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[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Thanks for the update. If you were able to hit 1.97 Mb/s down then your market probably doesn't require this APN fix. Chances are that under certain conditions to certain servers you will exceed 2 MB/s at times. However your HSUPA

is

being limited for whatever reason. Most, if not all, custom ROMs have the hsupa line in build.prop already set to 6 or 7, which is all that's needed to obtain 1.3 Mb/s up. If your hsupa line looks good then your market isn't HSUPA enabled yet, or something else is going on. I've read of cases on this forum where people had to change to S-ON and reflash the stock RUU to get HSUPA working again, but I can't recommend this method officially because I've never had HSUPA stop working with correct APN/build.prop settings.

I've seen similar situations in the Tulsa market where download speeds can vary widely from minute to minute. So I wouldn't let the slowdowns worry you guys unless it becomes permanent over a long period of time. There are just too many variables with cell phones and data networks to get consistently high speeds all the time.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sinner6975:
Ok so if im running cleardroid the setting are the same as the ingersoll..just to confirm before i do this
[HTC Inspire 4G] tomar5e:
Ok so this post is for Aussies only on the Telstra NextG network...

I have been playing with different APN's that Telstra provides. By default i was told by telstra to use the APN telstra.internet. A bit of research later i came across a few others. Now i know the speed tests are not a guaranteed way of proving speeds but i had such a difference it was worth mentioning.

Using the Telstra.internet APN i was getting Max 0.9 MBs downloads and even worse Uploads. Changed the APN to Telstra.wap and bam, immmediately was getting 3.0 MBs down, which is quite amazing considering im in a small country town in the Pilbara and the server in Perth is over 1500 km's away.

Worth a shot anyways :-)

Also i read around that Telstra have an APN for Iphone users under Telstra.iph. Not sure why they do that but it did work but didnt improve my speeds.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajm786:
I have an issue.

I'm using CM7 and followed the instructions to add the medianet APN. I'm able to add it fine, but when I select the new APN, my phone momentarily loses net connection, the automatically switches back to the ATT APN.

Is this normal behavior?
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Negative, that is not normal, but I did come across your situation one time during my testing in CM7. Your phone has to stick on that MediaNet apn in order to achieve the full speeds.

When I came across your exact situation, this is what I found fixed the problem:

Add a 3rd APN with these settings (remember everything is case sensitive)

Name: Entitlement

APN: broadband

MCC: xxx (don't change)

MNC: xxx (don't change)

APN type: entitle

Everything else: <Not set>

Now you should be able to select the MediaNet APN and it will stick permanently.

A note to everyone else: don't add this 3rd APN unless you're having the exact problem ajm786 is. The 3rd APN is not needed to achieve full speeds, trust me.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajm786:
Thanks for posting this. I will continue testing to see if it indeed fixes the problem.

So with this fix, the MediaNet APN will stick and not go to the Entitlement APN?

How do you find out these things? :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Yes that is correct. At least that was my experience.

In this thread's infancy I did a crap load of testing. :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajm786:
I'm pleased to report that it did indeed fix the issue. MediaNet APN stays selected throughout. And inputting the info according to the OP netted me averages of double speeds in general, both upload and download. I can actually browse at work on my phone without needing a computer. :) Downside, it's the beginning of the month, and I already used 800MB of bandwidth. :eek: :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Glad to hear of your success! Thanks for letting us know.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ladiesgod:
THANK YOU! My phone was getting HORRIBLE speeds until I tried this. My speeds multiplied by 4. No exaggeration. I'm using CM7.02!

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[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
I flashed cm7 nightly 61 and at the end it has apn protocol. And the options are IPv4,IPv6, and IPv4/IPv6... what do I select?
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Good news, thanks for the report.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Looks like you're treading into new ground. That must be a new option in nightly 61. IPv4 or IPv4/IPv6 should work, but I haven't tested these new protocol settings. Feel free to experiment and let us know. It shouldn't hurt anything to just try out the different settings.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Savok:
On CM7 daily #62, when selecting the MediaNet APN I loose connection, ATT APN works great though. Is the MediaNet APN even needed anymore?
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
I haven't tested these APNs yet on the new GB 2.3.4 based ROMs, which CM7 is using starting with build 61. I've updated the OP to reflect this. In the nightly thread many people are complaining of losing MMS with the stock APN on nightly 61 and newer. So there are definitely issues that need to be worked out.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Savok:
MediaNet is a way to receive MMS without a data connection or am I misunderstanding this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Select IPv4/IPv6, after much trial and error this is how I got MMS working.

JUST AN FYI...Applying this APN fix on nightly 62 causes the phone to force close uncontrollably upon reboot so proceed with caution. If you're tempted to try plaese do a nandroid first. I tested it twice, force closed both times.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Thank you for that info. I will put a more prominent warning into the OP for nightly 61 and later, to be safe.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Savok:
I have CM7 #62 with these settings and I can send mms but cannot receive them (download fails). I don't get and FC's with it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
I don't think that is correct. You need a data connection to receive MMS. The MediaNet APN is what's needed to improve speeds in many custom ROMs in some markets.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Thanks for that info.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Strange, happened twice for me. All of my issues were fixed with a full wipe. I'm considering doing a nandroid and retrying. I broke my own rule today, never report a problem unless you try a full wipe first.

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
The Water's Just Fine...

Henry my man, you're good to go. The error was in the user (me) sort of, on nightly 62 a full wipe fixed everything (which I recommend).

Added the new APN, no FC and MMS works fine, left IPv4 alone.

So again, working fine on 62. Sorry for the confusion guys, next time I'll follow my own rule. FULL WIPE FIRST :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] sm753:
MMS Port

Recently flashed new ROM. By adding the 2nd APN I saw a vast improvement in data speeds again.

I should also note - I was having problems sending MMS with the settings in the OP so I went back into network settings and reverted all my APN settings back to default, then added the 2nd APN again and I was able to send MMS again. The only change between the default APN and what the OP specifies that I could see was that I was UNABLE to send MMS with the MMS port set as 80. I changed MMS port back to 8080 and it works fine now. Hope that helps somebody out there.

And thanks again to the OP. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
What rom?

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[HTC Inspire 4G] trilljester:
Confirmed that the 2 APNs in the OP are working nice and fast for Android Revolution 5.1.3! Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
I was just about to comment on your last edit but I see you got it working. Good deal.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
What ROM are you using?
[HTC Inspire 4G] trilljester:
Yeah, I mis-read your OP regarding having a single unlocked APN, which I indeed had with AR 5.1.3. So after adding the second APN and using that, I'm able to switch from wi-fi to mobile network very fast.

I've never had a speed issue, mainly due to the build.prop editing I've done, but that switching issue was huge. I missed calls because my phone couldn't switch to the network fast enough.
[HTC Inspire 4G] edgie168:
Everything works for me.

Started off by flashing the new AT&T updated rom by attn1, then flashed CM7 #62 over it.

MMS works, no FCs, speed is great, etc etc etc.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Confirmed working on 7.0.3. All is well here.

Sent from my CM7 GTablet
[HTC Inspire 4G] knuckleheadAj3:
Just a quick little update:

Put in the second APN on Symonc's MIUI Rom and it boosted me from 1.2Mb -1.6Mb / .8Mb - .9Mb to 2.5Mb - 3.2Mb / 1 MB - 1.1Mb.

In the San Francisco / Bay Area market with the recent radio update...

Good Work mate...

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[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Good news, thanks for letting us know.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Khalsa4G:
build.prop

question, with the updating of the APN does it matter what the build.prop settings are?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Khalsa4G:
Also a question on this portion:

Do we select MediaNet (wap.cingular) or MediaNet2 (Phone)?

Sorry for the noobness.

Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
APN settings and build.prop settings are independent of each other, however there might be some build.prop settings that will enhance your speeds further. Check out this thread for those .prop settings.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
No worries. From my guide:

Now you need to select the little round button for the new APN that you created.

So this means you will be selecting the MediaNet2/Phone apn. I edited the OP to make this a little more clear.

New text:

Now you need to select the little round button for the new APN (MediaNet2/Phone) that you created.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Khalsa4G:
Thank you!

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[HTC Inspire 4G] buradd:
hey OP remember me?

i ended up getting my ANR account properly provisioned, and naturally the 2nd APN for my CM7 rom started working rather than halting data all together.

data speeds remained the same; 3.5mbps down, 1.3mbps up (i was just curiously trying to hit 5mbps+ down like in my previous post)

i know we went over the whole 'if your speeds were fine you probably dont need to worry about this thread' but i figured for the sake of research and development i would inform you of my experiences..

im going to keep these apn settings though just because its how the phone was suppposed to be set up, even though i dont notice any speed difference in removing the medianet apn
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Thanks for the update. If you don't notice any speed difference after removing the medianet apn then your market seems to not benefit from it. Funny how some markets need it and some don't. If I remove the 2nd APN from any custom ROM I'm running, my speeds plummet big time.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kmalinich:
I have an ANR account too and I switched from a nexus one to the inspire and I didn't have anyone reprovision it and i had this same issue... thanks for the post

(on another note - the ANR plan rocks - $33 for pretty much all you can eat! :D)
[HTC Inspire 4G] buradd:
tell me about it!!!

i am at $40 for all you can eat because i added insurance and roadside assistance :)

still cant beat that, not even on the boost mobile prepaid with 2 years of on time payments
[HTC Inspire 4G] knuckleheadAj3:
(Yes, my ANR rocks too. Now stop making everyone else jealous folks....)

Back on the ranch.....

Anybody know if these APNS are working with the latest CM7??? I set up the ATT one like the OP said, but didn't slap in the MediaNet one in fear of force closes and all hell breaking loose....

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[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Works fine for me on nightly 78.
[HTC Inspire 4G] knuckleheadAj3:
+1

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[HTC Inspire 4G] knuckleheadAj3:
@henry

Wanna update the OP and state that these settings are working on 2.3.4 builds, at least with CM7 anyways?

Also, the question has arisen yet, but it might in the future, and add in the setting for APN Protocol, as the option of "<Not Set>" not being there might throw some people for a loop....

Just a suggestion.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Thanks for the suggestion, I will get the OP updated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathmonkeyGTX:
Has anybody else besides me and another user by the name of 'diablo...' encountered an issue where the Use 2G Networks Only switch will switch to EDGE but some seconds later it always switches back to HSDPA? It happens every time. I've tried wiping everything, different ROM's, different radios, rerooting, and flashing the same radio over and over again. I'm gloriously confused.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathmonkeyGTX:
I found out to fix the 2g toggle you go to settings,wireless and networks, mobile networks, and search fir network operators ajd manually select att. Its working like a charm
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2002wrex:
after reading pages 17-35, spending 4 hours messing with settings, and trying everything everyone suggested i give up. it wasn't until now that i realized these are the exact settings that my rom (inspired ace 1.0.1) already had installed. after first boot, i got the response "failure to connect to network incorrect APN" or something to that effect. with the most basic of APN setting required to connect to wap.cingular my speeds are like 180-400 D and 250-1100 U. i have never seen faster up speeds than down. I just updated to the 26.09.04.11_M2 radio today and matched RIL. will try flashing stock radio and report back.

if you notice my sig, i know a thing or two about manipulating APN's, that banner was pulled down on a T-Mobile branded T8585 HD2, grandfather to the Inspire.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2002wrex:
flashed stock radio, same thing, "connection failed due to incorrect APN setting"
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2002wrex:
jeez, turning into a post whore... anyways, screenshot of single APN with the basic wap.cingular settings and stock radio with matched RIL. you can see the differences. my question is are my numbers consistent with HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul?
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
That most recent test you ran looked ok (2.9 down / 800 up) but your market might not have the full H+ upgrade in place (people have been reporting up to 7-8Mb/s download speeds in fully upgraded areas). Since you're able to obtain those speeds using just the default APN then your market may not even need the 2nd APN. And since you've been having so many problems with Ace Inspired 1.01 I'll add it to the compatibility issues section of the OP.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2002wrex:
well i think it unfair to blame it on GTG's rom. I have questioned the little H+ ever since i got the phone, i have seen peak DL's of 3-4M, not consistent with "4G", but faster than my friends IP4. I think my main issue was with the latest radio.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
No one else has gotten the errors you mentioned, so I put a little blurb about in the OP, just as an FYI.
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
i'm using mdj's cm7 rom and i added the missing lines to the wap.cingular apn and created the media net apn but I can't make the media net apn the default. i can select it but the phone always reverts back to the other one. what's going on here?

update: ok, i read a little further back and the suggestion was to add the entitlement apn. that didn't work. what worked was reverting back to the original apn that came with mdj's cm7. this did not have the password, port, and server i think. then when i added the medianet, it would stay as the default.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
So you went back to the default APN config, then added the 2nd APN and it worked. Did you not start off with the default APN to begin with? Or are you saying the only way to get the 2nd APN to stick was to not fill in the missing settings in the 1st APN?
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
yes, i went back to the default apn and added the 2nd one and it worked. I did start off with the default apn but later on I realized that I had forgot to enter in certain values so I entered the missing values... that's when I realized I couldn't select the default apn.

for me, the 2nd apn will not stick unless I omit those other settings. this is odd because when I was running UD, i followed those directions as well but did not have this problem. I will say, UD and cm7 have slightly different apn settings. cm7 has the IPv4 one and UD doesn't. you must have the 2nd apn to get good speeds.

i didn't do enough testing on this rom to see what would happen if i just kept using the first apn as the default (with settings similar to the OP) but also had the 2nd one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
In my experience the 2nd APN must be selected to get the speed increases.
[HTC Inspire 4G] qbeezy:
Thanks for this. I say almost double in my speeds(stillwater, ok). Sometimes my speeds were only 1.9 to 2.5 mbps download. Now it is almost 4.5 mbps. I say pretty good for spotty service in Oklahoma.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sousabone3:
Sir, I Thank You.

Your suggestion definitely did the trick for me. I cant begin to tell you how pleased I am either. Thank you sooo sooo much dude. I was getting like 600 down & 400up all day long. I could pull 1Mb at like 4 in the morning but real world speeds were pathetic. No way i would get 1Mb mid-day. BUT NOW!! The worst ive pulled is like 1300down & 760up. Ive done at least 3 tests on about 10 different servers from servers halfway across the nation and consistently pull in 2x what I was getting. My location is half of my battle. Im in the area where the tornados just hit the south and the network hasnt fully recovered at all. According to ATT before the tornados even hit the tower closest to me was already degraded & Im sort of in a valley with a wall of trees around me. So to finally have 4 bars lit consistently and get these (actually normal) speeds I almost couldnt be happier. Obviously ATT hasnt fully upgraded the "4G" in my area, then ill be satisfied.

Anyways this works. I promise.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ihgmex90:
hi to all. i have a htc inspire working for t-mobile (unlocked) with the t-mobile's apn but never does 3g ( no icon and no fast speeds).could someone tell if at&t 3g bands are compatible with t-mobile?. thanks in advance
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Their 2G networks are compatible, but not their 3G. I've got a friend with a T-Mobile HTC something and he's got it working on AT&T but only on edge/2G.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Phoenix-Lead:
I can not believe how mych of a difference I got just switching out APN's. I never took the time to look into it. I am now getting a constant 3.5+ down and 1-1.5 up! That is not even with full signal!
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Glad to help. It is amazing how much difference it makes, in some markets anyway. Maybe you can implement this in your ROMs.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
Hopefully this doesn't sound stupid. And after reading most of this thread I haven't seen it discussed before. Is it possible that many can not use the APN's set up in OP because they are on the wrong plan? I know for fact that ATT now has separate 3G and 4G plans. Someone I know on another forum recently purchased 4 Inspires for his family. All 4 had identical APNs but 1 would not connect to the internet. Turns out that ATT had that phone on the 3G plan. After making the changes that phone now connects.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
That's an interesting point. These APN changes are for the Inspire (which is a 4G phone of course) and it is assumed that everyone with an Inspire is on a 4G data plan. I don't know if these APNs will work on an Inspire with a 3G data plan.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cyber_pete:
I looked around the thread, but didn't see anyone else with this issue. Using the second APN increases my speeds, but the stock mail application no longer is able to connect to Exchange. When I switch back to the stock APN Exchange works again. Can anyone think of a fix for this? Loving the speeds, but need Exchange for work unfortunately.
[HTC Inspire 4G] -Kevlar-:
noticed that too.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Sorry I'm on the XDA app and can't see signatures. What ROMs are you guys using? I've got 3 Exchange accounts (main job, consulting gig and m.google.com) and haven't ever seen this problem. No one else has ever complained of this either. Just wondering if we've got a new ROM version that's having this issue.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cyber_pete:
I am on CoreDroid 6.7. I am trying to troubleshoot but so far no luck. I can switch to Roadsync and it has no problems connecting, but the program is not very good. I also have issues with the standard app connecting on wifi so I wonder if that is related. Would love to get this figured out, the speed increase is really nice. Thanks for any help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
If you're having problems with the standard email app connecting on wifi, then the problem isn't likely to be related to the APN config (since the APNs aren't relevant to wifi).
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
i'm not sure what happened but i cannot select the medianet apn. i can create and edit both apns just fine but after i click the circle next to medianet, it always reverts back to the first apn.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
In your case, add a 3rd APN with these settings (everything is case-sensitive)

Name: Entitlement

APN: broadband

MCC: xxx (don't change)

MNC: xxx (don't change)

APN type: entitle

APN protocol (if applicable): IPv4

Everything else: <Not set>

Once you add this 3rd APN, when you select your medianet APN it should stick permanently.
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
I tried this already and it didn't work. i've been having bad data speeds all day and not being able to select this apn is the cause. this is odd because I didn't change anything to my rom and all of a sudden i have this issue.

Update: when i changed location i was able to make the second apn stick. Odd.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DiamondJay20:
so I did all the steps, was able to add the APN and edit the main one, and yet my SpeedTest results on CM7 are still much slower than on the rooted stock 1.84 update. Why is this? With the stock (rooted), I was downloading in the upper singles, lower doubles, and uploading above 1 every time. On CM7, even after doing the APN edit, my phone isn't as fast. Why? The fastest download speeds I've seen on SpeedTest are upper 4s with CM7 even tho the stock is HSPA+ enabled now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
I've never heard of anyone downloading above 10 Mbit, stock or otherwise. The theoretical max of the phone is only 14.4, and no one's been getting even close to that. Are you sure your numbers are correct? You weren't on wifi were you?

Two more things: make sure you've got the MediaNet APN selected, and don't judge your speeds over just a short time period. AT&T network speeds can vary widely throughout the day. Test to multiple servers, during multiple times of the day, from multiple locations before deciding.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DiamondJay20:
ok but what do I do if on MediaNet, the data connection often goes on and off? Can I just keep it on ATT? Could it be an issue with SpeedTest?
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
I haven't come across that issue before in CM7.

But let's start over from the beginning to see if your market even needs the APN fix in the first place. What are your speeds in CM7 with the default APN config?
[HTC Inspire 4G] DiamondJay20:
before I messed with the APN, I usually had mid 4s download and mid 1's upload, but sometimes <1 uploads, low 100s ping. Then when I used MediaNet the upload speeds slowed down, downloads slowed down a little. I went back to the ATT APN with the stats in the thread, but didn't delete the MediaNet. I'm in New York City. What settings can I have so it would be consistent and fast anywhere I go?