Wifi speed poor - Samsung Galaxy A6 Questions & Answers

hello everyone,
as per my thread here https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a6/help/wifi-speed-100-mbps-t3852580 how can i get the phone to dowload more thna 100 mpbs? i just tested on speedtest app with my old Galaxy S5 about 177 mbps, close to 180 mbps.
The only difference is that the S5 is rooted although i dont remmeber what firmware i flashed there ages ago whereas the A6 is brand new and no root.
Any tips or shall i flash a new modem? or is it a chip as in hardware limitation of the A6?
at the moment i am on A600FNXXU2ARG5_A600FNOXM2ARF7_ITV.zip got it from sammobile
thanks,
gabrio

Geez 100 Mbps is fast enough.

JasonS. said:
Geez 100 Mbps is fast enough.
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Here is the mistery solved:
The s5 has also "ac" wireless mode enabled whereas the a6 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n.
Ac gives the extra speed.. samsung support confirmed that.

hello all, i have the same problem since i get only 118 mb/s speed while I'm getting 345 on my laptop, any help please ?
my phone is not rooted and I'm using the katest v9 android.
thanks

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Using the Kaiser as a HDSPA modem (and Kaisers HDSPA speed in general)

Is anyone getting reasonable speed out of their Kaiser when using it as a modem?
I'm on an unlimited data plan with 7.2 mbps HDSPA.
With my USB modem suppled by the operator I usually get around 4-5 mbps or so.
With the Kaiser I can never reach more than 1.2 mbps to be pretty much exact.
Even worse is surfing on the actual Kaiser, I never reach over 0.8 mbps and in general it feels just as slow as my crappy old first gen 3G phone from Sony Ericsson.
Between the video driver debacle, poor bluetooth implementation and the poor data performance I'm quite inclined to just return the phone before my 30 days of return policy are up...

LG Optimus 2x support 802.11n?

Anyone triedd?
Thx
Tested and working, only got to 65Mbps, but thats the router's fault... Laptop only does 65 to...
Yes, 150mbps up and running here
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Works fine with my D-link DIR-655
YES ^^ its work
Yes it works, but keep in mind only on the 2.4Ghz band, not the 5Ghz one. Rocking 150 here on my N wifi!
You guys just convinced me to get this phone
Just bought a Buffalo Wireless-N Nfiniti WHR-G300N . Its a 300M wireless router.
I set the 11n mode with 20M/40M in router, my P990 only can connect with 65M speed.
Not know why ? P990 really support 11n?
working here too.
Only got up to 74Mbps though
Never had mine above 72mbps, but then that's the max my N1 reached as well.
Still, both n speeds though.
Had the same issues with my LG Optimus 2x. LG is noting but promises, they can't deliver.
But we should already know this now. It is with all their innovations, they obviously only work in lab environments. Or maybe in Korea.
I can only assume you meant to post that elsewhere, as LG clearly have delivered on wireless N.
Wireless N on paper, yes, but if the phone can't get to 150 mbit or 300mbit, then it is just "speed vaporware". What I would expect with N is at least 150mbit and not only 65 or 75 mbit. Taken this into consideration, deliver in regards to the speed, this is what the original post was meant to be .
I do have a Wireless N 300 Mbit router and that phone never did more than 75Mbit while being connected to the router.
Anything above 54mbps is N, that's all there is too it. If a certain speed was promised you'd have a point.
who the hell needs speeds of 150-300mbps on the phone anyway
Guess it might be useful for transferring HD movies, but other than that it's just bragging rights IMO.
Well, those ratings you see in the wlan connection details should only be treated as indication on what speed you may be able to get.
I managed to transfer files over wifi from my LG with speeds ranging from about 3,3 mb/s to 4,3 mb/s (so up to about 32 megabit/s, depends on whether its using samba server or Websharing).
Thats decent enough for music, images and small videos, but for larger transfers i prefer usb, where I get 10 to 18 mb/s for the external sd depending on whether its reading or writing..
Oddly enough, my O2X only managed like 100KB/s on average. It takes a really long time to transfer movies from my computer through wifi and it's not a problem with me router. My HTC desire can manage ~3+MB/s doing the same thing. I wonder if it's something I'm missing or LG makes crappy phones. Not to mention, this phone is sluggish. If one didn't read the specs and found out it is dual-core, one might think it's got lower specs than a Desire Z.
Anyway, the only way for me to get decent wifi speeds on O2X (starting ~2.5+MB/s and then gets to around 500KB/s) seems to be to restart the phone manually before doing transfers. For some reason, the device tends to get super sluggish after long period of use (without restarting). I definitely hope this is a software issue that will be addressed in Gingerbread release (at least).

WiFi N

I see my device connected to my home wireless, but it says only 54Mbs. Wondering how I can tell if it's connected via b, g, or n. If it's n shouldn't it be up to 150Mbs? I get really good range, like a few houses away on my phone, so I assume it's got to be connected via n, but want to figure how I can tell on ym network and others I connect to.
TIA
Have you looked in the routers menu to see the connected clients and speed/type yet?
Also in SGS tools goto secret codes then usage stats and device info then wifi info
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Have you ran speedtest while connected to wifi?
Also, if your router doesn't have automatic channel switching, you will have to choose. That should tell you how its connected.
I ran speedtests and used wifi analyzer and checked in my wifi settings. I see what channel I'm using and which are available, but nothing says connected 802.11b or 802.11g or 802.11n.
The further away from the AP you are, the lower your negotiated speeds will be. You can be right on top of an N router, but with the Broadcom WiFi chipset in the Galaxy S, you can only have a 72Mbps connection.
Lower throughput with further distances comes from error corrective algorithms. Lower throughput carries less errors at long distances.
remember our phones dont have dual band.
your router has to be setup to either be dual N band or on Single band,
but our phone will only pickup single n
and also as said above distance and signal strength can very.
as for running speed test... wont tell you much about your network connection unless your internet is faster than your router, and in north america thats hard to find...
Yeah I maxed at 72Mbps right on top of my router. I was just trying to find a way to tell if it's connected via b, g, or n.
If you are getting over 11Mbps then you are not B, so you can either be G/N with poor signal. Over 54 you are not G which means you are N.
Dual band only matters for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz freq. ranges and being able to operate on them.
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groves226 said:
If you are getting over 11Mbps then you are not B, so you can either be G/N with poor signal. Over 54 you are not G which means you are N.
Dual band only matters for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz freq. ranges and being able to operate on them.
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Absolutely correct..anything over 54 would be N but rate will degrade with distance and signal so it may be hard to tell what the initial connection was. Get close to the AP and see if you're over 54. Router/AP status may also tell you
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sstarre said:
Absolutely correct..anything over 54 would be N but rate will degrade with distance and signal so it may be hard to tell what the initial connection was. Get close to the AP and see if you're over 54. Router/AP status may also tell you
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Thatswhy I said run speedtest. My router is N speed,.but I only have 6Mb service. However, I usually clock about 5.8 on dl speed. My wifes netbook had a g speed card and maxes at 5.4.
mrhaley30705 said:
Thatswhy I said run speedtest. My router is N speed,.but I only have 6Mb service. However, I usually clock about 5.8 on dl speed. My wifes netbook had a g speed card and maxes at 5.4.
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That means nothing. Your internet is considerably slower than your router can handle. Speedtest ONLY measures your internet speed. The speed between your device and the router does not come into play unless you are connecting at less than your internet speed. Also, if you have a standard N router that is not dual band and you have something G on it, everything will connect at G speed.
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Pirateghost said:
That means nothing. Your internet is considerably slower than your router can handle. Speedtest ONLY measures your internet speed. The speed between your device and the router does not come into play unless you are connecting at less than your internet speed. Also, if you have a standard N router that is not dual band and you have something G on it, everything will connect at G speed.
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But my internet speed is greater than than the high end of g speed. How could I clock so near my isp speed when that speed exceeds the g rated speed?
mrhaley30705 said:
But my internet speed is greater than than the high end of g speed. How could I clock so near my isp speed when that speed exceeds the g rated speed?
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You need to learn the difference between BITS and BYTES
Unless you are rocking fiber connection (FIOS) or similar, you are NOT going over G speeds
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Pirateghost said:
You need to learn the difference between BITS and BYTES
Unless you are rocking fiber connection (FIOS) or similar, you are NOT going over G speeds
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I thought i knew the difference, but I think I got the big b and little mixed up again.
Ok, g speed maxes at 54 Megabytes or bits?
My internet is dsl, do its most likely 6 M bits or bytes?
And phone is bits or bytes?
My router is a dual band N speed, but its not set on the 5.4 setting and it doesn't auto change. It is MIMO, if that matters.
Thanks for straightening this out. Maybe I won't be the only guy that learns something from reading this.
mrhaley30705 said:
I thought i knew the difference, but I think I got the big b and little mixed up again.
Ok, g speed maxes at 54 Megabytes or bits?
My internet is dsl, do its most likely 6 M bits or bytes?
And phone is bits or bytes?
My router is a dual band N speed, but its not set on the 5.4 setting and it doesn't auto change. It is MIMO, if that matters.
Thanks for straightening this out. Maybe I won't be the only guy that learns something from reading this.
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wireless g speed is 54 MEGABITS per second which, without ANY overhead (impossible) you can see speeds of 7 MEGABYTES per second.
your dsl connection is 99.999999999% positively MEGABITS per second, so you could, without any overhead (again almost impossible), possibly see speeds of 750 KILOBYTES per second of actual bandwidth transfer.
there are 8 bits to every byte
Pirateghost said:
wireless g speed is 54 MEGABITS per second which, without ANY overhead (impossible) you can see speeds of 7 MEGABYTES per second.
your dsl connection is 99.999999999% positively MEGABITS per second, so you could, without any overhead (again almost impossible), possibly see speeds of 750 KILOBYTES per second of actual bandwidth transfer.
there are 8 bits to every byte
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Thanks. I do appreciate that.
pirate you are missing a 0
7 megaBYTES = 7,000 kiloBYTES
my DSL was 1,500 kB per second at my last place
TRusselo said:
pirate you are missing a 0
7 megaBYTES = 7,000 kiloBYTES
my DSL was 1,500 kB per second at my last place
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No. Its 8 bits for every byte. Its mathematically impossible to score MORE bandwidth than is actually available.
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To reiterate, 6 megaBITS per second equates to theoretical 750 kiloBYTES
There is not currently a DSL on the market right now that can do 6 megaBYTES per second.
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Throughput is almost always measured in bits while size is always in bytes. Exceptions being download managers which usually (or as an option) display bytes since bytes (kilo or mega) are considered human readable.
For wireless modes (abgn) and freqs (2.4/5) most modern routers can do simultaneous modes and their supported speeds while only highend ones do simultaneous freqs. An exception being devices that support mode A since it is 5GHz 11Mbps.
Also for the OP.
Somewhere in that router it will tell you the mode you are connected at. My Linksys E3000 shows it in the dhcp client table. Others will show it in the connected wireless devices menu (i had a netgear once that displayed there)
Oh, another thing with some routers. Even though they support mixed mode, if you have a client connected at a reduced speed rate the router may reduce everyone to that rate.... but that is going to be for older devices.
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What's the max speed the Note 4 supports?

I'll be getting Gigabit speed internet in the next couple of months, and I wanted to know what's the max speed the Note 4 can handle.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
I'll be getting Gigabit speed internet in the next couple of months, and I wanted to know what's the max speed the Note 4 can handle.
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http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1010122364
I can say at least double that. LOL
300 mbs lte and then I believe you can use the power Downloader to bridge mobile and WiFi network. The real question is how fast tmobile will unleash to us. I'm not sure what the total max the radio can handle with the bridging.

WiFi Slow

Is anybody else having issues with their wifi being really slow????
Nope working great and strong
NOTE 4
Nope. I'm actually getting 3 mpbs more than my note 3 at home.
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Nope. 80 up and down. Wifi AC on 85/85 FIOS
Prolyfyk1982 said:
Is anybody else having issues with their wifi being really slow????
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http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1010122364
I would say no.
I'm fine here, get about 113 mbps down and 5.5 mbps up. Using Timer Warner 100 mbps and Netgear Nighthawk 5gz AC connection.
I am but I have the At&t model. I'm only getting around 4-5 down and 20 up and I have 2 of them doing the same exact thing. Both my old Note 3's and my S4 active are pulling 15-20 down and 18-20 up every time.
I'm having the same issue on WiFi on two different routers. About 3 to 5 Mb/s down and well over 50 Mb/s up. It's the same when I turn on Download Booster except that the upload increases.
When I turn WiFi off I get full LTE speed and there is no longer any download bandwidth issues.
Same here my LTE runs fine
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done12many2 said:
I'm having the same issue on WiFi on two different routers. About 3 to 5 Mb/s down and well over 50 Mb/s up. It's the same when I turn on Download Booster except that the upload increases.
When I turn WiFi off I get full LTE speed and there is no longer any download bandwidth issues.
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That's my exact problem. Lte I'm doing fine. Once I get on any wifi data shows to a crawl
Prolyfyk1982 said:
That's my exact problem. Lte I'm doing fine. Once I get on any wifi data shows to a crawl
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What is the make and model of the router you use?
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done12many2 said:
I'm having the same issue on WiFi on two different routers. About 3 to 5 Mb/s down and well over 50 Mb/s up. It's the same when I turn on Download Booster except that the upload increases.
When I turn WiFi off I get full LTE speed and there is no longer any download bandwidth issues.
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What is the make and model of the router you have?
It's an older Linksys Wireless-N router. The thing is, Friday (day of purchase) I was getting full speed both up and down. The next day I wasn't. The significant change between the two days was the battery update. Not saying the update caused it, but I'm going to flash back to rule it out.
Sounds like those with the battery update, but on Wireless AC are fine with speeds up and down.
keitht said:
What is the make and model of the router you use?
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What is the make and model of the router you have?
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Linksys EA3500
im having same exact issue... anyone figure it out?
restarting your entire home network/router would be the first thing I would try..
My phone download apps and install them takes forever. My speed is fine, however, when I choose any app to download it take over 2 min and install the app take almost 1 min. very slow downloading and installing making me crazy,.
I have confirmed slow performance on 3 different routers. All connections are well over 100 mbs and I've tried 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. Everything I try results in poor download (below 5 mbs) and normal upload speeds. All other devices on my network are getting normal speeds both up and down.
Same issue here ugh!!
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I just wanted to update everyone. I ended refreshing my Note 4 with the stock NJ7.
The issue started after a did the OTA from NIH to NJ7. I knew it had nothing to do with my router or network so I decided to wipe and reflash straight to NJ7 instead of doing the update via OTA.
My WiFi is back to full speed and the Note 4 is running better than ever.
Yes very slow here. Every router I try its about 1/3rd the speed of the Note 3. Doesn't seem to be a "speed cap" just is slower.

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