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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] lawalty:
I found out that sometimes the internet as a whole delays itself. Yeah, I think I might have heard it from Al Gore, since he's the one that invented it. He said something like it needs to breath to understand the queries from all the hundreds of devices hooking in, or something like that.

In other words, don't worry about it. Those "internets" act kind of funny at times. I'm glad we have people like Al Gore, and also Mr. President Obama running things to keep them running smoothly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PMG 705:
I have experienced this as well.. What works for me is to toggle the wireless on and off.. Works real fast right after.

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Galaxy S2 on TapaTalk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pyraxiate:
2.3.6 + new sim here

Happens to me also. I usually just hit refresh and it works fine again. Its happened to me across several ROM's so I'm thinking its an issue with either the stock rom (as most custom roms are based off of it ) or our phones. Either way, Samsung should fix it. Hopefully when ICS is released, it will be fixed.

Oh and it happens on both wifi and 4g here. I have Fiber Optic internet here at around 50 Mbps up and down with about 18 ms latencies to California from Maryland, so I KNOW its not isp related.

Sent by my SGH-T989 from the Darkside ©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1ForFun:
Oh and its not the new SIM. I have an old SIM. I can't do WIFI calling because of it and I still get EXTREMELY high ping times when I speedtest on 4g. I will get over 2000Kb/s but will have a ping of 700-800 MS. That just does not seem right to me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
This has got to be a software issue, and hopefully it is fixed with an update SOON. Very annoying, it happens to me basically every other time I try to do something on my phone that requires data.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII White Edition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Longcat14:
I'm starting to think that it could be the modem software itself... I'm running the T-Mo modem now, and I'll test it out during the day, and tell you if it does the same thing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
It only happens on 3G/4G. If you switch to GSM only (2g) it doesn't happen.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII White Edition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chirojunkie:
I have thesame problemon 2g it works fine. For me it didn't start till I installed the oddball update from tmo for 2.6.5 before that the phone worked great. I turn off and on the data and it takes care of it usually. Anyone find anything else that works?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xile6:
I think its a network problem on this phone. I had this phone for a few days now and hant had that problem. Now my old g2x would do it all the time.

Also if power save is on it will cause delays
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
This has got to be software related. For how big of an annoyance this is, I'm surprised it's not getting more attention.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII White Edition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsammons:
I thought is was my imagination. :-)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] N45H:
Did you test only in one location or did you test somewhere else?

Maybe in a location where there is stable H+ (3.5G).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsammons:
We live in a rural area and just recently got 3g/4g. It has been very laggy and slow, and I sometimes switch to edge when it gets too bad. In this area the edge is latent but more consistent. This is not the case everywhere however. When we got to a better area, the phone is great on 4g. I know that this is the problem around here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ymcmbforever:
I think its the network but im moving to att anyway in a few days il report if i have the same issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
It's definitely not the network, it happens everywhere I go, and I have a strong signal when it is working.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII White Edition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
Ya that's cause edge is so slow how could you even tell the difference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
No, that's not why. When it happens, the upload and download arrows stay gray. And that doesn't happen at all when only using 2g.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII White Edition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sablemonster:
I've been having this same problem. It was driving me crazy. I thought it was something I installed at first . I finally put a Tasker widget on my homescreen to toggle packet data off and on, that usually works. For me, the upload arrow is usually lit. Traffic manager shows System as the top data user. I thought it might have something to do with Carrier IQ. At least I know its not just me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Yeah it's driving me crazy! I just can't believe it's not driving more people crazy, especially someone who has the "know how" to figure out the cause.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII White Edition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sanchdaniel:
hello,

just reporting in since it seems like my girlfirend's phone has the same problem. wifi is blazing fast. once the phone is switched to data only, the ping fluctuates a lot and its ususally really high. download speeds never go above 200 kbps, even though the phone is saying its using 4G.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TLJester:
Its driving me crazy too!

exact same issue where upload lights up, but now download.

Have to reset APN.

I am now getting phone screen not turning on (its working, just no screen). Not sure if its related or not. Have to hard reset (power + volume up?)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
We have 5 GSIIs on a family plan and every one of them does it. I wish this issue would get more attention. I would look into it myself, but I have ZERO knowledge in this area.

I have narrowed it down to being a problem with the phone (don't know if it's hardware or software) and it's only a problem on 3g and 4g (doesn't happen when you set the network to GSM only).. That's as far as I can get :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cbrvnm:
I had the same issue when I upgraded to the Sim that came with the phone. Kept getting time outs, network errors, and it completely frustrated me. I called Tmobile and talked to technical department, had me run some tests and apparently my speed was low. Anyways, got a trouble ticket and haven't heard back. So I decided to go to store and have them give me another Sim and so far so good. I saw an improvement as compared to before. U might want to try switching out the Sim for another and see how that works. I'm running stock ROM. Hope this helps someone out.

Sent from my iCrap killer
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackholez:
Same issue here... maybe it will be fixed in ics? Whenever that is
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vdub804:
I had this same problem I fixed it by changing my network to wcdma only
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chirojunkie:
Mine does it still on wcdma only but not as often.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Yo I wish I had 2.6.5 , what is that? Unknown Cookie? Is it smooth? Were you get it from? Ha man, just kidding, just FYI, its 2.3.6.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chronos7:
Mine does the same thing... I've had this phone for 3 weeks and it seemed to start when I switched sim cards but I'm not sure... I'm gonna get a new sim card and report back...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ingenious247:
I was experiencing this issue intermittently for months and did some research on the net - to no avail

One thing I did notice was someone had said they replaced their SIM card and it helped them.. so I went into T-Mobile today to do just that, and you know what I found out?

You need to enable data roaming. The T-Mobile rep was actually really knowledgeable (which is rare lol) and told me he had the same issue, enabled data roaming, and the problem went away for good.

Funny thing was I had this enabled initially.. but after a factory reset I forgot to enable it again. Once I did, problem gone.

Try it.

Menu > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks and click "enable data roaming"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Data roaming is free right now, but didn't Tmobile just confirm that they are going to start charging for it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ingenious247:
I brought that same issue up, and the rep told me only roaming outside the US would incur charges.

He said he doesn't know where that rumour came from (I told him I think T-Mo News) but he said there is no official directive he is aware of

---------- Post added at 03:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 PM ----------

From T-Mobile:

"This FAQ reminds customers that most importantly, you aren’t charged anything extra for data roaming, you’ll just be limited in how much off-network roaming you can use. For those of you who do a lot of road tripping around the country, it’s a document worth looking at."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chronos7:
I got a new sim card today but it's still doing the same thing... I've always had data roaming checked and it doesn't fix the problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ingenious247:
That sucks. Worked for me, hopefully it helps someone

Btw I'm on stock ROM, rooted, stock kernel

Sent from my T989 hunting for Siri Connor
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] audri5:
Whoo hoo! Worked for me. You just made my phone worth everything again!!! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
I too had this data problem where the upload bar would get stuck and internet would cease to exist...

Trying the method above.

Sent from my T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chronos7:
Internet still freezing at times... The people who thought that they found a fix, how is the data doing so far?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chronos7:
My data is still pausing sometimes even with a new sim card and data roaming on...anyone else still having this issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Mine does it no matter what I do. I've just learned to live with it, nothing much more we can do until it finally annoys somebody who has the knowledge to find what it is.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nexicon:
Same thing with me. Pisses me off. Why are Android phones so God damn buggy honestly?! I use Opera all the time too and same issues. No solution I guess..I'm not rooted, just completely stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mongo41:
I noticed my internet started doing this after I flashed the new modem so I went back to kld and this hasn't happened one time. Its easy enough to try I hope this works for you guys.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
This happens to me with the data roaming enabled. It gets really frustrating sometimes...I'm curious, did anybody try multiple different ROMs and arrive at the same conclusion?

And to the post above...if that's true, then hopefully T-Mobile addresses this issue, since it's really bad sometimes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
This was a problem I was encountering as well. Happened on stock. Happened on stock rooted. Happened on Juggernaut rom. Didn't matter. Got updated sim card from TMOUS and still had the problem. Called technical department and they said everything looked fine on their end. Went to TMOUS and got a buyers remorse exchange and went back to Juggernaut rom. Does not happen all the time but definitely more often than I'd like. Really frustrating seeing as my previous phone (Sensation) had absolutely no problems with Mobile Data Network. I am wary about enabling data roaming as I am in no way cool with paying anything extra if I end up roaming or whatever.

Angstig gepost van mijn T989.

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PSN: OGhomp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
+1 Literally same exact situation lol. Seriously I could have wrote that post; all the way down to being wary about enabling data roaming. But I contacted T-Mobile and all plans have free roaming, but they just limited how much roaming you can do in a month. But if you never lose service with T-Mobile, you won't go into roaming.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mongo41:
I'm on day 3 of switching back to the kld modem and haven't had one data freeze. It used to happen constantly so keeping fingers crossed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
Are you on stock or a different ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Cool. I will contact them as well just out of curiosity.

Angstig gepost van mijn T989.

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PSN: OGhomp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
I have also switched to WCDMA only. Will be trying that out when I head away from home in a few.

Angstig gepost van mijn T989.

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Gamertag: hompsar

PSN: OGhomp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1ForFun:
Just upgraded my sim card from the 2g one to the 3g one (I guess that is how they refer to the simcards).

Download speeds cut in half on average. :( Ping times are still high in the 600-800 range when on 4g.

Tried KID and KL1, no difference. Bummer, I should have just lived without wifi calling and kept the older sim.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
So far with my replacement phone, new sim, fresh Juggs 5, default Faux kernel and switching to WCDMA only (without roaming allowed).

Angstig gepost van mijn T989.

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Gamertag: hompsar

PSN: OGhomp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
The speed when on "4g" and 3g and the amount of signal bars mean nothing. It all comes down to the capability of the market you are accessing data from
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1ForFun:
Huh? Re-read my post. Google Tmobile 2g simcard vs 3g simcard. This has nothing to do with 3g vs 4g and signal bars or what market Im in. Thanks anyway.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Most of my data woes only apply to web browsing. Facebook, xda premium, etc work fine but web searching throws out a proxy issue.

Angstig gepost van mijn T989.

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Faux kernel

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Gamertag: hompsar

PSN: OGhomp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Xhyperion:
This problem effects all phones rooted or unrooted. ROM or no rom. The phone does not like to connect to the Internet. Try experimenting when throttled. Just because you are throttled does not mean data should cut out but it does making the throttle that much more annoying. 60kbs would not be bad if the network didn't try to screw you twice by not being able to established a solid connection even with full bars. This is Tmobile's doing and it has something to do with network control. I can also atest to the fact that tmobile logs more data than being used. A mobile website with a size of 600kb could show up as much as twice that size for tmobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
Yeah, I'm starting to think that it's a way T-MO keeps an eye out on us so that we don't bog down the their towers by stuttering our connection time to time...

Can anyone confirm that this happens on different T-MO phones? I've had it happened to the Exhibit II 4G time to time as well and that phone came out only a few months ago.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Yes this is a tmobile issue. I've had this issue with 3 different phones on tmobile: nexus one, nexus s, g2x, and currently sgs2. It's network issue. Nothing with phones specifically.

I'm just sayin!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
hm that's weird, I have owned 9 Tmobile Android phones and this is the first time I have experienced this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
When I had the Sensation I had zero problems. And neither did my dad (same phone). But my GF has that problem with hers (same phone). Weird.

Angstig gepost van mijn T989.

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Gamertag: hompsar

PSN: OGhomp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
It is very weird. I'm slowly adapting to it since I came from Sprint where no matter how slow data was, it was solid most of the time.

Like I said, it happened to me with my Exhibit 2 4G and that came out recently. It may be 4G related but I have no proof to back it up...:P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Ah an exhibit, sounds like it may be a Samsung problem. This is my first Samsung phone and my first time having this issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chronos7:
I don't think it's a Samsung issue because like everyone else this wasn't a problem until I changed to the new sim card for wifi calling
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Well maybe it's affecting certain areas. In my case, this wasn't something that'll happen consistently at a certain point and time. It'll happen sporadically. Sometimes will browsing or using my phone after not using it for a long period of time. Sometimes i wouldn't notice it for weeks, sometimes it'll happen quit often. It just varies, and every single time it does this, the only way of getting connectivity again is by resetting the apn, or shutting airplane mode off and on, but it is definitely a network issue.

I'm just sayin!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
I retained the sim I was using with my Sensation and had the same problem. Changing the sim didn't seem to make much of a change...

Angstig gepost van mijn T989.

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Gamertag: hompsar

PSN: OGhomp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atn0716:
It happen to me just about every 15-20 min or so. It will stop and then maybe 10 sec later it running again. I had a nexus s and galaxy s but it wasn't a problem for those 2 phones. It also happen when I tether and hotspot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Been reading into some threads and mention of different modems producing better connections. Anyone else been doing some reading on this type of thing?

Angstig gepost van mijn Galaxy SII :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
Personally this never happened to me on any other phone. Maybe i just never noticed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1ForFun:
It did it on the G2 when on 4g for me and it still does it on this phone. Guess I am just used to it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
I am starting to get used to it but there must be something that can be done, right? New radio/modem. Scripts. Acknowledgement from Samsung/T–Mobile. I just can't believe if this is a problem that it is not addressed. I sometimes wait over 5 mins to get connection back. Just a nuisance...

Angstig gepost van mijn Galaxy SII :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
Yeah it is a troublesome...hopefully when ICS gets released, a new modem that follows will fix the issues.

Sent from my Galaxy SII
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Exactly my thoughts. Which is also why I am looking into modems other people are trying out to see if there is a change in connectivity.

Angstig gepost van mijn Galaxy SII :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Been using KJ3 and notice way better connection. Recommend giving it a whirlpool if you don't use wifi calling.

Angstig gepost van mijn Galaxy SII :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] }{Alienz}{:
Experiencing the same issue. Switched to KJ3. Issue remains.

Anyone have a solution? I've had 3 Vibrant phones prior to this and a sensation and none had this problem. It's some ****ty software bug.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
Yep. I had the same problem on my Exhibit 2 4G which is a low-tier Samsung phone. It looks like it may be related to their network or their modems.

It makes switching to the G.Nex sound much better. As soon as it gets down to $500, I may bite. lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] melinton:
If I switch my phone to 2g only the connection picks up right away! ! But in 4g.. i have to wait forever for my connection to pick up.. maybe its a power saving tweak? ? Idk..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
For those rocking the Galaxy Nexus confirm that it happens on their phones as well?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Krzysiek_CK:
I experience this issue with both Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S 4G. In last two-three weeks it feels like it got even worse, at least in my personal opinion.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] brisk5181:
T989D on Mobilicity in Canada has the same problem

I have a Telus T989D, on Mobilicity in canada. Same problem. I use tethering. My internet is on for a few minutes then gone for a few minutes. Tried T-Mobile modems, same problem. Phone is in CDMA only mode.

Driving me crazy!

My wife's T959 however, do not have this problem. I will switch sim card tonight and see if it happens on her phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chlehqls:
Do you ever experience this problem when you are using mobile data strictly from your phone? The common problems are what you described such as data shutting off periodically, as well as the "upload" arrow lighting up or even blinking. Mine does not do it that much anymore, I've been more or less able to have consistent data in the recent days.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] racerx250:
I thought I was the only one too. I had 3 vibrants and they all had the problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Interesting discussion. Ive only been on TMo for less than a week coming from Sprint. I use wifi calling ALL the time (well, so far...was one of the reasons I chose TMo over ATT) and when I got home first thing I did was do a speedtest over my wifi. Previously the best I could do on my Evo was about 11MB down. On my T989 I got 22MB down so I was STOKED.

Rooted it first night, flashed Darkside after much reading the next day. Wifi speed tests dropped consistantly to 13-14MB, and random 4G tests were sporadic. Timed out quite a bit. Yesterday flashed Darkside 2.5, and same thing today. Ive done about 10 speed tests today on 4 bars of 4G, have timed out on several, and have gotten anything from 500k to 7MB down. Timed out using Opera Mini as well.

I was then thinking maybe I should've gone to ATT instead, but theyre notoriously oversubscribed. So I thought I'll unroot and go back to 100% stock tonite and see what happens. Ive ALWAYS had a custom ROM so this idea was heresy to me, but all I know is it seemed to be faster when I first got it, out of the box.

In summary, sorry for the long post, I think I'll still go back to 100% stock tonite and see what happens. Seems to be a global issue though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bobby3306:
Try beastmod....I get avg 9-18 down depending where i'm at on 4g (the higher being closer To the city I get. But its 9ish at my house when on my sensation I would only get 3 down)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
I flashed back to UN rooted stock. Like out of the box. First speed test at home: 23 megs down. I'll play with it for a few days and see how it goes. I just may jump into the "100% stock is best" crowd. We'll see.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1ForFun:
Mind copying and pasting your build.prop? Would be greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
edit: I havent re-rooted yet still fully stock so no access to build.prop.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
I seemed to have same issues on stock unrooted, stock rooted and custom ROM... KJ3 modem seemed to fix it the best so far. Not flawless though.

Angstig gepost van mijn Galaxy SII :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeypaws:
Kj3 link anyone? One in dev section is not working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
For Telus, right? http://www.4shared.com/zip/sy1tqYvt/Telus_SGH-T989D_Kj3_radio.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeypaws:
Yes thank you.