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I guess I never really thought about his before, but pertaining to the dynamics of tethering and the connection speed; The other day, I tested the tethering on my phone, just for the hell of it. Disconnected my LAN connection on my computer, enabled the WiFi card, and started tethering, and it was great. Fast!!
Of course, I have a WiFi router and my phone is connected via WiFi, with Data turned off, so I'm used to fast data speeds on my phone.
Today, my DSL line went down, so I fired up tethering, and with no WiFi, I was only getting a 3G signal, and my internet connection to my computer was slow as hell.
The question is, and I never thought about it before, but the incoming signal determines the tethering speed, correct?
BTW, USB Tethering was even slower......
So is your question about what the "tethering source" is? Or is the question, why is it so slow?
To answer it, there are a number of factors that come in to play. Are you rooted? What rom/kernel combo are you using? What are you using to tether? For example, some roms have it built in, others use a seperate APK.
I use Ultimate Droid 3.1.1 rom, and use the built in tethering. From the PC, when doing a speed test, I usually get about 1.5-3MB download speeds, and usually about .5-1mb upload speeds. I had similar results when using the wireless tether APK available in the market.
I you have a 3G connection with a speed of 700kbps, how do you think it would magically go faster than that while you're tethering?? The data can go between the phone and the computer at 54,000kbps but it can only go 700kbps from the phone to sprint so obviously its not going to go any faster. It can only go as fast as the slowest link.
Also, I don't think you can't have the phone connected to WiFi and use WiFi tethering at the same time. So your first test was probably not tethered at all. You're computer connected to your WiFi router, not the phone. In order to tether using WiFi, you have to have WiFi turned off and the tether app uses the WiFi radio to do it, bridging the connection to 3G or 4G data from sprint.
Oh yeah, I should have said in the OP that I know WiFi drops when tethered and @Bradley, see my signature?? lol
I pretty much assumed that was why it was so slow, on 3G, but it has to be using my WiFi router for it to have been so fast when MY DSL isn't down thanks to the stupid storms beating the crap out of the Midwest..... right?
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Oh yeah, I should have said in the OP that I know WiFi drops when tethered.
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Well, that doesn't jive. You said you had you phone connected by WiFi to the DSL and you were tethered to the computer by WiFi. This is not possible. You can not use WiFi for both things at once. WiFi Tether will not work if you have normal WiFi turned on. Your computer was not tethered to the phone in that test. Your computer was connected to the DSL by the same WiFi your phone was.
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Well, that doesn't jive. You said you had you phone connected by WiFi to the DSL and you were tethered to the computer by WiFi. This is not possible. You can not use WiFi for both things at once. WiFi Tether will not work if you have normal WiFi turned on. Your computer was not tethered to the phone in that test. Your computer was connected to the DSL by the same WiFi your phone was.
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LoL.... after I read reply I reread the OP's post. Your right!!!! LMAO!!!!!
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Ok, let me explain. The other day, I had my phone's WiFi on, as I always do, since I have a Wireless Router with AT&T DSL. And it's much faster and uses less battery to connect to a wireless router than to just leave it in data mode via 3G, follow me?
I decided to test the tethering app, so I turned on Tethering, and connected my desktop computer to the Evo via that tethering thingy-ma-jingy. It was defintely connected to the Evo and NO to the Wireless router, which, btw, I don't even use the WAN side for my computer, I use the LAN connection, dig?
It was blazing fast. Faster than my normal DSL connection. Websites were snapping open, like cable modem fast.
Today, because of the storms, my DSL was down, so to get online on the computer-box thing on my big ol' desk here, I turned on Tethering.
BUT, I had to also turn Data on, so I would have a 3G connection.
My computer-thing was slow as hell now.
SO, if tethering turns off the phones WiFi connection, meaning it's no longer getting a signal from my DSL Wireless router, then why the MAJOR difference in speed as compared to today, when I only had 3G?
Wanna answer that for me, cowboy?
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Ok, let me explain. The other day, I had my phone's WiFi on, as I always do, since I have a Wireless Router with AT&T DSL. And it's much faster and uses less battery to connect to a wireless router than to just leave it in data mode via 3G, follow me?
I decided to test the tethering app, so I turned on Tethering, and connected my desktop computer to the Evo via that tethering thingy-ma-jingy. It was defintely connected to the Evo and NO to the Wireless router, which, btw, I don't even use the WAN side for my computer, I use the LAN connection, dig?
It was blazing fast. Faster than my normal DSL connection. Websites were snapping open, like cable modem fast.
Today, because of the storms, my DSL was down, so to get online on the computer-box thing on my big ol' desk here, I turned on Tethering.
BUT, I had to also turn Data on, so I would have a 3G connection.
My computer-thing was slow as hell now.
SO, if tethering turns off the phones WiFi connection, meaning it's no longer getting a signal from my DSL Wireless router, then why the MAJOR difference in speed as compared to today, when I only had 3G?
Wanna answer that for me, cowboy?
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Gremlins . . .
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You're repeating yourself, and just using more words.
I don't care how many ways you attempt to re-describe the same thing. You can not have your phone connected to WiFi and utilize WiFi Tether at the same time. It is physically impossible. You are obviously confused about what you did.
Furthermore, even if it was not in complete defiance of reality, simply using your phone as a bridge between the computer and your WiFi router would not magically increase the speed of your network connection. Every single thing you have described in this thread is completely wrong. You're confused and mistaken about what you did.
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Yes. You're wrong. There's your answer, again, for the third time.
OMFG!! I didn't say I was connected via WiFi WHILE I was tethering, I said my phone is always on WiFi when I'm at home because of my wireless router.
OBVIOUSLY the incoming WiFi signal to the phone drops when you start tethering. Everyone knows this, or they should.
The QUESTION is why was my tethering speed blazing fast until I didn't have a DSL signal coming to my house, meaning that UNTIL I STARTED tethering yesterday, I could only use 3G for a data signal to my phone. Then the tethering speed was slow as hell.
You said my computer wasn't connected to my phone in the first test, yet it was.
Network and sharing showed it was only connected to the EVO in both tests.
Now if you say it's because I no longer had a wireless router for the phone to receive a signal from, then it would seem to me that WiFi can't be dropping when I start tethering
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OMFG!! I didn't say I was connected via WiFi WHILE I was tethering, I said my phone is always on WiFi when I'm at home because of my wireless router.
OBVIOUSLY the incoming WiFi signal to the phone drops when you start tethering. Everyone knows this, or they should.
The QUESTION is why was my tethering speed blazing fast until I didn't have a DSL signal coming to my house, meaning that UNTIL I STARTED tethering yesterday, I could only use 3G for a data signal to my phone. Then the tethering speed was slow as hell.
You said my computer wasn't connected to my phone in the first test, yet it was.
Network and sharing showed it was only connected to the EVO in both tests.
Now if you say it's because I no longer had a wireless router for the phone to receive a signal from, then it would seem to me that WiFi can't be dropping when I start tethering
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If I follow your logic correctly, then it seems to me that your DSL speed is faster than the 3g signal you are getting on your phone at home. I say this because . .
1. When you tethered your computer to the phone to DSL via your Wifi router, you said it was fast.
2. When you lost your DSL and tethered the computer to phone using the 3g for internet access, it was slower.
3. So, based on that, than, for you, YES, 3g was a slower connection than your DSL.
I think that is what you were pointing out . . .
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If I follow your logic correctly, then it seems to me that your DSL speed is faster than the 3g signal you are getting on your phone at home. I say this because . .
1. When you tethered your computer to the phone to DSL via your Wifi router, you said it was fast.
2. When you lost your DSL and tethered the computer to phone using the 3g for internet access, it was slower.
3. So, based on that, than, for you, YES, 3g was a slower connection than your DSL.
I think that is what you were pointing out . . .
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#1 is invalid, that didn't happen.
#2 is what happened both times presumably.
#3 is variable depending on location, signal strength, network load, etc. and we don't know what his DSL speed is either. 3G can be faster than DSL.
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OMFG!! I didn't say I was connected via WiFi WHILE I was tethering, I said my phone is always on WiFi when I'm at home because of my wireless router.
OBVIOUSLY the incoming WiFi signal to the phone drops when you start tethering. Everyone knows this, or they should.
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No, that's not what you said. You said the opposite. Twice. I assume you mis-spoke and that isn't what you were trying to say.
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The other day, I tested the tethering on my phone, just for the hell of it. Disconnected my LAN connection on my computer, enabled the WiFi card, and started tethering, and it was great. Fast!!
Of course, I have a WiFi router and my phone is connected via WiFi, with Data turned off, so I'm used to fast data speeds on my phone.
Today, my DSL line went down, so I fired up tethering, and with no WiFi, I was only getting a 3G signal, and my internet connection to my computer was slow as hell.
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Look. You are making this way more complicated than it needs to be. So I'll lay this out real simple like.
1) You do not, did not, will not, and never have had you phone connected to your WiFi/DSL and simultaneously used WiFi Tether. It is not possible, never was possible, and never will be possible. So just stop trying to think like it happened or may have happened. Anything that may have appeared as such was nothing more than that... appearing as such. Not actual. Just seemed like.
2) Data transmission rate to/from the internet, regardless of what medium you used to connect (DSL, 3G, 4G, shotgun DS3's, whatever) will never be faster than that internet connection. Most home networking components are capable of a gigabit per second on the internal LAN and 54gbps on WiFi. But if you're talking to the internet, that data can only flow as fast as the 768k internet connection allows (for example). That means your internet data will go from your computer to the routers/switches, and out the modem at that rate (768k).
3) If you were indeed tethered on your first test that went "fast", then your 3G network connection was obviously quite nice. On the second try, your 3G network connection was obviously slower. That's what happens with 3G. Your DSL and WiFi has absolutely no bearing on this, at all, whatsoever, period.
Hello,
I have the epic 4g touch rooted with starburst rom. I installed android wifi tether app and I am able to connect to the wifi from laptop, but i cant actually browse to any websites. I can ping from cmd prompt to sites. When I use sprint hotspot everything works fine. Also is there an app that will let me tether at 4g speed?
hshaik1109 said:
Hello,
I have the epic 4g touch rooted with starburst rom. I installed android wifi tether app and I am able to connect to the wifi from laptop, but i cant actually browse to any websites. I can ping from cmd prompt to sites. When I use sprint hotspot everything works fine. Also is there an app that will let me tether at 4g speed?
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Is there a reason why you want to use the wifi-tether app and not the sprint hot-spot?
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Is there a reason why you want to use the wifi-tether app and not the sprint hot-spot?
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I wanted to tether at 4g speed, I thought I cant do that with sprint hotspot, also I have the unlimited data plan, but I am not sure if sprint hotspot costs money.
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Is there a reason why you want to use the wifi-tether app and not the sprint hot-spot?
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3rd party tethering apps (ie, wifi tether, usb EasyTether, bluetooth tether) are not subjected to the 5GB Hot Spot Sprint limitation. The data used by these apps are seen as "phone data" which is unlimited, whereas Hot Spot data is limited to 5GB with overage charges/fees.
Am I right?
Plus... it's bad enough having the phone run on 4G now you want it to act like a wireless router transmitting over wifi to tether a laptop. HOT HOT HOT
I think 4G tethering is most efficient and "coolest" in temperature over USB Tethering. If you must tether wirelessly, then Bluetooth is probably better than wifi. Not as big of a battery drain.
ctbearz said:
3rd party tethering apps (ie, wifi tether, usb EasyTether, bluetooth tether) are not subjected to the 5GB Hot Spot Sprint limitation. The data used by these apps are seen as "phone data" which is unlimited, whereas Hot Spot data is limited to 5GB with overage charges/fees.
Am I right?
Plus... it's bad enough having the phone run on 4G now you want it to act like a wireless router transmitting over wifi to tether a laptop. HOT HOT HOT
I think 4G tethering is most efficient and "coolest" in temperature over USB Tethering. If you must tether wirelessly, then Bluetooth is probably better than wifi. Not as big of a battery drain.
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hey so i dont have bluetooth on my laptop.. i just use it at work on my laptop to stream music, netflix etc. so which thrid party app would be recommended for 4g. I get great 4g signal at my office. Also i get really really crappy speed with usb tethering like 069 dwn and .65 up
what version of wifi tether are you using?
I'm using v3-beta-6. I can connect using 4g, browsing websites and such. But for some reason, the down steam speeds are capped at ~0.7Mbs when I run a speed test. On my phone, I get 10Mbs down. I know its using 4g because the ping time is much lower and my upload stream is 1.5Mbs.
On 3g, i'm only getting .85 Mbs down and 0.5Mbs up
hshaik1109 said:
hey so i dont have bluetooth on my laptop.. i just use it at work on my laptop to stream music, netflix etc. so which thrid party app would be recommended for 4g. I get great 4g signal at my office. Also i get really really crappy speed with usb tethering like 069 dwn and .65 up
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Easytether app is what I use to tether over uab. works amazingly well with no slow down. I also use wifi tether beta 6 but not very often because it gets hot. Speeds are super fast for me over 4G USB tethering, like 8-10mbps.
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i have the sprint hotspot hack working on my phone. that is the only reason i have root and stuff done to it. have to admit i have not used it yet, but my wifes nook color and my galaxy 10.1 sees it and it works great for the quick test i did.i needed infrastructure and got sick of fighting wifi teather(?)
[ACS][Mod][EK02][EL13][EL26][Deodex][Odex]Hotspot Mod Now With 4G!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394371
works with el29, just follow the download link.
hope this helps
ctbearz said:
Easytether app is what I use to tether over uab. works amazingly well with no slow down. I also use wifi tether beta 6 but not very often because it gets hot. Speeds are super fast for me over 4G USB tethering, like 8-10mbps.
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ok i am going to try easytether assuming i can get it from market. i tried barnicle tether as well and i get ping replies from lets say google.com. I still cant browse. I just think its so slow the sites times out. I am going to try the easy tether and see how that works.
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what version of wifi tether are you using?
I'm using v3-beta-6. I can connect using 4g, browsing websites and such. But for some reason, the down steam speeds are capped at ~0.7Mbs when I run a speed test. On my phone, I get 10Mbs down. I know its using 4g because the ping time is much lower and my upload stream is 1.5Mbs.
On 3g, i'm only getting .85 Mbs down and 0.5Mbs up
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I have tried 3 of the newest version from their site. All of them I get the same thing. It connects and i can ping and everything but none of the websites open. I tried using sprint hotspot (which only works at 3g) and i get about 1.2 dwn and .7up. I want to get the full 4g speed
hshaik1109 said:
I have tried 3 of the newest version from their site. All of them I get the same thing. It connects and i can ping and everything but none of the websites open. I tried using sprint hotspot (which only works at 3g) and i get about 1.2 dwn and .7up. I want to get the full 4g speed
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I am a little confused because I see the link posted for the 4g hotspot fix which has been out for quite some time now. Also as far as it causing issues with Sprint you can rest assure if that was the case it would be posted all over this community. I am not sure why your phone is not working properly with the wifi tethers but I can assure you that Sprint Hotspot on our phone works quite lovely. Also the data usage restrictions do not apply for phones but for actual Hotspot devices. Please go to the link listed above flash the hotspot mod and enjoy life..... It works I am on it right now....
hshaik1109 said:
ok i am going to try easytether assuming i can get it from market. i tried barnicle tether as well and i get ping replies from lets say google.com. I still cant browse. I just think its so slow the sites times out. I am going to try the easy tether and see how that works.
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I just tried easytether. Installed it from market, followed direction and got it working. I got 8.17mb dwn and 1.34mb up. I am going to keep playing with it. Thanks everyone for helping out appreciate it.
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I am a little confused because I see the link posted for the 4g hotspot fix which has been out for quite some time now. Also as far as it causing issues with Sprint you can rest assure if that was the case it would be posted all over this community. I am not sure why your phone is not working properly with the wifi tethers but I can assure you that Sprint Hotspot on our phone works quite lovely. Also the data usage restrictions do not apply for phones but for actual Hotspot devices. Please go to the link listed above flash the hotspot mod and enjoy life..... It works I am on it right now....
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Actually the title says "plz help with 4g tethering". I had it working with sprint hotspot as well but not at 4g speed. I had tried other app android wifitether and barnacle with no luck. Thanks to ctbears I got easy tether working with 8mbdwn/1.34 up.
hshaik1109 said:
Actually the title says "plz help with 4g tethering". I had it working with sprint hotspot as well but not at 4g speed. I had tried other app android wifitether and barnacle with no luck. Thanks to ctbears I got easy tether working with 8mbdwn/1.34 up.
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No prob man you got it working so rock on!
hshaik1109 said:
Actually the title says "plz help with 4g tethering". I had it working with sprint hotspot as well but not at 4g speed. I had tried other app android wifitether and barnacle with no luck. Thanks to ctbears I got easy tether working with 8mbdwn/1.34 up.
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you're welcome enjoy your tethering!
hshaik1109 said:
Actually the title says "plz help with 4g tethering". I had it working with sprint hotspot as well but not at 4g speed. I had tried other app android wifitether and barnacle with no luck. Thanks to ctbears I got easy tether working with 8mbdwn/1.34 up.
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I'm not sure what hot spot thread you were in but the hot spot hack works on 3g and 4g. And it reads now with 4g not help with 4g... I've used it on both ek02 and el29 with no issues. I hardly ever use sprints crappy 3g and I'm tethering fine. Also take into consideration the hot spot is infrastructure and can be access by more than just computers unlike the tether apps on the market which all are ad hoc...
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RayTrue04 said:
I'm not sure what hot spot thread you were in but the hot spot hack works on 3g and 4g. And it reads now with 4g not help with 4g... I've used it on both ek02 and el29 with no issues. I hardly ever use sprints crappy 3g and I'm tethering fine. Also take into consideration the hot spot is infrastructure and can be access by more than just computers unlike the tether apps on the market which all are ad hoc...
Edit: I just realized somebody posted the link to the hot spot hack and it clearly says it has 4g. I'm done with this thread... LOL!
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Meant to edit my 1st post and I quoted myself.. Wow I must be smoking some good ish!!!
I have Calk 2.8.1 which supports sprint 4g hotspot. But in reality, I can never get download speed past the 3g speed. Upload is fast but download seems to be capped to 3g speed a confirmed by other users. EasyTether blows them all away with 4g speed of 8-10 Mbps. But of course it is not wireless and does not support infra structure mode.
Here's what I did to get full 4g speed while tethering via wifi..
Go to market and install filter proxy..
Open application, enable it and remember port number (Default is 8000)
Start wifi tethering..
Setup proxy in your browser, point it to your phone's ip address and port 8000 (if you use default)
Do this for http, https and ftp..
And you are all set.. Test your speed.
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Here's what I did to get full 4g speed while tethering via wifi..
Go to market and install filter proxy..
Open application, enable it and remember port number (Default is 8000)
Start wifi tethering..
Setup proxy in your browser, point it to your phone's ip address and port 8000 (if you use default)
Do this for http, https and ftp..
And you are all set.. Test your speed.
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I can't seem to find the exact app. Will this work with Sprint Hotspot WIFI tethering or just the 4G Android Wifi Tether.
I just tested Android WifiTether 3.1beta 6 and it seems to pass the full 4g speed to connected device. I am losing 10% or less in 5 tests.
I've got the speedtest.net broadband app on my SGS2. When I had my 10mb virgin media connection on my PC, I was getting 9.5mb wi-fi download speed on the phone's speedtest app when the phone is right next to my PC. VM have now switched me over to 60mb on my PC and the phone is now giving me 15.9mb wi-fi with speedtest. Is that the maximum the phone can do via wi-fi or should it be capable of closer to 60mb? Or am I meant to switch off wi-fi and go to wi-fi direct?
I've had close to 40 on mine are you using their superhub by anychance?
Juan Kerzhoff said:
I've had close to 40 on mine are you using their superhub by anychance?
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Hi matey, yes I am, it was just installed this morning. Took a while for my 10mb speed to actually switchover to 60mb.
Are you using normal wi-fi or wi-fi direct?
Lots of problems with those superhubs squire.. it's recommended if possible to set it up in modem mode and use your own router. Im just on normal wifi at the moment nothing special hub is on modem mode got my router set up pretty standard after much research on the virgin forums mind! It's worth having a look there for configurations but beware there is hundreds of posters complaining Also i did notice that various s2 modems determine the speed of your broadband through your wifi and i use the kh3 as i find it the quickest of all the ones i've tested.
Juan Kerzhoff said:
Lots of problems with those superhubs squire.. it's recommended if possible to set it up in modem mode and use your own router. Im just on normal wifi at the moment nothing special hub is on modem mode got my router set up pretty standard after much research on the virgin forums mind! It's worth having a look there for configurations but beware there is hundreds of posters complaining Also i did notice that various s2 modems determine the speed of your broadband through your wifi and i use the kh3 as i find it the quickest of all the ones i've tested.
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Hmm, interesting. How do I switch it to modem mode? I can setup my router again like I did with my previous VM cable modem and use the wi-fi from my own router if the superhub wi-fi is not up to the job. Having said that, I just did some wi-fi speed tests between my PC and laptop. Downloads speeds vary between 49 and 60mb, and one site reported my upload speed, but all the others couldn't read the upload speed.
What is the kh3 exactly?
Wow. In my country, 10Mbps is only by fibre... Average 3g connection is only 2Mbps
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Apologies for late reply squire. If your speedtests are reporting good speeds at your laptop then your hub sounds like its working ok so good news there However if you wanted to boot into modem mode you can access the hub by typing http://192.168.0.1 into your ie search bar and logging in with the standard username - admin and pass wich is set at -changeme these can be changed from within.. once switched to modem mode the address changes to http://192.168.0.100.
The KH3 is a modem for the S2 which seems to work very well for me you can read a bit more about it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656005 page 3 has a direct download. It is worth trying a few different ones though as whats great for one maybe not so for another! Hope this helps.
Thanks Juan, great info. Yes, download speeds to laptop are great, but all but one of the speed test sites are not able to report my upload speed. They report them fine on my desktop though, and that's connected via ethernet cable. I suppose it might be the superhub or possibly my laptop causing the error. But anyway, since this a phone forum, I'm probably going too much off topic.
I've yet to see anything on my N2 register more than 10mbps down or 4mbps up when using wifi as the data path. It doesn't matter if the speed test is using an internet-based speed testing server, or if I transfer a file to one of my wired LAN PC's.
Oddly enough, I sometimes get faster speeds with HSPA (25+ mbps). It doesn't matter what router I connect to (I have several AP's on my network) - whether at home, neighbors, work, or family. Both my N2 and my wife's show the same type of speed limit.
Not only is it slow, but it's very erratic. I've tried all the standard suggestions (turning of power save mode, always on during sleep, etc), but none of these matter. Both 2.4GHz and 5GHz have the same speed caps.
With all that being said, I'm curious:
What are your maximum DOWNLOAD speeds you've experienced using a WIFI connection?
I consistently get 20mbps+. On 5Ghz, Brighthouse networks, Orlando area, with Roadrunner lightning service.
I get the same as on my home wired computer... 30MB
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Sure does make me wonder what's so special about my two N2's. Im running a stock deoxed, rooted rom. In fact, it's this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091214
I wish I could say with confidence that the original unrooted rom was just as slow, but I didn't have it on my phone long enough to even test it...
What rom are you guys running?
I have gotten as high as 27-30 mbps down and 10.5 up. The down was on my home wifi. The up was in the wifi at work.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
I'm on stock everything. Only thing I've done is rooted and added the xposed framework to add apps to the multi Window.
I have comcast 50Mb down and 10Mb up I can ever exceed 20Mb down but somehow my upload goes over my 10Mb up
So my phone's data connection does stuff which I can only describe as retarded.
There are comcast wifi hotspots all over the place here. They can come in handy when the LTE signal is weak or nonexistent. But my phone, through the connection optimizer i assume, will connect to any comcast wifi hotspot no matter how weak the signal is even when there's a full strength LTE signal.
So very often I have a great data connection of LTE and my phone suddenly switches to a hotspot with barely one bar of signal. It even does this when i at home with my own wifi. There's a comcast hotspot near my house, but far enough away that the signal is pretty poor. If my phone happens to see the comcast hotspot as I'm driving home and it connects to that, it'll stay connected to that even though my own home wifi signal is at full strength.
Basically, this 'optimizer' is nothing of the sort. It's a pretty dumb application since all it seems to do is connect to any available wifi regardless of the signal strength of the hotspot or over the cell network - and it never bothers to check if there's a better connection once it's connected to something.
Is there any way to make this app even half way intelligent? Or an app i can replace it with?
merkk said:
So my phone's data connection does stuff which I can only describe as retarded.
There are comcast wifi hotspots all over the place here. They can come in handy when the LTE signal is weak or nonexistent. But my phone, through the connection optimizer i assume, will connect to any comcast wifi hotspot no matter how weak the signal is even when there's a full strength LTE signal.
So very often I have a great data connection of LTE and my phone suddenly switches to a hotspot with barely one bar of signal. It even does this when i at home with my own wifi. There's a comcast hotspot near my house, but far enough away that the signal is pretty poor. If my phone happens to see the comcast hotspot as I'm driving home and it connects to that, it'll stay connected to that even though my own home wifi signal is at full strength.
Basically, this 'optimizer' is nothing of the sort. It's a pretty dumb application since all it seems to do is connect to any available wifi regardless of the signal strength of the hotspot or over the cell network - and it never bothers to check if there's a better connection once it's connected to something.
Is there any way to make this app even half way intelligent? Or an app i can replace it with?
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You're right; it's retarded. Hint: only use it enabled when you want to connect to that Wi-Fi or the type of Wi-Fi that requires the agreement to terms each time you connect. The Optimizer has shown some convenience where a user may roam between that type of Wi-Fi hotspot and data connection.
Android seems smart enough to remember Wi-Fi with typical login. I was on a tire shop today and auto connected to Wi-Fi without looking into remembered Wi-Fi connections (I left Wi-Fi enabled when I left home; often enough, doesn't interfere with cell data when I need it). I freeze the Connections Optimizer and only thaw it when it seems logical.
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merkk said:
So my phone's data connection does stuff which I can only describe as retarded.
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lol ?
You may want to disable Smart Network Switch in advanced wi-fi settings also.
catseyenu said:
You may want to disable Smart Network Switch in advanced wi-fi settings also.
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what does that feature do?
And does anyone know of an connection optimizer that is actually half way intelligent?
thanks
merkk said:
what does that feature do?
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What it's supposed to do and the user experience seem to be 2 different stories.
Every discussion I've read on it recommends killing it.
http://www.conanhughes.com/2014/01/how-to-disable-auto-network-switch-on.html
catseyenu said:
What it's supposed to do and the user experience seem to be 2 different stories.
Every discussion I've read on it recommends killing it.
http://www.conanhughes.com/2014/01/how-to-disable-auto-network-switch-on.html
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from the article there, it sounds like i am having the opposite problem - my phone isn't jumping from wifi to lte, it's jumping from lte to wifi even if the wifi signal is crap.