New Android 4G phones (ATT)

[CexMashean]

Does rooted tethering let the dock work off of the at&t towers, or still wifi only without the tethering plan?

[Lason]

yeah I rooted tonight and fixed the apn to enable tethering but still have disabled hsupa

[90GT50]

From what I've been reading, the uplink is "capped" by the value set under the hxpa line in the build.prop under /system

20 bucks says design gears will get it fixed this week or next, he was one of the main guys with the captivate fixes. I think he's the guy who rooted the atrix last week, too.

[Lason]

yep, I read on XDA how to enable tethering and HSUPA but I need to root. Looks like Ill be doing that tonight I guess.

[Tx Redneck]

From what I've been reading, the uplink is "capped" by the value set under the hxpa line in the build.prop under /system

[Lason]

yup, the whole hspa+ is a joke I think, especially with upload speeds capped.

I had a ATT tilt (I hated that phone) years ago and unlocked HSDPA on it and it was probably the fastest phone I ever had. I think that is the same "4G" tech that we have now so it isnt anything new. Owell, still a slick phone.

[Tx Redneck]

That's over 3g too.

[Lason]

damn thats flying! I havent seen anything over 3mb yet. I just tried here at work and it still the same as when I was at home. Maybe due to heavy cell traffic, Ill try again later.

EDIT - I take that back, I just noticed in my original post I did get over 3mb, thats still flying though!

[Tx Redneck]

Here's mine on my Aria.



I'm not sure why but last night I was getting 1.3 up but it doesn't show on the list.

[Lason]

Just did a speedtest on both my Atrix and my wifes iPhone 4 in the same spot and got 0.43/1.00 on her iPhone and 1.97/0.33 on mine. So my upload speed is deffinetly capped or something.

[Lason]

Oh I just figured out Im having problems setting up google voice on here. Errors out when I try to enable the call fowarding for the voicemail. Ill mess with it more tomorrow.

**EDIT** Figured out the issue, I guess when they switched me over to 4g data plan they decided to delete my voicemail access. I had to call in and have it added back onto my phone. Google voice now works.

[Lason]

Ok mine was sitting on my porch when I got home from work, first off I setup Speedtest on my nexus one and manually set the ft worth server and found a common place and ran some speed test's to compare. Then I called ATT and went through all the hoopla of making sure I was keeping my unlimited plan and activated my new sim card in my Atrix. Did all the initial setup on the Atrix and loaded speedtest and ran some speed tests. Here is what I found....

Nexus One on 3g

0.17/1.17
0.18/0.75
0.22/1.17

Atrix on 4G

3.09/0.14
2.81/0.13
2.15/0.17

Nexus is unlocked but not rooted and is on 2.2.1, Atrix is box stock on 2.2.1



So 4G is pretty damn quick and usually speedtests are pretty damn slow here at the house, I cant wait to see what it does at work. By comparison my N1 will usually pull on average 2mb down and 1.5 up all day long at work in Dallas. There is talk that ATT has HSUPA disabled on all phones except the iphones so upload speeds are essentially capped. Makes sense considering my N1 was on my old iphone data plan.

Quadrant scored 2590 also.

Ok so onto the phone, first off the fingerprint scanner is SLICK! Only thing about it is I wish I didnt have to push the scanner in (it doubles as a pressable power button) to wake the phone up. I wish I could just wake it up by scanning my finger but still awsome for people who like some security but dont want to mess with passwords. There is a redudant numerical password setup at the same time as the fingerprint scan just in case though.

The phone is FAST. I plugged the mini HDMI and hooked it up to my living room tv and the multimedia worked awsome. I tried messing with DLNA and the PS3 and had problems, Ill mess with it more later. Im real bummed to find out I cant access the linux webtop app and firefox browser without the $500 laptop or $130 multimedia dock though.

The display looks pretty good, its bright. I would still say my wifes iphone 4 has a nicer display but no biggie. I wish it had a 4.3" screen but owell.

I heard Nvidia will offer games and stuff for Tegra phones but havent looked into it yet.

So the phone is pretty badass but Im sure there is alot of other stuff I havent figured out yet. One touch root is already out but I havent done it yet and wont till I have a reason, like needing tethering. All the ATT crap comes right off without root which is nice though.

**EDIT** Forgot to add, I HATED the keyboard on my Nexus and recently got swype when the beta became avaialble again. I was just getting used to it and got this phone. It has swype built in as a option but I havent even used it yet because the stock keyboard is so nice, its accurate and easy to use like the iphone one is. I may try swype again later on though.

[FATHERFORD]

Getting mine tomorrow, it didn't get to the store today for whatever reason.

[71chevellejohn]

I got mine preordered today with all the discounts. $99 delivered. The salesman said that AT&T has actually stopped the loyalty program that netted me the extra $100 off, but since it showed up on my acct. then it was good to use. Mine should be here on Wednesday.

[CexMashean]

Nice, hopefully he'll bless us with a mini review or something.

I went by best buy mobile, and radio shack. Usually they have a tad bit of a sweater deal on new released phones. Neither of those fucks knew anything. Any. Thing. Didn't know when they would get any, prices, etc etc.

AT&T store had the laptop dock on display, but no phone. So, yea, a worthless dock. Pricing in the store, any deals or specials, they were lost too. Didn't know anything.
With my employee buying program, I get instant discounts online. I'm going to the at&t store tomorrow to see what the deal is, and maybe heading right back to work to order one online.