38kb a sec data.. i've seen it as low as 2kb/s
Service was full bars. One dropped as i was taking the screenshot..
Should have just kept T-MO. But the allure of 3D got me..
My parents use sprint, i use Verizon..
and Ive also noticed their speeds to be pathetically slow.
nice job sprint! lol
Funny thing is, the only time I EVER have issues with my 3G speeds are
1) At home when I can always use Wi-Fi
2) At school when I don't need 3G for much anyway
If the service in your area isn't enough for you, then you should switch to another carrier. I wish I could switch to Verizon, but they're more expensive and don't have unlimited data.
Here are my speeds, testing around in various places (school, my house, my girlfriend's house, etc.)
http://www.box.com/s/5eupf1yxfiu4a49ycueb
SoraX64 said:
Funny thing is, the only time I EVER have issues with my 3G speeds are
1) At home when I can always use Wi-Fi
2) At school when I don't need 3G for much anyway
If the service in your area isn't enough for you, then you should switch to another carrier. I wish I could switch to Verizon, but they're more expensive and don't have unlimited data.
Here are my speeds, testing around in various places (school, my house, my girlfriend's house, etc.)
http://www.box.com/s/5eupf1yxfiu4a49ycueb
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I would love to go to VZW.. but i'm stuck in the Sprint contract.
SH4YD33 said:
I would love to go to VZW.. but i'm stuck in the Sprint contract.
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Come Feb if u r getting a discount on a family line u'll be able too! Check this forum for the topic - sprint is nickel and Diming us and u'll see what I mean. I use to have ur speeds but I found the topic about getting ur msl and speeding up ur Internet and now I get around 1400 kps or so!
Flash the Verizon prl
Roam all the time
Profit ????????????
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You sure its not your phone ? I had the worst speed ever on my first EVO 3d did a few test and confirmed it was hardware took it to sprint they confirmed it. New one ran like a champ hauled ass.
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Flash the Verizon prl
Roam all the time
Profit ????????????
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Sprint has a 200meg roaming limit. They will contact u if your always on a VZW tower
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Sprint is that bad north of Detroit. Hopefully LTE gets goin soon
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also, to touch on my previous post..
Not only are the speeds of those i know with sprint phones pathetic..
But the coverage sucks!
4 people in my car...
2 with verizon phones, and 2 with sprint phones..
Drive 30 minutes away to some nice hiking trails...
Before we can even get there..
Both sprint phones have ZERO bars, and a phone call or text cannot be accomplished.
Yet, both verizon phones stay connected without an issue, and keep all bars. lol
Yeah,
"sprint rocks" my ass.
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Sprint has a 200meg roaming limit. They will contact u if your always on a VZW tower
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and then if i continue to do it they cancel me with no etf and i go to a better provider like verizon
SH4YD33 said:
38kb a sec data.. i've seen it as low as 2kb/s
Service was full bars. One dropped as i was taking the screenshot..
Should have just kept T-MO. But the allure of 3D got me..
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Have you done the sprint proxy mod which changes the rtsp and http stuff I tried that recently and it gave me worse speeds than what I had before. Check those.
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SH4YD33 said:
38kb a sec data.. i've seen it as low as 2kb/s
Service was full bars. One dropped as i was taking the screenshot..
Should have just kept T-MO. But the allure of 3D got me..
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I feel your pain Bro. I get weak data all over. Except the most random places I get great signal. But work is meager and home is ok, but I use wifi all the time.
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Sorry attempt at a joke.. But do you notice i have full bars and get the speeds in the screen? Its obviously not my fault. And honestly.. if putting my phone inside a vagina would give me better service, I would gladly find a candidate to do the speed-test.
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LMAO, you got thanked for that.
reaper24 said:
You sure its not your phone ? I had the worst speed ever on my first EVO 3d did a few test and confirmed it was hardware took it to sprint they confirmed it. New one ran like a champ hauled ass.
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I'm in the East bay Area and its just like that out here Bro. I stay mostly because of M2M minutes and the fact that I have 6 lines on my family plan. I just wish data was better. At my office I am all excited if I hit 300kb, usually in the 100 range. At home I hit like 600-700, but use wifi so it;s a moot point. In the middle of my kids soccer field....1.7mb...seriously...WTF? lol
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Have you done the sprint proxy mod which changes the rtsp and http stuff I tried that recently and it gave me worse speeds than what I had before. Check those.
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I always do this and notice no true difference.
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Have you done the sprint proxy mod which changes the rtsp and http stuff I tried that recently and it gave me worse speeds than what I had before. Check those.
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So the RTSP and HTTP changing them to 0 and 0.0.0.0 gave you worse speeds?
Sprint blows, i have the same issues in michigan with full bars. They are over congested in my area and don't seem to be in any rush to expand thier 3g network(or introduce 4g). At my other house i get low to average speeds though, also with full bars. IMO, you should never see speeds lower than 800 kbps with 3g coverage. Unfortunately, at my house on the east side of Michigan, the data is frequently between 400-800 kbps, though that is still much higher than the speeds i get when im at my apartment on the west side of Michigan.
keep in mind that the competition is almost always pulling 1500-2500 kbps in areas like mine.
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38kb a sec data.. i've seen it as low as 2kb/s
Service was full bars. One dropped as i was taking the screenshot..
Should have just kept T-MO. But the allure of 3D got me..
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Welcome to Sprint.
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You're an idiot, and a troll.
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That's not even trolling.. He's just seeking attention.
Here's mine
Swyped from mah 3vo!
sprint is the only company where I can get the best service at my place. It all depends on locations you can have them but like a router for 4g 3g service in your house.
LOL at least you get "decent" speeds. On my old TP2 I was getting 600 kb now with the 3D I can't get past 32 kb on 3g. If it wasn't for Wimax near me I would be with big red.....sero plan helps. Seems like I got a fancy paper weight when I'm not in a WiMAX area...... Unlimited data so slow you can't use it.
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Guys I've had my Evo since its release. I love it. Had the hero before it. Loved that. I've had sprint for about 6 years. I love it. Id absolutely love to have the Evolution 3D. I got the money for it. So I was set on getting it. But yesterday I go to a local river...btw I live in san antonio. My bro who has verizon...had good signal on his blackberry. My cousin who has at&t...had good signal on his iphone. Me with my super amazing Evo...had no signal whatsoever. At work I can barely get a signal inside the building also. Like I said I love sprint and my evo. The Evo 3D is by far the phone I want the most. But it seems like people who have at&t and verizon have signal no matter what. I just wanna be able to watch videos and stuff but it seems like with sprint I can't do that. Maybe its just how sprint covers the san antonio area. Can someone help a guy out? What would you guys do if u were me? Its a tough call to make
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You can flash a verizon prl to it, I'm currently doing that with my hero and I am getting great signals. You still get 3g but it forces the phone into preferred roaming , so only do that if your plan allows roaming.
Here is a thread with the prl i'm using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089786
I think it is the latest and it will work on your Evo if you want to test how the signal is.
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Guys I've had my Evo since its release. I love it. Had the hero before it. Loved that. I've had sprint for about 6 years. I love it. Id absolutely love to have the Evolution 3D. I got the money for it. So I was set on getting it. But yesterday I go to a local river...btw I live in san antonio. My bro who has verizon...had good signal on his blackberry. My cousin who has at&t...had good signal on his iphone. Me with my super amazing Evo...had no signal whatsoever. At work I can barely get a signal inside the building also. Like I said I love sprint and my evo. The Evo 3D is by far the phone I want the most. But it seems like people who have at&t and verizon have signal no matter what. I just wanna be able to watch videos and stuff but it seems like with sprint I can't do that. Maybe its just how sprint covers the san antonio area. Can someone help a guy out? What would you guys do if u were me? Its a tough call to make
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Don't play with your phones by a river!
Tell your friends and brother!
Lol Verizon over priced plans
And phone
att overpriced plans and horrid drop. Call rate plus ****ty data plan
I don't get **** for service with this nexus s... so I feel your pain
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I've seen the prl stuff. But I thought if im gonna use a verizon prl...why not go to verizon? I dunno that's what I was thinking...
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Lol. U see... Wouldn't u want ur nexus s with a good service to show it off. I can barely check scores for a game but it takes forever.
nate420 said:
Don't play with your phones by a river!
Tell your friends and brother!
Lol Verizon over priced plans
And phone
att overpriced plans and horrid drop. Call rate plus ****ty data plan
I don't get **** for service with this nexus s... so I feel your pain
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Well Sprint is still cheaper and if your signal is that bad I think it would be worth investing in. I mean if you really want verizon than go ahead, but I feel that the prl works perfectly and there is no need to make a switch in my opinion,
Well commingle from T-Mobile you will hate Verizon when they throttle you..
I'd say call sprint and tell them you have a network problem with slow speeds.. they will check your coverage
Prolly issue a trouble ticket and then give you a credit or something
Or they may just say f u...
Call before you switch if u do decide to go to Verizon I'm sure sprint will do what they can to keep you as a customer
And as for this nexus s
I don't like it anyways so I'm taking it back
Plus it has know data signal problems
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Ill look more into it. Its worth a shot right...id hate to leave sprint cuz its not expensive and they are getting the best phone
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Well Sprint is still cheaper and if your signal is that bad I think it would be worth investing in. I mean if you really want verizon than go ahead, but I feel that the prl works perfectly and there is no need to make a switch in my opinion,
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I might just do that also. I seen ppl with t-mobile and they hate it. I dunno what it is they can do tho its not like sprint is gonna invest more into san antonio to make me happy. Lol. Well see
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Well commingle from T-Mobile you will hate Verizon when they throttle you..
I'd say call sprint and tell them you have a network problem with slow speeds.. they will check your coverage
Prolly issue a trouble ticket and then give you a credit or something
Or they may just say f u...
Call before you switch if u do decide to go to Verizon I'm sure sprint will do what they can to keep you as a customer
And as for this nexus s
I don't like it anyways so I'm taking it back
Plus it has know data signal problems
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Oh I forgot to add that you don't loose any features either. I can still use Sprint tv. I have the other sprint apps removed, but I thought it was worth adding. So pretty much you get a big increase in 3g speed with no drawbacks....If only I could add a lte chip to my phone to use 4g...
Hmmm sounds cool to me. Oh yeah and I read on engadget that san antonio is one of the first 6 cities that at&t will deploy their lte network this summer. Their headquarters use to be here before it moved to dallas. So I would expect the signal to be very good in texas
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I know its a dumb question but what's the easiest way to check if my plan allows roaming?
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I know its a dumb question but what's the easiest way to check if my plan allows roaming?
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You can go on the chat on sprint's site, and if you have a simply everything plan then you do have roaming.
Cool thanks alot
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My cousin has AT&T and my other one has Verizon. Verizon hardly ever drops calls (same w/ Sprint). AT&T on the other hand...STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!! They're crazy and lock down their devices more than any other carrier. The amazon Market doesn't even work on the AT&T devices.
IF you switch, go to Verizon, but I still suggest staying with Sprint just because they're the cheapest. Try contacting them and see if you can get some type of discount on your plan for crappy service.
EDIT: Within my 10 mile radius @ my house, I have one dead spot. lol! (Jacksonville Florida)
I know this won't help you when your out and about but..since you are a six year customer if you call Sprint and tell them your signal blows they will probrably give you an airwave device..I got one no prob..and now I have great signal for about 100 yards in any direction from the device..its free u just need cable internet..only drawback is that it blocks other cdma devices besides Sprint from getting signal within range of it..I think you can fix that in most phones roaming settings tho
Yeah at&t is a last resort. I read up more on the verizon prls. I don't really feel comfortable doing that. I would consider calling sprint. But the thing is I get good signal at home. Just not anywhere else...lol. at work it sux...at our other house 45 mind away it sux. Its hard to figure out
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Overstew said:
My cousin has AT&T and my other one has Verizon. Verizon hardly ever drops calls (same w/ Sprint). AT&T on the other hand...STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!! They're crazy and lock down their devices more than any other carrier. The amazon Market doesn't even work on the AT&T devices.
IF you switch, go to Verizon, but I still suggest staying with Sprint just because they're the cheapest. Try contacting them and see if you can get some type of discount on your plan for crappy service.
EDIT: Within my 10 mile radius @ my house, I have one dead spot. lol! (Jacksonville Florida)
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Hey, I'm new to Jacksonville. Is it worth getting 4g service here? I want to be able to tether the 4g onto my laptop in my apartment. What do you think of the service in the area?????
sprints network in san antonio is pure **** right now. they gave me a date of 6/17 when they will have the towers fixed in my area, culebra/1604 area. but whether that is true i doubt it since this will be about the 4th date they have given for when the towers will be fixed.
kinextions said:
Hey, I'm new to Jacksonville. Is it worth getting 4g service here? I want to be able to tether the 4g onto my laptop in my apartment. What do you think of the service in the area?????
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4G is available roughly about 20% of the time near me. It's not @ my house, but it is VERY strong outside my neighborhood. (lol).
When I do have it, I get from 1 mbps to 10 mbps. It's really quick for a phone, especially anything over 2 mbps.
EDIT: You can look up Clear's network coverage and see if you're covered. The map literally shows a dead area about a 20 foot radius around my house. LOL
Can anyone get through a YouTube with out it stopping on 3G. This is hoorible. My EVO 4G has full bars and not a single hiccup. Is it just me? I took the OTA, not sure if that makes a difference, but I am going back right now and getting another one. This time I am not taking the OTA as I have seen what Green Hornet looks like. Data sucks ass on this phone!
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Can anyone get through a YouTube with out it stopping on 3G. This is hoorible. My EVO 4G has full bars and not a single hiccup. Is it just me? I took the OTA, not sure if that makes a difference, but I am going back right now and getting another one. This time I am not taking the OTA as I have seen what Green Hornet looks like. Data sucks ass on this phone!
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data sucks ass on sprint these days. i bet your just experiencing issues cause sprint just took on even more users over the past couple days and their network is getting overloaded. happened to me.
hockey4life0099 said:
data sucks ass on sprint these days. i bet your just experiencing issues cause sprint just took on even more users over the past couple days and their network is getting overloaded. happened to me.
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This is the answer I was given from sprint when I called.
My 3G is double what my Evo 4G was giving me...maybe you just have a bunch of new users in your area,I'm in Apopka FL...I can actually get a 4G signal in my home now too
Sent from that EVO3D Thingy...I need an asprin.
Last year when the Evo4G was released, within a week I watched my 3G speeds steadily drop from about 1mpbs+ down to 50-400 kbps (depending on time of day). They never recovered. Apparently all those new Evo's overloaded their network. History is probably repeating itself.
Same here I came from tmobile and 3g was so fast YouTube video would play in seconds. But on the evo 3d take time and when it plays it stop like few second later. I live in Tampa Florida.
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hockey4life0099 said:
data sucks ass on sprint these days.
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this is why i left sprint and went to verizon... yes it costs more but in the long run the signal is better and the data is there and fast. LTE is 10x better than anything i ever had on my evo4g.
ffolkes said:
Last year when the Evo4G was released, within a week I watched my 3G speeds steadily drop from about 1mpbs+ down to 50-400 kbps (depending on time of day). They never recovered. Apparently all those new Evo's overloaded their network. History is probably repeating itself.
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neither did mine
fixxxer2008 said:
this is why i left sprint and went to verizon... yes it costs more but in the long run the signal is better and the data is there and fast. LTE is 10x better than anything i ever had on my evo4g.
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I thought you went to the Nexus S with Sprint? Didn't know you left. What phone you rockin now?
guys find the thread about getting your msl and getting rid of sprints proxies. i was getting around 300kbps on 3g and after taking off the proxie i hit 1300 today and avgd around 700. so much better
lbhocky19 said:
guys find the thread about getting your msl and getting rid of sprints proxies. i was getting around 300kbps on 3g and after taking off the proxie i hit 1300 today and avgd around 700. so much better
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I tried that and still cannot get above 300 kbps download, upload is fine and faster than the down.
lbhocky19 said:
guys find the thread about getting your msl and getting rid of sprints proxies. i was getting around 300kbps on 3g and after taking off the proxie i hit 1300 today and avgd around 700. so much better
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I was just about to suggest that, call CC and get your MSL, then remove the proxies in the. ##8232# advanced settings. You will see a significant increase in data speed.
i've been getting around 700-800kbps... i used to get 1000kbps on evo 4g. Sprint is a mess right now in FL as far as data goes. Just last month they had a huge outage in my area and i was getting just 30kbps for three days. Drove me insane. I've been happy with Sprint for years, but lately I've been haring many complaints about data speeds from people... If the ATT-Tmo deal goes down, I think Sprint will be finished.
I'm lucky to see 300 Kb.
fixxxer2008 said:
this is why i left sprint and went to verizon... yes it costs more but in the long run the signal is better and the data is there and fast. LTE is 10x better than anything i ever had on my evo4g.
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Ouch have you seen the new data package that leaked....
E3D
lbhocky19 said:
guys find the thread about getting your msl and getting rid of sprints proxies. i was getting around 300kbps on 3g and after taking off the proxie i hit 1300 today and avgd around 700. so much better
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I tried that earlier and didn't notice much of a difference, but I did not perform a speed test. I'll give it another shot!
to be honest my evo 4g had slowed down this week too. at places I used to stream fine I got tons of buffeting errors.
Is Sprint service
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Slow for me here in the Houston area. Like 200-300 kbps.
CheesyNutz said:
Ouch have you seen the new data package that leaked....
E3D
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Haha yeah I'd rather deal with ATT than verizons new data plans
30 dollars for 2gb
50 dollars for 5gb
80 dollars for 10gb
Yeah **** that noise
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This is ridiculous. It's taking like 2 mins to load Google?
I've already done the proxy removal and I'm only getting like 100 kbps. What's going on here??
Welcome to sprint ...
Reboot
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Ryan00 said:
Welcome to sprint ...
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i just connected just fine in a few seconds
Your actually doing better than me. I've been capping off at 79
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I have to use 4g to do any web browsing? This is terrible.
holland7 said:
Your actually doing better than me. I've been capping off at 79
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That's about right for Sprint 3G. It's within the 3G range for Sprint, anyway.
After removing the proxies I went from like 500kbps to 1.3mbps in my house...1-2 bars...sometimes 3....
Today I was in an area that was previously almost a deadzone, no bars but no roaming.....I got 1.5mbps-2.1mbps!??? It was phenomenal. The 4G in that area only netted my like 7mbps, even though 4g in my area (which I cannot get in my house) I've gotten up to 18mbps before.
Call sprint, report deadzones. If nobody tells them they won't do anything.
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If you live in the boonies.
It's fast in California.
I live in NYC.
Just did a speed test and got 11 kbps. Pretty sure NYC isn't in the boonies.
Live in Chicago burbs, as I type this, roaming alert came on
On my.EVO 4G don't think I ever saw the roam alert. On this 3VO it roams few times a day. That NEVER used to happen.
3G service has hit the ****ter lately.
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322kbps in Philadelphia! Yeah 3g is terrible. Is there any plan on fixing this?
Zorachus said:
Live in Chicago burbs, as I type this, roaming alert came on
On my.EVO 4G don't think I ever saw the roam alert. On this 3VO it roams few times a day. That NEVER used to happen.
3G service has hit the ****ter lately.
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3G service when I had my Lotus and Moment were actually impressive for a mobile device...I was surprised.
3G Service the day I got my Evo4G was VERY impressive....and it just declined steadily from there. For a while I thought it was me screwing with the phone too much....but 2 and 2, etc....
The 3G speeds I get on my Evo3D are right in line with the Evo4G and the steady decline in service in my area (probably proportionate to some of the (now) 500,000 android activiations every effing day)....but the radio is like 1-1.5 bars lower than my Evo would average....which sucks. Performance isn't affected unless it's a fringe situation, like the bathroom at work...which sucks, I like to read CNN when I poop, but I digress.
I expect radio updates will help a lot, but, I ain't touchin' any of that until we have some action out of HTC or failing that one of our brilliant devs does what they are bound to do anyway...
...I've gotta admit, I've been F5ing the living fnck out of the two root threads in development and they are fascinating and at times exciting....I recommend it, it's better than the drunken 6-year-old mob mentality that has tended to coalesce in General lately--I haven't even bothered with Q&A....
Man I never thought I'd see the day where I'd salivate over 322 kbps.
If only Verizon would release better phones...
ColdH33t said:
Man I never thought I'd see the day where I'd salivate over 322 kbps.
If only Verizon would release better phones...
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So flash a verizon PRL and watch your usage....once you hit 300mb put back the sprint PRL...it's like you are throttling yourself, lol.
Seriously, if Verizon is that much better where you are do it....where I am Verizon has a stronger signal but they also have MANY MANY MANY times more customers than Sprint, so, their network is way oversold and over utilized....Sprint not so much....so Sprint has weaker signals and faster speeds on average.
In terms of voice, Sprint is the clear winner where I am but for some reason Data is just the worst.
How would I go about flashing a Verizon PRL? I have the PRL file but I'm unsure of how to actually flash it.
Did you try calling Sprint and getting them to reprovision your phone?
ColdH33t said:
In terms of voice, Sprint is the clear winner where I am but for some reason Data is just the worst.
How would I go about flashing a Verizon PRL? I have the PRL file but I'm unsure of how to actually flash it.
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My mistake for saying 'flashing', force of habit...
First thing you have to do is get your MSL, you can either call Sprint and ask for it or use the popular method (with CDMA workshop) that's currently around the top of the Dev section... I usually just called for it, but, for geekliness I had to rip it out myself and it was an effin' snap to do, so, just follow those directions to get it...
....then there is a thread floating around here (and/or the Evo4g forum) with a number of Verizon and Verizon/Altell hybrid PRL's.....download a couple...31337 is good I hear
then you punch in some ## codes, load the PRL file, reboot and ***POOF***, you are on verizon--still consuming roaming data and voice--but you aren't limited to 1x....
EDIT: Don't forget to hit "menu:commit changes" to reboot--or you won't make any changes.
daneurysm said:
My mistake for saying 'flashing', force of habit...
First thing you have to do is get your MSL, you can either call Sprint and ask for it or use the popular method (with CDMA workshop) that's currently around the top of the Dev section... I usually just called for it, but, for geekliness I had to rip it out myself and it was an effin' snap to do, so, just follow those directions to get it...
....then there is a thread floating around here (and/or the Evo4g forum) with a number of Verizon and Verizon/Altell hybrid PRL's.....download a couple...31337 is good I hear
then you punch in some ## codes, load the PRL file, reboot and ***POOF***, you are on verizon--still consuming roaming data and voice--but you aren't limited to 1x....
EDIT: Don't forget to hit "menu:commit changes" to reboot--or you won't make any changes.
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Hmm thanks. I already have the MSL, but I don't see anything in the ##3282# to load in a new PRL. Is that the right code?
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OK whoa whoa! I got a nice 300 kbps just now. I changed a setting in that menu regarding EVDO. Changed it from CDMA only to Automatic. Lemme revert and see what happens.
Speedtest:
359 kbps
4821 kbps WTF?
Zorachus said:
Live in Chicago burbs, as I type this, roaming alert came on
On my.EVO 4G don't think I ever saw the roam alert. On this 3VO it roams few times a day. That NEVER used to happen.
3G service has hit the ****ter lately.
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I used to live in the Des Moines area of Iowa and the 3G was awesome...moved to Chicago and noticed its about dial up...don't know how you guys got/get by on just 3G. The EVO never went off 4G...
What's really sad is I could do speed tests on 3G in IA that are only slightly slower than my 4G tests here.
Now that is what you call premium data!
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Sounds like Sprint. You may want to check with them to see if their nearby tower is down for maintenance.
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Now that is what you call premium data!
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I went to Myrtle Beach about a month ago and my speeds were exactly like that all weekend, my phone was pretty much useless the entire weekend.
I had an issue like that where my service is usually perfect. Lasted a week, then it came back up and the speeds are great. I suspect tower/backhaul upgrades now that the cat is out of the bag with their network strategy update.
Yeah, I'm not sure what is going on but for the past couple of months the service in my area has been awful. I was completely roaming for two months after a storm and now service is back on and the speeds are super slow. Worst part is I've been waiting for them to upgrade to 4G in my area since I had the OG Evo 4G and now Verizon's LTE is creeping closer and closer to my area!
I really believe Sprint's problem is backhaul. My buddy has verizon and usually get's any where from 800kbs-1mb down all the time. Most of the time I'm between 140kbs-300kbs. Oh what I would give to have consistint 1mb download speed. I really don't even care about 4G! Just give me fast 3G!!!
I have had the same issue. My 3G is flat out unusable and I am always roaming. -_- I might have to switch out to verizon and deal with the data cap but at least I will good voice coverage and great 3G/4G speeds. I love how Sprint has true unlimited, but it comes at a price.
there 3g network in many areas is just complete crap. it is in my area, it get so overloaded in the evenings 3g is not even useable. hell even during off peak hours its not even fast enough to stream pandora, youtube, anything. premium data my ass.
I get great speeds actually so I can't complain usually a great 4G signal in the crapper too
Now that has never happened before
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Detroit is horrible. The suburbs are anyway. Typically 300 down, but around 1000 at night.
I guess you could always use the Verizon prl to get them to terminate your contract, then sign with a better carrier in your area.
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Burning rubber baby!
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Rob the plumber said:
Burning rubber baby!
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LOL, you better slow down before someone gets hurt! LOL
Worst part is I'm such a sprint die hard and absolutely hate Verizon! Sprint is just getting really hard to stay loyal to. I've been with them for over 10 years. The only carrier I would even consider is Tmo but they are worse in my area then Sprint. I'm really rooting for Sprint, just get it together already!
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you should try the 00001.prl file see if the speeds get any better. Sometimes its just the area you are in or the time of day. here in wichita,KS sometimes it doesnt matter what network I'm on..
billyapd21 said:
LOL, you better slow down before someone gets hurt! LOL
Worst part is I'm such a sprint die hard and absolutely hate Verizon! Sprint is just getting really hard to stay loyal to. I've been with them for over 10 years. The only carrier I would even consider is Tmo but they are worse in my area then Sprint. I'm really rooting for Sprint, just get it together already!
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I don't see it getting any better with all the people jumping ship to Sprint to get unlimited data on their iPhone. If the network is overrun now imagine in a month.
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I don't see it getting any better with all the people jumping ship to Sprint to get unlimited data on their iPhone. If the network is overrun now imagine in a month.
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Imagine if you paid attention to announcements like today.
fmedina2 said:
I don't see it getting any better with all the people jumping ship to Sprint to get unlimited data on their iPhone. If the network is overrun now imagine in a month.
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Damn, that sucks for you guys. I guess I'm lucky to get good 3g speeds here in Vegas.
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Imagine if you paid attention to announcements like today.
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the promise of lte a year from now? Wow. Great. It kinda reminds me how sprint has been telling me "60 more days and 4g will be on in your area...." Those promises started right after I bought the original evo.
Using the 00001 prl works great, just like sprint should. Unfortunately that is a Verizon prl and sprint will quickly whack you for excessive roaming.
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Just did a speed test. 146 kbps. -_-
I'm happy here in Wisconsin.
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I also get very horrible 3G where I live.. I hope sprint starts fixing this or I will be jumping ship to Verizon or ATT.. I don't really care about C.S, I care about the reliable data speeds and coverage. Check out my results on 3G..
This article really helped me understand why I'm seeing such poor LTE speeds in Chicago.
http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/132847-sprint-4g-lte-launches-promises-3g-speeds-for-its-path-to-domination
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I assume there was supposed to be a link included in your post? I'm curious, with my residence in LA, another major metro area.
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lol that article is a joke, sprint is indeed improving the backhaul on the nv/LTE towers.
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I assume there was supposed to be a link included in your post? I'm curious, with my residence in LA, another major metro area.
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I've passed thru pasadena on the 210 and nv is goin strong in that area. I was getting 3mbps 3g. It's good stuff.
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I thought this was going to another one of those great "class action lawsuit" threads.
Aw man, a service that's been available for two weeks doesn't work perfectly for me, they must be doing something wrong!
Lol. Sprints network is much faster than 6 to 8 mbs dl, it's just what they can guarantee. It's always better to underestimate the network rather than overestimate it.
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Lol. Sprints network is much faster than 6 to 8 mbs dl, it's just what they can guarantee. It's always better to underestimate the network rather than overestimate it.
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I've been using it every day and that's actaually exactly what I get: 6-8MGPS. I hope it improves of course. In fact 6-8 works fine for me, I was just doing some research on why it is so much slower than the RAZORMAx I also have-pulling down 30+ in the same spot.
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Aw man, a service that's been available for two weeks doesn't work perfectly for me, they must be doing something wrong!
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Bro that really wasn't my point whatsoever. But since you brought it up, my thunderbolt pulled down 30+ the day Verizon flipped on LTE so I don't think what your saying really holds up here?
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Worst article ever....completely lacks any knowledge of what's going on in the NV buildout at all....if they did then they wouldn't of wasted their time writting that article bc sprint is upgrading backhaul to microwave or fiber based everywhere during this rollout...soooooo much is being done and changed its insane to think what this article points to...basically the only thing that will be the same when this is done is the freaking tower structure itself!
For those that don't know what's going on nor the details, take some time to go read up on everything and grasp some knowledge and be better educated on it all please....
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Worst article ever....completely lacks any knowledge of what's going on in the NV buildout at all....if they did then they wouldn't of wasted their time writting that article bc sprint is upgrading backhaul to microwave or fiber based everywhere during this rollout...soooooo much is being done and changed its insane to think what this article points to...basically the only thing that will be the same when this is done is the freaking tower structure itself!
For those that don't know what's going on nor the details, take some time to go read up on everything and grasp some knowledge and be better educated on it all please....
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Thanks. That helps also. Again, I was just sitting here , with two phones , both connected to their repective LTE networks , and wanted to understand why such a speed discrepency. That was the first article I found. I didn't present it as fact. You sound like you know what your talking about. Can you link me to anything that will help me better understand why I see such speed differences on such similar technology? ( full signal bars on both).
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Thanks. That helps also. Again, I was just sitting here , with two phones , both connected to their repective LTE networks , and wanted to understand why such a speed discrepency. That was the first article I found. I didn't present it as fact. You sound like you know what your talking about. Can you link me to anything that will help me better understand why I see such speed differences on such similar technology? ( full signal bars on both).
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s4gru.com
take a week and read around all over there....
Verizon is using a 10x10MHz LTE network while Sprint's is only 5x5MHz....BUT VZ has a butt load more subscribers on their network than sprint so in the end they need more capacity anyway to start....
Most of the complaints from sprints current build out have been b/c they are announcing markets as live when only roughly 25% towers are live and ready....
Sprint is also building their network out to have a higher average speed as opposed to a higher peak speed,....something I completely agree with tbh, as I would much rather avg 7-10Mbps all the time(with the peak of 20ish) than peak out on a speed test at 30 every now and then....also whats the real honest need for 30Mbps connection on your phone anyway?...if your looking to replace your home Internet connection with this then I can see the need, otherwise I dont get the strong need for 30Mbps speed DL on a phone right now....yeah itll help out with the file downloads some but other than that?.....
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s4gru.com
take a week and read around all over there....
Verizon is using a 10x10MHz LTE network while Sprint's is only 5x5MHz....BUT VZ has a butt load more subscribers on their network than sprint so in the end they need more capacity anyway to start....
Most of the complaints from sprints current build out have been b/c they are announcing markets as live when only roughly 25% towers are live and ready....
Sprint is also building their network out to have a higher average speed as opposed to a higher peak speed,....something I completely agree with tbh, as I would much rather avg 7-10Mbps all the time(with the peak of 20ish) than peak out on a speed test at 30 every now and then....also whats the real honest need for 30Mbps connection on your phone anyway?...if your looking to replace your home Internet connection with this then I can see the need, otherwise I dont get the strong need for 30Mbps speed DL on a phone right now....yeah itll help out with the file downloads some but other than that?.....
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Completely agree. Id rather have consistency all day as well. And, as I posted earlier, I'm completely fine with the 6-8 I'm getting (who needs more than that on a phone really?) , I just got to wondering why the speeds were so drastically different between the two.
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consistency is key..I'd much rather be blanketed in LTE.that I know what speeds to expect..I'm not dling large files on the go anyways..that's why I have da wifiz..anything above 5 will suit me ..I get 20 mbs DowN at home.with WiFi and hd YouTube (app)still buffers constantly..shoot id be happy with consistent 2-3 mbs 3g
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s4gru.com
take a week and read around all over there....
Verizon is using a 10x10MHz LTE network while Sprint's is only 5x5MHz....BUT VZ has a butt load more subscribers on their network than sprint so in the end they need more capacity anyway to start....
Most of the complaints from sprints current build out have been b/c they are announcing markets as live when only roughly 25% towers are live and ready....
Sprint is also building their network out to have a higher average speed as opposed to a higher peak speed,....something I completely agree with tbh, as I would much rather avg 7-10Mbps all the time(with the peak of 20ish) than peak out on a speed test at 30 every now and then....also whats the real honest need for 30Mbps connection on your phone anyway?...if your looking to replace your home Internet connection with this then I can see the need, otherwise I dont get the strong need for 30Mbps speed DL on a phone right now....yeah itll help out with the file downloads some but other than that?.....
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Spot on...
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Spot on...
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usually am....
another note though....as noted over there, there are infact places in Chicago that are having sites completed before backhaul is in place, which would explain the results some have experienced....backhaul connections are "supposed" to be in place before sites go live but there are instances this isn't the case evidently....its rare but it has happened....
regardless though, its a temporary situation and easy/quick fix once its ready and the provider has their ish in gear and backhaul in place...
Holy cow there are some defensive people around here....Sprint employees maybe?
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Holy cow there are some defensive people around here....Sprint employees maybe?
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If you're talking about sarge, I don't think so. He just knows what he's talking about and frowns on poorly researched posts/articles.
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If you're talking about sarge, I don't think so. He just knows what he's talking about and frowns on poorly researched posts/articles.
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THIS! :good:
ipclark1 said:
Thanks. That helps also. Again, I was just sitting here , with two phones , both connected to their repective LTE networks , and wanted to understand why such a speed discrepency. That was the first article I found. I didn't present it as fact. You sound like you know what your talking about. Can you link me to anything that will help me better understand why I see such speed differences on such similar technology? ( full signal bars on both).
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This article really helped me understand why I'm seeing such poor LTE speeds in Chicago.
http://www.extremetech.com/electron...promises-3g-speeds-for-its-path-to-domination
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Where, in Chicago, are you that you're getting any LTE connection at all? Because LTE isn't active in Chicago, yet... lol If you're in a far-south suburb, you may be connecting to Hammond, Indiana's network. Reports in other Chicago areas have been sporadic, at best.