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New PRL version

Just did a quick *228 cos I saw someone in the Eris Section saying they got it.
Well what do ya know. it went from 518.. something to 52011. Upstate New York. No idea what PRL Version is or what this means. I think it has to do with the romeing towers or something?

ACD168 said:
Just did a quick *228 cos I saw someone in the Eris Section saying they got it.
Well what do ya know. it went from 518.. something to 52011. Upstate New York. No idea what PRL Version is or what this means. I think it has to do with the romeing towers or something?
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Yep looks like a new PRL as I just tried it and got the same version you just did.

found a cool site too
http://www.roamingzone.com/prl/#Verizon

db's lower for me
boomertwo said:
Yep looks like a new PRL as I just tried it and got the same version you just did.
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Tried this, went from -86 to -92. Fewer bars too, although those don't really mean anything for this or otherwise. I switched back to 65144, db's went back up. Who knew?

In your case it looks like Verizon removed access to some towers that were near you that gave you better signal strength.

Verizon/Alltel Hybrid PRLs may stop working soon
*228 got me 52011 here too. But I originally had a Verizon/Alltel Hybrid PRL (65024) that was working absolutely great (4 bars!) until a few days ago. I live in a fringe area for Verizon. But there is an Alltel tower about 1/2 mile away. Unfortunately (for me), I just read that Verizon who in 2009 acquired Alltel, has recently unloaded Alltel, or at least a good chunk of it. The company that bought Alltel is called Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Or ATN. This probably explains why my Alltel Hybrid PRL no longer gives me great reception. I'm back to 0 to 1 bars now. When I did the *228/2 today I had my fingers crossed...but it didn't help. Still 0 to 1 bar, and dropping calls again...

How can I check which prl I'm running. I have been having great reception so prob won't mess with anything, but curious how to check. Thanks

settings, about phone, software info. scroll down, PRL Version, right unders PRI

New PRL

New PRL just updated and got 60672, I use to have 60671 not sure if this is old news or not, if so please forgive me.
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Confirmed
Jacksonville FL 6:09AM
Just received new PRL update 60672

I was kind of expecting them to skip 2 and go straight to 60673. They pushed 60672 last month but rolled it back for some reason.
Mine just updated in central FL also

Got it here as well, North Jersey area.
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hey op. thanks for the heads-up brudda!

As well here in TN. Thnx for the heads up.

springfield,ohio confirmed !

Does this update automatically if we are rooted? If not, how do we update it? Any risk of losing root doing so?

mitchellvii said:
Does this update automatically if we are rooted? If not, how do we update it? Any risk of losing root doing so?
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\\no you can't loose root .... LOL no its not automatic ( never been for me anyways ) settings system updates update prl
im shocked people do not spend more time looking around in the settings

CheesyNutz said:
\\no you can't loose root .... LOL no its not automatic ( never been for me anyways ) settings system updates update prl
im shocked people do not spend more time looking around in the settings
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Lol, we are afraid of losing root

Also, can I update HTC Firmware without losing root? Which is the dangerous one, Software or Firmware Update?

Miami (my-am-uh) okalhoma +1

Update is a go in Kansas City...I'm pretty sure when the PRL updates are rolled out they are nationwide.
mitchellvii said:
Also, can I update HTC Firmware without losing root? Which is the dangerous one, Software or Firmware Update?
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As for any concern of losing root. You should never lose root doing a PRL update. Now doing a Firmware or HTC update coupld possibily knock you out of having root access. That's why a lot of rom's disable the automatic updates.

How about the HTC Software Update?

Thanks for the heads up OP!
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Can anyone tell us what the PRL does in the first place?

m4rk0358 said:
Can anyone tell us what the PRL does in the first place?
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+1. please.

"The Preferred Roaming List (PRL) is a database residing in a wireless (primarily CDMA) device, such as a cellphone, that contains information used during the system selection and acquisition process. In the case of RUIM-based CDMA devices, the PRL resides on the RUIM. The PRL indicates which bands, sub bands and service provider identifiers will be scanned and in what priority order. Without a PRL, the device may not be able to roam, i.e. obtain service outside of the home area. There may be cases where missing or corrupt PRL's can lead to a customer not having service at all." - Wikipedia
In simple terms its just telling the phone which towers/network it prefers to use. I use PRL hack to use Verizon because I was receiving text messages rather late with the 60671 PRL so i have been using PRL 00001 can anyone confirm if that seems to still be an issue with 60672?

Berat said:
In simple terms its just telling the phone which towers/network it prefers to use. I use PRL hack to use Verizon because I was receiving text messages rather late with the 60671 PRL so i have been using PRL 00001 can anyone confirm if that seems to still be an issue with 60672?
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I dont think that your getting texts late is going to be common nationwide. I get mine rather quickly with 60671 and I live in southern utah. It may just be a tower issue or something in your area.

Confirmed as well even though they have been made flashable updates recently

Details on Sprint PRL's 60678 and 1115

Here is the lehman terms about the PRL's. People who are on individual accounts will be receiving PRL 60678. It will not have 3G Data Roaming enabled.
Business and corperate accounts will be receiving custom PRL 1115, which does enable 3G Data Roaming in the six states listed below.
For all the details please read the attached files. You didn't get these from me
My FAQ for You:
1. No Samsung device has received a new PRL since 60676. We haven't received any notice of why or when Samsung devices will receve the new PRLs.
2. 60677 had numerous problems. All throughout Florida people were reportedly not getting any data at all while roaming, let alone 3G Data while roaming. So 60678 was pushed out to fix the issue, but it disabled 3G Data roaming for the time being. It may be enabled later on down the road.
3. Manually changing you PRL will not break your phone...but expect your PRL to switch back as your phone does a daily check for updates to the PRL. That is why alot of the community was switched back to 60676 after manually updating to 60677.
4. If you get any type of corperate discount on your account, you will receive the 1115 PRL.
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National & Custom PRLs Available for FL, MI, OH, WVA, & WI
Sprint has released Custom PRL 1115 and National PRL ending xxx78 that will impact subscribers who roam in these states.
Custom EVDO PRL 1115 – Provides Business IL and CL subscribers with continued 3G/Mobile Broadband roaming services.
Consumer accounts in these states will experience a loss of 3G/Mobile Broadband roaming services. Refer to PRL Newsflash (xxx78).
Delivery of this Custom PRL is dependent on eligible Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Phones/PDAs and Mobile Broadband devices.
Devices not eligible to receive the Custom PRL will receive the National PRL and won’t have 3G/Mobile Broadband roaming in these areas.
National PRLs (10078/50578, 20278/60678 and 60778) - Removes 3G/Mobile Broadband roaming coverage for all consumer accounts with push capable phones/PDAs and Mobile Broadband devices.
This coverage was previously enabled with PRL xxx77 and is now being removed since it didn’t provide the expected on-network capacity relief.
In an effort to strike the right balance between customer experience and roaming cost of service, the 3G roaming coverage will no longer be available for consumers but available to Business customers via Custom PRL 1115.
Consumers receiving these National PRLs will still have 1xRTT data roaming service available in the impacted states.
Sprint will begin proactively pushing the PRL to subscribers with in these locations first, then to the entire base. Subscribers with Mobile Broadband devices have to accept the PRL update prompt via SMARTview to receive this release.

Hmm so no roaming and 3g for me
Weird cause the 60677 had it and they pulled it, hopefully we will get it back, btw what if u got a hold of the 1115 prl and tried putting it on the personal phone? Will it break it? lol

davidrules7778 said:
Hmm so no roaming and 3g for me
Weird cause the 60677 had it and they pulled it, hopefully we will get it back, btw what if u got a hold of the 1115 prl and tried putting it on the personal phone? Will it break it? lol
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Let me answer a few things first:
1. No Samsung device has received a new PRL since 60676. We haven't received any notice of why or when Samsung devices will receve the new PRLs.
2. 60677 had numerous problems. All throughout Florida people were reportedly not getting any data at all while roaming, let alone 3G Data while roaming. So 60678 was pushed out to fix the issue, but it disabled 3G Data roaming for the time being. It may be enabled later on down the road.
3. Manually changing you PRL will not break your phone...but expect your PRL to switch back as your phone does a daily check for updates to the PRL. That is why alot of the community was switched back to 60676 after manually updating to 60677.
4. If you get any type of corperate discount on your account, you will receive the 1115 PRL.

Whosdaman said:
Let me answer a few things first:
1. No Samsung device has received a new PRL since 60676. We haven't received any notice of why or when Samsung devices will receve the new PRLs.
2. 60677 had numerous problems. All throughout Florida people were reportedly not getting any data at all while roaming, let alone 3G Data while roaming. So 60678 was pushed out to fix the issue, but it disabled 3G Data roaming for the time being. It may be enabled later on down the road.
3. Manually changing you PRL will not break your phone...but expect your PRL to switch back as your phone does a daily check for updates to the PRL. That is why alot of the community was switched back to 60676 after manually updating to 60677.
4. If you get any type of corperate discount on your account, you will receive the 1115 PRL.
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Why thank u for the answers, i know it will be pushed back as it happened to me after i did it manually, i was wondering if somehow the 1115 prl got posted could i update it that, in the only risk being its going to get pushed back?
BTW ill hit thanks for u when i get to a computer with the thanks button

davidrules7778 said:
Why thank u for the answers, i know it will be pushed back as it happened to me after i did it manually, i was wondering if somehow the 1115 prl got posted could i update it that, in the only risk being its going to get pushed back?
BTW ill hit thanks for u when i get to a computer with the thanks button
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Yes the only rish is that it will be pushed back. Nothing else.
And you're very welcome
(I'm thinking about manually updating to 1115 for the time being.)

I manually updated mine to 1115.
I'm assuming they wont be able to roll it back on Epics like mine that have the DATA & PRL update "internal/unknown error" issue, that still isnt resolved. Mine has been sitting on 60677 since I manually updated it when it came out. (No choice, since the automatic update doesnt work.)
May be it's different on other people's though.

darkfire79 said:
I manually updated mine to 1115.
I'm assuming they wont be able to roll it back on Epics like mine that have the DATA & PRL update "internal/unknown error" issue, that still isnt resolved. Mine has been sitting on 60677 since I manually updated it when it came out. (No choice, since the automatic update doesnt work.)
May be it's different on other people's though.
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Have you tried it recently? Mine started working last week. And that doesn't stop them from pushing a different PRL to your phone. Mine got pushed back while still getting the error.

darkfire79 said:
I manually updated mine to 1115.
I'm assuming they wont be able to roll it back on Epics like mine that have the DATA & PRL update "internal/unknown error" issue, that still isnt resolved. Mine has been sitting on 60677 since I manually updated it when it came out. (No choice, since the automatic update doesnt work.)
May be it's different on other people's though.
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What kenny said, mine was broken after going to eco5 on my old phone and it still got pushed back and still didnt update, new phone updates tho
i might manually update, if people report that it helps a lot?

I get a 28% corporate discount and live in California. So will I get the new prl or only when I jet into one of the affected areas?
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Thanks for the info! Is it possible to manually update then freeze the update process in titanium to prevent the roll back?

Can someone post a link to the 1115 PRL so we can try. Thanks.

kennyglass123 said:
Can someone post a link to the 1115 PRL so we can try. Thanks.
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+1
Thanks.......

Why would I get 1115 on one phone and 60676 on the other
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darkfire79 said:
I manually updated mine to 1115.
I'm assuming they wont be able to roll it back on Epics like mine that have the DATA & PRL update "internal/unknown error" issue, that still isnt resolved. Mine has been sitting on 60677 since I manually updated it when it came out. (No choice, since the automatic update doesnt work.)
May be it's different on other people's though.
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An RTN reset will fix those issues. I solved that internal error on my own at my store. My phone does it perfect everytime now.
Top Nurse said:
I get a 28% corporate discount and live in California. So will I get the new prl or only when I jet into one of the affected areas?
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You will receive 1115, but California isn't effected. You can read everything in the attached documents in the first post.
rgregg504 said:
Why would I get 1115 on one phone and 60676 on the other
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Read post #3

kennyglass123 said:
Can someone post a link to the 1115 PRL so we can try. Thanks.
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Answering myself. I got this from PPCGeeks:
And here is the thread on how to update manually:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898628
And a link to QPST file needed:
http://www.filecrop.com/QPST-2.7-build-323.html

01117 was also released to folks in MS..which added 3g from verizon when attached to sprint voice. Not sure why since that area has 3g on the towers except for north MS. It also removes the 3g roaming in FL.
Full analysis and change logs for 60678 and 01115 are up on my site at www.batonrougebroadband.info

I just updated my wifes evo and it got the 1115 prl. I put the 60678 on my epic manually but if I try updating through the phone will I also get the 1115 or not for samsung no matter what?
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digiblur said:
01117 was also released to folks in MS..which added 3g from verizon when attached to sprint voice. Not sure why since that area has 3g on the towers except for north MS. It also removes the 3g roaming in FL.
Full analysis and change logs for 60678 and 01115 are up on my site at www.batonrougebroadband.info
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1115 is the latest, there is no 1117 yet...at least my managers EVO never received it.
evohog said:
I just updated my wifes evo and it got the 1115 prl. I put the 60678 on my epic manually but if I try updating through the phone will I also get the 1115 or not for samsung no matter what?
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1115 is the one you want. That is the one that enables 3G Data Roaming

I believe the 01117 was only sent to folks in southern MS. Not much of a difference between 01115 and 60678 except for the FL 3g roaming.

darkfire79 said:
I manually updated mine to 1115.
I'm assuming they wont be able to roll it back on Epics like mine that have the DATA & PRL update "internal/unknown error" issue, that still isnt resolved. Mine has been sitting on 60677 since I manually updated it when it came out. (No choice, since the automatic update doesnt work.)
May be it's different on other people's though.
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It wont, definately not if your running custom roms. This release has been out for about a month in these states already, and also if you call and ask for them to refresh on their end, be prepared to get framework forcecloses, not reccomended!
also for Top Nurse
I get a 28% corporate discount and live in California. So will I get the new prl or only when I jet into one of the affected areas?
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You wont need it, unless you travel to one of the affected states & Yes you can update while there as you are under a Heirarchy as an account type/ Corporate - Sub type/Individual, also to everyone else, if you are a BCS/Premier or Business/General Business or Public Sector account you too will get this - even if you dont receive a discout
BTW, This is not a Sprint error, rather a problem caused by higher Gods in the wireless world.

[Q] Roam Control?

Anyone successfully running ROAM CONTROL on Syndicate Frozen Rom? I cannot get it to work whatsoever. Tried uninstalling, reinstalling, but the software does not respond to "force roam". Wondering if its a compatibility issue with SFR.

i'm using it and it works flawlessly.
make sure you pick samsung in the settings of roam control.
I'm on SRF 1.1.1 if that matters.

working for me (on 1.1.1), perhaps clear data? or re instal? did u select samsung in the settings?

Are you in Texas? I contacted the roam control guy and he said that it won't work in Texas

Works for me, in Texas.. just depends on the ROM.

I'm in northern california. Samsung was selected as well. Ill try clearing data. Will thank all that contributed once I get on my computer, can't do it using xda app.
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OMG, w00t w00t!
It works for me and thanks for turning me on to this app. Service in my area has been HORRIBLE!
Now it will work great.....on Verizon's network

how in the hell did i miss this roam contole?????? link please?

mcdeeandhisepic said:
how in the hell did i miss this roam contole?????? link please?
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Roam Control

Is anyone able to get 3g speeds while using this App? It works fine on my Epic (rooted and running Bonsai 4.1.1 on EXT4), but data is 1x.

thanantos said:
Is anyone able to get 3g speeds while using this App? It works fine on my Epic (rooted and running Bonsai 4.1.1 on EXT4), but data is 1x.
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this has been covered ad nauseum...
Sprint's roaming agreement w/ Verizon is for 1x data only, not 3G
there 'may' be a workaround/PRL hack but you'd have to search more for that answer because I just don't have it and I'm not gonna do the searching for ya

daddymikey1975 said:
this has been covered ad nauseum...
Sprint's roaming agreement w/ Verizon is for 1x data only, not 3G
there 'may' be a workaround/PRL hack but you'd have to search more for that answer because I just don't have it and I'm not gonna do the searching for ya
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This.
It all depends on what PRL you're using. There is a PRL out there which will enable 3G roaming speeds, but few phones have it. You can manually update your PRL, but Sprint will usually roll you back within 24-48 hours. I've thought about manually updating my PRL, then freezing the service which allows it to be rolled back, but haven't gone through with it.
Reason being, I'm in Chicago and forced roaming on Sprint doesn't work in the Chicago area as stated by the dev of the app.
Works well up in Wisconsin, but not around here.
There's a thread somewhere about updating your PRL...search for it and read through it. That will tell you everything you need to know.

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There's a thread somewhere about updating your PRL...search for it and read through it. That will tell you everything you need to know.
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FTFY
I'm content being able to roam w/ 1x.. mostly when i roam its because I can't make a call or what have you..
for me, I'll be getting the 1015 PRL (or whatever it is for corp accounts) when it's rolled out..

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This.
It all depends on what PRL you're using. There is a PRL out there which will enable 3G roaming speeds, but few phones have it. You can manually update your PRL, but Sprint will usually roll you back within 24-48 hours. I've thought about manually updating my PRL, then freezing the service which allows it to be rolled back, but haven't gone through with
There's a thread somewhere about updating your PRL...search for it and read through it. That will tell you everything you need to know.
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I've changed my prl over two months ago and they.switched me back to sprints after about 3 weeks. I chanced it back after, to what I wanted and haven't been switched back at all. Maybe the roll backs are location based? A lot of people say they get forced back to a sprint prl but I never do
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Is there a Sprint PRL that doesn't slow down roaming 3G?

I notice when I use a Verizon PRL I can download 3G speeds at my place at about 600Kbps. When I use a Sprint PRL and roam it is always around 100Kbps and the ping is very high, usually around 1000ms.
Sprint coverage at my house is terrible, to the point where I can barely send text messages. Verizon works great though, I even get 3G working here at reasonable speeds.
Now the problem with the Verizon PRL is that I can't get back on the Sprint network and I am always roaming no matter what. At work Sprint service is fine. I have roam control which is awesome but it would be nice to roam and have good data rates too.

yes there is
(dont try and flash the zip you have to write the PRL with QPST)

That's the one I'm running now. Maybe it is just connecting to a different tower than with the Verizon PRL.

Oh, wait... I'm using 01115 for a PRL. I will give that one a go. Thanks

yea that gave me 3g speeds (didnt run a speed test but it was fast) but my wireless signal kept dropping....
other prls give me 1x and I get about 6-15kbytes/sec download xD

yeah on roam control ping with verizon is ~1000
im in the same situation.
If i do the QPST thing, how easy will it be to revert back to my sprint prl? Because like you, i would only need it while im in my house.
Step RIGHT out the door, BOOM 6 bars. Its like my house is lead or something lolol

A_Flying_Fox said:
yeah on roam control ping with verizon is ~1000
im in the same situation.
If i do the QPST thing, how easy will it be to revert back to my sprint prl? Because like you, i would only need it while im in my house.
Step RIGHT out the door, BOOM 6 bars. Its like my house is lead or something lolol
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Just choose update prl from settings and it'll revert back to normal.
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11115 and roam control is a beautiful thing!!

if you roam a lot, and consistently, don't be surprised when you contract gets canceled
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MeetFace said:
if you roam a lot, and consistently, don't be surprised when you contract gets canceled
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I have been roaming a ton since first rooting back in feb, and have never had a worning or anything about it, not saying it won't happen to some just throwing it out there that I haven't been warned at all.