Hi chaps
First time poster in a very good forum.
Just got myself a N95 on Orange (UK) and have set it up using bluetooth on WinXP and used it as a bluetooth modem.
Web browsing is very slow almost to the point of slower than good old dialup. Throughput seems ok but it seems to come down in short bursts with 5 seconds in between rather that sustained.
Running basic ping tests to BBC's website shows high packet loss which would explain the slow performance. I also notice pages taking ages to load when using the built in browser too.
Does anyone else get this? Could this be a handset problem or is Orange's network to blame? Browsing from the phone via WiFi is spot on.....its just pants over 3G/GPRS. I have full signal strength. I'm in London if it makes any difference.
Thanks in advanced!
PS Wish Orange would hurry up and sort out approving a new firmware release!
using the phone connected via USB .. my reasoning is if it runs faster in this mode then its your bluetooth adapter at fault. (not faulty just the weakest link and I mean the adapter in your PC not the phone)
If its not then its likely the phone's connection to the internet is at fault.
Hopefully you have a nice 3G or 3.5G signal (check you haven't switched 3G off in error!)
try that and report back!😊
I've noticed Orange's internet to be very slow of late just like you say. Wi-fi seems to be unaffected so we can only assume Orange have a problem.
As far as updating the firmware, why not just go for it and debrand the phone and update to the latest firmware through Nokia. It sounds pretty scary at first but its really easy, even for a technophobe like me. Benefits are great.
Yeah I've tried USB too on Windows XP and a MacBook Pro. Doesn't make any difference sadly. Even the builtin WWW browser is equally as slow.
It connects fine but what I notice is bursts of data at full speed then nothing for a few seconds, then more bursts.
The pings tests of 10 seconds that I did, show packet loss of about 10-20%....and yes WiFI browsing is fine. No problems at all.
The question is do I have a faulty N95 handset? Everything else on the phone works OK (if a little sluggish). The phone used to crash every now and then whilst in a call but since forcing the phone to GSM only (as recommended by Orange) the phone is fine now.
I'm an IT guy and I'm really having to hold back on upgrading the phone's firmware but I don't want to invalidate my warranty with Orange if it screws something up.
I really like this phone but its little niggles like this that are really doing my head in. The only problems I have is this internet problem and a wobbly slider. Everything else is fine.
What to do?
PharCyder wrote:Yeah I've tried USB too on Windows XP and a MacBook Pro. Doesn't make any difference sadly. Even the builtin WWW browser is equally as slow.It connects fine but what I notice is bursts of data at full speed then nothing for a few seconds, then more bursts.
The pings tests of 10 seconds that I did, show packet loss of about 10-20%....and yes WiFI browsing is fine. No problems at all.
The question is do I have a faulty N95 handset? Everything else on the phone works OK (if a little sluggish). The phone used to crash every now and then whilst in a call but since forcing the phone to GSM only (as recommended by Orange) the phone is fine now.
I'm an IT guy and I'm really having to hold back on upgrading the phone's firmware but I don't want to invalidate my warranty with Orange if it screws something up.
I really like this phone but its little niggles like this that are really doing my head in. The only problems I have is this internet problem and a wobbly slider. Everything else is fine.
What to do?
It sounds like your orange connection!
If you have GSM only (why?) you won't get any high speed data access. That is assuming orange provide it in your area!
I use cable and bluetooth modem access on T-mobile and don't have a problem. Sometimes I hit a GSM only area, but, the speeds are still usable, like right now!
There are some windows settings that can cause problems, but, as you say the same problem occurs when browsing on the phone so it's the network that is suspect.
Try a speed test like www.bandwidthplace.com.
Mine just tested as this in GSM area so you should get the same!
185.4 kilobits per second
Communications 185.4 kilobits per second
Storage 22.6 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 45.3 seconds
I believe its my Orange connection too.
I have GSM only on as a fix from Orange to the phone crashing during calls. I do switch on 3G when connecting to the internet.
I'm in London and get a full bar 3G signal so it isn't a coverage problem.
I tried speedtest dot net and that came back OK but I still noticed the data come down in bursts rather than sustained.
I'm starting to think that this is an Orange network problem. I set up a 10 min ping test to BBC's website. For about 4 mins, there was no packet loss. Then all of a sudden, back came the 10-20% packet loss again. That would suggest to me that its an Orange network problem and not my handset.
What do you guys think?
Odd, everything is working fine now when using the built in browser. OrangeWorld pages load quick and everything is much snappier.
Guess it was Orange's network after all!
Edit: I came across this post. Looks like its 3G cell congestion which would explain things as I am in London.
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/62437/
PharCyder wrote:Odd, everything is working fine now when using the built in browser. OrangeWorld pages load quick and everything is much snappier. Guess it was Orange's network after all!
Edit: I came across this post. Looks like its 3G cell congestion which would explain things as I am in London.
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/62437/
The network DNS servers are notoriously slow so try this.
Go to access point settings and then options/advanced. go into DNS settings and put 4.2.2.1 as primary and 4.2.2.2 as secondary.
See how that goes!
Y'know, I never thought it would be a name resolution issue. Makes a lot of sense.
Do you know who or what those name servers belong to before I start using them?
PharCyder wrote:Y'know, I never thought it would be a name resolution issue. Makes a lot of sense.Do you know who or what those name servers belong to before I start using them?
Can't remember where they're locate (think it's a Uni) but they are public servers and I got them from a Sonyericcson forum and have been using them for about 8 months!
There were issues with the T-mobile DNS servers and they were the answer to the problem.