Hey guys, I've been modding phones since the razer days so i have some grip on what im doing here yet im a bit vexxed at the current situation.
I Carefully rooted and upgraded my sensation to onceICS rom using revoltonary tool, the appropriate firmware and an eventual radio update(just in case)
Since installing that rom i have had NO 4g connectivity. Ive been stuck in 3g dispite having 4g on the stock rom in the same location...
UPDATE i just RUU'd back to stock and i have 4G again. Is it possible that the oneICS rom is botched? Im hesitant to redo the root/custom rom process again if im going to lose 4g but i really dont see how this would affect it lol.
PS Yes, i did a speed test before and after. On th stock rom i hit about 10mps at my window and on the custom roms i was hitting 1.6mps..
Were the two speed tested in the same location?? I have flashed almost everything posted on the development section(Always bored at work), and i never had this issue.
T-Mobile 4g is still 3g, but your phone's hardware has to support a higher speed, which it does.
The 4g icon is actually lying, because its still based on 3g tech, just a faster back end. You're still getting your 4g speeds.
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Lolol really? No man thats bs. I went from a nexus s (3g phone) to a 4g sensation and theres a huge difference in network speeds.
geoffcorey said:
T-Mobile 4g is still 3g, but your phone's hardware has to support a higher speed, which it does.
The 4g icon is actually lying, because its still based on 3g tech, just a faster back end. You're still getting your 4g speeds.
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vabeachfc3s said:
Lolol really? No man thats bs. I went from a nexus s (3g phone) to a 4g sensation and theres a huge difference in network speeds.
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/Facepalm
Did you miss the part where he said "but your phone's hardware has to support a higher speed"? Nexus did not have hardware support for higher speeds, Sensation does.
Get it?
It could be the Rom... Been seeing some complains about their signal strength is low when in ICS... That's why I'm still hesitant to upgrade... Try other Rom... I could be wrong though...
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Not bad on a sensation
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vabeachfc3s said:
Lolol really? No man thats bs. I went from a nexus s (3g phone) to a 4g sensation and theres a huge difference in network speeds.
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you missed the point completely. The nexus s doesn't support hspa+, so you'll never get any of the hspa+ speeds regardless of what you do.
The sensation, does. And the 4g/h icon is meaningless, as long as you're getting normal speeds. But the phone has to support hspa+ to get hspa+ speeds.
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I just wanted to see what other people are getting out of this phone
My benchmark:
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My Speed:
(I live in the suburbs so my signal isn't all that great but still got good speeds!)
Wow, that's a lousy ping time...
Quadrant
Its Willy Waving time!!
Please post what rom, kernel etc you are on.
I am on stock and all I did was root and remove bloatware
How did you guys get 5200+?
Here's what I am getting.
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jonathan3579 said:
Here's what I am getting.
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wow you get pretty good speeds :O
keevinluong said:
wow you get pretty good speeds :O
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I have no complaints while outdoors. The whole signal bug tends to kick in while on WiFi or inside any type of building and sometimes car though.
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stock tmous.. rooted, removed some bloat, changed memory levels.. bout it.. i live in a 42 mbps HSPA+ city/suburb.
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stock tmous.. rooted, removed some bloat, changed memory levels.. bout it.. i live in a 42 mbps HSPA+ city/suburb.
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Great speeds. I've gotten up to 17 Mbps down. I notice you are getting really high pings like I sometimes have. Anyone know why they are so high? I never got anything close to those pings on Verizon or AT&T.
No idea.. by far the longest ping time on any of my devices. G2x, Amaze, MT4G Slide.. weird.
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Hi
does anybody knows what the i/o means ?
Since the last upgrade this value is divides by 2.
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I'm jealous, I only get 1.9 Mbps. The Netherlands only has 7Mbit hsdpa with a few areas having 14 and we pay 30 euros for only 1 gb of 14Mbit Internet...
4G network will be introduced in the following years.. Ugh
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on sense rom.
Slowed down
So After I rooted my phone and put on trickdroid 3.0 tmous rom... my data speed have gone drastically down... how do I get them back to normal?
Aydthird said:
So After I rooted my phone and put on trickdroid 3.0 tmous rom... my data speed have gone drastically down... how do I get them back to normal?
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Think we need to wait for the kernel sources to be released, I get really ****ty speeds on CM9, and I believe it's because the kernel is only optimised for the stock ROM.
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Think we need to wait for the kernel sources to be released, I get really ****ty speeds on CM9, and I believe it's because the kernel is only optimised for the stock ROM.
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k.. I'm a total newbie... I just wanted to get rid of tmo bloatware and work on my battery life... is there a way to get back to stock rom and still have removed the bloatware and better battery?
Just wanted to share. Pretty impressed for T-mobile
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that's pretty good speed.
in San Francisco, I get on average 8mbps down and 2mbps up
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that's pretty good speed.
in San Francisco, I get on average 8mbps down and 2mbps up
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before i would average like 3ish.. But no, i average anywhere between 5-8.. which is a pretty good bump here in the Chicago land area
Pretty good.I get 9.94 down 3.75 up in Arizona.
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This is my average speed, the last result is from before I flashed the tmobile radio
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Here in DC I might as well have 3G (technically it still is). I get, on average, 4 down, 1 ish up. A few times I've gotten 8 down. In wifi I average 8 or 9 download. Which still sucks.
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South of boston I get 5 up as a MAX, most of the time it is only 2-3, and 1 down MAX.
It might be a little more useful if people gave their location AND their current radio/ril/DISH combination. I'm using the official TmoUS package with the included radio/ril/and new version of Dish2.
I get 3 to 5 in Virginia. I still remember the days of EDGE though, so I'm grateful even if I have 1mbit.
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I get 3 to 5 in Virginia. I still remember the days of EDGE though, so I'm grateful even if I have 1mbit.
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What part of va
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Here are my results in Phoenix AZ... Not fastest but much faster than i ever used to get on sprint...
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What part of va
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Virginia Beach, by that stupid Ocean Front. I've seen speeds hit 9Mbits and on my old N900 got 12mbits once.
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Virginia Beach, by that stupid Ocean Front. I've seen speeds hit 9Mbits and on my old N900 got 12mbits once.
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I live in Chesapeake
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so i guess everyone is getting somewhat of similar average speeds. I'm happy tmobile finally gave us more speed
I'm in the south metro Atlanta area.
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My top speed is 9;94 down 2.31 up.with internet down 14.01 up 3.75.
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Oops!!! Higher no.'s on WiFi.
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Those numbers in Atlanta are ridiculous! I'm so jealous right now. My WiFi is oftentimes lower than my darn data connection. It's such a joke. In Ocean City, Md. this weekend I got 0.06Mbps down, 0.01Mbps up, and 2904 ping (I can provide pictures if you don't believe me). That's literally with the 4G symbol and full bars. My girlfriend's iPhone 4S was hitting 2Mbps down (and that's 3G), and a friend's Bionic managed like 10Mbps down. T-Mobile was killing me; I essentially couldn't use my data all weekend and there was no WiFi.
ok, i'm in southern California and averaging around 3MBPS down. what radio should i flash? TMOUS, ICS, ARHD.
thanks!
and thats all we ever need folks. For me anyway, lol. I don't need 18mbps or more or whatever LTE is. 5mbps is fast enough for a mobile device. even 1.5mbps... that's just me talking though. haha
oh and the highest I've ever got was 9mbps
I used to get 7-9 down, but that's dropped off to 5-6 recently with the latest T-Mobile firmware. I may go back to the international.
So,
I haven't really had a solid answer to this question. What, if any, are BIG downsides to flashing an internation ROM onto a TMO US phone? Are there any discrepancies as far as usage.
I'm using TMOUS TrickDroid ROM (and absolutely nothing against torxx), I just want to mess around with a couple others - not sure yet - but I want to mess around with others, including International ROMs.
Any solid answer to this? I've read about potential Data speed discrepancies.
Thanks all!
-Brian
I had data issues when I used an international rom on my T-Mobile one s
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Some perceive data issues on eu roms because you see the 3g/h go back and forth, but really the same thing is happening on tmous roms. Only difference is that tmous always keeps the 4g icon up rather its 3g or h, so it appears to be more stable but is not.
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Some perceive data issues on eu roms because you see the 3g/h go back and forth, but really the same thing is happening on tmous roms. Only difference is that tmous always keeps the 4g icon up rather its 3g or h, so it appears to be more stable but is not.
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What you say about T-Mobile is true but I didn't not have a perceived data issue. Data on my Ville would straight up drop when I had an EU ROM on it. As in no data.
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Im on bin droid and I havent had any data drops at all. I did upgrade to the newest radio so maybe that helped
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I'm currently on leedroid and have no issues, solid signal. I reach dl speeds of around 20mbs so I'm happy
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I have read some members here on XDA take both sides on this issue. Some say it does not make a difference. Others say it does.
Personally for me the connection seems to be slower and more unreliable when flashing an international Rom on a T-Mobile USA device.
Right now I am on LeeDroids Rom with the stock tmobile radio. I did some quick speed tests so you see what I mean.
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I really think upgradig the radio will help some people out I upgraded mine and it really helped with data switching. I know the method in the development section is not for the faint of heart but its definitely worth it
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Upgrading the radio is really important for signal etc.
I have a HTC Sensation XE, is there like a driver to enable 4G? My country supports 4G.
htcsensationxeuser said:
I have a HTC Sensation XE, is there like a driver to enable 4G? My country supports 4G.
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Unless you got the T-Mobile US htc sensation 4g then you cant use 4g. Its not a driver thing, its a hardware + aerial thing
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Unless you got the T-Mobile US htc sensation 4g then you cant use 4g. Its not a driver thing, its a hardware + aerial thing
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Um... the sensation regardless supports hspa+ (what T-Mobile calls 4g).
Op: do you see "H" when using mobile data?
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Um... the sensation regardless supports hspa+ (what T-Mobile calls 4g).
Op: do you see "H" when using mobile data?
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Actually Hspa+ is not 4g, its referred to as 3.5g.
how do I know this? well in the uk ofcom are not auctioning the 4g spectrum until Q4 2012 at the earliest and I have the H symbol on my phone but it doesnt mean 4g because the 4g is not availible yet.
The important point is that HSPA+ is not 4G
To further elaborate on this 4g discussion:
In the US, AT&T actually calls HSPA+ '4g'.
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I'm not sure about T-mobile's '4g' network, otoh.
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Actually Hspa+ is not 4g, its referred to as 3.5g.
how do I know this? well in the uk ofcom are not auctioning the 4g spectrum until Q4 2012 at the earliest and I have the H symbol on my phone but it doesnt mean 4g because the 4g is not availible yet.
The important point is that HSPA+ is not 4G
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Kinda basically wrong.
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/12/hspa-now-officially-4g-according-to-itu/
There's another one.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/ITU-says-LTE-WiMax-and-HSPA--are-now-officially-4G_id15435
The TMobile Sensation 4G is no different from other Sensations. It still only supports HSDPA 14mbps (only 16qam, no mimo/dc).
HSPA+ starts at 21mbps with 64qam. I believe it's getting more "acceptable" now for hspa+ to be called "4g" ahough.
So to reiterate, the Sensation 4G isn't 4G and not does support HSPA+.
sshede said:
Kinda basically wrong.
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/12/hspa-now-officially-4g-according-to-itu/
There's another one.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/ITU-says-LTE-WiMax-and-HSPA--are-now-officially-4G_id15435
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I should have elaborated. In the UK we talk of hspa+ as being 3.5g and 4G as actually being 4G because of the 4G trials and spectrum auction. I had no idea that 4G meant hspa+ in the US and other countries so thanks for telling me that - they do say you learn a new thing everyday! and apoligies for any confusion I caused
That's true
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So I ended up activating my phone on 30 4g 5gb cap and 100 min. And i only get these icons and once in a while. 3g icon. My phone just got activated like an hour ago. Sorry for so many question im a mew tmobile costumer. So how do i get "4g"
Btw im on ViperS rom
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So I ended up activating my phone on 30 4g 5gb cap and 100 min. And i only get these icons and once in a while. 3g icon. My phone just got activated like an hour ago. Sorry for so many question im a mew tmobile costumer. So how do i get "4g"
Btw im on ViperS rom
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Go into the dialer and type *#*#4636#*#*
Now go into phone information. You may be able to select LTE from there.
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I still dont get 4g :/
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The G icon is a known problem with any TORXX ROM. Search the viper thread.
So what rom do u reccomend?
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From what it seems like, you should have 4G. When not using data, your device switches to 3G mode (saves battery). As soon as you start to use data, it switches to 4G. US ROMs show the 4G icon at all times, but the same thing happens. EU ROMs show H instead of 4G but, again, it's all the same. Viper has a glitch where it shows G instead of H, it is annoying.
If you are still skeptical, try what someone mentioned above by typing to code into the dialer and choosing WCDMA preferred or auto modes. As for what ROM to use, it's all the same regarding data. I am on T-Mobile US and use viperOneS with full and stable 4G speeds. I also have the latest radio from the latest EU OTA; 2.31 or something like that.
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So what rom do u reccomend?
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As they say, opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one...I'd try them all and see what you can live with. Viper seems to be the most feature rich Sense ROM, but you have to accept that your signal indication may not be accurate. As they say in the Viper thread, just think of G as "Great" signal...try running a speed test and you'll probably see that you are getting 4G speeds when it says G
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So what rom do u reccomend?
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As they say, opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one...I'd try them all and see what you can live with. Viper seems to be the most feature rich Sense ROM, but you have to accept that your signal indication may not be accurate. As they say in the Viper thread, just think of G as "Great" signal...try running a speed test and you'll probably see that you are getting 4G speeds when it says G
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I actually was 4g speeds! lol so ill stay with viper i guess. But will try others out
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