Yesterday I went to Rochester and visited my grandmother. In the process of doing so, I couldn't help but do a few speed test runs and post the results. Just for reference I am rooted running Das Bamf 1.5 remix. I am using Adrenalyn's 1.4 kernel that comes with the 1.5 remix ROM. Setcpu was set at 1036800 MHz throughout all the testing I did. Now for the good stuff:
First I ran five speed tests using speedtest.net on my laptop via the mobile hotspot app on the T-Bolt. These results are from having a strong 3G signal and serve as a baseline to see how much higher 4G will be. The two most average results are as follows:
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Now that I was in 4G land I also ran five tests using speedtest.net on my laptop via the mobile hotspot app on the T-Bolt. These results are from having a strong 4G signal and were the average of the tests. The results are as follows:
I found it odd that the download speed was consistently high but the upload speed didn't blow my socks off.
Lastly I ran the mobile speedtest.net app from the phone directly and the results from that are as follows:
All in all I am very pleased with the results of my own personal testing. The Thunderbolt is a beast in every way, shape, or form.
So you concluded that 4G is faster than 3G?
Yes. LOL. I know that its obvious that 4G is faster than 3G but I figured some other people might post their expirence with 4G. I am wondering if the speeds are the same in every 4G area.
30 down 8 up in the Pittsburgh region.
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Did you hear thunder when you were doing the speedtest on 4g? LOL.
I get about 24-25 down and about 6 up in my area now. Wicked fast.
What I want to see compared is the stock mobile hotspot speeds vs. Wireless tether for root? Is there a difference?
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What I want to see compared is the stock mobile hotspot speeds vs. Wireless tether for root? Is there a difference?
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I don't use the stock hotspot, but from what I am told, it does absolutely no throttling at all that wouldn't affect the third party tether. I only chose the rooted version as it's open source and has more options, speed didn't change.
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Running CM7 Test 4 on the new radio. Finally got 4G to switch on and stay on but my speeds are terribly low (0-2mbps). I believe im running REV A enabled per the advice of someone in the CM7 thread.. Any idea's? I was so happy to see that 4g icon light up but its still running like its on 3g.
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Running CM7 Test 4 on the new radio. Finally got 4G to switch on and stay on but my speeds are terribly low (0-2mbps). I believe im running REV A enabled per the advice of someone in the CM7 thread.. Any idea's? I was so happy to see that 4g icon light up but its still running like its on 3g.
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It might be the network? I'm not saying it is but it's something to think about.
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It might be the network? I'm not saying it is but it's something you might consider.
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One way to know for sure I suppose. Ill flash back to bamf. And see where my speeds are
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Running CM7 Test 4 on the new radio. Finally got 4G to switch on and stay on but my speeds are terribly low (0-2mbps). I believe im running REV A enabled per the advice of someone in the CM7 thread.. Any idea's? I was so happy to see that 4g icon light up but its still running like its on 3g.
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It would be helpful to know what area are you from. Could be network issue.
If you're in NYC the speeds should be normal.
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I think it's something with cm7 and the recent 4g outage. Pretty sure slayher commented about it on his twitter. I'm sure it'll be fixed in an update soon.
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For anyone interested it was the network. Rom works fine once its got a lock on 4g. Had it stable all day. Speeds shot back up without a reboot or anything
I want to use this thread to gather a number of members' experiences with data speeds in Arkansas. I'd like to also welcome anyone who's done a speedtest while in Arkansas . When reading through numerous other threads about data speeds, most people are obviously in areas not even remotely close to mine. And since cellular data is so dependent, in part, on location, I want to narrow down the results to digest.
Overall (at my home), I average about 1.5 mbps down and 1 mbps up. During time periods where I get good results, I average about 3 mbps down and 1.1-1.2 mbps up. However, while in another part of my city, I average 4-5 mbps down and 1.1 mbps up at any time of day.
I'd like to know if any other Arkansans are getting better speeds, or worse, on average (and include location & time of day). Thanks in advance.
I was just there. I went to Mena from Texas. Highway 71 I believe.
A little before I got out of texas, I lost hspa. Pretty much as soon as I hit Arkansas, I went to edge. I did a couple of speed tests along the way and the best I got, sadly, was 45kbps down and 44kbps up with a 250ms ping. Hell , even the internet where I was at was only 256k down. Don't know what the upload was. Was kind of nice though. No cell phone, cell service and a bunch of trees and peace and quiet........
I am in Russell illegal and get 4.5mb/s down and 2.0mb/s up
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. . . 4.5mb/s down and 2.0mb/s up
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Interesting. I have a couple of questions .
What rom, radio/ril, and apn settings are you using?
I'm more interested in your upload. Have you always been able to get 1.3+ mbps up? If not, what did you do to achieve this?
Thanks in advance .
NW AR... Averaging .5 probably up and down. Very disappointing.
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In the Mountain Home area, getting 1.5 down and .5 up
In Conway.....
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GINGERBEAST with recommended radio.
Just now did a test and got terrible speeds. The rain may have something to do with it.
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Wow! Your wi-fi sucks.
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Thanks for your responses guys.
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Wow! Your wi-fi sucks.
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Yep... I need a new and better router. It had good days and bad.
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Im just north of NYC and lost my 3g coverage, did a reboot and still nothing. I just switched to the old 3g and I have data again. Can anyone confirm if lte is down in any areas?
4g running fine in Cincinnati
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Running fine in Az
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I'm in NYC and on 3G... my speeds are pathetic right now. 0.18 Mbps down and 0.12 Mbps up...
On top of that, my battery is draining fast
I can't even catch 3g inside my building like I used to with my incredible. Antenna must be weaker or some ****
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I can't even catch 3g inside my building like I used to with my incredible. Antenna must be weaker or some ****
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You using the stock battery cover or one from another manufacture? It's known that some non-OEM battery covers don't give the best connection to the antenna in the cover.
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Running fine in Az
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I dislike you greatly sir.
Joking of course, best I have ever accomplished in Raleigh, NC has been 8 down.
Hmm..I'm in Raleigh
Does seem to be working here, though.
My 4G works fine but my 3g is down pretty weird. I'm in socal though.
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I am in Florida and I got no network. Just love it. I tend to wonder how good could LTE be once they complete their last wave of phones after the year. Its always up and down.
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You using the stock battery cover or one from another manufacture? It's known that some non-OEM battery covers don't give the best connection to the antenna in the cover.
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Pretty sure it is.
I have a line that is tested at 106 Mbit download. But when I run speed test on the infuse I barely get to 14mbit. What do you guys think.
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Goneeuro said:
I have a line that is tested at 106 Mbit download. But when I run speed test on the infuse I barely get to 14mbit. What do you guys think.
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When working with WiFi you gotta factor.in a few things...
Number of connected devices
Speed of other devices
Distance from router
Speed of your router
Interference (microwaves, wireless home phones, other nearby routers...)
I've heard that if you have one slow device everything will be forced to go at that slow devices speed...
Now...I am no network specialist or anything...and the above info could be 100% false...but its what I believe cause I have never been told that info is wrong...
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I have a line that is tested at 106 Mbit download. But when I run speed test on the infuse I barely get to 14mbit. What do you guys think.
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I've puled 20+ Mbps before-pegged the needle on speedtest app. Usually I get around 14-18 Mbps down. Wifi will never give you the advertised speed, too many variables. on my mac that I have plugged into my router, I regularly pull 27 Mbps down, gotten as high as 34 Mbps down
I'm using comcast/xfinity 20 Mbps home service.
i couldn't really tell ya. my home internet only gets about 12 mbps on a good day and my main router is only capable of g speeds. i've never been able to connect to an n router in close proximity and tried to download a file hosted on the same network. when you go through the internet there are too many variables.
Stock CM10 here with no settings tweaked. I was getting 16Mbps yesterday and am fluctuating between 12Mb and 46Mb today. (not sure what radio)
My phone's data connection is now quicker than my home and work combined :^\
Killer speeds in Roseville. Stock 2.20 rooted and debloated.
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They just lit up Philadelphia too finally.. I still can't believe download is almost 3x faster then my home internet.
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I was just in sac earlier at the drive I theater and noticed I was getting lte I was averaging 22-30 down I had it all the
way back to Dixon by 113 I live in the next city over can't wait for it there
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I was just in sac earlier at the drive I theater and noticed I was getting lte I was averaging 22-30 down I had it all the
way back to Dixon by 113 I live in the next city over can't wait for it there
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I wonder what these speeds look like in a week or so when all the LTE iPhones are in users' hands....
I wanna see that too I don't think it will have a big effect but that's just my opinion because most iOS users I know don't use their devices like I do I think it will have a big impact in San Fransisco every time I go out there all I see is I phones and iPad everywhere what's weird is I get about 10-15 download speeds when I'm I sf but from Oakland to Vallejo I get 30
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I got 12883 kbps inside the power balance pavilion yesterday on a weak lte signal
ripnhack said:
I wanna see that too I don't think it will have a big effect but that's just my opinion because most iOS users I know don't use their devices like I do I think it will have a big impact in San Fransisco every time I go out there all I see is I phones and iPad everywhere what's weird is I get about 10-15 download speeds when I'm I sf but from Oakland to Vallejo I get 30
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Time will tell....iOS users use the hell out of their devices. Don't kid yourself.
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