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Sloooow WiFi download speed!

Holy crap! My wifi download speeds are averaging 800kbps, while my Droid X is getting 8mbps. And yes, I am on wifi. Upload speeds are actually a little faster than the X at 2700kbps versus 2200. What gives?

bendotson said:
Holy crap! My wifi download speeds are averaging 800kbps, while my Droid X is getting 8mbps. And yes, I am on wifi. Upload speeds are actually a little faster than the X at 2700kbps versus 2200. What gives?
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try menu-settings-wireless & networks-wifi settings-hit menu again to pull up the advanced menu. From there I set my wifi sleep policy to never and there is a toggle the best wifi-performance, which I haven't tried yet because I never needed it. Have you tried that yet?

Wifi calling appears to be the culprit. I rebooted the phone and ran speedtest several times and got download speeds of 12-13mbps but once I enabled Wifi calling the dl speeds dropped to ~800kbps and remained there even after force closing Wifi calling. Confirmed! A second reboot gives me my speeds back.

Yeah same here when I restart it I get the speed back up but again after awhile it slows down big time don't know how to fix it
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I just finished a factory reset and the only app I have installed is speedtest.net. With wifi calling on I cannot reproduce the problem now. I hope the factory reset fixed it but I suspect the problem may be caused by some other app I installed earlier. Google Voice maybe? More investigation...

Nevermind. I installed GV and my download slowed again so then I uninstalled it but the issue was still there. I had just booted up the phone before I was trying this so maybe it just happens over time. Anybody else reproduce this?

Same here, I pretty much can pinpoint the Android market at this point. After freshly restoring my WiFi I get 20k Download/ 5k Upload using speedtest.net app. After visiting the Android market and screwing around in there a bit I get 3k Download/5k Upload every time. Tried with multiple apps it seems to be the market that causes this every time for some reason.

I don't know about the market being the cause. I cycled the wifi off then on again and now my speeds are back. I even opened the Market again once I read your post but my speeds aRe still normal. Maybe you have to download an app from the market over wifi. Checking now.

Yeah I don't think its the market I restarted my phone got the speeds back up then went to market speeds were good then after awhile the speed dropped back down as low as 400kbs compared to the 4 or 5 mbs I got after restarting.
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I think I figured it out. I have been playing with my phone for about an hour and a half and I could not get it to slow down until... I plugged it in to charge. I ran a test right after I plugged it in and sure enough it was slow. I then cycled wifi and got my speeds back. Can someone else try this to confirm?
Nevermind. That didnt work the second time I tried it.

Bump. Just got a Sensation today and am having the same issue. Anybody figured a workaround or fix yet?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14589319
Try it and see if it helps you. It has helped a lot of people.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14589319
Try it and see if it helps you. It has helped a lot of people.
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Tried already a few times, doesn't help with this issue.

My ping is 900 to1000 on WiFi. My ping on mobile network is under 90!
Any ideas?
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I knew but just confirmed its definitely not my router. This is on G2X. Doesn't change much from this every test.
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My ping is 900 to1000 on WiFi. My ping on mobile network is under 90!
Any ideas?
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Yes my LG o2x is fine also. This is a sensation issue. Anyone else got the same?
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Mine can not hang on to a network for nothing, even after enabling "never sleep" policy. Speeds are random: sometimes it's slow, sometimes it's ok.

It looks like it's been a few months since anyone has posted on this problem. I just got my Sensation and am having the same issue. I also have a My Touch 4G Slide and noticed that it did the same thing. But once I went into the Wifi settings and check the max speed box, it solved that issue right away. I tried it on my Sensation with no luck. I have to disable and enable the Wifi in order to get my speed back up. Anyone have any updates/fixes on this problem? Is this a software or hardware issue?

Data Usage

Hey guys,
Is anyone else having serious problems with data usage? Mine is getting used frivolously fast, and I don't have unlimited? Is there any way that I can upgrade to unlimited, or workaround data reports? I'm screwed if I can't fix this... Any tips would be great.
Thanks,
SCK
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Please guys... its getting ridiculous. I turned off data network, used the number to check my data usage, and it went up. I tried it again later, and it went up again. Are they intentionally faking data usage to force me over the 2gb? Anyone else having problems like this at all?

Unfortunately there is no work around for data plan, my suggestion is use WiFi and turn off cell data network when you're not needing it. I have Verizon Unlimited 4G, but I have a grandfathered AT&T 4G plan as well and my data usage is approaching 20GB this month and I don't even tether!! I just watch a lot of movies and stream things like radio constantly. I don't have WiFi anywhere I go except home.
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If you have sync with facebook and things like that and email runnin youll.have that. I dont have unlimited data but I dont watch mine either so I dunno. Id also turn background data off
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Today, I turned off sync, deactivated data network, and only used wifi. it went up by at least 120mb. Does the iphone 2g thing work or no?

Did you ever think that 120mb data you went up while not on data was just lagging behind in the logs on the system? I mean, i how real time is the data usage logs? Figure that out first

I've been measuring usage for a while. The data use came out of nowhere. Does anyone have an iphone 2g for sale/rent/loan because I cannot survive on the 2 gb plan
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btpd21 said:
I've been measuring usage for a while. The data use came out of nowhere. Does anyone have an iphone 2g for sale/rent/loan because I cannot survive on the 2 gb plan
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I don't have unlimited... I have the 2GB plan... and I guess I just don't use data at all... I mean I have WiFi turned on most of the day so I think it pops onto WiFi when I am at home or at work. I just tried *3282# and it said I had 364MB out of 2048MB used and I've had the phone for over two weeks now lol... you think it's server lagged?
I sync my gmail accounts, use facebook (a lot) and I stream Pandora everywhere I go... so I don't know...

get my data manager to see which program is using so much data and then either uninstall it or get droidwall and block it.
droidwall lets you set a list of apps that can access data only over wifi.
both are free in the market

Im an at&t rep and yes the iphone 2g works...if your in miami i can help.
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It's odd that youve got so much phantom data use. I have an unlimited plan and probably use 10-20gb a month because I stream radio and video all day at work. Our other phone has a 2gb plan and I think she has used maybe 200mb of the 2gb in 2 weeks just checking emails/facebook/etc.

Switch to Sprint the true no caps unlimited data. Other than that there is no more tricks to get unlimited.
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Now with Audiogalaxy, Amazon Cloud Player and Google Music I imagine data consumption will jump up. I'm consistently over 2Gb for the last two months.
Right now I don't have any music on my phone, I stream it all.

Anyone have an iphone 2g that they would be willing to loan or rent. I want to be able to monitor my support thread and PM's, but I can't without wifi or data :/
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Will this work with a 3g or 3gs iPhone?

i just realized why you are asking for a iphone 2g. didn't know you can trick the system like that....i'm interested in borrowing on as well. =D

If I get one, I would gladly pass it around the community
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There is a pending lawsuit against at&t for false data usage. I believe i saw this on phonescoop.Com
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come to think of it, i was told by someone that there is an app that can reset the data usage and fool the data counter on at&t's side....i wonder if that is true? does anyone know?

tjy8tim said:
come to think of it, i was told by someone that there is an app that can reset the data usage and fool the data counter on at&t's side....i wonder if that is true? does anyone know?
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That's not true, I work for AT&T and there is no such app. As far as getting unlimited, if you been a customer for a while and call retentions and tell them you will cancel to go to another carrier, they will transfer you and try to get unlimited data. I've called many times for customers and have a 60% success rate, if one says no, call back, someone will appreciate your business and ask for supervisor to please add unlimited data for you.

Battery life on edge - outstanding

I am in roaming n didn't opt for the 3g plan, technically leaving me on edge all through.
Attaching below, I want to show how awesome the battery life is on edge. Hopefully this will give more reasons for our devs to work on enabling 2g/3g toggle in roms.
2.5 days standby with ~1 hour display n ~40 mins calls, battery is at 51%.
Standby drain is at 1% per ~3 hours. Compare this to 1% per hour when on 3g/h in US.
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That's really amazing!
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definitely impressive - i can't say it's surprising... you never use the thing! 1 hour of display time and less than 1 hour of call time in ~2.5 days - it probably feels neglected. i would keep a leash on it so it doesn't try to run away.

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definitely impressive - i can't say it's surprising... you never use the thing! 1 hour of display time and less than 1 hour of call time in ~2.5 days - it probably feels neglected. i would keep a leash on it so it doesn't try to run away.
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The point here was abt the standby drain in edge, esp for users in travel like me who don't use data 24/7 n use only in intervals. Plus this is with frequent times in areas with low signal.
More importantly, an hour of calls now takes abt 6-7% battery, compared to 10-12% when on H.
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infused v2 has it in the setting app i was stoked

brorex said:
infused v2 has it in the setting app i was stoked
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Oh. This I am not aware of. I am on vacation out of country and logged in on these forums after a week. Looks like I'll have lot of following up to do when u get back home
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I did not root my infuse. Long press power button and deactivate 'data'. You can happily make calls and use wifi for Internet. THIS WILL BOOST THE BATTERY LIFE A LOT.
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Just curious, what do you mean you didn't get the '3G' plan? I wasn't aware there was such a plan and either way, AT&T doesn't allow the toggling of WCDMA/Edge manually, even with root access on current US based builds or with the star codes
Even though you're in a roaming zone, it's still scanning WCDMA bands unless you did something
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TheMan42 said:
Just curious, what do you mean you didn't get the '3G' plan? I wasn't aware there was such a plan and either way, AT&T doesn't allow the toggling of WCDMA/Edge manually, even with root access on current US based builds or with the star codes
Even though you're in a roaming zone, it's still scanning WCDMA bands unless you did something
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Nice one U see, I am in India now on vacation. I can opt for 3G at a slightly higher cost, or stick to edge. Since its only mails n xda stuff mainly, I decided not to take the 3g plans.
By the way, I am on prepaid n paying $1 and 20 cents for a 1 GB plan with 15 days validity. 2GB plan with 30 days validity is abt $2 and 20 cents. Saying this just for sake of cost comparision. I think 3g plans for the same are about $1 more than those on edge.
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brorex said:
infused v2 has it in the setting app i was stoked
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Awesome. I remember asking about it. I guess GTG was listening, enough people inquired about it, or he just wanted to throw it in.

diablo009 said:
Nice one U see, I am in India now on vacation. I can opt for 3G at a slightly higher cost, or stick to edge. Since its only mails n xda stuff mainly, I decided not to take the 3g plans.
By the way, I am on prepaid n paying $1 and 20 cents for a 1 GB plan with 15 days validity. 2GB plan with 30 days validity is abt $2 and 20 cents. Saying this just for sake of cost comparision. I think 3g plans for the same are about $1 more than those on edge.
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Ah, okay now it makes sense lol - that's pretty sweet
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[Q] Wifi, or 4G?

I just got a sensation and I absolutely love it! I just have some questions.
First off, I have a great connection with My Home Wifi and T-Mobiles 4g network, so what should I be connected to at my house? What saves the most battery?
If it is wifi, how do I disable the Wifi Calling Notification that just tells me "Wifi Calling Ready" Like I get it.. I don't need the ugly notification reminding me. I can't find out how to disable the notification, without disabling my calling....
Thanks!

WiFi, would be better. I don't know the second question, I don't have a sensation.
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Can't disable the notification

esincho said:
Can't disable the notification
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I can, turn it off and it doesn't pop up anymore.
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Rhiannon224 said:
I can, turn it off and it doesn't pop up anymore.
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Yeah, if it's off, it won't do it

DaClowns said:
First off, I have a great connection with My Home Wifi and T-Mobiles 4g network, so what should I be connected to at my house? What saves the most battery?
Thanks!
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WiFi is easier on the battery.
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Uh, yeah you can. Turn it off.

Turn off wireless LAN unless you are using it. But for web browsing, cellular data provides better battery life than using WiFi.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4471/htc-sensation-4g-review-a-sensational-smartphone/10

WiFi is easier on the battery and in some cases faster than your mobile network:
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To turn off the notification, pull down the notification bar and tap the offending app.
You should see this screen:
Now tap the off button and the offending app notification goes away. Keep in mind you now will make all calls through your mobile network. =)

Dude, battery life shouldn't be your main concern when it comes to WiFi vs. mobile data. You should be using WiFi whenever possible so as to save as much of your allotment of data as possible. As pointed out, WiFi can be faster than mobile data. There's no reason to be using mobile data when WiFi is available unless your battery is extremely low (which shouldn't be an issue when you are at your house).

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Dude, battery life shouldn't be your main concern when it comes to WiFi vs. mobile data. You should be using WiFi whenever possible so as to save as much of your allotment of data as possible. As pointed out, WiFi can be faster than mobile data. There's no reason to be using mobile data when WiFi is available unless your battery is extremely low (which shouldn't be an issue when you are at your house).
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Agreed, I was a bit confused to.
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The JuiceDefender app is good here also, as you can configure it to turn on your wifi radio when you are at a known location such as your home (it learns and knows where you are based on which cell towers you are connected to), the wifi then gets turned off when you are out and about.

Also, it depends on the strength of your wifi - if you have bad wifi signal in some you might be better off with using your 4g network so that you don't drain your battery by having your wifi radio on all the time
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wifi definitely saves the battery at least in my case. keeping phone on tmous signals is a big battery drain. also i will recommend using juice defender to prolong your battery life even more.

Wifi saves battery and data. No one likes being throttled lol
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Best Battery Saver App Ever!!

Ok so i have tried many battery saver apps and have come to the conclusion that most of them are a joke. Until i tried BatteryXL. With a bit of setup this app has give me over 20 hours of life with use. I am talking about web surfing, texting, gaming, calls and some picture taking. I use my phone a lot and it just would not make it half the day. I even tried an extended battery. But even that sucked. Juice defender isn't bad if you buy the pro version, but BatteryXL is free. There have been a few glitches , as it is still in beta, but they are very minor and didn't effect its usage. So if anyone is looking for an app to help with battery life try it and see how it works for you. I am no way affiliated with the creators of this app. I am just a big fan of it and i know how many evo user complain about battery life. Also if you want to know i am using Sinister rom version 7 and anthrax kernel 009. The rom and kernel you use will affect how much this app helps.
Again i have no affiliation with the make of this app so don't ask me if you have issues. Submit then to the maker.
EDIT: If you don't have an intelligent thing to say, then do the world a favor and keep your mouth shut. The air is polluted enough as it is

Guys, please do not make me close this thread. Stay on its original purpose instead of attacking each other.
Consider this a warning. There is no point on either use so much exclamations marks, replying in such way to it and then attacking back in the same way.....
I am telling you the nicest way, stay on topic.
YOU ARE WARNED!

Thank you D.O.C. I just wanted to inform others about this app because i know battery issue is a big problem for most of us Evo users. And i am sorry for the off topic spat

BatteryXL has saved my battery.. i've been under 50% for over 4 hours already and still have 39%..
thanks for sharing...

Interesting

I switched over to an ICS rom and it still is getting me around 15 hrs or so. I love this app.

Been using it since the 28th and been able to go a full work day without a charge....on my normal high use day....thanks

I bought jd pro a while back but this one seems so much easier to set up. We shall see how it goes.
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One thing I hate about this app is it shuts down my 3g when I programed it to shutdown everything else lol
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Yea I've tried using this app but it just doesn't work like juice defender... this app doesn't auto sync 3rd party email apps or twitcaster... juice defender makes it possible to sync specific apps during a specific time frame to resync information while the screen is off.. I haven't seen this app (battery XL) do that at all...
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Yeah, I'm a bit leery of it myself, after reading all sorts of comments about people having issues getting various radios to come back on. Would like to see more feedback about it, though.
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Only issue I have had is every now and then it won't turn my mobile data back on. I will take that since I can get almost 20 hours of use every day. I will post a screen shot of it later today to prove it.

Yeah, I enjoyed this app until I too had problems with it randomly turning off my data, other than that it is great at saving battery life.
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Here is a screen shot of my battery status s of right now. 12 hours and still over 60%. Not as much use today but still, about 1 hour of web and games, and lots of texts.
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What does this app do exactly..? In what ways does it save battery... does it lower cpu usage or does it disconnect wireless connections when not in use or what..?
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Like most battery savers out there it controls connections and other features. But unlike most others this one actually does help get you more battery life. Before using this app i would only get about 12 hours total before I needed to charge. Now as you can see from above I get about double that.

@OP.
prior to using this app, were you one of those (like me) who always turn off unnecessary radios and services manually? Cuz I've always done that, and if this app makes an effect beyond that, I might be interested.
But I prefer to do it manually, myself (not to mention, due to OCD, I would always turn off radios manually). Are you not in that camp?
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No. I can't say I am. I never remember to turn them off so this app is great for me. It does have some other cool stuff. Check it out is all I can say. It is free. So if you don't like it you aren't out anything.

Simply put, the app sucks. Sucks bad. The concept is good, but the app, it sucks

lilajrestnom said:
What does this app do exactly..? In what ways does it save battery... does it lower cpu usage or does it disconnect wireless connections when not in use or what..?
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works fine on HTC one, somewhat its like the HTC power saver but better .
this one actually has more configurable options and behaves in a smart way
think probably the best battery saver out there at the momonet