I had the Galaxy S II a few months ago but was thinking of picking one up again, as I personally believe its the best Android on AT&T at the moment. Anyway, I'd like to swap between my iPhone 4s and Galaxy S II. I did this last time and didn't have any real problems except data seemed significantly slower on the S II? If I could pull 4-5 Mbps on the iPhone 4s I'd get 1-2 on my Galaxy S II. Of course this was with speedtest.net.
I was wondering if one is going to be using a "Data Unlimited for iPHone 4s" data plan if they'll have issues like this? I was told I would not since both phones are HSPA+ and the data plans are the same. Thanks
Try this.
If that doesn't work, chalk it up to the crappy radios Sammy decided to put in the Galaxy S2s.
I swap back n forth without issue. Like he said, crappy Sammy radio :/
Since this phone has a 21mbps radio what are some average speeds? I can get 9Mbps down on the iPhone 4s.
21mbps my ass. I once got an 8.89mbps, in Oklahoma of all places. But everywhere else I've tried(several cities in Texas, several cities in southern California, and a few places in the states in between), I've never gotten above 6mbps in a high signal area. Most of the time I get about 2mbps.
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21mbps my ass. I once got an 8.89mbps, in Oklahoma of all places. But everywhere else I've tried(several cities in Texas, several cities in southern California, and a few places in the states in between), I've never gotten above 6mbps in a high signal area. Most of the time I get about 2mbps.
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I get 10-12 mbit if i'm within line of sight of an AT&T tower. Even in areas of so-so reception I tend to get between 3-5 mbit. Upload is more variable, topping off at around 3 mbit, and usually within 1-2 mbit.
That's my AT&T experience in the Boston area. It's worth mentioning Boston is an AT&T test city, and our network up here tends to be kept in pretty good shape. Also, honestly, when do you need more than 5-10 mbit in a mobile setting? I guess it can help with tethering... But seriously. Anything over a megabit to a phone is already pretty sufficient for 90% of today's tasks.
I also have an iPhone 4s in my house as well, and usually it tends to get slightly higher reported speeds, but I've noticed the upload on the iPhone also tends to be more erratic than my GS2. In actual usage it's nearly impossible to tell the two apart. Except of course for that 4.3" SuperAMOLED+ screen...
YMMV.
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21mbps my ass. I once got an 8.89mbps, in Oklahoma of all places. But everywhere else I've tried(several cities in Texas, several cities in southern California, and a few places in the states in between), I've never gotten above 6mbps in a high signal area. Most of the time I get about 2mbps.
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Haha. I get up to 10Mbps on my GS2 here in Southern OK. Only about 4-5 on my intl Note. And OP... I use my old micro SIM with an adaptor.
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Haha. I get up to 10Mbps on my GS2 here in Southern OK. Only about 4-5 on my intl Note. And OP... I use my old micro SIM with an adaptor.
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What's your data plan? Ever mess with the APN settings?
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What's your data plan? Ever mess with the APN settings?
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Grandfathered unlimited. I use the phone apn.
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21MBPS HA! I live right beside a AT&T tower and I only get between 7mbps~9mbps. It is seriously 20 feet from my property.
The speed has nothing to do with signal strength. It has a lot to do with where you live. The higher population density, the slower the speed. You will get great speed if you live in the middle of nowhere (and still have 4G signal).
I did qualify it with still have 4G signals
I live in nation's captial and major hub for internet. And yet my '4G' speed is around 100kbps to less than 1mbps.
Some people here don't understand the concept of a bottleneck.
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Some people here don't understand the concept of a bottleneck.
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Yeah. My town is only around 16k people and probably half of those are on T-Mo or US Cellular, so there is no network congestion. Definitely plays a big part in the great speeds I get.
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Yeah. My town is only around 16k people and probably half of those are on T-Mo or US Cellular, so there is no network congestion. Definitely plays a big part in the great speeds I get.
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That, and the fact that a 4G phone connecting to a 3G tower will get 3G.
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To heck with a microsim adapter... I just put my microsim in place and it hasn't moved since.
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To heck with a microsim adapter... I just put my microsim in place and it hasn't moved since.
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Did the same when I briefly loaned my GS2 to someone who's iPhone had taken a dive into a toilet. If you just line it up carefully, it stays pretty well put and worked flawlessly for me.
Due note that since the IMEI associated with the SIM's ICCID will have changed, AT&T might contact you regarding changing your data plan or whatnot.
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The speed has nothing to do with signal strength. It has a lot to do with where you live. The higher population density, the slower the speed. You will get great speed if you live in the middle of nowhere (and still have 4G signal).
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I can attest to that.. When I was hunting last November out in rural Pennsylvania Mountains, I was pulling 10-12mbps (H+), but when I am in town at work, I barely get edge network speeds...
What modem do you have flashed? Go to Settings > About Phone > and look at the baseband version. That plays a part too... UCPLC5 seems to be the best so far..
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21MBPS HA! I live right beside a AT&T tower and I only get between 7mbps~9mbps. It is seriously 20 feet from my property.
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Related
I had in my hands the opportunity of test the 3 companies
For T-mobile my Vibrant 2293 up 1094 down
For ATT IPhone 4 1235 up 724 down
For Verizon Hero 994 up 596 down
I Think the results speak by theyself
I'd venture to say it depends a lot on where you are, since carriers are always building out their networks at different rates in different places.
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I'd venture to say it depends a lot on where you are, since carriers are always building out their networks at different rates in different places.
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Yeppers, tmob stinks in my area...
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that was in orlando florida
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that was in orlando florida
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I'm in Jacksonville & had ok service with tmob, at&t is a bit faster up here & now I'm on sprint with the unofficial 4g service which beats them both atm of course, but will hopefully get better when they officially launch it and stop screwing with the towers...
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I'm in Jacksonville & had ok service with tmob, at&t is a bit faster up here & now I'm on sprint with the unofficial 4g service which beats them both atm of course, but will hopefully get better when they officially launch it and stop screwing with the towers...
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No one is on the network. If no one was on T-Mobile's 3G network you would be seeing 6Megs regularly on a 7.2HSPA device. I can also post up some 14Mbps+ speed tests from T-Mobile but these speeds are impossible with the devices used to get them..
Depends on the area. For example, here in Aurora sprint gets me 300 down Ans 500 up, very bad. Tmobile is fastest wrh 1.5mbps down and 600up. In Georgia, it's opposite.
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I live in Atlanta. T-mobile is faster than AT&T in my neck of the woods. AT&T has *slightly* better coverage
Hit 4085/1319 in Vegas today, T-Mobile
I live in Atlanta and this is my speed pretty much all over the city, even in the outskirts and suburban areas
Seeing all the DL speed in MB, I am assuming all your phones are rooted and lag fix installed? Thanks.
I fall right between Jax and Sav... I get overflow from both and as long as your ina good are TMO has the fastest serv... not the most reliable bc of all the switching from E to 3g..
But in this small town some 3g is better than no 3g but on bad weather days I have to switch to 2g only bc of all the flip flopping..
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Seeing all the DL speed in MB, I am assuming all your phones are rooted and lag fix installed? Thanks.
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My 3g speeds are the same pre and post rooting/lag fix, between 2 and 4 down
I live in Clearwater (Tampa Bay area) Florida and I can max out speeds on my G1 regularly. Tallahassee, on the other hand, has probably the worst data coverage I've ever seen for Tmo. It's a very rare thing to even see EDGE in Tallahassee.
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I live in Clearwater (Tampa Bay area) Florida and I can max out speeds on my G1 regularly. Tallahassee, on the other hand, has probably the worst data coverage I've ever seen for Tmo. It's a very rare thing to even see EDGE in Tallahassee.
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They just got 3G
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I live in Clearwater (Tampa Bay area) Florida and I can max out speeds on my G1 regularly. Tallahassee, on the other hand, has probably the worst data coverage I've ever seen for Tmo. It's a very rare thing to even see EDGE in Tallahassee.
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Dont be mad for it, haha, In Puerto Rico T-Mobile dont have 3g, We have EDGE only, In this days we are receiving 3g signal sometimes, They are introducing it but its a little bit late
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Dont be mad for it, haha, In Puerto Rico T-Mobile dont have 3g, We have EDGE only, In this days we are receiving 3g signal sometimes, They are introducing it but its a little bit late
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PR 3G just went live too. Beggars can't be choosers.
Network speeds is a varying thing. Now if You go by what they tell you then Tmo is first with 21mbps, Sprint second with 10mbps, Then AT&T with 7.2mbps, and lastly Verizon with 1.8mbps or is 2.4mbps. Either way you'll never get those speeds well using Sprint I get close or more with their 3G depending on the day though.
My gf just got a vivid, I changed her apn to the same I use on my gs2. But on both the speedtest app n speakeasy the vivid consistently hits 10mbps while my gs2 barely hits 6mbps. Both right next to each other in nyc. Why the large discrepancy between phones? Running same apns n hspa network.
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I'm just guessing, but NYC probably has LTE coverage so your GFs phone will have faster speeds in those areas.
There's no LTE in nyc. The phone shows if it was connected to LTE. I
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Are you running stock or a custom rom? IIRC at&t is known to limit their devices from full speeds. They have likely done this to make the skyrocket look faster even in non lte areas. I remember reading about this a while ago on other devices.
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My atrix 2 was about 30% faster with downloads as well. It said 4g all the time but ATT lies, H+ I reckon.
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Yes may be very true, I was once told that at&t had the mechanism that could regulate particular type of phones' data speed based on region,time of the day,etc and could speed up/ down such as apps /email/ movie download/live stream,etc. I guess every carrier does so to keep these things under control. I tested iphone 4s and ASGS2 on HSPA+, the iphone 4s was faster on data and had good call quality compared to ASGS2. Because critics out there keep comparing verizon's iphone speed and at&t's iphone speed to write reviews, the carrier is forced to keep up the reputation of certain devices for certain time as it's a big selling point!
Our plans for hspa+ are regulated and lte plans aren't regulated for speed.
Here is a good way to test, put her sim card in your phone and see the speeds you get.
I've never changed the APN on my phone...would I get better speeds doing so? Im in Detroit and usually don't get above 1.5mbps down and 1.5mbps up
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for me HSPA+ is just a scam,,, I upgrade to the SGS2 from a Captivate SGS1, and I getting the same speedtest results that I was getting with the Captivate.
I live in DFW area so AT&T is pretty good here... with the Captivate I was getting an average of 3.9mbps Down and 1.5 mbps (it was provisioned with the iPhone Unlimited Data Plan), with the SGS2 (Provisioned with Smartphone Unlimited Data Plan) I'm getting an average of 4.1mbps down and 1.5 mbps. basically the same.
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My gf just got a vivid, I changed her apn to the same I use on my gs2. But on both the speedtest app n speakeasy the vivid consistently hits 10mbps while my gs2 barely hits 6mbps. Both right next to each other in nyc. Why the large discrepancy between phones? Running same apns n hspa network.
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Switch SIM cards and see if you still get the same results. Let us know.
Ok guys! Switched sim cards, the gs2 with the vivid sim card still same speeds 6mbps. But if I put my gs2 sim card on the vivid it still hits well above 6mbps between 9-10mbps. Unless I have a bad phone i think the gs2 is the problem. I'm running unnamed 1.3 and the htc vivid is stock.
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I'd say go get the Vivid or skyrocket if you want faster speeds. Anything HSPA will probably be slower than an LTE phone regardless of what we think we know. I had a skyrocket with faster speeds and never noticed it because the device itself was SLOWER than the GSII, I'm sure the Vivid is even worse than the skyrocket. Anyway its probably not a bad phone or a fluke its probably just the way the AT&T network is. I have an LTE Verizon work phone and get 33 to 40mb down and 8 to 10mb up and still use my GSII because the device is faster and renders pages faster than my super fast internet on my crappy verizon phone (droid charge)
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Ok guys! Switched sim cards, the gs2 with the vivid sim card still same speeds 6mbps. But if I put my gs2 sim card on the vivid it still hits well above 6mbps between 9-10mbps. Unless I have a bad phone i think the gs2 is the problem. I'm running unnamed 1.3 and the htc vivid is stock.
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if I were getting 6mbps with my SGS2 I'll be extremely happy.
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if I were getting 6mbps with my SGS2 I'll be extremely happy.
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Seriously, if I ever hit 2mbps, I'll **** bricks. I measure my speeds in kilobytes.
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Seriously, if I ever hit 2mbps, I'll **** bricks. I measure my speeds in kilobytes.
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Same here bud. Same here. Just the other day after almost 6 weeks of having my ASGS2 I go the fastest speed yet at 4200. Normally I'm hovering around 2000. What I have learned tho is that the speedtest app can be decieving. If I'm on the Frankfurt, IN server, I don't get above 600 ever. Swap to Arora, IL and I'm back up in the 2k range.
I don't get these speed tests. I'm in San Diego and when I use a server in San Diego, I get speeds between 2-3Mbps. If I change servers in the Tools section, Los Angeles, CA for example, I get 5Mbps. So, what does that really mean when I'm downloading apps, watching Netflix or just surfing the web on my SGS2? What is my real speed?
Nobody knows for sure if the speedtest app really works or not. I usually go to my browser and hit the speedtest there.
Also, if your phone downloadds fast (regardless of a number), then be happy.
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Nobody knows for sure if the speedtest app really works or not. I usually go to my browser and hit the speedtest there.
Also, if your phone downloadds fast (regardless of a number), then be happy.
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Yup. I'm happy. I'm even happier that my SGS2 is so much faster than my Cappy (sold for $150). Love it. I was watching a streaming NFL game. It was streaming at a very good rate, clear, not so pixelated -- you can see the score and the small graphics. Thanks to good ol' unlimited data. Just don't go over the limit and get throttled, right? That's for another thread.
Vivd may have a better radio or hardware....after all it is a newer device.
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Yup. I'm happy. I'm even happier that my SGS2 is so much faster than my Cappy (sold for $150). Love it. I was watching a streaming NFL game. It was streaming at a very good rate, clear, not so pixelated -- you can see the score and the small graphics.
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Mind if I ask what method you were using to stream an NFL game?
Really want the giant screen of this phone, even though I really like my Epic Touch 4G; Obviously Sprint data speeds suck right now, but, not sure ATT would be that much better here in the SW 'burbs of Chicago..
Anyone out there that switched from the ET4G for this bad boy?
Are you glad you did, or not so glad?
Thanks so much for your input!
I came from a long line of devices on Sprint, my last being the E4GT. I'm extremely happy with the Note, no regrets in leaving Sprint at all.
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i'm hoping someone from the Chicago land area will chime in and tell me how ATT service is here now' a few years ago I tried ATT, and I couldn't even make or receive phone calls in my house in Willowbrook..
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i'm hoping someone from the Chicago land area will chime in and tell me how ATT service is here now' a few years ago I tried ATT, and I couldn't even make or receive phone calls in my house in Willowbrook..
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In not far from u (la grange) and att has improved ALOT in last few years. Still get dropped calls here and there but not like in the past. LTE is just wow and that's even with us in Chi town land not getting nowhere near the speeds other markets are. (10 mbs here and Dallas is at 40mbs) .
I've had VZW LTE on my galaxy tab and left them, was never on sprint but remember Nextel
As for the Note I don't think u will put it down much, battery is mehhh but given how much I use it I'm not complaining and there's always a charger near me. My mother lives in wiilowbrook and I have not had any issues in that area, Indian head park is weak in my experience.
Hope this helps.
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In not far from u (la grange) and att has improved ALOT in last few years. Still get dropped calls here and there but not like in the past. LTE is just wow and that's even with us in Chi town land not getting nowhere near the speeds other markets are. (10 mbs here and Dallas is at 40mbs) .
I've had VZW LTE on my galaxy tab and left them, was never on sprint but remember Nextel
As for the Note I don't think u will put it down much, battery is mehhh but given how much I use it I'm not complaining and there's always a charger near me. My mother lives in wiilowbrook and I have not had any issues in that area, Indian head park is weak in my experience.
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How does the 4glte work inside your house?
Even though I am really close to Sprint wimax towers, i really get no 4g signal inside my house...
Do you drop calls inside your house, or out on the road?
I work from a home office, and using the phone part of the "package" is very important to me...
Thanks again!
I live in Burr Ridge. Last month I sold my Epic Touch 4g on Sprint for the Note.
Back in the day I'd had the iPhone 3g on AT&T and the service sucked, and I'd swore I'd never come back to AT&T, but I really wanted the Note. I've had no problems on the Note on AT&T...no dropped calls yet, and love the 4g speeds. The 3g speeds I get on AT&T are faster than any of the 4g Wimax speeds I used to get on Sprint.
Fyi here is a speediest from my house and I'm not on lte (it always says 4g in the statusbar, when you're in LTE you'll see a little "lte" in there as well)
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Came from sprint, California. It's more expensive but the service is awesome. Unlimited data was a cruel joke unless I was in 4g area, staying still with a door or window open
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I live in Burr Ridge. Last month I sold my Epic Touch 4g on Sprint for the Note.
Back in the day I'd had the iPhone 3g on AT&T and the service sucked, and I'd swore I'd never come back to AT&T, but I really wanted the Note. I've had no problems on the Note on AT&T...no dropped calls yet, and love the 4g speeds. The 3g speeds I get on AT&T are faster than any of the 4g Wimax speeds I used to get on Sprint.
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thats great to hear!
when I used to have ATT a few years ago, I dropped calls ALWAYS in certain areas; rt 83 and 63rd street, 55 and 355 overpass, it was pretty pathetic to tell people on a call that you had to hang up, because you were going to lose the call..Plus, when I lived in Darien, I had to go out side to make or receive calls, and that was just stupid, especially in the winter!!
Glad to hear they have upgraded the network in the SW burbs...being an older guy, I actually use the phone for phone calls first and foremost..
and, as far as pricing, it appears that with 3 lines and the family plan, I will be paying about 30 dollars a month LESS with ATt than with sprint..hard to believe, but I confirmed the pricing yesterday...Sprints 10 dollar "premium" to own a smartphone now is just bull****..
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I live in Burr Ridge. Last month I sold my Epic Touch 4g on Sprint for the Note.
Back in the day I'd had the iPhone 3g on AT&T and the service sucked, and I'd swore I'd never come back to AT&T, but I really wanted the Note. I've had no problems on the Note on AT&T...no dropped calls yet, and love the 4g speeds. The 3g speeds I get on AT&T are faster than any of the 4g Wimax speeds I used to get on Sprint.
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I assume its just as easy to root this guy as it was the ET4g?
I checked the Dev section, and it doesn't seem there are as many custom Roms for this guy yet; it is a lot newer, but I wonder if things like CM9 will ever make their way to this phone...
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Really want the giant screen of this phone, even though I really like my Epic Touch 4G; Obviously Sprint data speeds suck right now, but, not sure ATT would be that much better here in the SW 'burbs of Chicago..
Anyone out there that switched from the ET4G for this bad boy?
Are you glad you did, or not so glad?
Thanks so much for your input!
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If you like your epic touch 4G...then you'll Love the Note. No doubt.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
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-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
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/Thats what she said...
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I assume its just as easy to root this guy as it was the ET4g?
I checked the Dev section, and it doesn't seem there are as many custom Roms for this guy yet; it is a lot newer, but I wonder if things like CM9 will ever make their way to this phone...
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Yeah, rooting was just as easy. Also, there aren't may custom Roms, but Quality > Quantity.
DAGr8's Saurom rom is the only ROM I've flashed so far (gingerbread ROM) and I've had no complaints. There also has already been an ICS leak and various ROM's that I haven't tried yet and we know a real release will be coming.
Also, Cm9 is supposedly coming:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568698
I have a split level house so I'm more in the lower level and I do have spots where I get weak call signal but still able to make receive calls. I too work out of my house (transfer office to cell when I leave) so I rely on my cell for work mainly. LTE reception is very good for me at home but I do use my wifi mainly when home. I have been with att since it was Ameritech and have had every iPhone since the first one but can safely say iPhones cell reception is crap compared to the note. My wife and daughter have iPhones and they still drop calls way way more then me. I never had the phone ur coming from so I can't attest to compare as I have been a sammy guy since the galaxy s and cannot see myself going to another brand.
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For anyone wondering. .yea this device is 3 times the speed of sprint ..I came from sprint after 3 years of bottom of the barrel 3g so called..3g I signed up with atat and Right of the bat atat was twice as fast good signal and YES CAN FINALLY STREAM MEDIA WITHOUT LAG.It may not be lte but hspa is suitable
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/Thats what she said...
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For anyone wondering. .yea this device is 3 times the speed of sprint ..I came from sprint after 3 years of bottom of the barrel 3g so called..3g I signed up with atat and Right of the bat atat was twice as fast good signal and YES CAN FINALLY STREAM MEDIA WITHOUT LAG.It may not be lte but hspa is suitable
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I'm just hoping the service in my area of Chicago land has improved over what it was 3 years ago, when ATT was the absolute worst in my area..
I never drop calls with sprint when I am out of my house, and inside of it, I have been using an Air Rave device that they provided, so that isn't an issue at home.
Their 3G data is horrible, and, they claim its because they are currently upgrading their network; I gotta tell ya, it was just as bad when they weren't upgrading their network. Typical 3g speeds are 100-400kb, so the thought of getting 5-10 megs from ATT is very exciting...
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I'm just hoping the service in my area of Chicago land has improved over what it was 3 years ago, when ATT was the absolute worst in my area..
I never drop calls with sprint when I am out of my house, and inside of it, I have been using an Air Rave device that they provided, so that isn't an issue at home.
Their 3G data is horrible, and, they claim its because they are currently upgrading their network; I gotta tell ya, it was just as bad when they weren't upgrading their network. Typical 3g speeds are 100-400kb, so the thought of getting 5-10 megs from ATT is very exciting...
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If I were you, I would test the Note in and around your house for a few days to make sure the reception works well overall.
At times, the data jumps back-and-forth between HSPA and LTE depending on your whereabouts. But...I don't believe it really drains that much battery.
And I agree how Sprint's 3G is an absolute joke....I thought VZW 3G was horrid...but when I saw it on Sprint, it was unbelievably slow.
They continue to advertise that they're the only 1 of the big 4 providers who still offer "truly unlimited data"....but what's the point of having that if you're basically already throttled with dial-up speeds.
Only thing i hate about note is qualcom processor, thats only aspect I miss of s2
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If I were you, I would test the Note in and around your house for a few days to make sure the reception works well overall.
At times, the data jumps back-and-forth between HSPA and LTE depending on your whereabouts. But...I don't believe it really drains that much battery.
And I agree how Sprint's 3G is an absolute joke....I thought VZW 3G was horrid...but when I saw it on Sprint, it was unbelievably slow.
They continue to advertise that they're the only 1 of the big 4 providers who still offer "truly unlimited data"....but what's the point of having that if you're basically already throttled with dial-up speeds.
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yeah, I plan on testing it immediately, but, the problem is of course, that once I port the number over, of their service sucks, its a pain to cancel with them and go back to Sprint; I love the Sammy E4GT, but, I am really switching carriers to get the Note, not Att...I just hope all the improvements in my area that I have heard/read about our true.
I mean, this is the Chicago land market, and I am certain ATT wants to come off as a good provider here..
But I really wanted this phone first and foremost..
Just felt like sharing this because I find this very odd. Where I live I get about 1.3mbps which I thought was pretty damn fast for sprints 3g but right now I'm on a road trip with some friends and we stopped in Walcott Iowa and while still connected to the Chicago server in the speedtest app (closest server to my house) I just pulled 2+ mbps multiple times in literally the middle of nowhere haha fastest 3g I've had on sprint
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That's because 10,000 other phones weren't using speedtest at the same time. You were in the middle of nowhere!
Rural towers where probably no one has sprint always work good. Or in many places Sprints edge of their coverage ends but on the past 8 years the city has moved outwards. And sprints network has not expanded like the other carriers.So the citizens don't use sprint in that area.
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In DC its been about the same. Im hoping these speeds stick for a whlie.
I was driving through Fenton Louisiana on my way back to see my folks when I decided to do a speed test. I was shocked and saddened by the results (6/16). I rarely ever get anything better than 100kbps here in San Antonio. God I hope I'm in range when LTE kicks in!
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I was driving through Fenton Louisiana on my way back to see my folks when I decided to do a speed test. I was shocked and saddened by the results (6/16). I rarely ever get anything better than 100kbps here in San Antonio. God I hope I'm in range when LTE kicks in!
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Juvenile giggle time, on 6/18 you got 69kbps haha. But back on topic, its weird getting like a decent speed on 3g and from what I've been hearing over at s4gru.com the 4g lte its stupid fast (in a good way) compared to the 3g speeds we are getting now. And then the network vision thing their doing should help with the 3g to eventually
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I've noticed a speed increase out here in the bay area as well were I live I would usually averagearound 150 to 300 kbps but over the past week or so my speeds have averaged from 500 to 800 kbps hopefully its a sign of good things to come
I average around 1.5 mb/s in my smaller city of around 60k peiple
Yeah I got over 1 meg for the first time in a few months... They are probably firing back up some of the towers now
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Happens to me all the time in Orange County, CA. Some times the pings are under 100ms too, Normally when I'm on the freeways is when speeds are best.
I just get those speeds @3am lol
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In DC its been about the same. Im hoping these speeds stick for a whlie.
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It's probably because everyone who's been without power has no battery life left in their phones.
Hopefully they take care of them soon.
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kingsville,tx has amazing 3g
I live in the boonies of North Georgia and get at least 1 meg, usually more. Funny thing is if you put my zip code on Sprints website it will say they don't recommend sprint for this area due to lack of coverage. There's no Sprint store for miles!
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I just get those speeds @3am lol
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Lucky. I never get those speeds no matter what time or day it is.
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It's probably because everyone who's been without power has no battery life left in their phones.
Hopefully they take care of them soon.
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I thought so too. There are few people without power around me now. Lets hope that Sprint just decided to play nice.
Consider yourselves very lucky. I had MUCH better speeds on my OGEvo. I live in Lexington, SC, right outside of Columbia, and we never had 4G, and probably never really will.
I have been getting decent speeds right outside of Philly
Charlottesville, VA here
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Walcott, IA has one of the largest truckstops in the entire country. Imagine how much data is getting pulled down when 1,000 bored drivers are online.
Maybe it just seems this way or I haven't tested with my GS4 in the same spots, but jesus, I can't get over 4meg down.. I always get 15-28 down almost everywhere I went and tested.. I'm gonna ask my dad to do a side by side with his note 2, if his is significantly faster, which I have a feeling it will be, I'm gonna have a bone to pick with T-mobile.. I won't accept this phone
LTE in Manhattan, NY
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I got some good speeds here in honolulu.
Here in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, T-Mobile's LTE download speeds are great (anywhere between 15 and 30 mbps), but no matter what, upload speeds will NOT top 10 mbps. Normally it'll jump above 10 then immediately go back down to somewhere around 9.5 mbps and stay steady there. No idea why, and it doesn't appear to be device-specific. It did the same thing when I had a GS4 GPE, and it does the same thing on my Z Ultra GPE. Makes no sense.
The same thing happened to me when I went from the S3 to the S4, it dropped about 10mb for a few weeks and then was right back up in the 40's and 50's. Now, coming from the S4 and now using the S5 I'm in the same boat, getting 28mb down and about 6mb up. I'm not really mad at all considering I just downloaded Wolf of Wall Street in 20 mins. Are we as consumers getting that impatient? I remember how stoked I was to see 3g when I had the original Mytouch.
San Antonio, Texas
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Holy crap. Where are you located? haha
Lol Mckinney tx. I switched from AT&T to t-mobile and it was quite a surprise. I can only get those speeds around my neighborhood anywhere else just typical lte speeds.
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Just moved to Tmobile from sprint. Have literal perfect signal in my house. With sprint I had no signal. 4G seems good to me. Most I got with sprint was 18Mbps. I'll take the perfect signal and 40+ Mbps any day
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Not too shabby
ditched my iPhone 5s and to get this amazing
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I usually get 20-40 down here in Portland OR and at least 10-15up anywhere I go.
I really really sad though because my office literally just moved a mile and since I have been here the fastest I've gotten down is about 20 and up at most like 7. Its really sad too because I am near the Portland airport and its a dense area that should have fast coverage
I live by the Portland airport also and only get about 10-15 download. Ill have to check the coverage map.
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35 - 40 here in Seattle.
I have been an ATT user for years - when the S5 came out, on a friends advice I moved to TMOBILE - when I got my S5 and started checking speeds in my house and near work - I was disturbed to see speeds less than 1/2 what i used to get on ATT - at first I thought it was my S5 but when I put the Sim Card in my NOTE 3 -I got the same slow speeds.
I canclled tMOBILE and went back to ATT and was pleasantly surprised to find that ATT Speeds were even faster than they had been before.
Last year, my average speed from inside my houuse was around 6-10mbps -not bad - closer to work I got awesome speeds - almost 30mbps at times - usually 22-25 - very respectible.
BUT, now I am getting 12 to 18mbps in my house - and even faster speeds near work, often clocking in at 35 to 50mbps - ATT seems to have kicked into overdrive here - (Milwaukee) - this is not a commercial for ATT - many of my friends swear by TMOBILE - but I guess they just didn't have the towers close enough to me to give me any real speed - while ATT has become a rocket ship for me - and my S5 is faster than any other phone I have had before -
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I live by the Portland airport also and only get about 10-15 download. Ill have to check the coverage map.
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No one in my office has an ATT LTE phone but we have many times done a speed test with all our of phones out at the same time and the Verizon users get 20-40mbps down and I would always get 20-40 down as well, the sprint person would get like 5 down lol (on LTE too). VZ upload speeds are usually faster that TMO but that really is not a big deal.
There is a difference in the network coverage but I'm not willing to get rapped by Verizons prices for a little better coverage, that is what wifi calling is for. And in an emergency now you can jump on most any network with these phones so that doesn't matter either.
Where i live I do have very good TMO coverage, I completely understand switching because you don't have good coverage at home, that is a big deal.
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I live by the Portland airport also and only get about 10-15 download. Ill have to check the coverage map.
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You're not alone, I live in the 205 area and only get 19mb at the highest. And 7 upload.... I am hoping it's just tower upgrades..... hahaha
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Maybe it just seems this way or I haven't tested with my GS4 in the same spots, but jesus, I can't get over 4meg down.. I always get 15-28 down almost everywhere I went and tested.. I'm gonna ask my dad to do a side by side with his note 2, if his is significantly faster, which I have a feeling it will be, I'm gonna have a bone to pick with T-mobile.. I won't accept this phone
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just got off the phone with t- mobile I have two of these devices both are getting below 1 meg . I live in Brooklyn NY. the speedtest result at the top is wifi . all the others are supposedly 4G LTE . this sucks!
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just got off the phone with t- mobile I have two of these devices both are getting below 1 meg . I live in Brooklyn NY. the speedtest result at the top is wifi . all the others are supposedly 4G LTE . this sucks!
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Something is wrong.. When I was in brooklyn, I was getting 25 down average, in the city I was getting 40-50, was insane.. I'm the OP for this thread and I was worried because I kept doing a speed test and wasn't normal. I just moved into a new place and it just seems to be where I'm at. I see almost 10 or more wherever I go.. the truth is , anything over 4 down and it doesn't matter anymore. besides downloading, videos and all other data required things are just as good if I was getting 4 down or 400 down,