Download speeds - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

Any one get or find an fix for this issue. I mean this is so horrible. Sitting right next to an 3g att phone same speedtests that phone gets an avg of about 2.5 down. Mine is much worse. And I'm in a 4g area. At this same location my artix got like 6 down most of the time. And I'm lucky to even pull 2 down with this phone.wtf
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And yes I've tried other sited and speedtests besdies speeded.net
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For whatever reason the Speedtest app dosent seem to go over 2/3MBs. Open up your browser and test your speeds... they will be much higher.
The app only shows me getting about 2.5 down, yet when I open up the browser and go to http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ it shows I get about 7/8 down.

Using http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest, I get about 2-3Mbps in the SF Bay Area.

Yeah my download speeds are horrible too. Every now and then though, I get decent speeds. Just now I got 5-6 mbps down on both the speedtest app and speakeasy.net in the New Brunswick, NJ area. Honestly, this isn't much better than my Captivate.
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I've never experienced "4g" speeds. And like others have said, captivate was much faster.
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Sitting in full H+ I got the following, one with app, one on speakeasy. The app saw higher upload, speakeasy saw higher download.
I definately see at least 50% better speed compared to my captivate. On the same general area I never saw higher than 1.6, and averaged closer to 1.2.
I'm in Salt Lake City Utah
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Red5 said:
For whatever reason the Speedtest app dosent seem to go over 2/3MBs. Open up your browser and test your speeds... they will be much higher.
The app only shows me getting about 2.5 down, yet when I open up the browser and go to http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ it shows I get about 7/8 down.
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I guess.u didn't.read all of my post. Well anyways all same thru site speeds as well. Also when.downloading.stuff its not as fast either
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Definitely makes a difference for me when running speed tests through the web browser opposed to using the Speed Test App. Sometimes 10 times faster through the browser.

I just got 8 down and 1.5 up in Cape girardeau missouri and thats about what ive been getting each time i test.

I'm only geting 2.5-3.5Mb/s down in San Diego. Something isn't right....

wonder186 said:
I'm only geting 2.5-3.5Mb/s down in San Diego. Something isn't right....
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thats about what I get in NY

wonder186 said:
I'm only geting 2.5-3.5Mb/s down in San Diego. Something isn't right....
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That is what I get at work in North San Diego (Rancho Bernardo). I only get 2.5Mb/s at home on DSL (no cable where I live) so I was happy that I got that on a phone.

I can usually get 5-8 down in Boise, ID, but never more than 1.2 up, I've heard it's throttled and not supposed to exceed 1.5 any truth to that?

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Is 4G down?

I'm in San Antonio and I've been looking at 1X for the last 12 hours. Is there a problem or is it just me?
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Just you! Try a reboot. If that doesn't fix it pull the battery for 30 seconds. Works for me in that situation.
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I'm up and running now! Haven't had that happen in months.
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It's only happened to me a couple of times. Seems to be when I'm in a dead zone for a few hours. I've been turning off mobile data when I'm in those places. Hopefully that bug is fixed with the upcoming OTA.
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txkorm said:
I'm up and running now! Haven't had that happen in months.
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How much data do you use?
I am asking because I have a phone that pulls crap like that all the time. I am on my 2nd phone due to this issue.
Thanks
4ktvs said:
How much data do you use?
I am asking because I have a phone that pulls crap like that all the time. I am on my 2nd phone due to this issue.
Thanks
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Ever think it has something to do with the network in your area?
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I don't think so, but if it was, Well AT&T looks nice. I called tech over and over and they all said network was fine in my "area".
It could be due to useing 20-30GB every time, but I used 22GB on AT&T's unlimited plan and never had this happen.
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How much data do you use?
I am asking because I have a phone that pulls crap like that all the time. I am on my 2nd phone due to this issue.
Thanks
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This month I'll use over 50gb, last month 15gb and averaged about 3gb per month over the last 4 years. I'm unlimited with a hotspot. It almost seems like I'm being throttled. That's BS if that's the case since I pay about $70+ a month for Internet on two phones.
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Forgot to add it usually hit speeds between 8-12gb but this month I'm seeing a lot of 3-5gb and a lot of dropped signal. Haven't had that problem before at least not like this. Curious to see what happens as soon as I start my next pay cycle.
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txkorm said:
Forgot to add it usually hit speeds between 8-12gb but this month I'm seeing a lot of 3-5gb and a lot of dropped signal. Haven't had that problem before at least not like this. Curious to see what happens as soon as I start my next pay cycle.
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no problems for me here in San Antonio. Getting 15-25 down and 5-7 up.
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This is what Sprint LTE will look like on your phone

This guy managed to pick up a Sprint LTE tower in Athens GA on his nexus. Granted, he's the only one on the tower, and he's practically right on top of it, but damn.
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Details in thread here.
So jealous of that guy
Root: Android unlimited
Awesomesauce...
I thought Sprint had their LTE towers locked down for the moment? Or is that just on the EVOLTE4GSTILLHTCNOT3DBUTGOODFORME?
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I thought Sprint had their LTE towers locked down for the moment? Or is that just on the EVOLTE4GSTILLHTCNOT3DBUTGOODFORME?
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Given it's going to light up by June, I'm sure Athens is lit for testing.
There are probably other areas as well in testing.
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EVOLTE4GSTILLHTCNOT3DBUTGOODFORME?
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I thought we were going with E4GLE.
You will only see those numbers if you are the only person on your tower.
Where I live was a 4g test market for wimax so I am hoping it is for LTE as well... and now that it is confirmed the bootloader can be unlocked it is twice as hard to wait to get this beauty in my hand.
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Where I live was a 4g test market for wimax so I am hoping it is for LTE as well... and now that it is confirmed the bootloader can be unlocked it is twice as hard to wait to get this beauty in my hand.
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Did they get s off as well?
Although only 1 user on the tower..my jaw still dropped.
This is how I feel:
"Open Open Open!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebD2r-8vo8Y
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This is how I feel:
"Open Open Open!"
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Hahaha, same here. Only I feel like going to Best Buy 7 days early instead of 4 hours early...
Wow......
I mean....
Damn.....
Can't wait.
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Wow......
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Damn.....
Can't wait.
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Well I'll be happy with 5mbps that's what I had on att and is really good as long as you get the same result everywhere that's my problems with sprint right now if I could get 1-2mbps I'll be happy
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Lucky to all those who live near those juicy towers... PR hasn't even gotten 4G yet
i would drop comcast and use this phone as my modem.
thats insane.
Don't get your hopes up too much yet, this is their LTE in Texas...
It's still good but it's no 30 Mb/s
That's only cause he is probably the very few connected those are the max speed for 5hz channel. I expect it to be pretty much about the same as wimax speeds with better upload and maybe better latency. Oh and also with the same great battery drain.
xHausx said:
Don't get your hopes up too much yet, this is their LTE in Texas...
It's still good but it's no 30 Mb/s
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PING of 43?
im0rtalz said:
That's only cause he is probably the very few connected those are the max speed for 5hz channel. I expect it to be pretty much about the same as wimax speeds with better upload and maybe better latency. Oh and also with the same great battery drain.
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Battery drain will not be there long as ur in a city with the sites active....just like Wimax if your connected you are typically fine. The drain comes from having to reconnect so often and search for signal...
Also the SoC will mediate decently the LTE as its built into the die so its not an extra chip sucking the battery like with Wimax...
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PING of 43?
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Yup should see sub 100 ms ping on 3G too once all this is complete....or least in the 100ms area
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Unrooted and fastest ever!??

So I unrooted last night for a variety of reasons after a year of running custom roms and getting anywhere from 9 mbps to 22 mbps. This morning I used the Xfinity online speed test, and I got a reading of 36 mbps, with an upper speed of 44. How cruel is it that every awesome rom I ran never brought me close to this speed? And why?
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So I unrooted last night for a variety of reasons after a year of running custom roms and getting anywhere from 9 mbps to 22 mbps. This morning I used the Xfinity online speed test, and I got a reading of 36 mbps, with an upper speed of 44. How cruel is it that every awesome rom I ran never brought me close to this speed? And why?
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So you unrooted and went back to the stock ROM? I remember when I first got my TB and had it stock I was getting 20-30Mbps+ in speedtests, but lately I only get around 5-12Mbps down, although with newer phones ran at the same time I get the same 25+ speeds. Interesting that the speeds increased when you went back to stock, but I would miss the speed and features of AOSP ICS, and the ability to easily tether.
I don't get as good data speeds rooted either but i dont really care
Actually, I re-rooted and then debloated the stock rom, but my speeds are still lightning fast.
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Actually, I re-rooted and then debloated the stock rom, but my speeds are still lightning fast.
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I get meh speed on most of my roms and even data drops mostly because I think the radios don't play nice with a lot of the roms, but it is still more then good enough for hd netflix which is all I care about. And my phone is pretty, oh so pretty. More so then stock.

AT&T LTE correct speed?

I just noticed yesterday I am now getting the 4g LTE icon lit up on my phone in my area(very pleasant surprise) and the speeds don't seem that great though. I've traveled through LTE areas before and the speeds were 4x to 8x this fast. Could they still be tweaking it? Thanks for any input.
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Yeah that's not fast, but it's not slow either. I get an average of 20mbps download on lte. Bit it varies from time of day, to objects in the way, and take into consideration how many people are using the tower you're on.
That's normal speed when they are first turning up and testing the frequencies give it a week or two and see if it improves
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That's normal speed when they are first turning up and testing the frequencies give it a week or two and see if it improves
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They must be testing it. I go from LTE to 4g to Edge in just a few seconds without even moving. They're definitely doing something because I was getting LTE service inside my workpkace where I previously got no signal at all. Plus, I was showing LTE at times today and couldn't load anything web based:screwy: I hope it does get faster.
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They must be testing it. I go from LTE to 4g to Edge in just a few seconds without even moving. They're definitely doing something because I was getting LTE service inside my workpkace where I previously got no signal at all. Plus, I was showing LTE at times today and couldn't load anything web based:screwy: I hope it does get faster.
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The 3 times I have been in an area when they are doing tower upgrades it does exactly what you just described. It will go faster once they finish it.
AT&T turned on LTE here a few months ago and it's no faster than HSPA was, not even per tower... like at work I would see 12mbit down, at home 4mbit.. It hasn't changed. I've been told latency and other things are better but I never paid attention to them in the past.

Poor reception?

Does anyone have poor reception on their s4? The longer I have this phone, the more I realize the awful reception it gets. When I compare side by side with my htc rezound, there is usually a 12-18db difference between the two. My s4 really sees anything better than -88 to 85db and is usually around -100 while the htc is more often in the 70-75 range. I suppose this could explain the poor 4g speeds (6-10mbps) I get compared to the 20-40+ I'm used to. Just wanted to see what you guys get. Maybe I have weak antenna in my particular device but I doubt it considering samsungs history with bad reception. Thanks for reading
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Does anyone have poor reception on their s4? The longer I have this phone, the more I realize the awful reception it gets. When I compare side by side with my htc rezound, there is usually a 12-18db difference between the two. My s4 really sees anything better than -88 to 85db and is usually around -100 while the htc is more often in the 70-75 range. I suppose this could explain the poor 4g speeds (6-10mbps) I get compared to the 20-40+ I'm used to. Just wanted to see what you guys get. Maybe I have weak antenna in my particular device but I doubt it considering samsungs history with bad reception. Thanks for reading
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Are you using an app like cdma field test or Advanced Signal Status to view the signal between both phones. In the same locations? It will give you the decibels for data and voice.
I Personally haven't seen it to have poor reception. But haven't done alot of comparison with other phones. Have had a Motorola side by side and the s4 was pretty even with it. I thought. Hope those apps help you to see if it really is worse.
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I haven't really used any apps. Just going by what Android is reporting in the about phone menu. I'm going to make my phone micro sim to sim adapter later and use my rezound for a couple days and see what happens. I'll check out those apps as well thanks
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I'm curious about your findings because I currently have an HTC Rezound and have thought about getting the S4, but I've heard of some reception problems.
Don't get me wrong, it's a great phone. But I've wanted to smash it more than once because Internet didn't work in areas it worked fine on my rez
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My problem isn't internet connectivity, but dropped calls. When I get home, there will be a Razr Maxx HD waiting for me to try for 5 days.
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