I've tried 3 or 4 Android tablets at home (ASUS Transformers - various generations, HD Pad memo, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc) - all have the same common issue with transferring large files over WiFi - they all suck!
I'm a computer support professional - I know how to configure a wifi router, so we don't have to go there...this is a current Linksys dual-band N router - and the 5th one I've used in the same location with many different devices.
A 5-year-old single-core 11.6" laptop consistently gets 5-7 Mbps transfer speeds on the same router, same file, same distance from the router. Android tablets? They average around 4-500 Kbps. Copying a 1 GB video file...around 30-45 minutes if the file transfer doesn't fail somewhere along the line - which it usually does.
I have two MS Surface tablets from work - an RT and a Pro2. The RT never gets less than 2 Mbps...the Pro 2 gets about 3.5 Mbps. Miles ahead of any Android tablet I've tried. I've heard the ASUS Transformer Infinity specifically has very slow I/O speeds but this is ridiculous. One of the main reasons I bought Android instead of Apple years ago was so that I could manage my files and copy between my server and tablet over my local WiFi network, stream videos, etc... I figured this would improve over time as the Android O/S matured, but it has not improved AT ALL! My Infinity tablet is slower than ever - nearly unusable these days as more and more unmanaged apps are running in RAM and sucking all the performance out of my tablet.
But the Surface RT - using the SAME PROCESSOR EXACTLY as the Transformer Infinity is consistently at LEAST 4x the speed. Is it Android? Is it poor hardware? What's the issue? Do I have to give up Android and go to a Windows tablet just to copy a file? I know there are other options to copy files to an Android tablet, but the WiFi option is the most convenient and the only acceptable option in my mind. If Android can't do it, I'll go to a different platform.
Has anyone else had any experience with faster transfers on newer Android tablets? Maybe with the Baytrail Atom processors....? I use ES File Explorer to copy 1 GB MKV video files from my server to test the speed - ES will display the transfer speed as it copies.
Thanks...
I'm a computer support professional - I know how to configure a wifi router, so we don't have to go there...this is a current Linksys dual-band N router - and the 5th one I've used in the same location with many different devices.
A 5-year-old single-core 11.6" laptop consistently gets 5-7 Mbps transfer speeds on the same router, same file, same distance from the router. Android tablets? They average around 4-500 Kbps. Copying a 1 GB video file...around 30-45 minutes if the file transfer doesn't fail somewhere along the line - which it usually does.
I have two MS Surface tablets from work - an RT and a Pro2. The RT never gets less than 2 Mbps...the Pro 2 gets about 3.5 Mbps. Miles ahead of any Android tablet I've tried. I've heard the ASUS Transformer Infinity specifically has very slow I/O speeds but this is ridiculous. One of the main reasons I bought Android instead of Apple years ago was so that I could manage my files and copy between my server and tablet over my local WiFi network, stream videos, etc... I figured this would improve over time as the Android O/S matured, but it has not improved AT ALL! My Infinity tablet is slower than ever - nearly unusable these days as more and more unmanaged apps are running in RAM and sucking all the performance out of my tablet.
But the Surface RT - using the SAME PROCESSOR EXACTLY as the Transformer Infinity is consistently at LEAST 4x the speed. Is it Android? Is it poor hardware? What's the issue? Do I have to give up Android and go to a Windows tablet just to copy a file? I know there are other options to copy files to an Android tablet, but the WiFi option is the most convenient and the only acceptable option in my mind. If Android can't do it, I'll go to a different platform.
Has anyone else had any experience with faster transfers on newer Android tablets? Maybe with the Baytrail Atom processors....? I use ES File Explorer to copy 1 GB MKV video files from my server to test the speed - ES will display the transfer speed as it copies.
Thanks...
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