I have been testing my lte speeds with OOKLA and been getting 4.56Mbps max download and 3.07Mbps max uploads when my Lte spark icon is shown. When im in 3g it never goes over 1.0mbps. Is any one else having same problems
Your results depend on a lot, starting with location. Also, don't be surprised that speeds a really getting slightly lower over time. More people are upgrading to new phones, which means that more people are using the LTE networks (whether Spark or regular LTE).
Lastly, a clean flash of a stock rooted rom always helps if you are trying to find a baseline for comparison.
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Sorry if this has been talked about before but im in SoCal (Inland Empire) and ive never gotten above 800kbit/sec on either strictly 3G or HSDPA on my AT&T Tilt. Ive also tested it in Northern California in the Bay Area and same thing..even with full bars. Its happened on any rom ive ever tried and every radio, nothing changes the results. Anyone with similar speeds or with advice to why im not achieving over 1Mbit/sec.
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Sorry if this has been talked about before but im in SoCal (Inland Empire) and ive never gotten above 800kbit/sec on either strictly 3G or HSDPA on my AT&T Tilt. Ive also tested it in Northern California in the Bay Area and same thing..even with full bars. Its happened on any rom ive ever tried and every radio, nothing changes the results. Anyone with similar speeds or with advice to why im not achieving over 1Mbit/sec.
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It's because AT&T doesn't have the backhaul speeds. For example, just because you WiFi connected to your router at G or N speeds doesn't make your cable/dsl download any faster.
And now there's iPhones to suck up whatever there was before.
but att is already supporting 7.6mbps right?
Download speeds can be affected by the radio version. Over here on the East Coast, I regularly get speeds over 1mbps. The newer Neon radios seem to be the fastest when it come to tethering.
ya im running a neon radio (1.58 .27.15) ..I notice a lot of people report their speeds from tethering..I run my speed tests through opera9 on dslreports ( the larger 400k/1mb file version) could this be affecting my results?
Running a speedtest from your phone's browser will always produce a lower result than tethering to a PC by USB.
When tethered, I get around 1.2-1.3mbps on average. But on my phone itself, I rarely break 900kbps. My guess is that the phone cannot physically handle data packets coming in much faster than that. (When writing to internal storage that is)
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ya im running a neon radio (1.58 .27.15) ..I notice a lot of people report their speeds from tethering..I run my speed tests through opera9 on dslreports ( the larger 400k/1mb file version) could this be affecting my results?
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I can't find this NEON radio you're refering to. Don't you mean v1.58.25.17 instead of .27.15?
Main reason: congestion. Socal, inside major city limits has been pretty congested, and in some places, really bad. It just depends on where you are. Att is working on 850mhz overlays, starting on the outskirts and working in, as reports suggest. Just hold on.
Best i've pulled in my indiana crap town is 1.3mbps, mspeed average on 1mb test. This was during off peak times, try testing at 1am on a weekday. We have a low pop density compared to large cities so that helps.
Att isn't 7.2mbit yet, last we heard though, it was in their labs, and intended on deploying 20mbit (roughly) next year, said De La Vega.
Just to clear your device of any fault, run the test on wifi, should do roughly 1.8mbit.
The fastest I got using HSDPA from dslreports.com/mspeed 1mb is 1335kbps. With WiFi I got bewteen 1.7-1.8mbits
According to the Sprint coverage, I should be getting solid LTE coverage in Hartford. I rooted my phone over a year ago (currently on BadBoyz Sense 6 ROM) and I believe I've done the proper maintenance, but the LTE reception I'm getting is abysmal. I can usually load things faster on 3G when I switch from LTE/CDMA to just CDMA. Not to mention the battery drain from lack of "coverage."
That leads me to question whether or not I've missed something I should have done for my phone, if it's just my location in my building at work (though it shouldn't be as I'm right next to a window), if Sprint is lying, or if I messed something up with my latest flash(es) of the ROMs - any ideas?
Thanks!
Sprint and most carriers exaggerate their coverage to look better and different phones pick up different signals better/worse than others. I also get poor LTE in places Sprint claims ought to be excellent.
Here are a couple of apps that use the signal ACTUAL users are getting (crowd-sourced data)
Sensorly: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sensorly.viewer
Open Signal: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal
You can help fight this exaggeration by letting the FCC run random network checks on your phone. They use this data to hold carriers accountable to their promises.
FCC Speed Test: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samknows.fcc
Thanks for the info.
It's not so much that it's a poor (read: slow) connection, it's that it cuts out to the point that I usually can't even download MMS messages in my group chats. As soon as I disable LTE and switch to 3G, I receive them, but at a slow, expected, pace.
I have the G920T unlocked and rooted on Android 5.1.1 - Battery life since getting the latest update and rooting has been awesome.
I have also seen a huge improvement in data speeds - I am on the ATT Network - TMOBILE in my area was very very poor for me anyway - I can't even get phone calls inside my home and at work - on TMOBILE -(without WIFI Calling) and data sppeds on LTE was very slow - that is why I moved to ATT. (In my mind there is somehting inherrently wrong when phone call service can only be accomplished when you connect to a wifi nework. I personally think that is why TMOBILE started WiFi callling - to make up for poor signal issues....anyway
Data Speeds for me have always been good on aTT - but Friday on my way to work, I did a few spot checks and was amazed to be getting betweeen 36MB and 48MB Download speeds and 18MB to 24MB upload speeds on ATT LTE. COnsistently -
This is much higher than I have ever had before - normally, I used to get 15MB to 20MB download speeds - respectable but now it is nearly double.
In my house, I used to get up to 10-12MB download - but when I checked this morning it was RUNNING closer to 25.
Bottom line to all this - I am curious if any one else has noticed a significant increase in data speeds - on either TMOBILE or ATT ? Is it possible that the new Modem with 5.1.1 could have caused this kind of improvement in data speeds or is it more likely network related?
On T-Mobile getting 75mb down & 30 up. Love T-Mobile, keep AT&T.
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Another thing I've noticed is they finally fixed the force close us edge users use to get for some themes when we would try to access the edge settings....
When the status bar icon shows regular 4G, I consistently get download speeds of around 100 megabits/second. When it shows the little + sign next to it, speed drops to around 10 megabits. Seems backwards. Anyone know how to force the faster speed?
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When the status bar icon shows regular 4G, I consistently get download speeds of around 100 megabits/second. When it shows the little + sign next to it, speed drops to around 10 megabits. Seems backwards. Anyone know how to force the faster speed?
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Can't personally say for sure, but based on your experience I would guess that 4G+ is actually HSPA+ and 4G is LTE. Definitely backward from a user facing standpoint. HSPA+ should really be called 3G+ but many carriers marketed it as "4G" when LTE was still fairly new and not near as widespread.
I've had the same issue at a few locations and from what I was able to gather 4G+ is for carrier aggregation i.e. it uses multiple carriers to provide the service. So the slowdown is actually due to improper implementation of 4G+ between each carrier.
5G is coming,maybe it is already here.
Probably means there are too much there is too much congestion on the 4G+ network, whiles the regular 4G network doesn't have as much which would you get more of the bandwidth
For me 4G+ is way more faster than 4G. Here in UK on 4g+ download is 100-120mb/s. In France 200-250mb/s!!
Anyone test there data speeds on this phone? WiFi is super fast but my data isn't like it was on my iPhone. Been pulling like 5mbps on T-Mobile normally average 30-100 depending on time and location. I also don't see LTE on the phone just 4G. Im gonna swap back to iPhone and run test and then this phone to see what's up. I don't see anything one setting a out LTE either.
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Anyone test there data speeds on this phone? WiFi is super fast but my data isn't like it was on my iPhone. Been pulling like 5mbps on T-Mobile normally average 30-100 depending on time and location. I also don't see LTE on the phone just 4G. Im gonna swap back to iPhone and run test and then this phone to see what's up. I don't see anything one setting a out LTE either.
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iPhone X: LTE 55.7 download 11.1 upload
X2 Pro: 4G/LTE? 27.6 download 11 upload
Are there missing bands that T-Mobile would require that I'm missing?