Related
What is the best app(preferred free) that test how fast your
Wifi/3g connection is?
Sent from my phone
speedtest.net app from the market
nickm50 said:
speedtest.net app from the market
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I second that. I've used the speedtest.net website on PCs for years and the app works great too.
briandroid said:
I second that. I've used the speedtest.net website on PCs for years and the app works great too.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 same here
will check that out was woundering same thing O.O
mengbo said:
+1 same here
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Speedtest.net app here, as well.
Not to hijack the thread, but what is everyone's average up/down speeds on Edge and 3G?
mlhope said:
Speedtest.net app here, as well.
Not to hijack the thread, but what is everyone's average up/down speeds on Edge and 3G?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
On 3g, average of 4mbps download and 2.5mbps upload. Never test edge because I never feel the need to switch bands.
On wifi, I go between 18 and 23mbps down and 15 to 18mbps up.
I'll throw another one in here. FCC test from the market. It's the one I use.
A word of caution
Reg: Data Usage
App: Speed Test
Avg data usage per test: ~6MB
Audience: For people with "limited" data on.
I was puzzled to see I had close to 150 MB data consumed last noon. I was sure I wasn't downloading anything at that and all I was doing was trying out modems. Today morning I realized I was using the SpeedTest app to test the modem at that time. So I made a couple of tests using the app, using the 3G watchdog app to keep tab on data. It kinda shocked me to notice that this app was using ~6MB per test! That explains my data usage y'day. I had done more than 20 tests, to say the least, in less than an hour y'day. And then many more tests during the day and even late into night.
So now u r all warned if u r on limited plan. As for me, I am on the 2GB plan, and well, these speed tests cost me close to 300MB in just one day, y'day.
diablo009 said:
A word of caution
Reg: Data Usage
App: Speed Test
Avg data usage per test: ~6MB
Audience: For people with "limited" data on.
I was puzzled to see I had close to 150 MB data consumed last noon. I was sure I wasn't downloading anything at that and all I was doing was trying out modems. Today morning I realized I was using the SpeedTest app to test the modem at that time. So I made a couple of tests using the app, using the 3G watchdog app to keep tab on data. It kinda shocked me to notice that this app was using ~6MB per test! That explains my data usage y'day. I had done more than 20 tests, to say the least, in less than an hour y'day. And then many more tests during the day and even late into night.
So now u r all warned if u r on limited plan. As for me, I am on the 2GB plan, and well, these speed tests cost me close to 300MB in just one day, y'day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the info. But its all good cause I don't do a lot testing
Sent from my phone
vunuts said:
On 3g, average of 4mbps download and 2.5mbps upload. Never test edge because I never feel the need to switch bands.
On wifi, I go between 18 and 23mbps down and 15 to 18mbps up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey how did you get up to 18 mbps? The scale only goes up to 10... and I only get about 2mbps.....
Sent from my phone
The scale changes with respect to the speed. Mine went up to 15+mbps at school.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Can anyone tell me why mine is really slow? Wifi and 3g both are really bad compared to what y'all have..
Sent from my phone
It's case by case. The speed is related to your phone +ROM+ modem + environment. That's one of the reasons why there are so many (ROM, modem, kernel) combinations out there. We all look forward to the release of AT&T's Froyo source such that developers can come up with an universal solution for all.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
FCC test its an app from market completely free and simple
captivate1 said:
FCC test its an app from market completely free and simple
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad I read down to the bottom cause I was gonna post that one too.
bluemoon1221 said:
Hey how did you get up to 18 mbps? The scale only goes up to 10... and I only get about 2mbps.....
Sent from my phone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Using the speedtest.net app, the max speed that can be reached (stable) is around 10mbps, but it flickers up to around 13mbps (unstable). And using the FCC app, it runs the exact same test as speedtest, but it has a a higher max speed and it allows me to get an accurate result.
FCC test seems to provide more stable results on my Captivate.
Speedtest.net halts while testing the upload speed under several different ROM/modem/kernel combinations.
So I've been using Fcc test.. should you set the server to the nearest location? Is that the best?
Sent from my phone
Yea, gives you better results since you're transferring data from point A to point B and back, instead of going from point A to point J and back.
I read somewhere that the Galaxy Note is equipped with the SirfStar4 chipset...
Can anyone confirm that? And if possible with a link to the documentation?
Thanks
« »
Galaxy Note uses Broadcom BCM47511 as GPS chipset
Hello betoNL,
According to a Broadcom press release, the Samsung Galaxy Note uses their BCM47511 chipset, for GPS (American) but also GLONASS (Russian) Global Navigation Satellite System(s) (a.k.a. GNSS, the generic term for GPS-like systems). This chipset, which is a direct pin-to-pin replacement for the earlier BCM4751 chipset, adds support for the Russian GLONASS system, so that either or both GPS & GLONASS can be used according to best available signal strengths. Thus speeding acquisition and improving (slightly) accuracy.
I notice that Broadcom have now starting selling their next-generation GNSS chipset, BCM4752, which adds the Japanese specific Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (a.k.a. QZSS, a regional solution using quasi-geo-synchronous satelites that oscilate North-South between Japan and central Australia), along with GPS & GLONASS. This chipset also advertises that it uses unspecified Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (a.k.a. SBAS, like maritime Differential-GPS but via satelite) - presumably at least WAAS (North American continent) and EGNOS (Europe) would be support, but no mention of implementation details: e.g. is host system software required?
Broadcom suggest that smartphones using this new chipset should start being released in Q4 2012, meaning right now (2 weeks left before Christmas), but I cannot find any examples of that yet. When that happens, the new smartphone concerned would be (due to absence of Sirf Star III/4) the first to have GPS-style location using correction information (A-GPS only pre-loads the basic satelite almanac via Internet, rather than waiting for it to dribble down from the GPS satelites themselves, thus saving time for the first-fix).
This new BCM4752 chipset also advertises reduced power - compared to BCM4751/BCM47511. As well as the possibility of using external sensors (accelerometre, gyro) and other information such triangulated Wifi and/or Bluetooth signals - specifically to improve indoor operations.
Getting back to your specific suggestion that a Sirf Star 4 might be involved: I have not been able to identify any smartphone using this chipset, nor the Sirf Star III which is what is was actually looking for when I came across you still-unanswered post. Apparently some purpose built GPS tablets, running Android but without any telephone capability, do use the Sirf Star III (at least) which already gets correction information via SBAS. But Broadcom & Qualcomm seems to share the smartphone market (Android and iPhone).
Best regards,
Neil D. - Lyon France
Hello Neil,
Thank you very much for your excellent, very informative and complete post.
As you noticed (or not ), I posted my question around one year ago, when I was thinking about buying the GNote and I did buy it!
The gps performance on the GNote is indeed excellent, on all my onboard/offline gps car navigation software.
In the meantime I already moved on to the GNote2, which also got Glonass support and probably got the same gps chipset as his predecessor and a even better gps performance ( locks to satellites a little faster, even indoors , without the need of agps support, of course)
If it's correct, that the GNote2 got the same chip or similar(upgraded) , allow me to quote your excellent post, on the GNote2 forum also.
Best regards and thanks again,
Beto
Edit: If I remember it correctly, there were some very old HTC phone models equipped with a sirfstar chipset, but it seems so long ago...
Can anyone confirm if the note will switch automatically between gps and glonass. Mine always says location set by gps.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
PJ147 said:
Can anyone confirm if the note will switch automatically between gps and glonass. Mine always says location set by gps...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, I own a note 2 now and Just like the note 1, once I am outdoors, and I open for instance gps status app , I can see sometimes device is viewing 22 or 23 (or maybe more) satellites, much more than any other device I owned before, so I can only conclude that the phone is combining both systems:
GLONASS is a radio-based satellite navigation system, the Russian equivalent to the U.S.’s GPS. GLONASS was initiated during Soviet Union times but had then fallen into disrepair, it has since then been upgraded in various stages and can now begin to rival GPS — GLONASS is actually more accurate than GPS in northern latitudes because of the positioning of its satellites.
The biggest benefits, however, come when you combine both systems together, GLONASS and GPS; this allows a device to get more accurate positioning and/or faster fix, particularly in deep urban environments. This is because you suddenly have access to the US GPS 31 satellites and the Russian GLONASS 24 satellites for a total of 55 active satellites.
Below is a test that was ran showing the improvement in accuracy by using both systems together:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
And even if it's not combining both systems, that's not really relevant, cause performance over here, is outstanding, anyways (fix speed and accuracy)....
.
Galaxy note series has one of the best gps chipset available and it is way ahead of its time. No other phone has such a powerful gps.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
betoNL said:
I read somewhere that the Galaxy Note is equipped with the SirfStar4 chipset...
Can anyone confirm that? And if possible with a link to the documentation?
Thanks
« »
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Perhaps some of the devices do, but not the GT-N7000. I have that model, and when I capture nmea data I see some proprietary messages unique to the Broadcom GPS chips.
Thanks man, but first post is more than 1 year old and it was detailed answered 6 posts above...
I think one key difference between the Broadcom chipsets that isn't mentioned here are the number of tracking channels and corresponding maximum satellites tracked.
The BCM4751, 2076, 4761 only have 12 tracking channels with an equivalent maximum satellites tracked. This is fine for GPS only devices, but quite limited for multi-constellation chipsets.
The BCM47511 up's the tracking channels to 18 with an equivalent max tracked.
The BCM4752 is listed as >100 channels, with a maximum tracked of >35.
Not sure if any devices use the BCM4752. Couldn't find any information from searches.
source: http://www.gpsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GPSWorld_2013ReceiverSurvey.pdf
Galaxy S2 uses SiRFstarIV.
Howdy,
So I have been playing with my note and I absolutely adore it! One question though, is being within 10 meters good for the note or do some of you all get lower like 3 meters?
I remember I use to always get 3 meters on my infuse when I had it.
I'd like opinions on both indoors and outdoors.
Thanks!
Angieutc
What??
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
GNote has glonass and gps so no doubt it could work better than infuse. Accuracy depends upon the the signal quality (like if you have clear sky signal is good and it can connect more than 2 satellites). I am getting upto 6meter with little cloud on open sky. Indoor am getting around 20 mts with sensor aiding enabled.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
kyrirhcp said:
What??
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What don't you understand? I'm simply asking does getting 10 meters on Google Maps sound about accurate for the Note or is 3 meters better?
Meaning, when you hit GMaps and it finds your location -- How many meters does yours settle at?
Correct me (politely) if I am asking this wrong.
Yes. How many less do you need?
milestoner said:
Yes. How many less do you need?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As I said in my original post, a previous phone I had got down to 3 meters. Hence, I wanted to compare.
No more. No less.
milestoner said:
Yes. How many less do you need?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it's as precise with centimetres or even with millimeters consumer will be happy...but no one's gonna launch a missile with help of this..just out of curiosity..
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
I remember reading in a review of the note that the 10m thing is just a reporting issue. Actual accuracy is higher. For some reason its rounding in metric. You can see it is more accurate in my tracks, etc.
Geekybiker said:
I remember reading in a review of the note that the 10m thing is just a reporting issue. Actual accuracy is higher. For some reason its rounding in metric. You can see it is more accurate in my tracks, etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is very helpful information Geeky. Thank you kindly
Guys is your battery life like mine? I'm impressed
Please note I disabled nfc and location services.
that doesn't look very good. your screen only use 23%. you're barely using the phone.
qpqpqp said:
that doesn't look very good. your screen only use 23%. you're barely using the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I got 2 hours of screen... I've sync active on gmail, twitter, facebook and other apps. In general I can handle 4/4.5 hours of screen. I couldn't with my previous phone (galaxy s3)
Its fine on WiFi. Mobile data destroys battery though.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
jaju123 said:
Its fine on WiFi. Mobile data destroys battery though.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Next time I'll try disabilng wifi
anyway I noticed a big improvement in battery life disabling location services. I got less than 1% per hour in stand-by.
j0sh0 said:
Next time I'll try disabilng wifi
anyway I noticed a big improvement in battery life disabling location services. I got less than 1% per hour in stand-by.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Must admit I found a huge leap in battery life by disabling location services.
For instance Facebook app instantly tries to find a GPS signal even if it's disabled in the apps settings. GPS just gets overly used in my opinion by a lot of apps.
I feel I lose too much functionality by disabling GPS with things such as Google Now so I keep mine on.
Still I find on the whole the Nexus 4 battery life is at least on par with the iPhone 5 in terms of my average daily activity.
you may also enable developer options then disable the animations ^_^
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
One of many things that the Facebook app does poorly. Why does it want my location when I open the app. At least 50% of the time, I'm only looking at my news feed. If I want to post my location or check in, look for the location at that point. At the very least give me an option in the settings to turn this off!
I find battery life pretty good even with location services on. It'll go a full day without problems which is all I expect of a modern smartphone. I can do the things I want and unless I play a lot of games one day, I won't need to charge until night time.
Please use the battery impression thread. Finding it will be an exercise left to the OP
Closed
As often we see comments about bad or no fix of the GPS i tried a test regarding the actual position of the phone during taking.
Surprisingly enough the worst was the phone in normal position (vertical).
Best with least drops and highest level on all satellites was tilted to left ( landscape) and slightly forward about 15-20 degrees.
The following screenshots were from a serie of test on hot start without moving. Both taken with A-GPS on as to give maximum theoretical precision.
As always device to device things are different but it is still worth considering.
P.s. I will do a follow up with no internet and A-GPS just to have a complete test.
And feel welcome to submit your results too.
IZS v0.4, with v30B baseband
This was a cold start, without any internet connection.
The phone was inside my car (stopped), vertically aligned (90 degrees).
Actually, this is one of the best performances I ever had with this phone xD
Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2
von Mandrake said:
IZS v0.4, with v30B baseband
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you take one from the same position in horizontal please.