Cchs Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Hello! I'm new to the forum. I haven't heard much talk about this issue but it bothers me a lot. So, I switched from AT&T to Sprint. I run a photography blog and I've noticed on Sprint that images constantly load blurry and pixelated despite being on the LTE network. It's really hard to deal with when I'm constantly using my phone for photography purposes. On AT&T, I've never had this problem. Can someone help me? Does this happen to you guys too or is it just my device (iPhone 5)? Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_gusto Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Which app? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchs Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 Which app? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk The apps I notice photo pixelation in are my daily apps such as: Tumblr and Instagram. I notice it a bit on Twitter too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briankwest Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Smells like a transparent proxy thats doing image compression... Happen to have Onavo installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchs Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 Smells like a transparent proxy thats doing image compression... Happen to have Onavo installed? What's Onavo? Is it available for the iPhone 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koiulpoi Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I think I remember someone saying that they noticed that Sprint was compressing HTTP traffic, and downsampling images to save on bandwidth. If that's true, well, it may very well be what you're running in to. Naturally, anything encrypted (aka HTTPS) won't run in to this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Newhart Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Sprint recompresses images and video. The only way I know how to stop them doing this is to use a VPN on your phone. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4057-reason-for-very-low-quality-images/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swintec Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 they only do this on the new plans dont they? i remember reading this in the TOS for those plans when they came out back in September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Newhart Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 they only do this on the new plans dont they? i remember reading this in the TOS for those plans when they came out back in September. All plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Sprint recompresses images and video. The only way I know how to stop them doing this is to use a VPN on your phone. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4057-reason-for-very-low-quality-images/ I heard someone saying this before. I tried comparing some images off an on a vpn and I could not see a difference. It was even on a strained LTE site. Maybe they need to fix that on the site and it won't be as strained. I would be curious what it does on wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swintec Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 All plans. oh interesting. guess i have been lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWMaloney Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 You used to be able to get around this by blocking connections to 1.2.3.4. Sprint injects Javascript into all pages from that IP address. You also used to be able to get around this by changing your user agent. Unfortunately, it looks like Sprint is intercepting the image URLs themselves now (again depending on user agent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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