4G network slooow? - Epic 4G General

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Lmao. Could it be a network issue? I have full signal but the speeds are terrible. Sprint better convert to LTE!
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WiWin?
1 bar, by the looks of it.

relic419 said:
WiWin?
1 bar, by the looks of it.
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Lmao thats epic. Why is mine so horrible?
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I wish I could get 4g. What city you.live in?
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I wish I could get 4g. What city you.live in?
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Lol, I wish I could get 3g let alone 4g.
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Already a thread about it, but it's mainly for 3G. Some people were saying 4G is affected too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933900

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Doesn't it say your 4g is off on your screenshots?
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He's clearly on 4g with full signal bars.
My 4g speeds are hit and miss here in San Antonio, Tx. At home I used to get 10-12Mbps. Now I usually get 5-8Mbps. Here at work I used to get close to 5Mbps with 1 - 2 signal bars. Sometimes I barely get 1Mbps with the same signal, other times it is pushing barely 3Mbps. My signal strength hasn't increased or decreased significantly at least.

Again, there is already a thread about slow data on Sprint here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933900
It's a nationwide issue.

I miss being in 4g coverage. It was basically wifi on the go.
Although the latency would make it respond a second or so later..
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Current 3G speed is 1307/533 with only 3/6 bars
4G is 2050/1075

I drove truck across country both 4g and 3g speeds varied depending on population density and even that sometimes didn't matter. Now I sit at home and rarely use 3g 4g doesn't exist but of course we pay for it....It's like paying a huge bill for something I rarely use..At home I'm on wifi.

wireless tether
My friend's tether works with 3g -- he can get on his phone's 3g network wirelessly and wired, but he can't do it with 4g on. Anyone can help?

"4G" on Sprint is an absolute joke. The fact that they make us pay for it is detestable. I kinda knew that 4G was gonna suck, I just wanted the Epic really bad. What can I say? I'm a glutton for punishment. LOL

meandus said:
"4G" on Sprint is an absolute joke. The fact that they make us pay for it is detestable. I kinda knew that 4G was gonna suck, I just wanted the Epic really bad. What can I say? I'm a glutton for punishment. LOL
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the seriously you're better off going to another carrier. I like sprint, yes the 4g speeds are not as consistent as I would like, but most errors i see on XDA are user-based because of ignorance (i.e. restoring data from a completely different rom via CWM, SMH), which i believe you have plenty of. Do some fact checking and you'll see that Sprint has the best data plans for the money available.
Stop *****ing and go to Verizon.

Overstew said:
Lmao. Could it be a network issue? I have full signal but the speeds are terrible. Sprint better convert to LTE!
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It's a whole lot less cluttering when you post the speed.....we honestly don't care/need a screen shot when a (3G xxx / xxx) format works 1000x better

For the third time, yes it's a network issue. And yes there's already a thread about it. First page.

i fix my problem with mines. i just turned of my phone for about 15minutes. now iam back to 5-6mbps. for a few days i was at 1-2mbps.

well the only time I tried 4G was at CES - and it was slower then the 3G - and since Sprint dont have it anywhere but they still always advertise it all the time around my town and its not even in this state!
that sucks almost as much as waiting between posts and just to post in the development section

Dont know if this helps, but it did me...
All these roms are developed in their own home...so the PRL is not for your surrounding area....
I live in New York, so when I did a test at speedtest.net it showed me in Kansas...I updated my PRL and my location was back in NY and my test speed doubled.
Does this make sense?
mike

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I want lte on my atrix!!!!

The Verizon LTE service is supposed to be the fastest out there.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5923/holysh1tlte.jpg
BUT...
It looks like now that people have actually started to use LTE, the speeds have gone Way, Way down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma88UIRt1S0&feature=player_embedded#t=442s
Is anyone else beating this "4"g with hspa+?!
i dont know. the download was slow, around 2Mbps. but holy crap did you see the upload hitting 22Mbps!
Still beats the pants off my Atrix and AT&T.
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The Verizon LTE service is supposed to be the fastest out there.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5923/holysh1tlte.jpg
BUT...
It looks like now that people have actually started to use LTE, the speeds have gone Way, Way down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma88UIRt1S0&feature=player_embedded#t=442s
Is anyone else beating this "4"g with hspa+?!
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Download????? only 2.97? WTF
Man LTE is sooooo amazing. But the uploading being 22 is f**king awesome!
just thought I would clear this up, The high uploads are due to the speedtest app not being able to measure LTE uploading correctly.
These scores are completely inaccurate.
It might as well say 99999999.9999999mbps upload.
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just thought I would clear this up, The high uploads are due to the speedtest app not being able to measure LTE uploading correctly.
These scores are completely inaccurate.
It might as well say 99999999.9999999mbps upload.
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Oh that makes sense. But I get those download speeds on my Moto Atrix!
Is anyone else having a problem with their atrix switching to Edge? I'll try to run a speed test or watch a video and it will just randomly switch to edge, then no signal, then back to H. What's the deal?
That was the point of this post. Most atrixes (Atrices?) are faster than this. Mine gets 5 down
Intersting results - mine were much different in Phoenix AZ.
I think in general the speedtest app is broken. When doing it on the webpage I was getting more consistantly between 15-20 MBps download and 5 MB upload.
I am actually giving back my atrix tomorrow. Best phone I have ever had, but the network is not even 3g speed out here (even with a microcell in my house I still can not get over 1.5 MB download and we all know about the stellar upload speed)
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Willing to bet the person in the video was on a 3g network and that 4g symbol never changes (just like H+ is always on for the atrix)
azwildfire said:
Intersting results - mine were much different in Phoenix AZ.
I think in general the speedtest app is broken. When doing it on the webpage I was getting more consistantly between 15-20 MBps download and 5 MB upload.
I am actually giving back my atrix tomorrow. Best phone I have ever had, but the network is not even 3g speed out here (even with a microcell in my house I still can not get over 1.5 MB download and we all know about the stellar upload speed)
Willing to bet the person in the video was on a 3g network and that 4g symbol never changes (just like H+ is always on for the atrix)
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Except.... EV-DOrA (CDMA 3g) Never goes above 1.4mbps down
Techcruncher said:
just thought I would clear this up, The high uploads are due to the speedtest app not being able to measure LTE uploading correctly.
These scores are completely inaccurate.
It might as well say 99999999.9999999mbps upload.
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Speedtest worked fine with Evo WiMax "4G".
knarfl1 said:
Speedtest worked fine with Evo WiMax "4G".
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Those are two different technologies though
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Except.... EV-DOrA (CDMA 3g) Never goes above 1.4mbps down
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I thought it was 3.1 max. Where do you see 1.4?
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try going to www.speakeasy.net/speedtest and running it through your browser. curious to see what you'd get there.
So if the Atrix only shows H+ than why does my Atrix switch a 3g symbol everyonce in awhile for a few seconds. I dont understand it.
My data has been so bad in my area I'm getting very upset, Im about to take my phone back and try to get out of contract if they dont fix it.
live4nyy said:
Those are two different technologies though
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Explain what makes LTE different such that Speedtest does not work.
knarfl1 said:
Explain what makes LTE different such that Speedtest does not work.
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LTE uses a single channel(SC)-FDMA while WiMax still uses OFDMA for their respective uplink signaling. OFDMA is what 3G uses, hence why you can still get an accurate reading on the Evo.
correct me if im wrong but doesnt the thunderbolt have horrendous battery
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I thought it was 3.1 max. Where do you see 1.4?
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I don't know what the max is but usually see 2 - 2.5 on it here in the better areas.
@shanghei
People may be able to figure that out when people actually own it.
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Sprint 4g in Albuquerque NM

not sure if anyone else has seen this, but.. im in albuquerque nm, a city with 'no 4g service'
well last night i reflashed the rom i am running and decided to go with a different modem ee03 for my samsung epic, i am now getting a full bar signal for 4g and gettting speeds of 7mb download 1.5mb upload, pretty freaking amazed here
so other then gloating was just trying to confirm if anyone else is getting this in albuq, if there was new markets that were supposed to go up for 4g etc.. the baffling part of this to me is i work for sprint, and have heard nothing of this whatsoever, soo yea..
I have a Verizon Lg Revolution and also started getting 4GLTE two days ago and I cannot find anything saying it is actually here yet.
No sign of 4g on the westside. Are you still able to get a 4g signal? Where in albuquerque are you getting it?
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No sign of 4g on the westside. Are you still able to get a 4g signal? Where in albuquerque are you getting it?
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Im at the NMSF grounds inside and am getting almost full bars of 4g!! woohoo! Im using a moto photon by the way.
I saw 4G popping up on my wife's phone a few weeks ago, but it was on and off and no real signal. Then just now her stock E4GT showed full 4G bars and is blazing fast. My rooted E4GT showed two 4G bars for a second, but then nothing. We are in Rio Rancho. If 4G is actually here, I would love this! I left Denver just as they were getting it and my speeds have been terrible lately.
I'm going to check with my Sprint peeps and see if I can confirm anything.
Well, it is definitely picking up a WiMax signal (as you can see in the screen), but I don't think it is a working signal, as it goes in and out and I am unable to connect to anything with 4G signal showing and 3G/WiFi off. I'm guessing it is a test signal that probably works in ABQ, but not up here, which would still be good news.
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Holy Crapamoly
I'm activating my replacement photon 4g right now and I can't believe I'm seeing a 4G icon at the top. In 'Burque. Never thought the day would come...
I found 4g working last night I was amazed. Had it on while driving to work. Its been working all day.
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I found 4g working last night I was amazed. Had it on while driving to work. Its been working all day.
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What amazes me is that Sprint still says we have no 4G! I've been using it daily since my post above. And I'm in Rio Rancho!
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I for the life of me cannot get 4G here in rio rancho, nor have I ever been able to connect to 4G in NM. I am using a samsung epic 4g and am using the legendary rc 2.2 rom.
Any advice on the areas within the cities you are picking up 4G? Could my rom be bad and not allowing me to get the signal?
Let me know!
Thanks
G
I'm debating ditching tmob when the galaxy nexus comes out, how do you guys like spring in abq? gimmie the straight dope.
mattseg said:
I'm debating ditching tmob when the galaxy nexus comes out, how do you guys like spring in abq? gimmie the straight dope.
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It's not crazy. It is up and down. Still office and service-wise i am happiest with Sprint. I've had T-mo which was best for me when traveling internationally, but not great here in the States. Verizon had great coverage, but horrible customer service and killed me with fees and overrages. AT&T/Cingular just plain sucked for me. Sprint has been the best customer service-wise, best pricing of the big carriers and great phones, but signal is crazy inconsistent. Personally, if I change again, I'll probably go to Boost. Same phones and network as Sprint at half the price.
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Submit your 3G speed test results:
1.) Download the Speedtest.net app
2.) Turn your Wi-Fi off
3.) Launch the app and press Begin Test
4.) Take a screen capture of the Results page
5.) Attach it using the Choose File button
6.) Type your Area Code or City in the text box
7.) Click Submit
Sprint’s advertised 3G speeds are: 600kbps to 1400kbps (1.4mbps)
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"I thought I messed up my phone a few days ago, and have been trying EVERYTHING to fix it! (Countless nandroids back to Sense from CM7; to update PRL & Profile...)
And it turns out it's because of the massive amount of new iPhone users on Sprint's already slow/over-stuffed network!
If you are also affected, please post your Speedtest.net pic on there and let's hope Sprint hears us!"
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And it turns out it's because of the massive amount of new iPhone users on Sprint's already slow/over-stuffed network!
If you are also affected, please post your Speedtest.net pic on there and let's hope Sprint hears us!"
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You must not like iPhones... Sprint's 3G speeds have been getting progressively worse over the past year and I'd say it probably due to free smartphone promos (e.g., free Evos through Radio Shack--I know three people that got them for free) than iPhones. Sprint knows about it and is doing something about it. I don't remember where I read the article (I just googled it and unfortunately couldn't find it) where it states that Sprint is improving their infrastructure. I flashed back to Froyo because I thought that might be the problem and my speeds did increase for a while and then dropped back. Just be patient.
Mays Landing NJ 08330
Philadelphia, PA
Here's my "normal" speeds... I was getting faster speeds on dial-up back in 1995. This has happened in my area since last November. Before that, I could easily pull 2mbps all day and all night.
Everyone else with this problem, do your speeds increase late night/early morning? Between about 2am and 6am, I can pull about 1.3mbps, but during the day or any other time, I can NEVER get above 100kbps. Obviously this shows that the towers are just overloaded, and not broken, as Sprint keeps claiming.
Just did this test, also using 3g turbocharger script
Here is a nice 4g screenshot
302 Newark, DE
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Everyone has a "Smartphone" now. It was nice when Sprint didn't have alot of customers. There network is slammed right now, same as what happened with ATT. Just wait until you wont be able to connect.. Have you ever been to a car race with over 100k people. Good luck on getting a connection.
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my 4g is pretty solid a good 6mbps on average but 3g has gone in the ****ter lately i used to pull 1.2-1.5mbps 3g like it was my day job now im getting between .4 and .6. ill upload pics tomorrow for i am far to lazy to do it now haha
Maricopa, az. Arizona is the ARM pit of cellular signals. Hot ****ty and mostly stunks
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I've been getting decent downloads early am 2_4 but during the day...screeching hault I just did a test at 0.08 mb down
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Im using 3g Turbo charger and in Atl. Don't have screen right now but just ran test and got 1.8mb dl and 686 k upload
Well its either sprint or just more iPhone suckage cause my bro in law got sprint iPhone and speed tests side by side I'd get .24mbps and he'd get .02 averages. Kinda funny and kinda sad at same time. But guess its a wide spread thing per sprint community page.
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Sorry to hear you are having 3G issues. My 3G shot up about a month ago from about 0.3m to more than 1.0m. I have never had anything below 0.1m unless I was roaming on Verizon. Now I'm pretty much above 1.0m with occasional slow downs, but still over 0.3m when slow.
Xerexis said:
Maricopa, az. Arizona is the ARM pit of cellular signals. Hot ****ty and mostly stunks
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Isn't your county the one with "America's toughest sheriff" or something? The name sounds familiar and recent on TV.
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New York City - Manhattan, speeds are better. Zip 10017.
In Queens, much worse.
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I live in California san Diego, I work all around san Diego speed are vary in certain places and not all the time they are bad.
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Typical <1Mbs. Upload speeds are usually faster than download.
I have had crapy 3G speeds ever since I switched to the hero just after it came out. Before that with my touch pro I would get 1.5 Mbps easy all day and night.
The iPhone is not going to slow down the network anymore than any android phone.
Sprints data sucks!!!!!!

Anyone seeing improved 3G speeds?

With the start of Sprint's "Network Vision" multi-modal cell site build out, I, like many others are hoping that means faster 3G speeds.
I understand coverage will improve, theoretically speed should too. It's still very early on in the new development, but has anyone seen faster speeds?
I haven't seen any improvement. I don't think many are. Check out the boards on sprint's website. Nothing but negative vibes.
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Nope, still maxing out at 150kbps here.
After seeing this i figured i'd unplug my airave. Before i would only get 2bars @ about 200kbps. Now i have 5 bars and 1.4mbps. Set to sprint only with the latest radio files. This data increase is new
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Prl: 60681
Just tested again
@ 7:05am. 1.22mbps down/448kbps up
*****Will update this later today when i get home from work****
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I would love to hit 1 mbps. I haven't seen any improvements but I've heard some people in bigger cities who have. It would make sense large populated areas would see roll-out first.
Here's what I'm getting currently
0.44Mbps download
0.27Mbps upload
Heres another ss that i took now. Speed still the same so must be fixed.
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My speeds have actually gotten a LOT worse in the past two weeks. Went from getting 400 kbps-1500 kbps to 50 kbps today. ****ing ridiculous
Not seen any better speeds at all,but then again the ghetto has 4g before i do and i live in the inner city.
My speeds are definitely better went from 250 KB/s to 1053 its an improvement so I'm happy hope they keep it up.
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I get great speeds. About 2.2+ down and 1 up. On 60681 PRL with sprint proxy removed.
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My speeds are still crappy. Depending on the time of day I get .02mbps to .21mbps download. I live in Scottsdale, Arizona. I have called Sprint numerous times and they state there is no issues here. I'm running a stock EVO, not even rooted. Anybody have any ideas.
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My speeds in NC had been 1Mb/s and faster until late last week, now they are always less than 400Kb/s Down and 30Kb/s Up. Tonight it's much slower on the download side. Sprint really has to kick NV in to high gear or lose a lot of customers soon.
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My speeds in NC had been 1Mb/s and faster until late last week, now they are always less than 400Kb/s Down and 30Kb/s Up. Tonight it's much slower on the download side. Sprint really has to kick NV in to high gear or lose a lot of customers soon.
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What part of NC are you at? I'm in Raleigh/Cary and they have been absolutely terrible lately.
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My speeds are still crappy. Depending on the time of day I get .02mbps to .21mbps download. I live in Scottsdale, Arizona. I have called Sprint numerous times and they state there is no issues here. I'm running a stock EVO, not even rooted. Anybody have any ideas.
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Yeah, Tempe sucks too for speed. Though I've found that I'm able to stream stuff as long as I can get 100kbits or so.
msimindlessmsi2 said:
I get great speeds. About 2.2+ down and 1 up. On 60681 PRL with sprint proxy removed.
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Me too but I'm in the middle of nowhere sharing a tower with about 20 houses in its range after 1am til about 5am I can get over 3mbps. We just had an infrastructure upgrade and a new tower in the last week cuz some dumbass truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and smashed thru the tower. Last night I had 2.2mbps upload and 4.1 down while tethering according to my network monitor
Edit: and I was on 3g cuz we don't have 4g yet, apparently they put the hardware in while replacing the tower but have not activated it for use yet. Although on a few occasions I have been able to connect to 4g in the last week probably while Sprint had it powered for "testing"
Edit 2: I just checked and have been upgraded to PRL: 60683
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Me too 60683
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4G
PRL: 60683
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
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Pathetic 3G performance

I swear I must have the worst 3G performance known to man..
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No matter the time of day, .40 Mbps is "typical" for download, .20Mbps for upload. That's on good days. I'm aware of all the factors that affect speeds, I just felt the need to vent about it for once.
I live on an island in the puget sound in washington state and 3G reception here is horrid. And that's after they've made some upgrades to our towers. I really don't understand why our service isn't better considering I live within miles of a major navy installation (Whidbey NAS).
Been on Sprint's Everything Data plan since August 2010 with my EVO 4G, which also requires the additional $10 charge for 4G capabilities (the nearest place I get 4G reception is over 30 miles away). I feel like I'm really having it stuck to me in the pocketbook.
If I don't have WiFi reception wherever I'm at, I typically wont even bother with 3G unless I have to. I'm more likely to just leave it off to save battery life.
Okay I'm done ranting, thanks for listening.
OK I have even worse speeds. Like .2 down at my house. Try this hack, it makes you phone use verizon 3g as roaming:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
My speeds are now BLAZING fast. Try it and report back!
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I understand your frustration but i only get speeds like that when i get to work and everyone else shows up(2000+ people).
I am in a plant with a big project going on and it never fails at 6am the speed starts to plummit and stays that way all day. Until everyone leaves of course.
I feel for you putting up with that every waking moment though.
And please do respond on if you use the verizion hack, if it helps or not.
I beat you guys. 31kbps. That is .031mbps
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I had almost decided to move on to another carrier for the same reason. I looked at www.network.sprint.com and it showed a data speed upgrade withing 6 months. Didn't know if they would come through but they did 2 days ago. Now is decent.
Btw...check that site. For weeks my data was crippled worse than it use to. Maybe because they were working on it I guess....but now is good. I guess patience is key.
......or a booster.
via EVO.
Site doesn't work.
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Correct link:
https://network.sprint.com/
I was getting about 150kbps, did the hack mentioned for verizon roaming and I'm getting 1,400kbps now
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DertyDOH said:
I was getting about 150kbps, did the hack mentioned for verizon roaming and I'm getting 1,400kbps now
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Same here.
I don't think you are the only one. I came to this forum today to see if anyone else was having this issue. I'm also in Washington (Bellevue) and I used to get about 1,000 kbps and decent reception. Lately I'm lucky if I have 1 bar of 1x speed. My speeds are just as bad as yours. How is your signal strength?
misery in motion said:
I swear I must have the worst 3G performance known to man..
No matter the time of day, .40 Mbps is "typical" for download, .20Mbps for upload. That's on good days. I'm aware of all the factors that affect speeds, I just felt the need to vent about it for once.
I live on an island in the puget sound in washington state and 3G reception here is horrid. And that's after they've made some upgrades to our towers. I really don't understand why our service isn't better considering I live within miles of a major navy installation (Whidbey NAS).
Been on Sprint's Everything Data plan since August 2010 with my EVO 4G, which also requires the additional $10 charge for 4G capabilities (the nearest place I get 4G reception is over 30 miles away). I feel like I'm really having it stuck to me in the pocketbook.
If I don't have WiFi reception wherever I'm at, I typically wont even bother with 3G unless I have to. I'm more likely to just leave it off to save battery life.
Okay I'm done ranting, thanks for listening.
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