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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] edboy21:
The most i get in national city is 5-7 mbps as well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EGBTMagus:
27mbps here in MN.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Yeah I never understood that myself. I'm in Casselberry myself (which is shown to be in the coverage map) and I get 10-13. I see people in LA and such getting in the 20's to 30's. I've NEVER seen such speeds.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
I'm in North park and can't ever get beyond 6 but we have hspa+ 42 right?

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aNYthing24:
I can get up to 20 Mbps in various parts of NYC.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shehade08:
I get around 7mbps on average in kentucky
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blakkheartt12:
I'm in Atlanta ga and I normally get 5-6Mbps down and 1.5 Mbps up. I was hoping for better speeds myself.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] edboy21:
Yeah we do, but it is very spotty and it is not exactly close to 42mbps. My friend lives close to plaza bonita mall and i get over 20 mbps over there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dark Nightmare:
25-30mbps in College, 12mbps in my apt, 25mbps downstairs, some random areas I've hit 30mbps+, location: NYC.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
Damn even in la mesa or Clairemont and other parts of the city I don't get it

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Babydollll:
The 42Mbps is THEORETICAL. :rolleyes:

that being said....I'm in NJ
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nightfox11:
yea i get 8 to 9 Mbps near the lexington area.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] du1sbo:
This is my speed in Houston, I am happy. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
There are a number of factors that can affect your data speeds obviously, but imo SpeedTest.net is not exactly a reliable way to measure. I think its fine when using to test one setup vs the next on your phone, but I can get significantly different results from one moment to the next, from different locations, from different servers, etc.

i.e. I get crap speed on a server 40mi away but get pretty decent speed on one over 300mi away.

I also notice most times that even when I get bad test speeds, my downloads and browsing are usually still fair to great.

There are other, better sites you can use for testing. I cant remember right off hand but there is a post in my modem thread with some listed. Ill try to remember to check it in a bit and will post some here for you.

There are also some other tweaks that can help, such as these in build.prop:

ro.ril.hsxpa=3

ro.ril.gprsclass=12 (or 32, 34, 36)

I have plans to post a lot more info about this in that thread. Just gotta get my computer back up and get a little more organized! :p

Hope this helps some of you for the time being!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joshnichols189:
Well for one the Nexus only supports HSPA+21. And in Chicago I only get 7mbps near Wrigley Field but I get about 20mbps farther west. Oh well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jpeps:
Visiting Oakland ca 11mb server sf
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hauniii:
I live in 4S Ranch and I see 10 to 15 there but in La Jolla where I work I regularly see 18 to 20. Most of San Diego seems to be HSPA+ 42. The only place that I have really seen slower speeds in East County. I am rarely out there so it does not bother me all that much.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
Even when I'm in Clairemont or point loma or instill never get above 6mpbs

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SkullNBones19:
Fast!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
I wish I was getting speeds like this

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
Could it be I'm on the T-Mobile per paid

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] forgot2wipe:
I get 6Mb in City Heights, San Diego
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silhouette004:
Where in Houston are you if you don't mind my asking? Only time I saw ~20 was at IAH every where else is 10-15.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] K_esco:
Im in Atlanta and i get anywhere between 8mb-16mbs so far.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
I saw 25+ on layover at DFW. Usually I get 8-15.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tembone:
To the op what rom are you on? On stock Tw I have gotten over 20 in East county (El Cajon ) currently on Aokp getting 16.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CoderCR:
I was getting 128k to 1Mbps at home till I got my booster. Note I get 2Mbps 6Mbps. At work in Solana beach I get 22Mbps down and 2Mpbs up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bbobarino:
26 mbps rhode island

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jackpearce:
St Louis MO

edit - I don't know what was going on with the ping. I ran it again and the ping was like 128. Didn't get a screenie of that one though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ping response times dont really matter too much on these phones.

At idle your system automatically loweres your data speeds to basically Edge to save power and bandwidth. Once it comes out of idle it ramps up to 4g but this can take a few seconds, so when you first hit start test your ping will be kind of high, but if you restart the test right away you will get much faster pings. This is my experience anyway
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Swimguy14:
The "per paid" wouldn't make a difference in speed, however many other factors such as location and baseband, among many other things, will.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bbowman:
I live in Orange County CA and I never get better than 7mbps according to the SpeedTest.net test
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] babymatteo:
I live in Murrieta and I get stable speeds of 16-22mbps. In Mira Mesa i never got passed 10mbps. In Riverside at work i get around 8-12mbps. Btw, all these tests were taken with the LI6 radio...which I found to be the most reliable one for me.

We still get pretty decent speeds...considering we dont have LTE yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vanquiz:
3-6 Mbps down in philly, 1-2 Mbps around S.Philly.

Makes me wonder why it's so much difference with NY, Chicago, etc
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jgalan14:
Mine varies from place at work 8-10 mbps is good at home is 20+
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
I live in la mesa... I'm running aokp nightly

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joshnichols189:
I don't think it goes all the way down to EDGE, I believe it goes down to UMTS. But the principle is the same.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
The nexus modem doesn't even support the 42 only 21
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CoderCR:
Here is the screen shot from work. Also I noticed if I reduced the display quality for the rest app, my speed went up a lot. No idea why it was hogging so much cpu.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teo032:
What is your pre paid plan?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
70 a month for unlimited talk and text with 5 gigs of 4g

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fatboy547:
In Hawaii it fluctuates allot but as a user and someone who's constantly on the phone. 8mb to 10mb is more then enough. Anything more than that you can't really tell in my opinion. Everything loads so quick on 10mb.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teo032:
That's expensive. Why not do simple or straight talk? They use the same towers so not sure if it'll help your problem. Simple you can just use the $40 plan it says 3g but you actually get 4g
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bighulk666:
I have never seen anything faster then 6Mbps in San Francisco.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tpma4life:
Near the UCF main campus I've averaged speeds of about 18 mbps-26 mbps.

I guess it depends. Because I live a VERY short ways from the UCF campus and I actually don't get anything opver one bar of reception, and about 6-7 mbps max. BUT, that's still faster than my ATT phone was, and it's more than fast enough for my usuage.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
Heard straight talk throttles badly in use roughly 150mb a day

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] papabear:
Any of you running ipv6? Hear that some have issues with one or the other.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
Ok guysbi re checked...

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teo032:
Case closed!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jay661972:
Downtown, i got 8 mbps and 7mbps in Mira Mesa using my Gnex. The sgs3 i got 20mbps in downtown before i return int
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jms122589:
I get around 15 mbps around Minneapolis and around 8-10 in St. Cloud MN
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
Coming from iOS I've had such a hard time getting screenshots. First I'd always swipe to a different screen. Now I end up closing the app. Looks like you have the ROM that uses volume though lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joe98200:
In Mira Mesa right now. These are my speeds on LI8.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
Holy crap man...

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JesseMT4G:
T-Mobile is as spotty as you can get, but you pay for what you get as well.

I generally get 15-18 down and 2-3 up at home and work 3-4 down and under 1 up....sometimes even EDGE. :(

Just kinda deal with it.

Sent from a galaxy far away!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] khonho:
I can't even get off edge. Just switch from galaxy note with blaze modem 4g every where. Now no where with the S3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ws2112:
this is my best on I8. I've not had much luck with the experimental jb radios tho, much slower speed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] boothten:
I live in San Diego too and depending on the time/location, I'm typically getting anywhere from 10-15 mpbs.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
Just got this in Clairemont

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] boothten:
Oooh, nice. Did you change modems, and did that fix/help if you did?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darksandz93:
Over in Fountain Valley, I get about 25mbps which is the highest I have ever been able to get it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imtjnotu:
I running the latest one i8... And I never did the fix..

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjlean:
Edge is the worst.... ugh

Sent from my SGS3 Stock Rooted & Odexed

I love this thing!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Ted Bundy 2012:
I'm in Phoenix getting 8.17 down sometimes I get 15 down and usually 1.5 up
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Spidey01:
Last stock ICS ROM and whatever radio my phone came with: average of 21mbit/s around Duluth/John's Creek Georgia, e.g. north metro Atlanta outside the belt.

Except if friggin' Walmart.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
So today I was on my old campus... WiFi vs cell....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
Outside of the building I was in and across campus in the middle of the parking lot it was better and 4g... not sure what made a difference because the whole campus is on top of a big hill..

Ignore the distance Palo Alto is like 20 miles away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] slim1991:
I have a ? Okay I just got my galaxy s3 on tmobile when I got the plan I ask can I get the 50dollars plean he said nope that's if I bring my own phone so know I'm on the 70 dollars plan and I'm getting my bill to be like 90 $ a month are they bull **** ing me ???
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] xxjrsmith3xx:
best I ever got at home
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veritasaequita:
there's my best at the top, lol its actually faster than my charter cable connection.

im about 30 minutes north of new orleans.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crucia1:
I too am in Atlanta and I get 20-25 down 15 up? I want the +42 though!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blakkheartt12:
Hey what ROM/radio are you using?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] david179057:
i get 15 mbs in riverside
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tw39515:
best i get is right by the tower i hit 25 but at home about 15. oh yea Missouri city Texas
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] XoCareBear3417:
+1 wish i would get more

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Anybody in the Philadelphia area, know of a good modem?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] slim1991:
I get these speeds on unlimited everything 4g plan
[Thunderbolt General] dopediculous:
Just a little insight from a VZW "Person"

Our Spotty 4G seems to be in a direct correlation with the iPhone/idont 5 coming out.

Ever since the first couple days after the launch of the iPhone 5 we've all experienced data drops, spotty 4G and sometimes almost an unbelievably long time stuck in 3G.

I have a GS3 and fortunately a folder with a bunch of different "modems/radios" however, until I found what "modem" (as they call it for the sammys) worked best, I was just like you Tbolt peeps. Angry as all hell that the iPhone came out with LTE and causing these issues. Especially when half or more of the people that got it, don't even know what real 4G is and they're raining on our parade!

I get to listen to it every day now from my GF. Her Tbolt that I hooked up and gave her was effing amazing three weeks ago. Now... it just drops and hangs data way more than my GS3.

That's why I got on XDA tonight. To see if there were any new radios (as us HTC people call em) out and about. No luck thus far, but I wanted to share some knowledge with the community as to the cause of all this mess. Thanks a lot Apple!

Your over popular smartphone for dumb people is not only an over rated joke of a phone for sheeple, but its taking connectivity away from our awesome (slightly older 4G phones) that most likely won't be getting any more radio updates. This is probably why my GS3 isn't too bad right now (knock on wood) because of the newer modems still coming out.

Ever get double texts or have friends with really freaking slow 3G Droids??

We can thank the idont 4 and 4s for that as well. They over saturated the 3G market which Verizon is not putting another DIME into. So unfortunately Tbolt users and other "older pioneer 4G devices", looks like unless there are new radio leaks, we're kinda SOL.

So there you have it...

Now find that friend of yours that has an idont 5 and thank them for stepping on our toes and our precious 4G on the pioneer phones.

Sent from my galaxy tab 2 tethered to my GS3 with great 4G while watching my gf's Tbolt drop and regain signal :/
[Thunderbolt General] disconnecktie:
The reason at&t dropped unlimited so fast is because they saturated the market with the iPhone3 and 3gs which destroyed their bandwidth. When the 4 and 4s came out it became even worse. I have tired calling Verizon almost since launch day only trying to get a new sim and I can't even get through.
[Thunderbolt General] dopediculous:
New SIM won't help my friend :(

PM me if ya have any questions.
[Thunderbolt General] mgenova:
The launch of the iPhone 5 was good for one thing...a plethora of Droid phones on eBay for cheap! Just got a razr for 200 bucks thanks isheep lol
[Thunderbolt General] disconnecktie:
I remember reading that they only have a life of around 6 months which means I'm past due for a change out.
[Thunderbolt General] jamesfrom818:
I've been considering reactivating my Nexus One or G2 with T-Mobile now that they offer unlimited data too. I think its a blessing that they don't have the iPhone. Less phones means less stress on their network. At least most iPhone 5 users don't have unlimited data.
[Thunderbolt General] disconnecktie:
I bet it won't be long before they get it too. Hell sprint almost bankrupted itself just to get it. They paid apple almost $2billion dollars to get it.
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
Considering the drops occurred long before VZW had an LTE-capable iPhone, I'd be skeptical of any technical information you receive from this "person".
[Thunderbolt General] dopediculous:
I AM the "person" I wasnt trying to throw myself out there about such a hot/negative topic that involved my career. I'll just go with its "free speech" and I deal with this all day, everyday and explain this to my customers and clients faces all the time.

If you read the whole post, data drops did happen before the iPhone 5, but clearly since the launch, its gotten rediculous. The type of phone you have, your location and the amount of support the manufacturer puts out there with OTA radio updates etc.. greatly matters as well.

I'm not getting more in depth about this topic than I already have. The info is in the writing.

Just a little knowledge for the masses rather than me explaining this to about 7-12 people everyday I work.

Sent from my Geeked n Tweaked GS3
[Thunderbolt General] droidjunkie:
Where I live we have only had 4g for a few months and I have had my thunderbolt just as long. I have NEVER experienced any kind of data drop what so ever, EVER. I guess I'm just lucky
[Thunderbolt General] smmytmc:
I noticed today that I was going from 3g to 1x a lot!
[Thunderbolt General] awodzenski:
I thought I was the only one having these problems
[Thunderbolt General] savagebunny:
Well I was hoping it wasn't going to be this bad. I've been on deployment since May 2012 and I'm coming back to S.D for about 10 days, so I wonder how LTE fairing there.
[Thunderbolt General] dopediculous:
I hope LTE is alright for ya man. And thank you for your service. Real talk.

Sent from my Geeked n Tweaked GS3
[Thunderbolt General] akalior88:
Its great! I pull around 15 at the lowest 5
[Motorola Photon 4G] Maschil:
Quick question guys. Will the photon 4g work with straight talk's sim card?????? just wondering... thanks...

EDIT: In Short.... Yes

"Yes you need an unlocked bootloader, a GSM supported rom (Jokersax, Peter's or Bill's all work), and you flash the KDDI radio you were linked to previously. Read the instructions there fully. But on to straight talk specific info.

Straight Talk runs two networks at once, They have an ATT network and a Tmobile network, the network options available to you depend on the zip code you enter. You only pick one.

ATT's network runs pretty much universally on a band the photon can communicate on at super high speeds in many areas (Higher than I ever got out of sprint's "4G") HSPA+ is pretty awesome.

T-Mobile is 50/50, they in some areas they are on the right frequencies for high speed data, in others they are on the wrong frequency for the photon and you will get 2G (or 3g, I am unsure) speeds. I think they are trying to convert all their towers to the correct freqency, so check your area if you want to go with T-mo, I am no expert on them but the issue seemed complex enough I said screw it and went with ATT.

Check the coverage options in your area, Overall I recomend ATT as the HSPA+ speeds are great, coverage is everywhere, and you will always be on the right band. I chose ATT

Your phone has a full sized sim not a micro sim.

You will enter the APN information by going in to settings, More, Mobile Networks, Access Point Names, Menu button, New APN, then save on exit and reboot your phone.

GSM is totally functional, works with the standard Joker/Bill's roms as well as Peter's, the phone is faster on ATT's network for me by far compared to sprint.

Some weirdness from time to time, but that is kind of par for the course for how hacked a CM10 photon is."
[Motorola Photon 4G] JohnH4:
It should if your device is unlocked for GSM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Maschil:
next question.. how easy is this to accomplish?
[Motorola Photon 4G] JohnH4:
If you are outside the US you should already be unlocked for GSM. I'm guessing that you are in the US though, since you want to use straight talk. If that's the case, you are going to need to unlock your bootloader and then go to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
I posted all the info for Straight Talk on the Photon in the US back in June HERE. If the Compendium is STILL being ignored I can remove the planned updates from my to do list.
[Motorola Photon 4G] arinlor:
Not directed towards you specifically, I appreciate all work done on here by everyone but people come on forums sometimes just for quick answers and don't bother to comb through compendiums or threads or maybe don't even know what they are, or that they exist. People appreciate all those of you do to help out and compile compendiums to make things easier to find but sometimes people just want an answer fast and mean no disrespect.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
In all honesty, in far less keystrokes and time the OP would have had the answer. Last result, first page. Failure to use search and simply posting a new thread is the reason why I have not updated in months.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Loki, if you have the possibility, I suggest to copy the compendium in General and Q&A sections stickies too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Maschil:
maybe if you hadnt used some obscure word like Compendium i would have found it....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Maschil:
your assuming i didnt search...your assumption is wrong... thats why i posted a thread to begin with....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Maschil:
people need to do a better job of labeling threads....for people who dont anything about developing... obscure words like Compendium, wont mean anything to them... also updating the search feature maybe...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Puzzlegal:
??

Compendium is a fine title. What do you want him to call it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] retailguy:
When I first came here the "!!!Look Here First!!!" title caught my eye. Why would you not look there?:confused:

Baffling to me.

Loki - I for one, appreciate what you've done. I use that thread all the time. Understand it's a lot of work to maintain, but I appreciate it. (For what that's worth!)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Maschil:
maybe... !!!Look Here First!!!

OR Photon for Dummies

but compendium is not a commonly used word...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
I tried that some time back and it was shot down. The main reason was considering that if you want a ROM, Kernel or any hack/mod really, the first place you look is in Development was the reason given. I'll contact the mods again and see if a placeholder sticky that links to the main thread would be ok. This will give me only two threads to update, the one here and the one on Phandroid.

Um.. "Look Here First" and "All things MoPho" are in the title and have been since last year. In Photon forums on multiple sites the term "MoPho" has been used since day one in threads and sigs and has also been used in tech blogs and news site as well so that is far from obscure. Another hint that it may be important is that it's a sticky.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Sometimes it looks like moderators are using IPhones. :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
I have approached xda a couple of times about being a mod for the Photon forums seeing that, as many of you know, I'm here almost everyday. Considering it took forever to even get contrib status I don't ever see it happening.