Guest Snoopstah Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Hey guys, I seem to be experiencing some kind of compression taking place on downloads via T-Mobile. If I attempt to download a 120kb JPEG file via my WiFi connection, that's what it downloads - a 120kb JPEG file. If I attempt to download the same file via T-Mobile GPRS or 3G, I get a resized and compressed JPEG file that's only 30kb in size. I can understand why they'd want to do it, but it's very annoying - is there any way to disable it? (Mods: Please move to a more appropriate section if there is one...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Moved to Pocket PC Main. Can't say I've noticed this. May do some testing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sleepyhead Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 I get exactly the same thing with Orange GPRS too (using the orangeinternet APN). It is not handset specific either since it is the same with all recent handsets I've used. What is particularly annoying about this is that whatever compression they are using actually breaks some images - particularly those which either have a transparent or white background which ends up being grey. So far I've found no way of turning this off either. You would have though particularly Orange would be keen to maximise data revenue so I'm not sure why they do it. It would seem even though you don't specifiy a proxy all your traffic probably goes through a transient proxy which is compressing the images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gingerprince Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Presumably then you can disable this by specifying a public proxy. A similar trick is used by a lot of NTL broadband customers. Basically NTL have a transarent proxy that often dies so you can't browse - explicitly setting a proxy through IE bypasses the transparent proxy, and in this case presumably will bypass the compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Its quite a nice option imho, saves you on data costs. It is annoying if you're trying to use your handset as a modem though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gingerprince Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Its quite a nice option imho, saves you on data costs. It is annoying if you're trying to use your handset as a modem though! Data costs? You're on the wrong network, mate :D /tmobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 True, traditionally it does though, and provides better performance on non-3G handsets (yes, they do still exist!) Ah well, roll on a Hermes on TMob... /broke :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rdwars Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 As for T-Mobile in the Netherlands; yes they compress jpg and gif etc files as well. However, you can enable and disable the compression as you prefer by surfing to a specific website using your handheld and there just switch the setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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