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I have terrible reception on my phone.
I want to flash a new radio but I'm not sure which one to flash
I'm running CM7 and switch between that and MIUI roms.
I don't want to flash the wrong one. Can someone guide me in the right direction??
Thank you.
You can look here for radios. But you should read as much as possible before flashing a radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193101
Also try updating your profile and prl and see if that helps. Or try a data reset.
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laie1472 said:
You can look here for radios. But you should read as much as possible before flashing a radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193101
Also try updating your profile and prl and see if that helps. Or try a data reset.
Hope this helps
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So there's no way to flash a radio for the people who have hBoot 1.50?
arozer said:
So there's no way to flash a radio for the people who have hBoot 1.50?
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correct. I suppose it is possible, but no one has figured it out yet.
Agreed.. I don't think us HBOOT 1.5 guys can flash radios yet. Another thing to try, if you haven't already, would be to install the Open Signal app. It'll give you your radio signal strength in dbm and even plot your current tower's position on a map. Great app although it is a bit of a resource hog with all of its radio polling.
arozer said:
I have terrible reception on my phone.
I want to flash a new radio but I'm not sure which one to flash
I'm running CM7 and switch between that and MIUI roms.
I don't want to flash the wrong one. Can someone guide me in the right direction??
Thank you.
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You might do better to flash a PRL. Safer and can lead to better signal without even changing the radio. Lots of people on here think they know it all and will tell you the PRL only affects roaming signal, but dont listen to them as they probably havnt tried changing PRLs and have no idea what they are talking about. Flashing PRL 00001 fixed my signal at my apartment by connecting me to the Verizon towers without being on Roaming mode. And 01337 gave me a little bit better signal in my apartment over 00001, even though I dont appear to be connected to Verizon towers anymore. Lots of people really like 11115 and I am going to try that next as it should be the best for signal since it uses both Sprint and Verizon towers equally and gives full 3G on either company's towers.
To flash a PRL you will need to be on a Sense ROM that has the extended EPST.apk installed. Put a PRL you want on your SD card, dial ##775# and put in your MSL code. From there you just select which PRL you want, press menu and then commit changes. Reboot and your good to go.
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You might do better to flash a PRL. Safer and can lead to better signal without even changing the radio. Lots of people on here think they know it all and will tell you the PRL only affects roaming signal, but dont listen to them as they probably havnt tried changing PRLs and have no idea what they are talking about. Flashing PRL 00001 fixed my signal at my apartment by connecting me to the Verizon towers without being on Roaming mode. And 01337 gave me a little bit better signal in my apartment over 00001, even though I dont appear to be connected to Verizon towers anymore. Lots of people really like 11115 and I am going to try that next as it should be the best for signal since it uses both Sprint and Verizon towers equally and gives full 3G on either company's towers.
To flash a PRL you will need to be on a Sense ROM that has the extended EPST.apk installed. Put a PRL you want on your SD card, dial ##775# and put in your MSL code. From there you just select which PRL you want, press menu and then commit changes. Reboot and your good to go.
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Actually my friend, I appreciate you trying to help me but in this case I will help you out.
I did tho PRL trick a year ago on my regular Evo. About 4 months later, I received a letter from Sprint stating that "even thou roaming is free on sprint, due to the overage roaming that I have used, they will terminate my services if my habits don't change in a month." Well I tried my best to change them but i guess they weren't satisfied and terminated my services. I had to call and beg and go on a 90 probation period where if I went over the limit by even 1min/mb, they you disconnect me. So I'll never do prl again. Instead, I downloaded this app called Roam Control and only use it when i'm waiting for an important phone call.
Radio on the other hand is a signal from Sprint and will not put you into roaming.
Aren't the radios loaded in the RUU? Can't you just run that and then unlock again with htcdev?
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Aren't the radios loaded in the RUU? Can't you just run that and then unlock again with htcdev?
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Well, I am not entirely certain that the radio is loaded into an RUU. Someone recently told me that the RUU would not change the radio version of your phone.
The thing is,the Hboot 1.5 folks cant revert to a pre HBoot 1.5 via RUU anyhow, so no one can try it. And while there are two RUU's available to Hboot 1.5 people. (2.08.651.2 & 2.08.651.3) They both have the same radio. So I can't run one over the other to compare radio versions before and after the RUU. Once a new update gets pushed with a different radio version, I could run the RUU to see if the radio flashes with it.
The one way I would think it is possible to switch radios is to re-lock the device, run an RUU to unroot, then accept an OTA to get an updated radio. Once you take the new radio via OTA, you would use HTC unlock again to unlock, flash a custom recovery, flash the SU binary and voila.
This of course is contingent that HTC doesnt backtrack on their unlocking promise. If you took an OTA and the new update is unable to be unlocked via HTC, you would be screwed. So we would want to make sure that they dont push an update that they wont support with the HTCDev tool. And of course the other flaw to this is that you can only "upgrade" the radio and never revert to a prior radio that you may have liked better.
EniGmA1987 said:
You might do better to flash a PRL. Safer and can lead to better signal without even changing the radio. Lots of people on here think they know it all and will tell you the PRL only affects roaming signal, but dont listen to them as they probably havnt tried changing PRLs and have no idea what they are talking about. Flashing PRL 00001 fixed my signal at my apartment by connecting me to the Verizon towers without being on Roaming mode. And 01337 gave me a little bit better signal in my apartment over 00001, even though I dont appear to be connected to Verizon towers anymore. Lots of people really like 11115 and I am going to try that next as it should be the best for signal since it uses both Sprint and Verizon towers equally and gives full 3G on either company's towers.
To flash a PRL you will need to be on a Sense ROM that has the extended EPST.apk installed. Put a PRL you want on your SD card, dial ##775# and put in your MSL code. From there you just select which PRL you want, press menu and then commit changes. Reboot and your good to go.
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Enigma, Can you tell me if Sprint charged you a ETF when they initially cancelled your service? I'm kind of looking for a way out of my contract and was hoping this might actually do it.
snowmobiledog said:
Enigma, Can you tell me if Sprint charged you a ETF when they initially cancelled your service? I'm kind of looking for a way out of my contract and was hoping this might actually do it.
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What makes you think Sprint cancelled my service? Cause they didint.
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What makes you think Sprint cancelled my service? Cause they didint.
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Well I tried my best to change them but i guess they weren't satisfied and terminated my services.
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I guess it was this sentence which led me to believe that.
I didnt ever say that though, that was some other guy. I cancelled my service by myself about 7 months after this post because I moved to Verizon since I was using their network all the time anyway. Sprint service is just too ****ty in my area. And not just cell/data coverage either, but text problems on their network were the worst I have ever seen. But I never had any problems from Sprint about data usage or things like that. The person who said Sprint contacted them about roaming usage must have been using multiple gigabytes of data each month, I normally only use 500MB-1GB at most unless I am tethering something.
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I didnt ever say that though, that was some other guy. I cancelled my server by myself about 7 months after this post because I moved to Verizon since I was using their network all the time anyway. Sprint service is just too ****ty in my area. And not just cell/data coverage either, but text problems on their network were the worst I have ever seen. But I never had any problems from Sprint about data usage or things like that. The person who said Sprint contacted them about roaming usage must have been using multiple gigabytes of data each month, I normally only use 500MB-1GB at most unless I am tethering something.
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Ohhh, **it! Sorry about that, I grabbed the wrong user. My bad. Well, thanks for the followup anyhow! The information is still useful. Sounds like a similar situation to me...about to say goodbye to Sprint.
Thanks again.
I Allways use the custom 00001 prl when at school during the day due to the school haveing thick walls and when I get home my prl magicly changes to 21083 I do NOT have that .prl anywhere on my phone so I am curious... Can they change my prl without me knowing? (The only Way I notice is because at my computer I usually roam when im on the sprint 21081.prl and I see me roaming)
Auto update.
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I could be wrong but I think that out phones auto updates prl?
If you've been into a service center recently I've heard that sprints made a policy that there tech's have to run all the phones on some new system they have which updates the phones PRL (and who knows what else) supposedly to cut down on roaming costs for Sprint.
I watched my phone automatically update.
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I watched my phone automatically update.
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Happened to me as well, auto update. Didn't know that could happen, but I'm back on custom PRL
I'm still on prl 11115 so they didn't change mine yet. Maybe they are only looking for forced roam prl's.
Sprint EVO 3D.
HW version: 002
TWRP v1.1.1
Hboot 1.4.1000
Radio: 97.10.08.08
yeah its not the first time this has happened to me and it seems to be only when i get home and use my airave...
Simple answer is yes. They magically change your PRL.
Complex answer is that based on your account type (corporate, individual, prepaid, etc.), geographical location, etc, they do a 'push' to send out updated PRL's in order to give you what they think is the best service (note that I said 'what they think is the best service' and not actually the best for each individual person). Also, when you take your phone in to have it serviced, yeah they update your software and PRL to make sure that everything is functioning properly.
If you find that it doesn't work for you, then just change it (QPST, or whatever method you prefer). It shouldn't get changed until they initiate another 'push' or gets manually updated (initiated by you or serviced by Sprint).
Are the 11115 and 00001 PRL's still up anywhere? I've lost mine and it seems all of the d/l links from all the various threads here no longer work.
Shane Pitman said:
Are the 11115 and 00001 PRL's still up anywhere? I've lost mine and it seems all of the d/l links from all the various threads here no longer work.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346277
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Shane Pitman said:
Are the 11115 and 00001 PRL's still up anywhere? I've lost mine and it seems all of the d/l links from all the various threads here no longer work.
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They definitely still work, all four of them.
I see that you can now, in CM9, force roaming but i only seem to get 1x speeds. I'm not sure if thats just because im in a low coverage area for verizon? I saw screenshots Joker posted of him getting 1mb+ on verizons network with CM9. Anyone know if he was running a new PRL or if it was just CM9 that allowed this? Huge thanks to Joker and all involved with their amazing work with the Photon and CM9!
Could be area and how close to the connected tower. Wish I could remember the Web page but you could with the connection info see the tower you were connected to look at the maps and see how far it was from you..
I used to do this all the time with my old VZW air card.. It was interesting because you may be a closer antennae or tower but the device would insist on the further of the two. The cool thing was being able to try forcing it to one over the other..
Not sure about cm9 but there has to be a way to bring up the connection info.. DBm, tower number, etc.. Could be some pound code to access it?
This is a standard function of CM. I haven't yet tried the CM9 alphas, but on my evo I was using CM7 and put my network onto automatic all the time at work so I could pick up a decent VZW signale, instead of my crap Sprint one in the building. Sometimes I would get great speeds, sometimes not.
I ended up just flashing a Sprint "business" PRL that allows 3g roaming onto Verizon, they *supposedly* only allow 1x roaming for normal users. I tried putting network to auto on CM7 on my Photon and it didnt do anything, however since ive flashed to CM9 on Photon it switches right over to Verizon's tower and i now, due to the new PRL, jump right to 3g Verizon(where there is 3g, obviously) And to tell what cell tower i'm on, I use an app called "OpenSignal" its in the market for free and has done well for me for a while now.
Cool thanks for sharing will have to checkout OpenSignal.
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I ended up just flashing a Sprint "business" PRL that allows 3g roaming onto Verizon, they *supposedly* only allow 1x roaming for normal users. I tried putting network to auto on CM7 on my Photon and it didnt do anything, however since ive flashed to CM9 on Photon it switches right over to Verizon's tower and i now, due to the new PRL, jump right to 3g Verizon(where there is 3g, obviously) And to tell what cell tower i'm on, I use an app called "OpenSignal" its in the market for free and has done well for me for a while now.
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How did you flash the prl? I was on 11115 then flashed to cm7 which gave me the 51083 prl. I can't seem to get cm7 into the right mode to flash the prl. All the posts on the web are for the evo. And those folks have to go back to stock to change the prl. I am stuck with the 1x roaming as well.
This tool allows me to force roam on cm7 but I believe that my prl is limiting me to 1x.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422952
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You can roam on 3g with the regular prls.
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I ended up just flashing a Sprint "business" PRL that allows 3g roaming onto Verizon, they *supposedly* only allow 1x roaming for normal users. I tried putting network to auto on CM7 on my Photon and it didnt do anything, however since ive flashed to CM9 on Photon it switches right over to Verizon's tower and i now, due to the new PRL, jump right to 3g Verizon(where there is 3g, obviously) And to tell what cell tower i'm on, I use an app called "OpenSignal" its in the market for free and has done well for me for a while now.
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I ended up restoring(via nandroid backup) to a stock blur rom from right after i unlocked/rooted my device and was able to follow THIS guide to get the PRL 01115 to flash to my Photon. Once i flashed PRL i just restored(again via nandroid) back to my CM9 backup. You will need your MSL, if you dont have it just call Sprint and tell them you need to do a data profile reset and need the 6 digit code and they give it out no questions as long as you play dumb and don't call it the MSL. And thanks for reply Joker! But i was out other day with some buddies(who are on verizon) and they were getting good 3g verizon speeds and i forced to roam on verizon and couldn't get over like 16k down(this was before i flashed new PRL). And in Settings - About Phone - Status it showed i was on 1x roaming, even though we were in a great 3g zone for verizon. Idk if that was a fluke or what but now that im on this 0115 business PRL i see flying speeds when force roaming. Cant thank you enough for all the amazing work you've done!
So do a nandroid back to stock and then nandroid back to cm7/9? Where is the prl info located that it would not change with a nandroid restore? I'm going to give of a shot and see how it goes.
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Found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263264
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It worked!
My stock nandroid would not flash (Error while flashing boot image!) so I wiped and flashed Jokerstockrev1 (nice ROM BTW) in CWM. This enabled me to enter BP tools mode and flash PRL 11115 using QPST. I nandroid'ed back to my CM7 backup and I now get 3g roaming! Not that I need this right now since I am in a Sprint saturated area, but having the option is nice when I travel to remote areas.
Hey Guys,
I've been using the Verizon PRL 00001 for the last few months. I have no service in my house without it...none! For some reason on my last bill, I had 650 mins (200 over my 450) charged to my account when I never even hit 100 on average. No mobile-to-mobile mins were registered and most calls made after 7pm counted toward my anytime mins instead of my free nights and weekends! I looked at my call log and calls I know that were made to mobile phones (most to other Sprint customers) showed up as "Unavailable". I called to complain and I was told by Sprint that those calls were made off the network therefore they were charged to your anytime mins. I was advised to use the option "Sprint Towers Only" which means my phone is pretty much useless. A few days later, I received the famous roaming warning letter from Sprint. I cannot receive texts on the 21083 PRL even if I'm in a clear Sprint area. My phone only works in the 00001 PRL. What do I do? I've flashed several different Sense ROM's and I get the same result. I even updated my radio and build and still get the same result. I've tried other PRL's but the only one that will allow me to receive texts is the 00001. If this continues, Sprint will terminate my account but if I leave it on the 21083 PRL, I can't get texts and calls constantly drop! HELP! Thanks, guys!
Have you tried 01115?
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Have you tried 01115?
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I believe so...I'm retrying that now...is this an "on-network" Sprint PRL?
That one shows 4 out of 5 bars but it doesn't even let me send texts or make phone calls :/ And I'm not sure if its related, but my wifi doesn't show any bars after flashing that PRL...
What do I do?
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Nothing you can do except switch to another carrier. If you don't have signal in your house, there is nothing you can do from the phone to get a signal, sprint just needs to add a tower closer to your house, which they will never do for just one customer. So stop screwing sprint by running the Verizon PRL 24/7 and just bite the bullet and switch.
A couple of thoughts. You could/should let them terminate you so you can get a carrier that works where you live. Did you move since you got your phone? Try and install a stock ROM with the latest OTA, and then make sure you have the current PRL and radio's. If that does not work, switch to Verizon and get the Galaxy Nexus.
Not to be preachy, but being on the 00001 prl violates your contract with Sprint as you will reach the roaming limits very fast. They are on to you at this point...
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Nothing you can do except switch to another carrier. If you don't have signal in your house, there is nothing you can do from the phone to get a signal, sprint just needs to add a tower closer to your house, which they will never do for just one customer. So stop screwing sprint by running the Verizon PRL 24/7 and just bite the bullet and switch.
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I have a new tower less than a mile from my house but I guess geologically it doesn't help. I can't even receive texts in a clear Sprint area in the 21083 PRL...its got to be a phone issue. I'm not screwing anybody! I'd switch if it wouldn't cost me $350 early termination and if Verizon had an unlimited plan. I just want my phone to function as it should on a proper PRL...
Serren said:
A couple of thoughts. You could/should let them terminate you so you can get a carrier that works where you live. Did you move since you got your phone? Try and install a stock ROM with the latest OTA, and then make sure you have the current PRL and radio's. If that does not work, switch to Verizon and get the Galaxy Nexus.
Not to be preachy, but being on the 00001 prl violates your contract with Sprint as you will reach the roaming limits very fast. They are on to you at this point...
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I've been at the same house for over 10 years...for the longest time, I was on a ROM that EPST wouldn't work so I was stuck on the 00001 to be completely honest. I'm running Mean ROM now which is pretty stock and I updated the radio and PRL to the latest OTA but the problem still persists...I don't want to sit on the 00001 PRL which is why I tried to get it correct but the phone in a clear Sprint area doesn't function properly with the correct PRL
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I've been at the same house for over 10 years...for the longest time, I was on a ROM that EPST wouldn't work so I was stuck on the 00001 to be completely honest. I'm running Mean ROM now which is pretty stock and I updated the radio and PRL to the latest OTA but the problem still persists...I don't want to sit on the 00001 PRL which is why I tried to get it correct but the phone in a clear Sprint area doesn't function properly with the correct PRL
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if you did research, you could have added a different EPST.apk to the ROM that didn't have it or just have changed ROM's. Doesn't take a long time....
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153371
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if you did research, you could have added a different EPST.apk to the ROM that didn't have it or just have changed ROM's. Doesn't take a long time....
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I didn't know that until very recent...I knew some ROM's supported it and other didn't...I thought that was that...I know different now
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I went through all of the dialer resets but my phone is stuck at updating the profile...its just spinning at the Device Configuration window stating, "The network is preparing your services..." for about 5 mins now
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I didn't know that until very recent...I knew some ROM's supported it and other didn't...I thought that was that...I know different now
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now you know & knowing is half the battle (G.I. JOE) cheers. lol
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I went through all of the dialer resets but my phone is stuck at updating the profile...its just spinning at the Device Configuration window stating, "The network is preparing your services..." for about 5 mins now
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sometimes it takes awhile
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now you know & knowing is half the battle (G.I. JOE) cheers. lol
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Hahaha! Thanks! Actually, I think the probably I'm having with the hands-free activation is that I was still on the 00001 PRL so it wouldn't activate. I cancelled and installed the 21083 and starting over...will post results soon
No dice...it all finished successfully but I still cannot receive texts on the 21083 PRL...there has to be something wrong here
Do you have insurance? Maybe you can swap it out? Do other Sprint phones work at your house? (friends or family?)
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Do you have insurance? Maybe you can swap it out? Do other Sprint phones work at your house? (friends or family?)
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Yup...my roommates phone works fine at home...but I think the problem is bigger than that because I can't receive texts anywhere while using the 21083 PRL...I'm sitting at work right now with full bars and can't receive texts...I don't want to swap the phone because theres currently a 2 week back order on 3D's and I don't want to get stuck on the 1.5 HBOOT...Its got to be a setting of some sort...I had a similar problem coming back from Vegas after having to have my phone "activated" for the mid-country region while I landed and then again with my Airave. Nothing changed at all and then out of nowhere last month's bill blew up...I'm almost at a complete loss right now...
Yup...my roommates phone works fine at home...but I think the problem is bigger than that because I can't receive texts anywhere while using the 21083 PRL.
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Well you didn't mention that before, which makes a big difference. Knowing this, it likely IS a problem with your phone, and sprint should replace it if you are still under warranty. Unroot, take into a corporate sprint store, and have it checked out.
I don't want to swap the phone because theres currently a 2 week back order on 3D's and I don't want to get stuck on the 1.5 HBOOT..
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Well you have two choices, bite the bullet and wait a few days for a new 3d with hboot 1.5 (and deal with the 1.5 root issues), or keep having problems sending texts and making calls.
.Its got to be a setting of some sort..
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There's no setting besides airplane mode that would make your phone not receive texts and make calls. It's clear there's a problem with the phone's radio, let sprint take care of it.
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Well you didn't mention that before, which makes a big difference. Knowing this, it likely IS a problem with your phone, and sprint should replace it if you are still under warranty. Unroot, take into a corporate sprint store, and have it checked out.
Well you have two choices, bite the bullet and wait a few days for a new 3d with hboot 1.5 (and deal with the 1.5 root issues), or keep having problems sending texts and making calls.
There's no setting besides airplane mode that would make your phone not receive texts and make calls. It's clear there's a problem with the phone's radio, let sprint take care of it.
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Then why does everything work fine while on the 00001 PRL then?
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Then why does everything work fine while on the 00001 PRL then?
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stay on the newest prl and call them and have them reprovision your phone from their end.
I have a unrooted Evo3D. Sprint is in the middle of there network vision upgrades in my area and right now reception is so poor I can't make a simple call or txt while I am at work. Is there a setting or some app that I can force it to roaming only instead of being stuck on the Sprint tower that is down until they finish the upgrades? Hopefully something that I can do without rooting or downloading different PRLs when I want to switch back and forth.
Flash verizon PRL file will solve the problem. I don't have that file on hand now. But google you will find it.
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Flash verizon PRL file will solve the problem. I don't have that file on hand now. But google you will find it.
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Yes I could but it would be a pain to flash the Verizon PRL when I get to work and then flash back to the Sprint when I leave to go home.
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I have a unrooted Evo3D. Sprint is in the middle of there network vision upgrades in my area and right now reception is so poor I can't make a simple call or txt while I am at work. Is there a setting or some app that I can force it to roaming only instead of being stuck on the Sprint tower that is down until they finish the upgrades? Hopefully something that I can do without rooting or downloading different PRLs when I want to switch back and forth.
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Roam Control should do what you want. Note that there is a fix in the most recent version for an unrooted Evo 3D. It costs $4 but that might be worth it in your situation.
If you decide to root your phone, MeanROM ICS 2.6 has a "roam only" option built-in.
ramjet73
Works great! Just takes a minute for it to switch over.