Recently I was PMed by a member to remain anonymous asking me for my setup and my speeds since this member knew I was on Boost Mobile. NOW what drove me to start up a thread wasn't just the PM from this anonymous member but all the asking from all my friends and coworkers. I would like this thread to be a place where you just share your current setup of radios/pri/prl and 3G speeds. Say if you like it or is it lacking and if it is, then you can see what works for a certain member and try that and keep switching until you're satisfied.
Oh and please share your current city so we can get an idea of what works where.........THANKS!!!
Another thing, PLEASE don't get sidetrack and start asking about how you can flash your EVO on to boost mobile!
If you want that piece of information then head over to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182260
PLEASE DO NOT turn this thread into a legal or illegal drama thread
this is mainly just to figure out what PRL or PRI or Radio works well where..nothing more, nothing less.....THANKS!!
MY CURRENT SETUP....I LOVE IT!!!!
Radio: 2.15.00.05.02
PRL: 60662
PRI: 2.15.003
Area of usage: Pensacola, Florida
My 3G speeds as of yesterday....(Reason it looks like that is because my LCD density is at 180)
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For a list of PRIs, Radios or whatever, head over to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
PRLs are found all over Google (just search)
do your tests during the day please and take a screenshot then.
Im in the miami area
baseband: 2.15.00.11.19
pri: 1.90_003
prl: 61007
i thought boost flashers were supposed to use the same setups ?
i started messing with my combinations of radios pri and prls...and honestly there are just to many combinations for one to do test out by himself.
i had my girls phone flashed too so i gave up and used her setup.
iorecki said:
Im in the miami area
baseband: 2.15.00.11.19
pri: 1.90_003
prl: 61007
i thought boost flashers were supposed to use the same setups ?
i started messing with my combinations of radios pri and prls...and honestly there are just to many combinations for one to do test out by himself.
i had my girls phone flashed too so i gave up and used her setup.
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No you can use different setups on Boost Mobile. Is pretty much like being back on Sprint, not every EVO user has the same setup.....Thanks for sharing!!!
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cmsjr123 said:
do your tests during the day please and take a screenshot then.
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What does daylight have to do with anything??? But to please your request here's a quick one....
I could post more if there's some sort of doubt or whatever because I never claimed to have incredible speeds, this is just to get things rolling (hopefully) on sharing pics of your 3g speeds on boost mobile and current setup/location
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He asked to post results from the daytime because that would represent more accurate results as the load on the network would be higher. In the middle of the night most people are asleep, so more times then not you'll get better speeds then when everyone is on their phone during the day.
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He asked to post results from the daytime because that would represent more accurate results as the load on the network would be higher. In the middle of the night most people are asleep, so more times then not you'll get better speeds then when everyone is on their phone during the day.
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Thanks for that little bit of info, much needed!
I was browsing through Google and found this site which most people from what I hear properly already know about but might be useful for newbies or just people that have better things to do..hahaha
http://www.corolada.com/prl/
Is a list of PRLs for all sorts of carriers that should work with our EVOs!!
Radio: 2.15.00.0808
PRI: 2.15_003
PRL: numerous, Boost 61007 seems to provide the best overall performance when I need a steady signal.
Speeds: average daytime is 400-800 kbps
Location: Charlotte, NC
Ive been trying to get roam to work for a couple weeks. I can data roam on Cricket at 900-1400 kbps. Calls don't work on Cricket. I can't get Verizon/Alltel to work no matter what I do. The most success I have had is Sprint Digital Roaming on a modified Alltel prl, 31010-mod.prl(found it in the xda Hero forums). I achieved a max speed of 2180 kbps and average daytime of 1200-1900 kbps. I had to remove the throttle files from services.jar to get the speeds to stick; otherwise, the speeds slow down to normal Boost speeds after about 10 minutes. I only get the high speeds in the uptown Charlotte area. When I go out of the city, I pickup other towers and my speeds taper off to 400-800 kbps. Both calls and data work.
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iorecki said:
Im in the miami area
baseband: 2.15.00.11.19
pri: 1.90_003
prl: 61007
i thought boost flashers were supposed to use the same setups ?
i started messing with my combinations of radios pri and prls...and honestly there are just to many combinations for one to do test out by himself.
i had my girls phone flashed too so i gave up and used her setup.
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Wow... I can only say wow... I am lucky if I ever get anything over 600 kb d/l and 400 u/l in Miami. The only time I got speeds like yours were once when I was in Atlanta.... I just flashed the latest Radio/PRI/NV (2.15.00.08.08 and PRI 2.15_003) convo and I am sporting 61007... but depending on how this comes out... I am going with your set up.
Edit: I am getting (at night ) about 1.1 MB d/l and really irregular speeds for u/l ranging between 150 kb to 400 kb....
I cleaned up the thread. There is no illegal discussion of any kind in here, so the thread stays.
@mazda,
Sorry about deleting your posts but I am trying to clean the thread from crap unrelated to this.
@moto_google,
Do this once again and you will be banned. No questions asked. The thread does not involve discussion about illegal activities. If you find a guide about ESN changing here on xda, I will gladly take it down as I have with countless others. This is NOT the case.
Final warning.
As I know that you are likely trying to troll this thread, let me just say that the guide you are referring to does not talk about how to change the esn or the meid.
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damn....i feel like i missed some drama
Awesome thread
Great thread. I always have weak signal and not its time for me to try soem of your guys set-ups. before mostly I have just flashed ROMS. Now hopefully my signal can improve.
Just one quick question. Is it possible for our Boost phones to roam on other carriers towers? I thought Boost only worked on the Sprint network, with no roaming allowed?
BeastEvo said:
Great thread. I always have weak signal and not its time for me to try soem of your guys set-ups. before mostly I have just flashed ROMS. Now hopefully my signal can improve.
Just one quick question. Is it possible for our Boost phones to roam on other carriers towers? I thought Boost only worked on the Sprint network, with no roaming allowed?
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I'm able to roam on Sprint Digital Roaming. It still gets the signal from Sprint towers but its labeled as digital roaming and the data is faster than straight Sprint. I can get data to roam on cricket, but no calls. I can't get Alltel/verizon towers to roam.
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BeastEvo said:
Great thread. I always have weak signal and not its time for me to try soem of your guys set-ups. before mostly I have just flashed ROMS. Now hopefully my signal can improve.
Just one quick question. Is it possible for our Boost phones to roam on other carriers towers? I thought Boost only worked on the Sprint network, with no roaming allowed?
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Is possible to roam on other networks. I have only roamed on verizon and it was awesome. I was in jaspar, alabama (in the woods) and I was able to talk/text and use 3G....I'm using my phone right now but when I get home, I'll upload the PRL I used to do so.......oh and glad you found the thread useful!!
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The PRL I used to roam on Verizon was 31337 and you can get it from here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
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OK.....so back on topic!!! I'm trying out PRL 61007 and I think I'm gonna stick with this one!! The speeds are actually higher and for some strange reason (which is good), I haven't lost 3G connectivity at all!!! I'm gonna be making a trip here soon to Jacksonville, Florida so I'm gonna test some other PRLs/PRIs and Radios and will report back on speeds and what not...haha
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Looks like I spoke too soon.....Thanks mods!!
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Thanks for cleaning this thread mod/s.
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Dude you still don't get it. Show me were boost mobile coporate store will flash any non boost mobile phone to boost mobile. The only way to get your non boost mobile branded phone onto boost is to either have a boost car rep add in your esn which they can get fired for doing or to change your non boost branded phones esn to an esn that the boost system will accept. Which is illegal. So how is it I am trolling. Prove to me that a boost coporate store inside the coporate sprint store will flash your non boost phone to boost. you can't can you.
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It's very possible to put many sprint branded phones on boost just by calling into boost and adding your Sprint Esn. Sprint premium phones such as the EVO and other carrier phones can only be added with the Esn repair, which is questionable for legality. Happy now? Move on so we can continue with the OP's topic which has zero to do with your nonsense.
-1 to your post
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i want to know why the 61007 prl works so well with boost ?
is this the prl that comes stock in boost phones ?
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Just update the new PRL, now let's test the 3G data out. Fellow EVO owners, let's see if the new PRL helps your 3G data speed.
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This has been posted already....
What happens if I update my prl???
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Didn't know that this was posted. 1604 up and 719 down just south of Nashville. Nice.
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Stevo760 hopefully that this new PRL helps your data speed.
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damn 1600? lucky bastard. anyone else confirm this? im on cm with verizon prl and i would hate to go back to sense right now to try it out
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damn 1600? lucky bastard. anyone else confirm this? im on cm with verizon prl and i would hate to go back to sense right now to try it out
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No, this PRL, like others have done nothing to help my 3g speed.....my 4g speed is the same at around 8Mb/s.
1761 up 861 down n.e. ohio
Here's another 3G test read. This one is from Atlanta. 1202 up 689 down. I'm an owner operator in the trucking business, so I test out my data as I travel the country. My 3G data started to suck like many others, for me, it started in January. 19 to 400 kbs up and or down. I bought my EVO the first day it went on sale. Never had a problem with the data speed until I went over 5 gigs of usage back in January, in which that I used around 9 plus gigs. I'm on the unlimited everything plan. This is just my opinion, I believe that Sprint is putting us on the throttle. Getting 2.4 megs up and 800 kbs down on 3G was not uncommon for me to achieve in many locations around the USA, especially in the north east. Not any more.
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Here's another 3G test read. This one is from Atlanta. 1202 up 689 down. I'm an owner operator in the trucking business, so I test out my data as I travel the country. My 3G data started to suck like many others around January. I bought my EVO the first day it went on sale. Never had a problem with the data speed until I went over 5 gigs of usage back in January, in which that I used around 9 plus gigs. I'm on the unlimited everything plan. This is just my opinion, I believe that Sprint is putting us on the throttle. Getting 2.4 megs up and 800 kbs down on 3G was not uncommon for me to achieve in many locations around the USA, especially in the north east. Not any more.
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Don't think they are throttling us because its to big of an outage.. for everyone sake let's hope they are about to announce a update to their network!
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Just got off the phone with (a very pleasant) Sprint rep re: slow 3G data.
There is -- as has been reported by others -- some wide-ranging, nationwide 3G issue, compounded by tower issues in many locations.
As I was told, in my area, there's been a tower issue since mid-February, which complicates at least a partial outage in the eastern half of the country.
Maybe Sprint is making updates/changes to their net but in the process, hosing 3G cover?
Sudden widespread "tower issues"... sounds like a convenient excuse for one of two things.
1) Throttling (there is already another debate thread on this).
2) Their network is maxed out and the influx of smartphones has killed it.
I just find it funny they are so quick to blame the "towers" instead of just being honest. I mean really is having technical issues to your hardware much better than the real reason(s)?
I agree. I think something is going on. Plus why would Sprint feel the need to hide the fact that they are throttling 3G data unless they know they are wrong for doing it? Afterall we are all paying $10 extra per month for premium unlimited data... WHICH WE ARE NOT GETTING!!!
is
207 kbps down
626 kbps up
any good? I don't think so
When one of the tech guys called me on Monday about my slow 3G speeds, I asked him if there was some sort of outage or nationwide 3G issues. He quickly and bluntly said NO.
Ive been having issues since nov and have been constantly complaining to get nothing but tower excuses to your phone is messed up. All bs. I told them either a. You have to many tower issues or b. U take to long to fix them.
1972 download and 495 upload in southern colorado. Before I was lucky to get 150 down and 75 up.
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I did the update last wek week but speeds are the same
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scsapril69 said:
Here's another 3G test read. This one is from Atlanta. 1202 up 689 down. I'm an owner operator in the trucking business, so I test out my data as I travel the country. My 3G data started to suck like many others, for me, it started in January. 19 to 400 kbs up and or down. I bought my EVO the first day it went on sale. Never had a problem with the data speed until I went over 5 gigs of usage back in January, in which that I used around 9 plus gigs. I'm on the unlimited everything plan. This is just my opinion, I believe that Sprint is putting us on the throttle. Getting 2.4 megs up and 800 kbs down on 3G was not uncommon for me to achieve in many locations around the USA, especially in the north east. Not any more.
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Same problem here to man I know for a fact im throttled down same phone plan i hit 5 gigs and down she went.
can anyone upload 60675?! my battery is going down way fast with this PRL
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Really Sprint? This is retarded. I pay $10 extra for "premium data" and I don't even have 4G in my area, let alone worth while 3G.
But thanks for the $30 credit on my $190 bill I got slapped with this month.
US Cellular customers in the area get blazing fast 3G speeds...
I would have switched but I love my Evo Shift so much
Tried the latest radio upgrade, nothing new...
I'm smack dab in Waterloo, IA
WHY WOULD YOU LIE SPRINT?
Sorry, just venting a little bit. Anybody else near me getting the same crap 3G speeds?
I have the same problems with My phone. I believe it might be cm7. When I was sense I got about .60-.90 mbps upload. Now I can barely get passed .30 mbps upload and sometimes it shows .10mbps upload.
I also noticed on cm7 that i go into 1x a lot now. Places where I would usually get 3g I get 1x signal. It's kind of a pain.
edit: At first I thought the radio update did something, but it really didn't help.
edit 2: added a new picture.
koolkid09 said:
I have the same problems with My phone. I believe it might be cm7. When I was sense I got about .60-.90 mbps upload. Now I can barely get passed .30 mbps upload and sometimes it shows .10mbps upload.
I also noticed on cm7 that i go into 1x a lot now. Places where I would usually get 3g I get 1x signal. It's kind of a pain.
edit: At first I thought the radio update did something, but it really didn't help.
edit 2: added a new picture.
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Did you try doing some of the suggestions made in this thread yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1014420
I also could never connect to 3G before I changed my EVDO settings from CDMA to automatic using the ##3282# function.
sloppyjoe15 said:
Did you try doing some of the suggestions made in this thread yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1014420
I also could never connect to 3G before I changed my EVDO settings from CDMA to automatic using the ##3282# function.
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I'm running MIUI, I have already reset using 3282 in Sense. It was set to Automatic already also...
Ran into an EVO user last night and he said the same thing, his 3G is very very slow even with full bars.
me and my girl both have evo shifts and my buddy has a og evo all 3 have terrible speeds and sprint blames the phones, its their network! in im columbus ohio anyone around here got crap for service too?
I have a Shift and I'm in the Detroit area. I just tried a speed test and got 561k down and 21k up on 3G, so it's not too bad here.
strapped365 said:
me and my girl both have evo shifts and my buddy has a og evo all 3 have terrible speeds and sprint blames the phones, its their network! in im columbus ohio anyone around here got crap for service too?
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Yessir...and they've been getting worse.
Just did a speed test on family mobile (T-Mobile) 3g with my nexus s. Had between 1 and no bars but still not bad. Might try switching to gsm for Waterloo. Eastern Iowa is GSM country thanks to iwireless (another T-Mobile company)
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Have you tried the EPST proxy trick yet?
download MslReader from the Market to get your MSL code.
dial ##3282#
Select: Edit Mode
Enter MSL code
Select: Advance
Scroll all the way to the bottom.
Change only the last two lines.
Http Proxy Port to 0 that is a "Zero"
Http Proxy address to 0.0.0.0
Press menu and commit Modifications and exit out. Reboot phone and test the speed again.
Please post back your results.
Goodluck!
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I'm running MIUI, I have already reset using 3282 in Sense. It was set to Automatic already also...
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I'm not sure if you meant 'Reset' or 'Restore' --- but, there is an issue if you update your data profile and then update PRL that will cause your data profile to get messed up.. I followed the steps in this thread, and now my 3G is perfect... Specifically - the portion dealing with restoring, having the phone reboot, letting it to handsfree activation, and then cancelling the PRL update.
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-tips-tricks/280082-major-solution-fix-your-slow-3g-speeds-evo4g.html
I was only getting a maximum of 90-100kbps before doing this..
If you want the essentials of that post:
Select Data Profile
Hit Menu
Select restore
Hit OK to reboot...
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR PHONE
After going through the set up process (Handsfree Activation, LET IF FINISH) you will select ok
YOU HAVE TO HIT CANCEL WHEN IT STARTS LOOKING FOR A PRL UPDATE
YOU HAVE TO HIT CANCEL WHEN IT STARTS LOOKING FOR A PRL UPDATE
Wait for the phone to finish it's thing. 3g Icon should be on, go off, then come back on.
Test speeds.
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Rick
I tried all the fixes and the new radio on my Shift and I've just given up. My first month with it I used over 12 gigs of data and now I can't check the weather the signal is so poor. Flashed it back to stock and its going on ebay.
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Hmmm......I have never had any problem with my shift's data only when its on 1x.....my moms shift had the 1x bug where it wouldn't connect to 3G but the ##DATA# Restore worked for her phone now the 3G works.....
Might be a cm7 bug
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I change my mind in my first post. I think it might be a sprint problem with data speeds. Watch phonedogs review of the nexus s 4g, and start at 8:09. The reviewer stays around my area and I have been getting the same as you see in the review.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q2JWF_dVc0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I contacted Sprint today and told them my thoughts were over capacity and they gave me a 50 dollar credit on this months bill, I got a 20 dollar credit last month, but all we really want is a reliable network
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hey
well i talked to sprint there doing updates here so i will let you guys know if i see any changes but dont think i will so here is to hoping
I compared mine to my wife's hero, her is more than double my speed (100+ vs 39). not sure why, I will think a newer phone should be faster. anyone has any ideas?
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I compared mine to my wife's hero, her is more than double my speed (100+ vs 39). not sure why, I will think a newer phone should be faster. anyone has any ideas?
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100kbps is still horrible 3G speeds, I stayed on sprint's ass about this and my last months bill got a 140 credit and a no charge airave, but i have had this issue for months, and mine were like yours anywhere between 50-100kbps, I told them it was breech of contract and all kinds of things and that they owed me both lines off contract etf free and they offered the airave so i stayed
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My experience,wife and i both had other smartphones and both had better signals which made everything liveable. Then purchased 2 shifts signal dropped from 3-4 bars all the time to 1-2 bars and dropped calls. So called Sprint told them that this was unacceptable as my wife uses hers for bussiness and we don't have a land line.2nd day Aired an AirRave to me.We also use our wireless router when at home.
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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOUR PHONE!!!!
all this started from this tread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
I have prl's from different carriers. im going to keep the newest and old one's some times older prl's work better in some places.
thanks to Bierce22 for his hard work with this.
TO change prl you need a sense rom 2.1
Here is a Alltel rom that I have run thought the kitchen it works for the ##775#.
http://dev-host.org/s61ju0a2ae0w/Alltel-rooted-redone.zip
or you can use kyouko How to change your PRL while using CM7
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162091
Copy the PRL file to the root of your microSD card
Dial ##775# on the handset and enter the MSL code when prompted for password
Tap on Update PRL
If it read your microSD card correctly your PRL file should be listed in the bottom half of the screen to select
Select your PRL and click OK
Press the MENU button and tap on Commit Modifications (which will reboot the phone)
for prl's follow the link below
http://dev-host.org/users/oostah
I will be adding more.
a good link for sprint prl's
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=eabe29f3770d8d15&id=EABE29F3770D8D15!678
old prl's all carriers.
http://www.corolada.com/prl
old alltel
http://www.the-answerman.com/sidlist/prl/index.asp
this is what prl means
http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=11
be care full of roaming on sprint
Voice/Data Usage Limitation: Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to limit throughput speeds, and to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if off-network usage in a month exceeds: (1) voice: 800 min. or a majority of minutes; or (2) data: 300 megabytes or a majority of kilobytes. Prohibited network use rules apply. See in-store materials or sprint.com/termsandconditions for specific prohibited uses
Please post your results with the prl name and where you live. prls will vary from place to place.
I can customize a prl for your area if need. PM with your info like the state your in.
oostah said:
Please post your results with the prl name and where you live. prls will vary from place to place.
I can customize a prl for your area if need. PM with your info like the state your in.
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What program do you use to edit the prl?? I'd really like to know
also sent a PM
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cdma workshop and microsoft word
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Thanks, but...Get out of here!
I still have to beat those latest network speeds of yours.
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Glad to see all the prl's in one place. I gave been trying different prl's you and bierce have posted over the last few months. I'm currently on 01337. This prl gives me the best all around signal Dayton, Ohio. But the funny thing is where I use to get zero reception I get great reception but now all the spots I got the best reception I only get mediocre reception. So it's kind of a trade off. But i wish I could get great reception in most places and mediocre where I use to get no reception.
I'll send you a pm and see if you can cook me up something.
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muahahahahahahaha sorry kyouko i couldnt resist lol.
@rb3 you have a better signal because that prl uses verizon towers by default so if sprint is poor in your area then verizon prls will work mutch better.
I understand what you're saying. But I'm getting spotty reception in areas like highways and near towers where I know friends with verizon also gets great signal which is why I'm puzzled. But the pub I always goto ill get my best speeds and I know sprint gets no reception but verizon does so it's the price I'm willing to pay to get data while drinking lol.
that prl is also ancient witch could explain it verizon could have built new towers since then try the 52299 one i fly of that one its a hit and miss with them though so youll just have to go through them until you find one that works the best.
ive spent the last 4months testing random prls and radio combinations its become a bit of an obsession lol
Yea i have tried running that one with both verizon and sprint radios and while better than sprint's prl it still gives me spotty reception in areas I know it shouldn't.
Yea ever since I ran across your prl threads a few months ago I have probably changed prl's 30 times lol. Definitely a fun obsession to have.
One problem i've ran into a few times is after I flash a new prl and reset my data profile data will never engage and the hands free activation step never works because there is no data to update the profile. This led to me having to run a ruu one time because I couldn't get data to turn on no matter what I tried. Just wandering if you ever experienced this in your adventures?
yea i stay away from doin data resotores unless im on a sprint prl because verizon prls it dosnt want to update my data profile sometimes. but most of the time if i power of my phone and take the battery out a couple times itll work.
if there any new people looking at this feel free to ask questions switching between different carrier prls can somtimes quadruple your data speeds its all just trial and error.
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Glad to see all the prl's in one place. I gave been trying different prl's you and bierce have posted over the last few months. I'm currently on 01337. This prl gives me the best all around signal Dayton, Ohio. But the funny thing is where I use to get zero reception I get great reception but now all the spots I got the best reception I only get mediocre reception. So it's kind of a trade off. But i wish I could get great reception in most places and mediocre where I use to get no reception.
I'll send you a pm and see if you can cook me up something.
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i made a 01337-mod prl give it a go. let me know how it dose.its in the modified folder.
from your post try the alltel 31010.prl sense verizon bought alltel they have some good prl's to cover both net works.
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i made a 01337-mod prl give it a go. let me know how it dose.its in the modified folder.
from your post try the alltel 31010.prl sense verizon bought alltel they have some good prl's to cover both net works.
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Thank you so much. I'll try it out as soon as I get home and report back.
this is results for the 01337 mod in north Georgia
thats on automatic roaming mode
this is on sprint mode both on the original stock sprint radio
Bierce22 said:
this is results for the 01337 mod in north Georgia
thats on automatic roaming mode
this is on sprint mode both on the original stock sprint radio
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cool glade its working
this is the 01337 mod results as of 8:40 this morning
Loaded it up last night right before I fell asleep. I ran a few speed tests at my house and they were a little bit better than the original prl. I will continue to test at work today where I have had issues as well and report back. Thanks again for modding it for me.
@Bierce where do you pull those speedtest screen shots? I use the app from the market. Or are you getting those from tethering?
i use tether and do it from my computers browser thats why my locations are so random
and thats why i do this lol. i would be lucky to get 400kbp/s 4months ago
I have flashed a few PRLs (as beirce has been posting them) and none of the seem to make much of a difference. For the most part I am getting 200-400 Kbits/s.
Maybe no hope in San Antonio.
I've searched the forum and have done my share of "Google-ing" but have not yet found a fix for my issue. My hands feel tied on this device as I was used to manually changing settings on my HTC Evo 4G before leaving Sprint.
My download speeds according to Speedtest.net's app indicate the worse. They have fluctuated between 36kbps to 256kbps, but just now went up to 590kbps.
Download: 36kbps
Upload: 299kbps
Ping: 362ms
Download: 256kbps
Upload: 31kbps
Ping: 215ms
Download: 590kbps
Upload: 82kbps
Ping: 128ms
I'm currently using the following ROM:
[ROM]Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.32.531.1[Rooted and deodexed][12-09-11]
thanks to Football, tw39515 & dsixda.
with Radio version 26.13.04.19 pulled by krazie1, found at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20150354&postcount=10.
Prior to flashing the ROM I did a Full Wipe. My phone is also Rooted.
That's just you. Where are you located ? For Me sometimes the mobile network is better then my own WiFi
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Couple questions.
- Have you gone over your data limit and been throttled?
- How strong is your signal when performing those tests?
- Do you know anyone else with a 4G T-Mobile phone that has gotten similar speeds on the same tower?
I sympathize with your issue as data speeds have always been bad for me as well. Not just in my current city, but throughout the state. I get up to about 3mbps now, but two months ago I would get speeds similar to yours (well under 1mbps), with the upload sometimes faster than the download (not the way it's supposed to be). My only suggestion is to call T-Mobile and complain. Tell them you're not getting the data speeds you're paying for.
TeeJay3800 said:
Couple questions.
- Have you gone over your data limit and been throttled?
- How strong is your signal when performing those tests?
- Do you know anyone else with a 4G T-Mobile phone that has gotten similar speeds on the same tower?
I sympathize with your issue as data speeds have always been bad for me as well. Not just in my current city, but throughout the state. I get up to about 3mbps now, but two months ago I would get speeds similar to yours (well under 1mbps), with the upload sometimes faster than the download (not the way it's supposed to be). My only suggestion is to call T-Mobile and complain. Tell them you're not getting the data speeds you're paying for.
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Hey TeeJay!
I'm at 22% (455 MB used of unlimited (2.00 GB w/Included High Speed Data Usage. My New Bill Cycle starts on January 9, 2012. I actually thought I might have gone over, but checked it out right now.
Signal strength DBM: -105
The friends that I have in my neighborhood and surrounding areas, are with AT&T and those who have T-Mobile, don't have a smart phone.
I'm starting to think it has something to do with the actual ROM. I didn't have these issues on previous ones. What do you think?
Anything is possible, although that strikes me as unlikely. If you haven't already, try asking in your ROM's thread if anyone else notices similarly slow data speeds. As an experiment, I'd try flashing a different ROM and doing some speed tests. If you make a Nandroid backup first, it's very to go back to your current setup.
I might be stating the obvious, but make sure your Mobile Network mode is NOT set to ”GSM only”.
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RobertVanHagar said:
Hey TeeJay!
I'm at 22% (455 MB used of unlimited (2.00 GB w/Included High Speed Data Usage. My New Bill Cycle starts on January 9, 2012. I actually thought I might have gone over, but checked it out right now.
Signal strength DBM: -105
The friends that I have in my neighborhood and surrounding areas, are with AT&T and those who have T-Mobile, don't have a smart phone.
I'm starting to think it has something to do with the actual ROM. I didn't have these issues on previous ones. What do you think?
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If you're on -105 dbms, that's really low signal. Its not even full bars om my device at those dbms. I get full bars around -80 dbms on my device.
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Heres my results on that Rom, im at work data sux here.
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Anything is possible, although that strikes me as unlikely. If you haven't already, try asking in your ROM's thread if anyone else notices similarly slow data speeds. As an experiment, I'd try flashing a different ROM and doing some speed tests. If you make a Nandroid backup first, it's very to go back to your current setup.
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I did a Nandroid last night, download speeds have been fluctuating today. I may try flashing a different ROM later tonight.
Thank you, TeeJay!
unhappybirthday said:
I might be stating the obvious, but make sure your Mobile Network mode is NOT set to ”GSM only”.
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Hey Unhappybirthday! My default settings were set to 'GSM/WCDMA' auto. I have been testing in that mode and also 'WCDMA only'.
Thank you though. Appreciate it!
tw39515 said:
Heres my results on that Rom, im at work data sux here.
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Hey tw39515! That's pretty cool compared to my results! I'm gonna keep testing this. I should have posted in the ROM thread. My apologies.
coupetastic-droid said:
If you're on -105 dbms, that's really low signal. Its not even full bars om my device at those dbms. I get full bars around -80 dbms on my device.
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Dang. Then mine's off big time.
Well, here's what I did:
Wiped Data, Cache, Dalvik, formatted SDCard, mounted USB and copied gazalan's [ROM]HoneySense 8 for Glacier: Reboot Edition [Version 1][September 22] to SD, and flashed the ROM.
Upon booting up I went ahead and created a new Google Account in order to access the Market, and downloaded the Speed Test app and to my surprise have been getting download speeds that I longed for! :
Download: 1165kbps
Upload: 869kbps
Ping: 130ms
Download: 1288kbps
Upload: 779kbps
Ping: 120ms
Download: 1053kbps
Upload: 934kbps
Ping: 441ms
I downloaded and installed APN Backup & Restore in order to backup the current APN settings, as a precaution.
Signal strength fluctuates between -108 dBm and -101 dBm. I've attached three snapshots with info pertaining to Phone Info page and Software Info. Here's the link to the APN file I backed up:
http://www.mediafire.com/?tnr5n8pr699phu2
It's a pretty long list.
I was thinking of maybe just flashing a Radio-less ROM on top of this without doing the Data Wipe. What do you think? You think I'll be able to keep my download speeds if I try it? I'm still gonna make a back-up of this ROM.
On a side note: I have yet to play with the following since they are mentioned in the HoneySense 8 thread:
Unity v9 Kernel (Fixes WiFi, according to users)
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121939
Demonspeed Sense Kernel, also fixes WiFi according to users
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214489
I may not even, if I don't have to.
coupetastic-droid said:
If you're on -105 dbms, that's really low signal. Its not even full bars om my device at those dbms. I get full bars around -80 dbms on my device.
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The higher the dbms the lower the signal?
3 out of 4 BARS im at -91. 4 bars -89
eqjunkie829 said:
The higher the dbms the lower the signal?
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Put attention to the "-" sign. It's negative, and the lower the number - the higher the value.
Also, for anyone willing to know what dBm stands for:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm
Jack_R1 said:
Put attention to the "-" sign. It's negative, and the lower the number - the higher the value.
Also, for anyone willing to know what dBm stands for:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm
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Well i learned something new today, thanx added
RobertVanHagar, I see you are in El Paso Tx. I am in San Antonio Tx.
My speed results have been the same for about a month. Also, loosing all signal regularly, like the towers are rebooting. Lots of people here are having the same issue. It has been happening on and off all year for everyone I know with T-Mobile here.
I placed 2 tickets with T-Mobile for both of my MyTouch 4G devices.
Of course they never called me back as promised and just closed the ticket.
The notes state that this is a known issue in the area and they are working on it.
No ETA. I know that Time Warner telecom is having lots of network capacity issues and am wondering if T-Mobile uses them as a backhaul in San Antonio. That could explain the slow data here at least. I am running MIUI stable and latest radio that came out this month.
kevev said:
RobertVanHagar, I see you are in El Paso Tx. I am in San Antonio Tx.
My speed results have been the same for about a month. Also, loosing all signal regularly, like the towers are rebooting. Lots of people here are having the same issue. It has been happening on and off all year for everyone I know with T-Mobile here.
I placed 2 tickets with T-Mobile for both of my MyTouch 4G devices.
Of course they never called me back as promised and just closed the ticket.
The notes state that this is a known issue in the area and they are working on it.
No ETA. I know that Time Warner telecom is having lots of network capacity issues and am wondering if T-Mobile uses them as a backhaul in San Antonio. That could explain the slow data here at least. I am running MIUI stable and latest radio that came out this month.
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Hey Kevev, thanks for the info. I spoke with a few family members here in EP and they've shared with me that their 4G and 3G signals have dropped considerably in the past 3 weeks. Two are with T-Mobile, 1 with Virgin Mobile and a last one with Sprint. Makes me wonder what the heck is going on.
As of right now, I'm using Myn's [ROM] Synergy - [RC1 07/01/2011] - The Result Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts for the myTouch 4G, and haven't had any issues. Download speeds have been pretty consistent, between 1100 and 1200 kbps. Never had any issues when I had this ROM on my HTC Evo with Sprint, and when I saw Myn had one for the Glacier, I jumped on it!
Thank you all for your replies and recommendations. I love this Forum!
RobertVanHagar said:
Hey Kevev, thanks for the info. I spoke with a few family members here in EP and they've shared with me that their 4G and 3G signals have dropped considerably in the past 3 weeks. Two are with T-Mobile, 1 with Virgin Mobile and a last one with Sprint. Makes me wonder what the heck is going on.
As of right now, I'm using Myn's [ROM] Synergy - [RC1 07/01/2011] - The Result Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts for the myTouch 4G, and haven't had any issues. Download speeds have been pretty consistent, between 1100 and 1200 kbps. Never had any issues when I had this ROM on my HTC Evo with Sprint, and when I saw Myn had one for the Glacier, I jumped on it!
Thank you all for your replies and recommendations. I love this Forum!
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Glad to hear data is working better. I wiped my phone last night and made sure not to restore anything. Data is more consistent everywhere except my house. That has always been a bad area. I was just reading over at the Howard Forums that T-Mobile has lowered the transmission power on their 1700Mhz/2100Mhz antennas. That along with the loss of some towers is probably the reason why we are seeing weaker signals and slower data.
DISCLAIMER: This is not an endorsement for CDMATool. I am not affiliated with them, and plus as of right now you can use the DEMO version .
There are various methods for doing this. I've seen various results as well. I know this might seem a little lengthy for some, but the knowledge you pick up using these other tools should prove to be helpful in the long run. These tools are powerful, and I've spent more of my time using them that flashing ROMs and other stuff since I mainly run a Cricket website.
The end result is your device having the PRL you want on it.
Required Files:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Drivers - Support - Sprint Cell Phones SPH-L710 | Samsung Cell Phones (Support > Manual & Downloads > Software)
DFS CDMATool (DEMO) - CDMA Tool. DFS software. www.cdmatool.com
PRL
Required Item:
MSL - You can call Sprint or use a variety of methods to obtain it. One is in the video directly below.
http://youtu.be/CWb8ootppo0
Video for using CDMA Tool with your Sprint Galaxy S3:
http://youtu.be/CSuF2hRlkY0
If someone would like me to write this all out, I will. I was just in a rush. I have to try and obtain an AT&T version now. I'm going to get confused as heck with all these models. I'm already scatterbrained like a m......
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DISCLAIMER: This is not an endorsement for CDMATool. I am not affiliated with them, and plus as of right now you can use the DEMO version .
There are various methods for doing this. I've seen various results as well. I know this might seem a little lengthy for some, but the knowledge you pick up using these other tools should prove to be helpful in the long run. These tools are powerful, and I've spent more of my time using them that flashing ROMs and other stuff since I mainly run a Cricket website.
The end result is your device having the PRL you want on it.
Required Files:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Drivers - Support - Sprint Cell Phones SPH-L710 | Samsung Cell Phones (Support > Manual & Downloads > Software)
DFS CDMATool (DEMO) - CDMA Tool. DFS software. www.cdmatool.com
PRL
Required Item:
MSL - You can call Sprint or use a variety of methods to obtain it. One is in the video directly below.
http://youtu.be/CWb8ootppo0
Video for using CDMA Tool with your Sprint Galaxy S3:
http://youtu.be/CSuF2hRlkY0
If someone would like me to write this all out, I will. I was just in a rush. I have to try and obtain an AT&T version now. I'm going to get confused as heck with all these models. I'm already scatterbrained like a m......
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You can update prl by using ##data#/View/PRL Write and having an /sdcard/test.prl renamed desired prl file.
No MSL required.
I know... Didn't some people mention that it won't allow certain PRLs to be written to the device? I should test it with a Cricket PRL.
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I know... Didn't some people mention that it won't allow certain PRLs to be written to the device? I should test it with a Cricket PRL.
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At this point, it seems like it's hit an miss.
At the same time, having a simple method is a huge boon.
Wish developers would jump on it to sort this out.
CDMATool does let you look at other things on your device. Actually I think you can copy your data fields over to the tethered data fields and use the STOCK hotspot as well.
Come on... I know you wanna look now.
In fact someone should look at their Sprint phone and figure it out. With Cricket I just write the same profile everywhere. Stock hotspot works....
This is actually an iPhone pictured and it should be set to RevA.
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Any errors made here should be able to be fixed with the hands free activation. If that doesn't work, reset the device using ##786# and then go through the activation process again.
What would this be useful for? Would it be useful in flashing other network prls to get better data speeds?
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Sometimes certain PRLs yield higher speeds over others. If you wind up on a non Sprint tower, you'd probably incur roaming charges or be taking away from whatever roaming data/voice allowance they give you these days.
Someone could start a PRL thread with date PRL was obtained, location, and speed test. There would be a lot of factors involved. Sprint should keep their stuff pretty well updated. A lot of people like having the power to manually make changes. I've seen PRLs change for the worse.
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What would this be useful for? Would it be useful in flashing other network prls to get better data speeds?
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If you are at work, in an office in a basement or close, your Sprint signal is so weak it keeps reconnecting.
It's alternating between 3G and edge/roaming, and you battery life goes to ****.
In my particular case, I would have 10% per hour battery loss.
One way to combat it is to force roaming on a competitor's network, like verizon or us cellular. Immediately you are greeted with an 80 dbm signal, and your battery doesn't drain as much. Then, if you are using verizon towers by applying a verizon prl, you get the 3G speeds and a decent signal not to drain your battery.
nabbed said:
If you are at work, in an office in a basement or close, your Sprint signal is so weak it keeps reconnecting.
It's alternating between 3G and edge/roaming, and you battery life goes to ****.
In my particular case, I would have 10% per hour battery loss.
One way to combat it is to force roaming on a competitor's network, like verizon or us cellular. Immediately you are greeted with an 80 dbm signal, and your battery doesn't drain as much. Then, if you are using verizon towers by applying a verizon prl, you get the 3G speeds and a decent signal not to drain your battery.
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But would it stay on the vzw network forever or would it switch back to sprint once you get a better signal?
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But would it stay on the vzw network forever or would it switch back to sprint once you get a better signal?
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It would stay on Verizon forever. To get back to normal, use this - Settings/System Update/Update PRL.
Where would you find the prls from?
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Where would you find the prls from?
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I will start you with the one LTE PRL I have for Sprint. This was from a EVO 4G LTE I picked up in Austin.
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I will start you with the one LTE PRL I have for Sprint. This was from a EVO 4G LTE I picked up in Austin.
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There are no “LTE PRLs." This is a regular PRL from the Evo 4g LTE. There's no way to roam on LTE and therefore no PRLs for it.
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Okay let me try to formulate a better response because my other one sucked.
That is a PRL from an Evo LTE. Last I knew Sprint was pushing out 6xxxx PRLs for non LTE devices. Just like Verizon, they have changed and come out with a new series of PRLs.
While there a PRL might play no difference in LTE, there might be a reason for those devices to be utilizing these PRLs. I'm going to look into it more and compare the PRLs. Perhaps an additional allotment of modes/channels? I don't have Sprint.
AT&T, Verizon, and Cricket only.
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I had a corporate prl for my evo3d, will it work for the GS3? It was 12120.prl (Sprint)
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So really no PRL for LTE Roaming....
I have Sprint S3 and am getting tired of their ****ty network (excuse the language), I was hoping there would eventually be a prl to let me hit up Verizon's towers with LTE. Are you saying that is impossible? Because I am about ready to switch because of how bad my service is (3g). I'm not sure why I thought it would be an upgrade from the E4GT service wise (phone is though).