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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
It's happening pretty much anywhere.

I have stock rom and rooted. No other mod.

Weird.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
I have better access to Youtube via T-Mobile than when I am using WiFi due to problems via Cox right now. Almost never have any issues when using 4G.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] baronsamedi:
i feel like im having the same issues... stock here and rooted.. Youtube just is buffering like crazy and i have lte with 2 bars
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Kawaisa:
No issues here, but T-Mobile's throttling my app store downloads for sure. LTE is super quick up to 80mbs or so and then slows to a crawl
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tony yayo:
Could try clearing the cache for the youtube app. Is the problem on Wifi as well?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] fatboy547:
Try a reboot. It was happening to me and a reboot fixed it for a few days. Then repeat if buffering occurs. Its weird
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Manofthehr:
Same problem here...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knarfies:
Yes I'm having the same problem and it drives me nuts. I even left a bad comment explaining the YouTube issues. 26 down and 16 up and my videos stop a quarter way in and sit there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] busab:
People are having the same problems in the nexus 5 forums as well.

I'm experiencing the same issues on both my note 2 and my Nexus 5.

Tmobile is definitely throttling us in certain situations. It is very concerning that they are doing this.

I suggest every one send John Legere a twitter message asking him what is going on.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
I tried clearing the cache to no avail.

On wifi, YouTube works flawlessly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
Wow, yes, my app store seems to be throttling as well.

Similar experience. It would shoot up to supersonic speed and then throttle down to dripping molasses.

I have $70 Prepaid. There shouldn't be any throttling.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
You might wanna take a look through http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1814258-Video-Streaming-being-throttled and http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1815146-T-mobile-Throttling-Pre-paid-Users.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MkVsTheWorld:
I recommend also filing a FCC complaint as they'll ultimately forward your issue to some high up in customer relations at T-Mobile. Carriers hate FCC complaints and do what they can to resolve them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
Are those with these issues mostly on prepaid or postpaid? It seems to be affecting prepaid mostly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Muffycheeks:
T-Mobile is definitely throttling it takes a lot longer to download apps from the Play Store.I'm sure they'll say that they only offer up to high speeds and not continuous. With all the new customers they can't handle the traffic.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] megapixle:
I don't very often watch Youtube but I tried it out just now. Sure enough can't make it through a single video. Almost everytime the video "pre-loads" (based on the progressbar) about the first minute of the video, then stalls out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
The whole reason I got the $70 PrePaid, rather than the $50, is for the non-throttling.

From all indications, I'm being throttled :(

That's no cool T-MO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tony yayo:
Are you sure smart pause isnt on and just not working properly? I didn't realize I had it on and that was causing issues for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dragonsamus:
I've noticed this and thought it was just me. I filed a complaint through the FCC like someone suggested.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dkb218:
Let's see... I can stream HBO Go all day with no slow downs whatsoever. SHO Go. The same...

YouTube and the Playstore both happen to be on Google servers. Could it be that it's Google with the slower downloads and not T-Mobile throttling your data....

Just saying cause it sound rather stupid for T-Mobile to be slowing one thing down but not something that consumes twice as much data as YouTube.

[Really? No on has noticed that the common denominator here is that all these downloads are coming from Google servers? Nothing else is slowing down, just downloads from Google but it's T-Mobile fault? I'm I in the Twilight Zone? :eek:]

Wow. Just wow.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tracywong:
Yes, same to me. 90% of the time youtube will stip half way. No problem when switch to WIFI.

Samething on play store download.

Bad T-mobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dragonsamus:
I hope I'm wrong. I really like T-Mobile. I've noticed the slow down when downloading roms as well. Not sure which servers those are on. I need to check and see if you're right by using Netflix and the Xfinity app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
I've been having the opposite problem. My Cox business connection (and I've been told Residential has the same isuses) has a huge problem getting to YouTube right now, and it is happening all over the place. There is a unmentioned dispute going on there between them as are many of the providers over Peering issues. The amount of traffic for YouTube and Netflix is close to like 50% of the Internet traffic now.

For the most part, I have no problems getting YouTube on T-Mobile from my device.. works great most of the time.

No problem for Netflix on either, but I don't use that a lot.

Throttling is not really the right term... not enough bandwidth being available is closer to what is happening due to peering issues.

Was trying to watch some vids on using Tasker the other night on Cox and was pulling my hair out.... ended up using my phone's T-Mobile connection to see them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
I double checked. It's off.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
From various tests, it seems like T-MO is throttling when you watch Youtube vid in HD(720p/1080p). It works perfectly fine for 480p and below. This is the case whether you are on your device or when watching on your desktop via tethering.

Anyone know a way to bypass this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] fatboy547:
Slingplayer gets throttled down to. Any way to stop this? Not sure if this is temporary on tmobile side as they are building more towers for lte. But this is really annoying
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
I'm getting this as well. I don't do streaming much, but any transfer session over about 50MB seems to cause the network to cut me off. I'm going to start pestering them. I'm on postpaid unlimited, and I at least want a service credit. There's no point in 30+ Mbps if I can't download more than 50MB anyway.

Hit http://testmy.net and do a download test using the custom size to get something decent size like 100MB. I can rarely complete the test. Watching system panel in another window I can see 20-30Mbps for about 50MB, then ZERO. The history graph looks like a cliff. LTE, 4 bars, -50dBm signal. Not moving.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
In searching around XDA and the web trying to find any solution. There are a few threads suggesting converting my PrePaid to PostPaid. Obviously, with your experience, PostPaid won't make any difference.

I can confirm that any transfer session over 50MB, throttling will kick in after initial burst of speed. This is regardless of 4G or LTE connection.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
That's exactly what happens here. I confirmed it happens on HSPA+ as well. VERY irritating.

I could live with some throttling/QOS. This cuts me off entirely causing the transfer to fail. And I'm not a very heavy user, I'm just under 3GB for this month, with about 1 week remaining in the billing period.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] fatboy547:
Anyone have suggestions on what we can do as customers to chg this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Kawaisa:
this isn't a pre-paid post paid thing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
Complain to T-Mobile. The more who do it, the better the chance that they'll fix things. I'm starting to believe that they're doing it on purpose.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
Pretty much. I sent email to this address and they at least got back to me reasonably quickly and created a trouble ticket. We'll see what comes out of it. They said we should hear back within 72 hours.

tforce@t-mobile.com

Maybe we could convince tmonews or another outlet to make some noise?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
I tried to get TmoNews to cover it, but that was before David left. Might change now. I'll DM Cam on Twitter.

A senior engineer for my region emailed me because of TForce. He's basically ignoring what I'm saying about this throttling, focusing more on my iPhone 5 battery complaints. Somewhat disappointed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
I just refilled my $70 prepaid plan.

The throttling still happening.

Can't watch YouTube without significant stuttering buffering.

Can't download any app more than 20-30MB.

Initial speed in the first 15-20 second really fast, than drop down to extremely slow speed 20-70KB/S.

Tried switching APN'S between epc.tmobole.com and fast.t-mobile.com. Doesn't alleviate throttling at all.

Tried switching between 4G and LTE. Also, does not alliviate throttling.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Muffycheeks:
No problem on wifi
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jak Crow:
I have seen the problem on my own phone, a Note3, and my bf's phone, a S4. We both have the truly unlimited data plans. With LTE enabled, various services, app store, youtube, general file downloads, will start downloading at good speeds. However, after a couple minutes, they just stop. No pausing and then picking up again after a few moments. These just stop downloading. Period. If we change the network mode from LTE/WCDMA/GSM to WCDMA/GSM, things work fine again, but with obviously much higher latency. We have reported this twice. When I called last week to get a status, I was told the only thing the previous support rep noted on my account was that I called in about the signal strength in my area, proving that the support reps are little more than phone answering meatbags.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mikessv:
I'm not experiencing any throttling on my network here in NJ on T Mobile's network. I can watch a movie from any app with no problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mikessv:
Here's a current speed test

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/655890042
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
Thank you for sharing. I get the similar speedtest.net result.

However, the problem lies in that fact that the fast speed cannot be maintained. After about a minute and a half or so, the speed gets throttled down dramatically. Unfortunately, speediest.net doesn't show the throttle.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
I recommend using http://testmy.net/download, since you can choose the actual size of the download test, up to 200MB. The results graph that it spits out is also beneficial to take a look at.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] @rbiter:
Dont forget. It could be congestion in your area. With all the uptake T-Mobile is taking on, everybody is unlimited, just when and how is the question. I encounter slow speeds in downtown Houston when everybody amd their grandma is using the network. But then again I could be wrong and tmobile is forced to throttle video usage because y'all watch too much YouTube.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
They're throttling more than just videos.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
Okay, I bit the bullet, and voided my Knox warranty by installing TWRP and Jedi Elite rom to see if my phone is the culprit.

With Jedi Elite rom, I'm still experiencing the throttling issue. It's definitely T-MO's network throttling me. Damn it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jak Crow:
I talked to a 3rd level tech and she said she will find out what's going on. It helps I can show it occurring on two different phones on two different accounts.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glensta:
I'm experiencing the same thing on t mobile. I live in orange county and whenever west youtube videos it always start of okay and then throw down pretty fast. I was thinking of switching to verizon but I cannot get there unlimited data plan so I'm screwed will just have to wait and see
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mikessv:
I fear you all may be right and I am being throttled too, I did a test on that site and it showed me getting throttled
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] asainz320:
Im glad to see im not the only one experiencing this. I also believe that tmobile is throttling our speeds. Comcast calls this speed boost. They will give you high speed internet for a few seconds and then bring it down. Thats why when you take a speedtest reading from speedtest.net or similar sites you will have blazing fast speeds but after a few seconds it will drop to a much lower speed. This really sucks!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
Exactly. And I wouldn't mind if it still let me complete my transfer at a reasonable rate. Drop it down to single digit Mbps if there is congestion and it will help. I have doubts there as transmitting slower means that the tower needs more transmitter time for me. That's air time that it can't serve other users with. That could be avoided by sending at the same rate, but fewer packets I suppose. But there's no reason to completely kill the connection. I actually think that there should be an inverse relationship with priority. The more you have used in the past hour or so, the lower priority you are. But that should still let me finish what I'm doing. Cutting off leads to retries downloading the same data over and over. That creates a negative feedback loop and helps nobody.

If it were simply congestion, it wouldn't be a hard cut at a repeatable level. The fact that everyone reporting the issue seems to die around 50meg indicates that the network is set up that way. And we likely wouldn't pull nearly 30Mbps on 5x5 LTE for the first 50meg. And while the stalled transfer is running, I can launch speedtest.net in a multiwindow and pull 30Mbps. Congestion doesn't do that.

If that's what they want to do, then they should be honest about it. The advertising should be "Unlimited Internet, 50meg at a time". I suspect fewer customers would be interested in that.

And before some one brings it up, I am not doing anything illegal. This is with youtube, paid audiobooks from audible, and apps from Google play, etc.. No torrents. Not tons of downloads. I'm at about 2.5gig for the period with about a week left in my cycle. I'm on the unlimited everything plan, paying extra for it. At no time was it disclosed that I can only transfer 50meg at a time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jak Crow:
It's hard to say this is a legitimate throttling, since changing to HSPA works without any issues. You'd expect that not to be the fix if it was a throttling.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
Curious if any has attempted to use a proxy to see if that makes a difference?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
That helps some people, but not me and I've read other reports on howardforums that say it happens for them on HSPA and on the older apns as well.

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On howardforums someone said they used a VPN and got the same results. I have an openvpn server almost set up. I'll try that myself as well as oddball ports and such.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
Some on HowardForums say that a VPN can get things working normally, but that's not exactly practical, and if T-Mobile is doing this purpose, they'll figure it out eventually.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] waynestatemac:
Same here I used to be able to use my slingbox that has a 2 Mb/s upload speed and view it without stutters over my phone in HD. Now, even with LTE, it will view it good for about 5 min, after that stutters like crazy and pretty much unwatchable. T-Mobile is defiantly throttling because once I switch to WIFI from work or a freinds house no problems at all.

I have the unlimited data plan it this frustrates me. I used to have a HD2 with HSDPA a few years back and it would stream the HD slingbox no problem. Now with faster data service then I had before it works like crap!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
Another day, and more throttling:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jak Crow:
I'd say it's getting progressively worse.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cyanics:
Up for me.

It's strange, but over the weekend I have been noticing a significant uptick in speed. Usually at home I am around 7Mb/s. Today it is 12+. On friday I was around 25Mb/s. Faster than I have ever seen. If I hadn''t been out driving, I would have thought I was on wifi. Maybe this has to do with the 20+20 testing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ascrackoo1:
anyone who has an issue should contact tmobilt support via chat and forward them this link.

http://www.tmonews.com/2013/11/noticing-drastically-reduced-download-speeds-youre-not-alone/

enough people log the issue in their helpdesk they will investigate.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] waynestatemac:
I took this test with my Galaxy Tab 3 TM315 on 1900mhz H+ using a 100 MB test file. You can clearly see at 50% or 50MB the chart dips. This explains my issues with my slingbox working good at first and then lagging behind. I did a test with my Nexus 5 on LTE however the test when opening the results page crashed. I didn't want to run anther test right away in fear of false results. From what I could see LTE did the exact same and slowed down speed wise after 50% or 50MB of the file was downloaded. It however seemed to burst download speed then stop for a bit then burst than stop and continue that cycle till it got to 100%.

I also called and they created a ticket so we will see where this goes! The lady claimed there might be a issue in my area but I doubt it. This has been something that has been going on now since football season has started and I've been trying to watch my slingbox when I'm away from the house.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] besweeet:
https://twitter.com/JohnLegere/status/405454376916897797

"Very small # customers saw slower data recently and only when downloading very large files. Minor software issue; Fix going in place today"

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https://twitter.com/JohnLegere/status/405454376916897797

"Very small # customers saw slower data recently and only when downloading very large files. Minor software issue; Fix going in place today"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
AWESOME, TMO heard our cries :)

BTW, John Legere is TMO's CEO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
I was pretty shocked he replied to my tweet. I just figured it couldn't hurt to ping him on it just in case. Hopefully it gets spread out over the network quickly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] fatboy547:
Nice. Hope it's really Just a minor software issue. Thanks for tweeting him
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jp2dj1:
I thought that I was going crazy, but yea I'm having the same problem. At tmonews.com tmobile says they're fix the issue. I don't know what that means exactly... :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jak Crow:
Got a call from the tech I had been working with on this. She said the problem should be fixed now, and so far my testing seems to bear that out. Will continue monitoring. It's nice to finally get the service provider to actually admit there was something wrong instead of treating the customer like someone who didn't know what they were talking about.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
Well, looks good for a few tests in Sandy, UT. Testmy.net 100MB @ 21Mbps min was 10Mbps. And a 475MB audiobook from Audible just completed with good speed the whole way through. That's a nice start to the morning.

I agree. I'm very pleased that Legere admitted there was a problem and fixed it when he said they would. Maybe there's more to the uncarrier than dropping subsidies. :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] Apache0c:
$35 w/ overnight shipping. I'll have it monday morning

http://www.amazon.com/Poetic-Slimline-Samsung-Manufacturer-Warranty/dp/B00FLO8LFQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1381942546&sr=1-1&keywords=Poetic+Slimline+Case+for+Samsung+Galaxy+Note+10.1+2014+Edition+Black+%283+Year+Manufacturer+Warranty+From+Poetic%29&tag=androidcentral00-20

I'll let you know how it turns out. :good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] ddavtian:
Poetic is being discussed in different threads in this forum, with many pictures, people have it for few weeks already. It's a good case at great price.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47526831
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] Apache0c:
Thanks!

Thanks! :good:

I'm excited :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] californiarailroader:
You paid $35? I only paid $9.95 for it, with $3.95 overnight shipping.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] californiarailroader:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FLO8LXS/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's $14.95 now, that's still a lot better than $35.

I made a mistake on the shipping, it was $4.95, and not overnight, I was thinking of another order.

Item(s) Subtotal:	$9.95

Shipping & Handling:	$4.95

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Total before tax:	$14.90

Sales Tax:	$1.14

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Total for This Shipment:	$16.04
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] Apache0c:
I paid $14.95 + 18.95 Next Day Shipping
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] Apache0c:
Case works great so far for me, no digitizer probs. Will keep an eye on it though.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] californiarailroader:
Oh, you're original post says $35.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] red321red321:
You risk damaging your digitizer if you use this case. It is really not worth it. Try writing near the top of your screen and see if you can draw a straight line. Bet you cant.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] arty93:
Can draw a straight line no problem
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] ddavtian:
I have this case too, no problem with S Pen.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] red321red321:
Mine was fine the first week, but soon developed problems.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] ChrisNee1988:
Is that with the s pen or another stylus?

I have a different magnetic case. The s pen works perfectly around the edges but the surface pen definitely loses accuracy.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] californiarailroader:
Actually, I can. ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] Apache0c:
yup, me too.

See :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] cardinalryan:
I have to support what red321red321 is saying. Everything was good and fine for a week or so, then it absolutely ruined my digitizer and the damage this case does is irreparable. Thankfully, I am a premier silver customer at BB, so I had the extended return period and got my Note 10.1 2014 replaced with a new one.

Maybe I was unlucky, but I would not recommend rolling the dice with this case. Just trying to help.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] ewok666:
So what's the story with that case? Magent too strong? I googled this and pretty much found just this thread...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] Gamul1:
I keep reading about how these magnetic cases cause problems. Are there no non magnetic cases available for this?

I started a thread specific to non magnetic cases - no replies yet. Not sure if that means there are none or something else.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] red321red321:
I had the poetic case and switched to the samsung book cover. The poetic magnet is much stronger. Seems like some are having problems and some aren't. I dont think the risk is worth it. Plus, the Samsung case is much thinner and lighter, and actually has the buttons in the correct orientation when you use it in landscape.