YES!! The 3G hack by Motcher41 really freaking works! - blazing fast internet!

mykeyvee · May 3, 2012

Ok, so i tried this hack for the motorola photon 4g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466245

and it really freaking worked! Sprint has been so so terrible in our area for about a year now, and many complaints have done nothing. I used the hero, evo, evo 3d, evo again, now photon. the internet has always sucked. even with the evo 4G hack that somebody posted. so i did this process and my internet is crazy fast now! no need to look for wifi to upload or download a pic (or just internet in general).

ok so i followed the advice that i posted as a link, and the only problem was that there wasn't the line of code there that i was supposed to edit. so, i just simply added it in the "persist" section and BOOM!! internet was on fire!! these were my results:

Before...
Download Upload
614 175
200 211
218 243
203 323
282 134
228 168
486 487
77 128

which was typical "top end" speeds i would get if i was lucky during the daytime.

After reboot...(you have to wait about 4 or 5 minutes for the settings to completely settle, i had 8 speed tests that were very similar to the above, then i saw this and shat myself)
Download Upload
2394 633
2092 579
2467 616
1739 619
2522 465
1607 535
2010 567
1760 509
1310 671

now ALL my apps are working like lightning fast!!!

i am on motorola photon, cyanogenmod 7.2

--->>>>> by the way to get a free root explorer app to edit, i used es file explorer.

bricky23 · May 3, 2012

Are you on sprint or GSM? Which did you do 1 2 or 3?

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bullfrog527 · May 3, 2012

I think this is the same as what the motomizer app does, along with most unlocked roms already have these values. Nice find though for those that don't/didn't know

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rbeavers · May 3, 2012

Did work 400 to 800 meg down 8 to 40 up. Only strange thing is voices mail asked if I had a new phone? And did I want sms voices mail. Just did # one changed the 1 to 10.

Thanks.

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Update,

About two week after doing this, the mod was removed,
along with my custom boot screen.
I updated my PRL and Profile, but that's it.
Who Knows??

mykeyvee · May 3, 2012

I used mod #1.

bricky23 said:
Are you on sprint or GSM? Which did you do 1 2 or 3?

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I had problems the next day with it reverting to some other setting, so I deleted the build.prop.bak then re-edited the original and speeds came back. does anybody if this gonna keep happening? if so, how to keep it from doing that? also, any other 3g hacks are welcomed!

mykeyvee · May 4, 2012

3g speed hack

OK, so I had fast internet at first then it seemed to go back to very slow speeds, so I played around and set the number to 100 and then I went from about 100kb download to a 2500kb download. so far no problems! I'll report back if there are any issues.

criptix · May 5, 2012

mykeyvee said:
Ok, so i tried this hack for the motorola photon 4g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466245

and it really freaking worked! Sprint has been so so terrible in our area for about a year now, and many complaints have done nothing. I used the hero, evo, evo 3d, evo again, now photon. the internet has always sucked. even with the evo 4G hack that somebody posted. so i did this process and my internet is crazy fast now! no need to look for wifi to upload or download a pic (or just internet in general).

ok so i followed the advice that i posted as a link, and the only problem was that there wasn't the line of code there that i was supposed to edit. so, i just simply added it in the "persist" section and BOOM!! internet was on fire!! these were my results:

Before...
Download Upload
614 175
200 211
218 243
203 323
282 134
228 168
486 487
77 128

which was typical "top end" speeds i would get if i was lucky during the daytime.

After reboot...(you have to wait about 4 or 5 minutes for the settings to completely settle, i had 8 speed tests that were very similar to the above, then i saw this and shat myself)
Download Upload
2394 633
2092 579
2467 616
1739 619
2522 465
1607 535
2010 567
1760 509
1310 671

now ALL my apps are working like lightning fast!!!

i am on motorola photon, cyanogenmod 7.2

--->>>>> by the way to get a free root explorer app to edit, i used es file explorer.

Where do you live

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mykeyvee · May 5, 2012

I live in Minnesota close to the border of north Dakota. small town... :'(

valentinoh · May 5, 2012

mykeyvee said:
OK, so I had fast internet at first then it seemed to go back to very slow speeds, so I played around and set the number to 100 and then I went from about 100kb download to a 2500kb download. so far no problems! I'll report back if there are any issues.

1000 instead of 10???

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mykeyvee · May 5, 2012

valentinoh said:
1000 instead of 10???

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first I set it at 100, and I am now currently as of this moment experimenting with new numbers.I have put in "10-1000000" without the quotes of course. this is also very fast. just so you know, what ever I do it seems like I am maybe getting throttled. I'll get super fast speeds for about 5 minutes, and then my speeds drops. I'm continually experimenting to see what I can get for optimal speed. I have tried boolean expressions, also the "10 - 100" expressions. some of them have given me awesome internet speed. but it always seems to drop off, so I don't know if there is a setting in the phone that somehow reverts back to the old setting. whatever happens I'm going to still try different combinations to figure out a setting that will stick. I will post back if I find something that really kicks ass!

mykeyvee · May 5, 2012

I just tried many different combinations, right now I'm at "5-1000"and it seems fast and more consistent. just an update.

valentinoh · May 6, 2012

mykeyvee said:
I just tried many different combinations, right now I'm at "5-1000"and it seems fast and more consistent. just an update.

Nice... With it without quotes?

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mykeyvee · May 6, 2012

without quotes, I'm still getting variable speeds though. still testing.

MisterTedster · May 6, 2012

mykeyvee said:
I just tried many different combinations, right now I'm at "5-1000"and it seems fast and more consistent. just an update.

Thanks, tried this and it worked much better than any setting I've tried.

Dovigoldberger · May 7, 2012

Does this hack only work on stock or does it work on ics rom? Cause when I tried to add the line it says you don't have permission. My internet sucks and I need a hack asap.

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bullfrog527 · May 7, 2012

Dovigoldberger said:
Does this hack only work on stock or does it work on ics rom? Cause when I tried to add the line it says you don't have permission. My internet sucks and I need a hack asap.

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I think this tweak is already built into CM9. If you want, there is an app called Motomizer you can use just the 3g tweaks to do just about the same thing.

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mykeyvee · May 8, 2012

bullfrog527 said:
I think this tweak is already built into CM9. If you want, there is an app called Motomizer you can use just the 3g tweaks to do just about the same thing.

Sent from the back of a MoPhoKing AOKP Unicorn

thanks for the info, however I did try that already (motomizer) with my original build, and it slowed my internet speed to a crawl. I actually had to do a restore in order to get to normal again... weird.

mykeyvee · May 8, 2012

Dovigoldberger said:
Does this hack only work on stock or does it work on ics rom? Cause when I tried to add the line it says you don't have permission. My internet sucks and I need a hack asap.

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I'm not sure if it works on cm9/ics. I didn't try it when I was on that rom, but it's working for me right now and I'm on cm7.2 because I needed my video and netflix.

mykeyvee · May 8, 2012

Dovigoldberger said:
Does this hack only work on stock or does it work on ics rom? Cause when I tried to add the line it says you don't have permission. My internet sucks and I need a hack asap.

Sent from my MB855 using xda premium

did you try to set the permissions on that file when you were trying to change that? if the file is set to read only then you will have to change that in your file explorer I believe. just a thought.

moparfreak426 · May 14, 2012

does this work with stock romm, rooted, locked bootloader?! .and cdma. i’ve never even seen a SIM card in person. only pictures.... if so how do i do it?

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