-I posted this in the Synergy thread, but thought it may help other folks...
After flashing to a 2.3.4 ROM, my 3G speeds completely took a nose dive. I tried flashing different radio combos, updating my PRL, reseting my data profile & updating everything all over again to no avail. I stuck with the latest radios, ruling them out as the problem. I tried flashing different ROMs, and I had the same 1x speeds. After poking around a little bit, I changed my EvDO preferred mode and it helped instantly:
1. In dialer, hit ##3282#
2. Edit mode
3. Enter MSL (if you have root, download MSL Reader from the market to get your MSL number
4. EVDO
5. Preferred Mode
6. Change to from CDMA only to Automatic
7. Hit Menu
8. commit changes
9. reboot
10. *hopefully* get better speeds - I went from 130kbs to 800kbs
I was stuck at 1x at one point and this fixed helped me get 3G back. However my 3G speeds are still garbage, I blame Sprint for that.
If you are having very low 3G speeds though flash a ROM or theme that will allow you to see if your phone is on 1x/3G. If you are stuck on 1x like I was this will definitely fix that.
Hmm. On viper ROM 1.3 its already set to automatic
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THANK YOU!!!!
Using the speedtest app (I know it's not perfectly accurate), I got the same thing you did: 130kbs on back-to-back tests. I changed it to "automatic", and hit an average of 1,200 kps!
I ##3282#'d again and put it back to "CDMA only" and I got 130 kbs again. So I changed it back to "automatic" and I hit 1,290 kps (peak was 1,400 kps the first time I did it). All test runs were done within minutes of each other, with the phone laying in the same spot.
MAJOR improvement for me!
Note to anyone trying this: After committing the modifications, my phone would say it was going to reboot but it never did. I had to reboot it manually after committing every change. After you commit the modifications, make sure the phone reboots to ensure the change takes effect. I'll try this tomorrow from work during peak hours where I've always had poor data speeds and see if it improves my data speeds then and there, too.
Thanks again, nol3n!
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Hmm. On viper ROM 1.3 its already set to automatic
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This may only apply to 2.3.4 ROMs. I think it may be the default setting on the latest update.
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You know how people say to go change your proxy settings to 0.0.0.0? Well I've completed removed that and that has helped my browsing A LOT.
The EVO shift had this problem when it got 2.3.3. I think the 2.3.4 roms for the EVO 3d are having same affect. The stock ROM its based off is set to CDMA only or 1xrtt.
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Funny,
We had the same issue on the Verizon Thunderbolt -- and had to reset a similar option to get 3G speeds back (phone stuck on 1x)
Note, some roms may say 3G, or have the 3G icon, but be getting slow as molasses speed.
CleanRom clearly shows the icons (1x vs 3G)
Changing from CDMA to Automatic fixed everything for me.
Thanks for posting this.
The default is automatic. If your phone is/was set to CDMA only, then it was hosed up for some reason. I had this happen once after a Sprint rep had me do a reset on all of the data settings. Not sure why it borked it.
You can tell if the phone is in 1x using one of the signal apps that show db readings. If you're on 1x, the EVDO signal strength will be -120db all the time.
I did this last week when I was having problems with my 3g and figured it out. Definitely helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16886953#post16886953
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I tried it here at work, and I got improved speeds, as well; although not as significant as I did at home. However, considering I'm in downtown Miami during peak hours where 100,000 people around me have a Sprint phone pulling from the local tower and I'm inside a building on the 38th floor, the improvement is still pretty damn good:
CMDA only = 90 kbs (average of two tests)
Automatic = 480 kbs (average of two tests)
That's over 5 times faster, so I'm happy with the results. My phone seems to roam less while I'm at work, too.
also, if you go to advanced then RTSP/HTTP and change ports to 0 and servers to 0.0.0.0 you will get faster service as well. (4g and 3g) just goes direct instead of a proxy
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I tried it here at work, and I got improved speeds, as well; although not as significant as I did at home. However, considering I'm in downtown Miami during peak hours where 100,000 people around me have a Sprint phone pulling from the local tower and I'm inside a building on the 38th floor, the improvement is still pretty damn good:
CMDA only = 90 kbs (average of two tests)
Automatic = 480 kbs (average of two tests)
That's over 5 times faster, so I'm happy with the results. My phone seems to roam less while I'm at work, too.
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Good to hear ruge. How ya been buddy?
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Good to hear ruge. How ya been buddy?
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Good, man........I hope all is well with you, too. I haven't been on here as much as I used to because I got some new accounts at work that have kept me busy, but I be lurking.
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also, if you go to advanced then RTSP/HTTP and change ports to 0 and servers to 0.0.0.0 you will get faster service as well. (4g and 3g) just goes direct instead of a proxy
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Yea, I remembered this from my OG Evo and did it to this phone as soon as I got it, but I noticed no change at all. This, however, was night & day for me. I saw someone mention that the default setting is automatic, but I really can't say if my phone came with automatic as default and then it changed after flashing something or not because I never checked it before last night.
Weird, mine was already set to automatic. But i removed the 0.0.0.0 and blanked it out.
Rebooting now.
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My 3vo is getting max 126 download and even worse upload. Four people in my family have EVO 4g, they are consistently getting close to 1 mbs and similar uploads. Tried the proxy fix and everything. My speeds are typically better where I live, but are horrible this holiday weekend. Could it be the towers here don't like the 3vo, or should I exchange the phone?
Thanks
Blue
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Take it back to Sprint so they can diagnose the problem.
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My 3vo is getting max 126 download and even worse upload. Four people in my family have EVO 4g, they are consistently getting close to 1 mbs and similar uploads. Tried the proxy fix and everything. My speeds are typically better where I live, but are horrible this holiday weekend. Could it be the towers here don't like the 3vo, or should I exchange the phone?
Thanks
Blue
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Try 2 things before you take it to Sprint:
First, update your PRL and Profile (Under Menu-Options-System Updates) and then hard reset the phone. (Turn it off, pull battery, turn it back on) then test your speeds
If that doesn't work:
Try the MSL fix Here
Make sure to write down your defaults, as I hear Sprint doesn't like it when you mess with that stuff, and set it back if it doesn't help.
If all else fails, go to Sprint, whine or something. Maybe they'll give you an AirRave. I'm just not a fan of having other people fix my problems.
I get same DL as you, upload speed is like 18. Only getting 2-3 bars most of the time even though I pulled up the sprint map and there are supposedly towers all over the place here.
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Possible software problem that can be fixed via ota?
Tried the msl fix, no luck.
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The over the air provisioning is not authenticating your 3g (only 1x speeds)
The fastest and easiest fix is to call sprint tech support and have then perform a HLR RELOAD or refresh on your data profile.
From there, you will go to settings then update profile from your evo
Note: if the hrl reload doesn't work, have tech support "REPROVOSION YOUR DATA PROFILE" (exact words)
Trust me. This works
What happened was when you dis the hands free activation, 3g was not authenticated correctly.
Hit the thanks button if I've helped you
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I has the same problem all last week, it turns out (God, knows why) but my EVDO setting was CDMA and it had to be set to Automatic - Once I changed this, I was getting much better speeds.
called sprint. they did something and asked me to reset the phone after we hung up. same speeds afterward, 98 down, 70ish up. said they can't do anything else because i am calling from the phone i need service on. i don't have another phone to call from right now so i'll have to call back later and request the reloads mentioned above.
after resetting my phone, i did prl update, profile update and the proxy fix. still getting same speed results.
trim81 said:
The over the air provisioning is not authenticating your 3g (only 1x speeds)
The fastest and easiest fix is to call sprint tech support and have then perform a HLR RELOAD or refresh on your data profile.
From there, you will go to settings then update profile from your evo
Note: if the hrl reload doesn't work, have tech support "REPROVOSION YOUR DATA PROFILE" (exact words)
Trust me. This works
What happened was when you dis the hands free activation, 3g was not authenticated correctly.
Hit the thanks button if I've helped you
Cheers
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what speeds are we suppose to be seeing. I'm using speed test.net and my test numbers always change. on 3g i can test it 1 minute apart and get 1.16 Mbps down and then .72 Mbps down......should they be better?
kinextions said:
what speeds are we suppose to be seeing. I'm using speed test.net and my test numbers always change. on 3g i can test it 1 minute apart and get 1.16 Mbps down and then .72 Mbps down......should they be better?
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Those are 3g speeds so sounds like authentication for you isn't an issue. Probably just the network where you are.
i would be satisfied with speeds in that range, even if they were sporadic. what i'm getting is .2 mbps down .03 mbps up (or less) consistently. just got .03 down, .11 down and .18 down, on my last three tests.
I am constantly getting 300-400kbps down and 50-150kbps up.
Tried ##786# and performed a data profile reset. Fixed it got great speeds now.
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I'm used to getting around 2.5-3Mb/s on 3g data. Yesterday, I got my Photon in the mail and activated and now my data is ridiculous. I'm averaging .02-.05Mb/s with the highest being .10mb/s. I've called tech support thrice and done a hard reset and nothing has helped. I keep reading about how great the data speeds are on this device and I feel like I didn't get an invite to the party.
Its not the Photon phone that has abysmal 3G/4G speeds. It is Sprint network's horrendous backhaul that is the problem. Can't transfer that much data running on a bunch of T1 line connections at the base station.
Good news is that the network vision project is suppose to upgrade the backhaul tremendously from T1 lines to fiber/microwave backhaul on their new multimodal towers. This is still a long term project that will take 3-5 years.
As I said, though, I normally get much faster speeds than what I've been able to get on this phone.
My speeds are around 2mb down. As good or better than my epic.
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newalker91 said:
Menu - Settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile Networks - Network Mode: Automatic
##3282# - Multimedia: Set addresses to 0.0.0.0 and ports to 0, set buffer to 10 (You will need your MSL from this, get it from Sprint)
Reboot (Leave off for 30 seconds)
Test your connection again.
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thanks. however, it's still completely terrible. time to visit a store, i suppose.
Ya'll need to get your terminology correct. Its not Mb/s its mb/s. I highly doubt you were any where near 2Mb/s on any 3g service. Lol
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I'm used to getting around 2.5-3Mb/s on 3g data. Yesterday, I got my Photon in the mail and activated and now my data is ridiculous. I'm averaging .02-.05Mb/s with the highest being .10mb/s. I've called tech support thrice and done a hard reset and nothing has helped. I keep reading about how great the data speeds are on this device and I feel like I didn't get an invite to the party.
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yeah i know
tonight my data sucked, trying to get to dl in the market was a joke kept disconnecting
newalker91 said:
Unfortunately it is your terminology that is incorrect.
"M" stands for mega and should always be capitalized, on the other hand "b" stands for bit and "B" stands for byte. There are 8 bits to every byte, therefore 1 Mb (one megabit) is equal to .125 MB (.125 megabyte). This is the same when speaking in terms of kb (kilobit) and kB (kilobyte) except k (kilo) should always be lowercase.
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No.............10 char
But seriously, you are right, that's what I get for reading and typing whilst on hold with my damn call center for 45 minutes. I hate call centers...
My bad though, ignore my previous.
-Dj
For the past couple days, I've been having very poor 3g speeds, less than 150kbps. I have tried calling Sprint and they just say it's not on their part. I've done a profile update, switched EVDO to automatic instead of CDMA, cleared the proxies, and a data restore. Am I missing something and is anyone else having this problem? Is there anything I can do to fix this?
join the club
i normally get slow speed as well
I was getting .5-1.5 mbps a week or two ago, what speeds are you looking at?
sonic41592 said:
I was getting .5-1.5 mbps a week or two ago, what speeds are you looking at?
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around .5 at BEST
4G speeds are good though
Yeah, that's pretty good compared to what I get. Maybe it will work itself out in a few days
I never had a problem in my area up until recently. Absolutely awful 3G speeds. Once I start getting further out of the cities it will get better but yea they have been horrible. I use wi-fi at the house so it doesn't affect me too much at home. Use to always get 700+kbps no problem and now I get awful ping times 600+ and horrible speeds most the time. I think ever since the evo came out the network has been overcrowded. Now that Sprint is the only unlimited data provider left I'm sure we have all the bandwidth hogs on the network which isn't helping.
Nothing you can do about it, I have tried everything as well. Removed proxies, data profile updates, restores whatever. Nothing helps
OK guys, you are being pushed through Sprint Proxies when using their interbutts. It lets them watch all your internet usage and really slows it down
If you are rooted grab MSL Reader from the app store, or if not rooted call Sprint and tell them you want your MSL code for your records in case something happens.
go to the dialer and type in ##3282# which will bring up the EPST. Choose Edit Mode and enter your MSL. now go to Advanced and scroll to the bottom. The last four are where your data is routed through. Change them to either 0 or 0.0.0.0 depending if they are ports or IPs.
You will need to do this everytime you update your PRL, firmware, etc
So i am getting about .5 mbps down speeds (when lucky normally .3). Just ran a test and it is actually .12 at the moment.!!!!!!!!
My wifes Iphone right next to mine gets double if not triple that. She got 1.04 and mine was at .34 when i tested once.
I am stock with not a whole lot running on the phone. Seems like within the last month websites that used to take 2 seconds to load now take anywhere from 10-15-30 seconds to load up.
Has something changed with the phone software that is crippling my phone? Is there something i can do to improve my speeds? I dont live in a HUGE city so over crowded network i dont think is a major issue. This just sucks Pandora and Audiogalaxy are barely useable when i want to stream music...
Thanks!
Those net speed apps change so much that they are pointless in real life. Try opening up web pages and see how much of a difference there is.
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Have you tried removing the proxies? Should help 3g pick it up a bit. Worth a shot and if it doesn't help you can just set them back to stock.
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cajones42 said:
Those net speed apps change so much that they are pointless in real life. Try opening up web pages and see how much of a difference there is.
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Yes i have tried that a clear difference. it finished on the iphone in two seconds and my 3D took the 10-15-30 seconds dependng on which page.
the website i was using was rotoworld and yahoo sports. looking at fantasy news and sports stuff.
I dont really want to mess with proxies if there is a chance that this will crash my phone or cause issues with sprint.
Well also temember a iphone only loads half of most pages. (Flash)
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i dont think flash has anything to do with it in this case.
same slowness here, with my og evo was getting 10 megs with wimax.. oh well we got 3d right?? huh huh lol
I was having slow data speeds and called customer service and they ran some test and told.me.to take it.into the store and found out i had a bad motherboard in the phone got a new one and now speeds are back to normal
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i will have to check that out...see what they can do
Messing with the proxies doesn't piss anyone off, LOL
Not sprint or your phone, and its an easy trick to get some extra speed. You don't even need to be rooted or anything.... You do need your msl tho...
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Does the new iPhone on Sprint run on the 800mhz band? If so, that could be part of the speed difference too. I'm not sure if that was confirmed, but 1 reviewer made mention of that. It was posted on here at some point, but I'm too lazy to go digging around for it.
1) ##DATA#
2) Select Edit Mode
3) Enter MSL
4) Select EVDO
5) Select Preferred Mode
6) Select Automatic
7) Press the menu key
8) Select Commit Changes
I seriously thought i had a defective phone until I fixed this... speeds went front 40kbps to 800+
rigmort said:
1) ##DATA#
2) Select Edit Mode
3) Enter MSL
4) Select EVDO
5) Select Preferred Mode
6) Select Automatic
7) Press the menu key
8) Select Commit Changes
I seriously thought i had a defective phone until I fixed this... speeds went front 40kbps to 800+
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Does it work for 3G and 4G?
And Sprint wont care right?
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TechnoHacker said:
Does it work for 3G and 4G?
And Sprint wont care right?
-Sent from my HTC EVO 3D using the XDA App.
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3G only. Sprint doesn't care, in fact it's supposed to be set like this but apparently some OTA updates set it to CDMA only. Try it, you'll see.
i've removed the sprint proxies & whatnot, tried every sprint PRL i could find & the only thing that works is a Verizon PRL sadly.
At my house i get .12-.50kbps on average, usually stuck at 1x unless i turn off my mobile network & turn it back on. Funny thing is, right by one of the sprint stores i get 1.2mbps - 1.5mbps
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rigmort said:
1) ##DATA#
2) Select Edit Mode
3) Enter MSL
4) Select EVDO
5) Select Preferred Mode
6) Select Automatic
7) Press the menu key
8) Select Commit Changes
I seriously thought i had a defective phone until I fixed this... speeds went front 40kbps to 800+
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mine was already set to automatic with synergy. Other ROMs i've had to change this. Didnt help me one bit
Hi,
this is what I did on my sensation, and also on Evo3D, and connection works better:
dial *#*#4636#*#* and then press “Phone Information” > Toggle Chiphering to OFF > Turn off Radio > Turn on Radio > Toggle Chiphering to ON
best regards
My 3G speeds were fine until today. That is, I never noticed it being slow. Today I'm getting 50-100 kbps down, and 200-300 kbps up (wtf?). So my upload speeds were always around that speed, but the downloads used to be over 1000.
I tried the above two suggested checks. It was already set to automatic.
Dunno what's up. Maybe Sprint's having a bad day around here.
Going to Sprints website and looking at the coverage map it shows I should have 4g but don't. My signal is between -87dbm to -93dbm which is weak! Now if I drive 20 miles I have 4g and amazing speeds of 4-8mps. At the house I was lucky to get 200kbps.
After reading about editing the build.prop I played around with the flowctrl starting at 1 running test and repeating changing the value up to 7.
After several tests setting my phone to 3 gives the best results. Now getting over 1100kbps down and 700+kbps up.
This might be common knowledge but I just played around with it thinking it wouldn't make much difference but it does! So if you have poor 3g speeds try changing your build.prop setting.
"persist.ril.uart.flowctrl=1" This is what you look for. Change it and see what kind of results you get. Believe only 1 through 7 can be used.
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I wasn't able to get this working on my Photon. Exact same speeds every test.
-87 dbm is pretty good dude, most likely network congestion. Try running a speedtest in midday and late night and see
Lately my 3g has been really slow 0.01mbps dl..on all my tests..some actually are 0.00mbps dl..upload are a like higher but nothing like it used to be..
And i dont have 4g near me...
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-87 dbm is the best I get. Usually I'm at -96+. From what I've read that is a pretty weak signal.
To modify my build.prop I used root explorer. Made a backup then started messing with the numbers. 3 ended up boosted me from under 200kbps to over 1100kbps. I tested this throughout the day to make sure it wasn't tower load. When on default 1 would never get over 200kbps. On 3 lowest was 900kbps. Ill keep testing though, remember you have to try 1 through 7 until you find what works best for you. Searching I found quite a bit of people who improved 3g speeds doing this. There is even a market app that does basically the same thing.
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The app is called Motimizer Free
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My speeds suck so bad here im thinking of doing an etf and switching . Ive tryed eveything and i still maybe get.017 on my download speed
msnglink said:
My speeds suck so bad here im thinking of doing an etf and switching . Ive tryed eveything and i still maybe get.017 on my download speed
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What area do you live in? To get out of the ETF I have set phones to roam only. Call and make a complaint about coverage. Then set your phone to roam and they are usually pretty fast to contact you offering to end contract with no fees.
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ORRRR you guys could just remove the proxies, which just requires your MSL and much less work than changing build.prop.
My speeds MORE than doubled. I started at 500kbps and now get about 2.3Mbps down at any given time since I did that.
How would i go about removing my proxies?
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Same here. Awful 3g and no 4g. Tower is supposed to have a data upgrade soon. Not holding my breath
I tried Motomizer. It doesn't help.
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I called sprint and they said my local ev-do tower will have a data capacity upgrade finished by the end of april..i hope they aren't lying, my data speeds are horrible..
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motorolatriumph said:
How would i go about removing my proxies?
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You need to have your MSL already. If you don't, there are multiple threads in this section on how to get it.
Punch ##data# (##3282#) into your dialer.
Select Multimedia
Hit the menu button and select Edit
Enter your MSL
In order from top to bottom, change all the fields to:
0.0.0.0
0
0.0.0.0
0
10 or 20 for the last one. Results may vary for the buffer size, change as needed.
Hit done and save. Enjoy way faster 3G speeds.
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You need to have your MSL already. If you don't, there are multiple threads in this section on how to get it.
Punch #data## (#3282##) into your dialer.
Select Multimedia
Hit the menu button and select Edit
Enter your MSL
In order from top to bottom, change all the fields to:
0
0.0.0.0
0
0.0.0.0
10 or 20 for the last one. Results may vary for the buffer size, change as needed.
Hit done and save. Enjoy way faster 3G speeds.
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I haven't came across this way of doing it. Will give it a try and see what happens. Btw editing the build.prop takes 2 seconds.
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MoPho said:
I haven't came across this way of doing it. Will give it a try and see what happens. Btw editing the build.prop takes 2 seconds.
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Doesn't that require root access? Most, including myself, don't have rooted devices.
I can't get the #3282## to do anything.
I think you mean ##3282#
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yup ##3282# but it doesn't seem to do anything for me(stock rooted) after rebooting and running some tests.
You have to use stock dialer. ##3282# then click dial should bring up a settings menu. Must know your 6 digit MLS because it's the password in order to change anything. Trying to figure out how to find MLS now.
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I called sprint and they just gave it to me without any problems
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