My 3vo is getting max 126 download and even worse upload. Four people in my family have EVO 4g, they are consistently getting close to 1 mbs and similar uploads. Tried the proxy fix and everything. My speeds are typically better where I live, but are horrible this holiday weekend. Could it be the towers here don't like the 3vo, or should I exchange the phone?
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Blue
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Take it back to Sprint so they can diagnose the problem.
BlueGoldAce said:
My 3vo is getting max 126 download and even worse upload. Four people in my family have EVO 4g, they are consistently getting close to 1 mbs and similar uploads. Tried the proxy fix and everything. My speeds are typically better where I live, but are horrible this holiday weekend. Could it be the towers here don't like the 3vo, or should I exchange the phone?
Thanks
Blue
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Try 2 things before you take it to Sprint:
First, update your PRL and Profile (Under Menu-Options-System Updates) and then hard reset the phone. (Turn it off, pull battery, turn it back on) then test your speeds
If that doesn't work:
Try the MSL fix Here
Make sure to write down your defaults, as I hear Sprint doesn't like it when you mess with that stuff, and set it back if it doesn't help.
If all else fails, go to Sprint, whine or something. Maybe they'll give you an AirRave. I'm just not a fan of having other people fix my problems.
I get same DL as you, upload speed is like 18. Only getting 2-3 bars most of the time even though I pulled up the sprint map and there are supposedly towers all over the place here.
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Possible software problem that can be fixed via ota?
Tried the msl fix, no luck.
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The over the air provisioning is not authenticating your 3g (only 1x speeds)
The fastest and easiest fix is to call sprint tech support and have then perform a HLR RELOAD or refresh on your data profile.
From there, you will go to settings then update profile from your evo
Note: if the hrl reload doesn't work, have tech support "REPROVOSION YOUR DATA PROFILE" (exact words)
Trust me. This works
What happened was when you dis the hands free activation, 3g was not authenticated correctly.
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I has the same problem all last week, it turns out (God, knows why) but my EVDO setting was CDMA and it had to be set to Automatic - Once I changed this, I was getting much better speeds.
called sprint. they did something and asked me to reset the phone after we hung up. same speeds afterward, 98 down, 70ish up. said they can't do anything else because i am calling from the phone i need service on. i don't have another phone to call from right now so i'll have to call back later and request the reloads mentioned above.
after resetting my phone, i did prl update, profile update and the proxy fix. still getting same speed results.
trim81 said:
The over the air provisioning is not authenticating your 3g (only 1x speeds)
The fastest and easiest fix is to call sprint tech support and have then perform a HLR RELOAD or refresh on your data profile.
From there, you will go to settings then update profile from your evo
Note: if the hrl reload doesn't work, have tech support "REPROVOSION YOUR DATA PROFILE" (exact words)
Trust me. This works
What happened was when you dis the hands free activation, 3g was not authenticated correctly.
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what speeds are we suppose to be seeing. I'm using speed test.net and my test numbers always change. on 3g i can test it 1 minute apart and get 1.16 Mbps down and then .72 Mbps down......should they be better?
kinextions said:
what speeds are we suppose to be seeing. I'm using speed test.net and my test numbers always change. on 3g i can test it 1 minute apart and get 1.16 Mbps down and then .72 Mbps down......should they be better?
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Those are 3g speeds so sounds like authentication for you isn't an issue. Probably just the network where you are.
i would be satisfied with speeds in that range, even if they were sporadic. what i'm getting is .2 mbps down .03 mbps up (or less) consistently. just got .03 down, .11 down and .18 down, on my last three tests.
I am constantly getting 300-400kbps down and 50-150kbps up.
Tried ##786# and performed a data profile reset. Fixed it got great speeds now.
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I don't know if anybody know this but they updated the prl. Getting faster download.
Here is the 21079 prl for anyone that wants to go back.
Also 21080 is included
On how to change your prl
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Here is a Guide By gothir http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145111
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ditto i just did it 2 minutes ago....
Mine updated as well ..time to test out.
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Thanks for the heads up! Just updated.
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initial impression
So far, so good. I am now able to stream music where I was roaming just an hour ago. They fixed something with this unless I'm having a very lucky moment. This is the first time I have been able to access 3G from my desk since I got the 3D. Fingers crossed
Oh Joy...
Instead of horribly slow 3g speeds, all I get now is "Network Communication Error".
Me thinks that was the last straw.
I feel you..
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Oh Joy...
Instead of horribly slow 3g speeds, all I get now is "Network Communication Error".
Me thinks that was the last straw.
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Ohh ****, wonder if I'll be able to roam at work now like my epic and evo.
no difference for me
My speeds actually got WORSE afterwards.
brownhornet said:
My speeds actually got WORSE afterwards.
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think mine may have too. haven't done any serious tests though.
Considering the PRL is your carriers "Preferred ROAMING List", unless you're actually roaming, this shouldn't have any affect on speeds at all.
I'm in a fringe area and roam pretty regularly. I tried it and it seemed worse until I did "update profile" and did a power off, battery pull, and reboot. Now it seems like it might be improved a little. Someone should do a compare and see how 21079 differs from 21080. I don't think 21079 offered 3G roaming. Does 21080?
Mike
I'm actually getting better downloading speeds I can actually watch a YouTube video using 3g so feels good
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Broke my 3g speed record 1.32 dl
Just updated my PRL and my 3G speeds have decreased from an average of 1Mbps down and .65Mbps up to .71Mbps down and .48Mbps. Weird thing is that on the tests before the update, I had 3 bars but on the tests after the update, I had 5-6 bars.
My speed increased quite a bit, this morning I was getting .49Mbps and after the PRL updated I am getting average of 1.22Mbps down, up is atill average of .50Mbps.
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Considering the PRL is your carriers "Preferred ROAMING List", unless you're actually roaming, this shouldn't have any affect on speeds at all.
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I believe this is correct.
I think what everyone else is seeing is known as the placebo effect.....
Def not a placebo effect..I've never achieved speeds this high..not even close..never saw anything higher than .7 mbs and that was if i had a good test ..usually was at .20 mbs ..and I've had speed increases in the past with prl changes so I dunno..and its the first thing a sprint store will do.if you complain about slow speeds
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Oh Joy...
Instead of horribly slow 3g speeds, all I get now is "Network Communication Error".
Me thinks that was the last straw.
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Sadly though sprint has us stuck here especially not that Verizon is no longer "all you can eat" data. Damn you sprint with your unlimited greatness and poor data speeds!
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Every once and a while I'll check my speed test app to see what im getting for 3G download speed. Lately ive been getting over 1000 ping and like .1 mbps download. I went in and did a data profile reset and that fixed the problem. This has happened to me multiple times over the past couple of weeks.
Has this happened to anyone else? And if so, are devs going to fix this in their roms when the bootloader is unlocked?
Well, it's Sprint, so that's normal 3G speeds...
Move along folks, nothing to see here.
my 3g used to be fire!!! now it seems as if everybody has joined sprint and the network is hella saturated!!!!!!!
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Every once and a while I'll check my speed test app to see what im getting for 3G download speed. Lately ive been getting over 1000 ping and like .1 mbps download. I went in and did a data profile reset and that fixed the problem. This has happened to me multiple times over the past couple of weeks.
Has this happened to anyone else? And if so, are devs going to fix this in their roms when the bootloader is unlocked?
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Depends on your location. If you check the Sprint forums, there are tons of people complaining about data speeds all over the country. There's certain areas in the Bronx where I have full 4G and only getting 0.50mbps down...it's crazy!
I would say do a ##3282# and make sure your EVDO is set to auto not CDMA. Menu>commit changes & reboot. Update PRL then profile. I guess you've done that?
i was told that for the last month and a half it was because of thunderstorms. i asked him since there are just a few towers between the 44 miles i drive to work, how did all those storms only hit sprint's antennae and not verizon's that are on the same towers?
i talked to a gm at the sprint store last night and he said they're having major data issues and there's no time frame of when they'll ever be fixed. just outside that sprint store i have full 5 bars on 3g and only get 100kb/s. i made sure i was outside of the sprint store's range just in case they had a 3g airave.
they did fix the slow data in my city and most of the areas where i drive to work. now min of 600Kb/s and up to 1.8Mb/s
I find Sprint's network getting worse and worse...they're loading it up with new customers enticed by high end smartphones, but they're not boosting the capacity to match their growth. What scares me is, how much lower is it going to go? :/
Around here I get about 75-200kbps down. It can go to less than 40kbps during lunchtime.
ffolkes said:
I find Sprint's network getting worse and worse...they're loading it up with new customers enticed by high end smartphones, but they're not boosting the capacity to match their growth. What scares me is, how much lower is it going to go? :/
Around here I get about 75-200kbps down. It can go to less than 40kbps during lunchtime.
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they will let it go pretty far. currently the tower that services my house will be so overloaded during the evening hours that speeds are 0-5k. last night between 7-11pm 3g was unuseable and 4g was zooming at 20k.
ive had dates of april 30th, may 30th, june 30th, and now july 30th as dates when the towers were to be upgraded. i honestly think they just throw dates around so they can get you off the phone.
Same here. During peak hours data is unusable without a wifi connection. I called so many times to put service tickets on the local towers. It's so fustrating. Everytime I call I'm on the phone for like 40mins tell them it's not my phone, it's a network issue. They just don't get it. BTW does anyone have the number for advanced sprint tech support? I'm going to keep calling until they fix the issue.
This is what bugs me so much paying the $10 Premium data Fee. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind paying the fee if I actually get premium data, but 100kbs down is not premium data. Something has to be done. What the hell are theying doing with that fee? They certainly aren't putting it back into their network. I hope Sprint doesn't get the Iphone because it will only get worse.
You're not in 3G. Your in 1x when you get those speeds. The Display will always say 3G even when switch to 1x.
Once rooted, that can be fixed to reflect what you are really on.
Welcome to sprint. Where are you from?
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Welcome to sprint. Where are you from?
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This what I was going to say. LOL
Welcome to Sprint the Nation Wide slowest 3G available.
Welcome to Sprint-The (hope you dont need to download that)Now Network
First, try this:
http://bit.ly/qsq8Tn
[MOD] Data Latency (Slow Data) Fix
And second, it is not unusual. I have tried to play online games(BFBC2 etc.) via Wi-Fi hotspot. With poor success. Reasons for this is poor connection(long range to Cell-towers) network overcapacity etc. etc.
Shutting phone's Ciphering should raise U/D speed as above thread say, but I guess that there is not any mindblowing way to fix it. Updating radios would help but.
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I said it once and I'll say it again Location, Location, Location. I am Cali bay area(Currently in Lafayette, CA) and my Evo 4G just ran 962k down and 656k up 187 ping. Evo 3d same time test ran 164 ping 1038k down and 609k up. Now at my house in El Sobrante, CA about 15 minutes away I would not come close to touching that speed. Usually around 50k or worse. One thing is I never rely on 3g to do anything for me. I have wifi at home and work and at times 4g. If I am in 3g only location I do not expect to get anything important done.
Edit: Keep in mind I also did the speed fix on both phones. Have to have msl for that.
Here are a couple images for you one is my Verizon 3G Xoom and the other my EVO 3D. Lets face it Sprint speed sucks.
Those with poor eyes site the Xoom says:
Down:
1303.7
1331.6
Up
1455.7
1863.5
Im gonna guess the people that get these good speeds are in sparse areas or areas with few sprint customers. I've been complaining about Sprint speeds since October of last year and its only getting worse and worse. I can remember constant speeds of 1.2-1.8 megs down and now im doing good just to get 250kb/s. The 4G has fallen off quite a bit too.
brownhornet said:
Im gonna guess the people that get these good speeds are in sparse areas or areas with few sprint customers. I've been complaining about Sprint speeds since October of last year and its only getting worse and worse. I can remember constant speeds of 1.2-1.8 megs down and now im doing good just to get 250kb/s. The 4G has fallen off quite a bit too.
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Same here and yes on the lack of sprint customers in some areas. I was on the very poor side of town earlier this week. I was getting 1.3-1.9mb down on 3g lol.
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You're not in 3G. Your in 1x when you get those speeds. The Display will always say 3G even when switch to 1x.
Once rooted, that can be fixed to reflect what you are really on.
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Actually I'm not 1x. I have a few programs to tell me what network I'm on and I'm definetly getting those speeds on EVDO Rev A. You can use Battery Monitor and go to "Tests" and it will tell you what network you are using or you can use Open Signal and go to maps and it will also tell you. I'm definetly getting these speeds on 3G (EVDO Rev A) Not 1x!
I'm used to getting around 2.5-3Mb/s on 3g data. Yesterday, I got my Photon in the mail and activated and now my data is ridiculous. I'm averaging .02-.05Mb/s with the highest being .10mb/s. I've called tech support thrice and done a hard reset and nothing has helped. I keep reading about how great the data speeds are on this device and I feel like I didn't get an invite to the party.
Its not the Photon phone that has abysmal 3G/4G speeds. It is Sprint network's horrendous backhaul that is the problem. Can't transfer that much data running on a bunch of T1 line connections at the base station.
Good news is that the network vision project is suppose to upgrade the backhaul tremendously from T1 lines to fiber/microwave backhaul on their new multimodal towers. This is still a long term project that will take 3-5 years.
As I said, though, I normally get much faster speeds than what I've been able to get on this phone.
My speeds are around 2mb down. As good or better than my epic.
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newalker91 said:
Menu - Settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile Networks - Network Mode: Automatic
##3282# - Multimedia: Set addresses to 0.0.0.0 and ports to 0, set buffer to 10 (You will need your MSL from this, get it from Sprint)
Reboot (Leave off for 30 seconds)
Test your connection again.
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thanks. however, it's still completely terrible. time to visit a store, i suppose.
Ya'll need to get your terminology correct. Its not Mb/s its mb/s. I highly doubt you were any where near 2Mb/s on any 3g service. Lol
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I'm used to getting around 2.5-3Mb/s on 3g data. Yesterday, I got my Photon in the mail and activated and now my data is ridiculous. I'm averaging .02-.05Mb/s with the highest being .10mb/s. I've called tech support thrice and done a hard reset and nothing has helped. I keep reading about how great the data speeds are on this device and I feel like I didn't get an invite to the party.
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yeah i know
tonight my data sucked, trying to get to dl in the market was a joke kept disconnecting
newalker91 said:
Unfortunately it is your terminology that is incorrect.
"M" stands for mega and should always be capitalized, on the other hand "b" stands for bit and "B" stands for byte. There are 8 bits to every byte, therefore 1 Mb (one megabit) is equal to .125 MB (.125 megabyte). This is the same when speaking in terms of kb (kilobit) and kB (kilobyte) except k (kilo) should always be lowercase.
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No.............10 char
But seriously, you are right, that's what I get for reading and typing whilst on hold with my damn call center for 45 minutes. I hate call centers...
My bad though, ignore my previous.
-Dj
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
-I posted this in the Synergy thread, but thought it may help other folks...
After flashing to a 2.3.4 ROM, my 3G speeds completely took a nose dive. I tried flashing different radio combos, updating my PRL, reseting my data profile & updating everything all over again to no avail. I stuck with the latest radios, ruling them out as the problem. I tried flashing different ROMs, and I had the same 1x speeds. After poking around a little bit, I changed my EvDO preferred mode and it helped instantly:
1. In dialer, hit ##3282#
2. Edit mode
3. Enter MSL (if you have root, download MSL Reader from the market to get your MSL number
4. EVDO
5. Preferred Mode
6. Change to from CDMA only to Automatic
7. Hit Menu
8. commit changes
9. reboot
10. *hopefully* get better speeds - I went from 130kbs to 800kbs
I was stuck at 1x at one point and this fixed helped me get 3G back. However my 3G speeds are still garbage, I blame Sprint for that.
If you are having very low 3G speeds though flash a ROM or theme that will allow you to see if your phone is on 1x/3G. If you are stuck on 1x like I was this will definitely fix that.
Hmm. On viper ROM 1.3 its already set to automatic
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THANK YOU!!!!
Using the speedtest app (I know it's not perfectly accurate), I got the same thing you did: 130kbs on back-to-back tests. I changed it to "automatic", and hit an average of 1,200 kps!
I ##3282#'d again and put it back to "CDMA only" and I got 130 kbs again. So I changed it back to "automatic" and I hit 1,290 kps (peak was 1,400 kps the first time I did it). All test runs were done within minutes of each other, with the phone laying in the same spot.
MAJOR improvement for me!
Note to anyone trying this: After committing the modifications, my phone would say it was going to reboot but it never did. I had to reboot it manually after committing every change. After you commit the modifications, make sure the phone reboots to ensure the change takes effect. I'll try this tomorrow from work during peak hours where I've always had poor data speeds and see if it improves my data speeds then and there, too.
Thanks again, nol3n!
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Hmm. On viper ROM 1.3 its already set to automatic
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This may only apply to 2.3.4 ROMs. I think it may be the default setting on the latest update.
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You know how people say to go change your proxy settings to 0.0.0.0? Well I've completed removed that and that has helped my browsing A LOT.
The EVO shift had this problem when it got 2.3.3. I think the 2.3.4 roms for the EVO 3d are having same affect. The stock ROM its based off is set to CDMA only or 1xrtt.
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Funny,
We had the same issue on the Verizon Thunderbolt -- and had to reset a similar option to get 3G speeds back (phone stuck on 1x)
Note, some roms may say 3G, or have the 3G icon, but be getting slow as molasses speed.
CleanRom clearly shows the icons (1x vs 3G)
Changing from CDMA to Automatic fixed everything for me.
Thanks for posting this.
The default is automatic. If your phone is/was set to CDMA only, then it was hosed up for some reason. I had this happen once after a Sprint rep had me do a reset on all of the data settings. Not sure why it borked it.
You can tell if the phone is in 1x using one of the signal apps that show db readings. If you're on 1x, the EVDO signal strength will be -120db all the time.
I did this last week when I was having problems with my 3g and figured it out. Definitely helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16886953#post16886953
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I tried it here at work, and I got improved speeds, as well; although not as significant as I did at home. However, considering I'm in downtown Miami during peak hours where 100,000 people around me have a Sprint phone pulling from the local tower and I'm inside a building on the 38th floor, the improvement is still pretty damn good:
CMDA only = 90 kbs (average of two tests)
Automatic = 480 kbs (average of two tests)
That's over 5 times faster, so I'm happy with the results. My phone seems to roam less while I'm at work, too.
also, if you go to advanced then RTSP/HTTP and change ports to 0 and servers to 0.0.0.0 you will get faster service as well. (4g and 3g) just goes direct instead of a proxy
rugedraw said:
I tried it here at work, and I got improved speeds, as well; although not as significant as I did at home. However, considering I'm in downtown Miami during peak hours where 100,000 people around me have a Sprint phone pulling from the local tower and I'm inside a building on the 38th floor, the improvement is still pretty damn good:
CMDA only = 90 kbs (average of two tests)
Automatic = 480 kbs (average of two tests)
That's over 5 times faster, so I'm happy with the results. My phone seems to roam less while I'm at work, too.
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Good to hear ruge. How ya been buddy?
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Good to hear ruge. How ya been buddy?
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Good, man........I hope all is well with you, too. I haven't been on here as much as I used to because I got some new accounts at work that have kept me busy, but I be lurking.
jlear3 said:
also, if you go to advanced then RTSP/HTTP and change ports to 0 and servers to 0.0.0.0 you will get faster service as well. (4g and 3g) just goes direct instead of a proxy
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Yea, I remembered this from my OG Evo and did it to this phone as soon as I got it, but I noticed no change at all. This, however, was night & day for me. I saw someone mention that the default setting is automatic, but I really can't say if my phone came with automatic as default and then it changed after flashing something or not because I never checked it before last night.
Weird, mine was already set to automatic. But i removed the 0.0.0.0 and blanked it out.
Rebooting now.