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[myTouch 3G Slide General] clockcycle:
Possible reason for slow data speeds on Simple Mobile

Seems like this is an older thread but on the same topic that has yet to have an answer or solution.

Since I've come into the same problem, I thought I would repost what I found out today on this topic.

Finally spoke to someone at Simple Mobile tech support that was able to tell me something that makes sense. At least in my case and it may be the issue for others as well.

I switched my SIM from a Verizon Motorola Droid 2 Global, that only supports EDGE / 2G connection to a Tmobile Sidekick 4G. Which is considered a Samsung Galaxy S 4G.

Well the problem is that it connects at 4G and since I am on the $40, when it does try to connect to the towers I am not authorized for 4G, so it automatically throttles me to 119..

He suggested I toggle 4G off and connect 3G and I should get full speeds... My problem now is that this phone doesn't have an option or toggle, that I know of to test.

Perhaps someone else that knows how to toggle a SK4G could give me a hint or someone could put this to the test on their, it would help the rest of us resolve this mystery.

-CC
[myTouch 3G Slide General] nevrlow:
Simple mobile throttles after 1gb of data per billing cycle.

sent from an HTC sensation on CM7 alpha #10
[myTouch 3G Slide General] clockcycle:
Then I was throttled from the very first day of service. Lucky it's no contract, I only had to suffer that for a month.

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[myTouch 3G Slide General] hafan228:
I have same problem and this make sence.

I have Tmobile galaxy s2 (T989) 4 G phone and I had one month with Tmobile on $50/month (unlimited call, text, and data--first 100mb 4 G, 2G after that), I have tested with speedtest.net and most time it had around 120kbps download after 100mb data.

So this month I switch to simple mobile $40 plan and expect to get better speed, I get the same speed around (120kbps) since the first day. I tried in different locations around san jose, ca. and maximum I get is about the same. I look at the phone status and the "mobile network type" shows HSPA and I can see the 4G symbol on the screen.

I have struggled for the last week trying to find a reason.

I look at so many places and could not find the reason, I agree with you on this one. We need a program which can toggle between 3g and 4g. Please let me know if you or some other genius find it. Perhaps genius rom developer can put this option in their rom.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] sLiKK:
Its my first ever month with Simple mobile. So i dont really know how they deal w data etc.

I have 2 weeks left in my monthly cycle and I have used only 350 MB . Today all day, all of my speed tests showed that I am getting 0.30 Mbps download speeds...while before that I was mostly getting around 1 Mbps down.

I am on $40 plan. Is this how simple mobile works? I thought they throttle you after 1.8 -2 gb of data?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] clockcycle:
I was "throttled" to 119k since day one. They claimed I wasn't and to test using speed test, that it is indeed "3G"like speed...
[Android Software Development] Delvorak:
Is there any way to get a listing on a specific android device of what values are acceptable for the

Context.getSystemService()

method? And yes, I know that, in theory, the acceptable values are enumerated on the Context object, but that's not always the case.

For example, Sprint's Wimax service isn't. You have to specify the literal "wimax" to get the wimax manager, and that only works on the HTC phones, not the Samsung. Samsung phones return a null if you pass in "wimax".

Thanks,

Scott
[Android Software Development] Delvorak:
No one knows, uh? bummer.
[Android Software Development] rwxer:
Try the following code:

Class serviceManagerClazz = Class.forName("android.os.ServiceManager");
Method listServices = serviceManagerClazz.getMethod("listServices");
String[] services = (String[]) listServices.invoke(null);
[Android Software Development] Delvorak:
Thanks for responding. Unfortunately that doesn't work. listServices.invoke(null) returns null.

Thanks again,

Scott
[Android Software Development] Delvorak:
That apparently doesn't work because the android.os.servicemanager is not a public class.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] izzy spun:
I'm curious about something. I'm sure we've all seen the enormous amount of supposed iphone clones coming out of china(hiphone, etc.) From what I've seen, they all seem to run proprietary os's that pretty much suck. Many of them have sd card slots, and seem to carry reasonable hardware. Anybody know if there's a chance that any of them will start running Android? Any devs working on porting Android to these phones? At the price these phones go for, if they came with or were able to run Android, it seems to me that it would lead to A huge spike in the Android market/community.

Anybody have any thought on this? Can it be done? Is there a reason it won't be done? from a users point of view, it seems like a win/win situation. Who wouldn't want a nice touchscreen Android phone for a hundred bucks or so??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] apollochina:
it's already being done
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] izzy spun:
do you know anything about what models, or where to get them?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] giayee:
yes, you could find the android smartphone

Just as I have said that as the android os has published, many corporation has it's own smartphone.Also the Shenzhen manufacturer has the new way to develop China android smartphone.In China, there has kinds of android smartphone solutions. You has find that in giayee.com or skype :giayee.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
As you all might know, the evo comes with a default htc kernel that doesn't let you go past 998MHZ. Im trying to overclock my evo. How do i do that? And what kernel should i use please?

Any help will be highly appreciated.

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[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
Most kernels other than stock will allow overclocking. Which ROM are you using? There are many kernels out there. One of the most popular is netarchy's.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
Im using the default sense 2.2 rom. I tried all the roms i can get my hands on. Myn, cm6. 1.2, fresh, baked... didnt like them, so i was hoping i can change my kernel in sense 2.2 to netarchy or something... hopefully you can help.

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[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
Try any of netarchy's kernels. There is tons of information in his thread. Just put it in the root of your SD card and flash like you would any ROM. Wipe cache and dalvik cache before hand. For future reference you might get a faster response in the Q&A section. This section is more for developers and their creations.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
Thanks ill look now and find the thread. Is it going to go to the correct directory if i just put it in the sd card, go in recovery mode and click on it? Thats what flashing is right? And sorry about that. Next time ill get it right. :).

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[EVO 4G Android Development] lordofokra:
Yes, put it in /sdcard, boot into recovery, wipe cache and Dalvik cache, then install from sd card, browse to kernel zip file and flash.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
Do you know any stable kernels i can try out?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] Rippley05:
Every phone seems to react differently, If I were you I would just read through netarchys thread ... the last 5 pages or so and get a feel of what they seem to like. It's easy to flash.. like the others said... do it just like a rom but ONLY wipe cache and dalvik cache.. DON'T factory reset or you'll have to start over flashing your rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
I don't have a custom rom. Im using sense 2.2 will it work for sense 2.2?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] the noan:
read the thread that you download the kernel from first. some will say for aosp roms only. also make sure to do a nandroid backup before you flash anything. cant tell you how many times mine phone has rebooted into the boot loop after flashing something. good luck
[EVO 4G Android Development] Rippley05:
Are you rooted? If you're rooted then any rom is a "custom rom". A sense 2.2 rooted rom is still technically custom, but, it can just be a pretty much stock rooted rom. So yea, you can try custom kernels.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
Yah of course im rooted. I just dont want to switch roms anymore. I like sense 2.2 but im trying to overclock the in sense 2.2

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[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
thanks man...now i just have to find some kernels..
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
is this a good kernel for sense 2.2?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=883455
[EVO 4G Android Development] midnitecoupe:
No, that's for AOSP only
[EVO 4G Android Development] durandetto:
I was under the impression that newer hardware and hboot versions couldn't use custom kernels so if that's your case I would be careful.

Sent from my EVO 3G!
[EVO 4G Android Development] JoeLithium:
Wrong section I believe. This should be Q&A.

I'm using netarchy's kernel with stock hatch rom right now. More-havs smartass etc. Allows overclocking and great battery life.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
can someone please link me to a kernel that i can use with the default htc sense 2.2 rom?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
where did you find it please and can i use it for htc sense 2.2?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
i have no idea. how do i know if i have a newer hardware?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
Can you guys tell me which one to use for htc sense 2.2 please?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9878475&postcount=2
[EVO 4G Android Development] JoeLithium:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=719763

Netarchy and toastmod's thread.

Make sure you read up and understand what you are doing and all of the terminology.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jpagel:
Also an FYI - look into SetCPU and how to use. It will assist in over / underclocking when you need it and adjust to battery percentages, ect.

You may already know, but figured I'd throw it out there.

A lot of phones act differently to kernels (I've never had good luck with Nets but stock / toasts have been great for example), keep in mind that after you install the new Kernel you may need to let it rest a few days before you can maximize speed / battery life. Test some out and see what works best for you. Always great to contribute results too.

GL!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
thanks man!!!!!

And yeah, i have setcpu already. im going to try the netarchy stuff and see. Coming from a Pre it was pretty much give something to get something. I overclocked my Pre but it always heated up..
[EVO 4G General] Stalte:
The Motorola Droid Bionic has been rumored to run Honeycomb 3.0 and from everything that I can tell the Bionic has the same screen dimensions as the Evo, 4.3inch screen. So is there any possibility that the Evo could get Honeycomb?

Engadget Droid Bionic Hands on:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/motorola-droid-bionic-hands-on/

PPCGeeks:

http://www.ppcgeeks.com/2011/01/11/...nning-android-3-0-from-our-tipster-honeycomb/
[EVO 4G General] dglowe343:
From what I've seen, Honeycomb requires a dual core processor and is currently being geared mainly towards tablets. Since we have yet to see a Gingerbread update, I would venture to say by the time Honeycomb hits, Sprint will already have an EVO successor.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
Honeycomb does not require a dual core. The bionic does not run honeycomb, it runs froyo. There's very little hope of honeycomb officially landing on the EVO. Expect to flash a custom rom if you want it.
[EVO 4G General] Stalte:
From what I was reading there is a rumor that the Bionic will have 3.0.

Ill take flashing a rom thats how we get everything else thats cool
[EVO 4G General] splmonster:
Well from what I was seeing at CES was the Bionic was running 2.3 Gingerbread. I saw that with my own eyes. "Honeycomb" does not have a minimum requirement according to everyone here, but they are also saying it's designed for "tablets" they are not mentioning phones.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
You saw wrong. It ships with 2.2.
[EVO 4G General] CCallahan:
+1....it has 2.2
[EVO 4G General] MedSchool26:
I've heard that honeycomb was designed for tablets but will also be put on phones
[EVO 4G General] matthewjulian:
Guys...come on, we should all know by now that Google is sneaky and we won't know anything until its actually on hardware in public hands, and after that we are at the mercy of Sprint(for anything official). Sure we will get it, but most likely only from our great devs here. For now I am more than happy with froyo(warm RLS5) and will be upgrading as soon as sprint has a dual core handset, but defiantly keeping my Evo to play with!

Sent from my White RLS5 Evo
[EVO 4G General] BrianDigital:
Well what about ice cream 2.4 on slate for summer
[EVO 4G General] DoctorComrade:
If you are talking about the SE phone that had it on there then... "On the software front, that random sighting of an Arc with Android 2.4 has been put down as a simple "misconfiguration" by Sony Ericsson" - source. Though I would take it with a grain of salt.
[EVO 4G General] splmonster:
Yeah i'm seeing that on numerous sites. I guess it's even more funny the device I got my hands on at CES was using 2.3. I checked the software version within the settings. So don't be rude, because you obviously didn't attend CES.

http://www.examiner.com/smartphones-in-charlotte/motorola-droid-bionic-4g-impresses-at-2011-ces

He was at CES as well, and said it was running 2.3. So i'm not the only one.
[Desire HD General] MarylandCookie:
Can someone with some desire hd knowledge help me out here...

I tried uploading a framework via adb and since then the phone got stuck in a boot loop.

I restarted in recovery and installed a framework theme instead, the phone booted up and now when i insert a usb cable it does not ask me if i want to mount the SD Card nor do i get any status messages to this effect in the status bar.

I have then tried rebooting into recovery, using the wipe tool zip and installed a custom rom but still got the same problem.

I have even gone into recovery and restored a previous backed up rom and still the same problem.

Anyone have any other ideas as i am out of them!!

Really need some help here!! :(
[Desire HD General] MarylandCookie:
Fixed it :)

Just flashed back the original stock backup and its working again.

Phew!! (Thank god i had the original stock backup!!)
[Desire HD General] AndroHero:
You should of tried going to "connect to pc" in settings, and ticked the box that says "ask me" :rolleyes:
[Desire HD General] MarylandCookie:
lol...

Duh! that would have saved a couple of hours of faffing about and probably would have saved me from a high blood pressure and a stroke!!

Well.. atleast i know for next time :D
[Desire HD General] AndroHero:
dont worry mate we have all been there :D lol
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] steven1022:
On the market for full root users, check it out.

Basically let's you remap any buttons to anything else and I am thinking this will be a nice fix to accidentally hitting the volume rocker when closing the keyboard.

Dedicated camera key? Hopefully the Shift gets some support.

Here you can follow what devices have support and possibly chime in to push for support of the Shift =)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850464

Sent from space!
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] emkorial:
If you temp root with zRoot, install this, set the buttons, then restart so it is no longer rooted, will the revised button config stick?
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] steven1022:
I doubt it. Guessing though...

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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awaisuk:
Hello.

When I got my new vibrant a few weeks ago, I put on nero 3 and it was blazing fast. Then I put on Nero 4 and it looked like it slowed down for some reason, then I put on another rom and it seems even slower :(

I just kept reflashing via clockwork recovery, without deleting the previous roms first, I just overwrited....

Someone told me to do ODIN to stock before putting another rom on your phone....well I dont know how to do ODIN to go back to 2.1.....and also if I do ODIN then I will lose unlock right?

Any help?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suprakarma:
Ok,first backup all your contacts n payer appear if you have any, then reboot ur phone into recovery.

Use the volume rocker to scroll up n down and if you are in the red menu select voodoo lagfix with the power button then follow the menu to disable it then select go back, then install zip from sd card then scroll down and check on downloads, if you downloaded your toms to the sd the zip file. Should. Be there.

B4 reinstall delete all data and cache select go back to do this then select install zip from sd to go back n scroll down to downloads n select your rom zip then select yes n you should be done.

Now be patient let it boot n give it like15 minutes. Then reboot again to fix bugs then wait again b4 you use it otherwise it will be buggy again
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lethal_NFS:
Ok,first backup all your contacts n payed apps.......Ok, first backup all of your contacts and paid apps.

Sorry, it just bothered me. :) Backup all of your apps. Not just the ones you paid for.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keslynn:
Have you checked to make sure that Voodoo was enabled? I believe there's an app in the Market called Voodoo Toggle that can help.

Also, if your phone is running slowly, there are a couple things you can try before flashing a whole new ROM. Check to see if there are any frozen services slowing up your phone. Go into Settings > Applications > Running Services and see if anything is stuck on "Restarting..." If it is, tap to stop the process and you may even want to consider freezing the service in Titanium Backup if this happens often. Another thing to do is fix permissions in ROM Manager. You will need to do one of the fixes in this thread before you run Fix Permissions. I recommend the one in post 3 because it's easiest. I do both these things when my phone slows up drastically, and it's worked every time.

You may also wish to trying clearing cache and dalvik-cache from the Recovery menu.

I have a Mac and have never been able to ODIN back to stock between flashes. My phone is still very snappy and doesn't really give me any problems.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkside79:
Ok, so new update is out for Flash Player 10.1 on the Market but no idea what it does! Doesn't say. Any one know what the update does? Thanks a million!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxNinjaKevinxX:
When you go on the web browser some pages, videos, and pictures will not load because Flash isn't enabled or even downloaded. So when you install Flash player, it allows your web browser to view the pages, watch videos, and look at pictures you couldn't before.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glacon175:
Haha wow, that comment totally made my day :)

More to the point, im wondering the same thing about the update... Can anyone enlighten us?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Its nothing visually, probably a internal update like faster loading, and stability.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
it's always like this, they're not saying anything in the changelog.
[G Tablet General] snipestech:
I have set it up so that it never sleeps but it still sleeps.

I have searched for info on this issue and have not found any info.

Please point me in the right direction.
[G Tablet General] marti766:
It nevers sleeps but it still sleeps? I may be wrong, but that seems contradictory...
[G Tablet General] snipestech:
What I meant was I went into wifi settings /advanced/wifi sleep policy/and selected Never

Yet it still sleeps

Running Vegan 5
[G Tablet General] JoeMofknDot:
It a kernal issue just flash pershoots newest kernal here's the link

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10398566&postcount=1
[G Tablet General] dony71:
Using pershoot latest kernel, wifi is still going to sleep though policy stay awake :(
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
no problems w/stock 3588
[G Tablet General] dony71:
it seems vegan 5 firmware issue?
[G Tablet General] snipestech:
I used never sleep while plugged in, in wifi settings that seems to work

:)
[G Tablet General] stiphy:
I'm running Vegan and have problems with my device not coming out of sleep mode (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855821&page=5). I started using "regpon wifi keepAlive" from the market and it worked around my problem although it may be at the expense of battery life. This may also solve your problem.

Hope it helps!

Sean
[G Tablet General] ready4thebreak:
I've also noticed this issue! I'm running stock TnT with Stock Enhancements(though this has been occurring before flashing). I change the settings to "never sleep" or "never sleep when plugged in" and I get the same results. When I bring the thing out of sleep, it always has me disconnected from my Wifi(which can be a headache if you use Pandora or listen to Podcast or want Sports updates when you don't want to waste battery life on the screen). Since it seems some have come across this, it probably is a kernel issue, which surprises me considering there's a recommendation from VIEWSONIC THEMSELVES to set it to never! Why give such unreliable recommendations on your support page of all places?

http://www.viewsonic.com/gtablet/support.htm
[G Tablet General] snipestech:
Thanks will try that app out the battery on this thing is really good, specially if im using system panel.
[G Tablet General] snipestech:
@ ready4thebreak

Bleeding edge technology......

Ive been with android since the G1 and it has been a rocky but well rewarded road.

Comcast just went out at home (dont know why)

Tethering at 4-5mbs speeds off my Evo ....

Lmfao!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gee7201:
I'm a verizon subscriber, with a droid eris, I can upgrade in March and this seem like the device I want to get my hands on. One thing I've been searching for and cannot seem to find is, is this stock android, very close to stock, or motoblur :(

Thanks for your help!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] truelove79:
Unfortunately it will be running Motoblur. As far as I know there is only one phone on Verizon that runs stock Android: the original Motorola Droid. I have no idea why phone companies insist on mutating Android and making it worse with their crappy skins and proprietary apps. It angers me soo much. If I get the Bionic the first thing I will do is root it and install a stock Android ROM (if one exists). I hate Motoblur/Sense/whatever is running on LG and Samsung phones.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gee7201:
So it'll probably be similar to the version running on the Droid X then. That's decent. As long as it's not as intrusive as Devour's Blur. hahaha

And I hear you on that one, I have the Eris, thank goodness it's running Stock 2.2.1 instead of Sense 2.1, cause even though sense is the best skin out there, it's still full of bloatware and slows it down
[Motorola Droid Bionic] truelove79:
Actually, it'll be running a new version of blur, or maybe they're not even going to call it blur. All I know is it's definitely not stock Android. From the videos I've seen, it actually looks very nice and isn't overwhelming. I prefer blur to sense, but stock Android to anything. Just search youtube for Motorola Bionic, there are plenty of videos out there of the interface in motion.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GYIVIjuNkY:
its motoblur sadly :( but apparently its a modified version that makes it more stock and less blur which is nice..the att atrix gets the full unmodified version of blur which is gonna suck
[Motorola Droid Bionic] infazzdar:
I would shoot for an HTC Thunderbolt with an AOSP ROM/Kernel.

Beamed from my DroidX