For kicks, I used the stock PRL for the EVO LTE (24003) on to my Photon. Wow my data flies with it hovering around 1600kbps - 2300kbps down and 500kbps up. I attached the PRL file below with some screen shots. the first on is my status screen showing the PRL version. The second is my Sprint 3g speed. The last is my roaming. Feel free to try it at your own discretion and I'm not responsible if anything good or bad happens to your device.
Here are instructions to manually update your PRL. You'll need to be on a blur based rom and have your phone's MSL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1211157
Update. A friend let me update their E4GT with this PRL and their phone could not connect to a Wimax tower. My guess that this PRL is CDMA and LTE only with not Wimax tower info. We were able to fix this by flashing another PRL.
nice,ill try as soon as I can
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I wonder, how in heck does this increase the speed on this phone. I thought we didn't have a LTE chipset in our phone
Doesn't it have 800mhz capability?
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demonotaku said:
I wonder, how in heck does this increase the speed on this phone. I thought we didn't have a LTE chipset in our phone
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Most likely since lte is not on yet lte devices are getying priority.
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just one question.. assuming it won't work how do you go back to the old prl?
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Reload the way you loaded the lte prl
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Reload the way you loaded the lte prl
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one more question..how do I back up the prl or will a manual prl update overwrite it?
A manual update should take it to the current Sprint PRL for your area.
Just flashed it and well my speeds are the same...
at least I tried lol
Update. A friend let me update their E4GT with this PRL and their phone could not connect to a Wimax tower. My guess that this PRL is CDMA and LTE only with not Wimax tower info. We were able to fix this by flashing another PRL.
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I wonder, how in heck does this increase the speed on this phone. I thought we didn't have a LTE chipset in our phone
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You're still on 3G when using this PRL. What is adds it the tower info for the limited test towers for Network Vision and Sprint LTE.
donsh00tmesanta said:
Doesn't it have 800mhz capability?
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I'm trying to find that out. I can't find a changelog.
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just one question.. assuming it won't work how do you go back to the old prl?
thanks
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If you still have service just do as Kevets suggested. (menu>settings>about phone>system update) If not you'll have to flash a previous PRL version that you know was working or RDS to stock.
Here's a thread where you can download most of the Sprint PRLs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
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Update. A friend let me update their E4GT with this PRL and their phone could not connect to a Wimax tower. My guess that this PRL is CDMA and LTE only with not Wimax tower info. We were able to fix this by flashing another PRL.
You're still on 3G when using this PRL. What is adds it the tower info for the limited test towers for Network Vision and Sprint LTE.
I'm trying to find that out. I can't find a changelog.
If you still have service just do as Kevets suggested. (menu>settings>about phone>system update) If not you'll have to flash a previous PRL version that you know was working or RDS to stock.
Here's a thread where you can download most of the Sprint PRLs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
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Nothing really special about this PRL. It just has the typical 800mhz scans for Chicago. Nothing else real special.
The wimax chipset does not even use a PRL. This PRL is for EV and 1X only.
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Its called QoS...I was expected something like this...wimax was never the issue ...it was the overall sprint bandwidth ...so now with lte coming how do hide that lte vs wimax was never the issue...it was the network behind it?...you set a network QoS to give most of the bandwidth to the lte devices and shortchange the non lte...even if you not using lte...the network will put the new stars of sprint lineup to the head of the line to make the look faster....wonder why you see all the reports of ever slower g3 on sprint for the other phones?...you just lower in the qos pecking order..you get what left of the bandwidth...you flying standby..the new first class phone fly first class on the backside of the network even if the local phone link to the network is just 3g
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noob question
im on a E4GT and with this PRL could i get LTE? no right because of missing hardware?
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jamcar said:
noob question
im on a E4GT and with this PRL could i get LTE? no right because of missing hardware?
thanks
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This PRL is only used for the CDMA side, not LTE.
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jamcar said:
noob question
im on a E4GT and with this PRL could i get LTE? no right because of missing hardware?
thanks
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No lte is "hardware" (really a layer 1 & 2 radio & data link protocal) it would be like a gsm phone trying to do cdma with a software update...not going to happen if the cdma hardwares not there
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I wonder, how in heck does this increase the speed on this phone. I thought we didn't have a LTE chipset in our phone
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Probably a placebo effect.
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I'm holding the Photon and it's at 51080, but my Nexus S 4G over here says its at 60680. I've done multiple PRL updates on the Photon but it stays at 51080. Is this the right PRL version?
Yes that is the current prl
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Don't worry, you're fine!
I'm a Sprint Launch Ambassador supporting the Photon. That is a PRL for 'advanced worldmode devices' which Photon is one of. It has all of the same capabilities as our domestic (606.x) PRLs do plus extra for int'l roaming. You have the right PRL for your device.
Mine says 51079 after updating PRL.
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Mine says 51079 after updating PRL.
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Try again, 51080 is the latest.
Beknatok said:
Try again, 51080 is the latest.
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Second time worked
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I'm a Sprint Launch Ambassador supporting the Photon. That is a PRL for 'advanced worldmode devices' which Photon is one of. It has all of the same capabilities as our domestic (606.x) PRLs do plus extra for int'l roaming. You have the right PRL for your device.
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Why don't you just put "I'm a Sprint Launch Ambassador supporting the Photon" as your signature, it would make more sense then starting every posting with it.
mattvalenz said:
I'm a Sprint Launch Ambassador supporting the Photon. That is a PRL for 'advanced worldmode devices' which Photon is one of. It has all of the same capabilities as our domestic (606.x) PRLs do plus extra for int'l roaming. You have the right PRL for your device.
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Matt, can you confirm that the Photon supports the Network Vision bands? (CDMA 800mhz)
Thanks to everyone. I wasn't aware that the "Worldphones" used another PRL numbering system. Good to know for everyone here on the forum.
Korey_Nicholson said:
Matt, can you confirm that the Photon supports the Network Vision bands? (CDMA 800mhz)
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Doesn't the box that it came in says so, but then again that could be a misprint. The Photon supports the following frequencies if I'm not mistaken;
Bands/Modes: WCDMA 850/1900/2100, CDMA 800/1900, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps (Category 10), CDMA EV-DO Release A, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, HSUPA 7.6 Mbps, eCompass/sGPS /aGPS, 802.11b/802.11g/802.11n, 802.16e. Although I can't confirm 802.11n
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Thanks to everyone. I wasn't aware that the "Worldphones" used another PRL numbering system. Good to know for everyone here on the forum.
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I don't remember my Touch Pro 2 having a different PRL than my Touch Pro or Mogul before that. Is it an Android vs. Windows Mobile thing?
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I don't remember my Touch Pro 2 having a different PRL than my Touch Pro or Mogul before that. Is it an Android vs. Windows Mobile thing?
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Touch Pro 2 also has the 51xxx PRLs.
My PRL is 51081, anyone else have the same?
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My PRL is 51081, anyone else have the same?
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Yep i just updated mine.
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Harry_Spade said:
My PRL is 51081, anyone else have the same?
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Yep i just updated mine.
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Updated mine and it's 51081 as well.
Htc tp2 prl = 51081
Yes, same, just tried to update PRL on HTC Touch Pro 2 and I see
PRL = 51081 as of 8/24/2011
To find your PRL version (windows mobile 6.5)
Settings
About Phone
Software Information
Click PRL for a simple definition
Did update this morning and now at 52081. Doesn't seem right but that what is says.
The photon is a world phone deferent prl. 60xxx are for non world phones 50xxx is for world phones. From what I understand
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Believe it or not the 11115 is not the business PRL for the EVO 3D. This is for the 1900 mhz devices only. EVO 3D and a few other devices have special PRL's with the codes 20XXX. Recently it was 20183 or something like that. There is a reason why the EVO 3D has a different PRL than all the older Sprint devices, and it's because it has been updated to include 800 and 1900 mhz towers.
The business PRL is slightly different, it is 21XXX. EVO 3D's do not get the 11115, instead they get the 21XXX for corporate. Does anyone have this PRL and be willing to share it? I want to do some testing on the Epic 4G Touch.
Thanks!
Source?
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PRL 21083
I have the PRL, how do I extract it and send to you?
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Source?
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Im the source. I'm whosdaman.
Actually go to your local sprint dealer and ask to see their evo 3d device and check the PRL on it. The PRLs on the demo devices are the corporate ones.
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I have the PRL, how do I extract it and send to you?
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To be honest, I have no idea on the evo 3d
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21081 PRL
I can't post links yet because I don't have many posts, but follow these instructions to find it:
Go to Google
Search for this:
how to extract prl evo 3d
The first result is Stuck at 1xRTT on your HTC EVO 3D? Here's how to get 3G back ...
Click on it and the PRL is available for download.
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I can't post links yet because I don't have many posts, but follow these instructions to find it:
Go to Google
Search for this:
how to extract prl evo 3d
The first result is Stuck at 1xRTT on your HTC EVO 3D? Here's how to get 3G back ...
Click on it and the PRL is available for download.
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Excellent find. Unfortunately it's the 21081 and not 21083, but it'll do for now. If you do find a way to get the 21083 from your phone let me know! Thanks
Well now that I'm looking into it more it seems like 21083 is the default for EVO 3D. I guess I need to go check what is the corporate PRL on the EVO 3D is again. I know for a fact it isn't 11115 though.
11115 might not be the official one for the 3d but it works just the same as it did on the EVO 4g. It gets me 3g roaming when I force roam when needed. I have a corporate acct and got 11115 on the EVO but I never got anything other than the 2 prls you listed.
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11115 might not be the official one for the 3d but it works just the same as it did on the EVO 4g. It gets me 3g roaming when I force roam when needed. I have a corporate acct and got 11115 on the EVO but I never got anything other than the 2 prls you listed.
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Right but for non network vision devices.
Evo 3d has its own 11115 PRL
The 20xxx or 21xxx is the corporate PRL I'm pretty sure.
Of course the 11115 will work with the evo 3d
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Korey_Nicholson said:
Right but for non network vision devices.
Evo 3d has its own 11115 PRL
The 20xxx or 21xxx is the corporate PRL I'm pretty sure.
Of course the 11115 will work with the evo 3d
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21083 IS NOT a corporate prl. it is latest prl regular users get when doing a prl update. you want proof of this, find a friend with a 3d and have him update the prl for you. it was either stay 21083 or change to it depending on the area but most everyone will.
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21083 IS NOT a corporate prl. it is latest prl regular users get when doing a prl update. you want proof of this, find a friend with a 3d and have him update the prl for you. it was either stay 21083 or change to it depending on the area but most everyone will.
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That's what I'm finding out. I'm going to go to a sprint store tomorrow and find out what it really is
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why not run 0001.prl that one gives me better result than the 11115 PRL in my area..
1107963 said:
why not run 0001.prl that one gives me better result than the 11115 PRL in my area..
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00001 is verizon only and it's severely outdated
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If you are going to use 00001, then you might as well use this updated one.
See attached
I'm pretty sure if I flash back to 3.0 sense and update my prl ill get 21083 which will not let me 3g roam... 11115 will.
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PRL 12117
I have a company-provided Evo3D and my PRL shows 12117. I always figured that was a corporate PRL. I have tried PRLs 21081, 21083, 11115 and 00001 and none gave me better results than 12117 although even that PRL is crappy here in South Florida...
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I have a company-provided Evo3D and my PRL shows 12117. I always figured that was a corporate PRL. I have tried PRLs 21081, 21083, 11115 and 00001 and none gave me better results than 12117 although even that PRL is crappy here in South Florida...
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That's it! I knew it was something really strange.
Think you could pull it?
That is the 800, 1900 version of 11115
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How could I pull that prl off my phone?
I thought PRLs didn't affect signal quality. So how would this enable our phone to respond to a different signal frequency?
Hey Guys, I was switching over from the 11115 PRL to Sprint and I noticed I have a new PRL 21086...I do not see any speed improvement....but yeah new prl...I think I'll go back to 11115 lol.
PRL is preferred roaming list. Does it improve speed?
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Hey Guys, I was switching over from the 11115 PRL to Sprint and I noticed I have a new PRL 21086...I do not see any speed improvement....but yeah new prl...I think I'll go back to 11115 lol.
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thanks got it here.
as usual i had to do a profile update first to get the prl to update...
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Hey Guys, I was switching over from the 11115 PRL to Sprint and I noticed I have a new PRL 21086...I do not see any speed improvement....but yeah new prl...I think I'll go back to 11115 lol.
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Does 11115 have some kind of benefit over others? I see a lot of people using it
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Does 11115 have some kind of benefit over others? I see a lot of people using it
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The benefit is that, it allows you to roam on Verizon and use 3G data while roaming. A standard Sprint PRL will let you roam but only use 1x data while roaming.
The downside is that if you use too much data (some say over 300MB) while roaming each month, Sprint will cancel your service.
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PRL is preferred roaming list. Does it improve speed?
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I am not sure...I always see posts of people saying "I got the XXXXXX sprint PRL update and my speeds are better!!!" but it never happens to me .
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I am not sure...I always see posts of people saying "I got the XXXXXX sprint PRL update and my speeds are better!!!" but it never happens to me .
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You get no love on the speeds man.
S3nt from my 3D wond3rland
DarkManX4lf said:
The benefit is that, it allows you to roam on Verizon and use 3G data while roaming. A standard Sprint PRL will let you roam but only use 1x data while roaming.
The downside is that if you use too much data (some say over 300MB) while roaming each month, Sprint will cancel your service.
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This sounds like a bonus, not a downside. Getting out without an ETF essentially at will is pretty nice.
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This sounds like a bonus, not a downside. Getting out without an ETF essentially at will is pretty nice.
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Yeah that is true....
The other bonus is you get to use Verizons 3g...depending on your area it could be much faster than Sprint 3g....
Can someone post the prl?
nice find thanks for the share.
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Can someone post the prl?
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If someone doesn't get to it before I get home, I'll try to get it posted tonight. Might not be til a little late though, still got a few more hours of my work shift
Starting to see huge improvements in the lakeland, FL areas regarding data speeds. 1100 kbps was under half that a few weeks ago.
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Starting to see huge improvements in the lakeland, FL areas regarding data speeds. 1100 kbps was under half that a few weeks ago.
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Ugh.... Sprint's prl's have NOTHING to do with on network 3g speeds...
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Ugh.... Sprint's prl's have NOTHING to do with on network 3g speeds...
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NEVER said it did, I simply said data speed has improved since 2 weeks ago... Smmmh
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NEVER said it did, I simply said data speed has improved since 2 weeks ago... Smmmh
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I also noticed that the data speeds in the Albany Capital Region Area of New York are definitely way better than they were about 2 weeks ago as well. Finally Sprint stepping their game up.
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I also noticed that the data speeds in the Albany Capital Region Area of New York are definitely way better than they were about 2 weeks ago as well. Finally Sprint stepping their game up.
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I hoped they would come through. I think things will get better, lte speeds from Verizon are off the chain good, if sprints is going to be like that with lte than we really have something to look forward too. Its faster than my cable wifi at home lol. I won't cry over the $10 premium data fee. Of course we have to upgrade to lte phones first.
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Heres the latest PRL
I hoped they would come through. I think things will get better, lte speeds from Verizon are off the chain good, if sprints is going to be like that with lte than we really have something to look forward too. Its faster than my cable wifi at home lol. I won't cry over the $10 premium data fee. Of course we have to upgrade to lte phones first.
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I'm still curious how long it will take Sprint to get LTE actually functional enough to be worth it. Clearwire is still spotty here.
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This sounds like a bonus, not a downside. Getting out without an ETF essentially at will is pretty nice.
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Not a bonus. You will miss the true unlimited. And once you get cancelled, they will never take you back. I wouldn't do it if I were you.
If I update my PRL to Sprint's 11115 PRL (using this method), I assume that I will lose LTE access (which I don't have anyway).
Under that assumption, if I want to regain LTE, all I would have to do it update the PRL over the air (back to 25004), correct?
I go on trips to Atlanta sometimes and would like LTE when I go, but 3G roaming sounds too good to pass up.
Thanks
Prl has nothing to do with 4g
Only 3g
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Prl has nothing to do with 4g
Only 3g
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So the PRL only keeps track of CDMA cells, not LTE cells?
i answered and u asked the same question again
yup nothing to do with LTE
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i answered and u asked the same question again
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I asked because this post about updating the PRL notes that
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...it will definitely prohibit use of Sprint's LTE network
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I wasn't trying to be difficult. I just wanted to understand. Technology is fascinating. How does the phone keep track of LTE cells? Is there a separate list like a PRL or does it search on specific, Sprint-assigned frequencies and just connect when it sees them?
Apparently I am wrong and I will admit it. From everything I saw and read it looked like the PRL did not have anything to do with LTE or the PCS G block.
Driving through Houston or should I say riding through Houston, with an EVO LTE and Galaxy 3. The Sammy is fully stock. EVO LTE is not of course. It has the latest firmware and base with a 12124 based prl. I couldn't get a 4G connection on the evo. I tried everything until the last thing I tried, PRL update to 25xxx. Boom.. 4g.
It makes total sense now. It's based on the MCC MNC records in these prls. Although it has nothing to do with the acquisition records themselves. Maybe it is just hard coded to g block. And later if another carrier is added it would get pushed or hashed to the other carrier like evdo does.
I want to confirm.. Has anyone been able to pickup LTE with a non 24xxx or 25xxx prl?
On another note.. The scanning is fixed on the EVO. I found I had a 4G indicator more on the evo than the galaxy 3. Shocker there. Would have thought it was the other way around.
Need to change my sig to read wimax 4g signal now but technically it is still correct as it will not give you a better signal
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Apparently I am wrong and I will admit it. From everything I saw and read it looked like the PRL did not have anything to do with LTE or the PCS G block.
Driving through Houston or should I say riding through Houston, with an EVO LTE and Galaxy 3. The Sammy is fully stock. EVO LTE is not of course. It has the latest firmware and base with a 12124 based prl. I couldn't get a 4G connection on the evo. I tried everything until the last thing I tried, PRL update to 25xxx. Boom.. 4g.
It makes total sense now. It's based on the MCC MNC records in these prls. Although it has nothing to do with the acquisition records themselves. Maybe it is just hard coded to g block. And later if another carrier is added it would get pushed or hashed to the other carrier like evdo does.
I want to confirm.. Has anyone been able to pickup LTE with a non 24xxx or 25xxx prl?
On another note.. The scanning is fixed on the EVO. I found I had a 4G indicator more on the evo than the galaxy 3. Shocker there. Would have thought it was the other way around.
Need to change my sig to read wimax 4g signal now but technically it is still correct as it will not give you a better signal
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Still testing s3 and evo side by side myself. Unfortunately the evo is currently bricked
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So nobody in an LTE area can confirm this too?
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So nobody in an LTE area can confirm this too?
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Dang I should of loaded one to test whole in Atlanta the other day...
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So nobody in an LTE area can confirm this too?
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In the one day I had both running here in Dallas the s3 grabbed LTE sooner and held it further. In most cases the evo never connected.
This is where I started playing with radios and firmware and unfortunately bricked my Evo . The store replaced the Evo with an s3 so other than single location side by side testing with a friends evo I won't be of much help
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The store replaced the Evo with an s3....
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How did you get them to do this?
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In the one day I had both running here in Dallas the s3 grabbed LTE sooner and held it further. In most cases the evo never connected.
This is where I started playing with radios and firmware and unfortunately bricked my Evo . The store replaced the Evo with an s3 so other than single location side by side testing with a friends evo I won't be of much help
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So you could get and hold a LTE connection with the S3 while running 12124?
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So you could get and hold a LTE connection with the S3 while running 12124?
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Oh no both were on 25006
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Oh no both were on 25006
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Re read his post from earlier and ill see he wants the diff PRLs tested...
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Re read his post from earlier and ill see he wants the diff PRLs tested...
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Thanks... And yes I was hoping someone had more time than just passing through a town like I did.
Something like.. With 25006 you test lte. Then load 12124.. Now test in same spot. If no lte then hit, update profile, toggle lte cdma mode, reboot etc. Still no lte? Then hit update prl. Do you have lte now?
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I'd say it's pretty well confirmed.. I've had S4GRU test 12124 on his S3 in an LTE area and it would not connect to LTE.
Any other EVO LTE users in LTE areas, I'd like to see a test or two as well to set this as 100% confirmation.
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I'd say it's pretty well confirmed.. I've had S4GRU test 12124 on his S3 in an LTE area and it would not connect to LTE.
Any other EVO LTE users in LTE areas, I'd like to see a test or two as well to set this as 100% confirmation.
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I will see what I can accomplish tomorrow. I am sure I can find one in the store on 12124.
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I'd say it's pretty well confirmed.. I've had S4GRU test 12124 on his S3 in an LTE area and it would not connect to LTE.
Any other EVO LTE users in LTE areas, I'd like to see a test or two as well to set this as 100% confirmation.
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Next week, I'm flying from Atlanta to San Antonio, which are both supposed to have LTE. I'll test and report back.
I can confirm that LTE does NOT work with the 12124 prl. I went to an area in my neighborhood that I know has LTE and it only picked up Sprint 3G. However, when I updated the PRL through the settings to 25006, I immediately got 4g LTE.
This is outside the Atlanta perimeter btw.
Prl has no direct impact on CDMA (Sprints own) services nobody ever said LTE was a CDMA service. It makes sense to me that they would need to some how update the phone when more LTE upgrades are finished but that's just me
om4 said:
Prl has no direct impact on CDMA (Sprints own) services nobody ever said LTE was a CDMA service. It makes sense to me that they would need to some how update the phone when more LTE upgrades are finished but that's just me
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So are you saying that PRL doesn't affect LTE on our phone's?
Lol I'm saying it could, lte is a gsm based technology as far as I know, using a prl system to update LTE info makes sense to me
om4 said:
Prl has no direct impact on CDMA (Sprints own) services nobody ever said LTE was a CDMA service. It makes sense to me that they would need to some how update the phone when more LTE upgrades are finished but that's just me
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PRLs definitely impact any CDMA service. That's the driving force for your phone to pick up channels/SIDs.
I've already confirmed with my phone and several other users and including documentation that PRL entries are required for LTE to work. It doesn't work the same as 1X and EVDO scans. If the Geo area in the PRL does not have the MCC/MNC record then LTE will not work in any of the SIDs in that GEO. The LTE is controlled by the MSPL and MLPL files.
Now for the folks that want 12124 but want LTE, you should be running 56006. Here's my analysis on the new range of PRLs:
54006 - is close to 24006 except for about 21 international SIDs removed (includes international LTE records)
16006 - almost exactly like 12124 except for the LTE records included and 800SMR SIDS are higher priority over PCS band (does not include international LTE records)
56006 - very close to 16006 except some international priority changes (includes international LTE records)
and the post with the PRLs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30881283&postcount=14
Cool! Finally a PRL that give VZW 3G roaming and Sprint 4G LTE. I will have to test for full LTE coverage tomorrow when I'm in Atlanta though. So far I have a little 4G near the end of my neighborhood. Also it wouldn't recognize 4G until I cycled through CDMA and CDMA/LTE mode then it picked up 4G.
But prls do not directly affect sprints own CDMA services, they use prl primarily for roaming. Now they have begun to use it for lte as well, lte is a derivative of gms/utms which is also not a sprint cdma service