Terrible 4G speed on GB leak - Thunderbolt General

Anyone experiencing horribly slow 4G speeds? I did a speed test both online and through the app and no difference. I'm going to be going back to bamf soon if it doesn't get any better.
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chrisjm00 said:
Anyone experiencing horribly slow 4G speeds? I did a speed test both online and through the app and no difference. I'm going to be going back to bamf soon if it doesn't get any better.
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Yeah, it's pretty bad but it isn't the end of the world. My normal dl of 20mbs has fallen to 3-5mbs but my upload is still at 4mbs.

Eh I guess I got spoiled. I restored a backup because of the slow speeds.
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So the radio is worse; not better?

Holding off myself.
Bamf rocks, But I'm sure they will work it in.
Sorry to hear about the wasted time you guys had to put in.

7-10 down, 2-4 up.
on GB leak

2.5 down when I'm usually dl' ing 15...tho when I go to dl stuff its def not sure slow at all

I guess if you are tethering it sucks, but I use my phone as a phone, 5mb is more than enough for me to whatever Want. what can you do on a phone with 15mb that you cant do with 4 or 5, seriously? I just tested mine on speakeasy.net and I got 7-9 down and 2-3 up.

Are you guys testing your speed using the speedtest app or with speedtest.net through your phone's browser? I know the app has some issues with accuracy.

TheStick13 said:
Are you guys testing your speed using the speedtest app or with speedtest.net through your phone's browser? I know the app has some issues with accuracy.
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i was downloading a large file, pretty solid estimate there. only getting 5mpbs down

TheStick13 said:
Are you guys testing your speed using the speedtest app or with speedtest.net through your phone's browser? I know the app has some issues with accuracy.
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I use speedtest app but I dont think the latest version has issues with accuracy. I usually get 15 down 5 up until I installed GB last night and all of my speedtests dropped down to 3 down and 3 up.

ilogik said:
I use speedtest app but I dont think the latest version has issues with accuracy. I usually get 15 down 5 up until I installed GB last night and all of my speedtests dropped down to 3 down and 3 up.
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About the same for me. Tapatalk doesn't load as fast either. Love the gb features and the instant Gps lock but I'm a speed junkie.

Well this is weird, when I check the speed from the phone I average 3 down 3 up but when I tether my laptop I consistently get this: http://www.speedtest.net/result/1300046545.png

speedtest app still has issues, sometimes. I know you dont have to believe me, but I always get better results at speakeasy.net than I do with speedtest app. The app still sucks and constantly gives communication errors.

I was getting 4-5 mbps down on speedtest app and 12 down on speakeasy.net's speedtest webpage on this ROM. I think it all depends on where you test from.

nkd said:
I guess if you are tethering it sucks, but I use my phone as a phone, 5mb is more than enough for me to whatever Want. what can you do on a phone with 15mb that you cant do with 4 or 5, seriously? I just tested mine on speakeasy.net and I got 7-9 down and 2-3 up.
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Transfer files on the road to your FTP server in a timely manner?

edit again, wow im blind...

g00s3y said:
fine over here
EDIT: oops didnt mean for them to be that big
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They're talking about the Gingerbread leak. Looks like you're using the cm7 build and also have a different baseband. I did notice speeds of only 2-3Mbps when I got it briefly yesterday here in Raleigh, NC but just attributed that to either the speedtest app being flaky or them not having the network fully up. Didn't get a chance to run a browser based test before it went back off.

Ya the app is flake I got 14 mb down on a browser spedtest on the leak
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TheStick13 said:
Are you guys testing your speed using the speedtest app or with speedtest.net through your phone's browser? I know the app has some issues with accuracy.
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This is a good point cause I used both and on the site I get 10 down and 2 up and on the app I only get 5 down and 3 up...

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Chicagoland TB owners: what are your 4G speeds?

I'm averaging about 6 mbps down and 4 mbps up. Speedtest is using the Aurora server.
Is this considered "slow" for 4G?
I am working up in Deerfield today, DL of 13.07 and upload of 7.6 mbs. I live in south suburbs and average between 8 & 12 up, and 6-8 down.
I'm in the far north suburbs and I average 22 down and close to 6 up
lgldrgdlr said:
I'm in the far north suburbs and I average 22 down and close to 6 up
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WTF? 22 down is nuts. I need to move up there. I'm in Wheaton.
my speed varies alot depending on where I am at. I have seen my up speed as high as 40(yes that was an upload speed) and down 25. But I tend to average around 5 down and 2-3 up
I used to get around 15-22 down and 5-10 up every time. Now I average about 5-6 down and 3-4 up. :/ I'm in mchenry area. I miss those super fast speeds.
Thunderbolt Rooted!
Schaumburg.
Used to be 20/12. Now I'm @ 5/4. Went to the VZW store and ran speedtest side by side with their demo. Demo unit was pulling 3 to 4x the speeds that my phone was just inches away.
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arcanexvi said:
Schaumburg.
Used to be 20/12. Now I'm @ 5/4. Went to the VZW store and ran speedtest side by side with their demo. Demo unit was pulling 3 to 4x the speeds that my phone was just inches away.
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That's odd. Did you show them?
im in northfield right now for work in a basement office and using speedtest.net app got 130ms ping, 5Mbps down and 4Mbps up using an aurora server. switched to the chicago server and got 32.99Mbps down and 5.93Mbps up with a 102ms ping! ill try at home in the city this evening.
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Yes, they directed me to their tech who had no idea. His personal bolt was running at the same speeds mine was.
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wrb123 said:
im in northfield right now for work in a basement office and using speedtest.net app got 130ms ping, 5Mbps down and 4Mbps up using an aurora server. switched to the chicago server and got 32.99Mbps down and 5.93Mbps up with a 102ms ping! ill try at home in the city this evening.
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I tried the Chicago server as well and got 9 mbps down and about 6 mbps up.
I'm visiting my girlfriend in the city this weekend. I'm curious what my speeds will be like there.
When I ran my test, both phones were attached to Aurora's test server (because I know someone's going to ask) and I ran the test about 15 times to make sure.
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I have my suspicions about the speedtest app, even after the recent fix. Those getting slower speeds, open a browser with UserAgent switching, switch to desktop UA, and go to the speedtest.net website. I always get much higher results that way, which seem to be consistent with the results I get when tethered to a laptop. I'm usually pulling between 10-20 down, 1-4 up on the Northside. It's a very welcome upgrade from WiMax.
btw those thinking they got 40 Mbps upstream a while back, that was the speedtest app giving bogus results. Many of us thought we got those speeds, but nobody really did. The developer of the app was the first to say so.
The chicago server tests much faster than the aurora server.

LTE Issues in NYC (6/27/11)

Anyone having DL speed issues in NYC today? Speeds were awesome this morning, 20mb dl and 6mb up. Now I can't get over 1 mb in dl but uploads are still good. I'm running the 402 radio and a co-worker is running stock and his speeds are effected as well.
If so, this would be my first LTE semi-outage. I'm new to Verizon and was wondering if these things are frequent.
Same in Boston, upload speeds are fine but can't get over 1Mbps down. I've heard they're supposedly working on the networks right now. I don't use 4G all the time, this is the first I've personally seen speeds be this slow.
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I've been on 3g all day today in the Chicago area, I figured they were doing some kind of network tweaking, been having great battery life though!
Cmotion said:
Same in Boston, upload speeds are fine but can't get over 1Mbps down. I've heard they're supposedly working on the networks right now. I don't use 4G all the time, this is the first I've personally seen speeds be this slow.
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Hmm, well atleast I'm not alone. On the phone with Verizon, they show no issues in their system. I'm rooted and my co-worker isn't, same speed issue though.
djinsydius said:
I've been on 3g all day today in the Chicago area, I figured they were doing some kind of network tweaking, been having great battery life though!
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I'm in Chicago and 4g has been fine for me the entire day, 16 mbps down and 4mbps up right now. (jefferson park is my current location)
Seems to be the network as a whole here in NYC. Another co-worker has the droid incredible (Stock unrooted) on 3G he normally pulls 4-5mb and can't get over .40 currently. Glad to know I don't have to flash different radios, etc.
sg1dan said:
I'm in Chicago and 4g has been fine for me the entire day, 16 mbps down and 4mbps up right now. (jefferson park is my current location)
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I work in the basement of an office in the suburbs where 4g is spotty so constant 3g has been great on battery life
lrs421 said:
Seems to be the network as a whole here in NYC. Another co-worker has the droid incredible (Stock unrooted) on 3G he normally pulls 4-5mb and can't get over .40 currently. Glad to know I don't have to flash different radios, etc.
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I am not seeing such issues. I am over in Staten Island at the moment but when i get to work tonight *7 World Trade* I will test it again
Looks to be back in order now
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Still losing my connection unfortunately. This is driving me nuts.
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chrisjm00 said:
Still losing my connection unfortunately. This is driving me nuts.
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Where are you? Seems to be back to normal in NYC
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lrs421 said:
Where are you? Seems to be back to normal in NYC
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yea it was perfectly fine at work last night, was watching my shows on youtube and flash sites since my job hates me with the killing of flash and most websites access
Been on the 3G network the last 3 days here in Atlanta. Today 1X only. Called Verizon they are currently experiencing issues in my area. Also said Please allow a couple of days to regain full speeds. I recently updated roms to BAMF 1.8 Remix. Had good 4G for a couple of days befor this so Im pretty sure its not the ROM.
I've been on campus all day using wifi, but I did notice that it kept showing 3G when I moved between repeaters. NJ right across the Hudson.
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Tbolt vs razr 4g speed

My wifes razr just got 20+Mbps down and 10Mbps up while mine was 2to 5 down and 1 to 2 up. Multiple tests side by side. What's this about?
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Ill take a stab at that one. It looks, and i read it several times just to make sure, but it looks like hers is 4 to 10 times faster than yours, but thats just a guess.
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Newer Device is my estimated guess
donnyp1 said:
Ill take a stab at that one. It looks, and i read it several times just to make sure, but it looks like hers is 4 to 10 times faster than yours, but thats just a guess.
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Lol....brilliant analysis!....why?
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It could be many things. What rom are you on and what did you test it with?
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I read that its the gingerbread software, I get around 5mbps
Strange, I get up to 33mbps where I am.. does that mean people can get up to 132 mbps on their razrs?
What are you using to do the testing?
I have gotten 30 before also
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I would guess that it could be the radios. I have great luck with the mr4 radios.
its a combination of radios and kernal. try the newer 605.9 radios and the latest kernels from imo.... then test again.
I always use imoseyon kernels and have tried the mr4 and .9 radios. My usual speed is 2 to 6 mpbs. Occasionally I'll get one test to pass 10 but it's rare.
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METDeath said:
What are you using to do the testing?
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The comparison was done on and I usually use the speedtest.net app.
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If your using an mr4 rom, speestest doesnt work on the tbolt
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I'm on full blown mr4 right now and it works fine
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I've always had slower results from the speedtest app on AOSP roms. Sense 2.1 roms get 10-20 mbps while CM7 gets 4-6 or so for me.
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The comparison was done on and I usually use the speedtest.net app.
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Try going to speakeasy.net in your browser with Flash enabled, I've had mixed results with the Speedtest app.
I've noticed this as well. When I first got my Thunderbolt I was getting 15-30Mbps download, and incredible upload speeds. Even when Speedtest had their app updated, I was still getting the same upload speeds. Now, I get anywhere from 3-13Mbps download (usually between 3-7 though). My friend has the Nexus and when side by side, mine gets around 7-10 and his got 20-35. There have been plenty of times even though I have a decent 4G signal, anything I do such as web browsing, market downloads, etc., is extremely slow.
I've gotten up to around 30Mbps when I was in Orlando and Pittsburgh.

4G vs WIFI

This is weird when I run speed test on 4g I have download speeds of 7mbs avg. When I run Wifi I get avg of 3mbs which is about half as fast, but as far as my expierence Wifi works twice as fast when surfing web or downloading files what gives. What do you guys prefer, I mean while you are home around Wifi.
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I use wifi. My 4g network sucks at my home.
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Generally my results are similar. My home ISP is pretty terrible though, really the only time I use Wifi is to download ROMs, for whatever reason I seem get issues if I download them over the Mobile Network, possibly corrupted downloads.
Otherwise just for Wifi calling.
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Everytime I used Wifi calling my calls would be dropped with in a min got that crap turned off plus it may use plan mins lol
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WiFi & 4G are around the same at my home.... WiFi is usually around 9.5 mb/s while 4G is around 6 to 7 mb/s. Call quality is noticeably better on 4G than WiFi.
T-Mo has a free option in your account to not get charged for WiFi calling minutes...it's disabled by default so log on or call and get it changed if you use WiFi for calling.
htaak said:
WiFi & 4G are around the same at my home.... WiFi is usually around 9.5 mb/s while 4G is around 6 to 7 mb/s. Call quality is noticeably better on 4G than WiFi.
T-Mo has a free option in your account to not get charged for WiFi calling minutes...it's disabled by default so log on or call and get it changed if you use WiFi for calling.
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I have unlimited plan so it don't matter I was being sarcastic
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4G is spotty where I live.. maybe 500kbs at best.. though at my friends place, I can get 9-11Mbs.
My wifi works great though, I get about 18Mbs down at home, and about 7Mbs at work. WiFi calling works great for me at home.
anoymonos said:
This is weird when I run speed test on 4g I have download speeds of 7mbs avg. When I run Wifi I get avg of 3mbs which is about half as fast, but as far as my expierence Wifi works twice as fast when surfing web or downloading files what gives. What do you guys prefer, I mean while you are home around Wifi.
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This is my theory remember its not fact just a theory.
Using the mobile data connection you have to share with every person in that area on T-Mobile. Using wifi you only share with the people in your neighborhood. Even tho you are getting those speeds with a higher ping because of couple hundred people playing pandora or something it will slow the process.
Another thing remember a speed test is just that a test. It is done in a short period of time. I can run a speed test at my house through out the day and get varying results. Even while getting the max DL speed sometimes things will take longer to load then when Im barely getting 1mb speeds. The load on the network has a very large result on how fast things actually download.
Good point
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I hope you aren't sharing your wifi with others in your neighborhood
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I hope you aren't sharing your wifi with others in your neighborhood
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Heh, no but cable internet does share from the hub.
I was just about to comment on ping times... even though throughput is high, ping does play a major role.
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anoymonos said:
I have unlimited plan so it don't matter I was being sarcastic
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Ok...... My statement was for those people.who do not have unlimited plan...and how to make sure your wifi calls DO NOT come out of your monthly minutes.
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How slow can t-mobile go?

Attached are speed tests for my USB tethered G2x (v2.3.7). I just have no luck at all getting a decent connection from t-mobile while at my home. These tests are just minutes appart.
I average about 3Mb fastest I tested was about 6mb .Only time I'm on 2g is if I'm in bathroom checking ifunny lol
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Wow, I average 10-15 mbps
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I get horrible speeds. There is something wrong with the cell tower by my house. Up until about a month ago I would get 8 or 9 Mbps. My phone still shows 4g too. Video calls are impossible now
Wow 56k up is pretty slow. Probably can't even use voice Skype on that. What did you use for video calls back when it worked?
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mattjhsn said:
Wow 56k up is pretty slow. Probably can't even use voice Skype on that. What did you use for video calls back when it worked?
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Yeah the upload is horrible. Even on regular voice calls with Fring my voice gets delayed for like 30 seconds sometimes. I use Fring and Google+.
I average 7 mbps down and 3 up on my P999 G2X running Eaglesbood ICS 4.0.4 build 2. Are you sure you dont have your 2G on, maybe its a area where you dont get HSPA (supposed 4g) service
I get pretty good speeds, best today so far, occasionally I'll get around 8 Mbps.
Edit: sorry, that's a big ass pic.
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NonStopSales said:
I average 7 mbps down and 3 up on my P999 G2X running Eaglesbood ICS 4.0.4 build 2. Are you sure you dont have your 2G on, maybe its a area where you dont get HSPA (supposed 4g) service
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Yeah I'm sure I have 4G enabled because at work video calling works. It's the tower by my house. It used to be very fast but now it's super slow and my phone still says that it is 4G.

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