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.
hazmattt said:
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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often i get faster LTE speeds than i get on my vzw FiOS connection : )
cancerouspete said:
often i get faster LTE speeds than i get on my vzw FiOS connection : )
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My phone is faster than my optimum connection at home with just two bars!
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That is actually slow for NYC. Verizon has just bathed NYC in massive speed vs. a lot of places.
Quite a few Thunderbolt users posted 60 down speedtests.
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What radio are you using? Here's my speed test
joshua.justice said:
What radio are you using? Here's my speed test
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4.0.4 radio!
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adrynalyne said:
That is actually slow for NYC. Verizon has just bathed NYC in massive speed vs. a lot of places.
Quite a few Thunderbolt users posted 60 down speedtests.
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I need to see that!!
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Hey guys anyone able to tell me why I have so slow 3G speeds ONLY on my nexus? I get good on my galaxy S 2 but not my nexus, I'm running liquid 3.5 and guessing its got something to do with the modem or something?
Please help me! Thankyou
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When you had a stock ROM how was you reception?
Update RIL? Maybe?
It was good, but I'm away on holidays and I don't know how to get my stock ROM back. I'm in Australia.
And what's RIL ?
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If you are rooted you may want to try updating the radios. They are in the development section.
I need answers too, my Nexus 3g is incredibly slow. I've swaped between phones on the same account between an Epic and the Nexus, and Nexus is always slower. I mean 60-110 kbps versus about 500-700 kbps between the 2 phones. It has to be something in the hardware thats killing the Nexus' ability. Any ideas?
isruco said:
I need answers too, my Nexus 3g is incredibly slow. I've swaped between phones on the same account between an Epic and the Nexus, and Nexus is always slower. I mean 60-110 kbps versus about 500-700 kbps between the 2 phones. It has to be something in the hardware thats killing the Nexus' ability. Any ideas?
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Have you updated your radio?
bananagranola said:
Have you updated your radio?
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Yes already updated radio, and already played around with a whole lot of prl's too. I also removed proxy and ports as suggested in other posts. I had access to Boost mobile earlier, and I did a side by side speed test with both phones using same PRL and still the Boost was faster. Boost was around 600 kbps and my Nexus was about 127 kbps
I'm all out of ideas. Currently running on Sprint, Xenon HD rom, Android v. 4.2.2 with GA02 radio. The PRL on both phones is 61009. Unfortunately I dont have any info on the Boost phone, it isnt a high end unit, I think its running some Android 2.3.x but. nevertheless its faster data speeds than the Nexus.
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Currently running on Sprint
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there's your problem.
Okay so ive had my Nexus since Nov last year. Ive been reading about people getting fast data speeds 10Mbs+. But the fastest ive ever seen is 4Mbs. Tried changing to the "phone" APN, but that only helped with ping time.
Can anyone in New York City with AT&T chime in with their setup or suggestions on getting better speeds?
farrock02 said:
Okay so ive had my Nexus since Nov last year. Ive been reading about people getting fast data speeds 10Mbs+. But the fastest ive ever seen is 4Mbs. Tried changing to the "phone" APN, but that only helped with ping time.
Can anyone in New York City with AT&T chime in with their setup or suggestions on getting better speeds?
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4mbps on at&ts hspa+ sounds about right for NYC...
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tehgyb said:
4mbps on at&ts hspa+ sounds about right for NYC...
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Oh okay just trying to make sure im not messing out on some speed. BTW are you using the default APN?
Did you test in the middle of the night to eliminate congestion? Then try different locations to see an average.
11 mbps... not AT&T but T-Mobile in NYC
RogerPodacter said:
Did you test in the middle of the night to eliminate congestion? Then try different locations to see an average.
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Yes I have. BTW that speedtest app using alot of F**king data
farrock02 said:
Yes I have. BTW that speedtest app using alot of F**king data
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So your speeds are fine. Stop wasting your data and just use your phone. Its all good!
zephiK said:
11 mbps... not AT&T but T-Mobile in NYC
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that sound great. I actually purchased a tmobile pre paid sim to try it out a few weeks ago.
1: signal in my house was really bad
2: signal in midtown where I work was just okay(I get better service with at&t)
tmobile just doesnt work for me
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So your speeds are fine. Stop wasting your data and just use your phone. Its all good!
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okay cool. Just to get you thinking again. I just tethered my phone and computer and speed test is showing 7.5 down. I really think the speedtest app isnt really that accurate
Loving the 31Mbps I get on VZW =)
kl323 said:
Loving the 31Mbps I get on VZW =)
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Cool story bro.
kl323 said:
Loving the 31Mbps I get on VZW =)
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Yeah it would be nice to have that kind of speed but I personally don't really need it. For the most I just want web pages to load fast. I don't stream much video at all.
Also how much is your bill on verzon? I'm paying $120 after tax for my nexus and my girls iPhone 4s. That's pretty damn good if you ask me
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Why isn't there 4G service/signal with sprints galaxy nexus but there is with Verizon's galaxy nexus?I noticed that I had my galaxy nexus on cdma but I switched it to lte/cdma,would that make a difference?
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Xx_iDon_xX said:
Why isn't there 4G service/signal with sprints galaxy nexus but there is with Verizon's galaxy nexus?I noticed that I had my galaxy nexus on cdma but I switched it to lte/cdma,would that make a difference?
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There is no 4G on sprint yet,there using lte for the nexus no wimax like the evo and older phones so until sprint turns lte on your stock in 3G
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Well that sucks
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Xx_iDon_xX said:
Why isn't there 4G service/signal with sprints galaxy nexus but there is with Verizon's galaxy nexus?I noticed that I had my galaxy nexus on cdma but I switched it to lte/cdma,would that make a difference?
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Its because Sprint hasn't launched their LTE network, and when they do it'll be in very limited markets. Don't get your hopes up expecting consistent LTE any time soon.
This is why I find it hilarious that Sprint is selling LTE phones, when honestly a large portion of their customers will not see LTE in the next year...
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Its because Sprint hasn't launched their LTE network, and when they do it'll be in very limited markets. Don't get your hopes up expecting consistent LTE any time soon.
This is why I find it hilarious that Sprint is selling LTE phones, when honestly a large portion of their customers will not see LTE in the next year...
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I agree I had a sprint gnex but speeds was a big problem (really no be able to read websites on an amazing phone without wifi is a pain. Moved to T-Mobile can't be happier the phone works great on their network
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jgalan14 said:
I agree I had a sprint gnex but speeds was a big problem (really no be able to read websites on an amazing phone without wifi is a pain. Moved to T-Mobile can't be happier the phone works great on their network
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Absolutely. I'm on T-Mobile and the speeds are great. Better than my WiMax I had on Sprint. Even EDGE on T-Mobile is faster than Sprint 3G.
Another +1 for T-Mobile!
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Nothing to complain about here (Sprint 3G).
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Nothing to complain about here (Sprint 3G).
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No bad that's what I used to get two years ago after evo and iPhone it went downhill I would get those speeds only early morning and night time which usually I'm home and using Pandora at the gym wasn't gonna happen so yeah
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Nothing to complain about here (Sprint 3G).
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I think you're in the minority among Sprint users, most are experiencing abysmal speeds. And even at those relatively high Sprint speeds, T-Mobile pushes about 4x that.
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I think you're in the minority among Sprint users, most are experiencing abysmal speeds. And even at those relatively high Sprint speeds, T-Mobile pushes about 4x that.
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Sprint is great where I live. T-Mobile sucks here. Verizon is probably the best but I didn't get signed up with them when I had the chance to get unlimited :-(
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Nothing to complain about here (Sprint 3G).
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Are your speeds that good during the day? I get awesome speedtests in the middle of the night too. But speeds are like 200-300 kpbs during the day.
canteenboy said:
Are your speeds that good during the day? I get awesome speedtests in the middle of the night too. But speeds are like 200-300 kpbs during the day.
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Yes.
Are T-Mobile speeds good like that everywhere? Also, how is the coverage, particularly California. I have checked the coverage map and feel like they lie about it. If there map is correct, it says they have better coverage than Verizon in my are, which I no is not correct...
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Are T-Mobile speeds good like that everywhere? Also, how is the coverage, particularly California. I have checked the coverage map and feel like they lie about it.
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T-Mobile speeds are generally pretty solid everywhere in the country (as in, when you have service the speeds are great). Their network has a solid backend and honestly not that many customers (about 1/3 the customers of AT&T or Verizon). The speeds are good. Even at bad times they clobber Sprint. A solid EDGE connection on T-Mobile beats Sprint's 3G based on the #'s I see.
If there map is correct, it says they have better coverage than Verizon in my are, which I no is not correct...
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You actually think Verizon has better coverage than T-Mobile everywhere in the country? Believe it or not, Verizon does not have the best coverage the entire country over. No one company is perfect lol.
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.
jgalan14 said:
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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sean48238 said:
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.
m4r10 said:
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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hpric said:
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
Zephyron said:
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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