Sprint stuck with slow EVDO, 1x?

touchpro2111 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-13-2009, 01:20 AM

There's a long thread of Verizon customers having slow data or stuck in 1x. Are there a lot of Sprint customers experiencing slow EVDO or stuck in 1x? I'm stuck around 100-150kbps even though it says EV on top.

touchpro2111 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-13-2009, 03:09 PM

I've followed the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=489929 and for a brief while my speeds got to 400-600 kbps, but now it's back down under 200 kbps.

I installed the Advanced Configuration Tool and Net Framework 3.5, and then set tcp connect and data retransmissions to 8 and also tcp window size to 98304.

touchpro2111 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-14-2009, 11:45 PM

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile 6.0) Sprint T7380)

I ended up exchanging it for another one and now I am blazing at 1000 kbps, so it was a hardware defect.

duofold · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2009, 04:43 PM

touchpro2111...what speed test site are you using (dslreports, mobilespeedtest.com, speedtest.net, etc.)?

And do you always hit 1000+ kbps on consecutive tests?

I've got both a touch pro & touch pro 2. both are no longer getting 1000+ kbps like they used to. especially when I test using PIE + dslreports, it really drags. And when the test finally completes, both are coming in at around 100-200 kbps.

Can't believe both tp & tp2 crapped out on me.

**w7excursion** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-15-2009, 06:56 PM

Make sure you are clearing your cache before each test and use dslreports. See my speed test banner in my sig? Im not really getting that d/l speed lol but its from mobilespeedtest.

touchpro2111 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2009, 10:11 PM

I'm running the speedtest from http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1&more=1 in both opera and internet explorer on my tp2. I consistently get speeds 700-1500 kbps, unlike my first tp2 that was consistently 100-150 kbps. But I do notice that many times the speedtest site gets stuck near the middle of the test or suddenly slows to a crawl, so sometimes I will hit stop and rerun if that happens. If you are stuck under 200 kbps, I think that is a defect and the phone needs to be exchanged for another one.

duofold · #7 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by w7excursion

Make sure you are clearing your cache before each test and use dslreports. See my speed test banner in my sig? Im not really getting that d/l speed lol but its from mobilespeedtest.

haha! Yeah, I used to be able to hit those speeds on mobilespeedtest.com. Not anymore. I am clearing my cache every time but with no discernible impact.

What's confounding me is that just recently, I was regularly hitting in excess of 1000 kbps on dslreports almost everytime. Now both my wife's tp & tp2 when started up on dslreports seem to zip along just fine...and then it just hits a wall and drags for the rest of the test.

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Originally Posted by touchpro2111

I'm running the speedtest from http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1&more=1 in both opera and internet explorer on my tp2. I consistently get speeds 700-1500 kbps, unlike my first tp2 that was consistently 100-150 kbps. But I do notice that many times the speedtest site gets stuck near the middle of the test or suddenly slows to a crawl, so sometimes I will hit stop and rerun if that happens. If you are stuck under 200 kbps, I think that is a defect and the phone needs to be exchanged for another one.

Yeah, your experience exactly mirrors mine. When the test is first run, speed seems fine as I view the status bar on the bottom of PIE. But like yours, it gets stuck. Unlike yours, even if I stop and rerun the test, it still reaches a certain point & starts crawling.

I did a hard reset last night. Didn't load a single app, completely stock. No reg edits/tweaks. And still nothing. This wouldn't have been so goddamn frustrating if it weren't for the fact that I enjoyed 1000+ speed not too long ago...and now nothing on both tp & tp2.

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent & to both of you for your insight.

delfin2003 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 11:16 AM

yeah, tested now 285 kbps, tested again, 113 kbps, and again, 236 kbs

touchpro2111 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by duofold

haha! Yeah, I used to be able to hit those speeds on mobilespeedtest.com. Not anymore. I am clearing my cache every time but with no discernible impact.

What's confounding me is that just recently, I was regularly hitting in excess of 1000 kbps on dslreports almost everytime. Now both my wife's tp & tp2 when started up on dslreports seem to zip along just fine...and then it just hits a wall and drags for the rest of the test.

Yeah, your experience exactly mirrors mine. When the test is first run, speed seems fine as I view the status bar on the bottom of PIE. But like yours, it gets stuck. Unlike yours, even if I stop and rerun the test, it still reaches a certain point & starts crawling.

I did a hard reset last night. Didn't load a single app, completely stock. No reg edits/tweaks. And still nothing. This wouldn't have been so goddamn frustrating if it weren't for the fact that I enjoyed 1000+ speed not too long ago...and now nothing on both tp & tp2.

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent & to both of you for your insight.

It just got stuck 3 times for me after going fast, but 4th time was 700 kbps, so I think it is a problem with dslreports getting stuck. Try d/l a big file and watch the progress.

wjrandon · #10 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 04:20 PM

Yeah, same story with me on Sprint. Blazingly fast for approximately 70% of the 1mb speed test as indicated on the progress bar, than it drops to a crawl. It might be Dslreports.com's severs because with mobilespeedtest.com I'm getting 500-600Kpbs in downtown Atlanta during mid day peak which is respectable for such a congested area.