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Ok, so I have like 5 or so months left before I qualify for upgrade pricing at ATT. Money really isnt as much of an issue as other issues, such as network speed, and device features.
so my questions are:
1) My understanding is that ATT 3G is superior to Sprint's EVDO in terms of speed, assuming the same touch pro device is used. True?
2) I know the device speccs aren't really out yet, but in terms of rumors, I've heard that Verizon will criple their version. Is there any other providers out there doing the same thing?
I was going to get the Europe/Asia versions but since there isn't a way to run it off of the 3G networks here yet, and may never have a way, I was thinking of getting sprint next month, or just plain waiting out for ATT or T-Mobile.
What do you guys think? (sorry if this had been discussed before)
AT&T does not have faster speeds, it says it can do 600 to 1400 kbps down / 500 to 800 kbps upload.
I have never gotten more than 1mbps on AT&T download, i have gotten some pretty good upload though, seemed to average around the mid 700 range.
Sprint, now this depends. Sprint seems to have a lot more 3G coverage than AT&T. They have EVDO and EVDO RevA. I visit a city that has RevA frequently and I have gotten 2.9mbps download and 1.5mbps upload.
That was my average test on speedtest.net
In EVDO areas where they do not have RevA I have gotten about 1.2mbps download and about 500 kbps upload average, which is worse than AT&T.
Another thing to consider is the data plan price.
Sprint has all you can data plan for $15 per month, vs AT&T's 40? 60? I can't remember but it was terrible!
Lots of people complain about sprint in general but I have been very pleased and I do quite a bit of buisness with them. I recommend them.
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AT&T does not have faster speeds, it says it can do 600 to 1400 kbps down / 500 to 800 kbps upload.
I have never gotten more than 1mbps on AT&T download, i have gotten some pretty good upload though, seemed to average around the mid 700 range.
Sprint, now this depends. Sprint seems to have a lot more 3G coverage than AT&T. They have EVDO and EVDO RevA. I visit a city that has RevA frequently and I have gotten 2.9mbps download and 1.5mbps upload.
That was my average test on speedtest.net
In EVDO areas where they do not have RevA I have gotten about 1.2mbps download and about 500 kbps upload average, which is worse than AT&T.
Another thing to consider is the data plan price.
Sprint has all you can data plan for $15 per month, vs AT&T's 40? 60? I can't remember but it was terrible!
Lots of people complain about sprint in general but I have been very pleased and I do quite a bit of buisness with them. I recommend them.
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Thanks for your input. Yeah I'm really leaning towards sprint because of it's "Simply Everything" plan which is $99 for unlimited talk/data. All other networks seem to have unlimited talk for $99 but it doesn't seem to include data.
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AT&T does not have faster speeds, it says it can do 600 to 1400 kbps down / 500 to 800 kbps upload.
I have never gotten more than 1mbps on AT&T download, i have gotten some pretty good upload though, seemed to average around the mid 700 range.
Sprint, now this depends. Sprint seems to have a lot more 3G coverage than AT&T. They have EVDO and EVDO RevA. I visit a city that has RevA frequently and I have gotten 2.9mbps download and 1.5mbps upload.
That was my average test on speedtest.net
In EVDO areas where they do not have RevA I have gotten about 1.2mbps download and about 500 kbps upload average, which is worse than AT&T.
Another thing to consider is the data plan price.
Sprint has all you can data plan for $15 per month, vs AT&T's 40? 60? I can't remember but it was terrible!
Lots of people complain about sprint in general but I have been very pleased and I do quite a bit of buisness with them. I recommend them.
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Where is this "all you can data plan" from Sprint? I am betting they do not offer it for plan changes or new subs anymore.
They sure do, its called 'sprint powervision' or just the 'Data Plan'
Its $15 a month. The only stipulation is that you cannot use your phone as a modem (PAM) without getting charged extra. Although there are plenty of ways around that.
pam not on the everything or the talk/message/data share plan but there should be a workaround on the internet sharing i think u might have to go on ##debug# to do it jus have ur msl ready lol
wait until att has the hsdpa by the end of the year of course only some markets but then its definetly fastest
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I visit a city that has RevA frequently and I have gotten 2.9mbps download and 1.5mbps upload.
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That must be the city of the holy grail, the highest RevA can go to is 3.1 down/1.8 up... So you pretty much have the advertised speeds maxed out, which I've never seen.
My thoughts...
I was an AT&T (previously Cingular, previously T-Mobile) customer for quite a while. I have used GSM almost exclusively for 8 years. I left for CDMA at Sprint entirely because of internet speed. AT&T's 3G coverage is pretty lousy -- at least in the South East where I live. I can get 3G pretty much only in major cities. EVDO is available throughout the entire state of NC (where I live) -- even in rural areas, believe it or not. EVDO Rev A is spottier, but EVDO is fast enough for me.
The throughput is sufficient to sync exchange, play internet radio, browse the web, and download files at the same time. I haven't done speed tests to see exactly what the throughput is, but it "feels" as good as my home DSL service.
Additionally, Sprint's fallback internet, the "1X" service is much faster than AT&T's fallback service, Edge (or worse, GPRS). With 1X, I can still listen to internet radio and browse the web effectively (but not at the same time). With Edge, you can't -- it will skip like crazy. Not to mention that loading web sites and downloading anything takes for-ev-er!
Cost is another consideration. Although it is not published on their website, my data plan is only $15/mo for unlimited data. It does not include Sprint Music, Sprint TV, Sprint Navigation, or other value-added services like the $30 plan. It's not on their website. You have to call and request the "Sprint PowerVision Basic" plan. The basic plan is mainly for more basic phones, but if you have no interest in the value-added features and just want internet, you can get it on fancier phones as well.
As far as I know, AT&T still only has one unlimited data plan and it's approximately $30/mo.
Until AT&T's 3G service has a wider footprint, I would go with Sprint for data-heavy phone use. Verizon uses the same network as Sprint, but their data plan is $40/mo (around here at least), so they were out of the question for me.
My Wife has AT&T 3G, I have Sprint EVDO Rev A. We often between Texas and Florida. My Sprint service wins hands down. Much better coverage and MUCH faster speed. Two weekends ago we watched an entire football game on my mogul from the back of a car between Ft Laud and Key West with not one glitch. I was streaming the live feed from a server in Texas using Orb. We often do the same between Dallas and Houston. Every time we've tried using her phone the AT&T service can't keep up.
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Ok, so I have like 5 or so months left before I qualify for upgrade pricing at ATT. Money really isnt as much of an issue as other issues, such as network speed, and device features.
so my questions are:
1) My understanding is that ATT 3G is superior to Sprint's EVDO in terms of speed, assuming the same touch pro device is used. True?
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That is completely FALSE .... the GSM 3g in the US SUCKS ... EVDO is far better ..
Verizon is the fastest ..
Sprint is 2nd. .
at and Tmobile are far slower... and not as widespread..
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My Wife has AT&T 3G, I have Sprint EVDO Rev A. We often between Texas and Florida. My Sprint service wins hands down. Much better coverage and MUCH faster speed. Two weekends ago we watched an entire football game on my mogul from the back of a car between Ft Laud and Key West with not one glitch. I was streaming the live feed from a server in Texas using Orb. We often do the same between Dallas and Houston. Every time we've tried using her phone the AT&T service can't keep up.
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I know people that stream Orb on AT&T, and I've used Slingboxes across the continent on AT&T... I think it's more likely that you have a better phone for playing video than what she has. I'm not doubting Sprint's EVDO is faster, but AT&T's network can surely "keep up" with a service like Orb.
For me, Sprint was faster than even Verizon
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For me, Sprint was faster than even Verizon
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Well, it all depends on location. As I've said many times before, I can't even make a phone call from my house with Sprint or Verizon, so if you could even get data to transfer it would be snail slow. Yet I get around 500kb/s from AT&T in the same area... Go figure.
Hi I am new here. i have been lurking for a bit but didn't find an answer to the question I have so I decided to sign up. First a little background... first time android user coming from an iphone. I really like the NS, couldn't be happier. I am also pleasantly surprised by T-Mobile's data speeds. I live in Manhattan and as everyone knows ATT is the pits for reliable service and fast data speeds there. I have gotten 5.11mbps down using the speed test app on T-Mo in my apt. With ATT I could only get .78mbps down as the highest. Videos, websites, music downloads are all really quick on the NS. It is actually faster then my cable provider's internet service...probably because time warner sucks and my cable is split about 45 ways. I happen to work in Jersey City, right on the Hudson river overlooking Manhattan. When I am in the World financial center in lower Manhattan commuting to work I get the same high data speeds as I do in my apt. The WFC is right across from where I work. When I check T-Mo's coverage map there are 2 cell towers a stones throw from my building on the river front. That being said I only get Edge coverage. Does anyone else have an issue with bad 3G to Edge handoff with the NS or with T-Mo in general? I feel like I should have solid 3G service there! Is there a way to force 3G?....I would assume that 2 bars on 3G is better then 5 on Edge, at least as far as data speeds are concerned. T-Mo's site list my job site as having excellent coverage. Also, I have eliminated the possibility that the building I work in is causing the issue. When I am outside the issue persists. I have about a .25 mile walk to my building in Jersey and all along the way I am sitting on Edge.
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Hi I am new here. i have been lurking for a bit but didn't find an answer to the question I have so I decided to sign up. First a little background... first time android user coming from an iphone. I really like the NS, couldn't be happier. I am also pleasantly surprised by T-Mobile's data speeds. I live in Manhattan and as everyone knows ATT is the pits for reliable service and fast data speeds there. I have gotten 5.11mbps down using the speed test app on T-Mo in my apt. With ATT I could only get .78mbps down as the highest. Videos, websites, music downloads are all really quick on the NS. It is actually faster then my cable provider's internet service...probably because time warner sucks and my cable is split about 45 ways. I happen to work in Jersey City, right on the Hudson river overlooking Manhattan. When I am in the World financial center in lower Manhattan commuting to work I get the same high data speeds as I do in my apt. The WFC is right across from where I work. When I check T-Mo's coverage map there are 2 cell towers a stones throw from my building on the river front. That being said I only get Edge coverage. Does anyone else have an issue with bad 3G to Edge handoff with the NS or with T-Mo in general? I feel like I should have solid 3G service there! Is there a way to force 3G?....I would assume that 2 bars on 3G is better then 5 on Edge, at least as far as data speeds are concerned. T-Mo's site list my job site as having excellent coverage. Also, I have eliminated the possibility that the building I work in is causing the issue. When I am outside the issue persists. I have about a .25 mile walk to my building in Jersey and all along the way I am sitting on Edge.
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kinda confused, are you using the phone on ATT or Tmo?
if its on ATT you will only be getting EDGE
Sorry for the confusion...this is on on T-Mo.
To help diagnose the problem ... do you have any friends who can verify that there is in fact T-Mobile 3G coverage at your work? (where you say you only have EDGE)
This could be a service issue that T-Mobile is unaware of; you could also call customer service and request that they test those towers.
may also be a matter of a Tech re associating your device with the tower
@Ravidavi: unfortunately I am the only t-mobile user in my group! everyone else is on vzw or att.
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I've seen this too. This is my first t mobile phone too but it switches to edge and stays there in solid 3g areas. I want to like t mobile more but this is making it hard for me.
I'll call customer service. Complaining a bit might put it on their radar....
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I called customer service. There is a known issue in the area.... Must be related to the blizzard we had.
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Welcome to Android!
For the future, you can force 3G by going to your dialer and inputting:
*#*#4636#*#*
Phone Information
Flick down to where you see Preferred Network Type
Select 'Wcdma Only"
You will see your signal reset and should 3G be available in that area, you'll pick it up. I'm also a fellow Manhattanite and am too loving the T-Mobile speeds since I came from iPhone in January 2010 with Nexus One
Sweet thanks for that. It indeed showed no service at all on wcdma. That will definitely be a handy trick in the future!
allen099 said:
Welcome to Android!
For the future, you can force 3G by going to your dialer and inputting:
*#*#4636#*#*
Phone Information
Flick down to where you see Preferred Network Type
Select 'Wcdma Only"
You will see your signal reset and should 3G be available in that area, you'll pick it up. I'm also a fellow Manhattanite and am too loving the T-Mobile speeds since I came from iPhone in January 2010 with Nexus One
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ok i havent seen a post for this so here we go..
if you use adw launcher and custom make an icon attached to the hidden menu apk you can access the test and servicing menus like other phones BUT... if you go into test settings for phone (play around its in there) there is a menu the shows hspda (3g, hspda+ being 4g) and many other functions that are advertised on the phone that are all listed as NOT IMPLIMENTED YET!!
so as far as i can tell 4g is NOT active on tmobile at all yet. not until the software is upgraded (gingerbread i am assuming). so it would make sense why the signal on the phone is screwed up and dropping (confused phone maybe?) and why im still getting 3g speeds (slightly faster maybe from better signal reception due to upgraded hardware from my previous Vibrant).
go take a look for yourself and let me know what you think. im sure you can use desktop visualizer to get to the menu to. DONT MESS WITH ANYTHING THOUGH. i had to reset my phone and not with a hard reset, but a recovery i found on a nvflash website. almost bricked it. so just look but don't touch anything important unless you know what your doing.
im looking forward to hearing what everything thinks of this and the giant list of other features also saying this in the same menu. because i feel mislead just a little bit.....
I think it's just that the functions in the hidden menu aren't implemented yet.
Hmmm, interesting find! Maybe this explains the problems I'm having maintaining a stable 2g only connection as well
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ok i havent seen a post for this so here we go..
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There's a reason for that...
so as far as i can tell 4g is NOT active on tmobile at all yet. not until the software is upgraded (gingerbread i am assuming)
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I've got a hot 4g connection where I am (west Texas), you don't get 4.9-5.6mb (Speedtest) download on 3g. Did you check the T-Mobile coverage map to see if you have it in your area yet?
Edit: you also may need a new sim card. Depending on the age of the card, you might not be able to get a stable lock on to 4g (age as in what generation it was produced.. not how long you've had it)
thats possible, but im getting 3g speeds still as far as i can tell and i don't see why it wouldnt be included in the "hidden menu" if it is working since we aren't "really" supposed to know about the hidden menu. anyways just something i noticed.
menu is Hidden Menu->modem settings is where the menu is at.
and i got a new sim card (tired 2 new ones both the same) and yes i am in salt lake city and it is a 4g area for tmobile. but seems like everyone (mostly) is getting signal drops all over the place. my 2g isn't working as consistantly as it did before on my vibrant either. im sure gingerbread will fix all of this though.
I'm getting 4-8mps down in Metro Atlanta. I say 4G speed is on.
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Hmmm, interesting find! Maybe this explains the problems I'm having maintaining a stable 2g only connection as well
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I'm having the same problem, and I've even got a 2G booster in my house. My 2G connection drops all the time on my G2X but not my Vibrant. When I look at the signal strength when it's up it's not much different than the Vibrant, -104dBm on the G2X vs -100 dBm on the Vibrant
Im at a consistent 6-9mb dl at my house with a 1mb+ ul. Im calling it 4g and have you tried your conn outside of your city to see if its just congestion on the network?
I'm also getting 4-8mbps speeds in Atlanta, 4g is definitely working.
I'm in vegas, every hour, I get only 10 or 20mn of 4g at 6Mb download speed, the rest of the time I'm on 2g. At night time,i get 4g most of the time. So I guess in the day time, they kick me back to 2g to save their bandwitch, I'm returning my phone to let them know this is not acceptable
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My phone SAYS 4G all the time in Charlotte NC but I have only been getting 1mb DL and about 1.5 upload. The weird thing is that browsing the web is lightening fast compared to the vibrant. I would say it loads pages twice as fast.
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My phone SAYS 4G all the time in Charlotte NC but I have only been getting 1mb DL and about 1.5 upload. The weird thing is that browsing the web is lightening fast compared to the vibrant. I would say it loads pages twice as fast.
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Not sure but this may have as much to do with the processor and RAM speed as the connection speed.
I get crap speeds compared to the Nexus S, and that phone doesn't support full hspa+
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I get crap speeds compared to the Nexus S, and that phone doesn't support full hspa+
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I am not complaining about my speeds which are plenty good IMO, averaging around 3-3.5 mbps. However, I have been surprised that they are no better than my Nexus One was that also didn't support HSPA+.
A few things, before we get too heavy handed on the FUD:
The phone is technically '4G' compatible, and it supports it out of the box.
Most of T-Mo's towers have been upgraded to support their 4G (HSPA+)
Regular HSPA caps out at about 3.5Mbps down. I've gotten as much as 7Mbps down on my G2x
Personally, I haven't had many issues with signal, but I live in Houston, so that may have something to do with it.
4g is on in Huntington Beach, and irvine.
I did notice its not a huge difference speed wise though. I had the moto cliq 3g and i would get 1mbs ish to 5mbs DL, and with the G2x im averaging about 3mbs to 7mbs. not a huge difference but the big change is Latency. I used to rock 700ms to 1000ms on 3g with my cliq, im getting around 55ms to 150ms on my G2x.
Latency is key for me though, i would prefer lower latency than higher download speeds. Due to the fact I need to vpn and voip with company network.
I found that t mobiles 3g network is still very capable in speed. the main issue i had was my cliq was underpowered to handle the t mobiles network. when i would tether my rooted nook color it would perform like a champ.
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I am not complaining about my speeds which are plenty good IMO, averaging around 3-3.5 mbps. However, I have been surprised that they are no better than my Nexus One was that also didn't support HSPA+.
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Where do you live? Is it possible T-Mo may not support HSPA+ in your area?
It's also important to note that even if the towers you're connected to support HSPA+, that's only one part of the process. They also have to upgrade the data connection to the tower itself (backhaul) to ensure it can handle the speeds. If you're connected to an HSPA+ tower that doesn't have the upgraded backhaul, that could explain slow speeds.
No.
HSPA+ ("4G") is on and working. You're just not in an HSPA+ area it seems.
We're all getting faster than HSPA speeds, so we are certainly on HSPA+. Speedtests are the best way for you to verify if you are on EDGE (2G), HSPA (3G), or HSPA+ (4G).
I would like a 3g icon just top know what type of tower I'm on, I think the baseband is wack, I bet when gingerbread comes out we will get the separate icons... Also my vibrant would get steady 5-6mb down 2mb up, but with this phone its anything but steady, I can get up to 8mb down but its crazy random, regular use is sometimes slow initializing, and someones websites timeout.... I think a baseband upgrade will fix all this stuff tho, or software upgrades.
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I would like a 3g icon just top know what type of tower I'm on, I think the baseband is wack, I bet when gingerbread comes out we will get the separate icons... Also my vibrant would get steady 5-6mb down 2mb up, but with this phone its anything but steady, I can get up to 8mb down but its crazy random, regular use is sometimes slow initializing, and someones websites timeout.... I think a baseband upgrade will fix all this stuff tho, or software upgrades.
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That's the thing though. The way T-Mo has their network setup, if you can get 3G from a tower, you should be able to get 4G. Period. You may not get 4G speeds, but you're technically connected to an HSPA+ tower, and thus the 4G icon. It'd be weird to connect a tower that supports HSPA at this point, but not HSPA+ (though I'm sure there are some out there)
so i noticed in the speedtest.net app there is a option to change servers before or after you run the test, the app auto selects the closest server, im useing ninja 0716 with Lords kernel 6.2, anyways i run the test several times with the closest server selected automatically its in my city 10 miles away i consistently get very very poor data speeds, i then switch to the next closest server which is 55 miles away and run the test several times and get very consistent results with amazing speeds 4X what i get with the close server??? anyways what im hoping is that there is a way to make my phone ignore that close server so that i can always connect to that server that is further away, then i will have the data speeds that i pay for??? maybe edit the build.prop or something i hope someone here can help me
The speedtest app is very inaccurate if you want more reliable speedtests you should navigate in the browser to a something like speakeasy. The server you speedtest to has nothing to do with the tower your connected to. There are tweaks you can do to get better speeds.
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any one else?
so server or tower either way the accuracy of speedtest dosent matter to me consistency is consistency, i have great speed every where but my neighborhood, because of this local tower or server that my phone sticks too, i want to bypass this so that im connected to one thats further away, by the way i tested this with other apps and got the same results every time.
now i get you, you want specify which tower you connect to. It would be hard to trick the phone into connecting to a weaker signal. Have you tried speedtests late at night to see if your speeds are better. if its slow all the time the tower might not have the backhaul done yet. or it may have issues, some towers are slow due to misconfig. there is one in the next town over from me thats always 1.5 meg down 24/7 just so happens to be the one that the at&t store is near the store told them multiple times that its slow and they wont do anything to fix it. you would think they want that tower to have good speeds but thats at&t for ya.
The ATT corporate store where I live is in a spot with horrible coverage and is also unable to get u-verse. Their wi-fi is from dsl. 1.5 mbps d/l speed. LOL.
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The ATT corporate store where I live is in a spot with horrible coverage and is also unable to get u-verse. Their wi-fi is from dsl. 1.5 mbps d/l speed. LOL.
Some of them put microcells in the store, so when your checking out the phone the speeds fly, but when you goto the parking lot they drop to normal speeds.......sad.
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i have tested at night and it is better but still very very poor in comparison...d
Chances are you're connecting to the same cell tower when you run that test w/ varying speeds on speedtest, it just so happens that the server in which you're testing against is either 1)highly congested or 2) having issues. You're getting the speeds you pay for when testing on each of them but one ST.net server is able to reflect it more accurately than the other.
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so i noticed in the speedtest.net app there is a option to change servers before or after you run the test, the app auto selects the closest server, im useing ninja 0716 with Lords kernel 6.2, anyways i run the test several times with the closest server selected automatically its in my city 10 miles away i consistently get very very poor data speeds, i then switch to the next closest server which is 55 miles away and run the test several times and get very consistent results with amazing speeds 4X what i get with the close server??? anyways what im hoping is that there is a way to make my phone ignore that close server so that i can always connect to that server that is further away, then i will have the data speeds that i pay for??? maybe edit the build.prop or something i hope someone here can help me
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Have you tried Open Signal app from the market? It at least indicates which tower you are connected to by CID and such, and provides a map of it's general location using Google maps. Also logs the pertinent signal stats. I've mapped out my environs pretty good using it...and now know what to generally expect from the network. I live in a virtual forest of towers, so knowiing which tower I'm connected to and knowing it's general performance over time..well I'm just into that I guess. ... Along with knowing by CID and location a couple of really kick azz towers that are good for the ego to run a test and get a kick butt number.
WTF?
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Chances are you're connecting to the same cell tower when you run that test w/ varying speeds on speedtest, it just so happens that the server in which you're testing against is either 1)highly congested or 2) having issues. You're getting the speeds you pay for when testing on each of them but one ST.net server is able to reflect it more accurately than the other.
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ok let me make this clear IM NOT A FUC**** IDIOT when i run the test im not connected to the same tower with varying speeds OMG! consistent speeds all through out the day on every test, the accuracy means NOTHING, ive used all speed tests so yes i have Open Signal installed and guess what i get the SAME results, when i switch towers either by using speedtest and manually switching or by leaving my town, i get great i mean great speeds consistently once again ACCURACY MEANS NOTHING FOR THESE TESTS!!!
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ok let me make this clear IM NOT A FUC**** IDIOT when i run the test im not connected to the same tower with varying speeds OMG! consistent speeds all through out the day on every test, the accuracy means NOTHING, ive used all speed tests so yes i have Open Signal installed and guess what i get the SAME results, when i switch towers either by using speedtest and manually switching or by leaving my town, i get great i mean great speeds consistently once again ACCURACY MEANS NOTHING FOR THESE TESTS!!!
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Well gee you know it all. Why did you come on here and ask anyway?...it's was hard to understand what kind of help you want to be honest...and now that I do, go find your own answers.
Dude, Texas Redneck answered your questions correctly. Quit being such a NOOB! Evidentally you don't know the difference between a tower and a server or have any idea of the concept. The tower is where your phone gets connection from. It is that big antenna close to you with the dishes on the top. Most likely you are using the same tower when you run the test if you stay in the same place.
When you connect to speednet you are connectiong to one of their servers. So your signal may go from your phone > tower > server A > speednet server A. If you change speednet server it may go phone > tower > server A > server B > speednet server B. There could be numerous servers in between or none. The closer you are the less there should be so as to say giving you the fastest test connection. But there are many factors. The tower can be congested and so can the servers. So depending on the time of day or which servers are congested your connection speed could be fast or slow.
But you cannot switch servers or towers to use your phone on. They are determined by what ip address you are accessing and your location. So if your town has a capped tower and connects to a slow server then you get slow speeds. Or move.
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OK your funny i know what a tower is you make me laugh, this and ACCURACY make no difference to me, it dosent matter what test i use or what server they use, all that matters to me is connecting to a tower that is further away, the phone selects the closest tower for me, someone out there knows how to change this, im am hopeing they will reply here and share this info, and everyone else that being you! can mumble the obvious to them selves and not waste my time, lol your funny there are very smart people that occasionally poke there heads in here to laugh at NOOBS like you, if im lucky one of them will stop by and chat with me about tricking my phone into connecting to the tower of my choice, since you obviously have no idea what im talking about FU** off, lol thanks for the laugh
I'm wondering what your data speeds are like? I've been using the speed test app, and just recently I've been testing my connection everywhere I go. It's funny cause my ping is usually around 100-140, which I thought was relatively high, but then it comes in and gives me 5843kb/s download speed, but then my uploading speed is always horrible at around 600-800kb/s.
Is this normal for other Wind users?
barqers said:
I'm wondering what your data speeds are like? I've been using the speed test app, and just recently I've been testing my connection everywhere I go. It's funny cause my ping is usually around 100-140, which I thought was relatively high, but then it comes in and gives me 5843kb/s download speed, but then my uploading speed is always horrible at around 600-800kb/s.
Is this normal for other Wind users?
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Ping speeds and data throughput can cary based on any number of factors such as cell congestion, network data congestion for your carrier, distance from cell site or obstacles weakening the signal, etc. You have to test it every day over a month or so from various locations to see what is really going on with your carrier.
Testing right now, got:
239ms Ping
1.58 Mbps Down
0.09Mbps Up
4 bars too...
I'm in GTA. I guess Ottawa speeds just beat the crap out of us here..
aceofserenity said:
Testing right now, got:
239ms Ping
1.58 Mbps Down
0.09Mbps Up
4 bars too...
I'm in GTA. I guess Ottawa speeds just beat the crap out of us here..
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This is typically what i get on a regular basis very rare will i ever even get 2+ Mbps down or anything higher than 0.15 Mbps up i think its a location issue though. I live in Scarborough and the reception here is still very unstable....certain places will be full bars and others none to no reception at all
I've gotten up to 9mbs download around Jane/Bloor area.
around 4-6mbs Yonge/Eg
and around 7-9mbs downtown depending on the hours