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[GUIDE - YMMV] Connect to 4G sooner & stay on longer

Swap a couple words, and that title could be a Viagra commercial
Anyways, looking at the changes we made to reconnect to 4G faster, these values should make us connect sooner, and drop the connection later. Should be good for fringe areas. I'll describe every change and explain what they do, so bear with me:
NOTE: All these changes will be made in the EPST menu. To get there, dial ##DATA# and choose edit mode. You'll have to enter your MSL. Then choose WiMax in the menu. Don't change anything except what I tell you, because you'll eff something up most likely. If this doesn't work for you, I've also mentioned the defaults so you can go back.
WiMAX_Entry_RX(RSSI)(dBm) - Default is -89. This is the minimum signal it has to be picking up to connect. I'm not sure what the best value here is, but the lower the number, the quicker the connect, since it will connect to a weaker signal. You'll have to experiment some with this, I recommend trying about -95 to -100 first. If it's unstable, raise the value closer to -89.
WiMAX_Entry_CINR(dB) - Default is 4. This is the Carrier to Interface Noise Ratio. The higher it is, the clearer the connection has to be to connect. Change it to 3. You may be able to push it all the way down to 2, but that is probably pushing it. EDIT: Sorry, didn't realize you couldn't set this without it being 4 or higher. You can still pick it up with a weaker signal by changing the entry RSSI, but you still have to have a signal without much interference. In reality, that shouldn't matter too much though
WiMAX_Exit_CINR(dB) - Default is 2. See the entry CINR value for an explanation of it. If the signal degrades to a CINR of 2, it will drop the connection. Change this to 1. This should let you stay connected longer. If you run into problems with staying connected but having an unreliable connection, change it back to 2.
WiMAX_Exit_Delay(s) - The default is 2. Since it's measured in seconds, that means if the CINR drops to 2 or below for 2 seconds, it will drop the connection. Raise it to 5. That should be enough to cover just a random drop in signal that will pick back up right away. That way you don't drop connection if you drive under a bridge or something (I'm rocking mine at 15s here, but it'll take any value up to 600 seconds, which is 10 minutes!)
That should be it. I think I explained everything good enough. Let me know if you have any questions & I'll edit the OP. None of these should harm your device, but as usual heres the disclaimer: If you screw up and blame me, I will point and laugh.
I'm not in 4G ATM so I can't test it, but all the principles check out in theory. The only one that cause any 4G instability (ie having signal but not being able to transfer data) is the exit CINR. A value of 1 may be too low to transfer data, but I'm not sure. If you have that issue, just raise it back to 2. The rest will just make it pick up signal sooner.
Let me know how it works
EDIT: Also, if you follow this guide it'll let you reconnect sooner if you for some reason disconnect randomly. Plus it'll let you connect as soon as it picks up signal too, not 5 minutes after you first pick it up!
I've had people report to me on Twitter that this DRASTICALLY improves things for them. @cynicaloptimist said he used to get 4G a half mile from is house, and now he can get it 150 feet away. It may not seem like a lot, but a half mile more coverage is a helluva lot more when a tower (4G towers may vary, CDMA/EvDo figures here) may cover 10-12 miles.

Great work man, i just wish i could use it. Damn you Sprint for not having 4G in Long Island New York yet! All the hype for this phone and its flagship feature, 4G when you buy it and you find out, you cant even use it... smh.

That works great! Also, has anyone found out why it keeps searching for 4G when we turn it off? ALL evos are affected. Do a Logcat after you turn 4g off and watch it go crazy every 2 seconds. I think this issue has been seriously overlooked.

zeuzinn said:
That works great! Also, has anyone found out why it keeps searching for 4G when we turn it off? ALL evos are affected. Do a Logcat after you turn 4g off and watch it go crazy every 2 seconds. I think this issue has been seriously overlooked.
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Yeah I've noticed that but I have no idea what may be causing it. I'll look into it, but the gist of it is, it seems to be looking for the 4G daemon running on the device, but it's been shut down already. Could be wrong tho.

inputing ##DATA# does nothing for my evo

humor...intrigue...practical knowledge...this post has it all! two thumbs up!

epst edit password
I would love to try this but I can not get pass the password on edit on ##data#. How do I get this password? Thanks

Geniusdog254 said:
[*]WiMAX_Entry_CINR(dB) - Default is 4. This is the Carrier to Interface Noise Ratio. The higher it is, the clearer the connection has to be to connect. Change it to 3. You may be able to push it all the way down to 2, but that is probably pushing it.
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The acceptable range of values for the Evo is 4-10. The Evo just wont let me set it lower.

This was just what I was looking for, screwed up my epst.apk though so I hope I can just swap it back in with adb.

the "WiMAX_Entry_CINR(dB)" does not allow me to enter a value of 3. It says it's restricted values are between 4 - 10.
Edit: pwabbit also posted it. I guess I can confirm that he's not the only one unable to change that value.

regulator207 said:
the "WiMAX_Entry_CINR(dB)" does not allow me to enter a value of 3. It says it's restricted values are between 4 - 10.
Edit: pwabbit also posted it. I guess I can confirm that he's not the only one unable to change that value.
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pwabbit said:
The acceptable range of values for the Evo is 4-10. The Evo just wont let me set it lower.
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Thanks for the heads up guys. Updated the OP, sorry about that.
Everything else will still have an effect & pick up at lower signal, you just still have to have a clear signal

inputing ##DATA# does nothing for my evo
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Run logcat while inputing the code. You will likely see msgs that indicate the phone is trying to load a number of java classes and a reason for the failure. When I had this problem it was because I had a corrupted hosts file and the phone was failing to resolve th name localhost which is the name used to call the java classes needed to load the tool.
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pongoface said:
I would love to try this but I can not get pass the password on edit on ##data#. How do I get this password? Thanks
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Call Sprint and ask for your msl or use cdma workshop to get it. Search the forum for info on cdma. There are a number of threads on the subject.
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bone headz
frankenstein\ said:
Call Sprint and ask for your msl or use cdma workshop to get it. Search the forum for info on cdma. There are a number of threads on the subject.
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Silly noobz, its ##data## you didn't add the last #

Goonzy said:
Silly noobz, its ##data## you didn't add the last #
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Umm please tell me that was sarcasm? It's definitely ##data#
Lol I'm gunna assume it was tho

Geniusdog254 said:
Umm please tell me that was sarcasm? It's definitely ##data#
Lol I'm gunna assume it was tho
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Nope,... its##data## for sure. I did it like that it does nothing. Seriously. Been going this for a min bro. Anyways the edits work. The sleep was also edited to 300 mins. Bty in vegas i broke the 5 mbps max i was gettin. 7.8 mbps *****es.

Goonzy said:
Nope,... its##data## for sure. I did it like that it does nothing. Seriously. Been going this for a min bro. Anyways the edits work. The sleep was also edited to 300 mins. Bty in vegas i broke the 5 mbps max i was gettin. 7.8 mbps *****es.
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Awesome speeds. The network has just been live here in STL for about a month, started off never breaking 2.5Mbps. Now they've improved it quite a bit coverage wise & I get ~5mbps going 75MPH down I-55. I imagine it'd be better stationary.
And thats really weird. What ROM are you running? Are you using the stock HTC dialer? It should definitely be ##data# unless you're not on the HTC dialer. AAMOF it won't even let you enter the second one, as soon as you type the first it goes straight into EPST.

Lol, yeah the 4th # is silent.
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Geniusdog254 said:
Awesome speeds. The network has just been live here in STL for about a month, started off never breaking 2.5Mbps. Now they've improved it quite a bit coverage wise & I get ~5mbps going 75MPH down I-55. I imagine it'd be better stationary.
And thats really weird. What ROM are you running? Are you using the stock HTC dialer? It should definitely be ##data# unless you're not on the HTC dialer. AAMOF it won't even let you enter the second one, as soon as you type the first it goes straight into EPST.
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Yeah crazy speeds, i took a dump on myself when i hit that marker. I also have a head set plugged in with it snipped to half a inch of wire. For some odd reason i broke the barrier. With it plugged in. I think the 4g antenna is a small one compaired to the usb one. Iam using damage control 3.2.3 with the toast fps kernel and stock dialer. Great battery with dc profile set to performance and underclocked to 806 using the juice control not setcpu. When u got dc set to performance means its allowing more threads in the cpu not making it set to a full load. Just sayin.

pongoface said:
I would love to try this but I can not get pass the password on edit on ##data#. How do I get this password? Thanks
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call sprint or cdma workshop or if you were to activate a phone on sprint.com then wait like 5 min activate the evo back the one time code or secondary code can be used as the msl pw. i have never seen anyone post that about activating the phone to get the msl. that to me would be the easiest

Better 4G Speeds?

Is it possible to edit the build.prop file like the on the Inspire 4G to achieve better speeds?

Lol this should be in general... And inspire? This is the infuse forums
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hoofadoo said:
Lol this should be in general... And inspire? This is the infuse forums
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He said "like" on the inspire...
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jeffrsho said:
He said "like" on the inspire...
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actually, he said, "like the on". LOL!

camoto said:
actually, he said, "like the on". LOL!
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My bad... It still should be in general
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I apologize if I put it in the wrong forum, but I didn't think that editing the build.prop file or regulating 4G speeds that AT&T hasn't "given" us access to yet was a general question.
Aside from that, is it possible?

Jonathon1710 said:
I apologize if I put it in the wrong forum, but I didn't think that editing the build.prop file or regulating 4G speeds that AT&T hasn't "given" us access to yet was a general question.
Aside from that, is it possible?
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NeoS2007 said:
So, you want to post in development? Ask yourself this:
Is what I am going to post a question?
If so, this is not the right place to post a new thread. Instead, use the SEARCH function to find a thread about your question. If that's not available, post your question in General.
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Just sayin...

Point taken.

Well no offense to anyone, but changing the build.prop of any phone to alter the dynamics of how to phone runs or behaves sounds like development to me...
Can it be done? Do you know how exactly it's done on the inspire?
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SSJ_Gomike said:
Well no offense to anyone, but changing the build.prop of any phone to alter the dynamics of how to phone runs or behaves sounds like development to me...
Can it be done? Do you know how exactly it's done on the inspire?
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Your missing what the dev section is for.
If someone had a custom Build.prop they wanted to share, that is a Dev post. Asking a question about development is not.

no, from what I've been tinkering with in the test settings (accessed with *#0011#) and pressing menu, back, selecting "network control", then "hspa cat control", I'm able to get better speeds on CAT 10 than CAT 14, but other's speeds may vary. (I know I'm a heavy user that uses over 15 to 20 GB per month too, so it may just be going through a CAT that I'm not throttled on too.... )
But with all above, I agree that this should be in General....

the inspire has hsupa disabled foe the att version with a line in build.prop. hsupa has been disabled on all att phone cept the iphone and the infuse. tere have been different meathods to disable it but is irrelevant because the infuse has it enabled. ther may be other settings to change but not to get even better speeds but I don't think it will be in build.prop or yield the same results.

bedwa said:
no, from what I've been tinkering with in the test settings (accessed with *#0011#) and pressing menu, back, selecting "network control", then "hspa cat control", I'm able to get better speeds on CAT 10 than CAT 14, but other's speeds may vary. (I know I'm a heavy user that uses over 15 to 20 GB per month too, so it may just be going through a CAT that I'm not throttled on too.... )
But with all above, I agree that this should be in General....
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wow i started messing with the diffrent CAT settings on my infuse and now i have gotten up to 5250 down on my speed test! before the most ive gotten was low 3000's. a friend of mine has a infuse 4g also but he has gotten up to 10,000 down! he usually averages 7-8k on speed tests. WHY????? he has had his phone since it came out i think.

Someone needs to build a CAT setting tester/optimizer!

bedwa said:
no, from what I've been tinkering with in the test settings (accessed with *#0011#) and pressing menu, back, selecting "network control", then "hspa cat control", I'm able to get better speeds on CAT 10 than CAT 14, but other's speeds may vary. (I know I'm a heavy user that uses over 15 to 20 GB per month too, so it may just be going through a CAT that I'm not throttled on too.... )
But with all above, I agree that this should be in General....
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So i just followed what you said and the first screen that comes up, the general service mode screen says im running on 3g even though up in my task bar it shows the H+ symbol. Has my infuse been lying to me this whole time?

pr0necr0 said:
So i just followed what you said and the first screen that comes up, the general service mode screen says im running on 3g even though up in my task bar it shows the H+ symbol. Has my infuse been lying to me this whole time?
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No, AT&T has. HSPA+ is still 3G, even though AT&T calls it 4g. They may re-brand all the user-facing stuff to say 4G, but the phone's technical information that you aren't supposed to see will refer to it by its technical term, 3G.

if its not LTE , its not 4g Sorry to burst your bubble. I truely miss Tmobile when it comes to data. I would get around 6megs down all the time on "3g". I dont even get 3 most times with at&t and the upload is such horrible ****.

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if its not LTE , its not 4g Sorry to burst your bubble. I truely miss Tmobile when it comes to data. I would get around 6megs down all the time on "3g". I dont even get 3 most times with at&t and the upload is such horrible ****.
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LTE isn't 4G either, if you want to lump HSPA+ into ' it's not 4G' category. LTE currently offers nothing remotely close to the original ITU specs.
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lalojamesliz said:
wow i started messing with the diffrent CAT settings on my infuse and now i have gotten up to 5250 down on my speed test! before the most ive gotten was low 3000's. a friend of mine has a infuse 4g also but he has gotten up to 10,000 down! he usually averages 7-8k on speed tests. WHY????? he has had his phone since it came out i think.
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I typically get 3-4 Mbps at work/home. Last week I was about 4 miles away, got 8.9Mbps. Another day I was about 5 miles further, got 5.5 Mbps. Depends on which tower you're on.

Yeah, I've noticed that too. I switched the CAT and got improvement at my office... Now just to check at home.
I almost feel like my Captivate was faster somehow....
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TrickDroid 4.4 seems to resolve the wifi issue

I just upgrade TrickDroid from 4.3 to 4.4, the wifi issue is resolved, now I'm pretty satisfied with the phone.
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Didnt need a while thread for this. Did you give some thanks? I don't think I saw your name there...
Close thread.
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Haha cool thread, just for this message
As dooshbag45 said, go to my thread and answer there or hit the thanks there
Really don't need a thread for that ^^

How is the battery life? better then the original rom ?

Of course

torxx said:
Of course
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The device can hold more than one day ?
And more than 5 hours of screen ?
And how much free memory do you have? In the original rom I can get only 240mb free. :/
(sorry about my English)

It's good just flash it

ya... just flash it already!
can we get this thread stickied?
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I actually glad I saw this thread. Been having issues with the wifi calling since the wifi seems to go to sleep even though it says it isnt. This looks like it will be the reason why I unlock my phone if tmo/htc/qualcom cant get their crap together.

torxx said:
Haha cool thread, just for this message
As dooshbag45 said, go to my thread and answer there or hit the thanks there
Really don't need a thread for that ^^
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Yes, I really want, but since I'm new to xda, I've no privilege to post in your thread.
Anyway, thanks for the rom and the tweak package.
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LalyGirl said:
The device can hold more than one day ?
And more than 5 hours of screen ?
And how much free memory do you have? In the original rom I can get only 240mb free. :/
(sorry about my English)
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Just try it by yourself, if you have unlocked and rooted your phone, it should be very simple, of not, you can find instructions in author's thread.
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torxx said:
It's good just flash it
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Ok but before I will flash it, I want you to answer my questions :
The device can hold more than one day ?
And more than 5 hours of screen ?
And how much free memory do you have? In the original rom I can get only 240mb free. :/

yes, the battery stands 1day+
how long with screen an ... don't know.
but when you use the tweakpack you'll save some extra power...
i have 37 apps installed an after one day of use still 217mb free memory.
@ torxx
i have a strang problem since trickdroid 4.0
after start my phone from a night in standby it needs a moment to reconnect with wifi.
but wlan is set to stay online.
any ideas?
mfg
Widowmaker

Widowmaker42 said:
yes, the battery stands 1day+
how long with screen an ... don't know.
but when you use the tweakpack you'll save some extra power...
i have 37 apps installed an after one day of use still 217mb free memory.
@ torxx
i have a strang problem since trickdroid 4.0
after start my phone from a night in standby it needs a moment to reconnect with wifi.
but wlan is set to stay online.
any ideas?
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Widowmaker
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You are getting ONE day+ with a massive use?

didn't fix it for me
My Wifi connection is solid but every couple of hours the wifi gets disconnected and reconnects. I have trickdroid v5.0 for tmobile. I beleive I tried the v4.4 for the international one s and it had the same issue. I did go thru all of the steps (bootloader unlock, root, fastboot script, and recovery installation of rom). I did it twice for good measure. i still have the same problem.
On a side note I'm not sure if this is related but my friend with the exact same tmo one s and I were doing speed tests. He Consistently got twice my speeds. We both have the same tmobile service and were at the location using the same server. He was using stock ROM and rooted.

androidfever said:
My Wifi connection is solid but every couple of hours the wifi gets disconnected and reconnects. I have trickdroid v5.0 for tmobile. I beleive I tried the v4.4 for the international one s and it had the same issue. I did go thru all of the steps (bootloader unlock, root, fastboot script, and recovery installation of rom). I did it twice for good measure. i still have the same problem.
On a side note I'm not sure if this is related but my friend with the exact same tmo one s and I were doing speed tests. He Consistently got twice my speeds. We both have the same tmobile service and were at the location using the same server. He was using stock ROM and rooted.
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I tried updating to the latest tmo radio and still no luck. I flashed the LeeDroid rom and I got high speeds, even though I flashed the newest radio on the Leedroid rom too. But I'm getting the same speeds as my friend is on his stock rom.
Also another issue I noticed with the tmo trickdroid v5 is that it doesn't recognise a (wired) headset for sounds or mic. Did anyone else have this issue?
update: the headset works fine on leedroid fyi

Visit my support thread for help

LalyGirl said:
You are getting ONE day+ with a massive use?
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You will never get one day of battery with massive use. Doesn't matter what phone you have.
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xxquicksh0txx said:
You will never get one day of battery with massive use. Doesn't matter what phone you have.
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Actually the droid razr maxx might

androidfever said:
Actually the droid razr maxx might
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I highly doubt it. :cyclops:
Not with Massive use, with heavy use maybe but not MASSIVE lol

[Q] Rubbish Battery life :(

Did the HTC one S recieve an update to fix battery issues ? and whats the latest software version ?
Ive got a Sim free HTC one S and its running Software version 1.78.401.2
the reason i ask is im not getting a day out of this phone with moderate use, i mostly use it for twitter and dont play games on it and im getting about 11-12 hours between charges.
im hoping that ive not recieved the battery fix yet because sim free models are always last to get the updates.
Can someone let me know what the latest software version is please ?

BackDaws said:
Did the HTC one S recieve an update to fix battery issues ? and whats the latest software version ?
Ive got a Sim free HTC one S and its running Software version 1.78.401.2
the reason i ask is im not getting a day out of this phone with moderate use, i mostly use it for twitter and dont play games on it and im getting about 11-12 hours between charges.
im hoping that ive not recieved the battery fix yet because sim free models are always last to get the updates.
Can someone let me know what the latest software version is please ?
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International I believe is 1.78 like you have. us T-Mobile is 1.84. Do you have a custom ROM ? And do you control your brightness do you have it set low? And what do you use for data 4g connection?
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ickedmel said:
International I believe is 1.78 like you have. us T-Mobile is 1.84. Do you have a custom ROM ? And do you control your brightness do you have it set low? And what do you use for data 4g connection?
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its all stock, i have brightness set to auto, and i dont have 4g i have Hdspa+ or 3.5G
ive got it set to GSM instead of GSM/WCDMA Auto, ive got screen time set to 30 secs, i dont want to turn off anything else as it would defeat the object of having a smart phone.
What battery life are you getting ?

There is a big thread about "poor battery".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1670624
I for one can go 2 days on a single charge... however, unlike you, I am on a custom rom and only turn on features as I need them. Having a smartphone, you should expect to only get less than a day on a single charge. I would say 11-12 hours is pretty very good compared to other phones out there.

Dude use the other thread stop spamming the forums and qhile were at it I like the battery life on the phone think its quite good compared to something like apple lol
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Delete the Thread ill goto the other battery thread.
Thanks

Is AT&T throttling me?

What is this garbage? I've been noticing a speed decrease in my LTE and I'm starting to wonder... My plan restarts the 19th of every month.
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considering you only have 2 bars you should probably try the test again when you have full bars

wesley20854 said:
considering you only have 2 bars you should probably try the test again when you have full bars
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Even if I had 2 bars I dont think it'd have this much of an impact. A while back I tested speeds with a buddy who had an iPhone 5 and we were hitting 40mbps and I had usually 3 bars in that class.
Look at it with 4g..
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Rooted?
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exad said:
Rooted?
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Yeah. Running Venom XL

So low signal and low speed? Have you tried flashing other radios?
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exad said:
So low signal and low speed? Have you tried flashing other radios?
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Yeah, I'm not running the stock Radio.

I honestly think it's something to do with your service at the moment. I was throttled recently and my LTE speeds wouldn't even hit close to 1Mbps, but my ping was its normal speed. Your ping is over 3 times what mine is. Granted not everyone is the same but your ping seems awful high to me. Do you remember what your ping normally is when your speeds are fast? Also, when being throttled my speed test would shoot up real fast like normal for just a second before the throttle kicked in. Does yours do that?
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exad said:
So low signal and low speed? Have you tried flashing other radios?
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I have 2 bars on LTE and still pull over 20Mbps easy. I don't think bars mean as much with LTE.
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pside15 said:
I honestly think it's something to do with your service at the moment. I was throttled recently and my LTE speeds wouldn't even hit close to 1Mbps, but my ping was its normal speed. Your ping is over 3 times what mine is. Granted not everyone is the same but your ping seems awful high to me. Do you remember what your ping normally is when your speeds are fast? Also, when being throttled my speed test would shoot up real fast like normal for just a second before the throttle kicked in. Does yours do that?
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I have 2 bars on LTE and still pull over 20Mbps easy. I don't think bars mean as much with LTE.
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Yeah, it was actually doing that with upload earlier.
I'm about to say screw it and go for the nexus 4, the One XL has given too much problems.

pside15 said:
I honestly think it's something to do with your service at the moment. I was throttled recently and my LTE speeds wouldn't even hit close to 1Mbps, but my ping was its normal speed. Your ping is over 3 times what mine is. Granted not everyone is the same but your ping seems awful high to me. Do you remember what your ping normally is when your speeds are fast? Also, when being throttled my speed test would shoot up real fast like normal for just a second before the throttle kicked in. Does yours do that?
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I have 2 bars on LTE and still pull over 20Mbps easy. I don't think bars mean as much with LTE.
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and I'm not really sure what my ping was. Maybe in the 50's I don't remember

Beerad875 said:
I'm about to say screw it and go for the nexus 4, the One XL has given too much problems.
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Well that doesn't make any sense, if data speeds are your concern. The Nexus 4 doesn't even get LTE.
But these aren't even close to throttling speeds. Those are more on the order of 100-200 kbps from what others have posted on here. Are you on a custom ROM, and if so which one?
If this is a spontaneous change, could just be a network issue.

Beerad875 said:
Yeah, it was actually doing that with upload earlier.
I'm about to say screw it and go for the nexus 4, the One XL has given too much problems.
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My upload almost always does that. I was talking about the download portion. I don't even think my upload speeds were affected at all when I was being throttled.
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and I'm not really sure what my ping was. Maybe in the 50's I don't remember
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Your ping should be in the 50ms, or under, range but in both of your screenshots it was over 160. That's why I don't think you were being throttled. Are you on one of the old unlimited plans still? Those are the only plans you will get throttled on, I believe. I lost my unlimited data when my company changed how they did company phones so now I'm on a mobile share plan which I know they won't throttle me on. Why throttle customers that go over their data when they can just charge them more.

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Beerad875 said:
What is this garbage? I've been noticing a speed decrease in my LTE and I'm starting to wonder... My plan restarts the 19th of every month.
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These are the same speeds i was getting when i got throttled too. I in fact called AT&T to ask what was happening and they warned me about throttling, and did something to bring me back to 45mbps. :fingers-crossed: Good luck

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My upload almost always does that. I was talking about the download portion. I don't even think my upload speeds were affected at all when I was being throttled.
Your ping should be in the 50ms, or under, range but in both of your screenshots it was over 160. That's why I don't think you were being throttled. Are you on one of the old unlimited plans still? Those are the only plans you will get throttled on, I believe. I lost my unlimited data when my company changed how they did company phones so now I'm on a mobile share plan which I know they won't throttle me on. Why throttle customers that go over their data when they can just charge them more.
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Yeah, I've been grandfathered into unlimited.

Eh. The phone in general is a pain to even mod. My comment was really irrelevant to everything Lol.
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Beerad875 said:
Eh. The phone in general is a pain to even mod. My comment was really irrelevant to everything Lol.
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Really? I think this phone is extremely easy to mod. Sure, we had to wait to get the bootloader unlocked and s-off but the methods are simple enough to do. Once you have a custom recovery it's exactly the same as any other phone out there.
Back to the throttling thing. Do you know how much data you've used this billing cycle? I used to go over 5GB a month when I was unlimited and never got throttled. The only time I was ever throttled was when I had used a little over 8GB of data with a week left in my billing cycle. I've heard of people getting throttled for less though.

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Eh. The phone in general is a pain to even mod. My comment was really irrelevant to everything Lol.
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That's part of the fun of rooting... the learning process, understanding how things work and what your doing. These phones are released locked with security flags and whatnot for a reason. You've got countless noobs who can't even understand why a ROM designed for a phone won't work on a phone with completely different hardware. Making things easier is the problem. If anything I think devs should stop dumbing things down. I agree things should be easy to run and use and work as it should when you're stock but if you make the choice to mess with your software it's up to you to diagnose and fix any bugs that may arise.
I wanna be a doctor so I started cutting people open but then realized man this **** is hard! D: They should make it easier!

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Really? I think this phone is extremely easy to mod. Sure, we had to wait to get the bootloader unlocked and s-off but the methods are simple enough to do. Once you have a custom recovery it's exactly the same as any other phone out there.
Back to the throttling thing. Do you know how much data you've used this billing cycle? I used to go over 5GB a month when I was unlimited and never got throttled. The only time I was ever throttled was when I had used a little over 8GB of data with a week left in my billing cycle. I've heard of people getting throttled for less though.
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Well my bill renewed the 19th... but I was in the woodlands and I ran it again and I was getting 20mpbs down and about 9 up. Still not as fast as it was.
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That's part of the fun of rooting... the learning process, understanding how things work and what your doing. These phones are released locked with security flags and whatnot for a reason. You've got countless noobs who can't even understand why a ROM designed for a phone won't work on a phone with completely different hardware. Making things easier is the problem. If anything I think devs should stop dumbing things down. I agree things should be easy to run and use and work as it should when you're stock but if you make the choice to mess with your software it's up to you to diagnose and fix any bugs that may arise.
I wanna be a doctor so I started cutting people open but then realized man this **** is hard! D: They should make it easier!
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Only problem is I ALWAYS get a bootloop when trying to flash a kernel. boot img and all. I have to reflash the stock kernel from the viper xl aroma installer. Terrifies me when I come across that garbage.

Beerad875 said:
Well my bill renewed the 19th... but I was in the woodlands and I ran it again and I was getting 20mpbs down and about 9 up. Still not as fast as it was.
Only problem is I ALWAYS get a bootloop when trying to flash a kernel. boot img and all. I have to reflash the stock kernel from the viper xl aroma installer. Terrifies me when I come across that garbage.
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If you want to narrow the cause down, the first thing I would do is RUU to stock (make sure you're S-OFF first) and test speeds. Then you'll know it's either the phone(hardware) or the network. And you can call/visit your carrier to find the cause between the two. If it works fine after RUUing, you know it's something you flashed and can work from there or stay stock if you so decide.

Beerad875 said:
Well my bill renewed the 19th... but I was in the woodlands and I ran it again and I was getting 20mpbs down and about 9 up. Still not as fast as it was.
Only problem is I ALWAYS get a bootloop when trying to flash a kernel. boot img and all. I have to reflash the stock kernel from the viper xl aroma installer. Terrifies me when I come across that garbage.
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20 down and 9 up are good LTE speeds. What exactly are you expecting? That speed is faster than the most people's home internet. Sure it's not the best I've seen but no where near being throttled. That is a good bit faster than all of my friends that use Verizon LTE. When you are throttled it is basically unusable. I had slower than edge speeds when being throttled.
Some kernels you have to flash in recovery and the boot.img for them to work because they load modules and stuff in recovery that just flashing the boot.img doesn't do. I suggest doing the method to get s-off. It's very simple and makes everything much easier.