How to Increase Sprint Epic 4G Touch 3G & 4G Data Speeds

[dj2big]

I need all the settings in extensions i tried resetting that did no help. I messed around with all the settins in extensions including unmentioned settings.

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[cajunlab]

I did these changes successfully but did not notice much difference.
My 4G would disable and require a reboot to enable.
I thought maybe this was related so tried to restore factory settings.
BUT my MSL code doesn't show like it did when I get prop ril.MSL.
Just shows prompt again.
Anyone?
TIA

 

[expertzero1]

3g became really sluggish when testing, went back to original settings.

hopefully the new update were getting probably next month fixes los and data issuess

 

[rocknrollsparky]

AWESOME! More than doubled by data speeds! Kudos Milo!

 

[Immersion]

my 3g went from roughly 1mgeg to 1.6-1.7Mbps..........but 4g went from roughly 2m down to 1.1-1.3?? :'(

 

[rob4828]

Thanks. This made my upload speed 2x better but my download speeds were lowered to around 600-800. but the improvement of my upload speed made browsing much much much better and more consistent

727 dl 410up

 

[tillerrw]

Gave it a try and speeds seem better on 3g but they still aren't good (.09Mbps down and .03Mbps up).

 

[MattN03]

I tried entering getprop ril.MSL on the black screen on my stock EVO 4G, but it didn't do anything. Will this not work on an EVO?

 

[milominderbinde]

I tried entering getprop ril.MSL on the black screen on my stock EVO 4G, but it didn't do anything. Will this not work on an EVO?

Yes, I did this on my EVO 4G.

 

[fofjjsr]

So below is the results of my testing after I made the said changes. I noticed a difference right away. However, the first results were done when I was at home, where I use an Airave unit. Once I went outside the unit, my results were garbage. I am going back to default, because I don't need a difference at home, I need it outside of my home where I use my phone data connection most. I retested when I got home, and the speeds went up again as soon as I was on the Airave connection again. Any idea why this happened?

 

[ceelo562]

4g speeds improved but not so much for 3g.

 

[fofjjsr]

So with my settings back to default my connection outside my Airave is still garbage. So it looks like I should have been running speed tests before. :-( any suggestions?

Edit: Ran the speed test in another area and got results almost as good as on the Airave. Looks like I was just in a bad area.
Sent from my Samsung Epic 4G Touch

 

[Dissident]

Well I gave it a shot, however my upload and download speeds dropped by about 75% after doing this. As soon as I put back the default values they increased back to normal. Was worth a try!

Edit:

Played around with a lot more tests on both settings and my conclusion is that the Sprint network is just so damn inconsistent. Tests done over a 20 minute period from the same location ranged in scores from a low of around 100kbs to as much as 1.3mbs. Crazy! This was all based on 3g.

 

[douche1337]

So this update seems to have a great effect in delivering superior download speeds...but I am inconclusive on what it does to my upload speed. I'm leaning towards about the same if not slower upload speeds. Anyone else agree with that? Tested speeds on 4G

Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch

 

[Phoenix5794]

I'm not necessarily saying that this doesn't work, but in my case, my 3G Data speeds dropped by more than half. I was averaging 150-250kb/s (over 5 tests) and after doing this I'm getting between 40-100kb/s (over 5 tests). I'm sitting in the exact same spot and this has been the only change..
Hopefully it's just a lag in Sprint's service and it might get better later.

 

[thefreymaster#AC]

Will this work on the Nexus S 4G possibly?

 

[SergiozZz]

is it possible to do a similar trick for iPhone that is running of Sprint network?

 

[Middie123]

Worked for me.. went from 710-1046 kbps. But can't try out 4g since we don't that coverage in our city..thanks

 

[thefreymaster#AC]

Worked for me too on my Epic 4G Touch. Before was getting <20 kbs now getting 500-1000 kbs. Sprint 3G is useable again! Thanks! Cant test on 4G as there is no 4G network in my area. Thanks again. Anyone know if this would work on Nexus S 4G?

 

[aog3]

Wow!!! Both 3G and 4G speeds increased, but 4G went up significantly. I was able to obtain speeds of 1000+ in Kbps in uploads and average of 3880 Kbps on downloads. Keeper!!!!