[Q] T-Mobile update service - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

Please explain to me,
what is T-Mobile update service doing with an arrow up and down, what is it downloading? it has been doing it all night and is still doing?

It's probably downloading the KD1 OTA update.
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How long does that usually take, and does it work faster if i switch it over to wifi?
How long does that usually take, and does it work faster if i switch it over to wifi?

No clue on how long, as many of us have effectively disabled FOTA. It is probably a couple hundred MB that need to be downloaded.
It is possible that the FOTA servers "trickle" the release out so as not to swamp your connection and allow you to continue to use your browser, email, MMS, etc.
WiFi might be faster, all depending on how fast your personal Internet connection is compared to your 4G connection, assuming that the FOTA servers aren't significantly bandwidth limited. If you don't have more than 3-5 Mbps on your DSL/cable, you might be faster on 4G (I typically see 3-8 Mbps throughput on 4G in the SF Bay Area).

i have this too, and it's been on and off for about a day now. not sure what it's doing and how it affects my battery power/connection..

metalsides said:
i have this too, and it's been on and off for about a day now. not sure what it's doing and how it affects my battery power/connection..
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Horrible data speeds

Has anyone experienced horrible data speeds with the G2X. My nexus s right next to it pulls a consistent 2-3 megs down while the g2x is only pulling 75kbps, i've tried a factory reset and it hasn't helped at all.
Im having the same problem mine gets 1.5 mbs download less than my 3g vibrant sitting right next too it I called t-mobile and they are sending a new g2x
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In central New Jersey, my download speeds vary between 2.5Mb/s and 7Mb/s. Upload is a fairly constant 1.7Mb/s. Ping is usually in the 40-50ms range.
These are not scientific tests in the least bit - in order to compare, having the phones sitting right next to each other does nothing. You need to check that they are connecting to the same tower as well.
Grab Open Signal from the market and click the maps option on both phones. I'd wager you're connecting to different towers between the phones.
Mine stays on 2G for about 90% of the time, but when it does rarely get 4G, it gets as high as 5.5Mb/s. On 2G, I get about 140kb/s. It never registers 3G for whatever reason.
(I say 90%/10% while staying in the same place for long periods of time where my G1 was always getting 3G or registering (not using, of course) H (4G?).)
Mine was showing umts 4G but really struggling to surf this forums or to run a speed test. Wouldn't find the speed test servers. I turn 2G on and I'm surfing this forum faster than when I had the 4G icon.
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Mine was showing umts 4G but really struggling to surf this forums or to run a speed test. Wouldn't find the speed test servers. I turn 2G on and I'm surfing this forum faster than when I had the 4G icon.
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What could be causing this?
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I did a side-by-side speed test comparison of my G2 and G2X in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043716
Both phones were configured identically; same apps, widgets, and settings. The G2X is slower. One of the pro reviews done in SFO made the same observation - the G2X was about 30-40% slower than the G2. As you'll see by the replies in the original thread, most people took the "it's fast enough" position. I think a new flagship phone with state-of-the-art hardware should perform as well as a year-old phone with a 800mhz processor. The good news is it can probably be fixed with software updates so we should be OK in the long run. Oh well.
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These are not scientific tests in the least bit - in order to compare, having the phones sitting right next to each other does nothing. You need to check that they are connecting to the same tower as well.
Grab Open Signal from the market and click the maps option on both phones. I'd wager you're connecting to different towers between the phones.
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I live in a city where there aren't a lot of towers or heavy traffic on T-Mobile's data network which is why my G2 can pull 10MB down easily. The ISP used by speedtest is less than 50 miles away from me and is Microsoft corporate's disaster recovery provider. From a network congestion, conflict, and latency perspective I probably have one of the purest comparative environments possible. Across multiple days and multiple times of day, the G2X is consistently 30-40% slower than my identically configured G2. A pro tester reached the same conclusion. You may not want to accept it, but the G2X is slower (at least against the G2).
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I did a side-by-side speed test comparison of my G2 and G2X in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043716
Both phones were configured identically; same apps, widgets, and settings. The G2X is slower. One of the pro reviews done in SFO made the same observation - the G2X was about 30-40% slower than the G2. As you'll see by the replies in the original thread, most people took the "it's fast enough" position. I think a new flagship phone with state-of-the-art hardware should perform as well as a year-old phone with a 800mhz processor. The good news is it can probably be fixed with software updates so we should be OK in the long run. Oh well.
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Awesome findings. Should be fixed with a software update.
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The g2 is 8 months old not 1 year
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[Q] HSDPA

I recently flashed Firefly3 which enables HSDPA. Does hsdpa use up more data than the traditional 3g. I know they're the "same", but I only have a 200mb plan with att and I've already used about a 100mb in the first week of my billing cycle. I've had this phone for about 6 months and the most data I've ever used to this point is about 60mb for the entire month. I'm almost always on wifi. Does flashing rom use data? Is there a way to find what is using my data? wifi never sleeps, just trying to figure out what is doing this. Is it the ROM?
Flashing a rom won't use data. Apps running like email could be using data. What kinds of apps are you using everyday? I believe the 3g and h only differ in how fast data travels and does not effect how much data is used.
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Forgot to mention you can see what programs are running under apps from your home screen. I believe there are apps that will tell you what is using data.
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Almost all the apps I use are the same I've been using for awhile. Like i said i'm on wifi about 95% of the time. Something is chompin away at my data, just not sure what is. Does att have the ability to tell me what is doing this. For all I know it could be just one app.
3G watchdog might help you, it's on the market.
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Guess I'll try watchdog. thanks. glad it's not the rom, cuz i'm really liking this one so far.
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I recently flashed Firefly3 which enables HSDPA. Does hsdpa use up more data than the traditional 3g. I know they're the "same", but I only have a 200mb plan with att and I've already used about a 100mb in the first week of my billing cycle. I've had this phone for about 6 months and the most data I've ever used to this point is about 60mb for the entire month. I'm almost always on wifi. Does flashing rom use data? Is there a way to find what is using my data? wifi never sleeps, just trying to figure out what is doing this. Is it the ROM?
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Do you use speed test alot? It eats up slot of data every time you use it (about 6mb every time, if I remember correctly). Did you leave background on, our auto sync? They all take up data.
funny you mention it cuz i just thought about speedtest, i ran it about 4-5 times this weekend. prob the culprit. already uninstalled. didnt like the results anyway. they were making me feel inferior. thanks for the help both of u. much appreciated
Don't worry about using that stuff anyway, just numbers. What actually matters is how long web pages take to load and apps take to start, etc. Real life tests!
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HSDAP is enabled already in stock ROM. It is HSUPA that requires custom ROM (and most importantly non-AT&T modem).
Simply display a H icon (as a lot of custom ROM choose to) instead of 3G icon (as AT&T mandates all its phones to) doesn't mean you're downloading any faster.
The speed has little to do with how much data you will use per month. Of course, faster pipe will let you consume data faster but ultimately it is what you do determines how much data you use. a 1kB emails will only uses up 1KB of data regardless you're downloading it at 100kbps or 1mbps.
Emails and moderate web usage should leave you plenty of legroom on 200MB plan. Just don't do any kind of video or audio streaming or speed test (which they download and upload a large chunk of data to measure your speed).
dont use speed test the servers get busy and i think the carriers may be restricting some bandwith to them because it is used soo much. use the browser to go on speakeasy.com i get way faster connections to that.
to answer the original question, the captivate has hsdpa by default. any modem for a i9000 i9010 i9088 t959 or basically anything that is not a i897 or i896 will enable hsupa and hsdpa also known as hspa.
the difference being that rogers and att restrict the upload bandwidth except for the iphone by disabling hsupa on the phone. this is probably because they are afraid the since android is so flexible and hard to regulate that people will use there phones to do things that use huge amounts of data. if you limit the upload it makes things like video chatting jittery and it makes hosting multiple devices slow but most important it makes hosting anything basically useless while only having a small effect on browsing. hsupa shouldn't increase usage but it does increase speed.
turn off network based location, reject googles collecting annonomous location data when you flash a new rom and turn off any sync option that doesnt need to be on. you will also notice good battery life. then you might also want to find a rom with good add blocking. with all that you should see good battery life and less data useage.

[SOLVED] Horrid Network Speeds (not just mobile network)

Hey everyone, I was wondering what kind of speeds I should be getting here.
On the mobile network I get most of the time less than 2mbps, around 1.5-1.75, I ONCE got above 3mbps. That's download, upload is a dismal 1.2-1.5 mbps.
I thought maybe it was just where I was, bad cell tower, etc., but check this. My home wifi is reasonably fast, I get 12-16 mbps down on the computer with ~3mbps up. On my phone, connected to wifi, gets 4.5mbps down and just under 2mbps up. This shouldn't happen, should it? On my old mytouch slide, in the same room I'm in right now, I got 3-4mbps consistently over the mobile network (not even HSPA+, just plain old HSPA), and at LEAST 7 or 8 mbps over wifi, on the same wifi network. I'm very confused here, why is my HTC Sensation, which is supposed to be the latest and greatest, getting such terrible speeds? Do I have hardware issues? It's the same dismal speeds on every ROM I've tried. Stock before rooted, stock after rooted, arhd, cm7, everything is horrible. Should I call t-mobile and ask for a replacement? I just can't figure out why I'm getting slower speeds on HSPA+ than I was on 3G HSPA. Yikes.
Make sure your radio and RIL are correct (search the RIL and Radio threads) ... if you've tried different ROMs you may have over-written something.
I consistently get 16-20 MBPS down 10-15 MBPS up speeds on my home wifi (Verizion FIOS 25/25 service).
Get Wifi Analyzer from the market (free) and make sure you are not sharing WIFI channels with your neighbors.
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Make sure your radio and RIL are correct (search the RIL and Radio threads) ... if you've tried different ROMs you may have over-written something.
I consistently get 16-20 MBPS down 10-15 MBPS up speeds on my home wifi (Verizion FIOS 25/25 service).
Get Wifi Analyzer from the market (free) and make sure you are not sharing WIFI channels with your neighbors.
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My baseband version in about phone reads 10.58.9035.00P_10.15.9035.02_2. I think the radio that they test CM7 with is 10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01, so I suppose I COULD downgrade, but I was having the same issues even before I rooted. As for RIL's, I know what they are but I have never come across them. I don't know if they're built in or if I have to flash them or even where to find them.
I have noticed HORRIBLE wifi reception with this phone. I can never connect to the wifi at my school, and at home, I can hold the phone right next to the router and it will still be 3/4 bars of wifi. Right know I'm in the room right next to the router and it alternates between the little dot of the wifi icon and the 1st bar. My computer gets 5/5 bars. My cell reception has seemed to be normal though, haven't noticed any huge issues. In fact, it seems to hang onto 3G/HSPA better than my old phone did. My old phone constantly bumped down to edge in my house. Speeds suck on this phone though, and I can't figure out why.
I tried that app you suggested, didn't find any interference, but saw how stupidly low my signal strength was. Here's a SS, attached.
Bump,any ideas?
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The CM ROM is using the RIL for the radio mentioned in the OP.
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how stupidly low my signal strength was. Here's a SS, attached.
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Check the antenna contacts on the back of the phone; try bending them up to engage the pads in the cover.
Failing that, return the phone for replacement.
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I decided to do a test as I have been experiencing substantial drop in DL/UL speeds utilizing my personal favorite CM7.
Radios varied with CM7 reco through latest HTC radio. Stock & OC kernal. Observation.
Dozens of tests. 6+ DL 2.5 Mbps UL.
Wi-Fi- Avg expected speeds 31 Mbps DL 6.50 UL Mbps. ( Wifi signal was extremely erratic). No fix.
revert back to Sense 3.5 NRG rom with 169 RIl matching radio.
Stock kernal.
Dozens of tests. Avg 9.25 DL1.50 Mbp UL
Wi-fi- same as CM7 however signal is perfect.
FWIW- complete stock sense posed higher DL/UL. Odd but how much stock I put into this?
Benchmarks- with both Cm7 & sense OC kernals.
Both scored heavily using the most common benchmarks.
AnTuTu-6381
CF-7667
Quadrant-3810
Stock kernal- nothing to write home about.
Other then the data speed, in terms of user experience, difficult to say. Other than I was always plagued with accurate gps lock using CM7.
I'm all over the place regarding the breakdown but I don't have much patience right now.
Enjoy.
Typical WiFi performance for me at home (fastest is ~20 D 10 U). Router is at the other end of the house (blue on the graph). If you have strong signal, look at the software (radio + RIL), if signal is weak check antenna.
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So I guess I'll try the recommended radio. How do you check which RIL you have? I don't think its the radio though, since I had the same bad speeds on stock s-on before rooting. I'll try checking the antenna connectors in the casings. If I do have to do a warranty exchange, will I have to get the phone back to s-on to be under warranty?
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So I guess I'll try the recommended radio. How do you check which RIL you have? I don't think its the radio though, since I had the same bad speeds on stock s-on before rooting. I'll try checking the antenna connectors in the casings. If I do have to do a warranty exchange, will I have to get the phone back to s-on to be under warranty?
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Regarding RIL check- Run getprop gsm.version.ril-impl in Terminal Emulator (Download from market if you don't have). Takes 2 seconds to get RIL which will show 169, 173, etc...
Regarding exchange- I'm assuming you will have to revert back to S-on but I could very well be wrong, however I know for peace of mind, I would do this to ensure a complete hassle free exchange.
Wish I could assist more.
ahahaha.
i live in italy. I paid 19 € so about 25 $ for a bad connection of 7 mega in download and 0,45 mega in upload, but the real speed is 4/0,3
for curiosity how much do you pay in United states???
return to your phone, probabily you can to flash other radi.img
I am on a shared plan, but I think for just me, 4G data is $20/month, which guarantees 4G speeds up to 2GB of usage, then it starts throttling. I did check my usage, I'm under 1GB.
Checked my RIL against the RIL thread that's stickied in the dev forum, I have 2.2.1073HMQ, which is matched to the 10.58 radio that I currently have. So it can't be an RIL issue.
I also tested the speed of the data connection through a wifi hotspot on my computer. I still only got about 2 mbps on the computer, maybe 2.5, don't remember exactly. Definitely under 3 though, which is unacceptable. I think I'm going to call t-mobile, because I'm supposed to be in a 4G coverage area. But on top of that, my wifi speeds suck as well, which tells me it's not just network coverage, it's something to do with the wireless chipset, something isn't working correctly. I think I should be able to except AT LEAST equivalent speeds to my old 3G slide.
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for curiosity how much do you pay in United states???
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Verizon FIOS @ $100/mo gets you 25/25 fiber to the house, phone, and a few hundred channels of hi def TV. Wireless router included gets up to 20 MBps to the phone.
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So I called t-mobile, the first guy said he thought I knew what I was talking about and had tried everything that he had ideas for, so he sent me to tier 2 support, and that guy told me that it was probably something faulty in either the back of the phone (antenna) or the radio controller. He thought my wifi and cell speed issues were related. Since I got the phone at costco he suggested I try to do an exchange through them since I'd get a new device in exchange instead of a refurbished one. I'm going to end up going that route.
So here's my question now, once I get the new replacement phone, since it's the same phone, is it possible to take a nandroid of my current phone how it is and then restore it after I root and get s-off? Or would that not work since the phones would have different serials and IMEI's? It would be so much easier if I could just nandroid restore after I s-off, root, and get clockwork.
Bump?
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Bump?
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There aren't that many people who would have done it.
So try it and report back!
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Gunkk said:
There aren't that many people who would have done it.
So try it and report back!
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Alright, I'll try it, no harm really, worst thing I can get is a bootloop I'll just make sure and back up my apps beforehand just in case it doesn't work. I'm going back on Friday to try and get a replacement, so I'll report back then.
alot of 3g networks i noticed cap at 1.75megs down and 1.50-1.75 up and since the sensation wont tell us if we have 3g or not and list 4g as anything above edge it's just kinda hit or miss when u actually do have 4G but from my house right now i'm getting 1.75 down and if i go to the others ide of town i get 9.xx down (rarely over 10 though sadly)
morganpants said:
alot of 3g networks i noticed cap at 1.75megs down and 1.50-1.75 up and since the sensation wont tell us if we have 3g or not and list 4g as anything above edge it's just kinda hit or miss when u actually do have 4G but from my house right now i'm getting 1.75 down and if i go to the others ide of town i get 9.xx down (rarely over 10 though sadly)
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My phone reports 2g, 3g and 4g. I can see the difference in data rate between the three.
The phone idles in "3g" even when near a 4g tower for power savings.
Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
Yeah, only sense roms don't differentiate between 3g and hspa. I've tried in different cell towers where I'm supposed to have full 4g, and I don't. I have maybe 2.5 mbps, most of the time 2 or below. I'm exchanging my phone Friday at Costco so hopefully the new one is different and I don't get one with the stupid ssharp screen. I like this Acer one better.
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VZ throttling certain apps?

I live in the southeast and use WiFi tether on my phone, unlimited data plan, only 6Gb this month thus far. From this location I have a Slingbox setup on a 40mb/5mb cable connection and a computer with FTP setup.
Currently I am in Hawaii with a strong 4g connection at all times and...
When I try to stream my Slingbox onto my tablet I can only get 100kbit/s, bad quality. When I download a file to my phone from FTP, it starts at 300k/s and slows to 100k/s very slowly and consistently. However when I download file from Play Store I get 800-1.5Mb/s. When I stream from ESPN I get high quality as well. The internet speed test in Hawaii is very very fast. I remote logged in to my home computer w/ the cable connection and noted no slowdown there.
Based on the current threads about VZ's monitoring of packets, could VZ be throttling my apps from this location? I'm sure data from this location costs them more than stateside.
Its the strangest thing and I can't figure it out. Any ideas?
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I've noticed tethering speeds on my device is much slower. A speed test told me I was getting 30+mb down but when I let my wife tether with her 3g phone to mine and run a speed test, she's only do 1.5 mb down. Didn't matter what app I used, built in, foxfi or wireless tether.
A Google search at the time resulted in few discussions. Hadnt looked at it sense. I would love a solution as well.
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Use VPN and see if you get full speed.
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I will try this next chance I get, great idea.
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Nexus 5 LTE Throttling?

Very frequently when I try to do download large-ish files (>10MB) when connected to LTE, the first few MB download very quickly (within a couple seconds) but then the download crawls to a halt (a few KB/s). At the same time, I can go start another download and it also begins to download quickly. And webpages remain snappy. So, it isn't that my connection has dropped.
The issue of downloads slowing to crawl affects downloads from the browser, the play store and other apps like pocketcast. So, it is not dependent on just one source.
I don't think it is an issue with writing to the sdcard or anything like that since the problem doesn't exist with WiFi.
I have T-Mobile in the East-Bay SF Bay Area. I am under my quota for the month.
Anyone else seeing this? Is it T-Mobile? Is it something with the Nexus 5?
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Very frequently when I try to do download large-ish files (>10MB) when connected to LTE, the first few MB download very quickly (within a couple seconds) but then the download crawls to a halt (a few KB/s). At the same time, I can go start another download and it also begins to download quickly. And webpages remain snappy. So, it isn't that my connection has dropped.
The issue of downloads slowing to crawl affects downloads from the browser, the play store and other apps like pocketcast. So, it is not dependent on just one source.
I don't think it is an issue with writing to the sdcard or anything like that since the problem doesn't exist with WiFi.
I have T-Mobile in the East-Bay SF Bay Area. I am under my quota for the month.
Anyone else seeing this? Is it T-Mobile? Is it something with the Nexus 5?
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Prepaid or Postpaid? Some users on HoFo are reporting that they're getting throttled on prepaid.
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Prepaid or Postpaid? Some users on HoFo are reporting that they're getting throttled on prepaid.
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I am prepaid (with 5GB cap for 4G speeds - I am under this). I have heard of people being throttled after going over the cap, but I haven't heard of individual downloads being throttled after a few MB for people under the cap.
Do you have a link?
PM sent, as I am unsure if linking to other forums is allowed.
The gist of the conversation is that TMO may very well be throttling or placing prepaid customers behind postpaid ones via QoS.
Nexus 5 LTE on T-mobile problems
jdeslip said:
Very frequently when I try to do download large-ish files (>10MB) when connected to LTE, the first few MB download very quickly (within a couple seconds) but then the download crawls to a halt (a few KB/s). At the same time, I can go start another download and it also begins to download quickly. And webpages remain snappy. So, it isn't that my connection has dropped.
The issue of downloads slowing to crawl affects downloads from the browser, the play store and other apps like pocketcast. So, it is not dependent on just one source.
I don't think it is an issue with writing to the sdcard or anything like that since the problem doesn't exist with WiFi.
I have T-Mobile in the East-Bay SF Bay Area. I am under my quota for the month.
Anyone else seeing this? Is it T-Mobile? Is it something with the Nexus 5?
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Same here (t-mobile $30 per month prepaid) but actually it's worse then that. Run ookla speedtest around few different cell towers. I did this in different time of the day. What I found out is that download speed will show at around 10 to 25 mbps but I average 1 to 2 mbps regardless of cell tower or time of the day! It also seems that upload speed starts at 10mbps and after 1 -2 seconds will just stop, and then do like half mbps. 3G H+ does as usual, around 10mbps down 3mbps up. Sometime ookla speedtest will not be able to finish the test and report network problems. Something is not working right and I sure don't like it. Yesterday, while connected on LTE my music streaming got interrupted and buffered every 20 minutes, like I am on EDGE, LOL (no actually it's not funny at all). Hangout video chat on LTE unusually interrupted few times as well. I think I will return N5 and go back to my Gnex. In addition, I totally dislike LCD screen. Not only black is ugly bright gray, but on top of it - its blurry. I mean, reading small text is more difficult on N5 then on Gnex. BTW, did you guys figure that top left corner of your Nexus 5 is more bright then the rest of the screen? I so much wanted to like N5
I am also having same problem as thread starter. First few MB goes very fast then crawls to like 2G speed or less. Any way to get around this?
I have the exact same problem you describe on my N5 in San Francisco. Downloads start crazy fast around 20-30mbps then after about 10 second it slows down to a CRAWL. Like 2G speeds. But I'm on a postpaid family plan so it's not just prepaid. Does this not happen with other LTE phones on T-Mobile? I've found the only way to "kick" a download that has slowed down is to switch to Wi-Fi then back to 4G. Wonder if it's problem with the phone or T-Mobile... I have an unlimited plan so I shouldn't be getting throttled.
same exact problem. also happening in San Francisco. this is very frustrating but kind of good to know that it's not just me. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can provide some insight here =/
This is most definitely a T-Mobile issue, not a Nexus issue. Same thing happened with the Nexus 4. Unfortunately, TMO doesn't really want to help.
I'm having the exact same issues here. It's very annoying.
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jdeslip said:
Very frequently when I try to do download large-ish files (>10MB) when connected to LTE, the first few MB download very quickly (within a couple seconds) but then the download crawls to a halt (a few KB/s). At the same time, I can go start another download and it also begins to download quickly. And webpages remain snappy. So, it isn't that my connection has dropped.
The issue of downloads slowing to crawl affects downloads from the browser, the play store and other apps like pocketcast. So, it is not dependent on just one source.
I don't think it is an issue with writing to the sdcard or anything like that since the problem doesn't exist with WiFi.
I have T-Mobile in the East-Bay SF Bay Area. I am under my quota for the month.
Anyone else seeing this? Is it T-Mobile? Is it something with the Nexus 5?
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I'm postpaid on a grandfathered plan and had this happen on my previous Xperia Ion (TMO LTE). I could stream netflix over LTE for 1-3 minutes but then it would sit in buffering hell. I had absolutely 0 problems when I switched it to 3G. Streaming was never interrupted. Only with LTE, weird.
Discussion regarding this Issue at this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525128
Head over there to continue troubleshooting this issue as it is a big on going thread and you'll find more information regarding this over there. I would highly suggest moving all traffic from this thread to there.
FuMMoD said:
Discussion regarding this Issue at this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525128
Head over there to continue troubleshooting this issue as it is a big on going thread and you'll find more information regarding this over there. I would highly suggest moving all traffic from this thread to there.
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Thank you for your post & link
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