performance - Simulate low bandwidth in android

Question

Does anyone know a possibility to simulate a low bandwidth on Android phones (i.e. EDGE or G3) while connected to WiFi?

Is there a app for this?

It it possible to do something like this on android devices?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

Edit: I don't want to use the emulator. I need it to do reproducible performance measurements for my bachelor's thesis. Using UMTS is just not reproducible enough that's why I'm looking for something to simulate it.

Answer 1

You can also just change the preferred network type to 2G.

Its not as fine-grained as throttling your bandwidth via the PC but its a lot simpler to implement.

On Android 5 Lollipop go to:

1. Settings
2. More
3. Cellular Networks
4. Preferred network type

You'll notice the change to a slower GPRS network as an E icon on the top status bar of the screen.