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recommend app for high Internet boost...
- Thread starter asian81
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Maybe it used the wrong term but I am using network booster free from the app market and I haven't been happy with with it. I only know there are more like this.
Why not? What's wrong with it?
Crashdamage
Android Expert
chanchan05
The Doctor
A signal booster will not help at all if you are limited by phone hardware or network speeds. They're just pulling your legs.
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
Yes, there are plenty like it, and none of them actually help.
All they do is toggle your airplane mode so that your phone has to reconnect to the tower. For one you can do that manually very easily, and two you are still going to get the same speeds from the same tower
Internet Booster is a Tweak based on Linux. No toggle. All apps, programs, tweaks, etc...are "YRMV". What may work on someone else's phone may not work on yours. All you can do is try them. I just happened to try Internet Booster and I think, if the OP hasn't, should give it a try.
colmmcgrath
Well-Known Member
Install the 'Internet Speed Up' app to boost the internet speed on your device.
I'll check it out
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
Notice how that app has no mention of how it actually works? And it claims a small enough difference to give you a placebo effect to where you think "well it seems like it might be faster"
Personally , I'll pass
jefboyardee
Extreme Android User
For some reason, I run Better Network Signal -Booster and Internet Connection Booster before I go internetting. They’re small, have no pushies, act like they’re serious and they keep the tigers away. But otherwise, I think I’m yanking my own chain.
Crashdamage
Android Expert
Crashdamage
Android Expert
This is based on an old, somewhat discredited IPV4 tweek. May work on an improperly configured system, but is more likely to cause trouble than help.
The OP asked for recommendations and as fellow Androidians, that's what some of us are providing. The OP did leave out quite a bit of information as such, if rooted or not. I am, with the latest and greatest MikG-v3.11. I recommended Internet Booster because it boosted my 3G speeds. I live in a 4G area and just wanted to test it again, on 3G, and what do you know...it still works on my phone. So, OP if you'd please, report back and let us know what you're working with.
chanchan05
The Doctor
Nothing is going to boost your internet speed beyond what your provider gives. If your provider only gives you 1mbps for example, nothing is going to magically turn it into 2mbps, since there would be nothing from where to pull the extra speed from. Internet boosting is a pointless and false endeavor, and people are just pulling your legs. Its a simple placebo effect.