Help Tethering Image/Video Quality Reduction (Sprint)

[mikemskater]

I have noticed that when I tether my phone by USB/WIFI/Bluetooth that I experience severe image and video quality degradation to the point where you almost cannot make out the image.

I know Sprint utilizes compression in order to optimize the network and reduce bandwidth usage.

However, I am wondering if there are network settings I can change (on a rooted phone) or some alteration I can make in order to restore the appropriate image and video quality.

I understand that there are keystrokes you can make on a laptop to show the full quality image. I need a solution on the phone end though because I tether it to my iPad, computer, and other devices with limited customization.

This is frustrating! Someone please HELP!

Thanks!

 

[rcsrich]

I have noticed that when I tether my phone by USB/WIFI/Bluetooth that I experience severe image and video quality degradation to the point where you almost cannot make out the image.

I know Sprint utilizes compression in order to optimize the network and reduce bandwidth usage.

However, I am wondering if there are network settings I can change (on a rooted phone) or some alteration I can make in order to restore the appropriate image and video quality.

I understand that there are keystrokes you can make on a laptop to show the full quality image. I need a solution on the phone end though because I tether it to my iPad, computer, and other devices with limited customization.

This is frustrating! Someone please HELP!

Thanks!

Are you watching the video on your phone while tethered to another device, or are you using your phone as the hotspot & viewing the video on another device? Not quite sure of the answer to your issue, but it might help to make this clarification.

 

[mikemskater]

Using another device to watch the video or view the picture through my phones data connection.

Setup:

Galaxy S3 tethered to MacBook via USB-->

Internet connection from S3 shared to ethernet port-->

RJ-45 cord to the internet input on my Netgear 3700 wireless router-->

Multiple wired and wireless devices connected to the router

(PC's, iPad's, PS3, Xbox 360, etc. obviously not all running at once)

Fortunately I receive Sprint's 4g LTE network and get 30mbps down and 15-20mbps up on average

Hope that clarifies everything. Thanks!