wifi: downloads are very slow

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. download something from marketplace
2. just watch what happen.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
My local WIFI has a strong output, shouldnt be a problem
but the speeds whill downloading are awful ( app 144KB download time 23MIN )

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1024rom latest beta

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jjrt1...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2011 at 12:30

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Did you reboot the device after the first run of android? I had an extremely 
slow connection after the first boot, however, i shut off the phone (Hold Lock 
Key and press Power/Hangup-Button, then choose "Shut Off") and turned it on 
again, and after that, Market works flawlessly. However, if it doesn´t get 
better after reboot:

What is the protection type of your WLAN? (WPA; WEP; Open?) Maybe try playing 
around with it.

Original comment by aleo...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2011 at 12:42

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WPA2 channel 11 , many many reboots still awful network speeds
loading mails from Gmail seems 2 go just fine, while some of the mails are even 
bigger than the apps i downloaded

Original comment by jjrt1...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2011 at 12:44

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Seems to be caused by some slow market servers. I don't think the devs can do 
much about that.

Original comment by nathrin...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 1:11

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Original comment by elbee1...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 8:11

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can also confirm this. I have a connection, but it is very slow.
I get many of this messages trough Dalvik Debug Monitor : 
ERROR/wpa_supplicant(1939): wpa_driver_priv_driver_cmd failed 

I use WPA2.AES, (beta1 + 2d/3d drivers + latest zImage)

Original comment by SDoola...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 9:43

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after i changed my android from sd card to my storage the market and wifi works 
like a charm...

Strange why it makes a difference running android on my storage instead of SD 
card. (see Post #710 on modaco for howto)

Original comment by SDoola...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 1:52

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SDoola...@gmail.com, How do you change the android from sd card to my storage? 
I have the same problem with wifi and market. Do you lost something of 
mystorage in windowsMO?

Original comment by rumu...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 4:09

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i used the free partition tool http://www.partition-tool.com/
Nothing is lost on my storage (if you have enough free space of course ;)) 

I connected my phone with usb (as mass storage on "my storage" (on winmo: 
settings->general settings->usb connection) ).

The micro sd card with the ext2 partition in your sdcard reader on your 
computer or something like that. 

now if you start partition master you see your my storage from your phone and 
the sd card.

shrink the partition on the phone so that you have enough free space (be sure 
it is at the end) 

now you can copy the partition from the sdcard to your phone.

At last you must change your parameter (for haret) in default.txt so it can 
foind your partition : root=/dev/mmcblk0p6

Original comment by SDoola...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 5:29

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i forget after you are done, set the usb function in winmo back to activesync

Original comment by SDoola...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 5:32

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thanks for all. Im going to try

Original comment by rumu...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 5:48

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does this error still occur with new 2011-01-27 version?
(http://o2droid.phj.hu/index_en.php)

Original comment by elbee1...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2011 at 2:31

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Hi, 
I tried many times to resize the 2GB internal memory (my storage) with 
different firmwares and was unable to do. Give error when trying to change the 
partition or delete (to then recreate smaller)

Did Someone that?  Can we speed up Omnia2Droid in this way ?
Can we do from haret ? (like beta .tar to MyStorage instead of SD ?)

Original comment by glococo on 2 Feb 2011 at 10:46

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 --== Incredible Speed gained ==--
(moving the EXT3 to MyStorage)

My experience was awakening!. I spend almost all day trying to resize partition 
in Ubuntu, with no success-
Installed partition-tool in VirtualBox and work fine (with minor issues, cant 
change order of partitions, 512MB program partition is blocked).

My omnia2 (myStorage=2Gb)
1) Resize the first partition to 400MB
2) Copy the EXT3 SD Android Partition to MyStorage (between the first and the 
last partition "512MB program")
Cheers!

Original comment by glococo on 3 Feb 2011 at 12:07

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Issue 68 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by nathrin...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2011 at 3:37

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Thanks for reporting. Maybe the sd chip shares the same bandwidth than the wifi 
and 3g/data chips, that would explain the slowdowns when using android on sd 
card (to be verified).

So, installing android to "My Storage" seems to be a great workaround for now. 
Will keep you informed.

Original comment by nathrin...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2011 at 3:40

• Changed title: wifi/data: downloads are very slow
• Changed state: Accepted

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now what has that to do with wifi/data downloads slow ?

Original comment by jjrt1...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2011 at 5:06

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Apology for this. I just posted this because upon transferring the installation 
from my sd card to My Storage as advise to make wifi and 3g more faster. 
However, It didn't work for me. And then I again try to reinstall android again 
using this steps posted on 
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918778 but I could no longer 
install Android.

Anyway, I figure out a way to install Android on My Storage ext3 using ubuntu 
os. I manually copied and extracted ext2.tar.gz to my ext3 My Storage partition 
and edit the default.txt.

Original comment by btraqu...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2011 at 7:33

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SDoola...@gmail.com, can you HELP ME PLEASE...

I followed your instructions above and things went well until I restarted the 
partition-tool – I could no longer see the WinMo 512MB partition on My 
Storage drive, only the FAT32 and EXT2 partitions.  I do understand that it is 
a protected hidden partition but I DID see it before the resize etc. 

I was worried the tool messed things up but I could still start WinMo normally 
etc. (a couple of small issues but mostly ok).

I thought to go back to the previous state, I could flash my WinMo with a new 
ROM and that should fix it... but it did not, WInMo still starts (with new ROM) 
but I can not see the partition :(

The serious issue is that it messed up my partition table and I can no longer 
install Android normally without changing a lot of settings AND Android Market 
crashes when I attempt to download an app, so I can not download anything at 
all.

I know for sure that the WinMo 512MB partition is there but I could not even 
see it in ubuntu with partition or disc manager tool.

Can I rebuild the MBR or something!!!!!

PLEASE PLEASE HELP...
Greatly appreciate it...

See the image...

Original comment by anan.maz...@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2011 at 9:25

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Hi Anan..., 
I was worried regarding this same issue.

Try to delete all partitions in "mystorage"
From WinMo Samsung try format myStorage.
Try to recreate partition with partition-tool. Avoid gparted. (it only worked 
for me on a vBox WinXp & partition-tool)

Hope you solve this issue.

Original comment by glococo on 8 Feb 2011 at 1:37

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Hey glococo

thanks for your suggestions... i tried all the above before and again last 
night however nothing seems to want to “show” it back except possibly for 
flashing a complete ROM i.e. including all ROM parts (4 i guess in total) using 
the OCTANS tool.

Q: can you please provide me with a link or a WinMo ROM name which is complete 
i.e. has all ROM parts?! most ROMs on xda contain only one part without the 
Eboot etc part.

I'm running Android off the internal My Storage and its awesome :))) SUPER fast 
just the way it should be... and a lot of the other bugs and crashes 
disappeared... and the web browsing and email checking is lightning speed 
comparison to before... so that is great...

To be clear i had to change default.txt file to point to my internal ext2 
partition (root=/dev/mmcblk0p2) and also, after some hacking, i found out i had 
to change the init.rc file as well (mount vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /storage)

HOWEVER: the Market does not work... i can NOT download apps... i can search 
and display things super fast in the Market however when i tap to download it 
remains on “Starting download...” and it just keeps spinning forever.  I 
noticed an error at android startup for the init.rc execution regarding 
/system/bin/dhcpcd command error... so i looked into it and surely there's line 
that says: “/system/bin/dhcpcd -k eth0”... i thought maybe we have to 
change it to “exec /system/bin/dhcpcd -k eth0”... i looked further into the 
problem and found out that the problem in the Market is due to this issue the 
dhcpcd is not working properly and needs a su permission to execute from 
init.rc file.

Have a look at this link please: 
http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/24a35ab9c454
4d18/67263ce38febf1fe?lnk=raot

Q: does your Market download fine and is it fast?!! (strange because Market did 
work fast for me before the latest download on Jan 31).

many thanks

Original comment by anan.maz...@gmail.com on 8 Feb 2011 at 10:42

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Hi SDoola...@gmail.com 
do you have any other info you can help me with?!
thanks

Original comment by anan.maz...@gmail.com on 8 Feb 2011 at 10:43

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anan.maz...@gmail.com : I've also had this issue. After some searching on the 
internet, it seems that it's a common issue with fresh installed roms (on 
several phones). If I remember well, it happens when signing in with your 
google account for the first time within the Market app (I don't know the exact 
cause, but it certainly isn't related to dhcpd as it works properly for 
everyone else). Reinstall Android, sign in using Google Talk, and then use the 
Market. It worked for me.

Original comment by nathrin...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2011 at 1:25

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anan.maz...@gmail.com : wat is the problem? i see you have 2 partitions. Your 
windows mobile is ok? If androids fail to start you need to change in the 
default.txt root=/dev/mmcblk0p5

Original comment by SDoola...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2011 at 7:12

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nathrin...@gmail.com : THANK YOU SOOO much... your clues were right on and 
Market is working SUPER fast again.  However, I did not need to reinstall... I 
did so many reinstalls in the past and non worked for me but when you said its 
related to Google Talk, I started to dig deeper... surely enough Talk was not 
working properly due to issues with install I guess when Android starts for the 
first time ever after a fresh install.

To resolve these issues I had to go into /system/app/ and rerun few apk files.  
To name a couple Talk.apk, gTalkService.apk, TalkProvider.apk and I think 
GoogleApps.apk as well...

Again, thanks a million, greatly appreciate it... I have an awesome phone now :)

SDoola...@gmail.com : thank you for your response, I asked for your help when I 
thought that Market was not working due to repartitioning issues i.e. non 
default partition table... but it’s all GOOD now and there’s no urgent need 
to repartition as factory default.
That being said, I still would like to go back to factory partitioning 
defaults, one reason is that I can no longer install Android on /sdcard with 
the binaries provided in this project since they assume to pick up the 
ext2.tar.gz from My Storage partition mmcblk0p5 I guess!!! (something is 
hardcoded) and My Storage is now mmcblk0p1 ... anyway... if you can help me 
find I complete ROM with all parts (4 parts I guess) to flash and go back to 
default... that would be awesome and appreciated... as long as you think that 
would fix the different partitioning on my Omnia now.

You guys are COOL... I love my OMNIA again :)))))

Original comment by anan.maz...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2011 at 8:28

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download speeds seems to be way better with beta2 !

Original comment by jjrt1...@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2011 at 1:51

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Ive just installed on "My Memory" and theres a big improvment on download speed.

Original comment by rozep...@gmail.com on 15 Feb 2011 at 7:21

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Original comment by elbee1...@gmail.com on 16 Feb 2011 at 10:31

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Ive just installed on "My Memory" and theres a big improvment on download 
speed, Also theres an improvent on phones temperature. It works cooler.

Original comment by rozep...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2011 at 3:11

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EXT4 speeds it up.

Original comment by wstarow...@gmail.com on 9 Mar 2011 at 5:53

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i checked my storage partition last night,found the 2 partitions are both under 
one extension partition, so it start from bkl0p5, i have seen before someone 
said p1--p4 reserved for primary partition.if your partition begins with p1, 
that maybe due to none extension type.
bty,anyone know what's the 512MB partition for? i find 'dictionarys‘ and a 
big 'cubic' file inside,can we delete it? i never use it.

Original comment by wfe...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2011 at 5:32