Two Nexus 7's - both with sub 1Mbps Wifi - Nexus 7 General

I've received both of the Nexus 7's I ordered and they both have absolutely terrible wifi performance. Each of them gets < 1 Mbps when but one meter from my wireless router. Thought it could be the router, but enabled the wireless on my modem and found the same problem.
My Macbook Air can get signal from the router almost a block away yet *both* of these tablets struggle to get even 1 Mbps. What's going on, any one else experience this?

Are you talking about a speed test throughput performance? Or actual wireless link speed to the router?
My Nexus gets about 23Mbps down. My Link speed is 65 Mbps

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get wifi analyzer app for nexus and then change channel to strongest one on router, that fixed it for me!

The nexus 7 definitely has a cap WiFi speed, however its not 1mb.
My router is upstairs whilst I'm downstairs.
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I have poor wireless network signal strength and get 'out of range' messages even though the router or phone I'm going to tether it to is just inches away. I even watched the list of SSIDs toggle between "out of range" and "connecting" on one occasion. My phone and other tablet show full strength signals while the N7 has just one bar and I sometimes get the "Web page not available" screen. I appreciate that's technically different to download speeds but IME there is a wifi issue with some units
I'm in the process of returning it for a replacement because of this and a couple of other screen problems

I must always have good luck. I have no problems with my 7... just did a speed test in the worst part of the house and got 27mbps...

This tablets WiFi is leaps and bounds faster than my last tablet, this from the fairest edge of my house. My A500 would pull 8mbps
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You can connect to your home WiFi with your mackbook from a block away?
Bull****.
Galaxy Nexus GSM

BrianDigital said:
This tablets WiFi is leaps and bounds faster than my last tablet, this from the fairest edge of my house. My A500 would pull 8mbps
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Nice upload
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Both my Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus are getting 45Mbps down and 15Mbps up on speedtest. Thats exactly what my PC gets on the same router. My ISP quotes me at 40up and 10 down.

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Both my Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus are getting 45Mbps down and 15Mbps up on speedtest. Thats exactly what my PC gets on the same router. My ISP quotes me at 40up and 10 down.
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How are you getting 45mb downstream, isn't that higher than what the nexus can do?
Most I've had from my nexus 7 is 33mb - on my PC I get 105mb, so 33mb isn't pushing my connection.
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How are you getting 45mb downstream, isn't that higher than what the nexus can do?
Most I've had from my nexus 7 is 33mb - on my PC I get 105mb, so 33mb isn't pushing my connection.
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Theoretically maybe, but not the case for me.
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Theoretically maybe, but not the case for me.
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When I get home I'll post a ss
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EDIT: screenshot added Tablet is stock, unlocked, rooted and dpi changed to 160 for tablet mode. This how speedtest runs in tablet dpi.

I'm a network guy and this sounds like a classic case of stepping on someone elses wifi channel.
When 2 routers broadcast on the same frequency, you'll get this because they get confused and packets are being rejected by the affecting router.
Solution : change channels.
This happened to me when I bought my new house a few years back. Moved in and my wifi was iffy sometimes... wouldn't see the router located in the same room. I did a wifi scan and sure enough my neighbors was blasting out the same frequency.
Channels 1, 6, and 11 are 3 that are far enough apart they won't step over another. Its good practice to ONLY use these 3 because if you use an oddball like 9, you'll get interference from 6 and 11.
Custom router firmwares like Tomato actually have scanners and show what the neighboring wifi networks are broadcasting. Alternatively you can download Wifi Scanner from the market. It has several graphs and power stats of each detected network. Then you can see which one is less busy.
Most routers default to channel 6 and people don't know what it is, so they don't change it. You'll probably want to use 1 or 11. I actually offered my services to all my neighbors just so we could all get along.
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My internet is 6 mbps, so its fine for me.
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I have 25 mbps service.
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g versus n issue perhaps?
My N7 is getting terrible wifi performance at home. Frequently connecting at the 1 or 2 mbps fallback rates at 50 paces from the router. The home setup is a pair of very standard WRT54GLs on different channels (different floors) running DD-WRT. I've haven't yet needed to go above 802.11g, since the incoming internet speed just isn't that fast. Everything else in the house connects at 36-54. No other wifi interference (fairly rural).
At work, we have an extensive Cisco 802.11n infrastructure. The same N7 connects at 65 (the max with one antenna) just dandy, and speedtest agrees. It's a little worse than some other wifi devices about 'hopping' (it won't go to the next wifi AP until it's down to one bar), but that's often tweakable.
I'm getting really poor connections on some public hotspots and fine on others. My suspicion is that it's bad on 802.11g and good on 802.11n. Possible?

The WiFi is brilliant on my 7. Much better than my phone
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I find Wi-Fi on the Nexus 7 fine when it works. However there are random disconnects and drop of speeds.
W-Fi works fine on our 10+ other wireless devices at home.
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No 3G/4G?! UgottaBkiddin...

How are you planning to access internet on the street?!
What was you thinking, Google?!
Not bad like a home only device.. but not having GSM even as an option - fail big time!
good trolling attempt
I actually prefer it that way. Then again I still have unlimited data on my phone and can tether off it if I really want. But with all the wifi hot spots nowadays I don't see it as a huge problem
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Their thinking is you can use your Galaxy Nexus or pretty much any decent android mobile and the great functionality that is Wifi tethering.
I'd have liked 3G version as well since I want to use it out and about. Lucky as long as you have an android device, you can easily create a WiFi hotspot.
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Well I would just use my phone and connect it to is Wifi connection with the tablet.
P1 Wookie said:
I actually prefer it that way. Then again I still have unlimited data on my phone and can tether off it if I really want. But with all the wifi hot spots nowadays I don't see it as a huge problem
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Well.. I was expecting somebody to offer tethering. It will work. But most of us have big screen devices like GNex etc. So if I will take my GNex from the pocket.. I will use it rather than will turn on the Tethering.
Hot spots are OK. But... well... It is not as available as GSM (and in some cases costs more than GSM; at least in Lithuania).
I have iPad with 3G. Maybe that's the reason I can't imagine tablet without GSM anymore
Some people expect too much from a $200 tablet. I feel we are already getting waaaaay more than we're paying for so people need to just shut up and be happy.
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No trolling at all!
I just was surprisingly mad when I made myself to read the Nexus 7 specs
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Some people expect too much from a $200 tablet. I feel we are already getting waaaaay more than we're paying for so people need to just shut up and be happy.
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Yea, definitely specially when you look at the break down of the device and what they are really making from it, close to nothing.
So long as you have a data plan on your phone, and this also includes tethering, then you could just tether it to your phone for access to the internet on the go. But, frankly, a tablet in my opinion is designed to be a home device that only leaves home when on extremely long trips. On a day to day basis, smart phones suffice.
We are getting a few trolling topics whose only intent seems to be to discourage people from buying what appears to be an excellent tablet.
It is easy to spot them by the titles. "Anyone else disappointed" is a good candidate.
It would be nice to give them their own forum, maybe titled "You gotta be kidding".
It's not rocket science, don't like it - don't buy it.
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bat0nas said:
How are you planning to access internet on the street?!
What was you thinking, Google?!
Not bad like a home only device.. but not having GSM even as an option - fail big time!
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Look at MOST POPULAR 7" tablets: Kindle Fire, Galaxy Tab, etc. None have GSM chip and yet they are selling like hot cakes...
I have Clear 4G with unlimited Internet for $25 / month. Backup is my Note via tethering.
Doesn't bother me, I would choose the wifi over 3g anyway. Whats the point in paying for a second data plan when I can tether.
I imagine 3g/4g versions will be available later if there is enough interest from mobile networks wanting to offer it.
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Doesnt bother me from purchasing it. The only thing that I am upset about is not having USB OTG and MHL connecting out of the box. But that is something I can live with.
But with a 200 dollar tablet you really cant complain about a lot of things.
3/4G Model Not That Necessary These Days
Even if Google had offered a 3/4G model, I still would have bought the wifi version.
Why would I want to pay an additional $10 a month to add a tablet to my plan when I get free tethering / wifi hotspot?
I always carry my phone, whether I'm carrying the tablet or not. If I absolutely have to have a data connection on the tablet, no problem.
I've been practicing Bluetooth tethering with my galaxy tab 7 and my galaxy s showcase, in anticipation of my nexus, it will be little more inconvenient, but i don't think I'll miss 3g at all
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How are you planning to access internet on the street?!
What was you thinking, Google?!
Not bad like a home only device.. but not having GSM even as an option - fail big time!
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How is there always someone who just has to complain about something. Im guessing you do not have the device seeing as how not having cell coveragei is such a big deal and so important to you. I said in a different thread and I swill say it here as well; I do have the Nexus 7 and it has taken all of my expectations and blownb them out the windows. This thing is as solid feeling as an IPAD but ten times more awesome, runs smooth as butter 24/7, and plays Tegra 3 games better and more clear than any other device I have seen, Hands down. FOR $200 bucks..?? I use my Galaxy Nexus as a hotspot and keep it on all day. When im in the car im charging the Galaxy onlky cause the nexus 7 has awesome battery. This topic is almost as bad as the one a few lines up that says "Disappointed in CPU perfomance" or something to that nature.. That's a ridiculous untruth or a faulty device.,

My Galaxy Nexus has better GPS accuracy than my Nexus 4

I have my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 phones beside each other on my window at home. Why is it my Galaxy Nexus has superior GPS accuracy than my Nexus 4?
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Because the Samsung made Galaxy Nexus has better access to all the stars in the galaxy allowing it to pinpoint it's location with a higher degree of certainty in regard to it's position relative to the location of other stars in the galaxy.
Are you using different versions of GPS Test on the two devices?
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Are you using different versions of GPS Test on the two devices?
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Even if he was, that wouldn't affect the sat locks
I am using the Pro version on my Nexus 4, and the standard free version on the Galaxy Nexus.
I get 32/32 satellites in orbit with full signal strength while inside my walk-in steal safe with my N4.
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Make sure Wi-Fi and Google's location service is enabled in both devices.
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Make sure Wi-Fi and Google's location service is enabled in both devices.
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Both of these are enabled on both devices.
Here is another result I did making sure both wifi and googles location service was enabled on both devices.
does GPS work? stop worrying about numbers lol
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It most Likely has not synced with all the satellites yet on that zone.
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Hate to burst your bubble, but my $100 Galaxy S Vibrant have better signal than both of your Nexus devices. But seriously, I wouldn't mind seeing results by other Nexus 4 owners. I am more concerned about lock time and the ability to keep a signal while on the the highway.
I didn't use any test apps or anything like that, but in a normal tracking situation - going about 5km by bike - the nexus 4 did a much better job than the galaxy s2 I tried before.
Not only am I getting a gps fix in a matter of seconds, even inside buildings, but the recorded track is also a lot closer to the actual route I took.
Don't forget you also got glonass now, not sure if your tools are taking those into account
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Hate to burst your bubble, but my $100 Galaxy S Vibrant have better signal than both of your Nexus devices. But seriously, so I wouldn't mind seeing results by other Nexus 4 owners. I am more concerned about lock time and the ability to keep a signal while on the the highway.
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Galaxy S had one of the worst GPS ever...
The agps of your galaxy nexus is updated and maybe not the one on your nexus 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
I noticed that in gps.conf they removed ntp servers try adding them
Code:
NTP_SERVER=COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.REGION.pool.ntp.org
I changed nothing:
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The agps of your galaxy nexus is updated and maybe not the one on your nexus 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
I noticed that in gps.conf they removed ntp servers try adding them
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NTP_SERVER=COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.REGION.pool.ntp.org
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Do I not need root enabled on my device to do that? Also I live In Ireland.
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Do I not need root enabled on my device to do that? Also I live In Ireland.
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Yeah you need root, try updating agps in gps test settings if you don't want root
All I care about is getting a lock in a few mins and being able to keep a lock on the satellites while driving.
Have you used it while driving?
Ok I have updated the AGPS within GPS Test. Here are my results now. I am still very disappointed.
I have not tested this while driving just yet. Though I will be using this while on foot mostly, for sports tracking purposes.
So you never tested your gps on real usage and you are very disappointed. First world problems.
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So you never tested your gps on real usage and you are very disappointed. First world problems.
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Tomorrow I will be putting it through extensive google tracks testing. With the nexus 4 in one hand and the galaxy nexus in the other. I will upload the tracks tomorrow to show everyone.

Sprint reception is awful

i just upgraded from the evo 3d 4g isnt available in my area im in Monterey county but i was exacting the same speeds that i was getting with the evo 3d but this is just ridiculous, maybe i got a faulty radios with this device because my evo 3d was never this slow or is there something with the setting i can change to make it better i was really amped up to get this phone but at this point i am disappointed and want to return it
Try updating the PRL and Profile.
I have the exact opposite experience coming from the Nexus S 4G. S4 seems to receive the 3G signal better, and I am very pleased with the LTE coverage so far. I am in Minneapolis, so YMMV...
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Highway 55 said:
Try updating the PRL and Profile.
I have the exact opposite experience coming from the Nexus S 4G. S4 seems to receive the 3G signal better, and I am very pleased with the LTE coverage so far. I am in Minneapolis, so YMMV...
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i already tried it but it still really slow i mean its took forever to download instagram im going to upload the screenshot once i get 10 post but i was really looking forward for this phone. i like the phone dont get me wrong i like the phone just i just have an issue with the data speed. an upgrade should be better not worse but nice to know that the sg4 is doing good with other people
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Your local tower/site might be being upgraded to LTE. If so, you should expect some down time. My site literally went offline for a few days (100% roaming on Verizon) until they finished whatever upgrade they were doing. Got LTE about a week later. But as stated, your mileage may vary.
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Your local tower/site might be being upgraded to LTE. If so, you should expect some down time. My site literally went offline for a few days (100% roaming on Verizon) until they finished whatever upgrade they were doing. Got LTE about a week later. But as stated, your mileage may vary.
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My S4 is the same speed on 3g as my Evo 4G LTE and as our S3. I used Speedtest to verify. I'd take the phone into a Sprint store and run Speedtest on it compared to their display model. Turn wireless off on both phones first, of course.
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My S4 is the same speed on 3g as my Evo 4G LTE and as our S3. I used Speedtest to verify. I'd take the phone into a Sprint store and run Speedtest on it compared to their display model. Turn wireless off on both phones first, of course.
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i just took the speed test at home i live an hour away from the store so tomorrow im going to check if the problem is just at my house or everywhere i go
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If you don't have upgraded towers, your service should remain the same. If not, I would suggest you get your new phone looked at since it's still under warranty.
Highway 55 said:
Try updating the PRL and Profile.
I have the exact opposite experience coming from the Nexus S 4G. S4 seems to receive the 3G signal better, and I am very pleased with the LTE coverage so far. I am in Minneapolis, so YMMV...
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I'm coming from a Nexus S 4G too and this phone has so much better reception, especially wifi. Don't really get LTE that often though, which is kind of disappointing because I actually had pretty good WiMAX coverage. But I know LTE coverage will only get better with time.
Signal != Data speed. If your signal is good but your data speed is slow, it's most likely that the sector is overloaded or the site is currently backhaul limited. It sounds like the site you connect to hasn't had Network Vision upgrades yet. Go familiarize yourself with Network Vision over at s4gru.com.
Call sprint before you return it. I had the same thing. I had great signal with my HTC Evo 3d and when I switched to the S4, I was dropping calls like crazy and with 1 bar or no signal. Found out that they were updating the towers and I also have 4g in my area now. Woot!
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i just upgraded from the evo 3d 4g isnt available in my area im in Monterey county but i was exacting the same speeds that i was getting with the evo 3d but this is just ridiculous, maybe i got a faulty radios with this device because my evo 3d was never this slow or is there something with the setting i can change to make it better i was really amped up to get this phone but at this point i am disappointed and want to return it
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Your phone can't make something out of nothing. My service sucks with every phone I have had because of the service provider not the phone.
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Your local tower/site might be being upgraded to LTE. If so, you should expect some down time. My site literally went offline for a few days.
Clubvegas999
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^^what they said. NV is ongoing in my area now and yesterday I was not able to connect to the mobile network all day.
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Note 4 - WiFi Performance is worse than the Note 3

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WiFi test here same spot and both are testing at different times. The note 3 *always* beats out the Note 4. SM910W8 version here (Qualcomm)
Note 4 - 13.08 Mbps vs Note 3 - 16.97 Mbps
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WiFi test here same spot and both are testing at different times. The note 3 *always* beats out the Note 4. SM910W8 version here (Qualcomm)
Note 4 - 13.08 Mbps vs Note 3 - 16.97 Mbps
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I get download speeds of about 50Mbps...
I get 30+ on LTE and 70 on WiFi.
Yeah I can get faster speeds standing next to the router, but its not as speedy when far away.
I compared side by side: Note 4 always load faster than Note 3 and Z3 with Youtube and Chrome.
Are you trying it with an Asus router? In my own tests, the Note 4 seems to perform worse with Asus routers like the RT-AC68U, but faster with the Netgear! I think the phone needs some driver optimisations
the note 4 and galaxy tab series have an amazing wifi radio. they both pull like 70mbps in the furthest room in my house on my Asus dark Knight router. whereas my g2 only pulled 25mbps.. same with my nexus 7. this thing rocks.
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Unfortunately, I experience a **** ton of Wifi drops - so yeah, my wifi performance has been less than satisfactory on this phone. Probably one of the only gripes I've had about it.
Trinatek said:
Unfortunately, I experience a **** ton of Wifi drops - so yeah, my wifi performance has been less than satisfactory on this phone. Probably one of the only gripes I've had about it.
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Echoing this as well. Connection is unreliable even when near router. Maybe I should try to connect on 2.4Ghz and try again (all the while on 5Ghz and it's crap). My Cat 6 LTE speed (typically betweek 80-110Mbps) trash what I could get on WiFi.
My note 4 is less stable and has less range than my LG g2. But here are the results. On my moca 1.1 connection with 300' of coax between moca boxes and my dir-825 wireless router.
Note 4
73.58mb down
22.51mb up
78.12mb down
20.33mb up
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Have been using 5g on my note 4 since release with an ac68u on the Merlin fork firmware by John. Never experienced any drops or low speed even when im on the second floor with the door closed in my room,when the router is down stairs.
The only thing in unhappy about is that using ES file explorer,transferring a file to and from my NAS to the phone is limited to about 10.5MBps. Much better than the note 3 of course but was expecting at least 30MBps or so....
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I compare with iPhone 6 Plus, it load faster than it. It is loaded pretty fast to me. By the way mine is Exynos edition. No worried here.
Just got my Note 4 yesterday and just ran a test on my wi-fi right now... 125 mbs down and 12 mbs up. Basically identical to my desktop, can't complain at all.

			
				
For everyone posting speed tests please specify what technology your the signal was on at the time. Please do not post stupid answers like 'Get a new router' or 'Upgrade your ISP' these people are idiots so don't be one. Every router I try with the results are the same. Note 4 about 1/3rd the speed of the Note 3 being tested. FYI the upload is slow just like the download.
Here with 802.11 G/N 2.4 Ghz, the speed is complete crap compared to the Note 3. Even went as far as re-flashing the whole phone and no luck. Added a separate SSID as Fast to my router on 5 Ghz n 40 Mhz and connected to it. Didn't make a difference.
There are lots of reports online and I'm sure they're going to be more:
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/slow-wifi-t2904971
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/help/wifi-slow-t2908291
- http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4/454082-note-4-slow-wifi-speeds-help.html
- http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/s.../note-4-slow-wifi-download-speed-4853494.html
- http://connect.dpreview.com/forums/post/54619093
Its worth noting that the speedtest.net app has never NEVER gotten close to my broadband speed on any Android handset I have owned so far, even though WiFi throughput when tested by iperf is usually much greater than my broadband speed.
Also, my Note 4 had a day one update waiting that once I applied has messed up my WiFi performance. Before the update I noticed Google Play installing apps at my full average broadband speed of 66Mbit, after the update its all over the place. Its bad, but it does at least suggest this is a software problem so fixable.
Interestingly, before the update when connected at 866Mbit 802.11ac, I got EXACTLY the same throughput (260Mbit) as the Note 3 did connected at 433Mbit.
On the other hand WiFi reliability seems to be vastly superior to the Note 2 or 3. When I do anything with the LIFX app its instant, there was always a little delay on the Note 3.
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Sweet Jesus!! I didn't even know internet speeds like that existed!
dannstarr said:
Sweet Jesus!! I didn't even know internet speeds like that existed!
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In parts of the world OTHER THAN North America, those speeds are on the low end of normal!
EP2008 said:
In parts of the world OTHER THAN North America, those speeds are on the low end of normal!
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You might want to say that this is normal in Asia. I live in Europe and besides 4G that is just deploying, average ADSL stays below 15 MB download. I'm quite lucky and have 20 MB through ADSL and up to 55~60 with 4G [emoji41]
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[App][Free] speed4cast - test the network speed for chromecast

It's free. Have fun!
speed4cast - Speed for chromecast
speed4cast: test the network speed for chromecast
Download:
You could search/download speed4cast from google play store.
User guide:
http://goo.gl/0m0Hoz
Features:
measure download speed
upload speed
latency
jitter
Usage:
speed4cast allows you to measure download speed, upload speed, latency and jitter of chromecast
User email group:
https://groups.google.com/group/speed4cast
Demo video:
youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ2Kr__DBhc
youku:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODI5OTYyODYw.html
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I tried it, and it went to Pass 3 and got sick at 94%...
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Then I got "Error:2001 test error"
Worked great for me, really useful, confirmed my thoughts about the Chromecast wifi been rubbish which is ashame, only getting 7.48Mbps down, when my phone next to it is getting ~30Mbps.
Using the App I've played around with my chromecast location, if I connect it to a 2m HDMI cable and move away I can get the chromecast to 24.83Mbps which is obviously a massive difference, chromecast is always doing HD now instead of flicking between HD and VHS.
Thanks.
Download 14.04 mbps over here upload 0.8 mbps
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Yeah I can confirm that this app allowed me to figure out that I get a consistent increase of 5~6.0Mbps more speed when using the HDMI extender.
Left this a 5 star rating!
theronkinator said:
Worked great for me, really useful, confirmed my thoughts about the Chromecast wifi been rubbish which is ashame, only getting 7.48Mbps down, when my phone next to it is getting ~30Mbps.
Using the App I've played around with my chromecast location, if I connect it to a 2m HDMI cable and move away I can get the chromecast to 24.83Mbps which is obviously a massive difference, chromecast is always doing HD now instead of flicking between HD and VHS.
Thanks.
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That's great.
Enjoy.
http://www.pocketables.com/2014/11/test-chromecast-speed-speed4cast.html
Test your Chromecast speed with Speed4cast
Paul E King, November 20, 2014
Thanks.
Does anyone need function to test the speed of local network?
mimepp said:
Does anyone need function to test the speed of local network?
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I think it would be useful so you can figure out if the poor performance is due to your WI-FI or the actual internet connection.
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mimepp said:
Does anyone need function to test the speed of local network?
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Yes. My internet speed is only 5 MB/s-down 0.6 MB/s-up so that doesn't test how my wifi is functioning. Streaming off my local network sometimes requires 30-50 MB/s.
ThisWasATriumph said:
Yes. My internet speed is only 5 MB/s-down 0.6 MB/s-up so that doesn't test how my wifi is functioning. Streaming off my local network sometimes requires 30-50 MB/s.
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LAN speed test may need an internal server.
mimepp said:
LAN speed test may need an internal server.
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You could probably get away without the server so long as there is a SAMBA shared directory on the network.
BTW, is there a change log for the Play Store update that just showed up?
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Thanks OP for this useful app, also helped determine the HDMI extender really does improve WiFi throughput from my router, at least, the connection speed to the server improved a lot and on a 2mbps down / 384k up line here in South Africa, that's already a big deal
MattDN93 said:
Thanks OP for this useful app, also helped determine the HDMI extender really does improve WiFi throughput from my router, at least, the connection speed to the server improved a lot and on a 2mbps down / 384k up line here in South Africa, that's already a big deal
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Enojoy it.
Great little app!!!!!
I got following:
Download: 21.92 mbps
Upload: 4.97 mbps
Latency: 17 ms
Jitter: 700 ms
Running an Asus RT-AC56U router with latest Merlin firmware and set Chromecast MAC address to "highest" under QoS under 2.4 GHz wireless. I will run some test moving it around by extending the Chromecast stick in a best position to see if I can improve upon this and report back. ISP is Comcast with typical down/up on a desktop with OOKLA at 60mbps/5mbps.
Based on others experience are these numbers good?
Much thanks for the app!
Great app!! thank you very much dev.
Can someone please explain to me what difference does the HDMI extender make? I see some people say it helps them get faster speeds but how?
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atomomega said:
Great app!! thank you very much dev.
Can someone please explain to me what difference does the HDMI extender make? I see some people say it helps them get faster speeds but how?
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By default, chromecast will be pluged to TV at rear, wifi signal may be affected by TV.
HDMI extender could help to put chromecast to a right position.

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