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I noticed on yesterday about 5pm, my Tbolt switched over to 4G for about an hour then went back to 3G I was getting around 15MB down and 3MB up testing it with various speed test. I also tested it with the Netflix app and in less that 5 seconds, the movie was streaming. Anybody else notice this in this HSV area?
Hey Huntsville buddy, I haven't had 4g turned on but you can be for damn sure I will right now. I'll post back if I see anything.
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Hey Huntsville buddy, I haven't had 4g turned on but you can be for damn sure I will right now. I'll post back if I see anything.
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Alrighty....Just trying to spread some GOOD news for a change. Be sure to post again if I happen to get another glimpse of the "White Unicorn". LOL!!!
Dang I must have missed it. I guess you have to be looking at your phone at the right time. Although I live in Madison, but 4G should get to me right? But since I work in Huntsville maybe I will be able to at least enjoy 4G during the work hours.
I noticed it yesterday too. I guess they were doing some testing. My guess is perhaps they'll turn it on next week... Thursday? Regardless, at least we know they have 4G towers up in HSV. Now just a question of when they will turn it on permanently.
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Dang I must have missed it. I guess you have to be looking at your phone at the right time. Although I live in Madison, but 4G should get to me right? But since I work in Huntsville maybe I will be able to at least enjoy 4G during the work hours.
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I live in Huntsville but it's basically Madison and also work in Madison. From what I understand it should extend out here also. I know that Montgomery's 4g supposedly extends to Troy and some other cities so there should be no way we don't see 4g in Madison also.
Eurasianman said:
I noticed it yesterday too. I guess they were doing some testing. My guess is perhaps they'll turn it on next week... Thursday? Regardless, at least we know they have 4G towers up in HSV. Now just a question of when they will turn it on permanently.
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There hasn't been a press release so who knows when it goes live for real. I think I have my 4G off last night, I hope they flip the switch for a little bit this weekend.
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I live in Huntsville but it's basically Madison and also work in Madison. From what I understand it should extend out here also. I know that Montgomery's 4g supposedly extends to Troy and some other cities so there should be no way we don't see 4g in Madison also.
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Yeah I stopped by the VZW store on Uni dr. when I saw this yesterday and the REP said that once its turned on permenantly for this area, it will strech past Decatur. Im hoping this is the case since I live in Madison as well. He wouldn't give me a definiate time frame but he said it should be by the end of June.
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Yeah I stopped by the VZW store on Uni dr. when I saw this yesterday and the REP said that once its turned on permenantly for this area, it will strech past Decatur. Im hoping this is the case since I live in Madison as well. He wouldn't give me a definiate time frame but he said it should be by the end of June.
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By the end of June would be amazing. When I bought my Thunderbolt I honestly was thinking Fall at the earliest.
Man I'm surprised Huntsville doesn't have 4g yet. They turned it on here in mobile last week
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abn75 said:
Man I'm surprised Huntsville doesn't have 4g yet. They turned it on here in mobile last week
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You know....I was thinking the exact same thing. Then I remembered that BHAM doesnt have it yet either. It seems like(at least in AL) that VZW in turning on 4G in reverse order rather than going from largest to smallest of bigger cities.
Yeah it does seem of how the bigger cities don't yet have it while we do. I'm not complaining mind you
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I didn't notice 4g, but I'm on CM7 so who knows if I would have seen it. While I want 4g my battery wants it more.
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I didn't notice 4g, but I'm on CM7 so who knows if I would have seen it. While I want 4g my battery wants it more.
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So how's CM7? Been thinking about jumping the broom but with 4G so close, I want to be able to use it when its available.
I was on 4g on 565 at about 6:45 today. Did a quick speed check before I lost it, 6444kbps down 13542kbps up.
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So how's CM7? Been thinking about jumping the broom but with 4G so close, I want to be able to use it when its available.
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Battery life is still pretty bad, but over everything is working. Even got 4g today as you can see from my post above.
I thought I read a while back where I65 an us hwy 31 was supposed to get 4G coverage. If so, that would pretty much cover Cullman city. where I live. Any else heard this?
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Yes Huntsville, AL will be getting 4G in about 30-45 days. So will decatur. Mobile and Montgomery already have it turned on. They have been testing the network in the are. My TB has been switching back and forth from 3-4g. I have customers come in the store asking this all week. It just around the corner!!!
Dang I keep missing the temporary 4G. Oh well I will be driving though Nashville soon, so I will get at for a little bit.
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Yes Huntsville, AL will be getting 4G in about 30-45 days. So will decatur. Mobile and Montgomery already have it turned on. They have been testing the network in the are. My TB has been switching back and forth from 3-4g. I have customers come in the store asking this all week. It just around the corner!!!
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WOOT WOOT!!!
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My LTE speeds have been greaaat and beasty lol How about yours?
Share with everyone you opinion on it and what yours is like in your area!
Nice to see if Verizon varies speeds according to city Lets go!
(Include City and State) ((Phone of course is the CHARGE))
Toledo, OHIO 43611 !
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My LTE speeds have been greaaat and beasty lol How about yours?
Share with everyone you opinion on it and what yours is like in your area!
Nice to see if Verizon varies speeds according to city Lets go!
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Toledo, OHIO 43611 !
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I get better MS but lower DL speeds, around 50 ms and 10mb/s which is odd since lower MS usually means better DL. I am in a 1 bar area though :]
Yes, ive did multiple tests on multiple apps and even the webpage, its all the same for me lol love it though. Movies in minutes... kind of lol
its pretty old, but this is about average for me here in L.A.
I usually get around 20down/6up... only my FiOS wifi beats this lol
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The best I've had in Columbia, TN is 26 mb/s
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Yes deff old dude lol update that asap but heck your ms is killing mine.
Ping differs for me its usually about 150-200, when i walk out onto the porch its 50 and 60.
ceredics said:
Yes deff old dude lol update that asap but heck your ms is killing mine.
Ping differs for me its usually about 150-200, when i walk out onto the porch its 50 and 60.
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lol yeah i'll update it sometime, I think I did that one outside so I'm sure that fudged the results a little... when i remember i'll do another test from inside my place
Cool, hey man thanks again for last night! (sounds bad haha)
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Cool, hey man thanks again for last night! (sounds bad haha)
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lol thats what we're here for, to help... i was new to this once too haha
I'm in Southern California. Anaheim to be exact.
And for the life of me and my Charge I can't get past 11 Mb/s Down
Anyone from Cali care to can share their speeds?
Mine is all over the map.
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Mine is all over the map.
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I wish I was an eagle so I could see that.
I'm right on the very edge of LTE at my house. If I literaly go a mile south, I drop to 3g.
This is what I get.
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I'm in Southern California. Anaheim to be exact.
And for the life of me and my Charge I can't get past 11 Mb/s Down
Anyone from Cali care to can share their speeds?
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I'm in Long Beach and I usually pull 18+ down and 5+ up
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I'm in Southern California. Anaheim to be exact.
And for the life of me and my Charge I can't get past 11 Mb/s Down
Anyone from Cali care to can share their speeds?
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I am in Fullerton, and I have the same problem. Usually 10-11 down, 4-5 up.
From buena park download is 14mb to upload is 5.46mb
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I guess it really does vary on place, Toledo is really small and im probably one of 5 people on the tower im pulling off of lol
Cali varies, like i said it varies everywhere ya know?
Metro Phoenix area and I get about 26/5. with average ping of 76ms.
It's weird, I'm in Denver, and if I use the denver server I get about 5dn and 3up, if I change the server to SLC it goes into the 15+ range.
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Does anyone has the old version of the T-Mobile Towers app?
The old app displayed a Google map of all the locations of T-Mobile's towers. But the last update just gives a registration screen and nothing else. I'm sorry I updated and didn't have a backup.
If someone could please post the old .apk file, I'd be grateful! Thanks!
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Does anyone has the old version of the T-Mobile Towers app?
The old app displayed a Google map of all the locations of T-Mobile's towers. But the last update just gives a registration screen and nothing else. I'm sorry I updated and didn't have a backup.
If someone could please post the old .apk file, I'd be grateful! Thanks!
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If you know which version number of the app it is you can get it from 4shared
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If you know which version number of the app it is you can get it from 4shared
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Did a search for "t-mobile towers", it's not there.
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Did a search for "t-mobile towers", it's not there.
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I noticed that after I posted this I never even new they had an app for that I wanna check it out but whats the problem with the update you have to now make a account to use it now is it free to do so
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I noticed that after I posted this I never even new they had an app for that I wanna check it out but whats the problem with the update you have to now make a account to use it now is it free to do so
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Because the previous version of the app gave me the same functionality but I didn't have to register to receive spam.
You might want to give OpenSignalMaps a try if you don't like tmobile's newest version.
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You might want to give OpenSignalMaps a try if you don't like tmobile's newest version.
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Thank you, I looked at that app and it is useful.
I still would like the old version of T-Mobile Towers, though.
I found version 1.0.4 Do you know which version you have or are looking for specifically?
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I found version 1.0.4 Do you know which version you have or are looking for specifically?
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I have v 1.2.2, v1.0.4 is what I am looking for! Can you post the .apk?
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http://db.tt/9RIpx0rH Ta da.
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Thank you thank you thank you
Happy to help. Never heard of it before you asked for it . Actually depressing to see how many towers in my area and how sorry of a signal I get most of the time.
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I wonder if the old version isn't pulling from the most recent database. I wonder because several new towers have gone online in the last few months that aren't shown in this app.
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I've been on tmo for years now and had never even heard of the towers app lol. Now I'm curious
I've always used that other app and a gsm signal monitor app
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I wonder if the old version isn't pulling from the most recent database. I wonder because several new towers have gone online in the last few months that aren't shown in this app.
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Makes no sense to maintain two databases. I'd bet their database is out of date.
You can search the app's database here:
http://www.t-mobiletowers.com/Default.aspx
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Makes no sense to maintain two databases. I'd bet their database is out of date.
You can search the app's database here:
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Hmm, it shows the same thing... if that database were right, I'd have almost no signal in several places I have GREAT signal... I wonder if maybe it only shows T-Mobile owned towers and not towers that have been leased from other companies?
There is a tower right behind my school and still no service in there. I live 1 minute away walking from school and I get full bars at home. Do they have emp's in school?
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moeahmad1995 said:
There is a tower right behind my school and still no service in there. I live 1 minute away walking from school and I get full bars at home. Do they have emp's in school?
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2 issues to consider ... First that tower may not have t-mobile service on it. The second is, apparently if you're at ground level below a tower you supposedly don't get good signal because it transmits outwardly not straight down... I don't know if that's true but it's a line we gave customers when I worked at T-Mobile LOL...
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The second is, apparently if you're at ground level below a tower you supposedly don't get good signal because it transmits outwardly not straight down... I don't know if that's true but it's a line we gave customers when I worked at T-Mobile LOL...
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It's true. It doesn't transmit straight down for safety reasons - you don't want people in the immediate vicinity getting slammed with full-power RF. Might get everyone sterile.
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2 issues to consider ... First that tower may not have t-mobile service on it. The second is, apparently if you're at ground level below a tower you supposedly don't get good signal because it transmits outwardly not straight down... I don't know if that's true but it's a line we gave customers when I worked at T-Mobile LOL...
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All antennas are directed at a slight angle going otherwise they would be going straight out which would give a lot more customers near the tower no signal, or point it further down which would drop the overall coverage of the tower.
Also noted not all towers have a high speed backbone even if the antenna might be 4G compatible. A lot of small towns don't have affordable fiber yet so they are running off of old t1's still
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Is there a way to remove the incessant "traffic reminder" in MIUI v4 2.11.9? I have unlimited data, so I set about to use as much bandwidth as possible, therefore I don't need a reminder every time I download something. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
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Is there a way to remove the incessant "traffic reminder" in MIUI v4 2.11.9? I have unlimited data, so I set about to use as much bandwidth as possible, therefore I don't need a reminder every time I download something. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
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Have a look in Download app there is a setting in there to turn it off.
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Have a look in Download app there is a setting in there to turn it off.
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I bow to your MIUI wisdom! Thank you so much!
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I bow to your MIUI wisdom! Thank you so much!
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:laugh: np dude.
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:laugh: np dude.
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While we're on the MIUI topic, do you know if there is an issue with GPS, and if possible a fix? I find that it picks up rather slow, if at all, on this ROM versus other ROMs. I was able to get it to work on TeleNAV GPS Navigator and it claimed "weak signal", while Google Maps just wouldn't find the signal.
Also, I'm fairly new to posting, should I have started a new thread or is too many [Q] threads frowned upon?
Have you tried gps fix app? Sometimes they help, sometimes.
As for your second question it's better you did it here.
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While we're on the MIUI topic, do you know if there is an issue with GPS, and if possible a fix? I find that it picks up rather slow, if at all, on this ROM versus other ROMs. I was able to get it to work on TeleNAV GPS Navigator and it claimed "weak signal", while Google Maps just wouldn't find the signal.
Also, I'm fairly new to posting, should I have started a new thread or is too many [Q] threads frowned upon?
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Download gapps for CM9 and its NetworkLocation.apk that needs replacing but should be safe flashing the whole thing.
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Download gapps for CM9 and its NetworkLocation.apk that needs replacing but should be safe flashing the whole thing.
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^---- Thanks for this, installing it now.
I saw a post on a MIUI forum that stated there was NO 4G coverage on the MIUI ROM. Is this statement incorrect? I noticed that I get H+ but I haven't tested the speeds. Additionally, I wouldn't know which speeds correspond to 4G and which are below it.
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^---- Thanks for this, installing it now.
I saw a post on a MIUI forum that stated there was NO 4G coverage on the MIUI ROM. Is this statement incorrect? I noticed that I get H+ but I haven't tested the speeds. Additionally, I wouldn't know which speeds correspond to 4G and which are below it.
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You don't have 4G you kinder was lie too lol.
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You don't have 4G you kinder was lie too lol.
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Ouch! That sucks, does that mean I need to use CM or AOKP (JB/ICS) for 4G (T-Mobile is my US provider)?
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Ouch! That sucks, does that mean I need to use CM or AOKP (JB/ICS) for 4G (T-Mobile is my US provider)?
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My understanding of it that real 4G is LTE over there but the phone don't have that but something close to it.
I get 30 Mbps download on hspa+ if you are getting anything over 15 Mbps T-Mobile considers that "4g". The h+ sign means T-Mobile "4g" or at least it used to
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I get 30 Mbps download on hspa+ if you are getting anything over 15 Mbps T-Mobile considers that "4g". The h+ sign means T-Mobile "4g" or at least it used to
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best I get in the uk is 3mb lol
I have a very strange situation....
Today, out of nowhere, my Shield started getting a linkspeed of 300mbps. This is very odd when my internet through 702 only allows up to 30mbps. So, I went to speedtest.net on Shield and tested it...I was getting 90mb or more downloads speed with 80mb or so upload! Not only that but my ping was 3ms and it was coming out of San Jose Californina. I live in North Dakota. I don't even know how it would be possible to share network speed like that wirelessly. I have pictures below to try and prove it... I know I'm new here on XDA but I swear on everything I know and am, this is the damned truth!! It's kinda freaking me out, but, I can't say I don't like having fast as hell internet.
Something else I noticed is Nvidia HQ is based in that area. Could it be possible they messed with me?? Can anyone offer an explanation?
As of this moment I'm still getting 243mbps down. Wtf?
Well the high link speed you are seeing should be your connection speed with your router I'm pretty sure.
I'm not exactly sure what to say about the speedtest though I never really had any issues with its accuracy. You could try comcast's speedtest and see how it compares.
were you using speedtest mini?
I used the speed test.net site itself and it always has been accurate for me. On my PC my speed comes to 28mb down which is correct, but 90mb? That's crazy. I'll try a few others
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Just tried Comcast's speed test...84 down and around 80 up! Jeez. I tried the same test with the server set to MN too and I still got about 50 down, still way over my range...
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I'll also add that is hasn't sat at 300 this whole time, it sometimes goes back to a more correct 24mbps, but its been 300 pretty frequently... This is the most confusing thing I've ever heard of
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Why not try downloading a big file, like a driver from nvidia. They have fast connections and big files. Then you'd know how fast you are really able to pull a file.
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Why not try downloading a big file, like a driver from nvidia. They have fast connections and big files. Then you'd know how fast you are really able to pull a file.
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Hmm..just did this and it did seem pretty normal. Must be a bug reporting wrong link speed? I also still think its strange speed test.net put my server in California, it always gets it right and puts me in ND.
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Does the shield have a special browser that maybe compresses the sites at a remote destination first? And the speedtest has been between that server and the one in CA?
I don't think your ISP central is halfway across the states
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Does the shield have a special browser that maybe compresses the sites at a remote destination first? And the speedtest has been between that server and the one in CA?
I don't think your ISP central is halfway across the states
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Android has a speedtest.net app
I just noticed that the speed tests are from a web browse.
I can't get it working in a browser.
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Does the shield have a special browser that maybe compresses the sites at a remote destination first? And the speedtest has been between that server and the one in CA?
I don't think your ISP central is halfway across the states
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Yeah I suppose it could be the browser, but not sure which other one to use. I'm using photon something or other.
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Android has a speedtest.net app
I just noticed that the speed tests are from a web browse.
I can't get it working in a browser.
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Yeah it doesn't work unless the browser is flash supported. So I use photon something browser from the play store
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I am installing flash and will check that out.
Never mind still wont work...
How about you try the speedtest.net android app?
Well I tried it but it gave me wildly different readings, one minute it would be 15mb down and 30mb up (which was very strange) and then it would be 5mb down and 22mb up. I just discounted it as inaccurate I guess... You have luck with that app?
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Yes i do. The reason I asked about speedtest.net mini is in one my not thinking minutes I set it up on a LAN webserver and ran a speed test......lets just say I got really really good speeds. (that were over the LAN)
This could be some sort of buffering build onto SHIELD to allow streaming which resulted Speedtets.net reading to jump all over the place. Try my S4 and SHIELD speedtest.net over WIFI. S4 results are consistent. While SHIELD can report 2 to 4 times of speed.
The 300Mbit connection you see in the wifi settings is your connection speed to your router, not to the internet
EDIT: Also, you can take a screenshot on Shield by holding the center shield button and the volume button together for a couple seconds.
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This could be some sort of buffering build onto SHIELD to allow streaming which resulted Speedtets.net reading to jump all over the place. Try my S4 and SHIELD speedtest.net over WIFI. S4 results are consistent. While SHIELD can report 2 to 4 times of speed.
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Interesting, well that must be it. Thanks for taking the time to check it out
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The 300Mbit connection you see in the wifi settings is your connection speed to your router, not to the internet
EDIT: Also, you can take a screenshot on Shield by holding the center shield button and the volume button together for a couple seconds.
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Well that's what I thought at first, but as I said in one of the other posts it sometimes goes back to normal(24mbps speed). Also, thanks for the screenshot tip on Shield! Did not know that
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This could be some sort of buffering build onto SHIELD to allow streaming which resulted Speedtets.net reading to jump all over the place. Try my S4 and SHIELD speedtest.net over WIFI. S4 results are consistent. While SHIELD can report 2 to 4 times of speed.
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I think it is something else...
Speed test from pc.
speedtest from shield emailed to me so i can post it.
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I noticed that speedtest location and distance (for Boise) and WTF i am no where that close to boise 289.2 mi...Oregon is 501.5 mi..
chevyowner said:
I think it is something else...
Speed test from pc.
speedtest from shield emailed to me so i can post it.
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I noticed that speedtest location and distance (for Boise) and WTF i am no where that close to boise 289.2 mi...Oregon is 501.5 mi..
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Oh yeah, the location info is also wrong while doing the speedtest for Shield, i had to set it to fix location
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I think it is something else...
Speed test from pc.
speedtest from shield emailed to me so i can post it.
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I noticed that speedtest location and distance (for Boise) and WTF i am no where that close to boise 289.2 mi...Oregon is 501.5 mi..
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I noticed this too but I wonder if there's any reason I would have a better ping coming from California than my own state on Shield?
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