Slow 3G Speed? Try this

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socos25

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Coming from the Epic 4G I remembered a little script Marcusant wrote awhile back that promised increased 3G speeds. I had forgotten about it, but always had it on my Epic, and didn't think much of it, or even knew if it really worked.

So I noticed my 3G speeds since getting my S3 have seemed slower, so I remembered that thread. Installed it and you can see my results in the picture. 1st three test without, last one with. I was pleasantly surprised. I have done several other tests since this screenshot with similar results. YMMV.

Please make sure to Thank Marcusant.

Thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346680
File: http://dev-host.org/3nzgolp0e54a/DataSpeedTest.zip

Edit: Pic only had one result after patch. Added link to actual file, it is on the 2nd page of the thread.
 

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milky1112

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Coming from the Epic 4G I remembered a little script Marcusant wrote awhile back that promised increased 3G speeds. I had forgotten about it, but always had it on my Epic, and didn't think much of it, or even knew if it really worked.

So I noticed my 3G speeds since getting my S3 have seemed slower, so I remembered that thread. Installed it and you can see my results in the picture. 1st three test without, last one with. I was pleasantly surprised. I have done several other tests since this screenshot with similar results. YMMV.

Please make sure to Thank Marcusant.

Thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346680
File: http://dev-host.org/3nzgolp0e54a/DataSpeedTest.zip

Edit: Pic only had one result after patch. Added link to actual file, it is on the 2nd page of the thread.

Socos had to dig REALLY deep for this one.. lol.. (yes i remember it to from my OG Epic days) lol.. Good one tho!
 

Phasma343

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I think it would be helpful to post which rom you are on with this.

On CM10 it killed my speed. Probably due to these sysctl settings being further adjusted to the phone in the CM codeline / device overlay.

IIRC these changes were added into CM7 during development on the Epic 4G. I will see if I can find the commit.
 

milky1112

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I think it would be helpful to post which rom you are on with this.

On CM10 it killed my speed. Probably due to these sysctl settings being further adjusted to the phone in the CM codeline / device overlay.

IIRC these changes were added into CM7 during development on the Epic 4G. I will see if I can find the commit.

I'm on The Peoples Rom. Running smooth as silk over here.
 

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    Coming from the Epic 4G I remembered a little script Marcusant wrote awhile back that promised increased 3G speeds. I had forgotten about it, but always had it on my Epic, and didn't think much of it, or even knew if it really worked.

    So I noticed my 3G speeds since getting my S3 have seemed slower, so I remembered that thread. Installed it and you can see my results in the picture. 1st three test without, last one with. I was pleasantly surprised. I have done several other tests since this screenshot with similar results. YMMV.

    Please make sure to Thank Marcusant.

    Thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346680
    File: http://dev-host.org/3nzgolp0e54a/DataSpeedTest.zip

    Edit: Pic only had one result after patch. Added link to actual file, it is on the 2nd page of the thread.
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    I'm just fine with my 30 mpbs down with LTE and unlimited data on Sprint.
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    Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

    No doubt. I'm in a little town north of Baltimore, MD out in the middle of nowhere and I have pretty good service. Calls never drop, 3g is consistent, and I just yesterday discovered that we have lte. I've been with Sprint since 2000. Started with Nextel and then wanted smart phones. I pay a lot less than friends on Verizon and t-mo and they get little to no signal in this lost little burg. My S3? I get 3 bars most time with more minutes than I could possibly use and unlimited everything else.
    I've said it before and I'll say it again. Some people just aren't happy with anything they have. My neighbor has t-mo and *****es all the time, neighbor on the other side *****es about Verizon, my sons ***** about Sprint (I pay all the bills so I don't know why they complain). No service is perfect and complaining on a forum where your provider will never see it doesn't make sense to me.
    I agree with y.g. I'm happy with the speeds I'm pulling in.

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    http://db.tt/AtbrwEM1 try this one


    Just another download link.. Above listed people get all the credit.

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    Like I said I don't remember it giving me much of a boost on my Epic, but I'm glad I found it again :)

    Agree. will be flashing it to the S3 here in a bit. Too lazy to boot into recovery now and do it LOL
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    I definitely got a decent speed increase after flashing the data file.. Double the speed
    I got the sg3 on black Friday, coming for the Evo with working 4g Wimax, this is painful. Thanks