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Hey there. I just switched from tmobile to sprint after my contract ended. I switched from the tmobile gs2 to the e4gt. With the t989 I would get 10-23 mbs. With this phone I can barely hit 500kb. I was considering switching back. Is there a way to speed up data speeds or should I wait for an lte phone from sprint?
Apart from running the Verizon prl, you can't do much.
Welcome to sprint buddy.
Call the Sprint CTMS department and start a ticket.
(866) 984-4962
That is the department that actually checks and repairs the towers.
I get up to 1.9 megs in the afternoon now.
Scyke said:
Hey there. I just switched from tmobile to sprint after my contract ended. I switched from the tmobile gs2 to the e4gt. With the t989 I would get 10-23 mbs. With this phone I can barely hit 500kb. I live in the Champaign IL area. I was considering switching back. Is there a way to speed up data speeds or should I wait for an lte phone from sprint?
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You do realize that 10+ Mb was not really 3g on TMobile it's there hspd basically 4g or 3.5 g
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Funny and sad how these '' slow 3g threads'' pop up every couple weeks. I did the same thing.
To the OP, like someone said before gonna have to do a search on changing your prl. That's what I did and it helped. Speeds still sick but at least improved.
Or you can wait a year or so until Network Vision hits your area.
I know 10 mbs was 4G but even with my vibrant I would get the 3-7 mbs. And how does Verizon prl help?
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I must be in a good area since my 3G speeds are typically T1 speed at home and work but there are times like right now I will totally lose signal at work. A Sprint store is about 4 blocks away so I would think that would be in my favor.
This is a good resource https://network.sprint.com/
I'm sad to say this but I think I'm switching. It is way to slow and the verizon prl has a risk of getting my contract terminated. I love this phone but I can't handle it.
The Vibrant had HSPA+ as well...true 3G GSM data is maxed out at 3 Mbps at perfect conditions, just like Rev. A
lilotimz said:
Welcome to sprint buddy.
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Quoted for truth. Thank you.
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what is the best and average 3g speeds in florida?
mike102409 said:
what is the best and average 3g speeds in florida?
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Which part of Florida? Jacksonville is pretty well covered.
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Ocala is a complete joke
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I'm in the sticks 20mins east of bradenton and have great speeds 90% of the time(1+mbps down) the bad thing is where I live there's only 1 sprint tower and no vzw data coverage and minimal voice coverage so if sprints tower screws up or goes out I have little to no service at all. But like I said 90% of the time probably more than that in 2 yrs I've only had service issues maybe a total of 10 days, thats all the hours added up and stacked end on end in consecutive order, I have 1-2.2 mbps down and 500kbps-1mbps up
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Yea don't expext anything higher than 1mb DL on 3G with sprint lol. Just isn't gonna happen maybe with the NEW VISION NETWORK that's being rolled out but until then nope
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Airave........
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At home in Queens, NY I get wonderful 3G speeds regardless of the time of day (1 - 2.2 Mbps) but at work in Manhattan I get absolute crap (100 - 300 Kbps with 4 to 5 bars of signal !!!). To make it worse, while testing the download speed at work, I see the transfer taking pauses of several seconds... it simply hangs for a few seconds as if it's waiting for something to happen. It does this on both download and upload.
T989 to 1989 speeds. You really need to determine if sprint will work for you in the first 14 days. From any other network, sprints speeds are usually a downgrade.
Unfortunately, I can't even use 3g in many places its that slow. I'm holding on and hoping it improves.
In the Cleveland area I get decent speeds 700-1600kbps, but at work 30 minutes west I get great signal but 200 kbps speeds or less on 3g!. 2 hours west in the Toledo area I get less than 100 kbps on a very strong signal which is where it isn't even usable.
I need an air rave in my home to get signal in the basement, and although the air rave speeds are good since they piggy back off of my home internet, it doesn't make a big difference since i prefer wifi in my house anyway.
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Just read an article that T-Mobile S3 won't be compatible with its LTE network in 2013.... this frustrates me so much considering the higher price for tmobile version.. why do tmobile users always ripped off? I have tmobile and want this phone but now there's no LTE support, do you think it's still worth it? (considering i won't have LTE on this phone for 2 yrs....
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/06/t-mobile-samsung-galaxy-s3-skips-lte-party/
Are you really considering keeping this phone for more than a year?? by the time LTE is all ready to go this phone will be a dinosaur!
lol im planning to do a 2 yr upgrade....
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Are you really considering keeping this phone for more than a year?? by the time LTE is all ready to go this phone will be a dinosaur!
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This plus the phone is already reaching insane downloads speeds, even beating AT&T LTE. Look it up on YouTube.
Don't worry my friend. You will be just fine.
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yea you really dont need the lte.
I really don't think it is a big deal. First of all, LTE won't be ready for a year and chances are once they start it up it will be at least another year before they have a large coverage in most markets.
Second of all, TMobile's HSPA+ network is plenty fast enough. My typical speedtest results are at least 5 Mb/s and have been as high as 18.6 Mb/s.
Third, anything more than about 3 Mb/s is just bragging rights anyways. When do you really get consistent download speeds greater than 3 Mb/s from anywhere? Plus even if you did get more than that you'd blow through your 5 GB data cap in less than 4 hours.
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This plus the phone is already reaching insane downloads speeds, even beating AT&T LTE. Look it up on YouTube.
Don't worry my friend. You will be just fine.
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+1
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I've been in this situation for several years now with Sprint. 4G was never implemented in my area and now LTE is replacing the 4G. I've got (3) 4G capable phones from Sprint but I never got to use the 4G. Lol.
yea but atleast with tmo u can get 5mbps consistantly
it's not great because tmobile costumers are paying more for the phone and getting less out of it. this, combined with worse coverage does nothing to make tmobile an appealing option. For all practical purposes though, i'm still fine with it because I get 11mbps consistently in areas with tmobiles HSPA+ coverage, which has expanded from last year. I live in manhattan and tmobile has given me pretty consistant speeds all around the metro area. It hasn't been perfect all the time, but 95% of the time I'm looking at 3-6 mbps on my vibrant and 6-12 mbps on my gnex.
I don't know why people really need lte speeds I'm downloading 10 to 15mbps t-mobile on a good night I have reached to 17mbps....
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Also is anyone else having trouble keeping an internet connection? and 3g or 4g? IT BLOWS>>.. sometimes i just have bars with no 3g/4g and can't get on internet.. then i poweroff turn back on and it'll have 4g for a min.. switch to 3g and then eventually no internet at all.. and im in Dallas TX so i know ther's plenty of towers...
sprint galaxy s3
Is it your upload, your download, or both?
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it's both. i have no internet connection.. i just have bars sometimes full bars with no 3g/4g. and i can get txts and calls while i have the bars..
if i power off and power on.. then it will work again.. and if im in 4g coverage it starts off saying 4g.. that doesnt' last long, then it'll say 3g, then go down to 1x, then go down to just bars.. i'm beginning to wonder if it's my refurbished phone i got from the insurance company..i didn't have my new one for one day and bricked it so i didn't get a chance to see if it was the phone or not..
just recently, i have been sitting in the same spot, trying to find roms and stuf, and i switched from cyanogen to slimbean and it said 3g once.. but i can't imagine it having anything to do with the roms..
thanks for any help you may have.
I would recommend flashing one of the more stable ROMs in the android development section. If that doesn't work flash a sprint PRL.
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what do you consider to be stable roms?
i enjoyed cyanogenmod10 and am using the slim bean now. it's ok
not sure how to flash sprint prl...
i searched and didn't find much..
offer any assistance on that?
Im in Dallas as well. Its not your phone. its the network. Right around the middle of December i noticed it starting to get worse.
Its actually back to pre network vision speeds. 4G at my office is less then a meg down. Month or two ago i was getting 4-10 megs down on LTE.
Ive also noticed my 3G speeds are slower then normal as well. Sprint said Dallas has been undergoing some network testing issues and hoped to have it resolved by the 16th of this month. So 5 more days.. But i tend to not believe what they say. TO much bad info from them too often.
FYI, happens on my EVO LTE and GS3..
So I live in the city. Right now I'm using MOAR v4.01 and I cannot achieve a connection other than 1x no matter where I am in the city. I had this problem on other ROMS so I don't think it's MOAR.
I was using the Anthrax Aosp rom a few months ago and noticed I achieved a 4g connection on the upper east side but ever since then I cannot get higher than 1x.
Is there anyone else in NY getting a 3g or 4g connection? Does anyone know what I can do to try to fix this? I am using the MD4 modem (had the problem on MB1 too) and update my profile and prl often. I am really getting frustrated paying for services I can't even use. I am hoping that I won't have to unroot and reset my flash counter to bring the phone to a sprint store.
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davelikestacos said:
So I live in the city. Right now I'm using MOAR v4.01 and I cannot achieve a connection other than 1x no matter where I am in the city. I had this problem on other ROMS so I don't think it's MOAR.
I was using the Anthrax Aosp rom a few months ago and noticed I achieved a 4g connection on the upper east side but ever since then I cannot get higher than 1x.
Is there anyone else in NY getting a 3g or 4g connection? Does anyone know what I can do to try to fix this? I am using the MD4 modem (had the problem on MB1 too) and update my profile and prl often. I am really getting frustrated paying for services I can't even use. I am hoping that I won't have to unroot and reset my flash counter to bring the phone to a sprint store.
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I'm nowhere near NYC (in fact, Southern California is pretty much as far away as you can get from NYC without going to Alaska or Hawaii), but it sounds like Sprint might be updating their network. I know in many areas (myself included), Data services were extremely crippled when they were installing 4G. I would regularly get 1x in areas where I would get decent 3G. Then a few weeks later, the 3G was back. Then a month or so later 4G was up and running (it's pretty nice here at my work desk). Others have reported similar issues when the network is being upgraded.
So maybe it'd be worth a call to Sprint to see what's up with them. A part of me doubts that most of NYC would be upgraded at once, but maybe in your area there's work going on. It's worth a (relatively) quick call.
Yes, I get 3g and 4g depending where I am. I'm stock rooted md4.
Had that issue once but update profile and prl over wifi fixed it for me.
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I emailed them and they told me there is network outages in my area, but then the guy above me just said he's getting a 3g and 4g connection. Sprint really frustrates me. When I got my phone, it would say I was connected to 3g but after doing speed tests I would only get about 115kbps down. Now I'm using MOAR and it shows 1x and if I do a speed test on 1x its about the same. However, I used to get a 4g connection on 44th street and 6th ave but now I don't. I think I'm gonna go to the store today and ask them. If they tell me to bring my phone in I'll have to unroot it and reset the flash counter :/
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Yes, certain spots in lower Manhattan I get signal but can't use the service. It just don't work. Text won't send or calls won't go thru.
Yes sprint turns on and off the 4g.
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vibes340 said:
Yes, certain spots in lower Manhattan I get signal but can't use the service. It just don't work. Text won't send or calls won't go thru.
Yes sprint turns on and off the 4g.
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So I found out what was causing the issue. I went into the ##3282# menu and navigated to Others > HDR/1X Selection and turned it to Hybrid mode and now I can access 3G and I'm gonna test 4G after work.
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Hey guys,
I'm from the Bay Area in California. I have a supposedly unlimited 4g plan from T-mobile. I don't pay for it so I don't know the exact details but I can always connect to the signal with the H and get data.
I've noticed that over time the 4g from T-mobile has slowed down, almost to a standstill. Youtube used to stream with a little bit of lag on low quality. Now it doesn't even start, stuck on loading loop for ages. The only thing this "4g" internet is good for now is surfing the net and reading mainly text-based stuff. It's basically Edge or worse.
Another person I know has a Galaxy S3 with a 2gb 4G plan from T-mobile. His internet is also ridiculously slow. This seems to be a problem not just limited to the Galaxy Nexus but the HSPA+ from T-mobile in general. The SpeedTest.net app shows I'm getting a whopping 367kbps download and 749kbps upload, at 5:35 AM obviously not peak time.
So is this just T-mobile's issue or what? I've read the same thing about people in other cities getting 1mbps from HSPA+.
I've heard that the Nexus 4 can connect to LTE and overall have faster HSPA+ speed tests. Would buying the Nexus 4 solve the speed problem?
Yes it's T-Mobile. Can't get over 1mbps downstream in College Station, TX
Yes, I am thinking it is T-Mobile... My husband & I have the unlimited plan from T-Mobile (was 5gb, then moved to unlimited). I have a nexus4 in the Bronx/westchester, ny & ny speeds are terrible, edge speeds at best, or no service at all. Don't know what's up.
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T-Mobile HSPA+ service just seems to of went downhill lately. While mines not as bad as some of yours (usually 2-3mbps download, right now at 0230 only 3-400kbps) it certainly has been slower than several months ago. I've used just under 18GB in 3 weeks though, so for the price I pay I try not to complain. Phones a G'Nex in the Kansas City MO area.
I can't help but wonder if this has something to do with T-Mobile trying to get people to upgrade to LTE capable phones.
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Well I figured the network wasn't that good because it's the cheapest. Turns out some areas with good coverage I can get 5000mbps but in others it drops to around 300.
Still the question was, would upgrading to the Nexus 4 with LTE get better speeds in areas with bad HSPA+ coverage? Has anyone tried this?
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Well I figured the network wasn't that good because it's the cheapest. Turns out some areas with good coverage I can get 5000mbps but in others it drops to around 300.
Still the question was, would upgrading to the Nexus 4 with LTE get better speeds in areas with bad HSPA+ coverage? Has anyone tried this?
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You're confusing units mate, if everyone got 300-500mbps we wouldn't be having this discussion. Lol
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I thought this was only me... Couple of months ago I had 20-30 MB download speed on my galaxy s 3 but now I bearly get 150 KBPS.. I live in NYC.. I hope T-Mobile fixes their network soon..
slow speeds in college station
I live in college station. just went back to my old galaxy nexus, and the speeds are quite slow...
download: 0.43 Mbps
upload: 0.48 Mbps
FIX THIS T-MOBILE!
m_dino86 said:
I thought this was only me... Couple of months ago I had 20-30 MB download speed on my galaxy s 3 but now I bearly get 150 KBPS.. I live in NYC.. I hope T-Mobile fixes their network soon..
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relevant topic
http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...hspa-getting-slower-slower-anyone-else-5.html