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murtaza12 said:
Ah yes, A/B partitioning is a pain in the ass when rooting or flashing custom ROMs.

If you run into an issue next time, feel free to PM. I'd be happy to help.
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Yeah I remember you had the Pixel 2 as well... But I can't be bothered now.

I tried it once. I didn't brick it - but I was able to restore the firmware. This time, I just chose to do nothing on my laptop, despite having Fastboot working the night before.

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Telenor 3G vs Telenor 4G. 3G performed better even with less signal strength as compare to 4G.


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[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION], Zong has improved (remarkably) in my neck of the woods. I tested both Mobilink and Zong on the chair I'm on right now - Zong was giving me slightly higher speeds before the recording since my phone was about 2 feet away from where I am, but in the video, I only moved it one foot away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BApHQ4EZiYs

As for Mobilink - right in the end, when the speeds jump to 50Mbps, I moved the phone one foot towards the direction of the tower (more like rotated my phone). Prior to that, it wasn't facing the tower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMvOW8N2VRQ

I never got more than 7 Mbps (at best) before but decided to randomly test it since Mobilink 900Mhz 3G is completely dead, and it's not getting fixed.
 
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Telenor 4G surprised me at D Ground Faisalabad.
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[MENTION=63376]shaheerk[/MENTION] what is TA:3 in Telenor signal stats. Saw it first time at this location. I don't think I have seen this anywhere else.

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Telenor 4G surprised me at D Ground Faisalabad.
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[MENTION=63376]shaheerk[/MENTION] what is TA:3 in Telenor signal stats. Saw it first time at this location. I don't think I have seen this anywhere else.

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TA means "timing advance". I'm not sure what exactly it means but it appears sometimes. Something to do with a method of reducing interference amongst cells, IIRC.

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Jazz 4G (non CA)
[MENTION=63376]shaheerk[/MENTION] This is Civic Center Phase 4. Right across Chaaye Khana, in front of Askari Bank.

It took like 3 minutes to download a Play Store app.

 
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Jazz 4G (non CA)
[MENTION=63376]shaheerk[/MENTION] This is Civic Center Phase 4. Right across Chaaye Khana, in front of Askari Bank.

It took like 3 minutes to download a Play Store app.

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I tested Zong in the alley where there's KFC, Breakout and Miniso. On Zong. I was getting between 8 and 10Mbps (average) downloads. No screenshots, unfortunately, since I was trying to measure the consistency.

Which, if I remember correctly, is much better than 1.5Mbps which I was previously getting.

And the RSRP/RSRQ levels were pretty good, so it's either some weird interference, or lots and lots and lots of users in that area.

I'd like to try in the spot where P&J's is - since I know Zong was very crap there.

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I tested Zong in the alley where there's KFC, Breakout and Miniso. On Zong. I was getting between 8 and 10Mbps (average) downloads. No screenshots, unfortunately, since I was trying to measure the consistency.

Which, if I remember correctly, is much better than 1.5Mbps which I was previously getting.

And the RSRP/RSRQ levels were pretty good, so it's either some weird interference, or lots and lots and lots of users in that area.

I'd like to try in the spot where P&J's is - since I know Zong was very crap there.

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I honestly think it's not possible to get good LTE speeds in Civic Center.

I don't know if the proximity to grid station causes it, or whether it's all the buildings, or the load on the tower, but despite having full signal, SINR and RSRQ will always be shit, no matter where you stand.

Same for Chaaye Khana. The tower will be right in front of you (if you sit outside), but the speeds will struggle to go above 6 Mbps.
 
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I honestly think it's not possible to get good LTE speeds in Civic Center.

I don't know if the proximity to grid station causes it, or whether it's all the buildings, or the load on the tower, but despite having full signal, SINR and RSRQ will always be shit, no matter where you stand.

Same for Chaaye Khana. The tower will be right in front of you (if you sit outside), but the speeds will struggle to go above 6 Mbps.
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I remember Telenor gave me up to 20Mbps downstream (back in the days) in the evenings when Pizza Originale was there - they have a tower nearby.

I have to test more of Zong... Could it be that they've done something? I'll have to test them out at my office as well.

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So, it seems Gujranwala has more 4G+ than Islamabad [emoji23]

Visiting Gujranwala again and surprised to see 4G+ indoors. Sitting right in the middle of a closed in mohalla, ground floor.



Did a few speestests @ Lahore Telenor server and Karachi Transworld server.







Speed is consistent but nothing to write home about.

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Now I know why [MENTION=136639]zafarabbasrizvi[/MENTION] hates Jazz.



What's even more sad is the fact that it says that pathetic speedtest is faster than 65% of Pak....
 
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Yup, and this is with 3 bars.

I'll be moving around Islamabad a lot tomorrow, so will hopefully be able to see where CA is and isn't available and how it performs.
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Yeah, I've noted something is off with Mobilink there.

There's also something wrong with Mobilink opposite Bahria's office in Phase 8. Luckily, I get very good signals for 3 bars where I live.

I'm beginning to think this has more to do with antenna angle/deployment/height than mere congestion, and whether there's concrete/other radio waves/wires/metal/interference around that place...cause Zong seems to have improved in Civic Center (opposite KFC).

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