[Q] Extremely bad internet speeds after rooting - EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, so basically I have rooted my Speedy from 2.3.4 by using the bootloader unlock method posted by VICODAN in his tutorial but now I find that I am having insanely slow download/upload speeds compared to before rooting.
I have flashed the latest radio after finding THIS thread and I also tried the method from HERE to try and at least boost my speeds. I have also updated my profile and PRL through my Sense rom but nothing seems to help.
If anyone could give me any advice I would greatly appreciated it. I am on MikShifted-G v2.1 running dodgekernal v1.6. Thanks in advance.
I would also like to know if there is any way that I can go back to the stock 2.3.4 GB.
Download speed: 228 kbps
Upload speed: 25 kbps

CNexus said:
Hello, so basically I have rooted my Speedy from 2.3.4 by using the bootloader unlock method posted by VICODAN in his tutorial but now I find that I am having insanely slow download/upload speeds compared to before rooting.
I have flashed the latest radio after finding THIS thread and I also tried the method from HERE to try and at least boost my speeds. I have also updated my profile and PRL through my Sense rom but nothing seems to help.
If anyone could give me any advice I would greatly appreciated it. I am on MikShifted-G v2.1 running dodgekernal v1.6. Thanks in advance.
I would also like to know if there is any way that I can go back to the stock 2.3.4 GB.
Download speed: 228 kbps
Upload speed: 25 kbps
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Welcome to sprint, the not now, maybe later network... :beer:
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Well I've found that your speeds depend on what time of day it is. I know that's BS, but it's what I've found. Posted some Screen Shots Below of my Speeds.

The only time I get decent speeds from sprint is at night. Like 2am night.

You could also try the 3G Turbo Charger. You'll find it on THIS thread. Just make sure to read before installing.
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Maybe you had roaming enabled in your old/stock rom and it's turned off be default in your new rom?

Well the thing is that I had perfectly fine speeds in my area prior to rooting.
I downloaded the "Network signal speeds booster" and "Fresh netowork booster", both from the play store and I am having almost back to normal speeds now, there was a dramatic increase in speed after I used both of those.
But I have also looked at the 3G Turbo Charger thread that prboy linked and I will definitely be trying that as well
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Screenshot to show my speeds now after using those
apps
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Try turning off data roaming.

What does that do exactly?
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I Just noticed this (several months later), but prboy, for your top screenshot you're connected to 4G, and in the bottom you're using 3G? I think in yours specifically it was only the connection you were using and not actually the time of day...
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CNexus said:
I Just noticed this (several months later), but prboy, for your top screenshot you're connected to 4G, and in the bottom you're using 3G? I think in yours specifically it was only the connection you were using and not actually the time of day...
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Well I've actually redone the Tests recently. Certain times of the day in my area must have some Heavy Network Traffic. Because the Network does slow down at the same times daily. But only during the week . Strangely enough I just noticed that I posted the wrong Screenshot . Although I do have to admit I'm not exactly a Scientist .

Haha yeah, but thats good to know, and yes, kinda weird that you would get faster speed on weekends you would think that it would be the other way around.
But anyway, thanks for sharing your results, I've done some tests recently too and they seem to be following a similar pattern...so even though you may not be a scientist, there is some truth to what you said
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Yeah it's really bad from like 5 to 8 PM... You wanna see good 3G speeds, get on there at 3 or 4 AM, crazy good speeds cuz nobody's using the network... Except people like me who set stuff to download before they go to bed LOL

My 3g is really bad and it does not matter what time of day. 4g does not exist here, I am going to try 3g supercharger this weekend and see if I can make some progress.
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I've had good results with the 3G TurboCharger. It just took a few tries before I found the correct setting. Downloading the App Speedtest.net will help you dial it in.

Tried 3g supercharger without any sucess. Perhaps someday the signal will get better.
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That sucks . You could try a different PRL. You just have to be very careful when using different PRL's.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

I tried to change my prl with qpst, whould not load for me so I guess I am stuck with bad net for a while longer.
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crhm said:
I tried to change my prl with qpst, whould not load for me so I guess I am stuck with bad net for a while longer.
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You can change the PRL without QSPT if your on a Sense Rom. Check out THIS Guide. Just be warned using certain PRL's can get you into issues with Sprint because of constant Roaming. Also you may want to do a search for the latest PRL's, as the ones linked in the post seem to be bit old.

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How fast is your speed test? Post pics!

Just wanting to show off yesterday's speed tests after reflashing a million times finally happy! Also wanting to see what kind of speeds everyone else is getting!
Huntington, WV at night - less network traffic
Cognition - with 2nd APN and 112 setting in prop rest is defaults
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maxjivi05 said:
Just wanting to show off yesterday's speed tests after reflashing a million times finally happy! Also wanting to see what kind of speeds everyone else is getting!
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Hey, if you're happy with your speeds, then that's all that matters. lol
I used to get better speeds. Not sure what happened.
So you're happy with 2G speeds?
shawn1224 said:
So you're happy with 2G speeds?
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Me? nope... I used to get 6mbps down and 2mbps up
I think they are working on the towers here in my area.
I did notice the speeds are not 100% all the time, they jump from 2 - 6 Mbps depending on time of day / weather / and everything else but knowing the phone "can hit 6" makes me feel better about "when AT&T" gets everything going it *should* be pretty fast
kirk123 said:
Me? nope... I used to get 6mbps down and 2mbps up
I think they are working on the towers here in my area.
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LOL I read your post wrong. I guess you're happy with the rom you settled on.
My speeds have always been all over the place
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shawn1224 said:
LOL I read your post wrong. I guess you're happy with the rom you settled on.
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Yeah starting to like Inspired Saga. Very smooth and fast.
here is mine from LA
RCMix591 + 26.08.03.07m radio
Stock radio, stock RIL. build.prop set at 14-7-3.
Customized RCMix596.
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Stock radio, stock RIL. build.prop set at 14-7-3.
Customized RCMix596.
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Lucky you. Awesome ping times too!
Be nice if I could get these results all the time...
I'm havin the same issues as Kirk, my speeds went to feces.
AT&T HTC Inspired on Inspired Saga v1.1 (4/25) rom
Download: 5204kbps
Upload: 1295kbps
Ping: 95ms
Wont let me link to photo :-(
Tx Redneck said:
I'm havin the same issues as Kirk, my speeds went to feces.
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Are you in S.I. N.Y.?
Edit: I'm guessing by your user name, you're from Texas?
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We don't have backhaul up and running yet in Cincinnati, but these were the fastest speeds that I've pulled on a speed test. I'm usually in the 2500kbps down/1500kbps up range.
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Well it appears that at&t is finally doing something right in my area. Ping is around 120ms.
Here's one in an unmolested CM7 N82 or 83 install, can't remember which.
No apn changes, no build.prop changes. Just the radio from the ota update w/out the ril since it tends to hose wifi and GPS for me.
An oldie but a goodie.
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id10terrordfw said:
An oldie but a goodie.
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Yeah keep rubbing it in LOL. Are you still able to get those speeds?

What is the best CDMA radio flash file for stock ICS

I am currently using LC1. Seems to improve my wifi reception quite a bit. But cdma and 3g signal still sucks. So just a quick poll for everyone. Which radio to use on ICS, and dl links if you have them. Thanks!!!
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babyblue4u006 said:
I am currently using LC1. Seems to improve my wifi reception quite a bit. But cdma and 3g signal still sucks. So just a quick poll for everyone. Which radio to use on ICS, and dl links if you have them. Thanks!!!
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Really which is best is very subjective. I have personally never seen a difference with any of them. Theoretically though, the latest one should be the best one. Here is the link to the thread in the development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13751063
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Thanks for the reply. I have seen that thread and tried all except the KD8, I didn't notice a difference with any but LC1. My signal seemed the same but my speed tests were faster at home with the airave. Which I know runs the same 3g speed constantly. . . According to my other phones. The point of the post really was to see if anyone knew of a better radio. In their opinion besides the ones on that list. But I will update after I try the KD8.
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No noticeable difference between the two.
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Wifi speeds are not necessarily dependent on the used baseband firmware. Wifi speeds are influenced in fact much more by the used drivers (corresponding shared objects with "so" extension and library files) and its bugs. These drivers are located on the system partition. Official binary blobs containing wifi drivers can be downloaded. The official ROM uses binary blobs (proprietary SW) for wifi operation. Though some custom ROMs may contain open source drivers.
babyblue4u006 said:
Thanks for the reply. I have seen that thread and tried all except the KD8, I didn't notice a difference with any but LC1. My signal seemed the same but my speed tests were faster at home with the airave. Which I know runs the same 3g speed constantly. . . According to my other phones. The point of the post really was to see if anyone knew of a better radio. In their opinion besides the ones on that list. But I will update after I try the KD8.
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There aren't different radios than those. If you see a different radio not in that list, you should probably not flash it if they're claiming it's for our phone. Obviously a new radio could come out again and there could technically be some radio that never went official but if those make it into the public, the thread would likely be updated and have them.
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Thank you all for the input. Had issues with sprint. Hate that i had to. But went to Verizon today so ill be checking out the droid charge forum
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[RADIO] Blaze 4G Modem for Sidekick 4G

Modem pulled from the Samsung Blaze4G.
Not hard to install at all, just put it on your sdcard and flash in Recovery.
Yes. This was not originally for Froyo I have to remove some /libs.
I made it work for the Sidekick 4G.
Credits to Master&Slave for pulling the Modem from the device.
Download: Here
Froyo/Gingerbread Only
My Results:
-My speeds have increased and I always have 3/4 full bars no lower and always 4G.
Just Hit the thanks button...
It will save a lot of you from getting infractions/warnings
I'll give it a shot and report back here. Thanks.
Edit : Noticing a gain of 1-2 bars on signal and faster 4G speeds. This is the real deal man, thanks! It will report as KJ2 but it is the Blaze 4G modem.
HOLY******* MOTHER OF LORD! SUPER EDIT! Just ran a speed test....holy..****. 11,000 kbps (download), 1,000 kbps (upload)
MY HERO! Lol!
Diddo. You just fixed the only thing I griped about this phone.thank you so much!
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Lol thanks the most i got on the sidekick dwnload was 10.8 nyc bronx area
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My Sidekick 4G is running super fast and with network tweaks it would run faster the network.
Hmm in building the sk4g kj2 modem worked in elevators now the blaze4g modem doesn't nothin major just a notice
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mind getting permission to upload the modem directly to xda? call me lazy if you want but I do not feel like having to sign up at a file sharing site just to download something -_-
xtrem88 said:
Hmm in building the sk4g kj2 modem worked in elevators now the blaze4g modem doesn't nothin major just a notice
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I don't know the Blaze 4G one should be MUCH better.
pintek said:
mind getting permission to upload the modem directly to xda? call me lazy if you want but I do not feel like having to sign up at a file sharing site just to download something -_-
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I'm doing this right now for y'a.
May seem like a noob question, but how does this affect your contract and things like that? Like its not going to give me surcharges or anything? It just increaces the ability of the radio already built in?
Lol idts esle modem flashing would not be very popular on the xda forukms now would it?
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If anything, it'll make you hit your 4G cap faster and they'll just throttle you down to 3G...haha.
Weird, but I'm noticing a higher battery life due to this modem.
Maybe I made some othr significant change right before flashing the modem that I forgot about, but I have to ask. Is anyone else's phone being significantly more responsive? Especially during gpu intensive tasks. For example like playing temple run
KevinRblz said:
Maybe I made some othr significant change right before flashing the modem that I forgot about, but I have to ask. Is anyone else's phone being significantly more responsive? Especially during gpu intensive tasks. For example like playing temple run
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I can't tell... Temple Run is always lagging for me, as time goes by it gets more smooth..but it'll still lag occasionally.
Well temple run workswell on godv2 when i use level 2 cache then start the game to clear memory
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I will have to try this when I get home. The file sharing site is blocked at work.
I don't have any service in my apartment, so... after flashing, and it works, I'll be very happy.
Adjust said:
This was not originally for Froyo I have to remove some /libs.
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Maybe obvious, but just for clarity and safety ... you mean you removed that stuff from the ZIP in this thread, not that some things need to be removed from the phone in order to successfully flash this radio ROM. Right?
I beleave he removed the /libs from the original zip so it would flash correctly (only guessing since thats what it took for me to flash the original onto my phone an notice a difference)
Modem flashing is a huge thing over in the captivate forum its nothing new.
xtrem88 said:
Well temple run workswell on godv2 when i use level 2 cache then start the game to clear memory
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Really? Can you help me do this please and thank-you?

[Q] Network upgraded to 4G but I only get H

hey there I/'m living in St. Kitts in the Caribbean.
LIME the network provider upgraded from EDGE to 4g on Friday, but I realise since then my phone is only showing H (3G) and not H+(4G).
i am wondering if this has anything to do with the rom i'm currently running (trickdroid) or not?
I was in the city centre friday night where they had the launch and pretty close to the cell tower so I know distance isn't the issue
Thanks for the help in advance
Most roms don't display the +. Its purely cosmetic. Only roms I know that display it are based on the inspire 3.20 version.
Again its purely cosmetic and does not effect speed. Heck the phone is only capable of 14mbs Max. I would say 3.5 g Max
Thanks for the response I was just wondering. Makes sense with what you are saying. And I just realise something I tried another Rom, it wasn't even loading so had to restor this on and realised that while booting up it went from E to 3G to H. But I don't think I'm getting even 2 mb from this will take a screen shot and post to you.thx again for the response.
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Attached is speed test I just ran. The last two take a look please . My upload more than double my download. Real ridiculous
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positiveg said:
Attached is speed test I just ran. The last two take a look please . My upload more than double my download. Real ridiculous
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Depending on what ROM you're using, I've found Speedtest to be somewhat unreliable for whatever reason. For example, I'm running Sabsa Prime 7.0. When I do a test on wifi, I get 15+mbps down and around 4mbps up with 30 ping. When I run it on 4g, I get 7kbps down and 2mbps up with 150 ping. Obviously my actual 4g speeds are not 7kbps. On ARHD with the same radio the test showed 6-8mbps down and 3.5mbps up with 70 ping.
In summary, unless you feel that your real use speed is really that slow, forget what Speedtest says.
Ok cool got you.
But I can tell it's really slow as well. I will try one of those other rims cause this one iy takes a while to switch to programs etc. And I don't have a lot running in the background. The only thing I've realise though is that I've not yet learned how to bring over my settings ( WiFi and apn etc even my contacts ) when going from one Rom.to the the next.
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Moved to Q & A.
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Actually...
If you edit your build.prop, faster speeds can be obtained.
Also H+ is 4G, but its not like LTE speeds or anywhere close. It is more like a couple mbs above 3G.
Speedtest is fine. Your data icon will sometimes lie to you. No joke. It'll say H+, but in reality it is 3G. All depends on your signal strength.
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Thanks, how do I edit my build?
I am not sure what's going on it is.very slow and I am wondering if the Rom is the problem wondering if I should go back to the original 4g Rom that came with the phone
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positiveg said:
Thanks, how do I edit my build?
I am not sure what's going on it is.very slow and I am wondering if the Rom is the problem wondering if I should go back to the original 4g Rom that came with the phone
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You'll need an app like "Root Explorer". Through the app you navigate to "/system" and long press the "build.prop" and edit. You may encounter an error message with something like "file is in read-only" which then you will have to change the settings to "write only" or something like that to edit which can be done in the explorer app. Once you get that far you can edit the build.prop to your liking. For settings that people have found useful search the forums.
positiveg said:
The only thing I've realise though is that I've not yet learned how to bring over my settings ( WiFi and apn etc even my contacts ) when going from one Rom.to the the next.
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If you're syncing to Google, your wifi passwords, contacts, even wallpaper will automatically restore when logging back into Google after switching ROMs.
Thanks I realise the apps came back bit not sure the WiFi passwords did. I'm really trying to find a Rom for Inspire 4g that
Has the correct weather location showing at least thanks
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Well personally I just use sence analog clock widget on mine one of them found my little nowhere town so maybe one of the virsions will work for you too
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LTE speed question...

Sorry if this has been asked, but I didn't see it posted on here....
So when I'm in the Speedtest app, I can changer servers and there can be quite a difference in speeds...So I'm curious is this something that can be done with the phone, changing server to increase DL/UL speeds, as well as ping times?
Again, I truly apologize if this is redundant, if so, please delete this thread...
Thank you in advance for any help,
Chris
That really don't change anything on your phone, it just changes the server you ping to test speeds. Some servers are busier than others causing you to get different speeds. What matters most would be where you are at when you test it.
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mikec86 said:
That really don't change anything on your phone, it just changes the server you ping to test speeds. Some servers are busier than others causing you to get different speeds. What matters most would be where you are at when you test it.
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Thank you for the quick answer! Does changing the radio have much of an effect?
Radios are trial and error. You need to find the one that works best for your area. But always try and start with the one that goes with your rom version.
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You want radio that matches your tower. I'm in middle of full time 4G and have to drive 50 miles to get 3G handoff so radios are irrelevant. If in area like mine you need to use newest radios cause we have newest or most upgraded towers.

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