I downloaded this free app and shockingly enough, I actually went from a 3mbps download average to a 6mbps average. I don't know how it works, but it simply just does. No this isn't spam.
Here are some tests that I did tonight with it.
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Test it out for your self. Let us know your results.
I can honestly say that it does hurt your battery life...
I also noticed that this seems to work better when you have fast dormancy off. To disable fast dormancy...dial *#9900* and click on disable fast dormancy.
wow I can't believe this app really works!
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whats the name of the app?
brentett said:
whats the name of the app?
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Sorry...it's the title of the thread.
Mine was actually a little bit slower after applying the tweak. went from 4200kbps to 4000kbps, but the ping time went from 220ms to 170ms.
only one test on my phone though, so can't come to any significant conclusions
I tried it at a friend's house and my speeds went from 1.27Mbps immediately down to 0.21Mbps and 0.81Mbps. I tried a few different settings, none got it back to 1.3Mbps, so I uninstalled the tweak and the app.
Just tried it at home right now and scored a 5.2Mbps down, 1.80 up which is just about the fastest speed I've ever had at my house. Usually I'm around 2-3Mbps, but never higher than 5Mbps. Just looked my result history and 4.8Mbps was my fastest here in town.
Ran the test again 5 minutes later and puled in a 5.6Mbps down, 2.35Mbps up! I have never seen speeds that high in both categories.
I'm going to try testing a few things tomorrow, but these are promising initial results.
sdmark said:
Mine was actually a little bit slower after applying the tweak. went from 4200kbps to 4000kbps, but the ping time went from 220ms to 170ms.
only one test on my phone though, so can't come to any significant conclusions
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Interesting....did you turn it on to the fastest mode? Interesting result to say the least. It really has just about doubled my download speed.
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Just ran another test using root metrics and scored 7Mbps down. These numbers are ridiculous. Looking forward to more testing tomorrow.
I'm curious if these are build.prop tweaks. There is one way to find out... TO THE CLOUD. I mean time to backup my build.prop and do some comparisons. I am also wondering if this will break my v6.
The faster the speed, the moar battery drain.
Download tweak threw this into my build.prop:
Normal:
HTML:
ro.ril.hsxpa=1
ro.ril.gprsclass=10
ro.ril.hep=1
ro.ril.enable.dtm=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=10
ro.ril.hsupa.category=6
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
The rest of the tweaks just change 3 of them.
ro.ril.hsxpa=
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=
ro.ril.hsupa.category=
Upload just changes ro.ril.hsxpa=
Anyone else giving this a go? I'm still having great results.
Good catch cwc3. I'm checking mine and all the build.prob tweaks were gone when my speeds were really high, so I think it was a placebo effect for the most part.
Being the tinkerer that I am, I tried the tweak again last night and it dropped back down to under 2Mbps download. Still faster than before running the tweaks though.
This morning, I reinstalled and retried the "FAST" tweak. It went up around 3Mbps.
I uninstalled the tweaks and it's back around 2Mbps.
I'm going to stay without the app tweaks for now. I am just going to experiment with modifying build.prob and saving the changes.
dmm5157 said:
Good catch cwc3. I'm checking mine and all the build.prob tweaks were gone when my speeds were really high, so I think it was a placebo effect for the most part.
Being the tinkerer that I am, I tried the tweak again last night and it dropped back down to under 2Mbps download. Still faster than before running the tweaks though.
This morning, I reinstalled and retried the "FAST" tweak. It went up around 3Mbps.
I uninstalled the tweaks and it's back around 2Mbps.
I'm going to stay without the app tweaks for now. I am just going to experiment with modifying build.prob and saving the changes.
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I really wish that I knew what you are talking about. Are the changes that it makes a bad thing? I really don't think that it's a placebo effect. It really is much faster. I guess I need an explanation for me to understand.
The reason I say placebo effect is because in my case I uninstalled the tweaks (removed the added lines from my build.prop file), restarted the phone, uninstalled the app, and then ran the speed test when I got my extremely fast speed test results.
That is, of course, unless the app is modifying something else.
I'm going to do some more digging when I finish helping my friend move into her new apartment.
Tries this myself and overall my speed performance went up. Not double like some but almost a full 1 mbps. From about 1.5 to 2.5. On a hell raised Rom though. Some of you guys getting like 5 what Rom are you using? People doing this test maybe put what Rom your using along with the speed increase numbers.
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ROM : ICScrewed 2.0.1
Modem is : UCKH7 Modem
Fast Dormancy is disabled
Average Download Speed is now ranging from 3.5mbps Minimum to 6.5mbps Max which is much higher than normal.
I will test this later with different Modems too....
I have a highly tweaked build.prop file, so the app thought that tweaks were already applied. The fast profile only changed 2 values in the file to values I had previously tested and had no luck with.
When I initially did a speed test, my upload went up from 0.9 to 1.6, and my download from 0.5 to 3 (I live in an area with hardly any cell towers nearby...it's like they're banned in the neighborhood).
I then uninstalled the app without removing the tweaks or rebooting, and my speed dropped. I wonder what else the app does, and if it's manipulating anything while being installed. I mean, if this app only modifies the build.prop file, theoretically it should no longer be needed once tweaks are applied.
I think maybe the tweaks caught the at&t network off-guard which gives the initial speed boost, but then the network eventually catches on and puts us back in our place. Actually, some threads even suggest that having the setting too high might eventually cause the network too slow your down below factory speeds. Hmmm
SoCaliTrojan said:
I have a highly tweaked build.prop file, so the app thought that tweaks were already applied. The fast profile only changed 2 values in the file to values I had previously tested and had no luck with.
When I initially did a speed test, my upload went up from 0.9 to 1.6, and my download from 0.5 to 3 (I live in an area with hardly any cell towers nearby...it's like they're banned in the neighborhood).
I then uninstalled the app without removing the tweaks or rebooting, and my speed dropped. I wonder what else the app does, and if it's manipulating anything while being installed. I mean, if this app only modifies the build.prop file, theoretically it should no longer be needed once tweaks are applied.
I think maybe the tweaks caught the at&t network off-guard which gives the initial speed boost, but then the network eventually catches on and puts us back in our place. Actually, some threads even suggest that having the setting too high might eventually cause the network too slow your down below factory speeds. Hmmm
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Did your signal level seem to go up as well with the Mod/app? Mine did. Needless to say, I'm a bit confused.
Iskor12 said:
ROM : ICScrewed 2.0.1
Modem is : UCKH7 Modem
Fast Dormancy is disabled
Average Download Speed is now ranging from 3.5mbps Minimum to 6.5mbps Max which is much higher than normal.
I will test this later with different Modems too....
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I used to get around 5 to 6. Forgot to mention Im in hell raised hyperdroid. Kk6 modem with latest siyah. Now Im lucky to get 2. With this app Im getting more consistent 2.3 to 2.8. Upload went down just slightly but that's fine cause id rather have faster download. Im in a decent size city too.
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Interesting app.. Inside home I barerly get 300kbps. With 1 signal bar, and with this app is at 2 bars, sometimes 3 and speed is around 1700kbps.
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Originally Posted by stampere
you can edit the build.prop by
adb pull /system/build.prop c:\where\you\want\to\put\it\
open with wordpad and add the following lines
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hep=1
ro.ril.enable.dtm=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=8
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295
ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449
ro.ril.hsupa.category=5
save the file
adb remount
adb push c:\where\you\want\to\put\it\build.prop /system/
reboot so that the settings take effect
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Stampere suggested this over in Paul's thread with no replys. The hxspa and gprsclass are not included in the Froyo build.prop anywhere I can see. They were included in CM 5.0.6.
Has anyone added these to Froyo and do they help or are they unnecessary and will conflict with the new Froyo 4.0.6 radio build?
I added the first two and it helped a lil....wondering the same thing tho....
Are you sure all those options are still relevant? My froyo image has none of these and performs well. I can get higher throughput by adding
Code:
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
But the rest are largely undocumented and should remain at default unless someone can prove what they do.
The biggest issue is the radio. With Froyo, my 3g disconnection issues are GONE, so now we can focus on latency and throughput.
damentz said:
Are you sure all those options are still relevant? My froyo image has none of these and performs well. I can get higher throughput by adding
Code:
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
But the rest are largely undocumented and should remain at default unless someone can prove what they do.
The biggest issue is the radio. With Froyo, my 3g disconnection issues are GONE, so now we can focus on latency and throughput.
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This is my point exactly. While I'm still getting some Edge flipping on Froyo radio in weak signal areas like work building, if the throughput is higher then why not add it? I don't think it can hurt anything
The rest are "relatively" undocumented as Cyanogen said he didn't know what they did, therefore he wasn't going to mess with them. My 2 thoughts were:
(1) If throughput were increased, would power consumption decrease as data would be transmitted and completed faster...or
(2) Would adding additional code lines conflict with the current image somehow as they were obviously left out on purpose?
Since this has been confirmed as a test build, perhaps some of these other properties will show up in the official build?
I too have better connection with the froyo radio - but weak throughput. I'll research and try some of these and report back if I find anything positive.
prscott1 said:
Since this has been confirmed as a test build, perhaps some of these other properties will show up in the official build?
I too have better connection with the froyo radio - but weak throughput. I'll research and try some of these and report back if I find anything positive.
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I added the hsxpa and gprsclass entries to my build.prop and will test also when I get out of work into a 3g environment, lol. I had modded this in CM 5.0.6 and played with hsxpa settings of 1 and 2. 1, I believe is WCDMA preferred and 2 is universal or something like that...
my only question would be are these changes necessary, or does the device already have the settings hard coded. as in, did the carriers add these lines to some devices to level the field between the power users and the casual user.
need at least class 14 hsdpa to access tmo hspa+ 21.1 mbps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Uplink_Packet_Access
[URL=http://www.speedtest.net]
[/URL]Just Google hsdpa, hsupa, hsxpa
You need to choose the appropriate category for your local network.
I forget which is which but the category number is representative of the download/upload speeds you are capable of while on edge, 3g, beyond 3g, hsdpa.
For me, T-Mobile in Madison, Alabama,
GPRS= category 32
Hsdpa= category 14 (this doubled my speed on mobile speedtest.com!)
Hsupa= category 7
Hsxpa= category 2
I always add these to my build.prop and yes its because when I first saw them in one of Paul's desire roms, I googled each of them and tested and I can definitely tell the difference.
Good luck
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Just Google hsdpa, hsupa, hsxpa
You need to choose the appropriate category for your local network.
I forget which is which but the category number is representative of the download/upload speeds you are capable of while on edge, 3g, beyond 3g, hsdpa.
For me, T-Mobile in Madison, Alabama,
GPRS= category 32
Hsdpa= category 8
Hsupa= category 7
Hsxpa= category 2
I always add these to my build.prop and yes its because when I first saw them in one of Paul's desire roms, I googled each of them and tested and I can definitely tell the difference.
Good luck
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definitely got faster UL and DL speeds with the text I bolded
Interesting... not sure itll be a good idea or even make a difference but Ill give this a try and report back my findings... If I may add though, an easier way to edit would be through root explorer app from market.
damentz said:
Are you sure all those options are still relevant? My froyo image has none of these and performs well. I can get higher throughput by adding
Code:
ro.ril.hsdpa=8
ro.ril.gprsclass=32
But the rest are largely undocumented and should remain at default unless someone can prove what they do.
The biggest issue is the radio. With Froyo, my 3g disconnection issues are GONE, so now we can focus on latency and throughput.
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I added those 2 lines and 3G signal seems to be better when indoors. Especially in my room where the coverage is bad.
Update based on speedtest.net:
NOTE: Tested each tweak 5x and took note of it, phone stayed on the same exact place the whole time.
3g
- No significant change in speed between stock FroYo build.prop/ril=1/ril=2.
Edge
- Gprs =12 gave me slower DL and UL speed.
- Gprs = category 32 showed slight increase in DL speed but noticeably slower UL speed.
I'm sticking with the stock FroYo build.prop, it works perfectly fine.
Testing update: Weird results
Ok, did some testing. Changing hsxpa from 2=>1 did help it stay on 3G and reduced the switching from 3g to Edge a little. I had hsupa=6 and was getting download speeds of around .04-.09 mbps with upload speeds of 1.72 mbps on multiple runs?????? really weird, almost like it kill the dl and supercharged the ul.
The link below shows that the T-mobile N1 is hardware configured for
gprsclass=10
hsupa=6
hsdpa=6/7
hsxpa=1 or 2
http://my.opera.com/fordcom2002/blog/2010/01/13/google-nexus-one
These are the only settings I played with and didn't do every combination as there are a bunch. Seems it didn't make a big difference no matter what I set them to. Also, there is the possibility that these settings are conflicting with built in Froyo settings somewhere else, although it would take someone much more knowledgeable than this rookie to find them, lol.
mtw4991 said:
Ok, did some testing. Changing hsxpa from 2=>1 did help it stay on 3G and reduced the switching from 3g to Edge a little. I had hsupa=6 and was getting download speeds of around .04-.09 mbps with upload speeds of 1.72 mbps on multiple runs?????? really weird, almost like it kill the dl and supercharged the ul.
The link below shows that the T-mobile N1 is hardware configured for
gprsclass=10
hsupa=6
hsdpa=6/7
hsxpa=1 or 2
http://my.opera.com/fordcom2002/blog/2010/01/13/google-nexus-one
These are the only settings I played with and didn't do every combination as there are a bunch. Seems it didn't make a big difference no matter what I set them to. Also, there is the possibility that these settings are conflicting with built in Froyo settings somewhere else, although it would take someone much more knowledgeable than this rookie to find them, lol.
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did you just do this today?
it might be a TMobile glitch or speedtest app. I'm on a non froyo radio and was checking my speeds today and I was getting a 0.00 DL with a 1.4 UL
WTH?
but i know its DL'ing fine because i have no problem with the browser or youtube
Its possible that it could be a glitch. Check out my DL speeds. One is from an LA server and another from a Chicago server. Im located in LA.
serialtoon said:
Its possible that it could be a glitch. Check out my DL speeds. One is from an LA server and another from a Chicago server. Im located in LA.
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Damn, I hope not as I spent some time changing/rebooting/changing/rebooting etc.
ro.ril.hsxpa=0 is UMTS
ro.ril.hsxpa=1 is HSDPA only
ro.ril.hsxpa=2 is HSDPA,HSUPA this is also network dependent. if your network isn't configured for this then your better off with option 2
mtw4991 said:
Originally Posted by stampere
you can edit the build.prop by
adb pull /system/build.prop c:\where\you\want\to\put\it\
open with wordpad and add the following lines
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hep=1
ro.ril.enable.dtm=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=8
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295
ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449
ro.ril.hsupa.category=5
save the file
adb remount
adb push c:\where\you\want\to\put\it\build.prop /system/
reboot so that the settings take effect
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Stampere suggested this over in Paul's thread with no replys. The hxspa and gprsclass are not included in the Froyo build.prop anywhere I can see. They were included in CM 5.0.6.
Has anyone added these to Froyo and do they help or are they unnecessary and will conflict with the new Froyo 4.0.6 radio build?
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they don't conflict with the radio. the additional settings help with keeping the speeds consistent for streaming while tethered to the phone.
froyo build prop
stampere said:
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Thanks man, I'll do some more testing tomorrow. Don't need tethering with wifi hotspot now
Before root, my dwnld speeds averaged 18mb to 30mb. I'm lucky, and have LTE everywhere I go and those numbers were consistent. Since root, I can not get above 10mb. I've tried several roms and radio combinations to no avail. I would love to get back to those speeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Crooke356 said:
Before root, my dwnld speeds averaged 18mb to 30mb. I'm lucky, and have LTE everywhere I go and those numbers were consistent. Since root, I can not get above 10mb. I've tried several roms and radio combinations to no avail. I would love to get back to those speeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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They're probably not really slower, just dont use the speedtest.net application. Use http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ instead.
Everyone keeps recommending the speakeasy site over the speedtest.net app. Not sure why it shows different numbers for some but they both show almost identical speeds for me (speakeasy is even a little slower at times). Maybe it depends on your location and coverage but no difference here. *shrug*
Absolute_Zero said:
Everyone keeps recommending the speakeasy site over the speedtest.net app. Not sure why it shows different numbers for some but they both show almost identical speeds for me (speakeasy is even a little slower at times). Maybe it depends on your location and coverage but no difference here. *shrug*
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If you try it on CM7 or any aosp rom it makes a world of difference for me at least. Download speeds are 1-5mbps on speedtest for it and 15-20 on speakeasy or just by testing through more scientific means (like using wget on a known file size, timing it and dividing out the size/time).
You realize the difference between 10mbps and 30mbps on a cell phone is completely intangible. There are no websites that even deliver content at 30mbps in the first place, aside from the speakeasy servers for testing purposes, and even if they did, you wouldnt notice the difference because the entire page layout would have already been loaded in 1 second anyway.
RunNgun42 said:
You realize the difference between 10mbps and 30mbps on a cell phone is completely intangible. There are no websites that even deliver content at 30mbps in the first place, aside from the speakeasy servers for testing purposes, and even if they did, you wouldnt notice the difference because the entire page layout would have already been loaded in 1 second anyway.
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You assume we're talking about web pages. I was generally referring to large binary files handled over http. I download plenty of those from my own servers.
However, a webserver can deliver content at any speed it can handle (limited by load balancing or the max speed of a server). If you have a webpage with 100 large images on it, it's sure going to load a lot faster on LTE @ 2-4 MB/s than it would on CMDA at 300KB/s.
There are plenty of crappy wordpress and other crappy CMS sites out there that arent exactly very efficient in loading stuff either because they make too many http requests or they dont know what compression is. Either way, it'll make a difference.
another thing to keep in mind also, is the more people that sign up & get 4G the slower the network will gradually get.
even 3G used to be faster at first....
If I am getting 3 mb/s speeds on speedtest and 19 mb/s speed on speakeasy which should i believe?
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yareally said:
If you try it on CM7 or any aosp rom it makes a world of difference for me at least. Download speeds are 1-5mbps on speedtest for it and 15-20 on speakeasy or just by testing through more scientific means (like using wget on a known file size, timing it and dividing out the size/time).
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Yup, no difference here whatsoever. Speakeasy is actually slower than the speedtest app. Tested them back to back while sitting in the same location.
Always been this way from CM7 RC0.6 through 1.3 now on MR1, MR2, OTA MR2. That's why it always made me wonder when lots of people suggested using speakeasy.
Oh well...
Absolute_Zero said:
Yup, no difference here whatsoever. Speakeasy is actually slower than the speedtest app. Tested them back to back while sitting in the same location.
Always been this way from CM7 RC0.6 through 1.3 now on MR1, MR2, OTA MR2. That's why it always made me wonder when lots of people suggested using speakeasy.
Oh well...
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I guess speedtest just hates me
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That's speakeasy.
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I got about the same running Cyanogenmod 7 RC1.3 27.83 Mb/s down and 3.82 Mb/s up, using the most recent Radio Leak
Think the app's are a bit misleading anyway. I ran the speedtest app on my phone and get 30mb down, then I tether to my laptop and run the same test from their website and get 7mb down.
I hate to bring back an old thread but has anyone discovered a solution to this?
Since some users are reporting about reduced wifi reception after updating to GB roms, I decided to extract wifi related files from a Froyo rom and GB rom and see what differences are there.
There are a number of wifi related files live under /system/etc/wifi and I have extracted them from a Froyo Rom (zske2) and GB Rom (xxkpf) and put them in this zip file don't flash this!
If you unzip it, you will find 2 sets of wifi settings and firmware. What I notice is that the binary firmwares are definitely different and there are various changes in the settings as well.
The first thing that caught my eye is the pa0maxpwr parameter in nvram_mfg.txt . From the name, it seems to mean maximum power. You can see that the value was 78 in Froyo. In GB, the engineers were trying values 74, commented it out and then settled for 72.
I tried setting it back to 78, seems to get a bit better (around 10db increase) if I connect from another room.
For those who are interested in this, please report back whether certain changes in these setting files will give you better result. Not necessary the one I mentioned. However, please use some objective measure e.g. Wifi Analyzer on the Market.
To edit these files, you can copy them out using root file explorer, edit them and put it back. I think you need a reboot to activate the change.
Be nice to compare compass/orientation files to see why GB compass doesn't seem to work at all... Maybe the wifi signal is interfering, and they didn't turn it down low enough
Great you starting to make some progress. How is the signal compare to your laptop at same position with this little tweak? Looking forward to your further explore!
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Hmm, tried editing on a U.S version YP-G1, makes no noticeable difference in connection strength (using wifi analyser). I'm about 35 ft away from the router.
I just tried this on my yp-g70 International version. It seems to have actually lowered my reception a few db. I set it back to 72 and rebooted and it brought it up a couple db. I'm connecting to wifi about a block away so that may have something to do with the few db change. I don't think it really made a difference though.
My experience is similar to previous 2 posts. Playing with the maxpwr setting doesn't seem to improve much.
In fact, I even apply the entire set of Froyo firmware and settings to a GB rom. It doesn't seem to get any better.
I think to actually track down wifi reception problem. We need more information from those who experience the problem. e.g. ROM version and objective testing of the different ROM version at the same spot. May be even router brand & version as well.
WT Ho said:
My experience is similar to previous 2 posts. Playing with the maxpwr setting doesn't seem to improve much.
In fact, I even apply the entire set of Froyo firmware and settings to a GB rom. It doesn't seem to get any better.
I think to actually track down wifi reception problem. We need more information from those who experience the problem. e.g. ROM version and objective testing of the different ROM version at the same spot. May be even router brand & version as well.
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I am using XEKP2 stock rom (Russian one) and Dlink G604T router with latest NZ fw. Some people on forum using XXKPH also suffered a bit. This seems to be a general problem for GB (independent of version). If some people got connection/disconnection from router, then it could be router dependent. Anybody can easily experience it simply revert to Froyo stock. I would say you may get 10~20db signal increase (though wifi reception in GB may still be in acceptable range). Hope to get more people report their wifi reception on comparison of GB and Froyo under same condition.
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Some positive result from anil_kilic
This is some test results sent to me by anil_kilic. It is interesting that at pa0maxpwr=72, his connection is very bad and a boost in pa0maxpwr to 78 gives him a 8-10db gain in signal strength.
It is only one data point but it might mean that this kind of tweak will benefit very bad connection but not on moderate or good connections. Hopefully, we will see some more test cases.
anil_kilic said:
Before (pa0maxpwr=72) :
*Not static signal
*Disconnect / cant get signal.
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After (pa0maxpwr=78) :
*Static signal
*I got 8-10 db
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WT Ho said:
Since some users are reporting about reduced wifi reception after updating to GB roms, I decided to extract wifi related files from a Froyo rom and GB rom and see what differences are there.
There are a number of wifi related files live under /system/etc/wifi and I have extracted them from a Froyo Rom (zske2) and GB Rom (xxkpf) and put them in this zip file don't flash this!
If you unzip it, you will find 2 sets of wifi settings and firmware. What I notice is that the binary firmwares are definitely different and there are various changes in the settings as well.
The first thing that caught my eye is the pa0maxpwr parameter in nvram_mfg.txt . From the name, it seems to mean maximum power. You can see that the value was 78 in Froyo. In GB, the engineers were trying values 74, commented it out and then settled for 72.
I tried setting it back to 78, seems to get a bit better (around 10db increase) if I connect from another room.
For those who are interested in this, please report back whether certain changes in these setting files will give you better result. Not necessary the one I mentioned. However, please use some objective measure e.g. Wifi Analyzer on the Market.
To edit these files, you can copy them out using root file explorer, edit them and put it back. I think you need a reboot to activate the change.
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I`ve did exactly what you said on a SGS+ (GT-i9001) and raise that value from 72 to 78 and then extreme a bit till 90 I will post screenshots in a few mins ... no changes tho ...
Edit: well it seems I saved my screenshots as csv instead of pictures but anyway I gained not so much dB signal but more stability and ability to use wifi even on poor signal and that really help.
KPL new FW
very interesting.
SG have issued a KPL firmware with WIFI "improvments" they say.
ThisFW is for korean YP-GB70 ONLY but the wifi setting can be investigated as well.
Just my say, it is working well on my device and for me better than KPF was, so can be subjective.
Link:
http://ts.daumcdn.net/custom/blog/8...me.html?http://supportgp.tistory.com/notice/2
Thanks our Korean friends
lolo9393 said:
very interesting.
SG have issued a KPL firmware with WIFI "improvments" they say.
ThisFW is for korean YP-GB70 ONLY but the wifi setting can be investigated as well.
Just my say, it is working well on my device and for me better than KPF was, so can be subjective.
Link:
http://ts.daumcdn.net/custom/blog/8...me.html?http://supportgp.tistory.com/notice/2
Thanks our Korean friends
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Last value pack it has improvements and very good tbh but...the main GB problem isn't the driver itself it's the loading of it. I could manage to make it work by reloading sometimes but that's frustrating to reload wifi module 4-5 times/day....
mobile sent
I know some Verizon phones have this, but does anyone know how to disable LTE and force hspa on our note? Just would be a serious boost for battery life when LTE isn't needed.
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Saurom ROM has that capability. You'll need to root and flash a ROM to get this afaik. I'm on Saurom 7.0 and it's functional.
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Thanks for the reply. Was hoping i didnt need to root/flash atm. Do you notice battery life improvements with this mod?
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erick161 said:
Thanks for the reply. Was hoping i didnt need to root/flash atm. Do you notice battery life improvements with this mod?
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Personally, I don't ever turn off LTE considering that the way it's supposed to work is that while in a non LTE market, it defaults to HSPA+ anyway. And I've read that the lack of LTE doesn't interfere with battery life. Maybe I'll try for a day and see.
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dakleenupman said:
Personally, I don't ever turn off LTE considering that the way it's supposed to work is that while in a non LTE market, it defaults to HSPA+ anyway. And I've read that the lack of LTE doesn't interfere with battery life. Maybe I'll try for a day and see.
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Yeah mine does drop to hspa inside some buildings but LTE blankets my entire county and surrounding ones. Basically I was just curious if forcing it to use hspa would conserve battery (in theory, it should). I'm surprised there aren't more threads addressing this.
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I'd like to figure this out too. I was using my Note with my old S2 sim card for a couple months (bought the Note used), and didn't know there was an upgraded SIM card for LTE users. Since upgrading to the LTE Sim chip, my signal bars are around 50% signal strength and I think it is the culprit to draining my battery so quickly. When I used the HSPA+ chip I always had full signal strength.
Are there any mods anyone knows of or ways to update any custom rom? I'm currently trying out the BlackStar ICS Rom.
Thanks!
Canadian ROMs have the Network Mode menu in settings. I don't believe it comes from the Radio so it must come from the settings.apk. Here is the settings.apk from the Rogers ICS ROM and it is already deodexed. Do a nand backup. Then copy this file to your system/app folder overwriting the one included in the ROM. Fix permissions and reboot your phone. You should then have the Network Mode menu in your settings. Let me know if it works.
I'm pulling the trigger now. . .
I'll let you know infive if it worked, ten if it didn't.
This could be GREAT!
rangercaptain said:
I'm pulling the trigger now. . .
I'll let you know infive if it worked, ten if it didn't.
This could be GREAT!
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Please do. I suspected this would work for some time now. When I installed the KOB4LT mod awhile back it installed the settings.apk from the GSII and it worked fine except there was no settings for the s-pen. Should work on any of the ICS NOTE stock deodexed ROMs. And if your stock ROM is not deodexed just delete or rename both the settings.apk and the settings.odex too
This would be interesting. Definitely helpful since so many reviews said LTE kills battery faster than 3G.
This is why I went with the Rogers stock ROM instead of the ATT version. Network Mode, HotSpot allowed, and no carrier ID on notification bar.
Daaarn!
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Same restricted crud. I wiped before I rebooted. Well, I'll gladly be your test dummy.
That sux. Was hoping it would look like this: Maybe you need the modem too?? It can't be that hard.
I am going to flash the modem you linked then reapply the settings.apk
Oh wait. . .I fixed it:
Back in 30 minutes.
rangercaptain said:
I am going to flash the modem you linked then reapply the settings.apk
Oh wait. . .I fixed it:
Back in 30 minutes.
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I knew there was a simple solution. lol :silly:
Ok rogers modem and settings.apk onboard.
No toggle (crap)
No sounds (startup, system, notifications, music player, browser)
Any adjustment to a system setting freezes phone for 15 seconds
Laggy
Good modem (signal strength, fast wifi)
There is good news. You are on the right track. I can *#2263# and get:
So this modem gives the band selection option (you already know that). But I haven't seen that menu in months!
I'm going to put back my original settings.apk.
turn off lte att note
i came across this thread as im looking for a desktop widget to turn lte off on my att note 3.
theres a few reasons for this. I hadnt thought about battery life until i read this but it cant help but increase battery life. this is because lte and hsm are two different radios. the gsm will always be on to controll the phone and sms functions and i believe the mms functions.
but simply here in the bay are most areas hspap seems to be faster.
lte upload is always faster and it penetrates buildings better. but i switch back and forth and do tests all the time.
this is a very urban area and hspap seems to have 5 bars a lot more than lte.
7.1
ill do a random test for you from where im typing this.
hspap 7.13 down 1.10 up. 5 bars. lte 4.12 down 3.76 up. 3 bars.
and as soon as i get to two bars lte seems to throttle below 1 down and stays at 3 up.
whereas hspap never goes below 6 down until its lost reception.
so anyhow i switch between the two without a rom by doing this
*#*#4636#*#*
device then i change the radio from lte/gsm auto to gsm auto.
that works immediately
now all that im lacking is a simpler one click way to change the setting.
Was browsing thru my SQLite editor today and saw something I hadn't noticed before, some values relating to throttling. As follows:
throttle polling sec. ---setting 600
throttle threshold in bytes----- setting 0
throttle value kbitsps------setting 300
throttle notification type------setting 2
I don't recall seeing this before, but in any case was wondering if someone with more knowledge about files would know if this has to do with
Verizons throttling my speeds and if it could be changed to prevent it.
I'm thinking the notification value of 2 could be changed to zero and no notification would be passed thru to them. But WTF do I know? I'm being throttled almost daily and at times brutally and this I DO KNOW. I have an unlimited and usually hit 4 to 5 GB/month. certainly not outrageous. IMHO.
I'm on GB if it makes a diff. Rooted of course.
TIA
cbreze said:
Was browsing thru my SQLite editor today and saw something I hadn't noticed before, some values relating to throttling. As follows:
throttle polling sec. ---setting 600
throttle threshold in bytes----- setting 0
throttle value kbitsps------setting 300
throttle notification type------setting 2
I don't recall seeing this before, but in any case was wondering if someone with more knowledge about files would know if this has to do with
Verizons throttling my speeds and if it could be changed to prevent it.
I'm thinking the notification value of 2 could be changed to zero and no notification would be passed thru to them. But WTF do I know? I'm being throttled almost daily and at times brutally and this I DO KNOW. I have an unlimited and usually hit 4 to 5 GB/month. certainly not outrageous. IMHO.
I'm on GB if it makes a diff. Rooted of course.
TIA
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Where exactly have you found it?
cbreze said:
Was browsing thru my SQLite editor today and saw something I hadn't noticed before, some values relating to throttling. As follows:
throttle polling sec. ---setting 600
throttle threshold in bytes----- setting 0
throttle value kbitsps------setting 300
throttle notification type------setting 2
I don't recall seeing this before, but in any case was wondering if someone with more knowledge about files would know if this has to do with
Verizons throttling my speeds and if it could be changed to prevent it.
I'm thinking the notification value of 2 could be changed to zero and no notification would be passed thru to them. But WTF do I know? I'm being throttled almost daily and at times brutally and this I DO KNOW. I have an unlimited and usually hit 4 to 5 GB/month. certainly not outrageous. IMHO.
I'm on GB if it makes a diff. Rooted of course.
TIA
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How do you know you're being throttled and it's not just a random lowered speed? I've speedtested twice in a row and sometimes my speed has gone from 20/10 to 4/1 or less. It could be a random slowing down.
No real hard evidence of throttling I suppose, but speeds are really terrible sometimes and were really good prior to this whole throttling gig being announced. So a presumption on my part. In any case I've made a tweak to the throttling notification file just for kicks, see if I notice any diff.
In SQLite, go to 3rd settings icon and look in secure. It also shows a reset factor of 18 days.
What day does your billing cycle starts? My showing reset 20 - that day my billing cycle starts
tvlovers said:
What day does your billing cycle starts? My showing reset 20 - that day my billing cycle starts
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My billing cycle starts on the 26th. My reset of 18 days must be something different then. I did change the one setting from 2 to 1 and then zero and I seem to be having better speeds or at
LEast more consistent. The 300 kbs setting has me wondering if that is some sort of threshold because when I feel throttling kick in I would never go over that number and usually it was way less. Maybe I'll change it to 1000 and see what happens LOL!
TBH , I think a lot of us are being throttled and just blaming an over crowed network, which kind of makes sense, but I used to be able to stream movies on Hulu with no buffering and in 3G speed with no problem. Then when they announced throttling would be happening to the so-called "heavy" users of anything over 2GB(what a joke) I then noticed a drop in speeds as soon as I hit 2GB and it's been that way ever since.
Using SQLite to hack the hotspot was a joy to have that over Verizon, but if this helps my speeds then all the nicer. It does seem to be helping, so I'm going to keep tweaking and see.
I wish someone who knew for sure one way or the other would chime in, but then don't want my bubble burst anyway
Be even better when LTE comes to the hood.
cbreze said:
Was browsing thru my SQLite editor today and saw something I hadn't noticed before, some values relating to throttling. As follows:
throttle polling sec. ---setting 600
throttle threshold in bytes----- setting 0
throttle value kbitsps------setting 300
throttle notification type------setting 2
I don't recall seeing this before, but in any case was wondering if someone with more knowledge about files would know if this has to do with
Verizons throttling my speeds and if it could be changed to prevent it.
I'm thinking the notification value of 2 could be changed to zero and no notification would be passed thru to them. But WTF do I know? I'm being throttled almost daily and at times brutally and this I DO KNOW. I have an unlimited and usually hit 4 to 5 GB/month. certainly not outrageous. IMHO.
I'm on GB if it makes a diff. Rooted of course.
TIA
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Where are these settings? Please.
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countryfolk07 said:
Where are these settings? Please.
From my ICED down MAXX!
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Using SQLite go to settings storage , the one below the other settings storage, then click and find secure. It's in there, hard to miss.
I tried some different tweaks and have settled on changing the notification type from 2 to 0.
I also have the throttle value in kbps changed from 300 to 200. This seems to be working well for me as of today. Let me know how it goes.
My speed seems better over all, but even better is the data drops on 3G seem much less. I don't have LTE here.
Just found that my settings storage secure only has one option, throttle reset days! Its set at 13. I don't have the OTA, I'm on the fast boot version. There must be some slight differences. Even the hotspots hack is on a different line. What the heck!
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countryfolk07 said:
Just found that my settings storage secure only has one option, throttle reset days! Its set at 13. I don't have the OTA, I'm on the fast boot version. There must be some slight differences. Even the hotspots hack is on a different line. What the heck!
From my ICED down MAXX!
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Your on ICS then, that didn't even occur to me. I'm on GB. Must be a diff setup.
EDIT: I wonder why the reset days are diff? Mines 18.
cbreze said:
Your on ICS then, that didn't even occur to me. I'm on GB. Must be a diff setup.
EDIT: I wonder why the reset days are diff? Mines 18.
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Actually my wife is on ICS also, but she's on the OTA files. She's never fast booted. So fasboot files must be different than OTA. Not sure why, unless they're trying to "patch" the throttle "hack". Who knows.
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hotleadsingerguy said:
How do you know you're being throttled and it's not just a random lowered speed? I've speedtested twice in a row and sometimes my speed has gone from 20/10 to 4/1 or less. It could be a random slowing down.
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When i'm getting throttled down, i have to restart my phone to get back into high speed.
Have you guys experienced similar things?
Also once I fall down into 3G during tethering, i rarely go back up to 4G without resetting the radio
I have grandfather unlimited and i can't say i've been throttled.
16.5gb so far.
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Those settings may apply to 3G only but not sure. I thought that 3G was actually throttled at some point but 4G was not. What that point is I have no idea.
Of course this is all speculation at this point.
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