Im curious to see what people are getting for download speed with the 4G network. I just almost hit 10mbps and thought it was pretty quick. Show me what your high speed is
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I recently noticed that my 3G speed is much faster than ever before and I live in one of the city that recently added T-Mobile HSPA+.
I was just wondering if Nexus S supports HSPA+. Thanks!
I believe that the NS (I9020 and I9023 variants) have a max download speed of 7.2Mbps and max upload speed of around 5 Mbps, so it is not HSPA+ capable.
It's true the NS, has a max download speed, of 7.2. However, T-mobile's network (at least where I live, supports 21 mbps theoretical speeds (and will be, updating to 42 mbps soon...woohoo) and I regularly see speeds in excess of 6mbps... Upload speeds of almost 2 mbps (1.75 ) so, technically not HSPA + but, not bad either....
Everytime T-mo updates their network everyone sees a boost. You just won't, ever see speeds above, 7 mbps cuz the phone isn't capable of it.
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HSPA yes. HSPA+ no.
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Ok so I bought an HTC inspire 4G and it has hsdpa network and I'm normally getting 2.3 Mbs download. I went into the ATT store and the Samsung infuse uses utms and it was getting up to 5-7 Mbs download speed.
I read other forums that said hsdpa was suppose to be better. If so can anyone please explain it to me. I'm all about network speed and I wanted to know if I should just get the infuse or will the hsdpa improve later on.
Hsdpa will get faster speeds once its turned on in your area. For example in Austin, Texas I get 6mb down with the inspire. The Infuse also has hsdpa. In some areas utms is faster. I'm a huge HTC fas so I will always choose HTC over other brands. If your leaning toward Samsung wait until the Galaxy S 2 comes out for ATT.
Overall you will not feel much of a difference on the phone... you can have a nice and fast looking speedtest but the difference will be within seconds.
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ThEiiNoCeNT said:
Overall you will not feel much of a difference on the phone... you can have a nice and fast looking speedtest but the difference will be within seconds.
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agree on that
att stores also setup their own in store micro cells so it looks like they have phenomenal service when you try stuff out in stores.
I'm getting about 6M down, 1up in good coverage area
I am speaking HSDPA with AT&T in east suburbs of Portland, OR. I do hit 7M down though somewhat routinely. Giddy / tingly when that happens . Oh and phone is still totally stock. Since Gingerbread OTA reportedly coming in a couple weeks by this forum, gonna wait until after that to root...skert...never rooted before, but I'm fairly certain I will at some point.
Edit: With Inspire 4G
I've had UTMS coverage on my Inspire 4G...
I saw it one time when I geekin over starting to get such high speeds, and checking what kind of network I was on a lot in the >About Phone setting. There is a youtube of a dude with an Inspire 4G when testing network speeds (and *****ing that it was slow...probably because HSDPA was not turned on in his area yet) that had this show up on camera. He acted surprised and didn't know what that meant. So my conclusion is that Inspire 4G supports UTMS...why I duuno
EDIT: The youbute video where a guy has UTMS coverage on camera on his Inspire 4G is entitled "Is AT&T Misleading about HSPA+ on the Inspire 4G"...well I'm happy with my speed so whatev's.
I was getting speeds like the OP with HSDPA at first
but lately i think AT&T has been sprinkling the magic "4G" dust on the towers around here, because my speeds have obviously improved dramatically, and the HSDPA status hasn't changed...
UMTS = 384 kbps.
HSDPA = 3.6 Mbps (much higher lately on att).
So I'm not sure what was happening with the phone you saw.
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UMTS = 384 kbps.
HSDPA = 3.6 Mbps (much higher lately on att).
So I'm not sure what was happening with the phone you saw.
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I wasn't speed testing when I saw it it in my About Phone menu. I was in my employers cafeteria showing someone else where to check for what network one is currently on, and I saw the UMTS on my phone. Only saw it one time. The video name I posted is about how the H+ icon(in his opinion) is a sham, because it doesn't specify "3G". When he popped about settings it was on UTMS was visible in his About Phone menu. He made some comment about he didn't know what that was all about.
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-new-markets-faster-speeds
So Tmo just launched the 42Mbps service in my area (Myrtle Beach) what speeds should I be seeing? From what I understand the Sensation should be capped around 14.4Mbps but I get no where close to that, 5Mb tops.(4bars 4g service) Can anyone shed some light on how this is supposed to work?
What's funny is I live in a city that got that too (and that has great 4g coverage), but I can't get my phone to show 4g. Just keeps saying 2g. I'm chatting with tmobile right now.
14.4 is theoretical speeds, you will never see that. The max I ever got on my MT4G (same radio speeds as sensation) while testing 42mbps cell sites (I'm a TMO field technician) was 8-9mbps. That is in perfect optimal conditions on a site with no traffic and in the optimal location to the tower. These phones will never bennifit from 42mbps upgrade and even if it could you would only see that while doing speed tests or downloading large files.
Phones will be coming out later in the year with 42mbps capability.
I've spent a lot of time reading through this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1109983&page=1 thread and have a quick question. If I am seeing a H+ on my SGS2 does that mean I have 4G? For reference I have a 4g sim but when I gave the IMEI of my phone they didn't accept it for a 4g plan and gave me a 3g plan. I have a 4G IMEI but am wondering if I need to do this or not given the fact I am seeing the H+
i do not think so because my captivate shows the h+ symbol when i am on cm7 and i am pretty sure that i am not getting 4g speeds the highest speeds i have seen through speed test apps are 6mbps which i think is still 3g. all the h+ symbol means is that we can get the higher upload speeds not too much more in the way of download speeds.
Att so called 4g is really only 3.5 compared to the rest of the world. The icons are just that icons. Like mine says 10g. Use a speed check app to see if you are getting decent speeds for your area.(which can change depending on where you are)
My 3g has been worse than usual. Its like unbearable at times. Sprints 3g isn't fast yes but its been even worse than usual and has been slower to connect to 3g coming from 4g. Sending messages through fb messenger isn't very reliable and failed in yahoo messenger at least once. 4g is more reliable but sucks more power. I don't want 4g to have to be on all the time. Anyone else been having problems like this? This is messed up, 3g performance for me lately is horrid, its not 3g, something worse.
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i get good speeds, ive been through like 5 cities today and lowest speeds i got were about 560 kbps. Im also on a nexus s 4g flashed to boost mobile with a bunch of speed tweaks and prl 12121. Highest i got today had to be over 1 mbps. Those are fine speeds for me. Faster than dialup
I have found that in cities that have 4g, Sprint's 3G is extremely slow.
I am a little perturbed at Sprint because the 3G speeds when I first got this phone were much much faster than they are now.
Sprint is so slow now that the phone is almost unusable. 4G coverage does help some, but the 4G coverage is so spotty, that it is a crap-shoot on usability.