UK users anyone on Three (3)? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

To UK users, anyone using Three as their primary network?
Their AYCE package seems decent and wanted to know what kind of speeds you are getting on the SGS2 with them and generally how their network is.
Looking for London users in mind.
Thanks.

yes. I've been with 3 mobile about 4 years. With an sgs1 and now a sgs2.
4 years ago they were very patchy. Now I think they are the best uk network for price, customer support and network! I get high speed connection in all Towns now and in country areas when traveling if I lose 3 network my phone always connects to orange (g speeds only)
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Can anyone from 3 post an updated version of the UK-3 modem file? like the KI2 one from italy but for the uk?

Just run speed test
3 on hsdpa connection.
Download = 2.1 mbps upload = 0.9 mbps
Wifi
Download = 15.2 mbps upload = 0.9 mbps
Hope this helps. This is on H , H+ will be even faster which you will have in London!
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I've got that modern somewhere, I'll try and find it now
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nikzDHD said:
To UK users, anyone using Three as their primary network?
Their AYCE package seems decent and wanted to know what kind of speeds you are getting on the SGS2 with them and generally how their network is.
Looking for London users in mind.
Thanks.
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Yeah pretty pleased with 3 in general. Decent speeds when you can get them, but you do seem to hit a black spot every now and again (my flat being one of them!). Spend a fair bit of time in London and never been bad. Top download speed I recorded was just over 4 mbps, and that wasn't even in the centre of town. Not sure how good comparably that is though.
shr33kant said:
Can anyone from 3 post an updated version of the UK-3 modem file? like the KI2 one from italy but for the uk?
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The modem I use is this one, and I find it to be excellent. Not sure if that helps you out or not, but it's had some pretty good feedback.

Right on xda search '3 mobile modem collection' scroll down a page and you'll see ref sgs modem collection. In that scroll down till u find gecko post of the neki2 modern. There it is in cwm flash
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Yeah I've tried that one before. The thing is, my gf and I both got SII's on the same day, I flash roms and she doesn't...she's using NEKF2 but I know it can't be the same as the ones posted here because she gets better reception than me even when the phones are right next to each other...even when I flashed the 3-UK NEKF2 From the various threads around this forum. It's really starting to bug me. Can anyone tell me how I can extract her modem from her phone so I can share it?

Cheers guys, sounds good. Giffgaff are fine but sometimes get hiccups like not getting Whatsapp messages and when switching to wifi they all fly in! Obviously due to o2's network.
Might get one of the PAYG sims and test it out for a month.

shr33kant said:
Yeah I've tried that one before. The thing is, my gf and I both got SII's on the same day, I flash roms and she doesn't...she's using NEKF2 but I know it can't be the same as the ones posted here because she gets better reception than me even when the phones are right next to each other...even when I flashed the 3-UK NEKF2 From the various threads around this forum. It's really starting to bug me. Can anyone tell me how I can extract her modem from her phone so I can share it?
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How about this? You would have to have the tar file of the original firmware however.

I'm on 3 and regularly get hspa+ connectivity... Using standard modems but I am on ICS
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I'm on 3 and regularly get hspa+ connectivity... Using standard modems but I am on ICS
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What kind of speeds you getting with that, i'm thinking of the one plan considering you can get premium spotify for free with that as well and proper tethering.
Edit, just tried my dads three contract Sim and get H+ but speeds are shockingly bad down my area, GiffGaff/o2 beats it hands down here anyway.
Will borrow his sim one day and test it out and about.
Flashed the recommended modem, top 2 are giffgaff the rest three.
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The ones in the 1meg region tested on three sim but with KI4 modem.
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Give xxki3 a try, I have been using it since it came out on 3 and haven't found one better.
3s network can get overloaded and slow at times, and there area coverage is leas then o2s, so keep that in mind.
I had pushed somewhere in the region of 3GB of data some months so it can be fast enough.
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I get between 5mbps and 15 Mbps
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I'm with 3 and my reception has been great here (North & East London). Nice download speeds too. The most I've ever got was 8mb down a few months back. Sorry about the HUGE photo LOL

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I'm with 3 and my reception has been great here (North & East London). Nice download speeds too. The most I've ever got was 8mb down a few months back. Sorry about the HUGE photo LOL
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Thanks mate I'm down east to can't see the photo will check it out when I get home.
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Thanks mate I'm down east to can't see the photo will check it out when I get home.
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Lol lemme save you some time
4Mbps Down
1.56Mbps Up
NEKF2 Modem

I'm in a small town in Northern Ireland and I get 1.5Mb up and down at all times of the day. In Belfast I get ~4Mb up and down on a H connection. They are reliable and have a roaming agreement with Orange/T-Mobile for places where it's hard to keep a 3g connection. I'd normally use 3-4GB a month (Google music and Spotify all day at work)... good luck getting that on any other network.
Does anyone know if the NEKF2 modem is the latest (it was posted last September)?

JJ452 said:
I'm in a small town in Northern Ireland and I get 1.5Mb up and down at all times of the day. In Belfast I get ~4Mb up and down on a H connection. They are reliable and have a roaming agreement with Orange/T-Mobile for places where it's hard to keep a 3g connection. I'd normally use 3-4GB a month (Google music and Spotify all day at work)... good luck getting that on any other network.
Does anyone know if the NEKF2 modem is the latest (it was posted last September)?
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Have no idea about the modem. One thing I'm confused about though, I thought 3 had ceased their agreement to get a 2g connection with orange. If I don't have 3g/H+ then I don't get any signal full stop.

I left orange.about a year ago to swap to 3.
I have never seen a 2g signel on my phone even at home where i just get no signel at all...orange has great signel in my house shame..

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Why are my data speeds so slow (1mbps) compared to Galaxy Nexus (7mbps)????

OK I thought it might be that I was being throttled or something, but now I know I'm not. Lately (not sure since what update, I'm on ATT STOCK + I777UCKH7 and rooted with whatever that first one was that came out.
I've been disappointed because my data speeds are like 1-1.5mbps on my GSII and figured it was just ATT's crap network.
I popped my SIM into my friend's new Galaxy Nexus and get 6-7mbps sitting in the same exact place, so now I'm convinced something is awry on my GSII. Either a setting or something else, but it's an issue.
What could it be? I have tried replacing the radio, and J7 and H7 are the same as far as speeds. I'm thinking maybe the data config file, but not sure how I'd check that or replace it with a better one... anyone have recommendations?
Thanks!
revert back to stock and see if it helps
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revert back to stock and see if it helps
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Did that, no avail :-( time to grab a nexus on CL. It's a sexi beast of a phone
UCKJ1 was the only modem that increased my data speeds. If att would quit throttling me I average between 8 and 10 down. Are you using the speed test app or the internet version?
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UCKJ1 was the only modem that increased my data speeds. If att would quit throttling me I average between 8 and 10 down. Are you using the speed test app or the internet version?
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Both... I am selling my GSII
What APN was the GNEx using?
Also, the speedtest app is known to falsely report low in a number of situations.
I get 3 Mbps with my GSII and I live in the boonies...
I used to have slow speeds (2mbps) until I updated to 2.3.6 -- now I get anywhere from 7mbps to 9mbps
mzaur said:
I used to have slow speeds (2mbps) until I updated to 2.3.6 -- now I get anywhere from 7mbps to 9mbps
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I'm going to try SHOstock
I'm getting about 500kbps with mine I'm on an unlimited data plan and I've used about 3gb so far this month. My new cycle starts tomorrow. I hope I'm not being throttled. I haven't gotten any notifications about it.
For those who are being throttled, did AT&T notify you first? Or at least warn you that it might happen?
I'm thinking it's just how the network is out here but I hope I'm wrong. In San Antonio, TX using KK6 modem.
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KevinChaos said:
I'm getting about 500kbps with mine I'm on an unlimited data plan and I've used about 3gb so far this month. My new cycle starts tomorrow. I hope I'm not being throttled. I haven't gotten any notifications about it.
For those who are being throttled, did AT&T notify you first? Or at least warn you that it might happen?
I'm thinking it's just how the network is out here but I hope I'm wrong. In San Antonio, TX using KK6 modem.
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Yes they notified me by text and email the first month stating that I had reached the top 5% and that if I continued I would be throttled. No throttling happened that month. Then the following month 5 days into my billing cycle I received the exact same text and email. Approximately two days later they sent me a text saying I was being throttled.
Okay good to know. Thank you. These data nightmares might help push me toward the skyrocket hd when it comes out. I'm conflicted though because I love the dev community here and I doubt there will be any support for the gsiisrhdlte (lol).
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I will post the throttled speeds here in a minute. Horrendous. My non throttled data speeds are great here in Oklahoma. Have you tried flashing a different modem. That's what helped me.
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I've flashed every modem possible. KK6 got me 5mbps when I first flashed it, but now it's 10x slower. It was the fastest at the time, which was about a month ago. Should I try the other modems again to see if things changed? N00b question, but maybe it's because I flashed KK6 when it leaked, and now that it's stock everyone is using it so it's slower? Lol idk.
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KevinChaos said:
I've flashed every modem possible. KK6 got me 5mbps when I first flashed it, but now it's 10x slower. It was the fastest at the time, which was about a month ago. Should I try the other modems again to see if things changed? N00b question, but maybe it's because I flashed KK6 when it leaked, and now that it's stock everyone is using it so it's slower? Lol idk.
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From what I have read it all depends on location. In my case UCKJ1 is the best. Other factors could be congestion and cell towers being down. I would try different modems again and give it a day or two.
The skyrocket lacks dev support, weaker processer, and will result in reaching your data cap sooner or throttled. I could relate if I was you and getting less than 1 down though. That's just miserable
I think the issue may be in the built.prop file, or potentially with the modem\kernel combo, but I'm just not getting it how a stock GSII next to the Nexus is literally getting 1/3 the speed.
Same server, 6.5 mbps on the Nexus, and 1.8mbps on the GSII. (Same SIM, same test location, same time of day)
I used ShoStock, so it even replaced the modem, and I assume kernel, and the newest build.prop so I'm just baffled as to why I'm getting this result.
Any suggestions?
Not sure if it's a good example but I think it has something to do with hardware. I had the exact same results when testing against a Skyrocket. My i777 only gets max around 5mbs download but swapping testing the skyrocket exactly the same I can get upwards of 10mbs.
I wonder if it's possibly related to the difference in APNs as well. But huge difference comparing the speeds.
Oh and before someone says it. I DO NOT LIVE in an LTE area. Denver CO. Thanks
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Not sure if it's a good example but I think it has something to do with hardware. I had the exact same results when testing against a Skyrocket. My i777 only gets max around 5mbs download but swapping testing the skyrocket exactly the same I can get upwards of 10mbs.
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+1........
Im on a hellraised Rom and can't even get speeds of around 2. I use the speakeasy for testing speeds. I remember i used to get speeds of around 6. I believe it was a stock Rom though. Might have to go back to due some testing.
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Also against the Atrix 2 is slower...
Check out this video http://youtu.be/mvDDr92YRek?t=4m32s
So anyone know what to do to the GS2 to increase download speeds? I have flashed all the modems available and my max speed have been around 4mb (at night) but in average I get 1-2mbs
I don't think there's anything wrong with the GSII's NIC hardware, but I do believe their modem software could use some polishing.

3G Connection problems in NW Houston

I spent some time in Northwest Houston recently and my 3G connection acted awfully strange. If I opened settings, it would frequently say "disconnected" under mobile network and would not sync gmail, open web, etc. It would frequently try to connect and stay on for a short bit (very slow connection) but go away again quickly.
I updated profile, prl, rebooted multiple times, but finally just gave up while I was there. Most of the time this was happening, I had 4 or 5 bars of signal and could make phone calls without any issues whatsoever.
Is this a Sprint Network NW Houston issue or is this an EVO LTE issue?
I did switch the network to CDMA only hoping this would help and it made no difference.
from what ive been reading this is common for locations that are doing work on getting the LTE upgraded on that tower. Phone is not the issue. I have seen similar stuff around here in Boston. Could be a good sign i am thinking.
kenneu said:
I spent some time in Northwest Houston recently and my 3G connection acted awfully strange. If I opened settings, it would frequently say "disconnected" under mobile network and would not sync gmail, open web, etc. It would frequently try to connect and stay on for a short bit (very slow connection) but go away again quickly.
I updated profile, prl, rebooted multiple times, but finally just gave up while I was there. Most of the time this was happening, I had 4 or 5 bars of signal and could make phone calls without any issues whatsoever.
Is this a Sprint Network NW Houston issue or is this an EVO LTE issue?
I did switch the network to CDMA only hoping this would help and it made no difference.
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There was a 3G outage yesterday afternoon that caused all of Houston 3G to fail. It was fixed around 1400.
That's standard Houston as of late. It varies. The past few days have been better, but last week was awful. Couldn't hold a 3g connection at all. Probably related to the tower upgrades.
muffinhunter said:
That's standard Houston as of late. It varies. The past few days have been better, but last week was awful. Couldn't hold a 3g connection at all. Probably related to the tower upgrades.
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hopefully it is related..... I've been bouncing from 1X to nothing all morning.... (by the beltway and 290)
edit: although when it shows nothing (no 1x or 3g), if I look at the Mobile Network Type under settings, it says CDMA - eHRDP (sometimes 'unknown')
I live NW of Houston, but work on NE side. Just connected to LTE a few times at work.
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LMMT said:
I live NW of Houston, but work on NE side. Just connected to LTE a few times at work.
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Where on the NE side? I live near and always around the NE side of Houston.
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Where on the NE side? I live near and always around the NE side of Houston.
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Near 610 and Homestead, zip code 77028. I hope I can pick it up in other parts of town, on my way home later tonight.
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LMMT said:
Near 610 and Homestead, zip code 77028. I hope I can pick it up in other parts of town, on my way home later tonight.
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Oh ok. That's about 25 mins away from me so I know I won't be picking up that signal. I hope they flip the switch all over the city soon though.
I have a terrible signal at work. Data is completely unusable on 3g (typical Houston). When I can connect to 4g, the signal is still weak, that part doesn't change, but data speeds are way up.
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saaggee said:
Oh ok. That's about 25 mins away from me so I know I won't be picking up that signal. I hope they flip the switch all over the city soon though.
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Let's hope so.
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I can't wait. came from tmobile to get unlimited data, and ended up with useless data.
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antiparadigm said:
I can't wait. came from tmobile to get unlimited data, and ended up with useless data.
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I just came from TMobile 2weeks ago to this mess sprint calls 3g i dare TMobile edge network is faster. Even you get throttled at TMobile is still faster than sprint 3g it make no since. I'm praying lte
come soon cause i don't wanna pay the Termination fee ,there's no way in hell i can see me having theses slow speeds two years bettet yet a month its really bad . Coming from 5.6mbps download speeds 0.12 are you ****ing kidding me i thought i was getting punkd. Called sprint just to clarify this was reality.
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LMMT said:
Near 610 and Homestead, zip code 77028. I hope I can pick it up in other parts of town, on my way home later tonight.
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homestead gets LTE before galleria? ughhh.
/bitter office worker with slow 3g in galleria area.
muffinhunter said:
homestead gets LTE before galleria? ughhh.
/bitter office worker with slow 3g in galleria area.
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Yeah, LTE was in and out, for just that one evening. Haven't been able to connect since. That whole area, where I work, is completely neglected by Sprint. When you do get it, let us know.
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Internet Data Speeds

What APN is everyone using? The max speed I have seen on my galaxy s III is around 6mbps....never faster. I am currently using the "pta" apn for LTE devices (my other device is a galaxy note LTE).
Which apn should I be using to achieve the fastest speeds?
I have seen speeds go up to 9mbps on HSPA+ with my old galaxy nexus before, but I have never seen that with this device at the same exact location.
Is something preventing this phone from getting hspa+ speeds?
I would guess we are all using different APN as many many different networks in the world .
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JJEgan said:
I would guess we are all using different APN as many many different networks in the world .
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Oops....my bad. I forgot to state that this is for AT&T in the US
Just measured 14 Mbit per sec with galaxy s 3 in Finland using hspa+ connection. Cannot say about lte though. Quite irrelevant comment though
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Oops....my bad. I forgot to state that this is for AT&T in the US
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What version you are using ... If you are using international model then the speeds you are getting is good and you will not get LTE. If you are using ATT LTE version then you are in the wrong forum, there's a separate forum for US variants.
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What version you are using ... If you are using international model then the speeds you are getting is good and you will not get LTE. If you are using ATT LTE version then you are in the wrong forum, there's a separate forum for US variants.
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I'm using the international version....the speeds still seem pretty slow compared to when I had my galaxy nexus that got 9mbps+ on hspa+....I get no where close to that now....
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I'm using the international version....the speeds still seem pretty slow compared to when I had my galaxy nexus that got 9mbps+ on hspa+....I get no where close to that now....
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I get about 4-6mbps on my international GS3 on AT&T. One positive for me is the speeds seem to be more consistent than my GS2 in the same area.
I get about 5-6mbs in the UK using the stock settings.
Generally in states and Canada you'll see slower 3g speeds on average compared to nam version and gn. The reason some speculate is because nam version and possibly gn as well support hspa rev8 as opposed to international only up to hspa rev6.
In real life that translates on average speed in my city of 3-6 mps with i9300 although sometimes I can reach 12 mps at certain locations and time of day.
My i747m gives me average 8-11 mps in GTA and sometimes I can reach 14 mps.
Using Fido on Rogers network both on ltemobile.apn.
They both show same or very simmilar asu level holding them side by side when testing.
North American model is also quicker to reach max speed and stay there when testing, while international kinda ease itself staring from 1 mps then gradually half way into test reaching maximum.
This also translates into tethering speed limits when hooking one to another or using laptop.
Note all this is about hspa 3g and not about lte since my provider does not have lte yet and my sim card is 3g.
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+3mbps on an EXCELLENT day, otherwise, it'll be around ~2mbps here in SoCal.
I've gotten about 9mb/s on H+ with Vodafone ireland
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Idan73 said:
Generally in states and Canada you'll see slower 3g speeds on average compared to nam version and gn. The reason some speculate is because nam version and possibly gn as well support hspa rev8 as opposed to international only up to hspa rev6.
In real life that translates on average speed in my city of 3-6 mps with i9300 although sometimes I can reach 12 mps at certain locations and time of day.
My i747m gives me average 8-11 mps in GTA and sometimes I can reach 14 mps.
Using Fido on Rogers network both on ltemobile.apn.
They both show same or very simmilar asu level holding them side by side when testing.
North American model is also quicker to reach max speed and stay there when testing, while international kinda ease itself staring from 1 mps then gradually half way into test reaching maximum.
This also translates into tethering speed limits when hooking one to another or using laptop.
Note all this is about hspa 3g and not about lte since my provider does not have lte yet and my sim card is 3g.
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That is interesting.....i wonder if that is really the case....
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Well i just disabled fastdormancy and retested and got...
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Not bad at all....this is the first time i got this speed with this phone.
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That should actually not happen... Fast dormancy is supposed to only kick in after some idle time.
At least that's what it does to my knowledge and what I've been able to piece together abut the functionality.
However I can confirm... on DXLF3 with FD I get 1.8Mbit/s Downstream while actually hitting 8Mbit/s with FastDormancy disabled.
I've confirmed the test several times in exactly the same location, always same result.
Well, seems that JuiceDefender's auto-toggle 2G/3G is finally gonna really pay of if Fast Dormancy is disabled
What modem works best with AT&T? Also see a lot about csc. Does that matter on AT&T?
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Hmm I just found something
very interesting.
Whenever the phone changes antenna or drops to 2G, upon restore of the HSPA+ connction I only get the same meagre 1.8 Mbit/s.
Rebooting the phone or toggling airplane mode will bring it back to 8 Mbit/s until the next time it changes.
From the behaviour it looks as if the phone could not go above the first hspa-stage when it's not a new connection. I'll try different modems tomorrow but I guess that's a software bug.
Additionally, altough I've disabled fd through the app and confirmed it being disabled in the database, the phone keeps going to RRC-State "idle" which is fast dormancy.
Interestingly enough my carrier is not even listed in the list sinc I'm on a custom rom.
Anybody knows a fix to either of both issues?
Especially the first is rather annoying.
I am on Fido in Canada. This is usually the speed I get.
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locking HSPA+
to all!
i just want to ask before on gingerbread phones we can setup the internet by going to this settings *#301279# and *#279301#
now on our gs3 this option is gone... do anybody have an idea how to lock HSPA+ on gs3???
thanks in advance!
What do you mean "lock"? The phone will automatically select the highest possible transfer speed in active usage and may fallback to a slower one during Idle to preserve power.
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What do you mean "lock"? The phone will automatically select the highest possible transfer speed in active usage and may fallback to a slower one during Idle to preserve power.
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Hmmm like before on my sg1 and galaxy w... also on my daughter's ace when i type on the phone dialer *#301279# there is an option to disabke hsupa and leave hsdpa open. And never have i seen the 3g logo on the location where im at before. Now on our sg3 i cant seem to access that switch anymore. So that's why im asking if there is an alternative code or a rom taht would give me that option.
Thanks for the feedback though

[Q] Best ATT Radio for Straight Talk?

I'm using CM7 (Neutrino's 2.8) and just switched from AT&T to straight talk to save half on my bill. Just curious if there are other straight talk users running CM7 and which radios you have used that provide the fastest data speeds?
I was using ATT radios N_01.77.30P and also tried N_01.100.00R and I'm getting about 2.5 / 1 mbps down/up.
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tc1999 said:
I'm using CM7 (Neutrino's 2.8) and just switched from AT&T to straight talk to save half on my bill. Just curious if there are other straight talk users running CM7 and which radios you have used that provide the fastest data speeds?
I was using ATT radios N_01.77.30P and also tried N_01.100.00R and I'm getting about 2.5 / 1 mbps down/up.
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It is also a question of what they have in place at the tower. Sounds like they have dual t1 (1544 x 2).
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jjwatmyself said:
It is also a question of what they have in place at the tower. Sounds like they have dual t1 (1544 x 2).
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Thanks, but how did you figure that out? How can I know which towers near me have which equipment?
tc1999 said:
Thanks, but how did you figure that out? How can I know which towers near me have which equipment?
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You can only guess, based on your test result, time of day and signal strength. Another useful measure is latency (ms). This gives a hint on the robustness and or congestion of the connection. Sub 100 ms is excellent. 500 ms and above is very poor.
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I'm also interested in different radios for use with straight talk.
I'm using neutrino as well and have been getting horrible (IMO) speeds. Maybe its just because I am not getting H+ (hspa+) speeds on straight talk? I currently only get regular H (hspa). Do you have the same problem?
My speeds are attached.
tgeo said:
I'm also interested in different radios for use with straight talk.
I'm using neutrino as well and have been getting horrible (IMO) speeds. Maybe its just because I am not getting H+ (hspa+) speeds on straight talk? I currently only get regular H (hspa). Do you have the same problem?
My speeds are attached.
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Yes I do have the same problem and I haven't seen H+ on my phone. But can you even get H+ on the Atrix 4G? According to this, you can't.
From what I read, Straight Talk is compatible with HSPA+,
tc1999 said:
Yes I do have the same problem and I haven't seen H+ on my phone. But can you even get H+ on the Atrix 4G? According to this, you can't.
From what I read, Straight Talk is compatible with HSPA+,
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H+ symbol is rom specific. The absence of the symbol does not mean you are not getting hspa+. Check your mobile network type under About Phone. Also look at the Android service menu (Dial *#*#4636#*#*).
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tc1999 said:
Yes I do have the same problem and I haven't seen H+ on my phone. But can you even get H+ on the Atrix 4G? According to this, you can't.
From what I read, Straight Talk is compatible with HSPA+,
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That article is more than a year old. Saying that, yes the atrix gets H+ speeds. I see it all the time on mine and here's my data speeds in my area on it. This is with att sim.
Hmmm wont let me insert the pic. My speeds are 5.98 down and 1.11 up
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H+ symbol is rom specific. The absence of the symbol does not mean you are not getting hspa+. Check your mobile network type under About Phone. Also look at the Android service menu (Dial *#*#4636#*#*).
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Thanks. Both the phone info and android service menu show HSPA and not HSPA+.
I don't think it's because of Straight Talk and the ROM thread states that people are getting H+. Any ideas what are the causes?
tc1999 said:
Thanks. Both the phone info and android service menu show HSPA and not HSPA+.
I don't think it's because of Straight Talk and the ROM thread states that people are getting H+. Any ideas what are the causes?
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Try texting a friends at&t sim card.
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My Atrix came with the .30 radio. I've had no trouble with that radio but couldn't resist upgrading to .37. I really saw no real difference in my area, but as someone pointed out earlier it may be your area. I've read users upgrading like I did and it made a huge difference. I also read that users had better results using the .36 radio instead of .37. Your just going to have to experiment. By the way I'm on straight talk and using the Top Smart ROM.
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Thanks for the note. What kind of speeds are you getting?
Does the android menu (either about phone or *#*#4636#*#*) show hspa+ or just hspa? In my case it's just HSPA, i'm not sure if it's a ROM limitation ...
tc1999 said:
Thanks for the note. What kind of speeds are you getting?
Does the android menu (either about phone or *#*#4636#*#*) show hspa+ or just hspa? In my case it's just HSPA, i'm not sure if it's a ROM limitation ...
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I don't think you'll ever see the +. 3g is umts, H is hspa (that's hsdpa and hsupa) , the + comes in when the back haul (connection from tower to mother ship) has high capacity, eg from 1 x t1 (1544 mbps) vs n x t1 ( n x 1544 mbps). I could be wrong though. But I can tell you that hspa is capable of speeds that you would not have believed possible (fact). I'll run some tests and see if I can clarify further. Hope this helps.
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My wife and I both have the Atrix 4g on Straight Talk. I'm not allowed to touch her phone so it's stock. She does get H+ and at times it's actually faster than my DSL. Upgrading to cable this week, but anyway yeah H+ with the Atrix on Straight Talk is real... at least that's what her phone says.
I did do 3 speed tests. 1st was 1523 down and 915 up, 2nd was 953 down and 121 up and 3rd was 2157 down and 1088 up. All done at my desk within 4 minutes so it varies.
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My wife and I both have the Atrix 4g on Straight Talk. I'm not allowed to touch her phone so it's stock. She does get H+ and at times it's actually faster than my DSL. Upgrading to cable this week, but anyway yeah H+ with the Atrix on Straight Talk is real... at least that's what her phone says.
I did do 3 speed tests. 1st was 1523 down and 915 up, 2nd was 953 down and 121 up and 3rd was 2157 down and 1088 up. All done at my desk within 4 minutes so it varies.
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The numbers are what it is all about and thanks for posting. And I do need to research the + piece and where does this elusive + come in. Judging by those numbers, the connection from the tower back to the home base aka "the internet" isn't worth writing home about. That's a single t1. If you were posting 4000+ download then that would that would be another conversation. But, that said, hspa is capable of far higher speeds, but the back haul has to be in place. The number that makes the biggest difference, believe it or not, is latency. Anything less that 250ms is great. If you are getting 700ms+ then you'll "feel" it in responsiveness. I'd take 100 ms at 1000kbps compared to 700ms at 4000kbps any day of the week.
Example below:
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Where I live in the sticks, I get 4g from the tower in the next county, but if I go into town (only a two stoplight town) the tower there is only capable of 2g. Yeah not even 3g, just one big E in my status bar. So I'm happy with the numbers I get at home even tho I mainly use Wi-Fi when home.
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As promised, test results for hspa with 37p and at&t sim.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905464
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Slow LTE speeds

I have been getting really slow data speeds in the Los Angeles area. I used to have the Galaxy S2 (i777) and it had decent speeds (usually 2-3 Mbps and sometimes up to almost 11). When I upgraded to this phone, I was hoping to get around 5 or 6 Mbps but I get this instead.
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It's so slow I can't even load webpages sometimes.
What phones did you come from and what has your experience been with data speeds? What city do you live in? Have you played around with the APN settings to increase speeds?
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I have been getting really slow data speeds in the Los Angeles area. I used to have the Galaxy S2 (i777) and it had decent speeds (usually 2-3 Mbps and sometimes up to almost 11). When I upgraded to this phone, I was hoping to get around 5 or 6 Mbps but I get this instead.
It's so slow I can't even load webpages sometimes.
What phones did you come from and what has your experience been with data speeds? What city do you live in? Have you played around with the APN settings to increase speeds?
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Are you on an unlimited plan? Maybe you have been throttled. If not then something is wrong,I got 21 down on lte in Detroit.
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Are you on an unlimited plan? Maybe you have been throttled. If not then something is wrong,I got 21 down on lte in Detroit.
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I am on the 2gb data plan and it says I have 1.9 left. I rarely use At&t data since I am connected to WiFi 80-90% of the time.
Speeds are faster early in the morning or later in the day around afternoon and also night time. It's just really slow during the day. I guess the network is just congested but it was never this bad when I was on my old phone.
Make sure you are connected to the closest server in the server list, sometimes it messes up and gives you one thousands of miles away, which result in low speeds.
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Make sure you are connected to the closest server in the server list, sometimes it messes up and gives you one thousands of miles away, which result in low speeds.
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Thanks. I've selected the same server that I used with my old phone (Los Angeles Dream Host).
How do your data speeds compare with your old phones? a) increase, b) decrease, c) stay about the same?
And was your old phone LTE or HSPA+?
No problems in Pasadena.
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No problems in Pasadena.
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Pasadena was where I got the highest data speed (near Cal Tech). I got 11, almost 12 Mbps on my old phone there.
Why are your speeds so slow? Im getting upper 30 mb consistently
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Why are your speeds so slow? Im getting upper 30 mb consistently
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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I am in LA/Orange County and the highest I have gotten is 16 down 8 up, but usually it is around 10down 3up and my friends get the same....at&t still growing lte and congested los angeles are the culprits
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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Im in the DC, MD, area. Ive tested in atlanta and little rock and it was similar also. Over 30
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All lte at my house except one 3g test as you can obviously see.
I think you may want to check apn or call att. That might resolve your issue
I had to do that twice in one year due to some technical beef my phone did not register with their servers after resetting.
Portland oregon
around most of Dallas I get 12-20Meg ... in some places 30-40Meg+
the only time I got terrible speed was when I tried using the LTE toggle. but that was easily fixed.
I hate you guys, such fast speeds.
I shot AT&T an email and this was their response.... not sure if it is true or if it is just the normal reply they give when people ask about data speeds.
"Thank you for contacting AT&T about your wireless service. I will be
more than happy to assist you with your inquiry regarding your data
speeds today.
I'm sorry to hear of your data speed issues on the new LTE network, and
am glad to look into that for you. I do see several tower issues being
worked on in your area, which started a couple of weeks ago. They are
planned to be resolved by 12/30/2012. There are also planned upgrades to
the existing towers there too. I have now sent in a network quality
report to our engineers to make them aware of the impacts this is
having. They do use these reports in network planning also.
If you have any additional questions about this issue, please respond to
this email. Thank you for choosing AT&T; we appreciate your business."
Ask them if your data plan is compatible. The Bestbuy website, when I ordered, said that I must upgrade from my 2GB 4G data plan to the 3GB LTE data plan. There was no getting around it. Maybe you have to have the 3GB data plan to use LTE. Although it does look like your connected just fine.

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