Speed Test after 4.0.1 = Fail

[Spongey817]

Exactly the network could just be more clogged now than it was 3-4 days ago when you tested.

Understood. Thanks for the reply.

 

[nooaah]

<3 ignorance on your part

Whether ironic or hypocritical, there is nothing in this post that establishes a causality between the OS update and a loss in 3G speed/reception.

 

[OlgaJ]

That app is terrible btw. I get different results everytime I run it.

DRAMATICALLY different results.

My experience is the same as yours.

 

[Spongey817]

Whether ironic or hypocritical, there is nothing in this post that establishes a causality between the OS update and a loss in 3G speed/reception.

Fair enough and understood.

 

[EstrlM3]

Who said it was going to fix the signal problem?

It adjusted the bar display. That's all. They never said it would fix any antenna problem.

Dude when were the two test done? back to back?

The only accurate way to have done this would be two iphone 4s one with 4.0 and the other with 4.0.1....

As for the bars the whole point of this update is that you never actually had 5 bars... your signal isn't worse it just stopped lying to you.

it was a display bar fix. you fail for not knowing wtf your talking about.

That's impossible unless the update blew up some nearby towers.

He is saying that with absolutely no scientific way of backing it up, is the problem.

Then it's DEFINITELY not accurate. Speed on any 3G network can be great one day, and lousy the next. I'm a laptop card user and know this through experience. You should've done a speed test right before you upgraded, and right after.

Glad it only took you until page two

Understood. Thanks for the reply.

 

[bigreat]

Where left hand = "death grip"

BEFORE (on 4.0)

Right hand: 2285 kb download, 99 kb upload
Left hand: 636 kb download, 53 kb upload

AFTER (on 4.0.1)

Right hand: 909 kb download, 94 kb upload
Left hand: 232 kb download, 25 kb upload


This is all on the 3G network. At this point, Apple BETTER do something about this tomorrow. If this is their "fix," it's a complete fail. Where I used to have 5 bars, I now have 3. And since I updated to 4.0.1, I've never had full 3G reception.

Less bars in more places. Thanks Apple. If you haven't updated yet, I'd suggest against it.

experienced the exactly same speed drop

 

[aohus]

Where left hand = "death grip"

BEFORE (on 4.0)

Right hand: 2285 kb download, 99 kb upload
Left hand: 636 kb download, 53 kb upload

AFTER (on 4.0.1)

Right hand: 909 kb download, 94 kb upload
Left hand: 232 kb download, 25 kb upload


This is all on the 3G network. At this point, Apple BETTER do something about this tomorrow. If this is their "fix," it's a complete fail. Where I used to have 5 bars, I now have 3. And since I updated to 4.0.1, I've never had full 3G reception.

Less bars in more places. Thanks Apple. If you haven't updated yet, I'd suggest against it.

you do realize that if ure testing it now, you're doing a speed test during PEAK 3G hours. try doing the test during non-peak hours. and do the tests back to back if you have the patience.

 

[bigreat]

you do realize that if ure testing it now, you're doing a speed test during PEAK 3G hours. try doing the test during non-peak hours. and do the tests back to back if you have the patience.

not only speed test... download files, watching hi-def stream video etc. all experience slower speed...

 

[Steviejobz]

No offense but your test is a fail since done at different times.

My speedtest is faster post update

 

[SAD*FACED*CLOWN]

this software update only chaged the DISPLAY of the signal bars on the iPhone...it didn't improve or degrade AT&T's signal strength

 

[aohus]

not only speed test... download files, watching hi-def stream video etc. all experience slower speed...

it DOESNT MATTER what you download. you're still on 3g network.

do a test at OFF PEAK hours. this means late at night. you're doing a speed test while everyone is at work and out and about.

this is benchmarking 101...

 

[Elysian]

For anyone wondering, the 4.0.1 update only change the signal display, 4.1 Beta has many different changes that was not included in 4.0.1.

 

[dalen3]

there is no ignorance on my part. nothing changed except how the bars are displayed on the screen - Fact. Period.

There's so many smart people on this forum, it' crazy.
It would be a fact if you had a source code of both updates and new how to read them. If Apple says that's only what they changed it doesn't have to be true. After all, thy said that there is no hardware problem...
Regarding this thing, it would be stupid from them to make it worse, and if it somehow really is, it will probably be fixed.

 

[nooaah]

There's so many smart people on this forum, it' crazy.
It would be a fact if you had a source code of both updates and new how to read them. If Apple says that's only what they changed it doesn't have to be true. After all, thy said that there is no hardware problem...
Regarding this thing, it would be stupid from them to make it worse, and if it somehow really is, it will probably be fixed.

They were just goofing with semantics. They said there wasn't a design flaw, which is technically true if they released it knowing the phone behaved this way (which anyone with half a brain knows Apple knew beforehand).

 

[r3voLoL]

I love laughing at other peoples ignorance.

 

[xraydoc]

My speeds, both prior to and following the 4.0.1 update, even in a left-handed death grip, are about the same. ~1500 Kbps up, 90 Kbps down.
Obviously, I'm in an area affected by at&t's upload speed "software error."

 

[ScottS4UofA]

Before Update:

After Update:

 

[Fernandez21]

Before Update:

After Update:

Um, you got wifi on champ.

 

[definitive]

i tried speed tests before and after 4.0.1 and everything was the same, so 3g speeds haven't worsened.

 

[Natesac]

Speed seems to be the same for me. I run the same app and my results are all over the map. If we could leave the test running for a long time I'm sure we could watch the needle bounce all over place

One thing I do notice is the iPhone 4 upload speed murders the upload speed on my old 3GS. Hell it murders my upload speed over wifi.

 

[Knowimagination]

Um, you got wifi on champ.

Hahahahaha

 

[ogdogg]

<3 ignorance on your part

No. Actually he is right. Your original post is what is ignorant. Do some research and learn what the issue was that they "fixed."

I suggest www.anandtech.com

 

[MozMan68]

Um, you got wifi on champ.

Classic... Wifi ftw!!

 

[ulbador]

Ignoring the fact that my phone has had the signal problem since day one and is still unusable without a case (just picking it up with my left hand would kill all signal), amazingly my 4.0.1 iPhone 4 now gets 3 bars where it used to receive 5.

Fine and dandy, but from the same location I have always had full bars both with this iPhone, my last iPhone and a half a dozen other AT&T phones over the years.

And the speed tests tell me something is up beyond just the bars. Though admittedly, I never thought to run tests before and after the update and all the 7/15 tests are from 4.0.1. The true test will be to run a few more tests over the coming days and comparing those averages to what I used to get.

I hacked this screenshot together with screenshots from Speedtest and the FCC program.

 

[barachus]

Um, you got wifi on champ.

Lolololol