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Might be getting a Sensation - Q on speeds

Ive been in the 3D forums since launch and I love the 3D but I cant handle Sprints 100k speeds and no answers from them - So I am likely moving to T-Mobile and the Sensation....
Can anyone tell me what speeds they get once you hit your "4G Limit"?
Is it useable at all after you hit your 2,5, or 10GB?
Thanks!

you're stuck at 2g after you hit your limit

Yeah, Ive read varying reports of that speed - around 200k??? Right now, Im lucky to even hit that on my Sprint Connection.

PensFan66 said:
Yeah, Ive read varying reports of that speed - around 200k??? Right now, Im lucky to even hit that on my Sprint Connection.
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Yeah, around that. The max you'll get is about 300-400 Kbps. If you live in an area with good HSPA connectivity, you should get speeds from 5-7 Mbps down easily in you are within your cap.
This is my best result during peak hours.
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Well I've heard some stories of being able to block the data throttling. That only works with perm root though... Not to mention it also only works on certain devices. Sensation could or could not be one of them. But speeds are as mentions above.
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Thanks for the replies - I think we are going to swap tomorrow. Sounds like Edge would allow me to stream radio at the least - I checked my old AT&T account and it was rare that I went over 5, I was usually around 4.8GB
I do love the HTC 3D but with the seed Im getting, its like having a lamborghini and going up and down the driveway....
I did test the speed at 2 t-mobile stores in the area and low DL's were around 3000k and high around 5000k .... Im happy with 1500, so this is great

[Q] 4g connection issue-keep dropping down to 2g

I just got the 200mb data plan It support 4g
but HTC sensation keep dropping down to 2g
I read from other site to change the sim card and i did still it keep dropping
i try WCDMA ONLY for the network 4g will stay connected but then my phone signal will drop
its been a known issue for this phone i mean its is the best phone on tmobile right now but what is the point if it keep dropping connection
does anyone know how to fix it
i read somewhere that it has to do with the signal band as well

Same here, but mine does this once in a while. Not often.

Shoot I thought I was the only one.....what speeds are you guys receiving over the "4G" network?

i call tmobile up but they didn't seem to help much at all
i mean if i have to go outside to use 4g what is the point
i have 4bars signal inside the house just that it keep switching to 2g
someone told me 4g connection is separate from phone signal
but if so then how come when i switch to WCDMA ONLY mode i get 4g connection, how come my phone signal drop to 0 bar

I get it very rarely as I said. I'm getting good speed over 4G:
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im on my third sim card and still had spotty 4G coverage...installed the new InsertCoin RC1 2.3.4 and it seems to be working great now...

@OP, is this your first 4G phone?If not, what kind of signal were you getting before? If you get good 4G on another phone but not this one ask for a warranty replacement.
Is this only happening in your home is it everywhere you go? If it's everywhere, see previous question.
If it's in your home only Where do you live? Call T-Mobile and ask about the new 3G in home repeater. It's being trialed in a few markets but I can't remember which ones. Maybe you qualify for one if your having signal issues in your home.

this is my first 4g phone
what is InsertCoin RC1 2.3.4
i would like to try see if it work for my phone

Wifi speed low?

I am running a CM7 nightly (153), with LorDModUE 6.71 kernel. I just ran the speedtest app, and my speeds were 4 down and 3 up. I ran the same test with my Xoom and laptop, and both got about 21 down and 4 up. What would be affecting my speed on the Inspire?

You could try another kernel
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I'm running nightly 153 and just ran a speed test and got 18 down on the laptop and only 7 down on the inspire. I've been noticing since the switch to cm7 that wifi is lacking. Love a suggestion on a kernel that might remedy this.

FWIW, speedtest app sucks. I routinely get innacurate results with it even changing servers. I open the browser and use the speakeasy speedtest if I want something that resembles an accurate result.

I've been getting the same speeds I always have, my WiFi isn't very fast but I justed tested on my phone and laptop and got the same results. Running nightly 153 and LordModUE 6.7.1, maybe the new wifi drivers in 6.7 aren't co-operating with your router.

newter55 said:
FWIW, speedtest app sucks. I routinely get innacurate results with it even changing servers. I open the browser and use the speakeasy speedtest if I want something that resembles an accurate result.
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I know it's not the most accurate, but to see a 50-75% drop back to back is pretty telling. Is there anything in the build.prop I could change? I'll try the Tiamat kernel and do tests back to back and report back in here with the results. I'm pretty sure my speeds were low even on the older versions of the LordModUE kernel. Not sure if the kernel has any effect on wifi speeds.

No kernel changes, all stock 153.
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Nope, no difference with kernel change. I even tried my wife's Atrix, and it's getting 21 down. Try mine right afterwards and get between 5-7, on both Tiamat 1.04 nd LordmodUEv6.7.1 cfs. Odd...

speedtest.net app fixed

when i first got my AT&T htc one x, the speedtest.net app would crash every time during the upload test,
but after using the RUU to the 1.82 and then rooting, and then debloat/debranding the device, it appears the speedtest.net is now working during the upload test and shows the resulting speed in the end...
not sure what part of that process fixed it, probably the debranding, or maybe the app was updated im not sure.. just letting people know what i've found

it always worked for me but good info for the people that do have problems with it

I'm still totally stock, and the Speedtest app works just fine. 32 Mbps up and 21 Mbps down, daaaamnnnn!

Always had worked for me. Getting still my epic blazing 4g LTE speeds 58.45 Mbps down and 25.93 Mbps up. This is 2.5X faster then my home connection.
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thanks for that update because i have the exact same problem with the speedtest app. I will try these things because I was about to return it for Galaxy Note.

seandidk said:
Always had worked for me. Getting still my epic blazing 4g LTE speeds 58.45 Mbps down and 25.93 Mbps up. This is 2.5X faster then my home connection.
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Yesterday I hit ~53 down. I honestly almost crapped my pants. I have 15down/1up at home. Also, if you go to results, you can email the result which also provides a link to a much smaller image of the test.

...my rogers 4g wireless only hit 4M DOWNLOAD AND 1M UPLOAD, WHY WHY WHY!!!

qiandongyq said:
...my rogers 4g wireless only hit 4M DOWNLOAD AND 1M UPLOAD, WHY WHY WHY!!!
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Because that's actually HSPA+, not true 4G LTE.

bhyde said:
thanks for that update because i have the exact same problem with the speedtest app. I will try these things because I was about to return it for Galaxy Note.
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You were going to return your phone because the speedtest app crashed????

IF your 3G internet download is ridicolously slow..

Thought I put this here, in case someone has the same issue.
Just got my Orange UK S4. Orange also run a 4G network called EE, and my phone is EVR ie EE network coded.
My contract is NOT on the 4G network, since I didnt need it.
My first attempt at using the internet connection (away from wifi) was a download of a 1.5meg PDF attachment in the email app, and it was ridiculous slow, like it took 5 mins
Also the browser was not responding or downloading data at all.
So had a brain wave and went into network settings/more networks/mobile networks/network mode/ and changed from 2g/3g/4g, to "2g/3g"
and this solved the issue perfectly.
I think the problem is that in the 4G mode, the phone keeps trying repeatedly (like for every packet) to connect in 4g, and gets rejected by the network, so downshifts to 3g or HDSPA for downloading one packet, and repeats the whole merry cycle...
Hope this might some confusion for others in the future.:laugh:

More likely that the phone was camped onto an Orange 3G bts initially. By swapping network type selection you forced it to pick up a tmobile site....remembering that tmobile and orange share each others networks now under the banner of EE.
A lot of orange sites were never that fast anyway, even worse now the join with tmobile. They are relying a lot more on the tmobile 3G sites.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk (how ironic is that eh)

On T-Mobile here and switching LTE off makes absolutely no difference to my speeds :/ Ran a test with LTE on and off and I get 10Mb on and off.
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No probs on 3 network :good:
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OP here!
The first download was crazy slow, 1000 times slower than when I was on the pure Orange network, but it seems fixed now, and on my new rom flashed yesterday, it seems ok.
Completely agree about the orange/EE service at present. It has become terrible, I think they are shoving all subscribers onto one network, and its becoming harder to make a call without it dropping etc... And this is in West London!