How to Increase Upload Speed with Mobile Broadband
- 1). Close any streaming Web applications. Streaming applications are phone apps that send and receive data continually over your mobile Internet connection. Examples include apps that track local weather, provide news updates or map your location with GPS. These apps continually download a lot of information, and this consumes available bandwidth. With lower overall bandwidth, both your upload and download speeds will suffer. When possible, only open the programs if you're actually using them.
- 2). Restart your phone. Smart phones are essentially mini-computers. Like any computer, software glitches can cause connection problems. Rebooting a smart phone can sometimes remedy minor operating bugs.
- 3). Use your mobile broadband device near a window or out in the open air. Wireless signals weaken when they pass through thick walls. Your upload speed will increase outdoors.
- 4). Un-attach any peripheral devices from your phone. Peripheral devices do not consume bandwidth, but they do use the phone's active memory. Even with a strong signal and lots of bandwidth, your phone's speed is limited by its own operating specs. If you're consuming active memory with a Bluetooth headset or other accessory, this could slow down upload speeds.
- 5). Make sure your phone's battery is properly connected and then fully recharge the battery. According to CNet, some evidence suggests that a poor battery charge can impact mobile broadband signal quality.
