When I use Speed Test to measure up/download speeds, often a different server will give much better speeds. Also sometimes 3g is faster than wifi.
Is there any way to point my phone to the fastest servers all the time? Perhaps an application that will do this?
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I just find the one closest to me... seems to work. Using the one in my state often shows a d/l speed twice that as the one the app defaults too.
How do you find the one closest to you
You can to that IN Speed test but how do
s15274n said:
I just find the one closest to me... seems to work. Using the one in my state often shows a d/l speed twice that as the one the app defaults too.
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you make that setting stick for the phone in general operation, after you leave Speed test?
Or is that what speed test does?
Speed Test Settings > Change Server > find closet.
It saved it for me.
Speed test thinks I am either in Utah or Washington....problem is I am in Dallas, tx. No available servers for me in Tx in that app cos why would you need that when you are in Utah?
I am in Dallas and it says my server is in Dallas.
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I'm torn on what to do now. Initially I did the Sprint upgrade to the new rom and then flashed DCD 3.0 kitchen. was having lots of stability issues and slow data speeds(half of what I had with 3.27 radio). To isolate the problem I went back to the new stock Sprint rom. More stable now but slow data speeds on average again of half what I had before. Before with 1 bar I got 700k ish down now I get about 350. Anybody been able to solve this? faster gps lock is nice(suspect it's now using cell tower in combination more efficiently since I get even initial lock deep inside buildings) but don't think that will offset slower data speeds. Think it is same PRL too. 60711 I think. thanks for any help on this.
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I'm torn on what to do now. Initially I did the Sprint upgrade to the new rom and then flashed DCD 3.0 kitchen. was having lots of stability issues and slow data speeds(half of what I had with 3.27 radio). To isolate the problem I went back to the new stock Sprint rom. More stable now but slow data speeds on average again of half what I had before. Before with 1 bar I got 700k ish down now I get about 350. Anybody been able to solve this? faster gps lock is nice(suspect it's now using cell tower in combination more efficiently since I get even initial lock deep inside buildings) but don't think that will offset slower data speeds. Think it is same PRL too. 60711 I think. thanks for any help on this.
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Did you turn on rev A.? I think sprint forgot that one little detail. I know some...myself included...had to do it manually.
how did you do it manually? I have my msl and everything just don't know where that setting is. thx.
I JUST read another thread over at pdaphone home that said on PPCGeeks they recommend that you leave the rev A setting as "Disable"...since its supposed to already be on. People have reported big jumps in speed when it is set to Disable.
To check: ##778# > if you dont have your MSL then just view it > select data parameters...I think.
tried it both enabled and disabled after soft reset. not much difference. still about half of what I used to get. may go back to 2.3.2 and 3.27 radio as I didn't have many problems with that other than slow gps lock. Would be great to have best of both worlds though
The one thing that helped me most was changing my DNS to OpenDNS.
Also; Speedtest sites seem to be TOO FAST for the browser to handle the data, so to do a reliable test try tethering the phone or use wmwifirouter. In my case my phone usually says it's getting around 350, but when I tether it actually turns out to be between 1000 and 1800.
FWIW; I use the dsl reports speed test to check the speed.
You could of course also make yourself a nice 10Mb file and test the speed manually.
Changing the Rev.A setting does NOT make a difference, if anything it makes it slower. Leave it as it is.
I am on Sprint. I am using wmwifirouter v.91 and using speakeasy's speedtest which consistently used to give me 800-2000K(sometimes over 2meg), With new radio struggling to reach 500K. By opendns do you mean 4.2.2.2? haven't tried that. suspect it would make a difference for latency/lookup speed but not so much for data throughput right?
To compare, we should all use the same test and browser. So use PIE for real world results (Opera uses a proxy) and I've found the www.mobilespeedtest.com has a better test than DSLReports.
Anybody have an even better alternative besides tethering?
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I am on Sprint. I am using wmwifirouter v.91 and using speakeasy's speedtest which consistently used to give me 800-2000K(sometimes over 2meg), With new radio struggling to reach 500K. By opendns do you mean 4.2.2.2? haven't tried that. suspect it would make a difference for latency/lookup speed but not so much for data throughput right?
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4.2.2.2 is a Verizon DNS server. OpenDNS is different. See opendns.com
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To compare, we should all use the same test and browser. So use PIE for real world results (Opera uses a proxy) and I've found the www.mobilespeedtest.com has a better test than DSLReports.
Anybody have an even better alternative besides tethering?
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I have to disagree about the accuracy of each site... I have a full T1 at my disposal, and mobilespeedtest.com churned out the following:
Your current bandwidth reading is:
645.00kbps
www.dslreports.com/mspeed, however, returned:
1358 kbit/sec
I would go with dslreports. ymmv
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I have to disagree about the accuracy of each site... I have a full T1 at my disposal, and mobilespeedtest.com churned out the following:
Your current bandwidth reading is:
645.00kbps
www.dslreports.com/mspeed, however, returned:
1358 kbit/sec
I would go with dslreports. ymmv
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DSL reports only tests 1 file size at a time and the smaller files always fail. We need to find a better option.
Edit: I've got a 6MB connection, DSL reports first said it was 1.9MB but then failed on 3 subsequent tries (too fast).
Mobilespeedtest gave me 277.40kbps first try 749.30kbps second.
So you're right.
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DSL reports only tests 1 file size at a time and the smaller files always fail. We need to find a better option.
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Personally, I tether my laptop to my phone and use www.speedtest.net
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Personally, I tether my laptop to my phone and use www.speedtest.net
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To many factors added into that mix to affect the test. I want a speedtest directly from the phone.
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I have to disagree about the accuracy of each site... I have a full T1 at my disposal, and mobilespeedtest.com churned out the following:
Your current bandwidth reading is:
645.00kbps
www.dslreports.com/mspeed, however, returned:
1358 kbit/sec
I would go with dslreports. ymmv
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I second that.
I tried mobilespeedtest.com yesterday while connected to a 6meg line...speed was rediculously low didnt break 500k. Tried speakeasy.net...I got 5.9 meg.
Just got 225kbps on dslreports 1meg file and 559kbps on mobilespeedtest with 3.35 radio and stock new Sprint rom on sprint network in rev A area 2 bars(not that great of signal but used to get double this speed at same location with 3.27 Radio)
I have DCDs, 3.2.5 rom on my Titan. Everythings fine, only question is do I really have RevA enabled? I do no see it listed under data parameters in ESPT.
Only see Packet Dial String line item. nothing else....
that's a question i wouldn't even ask, i trust DCD is a genius and wouldn't forget such an important detail in any of his fine quality roms
Yes, he is. I
Yes he is, i was not taking a negative posture, just a curious one. My download testings are around 600-700 kbps. then i read threads regarding enabling and or disabling rev-a in espt. Also i wondered if windows mobile produces a special icon on my home screen when in evdo rev-a. I am semi novice and am only seeing if im missing something. I also read, as of July 31st, all Verizon markets are 100% Rev-A, so maybe i am connected at those possible data rates and don't know it.
Use your phone and goto mobilespeedtest.com, run the test and see what it says.....
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Use your phone and goto mobilespeedtest.com, run the test and see what it says.....
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I've decided that that is a poor way to gauge Rev A speeds
When I had the latest DCD rom installed, I used those mobile tests to test Rev A and in my area consistently got speeds in excess of 600kbps.
Now I have the stock ROM and still, at times, get speeds in excess of 600kbps
So unless you are telling me the stock rom has RevA enabled but "they" are keeping that quiet, I wouldnt trust those mobile speed sites to be accurate reflections of whether you have RevA or not
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Use your phone and goto mobilespeedtest.com, run the test and see what it says.....
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just ran speedtests there and get a constant 1.37mbps-1.48mbps average
updated to newest dcd rom
Its the upload speed which will tell you if you are in a rev.A area or market. Over ~115 kbps upload is rev.a. Otherwise you are trying to look at cell tower traffic limitations. I get ~800k at noon and almost 2200k at midnight, but upload speeds stay around 300k regardles of time. thats out of the theoretical limit of rev.0
you wont see revA listed in the data parameters until VZ releases their update containing RevA. until then, its not official.
hmmm i was getting only 376Kbps when it was set to disable and now i get 1.68Mbps when its set to enable...
3.42.50radio
dcd 3.2.5 rom
rev A speeds
what do you enable to get the revA speeds?
I am on the 3.2.3 rom and the .3 radio.
I just ran "mobilespeedtest" and got 645.3 kps.
What am I doing wrong?
i just tried this myself..
go into settins/connections/.. click on connections.. manage existing connections.. select data network (#777).. click edit.. click next.. click next again..
under username: Yourphone#@vzw3g.com
pasword: vzw
click finish...
my download speed from mobilespeedtest.com was 600Kbps..
now its 1.4Mbps
hopw this helps
what the heck?
When I run mobilespeedtest, it consistently shows that my current bandwidth reading is between 165 and 200 Mbps. It says I can download at 20-25 MB/sec from their site.
I don't believe these numbers. What is wrong?
ryano2121 said:
When I run mobilespeedtest, it consistently shows that my current bandwidth reading is between 165 and 200 Mbps. It says I can download at 20-25 MB/sec from their site.
I don't believe these numbers. What is wrong?
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I think their numbers are a bit high, I use http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed and get about half but I also finally turned off active sync so it has free reign on the connection.
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I think their numbers are a bit high, I use http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed and get about half but I also finally turned off active sync so it has free reign on the connection.
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There also seems to be a huge difference between the speeds using Opera Mini and PIE using www.mobilespeedtest.com. So which are we to believe is the correct speed?
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There also seems to be a huge difference between the speeds using Opera Mini and PIE using www.mobilespeedtest.com. So which are we to believe is the correct speed?
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The problem is that some of those speeds you are getting are based on the processing time of the browser and not the true connection speed.
The best test to run is strictly a "text only" type of test as that does not require a lot of browser processing power to display the information. That will give you a more accurate reflection of the actual connection speed. Run an image test to see what your actual browsing speed is going to be.
However, "true connection speed" is kind of subjective since some people count only the actual connection speed, while others count the browser processing speed since that is what it also takes to display images.
Another problem is that the speeds displayed are typically those when connecting to the sites servers and dont accurately reflect typical internet browsing. Hence, its a good idea to run a few tests from a few different sites and then take an average to find your speed.
mobilespeedtest.com seems to give some consistent speeds for me:
using Pocket IE
732 kps
928 kps
838 kps
932 kps
using Opera Mini
2.5 Mps
2.1 Mps
1.5 Mps
dslreports = 905kbit/sec for the 1MB file.
mobilespeedtest = 932.10kbps
I am seeing similar results as Nitro - around 930kbps
Never use Opera Mini to test speed. When you load a page in Opera Mini, the page is actually rendered on their servers first, then it is relayed to your phone. That's what makes it load so fast.
When you run a speed test with Opera Mini, you're not seeing your actual throughput.
What you see in PIE is your actual throughput.
Why is it that my atrix ia slower in connection then my old captivate ...standing in the same place i always do when im at work on the captivate I get download speeds of easily 3MB per sec but with my new atrix I get if lucky 500kb per sec ...why is that id its the same network and a newer phone ?
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My guess would have to be that the Captivate modem/radio combinations are better optimized than what we currently have available for the Atrix. Hopefully once the other variants start releasing, we'll have a better combination to choose from.
.... I would think everyone would know this by now. You should read around the forums more.
The upload speeds suck; upload speeds are just as important as download speeds.
Because of this, pages will load around the ssame speed but they will take longer to initially start loading.
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.... I would think everyone would know this by now. You should read around the forums more.
The upload speeds suck; upload speeds are just as important as download speeds.
Because of this, pages will load around the ssame speed but they will take longer to initially start loading.
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On my Cappy with HSUPA enabled I got around 3-3.7 down and 1.7 up with about a 150ish ping. On my Atrix I still get about 3 down and only .3 up (we already know it sucks) but my ping is still about the same. Honestly in real world usage I don't notice a huge difference, but yea obviously I want HSUPA to work like everyone else. Although I'm thinking if you aren't getting over 500 down you should exchange your phone because I don't think getting HSUPA will fix it.
Just curious if anyone knows why there is a difference in data speeds between using the speedtest.net app from the market and useing the actual website. When I use the app I get 2-3 mb download speed but when I use the website I get 3-5 mb download speed. I have tested this several times with the same results. Which one is right?
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I'm just as confused as you. There's the other app from Xtremelabs that I've used and even that tends to be quite different. Honestly I've given up. The speed ultimately is what it is and I'm not worrying about it anymore...
i could be totally wrong here but how I understand it is that when using the speedtest app, it seems to be getting throttled (not sure where) but if you use the website, the full data connection is getting used therefore that is more accurate.
I am running ICS in a Thunderbolt with radios 2.02.00.1117r (CDAM) & 0.02.02.1211r (LTE) and Build number 7.02.605.06 710RD (debloated rooted ICS official ROM). I noticed that the Wifi Tether is working extremely slow (Download:1.5mbps) however when doing a speedtest from the phone it is very fast (Download: 20mbps-26mbps)
I tried several combination of other ROMS and different radios (all of them) and Wifi Tether is behaving the same way.
Anyone having the same problem? If so, how did you solve it?
Wifi Tether is running with the following settings:
Device-Profiel: Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
Wifi driver reload: Checked
MSS Clamping: Checked
Routing Fix: Checked
Disable Wake-Lock: checked
Any help will be appreciated.
Disable mss clamping and change the device profile to rezound. Those are the settings I use and it never goes that slow. Speed tests also aren't very reliable sources of information. They will give you different results every time.
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Thank you very much for your response. I applied the changes and it still is working very slow. I get 20mbps on my phone and under the same conditions i get et 2mbps on my tablet. BTW tablet is fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Thank you very much for your response. I applied the changes and it still is working very slow. I get 20mbps on my phone and under the same conditions i get et 2mbps on my tablet. BTW tablet is fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Stop doing a speed test. The results are probably false. Unless you have the WiFi power consumption setup to use less power on your tablet.
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Stop doing a speed test. The results are probably false. Unless you have the WiFi power consumption setup to use less power on your tablet.
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Thanks. However when i do my speedtest in a wifi fios service i get consistent speeds of 88 mbps to the same server on the same tablet under the same conditions.
Stopping speedtest is NOT a valid response.
Any more suggestions from anyone else?
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Thanks. However when i do my speedtest in a wifi fios service i get consistent speeds of 88 mbps to the same server on the same tablet under the same conditions.
Stopping speedtest is NOT a valid response.
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So you're saying that when you speed test the tablet using fios powered wifi you get 88mbps and you expect the phone to tether at exactly the same speed. The reason I'm telling you to stop speed testing from your tablet when connected to the phone tether is because the speed test can't tell just how fast the speed between the phone and tether is. You'll never get a consistent result because of that. Also, the tether isn't going to come even close to what you can get at fios and I can see why it seems so slow compared to that. I tether my phone to my tablet everyday and I always get equal download speeds using real tests such as downloading a large file. Not by speed testing the connection.
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So you're saying that when you speed test the tablet using fios powered wifi you get 88mbps and you expect the phone to tether at exactly the same speed. The reason I'm telling you to stop speed testing from your tablet when connected to the phone tether is because the speed test can't tell just how fast the speed between the phone and tether is. You'll never get a consistent result because of that. Also, the tether isn't going to come even close to what you can get at fios and I can see why it seems so slow compared to that. I tether my phone to my tablet everyday and I always get equal download speeds using real tests such as downloading a large file. Not by speed testing the connection.
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I think you did not understand my posting. I test speeds IN THE PHONE and they are about 18mbps, however when tethering and web browsing, the tablet is very slow. Speedtest in the tablet is less than 1mbps. Difficult to watch netflix on my tablet with that connection.
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I think you did not understand my posting. I test speeds IN THE PHONE and they are about 18mbps, however when tethering and web browsing, the tablet is very slow. Speedtest in the tablet is less than 1mbps. Difficult to watch netflix on my tablet with that connection.
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I know your speed test ON THE PHONE is up to 20. WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT THE SPEED YOUR TABLET TESTS AT AFTER TETHERING TO YOUR PHONE MAY NOT REPORT TO SPEEDTEST CORRECTLY. Did you gather what I'm trying to tell you now?
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Example: When I use WiFi with my ps3 and test the connection I get 12 down and 1.5 up everytime. Once I tether even over 4g it shows 1.5 down and doesn't show anything for up usually. It get on average 30-35 down with 4g in my area and 18up on a good day. I will test this tonight with my tablet and screen shot the results for you so you can see that speedtest isn't accurate on the secondary connection.
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I've seen the same and can confirm the speeds should be equal. Tethering should pass thru whatever speed it's getting regardless of what you're sharing your bandwith with.
Have you tried testing from any other devices?
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