[Q] Note 3 Slow Wifi Speed (SM-N9005)

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vick1982

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Hi cant seem to get higher than 25Mbit on my note 3 wifi speed... i have tried 3 routers already and i just purchased a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 router.

I can get 130Mbit on my dell xps 15 using wireless N.... my Note is connected by AC and still only getting about 25Mbit

It shows connected at 466Mbit on the wifi menu of the note 3 ... obviously not right

very frustrating ... any ideas what i can do ?
 

ixon2001

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try testing the speed not on the closest server to you, but one that a good few miles say about 25 to 30.
 

donvito62

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ihave just seen apost about that.the guy told us to go to settings-location-mode change it to High Accuracy instead of power saving.try it :)

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vick1982

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ihave just seen apost about that.the guy told us to go to settings-location-mode change it to High Accuracy instead of power saving.try it :)

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Hi... how do i access location mode on the note 3 ? im on original 4.3 still.. no root or custom rom
 

vick1982

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transferring file///:good:

25Mbit because your note 3 sd card write speed maxium is around 25Mbit..

the bottleneck is on the speed of sd card.

not the network speed

my poor english..

Hi. My as card write speed is not the bottle neck. My sd write speed is 27MB/s which is 216Mbit. Plus my read speed is even a lot higher so it won't affect upload either
 

vick1982

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eatualive

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Hi my note 3 is also acting weird when connected to wifi.
I get a solid 12Mb down x 900k up on my Dsl circuit, but when my phone is connected to the wifi it really struggles to load web pages or download updates from the play store, when I run a speed test it reports back as 1.8Mb down x 900k up, but if I run the same test with my laptop or iPad etc it's always spot on!
If I restart the note 3, it solves the issue for a little while but then goes back to being a bit rubbish, like the wifi goes to low power?
I've checked all the settings on the phone and it all looks ok.
I work for an ISP on the technical side so I know my router is not an issue, seems to be a bug in kit kat maybe?
 

vick1982

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Did you ensure that your file size is above 500MB?

And that a question about your router, have you enable qss function or not?

And which app have you used to transfer the file.

Yes I have tried from 100mb file size to 3 gig(but I don't see what difference that makes). I have used the app wifi speed test and also ES File explorer to test copying files from network share.

I am getting 130Mbit fine when transferring files with my wireless n laptop. Note 3 is supposed to be AC. It says it's connected at 400Mbit but not able to send or receive faster than 25-30 Mbit

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chingchiu169

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Yes I have tried from 100mb file size to 3 gig(but I don't see what difference that makes). I have used the app wifi speed test and also ES File explorer to test copying files from network share.

I am getting 130Mbit fine when transferring files with my wireless n laptop. Note 3 is supposed to be AC. It says it's connected at 400Mbit but not able to send or receive faster than 25-30 Mbit

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Actually around 25-30Mbit is a pratical speed of 801g, have you check the wifi speed in wif setting?

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vick1982

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Actually around 25-30Mbit is a pratical speed of 801g, have you check the wifi speed in wif setting?

Screenshot2014-03-20-16-31-49.png

Hi... i appreciate your trying to help... but as i have said above i am using 5Ghz wireless AC router. Netgear Nighthawk R7000. This is one of the fastest consumer routers out.

there is definitely a problem with my note 3 wifi speed... 25-30Mbit is ridiculous... the phone is saying its connected at 433Mbit .. i am uisng AC.

My old laptop which is using only wireless N is able to transfer at 130Mbit (i have tested this)... and i have tried using N with the phone also and only getting 20-25 Mbit with wireless N.
 

vick1982

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Hi... i appreciate your trying to help... but as i have said above i am using 5Ghz wireless AC router. Netgear Nighthawk R7000. This is one of the fastest consumer routers out.

there is definitely a problem with my note 3 wifi speed... 25-30Mbit is ridiculous... the phone is saying its connected at 433Mbit .. i am uisng AC.

My old laptop which is using only wireless N is able to transfer at 130Mbit (i have tested this)... and i have tried using N with the phone also and only getting 20-25 Mbit with wireless N.

I have attached picture of my phone wifi... as you can see it says 433Mbit... but can only transfer at 25-30Mbit...

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vick1982

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i guess no other suggestions... i must have a dud radio or something.. really annoying as sometimes i like to copy and upload videos to my home server using wireless .. but its too slow.
 

vick1982

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i guess no other suggestions... i must have a dud radio or something.. really annoying as sometimes i like to copy and upload videos to my home server using wireless .. but its too slow.

from all the reading i have done on this i think its not an issue with the note 3 wifi.. but with android samba (SMB) being very very crap

I did a test with ftp with note 3 and managed to get about 100Mbit (12 MB/sec) speed... still slower than i would like with AC and my router as my N laptop still faster .... but still 4 times faster than SMB with android