Woke up this morning to see a message stating my phone updated on its own. Scared me because I'm rooted and everything. I didn't notice any changes though. I can't remember the exact message but it did say service update. Did a speed test on 3g and found 1mbps down. I used to get 400k.
I'm just south of Chicago btw.
I got the same update, anyone know what its for?
Woke up this morning to the same message about a service update. Whatever they did is very nice. Download and upload speeds seem to both be much improved but whats even more impressive is the ping time which is vastly improved. I don't think I've ever seen ping times that fast on 3G. As you can see in my sig even 4G ping times have been much slower.
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I saw something similar last night around 10:30 PM EST. I clicked "cancel" or whatever as soon as I saw it pop up, but I think I was too late. I had been running CM for several weeks, but just flashed a Synergy ROM to have something different a day or so ago. Just my luck that they would send out a non-optional update during a time when I'm on a Sense ROM. I suspect an AOSP ROM wouldn't have been affected. Anyway, I haven't noticed any significant changes in speed, but have yet to really test it. I wonder if this is part of the whole Network Vision thing?
Got the same service message as well (Chicago area phone currently in Sioux Falls - affiliate network Swiftel)
Same here - service update in B'more.
sub100ms ping and 1.3mbps up/ 800kbps down ... ON 3G!!!
WOW...
I'm skeptical/cynical though - where is the bitter that comes with the sweet?
Also, sorry for sort of a double post if anyone plans to complain. I was getting ready for work when I did this and didn't even look at other posts.
Now that that's out of the way... I kinda kept an eye on my service on my way to work, which is a 50 minute drive through the country roads, but still close enough to the city that i'm not in the boonies. Was streaming Pandora to get a feel for it, but as soon as I got a mile or 2 away from home, service dropped to 1x, but full bars. It stayed that way until I got to work... maybe they're still working on things here.
Got the update here. Same old garbage 100k to 300k speeds south of Tampa. If anything, my signal strength seems worse. Used to have 1 bar sometimes blinking the second. Now I have zero sometimes blinking the first.
Mike
I got the "...service updated" Message last night around 10:30 CST (KC/Central Mo area). PRL is the same version as before. I have NEVER seen a dialogue message like this before, ever, with sprint. I am on a rooted custom ROM as well. SO much for thinking we have "total" control of our devices.
3G speed tests today show consistently faster downstream. I'll continue testing.
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did everyone wake up to green notification with message that service had been updated? don't know what it was, but this device is flying now - not that it wasn't fast before.
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I got the "...service updated" Message last night around 10:30 CST (KC/Central Mo area). PRL is the same version as before. I have NEVER seen a dialogue message like this before, ever, with sprint. I am on a rooted custom ROM as well. SO much for thinking we have "total" control of our devices.
3G speed tests today show consistently faster downstream. I'll continue testing.
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I do have to agree its the first message like that for me too.. I think pre tests of 4G LTE rolling out..
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This must be a localized thing in a few areas, I got no such update and I just checked my 3g speed.
4 bars
Ping: 496 ms
Download: 97 kbps
Upload: 154 kbps
So, no, I don't think my 3g speeds have been substantially updated.
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My Evo 3d is hitting over 2 MB with pings under 100. My Evo 4g is around 1 MB with varying pings. I am running MikG 2.59 on the Evo 4g. The service update looks like they enhanced the 3g speeds for the Evo 3d IMO.
Mike
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My Evo 3d is hitting over 2 MB with pings under 100. My Evo 4g is around 1 MB with varying pings. I am running MikG 2.59 on the Evo 4g. The service update looks like they enhanced the 3g speeds for the Evo 3d IMO.
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Where in san antonio? I am currently at callaghan and 10 and I just tested again
4 bars
Ping: 504 ms
Download: 66kbps
Upload: 175 kbps
I am using SickSense VX.
Oh and if anyone knows how to force the update... I would be appreciative.
Still no official confirmation, but I suspect this is the 3G improvement Sprint has been hinting around about in the wake of the iphone influx.
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/11/m...on-htc-evo-3d-seems-to-bump-up-3g-speeds.html
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Im located around the 1000 oaks wetmore area. Im using Xron 3VO RLS 1.2_2.08.651.2
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Im located around the 1000 oaks wetmore area. Im using Xron 3VO RLS 1.2_2.08.651.2
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Well, I am begrudgingly happy for you. LOL
Actually, I guess that the location is moot since I haven't received the update.
I have also done the 3g speed tweak from the old Evo 4g days. Both my 4g and 3d have it. Ive been watching the Evo 4g forum to see if any1 has gotten the service update.
Got the forced update in Sacramento this morning. My 3G signal is much improved in my office. 100ms ping, 1.32Mbps down, .37mbps up. Before I could hardly connect at all.
So I'm thinking something must have changed...
Oh, 4g still sucks though.
MASSIVE improvement here:
before always >300ms and never 1mbps down (generally 300-600) or 300kbps up...
NOW
all day on different towers <80ms; almost 2mbps down; and approaching 1mbps up
Near Baltimore/Ellicott City
I don't see any chatter on the evo og, evo shift, epic 4g, ... re the update.
BUT - It does seem some evo3ds are unaffected - still 300ms pings and horrible down speeds.
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What is everyone's 4G speeds?? And what ROM and/or radio are you running??
When I first got my Rez on 1/22 my 4G speeds were insane. I could get a steady 28M down and 14M up anytime anywhere in my area (Columbia/Lexington SC). Now my speeds are 2-5M down and and 2M up, but the ping is still very good at 50ms, so it shouldn't be a poor connection issue. Also, I've got 4-5 bars at pretty much all times. Quite a drastic drop off. I've called Verizon and asked them WTF. They will not tell me if they have started throttling in this area on purpose or not. I'm also wondering if its the new radio in the OTA they sent out. My speeds were great pre-OTA and now they are terrible post-OTA, but I didnt test right after the OTA so I dont know if that was the cause or not. Also, now my wifi speeds seem to be limited to 5M down, where as my internet connection is 15M down and my Mac and my Win laptop both hit 15M down, so its not a router/cable modem issue.
I've thought about flashing backwards and testing the pre-OTA radio again now to see if the new radio is the culprit, but I'd like to see what everyone else's experiences are first before I flash back and lose everything on my phone.
So, please post your 4G speeds, location, and rom/radio. Thanks!
New radio on ineffabalis 1.3 and I get 8 down on a bad day 15 down regularly. Your speeds will drop with the more people that get LTE in your area. I used to get 38 down in Cincinnati when the thunderbolt first came out. I got it on launch day.
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2-5 down and 2up, Thats about what I get on my fake 4G H+ and even some 3G guys get that. My 4G LTE speeds are about 5-20 down and 1.5-10Up. I am on stock. In jan my verizon speeds sucked like 3-4 down and 1up. My AT&T SGS2 was beating it bad for the first 1/2, but then got better by feb. (I could not play 1080p vids form youtube on it, but could on my SGS2.)
Any way do any of you drop data?
I think I may try and get a new sim to see if that will fix it.
I am averaging 21 up and 8.5 down. And I haven't had a single drop with 4G.
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New radio on ineffabalis 1.3 and I get 8 down on a bad day 15 down regularly. Your speeds will drop with the more people that get LTE in your area. I used to get 38 down in Cincinnati when the thunderbolt first came out. I got it on launch day.
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Yea, I realize that the more people get 4G the slower it'll get. That's what worries me. In just less than one month its gone from 28/14 all the way down to 5/2. And Verizon has announced that every smartphone in 2012 will be 4G. How slow will it get down to? My AT&T HSPA+ phone could get 3/1.5 consistently.
One test I did this morning with 4 bars was only 2211 down and 2771 up. Thats 3G speeds.
And the upload is super jerky, it bounces all over the place.
Mesa, AZ At home, 16mb/3-6mb
Tempe, AZ At work, 22mb/8-10mb
We have a lot of LTE users at work. But I think the tower is closer and is pumped up more.
I've been told, that none of the towers are at full capacity and have lots of room to "improve" as needed, meaning that as needed, they can boost them up to handle more traffic and users.
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What is everyone's 4G speeds?? And what ROM and/or radio are you running??
When I first got my Rez on 1/22 my 4G speeds were insane. I could get a steady 28M down and 14M up anytime anywhere in my area (Columbia/Lexington SC). Now my speeds are 2-5M down and and 2M up, but the ping is still very good at 50ms, so it shouldn't be a poor connection issue. Also, I've got 4-5 bars at pretty much all times. Quite a drastic drop off. I've called Verizon and asked them WTF. They will not tell me if they have started throttling in this area on purpose or not. I'm also wondering if its the new radio in the OTA they sent out. My speeds were great pre-OTA and now they are terrible post-OTA, but I didnt test right after the OTA so I dont know if that was the cause or not. Also, now my wifi speeds seem to be limited to 5M down, where as my internet connection is 15M down and my Mac and my Win laptop both hit 15M down, so its not a router/cable modem issue.
I've thought about flashing backwards and testing the pre-OTA radio again now to see if the new radio is the culprit, but I'd like to see what everyone else's experiences are first before I flash back and lose everything on my phone.
So, please post your 4G speeds, location, and rom/radio. Thanks!
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For the last two weeks, my speeds have dropped from 20-30down to 7-8down, maybe just some issues.
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Mesa, AZ At home, 16mb/3-6mb
Tempe, AZ At work, 22mb/8-10mb
We have a lot of LTE users at work. But I think the tower is closer and is pumped up more.
I've been told, that none of the towers are at full capacity and have lots of room to "improve" as needed, meaning that as needed, they can boost them up to handle more traffic and users.
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That was my understanding. From what I had been told the towers in my area are between 25-30% of full power. I haven't really seen speeds get faster since I first got my thunderbolt, but they are more stable. 4G LTE used to bounce ALL over the place. Now whatever speed I get it sits very consistant at.
Speedtest.net shows me getting 15 down it sits at 15 the whole go. It used to be say when I was getting 38 forever ago, that it'd bounce from 30-38 through the whole test.
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Mesa, AZ At home, 16mb/3-6mb
Tempe, AZ At work, 22mb/8-10mb
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All of my tests have been while indoors...
Today while at work outside sitting in the truck, I did a test and got 28mb/10mb. Did the same thing when I got home while sitting in the driveway and got 22mb/8mb
Your speed may vary:
No problems here lol
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At work im able to get 10-15 down and 2-8 up. At home it avg's about 2-4 down and .5 mb/s. Like some else said, its a lot more reliable but my home speeds dropped drastically. It used to get 15-20 down and 8-10 up.
While being reliable, at home it dropps as slow as 500 kb/s on 4G!! I have 2-3 bars/avg 89 DBM, what gives? From my understanding, 4G ISN'T supposed to be lower than 5 MB/s according to Verizon.
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Hollywood CA
20 - 25 down
10 - 15 up
this is pre and post ota
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At work im able to get 10-15 down and 2-8 up. At home it avg's about 2-4 down and .5 mb/s. Like some else said, its a lot more reliable but my home speeds dropped drastically. It used to get 15-20 down and 8-10 up.
While being reliable, at home it dropps as slow as 500 kb/s on 4G!! I have 2-3 bars/avg 89 DBM, what gives? From my understanding, 4G ISN'T supposed to be lower than 5 MB/s according to Verizon.
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I would call them if I were you. I never goten lower than 1.5Mbs. I wish I could say they have been reliable, but I drop data a lot.
Speeds from Salisbury Md
Here is what I got a couple nights ago while at applebee's. I think this is the first and maybe only 4g tower in our area. The last two are 4g, I switched to 3g only to see the difference, and a couple of wifi tests are there too.
Full LTE service - 20 miles from the server.
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30 or so up
10 - 13 down
Stock software but rooted
Greenville & Simpsonville, SC
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No problems here lol
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Obviously not, lol!! Your speeds are super good. Must be really close to a tower that's not used a lot. WOW.
I get about 35 down 25 upload
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So I know alot of us are having issues with data speed on our Evo 4G LTE's
Im doing a comparison test using speedtest.net. Because I dont have both devices activated at the same time, I had to do it on one then activate the other and do it on that as well. The phones were placed in the exact same location using the exact same tower, which I am about 1000 feet from.
Evo 4g LTE
- signal strength 3 bars -94 dBm
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- signal strength 4 bars -88 dBm
Now I know this information is slightly off because of the time difference but as you can see the speeds vary greatly. I am going to keep my Evo 4g LTE for a few more days to see if sprint does anything about this.
Things I have done to try and fix the speed issues:
-reset the phone
-reprovision the phone using my MSL
-update PRL
-update profile
-I tested another Evo 4g LTE and got the same dismal results
Sorry I forgot to mention the Sprint rep told me those speeds on the EVO 4g LTE are normal -_-
Wow that was sure "In depth"
In one of the posts on here, there's reference to some optimized network settings. I wonder if that will help.
I don't have the link handy, nor do I recall book marking/subscribing to it. Effectively, it optimizes tcp/ip settings, similar to what was done when going from dialup to dsl/cable; larger receive window buffers and a few other changes.
Sorry I started this thread comparing both phones from 4 different locations on different towers at the same time but for whatever reason none of the screen shots saved on my EVO 4G LTE and I had already switched phones out 4 times and was getting tired of it. But in 3 of the 4 locations the original EVO out shined the 4G LTE. Only in a parking lot with blue skys were the 2 devices similar in speed.
THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS! 3G IS USELESS FOR ME!
Ping 622 Download 89kbps
Returning this POS if sprint doesn't fix soon.
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Poor Connections - hardware or software?
Massiveian-
Thanks a ton for doing that. I've been keeping a running log of my speed tests on the LTE and was planning to re-initialize the OG 4G to make a similar comparison. You saved me the effort.
Basically your data is pretty clear that the LTE is running approximately 5X fslower than the old 4G on the same exact network setup.
This in my view brings the problem squarely bacj to the phone.
Do you think its fixable? H/W (antenna etc. ) or a S/W problem?
I'm kind thinking that the device and radio are designed for the supposed LTE network and that it's simply suboptimal running on the 3G network and the only thing that's going top work is emergence of LTE network, but based on the "4G" i'm not going to hold my breath.
I'm seeing that this is a real dealbreaker for a lot of users. I'v had the phone since pre-order so its now probably like 2 weks and basically I can't get alot of use out of it.
I'm dialing *2 for sprint in the am and going back to the evo 4g until this is resolved.
I'm frustrated because I got a galaxy [email protected] and it also had really bad connections, now I thought lte would be the one, but looks like I'm going to wait longer.
Mike
I have ****ty data speeds too. I dont ha r data to back it up but my phone sucks add if I am not on WiFi.
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That ping seems long even for the OG EVO getting 1+ MB/s. Is your GPS picking a server close to you?
For all the people with data connection problems, where are you located? There's been talk about 1st stage LTE rollout cities having their towers heavily worked on to push out LTE which I'm assuming which will affect our data connectivity.
I'm in San Francisco and have noticed horrible speeds in pockets of the city, but will be perfectly normal a few blocks over after switching towers. This makes me fairly certain it's a network issue and not phone issue.
Also, I work in San Jose which is a 2nd stage LTE city (weird how they split the Bay Area into 2 regions) and I've never seen data connectivity issues around there.
Damn those speeds suck, I switched my galaxy nexus for this phone cause I ended up getting better speeds, right now is late in Las Vegas so I'm getting almost 2mbps
This is what I got earlier in the morning
And this is my peak hour
If this speeds go lower I'm changing carriers I like this phone so I do want to keep it but I want to have the same speeds
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Although the phone itself is fantastic I really cant recommend it based on the data/network performance... and its really unsettling because the build quality is fantastic and I wanted them to really outshine the competition. I bought a case for it, stuck a screen protector on it, made sure it was all good and ready for the long haul and now I'm thinking of returning it.
Here in Dallas with a 3G speed of 157kbps, you just cant do anything with it. I have to feed off my local wi-fi in order to do anything data related with my phone (thankfully that signal is amazing, 12Mbps).
But now after trying multiple roms, multiple settings, different PRL's I have ran out of options and my 14 days are almost up, I guess the only thing I can do is return it and get my NS4G back until I can test other phones.
It's a ****ing shame, I love the capabilities of this phone, but the speed I'm getting is horrendous.
Here is my speeds from numerous days worth of testing.
My speeds were approximately 1/4 of what I was getting on my OG Evo until yesterday afternoon when I went into settings and manually updated my PRL. Now my speeds are comparable to my OG Evo.
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My speeds were also like most of you are reporting, 200k or so. Since having the "software reinstalled and phone re-activated" at the Sprint store this is what I get, same exact place I took prior tests.
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My speeds were also like most of you are reporting, 200k or so. Since having the "software reinstalled and phone re-activated" at the Sprint store this is what I get, same exact place I took prior tests.
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Thank you for letting us know. There is a bunch of us ready to jump the gun and return the phone -I do not really want to, but we can't get locked on contract with this going on.-
Can you please provide us with updates on how it works on different locations?
Also, do you have any idea what kind of "reinstall" they did at the store? What if the ones of us who activated the phone by ourselves are the ones having the issue?
Thanks a lot,
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Thank you for letting us know. There is a bunch of us ready to jump the gun and return the phone -I do not really want to, but we can't get locked on contract with this going on.-
Can you please provide us with updates on how it works on different locations?
Also, do you have any idea what kind of "reinstall" they did at the store? What if the ones of us who activated the phone by ourselves are the ones having the issue?
Thanks a lot,
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All they do is use your MSL TO GET into the phone to provision it.
They did for me as well and did not work. I have also tried dojng this myself with no change
My speeds are so bad I hardly even do anything that requires data unless I'm connected to wifi.
Data seems much faster on the EVO LTE vs my photon and og EVO. Also, the ability to use 3G data while on the phone on the LTE is a HUGE benefit. Wait for the upgrades, speeds will increase for everyone on 3G as well as LTE.
Also, EVERY new phone has the same exact threads and discussions about how oh my god data is so much slower on this new phone -I'm gonna return it!! Well put the same phone on Verizon's PRL and it works just fine for data speeds. Point being, it's not the phone it's the network-WHICH IS BEING UPGRADED. wait for the upgrades or jump to Verizon.
My speeds are way faster than my OG and my 3D. But have only been so on PRL 24003. I know it's not supposed to work that way, but as soon as I change PRLs, my speed drop.
My speeds at home are the same or faster than I was getting on og EVO, however, the signal is worse. I might try roam control and force my phone on vzw network at work, then if sprint doesn't like it they can cancel my plan
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Same here in downtown Philly; 3G speeds were abysmal -- when it even connected to a network at all. Between this issue, the issue of WiFi not handing off to 3G (or going to/from roaming -- basically hand-offs were a coin-toss as to whether they'd work), and the random modem-crash reboots, I threw in the towel. The EVO LTE is back at Sprint and I've sadly gone back to my OG EVO. I suspect others will do the same.
I ran into a pocket of LTE today in KC as I was driving into work. Here are the speed test results.
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Here are some additional results from KC. 13Mbps is the best result to date. Sprint seems to be testing/tweaking as the results have fluctuated from 0Mbps (connected with a strong signal but no data would move) to 11Mbps with 8-9 being typical.
My 3g has had a tremendous boost in some places. I historically average 250kbps, but have been seeing as high as 1.6Mbps (that would be a 6x improvement in performance). I assume this is also the result the Network Vision upgrades.
I only started seeing 4g and improved 3g after an involuntary service update was pushed to my phone. When it was done, I couldn't see any changes to PRL, profile, etc so I don't know exactly what it changed. The service update happended around midnight and the next morning I started to notice the 4g icon. I probably wouldn't have known about the service update if I didn't happen to be using my phone at that moment. Did this happen to you?
I am praying that we get at least above 10Mbps on an average when LTE is turned on everywhere else.
Loved the OG EVO when it was first released but I saw wimax speeds drop more and more as more subscribers came on board.
Where in KC is this? Might need to experience this pre-launch LTE madness for myself...
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Where in KC is this? Might need to experience this pre-launch LTE madness for myself...
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I was at 75th and Main in the Waldo area when I ran into this.
I was near K-7 and K-10. On the S4GRU site, another person reported getting an LTE signal at 135th & Blackbob.
I can confirm the 135th & Blackbob ... but that was back on launch day. I haven't been back since. Also, my speeds weren't comparable to others' LTE speeds. Is there some LTE air-rave in the Sprint corporate store at 135th and Blackbob? That seemed to be where my signal was centered at the time.
Few weeks back I saw the 4g icon down off 151st in Olathe.
Couldn't run a speedtest, the connection was in and out so much. Have been back since, and no longer get the 4g signal.
I'm over on the Missouri side. Seen intermittent Lte for the past few days all around town. 3g speeds jumped for me since a week ago. Was averaging 20-35kbs now at 1.5-3Mbs on average.
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001
Here in Blue Springs I got LTE for about 30 minutes. I didn't actually realize it until about 10 minutes before it went bye bye. :/
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I'm over on the Missouri side. Seen intermittent Lte for the past few days all around town. 3g speeds jumped for me since a week ago. Was averaging 20-35kbs now at 1.5-3Mbs on average.
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I second the 3G speed improvements, although not as drastic of an increase is higher populated areas.
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Here in Blue Springs I got LTE for about 30 minutes. I didn't actually realize it until about 10 minutes before it went bye bye. :/
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That's great, Blue Springs is my home town. I'm living by BassPro, kind of the same thing here, I didn't realize it till right before it cut out. Between my girlfriend and I, we've picked it up all over Independence. She had it for a couple hours by Arrowhead stadium. Only in the past couple days and definitely random and intermittent.
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001
Dang, I work downtown and live north of the river and haven't run into any 4G yet.
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Dang, I work downtown and live north of the river and haven't run into any 4G yet.
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Down by Power and Light district had it up a few times right after we got our phones on release day. Haven't seen it there since, I bet its going to be functional on the fifteenth though. Downtown, anywhere near the 435 loop and near most all major highways should be covered as well.
That's all speculation of course, based solely on the few places I have seen it and past experience.
They seem to be following the same pattern as they did when they rolled out wimax. Locally at least.
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001
From the rumor mill... All of Kansas city will be getting it as of July 25-27... And Lawrence and Topeka areas in the following months... We will see then again it is Sprint.
EVO LTE DRH
Holy 3g speeds Batman!
I can't say I've ever experienced 3g this fast before. These Vision upgrades may be worth something after all.
Where are you located?
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Kansas City
Indeed getting better although this phone has a much better 3G radio in my opinion vs the 3D. My 3D never came even close to 2+. Granted this test was at 4 in the morning but still. I actually beat out a family members verizon phone we tested on the 4th 3G of course. Even if I could get 1+ down without any drops in connection I would be pretty happy. Things are getting better still can't wait for LTE.
Very impressive. Fast 3G speeds will help us keep patient as we await 4G LTE.:good:
I have been getting really slow data speeds in the Los Angeles area. I used to have the Galaxy S2 (i777) and it had decent speeds (usually 2-3 Mbps and sometimes up to almost 11). When I upgraded to this phone, I was hoping to get around 5 or 6 Mbps but I get this instead.
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It's so slow I can't even load webpages sometimes.
What phones did you come from and what has your experience been with data speeds? What city do you live in? Have you played around with the APN settings to increase speeds?
gsrrr said:
I have been getting really slow data speeds in the Los Angeles area. I used to have the Galaxy S2 (i777) and it had decent speeds (usually 2-3 Mbps and sometimes up to almost 11). When I upgraded to this phone, I was hoping to get around 5 or 6 Mbps but I get this instead.
It's so slow I can't even load webpages sometimes.
What phones did you come from and what has your experience been with data speeds? What city do you live in? Have you played around with the APN settings to increase speeds?
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Are you on an unlimited plan? Maybe you have been throttled. If not then something is wrong,I got 21 down on lte in Detroit.
adfurgerson said:
Are you on an unlimited plan? Maybe you have been throttled. If not then something is wrong,I got 21 down on lte in Detroit.
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I am on the 2gb data plan and it says I have 1.9 left. I rarely use At&t data since I am connected to WiFi 80-90% of the time.
Speeds are faster early in the morning or later in the day around afternoon and also night time. It's just really slow during the day. I guess the network is just congested but it was never this bad when I was on my old phone.
Make sure you are connected to the closest server in the server list, sometimes it messes up and gives you one thousands of miles away, which result in low speeds.
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Make sure you are connected to the closest server in the server list, sometimes it messes up and gives you one thousands of miles away, which result in low speeds.
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Thanks. I've selected the same server that I used with my old phone (Los Angeles Dream Host).
How do your data speeds compare with your old phones? a) increase, b) decrease, c) stay about the same?
And was your old phone LTE or HSPA+?
No problems in Pasadena.
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No problems in Pasadena.
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Pasadena was where I got the highest data speed (near Cal Tech). I got 11, almost 12 Mbps on my old phone there.
Why are your speeds so slow? Im getting upper 30 mb consistently
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MrPlNK said:
Why are your speeds so slow? Im getting upper 30 mb consistently
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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I am in LA/Orange County and the highest I have gotten is 16 down 8 up, but usually it is around 10down 3up and my friends get the same....at&t still growing lte and congested los angeles are the culprits
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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Im in the DC, MD, area. Ive tested in atlanta and little rock and it was similar also. Over 30
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All lte at my house except one 3g test as you can obviously see.
I think you may want to check apn or call att. That might resolve your issue
I had to do that twice in one year due to some technical beef my phone did not register with their servers after resetting.
Portland oregon
around most of Dallas I get 12-20Meg ... in some places 30-40Meg+
the only time I got terrible speed was when I tried using the LTE toggle. but that was easily fixed.
I hate you guys, such fast speeds.
I shot AT&T an email and this was their response.... not sure if it is true or if it is just the normal reply they give when people ask about data speeds.
"Thank you for contacting AT&T about your wireless service. I will be
more than happy to assist you with your inquiry regarding your data
speeds today.
I'm sorry to hear of your data speed issues on the new LTE network, and
am glad to look into that for you. I do see several tower issues being
worked on in your area, which started a couple of weeks ago. They are
planned to be resolved by 12/30/2012. There are also planned upgrades to
the existing towers there too. I have now sent in a network quality
report to our engineers to make them aware of the impacts this is
having. They do use these reports in network planning also.
If you have any additional questions about this issue, please respond to
this email. Thank you for choosing AT&T; we appreciate your business."
Ask them if your data plan is compatible. The Bestbuy website, when I ordered, said that I must upgrade from my 2GB 4G data plan to the 3GB LTE data plan. There was no getting around it. Maybe you have to have the 3GB data plan to use LTE. Although it does look like your connected just fine.
OK, I am blown away at how fast T-Mobile 4G LTE is.
I get crazy speeds. Like over 85Mbps. I even get over 100Mbps at times. That's faster then my Comcast. LOL [emoji1] T-Mobile really does have the fastest 4G LTE in the Nation. I am loving T-Mobile service. Beats Sprint Spark LTE. Anyways what do you guys think? [emoji4]
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Here's my speedtest,from Cumming,Georgia
sorry won't let me attach a photo!
That has yo be a temporary glitch. Dont get used to those speeds. I think they would advertise speeds like that. Best i get is 19 mbs.
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I get high 70's in South East Texas
Mid 40s to low 70s constantly for me depending on where I am.
My speeds are definitely not the fastest in the world but they are pretty darn fast!!
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Seattle/Kent Washington area. Always get 60Mbps+ compared to Sprint Spark Fast Network at 12Mbps max. Lol Sprint really Blows! Lol ?
My speed test WiFi is Comcast with my own WiFi box and second pic is my abismal tmobile lte speed....
Sorry idk why it decided to upload images twice like that ...
I get around 50 down and 10ish up with my G900T on AT&T in Scottsdale, AZ.
Also, around 50. I'm in Lake Ridge, Northern Virginia -just 20 minutes from Washington DC. T-Mobile in the last year has really boost the speed in this area, a year ago I got less than 10 Mbps.
Hahaha this is what I get . Im in Georgia south of Atlanta
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I get close to that depending on what part of my city I'm in. Normally I get high 20's to low 40's.
Considering network load during the daytime, that's pretty good for most carriers. At night I can go above 70.
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These are indeed crazy numbers. Only after the recent software upgrade did my speeds go up into the mid 20's. I tried multiple phones in the last year and a half trying to get higher than 5-7 mbps. Just gave up and pegged it to being in a low spot at my residence (?). I posted here that I thought that a trip to the USVI summer before last had screwed up my data speed on Tmo's side. They told me twice that my settings on their end were screwy.
I'm not a power user so never really had performance that I was unhappy with overall. I love my S5. I have been seeing these low speeds when I check with Speedtest. Just got a refurbed Note3 (which I like a lot) and my speedtest tells me it is giving me between 13 and 24 over 4 tests. I'm happy with that.
Have never in nearly two years of LTE here seen anything over 28 mbps, so 80 is pretty impressive indeed.
Also a question-My Speedtest app's "odometer" tops out at 50mbps.......?
wish I could get that high of speed
Usually only get 18Mb/sec down and 7 up. Called them and they said it was pretty much the only tower north of the river here in Kansas City that was LTE enabled. YAY me...../sarcasm
Over my wifi, I get the usual 100Mb/sec down and 6 up as that is what I pay Time Warner for. So no complaints there.
Using Twizted Lollipop 5.0 V1 as well on my S5.
Super fast.
Cali speed suks. ..
From home I get 70+... fastest speedtest was 106mbps. So insane and way faster than the 40mbps with comcast which I always thought was unbeatable in the area.
So anyone getting throttled for downloading torrents or other stuff. A few months ago I posted a link saying tmobile would throttle your data if they find out your using your unlimited 4g Lte to download stuff. Well it's been a few months and I'm still going strong. I still can't believe Tmobile Is faster then Comcast. That's just crazy. Wonder how Sprints data service is going. Lol not the Spark network is complete crap. Sprint Says The Spark is the nation's fastest data service. They must be smoking to much crack. Because I know some people that have Sprints Spark LTE data service and it can't even get 10Mbps most of the time. And the data goes off and on all day long. I even tried Sprint Spark network with the Galaxy s5 and after a week I gave it back and switched back to tmobile. So T-Mobile Rocks!
I can confirm that I too get pretty fast speeds. I was blown away a few days ago with these results!
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1221557718
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1221559756
And of course this is with my S4. I just bought my S5 today since my S4 broke today.