Question 1 - Has anyone gotten HSPA speeds (up to 7.2 Mbps) on the Vibrant prior to JI5 firmware upgrade? I was consistently getting 800 down / 800 up on 3G, but after the JI5 upgrade last night, I tested using Speedtest.net app and I'm consistently getting 5.3 down / 1.3 up, which is a humongous improvement. Or is it just a coincidence that my local network got upgraded at the same time?
Question 2 - Now that my 3G speed is as good as WiFi (or better), does it make sense to continue using WiFi? I read that 3G drains more battery.. but I also read that WiFi gets disabled when the phone is sleeping. If that's the case, does that mean that most of 'standby' activity is done on 3G even if I have WiFi turned on?
Thanks in advance.
Allen K
5/1.3 mbps range on stock firmware JDF or whatever it was. Still the same on JI5
There's an option to keep Wifi on during sleep. I would always opt for wifi unless it's actually too slow to use. It's just more power efficient.
Thanks! I'll see if I can find the option to keep WiFi on during sleep. It always bothered me that it turns off.
Can't find that option anywhere...,
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Can't find that option anywhere...,
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It's nicely hidden..
Home Screen > Menu button > Settings > Wireless and Network > Wi-Fi Settings > Menu Button > Advanced > Wi-Fi Sleep Policy > Never
Thanks guys!
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It's nicely hidden..
Home Screen > Menu button > Settings > Wireless and Network > Wi-Fi Settings > Menu Button > Advanced > Wi-Fi Sleep Policy > Never
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Lol thanks!
I was getting Almost 4mbps down, and over 2mbps up with stock. I checked on - now - 3 phones (4 soon? lol) so the speed is quite consistent.
The funny thing is that this happens outside of the city where they say the HSPA+ actually is. If I check in the middle of the good city then the speeds are less than 1/3rd that.
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Question 1 - Has anyone gotten HSPA speeds (up to 7.2 Mbps) on the Vibrant prior to JI5 firmware upgrade? I was consistently getting 800 down / 800 up on 3G, but after the JI5 upgrade last night, I tested using Speedtest.net app and I'm consistently getting 5.3 down / 1.3 up, which is a humongous improvement. Or is it just a coincidence that my local network got upgraded at the same time?
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Yes. My T-Mo Vibrant (a Galaxy S phone ;-) has reached up to 6 Mbps download and 1.6 Mbps upload fairly consistently since day 1. Keep in mind that download/upload speed depend on many factors and vary, also HSPA may not be live in all market now.
After the upgrade, the phone continues to reach the same speeds, so I'd say that it's a luck of the draw, but it doesn't matter, what's important is that you're enjoying 5Mbps speeds now.
It could be that the upgrade optimized the HSPA implementation and under your circumstances, the phone was not able to reach that speed and now it ca,
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Question 2 - Now that my 3G speed is as good as WiFi (or better), does it make sense to continue using WiFi? I read that 3G drains more battery.. but I also read that WiFi gets disabled when the phone is sleeping. If that's the case, does that mean that most of 'standby' activity is done on 3G even if I have WiFi turned on?
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This is debatable and it probably depends on the chipset, architecture and software components of both 3G and WiFi. In some phones, some knowledgeable people claim that 3G uses more power than WiFi and Viceversa.
I have also heard some smart people claim that WiFi uses more power, but you are able to do more, due to higher download speeds, so you use it less, ergo extending battery life.
If you have WiFi, your experience will be better, with faster downloads, etc, as you will get much higher download speeds than 5Mbps.
The default WiFi policy is to disable WiFi during sleep, but that can be changed (advanced settings)
I keep WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G on all the time. Unplug the phone at 7 am and plug it back at 11 PM, and I have not had issues with the battery.
HTH
Luis
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It's nicely hidden..
Home Screen > Menu button > Settings > Wireless and Network > Wi-Fi Settings > Menu Button > Advanced > Wi-Fi Sleep Policy > Never
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I had been wondering about this myself. Thanks!
Stock rom and I can pull over 6 in a good coverage area. Unfortunately the good coverage area ends 3 blocks from my apartment.
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5/1.3 mbps range on stock firmware JDF or whatever it was. Still the same on JI5
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no JI5/////////////on wifi even higher!!
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800/800 sounds like regular T-Mobile HSPA. 5Mbps sounds like the HSPA network was upgraded for HSPA+, and of course everyone will see an increase in speed.
I live about 7 miles out of town here, and note the following:
In town with good signal, consitently 3-4m/1m at my house, lucky to get 200k/100k and usually kicked over to edge
After JI5 load last night, at the house I am 1.5/1 haven't gone into to town to test speeds with good signal.
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Anyone else experiencing slow wifi performance with the Galaxy S II?
Running the speedtest.net app against the same server with all the same settings, from my Nexus One I get 8100kbps down, 1100kbps up. On the Galaxy S II I get 1900kbps down, 1100kbps up. The phones were next to each other, and I ran the tests several times and always got very similar results.
Will be flashing with the latest firmware later today (currently it has the O2 firmware on) but just wondered if anyone else was seeing similar issues?
Strange you say that i keep getting max 1900 down on my mobile internet no matter where i go.
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You should read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056633 Maybe it helps
My Wifi super fast .
jje
I get
ping: 52 down:8099kbs up:734kbs on phone
ping: 45 down:11450kbs up:690kbs on laptop
so not much difference
ping 46ms, down 14585kbps, up 4807kbps
over wifi with one bar signal at other end of house.
On Virgin 50Mb service here, and didnt expect anything much more over my wifi.
Weird.
My wifi signal strength as reported by Wifi Analyzer is actually slightly better on the S II than it is on the Nexus One. The firmware update has made no difference to the performance I'm seeing.
Will try it on the work wifi network tomorrow and see if that shows any different behaviour...
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Weird.
My wifi signal strength as reported by Wifi Analyzer is actually slightly better on the S II than it is on the Nexus One. The firmware update has made no difference to the performance I'm seeing.
Will try it on the work wifi network tomorrow and see if that shows any different behaviour...
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i hope so because i get superb wifi range and performacne on my nexus one with 2.3.3. my gut feeling is the SGS2 would be a step down and i wouldnt get wifi signal in certain parts of my house where i do with the n1.
The wifi is nothing short of excellent as far as I'm concerned:
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Anyone else experiencing slow wifi performance with the Galaxy S II?
Running the speedtest.net app against the same server with all the same settings, from my Nexus One I get 8100kbps down, 1100kbps up. On the Galaxy S II I get 1900kbps down, 1100kbps up. The phones were next to each other, and I ran the tests several times and always got very similar results.
Will be flashing with the latest firmware later today (currently it has the O2 firmware on) but just wondered if anyone else was seeing similar issues?
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Even though you're connected to the same wifi network the two phones could've connected to different channels. On my desktop I get everything from 1Mbps (very rarerly) to 140Mbps (more likely) and that stays at the same spot all the time
And it got nothing to do with signal strength either as I can have full bars on my desktop and still get 1Mbps (or 20 or 40 or 80 and so forth).
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Strange you say that i keep getting max 1900 down on my mobile internet no matter where i go.
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Jammy git!
Orange's data in Bristol has slowly been getting worse. I was barely touching 400kbps the other day. Seemed to speed up a little today though.
I am also experiencing poor wifi speeds. On speedtest.net with my home router, SG2 is getting 0.6 Mbps download speed where my pc is getting 7.5 Mbps. More than 10 times slower?! Any ideas?
Slow Wi-Fo on SGS 2
I have exactly the same problem with my new Galaxy S II. Put the iold SGS and the new SGS 2 side by side and the SGS gets 5.3mbits/s (the broadband connection speed roughly) and the new SGS2 gets 0.9-1.2Mbits/s.
As I have a dual mode g/n router I have tried changing channels on it, turning off n support and everything else I can think off. The wireless router by the way is an Edimax model that works absolutely fine with everything else in the house.
I have also tried eveal different broadband speed tests, all with roughly the same result.
Anyone have any ideas? Mine is that Samsung did their usual thing and released the product with a great big bug in it that won't get fixed for months..sigh.
Slow Wi-Fi Fixed
Got it!
Changed the router to channel 6 (I'd already tried 7,9 and 11) and ..it now works just as well as the old SGS or anything else in the house.. with b/g/n enabled on the AP.
Happy man.
No issues here, Speedtest.net Android app giving me just under 15mb on my 16mb connection which is pretty much the same as I get with my laptop.
Slow Wi-Fi on SGS 2
Well..having thought that a channel change on the AP router fixed it..it did..but only for three or four speed tests, then without changing anything on the router it reverted back to ~1 Mbit/s.
So..I reset the router without changing any settings and lo and behold the SGS 2now seems to be functioning correctly again, with download speeds the same as my other systems.
So, if you're getting the same problem try a channel change on the AP ..or just reset it, it might work. It's also possible of course that the router has a bug and the 'n'th system that connects to it gets these problems. I'll set up another AP and see if the problem stays with the phone or follows the AP.
I had similar problems with very poor wifi. With speeds much worse than my wifes iphone 4 and and my old iphone 3gs. It did seem to be intermittent, but it happened on two different routers numerous channels and settings. I sent it back to and am getting a replacement.
I am also getting slow wifi speeds. Like 1,5 mbit instead of 8 mbit. Reconnected lots of times. Changed channels to 2 instead of 1.
Changed to WEP instead of WPA+WPA2, but nothing helped.
With vodafone i get just 3,6 mbit(max)
Anyone got an idea?
any body can help ? i have this problem too ! slow wifi with very bad signal power !
no body can help ? its hard to use wifi in this phone ...
What APN is everyone using? The max speed I have seen on my galaxy s III is around 6mbps....never faster. I am currently using the "pta" apn for LTE devices (my other device is a galaxy note LTE).
Which apn should I be using to achieve the fastest speeds?
I have seen speeds go up to 9mbps on HSPA+ with my old galaxy nexus before, but I have never seen that with this device at the same exact location.
Is something preventing this phone from getting hspa+ speeds?
I would guess we are all using different APN as many many different networks in the world .
jje
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I would guess we are all using different APN as many many different networks in the world .
jje
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Oops....my bad. I forgot to state that this is for AT&T in the US
Just measured 14 Mbit per sec with galaxy s 3 in Finland using hspa+ connection. Cannot say about lte though. Quite irrelevant comment though
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Oops....my bad. I forgot to state that this is for AT&T in the US
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What version you are using ... If you are using international model then the speeds you are getting is good and you will not get LTE. If you are using ATT LTE version then you are in the wrong forum, there's a separate forum for US variants.
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What version you are using ... If you are using international model then the speeds you are getting is good and you will not get LTE. If you are using ATT LTE version then you are in the wrong forum, there's a separate forum for US variants.
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I'm using the international version....the speeds still seem pretty slow compared to when I had my galaxy nexus that got 9mbps+ on hspa+....I get no where close to that now....
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I'm using the international version....the speeds still seem pretty slow compared to when I had my galaxy nexus that got 9mbps+ on hspa+....I get no where close to that now....
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I get about 4-6mbps on my international GS3 on AT&T. One positive for me is the speeds seem to be more consistent than my GS2 in the same area.
I get about 5-6mbs in the UK using the stock settings.
Generally in states and Canada you'll see slower 3g speeds on average compared to nam version and gn. The reason some speculate is because nam version and possibly gn as well support hspa rev8 as opposed to international only up to hspa rev6.
In real life that translates on average speed in my city of 3-6 mps with i9300 although sometimes I can reach 12 mps at certain locations and time of day.
My i747m gives me average 8-11 mps in GTA and sometimes I can reach 14 mps.
Using Fido on Rogers network both on ltemobile.apn.
They both show same or very simmilar asu level holding them side by side when testing.
North American model is also quicker to reach max speed and stay there when testing, while international kinda ease itself staring from 1 mps then gradually half way into test reaching maximum.
This also translates into tethering speed limits when hooking one to another or using laptop.
Note all this is about hspa 3g and not about lte since my provider does not have lte yet and my sim card is 3g.
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+3mbps on an EXCELLENT day, otherwise, it'll be around ~2mbps here in SoCal.
I've gotten about 9mb/s on H+ with Vodafone ireland
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Generally in states and Canada you'll see slower 3g speeds on average compared to nam version and gn. The reason some speculate is because nam version and possibly gn as well support hspa rev8 as opposed to international only up to hspa rev6.
In real life that translates on average speed in my city of 3-6 mps with i9300 although sometimes I can reach 12 mps at certain locations and time of day.
My i747m gives me average 8-11 mps in GTA and sometimes I can reach 14 mps.
Using Fido on Rogers network both on ltemobile.apn.
They both show same or very simmilar asu level holding them side by side when testing.
North American model is also quicker to reach max speed and stay there when testing, while international kinda ease itself staring from 1 mps then gradually half way into test reaching maximum.
This also translates into tethering speed limits when hooking one to another or using laptop.
Note all this is about hspa 3g and not about lte since my provider does not have lte yet and my sim card is 3g.
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That is interesting.....i wonder if that is really the case....
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Well i just disabled fastdormancy and retested and got...
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Not bad at all....this is the first time i got this speed with this phone.
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That should actually not happen... Fast dormancy is supposed to only kick in after some idle time.
At least that's what it does to my knowledge and what I've been able to piece together abut the functionality.
However I can confirm... on DXLF3 with FD I get 1.8Mbit/s Downstream while actually hitting 8Mbit/s with FastDormancy disabled.
I've confirmed the test several times in exactly the same location, always same result.
Well, seems that JuiceDefender's auto-toggle 2G/3G is finally gonna really pay of if Fast Dormancy is disabled
What modem works best with AT&T? Also see a lot about csc. Does that matter on AT&T?
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Hmm I just found something
very interesting.
Whenever the phone changes antenna or drops to 2G, upon restore of the HSPA+ connction I only get the same meagre 1.8 Mbit/s.
Rebooting the phone or toggling airplane mode will bring it back to 8 Mbit/s until the next time it changes.
From the behaviour it looks as if the phone could not go above the first hspa-stage when it's not a new connection. I'll try different modems tomorrow but I guess that's a software bug.
Additionally, altough I've disabled fd through the app and confirmed it being disabled in the database, the phone keeps going to RRC-State "idle" which is fast dormancy.
Interestingly enough my carrier is not even listed in the list sinc I'm on a custom rom.
Anybody knows a fix to either of both issues?
Especially the first is rather annoying.
I am on Fido in Canada. This is usually the speed I get.
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locking HSPA+
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i just want to ask before on gingerbread phones we can setup the internet by going to this settings *#301279# and *#279301#
now on our gs3 this option is gone... do anybody have an idea how to lock HSPA+ on gs3???
thanks in advance!
What do you mean "lock"? The phone will automatically select the highest possible transfer speed in active usage and may fallback to a slower one during Idle to preserve power.
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What do you mean "lock"? The phone will automatically select the highest possible transfer speed in active usage and may fallback to a slower one during Idle to preserve power.
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Hmmm like before on my sg1 and galaxy w... also on my daughter's ace when i type on the phone dialer *#301279# there is an option to disabke hsupa and leave hsdpa open. And never have i seen the 3g logo on the location where im at before. Now on our sg3 i cant seem to access that switch anymore. So that's why im asking if there is an alternative code or a rom taht would give me that option.
Thanks for the feedback though
I unlocked my 920 from EE & I am using it on Vodafone but I cannot get a 3G connection. It stays on EDGE all the time & that connection is fine as far as data just no 3G.
Input the APN settings from the Vodafone website & that was no help.
Contacted Vodafone CS but they could not help me.
So anyone have any suggestions?
Have you checked in the ##3282 menu to ensure that the proper bands and network type are selected?
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Have you checked in the ##3282 menu to ensure that the proper bands and network type are selected?
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Went into it but what is it I am supposed to be looking for in there, it appears to be an engineering menu & I am not sure what bits I should be checking?
Sorry for the double post but I should add I have contacted both my network and Nokia and neither was able to help me with this.
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Went into it but what is it I am supposed to be looking for in there, it appears to be an engineering menu & I am not sure what bits I should be checking?
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3. In the drop-down menu under "Network type", select automatic if it's not already (2G will be EDGE/GPRS, 3G will be HSPA/UMTS. and 4G is LTE)
also make sure 3G band is set to automatic instead of band 2 or something like that, I had a bad experience seeing my phone not getting any signal at all after mistakenly put the 3G on band 2 only and no network could get connected.
This worked for me with unlocked Lumia 920 bought from Phones4U
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This worked for me with unlocked Lumia 920 bought from Phones4U
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That won't fix the OP's issue. The OP gets data on EDGE, just not 3G.
I eventually took it to an area with a very strong 3G signal and it went onto 3G. But it's still very choppy and I have an issue that if it drops off 3G it can be hard to get it to go back onto it unless I take it to a max strength signal area.
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I eventually took it to an area with a very strong 3G signal and it went onto 3G. But it's still very choppy and I have an issue that if it drops off 3G it can be hard to get it to go back onto it unless I take it to a max strength signal area.
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That could be or your operator or the firmware.
The operators can control the amount of cell phones handing off from 2G to 3G, also the network does the same if the 3G is very congested.
Also the firmware may take a heavy part on this if the operator has some special configuration on its handset to go easily on 3G camping.
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That could be or your operator or the firmware.
The operators can control the amount of cell phones handing off from 2G to 3G, also the network does the same if the 3G is very congested.
Also the firmware may take a heavy part on this if the operator has some special configuration on its handset to go easily on 3G camping.
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It did a network settings update recently, maybe because my network is starting to carry it, but that doesn't seem to have helped all that much.
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It did a network settings update recently, maybe because my network is starting to carry it, but that doesn't seem to have helped all that much.
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it does not just happen to phones on other networks, I have a lumia on the EE network and I don't get full 3g always, its always switching between EDGE and 3G although the signal is supposed to be strong, called into customer support and they told me it was due to network congestion.. :|
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it does not just happen to phones on other networks, I have a lumia on the EE network and I don't get full 3g always, its always switching between EDGE and 3G although the signal is supposed to be strong, called into customer support and they told me it was due to network congestion.. :|
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But the GS3 I came from didn't have anything like as much problem in this area.
I solved my problem...
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But the GS3 I came from didn't have anything like as much problem in this area.
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I had a similar problem and I solved it by forcing 3G only... this happens when the 2g or E signal is very strong while 3G is weak:
dial the following: ##3282#
it will open a menu for you, go to the bottom where settings are and choose settings, under settings there is something called "network type" choose 3G from there and you should see it.
this will tell you if it is a carrier issue or a phone issue. I don't recommend always having it that way as it will drain your battery when signal is low and drop calls instead of switching to 2G during calls.
Regards,
Saleh
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I had a similar problem and I solved it by forcing 3G only... this happens when the 2g or E signal is very strong while 3G is weak:
dial the following: ##3282#
it will open a menu for you, go to the bottom where settings are and choose settings, under settings there is something called "network type" choose 3G from there and you should see it.
this will tell you if it is a carrier issue or a phone issue. I don't recommend always having it that way as it will drain your battery when signal is low and drop calls instead of switching to 2G during calls.
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Saleh
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Thanks for that.
Hello Members
I'm on the '3' network (uk), and I'm sure the 3G signal while using my new XZU is not as stable.
The signal keeps jumping from 3G to H to H+, which my previous phone didn't do at my home address.
Is it possible that the Sony XZU needs more firmware updates, or is the phone just suffering signal strength issues?
Regards
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Hello Members
I'm on the '3' network (uk), and I'm sure the 3G signal while using my new XZU is not as stable.
The signal keeps jumping from 3G to H to H+, which my previous phone didn't do at my home address.
Is it possible that the Sony XZU needs more firmware updates, or is the phone just suffering signal strength issues?
Regards
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For me the network is more stable than on my previous phone and than the note 2 of my wife. Did you do "Internet settings"?
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Hello BASKOU, it's my 3G signal. I find I'll have reasonable high signal bars on the XZU but the mobile 3G icon will constantly change from 3G to H to H+, and this action seems to interrupt the speed/flow of how Web pages load, or how the 'Play store works'.
The only thing I find it's not 100% consistently doing this problem, depending on where I am, or the time of day, but what I do find is it will generally always start with a 3G symbol if I'm not using the Internet first off on the phone, then the arrows will flash and the icon will move on to H the H+.
It's as if 3' network is monitoring what process you doing at the time your using the network, and controlling the mode of speed that is required (a 3G speed, or a H+ speed), I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the LTE roll out on 3's network?
Regards
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Hello BASKOU, it's my 3G signal. I find I'll have reasonable high signal bars on the XZU but the mobile 3G icon will constantly change from 3G to H to H+, and this action seems to interrupt the speed/flow of how Web pages load, or how the 'Play store works'.
The only thing I find it's not 100% consistently doing this problem, depending on where I am, or the time of day, but what I do find is it will generally always start with a 3G symbol if I'm not using the Internet first off on the phone, then the arrows will flash and the icon will move on to H the H+.
It's as if 3' network is monitoring what process you doing at the time your using the network, and controlling the mode of speed that is required (a 3G speed, or a H+ speed), I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the LTE roll out on 3's network?
Regards
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Ok so try to lock on WCDMA and see if you still have this problem. It happen to me at my home (have an antenna just up to me so it mess with the network). But when I am in town or normal covered area it never switch all the time like you.
The network do not tell your phone which network he should use. It is your phone that choice which network it should use. And corresponding to the speed it say if you are on 3g/H/H+. So normally it is because 3G signal is not stable that your phone do that. As my XZU have a better signal than my htc sensation and the note 2, I guess it might come from the network.
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The phone swith to 3g to conserve battery life, when you start using Internet , it switch to fastest network available, that's the delay that you experience, i think that normal for all phones.
So far, the signal is better compare to my iphone 5 in weak signal area.
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bASKOU said:
Ok so try to lock on WCDMA and see if you still have this problem. It happen to me at my home (have an antenna just up to me so it mess with the network). But when I am in town or normal covered area it never switch all the time like you.
The network do not tell your phone which network he should use. It is your phone that choice which network it should use. And corresponding to the speed it say if you are on 3g/H/H+. So normally it is because 3G signal is not stable that your phone do that. As my XZU have a better signal than my htc sensation and the note 2, I guess it might come from the network.
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Thanks BASKOU, I'll lock to WCDMA only tonight, while I'm my home address signal area which seems to suffer this problem the most at the moment.
Thanks ijat91 also for that, I also had the Note2 (GT-N7105) previously, but I never noticed, or picked up on the phone displaying the 3G icon first off before going to H+, it tended to always be showing H+ and this was at my home address.
But at you've stated bASKOU, I think the phones hunting for the strongest signal, now you've mentioned this, I've heard other friends and people I know have suffered issues like this on there different makes, and model phones, using there mobile networks.
I'll report back if making this change in the settings improves things.
Regards
Well, I did the settings change as suggested to 'WCDMA only', the result was no improvement in fact the Internet symbol on the phone just stayed on 3G, and the signal bars would just flip between 2 & 4 and then none, thanks anyway.
I'm almost sure it's not a physical fault with the phone, as yesterday I was virtually on H+ signal while in an area of London call Kilburn, so I don't think there's a problem there.
It might possibly be related to the phone firmware, in that in some way it's not handling a weaker H+ signals and locking onto them, but choosing to alway find the strongest connection, when all the variation of the broadband network are available, but none are strong and all are equally weak in the area.
Anyway, I'll have to live with it for now and see if the LTE service from the 3 network improves things in the future.
Thanks again everyone
Regards
Read this, fast dormancy is common in today smartphone, the 2.5s delay is expected
http://natcoms.wordpress.com/fast-dormancy-umts-state-switching-on-the-air-interface/
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So, I upgraded from the EVO 4G LTE today...
Now at home I can only get 3G instead of LTE!
I could get LTE on the EVO 4G LTE here before, now it's just 3G!
I do get better bars, though.
I have updated the profile and PRL
Is Sprint Spark running off different towers than regular LTE or something? That is the only thing I can think of that would do this.
Any ideas? I know LTE works near Sprint HQ.
Kind of bites, as now I will have to rely on wireless due to Sprint's abysmal 3G network...
Let me know if you have any ideas.
Try settings, network tab, more, mobile networks, network mode. Change it from global to lte/cdma. It seemed to work for me. Same issue.
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Try settings, network tab, more, mobile networks, network mode. Change it from global to lte/cdma. It seemed to work for me. Same issue.
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Yep works. I did it and drove around a bit and it picked up Sprint Spark LTE. When I got back home, it is now on LTE with half bars (30 Mbps - 45 Mbps_ so I am happy :good:
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Curiously, this has come back. LTE tries to connect, but then drops to 3G.
Wondering if it's possibly just a tower issue by my home.
It could possibly be because the Evo LTE has 2 radios, while the spark devices only have 1. I've noticed that if I lose connection for any short amount of time, it drops to 3G and stays there for a long time.
I've found that if I
1) Place LG G3 next to window
2 Restart the phone
It jumps to LTE Spark. Otherwise, it defaults to 3G.
I get strong 3G and weak LTE inside, so I imagine the phone thinks I want the stronger connection over the faster one
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I've found that if I
1) Place LG G3 next to window
2 Restart the phone
It jumps to LTE Spark. Otherwise, it defaults to 3G.
I get strong 3G and weak LTE inside, so I imagine the phone thinks I want the stronger connection over the faster one
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Do you have connections optimizer turned off?
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Do you have connections optimizer turned off?
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Yes, I had to turn that off immediately because it kept pushing me back on Wireless automatically.
I reproduced this problem elsewhere in my city, where - after a reboot - the phone jumped to LTE Spark.
Kujila said:
Yes, I had to turn that off immediately because it kept pushing me back on Wireless automatically.
I reproduced this problem elsewhere in my city, where - after a reboot - the phone jumped to LTE Spark.
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Have you tried toggling airplane mode when this happens? To get the radios to reset? Works on my S5. If I drive through a particular part of town my device drops to 3G and won't jump back to 4G without either e reboot or a data radio reset. I've heard the problem has something to do with certain towers needing updates.
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Have you tried toggling airplane mode when this happens? To get the radios to reset? Works on my S5. If I drive through a particular part of town my device drops to 3G and won't jump back to 4G without either e reboot or a data radio reset. I've heard the problem has something to do with certain towers needing updates.
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That - and the power off/on trick - both work about half the time.
I'm not sure why it is so inconsistent
I use LTE Discovery to reset data sometimes to get LTE connection. Much better solution than a reboot. Plus many other benefits on the app.
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That's awesome; I didn't know about that program.
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That's awesome; I didn't know about that program.
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Welcome sir, because I'm a nerd, I have that program alert when I'm under spark band
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This is what worked for me...but it resets your phone.
In your Sprint dialer, dial: ##72786#
That should reset your phone completely and give you consistent 4g lte. I had the same problem and thought i was going to have to return the g3, but fortunately that method of resetting fixed my problem. Just to note, hard resetting through the settings menu does not work the same for this situation.
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Yea and when u go into certain buildings thw phone drops to 3g only
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Old thread i know, but this has something to do with the signal threshold. I have been dealing with it for years. Basically if i understand it correctly it will drop to 3g when 4g hots a certain signal threshold. I have found though that even with full 3g signal it is still increddibly slow compared to barely any 4g signal as far as data is concerned. The phone just thinks you are better off with the stronger 3g signal. It is good to hear i am not the only one who thi ks Sprints 3g is pitiful. I cannot load anything with it.....most webpages and apps give up before they load from 3g. I use Intelli3g to force my phone to stay on 4g because I have found that even the weakest 4g is better than my best 3g signal. Although using Intelli3g takes a bit of modding to your phone.... On the LG G3 ls990 it requires root...which is easy....but also twrp manager installed ...then you have to flash Xposed framework.....can be a bit scary but possible. This is the only way I know of to force your phone to stay connected to any signal 4g 3g 2g ect....just select fast network and slow network and flick the switch. This was a must app for me because where i am....signal is the worst. Screenshot of the app I use...