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I've noticed DRAMATIC worsened signal and slower data speeds since HSPA+ got turned on. The whole reason I switched to T-mobile has turned against me, I now experience the connectivity issues from holding the phone that were previously non existent to me and I'm almost always on EDGE. If it does connect to HSPA its unusably slow whereas it used to be close to 2mb speeds prior to their "upgrade" anyone else experiencing this?
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Yes I was near Beverly hills today off the 10 and I particularly had zero 3g, lost service completely, then it stayed on edge. This area never did this before. I bet they are doing network maintenance or something. Which area are you having problems?
Hopefully that's what the issue is, maintenance. I'm in downtown-hollywood most of the time and have always had great service, until the pay few days, always dropping calls, slow data, etc...
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Hopefully that's what the issue is, maintenance. I'm in downtown-hollywood most of the time and have always had great service, until the pay few days, always dropping calls, slow data, etc...
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YES same exact thing with my buddy's t-mo N1 when we were downtown.
Compared each others device (got an att vers.) he didnt even have access to maps. But he's been crying about it for a while now, even in Santa Monica he would have some reception trouble and connecting to EDGE.
Last time he told me he found a work-around and got a widget turning the thing on and off to reset but I honestly don't believe that's a workaround..
maintenance, yeah better chance. found an article stating t-mo working on 4G, hopefully itll make you feel better. Try and keep your phone nice and clean b/c hopefully the N1 is rockin by then.
t-mo to 4g maintenance.
Other cities have reported similar issues while upgrading to hspa + so I'm confident it'll get better, i mean before this is was fantastic for meso I don't really see how it would get worse
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I live in "moderate coverage" area(confirmed by 3 separate ATT reps). I got myself the Captivate the wife got the iphone4. In my house, the iphone gets 1 bar and in our home no bars. Obviously no way measure iphone signal in dBm's(good job apple. It is really a walled garden isn't it).
On captivate, i keep oscillating between -105 to -115dBm and from 4 asu to 1 asu. I really really love the captivate and I was looking forward to a decent Android GSM phone since I travel to Europe/Asia a lot. But the signal is really bugging me. A few times, I couldn't hear the other side properly(the iphone was much worse in such cases). I have till Thursday to decide whether I was to keep the phones or return it. I am very weary about committing another 2 years to death-star is this is going to be an issue.
Can people please advise if this is really a problem OR just ignore this and live with this. I really love android but need a GSM/World phone due to my travels.
Please put me out of my misery. I can't make up my mind
Buy an AT&T Microcell if they are offered in your area. That is probably the only thing you are going to he.able to do about the coverage situation.
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Complain enough about you're area coverage .it will either get you out of your contact, or a free microcell.
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i complained a lot to 3 different supervisors and they wouldn't offer a free microcell. Would give $70 credit, but did not realize that if I buy the microcell, it add $20 monthly fee. I am not sure if the last supervisor was bullsh****** me, cause the store rep didn't mention the $20 monthly fee.
I was out of contract when I upgrades, so if I return I will go back to no-contract.
i suspect it's reading falsely low or weak - i've got a vibrant and it generally reads the same, where my earlier MT3G would show -63 to -87
but mine doesn't drop calls and pulls 3G and sometimes even pulls down HSDPA
depending on traffic on the web, while showing -111 dBm, mine will test at speedtest.net showing as high as 5.4 Mbps download,
it generally shows 1.6 to 2.6 Mbps but again, all those test results were while showing -105 to -111, same as yours
the Mt3G, while it showed higher signal strength in same spot, never got above 1 Mbps download speed, which is why i'm thinking the signal strength is reading falsely low
if you're not dropping calls and pulling down at least 1 Mbps download speed, i wouldn't worry about it
but in case it helps
I bought 2 at the same time (one for me and then one for the wife). Her's was having the same issue. We have a MicroCell and I get 5 bars and like -85 dBm while her's was showing one bar and -100. Bad antenna. Return it for a functioning one.
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i complained a lot to 3 different supervisors and they wouldn't offer a free microcell. Would give $70 credit, but did not realize that if I buy the microcell, it add $20 monthly fee. I am not sure if the last supervisor was bullsh****** me, cause the store rep didn't mention the $20 monthly fee.
I was out of contract when I upgrades, so if I return I will go back to no-contract.
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I could be wrong, but, I was under the impression the $20 monthly fee is only if you use the microcell in conjunction with your home internet to get unlimited (doesn't go against your rollover minutes) calling from your cell number. Thats how you get the MC free, otherwise it's $150.
After trying another 2 reps, I actually found someone who actually figured that my 3g reception is really really weak and shipped me a microcell give me the credit of the full amount. Finally got lucky. Anxiously waiting for it to try out the signals. I will post my findings here. Need to buy a homeplug adapter so I can keep this by the window. I really hope those works out as I really like phone
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I got the microcell working after some intial hickups. Its been about a week that i have been using the microcell and its working good for me. I get four bars in most of my house which is so much better than no bars. The call quality is much better and all calls are very clear. The iphone and captivate both hold the calls much better now. I am glad this resolved my basic calls issue and i get to enjoy this excellent phone.
Thank you all fpr ur help.
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What does the service has to do with the phone? I'm confuse. I'm getting the same signal strength I was getting with the iDon't in my home. I don't think it's the phone just the service.
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I noticed this problem the moment after buying mine. At the store once they powered mine up i walked to the floor model and my signal was 20dbm less than the other. Now in my apartment i get no signal what so ever when my BB would get some. Debating on exchanging mine for another after reading that broken antenna comment
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My first captivate had a bad antenna and got no signal at all, anywhere, even in front of a microcell at their store it got 0 bars. So return or exchange it. Some of them have bad antennas.
Very good to know, I'll be exchanging mine on Monday
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Does anyone have data on what good signal numbers i should see? Should I see positive DBm? If so, what? Positive 90? Or is Negative 50 OK?
I can't seem to find good reference material, but I don know when i leave my basement my signal goes from Negative 107 to Negative 95.
Thanks for any references or education.
A higher but negative signal is stronger, with -50dbm being extremely strong, -90dbm usually supporting weak data, voice being acceptable to -95dbm and anything lower than that is considered an unusable signal for most mobiles
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What is the best signal strength you gotten.? I think mine is -91 it doesn't seem that good. How about you guys? Oh i am in Houston.
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I've personally have seen my phone hit -50dbm which I believe is the highest this receiver will read. However this is very sporadic and rare. On average it is in the 90s which is unacceptable. Even beside my girlfriends BB my signal is always 30dbm lower than hers. Keep in mind dbm is a logarithmically scaled unit so 30dbm means my signal is roughly 10 TIMES lower than hers. 3dbm is twice the power
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When do you measure your signal levels?
I got same weak signal during cell standby (no phone call, no data traffic).
However!
After initiating data transfer/call signal increases significantly. I'm getting -60-80dbm.
This means radio is saving battery juice when not extensively used, which should be considered positive.
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When do you measure your signal levels?
I got same weak signal during cell standby (no phone call, no data traffic).
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After initiating data transfer/call signal increases significantly. I'm getting -60-80dbm.
This means radio is saving battery juice when not extensively used, which should be considered positive.
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I've noticed this too, at idle if I have one "bar" and I initiate a phone call the bars will increase to 2-3. However, there are times where I am on the fringe of no signal whatsoever to even initiate a call or to use data because the signal received is so low. Also, when my captivate reports 2-4 bars its usually still at -90dbm. I just did a test by calling someone and watching my bars, although the bars went up, while the conversation was still engaged I was only getting below -90dbm. I'm about to head to the store to check out a replacement
Just traded phones, this one seems to have the same issues... I'm curious if the build date has anything to do with this. My first Captivate was on 7/27/10, this was printed on the battery at least. The AT&T rep gave me just a new phone while using my same battery, how can I check the build date of the phone with the serial number? I've seen mention of this somewhere on these forums about a link at Samsung that will tell me
Edit: Figured it out, it's under the Samsung product registration, when you enter your IMEI it tells you the manufacturer date. This one is also 7/27/10... I wonder if it's a common problem with older phones. Can you guys having this problem verify your manufacturing date?
i have unlimited minute plan allready do they charge you more just to use the device or do you just buy the device and if youre voice plan was unlimited before you bought the microcell there is no extra charge?
You pay for it, that's it. They have a plan you can pay monthly for, but it isn't needed.
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You pay for it, that's it. They have a plan you can pay monthly for, but it isn't needed.
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so the scenario is now, i have unlimited talk&text&2gig of web which i barely touch i download everything off my home wifi, so my bill wont go up 1 cent except for the cost of the device?? i mean i still have unlimited talk and text even if it goes through the device?? i know about the data but i avoid that by useing my wifi... they still charging 150 for it???
the answer is yes. Your choice: unlimited everything and weak signal or unlimited everything with micro cell using your broadband service. Just to get strong cell signal.
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If you don't have unlimited minutes, it's $20 per month to allow unlimited microcell usage.
Make sure you get a good GPS lock on the microcell, otherwise your phone will flip out. I had to exchange my first unit. Once I put the second unit on a UPS I've not had any problems.
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at&t has been giving out microcells recently - mostly to iphone owners to keep them from going to Verizon. I would make a run at getting a free one. Just tell them the iphone on Verizon is looking really good
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at&t has been giving out microcells recently - mostly to iphone owners to keep them from going to Verizon. I would make a run at getting a free one. Just tell them the iphone on Verizon is looking really good
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Wish I'd known that. Had to buy one after being an att customer for 6 years and my house didn't get their signal, although they stated it did. Oh well, now I get full bars so it's all good I guess...but at $150...ouch!
The $20 per month is not required but if you add it it helps you get a rebate for the micro cell...so add it, cubit the rebate and then remove it once you've paid it for the first month...that'd my advice.
...jeepers creepers mofo.s...
Just a word of warning on the MicroCell. I had one for a while (I'm selling it now on eBay). A couple of times a month our cell phones would all stop working at the house. I would have to go to the web site to un-register and re-register the MicroCell to get things working again. There was no way to tell that anything was wrong (you still had 5 bars) you just couldn't place or receive calls.
How to get a free microcell and additional $ from att
It is a pain, but it worked for me.
I contacted att on/about 5 -6 times, spoke to various tech support people. Proved to att that I get very poor reception (no 3g), live beyond 5 miles from a tower, etc.
Took a little bit of time, but found the right person who would deal. They gave me $200+ due to poor reception from when I purchased my captivate (3 months)(of course, I've had poor reception for years)
Purchased the microcell for $150, participated in their $100 rebate plan. I had to pay for the $20 service until the rebate came through...=$40 cost.
Instead of paying for the microcell, I netted $110.
I find that att always deals...just need to find the right contact at the company.
does the rom or modem have any bearing on the microcell working? in other words i have paragon 5.1 on my cell and modem i9000bvjjpd does that matter or will it work anyways and if modem is a issue which should i go back to?
i got the microcell running, works good pretty good clarity, manager at store asked me if i wanted a job, she said she had never seen someone belittle the at&t reps into giveing a full cost credit i had to pay 220 but i had a 220 credit on my account before i left the store, something about thee microcell did NOT like the modem i was useing sucker went into reboot loop finaly loaded another modem and ran clock work recovery and flashed new modem and problem vanished
Do any of you know, if you have a microcell in your house can a family member with a non-data, voice only phone, like a go-phone say, receive and make phone calls over the microcell?
As far as I know, if they are an AT&T customer, they can use it, as long as you give them access
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As far as I know, if they are an AT&T customer, they can use it, as long as you give them access
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Their phone also has to be 3G. You may laugh, but my mom's phone is an old Nokia that isn't 3G, so her phone won't see my Microcell.
When I first got my Microcell I had problems about once a week - that was with a Linksys router. My Linksys started giving me a lot of problems, so I replaced it with a NetGear. I haven't had any problems with the Microcell since. It was expensive because I couldn't talk anyone into cutting me a break (and I called several times), but it is SO worth it to have full bars at my house.
I got a Microcell for free - I've been an AT&T customer since before Cingular - I think I started with them in 1986. The local corporate store owner lives right nearby, he has a Microcell because the reception here is so bad. I called AT&T and politely but firmly insisted they give me one - and after a day's review, they called me and told me to go to that store and pick one up. They had discussed it with the manager and he confirmed how bad our reception is. It works well
Has anyone else with a Microcell noticed that the battery drains very quickly? I've had mine for a couple of months now, and the battery in my Captivate drains at the rate of about 5-8% in an hour. That's with little to no activity.
Shouldn't it be the opposite? Full signal, less battery drain? I've seen the opposite before I got the Microcell.
Interesting you should say that, I've been wondering the same thing (battery drain since the Microcell installation). Maybe it isn't SpeedMod 13c after all.
Yep. I was using SpeedMod 13a when I was running Cog 3.04. It was great paired with the modem I had (jk4 if I remember correctly). It was sipping very little power, until I got home to the Microcell and then it dropped like a rock like I mentioned before. It's happening for me again with Cog 4, so I think it might be something with the MicroCell. No way to really troubleshoot it either, since AT&T have locked these things down pretty tight (no UI, etc.).
I'd be curious to see how many of us are having this same issue or if anyone is having the opposite (no battery drain).
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Interesting you should say that, I've been wondering the same thing (battery drain since the Microcell installation). Maybe it isn't SpeedMod 13c after all.
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I'm calling ATT tomorrow. Years I've been putting up with crap signal at my house...I'm gonna use the Iphone to Verizon routine
1) a microsd slot, because what happens if your phone craps? BOOM everything lost right there. Its happened to my sisters iphone. "Blahblahblah just back it up everyday blablahblah" be realistic bro. BUT!!!! The fact that its otg capable is a good thing because that means we can use usb sticks right? Idk, I'm coming from the samsung epic 4g
2) A CHIN!! I can't be the only one who thinks this phone should've been the return of the chin? It looks so sexy, like an upgraded hero, a chin would've made it even sexier imo!
What do y'all think about the chin?
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If you're rooted you can send your backups to pc
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You can setup your phone to backup automatically to the cloud using Dropbox
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1.) Yeah... We get it... 2.) No.
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Move on with your life and move into the damn cloud people.
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Move on with your life and move into the damn cloud people.
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Only rain clouds here in Florida on Sprint... Patiently waiting for sprint to fix it so I can use the cloud properly.
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My one backs up to the cloud every day when I plug it in just fine.
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I think the HTC backup program is beautiful. I've used it between ROMs with no problem at all. Pretty much negates my need for an SD card.
II will say they need more accessories though. Am I the only one who uses desktop docks anymore?
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Only rain clouds here in Florida on Sprint... Patiently waiting for sprint to fix it so I can use the cloud properly.
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Hey Brian, just as an FYI, I called Sprint yesterday to complain about the lack of anything in Central Florida, and two things came up. First, I received a $15.00 credit, and second, they're saying that (this is obvious) they're working on LTE in the area. Taken with a grain of salt, they said they're anticipating a release this summer for LTE in our area. Fingers crossed.
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Hey Brian, just as an FYI, I called Sprint yesterday to complain about the lack of anything in Central Florida, and two things came up. First, I received a $15.00 credit, and second, they're saying that (this is obvious) they're working on LTE in the area. Taken with a grain of salt, they said they're anticipating a release this summer for LTE in our area. Fingers crossed.
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I'm just taking it in stride man..Im up and down about it and get close to leaving now and again but thinking about what the network is going to become keeps me from doing anything stupid...I don't even really care about LTE anymore,I just need a decent connection with decent speeds consistently(1.5-2.0Mb/sec)..Sad that in order to keep this HTC One from freaking out with all the driving I do I had to leave it set on CDMA Only so it doesn't try to connect to to weak 4G Signal areas(switching from 3G to 4G and back to 3G is so slow on this phone)
I had a chat with Sprint a few days/maybe a week ago..And they said the issues i'm having are because of the tower being worked on 4th street behind AOK Tires..Well that's BS because I drive by that tower every day heading out to the office and it has NOT been touched.Old legacy cabinets still in place/no workers/no panels and s4Gru also shows no work being done on any towers currently in Apopka.
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Yup... I have had to restore my one multiple times... Even restores the way your desktop was laid out.
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Only rain clouds here in Florida on Sprint... Patiently waiting for sprint to fix it so I can use the cloud properly.
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In Florida on Sprint... what is the problem?
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In Florida on Sprint... what is the problem?
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What isn't the problem? I drive 28 miles each way to and from work a day and consistently get .3 to .5mbps speeds.
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I'm just taking it in stride man..Im up and down about it and get close to leaving now and again but thinking about what the network is going to become keeps me from doing anything stupid...I don't even really care about LTE anymore,I just need a decent connection with decent speeds consistently(1.5-2.0Mb/sec)..Sad that in order to keep this HTC One from freaking out with all the driving I do I had to leave it set on CDMA Only so it doesn't try to connect to to weak 4G Signal areas(switching from 3G to 4G and back to 3G is so slow on this phone)
I had a chat with Sprint a few days/maybe a week ago..And they said the issues i'm having are because of the tower being worked on 4th street behind AOK Tires..Well that's BS because I drive by that tower every day heading out to the office and it has NOT been touched.Old legacy cabinets still in place/no workers/no panels and s4Gru also shows no work being done on any towers currently in Apopka.
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I hear what you're saying. They told me there is work being done on the towers out off Sandpiper and that could be reason I'm having problems, but I'm all the way over by Home Depot and Lowe's. I can sit in my house on Lake Anne and get an LTE signal, but it bounces in and out. So, pointless pretty much. They had no response for when I'm at my office in South Orlando.
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What isn't the problem? I drive 28 miles each way to and from work a day and consistently get .3 to .5mbps speeds.
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http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Florida-Lawmakers-Pass-Texting-While-Driving-Ban-205859031.html You wont have to worry about your wireless speeds on the road anymore.
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I hear what you're saying. They told me there is work being done on the towers out off Sandpiper and that could be reason I'm having problems, but I'm all the way over by Home Depot and Lowe's. I can sit in my house on Lake Anne and get an LTE signal, but it bounces in and out. So, pointless pretty much. They had no response for when I'm at my office in South Orlando.
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There is no offical LTE in Orlando and that they are doing full network upgrades... This requires them to screw with the towers for some time.
As for the comment about "I don't see any tower work"... Most of the tower work is done at the base. The only tower upgrade is when they install Network Vision (replace the copper up to the cell with fiber and replace the base modules). So even when they are doing a network vision, the only "visible" upgrade is when they are replacing the copper. http://newsroom.sprint.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=19
Just be happy you can get LTE anywhere in an unofficial market... I am in Tallahassee and we still barely have 3g eventho we are on the LTE rollout list.
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http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Florida-Lawmakers-Pass-Texting-While-Driving-Ban-205859031.html You wont have to worry about your wireless speeds on the road anymore.
There is no offical LTE in Orlando and that they are doing full network upgrades... This requires them to screw with the towers for some time.
As for the comment about "I don't see any tower work"... Most of the tower work is done at the base. The only tower upgrade is when they install Network Vision (replace the copper up to the cell with fiber and replace the base modules). So even when they are doing a network vision, the only "visible" upgrade is when they are replacing the copper. http://newsroom.sprint.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=19
Just be happy you can get LTE anywhere in an unofficial market... I am in Tallahassee and we still barely have 3g eventho we are on the LTE rollout list.
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That's all fine and dandy that they're working on the upgrades now and that's why the speeds are slow. But for as long as I can remember, I've never had a good speed with Sprint. I'd hit a spot once in a while that would put me close or over 1mbps, but every other time, it's literally below .5mbps. It's ridiculous.
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That's all fine and dandy that they're working on the upgrades now and that's why the speeds are slow. But for as long as I can remember, I've never had a good speed with Sprint. I'd hit a spot once in a while that would put me close or over 1mbps, but every other time, it's literally below .5mbps. It's ridiculous.
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That is about standard for half max distance from the tower... The theoretical Rev. A high is based upon a high SNR (that was never really achievable at distance with copper).
really? before they started working on lte I always got fantastic speeds. When I got my OG Evo I pulled 2-3 mbps on 3g, and 5-20 on wimax. I really only get pissed when they are working on towers in my area, then my connection drops to .2-.5mbps, but I stay because after its done Im back to the good old 3g speeds, and 10-30 mbps on LTE. I love sprint, and most of all I love my unlimited data. I know youve heard it 1000 times, but hold on, its getting a lot better.
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really? before they started working on lte I always got fantastic speeds. When I got my OG Evo I pulled 2-3 mbps on 3g, and 5-20 on wimax. I really only get pissed when they are working on towers in my area, then my connection drops to .2-.5mbps, but I stay because after its done Im back to the good old 3g speeds, and 10-30 mbps on LTE. I love sprint, and most of all I love my unlimited data. I know youve heard it 1000 times, but hold on, its getting a lot better.
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That is max burst (not sustainable). There is a lot to it, but one of the main things is degredation of the SNR (which is why they switched from copper to fiber). Also channel interference. Most users will experience between 500 - 1000 kbit sustained speeds. You are also limited by the reverse link when submitted requests.
All I got to say is if the reason my speeds are so bad is because they are working on towers in my area. Then it's been one hell of a process upgrading 1 single tower for over 3 years.
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I have a Tmobile Note 3 on AT&T and all the APN settings for LTE are set accordingly. I do get LTE (see the little symbol in the status bar) and speeds are okay for the most part... but...
Issue:
I am over my buddy's house, he has a ATT Note 2 on ATT. We are checking speeds with the Speedtest,net App from the Play Store. His phone gets incredible speeds, averaging about 50mbps. My TMON3 gets 30mbps average and we tested it multiple times. We are using the same server, so that's not the issue. And we are literally a foot away from each other in his house. Then I start to notice something weird. When I go to the change server screen in the Speedtest app, the same server in Plainfield, NJ shows on my phone is 71 miles away. On his phone it says 52 miles away. Again, we are literally sitting next to each other. Then I look at the server list and there are servers on his phone that don't appear on my phone.
Also, I noticed when he loads the app for the first time, it locates the closest server much a bit faster than my phone does.
What gives?
I don't have any problems (at least not that I know of) with the GPS. The maps and navigation work fine and are very accurate.
I could be wrong, but I am speculating it is a tower issue where my phone isn't hooking on to the closest tower, since the server location seems further away to the Speedtest App. That's my guess anyway. Anyone else have a similar issue?
Same here. I think it has something to do with the routing of the internet through the hub for your area though as to what servers it's thinks are closest. Either way I have signal problems at work while my buddy sitting next to me on his note 3 (also AT&T) does not. Checked the cid and they are different. I'm thinking this means we are connected to different towers possibly. This is driving me nuts...
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Same here. I think it has something to do with the routing of the internet through the hub for your area though as to what servers it's thinks are closest. Either way I have signal problems at work while my buddy sitting next to me on his note 3 (also AT&T) does not. Checked the cid and they are different. I'm thinking this means we are connected to different towers possibly. This is driving me nuts...
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Wow, thanks for posting, I am glad I am not the only one.
Is your phone an AT&T Note 3 or Tmobile? The reason why I ask is I thought maybe this could be resolved with the build.prop mod posted by TEKHD.
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Wow, thanks for posting, I am glad I am not the only one.
Is your phone an AT&T Note 3 or Tmobile? The reason why I ask is I thought maybe this could be resolved with the build.prop mod posted by TEKHD.
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mine is AT&T also. I should have been more specific on that.neither signal ids very strong as we work in a cinder block building. walking outside his get 90ish dbm lte I get 105ish dbm lte...
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mine is AT&T also. I should have been more specific on that.neither signal ids very strong as we work in a cinder block building. walking outside his get 90ish dbm lte I get 105ish dbm lte...
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Right now I am getting -90 to -100dbm inside.
indecentspeech said:
Background:
I have a Tmobile Note 3 on AT&T and all the APN settings for LTE are set accordingly. I do get LTE (see the little symbol in the status bar) and speeds are okay for the most part... but...
Issue:
I am over my buddy's house, he has a ATT Note 2 on ATT. We are checking speeds with the Speedtest,net App from the Play Store. His phone gets incredible speeds, averaging about 50mbps. My TMON3 gets 30mbps average and we tested it multiple times. We are using the same server, so that's not the issue. And we are literally a foot away from each other in his house. Then I start to notice something weird. When I go to the change server screen in the Speedtest app, the same server in Plainfield, NJ shows on my phone is 71 miles away. On his phone it says 52 miles away. Again, we are literally sitting next to each other. Then I look at the server list and there are servers on his phone that don't appear on my phone.
Also, I noticed when he loads the app for the first time, it locates the closest server much a bit faster than my phone does.
What gives?
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I think know you 2 need to hug to get the exact result. 1 foot is too far away.
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wiser212 said:
I think know you 2 need to hug to get the exact result. 1 foot is too far away.
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We tried that too. We even tried wearing the same pair of pants. I put my leg in one pant leg and he put his in the other. Still had a difference in signal. I was thinking about even taking a bath together, but then I thought that probably alittle too much. Plus it's not like we can take baths together all the time.
Maybe you need to root him
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I'm almost willing to bet if you try it at different times, perhaps reboot your phones at the same time you will get similar or vise versa results.
inmotion said:
Same here. I think it has something to do with the routing of the internet through the hub for your area though as to what servers it's thinks are closest. Either way I have signal problems at work while my buddy sitting next to me on his note 3 (also AT&T) does not. Checked the cid and they are different. I'm thinking this means we are connected to different towers possibly. This is driving me nuts...
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Good point mentioned about Cell ID. I just checked my wifes, she has ATT Note 3 and I have T mobile they showed the same.
I hope you manage to get this issue resolved as it would drive me insane, since network signal is main priority here.
Limeybastard said:
Good point mentioned about Cell ID. I just checked my wifes, she has ATT Note 3 and I have T mobile they showed the same.
I hope you manage to get this issue resolved as it would drive me insane, since network signal is main priority here.
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I gave up out of frustration today. Went to AT&T for an exchange. First one they brought out was the same 10-15 dbm worse than the 2 display models connected on the same tower. I asked the sales guy to get another one and that I wouldn't accept that one for that very reason. Second one he brought out was much better. Display and my note 3 side by side were at 84dbm. My first one rarely got better than 100dbm. I walked out a happy customer the salesman was annoyed to say the least
indecentspeech said:
Background:
I have a Tmobile Note 3 on AT&T and all the APN settings for LTE are set accordingly. I do get LTE (see the little symbol in the status bar) and speeds are okay for the most part... but...
Issue:
I am over my buddy's house, he has a ATT Note 2 on ATT. We are checking speeds with the Speedtest,net App from the Play Store. His phone gets incredible speeds, averaging about 50mbps. My TMON3 gets 30mbps average and we tested it multiple times. We are using the same server, so that's not the issue. And we are literally a foot away from each other in his house. Then I start to notice something weird. When I go to the change server screen in the Speedtest app, the same server in Plainfield, NJ shows on my phone is 71 miles away. On his phone it says 52 miles away. Again, we are literally sitting next to each other. Then I look at the server list and there are servers on his phone that don't appear on my phone.
Also, I noticed when he loads the app for the first time, it locates the closest server much a bit faster than my phone does.
What gives?
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Remember that it doesn't have to do with proximity to a tower. Getting high LTE speeds involves being within a mesh of several towers to achieve high speeds. I bet if you run multiple tests, you'll get varying results.
schwiing said:
Remember that it doesn't have to do with proximity to a tower. Getting high LTE speeds involves being within a mesh of several towers to achieve high speeds. I bet if you run multiple tests, you'll get varying results.
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True dat. I always thought my slower than others lte speeds were because my signal was poor. Got close to the cell tower with full bars and speeds were the same.
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