Every once in awhile 4G isn't available and the phone thunks down to 3G. When it does this I have internet speeds that rival a 300baud modem. I mean I'm lucky to be able to bring up google's home page. I can be standing right beside my daughter who has a IPhone 4S and her 3G speeds are really good. Anyone else have 3G issues?
Happens to me often when driving or on a train. Anything below 4 bars of 3G is awful for me. Verizon's 3G network is terrible compared to Sprints, however their 4G lte is almost as good as WiFi.
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Shibby87 said:
Happens to me often when driving or on a train. Anything below 4 bars of 3G is awful for me. Verizon's 3G network is terrible compared to Sprints, however their 4G lte is almost as good as WiFi.
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Not so true. I just came from a droid 3 to the s3 on big red this week and it would d/l about 3 mbps on the d3 but my s3 can barly get 600 kbps on speed test on 3g. My d3 was rooted and running minimoto rom and my s3 is still stock btw. As far as 4g almost as fast as wifi, ooohhhh yyeeeaaaa. !!!!!
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Not so true. I just came from a droid 3 to the s3 on big red this week and it would d/l about 3 mbps on the d3 but my s3 can barly get 600 kbps on speed test on 3g. My d3 was rooted and running minimoto rom and my s3 is still stock btw. As far as 4g almost as fast as wifi, ooohhhh yyeeeaaaa. !!!!!
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No need for the not so true....You just agreed with what he said.... Lol...:sly:
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Same thing happens to me, I can be in my friends Apt complex and there is no 3g and I'm standing outside. I usually just turn Airplane mode on then off and it comes back. There are some tweaks you can make to your build.props file to help with speeds, not sure if if they will help...but I got speeds close to 30mpbs one time lol
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Been heavily testing my 4g all over my city of Greensboro, NC for three days now. No signal issues, no drops, stays 4g everywhere except in my office building. All four carriers suck in my building. Even then... I still get 4g inside most of the time. My downloads blaze! Running simultaneous tests against my woman's G2... my Sensation is always a little faster.
Average bandwidth = 3 Mbs to 9 Mbs
If you experience slow latency (like the market is slow to load) go to this post for a neat fix. Mine loads everything faster now.
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Takes me about 10 seconds to fully load everything on the Engadget web site with plug ins on and desktop browser mode. This is using Dolphin HD browser. That's fast!
If you use the speedtest.net app click the results tab after the test for the true speeds. The main display seems to lie.
I'm in Baltimore, MD and so far I'm getting about 800 k up and down. About 10 times as fast as my Sprint 3g connection.
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I'm in Baltimore, MD and so far I'm getting about 800 k up and down. About 10 times as fast as my Sprint 3g connection.
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Hope you mean 8000k lol
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Hope you mean 8000k lol
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800k could be the "speed" and equate to a 6.4 Mbs "pipe"
I'm hitting 9- 10 mbs by my house and job consistently.
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I did the fix yesterday and it is still slower than my vision. Just my pyramid stays connected to 4g easier even during phone calls.
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800k could be the "speed" and equate to a 6.4 Mbs "pipe"
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Could be a typo too ... or could just be really crappy network speed if it is indeed 800kbps.
No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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Where the hell do you live!?!? lol
I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access#Evolved_High_Speed_Packet_Access_.28HSPA.2B.29
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No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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Where the hell do you live!?!? lol
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When I'm in Baltimore with my HD2 running a Nexus ROM I get 2-3Mpbs. I think nemoshotyany needs to try the recommended speed fix.
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I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
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Oh let it go already. Even the bodies that define the term have given into the marketing hype. "4G" is said to use a term everyone knows already. The few of us geeks who know otherwise understand just the same. I'm sure you do too.
Bottom line, it's got speed, that's what everyone wants. None of the carriers reach what the original definition of 4G was to be. The carriers call it 4G, so just use the term for the sake of agreement. What the carriers originally called "3G" was not really 3G, but let's not get caught up in a side bar when everyone knows what is being asked. Either the device reaches speeds the carrier calls their "4G" speeds or it does not.
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I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
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Call it what you want, but I switched to this phone from the Evo "4G" and these network speeds blow away that of the Evo.
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When I'm in Baltimore with my HD2 running a Nexus ROM I get 2-3Mpbs. I think nemoshotyany needs to try the recommended speed fix.
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Thanks. But i tried that after I ran a few tests and only when I left it off did I notice any improvement.
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2g reception
i have tried the quick fix to no avail. i am running on 2g speeds around my house. 1 mile over though i am getting 4g speeds.
question is, is this a tmobile tower related issue or a issue with the radio on the phone.
edit- i was getting at least 3g speeds on my old samsung behold in the same area.
New Orleans, La.
I live in Knoxville, TN. I am lucky to get 600 kbps around here. I have occasionally hit 6-9 Mbps, but only a handful of times, and not for more than a couple minutes. Not sure if it's a tower issue, or a radio issue. T-Mobile is looking into. My speeds were much faster when I had my Evo on Sprint
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Call it what you want, but I switched to this phone from the Evo "4G" and these network speeds blow away that of the Evo.
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Don't get me wrong. That is the reason I said I am dumping my HTC Evo. I ran a test on tmo speeds on a g2x and I was blown away. So I figured, why the hell do I need to pay for premium data when 4G is not even available in my area since Sept. 2010.
So I decided that I will be getting this phone tomorrow when it releases at a retailer. But my argument still stands, it is HSPA+.
I got mine from Wal-Mart on the 9th.. unless u meant a tmobile retail store.
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costco is what I meant. Are there upcoming deals from any of the retail stores(walmart,sams,costco,etc)
Speeds in Minnesota stinks a$s.. I'm everywhere from anoka all the way south to Burnsville.. I haven't got anything over 5 mbps .. I consistantly get 1-1.5mbps with 2-3 4g bars...
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Just heard reports that Verizon has a major data outage on LTE & other data services...
Hence the post just below yours titled "Stuck on 1x" lol
yep. I noticed it losing signal completely and going to 1X so I called Verizon and was told it's a national data outage. they couldn't give me an ETA but it's currently 6:44PM PST and I am back on 4G again.
Really not liking Verizon this year.. too many outtages
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Yeah, I got bumped off to 1x, then total off network for about 40 mins, now back on full 3g & 4g...
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3G starting to some back in Ohio. LTE is still on the blink though.
Got 3g back in PA but 4g
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3 & 4G back on in SC .
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Oh well, so much for the least ammount of dropped calls. If this is a nation wide thing. It may put them on par with AT&T. Lol!
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I never had any problems. Although I was drinking....
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I never had any problems. Although I was drinking....
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Drinking and drugs fixes my connection problems every time!
Anyone having problems with losing WI-FI connections after the data outages? ???????
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Drinking and drugs fixes my connection problems every time!
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That's because you think stuff is going by so fast on your phone but lack to notice your using 1x and not 4G haha
Hit let area first time ever 25mbs download
omg why isn't lte EVERYWHERE?!! is there way to make your phone hit lte more?
Nope, it's limited by coverage area, but I know what you mean. Speedy speedy!
Verizon's Lte is everywhere.
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Verizon's Lte is everywhere.
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When it works
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When it works
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Yea, I hate to champion one corrupt corporation over another, but I'd much rather be on at&t's network since the fall-back network is still leaps and bounds faster than Verizon's fall-back network (and they have had a number of outages on their LTE network this year so far). Fortunately I live in San Antonio so I have access to 3 major carriers' LTE networks.
That said, at&t can piss off with their restrictive policies. I only hate Verizon slightly more.
But my God 25mbs is amazing if could offer that every where I pay tom more I just wish my wifi that fast
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I get LTE for AT&T in weird places here. I live in Oklahoma and get LTE of course in the bigger areas but sometimes LTE 4g in like small towns kind of cool but kind of weird.
You think 25Mbps is fast, check my sig...
Lol yeah. I just came back from Anaheim. Hot damn. 16 Mbps. But speed test used up 30 MB of data... I'm now being charged $30 for using 204.6 MB of data. >_>
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Done in Plano TX (Dallas Suburb)
One of these days I'm gonna take a vacation to somewhere with LTE just to see what I'm missing out on here in the mid-south.
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Will someone explain PRL's and how to improve signal? I have ATT skyrocket and Verizon SG3 and the skyrocket 4g is more consistent and very fast whereas the SG3 runs in 3G or 1x and when LTE is running it's still slow. Any ideas?
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You know, I have the Sprint version, same problems, Ive changed baseband 3 times. Its an internal antenna issue I think
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I have had my GSIII for appox 3 weeks now. I had a galaxy nexus, and i was very impressed with the LTE speeds at about 32MBPS!
Well i have beat that speed, by a land slide. Post your speeds!
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The best I ever got on my GS3 is in my sig. Usually about a little less than half that much on AVG.
Ive got about 40/20 before but usually its around 20/15 for me
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Best I have had was 60 down and 25 up! 4G was super fast that night.
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47/21 for me,
avg is 30/10
The best I have in my SpeedTest history is 33/14.5.
What I'm most proud of is what I get at home. I'm in a really fringe area. Turn left or right out of my complex and go about a few hundred feet and you're in a dead zone. It's kinda hilly so my house must be in a sweet spot.
Anyway, with my Galaxy Nexus I would average about 4/1.5. I would occasionally see 5-6/2 but not often. And as soon as I even looked at my phone it would drop to 3g. With my GS3 my best speed at home with the phone in the same spot as GNex was 21/4! I average 15/5 there usually. Not too shabby considering I am way out in the boonies.
About 35/20 is the best I've seen, but I only really tested it when I first got a 4g phone.
35-40 in the good areas. 20-28 avg. 10-12 in some bad areas.
It's funny how we have been spoiled with the fast speeds. I feel let down when mine is below 20mbps. I would have killed for those speeds in the 3g days.
12/6 with full bars. Rarely is it better than 25/10. The LTE blows here. My buddys TMo S3 gets 25/15 constantly.
I got 64mbps down.
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35 / 20
Never gone past that, yet.
40/30 for me here in southern SD.
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blestsol said:
I got 64mbps down.
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You'll really have to be careful with your data cap. My LTE at home makes me wish my cable modem was as fast. Sucks having to go on WiFi now.
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I've been as high as 66 down but usually around 60-64 down is normal. This is a normal screen shot from home.
Don't know what's wrong with the upload speed.
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I've been as high as 66 down but usually around 60-64 down is normal. This is a normal screen shot from home.
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DANG! Thats impressive!
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I average about 55/25 at home and 35/10 at work. To be fair if I had a decent slingshot I could nail my VZW tower from my backyard.
My best is 15 down. Average is like 4.. lol
just deleted my logs but...
My area just went 4g 3 weeks ago and outdoors I'm averaging around 30Mbps/16Mbps.
Indoors it's more like 13/4.
I'm happy but I'm sure Verizon is getting annoyed with my unlimited data usage in the SpeedTest app!!
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You'll really have to be careful with your data cap. My LTE at home makes me wish my cable modem was as fast. Sucks having to go on WiFi now.
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I have unlimited
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