LTE data has slowed to a crawl. Anyone else?

MyUsernameRox · May 10, 2014

I went through this earlier today. Full bars of LTE, good signal, etc.

However, Web pages were taking 3-4 times longer to load. I tried the Ookla speed test app and couldn't even get a ping. YouTube? Forget it. Click on any video and it just buffered forever and never played.

I toggled airplane mode, nothing. I power the phone off, pulled the battery and SIM card out, I replace them and powered back on, same thing. I just set my phone to HSPA+ and data works normally.

I'm in central CA, but another person posted elsewhere about having an identical experience in La Jolla, CA.

PS this is a separate issue from the random LTE dropping I've previously reported in here.

MyUsernameRox · May 10, 2014

Also, I know that in the city of Paso Robles, CA which is 10 miles north they've been rolling out LTE over the past couple of weeks. Could this have anything to do with it?

kate · May 10, 2014

MyUsernameRox said:
Also, I know that in the city of Paso Robles, CA which is 10 miles north they've been rolling out LTE over the past couple of weeks. Could this have anything to do with it?

It's possible that's the cause. When Sprint updates their towers to LTE people report their connection going in and out, and it sometimes has an affect on 3G also.

dulal18 · May 15, 2014

Same here in Florida Fort Lauderdale, since last month speed has been horrible. I am glad to hear I am not the only one suffering this problem.

BlueMuscles · May 16, 2014

My samsung mega 6.3 has also been horrible the last few weeks. I also toggle airplane and reboot still horrible.

I no longer see T-mobile as my network ..now it's just MetroPcs. When I bought this phone back in Nov 2013 on was on the T Mobile network,

I have the $60 unlimited plan.

BlueMuscles · May 16, 2014

Plus the PRL *228 no longer works.

confed · May 17, 2014

BlueMuscles said:
Plus the PRL *228 no longer works.

GSM phones do not need an updated PRL. It's done automatically

Joshuah22a · May 17, 2014

Mines have been great here in orlando..

MyUsernameRox · Jun 1, 2014

I posted a while back that I was experiencing LTE that constantly dropped (but could be temporarily fixed with a refresh, or toggling airplane mode).

I suspected (and hoped) it was due to work on further LTE deployment, and apparently it was. In the city I'm in (Atascadero, CA) LTE has recently been filled in in many small areas that didn't get it in the initial rollout.

About a week ago, LTE started dropping much more often than before - they had begun to deploy it a few weeks ago in Paso Robles (10 miles north), I drove up to check on possible deployments and sure enough the remainder of the town had been covered.

Not just that, but the town directly north of me (Templeton) now has LTE as well, where last month they were still H+ only.

The main reason I'm posting this is that I know many people all over the country with a variety of devices were experiencing the same problem I am, hopefully this will shed some light on the issue and let you know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

kate · Jun 1, 2014

Hey MyUsernameRox, I added this to your other thread since it's regarding the same issue and to help people reading your original posts know what lies ahead

HunnieBunnie · Jun 4, 2014

MyUsernameRox said:
I went through this earlier today. Full bars of LTE, good signal, etc.

However, Web pages were taking 3-4 times longer to load. I tried the Ookla speed test app and couldn't even get a ping. YouTube? Forget it. Click on any video and it just buffered forever and never played.

I toggled airplane mode, nothing. I power the phone off, pulled the battery and SIM card out, I replace them and powered back on, same thing. I just set my phone to HSPA+ and data works normally.

I'm in central CA, but another person posted elsewhere about having an identical experience in La Jolla, CA.

PS this is a separate issue from the random LTE dropping I've previously reported in here.

My phone has been dropping calls and has had a very slow internet connection for weeks and weeks now. I am in north central Texas.

dulal18 · Jun 5, 2014

Wow this problem is still continuing for everyone like me, ridiculous what the heck is going on.

AwesomePie85 · Jun 6, 2014

Same here. Used to get about 10-20 mbps in my house, just ran a speed test and highest I got was .20

and it's 2 in the morning, so during the day it gets worse. If this continues I'm going to switch to Tmobile. Because right now I can't really do anything with the internet.

nailzer · Jun 6, 2014

Living between Tampa and Lakeland Florida I just updated my PRL and got this, and trust me I'm in the middle of nowhere.

DirtyDee · Jun 6, 2014

AwesomePie85 said:
Same here. Used to get about 10-20 mbps in my house, just ran a speed test and highest I got was .20 and it's 2 in the morning, so during the day it gets worse. If this continues I'm going to switch to Tmobile. Because right now I can't really do anything with the internet.

What would switching to tmobile do for you? It's the same network only more expensive

Gman9831 · Jun 6, 2014

AwesomePie85 said:
Same here. Used to get about 10-20 mbps in my house, just ran a speed test and highest I got was .20 and it's 2 in the morning, so during the day it gets worse. If this continues I'm going to switch to Tmobile. Because right now I can't really do anything with the internet.

What phone are you using?

AwesomePie85 · Jun 6, 2014

Gman9831 said:
What phone are you using?

Nexus 5.

DirtyDee · Jun 6, 2014

AwesomePie85 said:
Nexus 5.

An settings and plan?

AwesomePie85 · Jun 6, 2014

DirtyDee said:
An settings and plan?

$50 plan, haven't reached my 2GB limit. And APN settings (I think that's what you meant), is the metro one. Can't use the tmobile one, I don't get any data at all with it.

AwesomePie85 · Jun 6, 2014

DirtyDee said:
What would switching to tmobile do for you? It's the same network only more expensive

I feel as if being with T-mobile themselves instead of what is an MVNO would result in better all around service. Network prioritization or something. I'm probably wrong about that, but if I am at least it's not like I'm signing a contract or anything. And the $50 plan on metro gives me 2GB, while on tmobile it gives me 3GB. A little step up.

N7AS · Jun 6, 2014

Here is my SpeedTest result here

As I am not rooted, I can't do a screenshot.

I don't have any complaints.

DirtyDee · Jun 6, 2014

N7AS said:
Here is my SpeedTest result here

As I am not rooted, I can't do a screenshot.

I don't have any complaints.

You don't have to be rooted to do them push power and volume down at the same time to do them

N7AS · Jun 6, 2014

DirtyDee said:
You don't have to be rooted to do them push power and volume down at the same time to do them

I tried that. It seems that it will show the volume control slider in the screenshot. BTW, where can I find the screenshot on the internal storage when connected to my computer via USB? I can't find it anywhere.

DirtyDee · Jun 6, 2014

It has to be.. Presicse

dulal18 · Jun 6, 2014

Of course you are satisfied, you are getting 43Mb dl speed, while most of us are getting less then 1.

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