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Use VzW towers for better 3G

Taken from EVO forums : Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073

Testing ATM, this sounds interesting =)

i'm gonna install speedtest and see hwo bad my internet is right now.

my speeds are 600 up and 600 down with 137 ping
i think i'll stay as is.

Went from
0.5 mbps down
0.3 mbps up
-98 signal
60665prl
To
1.0 mbps down
0.9 mbps up
-65 signal
01337 prl
Well I'm sold.

I was using this method and found that it also helps resolve ring lag. However it does have its bugs.
1. no*2 which is no big deal
2. when dialing a number that does not require an area code normally, now it does.
3. when using the sprint internet app it made me sign in as if I was not on the sprint network. Which was weird but also not a big deal.
I am not sure about the bill thing either. When #3 happened it got me a little worried so I switched back to the official PRL.

It varies from place to place. I am in a large Verizon area so this works for me. But my signal jumps up and down as well as it won't hold a steady data connection. It's great when it works, but it's not a usable option for me due to my location. And several people have reported sign in failures. I am one of those. It will randomly say "Sign In Failure" and it's quite annoying.

Anyone want to try SprintTV and see if they can get a channel listing?

could someone please upload it to xda? it keps dling as a text file lmao

What is supposed to happen when you dial ##775#?
Nothing happens for me; when I hit send, i get a Verizon wireless message about unable to complete call.
Any suggestions?
Running Darchroid 2.6.5

swears11 said:
What is supposed to happen when you dial ##775#?
Nothing happens for me; when I hit send, i get a Verizon wireless message about unable to complete call.
Any suggestions?
Running Darchroid 2.6.5
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## codes don't work on Darchdroid, flash Fresh or Damagecontrol and try.

hostileenviroment said:
could someone please upload it to xda? it keps dling as a text file lmao
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it is a text file.

abcdfv said:
it is a text file.
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oh really?
because when i hover over the link, it says .prl
ill trust you though

hostileenviroment said:
oh really?
because when i hover over the link, it says .prl
ill trust you though
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Does it display like a text file when you open it?

swears11 said:
What is supposed to happen when you dial ##775#?
Nothing happens for me; when I hit send, i get a Verizon wireless message about unable to complete call.
Any suggestions?
Running Darchroid 2.6.5
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Download and click save. Move to sd card. Unmount sd card. dial ##775# and wait and a screen will pop up. Move the keyboard down and select the sd card option then u will see the prl. select it and then press menu and commit changes. The phone will restart and you will have your new prl.

Ok I just did this and update profile/prl are now gone from my about phone /update software menu

Dumb question but does this help with voice reception? or is that entirely separate?

Almost gave me a heartattack when everything changed to Verizon stuff and then wouldnt switch back. I'm not on Sprint sooo I assume that the whole sharing of towers w/o roaming will not work.
You should put a disclaimer in there that only people on Sprint should do it...'course I could be wrong.

I seem to be getting better reception for voice but no improvement with data.

Please don't tell me I'm first to notice the prl is totally 1337...
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Odd 4G note

I'm in a pretty good area for 4G, so I've been turning it on when I leave the house lately...but recently, I've noticed something odd. While I get pretty good download speeds on speedtest.net, and it downloads files very well, when I go to a website, it won't load the page. The status indicator will go halfway, 3/4 of the way, but then it will hang, and the page will never load. I tested this in an area, last night, where I was getting 8+ Mbps (New Brunswick, NJ), in both Dolphin, and the stock browser, same effect in both. Then I turned off 4G, and the same sites (I tested about 6-7) loaded just fine in 3G. Anyone else notice this fairly annoying quirk?

I'm in Brooklyn and I've experienced the same thing a couple of times. I chalked it up to the 4g roll-out testing in the area.

If it flips to 3G and back to 4G even for a second it can jack up a page. Does reloading help?

When I had my EVO I also found that when I had 4G enabled the GTalk service would only very sporadically make AND hold a connection.
Turn off 4G and reboot the phone and I was able to connect no problem.
I called Sprint a few times on it but the people I spoke with in advanced support didn't have a clue to rather than hope for a fix I decided to return the phone and wait to see how the official rollout went.

uniquenameevo said:
If it flips to 3G and back to 4G even for a second it can jack up a page. Does reloading help?
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No, this isn't a case where it's switching from 4G to anything else. It's only when it's loading a website in a 4G area, with 4G on - and it actually seems to get worse as the 4G signal gets stronger. In my case, it's very repeatable.
I'm going to try deleting the cache, and see if that helps...
It's really not that big a deal, as it downloads any other file type, and does it very well, when in a 4G area, and websites load fine via 3G. It's just a little odd.
Oh, I guess it would be a problem if I wanted to view a website while talking on the phone...

smarmytime said:
No, this isn't a case where it's switching from 4G to anything else. It's only when it's loading a website in a 4G area, with 4G on - and it actually seems to get worse as the 4G signal gets stronger. In my case, it's very repeatable.
I'm going to try deleting the cache, and see if that helps...
It's really not that big a deal, as it downloads any other file type, and does it very well, when in a 4G area, and websites load fine via 3G. It's just a little odd.
Oh, I guess it would be a problem if I wanted to view a website while talking on the phone...
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Yeah, I've noticed the same issue. There is no performance gain on loading webpages it seems. I don't really get a chance to tether my pc often on 4G (other than letting files download in the car), so I can't vouch for that, but I do get better web page performance on 3G.

Anybody have any more insight into this issue? In the past I was able to access any site using 4g just fine, but lately, any site that uses flash will load 4/5 of the way and then completely stop. I am not a smart guy and have exhausted basically all of the resources I have. I have tried flashing an older Wimax, tweaking Wimax settings, uninstalling flash updates and nothing has worked. I guess if it really starts to bother me I will give Sprint a call, although it seems like people over here at XDA know just as much if not more about these things...and you guys wont make me unroot to talk about them.
Thanks.

I experienced same thing. I'm guessing it's the network issue(it's just not dependable in my experience), and not even use it for websurfing anymore. I think 3g is plenty for websurfing, and use 4g for tethering.

Go into wireless & Networks and turn off Mobile Network that will turn off 3g completely just use 4g by itself and you wont have to worry about it switching between the 2

Well, for me at least, the situation seems to have resolved itself...the past couple of days, I've been able to go to websites on 4g with no issues whatsoever. And as a bonus, the 4G coverage around my apt (which isn't even an official 4G area yet) is up to about 8Mbps! Nice.

My phone was doing that the other day too, I dont live in a 4g area. It was also going on being connected to wifi. My browser screen was also going black but the phone wasn't sleeping, I flashed another ROM and it was doing the same thing. It hasn't done it over the past few days now. I guess it worked itself out.

No internet

Both before and after the ota update, my internet icon will disappear, making my phone unable too use the internet (obviously), send texts, and sometimes even not let me make our receive phone calls. Why I do not know. I am sending this message on wifi right now, because my phone has both no internet and also no radio signal. I'm at my house and my house always has full reception and I get H for the internet. If anyone can help or direct me too something I can do that would be great.
I did call tmous and they said I had the my touch internet package and switched me to general android, but this did not help my problem. Thanks
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It can take up to 4 hours for any web changes to take effect. Maybe give it more time.
Also try *#*#4636#*#* - Phone information - and WCDMA preferred. Make sure wifi and wifi calling disabled because it will keep it at GSM only.
Hope this helps.

I called and did the internet switch yesterday morning. As for that stat number thing, after I pressed it everything came back on. Don't know if it was coincidence or not.
Will have to check again when out happens. What early am I looking for?
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I'm having the exact same problem. In my house I can get fair hspa+ 2-4 bars, 3G who nows as we don't have a 3G notification icon. Edge when it works is 4-5 bars. My wife has the Blackberry Bold also from T-Mobile and she has a solid 3G all the time.
I already changed my device once and the new one now 2 days old has the same issues. It is really starting to annoy me as many times I get ready to use the internet and I just have a signal bars with nothing to the left and internet and email are not working. This also means my email does not sync up properly when the connection is lost.
I'm going to try and spend some time in another area and see if the problem is the same. If so I might have to give up on this device, I hate to as I really like it.

Unfortunately being in different areas does not make a difference. I love this phone as well but this is very aggravating. What causes this to happen? No other htc phone I have used or friends have used have this problem.
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Steve.Beanz said:
I called and did the internet switch yesterday morning. As for that stat number thing, after I pressed it everything came back on. Don't know if it was coincidence or not.
Will have to check again when out happens. What early am I looking for?
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Sorry I am having a hard time understanding what you are asking.
You go to the the dialpad on your phone. Enter *#*#4636#*#*
As soon as you do this it will bring up a menu. Tap on "Phone Information"
Then at the bottom you will see a dropdown box under "Set preferred network type:"
Set this to WCDMA preferred. Then hit the back button (the back arrow).
You will see that your signal has been disabled for a second, then will turn back on. Also if you can note down what it was set to before you changed it to WCDMA preferred and post that here.
Like I said this can only be done when wifi and wifi calling are disabled.
Hope I was a little more clear this time.

Well I may have to eat my words. It might be my location or just crappy T-Mobile service that is varying. I put my wifes phone in the same part of the house side by side of mine and trying to surf the web it dropped out too. Lost the 3G and got a SOS for signal bars. Unlike my G2 it recovered fairly quickly as the reception came back. My G2 has been at a loss for internet for over a hour before.
I'm still going to try some comparisons in some different ares and I hope it is just my area.

@bishybob wcdma prefered is checked.
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[Q] HELP 4G cant turn on

4g wont turn on how do i fix this problem?

very carefully.
but first youll have to give more info.

What rom, kernel, modem are you using?. Are you even in a 4g area?
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Using SPH-D700-DI18-8G
clockworkmod recovery
When go to settings, wireless and network, 4g settings and click turn on 4g, its says turning on... and says unknown
No matter where tap to turn on 4g it wont turn on

Rom
Im using DI18 Update

Where are you ? Location-wise, are you in a city that is provided 4g ?

I had the exact same problem after receiving a replacement phone from Spint. After spending time on the phone with tech support who couldn't resolve this issue, I went to the sprint store & the tech guy there tried to fix it, but discovered Sprint never turned on the 4g radio! It's seperate for the actual phone & from the 3g service according to him. He also said this is not something they can fix from a store & they had to order me another replacement phone.
So if your phone came like this, then it's an 4G radio issue with Sprint & you need to get your phone swapped 100%.
My phone is stock & came like this out of the box.
Hope this helps

Thanks that sounds about right

I'm in Orlando Florida, 4g is provided out here

The tech guy at Sprint (on the phone) didn't understand the fact that it doesn't matter if you have the actual 4G service or not. If you don't have the service, the icon should still turn on green, then after a few seconds it'll say disconnected, but still stay green. I wasn't able to get to that point though. Also it shouldn't say "unknown" under the 4G from the settings menu, on my new phone it says "turn on 4G", my last phone said "unknown" too.
Start saving any information you might need from the phone you have now, they're gonna want to erase it when you go to the store & they try to fix it 1st. In the end you're gonna get a new 1!
Good Luck!

ant7088 said:
I had the exact same problem after receiving a replacement phone from Spint. After spending time on the phone with tech support who couldn't resolve this issue, I went to the sprint store & the tech guy there tried to fix it, but discovered Sprint never turned on the 4g radio! It's seperate for the actual phone & from the 3g service according to him. He also said this is not something they can fix from a store & they had to order me another replacement phone.
So if your phone came like this, then it's an 4G radio issue with Sprint & you need to get your phone swapped 100%.
My phone is stock & came like this out of the box.
Hope this helps
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Coming from a Sprint Tech, that answer equates to, "Hey, Sir, I want to sound intellighttp://forum.xda-developers.com/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=9410016ent about the service, but I have no idea what is going on."
The 4G radio is either on or off... e.g. If your phone is turned on, your 4G radio is turned on.. If your phone is on, but 4G is off you either have a defective radio or a detached radio..
If you have a signal, regardless of 3G or 4G, your 4G radio is "activated"... There is no "activation" except your phone's MAC address being registered on the network... Now problems can arise when information is changed from one to the other.. but its not an "activation" like inserting a SIM is an activation...
Don't make claims like "100% exchange" because there is no such thing as "100%" in consumer electronics... Especially based off of the claims of a Tier 1 customer service agent...

4g its not in my area and when I turn it on it goes threw its check. Then the symbol stays on my status bar with blank bars. Under the settings it still says unknown. Sounds like you. When I travel to a 4g area then it connects and then it lists everything. To me it sons like your not in a 4g area
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Shift only uses 1x data, claims 3G

I generally use my shift at home or work on wifi. This week I'm on vacation and have been using Sprint's network primarily. I was using a CM7 nightly for a while and noticed that I've never seen the 3g icon, only 1x. I confirmed this by installing an app from the market called 'Opensignal' which shows details about your connection, which tower you're connected to, etc.
I flashed to a sense based ROM (Mik) and have the same issue- 1x only. However, it now always displays the 3g logo when data is 1x, even if roaming.
It seems that something in my phone is keeping me stuck without 3g that persists through reinstalls/wipes. I'm hoping there is some type of hidden setting or config option I can look at outside of the standard settings in the system.
Any ideas other than flashing back to stock/unrooted?

You will find that the stock sense rom will show 3G always as well. You can open up the dialer and dial ##33284# Choose EVDO engineering, and look at the state.

And if not in a sense rom *#*#info#*#* will let you view you connection details.
Toasted by Nightly.

Unfortunately I would ruu back to stock, update profile and prl in update section then see if that helps. Run speed tests and keep a record of results to help in the process of elimination. Could it just be the tower you're near or some Podunk town out in the sticks that doesn't have good equipment? Go to a sprint store with working displays. Do speed tests with the display then your phone. Maybe you got a lemon?
You could be roaming or on an old system. Turn roaming off and set network to sprint only and see if that makes any difference. I know years ago I went to my home town in the Midwest and throughput and signal was poor until I went into a major city (like the capital) then speed and signal was good again.

Thanks, I didn't realize HTC always made the 3g logo show- that's really stupid. *#*#info#*#* shows me good stuff and re-confirms me getting 1x only.
Will any of the settings listed attempt 3G data only? I set it to EVDO but it seemed to stay at 1x.

falz said:
Thanks, I didn't realize HTC always made the 3g logo show- that's really stupid. *#*#info#*#* shows me good stuff and re-confirms me getting 1x only.
Will any of the settings listed attempt 3G data only? I set it to EVDO but it seemed to stay at 1x.
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##3282# & ##33284# are your best bet to edit anything if you're not planning on running an RUU, really you shouldn't have to, just turn EvDo only on and see if it even connects. Maybe the 1X towers are stronger than EvDo, if you have it at all.
Reset data profile entirely through ##3282# - you need your MSL - MSL Reader is on the market.
Try that and document your speed results, etc. Then update your prl. If you really want to, then go ahead and apply the 3G speed fix mentioned in Android Development (not necessary but if you're concerned with speed you might wanna try every step.)
If all that fails, you do still have the RUU and start fresh approach. Personally before I'd do anything I'd get ahold of another android device, maybe not HTC, and see what it's doing for speed, etc.
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Great info. Using the info code I've set it to EVDO only but it still says its at 1xRTT, even after a reboot(!). My wife has a Sprint LG optimus S- I've looked at its settings and its connected @ 3G so I know whatever tower in my area should connect.
I got my MSL from that app and can get to edit mode via ##3282# but I do not see an option to reset, only to change to other profiles that appear to have the same config. It was choosing profile 1, I changed it to 0 with the same results.
How do I reset data profile?
Edit: ##33284# lists evdo as 0 (disabled) but does update info as to its signal strength and so on. This is all still with the phone set to EVDO only but yet connecting at 1xRTT.

I seem to have it working now. The change I made was ##3282#, EVDO, preferred mode = auto. This was previously set to CDMA. After a reboot I now have 3g.
I'm curious what this is set to for others? I've never been in these screens before and have this feeling that I've never had 3g data (I've had my phone since launch day).
Ive reflashed CM7 and 3g works there too now, i'm seeing the 3g icon for the first time.
Also its quite sneaky that HTC/Sprint only show the 3g icon on a Sense ROM. Had i never installed a non-sense based ROM i'd have never really known that i was stuck on 1x. Shame on HTC/Sprint.

falz said:
I seem to have it working now. The change I made was ##3282#, EVDO, preferred mode = auto. This was previously set to CDMA. After a reboot I now have 3g.
I'm curious what this is set to for others? I've never been in these screens before and have this feeling that I've never had 3g data (I've had my phone since launch day).
Ive reflashed CM7 and 3g works there too now, i'm seeing the 3g icon for the first time.
Also its quite sneaky that HTC/Sprint only show the 3g icon on a Sense ROM. Had i never installed a non-sense based ROM i'd have never really known that i was stuck on 1x. Shame on HTC/Sprint.
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I would like to say this thread has helped me achieve EVDO (ive been 1x also since release). Sadly this doesn't work on AOSP roms for me, but i'm happy just getting what i'm paying for... and have been but haven't received. Its noticeably faster.
BUT.. for noobs not used to the ##3282# menu, after making a change, press the menu button and commit the change. I had gone through these steps changing the drop down and immediately restarting. Apparently you have to manually save these settings.. or at least on my phone.

where are you guys entering these numbers and "EVDO"? because mine is also showing 1x and i wanna fix that

AshyKnuttz said:
where are you guys entering these numbers and "EVDO"? because mine is also showing 1x and i wanna fix that
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you get free thanks i guess... mouse slip up
anyway, its in your dialer, just use the keys as if the 'code' is a phone number

LOL double thanks

By the way i found out if you enable EVDO(DDTM) you might not receive some calls, just putting preferred mode on automatic will do the trick

falz said:
I seem to have it working now. The change I made was ##3282#, EVDO, preferred mode = auto. This was previously set to CDMA. After a reboot I now have 3g.
I'm curious what this is set to for others? I've never been in these screens before and have this feeling that I've never had 3g data (I've had my phone since launch day).
Ive reflashed CM7 and 3g works there too now, i'm seeing the 3g icon for the first time.
Also its quite sneaky that HTC/Sprint only show the 3g icon on a Sense ROM. Had i never installed a non-sense based ROM i'd have never really known that i was stuck on 1x. Shame on HTC/Sprint.
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For the record the stock rom WILL show 1x. I've seen it. I guess that's when service is just plain terrible.
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I would like to fix this on my phone as well but I'm having some trouble entering the code. When I go to my dialer and enter ##3282# nothing happens. What am I missing? Thanks.
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njeske said:
I would like to fix this on my phone as well but I'm having some trouble entering the code. When I go to my dialer and enter ##3282# nothing happens. What am I missing? Thanks.
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The only rom it works for me on is MikShift. Not even on the stock rom, though I did call and voice my complaints to both Sprint AND HTC, they didn't give a rat's ass.
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If I install mikshift and make the change will it persist if I flash back to cm7?
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njeske said:
If I install mikshift and make the change will it persist if I flash back to cm7?
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It worked for me. I also updated my Profile and PRL through sprint just for the hell of it.

njeske said:
I would like to fix this on my phone as well but I'm having some trouble entering the code. When I go to my dialer and enter ##3282# nothing happens. What am I missing? Thanks.
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1 Reboot your HTC EVO Shift 4G.
2 Press your phone icon on the screen.
3 Enter ##3282#.
4 You have to give it roughly 10 seconds for the EPST screen to appear.
5 If the 1st 3 steps don't work, you may have to restore to the Stock ROM.

alcohol120% said:
It worked for me. I also updated my Profile and PRL through sprint just for the hell of it.
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Seem to have worked for me as well except on the next day...I got an (I believe unrelated) random wake-up reboot, it just decided to keep connecting in1x mode. Now I'm back to mik and I'm constantly in evdo rev a mode
I really like cm and I've had it fully setup to my liking...then when I discovered about opensignal and the whole 1x thing...I feel like I'm missing out on something. I think its more ocd than anything else since cm7 is fully functional anyway...but still. I do hope they figure out what the prob is. I can't wait to go back to cm
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