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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Raistlin1:
I am not sure, I was on ICS and my speeds were fine up until the day I noticed my 3G and 4G could not connect. Prior to that I was getting fast 4G speeds and my ROM has been the same. I have always used agats kernel from source and have used a few different modems but the rom was always the OTA update FF18.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hypersonicx:
Im also in the same boat here in Nashville TN. I was on the latest official ICS from Sprint rooted and my 4G speeds were kinda bad. Now that Im back on Gingerbread, I get 4G speeds of 5-10Mbps vs 0-2Mbps on ICS. So im stick to GB in the mean time. ICS doesnt have much improvments anyways at least not on this phone.

This will hold me over until LTE hit my area which then I will jump to GS3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 22350:
Yea, I did a test. Downgraded to el29. Data came back. Auto upgraded to ff18. data gone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hypersonicx:
It kinda makes me think, on ICS they can throttle the speed but on GB they cant.

Im back on GB and downloading some stuff on Torrent to test speed and im doing a solid 4-7Mbps where as on ICS I was below 1Mbps during the whole download.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] javan966:
Bro am having this problem it start about a week or 2 ago. I thought I was my modem but I change from el29 to ff18 and am getting the same speeds I don't know what's up am running CM9 by the way
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Yep, and it's definitely not a hardware issue, and I am not sure that it's an ICS issue. I was fine on all of the ICS leaks and the official OTA, as well as CM9, until about 2 weeks ago. I have a feeling that something is going on with Sprint. I know that some are reporting no problems on GB, and I am not sure what to make of that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shahran:
So if it is not a hardware issue, then the only other explanation would be that they are throttling. But to throttle to this extent is crazy, I just don't see them doing it so that it is slower than 3G.

Edit: I put GB El29 stock on and I am getting about 5mbps now, I am thinking that I might just restore my old GB and use it until I upgrade or there is solution posted for this problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 22350:
I just got off the phone with sprint. The woman told me that it was some sort of Samsung update, which they were waiting on. She said it could take a couple of weeks.

Told them that I was sick and tired of fooling around with this phone. They said that they would give me a small credit and a larger one, when her supervisor came in.

Just got notice that they credited me $11.02.

I think I would rather have a working phone.

So, I made my official complaint to the FCC / BBB / Attorney General.

Sited a few threads, including threads on Sprints forums, which show thousands of people having problems with their sprint service. Also added a link to my petition about sprint data....

SUSPEND PREMIUM DATA, UNTIL WE GET IT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
They may very well be throttling, but the question is why. I am not sure I believe the Sprint rep who claimed that they are waiting on some sort of Samsung update, unless there is something wrong with the way ICS utilizes 4G and therefore Sprint has to throttle. That would explain some things, but if this is the case, Sprints needs to alert their customers to a problem and provide a reason.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 22350:
I think that it is fair to say that Sprint knows that they don't have to do anything. If they just deny and stonewall, many customers will never know. The ones who find out, will have to pay an ETF
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickespi:
I Have an open case with Sprint and there OKC Tech center and talking to a tec which forwarded me his email. I told him i was going to bring this situation to light what we need to do is share our TICKET info and reference each other. they are very hesitant about leaking any internal info.

Once you converse VIA email it means "they recognize the problem and they have an obligation." The senior tech told me to gather as much info as i can. THEY claimed i made the first slow data ticket regarding this issue. Can someone post some links to the problematic threads? I can write a letter and use each one of our info. They will be obligated to give an explanation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe ICS brought the ability to throttle once the data usage chart reaches a limit or something. Something is definitely fishy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
Yeah, very slow.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
Oops, forgot to say that I'm running the Supernova ROM based on FF18.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
Are you running the FF18 modem or a gingerbread modem? I wouldn't brag too much because those speeds might just go away. I started off on FF18 fine and my speeds where better than yours till they crapped out from nowhere. So enjoy! Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Congratulations, but it's not very helpful for someone like me, who is barely able to pull down 400 Kbps on solid 4G signal. Believe me, there were times in the past when I could hit better speeds than that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
At Sprint service center now and these ppl are so freaking clueless! Your 4g connects fine is all they say. That's not the issue and no matter how much i explain they're clueless!!! The rep sent me here to have them diagnose the phones 4g on gb vs ics. They now saying they can't revert to gb to test it. I'm upset what was the point of the rep over the phone setting up this appointment then!? By the way their E4GT on displays both are slow on 4G too. Showed the rep and she got smart with me lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
I'm on FF18 everything. Did a few other tests, and they were all between 8-10.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Raistlin1:
I have tried EL29, FF18, FG20 and now on FH13 and wimax is the same speeds on all these modems. I did notice that my 3G was better on FH13 which is nice. Waiting for a one click rooted FH13 so I can try that out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EgNickSI:
I'm using MIJJz ICS Goodness with FH13 modem. I was getting almost 13mbps d/l and 1.8mbps u/l. Lowest I've gotten. Was about 6mbps d/l. I as only getting about 4 mbps d/l and 800kbps u/l with FF18 modem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shahran:
So I put Blazer GB 4.1 on and 4G is working good now, in the process of doing this for my brother phone too now. I have spent so much time on this just because Sprint doesn't give a crap about paying attention to putting out a working version of ICS, I am getting so angry.

Btw I put FH13, which I guess is the newest leak from Sprint and 4G speeds were really bad on that one too. On GB everything is fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Same here on FH13 ROM and modem. I don't know if its an NYC area thing or what, but getting 300-500 kbps on Wimax is rather annoying.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gilbydakid:
You can use el29 with ics.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shahran:
Sorry meant to say the EL29 GB built rom not the modem. I tried the EL29 modem on ff18 and it didn't do anything to improve the 4g speeds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Raistlin1:
I was getting less than 10kbps dl speeds on 3g today when this weekend I was getting almost 1000kbps on 3G with the new FF13 rom/kernel/modem. Speeds have been so inconsistent it is driving me crazy, add that I am probably going to be losing my monthly discount I think I am going to have to switch to a different carrier and deal with limited data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dragoon_74:
I'm also in NYC and have the same problem. OTA to ICS and my 4G speed in Queens is nonexistent, Manhattan I get some 4G but not the same speed as before with GB. Updated PRL and profile and nothing also did factory reset and still problems. I rolled back to GB yesterday and the same exact spots where 4g would not work, works fine now. I have horrible 3G speed with GB and great 4G speed. On ICS its the opposite.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Just to follow up, still not resolved for me. I don't have the time to deal with flashing GB or calling Sprint, so I am hoping that Sprint or Samsung is aware and working on it. But I m also aware that this is not likely.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
I would like to make an update. Earlier today, I used ODIN to flash the most recent stock FH13 ROM .tar file which included the modem, and made no other changes. The only way my setup differs from stock is that it has root, and I removed some of the Sprint bloat. So basically, stock ROM, kernel, and modem, and all from the same build. I flashed this without erasing data over Agat's FH13 ROM and kernel. My wimax speeds today are around 2 Mbps, which is right where they should be in the area where I live, and how it used to be prior to the problem. Before, I would barely get 500 kbps. This leads me to believe that the actual problem lies with either the custom ROM or custom kernel, or maybe the most recent build of FH13 fixed something that was creating the problem. I spoke to Sprint about 2 days ago, and they told me that there is no outage or problem in my area, so I don't suspect that Sprint did anything to fix it. I don't have time to do any extensive testing of kernels and ROMs, but maybe someone with similar issues can post up some details regarding their setup, maybe it can shed some light on this issue. From my end, everything works fine using the stock ROM, kernel, and modem from the most recent .tar file flashed through ODIN. I had issues prior to this on Agat's FH13 ROM, as well as the current CM9 builds, using Agat's kernels and CM9 kernels.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
I never thought people who make it xda would still use stock ROMs. And just so you know slow 4g has been for a while since ICS. At least it has been for me

Pure ICS only
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Honestly, Samsung stock ROMs are very good, are less problematic than AOSP et al, and don't have the hideous themes and color schemes of most of the custom TW ROMs out there. Seriously, it hurts my eyes to look at some of them, and the others have colors that clash to the point that it's actually hard to read, such as dark text on a dark background, with dark surroundings. I have also not experienced any performance or battery improvements with any of the custom ROMs when compared to stock, and I don't have time to constantly flash ROMs. Debloated and unthemed stock ROM works very well. .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Nevermind, looks like it was a fluke. My speeds are back down to crap. I broke down and decided to ODIN back to EL29, and the speeds are exactly the same. I don't know if it's my phone at fault or if there is some sort of problem here in the tri-state area. Interestingly enough, the server that it picked on it's own was somewhere in SC, and speeds were ok. Testing on a server in NYC/NJ, speeds were garbage. However, testing the same server in SC again, speeds weren't so great either, but still better. Really don't know what to make of this. It does not seem to be my phone, and at least in my case, it is not related to GB or ICS. I got the exact same results on both versions of the OS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esk1L:
this issue seriously needs to be fixed. whats the point of having ics out for the phone, when your 4g doesnt even work to its full potential. and whats even more annoying is that nobody in any of the threads for the most popular roms have even brought this issue up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gronimo21:
I know how you feel **** sucks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Damn my 3g is almost as fast as your 4g :eek: I average 1.2-2.8mbps on 3g in my area. I don't have 4g unless I go to Tampa but last time I was up at my moms I was getting 7-11mbps on 4g there. I'm on aokp and have been since early march when TCP started the ports and now I'm on times_infinity's 07132012 build and have been since July 14th only time I've seen any loss of speed is during heavy thunderstorms

ETA: I'm still using the fd19 modem, had the best speeds with it and never changed after I tested the last few modems leaked at the end of may and went back to fd19

We are legion, for we are many.

Sent from the DarkSide of the GalaXy with a MEK device
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dragoon_74:
I still think its ICS, I have gone back to GB twice now and at work in Manhattan on ICS I would get 500kbs download and on GB I get 9mbs downloads. At home in Queens I cant even do a speedtest on ICS cuz it wont connect and on GB i get between 1.5mbs to 3mbs downloads.

I'm hoping the new update will fix this!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Interesting. In my case in the past, I could get between 2 and 3 Mbps on both GB, ICS leaks, and ICS OTA in my apartment in Queens. Currently, I am averaging about 500 Kbps on all ICS ROMs and stock rooted EL29. But I have not tested GB in Manhattan recently. I don't doubt that it can still be an ICS issue, but I have seen speed spikes averaging between 2 and 3 Mbps last night on the most recent ICS build, which would be normal for where I live. I brought my phone to a Sprint store today, but they were absolutely useless, and I could not even get on 4G in the store on my phone or the display phones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jay2o01:
i used to have great 4g speeds (10mbps down) on agats ff18 + the el29 modem... i recently upgraded to the latest release fh13, and stuck with my el29 modem. long story short, im down to 500kbps 4g downloads. I tried going back to my old rom (like an idiot i didnt backup my working setup first) and now thats stuck at 500 also.

any way to go back to my old speeds? should i downgrade to gingerbread and then upgrade back to ff18?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Didn't work for me. I ODINed back to EL29 and had crappy speeds, and then ODINed to FH13 and had the same crappy speeds. One thing I noticed is that even though the speeds supposedly suck, youtube still loads HD videos perfectly fine, without any buffering in the middle. I wonder if there is something with the way SpeedTest is measuring speeds or the servers reporting speeds?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esk1L:
that's what i was thinking too. but even downloading apps from the market is slow for me. you may be lucky sir to have HD YouTube load for you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xeonbuilder:
Im in NYC too and I have the same exact problem and speed. I thought I was being throttled due to my 4.5GB data usage until I called Sprint and they told me its a know issue and samsung is working to release a patch. Im getting the same exact speed youre getting. .5k down and aout 1.2 up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 22350:
Well I have finally figured out how to fix this issue

After almost a year of hearing about broken towers and Samsung making mistakes, I have complained my way out of my contract..

I have gone to a 50 dollar all in straight talk plan

Unlimited everything and consistent download speeds of twoyto four mbps.

Good luck guys!

I'm out......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] woody296:
You should start a thank you and goodbye thread.......:rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Did they give you any more info? When I called Sprint about a week ago, they were their usual useless selves, and sent me to a sprint repair shop which was even more useless. My main question is, why is this problem seemingly localized to certain metro areas? What does a patch have to do with it? Almost seems like an answer just to blow you off.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wesswei:
New software update anyone?

I'm getting a new software update nag for fh13. Anybody else getting it and had anyone else tried it to see if your 4g issues were resolved. I don't want to lose root just yet. There seems to be a leaked version of the fh13 already rooted, but I don't want more issues considering I'll have to setupmy phone all over again and that just gets to be annoying.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
I'm really starting to get fed up with spring data speeds.

The only time I use 3G or 4G is while driving (work&home wifi).

I like to stream my music Gmusic, youtube hq or pandora...

Well, while driving, I hit 4G coverage for like 2 mins, then I'm outside the range... 3G just keeps freezing every 30 secs buffering.

I like "unlimited" but this is getting ridiculous...

I'm starting to think maybe quality over quantity...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
My sprint connection here is great.. 4G is fast so is 3g..I even get good service while waiting for the train being under ground.. Glad I'm in a nice service area

-Sent From My Tapatalk Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
No change on FH13 or FH23. If that's your only reason for upgrading, don't bother with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xeonbuilder:
They made it seem like it was know problem that only happened to random Epic touches. I can tell you that everyone here in NYC that ive spoken too with epic touches all have the same problem. ****ty download when it used to be smoking after the latest OTA update.

Im going to give them 1 more billing cycle then Im out. My brother has a Verizon phone on the LTE network here and it smokes my phone in upload and download even when my phone was working. I guess I will just suck up the extra $25 a month to get a proven service.

Hate to leave Sprint and my lovely SERO plan but its just not worth it anymore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wesswei:
In that case, fotakill and freeze system update time!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Archytee:
Same problem . . .

I too live in the NYC metro area and am experiencing the same issues on the e4gt on sprint. 500k dl. I had flashed an FF18 rom and modem several months ago and it worked fine. It broke last week, and Sprint sent me the replacement, which came w/ ICS installed, and thats when the problems began. At that time i was getting only 50k dl. I received another replacement after complaining, but this one also lags to 500kb dl. I am now on Universe 2.0 rom, which is awesome, but I would love a patch from sprint and/or someone else to get the 4g working properly. (Other than to complain or ask for a refund, I don't call sprint with problems anymore, since after 5 years, they have yet to know anything more than a simple google search would reveal).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nsxla:
So you guys still haven't figured this one out? It is clearly ICS

I have 3 Epic touch phones in the family, 2 running GB get MUCH faster 4G than the one on ICS (mine)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jay2o01:
you're right.... I went back to calk's 2.9.2 today... im okay with no ics and 8mbps 4g speeds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nsxla:
Ya I am debating over switching back to GB, but i have google now set-up with ICS

It is rather frustrating that with ICS one is throttled so to speak.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
My 4g speeds on CM9 used to be normal. I flashed back to GB because the ping was far better. Recently, I flashed back to ICS in order to try the FH13/23 modems because they were supposed to fix the high ICS pings. It fixed the ping but I can no longer break 1 mbps down on ICS... :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jewid:
This issue is 100x worse on JB. I'm getting 50kbps speeds on MARKET ffs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nsxla:
I doubt this will be fixed in ICS. I haven't tried a JB ROM to see how the speeds are. Sprint might just forgo fixing this, in favor for LTE.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xeonbuilder:
Funny thing is that they cant even get 4G working right. I cant even imagine what problems they will have with LTE.. I hate Verizon prices but they are clearly getting stuff done over there. And this share everything plan they have is actually not that bad.

Verizon has more coverage areas, better phones and only $20 more a month? Doesn't sound all that bad when you have been dealing with Sprints crap for so long..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
That's an extra $480 throughout the contract...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xeonbuilder:
I also get a 20% discount from Verizon through my wife which will save some of that..The service is worth the extra money if it works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
I've done some digging and I think there are some incorrect values in the Wimax thresholds with FH23. I haven't looked at FH13 but it stands to reason that may be the cause of the issue. I'm hoping to find more info but I think at the very least we'll see a fix shortly. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
This is interesting. Then this begs the questions, why were speeds ok on FF18 initially, and then went to crap on FF18 and even on the old EL29. Admittedly I don't know nearly enough about this to make any educated guesses, but at least from my end, it does not seem to be ROM related. Nor does it seem to be happening everywhere.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esk1L:
if you can fix this, i will love you forever..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
If u find and or fix this I will love you long time. :beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
Yes. This is most definitely not custom ROM related. However, any ROM that uses FH23 (and possibly FH13) as a bee would be affected. I'm comparing to EL29 right now to see what I can figure out. No promises yet as this is foreign territory to me but I think I'm on to something. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
If you do find a fix will you make a new thread or post it in here?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
Both. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Pimpcasso:
You have a point

I have noticed some inconsistencies in ICS. I have been seeing something about a new OS called Jelly Bean. I wonder if android is throwing out a new OS quicker than ever to patch some of these issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esk1L:
we believe in you!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
Now I've gotta get it working! Don't want to let you guys down. :D

Thanks for the vote of confidence!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esk1L:
well its just this problem has been bugging alot of us users. at least in my position i dont have the luxury of 20mbs+ internet at home so i have to rely on my phone :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
Finally!!! Called Sprint again to escalate my ticket and this rep actually went the extra steps for me. She wrote her supervisor and even contacted a Samsung rep on the line. According to the Samsung rep, he says they have a lot of complaints about this issue on their website Samsung.com and that their devs are looking into it and working hard trying to workout a patch! Now that I have confirmation Samsung is aware of this bug I'm a bit relieved. Sprint would had just sat on their butts and do nothing since they only care about their 3g and LTE network..

As for the values being wrong good luck with that bcuz I already tried changing all of mine to all different values to no availability in the past..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
Yeah these values are buried in the smali coding that creates the backbone of the phone. Here's to hoping they fix it or I figure out how! ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
Hey good luck! Hope you find something cuz my god I can't stream no more from my phone! :(

Edit: What bugs me most is that this wasn't a problem when I first installed FF18 or any previous ICS leaks. It just randomly happened after working fine. And the fact that the ping is actually better on ICS and the uploads tries to surpass the 1.5MB cap tells me something is not playing nice. Both download and upload blast off then backs down to slower speeds. Well atleast the uploads won't go no less than 1.5..

---------- Post added at 04:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:12 PM ----------

Just noticed something else that's really weird while updating some market apps. From the market download bar it was moving really slow but from the notification bar the download bar was moving faster. Once the notification bars download bar was complete it started installing the 20mb app even tho from the markets bar it was only at 2mb out of 20 . It just jumped right to installing. Wtf? Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tek818:
This situation really really sucks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nubsors:
Check this out. I live right next to a tower and this is the speed I get.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nubsors:
Lol no difference between 4g and 3g.