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Root How to stop being throttle step by step

sqwerl said:
Not sure why you would bother.
Is emptying the throttle folder and marking it read only not working for you?
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Im still being throttled atm so I haven't tried it yet. Im just trying to understand if that would have the same effect. I try (big emphasis try) to understand modifications I make to my poor old phone ;) it just seems silly to me that boost would make your own phone tell what the data is rather than monitoring themselves. Also (and I don't remember where so please don't ask for a link) I read a post on another forum from someone who did the same thing and their data speeds were handicapped even after retoring the files. so.... just being careful I guess

Edit: I tried it and got throttled immediately. Checked on boost website and it said I had exceeded my data for.the month and throttled me. Funny thing is that I hadn't exceeded data ceiling yet. I was only 2000mb into the cycle but boost had 2750 listed.
 
I saw this "folder" on a different phone and OS before but it is not showing up now. I am running Stock Rom 4.4.2, rooted on Galaxy S3
 
MisterParadox said:
I saw this "folder" on a different phone and OS before but it is not showing up now. I am running Stock Rom 4.4.2, rooted on Galaxy S3
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Not to be silly or anything but are you sure you went to the proper directory? I remember passing 2 if not 3 different system folders in this general area. Also your device and carrier may have arranged the files and locations differently. Hope this helps.
 
The directory is /data/system/throttle on the One SV. It may be the same on other devices as well
 
There is also seven throttle files inside services.jar located at /system/framework. Would require that you decompile the jar to remove them. Whether or not there will be results is another story. I haven't tried it yet. Want to though lol.
 
ModdingMyMind said:
There is also seven throttle files inside services.jar located at /system/framework. Would require that you decompile the jar to remove them. Whether or not there will be results is another story. I haven't tried it yet. Want to though lol.
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Did not know about those lol
 
knoober said:
Not to be silly or anything but are you sure you went to the proper directory? I remember passing 2 if not 3 different system folders in this general area. Also your device and carrier may have arranged the files and locations differently. Hope this helps.
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I have triple checked the directory. It is correct. No throttle folder to be found.
 
If system is still odexed then they will be in services.odex.
 
In other words, would it be safe to "deodex" my phone using Kitchen, rr, to just deodex this particular file "services.odex" ?
 
MisterParadox said:
In other words, would it be safe to "deodex" my phone using Kitchen, rr, to just deodex this particular file "services.odex" ?
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Typically, it is substantially recommended that if you deodex one framework apk/jar then you should deodex them all. This includes with conjunction of your system apps as well. However, if you deodex just your system apps then you technically do not have to deodex your framework apks/jar files.

You could deodex and re-odex a single apk/jar but if not careful, you will get boot problems. In this case, keeping a copy of the original would be wise lol.
 
I found another way to speed up your ok well 4g it would say you throttled but you will get speeds up to 20Mbps!!!! Ok it would take like 1-3days to kick in but it's worth it.

MAKE A BACK UP JUST IN CASE.

Ok first download the sysctl.conf in the link provided
sysctl
Or make your own sysctl.conf with these lines

net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=0
net.ipv4.route.flush = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337 = 1
net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_fack = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 39000 187000 net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 39000 187000 net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 187000 187000 187000 net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_moderate_rcvbuf = 1

Next open the file browser of your choice and go to system then to etc.
Place the file in etc.

Check the permissions and they have to look like rw- r-- r--

Reboot your phone give it a day or two to actually start working.
 

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I've got a couple of questions. But first a thanks for finding / writing the file. First question... Why does it take a couple of days to work? 2nd question , why does it work? Everything I found said that sysctl is used to govern memory allocation and implement various kernel tweaks along with power consumption tweaks. This script doesn't appear ( to my very untrained eye) to have anything to do withthose things. 3rd and 4th question, I already get those speeds ( or close) when I'm not throttled, will I still see an improvement and does this increase only last until you get throttled? Or will it also keep you from being throttled? Thanks again, and sorry to ask so many questions.
 
knoober said:
I've got a couple of questions. But first a thanks for finding / writing the file. First question... Why does it take a couple of days to work? 2nd question , why does it work? Everything I found said that sysctl is used to govern memory allocation and implement various kernel tweaks along with power consumption tweaks. This script doesn't appear ( to my very untrained eye) to have anything to do withthose things. 3rd and 4th question, I already get those speeds ( or close) when I'm not throttled, will I still see an improvement and does this increase only last until you get throttled? Or will it also keep you from being throttled? Thanks again, and sorry to ask so many questions.
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Well it took about 2 and a half days for it to work on my phone when I made on the 8th which Idk why. Im being throttled till the 18 and all of a sudden I'm getting 20 mbps speeds on on the 10th.

This is a known linux tcp/ip tweak that is for faster broadband which was tweaked for faster 3g/4g/WiFi for android devices it been put in custom roms and kernel for the Samsung epic 4g.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346680
Here is a thread in xda.
But the results are mixed some people speed up some Dont see a difference.

For me it took my throttle to 20 mbps for 5 day but unfortunately my phone died today and when I turn it on I was back to 2g speeds. :(
note through the 5 days it said I was throttled on the boost site.

Well so far for my area 20mbps is the fastest I've got my phone to go before the best my phone would do was like about 12mbps so it was a substantial boost for me but like I said there is mixed results with some people .
 
From what I read you need to reapply this tweaks to sysctl at every reboot (and I read one post that said that some sort of init d script would overcome that deficiency...sorry no links for my casual reading... and I dont really know what and init d scripts is too much either) but if you havent tried already, try reapplying the tweak, it may work :)
 
knoober said:
From what I read you need to reapply this tweaks to sysctl at every reboot (and I read one post that said that some sort of init d script would overcome that deficiency...sorry no links for my casual reading... and I dont really know what and init d scripts is too much either) but if you havent tried already, try reapplying the tweak, it may work :)
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Well I'll see what I can do :) I've been all over the internet (Google xD) looking for info on how to stop throttle I've tried a lot some worked some didn't and the first one I posted boost mobile updated the system to counter act it. I looked at the service.jar and it doesn't have the classes.odex that a lot of people say that you do some steps to get the files out that say throttle from there but I'll find a way I usually do.
 
I like to ask because if the person knows and will tell you it's faster than Google. Especially when you're throttled. I'd settle for a small amount of fast data if I could ration it. You know like slow speeds for radio and email, saving fast for downloads and streaming or something. Other than that wish, I just find throttle offensive.. I mean it's my device and you're gonna bloat it up AND throttle my speed? Same line of thinking led me to root... I hate not being able to go everywhere on my own device. So until I'm the best at all things Android, I guess I'll just have to accept throttle.

BTW, I'll let you know how this tweak works when I get around to applying it. Thanks again.
 
JohanToGood said:
Well I'll see what I can do :) I've been all over the internet (Google xD) looking for info on how to stop throttle I've tried a lot some worked some didn't and the first one I posted boost mobile updated the system to counter act it. I looked at the service.jar and it doesn't have the classes.odex that a lot of people say that you do some steps to get the files out that say throttle from there but I'll find a way I usually do.
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It won't be classes.odex. It will be services.odex and you won't find it inside of services.jar when your system is odexed. If deodexed then there will be no .odex files. Instead, services.odex would be decompiled and then recompiled as classes.dex. Since apks and jars are merely zips figuratively speaking you would just use the zip utility to update services.jar with the classes.dex file.
 
I applied the tweak, and maybe it's my imagination but I think it works. Speed test shows the same speeds as usual (location dependent up to 20mb/s... I even saw 25 a couple times) but it feels] quicker. End result of my investigation : I dunno. It'll be a little while until I see if it affects throttle. My gut says no though. No negative side effects either. Lives past reboot. And the little psychological boost I get from thinking it feels quicker is nice too :) thanks
 
hmm i just tried this syscl but didnt think i needed it.does the data throttle hack work for the first month or does it have to sit.because i had it all set up before i even activated my phone.all looked good till the throttle came in.i had throttle folder to r only and files removed before even activation.they are still gone.when i got boosts message it was delayed.i deleted it went into my recovery to clear both dalvik and normal cache as the script from their text is supposed to hang there and i rebooted.im still getting low speeds and it says im throttled im moving like a snail.idk what went wrong unless boost made a hidden backdoor for the 4.2.2 update
 
frosthax1 said:
hmm i just tried this syscl but didnt think i needed it.does the data throttle hack work for the first month or does it have to sit.because i had it all set up before i even activated my phone.all looked good till the throttle came in.i had throttle folder to r only and files removed before even activation.they are still gone.when i got boosts message it was delayed.i deleted it went into my recovery to clear both dalvik and normal cache as the script from their text is supposed to hang there and i rebooted.im still getting low speeds and it says im throttled im moving like a snail.idk what went wrong unless boost made a hidden backdoor for the 4.2.2 update
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Okay first let me restate a couple things for clarity. The sysctl tweak (and I'm not positive here) won't stop throttle, but will help your device achieve optimum performance, whether throttled or not. And it could possibly be used on other devices. I won't recommend it on other devices, but only because I don't know for sure and would hate to give poor advice. I have tried on my own phone and posted about it above in this thread.
Second, the folder deletion method did not work for me, though there are some who say it does (also previously in this thread). My opinion until someone proves differently is that throttle is more complicated than one folder can account for and probably too heavily embedded to be that easily removed. They make too much money on selling untroubled data to let ppl just block their access like that. Let me know if you figure it out though :)
 
I think it was patched because I got advice from an old-school vet of the dark arts.he said to remove message they sent and clear cache right after message but I got message after it hit over my one gig limit.I think the key is to make sure you don't go over the gig until you get message then do it.I think it counts after the one gig mark if cache isn't clear .I'll have to wait now to try it again
 
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