I recently upgraded to DCD 3.2.6 and Radio 3.35.04
I've noticed horribly slow internet, especially when tethering. We're talking dial-up speeds OR WORSE!
I've also noticed that the tethering seems to disconnect VERY frequently from the computer. 2-3 times in a 30 second period sometimes!
I'm on vacation and am trying to use my computer and phone to plan activities but it's so slow it's useless and worse is making my girlfriend irrate! Any ideas? Suggestions? Tweaks?
Thanks! This is driving me crazy!
PS - My computer is running Vista... but it used to be great.
who is your service provider? it could be a bad cell tower spot you are in, go into settings>>>phone>>services>>>mode of operation>>>get settings>>> and select EVDO only, this may help lock it into higher speed service, just remember to put it back into hybrid when u start travelling so it will switch towers freely...also upgrade your radio to the same one listed in my signature
Tried...
I change the mode to EVDO only but it doesn't seem to have helped. I also ran a *228 as well, just in case I wasn't getting the right towers. I'm using Verizon Wireless.
Still dog slow.
I can't upgrade the radio at the moment - as I in Las Vegas and only have my Vista laptop with me.
Although... I DO have a 2MB SD Card with me... but I've never upgraded from a card before... just from a USB connection.
Try changing the DNS servers. I had a huge difference in speed after I changed my DNS servers from Sprint's to OpenDNS.
https://www.opendns.com/smb/start/device/windows-mobile-5-pocketpc
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VZW xv6800
Loader: 2.40
Radio: 3.39.10
ROM: DCD 3.1.2
I see lots of discussion concerning GPS and Bluetooth (BTW the 3.39.10 GPS aq. speed is awesome) but not so much about Data Connection. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right place or using the right search terms.
Not sure if I’m putting this in the right forum, but this seems to be upgrade related, and quite honestly, the caliber of posts here seems a bit higher than in the general Titan forum.
Since upgrade my Data Conn speed is a whopping 150Kb/sec. Ugh. I have tried it tethered, Bluetooth, PDANet, PAN, indoors and out. Even tested IE Mobile to http://text.dslreports.com/mspeed . Never got much above 150Kb/sec. I typically got ~600Kb/sec before I upgraded my radio.
Maybe I’m having a bad air week and pushing a low DRC, I’ll continue to test, but my question is this;
For the purposes of troubleshooting/testing, how can I tell if I’m getting an EVDO Rev A connection (I know it is available here)? Is there a way to turn off Rev A and force a 1X connection or vice-versa?
Anyone else having problems with Data Conn. Speed? I use this fairly frequently and while I am just euphoric over the GPS, I may run into a serious dilemma when professional stress demands a faster connection.
You have rev A. As for the data speeds hmm- is you phone possibly set to 1X only? To check go the the phone settings menu and under the 2nd tab it says Mode of Operation, click that
Was set to hybrid.
I tried with EVDO only. 177Kb/sec
1X gave 121Kb/sec.
Have set it back to Hybrid, icon shows 'Ev', but still not sure if it is Rev A.
Signal is strong, would hate to have to roll back to stock just to test if the problem is with the Radio. What speeds are others getting with Radio 3.39.10?
Edit- What I am thinking is that I am getting a Rev A signal and maybe it is more sensitive to SNR and dropping my rate. Thus I want to turn off Rev A to test. Then again, maybe I just don't know what I am talking about.
check your EPST settings. if RevA is ENABLED, change it to DISABLED. its a misnomer.
No such entry in EPST.
Also,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=394977&page=2
Been there, done that.
Thanks for trying.
Tried both with same speeds
Just tried both settings and the speed tests had the same results.
I'm using Radio 3.39.10 and Rom3.39.10(Sprint), have the option to enable/disable Rev-A but my speed is still 419.40 kbps. no matter which settings I choose.
what location are you in?
are u sure its one of the locations that has reva?
what radio did you have before you updated to 3.39? did you let customizations run?
I upgraded for the first time about a week ago. I initially went to Radio 3.37 and ROM DCD 3.1.2 and the VZW CAB using the SD card method. Customizations ran after the DCD ROM flash. Everything works seemingly well, other than the slow Data Connection. Yesterday I flashed to the 3.39 Radio. GPS Acquisition went from 60+ sec to < 10 sec. No change on the Data Conn.
With Stock Radio I typically received at 600Kb. Now it is 150-170Kb.
I’m in the SFO bay area, but beginning to think that Rev A is a red herring. Don’t really know much about how Rev A works, but after reading a great deal about it, connecting to a Rev A equipped station should with or without a Rev A equipped mobile should not affect the connection speed adversely. One either has a strong and clear enough signal for the higher speeds or one does not. I am connecting via EVDO, just getting really slow speed for no apparent reason.
Tigueraje reports speeds of 419.40kbps with Ev or 1x. Wish I could get even that. BTW, 1x should not go that high, so was probably connecting to Ev both times. If you truly want to check your 1x speed, try a soft reset, or at least stop and start the data conn after changing.
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Thanks, I'll look into that. Hope this is safe to do on a VZW phone. My PRI Version is 1.35_002 and my GPS is rockin', but I will proceed carefully.
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Thanks, I'll look into that. Hope this is safe to do on a VZW phone. My PRI Version is 1.35_002 and my GPS is rockin', but I will proceed carefully.
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i cant say that its safe on vzw. that post on ppcgeeks was a telus user...
sorry if i was misleading in my last post, i thought the OP was telus.
I haven’t done anything yet. After a rush to upgrade the Titan when I first got it, and many problems afterward, I have been proceeding very cautiously. I’m not confident that the PRI update will address my issue.
I just talked to a co-worker on VZW with a Treo 700wx. He is also having problems with Data Conn speed in my area. So, I think this is just coincidental to my upgrade. I will keep tabs on it, and if I can get down to Campbell this week (a verified strong Rev A area) I will test there.
Still curious about what speeds others are seeing with the 3.39 Radio. Anyone confirm Rev A (anything over 1024Kb/sec)? On VZW?
Alltel user here, just flashed to Radio 3.39 and have gotten two different download speeds of 1045.
Thanks for the info.
Just tested in San Jose, Ca (about 15 miles from Home) and got 927Kbps. Problem must be with the tower near home and coincidental to my upgrade.
927 0.204s (1024k) myvzw.com Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.11) 320x320; VZW; UTStar-XV6800; Window Mobile 6.1 Professional;
To clarify REV-0 VS REV-A
The download speeds you see when looking at EVDO will not be majorly different, it is the upload speeds that REV-A is most meant to address. REV-0 theoritical download speed is 2.4 mbps, and upload is 153.6kbps and this is shared bandwidth. REV-A is 3.5 down and 1.8mbps up. A DOM module will take from 1 to 4 T1s in and at the moment most VZW sites are running only 1 and some are running 2, so with a max BW of 1.54 mbps on a T1, you will not ever see the max download speeds of REV-A until 3 T1s or more are at the site, and like I said it is the upload that will be most different.
I just upgraded my Sprint Mogul to WM6.1 from WM6. Prior to the update my phone worked great. Now, it roams all the time so I can't make (receive?) phone calls. I also connect at lower than EDVO a lot. What happened? What can I do to fix this?
Also, are there extra charges to use the phone service when it is roaming? How does that work and how much does it cost?
Thanks in advance guys!
I was having the same problem. I updated my PRL to the most recent and have had MUCH better signal.
I have the same problem too... I am not sure what is going on.. My phone keeps dropping down to 1X even though I have all 5 bars. Please help someone!!! I have tried pretty much every PRL since 60611 and also done a PRI update to 2.04... Can one of the experts please help here! I reflashed a dcd rom and have tried Radio 3.42.08 and 3.42.30.... But nothing seems to be helping.
Bump! Urgently need a reply to this...
I'll keep an eye on my network indicator, but I haven't had any major issues with making/receiving calls yet...
But I do know this latest Sprint rom seems to be ridiculously slow for me in the typing aspect...
Otter said:
I'll keep an eye on my network indicator, but I haven't had any major issues with making/receiving calls yet...
But I do know this latest Sprint rom seems to be ridiculously slow for me in the typing aspect...
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I think I have a theory about this.. I have a feeling that somehow the phone ends up roaming onto Verizon's network but the phone does not know that its roaming so it does not try to switch to another tower. Since it gets a better signal it just keeps to the tower its connected to. I know there is a HomeID that is specified in the Phone's programming but its 0/0 for me on Sprint. Could that be an issue?
I also recently upgraded to wm6.1 i noticed once i upgraded my EVDO bars were going up and down like crazy. while in 1x it's all the bars. can't figure it out. seems to work better in 1x than in evdo.
Hey guys I am loving my atrix so far, I upgraded from an HTC Evo. I am having one weird problem and I haven't seen anyone else post a similar issue. I connect to my wifi network fine. It uses WEP encryption and it's the standard FIOS router that verizon supplies. I never drop connection but when I download from the market it takes unusually long as if it isn't using my fast wifi connection. My GF who has the nexus s is connected to my network also downloads much faster off of the android market. It feels as if even though the atrix says I'm connected to my wifi network it is still using the 3g data speeds. I tested it with speedtest and i get 16000kbps down and 7000kbps up. It sure doesn't feel like it though. Anyone else having this same issue???
I am having this exact same issue! FIOS, Verizon's default router, WEP encryption, and the speeds are slow only in the Market.
I wonder what the problem is...
I just tried WPA2 encryption. Same exact problem. I'm getting speeds of around 250 kb/s, even though the speedtest.net app shows me getting around 2.5 mb/s.
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I just tried WPA2 encryption. Same exact problem. I'm getting speeds of around 250 kb/s, even though the speedtest.net app shows me getting around 2.5 mb/s.
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That is my exact problem also. I wonder what is going on here.
I still haven't done anything to the phone like rooting it, so that can't be the issue.
Somebody did suggest I try changing the radio channel on my wifi router to 6 and 11, which did nothing to help the speeds.
It's strange that this is ONLY happening with the Market. Anything else internet-based works at regular speeds.
I wonder if this is only an issue with FIOS, or with the standard Verizon router? I'll be able to try out other wifi networks tomorrow.
Just curious, but have either of you with issues tried to push an app to your phone from the market website? It probably won't help, but worth a look.
Nope, just as slow as from the Market app.
Man, I have like 60+ apps to put on my Atrix. It'll take me hours to put it all back with these speeds. :\
Here's another problem: even on 4G, with a full signal, I load webpages with flash elements in seconds, but I download apps just as slowly as I do on wifi. It's like my Atrix is deliberately being capped, and ONLY with downloading apps, no matter what type of data connection I'm on.
If you use a different wireless network (something open and public) does the speed still seem slow?
Yes. 3G, 4G, wifi, it's always capped to around the same speed.
and again, it's ONLY downloading apps from the market. Absolutely nothing else.
Bandwidth usage while downloading a package from the market.
Bandwidth usage while streaming from youtube.
Monitoring done from my wireless router.
Did a bit of testing. Maybe some others can do the same to verify. I need to get ahold of my ISP because I am not getting my advertised speeds but download speeds from my computers were higher than my phone. I downloaded Astro File Manager and downloaded a .zip archive to the phone as well. Speeds did not seem throttled like they did when downloading from the market.
Just received the monster, same issue here!!
Using it in Germany. Very slow speed on my Wlan, sucks. I'll be anxiously following any news.
Could Google have purposely done this to the market?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11760852&postcount=7
someone try this and see if it works?
...actually, couldn't somebody just remove their SIM card and connect to the market with wifi? I've got a full body case with a screen protector on mine that I don't wanna screw up, but could somebody try that?
EDIT: Yeah, that didn't work.
Well just went back to ATT and got an exchange hoping that I just got a bum unit. Unfortunately same problem. On top of that I have noticed that my 3g data speeds are even slower now!! Speedtest will yield 500kbps down and 50kbps up WTF!!!
Replace it again. It's another defective unit. I've asked a bunch of people, and that's definitely the case.
Great. I checked the manufactured date on the phone in the store. 1/11/2011.
It was defective. Damn it.
So I'm basically playing roulette each time I exchange the phone.
I wish a firmware upgrade would fix the issues. I am in the same hell.
For the past couple days, I've been having very poor 3g speeds, less than 150kbps. I have tried calling Sprint and they just say it's not on their part. I've done a profile update, switched EVDO to automatic instead of CDMA, cleared the proxies, and a data restore. Am I missing something and is anyone else having this problem? Is there anything I can do to fix this?
join the club
i normally get slow speed as well
I was getting .5-1.5 mbps a week or two ago, what speeds are you looking at?
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I was getting .5-1.5 mbps a week or two ago, what speeds are you looking at?
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around .5 at BEST
4G speeds are good though
Yeah, that's pretty good compared to what I get. Maybe it will work itself out in a few days
I never had a problem in my area up until recently. Absolutely awful 3G speeds. Once I start getting further out of the cities it will get better but yea they have been horrible. I use wi-fi at the house so it doesn't affect me too much at home. Use to always get 700+kbps no problem and now I get awful ping times 600+ and horrible speeds most the time. I think ever since the evo came out the network has been overcrowded. Now that Sprint is the only unlimited data provider left I'm sure we have all the bandwidth hogs on the network which isn't helping.
Nothing you can do about it, I have tried everything as well. Removed proxies, data profile updates, restores whatever. Nothing helps
OK guys, you are being pushed through Sprint Proxies when using their interbutts. It lets them watch all your internet usage and really slows it down
If you are rooted grab MSL Reader from the app store, or if not rooted call Sprint and tell them you want your MSL code for your records in case something happens.
go to the dialer and type in ##3282# which will bring up the EPST. Choose Edit Mode and enter your MSL. now go to Advanced and scroll to the bottom. The last four are where your data is routed through. Change them to either 0 or 0.0.0.0 depending if they are ports or IPs.
You will need to do this everytime you update your PRL, firmware, etc
Hello everyone,
I just recently received a sprint airave, free of charge. I don't necessarily need it...and the story of how why they sent it is a long one. Anyway, I usually get 25 up and 4-5 mps down with my ISP. I just moved and love the speed compared to my old ISP. I don't want to sacrifice any speed. So my question is, will the sprint airave reduce my downloads or uploads? Is there a certain way to install it to prevent any reduction in speed?
Thanks
No, it does not effect your speeds, even if it does, you wouldn't even notice it. I have an Airrave from sprint, but in my opinion it is not that great, sometimes it does not play well with HTC phones. Every once in a while you will have to tell sprint to reset it to work properly.
Hope that summary gave you the answer you were looking for.
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I set one up at our office at work. I think it works very well. Only problem I have with it I will set certain sprint #'s to access it but if I ever reset it some #'s I put in will just vanish off and I have to go in and redo it. I just recently set it to accept all phones cause I was sick of updating the listing. Also will have issues with hand-offs sometimes from the device to the tower it can dump the call.
They tell you to put the device in front of the modem so it is in charge of your network. That wasn't gonna happen with me, it works just fine behind a router I just have QOS enabled for it & some vonage boxes it works just find. I can't tell that it uses any bandwidth then again we have a 40/5 connection so there is plenty to go around. It will increase your 3G speeds a lot but I still use wi-fi. One of our guys has a pixie which doesn't have wi-fi so the repeater is great for that. As long as you have a decent connection your never gonna notice a difference.
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I set one up at our office at work. I think it works very well. Only problem I have with it I will set certain sprint #'s to access it but if I ever reset it some #'s I put in will just vanish off and I have to go in and redo it. I just recently set it to accept all phones cause I was sick of updating the listing. Also will have issues with hand-offs sometimes from the device to the tower it can dump the call.
They tell you to put the device in front of the modem so it is in charge of your network. That wasn't gonna happen with me, it works just fine behind a router I just have QOS enabled for it & some vonage boxes it works just find. I can't tell that it uses any bandwidth then again we have a 40/5 connection so there is plenty to go around. It will increase your 3G speeds a lot but I still use wi-fi. One of our guys has a pixie which doesn't have wi-fi so the repeater is great for that. As long as you have a decent connection your never gonna notice a difference.
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If im remembering right, there are some pretty complicated issues with handoff between cell towers and femtocells (like the airave)
Sometimes you will have to dial "*99" in order to find out if you are the airave or tower. Hope you have better luck.
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