Curster

Nothing I do shows the phone in the configuration. I have selected every port available I went into device manager and changed a few settings like baud rate and ports and still nothing. The phone is connected but wont show up in the QPST. I rebooted my computer uninstalled reinstalled and rebooted my phone. Nothing. Please help I want a faster phone too.

gbiggie

What version.of Windows are you running?

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exile1975

I also have this problem on windows 7 64bit. works fine with non 64 bit tho. I'm pretty sure the drivers for QPST aren't compatible. hope this helps you.

Curster

Thanks for the quick response. I too have a 64bit Windows 7 os. I'll try it out on the XP and see what happens.

dannis

I tried this tweak last night and it worked. I confirmed in FCC Speedtest that download/upload speeds were higher than before. But now today, I am back to my old speeds! I redid the steps in the guide but my phone was still set on Simple IP Only. I clicked write to phone anyways and it rebooted.

For some reason, download speeds are still slow (< 100) but upload is faster than that.

What gives?

SamsungAdmire

this worked and improved my internet speed a ton. Thanks OP!! As another user said, i can actually watch youtube from the youube app now!

yahhboy

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1751368
3g in all markets

That's the thread I was talking about, not sure if the source is credible but they were right about the 20% rollout

Curster

Nothing Nothing Nothing and the funny thing is I updated the prl. on my brothers XP os no problem. I don't know if somehow I changed a setting on the phone that will cause QPST to not recognize it but it's killing me. I didn't download the indulge drivers XP updated the drivers automatically will that affect it? What about the Admiral Beast rom should I flash the stock rom back? I'll try anything at this point thanks.

quechon

The same thing happened to me just flash back to stock with odin and then it will work and after that flash the rom again

pmb116

No just download the proper USB drivers.

Curster

Ok I replaced the Samsung Admire drivers with the Admire Generic CDMA drivers, I reinstalled different versions of the QPST, I went into properties and changed COM ports, bard rates. I read in another forum to take the SD card out and connect it and also to connect it in recovery mode. I even read where some people have had to change the Hardware Ids to get it to recognize their phone although I haven't been that brave. Is it time to throw in the towel? Can anyone refer me to another forum that specializes in QPST? I can't wait to get the LG Esteem lol!!!!

gbiggie

All I could find...hope it sheds some light for you!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tags.php?tag=qpst

+1 on the Esteem

allmanallpimp

Support - More Cell Phone Providers SCH-R720 | Samsung Cell Phones there are the samsung admire drivers, enjoy... click see all downloads, then software, then zip

Curster

Thanks for the drivers and the links to other QPST forums for help but I searched high and low to no avail. It worked once to update the prl and since then I have had no luck. I'm getting the LG Esteem in a few days so I'll wait till then to geek on my phone. I heard the Esteem has a kernel that overclocks to 1.7 ghz hell yea!!!

gbiggie

Actually 2.2GHz
Check this out:
LG Esteem: All things Root Guide
I wish you a version B esteem

Curster

Wow they have so much to do with it already I can't wait. Thanks for the link.

brayan31

Awesome works on optimus M here in lakeland fl thank you so much. not getting some of the speeds are getting in other places but watching YouTube not problem lol so happy =). i think that it depends on signal and works well after a couple of mins.

mussio

Thanks my admire is now usable internet wise. Lots of times even before this modification the internet always hangs and my page will never load is anyone else having this issue?

bart2201

I'm a complete noob at this. I've rooted my phone and got the Admiral Beast theme running. I'm trying to do this speed up thing, when I go to QPST I get a phone number that isn't mine, in fact it is on the phone info menu under the heading MIN. Why am I getting this and how do I make sure my number finally identifies my phone so I can continue?
By the way I'm also on Win7 64.

Last edited by bart2201; February 15th, 2012 at 05:52 PM.

gbiggie

If it asks for SPC # use this
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.splicedmedia.android.meidconverter

bart2201

Thanks gbiggie, I already have the SPC # but because the phone number that shows up on the com port in QPST isn't the number of this phone but it is a number under the heading MIN on phone info. Is it normal to have differing numbers show up under the info screen? Should I continue with the process even though its not my #?

bart2201

I just got some clarification on the MIN/MDN. Both are unique to my phone and I guess this means I can continue with the process to improve reception. Just want to give a huge Thanks to all of you who make these sites possible.

tvis

updated via QPST, has some problems with the program recognizing the phone on my com ports, but after rebooting the phone with it plugged in and restarting the program after the phone booted it recognized it.(something you guys who are having problems might try) Went from about 220kb/s down and about the same up, its now 760kb/s - 900kb/s down and around 350kb/s up, it varies ALOT depending on the signal strength, but its much more stable and faster! HD video on youtube takes a few secs to pre-buffer but it runs smooth, a 3MB file from the market took only 5-10 seconds to download and i can run team viewer on the quality setting. its sooooo much nicer now, THANKS OP!!

flakito97

Delete.

Last edited by flakito97; February 17th, 2012 at 05:38 AM.

bart2201

Finally got everything done correctly, I had to find the M.IP tab to change to simple IP only. Once that got done my stats jumped considerably on download. From 111kbps to 512kbps, upload remains about the same, now to see if it holds for the next few days.

Big thanks to all of you on these boards for helping out. A quick question about Speed Test. It loads my nearest server as being in Dallas and when I scroll through all their listings Dallas is the closest one. But I live in Northern Cali, any clue why I can't be recognized by the server in San Fran? When I use speed test from my pc it always uses the servers in S.F. or San Jose. I would think the readings would be much better if I could use my local servers, at least ping should improve measureably.

Last edited by bart2201; February 16th, 2012 at 02:05 PM.

blaze420916

I'm in sacramento and mine connects to the server in auburn but sometimes tries to connect somewhere in colorado

bart2201

I don't get why mine will only offer towers in Tx, Ok, Ks and others in that area. Right now ping averages 187-240.

Megalomando

Hi,

I am new to this but just signed with MetroPCS and have the Samsung Admire. I ran the QPST but it does not show my phone. If I connect it to either a Win 7 64 bit or XP 32 bit machine I still don't see the admire listed under phone. I also don't see it showing up in the "My Computer" on either machine.

You mentioned the phone should be in the debug mode & I'm not sure how you do that.

I followed the direction and found under MEID in the admire, both Dec & Hex numbers and when I filled them in from here [URL="http://www.meidconverter.net/"] I get a different SPC number if I enter the Dec or the Hex. I'm not sure which one to use. Also, I'm assuming when I pasted the MEID numbers to be converted, that I only paste the alpha-numerics after the colon. Is that correct?

Either way, I don't see the Admire on either the system or in QPST.

Is there a driver I need to download that allows the phone to appear so I can make this mod to it? Other ideas I may need to try?

Thanks!

MM

Last edited by Megalomando; February 17th, 2012 at 01:35 AM.

Megalomando

Update...

After much looking I found this link which shows how to put the phone in debug mode: How To Root Samsung Admire Android Phone [Guide] and it also addresses the drivers issue. I installed the drivers and put the phone in debug mode and now can see the phone in QPST. I selected the Diagnostic instead of serial and modem.

As to the "m.IP Tab" I couldn't find info on that anywhere. I wasn't sure if that was found on the Admire or in QPST, I saw no tab labelled M.IP anywhere I looked. I tried the help in QPST & nothing showed. I finally found a link that said it was found in QPST under the Service Programming section and if you go to the right of the tabs there are two right/left arrows and if you click the one to go right that M.IP tab comes up. I had no idea...

I think I'm OK up to this point and between the info/links within the original post and the rooting page I just showed the link to, all I need to know now to do this is how to accurately enter the MEID info into the MEID converter?

{The MEID is confusing because if I enter the Dec or Hex values in the mediaconverter link I get a different SPC value. If I also include the full line such as Dec:1234567890 I get a different value than if I entered the Dec: numerals after the Dec: like 1234567890 - I would expect if I entered the Dec value and entered the Hex value seen in the Admire under "MEID" to be converted, I would get the same SPC value but this is not what happens. I'm unsure of what to enter to get the correct SPC value.}

Lastly; instruction #9 says: "9-M.IP tab change the mobile ip behavior to: simple IP only Write to Phone (the phone should restart by itself)" - I take this to mean when I select "Simple IP only" that at that time the phone should restart on its own, that I shouldn't need to do anything to restart it?

Thanks!

Last edited by Megalomando; February 17th, 2012 at 09:11 AM. Reason: Just found how to locate the M.IP tab

bart2201

You should use the numbers that come after DEC: not the hex#'s
Also since you found the IP settings yes just check the one labeled simpleIP only and then enter and the phone will take it from there on its own

Megalomando

Thanks for that, I will do it when I return from this weekend in Boston, all should go just fine.

Now to read up on rooting pros & cons to see if I should do this but that is another topic for another thread.

What I need most of all is better receptivity in that thanks to a lack of signal I can't make/get calls in my bedroom, I need to do so in other rooms.

Thanks to all for the help.

sam41309

wow it actually works but im only getting fast 3g around 12am to 5...

KUSHWRECK

Agreed I get 800-900 kbps around that time.

MatrixCodeNeo

on my admire im getting Ping=62ms download=2721 upload=997

bowtomecha

It has a noticeable effect when I play youtube and pandora.

I tried this on an LG Optimus M and it actually seems slower.

mjlove209

I tried it out. i tested my 3g<------ (hella slow) and i was getting 83 kbps now im getting 357kbps wow. who needs att or verizon lol thanks you guys


oh new test now i get 536kbps sweet

Last edited by mjlove209; February 23rd, 2012 at 07:48 PM.

alfick3

I will give this a try on my Optimus M. Not tonight though. :-) Got a big day tomorrow and need to get some sleep now.

SnuggS

i just tried this on my admire and i lost service, i followed the directions to the letter. please help, and thanks in advance

SnuggS

i apologize my phone never restarted like it was supposed false alarm!

AwesomePie85

How long did it take for you guys to get data? I didn't get data for 5 minutes-ish and I panicked a bit and switched back. although on Mob only and Simple-Mob f/back it came in pretty quick.

warock56

Windows 7 x64. Optimus m, I had the drivers for the phone installed and I ran across no problems with it not recognizing the phone, just clicked on add port and selected my phone, everything went smooth, works 100%, Thanks.

Also, phone rooted w/ custom ROM on.

gbiggie

Good to know..going to give it a shot in a few

gbiggie

Very Nice
Metro Detroit
Top is after
Middle is before

sammyz

This boosted my optimus m thanks for the post!!!
btw this should be posted on every phone thread that is a metro phone.
I can't believe such a simple setting was holding our speeds back.....smh.

alfick3

Nice speeds. My top speeds are still 1/3 of yours and I'm down here in the Dallas, TX area; this is Metro's headquarters (well, Richardson is). I'm getting up to 600's. I had one test that got up to 800+ kbps.

Edit: so I did this to my Optimus M. I only changed it to the simple ip though, I didn't try the option for both. I may yet, but for now I like the speed increases. I'm getting any where from 300 kbps to 600 and I've had one burst up to 800 some.

Last edited by alfick3; February 29th, 2012 at 07:10 PM. Reason: add additional info

Jacex

This will add 3G to my admire?

DTowns Finest

QUOTE=alfick3;4011290]Nice speeds. My top speeds are still 1/3 of yours and I'm down here in the Dallas, TX area; this is Metro's headquarters (well, Richardson is). I'm getting up to 600's. I had one test that got up to 800+ kbps.

Edit: so I did this to my Optimus M. I only changed it to the simple ip though, I didn't try the option for both. I may yet, but for now I like the speed increases. I'm getting any where from 300 kbps to 600 and I've had one burst up to 800 some.[/QUOTE]

I'm in Dallas also. Check me out

Last edited by DTowns Finest; March 1st, 2012 at 02:09 AM.

DTowns Finest

If you live in 3g coverage are and don't have it on your phone then *228 from phone press option 5 to update roaming list. It will update then reboot and you will have 3g.

Jacex

I called but all I heard was something about roaming lists i never had to press 5. Did I do something wrong?

gbiggie

Its automated so you can say "Roaming List" or press option 5