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[HTC EVO 3D] buck1623:
OMG not a placebo.... did this method, used to get 400k down, now pullin 2mb down... 3g fixed? haha, just updated profile on my wifes evo shift, speeds increased too... really?
[HTC EVO 3D] -Apollo-:
It is definitely better at night. Last night was knocking down 2.5mbps on 3G. This morning a little over 1mbps. No complaints over here!
[HTC EVO 3D] saywhat4118:
Dude thank you so much man. My 3G speeds were driving me nuts, just couldn't believe i was getting 600 kbs down. But this helped me get 1600. Now it is two in the morning so I'll test this in the morning to see how much did this method helped but nevertheless I salute you.
[HTC EVO 3D] Vesnik:
Well I guess curiosity killed the cat on this one.

I went from low pings on closest server and about 700+kbps, did this and ran the speed test again immediately on same server, got over 900 pings and 70-100kbps.

lol?
[HTC EVO 3D] xenx:
I've seen my speeds go all over between 100kbps and 600kbps, with pings from 200-2000. Multiple tests from the same location over the span of a couple minutes, without any changes. You can't conclude anything from a simple before/after. You'll need more thorough testing to gauge any consistency.
[HTC EVO 3D] jfenton57:
For those happy with between 400 and 700 kbps...do you realize how pitifully slow those speeds are?????

My old BB Tour consistently got 1300-1700 where I can get 500 with my 3D if I am incredibly lucky.

Sometimes I can't even get a page to open.
[HTC EVO 3D] saywhat4118:
Its ridiculous but it is what it is. I love the phone though. Im sure couple of updates will fix the issue or one of our devs will find it. Now my 4G is working superb but 3G (where i mostly stay on) speeds are just sad.
[HTC EVO 3D] rockky:
Its been this way for a loooong time on Sprint...sigh.
[HTC EVO 3D] GaryJ51:
There's nothing wrong with anybodies phone. It's the network that sucks and has since the EVO became popular and data traffic on the Sprint network increased 7000%

Sprint needs to get of its ass and start upgrading the network to fulfill their implied performance expectations.

This issue is ripe for multi BILLION dollar class action that sooner or later a smart lawyer is going to realize.
[HTC EVO 3D] madsquabbles:
600Kb/s is w/in their lowest stated specs. so you really can't complain much if you get at least 600Kb/s.
[HTC EVO 3D] xenx:
The problem is I only tend to get higher than 600kbps, when I don't need it.
[HTC EVO 3D] ayman86:
didnt improve for me. same speeds, sometimes worse. then again im in a crappy area
[HTC EVO 3D] jason62082:
This happened to me as well. I was able to restore the higher speeds by changing my EVDO Preferred mode back to automatic. For some reason it got set to CDMA only after I followed the OPs steps.

To change the EVDO Preferred Mode:

1) ##DATA#

2) Select Edit Mode

3) Enter MSL

4) Select EVDO

5) Select Preferred Mode

6) Select Automatic

7) Press the menu key

8) Select Commit Changes

Your phone will reboot.

After I fixed the setting, my PINGs went back to normal, and my normal download speeds resumed.
[HTC EVO 3D] jfenton57:
Mine has always been on automatic so unfortunately it wasn't of benefit for me anyway.
[HTC EVO 3D] -Apollo-:
After performing the steps I posted, if you did it in the same order, preferred mode should be showing Automatic, not sure why yours is still showing CDMA.
[HTC EVO 3D] jason62082:
It's not still showing "CDMA Only" because I fixed it.

What I'm saying is that for whatever reason, after following your steps exactly, my particular device happened to be changed. This might have happened during the handsfree setup. Who knows why. I'm just posting these steps in case anyone else sees this problem.

Cheers,

Jason
[HTC EVO 3D] ldominguez1986:
I did this and it completely slowed my speeds to almost a halt. I went from getting like 500 to 50 and my ping is at like 1000.
[HTC EVO 3D] Lord Delmar:
From an engineering standpoint, the method described above in the OP does very little but force the network to 're-provision' the phone. While I can see this helping a bit if there is a software issue with the network drivers or perhaps a bug in how the phone was detected since the last time it was provisioned, overall it should do nothing.

However, inside the EPST, changing the mode to Automatic as opposed to CDMA only will most certainly have an effect. This effect depends greatly on which tower you are connected to, how far you are from them, network congestion, any attenuation, EM interference, etc...

You would WANT automatic normally, though strangely when I saw this post it made me wonder what mine was defaulted to. It was set to CDMA only which is odd in my opinion. Why limit the radio to a single band when it does nothing to benefit the customer, the network, or the customer experience.

Unless you REALLY know the towers in your area and their configuration, auto SHOULD be the best to allow your phone to choose the 'best' band for the tower you are currently using.

Though I should also point out, while it it usually a non-issue for our phones due to the way they buffer media, the Automatic setting has the potential to cause 'hard' handoffs between towers during a data session. This means that some bands might work well for some towers, but if you are using one of them and move to a tower that is full on that band or has it disabled for whatever reason, it will terminate the data session and switch to a more 'compatible' band for that tower. Basically means it will stop any streaming for a moment and then negotiate another connection. It sounds far worse than it really is because this happens all the time without most of us knowing, so its not like coming back from airplane mode. :)

Sorry, I rambled a bit much, but felt this needed clarification a bit, but also because I know of and have the highest respect for freeza and wanted to take a moment to help explain the 'placebo' effect a bit. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] tablo:
Speeds slowed significantly (500kbps -> 60kbps) after applying changes as instructed in OP. I've confirmed EVDO is set to automatic.

Any suggestions for the people that got slower speeds as a result?

EDIT - The setting for EVDO to automatic did not take so I committed changes again and I seem to be back at the normal speeds.
[HTC EVO 3D] green91:
My phone fails the hands free activation now .. and i cant make calls.

edit: dont try this over an air rave.
[HTC EVO 3D] johnequickiii:
I have a pretty annoying speck of dust under my screen as well. It's in the upper left corner, but now I know it's there... And, there seems to be dust or dirt collecting in the crease where the screen meets the case on the left side. I was able to use a piece of paper to get it out before, but now it doesn't seem to come out anymore. I'm not an overly dirty person either. lol

I know it's really not an issue like other more serious problems, it's just that for something I've only had for about 2 weeks now, I don't think it should have dust under the screen already, or at all, ever.

I'm a bit hesitant to exchange it though, hearing others horror stories about exchanges. Overall the phone seems to be doing what it was meant to. If I do exchange it though, I'd be getting another brand new one, right?
[HTC EVO 3D] atistang:
i did this

went from ~400kbs to ~600kbs

and from ~200 kbs to ~350kbs upload

EVDO is set to automatic

the real test will come on monday when i am at work, my 3g speeds have been about nothing there
[HTC EVO 3D] johnsmusicbox:
Yup, called Sprint a few days ago and told them I was an Android dev, they gave me my MSL, no problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] rxc777:
will try asap :D

EDIT: did not work still same problems with it im actually considering going back to an evo 4g
[HTC EVO 3D] cmdauria:
I would be so happy with these numbers!!! I typically get no more that 180 down. Needless to say, I am always on wifi when I get home!
[HTC EVO 3D] -Apollo-:
I was curious, with data working right I attempted this method again and I'm back to 130kbps down. Not good! I can see where you guys are coming from. Gonna try this silly process again and see what happens...keep you posted.
[HTC EVO 3D] rxc777:
keep me posted i want to know what you get on next try
[HTC EVO 3D] -Apollo-:
It changed preferred mode to CDMA this time. Changed to AUTOMATIC, committed to changes. Speed still wasn't that good. So I did the ##72786# thing again but without ##3282# this time. Now I am getting great speeds again, 790-1020kbps down. I don't know what to say guys, I was just sharing my findings and I surely don't want to mess you guys up. Should we close this thread down or delete? Please let me know what's the best thing to do.

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] Lord Delmar:
Thought I would share something I learned that I cannot explain. Please keep in mind, I know a great deal about the hardware in our phones, the technology used in wireless devices, radio bands, etc...

While messing with the EPST yesterday I did a minor mistake. I left my wifi radio on. This should NOT have any effect on any of the settings I changed (EVDO bands as discussed in here earlier as well as a few other 'cellular only' settings) and has zero bearing on even the hardware.

The phone went through handsfree activation, but the strange part is that it did not have the EVDO network icon on the taskbar. It is almost like it used the wifi radio to provision the phone. This does NOT make sense, as the network would not be able to securely identify the phone as valid.

Now, this is where the limits of my knowledge end because I can see where it would be possible to have the MEID and other information inside the software and it could be sent, but I was under the impression CDMA carriers still used hardware identifiers to provision phones and the phone had to use its unique 'key' when it attempted to attach to the network.

Over wifi, this would not be possible unless I am missing something or the painkiller is just making me think in circles. Anyway...

So I was out and about today and I wanted to find something on the android market. Found what I was looking for but I could not download it. As soon as I clicked download, it failed. Figuring something was stuck, I rebooted the phone. Same issue. Thought to myself, maybe the reboot isn't a reboot with fast boot enabled. So I disabled fast boot and rebooted. Nothing. Thought about it for a while and decided to pull the battery. Still nothing. Even verified I had internet by going to the browser and going to cnn.com, which worked fine.

So I got home and decided to turn on wifi to browse the internet for a moment. I remembered about the issue earlier and went to the android market. Downloaded what I wanted over wifi without a hitch. So I disabled wifi and went back to the market and tried to download something else, same issue. Went back and did it over wifi, and it worked fine.

Am I missing something here or does that sound REALLY weird? I even thought about it being a tower issue but it would have been a different tower while I was out as it was across town.

Going to keep fiddling with things for the time being. If I find anything else out, I will post here.
[HTC EVO 3D] failedangrmgmt:
did as the OP instructed, no change that i could tell. got my msl from sprint chat, so that was a plus...they dont want a bad survey following the end of your chat...they will try and tell you they cant, i said i was able to get it that way for my evo 4g
[HTC EVO 3D] blacksuntzu:
Ok...you may have saved this phone going back to Sprint. My first three tests before were:

Download:488kbps, 732, 435 / Upload: 185, 295, 429

After this within 10 minutes

Download: 968, 1009, 889, 1313 / Upload: 357, 271, 350, 260

This all while sitting at my desk.

Thanks for this.....really helped.
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
So Im looking to try something out new. So do you recommend not doing the second part the ##3282#??? Also does this require a reboot?? Thanks

Locked & Loaded
[HTC EVO 3D] OgremustCrush:
My phone got mad show speeds after doing the steps in the op. Went from .5/.5 to about .12 both ways with nearly 1s ping. Redid the first step only and that seemed to restore the speeds I had before.
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
Where do I change the EV-DO to CDMA or something? I just want to see the options.
[HTC EVO 3D] eman3316@optonline.net:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15472696&postcount=62
[HTC EVO 3D] -Apollo-:
I messed with this yesterday for a long time. Sometimes it would work, other times not, and also in different order, makes no sense! I will say is make sure preferred mode is showing automatic. I have always been able to get it back to normal, just maybe not on first attempt and maybe in a different order! Frustrating as hell we have to do stupid crap like this! If it fails keep trying and when you hit the sweet spot, so to speak, LEAVE IT ALONE, lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] Sim-X:
Didn't help anything for me, but I usually get ok 3G speeds where I am but today seems pretty crappy before and after doing this.

I noticed my MMS Server URL is blank, I'm not sure if this was blank before or not. My RTSP/HTTP Settings I zerod out but is MMS Server URL suppose to be blank by default?

Mine got set to CDMA only, I changed it to automatic. I'm not sure what the default setting was. Can someone check there MMS Server URL? I don't want my MMS screwed up and not sure if when I did this it cleared it out.
[HTC EVO 3D] Sim-X:
I tested my MMS seems to work just fine but the server url is still blank so I'm not sure if this is the correct default setting. I never changed the server url so by doing this data reset, I'm not sure if it wiped it out or not. I checked my evo and it has a server url listed by default.
[HTC EVO 3D] ycats:
I was on the phone w/tech support yesterday about the slow 3G speeds, we did a number of things.......speed test was always slow........she did an E-ticket, said to go to Sprint store and have them check the antennae on the device.
[HTC EVO 3D] shad0w77:
i have to do this everytime sprint "finishes" maintainence on the towers in my area... but I have gotten over $200 towards my bill from finding outages, documenting them, and calling back once the ticket is resolved...
[HTC EVO 3D] friedCELLS:
I think a lot of people need to return their phones. I got a 3D about 7 days ago and had nothing but problems. Battery draining super fast, camera freezing up, apps that were moved to SD were disappearing on the home screen, 4g was not working, and the worst part was that I could only get a max of 150 kbps on 3g using speedtest! More often around 100 or less kbps. Unusable! Would take 5 minutes just to download a simple app. After 3 trips to Sprint store, several "updates", several hard resets, tricks from xda forum, and a few calls and comparing side by side with an Epic 4g that was getting 1500 kbps on the same network in the same spot on 3g while I got 100 kbps, I had enough of people not knowing what was going on with my phone and I brought it back to RadioShack and exchanged for another Evo 3d. Problem solved! 3g is at 1000-1500 kbps now. 4g is at over 10000 kbps most of the time. Apps don't disappear. My battery is crazy good! On the phone I returned, I would get max of 8 hours and that is with it sitting in my pocket at work, never being used and all battery saving ideas in place. I sit here now after 8 hours with 60% battery left. And I showed people 3D youtube videos, listened to Pandora for an hour, had a couple phone calls, lot of texting, web surfing. Returned Evo 3D: Dead in 8 hours w/ no use. Often dead in 4 hours with normal use. New one: 60% battery after 8 hours of fairly heavy use. Awesome! I think there is a big batch of botched Evo 3d's out there. Just changing mine even with all the same apps installed, it made a world of difference. If you are still within your 14 or 30 days (not sure how long you have) and your Evo is sucking, exchange it. Show them how bad it is. Hopefully you get one of the good ones. Good luck. But I really think a lot of people are assuming that Sprint network is bogged down, or that the phone sucks and they need to do all this stuff to fix it. If you get crappy data speeds, put it next to another Sprint phone and check the difference. You may just have one of the many screwed up Evo 3D's. Try a new one.
[HTC EVO 3D] xanadu1979:
Does this do the same thing as calling customer service and having them re-provision the phone?
[HTC EVO 3D] ninja984:
I think its the samething since all it seems like its doing is the handsfree activation again. I tried this and my speeds are the same.
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
My speeds are pretty good for 3g no 4g in my area sucks but love the phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] -Apollo-:
It takes a little more than that...did my friends phone last night. Started at 125kbps d/l and Sprint Nascar and Sprint NFL would not open, says to put into airplane mode to reset data, which does not work. So I re-provisioned using ##72786#, did the data reset ##3282#, updated profile...speeds still stink, but NASCAR and NFL now open. So I go back in and change preferred from cdma to automatic, commit to changes. After reboot update profile again and I'm back in business 700-1300kpbs d/l during peak hours! Bottom line...most of these are not setting up on network correctly, but eventually you can get it to set up right. If you have bad speeds on your OG EVO than you're just in a bad area and this won't help you out. If you know you are in a good area and you can't get it to work KEEP TRYING...IT WILL WORK!
[HTC EVO 3D] ninja984:
Its been I while since I had the Og Evo but I remember it being faster than what I have now. Right now it pretty much fluctuates from 300 - 800 and 2 bars for 4G but I remember the og was higher and 4g was full bars in my house. Maybe they downgraded my area.
[HTC EVO 3D] eman3316@optonline.net:
I think changing CDMA to automatic has shown the best increase in speed so far.....
[HTC EVO 3D] zander145:
Anybody know if this would fix "SMS radio interference problems?
[HTC EVO 3D] green91:
I am really starting to feel like its a network issue -- i get 1.1-1.6mbps when using a verizon PRL. When i change back to sprint PRL i get 100-150k.
[HTC EVO 3D] cody_cummins:
From what i seen keeping the phone in cdma only keeps it in 1x and does not allow it to go into 3g, i tested this yesterday and everytime i checked it with open signal it was saying i was on 1x, after changing it to automatic then the phone would go into evdo a which is 3g, it may take a few attempts but u will eventually get the phone to set up right on the network, and have normal speeds again!
[HTC EVO 3D] guyandhisdog:
+1 I'm getting that alot also

...nice upgrade from hero
[HTC EVO 3D] MedicWill:
Worked great!!

Thank you
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
I don't know if I should data reset but no matter where I go in NYC, my 4G download is awful. I'm talking 0.56(not even near 1mb). My upload is fine @ 1.35mb and my 3G speeds are the same as my OG EvO @ 800+kbps down/up.

So do you think I should even try this or are there just sh***y 4G speeds in my area lately? This is happening in Manhattan, Bronx, Mt.Vernon & Yonkers.

P.S. I have not done any OTA
[HTC EVO 3D] ninoriff:
Your WiMAX MAC is not provisioned correctly, contact Sprint to have them unload the MAC from CLEARs AAA Database and then reassign it to the MVNO, usually happens to CLEAR customers that are on the Management Program for usage, but can be related to anything... an AAA Provisioning should do the trick if this is happening everywhere you go..
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
Thank you sir. This seemed to have worked. Where I am I only have 1 bar of 4G but I managed to hit 1.56mb down. I'll test more later :)
[HTC EVO 3D] -Apollo-:
Good call!
[HTC EVO 3D] darinf:
Slower speeds now!

Iwas able to do it, but now my speeds are slower!

Using Speedtest.net:

Before:

720kbps down and 233kbps up

After:

275kbps down and 69kbps up

Same server both times first test done just before reset, 2nd test done just after reset.

How do I go back!!!

-Darin
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
So since doing this my 3G has went to sh!t but 4G got a lil better. My 3G in 3 separate areas in NY are giving the same results...about 126kb down & up. 4G Bronx/Manhattan gave me 2.56mb down. I'm on the phone with Sprint and they're telling me that The Bronx, Long Island, Yonkers & Edgewater, NJ are having data issues right now and hoping to fix the problem this week...they're waiting on parts :rolleyes:
[HTC EVO 3D] Lejjvi:
I called the sprint customer service and they told me that they didn't give out the MSL code. He then asked me what I wanted it for and I said I was experiencing slow 3G speeds and that I wanted to perform a Date reset. He then told me that he could do that for me and that I should power off my phone and take the battery out for 2 minutes and then power it on and update profile.

This just happened and I took the battery out just now. I'm waiting to see if I get better speeds.

Wonder why some people get their MSL code and not me...

EDIT: Nope, I still get ****ty 15kb/s
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
Maybe you shouldn't have asked them for the MSL. Just say you're getting terrible speeds, that you've tested with SpeedTest. Tell them you went to a Sprint store and they told you to call Sprint and ask about provisioning your phone. They should then walk you through the steps to do a data reset. When the part comes up and it asks for a password, that password they give u will be the MSL(write it down). You've got to play dumb to get anywhere sometimes lol ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] Lejjvi:
Hmm... I might try that tomorrow. I'm paying 90 bucks a month, just give me the damn MSL already... Gosh, I miss the Swedish companies. For 40 dollars a month you have amazing speeds and a always reception... Too bad the country itself is useless.... got off-topic lol
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
LoL Are you temp-rooted? If so, then just download MSL Reader from the market. That's how I got mine. With these double-click .bat scripts out, you should try it. If you don't want to be rooted then just restart your phone :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Lejjvi:
I'm actually very new to XDA and I have never rooted my phone. If I temp-root it and get the MSL, will one restart put everything back to as it was... in other words, stock?
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
Yes sir. One restart and it breaks root. The rooted apps will be there and won't work anymore. You can just uninstall them. If you choose to re-root after doing the data reset, there is a redo.bat to get root back.

*EDIT* Here is the one I followed. Very simple. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158400
[HTC EVO 3D] Lejjvi:
Thanks for the help guys. One question, under development section there are so many root threads. Which root should I download?

EDIT: Also, will I be able to do this with mac? I read a guide under the dev section and it had cdma workshop files under windows.
[HTC EVO 3D] lopezpm:
This didn't work for me. It actually got slower and then it got back to the speeds I was getting before the reset.
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
For any of you getting slower speeds after the reset....

##3282# again and check your EVDO to see if it's set to CDMA. If it is, then edit and change to automatic. Hit menu and commit changes. The phone will reboot and once you're back up and running, update profile.
[HTC EVO 3D] theycallmebrown:
so i did it and im atill getting 129kbs down, my upload is above 300 though... wtf. i want fast internet! i live in tempe, az

anyone else here not seeing the increase?
[HTC EVO 3D] sohungry:
Wow, thanks OP, my speeds are blazing fast now! I went from 250 kbps to like 1250kpbs, as registered by Speed test, anyway. Thanks a bunch OP :D