting those insane speeds
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Ive rooted and mine shows H+ but the most i get is 5500kbps download and I live in the Los Angeles area, no idea how you guys are getting those insane speeds
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It just depends on where you are and how many people are connected to the netowk like LA is too pack, too many people lives there my speeds are slower there too
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Has anyone else been getting pathetically low network speeds? I cant get more than 200kbps with two different roms that I am using. Is it just me or is anyone else experiencing it?
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Has anyone else been getting pathetically low network speeds? I cant get more than 200kbps with two different roms that I am using. Is it just me or is anyone else experiencing it?
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First of all, everyone's network speeds will vary by carrier and location.
Are you talking about wireless internet?
Are you on 3G or LTE?
What are you using to get your speed results?
My speeds could be great, and I walk two feet over and its horrible. My phone will hop to a different cell tower. Or while I'm at home I could be in a dead zone so my wireless will drop out. You need to be much much much more specific then what your telling us.
The chances of another fellow xda member using the same cell tower or your wireless router is slim to none. Just so your aware. Could be a problem with your carrier as well
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First of all, everyone's network speeds will vary by carrier and location.
Are you talking about wireless internet?
Are you on 3G or LTE?
What are you using to get your speed results?
My speeds could be great, and I walk two feet over and its horrible. My phone will hop to a different cell tower. Or while I'm at home I could be in a dead zone so my wireless will drop out. You need to be much much much more specific then what your telling us.
The chances of another fellow xda member using the same cell tower or your wireless router is slim to none. Just so your aware. Could be a problem with your carrier as well
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I am talking about 3g and lte. It started last week and I havent had good network speeds since then. I have switched roms three times and I have not gotten any better speeds. I am using speedtest.net app to get my speeds. I am on At&t and I realize that this differs from person to person but I am just getting tired of not being able to hardly anything without wifi.
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I am talking about 3g and lte. It started last week and I havent had good network speeds since then. I have switched roms three times and I have not gotten any better speeds. I am using speedtest.net app to get my speeds. I am on At&t and I realize that this differs from person to person but I am just getting tired of not being able to hardly anything without wifi.
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Are you on unlimited data? Sounds like throttling.
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Are you on unlimited data? Sounds like throttling.
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No 3gb a month. I dont know why they would throttle me since I have limited data.
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No 3gb a month. I dont know why they would throttle me since I have limited data.
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Have you gone over 3 gb and are you sure you have the correct apn settings?
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Have you gone over 3 gb and are you sure you have the correct apn settings?
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If he goes over they would charge more, not throttle..
Do you live in orange county by chance? Atts network has been broken lately down here...
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Hi there,
I'm on T-Mo, and the XXHL1 radio, matching RIL. Recently I noticed that my speeds were well under 1 Mbps. Any reason why? I checked my account, and I'm under 2GB so there shouldn't be throttling.
Thanks!
Matt
Speeds aren't always dependent on the radio you use. In your case I might just be that your market isn't quite as optimized as others
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iLeopard said:
Speeds aren't always dependent on the radio you use. In your case I might just be that your market isn't quite as optimized as others
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Market?
I'm in Los Angeles.
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Market?
I'm in Los Angeles.
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Your coverage area, towers around you. Not every tower is optimized for high transfer speeds.
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I keep mobile data off most of the time.
Just wondering if it makes any difference in call quality.
Also between:
Gprs vs Edge vs 3G vs Hspa+
is there any noticeable call quality difference?
Hercules on TMo.
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House3272 said:
I keep mobile data off most of the time.
Just wondering if it makes any difference in call quality.
Also between:
Gprs vs Edge vs 3G vs Hspa+
is there any noticeable call quality difference?
Hercules on TMo.
Thanks.
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Nope. Data is data, phone and texts are handled separately.
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Nope. Data is data, phone and texts are handled separately.
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That's what I thought, but then, why are calling times rated by 3g vs 2g?
Like 16 hours of talk time on 3G and 30 hours on 2G.
What's that all about?
House3272 said:
That's what I thought, but then, why are calling times rated by 3g vs 2g?
Like 16 hours of talk time on 3G and 30 hours on 2G.
What's that all about?
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3g uses more battery than 2g, obviously. You don't need data on at all to make phone calls.
House3272 said:
I keep mobile data off most of the time.
Just wondering if it makes any difference in call quality.
Also between:
Gprs vs Edge vs 3G vs Hspa+
is there any noticeable call quality difference?
Hercules on TMo.
Thanks.
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Yes sir try using wifi calling and u will see the different
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3g uses more battery than 2g, obviously. You don't need data on at all to make phone calls.
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It's that much? Wow.
esema1o said:
Yes sir try using wifi calling
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Any suggestions, for a wifi calling app that is?
House3272 Any suggestions, for a wifi calling app that is?[/QUOTE]
There is a lot of free apps on the Play Store for wifi calling.. But some do need ROOT access for it to work.. [my preference - most of the good ones will need root access ]
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House3272 Any suggestions, for a wifi calling app that is?
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There is a lot of free apps on the Play Store for wifi calling.. But some do need ROOT access for it to work.. [my preference - most of the good ones will need root access ]
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snrblabs.grooveip
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I purchased the G3 a week ago , hoping for a change from Samsung. The G3 is overall great but since day one had problems with WiFi. At my job it connects to WiFi but the internet wont work and all my other devices connect no problem. At home all my devices fly on Wifi but the G3 buffers and crawls to load videos and data. Im thinking about exchanging for a new G3 but i see alot of people have the same issues. Wondering is it anything i can do for the G3 to better the experience with Wifi
No troubles here
Run a speed test and let us know your results.
I don't have any issues here with Wi-Fi though lte is twice as fast.
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No problem here
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If you have only had it a week return it for a replacement
Im going to run a speed test
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If you have only had it a week return it for a replacement
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It would make more sense to make sure it is a hardware issue first.
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Ran a speed test on my home wifi a few times results are shown in pic
How far away are you from your router and do you have a test from another device to compare it to?
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Ran a speed test on my home wifi a few times results are shown in pic
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Those are good speeds for no WiFi service. U have 1 bar. Get better router or a repeater to reach.
BAD ASS G3
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Ran a speed test on my home wifi a few times results are shown in pic
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This is with me outside in my car but great router and great ISP .
BAD ASS G3
This is mine no problem here
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How far away are you from your router and do you have a test from another device to compare it to?
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I was about 3 feet away got off the phone with verizon and they say these are good speeds idk seems really sluggish lately
BACARDILIMON said:
This is with me outside in my car but great router and great ISP .
BAD ASS G3
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What router are you using?
raw2000j said:
This is mine no problem here
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Wow insane speeds what company do you use for wifi?
recepo1 said:
What router are you using?
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I use an Asus ac router and call Verizon back and tell them you want more speeds
BAD ASS G3
recepo1 said:
Wow insane speeds what company do you use for wifi?
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I have rcn and am using 5ghz on ac standard atm i have a linksys ea6500 router.Note they have different packages for wifi.I have the 110mbs package u may need to upgrade ur wifi and get more mbs ask ur company to increase speed
raw2000j said:
I have rcn and am using 5ghz on ac standard atm i have a linksys ea6500 router.Note they have different packages for wifi.I have the 110mbs package u may need to upgrade ur wifi and get more mbs ask ur company to increase speed
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Thanks i think i will have to call verizon and tell them i need a increase thx guys
check if ur router needs a firmware upgrade sometimes that helps speed things up
I just picked up my G3 this week coming from a G2. This is the best test I have seen on any of my phones.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/978389066