RE: How to know data speeds of Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere
The amount of signal bars is little value. What is the actual signal level? Menu > Settings > About Phone > Status.
This gives the actual DB level. Lower is better. Not all towers are created equal. I've seen great signal level with slow speeds. The inverse is also true. Some towers are fiber fed. Others are copper fed. The Stratosphere is a single core, 512mb ram phone. Looking at the numbers you have posted sounds like there is some distance from you to the tower. Does it help to place the phone in the window facing the tower?
I will need to research tower loc. No help from windows or outdoord.
Can you give 1 or 2 'good' dB values for when we look?
Just back from Abita Springs, 15 mi north of Lake Ponchartrain. Like a country suburb of N.O.
Get this! Dpeedtest for android was 19 Mbps down and 8 Up == equal to our best Cox cable broadband.
Even so, maybe what you meant above, The phone only showed 3 of 5 bars.
RE: New Windows 8 Laptop
I recently added 1 gig RAM to my 8-1/2 yr old hp desktop w/ WinXP and Athlon XP 3200+ @2.2 Ghz. Yeah, only took 8 yrs to upgrade to 1.5 ggigs of RAM.
From sleep, this solo core cpu is linking to internet files in 5-10 sec! It is pretty cleaned up softwarewise, so things like Word or Excel load instantly (MS Streets & T takes 4 sec).
I wonder if W8 would perform well on it? I like my sleek customized XP and Mozilla w/ BYM addon too much to chsmge, but I do wonder...
If my two XPs crashed, I would not hesitate to get a fanless desktop w/ W8
Although Lisa's latest is giving me new thoughts about tabs
RE: How to know data speeds of Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere
Before lunch at 1 pm, 3/5 bars, 3download and 2 upload. The restaurant was 100' from a Verizon store, and 1/2 mi from I-10. At about 1:40 pm, 7 download, and 1.5 upload. Just if it gives you any added info on the tech...
RE: How to know data speeds of Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere
Around 8 am, the speed test for android was 5mbps both up and down, and when USB connected to IE on W8 Dell, the same laptop speedtest numbers...IE browser was linking great.
At 11am, the mobile speedtest is 6.3 download, 4.8 up, and it took the speedtest a little while to find closest server.
We are in BR suburbs, well in the city. Top of phone screen says 4G with up and down arrors that switch between green and red (what do these mean?) there are between2 and 3 out of 5 bars showing when inside house.
Does it seem like we oughta have more bars???
But it seems like we have the tether thing under control - I hope!
Thanks, all.
How to know data speeds of Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere
I cannot see the small symbols on Martha's gingerbread android phone. In the link below, I explain how we upgraded the old pdanet 3.5 so it would work on her new w8 dell.
I spoke too soon about data speeds and maybe weather issues. Clear skies and about 7 pm and the IE browser of W8 couldn't link to anything.
Are we being throttled by Verizon?
Is there a way to do speedtest.net on android?
Her phone should be 4G lte. How does she verify this?
The cg we are going to tomorrow has no wifi, but it would be nice to bring the new W8 laptop and continue learning about it.
Thanks for any and all replies.
Down;oad of new pdanet for W8
RE: Need PdaNet 4.01 for new Win8 laptop
I removed pdanet from our XP desktop and xp laptop, as well as the old pda phone app.
Loaded pdanet 4.01 from the link I gave in OP for all three PCs (new W8 Dell included)
Hooked phone via usb cable to desktop 1st and ran the new 4.01 setup file which, in turn, loaded phone w/ new pda app/
Then plugged phone into other XP and W8 laptops, ran the downloaded setup files, and all is well.
Only complaint w/ Verizon is that the data was VERY weak for a good while, and W8 couldn't do any IE internet links (the two XPs did a few in Mozilla, and RV.net came up very easy).
We seldom use the Verizon data, so I don't do a lot of speed tests, but I remember some respectable readings from the past. We are having some heavy clouds and rain right now which could be a factor, I guess???
Need PdaNet 4.01 for new Win8 laptop
Samsung Gingerbread Android Verizon phone has PdaNet 3.5 for use w/ old WinXP laptop.
New Win8 Dell needs newer version - I have a few questions...
This site gives the download info download Pdanet 4.01 file to PC
1) They also say "You can also download the desktop client using your phone instead - on your phone open the web browser and go to http://pdanet.co/a"
Is this a better approach?
2) Should we remove PdaNet app from phone before starting?
3) It seemed a few months ago like Verizon tried to trick us into some software move that smelled like their way of preventing PdaNey on our phone. Anyone know if this is a new policy of theirs?
We only use tethering a small bit when we go camping w/ no wifi.
Thx for any help.
RE: New Windows 8 Laptop
Agree that Mod UI is mostly a repeat of what the Classic desktop Start menu would show if we decided to load up ClassicShell. She wants to use W8 as is for a while to see how much of the MS Shop App Tiles she may want to use. Maybe after a while she'll be ready for a change and maybe W 8.1 will have a new twist on things.
RE: Metro UI Emulator?
W 8 RT is basically all Metro UI. If it lives on in the upcoming 7" tablets from MS, maybe wait a few months -- they are supposed to be cheaper than current RT stuff.
There is an app reported today that lets you run the Modern UI apps on the desktop as windows that are sizeable, but all this is in W8 desktop.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033442/review-modernmix-runs-modern-ui-apps-in-windows.html
RE: New Windows 8 Laptop
Just got the same $279 Dell from BB w/ Celeron B820 cpu. It is so smooth and snappy, which I assume is due to the improved coding cleanup they did w/ W7 to make W8.
We had agreed to wait out for MS to come up w/ a better W8, perhaps before school starts this August when W 8.1 arrives along w/ the new Intel Haswell cpus.
Impatience got the better of us to replace Martha's '07 WinXP Gateway Laptop w/ broken hinge springs (must prop open lid - kinda like some tablet owners do).
The BB reviews sounded so good for this little Dell gem that we got one and figured we'd just bear w/ W8. Well, after one day, it seems W8's bad writeups are highly exaggerated. It runs fast and smooth, and going back and forth between Modern UI and desktop is just a button press, so no biggie.
I would bring back the desktop start button/menu if you could still go in to regedit and switch a certain '1' w/ a '0' as you could in the consumer preview version (I saw this in Youtube vids). But now you need to run ClassisShell or some other app to bring it back, and I am afraid this might interfere w/ the zippyness of the W8 OS.
Martha is content to use W8 just as is.
First impression is, I like Win 8. And this Dell is a hot seller. The 15" model i15-1364 here from BB site, now $289. Ours is the 1366 model, and I dunno the difference.
Edit: I read all 90 reviews, and as for the early lockups, I hope this is not a biggie -- all PCs do it. We uninstalled McAfee to start the better Win Defender that is included. On McAfee restart, lockup! Remove battery, replace, reboot, and all is well. McAfee is gone but leaves an app to remind you still have a subscription if you wish. Hope to correct the jumpy cursor by tweaking touchpad settings, and also play w/ audio settings to take out some tinny sound === yhese issues are the common things mentioned in the review. In the i15-1366 reviews, the quietness of the cool running celeron was mentioned, and it really is.
Good value.
RE: All-In-One RV
I'm often derided for repeating myself and re-posting pictures over and over, so...
Prob'ly the redneck in me, but I am thinking Ducato front wheel drive with a 4 wheel (2 tandem axles) supporting a lowboy rear chassis - long enough to support an 18-21' RV coach which has small wheels that run in the chassis frame rails.
Suppose the lowboy Ducato has only a single axle, and the second axle belongs to the RV coach, thus it is a TT riding piggyback on the chassis.
The cab could be 4 doors for a family. After rolling the 'trailer' off the Ducato and dropping its jack stands, what remains might be a low-sided pickup bed.
Voilla, a B+ transforms into a TT and touring toad w/ great mpg.
Seems rednecks think alike
http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6tYqksaDOPg/T9Z5UnZSBPI/AAAAAAAABm8/4hVqyl5FaxE/JeepCamper7_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800 width=350
RE: All-In-One RV
Prob'ly the redneck in me, but I am thinking Ducato front wheel drive with a 4 wheel (2 tandem axles) supporting a lowboy rear chassis - long enough to support an 18-21' RV coach which has small wheels that run in the chassis frame rails.
Rail extensions slide out to form an inclined ramp to load and unload the coach using an electric winch.
The cab and coach both have a sliding door to cover the opening between cab and coach.
Option 1:
Not quite what Jim is thinking, but the coach could have a boat bottom and airboat rear propeller engine...not the lift of a helicopter, but enough for us swamp rats to get a little airborne.
(On our recent RV outing to Fountainbleau SP, across from New Orleans on the north shore of Pontchartrain, we watched a game warden launch his airboat off his trailer onto the ground, some 100 ft from the lake, then drove the boat from there into the water -- awesome and LOUD)
Any thoughts??
RE: trail lite roof material
At least 2 owners of an '05 TL 213 think they have TPO...,ay not be the case for us or you, but probably either EPDM or TPO, and Dicor is the caulk to use either way. I've used it w/ no problems.
RE: Ordered new Laptop Workstation
Caddywhomp,
I've been an AutoCAD user since 1988. I started on Acad 9, and haven't designed using a drawing board & drafting pencil since.
BTW, my brother works for Autodesk, in content development I believe.
EPenney,
I notice we are fellow Good Sam members...I appreciate your helping me with my AutoCAD questions.
Thanks a bunch.
RE: Ordered new Laptop Workstation
Thanks, Caddywhomp
That is exactly what I wanted to understand.
It seems like more than, say, google docs, cloudCAD could really impact the budget of small firms, independent draftspersons, and even more so, engineers in third world nations.
training schools, too
RE: Ordered new Laptop Workstation
Looks like you guys could save thousands on all the hardware and just go to the cloud
Or is this thread about i7 cpus??
RE: Lost wheel simulator: Anyone paint hub and lugnuts
Your MH looks great, Burlmart!
I also am content with no wheel covers. I have just stock valves from Costco Tire shop and can easily check pressures and top up on the road.
Thanks, Harvey. I like your small C a lot, also.
Going w/ no caps just seems right for an RV, especially a chassis-built C like ours. Feels good, and is so practical.
I like Bordercollie's term for it: trucky.
