How to Double the WiFi Speed of your OnePlus 3/3T - OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers

Hello guys;
I read this article. and tried.
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-double-the-wifi-speed-on-your-oneplus-3-3t/
I used root explorer, modified WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini (located in /system/etc/wifi)
I changed "gChannelBondingMode24GHz=0" to "gChannelBondingMode24GHz=1"
I restarted the phone. It connected to wifi and still my 2.4ghz band looks 72 mbps connection speed.
When i use 5ghz band it looks 433mbps speed.
What can i do? :good:

It only helps if your router can do wider signal (20MHz vs 40MHz) as well. 5GHz is irrelevant here, the tutorial only involves bonding 2.4GHz channels.
Do a speedtest to see if there is any difference.

Well, as the article already says: Under Certain Conditions. And it also states that it is not recommended in area's with a large number of networks. The 2.4GHz band is way to crowded.
I guess your access point/router doesn't support 40 MHz channels. Also seeing that your 5GHz is "limited" to 433Mbps, which probably means that it is a little bit older AP/router?
Why do you even want 2.4GHz slowspeeds (Even when doubled) when you have 5GHz which is faster already?

I tried it. At my phone it works.
After changing the value you should do a restart

It works for me too

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Does the HD7 really do 802.11n?

Until recently I was using Connectify to set up a home wifi hotspot for my phone (TMOUS HD7, running 7720 with the latest T-Mobile/HTC firmware) to use. Yesterday I installed a router instead, which has allowed me to play with more network settings.
If I set the router to 802.11n-only, my HD7 can see it but can't connect. If I set it to 802.11g-only, everything works fine. Has anyone actually confirmed that the HD7 can do "n"?
my home wifi network is "n" and both my hd7's connect to it fine.
I have forced the n-mode, no problems connecting
Yep, Wireless N works perfectly fine here
Which 802.11n are you talking about? 2.4Ghz works but 5Ghz won't. so it only does draft n not full 300mbps 5ghz 802.11n
You are comparing two different things, WLAN standard has nothing to do with frequency, HD7 follows IEEE802.11b/g/n standard operating on 2.4 GHz with 20/40MHz bandwidth, allowing maximum throughput of 150Mbps. It is capable of DSSS and OFDM modulation, and is also capable of operating in dualband mode, which allows it to connect to 2.4 GHz and 5GHz IEEE802.11a/b/g/n networks, this is however up to the OEM to enable this feature, this is not the case for HD7, or any WP7 device out there.
Snake. said:
You are comparing two different things, WLAN standard has nothing to do with frequency, HD7 follows IEEE802.11b/g/n standard operating on 2.4 GHz with 20/40MHz bandwidth, allowing maximum throughput of 150Mbps. It is capable of DSSS and OFDM modulation, and is also capable of operating in dualband mode, which allows it to connect to 2.4 GHz and 5GHz IEEE802.11a/b/g/n networks, this is however up to the OEM to enable this feature, this is not the case for HD7, or any WP7 device out there.
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Draft-n was 2.4ghz 150mbps was it not? where as full rate 802.11n is 300mbps and operates at 5ghz?!
Well, yes and no, 802.11n is capable of data rates up to 600 Mbit/s, those are achieved only with the maximum of four spatial streams using a 40 MHz-wide channel. However, when in 2.4 GHz enabling this option takes up to 82% of the unlicensed band, which in many areas may prove to be unfeasible. I don´t have device which is able to be set to achieve this limit (2.4GHz / 40MHz with 400ns Guard Interval), so I can´t test it. Do you have internet connection that requires such a high value?
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Well, yes and no, 802.11n is capable of data rates up to 600 Mbit/s, those are achieved only with the maximum of four spatial streams using a 40 MHz-wide channel. However, when in 2.4 GHz enabling this option takes up to 82% of the unlicensed band, which in many areas may prove to be unfeasible. I don´t have device which is able to be set to achieve this limit (2.4GHz / 40MHz with 400ns Guard Interval), so I can´t test it. Do you have internet connection that requires such a high value?
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lol personally now i don't my links is 17mbit but i like the 300mbps for video streaming and file transfers, if only i had an access point with a gigabit lan interface haha

WiFi bandwidth? 5Ghz vs 2.4Ghz - how to test which is better?

After recently upgrading my family's phone's, we all now have 5 Ghz Wi-Fi capable devices, so I got a dual band AC 5 Ghz Asus router.
My broadband is rated at 20mbps down...ok, so testing with ookla speed test I'm getting the same transfer rates on either of the Wi-Fi bands (2.4 Ghz or 5Ghz)
I thought I read somewhere 5 Ghz is what you want, and should select that one....but now I'm understanding it has much less range but more bandwidth, but if I'm maxing out my 20m connection at 2.4 Ghz, what is the advantage of 5 Ghz?
(I hope this makes sense to someone who can reply)
5ghz is better if you are struggling with 2.4. Depends on how many mouths you are feeding. If you speed test near 20mb then don't worry about it cause ur not drawing a lot.
BAD ASS NOTE 4
2 things
1. Set them up as 2 separate networks with different names as passwords. Thus prevents devices from auto switching
2. As a general principal 5.0 ghz I'd better for streaming media and gaming, but does not go through walls well. 2.5 ghz is what gives your router is range. So anything that is streaming (eg. Xbox, chromecast, pc) you want on 5 ghz and close to your router, anything else you want on 2.5 ghz so it will work at longer range without losing signal.
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802.11n on 2.4GHz can connect at a minimum of 72Mbps and a maximum of 600Mbps. Unless you spent a boatload on a router and live in the middle of nowhere and operate no bluetooth devices you're unlikely to get 600Mbps on 2.4GHz as it relies on having four antennae and a 40MHz block available. 5.0GHz is much less congested so you'll always get the full 40MHz channel and the speed is limited by the number of antennae on your router.
The Note 4 supports 802.11ac, which skews it more heavily in favor of the 5GHz band. 802.11ac can use up to 160MHz channels which can achieve a data rate of 1300Mbps on the 5GHz band.
Now, all of that is completely theoretical. I can tell you that my T-Mobile Cellspot allowed me to hit ~80Mbps on 2.4 and ~130Mbps on 5 when I had a 130Mbps connection. I switched to Verizon and took 50Mbps due to cost, and the router they provide will only hit 50Mbps on the 5GHz band. On 2.4GHz I see closer to 25Mbps unfortunately.
Basically, I would set it up at 5GHz and walk to the extreme end of your house. See if you can still speedtest at your full line speed. If you can, stick to 5GHz. If you lose signal, drop to 2.4GHz.
Thanks for the answers guys.

5.8GHz/802.11ac performance very low

I am finding performance on the 5.8GHz band to be, frankly, pathwitc. I'm trying to determine if it's my phone or if it is a N6 problem.
The first image is a speedtest on 802.11n on the 2.4GHz band. The second image (same destination) is on the 5.8GHz Band with wireless AC.
My service is 100Mbit down, 5MBit up so the 2.4GHz/n results are as expected. The 5.8 GHz results are lacking. Signal level is similar between the two bands and the 5.8 GHz results are similarly crappy in the same room as the WAP (Cisco WAP371).
It isn't a signal level issue as evidenced by the last image from Signal Check Pro.
Is anyone else seeing poor performance with 5.8 GHz and AC?
I'd test a different device on that same router and compare results. I see about the same up and down results on my router on 5ghz and 2.4ghz but 5ghz doesn't penetrate though walls as well as 2.4
PDP///M said:
I'd test a different device on that same router and compare results. I see about the same up and down results on my router on 5ghz and 2.4ghz but 5ghz doesn't penetrate though walls as well as 2.4
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The note 2 (on N) gets comparable results on both bands. Its either the phone or the router on AC.
John Kotches said:
I am finding performance on the 5.8GHz band to be, frankly, pathwitc. I'm trying to determine if it's my phone or if it is a N6 problem.
The first image is a speedtest on 802.11n on the 2.4GHz band. The second image (same destination) is on the 5.8GHz Band with wireless AC.
My service is 100Mbit down, 5MBit up so the 2.4GHz/n results are as expected. The 5.8 GHz results are lacking. Signal level is similar between the two bands and the 5.8 GHz results are similarly crappy in the same room as the WAP (Cisco WAP371).
It isn't a signal level issue as evidenced by the last image from Signal Check Pro.
Is anyone else seeing poor performance with 5.8 GHz and AC?
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The ping difference between image_1 and image_2 shows that something on either your provider or within the app changed. A true test of N versus AC should be to something internal to your network; pull a large file from a local machine that is behind your access point. Open up a terminal (Are you rooted? Busybox installed? ) on your N6 and run your own ping tests locally and out to the internet to compare the wireless protocols.
Also, I would ASSume you've checked for other 5.8G interference/signals and verified your AP is on a different channel, yes?
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chemguru said:
The ping difference between image_1 and image_2 shows that something on either your provider or within the app changed.
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Or 802.11AC isn't working correctly. That hasn't been eliminated yet.
A true test of N versus AC should be to something internal to your network; pull a large file from a local machine that is behind your access point.
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Attachments 1/2/3 speak to that. I'm running speedtest mini on my mac mini to get the numbers.
Attach 1: Wireless N in same room as WAP on 2.4 GHz
Attach 2: Wireless AC in same room as WAP (5.8GHz required)
Attach 3: Mac mini testing from/to itself.
Open up a terminal (Are you rooted? Busybox installed? ) on your N6 and run your own ping tests locally and out to the internet to compare the wireless protocols.
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Based on attachments 1/2/3 it is to me conclusive there's an issue with AC. Have to determine if it's the phone or the WAP. That ain't done yet. This is the only 802.11ac device I have at this time, so I can't do much testing with it. The Cisco WAP won't let me disable AC protocol.
Also, I would ASSume you've checked for other 5.8G interference/signals and verified your AP is on a different channel, yes?
--JamesT
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That would be attachment 4. No other 5.8GHz networks visible. That makes sense, my neighborhood isn't densely packed and most of my neighbors are not techheads,.
PDP///M said:
I'd test a different device on that same router and compare results. I see about the same up and down results on my router on 5ghz and 2.4ghz but 5ghz doesn't penetrate though walls as well as 2.4
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I'm quite aware of the distance limitations with 5.8GHz. I'm doing some testing monkeying around with channels and such to see if that makes a difference.
Hmmm... Retested on a higher channel and get "somewhat" better results.
First attachment is internal. Second attachment is external. Now we're cooking with gas.
Internal 226 down / 102 up
External 110 down / 5 up
Should have checked that before posting...
Thanks all,
I find the N6's 5GHz AC to be phenomenal. I'm on an Asus RT-AC68P. I hit my ISP's bandwidth caps on speed tests.
TheAmazingDave said:
I find the N6's 5GHz AC to be phenomenal. I'm on an Asus RT-AC68P. I hit my ISP's bandwidth caps on speed tests.
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My issue was WAP settings. I changed channels and was getting 250+ Mbits/second locally and 110 through my cable provider.

[Q] How do you prioritize wifi access points on the N6?

Here's the problem. I have an 802.11ac router at my apartment, with two access points, one of them on the 5GHz band, the other on the 2.4GHz band.
I want my N6 to be forced to go on the 5GHz AP every time, and shun the 2.4GHz AP. This is because at my apartment complex, everyone's got a 2.4GHz router, so even though my N6 thinks it gets a stronger signal in the 2.4GHz band, it will get ****ty bandwidth from the 2.4GHz bands, because everyone in my complex is watching Netflix at the same time. The 5GHz bands are clean, so I get get far more bandwidth there.
So how do I force my Nexus 6 to use my 5GHz AP, and not my 2.4GHz AP?
Yes, I know, you can go into the settings, and tell it to use only 5GHz APs, or only 2.4GHz APs. I'm looking for the setting that says "Strongly prefer 5GHz APs, and only use 2.4GHz when absolutely desperate." That way, I don't have to remember to go into the settings so I can get wifi when I go out for coffee.
I don't want to constantly fiddle with my phone. I want an automated way to make my N6 Do It My Way.
I used to be able to prioritize access points in Kit Kat, but Google thinks we're idiots, so they omitted that feature from Lollipop.
Also, being able to prioritize access points means your phone doesn't log into your neighbor's ****ty wifi that you used once when you went over for beer, when you'd prefer it used your own wifi.
Are there any Lollipop 5.1 compatible apps that let you do this?
Can you go on your router and rename the 5ghz band to a different ssid as the 2.4ghz band.
After that only have the nexus connect to the 5ghz ssid.
trim81 said:
Can you go on your router and rename the 5ghz band to a different ssid as the 2.4ghz band.
After that only have the nexus connect to the 5ghz ssid.
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That's already done, though I found that the N6 "helpfully" automatically adds the 2.4GHz SSID, since it automatically detects it's going from the same device as the 5GHz AP.
How can it connect to the 2.4 channel if you remove it?
Like I said, make it only know/trust your 5ghz channel.
Completely remove the 2.4 signal

Question 5ghz wifi problem

Hi - I recently updated my OP10Pro 5G to the NE2215_11_C26 update, OOS13, US,, and my 5ghz wifi is now really slow - 40-50mbps down - unless I toggle wifi or airplane mode. Speed goes back up to normal, then goes down and stays there. Other devices in 802.11ac work just fine on the 5ghz band
Any idea what's going on?
Thanks
ayoldguy1 said:
Hi - I recently updated my OP10Pro 5G to the NE2215_11_C26 update, OOS13, US,, and my 5ghz wifi is now really slow - 40-50mbps down - unless I toggle wifi or airplane mode. Speed goes back up to normal, then goes down and stays there. Other devices in 802.11ac work just fine on the 5ghz band
Any idea what's going on?
Thanks
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I had exactly the same problem and went through a "chat session" with OnePlus support about two weeks ago. I was asked to send my phone in for "repairs". The way their agent responded to my issue suggested that it is a common problem.
Edit: Sorry, my phone was running OOS 12 at the time I experienced the problem. I don't recall the build number and I don't have the phone now, so I can't check.
So, my phone has been "under repair" now for two weeks. No status update, no idea when it might be repaired or replaced. Meanwhile, I'm using my previous phone, a Moto One Ace 5G, and wondering why I bought the OnePlus at all.
ayoldguy1 said:
Hi - I recently updated my OP10Pro 5G to the NE2215_11_C26 update, OOS13, US,, and my 5ghz wifi is now really slow - 40-50mbps down - unless I toggle wifi or airplane mode. Speed goes back up to normal, then goes down and stays there. Other devices in 802.11ac work just fine on the 5ghz band
Any idea what's going on?
Thanks
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Did you check the negotiate speed?
Have a look with WiFi Monitor, ight shed some light.
maddler said:
Did you check the negotiate speed?
Have a look with WiFi Monitor, ight shed some light.
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I think I figured out my problem. I have Verizon FiOS, and have a G1000 Quantum Gateway AC router and the matching extender. The extender had the same SSID for the 5ghz band as the main router .. so the phone would hang on to the router or extender no matter where I moved in the house, no matter whether I checked the "switch Wifi to stronger network" box. I created a 'sub' SSID, and now the phone will (usually) switch to the stronger network, and seems to work ok.
I didn't have this with my AC Wifi OnePlus 7 Pro, or with my AX laptop. But this did seem to fix the issue with the OP10. I wonder if the new FiOS wifi 6e router + new extender would work better with my 10 Pro if extender is broadcasting same SSID?
i lost wifi 6
ayoldguy1 said:
I think I figured out my problem. I have Verizon FiOS, and have a G1000 Quantum Gateway AC router and the matching extender. The extender had the same SSID for the 5ghz band as the main router .. so the phone would hang on to the router or extender no matter where I moved in the house, no matter whether I checked the "switch Wifi to stronger network" box. I created a 'sub' SSID, and now the phone will (usually) switch to the stronger network, and seems to work ok.
I didn't have this with my AC Wifi OnePlus 7 Pro, or with my AX laptop. But this did seem to fix the issue with the OP10. I wonder if the new FiOS wifi 6e router + new extender would work better with my 10 Pro if extender is broadcasting same SSID?
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As long as the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands will share the same SSID that's l;ikely the phone will pick the one with the "strongest signal".
If you want to make sure to always connect to the 5GHz one, using a different SSID is the only option. Doesn't really matter which AP/router/repeater/extender you use.
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g96818 said:
i lost wifi 6
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Check under the couch, that's always there!
maddler said:
As long as the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands will share the same SSID that's l;ikely the phone will pick the one with the "strongest signal".
If you want to make sure to always connect to the 5GHz one, using a different SSID is the only option. Doesn't really matter which AP/router/repeater/extender you use.
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Yea.. the issue was that I had the 5ghz band on the SAME SSID being broadcast by both router and extender.. forgetting the 2.4ghz didn't do anything, nor did ensuring that the "switch to stronger Wifi network" toggle was on. My OP10Pro would connect to the router's 5ghz signal when entering the house, then stay on it when moving around the house without switching to the stronger 5ghz signal with same SSID emitted by the extender. By creating TWO 5ghz SSIDs, one for router and one for extender, the OP10Pro now - usually, it isn't perfect - switches between the router/extender 5ghz SSIDs depending on the signal strength, though Android13's cutoff for defining "weak signal" seems either arbitrary or very forgiving. I'm wondering if Verizon's new Wifi 6E router + extender will fix this issue and allow me to just clone the SSID on both devices.. i read somewhere that wifi 6 and 6e devices can do this natively.. not sure as I'm a novice at best at networking. Thanks.
ayoldguy1 said:
Yea.. the issue was that I had the 5ghz band on the SAME SSID being broadcast by both router and extender.. forgetting the 2.4ghz didn't do anything, nor did ensuring that the "switch to stronger Wifi network" toggle was on. My OP10Pro would connect to the router's 5ghz signal when entering the house, then stay on it when moving around the house without switching to the stronger 5ghz signal with same SSID emitted by the extender. By creating TWO 5ghz SSIDs, one for router and one for extender, the OP10Pro now - usually, it isn't perfect - switches between the router/extender 5ghz SSIDs depending on the signal strength, though Android13's cutoff for defining "weak signal" seems either arbitrary or very forgiving. I'm wondering if Verizon's new Wifi 6E router + extender will fix this issue and allow me to just clone the SSID on both devices.. i read somewhere that wifi 6 and 6e devices can do this natively.. not sure as I'm a novice at best at networking. Thanks.
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Other than the actual "sensibility", that's not a 10pro specific issue.
2.4 and 5 GHz bands will behave differently and the phone will "perceive" one or the other as the best choice based on various factors and the overall quality of the signal.
I had the very same issue on my laptop.
OnePlus support had my phone for 3 weeks to fix my 5G wifi speed problem. They report that they replaced the motherboard under warranty and the phone has been shipped back to me. I should have it in a couple days and will certainly test to confirm that 5G wifi speed is similar to other devices connected to my network.
I've defined separate SSIDs for 2.4g and 5g wifi in my gateway, so I can control which SSID I connect to. 2.4g was always consistent with other devices connected at 2.4g. The problem with my phone was related only to 5g.
FrogFan said:
OnePlus support had my phone for 3 weeks to fix my 5G wifi speed problem. They report that they replaced the motherboard under warranty and the phone has been shipped back to me. I should have it in a couple days and will certainly test to confirm that 5G wifi speed is similar to other devices connected to my network.
I've defined separate SSIDs for 2.4g and 5g wifi in my gateway, so I can control which SSID I connect to. 2.4g was always consistent with other devices connected at 2.4g. The problem with my phone was related only to 5g.
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I received my "fixed" phone about a week ago now and I've been monitoring its wifi performance. Bottom line: 5G has been generally slow, much slower than my laptop or my Moto Ace 5G, but the speed is highly variable and quite fast sometimes. I just ran Speedtest on my laptop and OnePlus. Both were connected to the same 5G SSID. The laptop performance was 304 mbps down, 172 mbps up. The OnePlus performance was 48 mbps down, 205 mbps up.
I switched both the phone and the laptop to my 2.4G SSID. Laptop performance was 43 mbps down and 15 up. Phone performance was 116 mbps down and 88 mbps up.
After the 2.4G test, I switched the phone and the laptop back to the 5G SSID and immediately retested wifi speed. I observed performance of 339 mbps down and 373 mbps up on the phone. The laptop speed was 248 mbps down and 148 mbps up.
I know that my gateway broadcasts 5G on two different channels for the same SSID and I have no control over what channels it picks. Maybe the phone picks a congested channel sometimes and the slow observed speeds are due to that, whereas the laptop (and the Moto Ace) always seem to pick the less congested channel?
The other thing I read about was "randomized MAC address" versus "device MAC address" and someone, somewhere (I don't remember where) suggested that using device MAC address resulted in improved speed. I just made that switch for the 5G SSID. Speed is very good now, and I'll monitor it to see if it slows over time.
Sorry for the long message, but I'm thinking that the "fix" really did nothing to improve 5G wifi performance and there is something not quite right about the OnePlus's handling of 5G wifi.

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