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Mobile speed test

Does anyone know of a mobile compatible speed test site / software that can test upload speeds as well as download speeds? It seems T-mobile UK has eneable HSUPA and increased HSDPA to 7.2mbit recently (my 3g icon now says H constantly )
I know the Kaiser aint supposed to support HSUPA but it would be nice to test it.
Thanks.

well you could try the same flash based speed-tests used for PC's
Here is one: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Another: http://www.speedtest.net/

zeezee said:
well you could try the same flash based speed-tests used for PC's
Here is one: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Another: http://www.speedtest.net/
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Thanks. The 1st link crashed Opera, and the second brought my phone to its knees!
I did find this though that seems to work ;
http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/

Opera 9.5 w/ Flash 7 will run speedtest.net correctly. I got 167k down, 67k up w/ 999 ms ping to some random isp around indiana ( I live in Bloomington, IN ) using Edge.
remember that O9.5+flash is sloooow, so you have to be patient for the flash program to recognize your test point and stuff.

Check out BBR (broadband reports ) they have a mobile speed test there.

I have used this link. Give it a try.
http://www.mobilespeedtest.com/bandwidthmeter/meter.php

http://text.dslreports.com/mspeed
I just use the above URL and the results for 3 tests were:

In the UK on Orange, using 1Mb file size, I got:
534kb/sec with 17.644 sec download
709kb/sec with 12.008 sec download
932kb/sec with 9.295 sec download
773kb/sec with 11.084 sec download
583kb/sec with 14.542 sec download
The last three were spread over a 90 minute period so the test, whilst useful as a benchmark, isn't consistant.

bpiranha said:
I have used this link. Give it a try.
http://www.mobilespeedtest.com/bandwidthmeter/meter.php
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Thanks. These sites only test download speeds, I wanted to test upload too. The DSLReports site seems closest to doing this with its beta Iphone speed test but it seems to have problems at the moment, failing with a 0ms warning.
From the tests I have ran so far, I am getting downloads around 1mbit/s, nowhere near the 7.2mbit/s.

dslreports.com using the iphone speed test (or full mobile browser) my highest result was 1350kbs. this is a nice program to have bookmarked so you can test whenever you want. im not sure if it matters, but you may also want to deleate cookies and whatnot to ensure a fresh result

do what I do and tether your phone to your computer and run a speedtest that way. It may not be 100% accurate but you can get a good idea what your speeds are like.

ajs007 said:
In the UK on Orange, using 1Mb file size, I got:
534kb/sec with 17.644 sec download
709kb/sec with 12.008 sec download
932kb/sec with 9.295 sec download
773kb/sec with 11.084 sec download
583kb/sec with 14.542 sec download
The last three were spread over a 90 minute period so the test, whilst useful as a benchmark, isn't consistant.
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I get 8192.00 Mbps
I am in Denmark using 3 (3G)

cyber_system said:
I get 8192.00 Mbps
I am in Denmark using 3 (3G)
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You get 8192 Mbps...meaning 8.192 Gbps? Did you mean 8192 kbps?

speed test results
I just recently went to speedtest.net and i am not sure if it is correct. I am using a tmobile hd2. ran test from within phone browser and this is what it showed. is that possible. Please see attached thumb nail.

madone11 said:
I just recently went to speedtest.net and i am not sure if it is correct. I am using a tmobile hd2. ran test from within phone browser and this is what it showed. is that possible. Please see attached thumb nail.
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Yes, it is normal if you are running the test while connected trough ActiveSync

Mobile Download and Upload Speed Test
chaps said:
Does anyone know of a mobile compatible speed test site / software that can test upload speeds as well as download speeds? It seems T-mobile UK has eneable HSUPA and increased HSDPA to 7.2mbit recently (my 3g icon now says H constantly )
I know the Kaiser aint supposed to support HSUPA but it would be nice to test it.
Thanks.
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This post is way old but I wanted to give my input.
Try TestMy Mobile. Works well with most android and iphones, right in your default web browser. Join and your results are permanently logged for you... so you can track your connection over time. Just search google for "testmy" and you'll find it. I don't have enough posts to post a link... I've been a member here for nearly a year and I haven't posted enough, sorry guys -- maybe a mod can add the link later

That site worked for me, afraid that I can't share links either, but here is the site I used...
hxxp://testmy.net/mobile
In case you're interested, I got an upload speed of 608Kbps, or 76KBps, on an O2 HSDPA connection.

Geekaphone Mobile Speedtest
We've just launched a new mobile speedtest, the myTouch 4G on T-Mobile is currently top of the pack... compare your phone!
geekaphone.com/mobile-speedtest

Very slow 3G

First, I HAVE searched for 3G speed ups, 3G adjustments, ect. I HAVE read the WiKi until my eyes are RED without finding any solution to my problen.
Using AT&T Tilt, 6.0 Stock Rom/Radio
Rom:1.62.00.00
Radio:1.27.14.09
Prot:22.45.88.07H
My 3G down speed is 141k with .49 sec latency. This sinks!
Things that I have tried:
Larger RWIN.
Increase connections
Increased re transmits .
Three browsers PIE OPRA NetFront.
WiFi speed 1.456k .02sec.
It takes an enormous amount of time "Locating" and "Opening" a page before it begins to load.
Perhaps a different DNS server might help that but can not find any info on how to change the DNS server.
Any help would be appreciated. It is still within the 30 day AT&T return window and if it can't do better than this, it is going back.

You can probably thank all those 3G iPhones. After they hit the market my speeds plummeted too.
Have you tried other radios?

Indeed, you'll have to put up with it, be it with the Tilt or any other phone. Data network usage has increased a lot following the release of the 3G iphone, and in some places the network just can't cope.

JimmyMcGee said:
You can probably thank all those 3G iPhones. After they hit the market my speeds plummeted too.
Have you tried other radios?
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Tell me about it! The only place I can even think about getting decent 3G signal these days is in San Francisco. Damn those iPhone users, ruining my great tethering experience!

neely30188 said:
It takes an enormous amount of time "Locating" and "Opening" a page before it begins to load.
Perhaps a different DNS server might help that but can not find any info on how to change the DNS server.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276694
Search helps ...........
Also,
https://www.opendns.com/smb/start/device/windows-mobile-5-pocketpc

It's a lot better here than it was immediately post-launch of the ipoon but it's still pretty bad. I get decent 3G speeds but the downloads stall which is worse than just going slowly.
Sometimes it'll download a 200-300k file to 90% almost immediately then just sit there forever. I have to cancel and restart the download a few times. Very annoying. Better than it was before still.. A few months ago there was nearly zero chance of downloading anything over 3G. Email took forever to sync, and downloading in IE/Opera was impossible.
Interesting experiment I tried though... I took a file, blah.jpg. Copied it to blah.png blah.exe blah.zip blah.lkdjfa etc... Blah.jpg, .png, .lkdsjflak etc, all downloaded pretty reliably. .zip, .exe, .rar, etc... did not. I haven't seen anyone else suggest this sort of pattern, but I found it very interesting.

I'm using OpenDNS now too w/ AT*T's 3G (H). So far it's an improvement, but still not what it used to be. Still stuck between 600 - 1020 kbit/sec w/ .302s latency. I used to be around 1300 religiously.

Thanks for your replies. I did some testing and here is what I have found. I ran a series of 10 tests in each situation and tossed out the high and low and averaged the rest.
First, changed the DNS server and that made quite a difference in the "Location" time but of course did nothing for the down speed.
Second, with DSLreports Mobile speed test using 1 MB block, I found that PIE was twice as fast as the NetFront browser that I was using. The same was true loading large pages such as CNN.com. Darn, I really liked NetFront. I will have to try some other browsers.
Third, I found that using software and header compression made no difference.
Speeds last night around 1am were avg around 145k, today at 12pm the are avg around 700k with PIE and 325k with NetFront, go figure.
What is the WINS address and would it help to change it?
Can I change to a better access point? [mine is wap.singular]

What speeds are you getting with T-Mobile and 2G

I am a T-Mobile user and I understand that the International version is limited to 2G versions. Since I mostly use wifi for data, that is not a deal breaker and the reports are that T-mobile is ramping up use of the 1900MHZ band (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398742,00.asp). But I am curious what performance you are getting on 2G. I remember that an older Blackberry used some tricks to get fairly decent performance on 2G. Just wondering.

I have been using my note on 2g for a few weeks now, and I have been pleasantly surprised with its performance. The speeds are very slow, but that is pretty much expected. I was able to hop onto the market and download speedtest with hardly any loading times besides the actual app download. To me, the speeds are very bearable and I will patiently wait and hope that someone gets 3g working. I use Wifi mostly anyway so it isn't that big of a deal.
At my job, I just got a whopping 193kbps download speed. Around my house, I can probably get double that since the speeds here always suck. Good thing I have wifi 90% of the time anyway!

Thanks. Exactly the kind of info I was looking for. I rarely browse extensively on the go, but I do need to get email and check an occasional page. Most of the time I have WiFi available. Videos, etc. are never on the agenda.

A test at my house was actually worse than my previous test, but it varies. Sometimes it will be a little faster.

The testmy.net show it gets up to 250kbps, but I would guess 10 to 25KBs is realistic, 30kbps+ if lucky.
I can browse with it, the load time is quick enough, as long as its two or three tabs and not opening a bunch at once. Especially using AdFree to block ads helps. Google Maps/Navigaition are usable as it manages to load new tiles.
Downloading apps takes a long time and usually will have to let it runs in the background. YouTube is out of the question except for lower quality and waiting for it to buffer.
I would say it is acceptable as long as you have WiFi access at places that you go.

Slow data over wifi

So guys, I've just bought a nexus 6 last week, and I'm experiencing some strange issues with the WiFi.
Loading content is really slow, things like loading app list on google play, new videos from my subscriptions on YouTube or even a search on google using chrome can take minutes (not exaggerating here, on stopwatch to load the information and pictures of an app on play store the phone took more than 2 minutes).
And some notifications they don't come right away, (new emails, WhatsApp,etc...)
Although the internet where I live now is not the best and the modem/router is a single channel fritzbox, it's fast enough for a simple WhatsApp message to come through.
What I ruled out is:
Provider blocking ports used by google services < contacted the support and no ports are blocked, and things work fine with my mate 7 running kit Kat
Provider slowing down access to google < nope, it's illegal here and again my mate 7 works fine
Interference by other WiFi networks < I'm in a WiFi crowded place now, but my router is the only one on channel 13, tried other channels and no luck either, and again all other WiFi devices work fine here.
My nexus 9 shows the same symptom but not always.. So I assume it's a lollipop thing... Someome has some tips of things that I should try? Thanks a lot

Luinwethion said:
So guys, I've just bought a nexus 6 last week, and I'm experiencing some strange issues with the WiFi.
Loading content is really slow, things like loading app list on google play, new videos from my subscriptions on YouTube or even a search on google using chrome can take minutes (not exaggerating here, on stopwatch to load the information and pictures of an app on play store the phone took more than 2 minutes).
And some notifications they don't come right away, (new emails, WhatsApp,etc...)
Although the internet where I live now is not the best and the modem/router is a single channel fritzbox, it's fast enough for a simple WhatsApp message to come through.
What I ruled out is:
Provider blocking ports used by google services < contacted the support and no ports are blocked, and things work fine with my mate 7 running kit Kat
Provider slowing down access to google < nope, it's illegal here and again my mate 7 works fine
Interference by other WiFi networks < I'm in a WiFi crowded place now, but my router is the only one on channel 13, tried other channels and no luck either, and again all other WiFi devices work fine here.
My nexus 9 shows the same symptom but not always.. So I assume it's a lollipop thing... Someome has some tips of things that I should try? Thanks a lot
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Have you run a speedtest by chance?

Liam Neeson said:
Have you run a speedtest by chance?
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Yes, and some times it never finishes it when trying the upload test, download speed is okay with 9Mbps but upload test stays in 0... Ping is not consistent between 23ms up to 83...
Will post a screenshot with a new test as soon as my PC is finished downloading updates .

Luinwethion said:
Yes, and some times it never finishes it when trying the upload test, download speed is okay with 9Mbps but upload test stays in 0... Ping is not consistent between 23ms up to 83...
Will post a screenshot with a new test as soon as my PC is finished downloading updates .
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Could you try running a speedtest on the nexus 6 and the. On the mate 7? This will help narrow things down a bit.

I'd say it's most likely a router issue. On my 100 Mbit/s broadband I just clocked 111 Mbit/s over Wi-Fi. In other words, the N6 is more than capable...

Tethering on T-Mobile Nexus 6 partially working?

I am having a very frustrating problem with my tethering. For some reason my phone is picking up on my tethering partially. I have used up my data quota for the month, however I am rooted. I have tryed CM12, CM13, Rooted Stock, and a few other Roms. I can directly test to see if it is fully hidden from detection, when I go to speedof.me I am getting about 100-200 kbps (And yes that is kilabit and not byte). My Playstation 4 is recording around 150kbps but many sites load very fast with a few of them as an exception. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fully hide my tethering usage from T-Mobile? Obviously if I go on Speedtest.net I get flawless speeds because T-Mobile allows speedtest.net without using data.
Thanks!

rmuell01 said:
Obviously if I go on Speedtest.net I get flawless speeds because T-Mobile allows speedtest.net without using data.
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um, what?

rmuell01 said:
I am having a very frustrating problem with my tethering. For some reason my phone is picking up on my tethering partially. I have used up my data quota for the month, however I am rooted. I have tryed CM12, CM13, Rooted Stock, and a few other Roms. I can directly test to see if it is fully hidden from detection, when I go to speedof.me I am getting about 100-200 kbps (And yes that is kilabit and not byte). My Playstation 4 is recording around 150kbps but many sites load very fast with a few of them as an exception. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fully hide my tethering usage from T-Mobile? Obviously if I go on Speedtest.net I get flawless speeds because T-Mobile allows speedtest.net without using data.
Thanks!
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Use an app called Wi-Fi Tether Router from the play store. It's a paid app, but it is worth it and I have used it on multiple devices.

as far as i know, you cant hide the tethering from tmobile as of android 6.0.1(i could be wrong though). anyways, tmobile gives you tethering for free. unlimited tether on all plans except the unlimited high speed data plan, which they give you 5gb.

daggorlad said:
Use an app called Wi-Fi Tether Router from the play store. It's a paid app, but it is worth it and I have used it on multiple devices.
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You know what settings I am supposed to have for it? I have that app and I tried it without much luck.
simms22 said:
as far as i know, you cant hide the tethering from tmobile as of android 6.0.1(i could be wrong though). anyways, tmobile gives you tethering for free. unlimited tether on all plans except the unlimited high speed data plan, which they give you 5gb.
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I am able to hide most of the data, however my ps4 updates add to the tethering as well as some sites. I even tried cm12 and got the same problems.
jj14 said:
um, what?
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Speedtest.net is allowed through T-Mobile, meaning you can do as many speed tests as you like without it going towards your data.

rmuell01 said:
You know what settings I am supposed to have for it? I have that app and I tried it without much luck.
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I use the settings as stated in this post on the Padfone X forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59186153&postcount=3

rmuell01 said:
I am having a very frustrating problem with my tethering. For some reason my phone is picking up on my tethering partially. I have used up my data quota for the month,
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Sounds to me like an over-quota rate limit, not a tether-detect.
however I am rooted. I have tryed CM12, CM13, Rooted Stock, and a few other Roms.
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Why do you think that would have any impact on something done on the NETWORK side?
I can directly test to see if it is fully hidden from detection, when I go to speedof.me I am getting about 100-200 kbps (And yes that is kilabit and not byte).
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"kila" is NOT an SI prefix. You probably mean "kilo", meaning 10^3.
My Playstation 4 is recording around 150kbps but many sites load very fast with a few of them as an exception.
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It doesn't necessarily take a huge throughput for a webpage to load fast. Most of page load speed is related to LATENCY, which isn't impacted by a rate limit. What I mean by that, is if a server replies in 10 ms (milliseconds), it doesn't matter if your throughput is 5 kbps or 5 Gbps, it still replies in 10 ms.
On top of that, throttling isn't always implemented in a manner that you would anticipate. For instance, if the pipe can run 25 Mbps, they might feed you 10 KB at 25 Mbps, then pause, then feed you another 10 KB at 25 Mbps. If the page you are loading fits in under 10 KB, then it loads at full speed, but if it is 100 KB, then it takes 10 cycles and you experience the slowdown.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fully hide my tethering usage from T-Mobile? Obviously if I go on Speedtest.net I get flawless speeds because T-Mobile allows speedtest.net without using data.
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To start with, you would need to prove that the issue you are experiencing is actually a function of tethering being detected. Pick a big file on a known fast server, and download it using wget, ON YOUR PHONE. busybox comes with an implementation of wget that you can use. So something like; cd /sdcard; busybox wget http://server.net/some_big_file.iso and see what wget reports as your speed. Then do the same test TETHERED from a different machine, and compare the results.

Sounds to me like an over-quota rate limit, not a tether-detect.
-I have unlimited fast LTE Data through T-Mobile, the problem is that T-Mobile is recongnizing my PS4 downloading as tethering but not me downloading multi gigs worth of files through my computer.
Why do you think that would have any impact on something done on the NETWORK side?
-CM12 is 5.1 and not 6.0 and they all are completely custom roms and should have no tethering detection whatsoever.
"kila" is NOT an SI prefix. You probably mean "kilo", meaning 10^3.
-Yes I do, My mistake. Was typing on my phone.
It doesn't necessarily take a huge throughput for a webpage to load fast. Most of page load speed is related to LATENCY, which isn't impacted by a rate limit. What I mean by that, is if a server replies in 10 ms (milliseconds), it doesn't matter if your throughput is 5 kbps or 5 Gbps, it still replies in 10 ms.
On top of that, throttling isn't always implemented in a manner that you would anticipate. For instance, if the pipe can run 25 Mbps, they might feed you 10 KB at 25 Mbps, then pause, then feed you another 10 KB at 25 Mbps. If the page you are loading fits in under 10 KB, then it loads at full speed, but if it is 100 KB, then it takes 10 cycles and you experience the slowdown.
-You saying that it really doesn't matter what the download speed is? Because the last I checked the average web page is around 2MB, which would make a drastic difference when you are on a connection that only provides 150kbps speeds. That would mean that it would take 136 seconds to load a "normal" webpage, compared to instantly on a 25mbps connection. Yes there can be slowdowns due to how the server sends you the data, but I can sure tell what is normal connection speeds and what is not. 150kbps is 2G speeds and therefore that would lead me to believe that T-Mobile is detecting certain sites as tethering and giving it 2G speeds.
To start with, you would need to prove that the issue you are experiencing is actually a function of tethering being detected. Pick a big file on a known fast server, and download it using wget, ON YOUR PHONE. busybox comes with an implementation of wget that you can use. So something like; cd /sdcard; busybox wget (URL) and see what wget reports as your speed. Then do the same test TETHERED from a different machine, and compare the results.
-I can run a speedtest on my phone through speedof.me and get 40Mbps and when I run it on my PC I get 150kbps. Sounds like T-Mobile is slowing my tethering down big time.

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Sounds to me like an over-quota rate limit, not a tether-detect.
Why do you think that would have any impact on something done on the NETWORK side?
"kila" is NOT an SI prefix. You probably mean "kilo", meaning 10^3.
It doesn't necessarily take a huge throughput for a webpage to load fast. Most of page load speed is related to LATENCY, which isn't impacted by a rate limit. What I mean by that, is if a server replies in 10 ms (milliseconds), it doesn't matter if your throughput is 5 kbps or 5 Gbps, it still replies in 10 ms.
On top of that, throttling isn't always implemented in a manner that you would anticipate. For instance, if the pipe can run 25 Mbps, they might feed you 10 KB at 25 Mbps, then pause, then feed you another 10 KB at 25 Mbps. If the page you are loading fits in under 10 KB, then it loads at full speed, but if it is 100 KB, then it takes 10 cycles and you experience the slowdown.
To start with, you would need to prove that the issue you are experiencing is actually a function of tethering being detected. Pick a big file on a known fast server, and download it using wget, ON YOUR PHONE. busybox comes with an implementation of wget that you can use. So something like; cd /sdcard; busybox wget http://server.net/some_big_file.iso and see what wget reports as your speed. Then do the same test TETHERED from a different machine, and compare the results.
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daggorlad said:
Use an app called Wi-Fi Tether Router from the play store. It's a paid app, but it is worth it and I have used it on multiple devices.
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daggorlad said:
I use the settings as stated in this post on the Padfone X forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59186153&postcount=3
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Those settings enabled the Wi-Fi but did not hide the tethering fully.

Update**
Just tried flashing every one of the radios on this post with no luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/ref-nexus-6-modem-collection-t2969380
Also Tried USB tethering and it gave the same result.

rmuell01 said:
Update**
Just tried flashing every one of the radios on this post with no luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/ref-nexus-6-modem-collection-t2969380
Also Tried USB tethering and it gave the same result.
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Did you run the experiment that I asked you to run?

doitright said:
Did you run the experiment that I asked you to run?
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Yes. Just downloaded Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool on my phone from this address http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/KVRT/latest/full/KVRT.exe and then tried the same thing on my PC and I get 13KB per second where as my phone got 4MB per second.