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Hey everyone. I’ve used this site coupled with androidforums for all of my Vibrant problems. In the past I have found all of my answers with a quick search. Unfortunately I have run into a problem where searching hasn’t yielded any possible fixes.
Get ready for a novel. (or scroll to the bottom for the tl;dr)
I updated my Vibrant to 2.2 a few days after the release was updated. I’ve been tethering my phone pretty frequently since then. I rooted my phone days before, didn’t screw around with anything while rooted, then unrooted before I updated. I’m using Windows 7. Using an unlimited data plan. My usual download speeds (through speakeasy) were around 1.3mbps. Uploads were slower, but they don’t matter much anyway. The connectivity and speed have been great up until last night. I was doing some school work, downloading various word files when all of the sudden internet pages were loading extremely slowly, and all of the downloads stopped. I saw a little yellow ! yield sign over the internet connectivity method in my task bar. It said “No Internet Access”. I switched to wifi (my phone tethers 2x as fast as the wifi here), and continued. School > phone internet problems.
Wifi speed (speakeasy.net) (today)
Down: 0.44mbps
Up: 0.10mbps
After getting home today from class, I finally had a chance to try to see what was up. I plugged my phone it, and it worked pretty well for a few minutes. After those few minutes the yellow ! came up, paired with “No Internet Access”. I disconnected my phone from my computer, tried again, reset my phone then tried again, and even removed apps that ran in the background that were sharing the connection. Nothing changed. My phone has been in the exact same position on my desk each time I have tethered it, starting from the very first time, always on the windowsill.
I downloaded the speedtest.net app to see what my speeds were, because the wifi at my house was loading pages and stuff a lot faster than my phone was. While remaining somewhat precise, the results were all over the board. While doing the tests I put the phone in its usual spot on the sill, and then moved it directly in front of me on my desk. I started to search for related problems on line, but couldn’t find anything more than a thread or two with the answer to a similar problem being tower quality/relative distance.
I ran the troubleshoot app that windows has, and it came back with “The DNS server isn’t responding”. Again I searched (google) for a possible fix, and yielded no results. The only thing I found was some custom DNS servers mod on here, but I’ve been waiting for Kies to download for the past 20 minutes to back my phone up. While downloading Kies I noticed that I was getting ~25kbps, and that it was going to take 30+ minutes. I hooked my phone up, and restarted the download. It shot up to 5mbps then just dropped. It went from 5mbps, to 4mbps, 2mbps, 1.5mbps, 900kbps, 800-700-600-500, all while the rate of change was decreasing as well. The jump from 5mbps to 1.5mbps was by the mb, but once it got to 900kbps the rate of change went from dropping hundreds, to dropping tens, to quickly dropping ones, to trickling out single kilobits. Then I was hit with the ! “No Network Access”. While this was happening the phone stayed completely stationary. The complete loss in data came only after tethering. I browsed the internet on my phone for a few minutes after, and everything was fine. It’s almost like the data tethering is signaling the phone to drop network access or something. I have zero apps running in the background of my phone that are using push, to my knowledge. I’m at a loss.
The speed tests I did earlier are below.
Tether speed (speakeasy.net) (last week)
Down: 1.3mbps
Up:??
Today’s 3G speed (speedtest.net app) – based off of 19 tests done in a little under an hour.
Highest download – Lowest download
Down: 0.86mbps - 0.06mbps
Highest upload – Lowest upload
Up: 0.62mbps – 0.03mbps
-Actually the lowest for each was zero, after getting the “No Network Access” I disconnected and tested, and got -0.00mbps.-
Average:
Down: 0.41mbps
Up: 0.18mbps
Also, before buying this Vibrant I had an iPhone on Tmobile. I unlocked it myself, jailbroke it, set up tethering , ect, ect. So I’m not completely phone-modding illiterate. I've just been out of the loop for a year or so.
Tl;dr – Been tethering phone for a month with consistent speed/no problems. Last night randomly I got “No Network Access”, and since then my tethering has started at a very high speed after plugging it in, then dived down until there was “No Network Access”. Windows 7 says “The DNS server isn’t responding.” Phone was in the same spot it has always been in, everything has been fine up until last night. wat do?
Maybe you have been throttled by Tmobile. Have you gone over your cap of 5gigs? Our data plans are not truly unlimited, but you atleast you have received a text from Tmobile first. Thats my guess.
i sometimes have a similar problem but it sounds like youre tethering via usb, correct? I use mobile ap to use the net wirelessly off my phone and have had issues with it either not connecting at all and giving an error or just never connecting. My solutions have been quick easy fixes and figured id share but not sure if they would work for you or not. When it gives the error in mobile ap i simply click settings and then save (not changing anything) and then turn it on again and bam it works... When i get no connection after it works, or if i lose connection while online, i flip the phone to airplane mode for about 45 seconds and then turn airplane mode back off and turn mobile ap back on and everything is great. I also have the "unlimited" data, and i use it a lot, actually 3 days ago i looked and was at 4.7gb used... and havent looked again but i gotta be over the "5gb limit" and i havent been throttle capped at all.. Everything is running great speed wise... figured it would be worth a try if you wanted to, like i said, not sure if it will help your situation but just in case it might thats how i get around the data drops.
Hey guys I am loving my atrix so far, I upgraded from an HTC Evo. I am having one weird problem and I haven't seen anyone else post a similar issue. I connect to my wifi network fine. It uses WEP encryption and it's the standard FIOS router that verizon supplies. I never drop connection but when I download from the market it takes unusually long as if it isn't using my fast wifi connection. My GF who has the nexus s is connected to my network also downloads much faster off of the android market. It feels as if even though the atrix says I'm connected to my wifi network it is still using the 3g data speeds. I tested it with speedtest and i get 16000kbps down and 7000kbps up. It sure doesn't feel like it though. Anyone else having this same issue???
I am having this exact same issue! FIOS, Verizon's default router, WEP encryption, and the speeds are slow only in the Market.
I wonder what the problem is...
I just tried WPA2 encryption. Same exact problem. I'm getting speeds of around 250 kb/s, even though the speedtest.net app shows me getting around 2.5 mb/s.
MultiKoopa said:
I just tried WPA2 encryption. Same exact problem. I'm getting speeds of around 250 kb/s, even though the speedtest.net app shows me getting around 2.5 mb/s.
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That is my exact problem also. I wonder what is going on here.
I still haven't done anything to the phone like rooting it, so that can't be the issue.
Somebody did suggest I try changing the radio channel on my wifi router to 6 and 11, which did nothing to help the speeds.
It's strange that this is ONLY happening with the Market. Anything else internet-based works at regular speeds.
I wonder if this is only an issue with FIOS, or with the standard Verizon router? I'll be able to try out other wifi networks tomorrow.
Just curious, but have either of you with issues tried to push an app to your phone from the market website? It probably won't help, but worth a look.
Nope, just as slow as from the Market app.
Man, I have like 60+ apps to put on my Atrix. It'll take me hours to put it all back with these speeds. :\
Here's another problem: even on 4G, with a full signal, I load webpages with flash elements in seconds, but I download apps just as slowly as I do on wifi. It's like my Atrix is deliberately being capped, and ONLY with downloading apps, no matter what type of data connection I'm on.
If you use a different wireless network (something open and public) does the speed still seem slow?
Yes. 3G, 4G, wifi, it's always capped to around the same speed.
and again, it's ONLY downloading apps from the market. Absolutely nothing else.
Bandwidth usage while downloading a package from the market.
Bandwidth usage while streaming from youtube.
Monitoring done from my wireless router.
Did a bit of testing. Maybe some others can do the same to verify. I need to get ahold of my ISP because I am not getting my advertised speeds but download speeds from my computers were higher than my phone. I downloaded Astro File Manager and downloaded a .zip archive to the phone as well. Speeds did not seem throttled like they did when downloading from the market.
Just received the monster, same issue here!!
Using it in Germany. Very slow speed on my Wlan, sucks. I'll be anxiously following any news.
Could Google have purposely done this to the market?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11760852&postcount=7
someone try this and see if it works?
...actually, couldn't somebody just remove their SIM card and connect to the market with wifi? I've got a full body case with a screen protector on mine that I don't wanna screw up, but could somebody try that?
EDIT: Yeah, that didn't work.
Well just went back to ATT and got an exchange hoping that I just got a bum unit. Unfortunately same problem. On top of that I have noticed that my 3g data speeds are even slower now!! Speedtest will yield 500kbps down and 50kbps up WTF!!!
Replace it again. It's another defective unit. I've asked a bunch of people, and that's definitely the case.
Great. I checked the manufactured date on the phone in the store. 1/11/2011.
It was defective. Damn it.
So I'm basically playing roulette each time I exchange the phone.
I wish a firmware upgrade would fix the issues. I am in the same hell.
I am sorry to start another topic about 3g but this issue has been bothering me for a while. after i rooted my phone i started getting inconsistent 3g speeds one speed test would show 700kb one minute later 50kb while upload speed is almost always fine, my ping is a little higher than usual but it's ok 100-350. any way to test the radio in the phone. another thing i notices is the signal jumps, 1-3-4 bars, but it always used to jump around.
Sometimes my upload speed is higher than my download. wth
iliapiano said:
I am sorry to start another topic about 3g but this issue has been bothering me for a while. after i rooted my phone i started getting inconsistent 3g speeds one speed test would show 700kb one minute later 50kb while upload speed is almost always fine, my ping is a little higher than usual but it's ok 100-350. any way to test the radio in the phone. another thing i notices is the signal jumps, 1-3-4 bars, but it always used to jump around.
Sometimes my upload speed is higher than my download. wth
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I am also having this problem most of the time nothing ever even loads up on 3g. 4g works fine tho.
get open signal maps from the market. id almost bet your phone is jumping towers. mine does that at the house since im basically in the overlap of 5 towers. 3 of the towers my phone jumps around to have terrible data speeds while the 2 furthest from me have great data speeds lol.
iliapiano said:
I am sorry to start another topic about 3g but this issue has been bothering me for a while. after i rooted my phone i started getting inconsistent 3g speeds one speed test would show 700kb one minute later 50kb while upload speed is almost always fine, my ping is a little higher than usual but it's ok 100-350. any way to test the radio in the phone. another thing i notices is the signal jumps, 1-3-4 bars, but it always used to jump around.
Sometimes my upload speed is higher than my download. wth
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Same here. Before root it was fine. After root download speeds crapped out on me, and a bunch of other smaller issues popped up as well including inconsistent gps lock. Tried several roms and wipes, data profile updates and ##3282# resets. Also called Sprint and had them try refreshing my phone. No go. Had to get a replacement. All is good now... I'm hesitant to root again until I can find out a bit more because whatever happened seemed to be irreversible...
2k4mach said:
get open signal maps from the market. id almost bet your phone is jumping towers. mine does that at the house since im basically in the overlap of 5 towers. 3 of the towers my phone jumps around to have terrible data speeds while the 2 furthest from me have great data speeds lol.
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Thank you I think you are right, us there a way to make it so it doesn't connectto a certaintower
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iliapiano said:
Thank you I think you are right, us there a way to make it so it doesn't connectto a certaintower
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not that i know of, i wish there was since it never fails that mine wants to kind of hang on the 3 that are in dire need of more capacity.
Anyone is there a way to test the radio on this phone (besides taking it to sprint)
Ok, NO Matter what tweaks I've done, I've never gotten my Vibrant to ever do better than 151kbps DL and the collective average is around, 61kbps DL I know I should be getting at least a Meg or more better. Just tired of seeing dial-up performance, when it should be better
I tried this tweak using root explorer, editing the first 10 lines of the data tweak. Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151608?
Am currently using KB5 modem, always shows good signal strength, but the data thru-put sucks!!
Im using Simple Mobile, which is actually T-Mobiles network, I havent DL enough of anything to be capped, even though SMobile has it as unlimited, with no throttling!! And BTW when I was using T-Mobile still have always had slow data speeds and the same problem Im in right now!!
Also even when I'm in a known good area where it should be 3G it seems its always on Edge 2G!! Occasionally it'll show a "G" but it never seems to last long or make a difference in data speed!!
I've made sure the configuration in settings is set to GSM only. And this vibrant I know is capable of 3G frequencies!!
What suggestions or tweaks or script mods do I need to do to get this speed up to what it should be! Short of changing modems!!
Gsm=2g
wcdma=3g
**snicker**
Love the speed on my 4glte (30mbps! WOW!), plus I do have unlimited data (grandfathered), so the only reason I use wifi is so that I don't over abuse the unlimited data every month, or if I want to save on battery life.
That said, wifi is extremely slow. I have 20mbps cable at home and I only get 2 through my phone, even when standing right next to the router. My laptop connects to the same network and gets 10!? Why is the wifi on these phones so slow (same issue with tbolt)?
Also if u have unlimited data how much do u use month? Are you afraid they might take it from u?
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I've noticed the same thing. I have 35/35 internet at home, but when the phone is connected to WiFi I don't get anywhere near those speeds. I actually almost get better speeds leaving the phone on 4G even though I'm lucky if I have two bars at times.
Never have been able to find out why, but since I do have unlimited data as well (grandfathered) I typically just leave the 4G on and forget about WiFi.
My typical data usage per month is two maybe three gigabytes with moderate usage, but now that I'm on 4G it might increase some since I'll probably use Google Music more often.
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I get 25mbps to my home and pull 17-22 on the phone. You may have a bad antenna. Also, speed test isn't very accurate. Your "speed" is restricted to what the server you are pulling from can provide. Also, you may have a bad/slow router. If it is dated, I suggest upgrading.
So long as you are not using exponential amounts of data, like 8-10GB, they shouldn't throttle you, and they CAN'T just take it from you.
I don't have unlim because I just switched last week. But I have the double data 4GB plan. Really glad I have that and not 2 gig because I am using an average of 2-3x the data that I did each day on my Desire before I switched. LTE just causes you to use more lol.
I wish I had unlimited because I would watch a fair amount of netflix over 4G
BTW, I have a Linksys E1500 Router.
I agree. You may have a bad antenna, because my Wifi speeds are just fine. I get 30 down and 7 or so up, so there's no problem there. Here's something I've noticed though: My wifi won't stay connected while the phone is asleep. It always goes back onto 4g for some reason. This happening to anyone else?
The only time i get wifi is at Starbucks or the library... and both places are show as hell. No internet(or even tv) at home because i am rarely home. So that being the case, i absolutely never ever use wifi period.
As for data usage, let's just say it's enough that a few people here have labeled it "abuse".
Evo4gLI said:
I agree. You may have a bad antenna, because my Wifi speeds are just fine. I get 30 down and 7 or so up, so there's no problem there. Here's something I've noticed though: My wifi won't stay connected while the phone is asleep. It always goes back onto 4g for some reason. This happening to anyone else?
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It is a setting. The phone is set to go back to 3G/4G after 15 minutes of sleep by default. You can change that in Wifi Settings. You may have to hit the menu button and go to the "advanced" menu to change the setting.
con247 said:
It is a setting. The phone is set to go back to 3G/4G after 15 minutes of sleep by default. You can change that in Wifi Settings. You may have to hit the menu button and go to the "advanced" menu to change the setting.
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You are my hero.
AtLemacks said:
I get 25mbps to my home and pull 17-22 on the phone. You may have a bad antenna. Also, speed test isn't very accurate. Your "speed" is restricted to what the server you are pulling from can provide. Also, you may have a bad/slow router. If it is dated, I suggest upgrading.
So long as you are not using exponential amounts of data, like 8-10GB, they shouldn't throttle you, and they CAN'T just take it from you.
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I use 10-20 GB a month and they don't throttle. They only throttle top 5% of 3G users and only on crowded towers and peak times.
low WiFi speed usually means your router is using overused channel (channel that many of your neighbors are using). WiFi Analyzer is nice free app that will tell you which channel to use.
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That said, wifi is extremely slow. I have 20mbps cable at home and I only get 2 through my phone, even when standing right next to the router. My laptop connects to the same network and gets 10!? Why is the wifi on these phones so slow (same issue with tbolt)?
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Try changing the channel on your router.
AtLemacks said:
I get 25mbps to my home and pull 17-22 on the phone. You may have a bad antenna. Also, speed test isn't very accurate. Your "speed" is restricted to what the server you are pulling from can provide. Also, you may have a bad/slow router. If it is dated, I suggest upgrading.
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That's about what I get too. I don't think it is the antenna, I think its the channel and or the bandwidth / modulation settings on the router.
I noticed when I turned my data connection of my WiFi seemed faster. My home network is maybe 15-20mbps and I usually get 12mbps in speed test. If I have data on WiFi is slower.
4g even with one or two bars is about 6-
12 mbps but I loose signal in parts of my house.
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no problems for me, get wifi at 10-20mbps down and 5 up, and my home plan is 30/5 so that is good.
My wi-fi works as good as the data connections, no problems with wi-fi being slow. Use wi-fi 80% of the day and it is always fast.
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Almost always on LTE now. I don't see anywhere near the speeds others get. Usually around 5megs.
This month already I have used 4 gigs of data. the most I ahve ever used in 3g was 3.6. BTW, my billing cycle is only 5 days old
Gotta love netflix and Sons of Guns!!!
Chris
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Almost always on LTE now. I don't see anywhere near the speeds others get. Usually around 5megs.
This month already I have used 4 gigs of data. the most I ahve ever used in 3g was 3.6. BTW, my billing cycle is only 5 days old
Gotta love netflix and Sons of Guns!!!
Chris
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You might be in an extended coverage area, and like I stated above, SpeedTest is not accurate at all and completely dependent on the server you pull from. Try changing servers and I bet you see faster speeds.
a friend of mine said that verizon will throttle you above a certain data usage. So we decided to test the theory.
I setup an FTP from my home PC, and proceeded to DL , over 4g, my entire movie collection.
It was a little hard to do because the SD card (16gb one) kept getting full. I ended up with about 33GB of usage for that month. (This was using the droid charge a few months ago)
no overage fees, no throttling.
However I bet if i did that every month, i might see throttling.
If you lived in a high use location (like NYC) you might have gotten a warning.
con247 said:
It is a setting. The phone is set to go back to 3G/4G after 15 minutes of sleep by default. You can change that in Wifi Settings. You may have to hit the menu button and go to the "advanced" menu to change the setting.
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I checked this "advanced" setting just for the heck of it and saw a setting for "best connection" or something similar. It seems by default this is checked off cause it says it uses more battery. Once I turned this on I doubled my wifi speed so it seems like everything is now working correctly.
Thanks everyone for the posts and ideas! Great community here when we're not flaming each other about who "might" be coming out with root...lol
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