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[EVO 4G General] itsallsubliminal:
I mean there is wiggle room. But when a company says 20Mbps and u only get 13, u r within that range u are talking about. I know Comcast, if u pay for 20mbps service, u can be getting 12 and they can do nothing about it on their end. It's because some units share a single.signal, same with cell towers, the more people using , the slower it'll be. And grandma and grandpa are starting to get smartphones, so it'll keep getting slower unless sprint stays on top of their game.
[EVO 4G General] DarkManX4lf:
Yeah pretty much if you have a WiFi capable device.
[EVO 4G General] 4redstars:
I've gone from amazing 3G reception to constant dropouts and I work downtown Chicago across from the Sears Tower...I have no idea what has happened but being connected to 3G is hit or miss.
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
They also sent me an airave, which did indeed help in my home. But that does nothing outside of my home. Also, if the 3g works with the airave, that should mean that there is no problem with the 3g radio, so its not a hardware problem, but a network problem.

I dont think this is the problem. As I stated earlier, two of my friends have evo's, and side by side, their two get normal speeds, while mine gets crap. Also, in the sprint store, I tested their display evo, just fine, and a few other random phones, all were fine.
[EVO 4G General] itsallsubliminal:
I live in the north subs and my parents are downtown Lake n Deerborn, and my parents phones have been crap lately too. Maybe sprint is over emphasizing the 4G downtown(much faster there then where I'm at) and could be messing w 3G speeds. Probably not the exact case but I can see sprint concentrating highly on 4G where it is abundant and short changing 3G a little bit.

I'm no pro so don't take my theory to heart, just thoughts.
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
this past week or more my 3g speeds have at a snails pace think i might start *****ing
[EVO 4G General] Gilly11277:
Funny thing, here in DeKalb my 3G coverage/speed is teh suck. No 4G, yet...but 3G is trippin'. My internets used to be plus one now its slow as hell.
[EVO 4G General] RockoDev:
Same problem 3g is slow that I can't even do anything online or log into xda app I have to turn on the 4g to be able to do anything on the internet
[EVO 4G General] Iilex:
Is there anything specific you've mentioned to csr? All they suggest for me is to reset my services and update my profile and ita getting frustrating. I don't feel I should be paying this much for such paltry service.
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
That's what all the lower level people tell me too, even after I've told them I've reset the phone 5 times, they still say I need to do it again. Ask to talk to Account Services, they are higher up and will be able to get you a replacement device. But like I said, I've had 6 phones in the last few months and they all do it, so it's likely not a hardware problem.
[EVO 4G General] gohantrunks28:
I too have been having horrific 3G speeds for the last two weeks. I have tried most of the methods from the forums trying to get it back, from the PD proxy change to the data throttling limiter.

My symptoms were that it would start with 3G speeds then in couple of minutes or so, it would drop to 1X speeds.

With dumb luck, I think I remedied my problem today. It has been going strong with 3G speeds without dropping to 1X speeds for 3 hours now.

I went into "Settings" then "Mobile Networks" then "Mode of operation" and changed it to "Evdo only."

I hope this helps some of you.
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
Good call. I used to do this way back in the "Olden days" using Sprint Connection Manager and the Aircards.
[EVO 4G General] JasonK75:
I was getting horrible 3G speeds everywhere too, but then they put up a 4G tower and where I work my 3G speeds have taken off! Tonight I got 2.22 down! It's not perfect, because sometime it drops 3G and switches 1X, but it is a start. Now at home I get poor speeds, but I'm not too worried about that because I'm on WiFi at that time. I think they are doing network upgrades and moving from copper to help out.

I've done the proxy fix by going to 0.0.0.0 and that helped too.
[EVO 4G General] boner2007:
Thee post from Neudof on page one really worker pretty good.
[EVO 4G General] sup3rn0th1ng:
changing my proxy settings increased my download speed if you have not tried it yet.
[EVO 4G General] postwick:
I just used the speed test app and got:

4G - latency 335ms; 6324kbps down; 1011kpbs up

3G - latency 347ms; 269kbps down; 110kbps up

what should typical 3G speeds be?

EDIT:

I did the proxy settings change posted in this thread, and now I get...

4G - latency 444ms; 7480kbps down; 1026kbps up

3G - latency 362ms; 470kpbs down; 95kbps up (it seemed to freeze for a moment on the up test so I re-ran and got 117kpbs)

I assume that the proxy change isn't supposed to affect upload speeds - wouldn't make sense for a proxy to affect uploads.

So it improved my 3G and 4G speeds, which I also expected. 18% faster on 4G and 75% faster on 3G. NICE!
[EVO 4G General] 4redstars:
I have now gotten to the point where I cannot pick up 3G signal in my office at work...I don't need it to be fast but I at least need it to connect...

I used to have great speeds here, better than anywhere else I took my phone and now everytime I refresh anything it just loops.

A call to sprint is in my future.
[EVO 4G General] rockky:
I'm breaking contract soon as the new Gsm phone I'm waiting for is available for import because of just this.

THAT BEING SAID......LOL...:

Has anyone in the downtown Chicago (specifically near north area) seen radically improved 3G speeds in the last 2 days?! Like..really fast. (Eg: Xda pages loading in 5 seconds....which btw, is a much better test than speedtest...Ive had 6M's download speedtest results, and immediately test a page download and have it barely be faster than its typical page download spee

Anyway, right now I'm at a Starbucks and not using Wifi cause 3G's moving data faster than Wifi does. Go figure
[EVO 4G General] overclockxp:
I'm barely getting dial up speeds at my office anymore. I used to get about 200 in the morning and 700 in the afternoon. But now I get 100 if I'm lucky. And I have to be by a window to get 4G. Unfortunately the closest window is 50 feet away and Wimax doesn't penetrate that far.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
So since its obvious that this is becoming a problem pretty much everywhere for Sprint, I wonder is it safe to say now that their network simply cant handle the strain of high data usage phones like the Evo. That has to be what it is because I ride past their tower everyday and havent seen them doing any work on it once.
[General Topics] CTR01:
here it is folks...this is what i read...

http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidi...ampaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)

yeah its cool and good for all the innovations but battery life? if decent battery life is to be had i think the optimization and battery size are going to be some kind of amazing lol
[General Topics] muyoso:
They said 12 hours of HD video.
[General Topics] vbetts:
If it's going by their average designs, then it's not actual cores that you would see in a cpu. Most likely it's some type of shader core that you see in their GPU setups. More or less, a shader cluster from fermi. :D
[General Topics] CTR01:
12 hours huh thats freaking awesome lol!

hmm well that does sound interesting indeed! we will see : )
[General Topics] vbetts:
Just to add, not saying it will be a shader cluster from fermi, just an example of what it could be. Either way, it's looking pretty great. ARM has come a long way, and I bet soon we'll see competition to x86-64 platforms.
[General Topics] CTR01:
yeah that would be pretty cool...could have like some more in depth or advanced phone to computer interaction or something lol
[General Topics] CTR01:
small related update...

http://phandroid.com/2011/02/16/nvidia-quad-core-tablets-in-august-phones-at-christmas/

benchmarks and possible release dates
[General Topics] inubero:
lol?? fake?
[General Topics] CTR01:
Rumors yes but fake eh I say plausible

HTC HD2 w/ 2.3 : )
[General Topics] vbetts:
Those are benchmarks straight from Nvidia. That link even gives Nvidia as its source.

http://blogs.nvidia.com/2011/02/teg...-chip-worlds-first-quadcore-mobile-processor/
[General Topics] lude219:
In all fairness to the benchmark, a T7200 (65nm) is a 5yo chip. So what you essentially have here are TWO extra cores build probably on a much smaller 30nm chip to edge out a 5yo dual-core desktop CPU.

So for a mobile chip to beat out something like a Q6600 (2.4ghz quad-core, 45nm), it would need 8 cores (or octa-core) and pack tightly in a 20nm or so chip to churn out an equivalent number. :D I don't think that's going to be available for another 5-7yrs or so.
[General Topics] vbetts:
Q6600 is 65nm :D

Not sure what the dye size is of the cores inside of Tegra, but definitely smaller and also uses a hell of a lot less power. If it were an x86 chip comparing to an x86 chip, then comparing it to a 5 year old cpu would be a very bad comparison. But it's ARM, and ARM has come a long way in a quick time. Nvidia is great at pushing limits too, Fermi may have used a ton load of power and put out heat, but it performs great, and a lot of the fermi based cards are smaller than the counter HD5 and HD6. Nvidia Ion is also easily cooled, and doesn't use a lot of power or put out a lot of heat.
[General Topics] A2Aegis:
How much horse power does a mobile device really need? I voted for a combination of three, but I would be inclined to lean towards battery life.
[General Topics] CTR01:
im sure you know but after a certain point people buy things just cuz they can and to brag about it lol

...although if you have non geeky/techy friends then it really means nothing to them so yeah i see it as at some point its just no use

...unless you get like a 3d hologram/projector thing going on...then we can talk 4 cores or more.
[General Topics] lude219:
Thank you for the correction! You'd think I would remember my own's CPU dye, right? :p

My previous post doesn't have any ill-intention at all. There are a lot of people who think this will replace future desktops (as noted in the recent article on the sales of smartphones/tablets beat out home office computers), so my somewhat horrible analogy was to paint a picture between these two different architectures and where they're at. I can almost remember back in the day when people laughed at the idea of Nvidia branching out to making energy-efficient mobile processors. They wont be laughing now :D
[General Topics] vbetts:
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if ARM replaced x86-64 in at least mobile solutions like laptops. Windows has ARM support coming soon. But the real question here is, can companies like Nvidia or whoever makes the SoC make the chip cheap enough for mass production and retail? AMD sells quad core cpus for less than $100, and Intel sells cpus with a gpu onboard the CPU chip for under $150.
[General Topics] CTR01:
hmm thats true and amd is coming out with their cpu/gpu integrated stuff soon-ish and since they usually sell cheaper than intel...at that price point it would be kinda hard to beat...least for a little while i think.
[General Questions and Answers] jmyeom:
my phones been playing up, and its been cooked "cooked by newbie1221"

is there a way to get it back to "base settings"?
[HTC Inspire 4G] adamtheindien:
What would need to be done to have it on tmo. And would hspa+ and all that work?
[HTC Inspire 4G] meatrocket:
I actually rooted my Inspire, loaded the Euro DHD ROM and tried it on T-Mobile this morning. It worked, but no 3G, much less 4G. :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] adamtheindien:
So what would need to be done to get that type of thing to work fully? Something with the baseband or something right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] JCreazy:
It can't be done, the hardware is different, you won't get anything better that edge
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
i really need my inspire unlocked?
[HTC Inspire 4G] h_22_accord:
just wait a few months, the htc incredible S is supposed to coming to Tmobile and that device has same specs as the inspire except smaller screen and has FFC.
[HTC Inspire 4G] r34p3rex:
Unlock it and you're good to go! That is, if you don't care for 3G/4G :p

The Inspire's 3G radio is incompatible with the bands used by T-Mobile unfortunately
[HTC Inspire 4G] adamtheindien:
i want the big screen though lol. I have a g2 right now and I'm really just craving one of those huge screens. What about the Desire HD? would that work on TMO? or is there any other options out there?
[HTC Inspire 4G] aNdroidnut:
your option is an hd2 on android
[HTC Inspire 4G] darknessxyz:
I don't get it. One of the reason I pick Inspire because it has the same 2G/3G band frequency like the Desire Z (G2). If Desire Z works then why not the Inspire?

Quote from GSMArena:

HTC Desire Z

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America

HTC Inspire 4G

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900

Even the Incredible S is not 1700 band

HTC Incredible S

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
The desire z looks like it does not work on t-mobile either. T-mobile needs 1700/2100 for 3g, which are not listed in the specs yet posted.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jc2470:
Can I use T-Mobile 3G devices on another carrier’s 3G networks?

You will not be able to roam with your T-Mobile 3G device on another carrier's 3G network. T-Mobile devices use the 1700Mhz/2100Mhz frequency band (for 3G) and it is specific to T-Mobile. You can however roam on another carrier's 1900Mhz frequency band using GSM. Likewise, another carrier’s 3G devices will not be able to roam on our 3G network.
[HTC Inspire 4G] epicKA8:
yup basically, All you need to do is root the phone using either method. I tried it last night actually with my friends tmo sim. phone worked fine, except only edge service
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
But his question is specifically asking to use 3g on other carriers. Which the answer is no, even rooting won't help. It's a hardware limitation.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmar08:
its something i have thought bout but why would you pay that much for a phone tht will only run on the Edge. Wait for the Pyramid to come out or get a Desire HD from ebay. its just the European version and has the bands ability. or like what has been mentioned before about the HD2 and load it with Android. Thats what Im using which is awesome becasue you can use the HSDPA speeds and 3G speeds and have that huge 4.3 inch display and still have a 1ghz snapdragon processor.. another awesome thing about it is that there is SOOO many roms you can load to customize your phone like if you wanted the basic Sense Rom like the inspire or the Evo there are plenty of roms for it, if yo wanted the MyTouch 4G rom then you can load it, if you wanted a Nexus Rom then you can load it, and its much faster with updates so you can even have Gingerbread already on your phone and they are even already gettting the bugs worked out of having Honeycomb on the good ole HD2. its overall a very under rated phone but thats because it had tons of issues with WinMo 6.5 but with ANdroid loaded on it I havent had problem one with it.. Im sure others have thier opinion but thats mine for it.. hopefully any info helps...
[HTC Inspire 4G] epicKA8:
didn't you read the quote i replied too? i said nothing about being able to use 3g, infact, i said quite the opposite, i confirmed like others, 3g will not work. :rollseyes: gotta love ppl who don't read what you actually posted.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
Oh I missed the last statement of your post. It was tagged there at the end.
[HTC Inspire 4G] a1yet:
AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39 Billion USD

AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39 Billion USD

T-Mobile 3G (i think 4G also) Phones Will Require Replacement After AT&T Merger

SO buying this phone and unlocking it will give u a little while to use T-Mobiles services (maybe 2 years AT MOST) after that u will need an AT&T phone

but the trade off to being able to use T-Mobile for a while is that u will be at slower speeds for a while BEFORE AT&T destroys this grate service provider

can you say "Cingular" ?

so this is the best GSM phone as it will be merger proof !!
[HTC Inspire 4G] JBTY:
Internet settings?

hey guys i realize this is an older post but i rooted and unlocked my htc inspire and put in a Tmobile sim card and calls work fine and text messages too the phone automatically detected apn and everything but i cant get it to connect to the internet :confused: what should i do is there a way to set to 2g networks only? is that even required?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jmollabi:
u will not get 3g on tmobile..ive tried
[HTC Inspire 4G] jznomoney:
Why not get a Desire HD from europe that is the same phone basically and it should work 3g on tmo
[HTC Inspire 4G] cordell507:
it still won't work t-mobile uses its own bands that absolutely nobody else uses exempt in very select markets, maybe but it will not and can not work and it never will
[HTC Inspire 4G] qipengart:
I use my Inspire 4G on T-Mobile and so far it is awesome even on EDGE network only :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] Drashna:
Agreed. EDGE is fast enough for most web browsing, and most the time, when I need to do mass downloading quickly, I'm within a WiFi hotspot. Absolutely love my Inspire 4G.

Though, theoretically, if/when the merger happens, may end up getting 3/4G anyhow (we shall have to wait and see if that happens!)
[HTC Inspire 4G] jsuresh:
nevermind....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edmurfman:
When I was using a moment with a 2.1 rom and my evo on stock 2.2 I used my text messaging app to text my friends email address. It sent it as just a normal text, but with a gingerbread rom installed and using the gingerbread messaging app it sends the texts as a mms and I can't find way to convert it back to an sms. Is there any way to fix this? Or get the froyo messaging app on my gingerbread rom? I am running evervolv's 2.3.2 rom.
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
Just picked up a "refurbished" gtab at sears outlet today. Turns out its a return that someone put vegan beta 3 on and didn't set back to stock before returning it. Had some issues so I started from square one and re installed everything and now it's running vegan beta5.1.1 with working market, flash, swype, side loaded facebook, twitter, launcher pro since they didn't show up in market. Thank you all for all the great posts. I was able to do all this from reading through the forum and searching. Next up is to test media players and steamers.
[G Tablet General] goog64:
Welcome!

Would you mind telling me how much you paid? (I'd like to get another one for my wife.)
[G Tablet General] geoffreywolter:
Pretty sure it's $279 at Sears Outlet.
[G Tablet General] cardwell1345:
Love mine bought it @ office depot
[G Tablet General] cardwell1345:
Think ill check out Sears outlet for one for my wife
[G Tablet General] s14tam:
I'm getting mine from another forum user. It should be coming in a few days. Starting to wonder if i should have bought an Archos 101 though. After reading through the gtab forums there are some things that may make me regret buying such as

1) Uses too much battery during stand by

2) poor viewing angles on screen

3) archos can dual boot linux and android out of the box

4) archos has hdmi out port on the device

anybody used a archos gen 8 and can weigh in?
[G Tablet General] TheJesus:
Archos is a pile of trash compared to this. The 101 is much slower and laggier. Not to mention the future of this tablet since its on the Tegra 2 platform.

1. I don't see that issue, I think mine just turns itself off after awhile, but last battery usage I saw was 24 hours at 35% life left.

2. They really aren't that terrible. If you have that concern go see if a store nearby has one or just wait for the one you bought to arrive and determine for yourself.

3. Woopty doo? Pretty sure that voids your warranty... Not to mention, what are you going to do on Linux that Android can't?

4. You know how many times I would plug something with HDMI into my tv? Once and say "That's awesome, I'll totally use this all the time" and then never do it again because it's extra hassle. But if you need that, grab the G Tab dock :D

You made the right choice with the G Tab.

EDIT: Almost forgot, the only thing I miss is the kickstand, lol.
[G Tablet General] s14tam:
Thanks for your input.

I pretty much agree on all points, except that the linux part. Archos actually supports dual boot linux from the factory and the neat thing about that is you can use it as a full pc with linux applications like full version Open Office, GIMP, other powerful applications (im assuming). I guess its not that big of a deal for a ultra mobile device.

Haha and yeah, kick stand would be nice but i suppose i can do without
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
Paid $279. been watching there site for one near me for a few weeks till it poped up yesterday morning. also got a case logic bag/sleeve for it for $5.
[G Tablet General] TheKaz:
I concur ... I would never stream from this device to my TV. For under $400, you can buy a pc with hdmi and toslink out and hook it to your TV .. I actually stream from this pc to my g-tab so I can watch movies on it. If I need to take some with me, I'll throw 'em on an sd card.

This thing has some quirks, but once you overcome those, I am having a blast with this thing...
[G Tablet General] WantADroid:
I agree also!

I have enjoyed the fact that their are soooo many options to how you can set up your Tab. For me it has been fun just having something to tinker around with that hasn't been locked down so much that it makes customizing a MAJOR hassle. I didn't buy my Tab thinking it would be perfect, these tablet are still in the early stages of development. In a few years the newer tablets will be incredible devices that will all but replace laptops(IMHO)..

:)
[G Tablet General] TheKaz:
Speaking of early stages of development, how about nVidia announcing quad-code android tablets this summer..?
[G Tablet General] Biggils:
Bought mine at Sears way back at the end of November. After reading the threads concerning flashing the different ROMs I took the plunge and upgraded to TnTLite 4.1. Like you said, lots of good advice and I didn't have any trouble that couldn't be overcome by a little thread searching.
[G Tablet General] jlytle1234:
I question what the battery life will be like with Quad core. I think we are at a point where the tegra2 will do whatever we want. The limitations are really with the memory installed on the tablets.
[Thunderbolt General] bobbysteels216:
According to the information on this screenshot and word of mouth from Best Buy employees, the Thunderbolt will be released on the 21st. From what I understand, if a product doesn't have a street date (see street date on pic), the product can be sold as soons as it arrives at the store.

Here's a link to the guy who works at Best Buy who provided the pic answering questions...

http://androidforums.com/htc-thunderbolt/278409-best-buy-details.html

Edit: I know that it isn't an official date from Verizon and that things could change so there's no need to be a Buzz McKillington by pointing out the obvious about that.
[Thunderbolt General] zachpl:
Good to know, looks like i'm going to bestbuy this weekend.
[Thunderbolt General] superchilpil:
That's a "in stock" date, I doubt they are going to release as soon as the receive them
[Thunderbolt General] deadpixell:
I work for Best Buy Mobile and as I have said, in stock date means nothing when it comes to when a product is being launched/sold.

Look for the 24.....
[Thunderbolt General] thed0cb:
24th. No doubt.
[Thunderbolt General] MePascal:
Is anyone aware of what Verizon's price breakdown for the Tbolt will be?

I'm aware of the $749 full retail and $249 2/yr pricing from BestBuy but has any info slipped about big red'spredictions?