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Better call signal for users near Altell towers PRL Update!

This was posted on another forum just passing it on to help people get better call quality on the DI....
below_radar_00 said:
I too was experiencing terrible signal problems. I dropped two calls yesterday and I've NEVER dropped a single call in my 3-4 years with VZW. I looked in my phone status and my signal was a -101 which apparently isn't good. Anyways I found a site that has the newest PRL and another site with how to install. With this new PRL installed, my signal is now -91!!!!
First go to this site: HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Newest 650XX Hybrid PRL and find the post from 5/10/10 that has two zip files. Download the 65133 zip and unzip it. You'll find an RLA file in there. Copy the RLA to the root of your SD card. Then dial ##778 and send. You'll get a popup to view or edit. Hit edit. A password prompt comes up and your password is 000000 (six zeroes). Then scroll down to PRL and hit update PRL. It'll take a few seconds for the screen to change. When it does select for it to find all files and scroll down to the 65133 file and hit okay. Then you'll be back at the previous menu. You aren't done yet though. You have to hit the MENU key and select commit. Your phone will update and restart. Congrats you have updated your PRL!
To help others it may be beneficial to go to your phone settings BEFORE you update and post your before signal and then after the update go in again and post your after signal. If this was helpful please thank me!
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Updating the PRL via *228 will overwrite the manual change.

More about it here.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673661&highlight=update

Altell PRL
You can also just hit ##775 call and enter the six zeros and it will take you directly to the PRL update. you won't have to navigate the menu.

Hi everyone... when I dial ##775 or ##778 it just tells me thank you for calling verizon but my call cannot be completed as dialed. I've tried someones suggestion to put a # after the number as well and that gets me the same result.
Any ideas why this happens?

maly01801 said:
Hi everyone... when I dial ##775 or ##778 it just tells me thank you for calling verizon but my call cannot be completed as dialed. I've tried someones suggestion to put a # after the number as well and that gets me the same result.
Any ideas why this happens?
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I would have to say user/phone error. Phone | ##778 | Call You will be prompted for a password.

maly01801 said:
Hi everyone... when I dial ##775 or ##778 it just tells me thank you for calling verizon but my call cannot be completed as dialed. I've tried someones suggestion to put a # after the number as well and that gets me the same result.
Any ideas why this happens?
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This can't be done on some custom roms because the epst pack is left out.

maly01801 , I have never tested this, but I have heard that ##7764726 will work for roms without the EPST module. Let me know if it works.

Inc specific directions included in wiki btw...
Incredible PRL altering in Wiki

PRL 60677 Changes and Full Analysis is up

I was finally able to obtain the PRL file for 60677. I have updated my site with the new changes in the file. Check my sig for the files.

No link to download it?

The analysis or PRL itself?

prl itself

Thanks, updaed my prl
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digiblur said:
I was finally able to obtain the PRL file for 60677. I have updated my site with the new changes in the file. Check my sig for the files.
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I really appreciate your work. Being a cell phone network junkie I think this is great to have.

I stay on top of updating my PRL but could you explain to me what exactly this info is telling us?
Example:
SID: 4183 - Sprint PCS - San Francisco Oakland San Jose CA - Priority: More - Roaming Ind:Native
1X Scan: PCS/50 PCS/25 PCS/200 PCS/100 PCS/75 PCS/350 PCS/925 PCS/325 PCS/375
EV Scan: Sprint - 0084:0AC0(Same) - PCS/25 PCS/50 PCS/150 PCS/475 PCS/550 PCS/625 PCS/650 PCS/375
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digiblur said:
The analysis or PRL itself?
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im looking for the prl itself to write in QPST
found it: attached

so what i do with this???

Ree$e said:
so what i do with this???
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dont try to flash the zip i posted in CWM or anything.... you have to download qualcomm product support tools
extract the zip file i had to your desktop
turn usb debugging on your phone
adb shell getprop ril.MSL
write down the 6 digit number
disconnect usb cable
turn off usb debugging
type ##8778# in your dialer
make USB and UART modem instead of pda
plug phone into usb (it'll install drivers you might need to restart pc i forget)
open QPST, add port, uncheck the "show only" box click the usb port you plugged your phone into
on the top click start clients//service programming
click your phone and start
go to the roam tab
hit read from phone
enter your MSL 6-digit #
in the "enable perferred roaming" box click browse and point to the prl file you want
click write to phone, it will reboot, and your prl is updated
edit: forgot to mention after you're done enter ##8778# again and change usb back to pda (uart stays as modem)

You guys are aware that a 61677 PRL is up and out right?..
If not you can check it out in the Optimus V forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991668
Been doing major testing on both the 61 & the 60 version I see no difference as of yet..
However the code is different so something must be up with it..

61 is a modded one
does it add 3g roaming?

Can we use that one?
churro7 said:
61 is a modded one
does it add 3g roaming?
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jeffyv2 said:
Can we use that one?
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Don't, Virgin Mobile only uses Sprint Towers. No roaming is allowed on Virgin Mobile.

i updated to the 60677 and everything seems to work fine and i live in the dallas tx area so if anyone wants to update to 60677 and lives in the dallas area they can !!! good luck

How to change prl

I had lots of trouble with this, for all you other clueless people...
1. Boot into a 2.1 sense rom.
2. Make sure your prl is on the root of your SD card.
3. Download msl reader from the market.
4. Open the app and find your msl code.
5. Dial ##775# in the dialer and use the MSL code as the password.
6. A screen pops up I think it says update prl. Click on it.
7. On the next screen select your prl from your SD card and press ok.
8. Go back to the screen you were on before, press the menu button and press commit modifications. It should reboot. You are finished.

ssojyeti2 said:
I had lots of trouble with this, for all you other clueless people...
1. Boot into a 2.1 sense rom.
2. Make sure your prl is on the root of your SD card.
3. Download msl reader from the market.
4. Open the app and find your msl code.
5. Dial ##775# in the dialer and use the MSL code as the password.
6. A screen pops up I think it says update prl. Click on it.
7. On the next screen select your prl from your SD card and press ok.
8. Go back to the screen you were on before, press the menu button and press commit modifications. It should reboot. You are finished.
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I am going to clarify step one since this is the one that I had the most problem with. Not ALL 2.1 sense roms will have the ability to process the ##prl# command so you have to find one which does. If you don't have a nandroid backup of your stock rom, then the one that I use is fresh 2.4 (it is available for DL through rom manager). I hope that helps.
Also, if I am not mistaken, don't you have to (after the reboot) update your profile by using ##3282#?

Drachen808 said:
I am going to clarify step one since this is the one that I had the most problem with. Not ALL 2.1 sense roms will have the ability to process the ##prl# command so you have to find one which does. If you don't have a nandroid backup of your stock rom, then the one that I use is fresh 2.4 (it is available for DL through rom manager). I hope that helps.
Also, if I am not mistaken, don't you have to (after the reboot) update your profile by using ##3282#?
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Correct on the not all 2.1 roms will provide the ##prl# command. Personally I use ZenHero. BUT if all you want to do is get the newest prl just load any 2.1 rom and update it. The ##prl# command is mainly for loading custom prls and or older ones.
But you don't have to use ##3282#
afterwards. I just loaded 60679 and it stuck without updating profile. Ymmv though.
®patience is a virtue©

I do it the QPST way, and was going to post in my lil tutorial of how I do it, but since I don't have enough posts here in XDA, it won't let me post in outside links.
I posted in the Hero CDMA stable mod forum on the cyanogenmod site with the title of "Thinking of going back to stock sense?" - same username, elan666
Be very careful with QPST! Honestly, the Sense Rom swap is probably the safer bet...

doing it the sense way is deffintly the easiest not to mention qpst is illegal.
so the sense way just makes sense... sorry i couldnt resist lol.

[Q] Droid X flashed to cricket, need help!!!!

Can someone please get me started. I just bought a Droid X from Verizon, and had it fully flashed to cricket.
When I got home, I updated it to android 2.3.3 the latest version. I now cant figure out how to root my phone. Can someone give me the order I need to do things in?
Any help would be much appreciated!

if u updated it to gb ota ur screwed... there is no way to root gb yet. u r going to have to sbf back to 2.2 then reflash ur phone and reroot it. look in the wiki for the FULL sbf. if u want gb then u r going to have to use the prerooted gb also linked in the wiki. good luck n have fun.
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oh yea 2.2 is .340 sbf. if u paid to have ur dx rooted then u should get qpst 2.7.323 and cdma workshop and also hw virtual serial port, read the guide floating around on xda dx forum and u can do it urself.
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Thanks for replying.
I had the zio with cricket, and we know how that goes. Talking about it makes me vomit.
So I traded an old xbox 360 for a droid x with bad esn from verizon. I paid 75 bucks to have it flashed to cricket. When I got home I checked for update first, not knowing the consequences. So now I fear if I restore and install prerooted update I will lose my flash, and need a solid walkthrough to feel I can do it myself. There is so much info and varibles from carriers etc that Im afraid Im looking at a lot of bad guides too. I can only be as good as a walkthrough directs me. I also fear having 64 bit windows could cause an issue. Can anyone either confirm or deny 100% if restoring will clear my cricket flash?
All input and suggestions on this would be very helpful. Really cant afford to put more money then I already have on this. If anyone could post me specific links to my needs, I may gather enough courage to try. Especially if you have used one personally, and can suggest a degree of difficulty. I must get this rooted, I HATE ADS AND SYSTEM APPS!!!! Thanks again!

You will have to sbf and then reflash it back to.cricket. check out this site http://www.mycricketforum.com/veriz...cricket-2-2-froyo-talk-text-mms-internet.html
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This is indeed one of the links I looked at. So this is the method to flash it, can you post a link on how to restore it to 2.2, so I can flash it, then root it, then I also need to be sure I know how to install the prerooted 2.3.3 for it. Thanks again!

bigshotrob22 said:
You will have to sbf and then reflash it back to.cricket. check out this site http://www.mycricketforum.com/veriz...cricket-2-2-froyo-talk-text-mms-internet.html
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Ok, so everything has been good til now and this is where im stuck at #17. QPST doesnt recognize my phone, there for I cannot proceed. Please someone help!!!.
7) Open up CDMA Workshop 2.7
8) Under COM Settings (AT Mode) select the COM port you setup from the tutorial and then click the connect button. If it successfully connected it will say Connected to COM15 port successfully. on the bottom (may not say COM15, thats just the port I used.)
9) Go to the Security tab and under SPC there will be an empty box. Enter 000000 then click the SPC button and Send. It will then popup saying SPC is correct. Phone unlocked.
10) Now go to the Other tab. Under PRL click Write and browse to where you put that PRL from earlier.
11) Go to the NAM tab and in the MIN and MDN(Dir_Number) boxes enter in the info you got from cricKet customer service and click write.
12) Now go to the Memory tab. Under NV Items click Write. Browse and select the NV Item file you generated earlier. Once its done it will say 12 NV Items were successfully written to the phone.
13) Go to the Main tab. Click Mode>Reset
14) Your phone should have reset. Once it boots backup make sure to get your COM port back up and running.
15) You may now close CDMA Workshop 2.7 and open QPST
16) Open QPST Service Programming
17) You should see your phone listed in the list. Select it, click Start Clients>Service Programming. When it opens select your phone and click OK in the Service Programming screen.
18) On the bottom left click a button labeled Read from Phone, a box will popup, there should be 000000 already typed in, click OK. this may take a few minutes. There will be a blue progress bar on the top. Go smoke a cigg.

LOWCOUNTRYDAVE said:
Ok, so everything has been good til now and this is where im stuck at #17. QPST doesnt recognize my phone, there for I cannot proceed. Please someone help!!!.
7) Open up CDMA Workshop 2.7
8) Under COM Settings (AT Mode) select the COM port you setup from the tutorial and then click the connect button. If it successfully connected it will say Connected to COM15 port successfully. on the bottom (may not say COM15, thats just the port I used.)
9) Go to the Security tab and under SPC there will be an empty box. Enter 000000 then click the SPC button and Send. It will then popup saying SPC is correct. Phone unlocked.
10) Now go to the Other tab. Under PRL click Write and browse to where you put that PRL from earlier.
11) Go to the NAM tab and in the MIN and MDN(Dir_Number) boxes enter in the info you got from cricKet customer service and click write.
12) Now go to the Memory tab. Under NV Items click Write. Browse and select the NV Item file you generated earlier. Once its done it will say 12 NV Items were successfully written to the phone.
13) Go to the Main tab. Click Mode>Reset
14) Your phone should have reset. Once it boots backup make sure to get your COM port back up and running.
15) You may now close CDMA Workshop 2.7 and open QPST
16) Open QPST Service Programming
17) You should see your phone listed in the list. Select it, click Start Clients>Service Programming. When it opens select your phone and click OK in the Service Programming screen.
18) On the bottom left click a button labeled Read from Phone, a box will popup, there should be 000000 already typed in, click OK. this may take a few minutes. There will be a blue progress bar on the top. Go smoke a cigg.
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You have to open QPST configuration and add new port. Select the port you created with HW Virtual Serial Port.

Ok, I have reflashed official foyo, flashed my phone to cricket with I believe everything in working order. Afterwards, I installed the prerooted gingerbread with success! My service has been suspended I believe because my bill was due. So Ill go pay it then ensure everything is working. I can still text, although I have no 3g symbol but I assume because my service is suspended. Will post my results in a bit!
Thanks to everyone who provided guidance and courage

if gb doesnt work out then get cyanogen. i had problems with the prerooted gb not charging correctly. i havent heard of anyone else having that problem though.
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Sprint Corporate PRL - 56029 ... Non-Corporate PRL - 51104

The current Sprint Corporate PRL is 56029
The current Sprint Non- Corporate PRL is 51104
I will update this thread when a new PRL is released.
The PRL is inside the zip file.
THIS WILL NOT FLASH IN RECOVERY!
If anyone would like to add the non-corporate PRLs, please send me a copy of them in a zip file. @tdunham and @jcfunk - Thanks for the non-corporate
Some information on these PRLs (condensed from this link)
Corporate PRLs (CL) will allow nationwide roaming on EVDO
53xxx PRLs - AWM Extended Mobile Broadband Roaming PRL identical to 12xxx, and supports GSM.
12xxx PRLs - Sprint Extended Mobile Broadband Roaming PRL provides EVDO Roaming nationwide for 2011 devices going forward that supports Network Vision.
Non-Corporate PRLs (IL) will allow nationwide roaming on 1x only
51xxx PRLs - AWM Individual Liable PRL identical to 21xxx, and supports GSM.
21xxx PRLs - Sprint BC10 PRL supports Network Vision with 2011 devices and going forward.
Our phones are just BC10 (ESMR) which means they can use the 800 mhz SMR frequencies repurposed from the old iDen network. Unfortunately we don't have SV-LTE, which means we can't use Data and Voice at the same time.

How to write the PRL to your phone:
With CDMA Workshop:
http://androidxda.com/download-samsung-usb-drivers - Galaxy Series USB Drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54187200&postcount=1078 - How to set your Galaxy S 5 to write with CDMA Workshop
http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...lly-update-your-prl-cdma-workshop-method.html - How to write the PRL (Only follow from OPEN CDMA WORKSHOP down).
Without a Computer (ensure you are on a rom that includes PRL Write Enabled) :
Pictures and the walkthrough are explained here ... Below is a rehash of this information without the pictures
1. Extract TEST.prl from the PRL Zip that you want to flash
2. Place TEST.prl in the root of the /sdcard folder or the /Phone folder in windows (do NOT put it in /mnt/extSdCard or the /Card/ folder if you are in Windows)
3. Turn off WIFI and Mobile Data on the phone
4. Dial ##DATA# (##3282#) and select "View"
5. Select PRL WRITE then hit the button labeled "PRL WRITE" (your device will reboot at this point)
6. Once your device turns back on, turn WIFI and Mobile Data back on.
7. Goto Settings -> About device -> Status and confirm "PRL version" matches the version you wished to flash
If you are not on a ROM that has PRL Write Enabled - Follow the information posted here - It has been confirmed this can work on DEODEX and ODEX ...
If you are rooted but do not have a custom recovery you can extract HiddenMenu.apk (located in the zip file under /system/app) and manually push it into the /system/app folder of your phone. Then change the permissions to 0755 and it should work.
How to revert your phone back to your stock PRL:
Goto Settings -> System Update -> Update PRL ... One that finishes you should get the message "The PRL has been Updated. Press OK to continue".
Goto Settings -> About device -> Status and confirm "PRL version" has reverted (note: It may not revert to the same one you previous had if a new PRL update has been released. It will revert to whatever PRL your phone should be on).
Sprint Galaxy S5 Modems:
NE5 - 6/28/2014 - LATEST

numus said:
The current Sprint Corporate PRL is 53135
I will update this thread when a new PRL is released.
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So do we just rename this to test.prl and use the code to install?

Ramondel said:
So do we just rename this to test.prl and use the code to install?
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I will be adding information on how to flash prls shortly. The PRL is inside the Zip file..

Sweet ty

numus said:
I will be adding information on how to flash prls shortly. The PRL is inside the Zip file..
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I have the boost mobile S5, will the work shop method work? I want to see if the WiFi calling will work with this PRL.
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SotoXP said:
I have the boost mobile S5, will the work shop method work? I want to see if the WiFi calling will work with this PRL.
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I believe the answer is yes. The method should work with all CDMA versions of the Galaxy S5

I thought the changing it to Test.prl and putting on the root of internal sd was the way to do it.

vinman12 said:
I thought the changing it to Test.prl and putting on the root of internal sd was the way to do it.
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That is what I remember from the S3 days as well.

Anyone test that method yet

vinman12 said:
Anyone test that method yet
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I have not but I might test this tomorrow. I did find the procedure for doing it on the S3 and the screens are the same as this:
http://gs3.wonderhowto.com/how-to/improve-data-speeds-by-changing-prls-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-for-sprint-and-verizon-0142886/

Ramondel said:
That is what I remember from the S3 days as well.
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vinman12 said:
Anyone test that method yet
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If it does work please let me know the exact process so I can add it to the 2nd post ... Need to add modems also
Anyone test the prl to make sure it works?

Yea its what I figured.

vinman12 said:
Yea its what I figured.
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Ramondel said:
I have not but I might test this tomorrow. I did find the procedure for doing it on the S3 and the screens are the same as this:
http://gs3.wonderhowto.com/how-to/i...ung-galaxy-s3-for-sprint-and-verizon-0142886/
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I will start naming the prls test.prl and just name the zip for the version ... Should make it a little easier once I get confirmation this method works

numus said:
I will start naming the prls test.prl and just name the zip for the version ... Should make it a little easier once I get confirmation this method works
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Can you include the current stock prl incase we want to go back.

vinman12 said:
Can you include the current stock prl incase we want to go back.
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If you want to go back you just run a prl update under
Settings - system update - update prl
If you want me to post a copy of the non corporate prls along with corporate you will need to provide them to me ... 53135 is my stock ?

Ok np then. No woriees

I can test that in a few minutes.
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K kool

Confirmed working.
But, why I need to do that?
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