I'm on Straight Talk ATT. I'm getting any where between 120 & 350 ping and no more than 145kbps down. The usual 800kbps-1Mbps down from what I've read is normal. Obviously the down speed is wrong. The ping majority of the time is closer to the 350ms even when in a full bars area and my g/f Atrix 2 is getting ping in the 60's at the same place.
I'm on vacation so I've spent the past 3 days searching XDA and the Internet at large for solutions. I've tried just about every variation of keywords I can find. These searches are what have led me to most of the things listed that I have tried.
I've noticed that Speedtest.net seems to think I'm in Florida when I'm in Peoria, IL and it thinks I'm in Indiana when I'm in Davenport, IA. I'm not sure where Peoria routes their internet but everything in Davenport goes through Chicago. In Dubuque, IA it does seem to find me coming out of Madison WI or Wisconsin Falls which does seem to be more or less correct. I'm not positive if this is a symptom or just the speed test app being dumb.
The first two weeks the phone worked fine. 2-3Mbps on H+ during peak hours in the same spot and 5.5-6Mbps off peak. There is a possibility something I did may have cause it but other than small tweeks to the Straight Talk APN I don't know what could have caused it. I got Paranoid Android and was pretty happy but sometimes my tethering wasn't so great which is why I played with it at all.
I'm rooted and have cwm installed. I've tried: CM7.2, Stock(fruit cake) 2.3.4 & Paranoid Android 2.99.
I've also tried the following radios: 1.77.15P US ATT, 1.77.37P US ATT(12 Dec 2011), 1.87.00R and 1.97.00R hktw retail 23 Jun 2011.
Certain radios create a smoother more constant connection speed but still capped at approx 145kbps.
I've since tried various adjustments to the APN settings including with and without proxy settings, with and with out default,supl,mms and even purging all/most of the ATT APNs by renaming the APN XML file. This gives me one default APN for ATT and my Straight Talk APN. This has had no effect on the issue. I've also found on XDA some folks sharing ATT APN settings files and I've tried using those as well.
I've never dropped the phone or otherwise abused it so I have difficulty with the idea that it's bad hardware. Also the fact that my upload is decent almost makes me a little dismissive of that idea as well.
Any help or insight in to the issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this and consider my problem!
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I've already done the APN fix on these forums, and even with that I've seen no change. I average anywhere from 1.0-2.0 mbps on speedtest. Highest I've seen is 3.8mbps. That's a far cry from 7+.
With my old Infuse 4g in the same areas I've averaged about 5-7 mbps which makes a big difference, so I'm inclined to think something is wrong versus just bad luck.
Also, what gives with even 5-7, shouldn't H+ be hitting 10ish? Looking at the "4g" coverage map for AT&T, I'm smack in the middle of a fast area. I live in central NJ.
Any ideas guys? Thanks.
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I've already done the APN fix on these forums, and even with that I've seen no change. I average anywhere from 1.0-2.0 mbps on speedtest. Highest I've seen is 3.8mbps. That's a far cry from 7+.
With my old Infuse 4g in the same areas I've averaged about 5-7 mbps which makes a big difference, so I'm inclined to think something is wrong versus just bad luck.
Also, what gives with even 5-7, shouldn't H+ be hitting 10ish? Looking at the "4g" coverage map for AT&T, I'm smack in the middle of a fast area. I live in central NJ.
Any ideas guys? Thanks.
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Which APN are you on? 'phone' or 'wap.cingular'?
I'm grandfathered on one of the old accounts with 'unlimited' data.. and and I have to use wap.cingular..
I assure you, you aren't alone in this gripe.
If I didn't know any better I would call foul on AT&T. When my phone was new, I got anywhere from 1-6.5 at the highest, averaging around 3.5 maybe 4. It seems like as soon as I changed my plan to the 4G unlimited, my speeds refuse to go above 2.
I tries a SIM swap, the usual "fixes" and they even reset the data plan. No change. I haven't got higher than 2mb since June. And they swear up and down they aren't throttling me.
It would be nice if someone could explain this whole data deal.
Have you noticed though that performance doesn't seem slow at all though. My connection, even when streaming video doesn't so much as hiccup.
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They might be expecting an influx of SGS2 on their network in the coming weeks and might be trying to discourage excessive data usage and as with any new phone, people tend to download heavily with all the new apps and syncing.
There really shouldn't be any reason for such a big difference in speeds. Highly unlikely the phone itself is faulty as build quality is superb, but might be worth swapping for a new one just to rule it out. If that doesn't fix it, then ATT is must be doing something on their end to specifically limit the speeds of specific types of devices and that shady stuff doesn't surprise me.
Try different modems, as I have noticed a huge difference in speed, from Down/Up 50Kbps/200Kbps (odd) to 400Kbps/215Kbps depending on modem version and congestion, I think my local tower has crappy backhaul as well.
All my data for 3UK in the UK is here
By the way, I also average faster speeds with wap.cingular than the phone APN fix.
How is that possible, as that is directly opposite what MANY on here report?
For the past couple days, I've been having very poor 3g speeds, less than 150kbps. I have tried calling Sprint and they just say it's not on their part. I've done a profile update, switched EVDO to automatic instead of CDMA, cleared the proxies, and a data restore. Am I missing something and is anyone else having this problem? Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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i normally get slow speed as well
I was getting .5-1.5 mbps a week or two ago, what speeds are you looking at?
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I was getting .5-1.5 mbps a week or two ago, what speeds are you looking at?
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around .5 at BEST
4G speeds are good though
Yeah, that's pretty good compared to what I get. Maybe it will work itself out in a few days
I never had a problem in my area up until recently. Absolutely awful 3G speeds. Once I start getting further out of the cities it will get better but yea they have been horrible. I use wi-fi at the house so it doesn't affect me too much at home. Use to always get 700+kbps no problem and now I get awful ping times 600+ and horrible speeds most the time. I think ever since the evo came out the network has been overcrowded. Now that Sprint is the only unlimited data provider left I'm sure we have all the bandwidth hogs on the network which isn't helping.
Nothing you can do about it, I have tried everything as well. Removed proxies, data profile updates, restores whatever. Nothing helps
OK guys, you are being pushed through Sprint Proxies when using their interbutts. It lets them watch all your internet usage and really slows it down
If you are rooted grab MSL Reader from the app store, or if not rooted call Sprint and tell them you want your MSL code for your records in case something happens.
go to the dialer and type in ##3282# which will bring up the EPST. Choose Edit Mode and enter your MSL. now go to Advanced and scroll to the bottom. The last four are where your data is routed through. Change them to either 0 or 0.0.0.0 depending if they are ports or IPs.
You will need to do this everytime you update your PRL, firmware, etc
I had OK speeds for the first three weeks. For 10 days now the fastest test is 100k down but 1000k up. I'm almost certain the account is throttled since it tests this way everywhere in a 2 state area, PA and MD. Checked the APN and nothing has changed. Their tech person told me that there is not enough room in my phone for faster speeds. So I have to delete memory to make room? I was very interested in finding out about this but it went nowhere.
The account just started a new month so even if I went a little over 5GB last month the counter should have reset a few days ago.
HI,
I was having trouble with speedtest.net test speeds, originally I had
good speeds, then very poor speed test results. Usually speedtest.net
app would fail to complete on the download test.
Someone suggested deleting the proxy from the APN. This seemed to solve
the problem. I suspect they are blocking the speedtest.net application
sites via the proxy. I also noticed very very different speeds on different
speedtest sites - even ones about the same distance away. Not sure
if it is phone network or other causes.
In addition, I was always able to have reasonable functionality from the
data connection that didn't seem to reflect the poor speedtest results.
Hope this helps,
Peter
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I had OK speeds for the first three weeks. For 10 days now the fastest test is 100k down but 1000k up. I'm almost certain the account is throttled since it tests this way everywhere in a 2 state area, PA and MD. Checked the APN and nothing has changed. Their tech person told me that there is not enough room in my phone for faster speeds. So I have to delete memory to make room? I was very interested in finding out about this but it went nowhere.
The account just started a new month so even if I went a little over 5GB last month the counter should have reset a few days ago.
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Thanks for the reply. My real world downloads are under 100k I just spent 3 hours getting a small file from a trusted provider at a steady 15K. I can open up 30 extra pipe lines but it does nothing. Steaming Leo over the TWIT app is almost impossible. Audio not the video stream which is not possible.
Hi,
Sounds like you may be having different issues than I had.
Here was a post I made which listed some of the things I tried:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26901418#post26901418
Peter
aj_vogtman said:
Thanks for the reply. My real world downloads are under 100k I just spent 3 hours getting a small file from a trusted provider at a steady 15K. I can open up 30 extra pipe lines but it does nothing. Steaming Leo over the TWIT app is almost impossible. Audio not the video stream which is not possible.
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Update:
They reset something on their end while I was on the phone with a tech. I'm back to 2Mb/1Mb.
Redpocket. .... ..
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A lot of text further below, but a simple question or two I would be interested to get a response to: anyone else on the Three UK network noticed any signal issues and performance problems from new to recently? Did you find an answer that made sense? Did you receive one or two Samsung firmware updates from the day the Pebble Blue arrived (on 9th June I think?)
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I've had a good read through some similar threads here and elsewhere, but there is no gold standard answer so far that makes sense to me or anyone it seems. I have many thoughts running through my mind being new to Android coming from iPhone 4.
Phone is the S3 on Three UK network on the Dorset coast, typical signal strength at home is 3 of 4 bars and it now seems to cycle from H to either H+ or 3G, (but I could have sworn that I had more H+ when new?)
Initially Speedtest gave me a download of 6Mbps which knocked the socks off my O2 iphone (2Mbps), but over the past week/ten days I'm lucky to get 1Mbps at home (at work it has dropped from 1Mbps to 0.1) I've also had phone call issues where I can't hear them, but they can hear me (I know, it could be my provider, but I've checked their website daily and no issues are reported) and this is often with three or four bars. The amount of times websites can't load is frustrating and my other half's Blackberry seems to have no issue on Three. Data roaming is also set up.
Other threads have made me wonder about the firmware update. I know could flash, but there's no suggestion that this works. I also read somewhere that there should have been two updates for me, one at 21MB (which I downloaded) and a second at 31MB, which I have never seen or found OTA or on Kies.
Any opinions appreciated.
The problem is most likely the same as mine.
Since 22 May Three can roam 3g data (not just 2g calls/txts) onto the Tmobile/Orange network. Problem is if the nearest (strongest signal) cell is TMob/O it may well have a much lower bandwidth plus congestion which will dramatically affect internet useage. My dl speeds have gone from 5-6 mb down to 250kb with frequent timeouts. Unfortunately this doesnt constitute a network problem as far as Three are concerned, in fact they are [email protected]@ters because they have just told me thay have been trying to contact me for days re this on my landline number when I have never had a landline number to give them!!
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Chris
SSThing said:
The problem is most likely the same as mine.
Since 22 May Three can roam 3g data (not just 2g calls/txts) onto the Tmobile/Orange network. Problem is if the nearest (strongest signal) cell is TMob/O it may well have a much lower bandwidth plus congestion which will dramatically affect internet useage. My dl speeds have gone from 5-6 mb down to 250kb with frequent timeouts. Unfortunately this doesnt constitute a network problem as far as Three are concerned, in fact they are [email protected]@ters because they have just told me thay have been trying to contact me for days re this on my landline number when I have never had a landline number to give them!!
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Chris
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Thanks Chris, that all makes sense given what I've experienced and picked up in parts elsewhere. I am guessing that Orange are the other carrier as when I check available networks they do not show up, but instead a "second" Three network does (which does not allow a connection).
Having said that my DL speeds only changed since about mid June?
Not impressed
http://everythingeverywhere.com/
http://forums.reghardware.com/forum/1/2012/05/23/ee_network_intergration/
Im not impressed either. Whole reason for signing up on the One Plan was to do away with my landline (which I did as soon as I confirmed I was getting better dl from my phone). Now I am lucky if I can look at more than two or three webpages before my connection times out, BBCIplayer, 4od and other streaming sites are completely out of the question, as is the updating of my phone with CM9 or updating maps or other large file downloads.
As I have mentioned though, this does not constitute a problem as far as Three are concerned, increased coverage is their priority, they dont ACTUALLY want us to be using up data bandwidth. I have spoken at length to Ericsson who maintain the network who have confirmed the issue I am having, I mentioned to them I was considering cancelling my contract and swapping to TMobile and even they said no point, the issue ISNT with Three, its the fact I am connecting to the closest cell which is Tmob/O. I am quite rural and for years the ONLY network available here was Orange, so naturally most people around here are on Orange (who as we know only offer very restricted data allowances anyway). But all the Tmob/O customers are hogging the bandwidth with their FaceBooking and stuff leaving nothing for me, lol.
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Chris
I am also having this problem. I've had two SGS3s on Three and they're both been the same.
The thing is, my wife's is the same on Orange. I see a lot of other users are having this problem.
I'm browsing the Internet, with 'H', then it goes to '3G' and it just drops out. Phone calls are choppy at best. I can stream video for about a minute before it drops out.
Not impressed.
Hi Guys,
I thought I was going mad, I'm using a galaxy note and at the beginning I thought it was an issue with the phone.
I've had 4-6mb speeds going down to 1-1.5mb and upload speed not going above 100k and dropping, thus making voip telephony or skype virtually impossible.
I called up their tech support they tried to bull**** me with all kinds of excuses, I then told them I have a note a nexus and also tried the sim card on a sony p tablet all of them have the same issue, disgusting speeds.
Something is wrong with their network and this happened suddenly around the 25th of June around the Hampshire area.
I'm thinking about complaining to ofcom and see what happens... not happy
I'm with metro pcs $60 plan and I feel I'm being throttle. When I first got their service I was getting real good download speeds, now I could barely load a webpage. Would calling them and complain fix it? Lol
I get better speeds when I set the phone to WCDMA only its just really strange
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You will get the best speeds on T-Mobile towers with a healthy mt2-l03 using high speed APN. If not an option then use WCDMA only for any other GSM carriers.
What do you mean by a healthy mt2-l03 using a high speed APN?
I tried using the fast.t-mobile.com APN and throws me right back to the metro pcs apn.
What's strange is that when I first got the service it was fine. I used to get 5-6 Mbps of download. I'm in the same exact location and when I arrive at work at 6am the speeds are great until about 8am when it goes back down to not even 1mbps. Lol
When I first updated my cc variant of the mt2l03 to b148 I messed up my apn settings toggles etc. I wasn't able to connect to fast.t-mobile.com I could get HSDPA+ and speeds. Would not get LTE anymore and when as apn settings were set to auto it would go to 3g,h, then drop data. The only setting that worked was wcdma mode only but it had become flakey. I flashed back to stock and manually updated system. IMG from b148. Now my system is "healthy" and works great even though I am rooted, carrier unlocked, xposed, and various other changes. On average I get 20-30 Mbps on speedtest.net and have actually pegged the meter at 50 Mbps.
I get extremely fast speed with MetroPCS. Near my work I get close to 75mbps down and 25mbps up. Other areas are almost always near 50 down. Even without full bars, I still get in the 20's. I am using fast.metropcs.com
Nice , is it unlimited? Truly unlimited? I am paying $45 to be on my wife's plan since I'm unlocked no jump program and I am truly unlimited data on high speed as for her she is unlimited data but they cap her high speed usage.
I am truly unlimitied on the $60 plan at LTE speeds, so far at least LOL. I use 15-20gb per month and see no throttling at all. I tether my iPad and laptop when I am on the road as well with no issues. I am pleasantly surprised with how well it is working out. I use Google Play Music and Pandora to stream music in my car, and it is nice to not worry about data usage like I did with Straight Talk.
arampapaz said:
I get extremely fast speed with MetroPCS. Near my work I get close to 75mbps down and 25mbps up. Other areas are almost always near 50 down. Even without full bars, I still get in the 20's. I am using fast.metropcs.com
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Are you using the Huawei Ascend Mate 2?
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Are you using the Huawei Ascend Mate 2?
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I was up until a few weeks ago. I gave up on Huawei and the Mate 2. I ordered a couple of the Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3's. But those speeds were with the HAM2. I get those speeds with any LTE phone I use on MetroPCS. My only issue with MetroPCS is that I have to call every time I want to switch phones. I have a few phones, and like to switch from time to time and it's a pain to have to call them. I have thought of leaving them, but the speeds and the unlimited LTE are hard to give up.
Ok, so I've been patient enough with metro pcs but since data speeds are so horrible; I decided to start calling and complain about it. I keep getting the run around about changing some settings in my APN but that hasn't solved the problem. So now they want me to reset my phone. The problem is I'm rooted and have changed my build prop in order to install the latest xpose. Would flashing my back up I created after the update serve somewhat as a reset? Or or should I just reset after flashing my back up see if that in any way fix the problem I have with my data speeds, hope that makes sense.......
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Ok, so I've been patient enough with metro pcs but since data speeds are so horrible; I decided to start calling and complain about it. I keep getting the run around about changing some settings in my APN but that hasn't solved the problem. So now they want me to reset my phone. The problem is I'm rooted and have changed my build prop in order to install the latest xpose. Would flashing my back up I created after the update serve somewhat as a reset? Or or should I just reset after flashing my back up see if that in any way fix the problem I have with my data speeds, hope that makes sense.......
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Im not sure if you have tried these, but this is what I use.
NAME: METROPCS
APN: fast-t-mobile.com
MMSC: http://metropcs.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
APN TYPE: default,supl,hipri,mms,dun
I have used this on a few phones with no issue. Hope it helps.
I just tried and see no improvement at all. It's just stupid to think that speeds are fine before 8am cuz I get about 15-30 Mbps. After 8am is like 0.07 Mbps lol. Makes me wonder if I'm throttle and if resetting the phone would even help in anyway
That is really strange. I can't imagine congestion would cause that much of a difference.
Yeah the difference is way too much for it to be congestion. My thought is throttling but of course they won't admit to it since I'm in the $60 unlimited plan
Is it even possible to be throttled for x amount of time from x tower only? Lol thx in advance
I am on the same plan and I never get speeds that slow. And I don't think they can throttle for a set amount of time, but I honestly don't know for sure. I feel for you, because I know that it would drive me nuts. Just a thought, do you have any other compatible phones that you can switch to? Just to see if the issue persists with another phone. Rather then wipe your phone for nothing.
Ok, I just had some one with the same phone as me on metro pcs and someone with tmobile stand next to me ran speed tests and we all get craptacular speeds. Not even 1 Mbps of download. Which is stupid, this wasn't the case about 5-6 months ago. I'm gonna go in a corner and cry now.....
Well at least you know its not your phone now, and it is a network issue.