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3g speeds?

so just curious what everyone gets in terms of data speeds on att in 3g areas
just tested while tethering at speedtest.net and only got 1.03 mbps
and im right outside DC so i thought i should be getting a little more then that?

that's not bad. I believe this has been covered before. I'm getting anywhere between 0.3-1.2

i can get between 2-3 Mbps in and outside of the city

what radio are you on??

maxed out @ 1.6 in houston, tx

Captivate already has hsUpa enabled?

I look at phone status it says hsdpa some times and hspa the other half which I'm assuming means hsdpa and hsupa? Not sure if this means anything.
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Can you provide a screenshot of when this happens and run a speedtest and tell us your results? This would be very helpful as many of us, at least myself, do not believe I have HSUPA enabled.

mine is sitting on HSDPA right now... while i'm sitting in bed.

HSUPA is either disabled in firmware or AT&T is actively restict the upload speed for Captivate. Anyway I have never seen my upload speed higher than 300 to 400 kbps. If you have HDUPA enabled, you should see 1mbps upload speed as my friend's iPhone4 can consistently demostrate.
HSDPA is for download speed. If you get download speed over 500kbps, you have HSDPA. Mine can often get to 1 to 3 mbps.
HSUPA is for upload speed.

Yes, HSPA is NOT HSUPA.

foxbat121 said:
HSUPA is either disabled in firmware or AT&T is actively restict the upload speed for Captivate. Anyway I have never seen my upload speed higher than 300 to 400 kbps. If you have HDUPA enabled, you should see 1mbps upload speed as my friend's iPhone4 can consistently demostrate.
HSDPA is for download speed. If you get download speed over 500kbps, you have HSDPA. Mine can often get to 1 to 3 mbps.
HSUPA is for upload speed.
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thanks for clearing that up... after i posted i did some research on the d and the u... then felt like a moron.. ohh well we only live once.

How can you check what your download speeds are? What app do I use or is it already in the phone?

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How can you check what your download speeds are? What app do I use or is it already in the phone?
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I like Speedtest from the market. Its pretty solid. or you can go to m.dslreports.com/speedtest from the browser (use the iphone speedtest there).

Well hspa is high speed packet access which can refer to up and down link, how do I screen cap. Or do I need an app for that
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I used speddtest and got 1.4 megs download so I guess I'm running HSDPA also

rsx19 said:
Well hspa is high speed packet access which can refer to up and down link, how do I screen cap. Or do I need an app for that
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you have to root the phone before you can screen cap.
There is really no need to post any screen cap. Download the speedtest app from market and report your results.

The Cap has HSDPA, but not HSUPA. Do some looking on this forum you'll see where others have analyzed the modem.bin file from the Captivate vs the one from the Vibrant. All of the HSUPA stuff has been removed from the Captivate version. You can get HSUPA on the phone by flashing the I9000 modem file to the Captivate. Data works great, people were regularly getting 1.2Mbps upload. But they had no voice out on telephone calls so it was worthless. Same with the Vibrant modem file. Also, those only supported 1900MHz, not 850/1900 MHz, so if you are in an area where you have 850MHz 3G it wouldnt work at all.
Its been clearly established there is no HSUPA on the phone, AT&T has completely removed it from the software (although the hardware does support it). The last hope is when Rogers Canada gets their version of the Captivate, if they leave HSUPA enabled, that modem.bin file may work on our AT&T Captivates properly since they use an extremely similar network and the its a Captivate, not a Vibrant or I9000. When I said HSPA is NOT HSUPA I meant that just because you see HSPA in one of the menu settings in the phone that is not HSUPA.

Does Nexus S support HSPA+?

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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T-Mobile bad LTE signal and data speeds

I live in dallas,Texas and I get 15mbps average and 35 max....I've seen higher than that. Could it be my Sim card? And also I get 3g or hspa+ at home with two bars and LTE no bars with 119dbm... Its decent speeds but I see people in Dallas getting 70 Mbps in my area and just 5 miles north with 20+20mhz LTE they get like 100+
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DyslexicTurtle said:
I live in dallas,Texas and I get 15mbps average and 35 max....I've seen higher than that. Could it be my Sim card? And also I get 3g or hspa+ at home with two bars and LTE no bars with 119dbm... Its decent speeds but I see people in Dallas getting 70 Mbps in my area and just 5 miles north with 20+20mhz LTE they get like 100+
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your lte speeds are very normal. just because a very few are around towers that have higher speeds doesnt mean that your towers are the same. most tmobile towers produce a theoretical speeds of up to 42mbps, and a very few produce higher speeds.yours are where the speeds should be.

OK what about my house I have pretty bad signal...also when my friend on an lg g2 on tmobile will have five bars and I will have 2 weird right @simms22
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DyslexicTurtle said:
I live in dallas,Texas and I get 15mbps average and 35 max....I've seen higher than that. Could it be my Sim card? And also I get 3g or hspa+ at home with two bars and LTE no bars with 119dbm... Its decent speeds but I see people in Dallas getting 70 Mbps in my area and just 5 miles north with 20+20mhz LTE they get like 100+
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That's far from terrible, and pretty typical for many areas. All carriers have spots where the coverage is spotty, and that's not even spotty since you still get good 3G reception. A few miles can make a big difference.

simms22 said:
your lte speeds are very normal. just because a very few are around towers that have higher speeds doesnt mean that your towers are the same. most tmobile towers produce a theoretical speeds of up to 42mbps, and a very few produce higher speeds.yours are where the speeds should be.
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Simms, correct me if I'm wrong, but 42mbps would apply to HSPA+, not LTE, right? You're talking about theoretical max, and LTE is WAY higher than 42mbps max. LTE has a theoretical 100mbit down, 50mbps up max. And that's just your standard 20mhz, plain LTE, non-enhanced.

DyslexicTurtle said:
OK what about my house I have pretty bad signal...also when my friend on an lg g2 on tmobile will have five bars and I will have 2 weird right @simms22
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na, not weird. those bars are far from accurate when it comes to data speed. i can have 0 bars and get 30mbps downloads or i can have 4 bars while only getting 10mbps download speeds. those bars arent for data anyways, they are for your phone reception. and the antenna on the n5 is smaller than on the g2.
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Simms, correct me if I'm wrong, but 42mbps would apply to HSPA+, not LTE, right? You're talking about theoretical max, and LTE is WAY higher than 42mbps max. LTE has a theoretical 100mbit down, 50mbps up max. And that's just your standard 20mhz, plain LTE, non-enhanced.
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tmobile lte is at 42mbps, except those few places that are testing the next phase of tmobile lte, which is 72mbps(i believe). and i know they are testing in parts of dallas.

simms22 said:
your lte speeds are very normal. just because a very few are around towers that have higher speeds doesnt mean that your towers are the same. most tmobile towers produce a theoretical speeds of up to 42mbps, and a very few produce higher speeds.yours are where the speeds should be.
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simms22 said:
na, not weird. those bars are far from accurate when it comes to data speed. i can have 0 bars and get 30mbps downloads or i can have 4 bars while only getting 10mbps download speeds. those bars arent for data anyways, they are for your phone reception. and the antenna on the n5 is smaller than on the g2.
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tmobile lte is at 42mbps, except those few places that are testing the next phase of tmobile lte, which is 72mbps(i believe). and i know they are testing in parts of dallas.
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Do you have some documentation on that? Not saying I don't believe you (and I've never gotten 42mbps), but I'm just curious. Because from what I've seen, even the most basic 4G LTE is supposed to be capable of 100mbps theoretically (though usually they wont let it).
Thanks. Also good to see you're still around here. I remember you and m0rfic from back in the Nexus S days. I still have mine, sitting in a drawer. It's a POS now compared to current phones. But those were the days....

nickmv said:
Do you have some documentation on that? Not saying I don't believe you (and I've never gotten 42mbps), but I'm just curious. Because from what I've seen, even the most basic 4G LTE is supposed to be capable of 100mbps theoretically (though usually they wont let it).
Thanks. Also good to see you're still around here. I remember you and m0rfic from back in the Nexus S days. I still have mine, sitting in a drawer. It's a POS now compared to current phones. But those were the days....
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no, i dont have documentation, but im sure a simple google search can find the info. of course 42mbps is theory, but ive hit 38mbps before. there is one tower in manhattan(since i live in nyc) where people regularly report speeds around 70mbps, one of the newer towers/technology being tested. and ive seen speed tests from it posted on xda.
yea, those were the days. i loved my ns!
even though it would never compare to my nexus 5. it was hurricane sandy that took it from me, washed it out to sea.
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nickmv said:
Do you have some documentation on that? Not saying I don't believe you (and I've never gotten 42mbps), but I'm just curious. Because from what I've seen, even the most basic 4G LTE is supposed to be capable of 100mbps theoretically (though usually they wont let it).
Thanks. Also good to see you're still around here. I remember you and m0rfic from back in the Nexus S days. I still have mine, sitting in a drawer. It's a POS now compared to current phones. But those were the days....
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i did just find this while doing a quick search.. http://www.tmonews.com/2013/12/t-mo...ot-to-be-coverage-coverage-and-more-coverage/
10+10 is the lte we are used to, where 20+20 would be the faster lte, like they said its being tested in dallas.
"If Tmo really wants to compete with the likes of AT&T and Verizon, it has to expand its LTE coverage. Now, we know it’s already in the works. T-Mobile’s 10+10 LTE network has reached almost all the major cities in the States. We heard that in the last conference call. T-Mobile is proud of its quick coverage rollout from 0 to over 205 million people in less than a year. 20+20 is starting to light up in a couple of locations (mainly Dallas, TX), making it even quicker. In those areas that have it, Tmo’s LTE is stupendously fast."
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simms22 said:
...there is one tower in manhattan... where people regularly report speeds around 70mbps...
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Where? I'd like to check it out.

PhilipTD said:
Where? I'd like to check it out.
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ive heard where, but dont remember. its around 72th street, i dont know which block.

T-mobile 5g with the S8

I will start off by saying I live in Seattle, the homeland for t-mobile. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing 5g actually being slower than 4g. Not just by feel, but by statistics and facts.
This is the case for me. Now I understand 5G is not global yet, but I think New York has it. I am getting about 21mbps download and 12 upload with 5g. On 4g, I am getting 41mbps down and about 12 up.
My Wifi at home gets 475mbps download, and 25 up. Anyone else experiencing this problem? Thanks.!

RobTegland said:
I will start off by saying I live in Seattle, the homeland for t-mobile. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing 5g actually being slower than 4g. Not just by feel, but by statistics and facts.
This is the case for me. Now I understand 5G is not global yet, but I think New York has it. I am getting about 21mbps download and 12 upload with 5g. On 4g, I am getting 41mbps down and about 12 up.
My Wifi at home gets 475mbps download, and 25 up. Anyone else experiencing this problem? Thanks.!
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I am getting very close speed to the LTE in upstate NY. Not sure if it is really 5G
Here is a screenshot with some of my results between LTE, 5G and WiFi

Here it is sorry

RobTegland said:
I will start off by saying I live in Seattle, the homeland for t-mobile. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing 5g actually being slower than 4g. Not just by feel, but by statistics and facts.
This is the case for me. Now I understand 5G is not global yet, but I think New York has it. I am getting about 21mbps download and 12 upload with 5g. On 4g, I am getting 41mbps down and about 12 up.
My Wifi at home gets 475mbps download, and 25 up. Anyone else experiencing this problem? Thanks.!
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Just got my OnePlus 8 Friday In Peoria just outside Phoenix and most of our cities are 5g tmo ready and getting the same have not had one test where 5g works faster then 4g..
I dont think it has anything to do with T mobile having its headquarters in Washington...
I think it was more John Legre blowing typical marketing smoke and some of us fell for it!

With full bars for me, I get 80+ mbps on 4G LTE and around 110 mbps with 5G. I live in Akron, Ohio. From what I've read, the (600 MHz sub-6) 5G that T-Mobile offers is more about coverage than it is speeds. mmWave is more for speed.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.androidcentral.com/best-carriers-5g?amp

TheKnux said:
With full bars for me, I get 80+ mbps on 4G LTE and around 110 mbps with 5G. I live in Akron, Ohio. From what I've read, the (600 MHz sub-6) 5G that T-Mobile offers is more about coverage than it is speeds. mmWave is more for speed.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.androidcentral.com/best-carriers-5g?amp
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Are you able to post your speeds?

I live in Boise Idaho and just got the OnePlus 8 yesterday. I ran speed tests on my OnePlus and the 5G seems to be anywhere between 30mbps-60mbps faster than my 4g LTE is ?* Don't pay attention to the first test. That was on the outskirts of my town and I only had barely any service, just wanted to test it to see with basically no service how fast it could go.

I work at a Tmobile store so I think I can help a bit but I’m not speaking for the company. So your phone is working fine Tmobile has 3 layers of 5G: Low band , Midband, And High band. Right now the current 5G that is available across the country is low band the speeds are slower but you have much better coverage, with the sprint merger they will next be rolling out the midband which will give you better speeds but not as great of coverage as the low band. Then they will roll out the high band which will be super fast but not very reliable (Verizon uses only high band and the signal can be easily blocked) right now in NYC they have working on all 3 layers at once and eventually that will expand. The benefit of being on the 5G network right now is that it separated from the LTE users so there is a lot less congestion.

I'm in Philadelphia, PA and my 5G seems way slower than any 4G ever was.

Also close, just north of Seattle. I'm on ATT MVNO Consumer Cellular now as their LTE speeds are better than T-Mobile around here.
I tried a Mint Mobile 250MB trial SIM and drove around testing. I was connecting to normal LTE bands (2, 4, 12, 66,.. Couldn't connect to tasty 71) running 5G protocol. I ran through the data quickly but speeds seemed to be on par with T-Mobile LTE. Cell speeds around here have always been pretty congested.
I can't get Consumer Cellular to connect to ATT 5G with ANY combination of settings but that could be maybe OP8 IMEI must be whitelisted with ATT (thought they just did that) or Consumer Cellular doesn't allow 5G even though an old site page says they will.
In the pic the 5G one is the only T-Mobile test I actually ran outside the Google speed test page. Red icon is using single connection (more realistic) and green is multi connection.
For now I guess ATT LTE still faster.
Also what is 5G Smart Switching (or whatever) in settings page?
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T&C said:
Are you able to post your speeds?
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Sorry, just saw this. Been hella busy working on the house while the government recharges all the birds. ? When I get to an area where I live that has all bars, I'll post the speeds on 5G and 4G for you. My buddy just switched from Sprint to AT&T (iPhone 11 Pro Max) and he hit 186Mbps. Irrelevant but just still BS.

We are just changing the protocol using existing radio bands. Near 200 Mbps is the speed of my Comcast WAN. Outside very large single file downloads what would you need higher for? Not scrapin' just curious.
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Having high download/upload speeds are nice especially if you stream games with your phone like I do. Regularly use Xbox Game Preview, GeForce NOW, and Stadia. Although I wish Google weren't such suckas and let you stream over LTE but hey, what can you do?

Here are my speeds taken directly after the 10.5.8 IN55CB update. 4G LTE, 5G, and WiFi.

Tmo speeds are abysmal in Dallas fort worth of anyone is wondering .
I'm talking much slower than lte, seriously around 15 to 27mbps if you're lucky. I only upgraded from the 7t for 5g and it's a joke.
Just FYI tmo says that's normal and to be expected too... ??

No I'm at anywhere from 45 to 70 mbs download and up to 40mbs up even with a vpn I. Seattle

Decent speed down at the Des Moines/Federal Way border. On 5G.

You guys are killing me! I'm an hour east of Atlanta. My LTE reads 16Mpbs and my 5g reads 31Mpbs. So it's definitely faster but waaaay behind you guys.

Great speed on 5 G. TMO added two more bands and it is blazing fast.

joshkelley said:
Decent speed down at the Des Moines/Federal Way border. On 5G.
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This is what I get on 5G with my OnePlus 8 on T-Mobile