[Q] 3G Speeds on Epic 4G Extremely Slow?

Art2Fly · Jan 3, 2011

Well, ive had the Epic for about 2 months now. Got into the rooting scene and have been flashing all kinds of roms and hacks, but something has never changed for me. My 3G Speeds are about as fast as dial up... i cannot watch youtube without waiting half an hour for a 5 minute buffer, and barely can wifi tether because the connection is too damn slow. im getting about 194 kbps down and 98 kbps up, which is trash compared to what i used to get with ATT (1.2 mbps/800kbps). I am running on DK28, and have Epic Experience 2.0.0.5 installed EVEN WITH the viperROM data governor killer. Can someone please help me with this incredibly annoying issue?

othan1 · Jan 3, 2011

It's the phone. The Evo and the Moment both get better speeds on 3G than this phone.

It's disappointing.

Art2Fly · Jan 3, 2011

I am sorry, but i need a second opinion of this... I payed $530 for a phone that doesnt get 3g speeds?

BeerChameleon · Jan 3, 2011

Sorry to here that, however im on stock 2.1 eclair rooted, custom kernal and my 3g is fast and i get faster speed then your earlier att speeds, Even when i have poor 3g service it still blazing fast, right now im using it to wifi tether using mobile ap to stream music on my ipod touch and was downloading 6mb gba roms and got 4 of those downloaded in like 3 min total.

What rom are u running i have no issues with 1x/3g/4g

lviv73 · Jan 3, 2011

Man,i had constant 500-700kbps on Tmobile before lame ass sprint rep promised me 4G in one month of my Epic purcHase(October 11,2010),now im stuck with 70-200kbps(about 120kbps most of the time) and now that I bought the phone sprint reps dont know when 4G is coming to Biffalo,NY.My ATT 2G 3 years ago was faster the Sprint's 3G.
It used to take me 20min to download a movie on,tmobile now its like 2-4 hours.Man,i feel like walkin to Sprint and splittin that dude's head open for telling me all this.

lviv73 · Jan 3, 2011

I havet tried data governor killer yet,it improves speed?If so how much improvement would I see?

A_Flying_Fox · Jan 3, 2011

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lviv73 said:
Man,i had constant 500-700kbps on Tmobile before lame ass sprint rep promised me 4G in one month of my Epic purcHase(October 11,2010),now im stuck with 70-200kbps(about 120kbps most of the time) and now that I bought the phone sprint reps dont know when 4G is coming to Biffalo,NY.My ATT 2G 3 years ago was faster the Sprint's 3G.
It used to take me 20min to download a movie on,tmobile now its like 2-4 hours.Man,i feel like walkin to Sprint and splittin that dude's head open for telling me all this.

Man my hero had a hell of a lot more speed than the epic on 3g. My hero was 1.8mb d/l 1mb u/l

Epic is 150-250kb and 100kb for dl and ul

Not to mention,the ping is horrible. The epics ping is 150-200ms compared to my heros 50ish ping

On 4g the ping is still horible with 150-200ms, but I get 6mb dl and 1mb ul on average, sometimes I get 1MB/s download but the upload seems to be capped at 1mb/s

I think sprint gimped this phones speeds to ensure the evo was good and banwidth free

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BeerChameleon · Jan 3, 2011

Well what ive noticed is that AT&T 3g Speeds Crawl Everywhere i go compared to sprint, sprint has always been the most reliable and fastest for me. Ive been on my HTC touch.Touch pro 2 and My latest epic and always been fast data just slow phones. my epic has been blazzing fast on data compared to my friends iphone, my old phones and gross t-mobile

slybarman · Jan 3, 2011

I think it is the network. I get lousy 3g speeds in some places and excellent 3g speeds in others.

lviv73 · Jan 3, 2011

A_Flying_Fox said:
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Man my hero had a hell of a lot more speed than the epic on 3g. My hero was 1.8mb d/l 1mb u/l

Epic is 150-250kb and 100kb for dl and ul

Not to mention,the ping is horrible. The epics ping is 150-200ms compared to my heros 50ish ping

On 4g the ping is still horible with 150-200ms, but I get 6mb dl and 1mb ul on average, sometimes I get 1MB/s download but the upload seems to be capped at 1mb/s

I think sprint gimped this phones speeds to ensure the evo was good and banwidth free

Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Yeah,Sprint's ping and latency makes 200kbps seem like 50kbps.But still this is 2011 and not 2007,200kbps on 3G is a joke.
Plus I read that when Epic/Evo have their 4G turned on they lag so much that you have to reboot them 3-4 times a day.

Unknown Zone · Jan 3, 2011

It is the network, when I am at my GF house I get very poor 3g speed like 200k-maybe 400k every single time I am there no matter day it is. But when I go back to my house on the week/weekends which is about 150 to 200 miles away my 3g speeds are great 700k-1000k. So now I just expect poor 3g speed when I am at my GF house.

nikon120 · Jan 3, 2011

I'm envious of you "slow" speeds.

Using Speed Test, I'm lucky if I get 50kps regardless of signal. I've been thinking of bringing my phone in to be looked at, because I think that speed is BS for 3G.

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h2g2 · Jan 3, 2011

The problem is not inherent with the Epic. I get 1243kbps down and 514kbps up on mine. My only points of comparison are my Nexus One on T-Mobile (no longer working, number ported to my Epic) which got somewhere around 2500kbps down and 1000kbps up but that's on HSPDA so that's not really a fair comparison. My Verizon Blackberry 9650 gets similar speeds compared to my Epic in speed tests but obviously day to day internet activity is loads faster on the Epic due to the better OS and faster processor.

My first Epic was defective and, among other problems, it did exhibit low speed (in addition to device hangs, a broken accelerometer, etc) so definitely take it in to a Sprint store and ask about getting a replacement.

Art2Fly · Jan 4, 2011

So... Is there any solution to this? Seriously, how in the world does someone "video Chat" with the front facing camera over **** speed? Sprint needs to get their stuff together.... I, however, had my wife's hero and i did a speed test and she gets 800kbps down and 500 up.... in the same exact place where i tested my epic, and it even had the same amount of bars... 3

h2g2 · Jan 4, 2011

What's the signal strength (in dBm) of both the phones?

jesssiii · Jan 4, 2011

h2g2 said:
What's the signal strength (in dBm) of both the phones?

NOOB question: what's dBm and is the best number after the minus sign higher or lower? Right now I'm -85, but at times I've been at -105 or -45. Which of these numbers is best?

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anthromatt · Jan 4, 2011

jesssiii said:
NOOB question: what's dBm and is the best number after the minus sign higher or lower? Right now I'm -85, but at times I've been at -105 or -45. Which of these numbers is best?

HTC Incredible Froyo
UnrEVOked Forever S - off
LauncherPro Plus
Cyanogenmod 6.1 Inc
Invisiblek aosp #18 kernel
Baseband 2.15.00.11.19

-45 is great. Almost as though you are right under a tower. -105 is right before you might expect your signal to go away to nothing.

FWIW, I think it is the network. I get 100-200kbps in places and upwards of 1200kbps (download) in others.

A_Flying_Fox · Jan 4, 2011

lviv73 said:
Yeah,Sprint's ping and latency makes 200kbps seem like 50kbps.But still this is 2011 and not 2007,200kbps on 3G is a joke.
Plus I read that when Epic/Evo have their 4G turned on they lag so much that you have to reboot them 3-4 times a day.

Well no...not really lol. I keep my phone on 4g or wifi. I barely use 3g. I only put it on fr testing purposes lol

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nikon120 · Jan 4, 2011

h2g2 said:
What's the signal strength (in dBm) of both the phones?

Not sure if your question was even directed at me, as I too posted slowness issues, but my dBm is -76.

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lviv73 · Jan 4, 2011

A_Flying_Fox said:
Well no...not really lol. I keep my phone on 4g or wifi. I barely use 3g. I only put it on fr testing purposes lol

Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Is it true that Epic start lagin when on 4G is turned on?Another question what kinda speed are you gettin on 4G?
Thanx in advance.

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