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[Q] Router to Compliment AT&T Galaxy Note 2

Hello
I currently have a Wifi Router thats going bad, Linksys WRT300N and am Looking to replace it with either a Asus RT AC66-U or a Netgear R6300, several folks steered me away from the Linksys EA6500.
I have no experience with routers and a friend of ours said I should try to post here and hopefully one of the "Seasoned Ops" who is familiar wih routers can guide me.
My ISP unfortunately is Time Warner or Roadrunner and I am using the Stock Pop3 email app that came with the GN2. I am Out of Ohio, and have AT&T LTE. When I go to You Tube I incur Constant and Horrible buffering. It does not ocur if I use the Network or turn wifi off. I am also using the stock browser and will incur some serious Browser Lag or Lockup (freeze) if Im using wifi.
Edit Add: Does the AT&T Galaxy Note 2 support the new 802.11ac ?
Hope someone can help, Thank you in advance
-Larry

Well, I hate to say it but you won't get a good single answer here because there's simply so many good choices.
I personally use a Netgear WNDR3700 (older N router but fast cpu and rock solid) as well as a Cisco/Linksys 4200.
I'd recommend that you check on the DD-WRT site if you want real solid opinions on routers. They build custom firmware for routers there and you will find real information on practical use for most if not all of the wireless routers currently available and you can probably ask their opinions as well.
Also check big online retailers for very well reviewed routers. Sites like Newegg and even Amazon. If a router has hundreds of reviews and most are positive then you have a pretty good bet it's going to be a good choice.

The post above me is correct you will get tons of responses of wifi routers...I can narrow down something for ya though.... Tey to get a DUAL BAND router one that has 2.4 ghz and 5ghz ...Since are devices will pick up either or of both bands..5ghz in theory is faster then 2.4 ghz.....I use a Belkin N600 dual band router and I dont have any issues whatsoever....Am constantly hooked up to it..And is extremely fast even with the kids using there ipods touches. There on 2.4 while im on 5ghz...
I have two separate logins in I named one 2.4 and the other 5.0 so I can switch between them..seems the 2.4 gets alittle better reception farther away then 5 ghz frequency in my opinion. ..

I use a Linksys EA3500 and if works flawlessly for me. I have been having it for a year now with absulotely no problems. Here are the specs for it.
Model: Linksys EA3500
Technology: Wireless-N
Bands: Simultaneous 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Transmit/Receive: 2 x 3 for 2.4 GHz, 3 x 3 for 5 GHz
Antennas: 6 Internal
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac
Software Setup: CD Install
Ethernet Ports x Speed: 4 x Gigabit
Cisco Connect Software: Yes, App Enabled
USB Port: Yes, Shared Storage and Virtual US
If you can afford the EA 4500 or EA6500 they should be a little better, but the es 3500 should be sufficient for what you are trying to acheive.

Stay away from anything that has WPS. The Linksys devices won't let you turn it off, at least they didn't 6 months ago. 5Ghz has more bandwidth, but a shorter range at the same dBm as 2.4Ghz. The higher the frequency, the more bandwidth, but the shorter the range. Currently rocking one of these guys. Until I got the Note I only had one device that could do 5Ghz, so I'm still on 2.4.

Personally, I want one of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320091
But I'm also an if it ain't broke don't fix it kind of guy, and I don't have any problems with my current router

ItsaRaid said:
Hello
I currently have a Wifi Router thats going bad, Linksys WRT300N and am Looking to replace it with either a Asus RT AC66-U or a Netgear R6300, several folks steered me away from the Linksys EA6500.
I have no experience with routers and a friend of ours said I should try to post here and hopefully one of the "Seasoned Ops" who is familiar wih routers can guide me.
My ISP unfortunately is Time Warner or Roadrunner and I am using the Stock Pop3 email app that came with the GN2. I am Out of Ohio, and have AT&T LTE. When I go to You Tube I incur Constant and Horrible buffering. It does not ocur if I use the Network or turn wifi off. I am also using the stock browser and will incur some serious Browser Lag or Lockup (freeze) if Im using wifi.
Hope someone can help, Thank you in advance
-Larry
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I'm on Charter...
I have the Linksys AC1750...and love it. It's was pricey (just out) when I bought it..but have now come down in price...I can say since owning it and using it it has worked flawlessly and has the best through put on it of all the routers I have tried and can be used with a NAS and Apple products as well..Why someone is trying to tell you not to look at them is beyond me...
I tried several Net gear routers and even a WNDR 4500 but not the ASUS brands and none of the Net Gear's impressed me at all and all caused all kinds of drop outs and connectivity issues with my system.
Cisco routers have always done a better job for me and all play nice with my Cisco AT&T micro tower...which is important in my 4 story home...with my Note II and 3 family members using all of their Apple gear..The 3g signal sucks to say the least...
While the ASUS top tiered routers do have a little higher throughput...the AC1750 will hold it's own and is NFC ready when the feature is finally fully implemented in our phones..and gives me top speed where ever I am in the house...and carries well outside too. I have strong wi-fi signals where I never had them before outside...which makes it very nice.
Mac

Nvm, derped

+1 on DD-WRT firmware.
I'm using a few different Linksys N routers wired together as repeating access points and their all using DD-WRT firmware, and everything connects with no problems at all. Running speedtest on my phone gives me full cable speed at 20Mbps, and just about no hiccups browsing.
One recommendation is to set a reboot schedule on the routers. Once in a while the router would drop my cable bandwidth. Restarting the router brings it back to full speed.

Best router I've ever owned
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320062
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Everyone will hate me for it but I've been using 2 routers over the past 10 years. Both made by Apple, both just run and run and run. I reset maybe once every couple years.
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MAC,
Thank you for the reply. Several folks have said the EA6500 by Linksys Cisco is getting really bad reviews. I have NO experience with Routers, and Im having horrible problems with th present one I have. Unfortunately the firmware cant be upgraded, and it appears that all the wifi issues Ive had to date across 4 different phones has been router related. I constantly get No Connection Warnings, when you hit the okay tab, it goes back to normal, or Ill have the stock browser lock up, freeze or there are huge lags. If I power Cycle the Router things are fine for a little bit and then the chain of events reoccur.
Im going to re-look at the Linksys EA6500 again. Thanks, any further help you can give or advice will be appreciated. Also do you know if the Note2 supports the 802.11ac?
Thank you
Larry

Wifi detection sucks...Shame on Samsung

Hi guys..
Its the same old problem with this tablet. I have mentioned about it in another thread as well. My GS2 and GS3 connects to my wifi without any troubles but this buggy bastard from Sammy doesnt even detect it. I managed to get it working by changing modes of wifi but it stopped again.
Please guys help me. Anyone else having this problem? please comment.

Hm wifi is perfect with mine. Have tried the app wifi analyzer to check the strength and channel overlapping of your wifi?

Here's Wi-Fi tests from my N3 and N10.1-14. In actual use both are very good performance wise and always find and hold a specified connection. The N10.1-14 actually performs a bit better than the N3.
N10.1-14
N3

But Sammy still screwed the pooch with wifi... Their older phones have better wifi reception than their newest offerings.... Is pretty piss poor quality control....

Are you sure? I thought mine was failing to detect wifi but it was just that the firmware was looking for the wrong channels as I switched to ML1. When I changed the channels on my router it was fine again. Channels aside, it detects the same networks as my Note II pretty much everywhere I've tried.

BarryH_GEG said:
Here's Wi-Fi tests from my N3 and N10.1-14. In actual use both are very good performance wise and always find and hold a specified connection. The N10.1-14 actually performs a bit better than the N3.
N10.1-14
N3
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The thing is that I can only test it when the tablet will be able to detect these networks. Mine detects for few others but not my home one. Another thing is that I could have accepted everything about the router, channels etc if my GS2 and GS3 were failing to detect as well.

Life after P8000

I wondered if anyone had any suggestions as to where to go after our P8000 has worn out? What similarly priced and spec phone is best?

Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650 and 3 GB RAM. Best bang for your buck and Custom ROMs Best phone I ever had especially for that price.

BlueFlame4 said:
Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650 and 3 GB RAM. Best bang for your buck and Custom ROMs Best phone I ever had especially for that price.
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But no LTE Band 20 (800MHz)

Da-Fied said:
But no LTE Band 20 (800MHz)
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I agree with @BlueFlame4,
i got that device (Kenzo) when my elephone died. best device. even the GPU is better than mid range phones. its like a high end device in the mid range phone.
if you need band 20 then get the device with the codename Kate, this version has the band 20 implemented in it for Taiwan.
only issue is right now regarding that is some say custom roms work from kenzo, others say they don't etc etc.
mind you, it's been a while since i've used this device.
I hope Xiaomi implements NFC in the redmi note 4 SD version when it comes out.
and really good to see the elephone p8000 rocking

Thank you. Very helpful advice. I think I shall have to have NFC in next phone. It seems the time is right. Does the lack of the band 20 affect UK 4G/3G operators?

In my case I opted for an Asus Zenfone 2 with 4Gb RAM and 32 Gb ROM. Recently updated to Android 6 with a very well working rom, unlike P8000. I only miss the fingerprint sensor, but considering it was a bit underused on the P8000, nothing to miss really

fillippe said:
Thank you. Very helpful advice. I think I shall have to have NFC in next phone. It seems the time is right. Does the lack of the band 20 affect UK 4G/3G operators?
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yes.
all of O2's 4G is on 800MHz and Three uses it too for building penetration in urban areas and for coverage in less built up places. voda and EE use it too. so while aside from O2 you will still get some 4G in short, yeah it is an issue.

Xiaomi Redmi note 4? I know that it has just a mediatek helio x20 version right now, but I've heard some rumors that it'll have a snapdragon variant too, which is better for development.

I have now bought the Leeco le 2 internationally.
The phone is really great!
Real compass, gyroscope, LTE 20 (800MHz)
Root and Xposed work top.
A nice EUI ... and the best is the kernel source is available.
Perfect successor for 180 € from DE

I bought the LeEco Le Pro 3 for 300 bucks. It's just freakin awesome, does everything, has dual SIM, BIG battery, nice stereo speakers, 4k camera, superfast CPU/GPU etc etc.
Will continue using the P8000 as a navigation system.

I've got P9000 now. Very happy so far.

I ended up getting a Leeco Max X2 x829 for $220. Works great on ATT. 3GB ram, 2.15Ghz quad core, 1080p screen, and 64GB storage. There is no sdcard slot or headphone jack, but easy solution is keeping a 32GB USB stick with a USB type C flat connector on it, attached to my car key ring for backups (Roms, gapps, twrp backup etc...). And keeping the Type C headphone jack on the end of my headphones.

Elephone P8 mini

I will never ever get Elephone again. Like.. not in a million years. They have 0% respect for their customers, 0% support for their phones. Maybe their phones are cheaper than the usual, but f*ck it..it is not worth it. I'm stuck with this damn P8000 for 1,5 years now.. I'm satisfied with the phone and the performance, but i strongly dislike the company. My next phone will definitely be Xiaomi or HTC.
Xiaomi - Cuz they are cheap and have great performance + great customer care
HTC - They have outstanding performance + their OS are very very good.
My .02

Don't laugh at me now but I've gone back to my Galaxy S5 with extended 7000mah battery. Gave the P8000 to my 9 year old daughter.

After Elephone M3 (mine) and P9000 (my wife's):
M3 is/was GREAT after final update. Absolutely no issues.
P9000 - mixed feelings. Elephone never got rid of all bugs and on top it's blacklisted for androidpay. Despite Android 7 and LineageOS14.1 it never lived up to it's position as Elephone's "flagship"
Both phones of course now suffer from the 2 year old Helio-P10-SoC, which was good at that time but now already feels a bit outdated. On the P9000 more than on the M3.
I searched for a worthy successor for the M3 (my wife got my M3 and won't give it back to me...) and compared all available phones in the <200$-class.
With my keystones I came with only one: Elephone P8.
I got one for 163€ (!!!) and after updating it felt nearly perfect. Considering the price it's real blast.
Sadly, mine was defective. No SIM-connection, otherwise ok.
At first I suspected a software-problem and contacted Elephone's customer-support.
And here I must say: They were very very good. Responded very fast (despite the time-difference), explained a lot of things, advised a lot of things to try, even went with me through the flashing-process and a lot of settings.
16 eMails (!) were exchanged between me and Elephone customer-service within one day.
Never had such a good customer-support-experience in my life.

I've now upgraded to Huawei P20 Pro because I find great contract deal. All is very good!

Le Pro3 vs OnePlus 3T.

Hello Le Pro3 users.
I am making this thread to inform anyone that may be willing to downgrade to a OP3T that they really shouldn't. Now, I've tested both phones a bit and I can safely say for mobile and WiFi performance on the Left Pro3 is drastically better than the OP3T. For example, I've attached to screenshots of WiFi performance for both devices, without a case, side by side on a flat surface. This is in the room furthest away from my router in my house.
You can see in the screenshots that the LePro3 consistently holds onto a signal much better than the OP3T in all scenarios. This shows that my phone (if my ISP had these speeds) can pull up to 520mbps over WiFi ac. In the same spot, the OP3T gets 32mbps (pitiful!). Meanwhile the LTE signal is also more consistent on the LePro3 whereas the signal reading is on average 10dBm better with a noticeably better SNR (signal to noise ratio.) This means speed-wise over LTE and on fringe signals, the LePro3 is a better device in the LTE department (I also couldn't get CA working on the LePro3 for T-Mobile.)
Something else I noticed is that MMS on the device is a real problem. Adjusting APNs and having to turn off WiFi to receive MMS was a hassle. WiFi calling was also inconsistent, often cutting out during talking. I haven't had this issue with the LePro3.
Bluetooth is the last part I had issues with. I use Android Auto in my car which requires a physical connection + Bluetooth but for whatever reason my Bluetooth would not connect in my car, unless I power cycled my car system or re-added my OP3T in the settings of my car...Very tedious.
OP3T does have great battery life, but the Pro3 is better. I will say that OP3T has better dev support and that's really the only thing it has going for it. The 2GB difference in ram is negligible since you won't run out of RAM with 4GB anyways before the power saving steps kick in.
Just figured I'd share. I'm going to list my OP3T on Swappa shortly.

Op3t has nougat and better stock os
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darkobas said:
Op3t has nougat and better stock os
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Nougat is nice and I agree that their stock OS is great, but the stock OS is subjective. I've gotten quite accustomed to EUI (although I still prefer AOSP.). It's just a different user interface.
That said, I'd take great wireless performance over a pretty OS any day. ?

I've been holding onto my LePro 3 also. It's a great phone and has everything I need in a phone. The Snapdragon 821 is clocked higher on the LePro 3. It's the ONLY non-AT&T branded phone that supports VoLTD/HDVoice on their network. The battery life is fantastic. Love the CDLA headphones.

Agree. Bought this LePro3 on a lark when it went on Flash Sale on US store. Compared to my S7 Edge and recently acquired OPT3, I find myself using the LeEco more than the others due to the speed, fluidity and battery life. Everything just works and the hardware is very premium.
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This....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/how-to/le-pro-3-vs-oneplus-3t-speedtest-t3510870

realeze said:
Agree. Bought this LePro3 on a lark when it went on Flash Sale on US store. Compared to my S7 Edge and recently acquired OPT3, I find myself using the LeEco more than the others due to the speed, fluidity and battery life. Everything just works and the hardware is very premium.
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My experience exactly as well. If I was looking at buying one or the other I suppose I would maybe get a 3T. But after having a LP3 and using it since launch I'd happily keep it. I don't think I'd even trade for a 3T. Especially with the ROM support that the LP3 has already. Resurrection Remix (using currently and LOVING)! CM, Slim, MIUI, 7.1 AOSP, various highly tweaked and optimized Eui builds. Not really any software advantage as long as you're a flasher. Better battery life, same speed. Only thing I don't like is low light shots are pretty bad. Bezels could be smaller too but not that bad.
It's much cheaper so those are very acceptable trade offs IMO.

Ascertion said:
Hello Le Pro3 users.
I am making this thread to inform anyone that may be willing to downgrade to a OP3T that they really shouldn't. Now, I've tested both phones a bit and I can safely say for mobile and WiFi performance on the Left Pro3 is drastically better than the OP3T. For example, I've attached to screenshots of WiFi performance for both devices, without a case, side by side on a flat surface. This is in the room furthest away from my router in my house.
You can see in the screenshots that the LePro3 consistently holds onto a signal much better than the OP3T in all scenarios. This shows that my phone (if my ISP had these speeds) can pull up to 520mbps over WiFi ac. In the same spot, the OP3T gets 32mbps (pitiful!). Meanwhile the LTE signal is also more consistent on the LePro3 whereas the signal reading is on average 10dBm better with a noticeably better SNR (signal to noise ratio.) This means speed-wise over LTE and on fringe signals, the LePro3 is a better device in the LTE department (I also couldn't get CA working on the LePro3 for T-Mobile.)
Something else I noticed is that MMS on the device is a real problem. Adjusting APNs and having to turn off WiFi to receive MMS was a hassle. WiFi calling was also inconsistent, often cutting out during talking. I haven't had this issue with the LePro3.
Bluetooth is the last part I had issues with. I use Android Auto in my car which requires a physical connection + Bluetooth but for whatever reason my Bluetooth would not connect in my car, unless I power cycled my car system or re-added my OP3T in the settings of my car...Very tedious.
OP3T does have great battery life, but the Pro3 is better. I will say that OP3T has better dev support and that's really the only thing it has going for it. The 2GB difference in ram is negligible since you won't run out of RAM with 4GB anyways before the power saving steps kick in.
Just figured I'd share. I'm going to list my OP3T on Swappa shortly.
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That's why I'm keeping my x720. Never loses wifi signal quality in bed (my bed is in a corner which is horribly placed to hinder wifi signals). Never had an issue with bluetooth or connectivity though.
I'd say only departments in which Le-Pro 3 lacks is camera quality & OS. Though alot of people here are accostmed to EMUI, MIUI so EUI wont be a problem for them. I'm just a google-play guy so CM fits the definition for me. Thank you for making me thankful for my Le Pro 3.
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Nougat is nice and I agree that their stock OS is great, but the stock OS is subjective. I've gotten quite accustomed to EUI (although I still prefer AOSP.). It's just a different user interface.
That said, I'd take great wireless performance over a pretty OS any day.
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This!~
xposed + Android N-ify makes me forget about other features which are hardly used.
Tikerz said:
I've been holding onto my LePro 3 also. It's a great phone and has everything I need in a phone. The Snapdragon 821 is clocked higher on the LePro 3. It's the ONLY non-AT&T branded phone that supports VoLTD/HDVoice on their network. The battery life is fantastic. Love the CDLA headphones.
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CDLA output is one of the main features why I preferred this phone despite being awe-inducing-ly cheap for what it offers!.

is it an x720 or x727?
i read about huawei mate series that has stronger signal with the chinese version over international one...what i want to say is that maybe they limit SAR value with international version over the chinese one( x720 ).
Anyway we are talking about different phones and it's difficult talk about SAR values, i have an x720 and i'm happy with signal strength of wifi and lte.

malaga82 said:
is it an x720 or x727?
i read about huawei mate series that has stronger signal with the chinese version over international one...what i want to say is that maybe they limit SAR value with international version over the chinese one( x720 ).
Anyway we are talking about different phones and it's difficult talk about SAR values, i have an x720 and i'm happy with signal strength of wifi and lte.
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I do know the Hauwei mate series are excellent phones. My buddy has a Mate 9 and it's phenomenal. I've seen it trounce his iPhone 7+ in a round of speed tests (not benchmarks but actual app opening, scrolling through gallery etc). That's tough to do, as boring and limited as iPhones are, they're still very fast.
The camera on it is killer too. But it's over twice the price of a Le Pro for a shred extra speed and better camera. Not worth it IMO unless you can afford it easily and need that extra 0.03 seconds faster app opening.
Btw it was just said in the news that LeEco has apparently been sneaking industry secrets from Hauwei among others.... Maybe some Mate DNA in our phones already

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This!~
xposed + Android N-ify makes me forget about other features which are hardly used.
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Did this not cause you any trouble? Did you have it on stock ROM? I tried it on my 727 with TurboRom and it soft-bricked it because it couldn't handle the notifications style.

klm2349 said:
Did this not cause you any trouble? Did you have it on stock ROM? I tried it on my 727 with TurboRom and it soft-bricked it because it couldn't handle the notifications style.
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I'm running on CyanogenMod 13 (Team Superluminal). There are no issues. EUI has its own notification display problem so I decided to move on. Plus, EUI is not my thing, I'm AOSP kinda guy.

By the way guys, with CUSTOM ROM on this phone, does Android Pay works? I used AP most of the time, thats why I am having a hard time flashing custom ROMS, my one plus 3 works even with the CM before. Thanks for any input

Is this phone still worth buying as of today?

I'm about to get a new phone and Zenfone 2 is one of the contenders..
Does this phone have any issues that affects most people? How is the intel SoC, i heard that not every game / app supports this chip and then it's emulated which affects performance, does this happen often?
Right now i'm considering - ZE551ML 3/32GB, ZX551ML 4/64GB, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Snapdragon 625), Moto G5 (3/16GB).

My Opinion
It was a good option in its release, but nowadays I think that there better options. It has some problems that depend on your luck like malfunctions on the sim card slot or the power button. It can appear or not. About the Intel SoC they give up, so there's no more support, but a never had any problem with it. The good new is that the community is very active so if you like to customize your phone it's not a bad option at all. This is my personal experience with 1 year and half of use. About the others phones, I think that I don't know sufficient enough to make a good comparison.
PS: You may contemplate a bug on the governor of the CPU that can be solved if you know enough about kernel manipulation.

Got Zenfone 2 CPU 2.4GHz RAM 4GB, cost me US$225 1,5 years ago. Up to now there are no smartphone with the same specs cost near my phone

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Got Zenfone 2 CPU 2.4GHz RAM 4GB, cost me US$225 1,5 years ago. Up to now there are no smartphone with the same specs cost near my phone
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Well yeah, actually for $169.99 i can get Zenfone Zoom (4GB/64GB version) which has apparently better CPU / Camera than Zenfone 2, but from what i've seen the development on XDA is dead for this model..

If you need good battery life, go with redmi note 4. Zenfone 2 get 3,5 hours SOT, and note 4 can get 8~9 hours.