It keeps jumping into roaming in a good coverage area (my home) and I can't even use the roam service, its like I have no service. The only way to go back to sprint service I have to update the prl , sometimes 3 times a day.
Any ideas?
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Mine seem to roam a lot more than eve 4g.
My evo 4g never roamed in my home.
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There seem to be two reasons behind these signal issues.
1. AFAIK the antenna on this is on the bottom, as opposed to on the top for the EVO 4G.
2. Sprint service started having nationwide problems right before the release of the EVO 3D. Some of it has to do with tower outages, some of it has to do with tower overloads (due to so many new customers) and some of it has to do with recent changes in roaming agreements with Sprint and its partners (as in on-network roaming, which is now either not part of the roaming agreement or counts as off-network roaming due to contractual agreements)
Newklearx3 said:
It keeps jumping into roaming in a good coverage area (my home) and I can't even use the roam service, its like I have no service. The only way to go back to sprint service I have to update the prl , sometimes 3 times a day.
Any ideas?
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I use the app "roam control" from the market. I got it a couple of days ago because I have the same issue at my beach house. You can choose force home network or force roam.
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Does it work?
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Does it work?
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Yeah really well so far.
Edit: also the app dev has a 24 hour refund policy so that's plenty of time to see if it works for you as well as it does for me
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Dude be careful using that app. Sprint is cancelling contracts with no warning because of people roaming and constantly using other towers while on data and making calls. It's cost sprint money when you do that.
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http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-3d/145758-did-you-get-airave.html
I just did it the other day. It will solve your problem like it will mine.
I don't want one of those. I just want my phone to work. What happens when I'm out ? I can't bring that along now can I?
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Dude be careful using that app. Sprint is cancelling contracts with no warning because of people roaming and constantly using other towers while on data and making calls. It's cost sprint money when you do that.
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cancelling contracts without an etf?
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Dude be careful using that app. Sprint is cancelling contracts with no warning because of people roaming
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I heard that was not true. Whatever. Roaming is not bad.
I wouldn't mind roaming if my phone actually worked in it. I can't call or receive calls and text messages never go through.
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I wouldn't mind roaming if my phone actually worked in it. I can't call or receive calls and text messages never go through.
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Oh! If that's the issue call Sprint and tell them that. They can fix that, I think It's just a problem with the hands free activation because you should be able to send/receive/call just like normal.
As for cancelling, yeah I think they can do that without warning if you data roam more than 50% of the time. But i really doubt they will notice/care unless you're using gobs and gobs of data while roaming, and since its at your house I assume you use WiFi. I still recommend the app.
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Alright I'll call. Thanks
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Honestly I don't know about the using to much data thing but using to much data while roaming and being terminated for it is real. Some people actually do it to get out of their contract. Wouldn't you think sprint cares about canceling your contract if your costing them more money than what you owe every month?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137063
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205932
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My phone bill is 700 dollars sprint say its cause i went over a 1'000 mins on home lines but i dnt call hone phones? So since my prl is on 00001?
So is my any mobile to mobile under Verizon mobile to mobile??
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You can try to aruge with them that the numbers you called were indeed mobile.phone numbers and pretend you weren't ever roaming and try to do this perhaps at a sprint store
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It seems as if you should be able to argue this. At a thousand dollars, how often does this happen.
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This is why I don't use the 00001 PRL...
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This is why I don't use the 00001 PRL...
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Lol. I was on the fence. Not anymore.
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Lmao I was bout to rise hell but i dnt get it I was charge for data roaming for Aug 19 till 8-26-10 but i been using prl 00001 for like 2months now 0_o
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Lmao I was bout to rise hell but i dnt get it I was charge for data roaming for Aug 19 till 8-26-10 but i been using prl 00001 for like 2months now 0_o
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I would say, go back to the dopey prl we're using.
Rootyourdroid.net. My nephews blog.
Do be warned about using custom PRL's as Sprint is known to terminate your service for incurring significant roaming charges.
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hahahah i wont be doing that again eff tht PRL well shoot is there a better PRL (under sprint) for faster downloads??
Maybe you can purchase overage relief minutes and get it back dated. Call retentions.
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I'm surprised those prl threads are even allowed here as they are basically instructions to steal service/cost sprint tons of charges. And people wonder why the plan prices are going up?
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Malikione said:
I'm surprised those prl threads are even allowed here as they are basically instructions to steal service/cost sprint tons of charges. And people wonder why the plan prices are going up?
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It isn't really stealing it at all, it just forces our devices to roam on to Verizon towers which free roaming is part of our plans. The Plans are rising due to the demand of users increasing year after year and greedy companies who are convinced we NEED them. they require more money for better upgrades in service but sadly sprint seems to lack keeping up with their overhauled network.
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Does anyone know anything about this prl? I've been using it for about a month, and get very good data speeds using it. But, I don't know anything about it, and I don't wanna get in any trouble over it. Could someone please enlighten me?
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sniperkill said:
Does anyone know anything about this prl? I've been using it for about a month, and get very good data speeds using it. But, I don't know anything about it, and I don't wanna get in any trouble over it. Could someone please enlighten me?
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That is a Verizon PRL, and while you won't incurr any additional charges from Sprint for using it, you could end up having your contract terminated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15560851&postcount=88
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That is a Verizon PRL, and while you won't incurr any additional charges from Sprint for using it, you could end up having your contract terminated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15560851&postcount=88
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Okay, I can see that if I roam a lot, but my phone is never in roam. So, if i never roam, do you think I will still have problems using the prl 000001?
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sniperkill said:
Okay, I can see that if I roam a lot, but my phone is never in roam. So, if i never roam, do you think I will still have problems using the prl 000001?
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While you are in the 000001 prl you are always pretty Much roaming you just don't know it. be careful...
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While you are in the 000001 prl you are always pretty Much roaming you just don't know it. be careful...
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Yep, your phone is on Verizon full time so according to your device your not roaming, however according to Sprint they see you using a different tower then they brings out the big guns and cancel you like a bad tv show, you might get by for a month or two then you will get the letter of doom.... My advice go to a different prl.....
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I spoke with retentions today and they told me that you have to be roaming at least 80% of your bill for a couple of months to get a termination letter. I suggest just using it when u need it. If it is in your house get an airave.
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Does anyone know if you can still get the Evo 3d using verizon coverage? I have no service at my job with sprint and wanted to know if this is still possible. Thanks
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I dont think there is .. I haven't seen anything like it.. I dont think the phone can be compatible with Verizon.
Sorry
There is a force roam mod floating around here somewhere. You'd better be careful playing with stuff though, Sprint is getting pretty gung ho about offing contracts for too much data roaming.
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There is a force roam mod floating around here somewhere. You'd better be careful playing with stuff though, Sprint is getting pretty gung ho about offing contracts for too much data roaming.
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This ^^^
You can force your phone to roam by using a verizon PRL but Sprint will drop you after awhile
Why not try and get an airave for your office?
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Flash the .00001 prl. Works like a champ.
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huskers15 said:
Why not try and get an airave for your office?
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Yeah get an air rave they will send it for free
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All the prls are located in the evo4g dev thread. Im running the 00001 prl n its awsome!
hTc
Use roam control from market
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I put prl 1115 vzw on my 3vo today. It works great.
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0001 prl didnt work for me for some reason.
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2nd both the airave and force roam app.
I would laugh if Sprint dropped me for roaming as I have 8 lines on my account plus the airave and have been with Sprint for over 10 years. (Ask the big three how laying off their customers is working out for them)
Try to make sure that you do not pay for the airave and make all the other Sprinters at work at least take you to lunch before you let them use it.
Deirdre
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Like stated earlier, using the 00001 Verizon prl constantly is a bad idea if you want to stay with sprint.
HELP. Ive been on 1115 vzw prl for bout 3 days and used alot of data. I checked my usage on sprint and its all sprint 3g not roaming that i used. So am i using vzw or not.
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gtownswagga said:
HELP. Ive been on 1115 vzw prl for bout 3 days and used alot of data. I checked my usage on sprint and its all sprint 3g not roaming that i used. So am i using vzw or not.
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The 1115 PRL is a Sprint PRL.
The only VZW PRL we can use on our phones is 0001.
Ok thanks
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let's get the number of digits correct:
11115 - sprint prl
00001 - vrz prl
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let's get the number of digits correct:
11115 - sprint prl
00001 - vrz prl
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lol true dat :3 I was at work not paying much attention when I posted last; thanks for the correction!
Is anyone having problems with roaming lately? My phone keeps bugging out and saying I'm roaming one second then saying i have full bars the next. Anyone have any idea what may be happening?
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Always roaming and sprint sucks ass.
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Always roaming and sprint sucks ass.
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Awesome response, very informative.
I had the evo 4g before the 3d and find that I do roam more with the 3d, but never have an issue where it would just switch back and forth like that.
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I thought it may have had something to do with that update that was pushed out. I manually updated my prl and profile and it said an update was applied but no change. Rebooted a few times and it calmed down and when back to normal. Hopefully a temporary thing. I have great signal where I live so I bummed me out to see that I was roaming all of a sudden.
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I have had the same issue with the 3D as well . I can be in a Sprint coverage zone and it will jump to roaming for no reason at all . I can honestly say my EVO 4G never did this . Dont get me wrong I like the 3D but signal issues and so forth Im missing my 4G more and more lol .
Well sprint canceled my account for roaming using to much data. I don't know why? I have heard of people getting canceled because of using verizon prl but I have never I have been using 12117. They will not turn it back on I have tried everything so I have to have my mom add me a phone this sucks. So watch out.
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Isn't that a corporate prl? A prl you shouldn't be on? Sorry you abused it and got caught.
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msimindlessmsi2 said:
Isn't that a corporate prl? A prl you shouldn't be on? Sorry you abused it and got caught.
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That is what I'm telling people I thought it was ok to use that one. I really had no idea I thought as long as it was not the Verizon one u were ok.
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Did you force roam or roam alot? Show us your data usage for last month. I've been on corporate prl's since the evo 4g and I'm good still. I rarely roam though and I'm on wifi when I'm at home.
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You've got to keep track of your roaming regardless. I've gotten pretty high up on roaming some months just from using a normal PRL. The corporate PRLs, more so. I'm sorry to hear that you had that happen to you though.
Did your mother be like I told you so you little turd head? Lol
They did the Same to me but i also used 5gb of roaming. Now i am trying to sell my EVO3d and shift. I switched to att and love my Samsung note and i get 5 gb per line not to bad i just have to slow down a little.
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isn't getting cancel a good thing?
I got a formal letter from Sprint a few months back stating that if my data roaming continued they'd cancel my account.
I was using the 11115 PRL + the Force Roam option I added in Warm TwoPointThree. About 2gb of data roaming a month. (98% of my data was roaming)
I have since stopped force roaming..
data roaming......that is something that seems the trend here.
i assume they ALWAYS warn before canceling right?
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Did you force roam or roam alot? Show us your data usage for last month. I've been on corporate prl's since the evo 4g and I'm good still. I rarely roam though and I'm on wifi when I'm at home.
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I never seen my phone go to roam. I used 11115 on my EVO 4G also. I don't know how much I was using I will try and find out. It kinda worked out my bill was like 150 amonth and now its only 60 to add 2 phones to my moms. And they wiped out my bill but still a pain in the ass.
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Doesn't Sprint charge you an arm and a leg for Roaming? How can you guys roam so much?
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Doesn't Sprint charge you an arm and a leg for Roaming? How can you guys roam so much?
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No, they don't charge for roaming. Unless you are international roaming, then that is different.
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Doesn't Sprint charge you an arm and a leg for Roaming? How can you guys roam so much?
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They will charge you for voice roaming. I had that happen to me.
I dont know if I exactly get the reason to use those other PRL?
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They will charge you for voice roaming. I had that happen to me.
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I've never been charged for Voice Roaming within the USA.
Sprint is great if you don't abuse it
Whoa, this whole time I thought they did charge you. I stayed in a cabin in North Carolina once where I had no signal and I disabled my roaming in fear I would get a heavy bill when I got back. Thank you for the heads up.
If you get a voice roam charge call and they will wipe it no questions asked. They blabbed something about its an issue with their billing. Yep sure...
What is the difference between a normal and a corporate prl?
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wilderckw said:
Well sprint canceled my account for roaming using to much data. I don't know why? I have heard of people getting canceled because of using verizon prl but I have never I have been using 12117. They will not turn it back on I have tried everything so I have to have my mom add me a phone this sucks. So watch out.
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How much did you use?