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so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?

phillyzxp said:
so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
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You're most likely not doing anything wrong. I assume you're using an AOSP rom. Aosp roms show your true signal, if you're on 3g or 1x. Sense roms show 3g all the time, even if you're on 1x. Sense lies to you. Aosp shows the truth. Although there is now a mod that allows you to see true signal on Sense as well now.
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phillyzxp said:
so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
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A PRL is a "preferred roaming list" and has nothing to do with data speeds unless you're talking about data speeds when you're roaming. Do you mean that you are getting no 3G coverage at all?

phillyzxp said:
so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
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Are you sure you are getting 3g at all? Sense doesnt tell you when you are on 1x unless you grab an app for that. Are the 1x culprits all aosp and you are just under the impression you are getting 3g on sense when in all reality you are not? Run a few speedtest.net tests and let us know what your speeds are on both on both. I doubt your speed changed.

hmmm...interesting....well im running MIUI...but its weird...because i used to get good signal...i wonder if maybe this is tying in too all the problems it seems a lot of people are having...im gonna run the speed test right now and see

signal and speed arent necessary related, though i believe aosp does calculate that into theirs. On sense it is (almost?) always separate. Anyhow I have only seen a few phones get "stuck" internally at 1x, no worries that would also be fixable.
You may just be having tower issues, thank sprint for that. Another good question is do you get 3g on a diff tower? drive out of the range of your current tower and see what ya get.

yea im gettin a steady 1x from home all the way to work which is about 15 miles away...
my first test:
Ping: 558ms Dl:125 Ul:148
second test:
ping: 807ms Dl: 126 Ul: 140
3rd:
ping: 786ms dl: 126 ul: 143
im not too knowledgable about this stuff....but i feel like the numbers are good right?

No, those are def 1x speeds. Sprint average is 540k. Being that you have used multiple towers i would assume its the phone. Grab easy settings from triforce, luke and see what the settings are. If you cant get back to 3g you may want to grab the 2g/3g toggle from triforce, luke for a buck and set it to hybrid or evdo only and see if that works. Its the only thing that helped me once.
I tried profile restores, other prls, everything. Have you tried any other prls? I wouldnt suggest a profile restore because you dont have 3g and it needs that to provision.

Have you gone into ##3282# (sense rom), and cleared your profile data (top item, then menu IIRC). This will cause the phone to reboot, and do an OTA activation on the subsequent boot.
Have you messed with your 3g settings - meaning, is the device being forced into cdma mode only??
Which rom did you specifically flash?
And I guess most importantly, before you did anything, did you ensure 3g/4g work with the phone in its stock state?

gpz1100 said:
Have you gone into ##3282# (sense rom), and cleared your profile data (top item, then menu IIRC). This will cause the phone to reboot, and do an OTA activation on the subsequent boot.
Have you messed with your 3g settings - meaning, is the device being forced into cdma mode only??
Which rom did you specifically flash?
And I guess most importantly, before you did anything, did you ensure 3g/4g work with the phone in its stock state?
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I had this same issues awhile back and the quoted text is what worked for me.

you can try a profile restore but it may not activate well without 3g. Sprint told me that themselves, so have others...though it did activate for me, i have seen people get stuck though for a bit...

well...from what i understand i guess i have no idea if 3g was working before...i know 4g did work fine...and it still works weather im using the wimax setting on a sense rom or even before i rooted it....so somebody give me a run down of what to try...i read a lot of those suggestions...and to be totally honest...i have no idea what too do...like i said im kinda new to this whole thing

nevermind...i found the thread with the whole step by step process...thanks for your help guys...i got it up and running

3g 1x

My 3g has not been running much. It has been switching to 1x. What should the new updates be now radio updates? I live in KS and I think the issue is I need to update radios
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Any ideas
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mine was doing the alot too but i flashed the newest radios as of 07/04/2011 and it stopped going into 1x alot

I started having this problem recently as well, I live in the Boston area. I believe I have the latest radios, 2.15.00.05.02. I had been running the stock rooted rom, which only shows a 3G icon regardless of actual connection speed. I noticed that when I flashed the Synergy Sense 3.0 ROM that my phone was sitting in 1x most of the time. I tried flashing Deck's ASOP 1.2.1 and was seeing the same speed issues. I ran a Speed Test on each of the ROMs and was getting less than 100kbps. I'm currently back on the stock rooted ROM while I try to debug the speed issues.

I was just about to post a thread on this as well because it is frustrating me a lot. when i first got the phone i was full bars every where and now , especially after rooting , I have terrible signal and most times cant load web pages or download from market unless im on wifi

I have 2.15.00.09.01 radio is that the newest
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An update on my situation. My 3G magically started working again last night. I think my 3G issue may have been related to the SMS/data outage that hit the Sprint network in the past 48 hours.

What data outage did they have
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All i was aware of was an sms - mms outage like he said but im still experiencing these issues. It now seems to only be certain webpages. I can't make any google searches and some websites will only load once in a great while.

Yeah I'm still having 1x issues. It sucks. So what is the new radio or a d l link for it would be great
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Check my sig for radio downloads. I am currently on the newest radios, and everything works perfectly for me.
Flash a rooted Sense ROM, based on the Evo (this disqualifies MikG, Director's Cut, Synergy and other Sense 2.1 ROMs, because those are based on the Evo Shift (I've had issues with Shift-based ROMs not reactivating)
Go into EPST (Dial ##3282#, Choose edit mode), enter your MSL code (download and use MSL Reader from the Market to get it), Data Profile, hit the menu button and choose restore. Just sit there, your phone will reboot and everything will go back to default. This should fix your 3G issue.
Then, just wipe everything and flash your favorite ROM!

[Q] Very Slow 3G Speeds, other fixes don't work

Let me first start by saying I am testing another Evo 4g as well as an Evo 3D at the same time next to each other. My phone gets around .3 everytime while the other phones receive .6-1.8 on avg. The Evo 3D is stock, unrooted and the other Evo 4G is running CM7 currently.
I was originally on CM7, then I tried 3G turbocharger script. Then I moved to MikG (currently running 3.1) and additionally tried ##3282# method, but it was already at all 0's when I first launched it on MikG.
I am looking to find out if anyone knows a specific area that I may have messed something up or some other way to fix this issue. It isn't fixed by AOSP/Sense, and the 3G turbocharger/##3282# method is not affecting my speeds.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any help to this. All I seem to find time and time again is the ##3282# method when I search, but my phone has had that as the default setting all along...

Welcome to Sprint, where unlimited 3g means you get dial-up speeds from 1998.

Does it say 1x or 3g?
i have had that problem before with the evo 4g it happens sometimes because sprint updates there PRL and Profile updates to connect too cell towers and with a lot of custom roms you cant update these things like on the official firmware.This causes loss of service in some areas and in some cases no service at all.

I live in a 4g area but when I get to a spot that it coverts to 3g I hate life....slow is a kind work for the speeds.....suck would be more appropriate

Yes, but like I was saying, the speeds on the phones next to me running custom CM7 and unrooted are both pulling in similar DL speeds that usually more than quadruple mine. I just can't figure out how to match theirs... I want to know what is different btwn our phones and where to find that information.

The only 2 options I see are trying to install the sprint based ROM and if that doesn't work, unroot my phone, try that, and next step would be to get them to trade it in...
I just hope there is a way I can change settings; it would save tons of time and effort.

Ok what is your current Dl speed? on the evo?
with that info i can probably find more ways to help you.

it ranges from .1-.4mbps on average. The other phones in the area achieve .6-1.8 or so... I spend a lot of time in the .27 range -sigh-
I am getting the new Ford Focus in a couple of weeks and I want to stream media to it while I drive, sooooo I would really like this resolved b4 my car arrives.

In that case i would reccomend,
flashing the evo back to stock sprint firmware and when you get done go to system update and update PRL and the Profile if that doesn't help let me know and we can try other options and if it does work you can put your custom firmware back on if you chose.

Updating the PRL and Profile in MikG doesn't work even though it looks the same and says it updated?

i actually just flashed a new rom today
it was the mikg kinged shooter 3d rom i was having problems myself so the best bet would go to stock because some features in mikg rom might not install those updates properly .

I will post back the results tonight or tomorrow when I get time. Thank you.

any time.
any questions feel free to ask

Last night i installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319881 and did the prl update and profile update. I nandroided back to MikG, and I don't think it helped. I will only know for sure on monday when I can test the other sprint phones next to mine.
At this point it is probably the hardware, right?

Flashed E4GT to VM : says 3G but extreme slow

After a MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK to get this thing flashed over, I finally got the AN-AAA to say pass and the 3G symbol is always on. However its painfully slow.
I managed to download speedtest and this is what I got:
994ms
41kbps down
72 kbps up
any ideas?
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highest I got was 129ms/ 1.20 mpbs / .10 with RevA
any way to speed this up?

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After a MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK to get this thing flashed over, I finally got the AN-AAA to say pass and the 3G symbol is always on. However its painfully slow.
I managed to download speedtest and this is what I got:
994ms
41kbps down
72 kbps up
any ideas?
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highest I got was 129ms/ 1.20 mpbs / .10 with RevA
any way to speed this up?
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flashed 1192 and 1194 from optimus v
still getting .10/.10 bottom of the barrel

Have you tried calling VM and telling them to reset you data connection?
And Congrats on getting the Epic4G Touch on VM, I recently got mine on VM too.

you think that would do it?
I think I should wait a while if I do that though. I don't want them to get suspicious.
Somehow error 16 got triggered and I had to call that special number, only took 10 minutes though.
the more tests I do, the more my average is like 150ms / .50 / .50 yuck...

Sounds l like you have your AAA and HA correct but ppp is not authenticating.. if you can't do an ota update profile then something is wrong. Try Googling for my blog, see if it helps you out any.
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I have gotten error 16, that just happens when the System fails to authenticate you phone, but they will simply reset it. What programs have you tried using to get the info from the donor phone onto the Epic 4G Touch?
Also by simply dialing ##33284# and going to the EVDO menu under the AA-AAA it should say PASS to get full 3G. If it says FAIL then your only going to get 1x, even though the icon may say 3G.
When I flashed mine a used QPST and DFS Tools (Mostly for the AA/AAA keys).

used DFS/QPST/QXDM to pull from op v
AN-AAA is pass, and my speeds have been improving as time goes on. 1.75 down average / .50 up
I can't remember the last time I did a speed test on my op v so I don't have a baseline number.
Brooks said something about PPP as well. How can I check to get it authenticated?

If your getting 1.75 mbps down then you should be fine. I would just monitor it for a while, cause sometimes on sprint based Rom it likes to try to go back to default settings. You might want to try out CM9 rom its the only one currently that the MMS fix works with.

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used DFS/QPST/QXDM to pull from op v
AN-AAA is pass, and my speeds have been improving as time goes on. 1.75 down average / .50 up
I can't remember the last time I did a speed test on my op v so I don't have a baseline number.
Brooks said something about PPP as well. How can I check to get it authenticated?
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damn, I wish i could get that sort of speed, on my premium data plan

I figured out how PPP authentication, I don't have my meid on one of the um/an tabs. However I'm not changing jack, it took me a full day and a ton of help to figure out how to get 3G to stick.
yeah I'll flash the rom to cm9 and see what I get, should be interesting. I'll report back with my speed.

Don't forget the part where virgin mobile throttles your speeds after a certain cap

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Don't forget the part where virgin mobile throttles your speeds after a certain cap
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Yeah if you use more than 2.5GB you get throttled, which isn't to bad.
vipersilver, you might want to also check out the WimaxHidden menu in CM9, that will help you get 4G. I don't think the forum rules allow me to say it here.

[Q] WiMAX/4G/Android 4.0 OS/USB Tether/4G Donor/ Chrome/Radio/Baseband/UP-Downgrade

Hi guys,
I do not know what the versions are and their compatibility issues are or pre-requisite issues.
To be frank enough, all I wanted was everything working on my phone.
1. Calling. - Made a call t overify
2. SMS - workingas well
3. MMS - took a picture of mine as per the suggestion of klown80 and sent it to my own phone number. voila It came. MMS also working
4. 3G - I see the 3G button on the top of the screen constantly.
I checked speedtest.net and I'm getting around 1.4 mbps on an average which is ok.
5. Guess what - WiFi Tether - This is also working. It is only 1.5 mbps speed when I connect to my phone's internet. But that is ok when You do not have any internet and You have this wifi tether and You are able to connect to internet at 1.5 MBps it is OK for me.
But I have a few questions here.
1. I'm unable to call 611 from my HTC EVO 4G. Is there anything that I need to know/do on my HTC EVO 4G to get my 611 working after the flashing thing is done?
2. How to do USB Tethering ( Although not compulsory since I have wifi tether already working on my HTC EVO 4G )
3. What is the Limit of Data at 3G speed by Boost. Even though they say unlimited, it kind of sucks after 1 or 2 or something GB. What is it ?
4. Guys, I need Chrome Browser and I cannot do it in my 2.2 or 2.3 Android. So I need 4.0+ Android. So can You please guide me where or how I can download/get/install/boot from a zip the 4.0 Android so that I can download Chrome browser.
5. Guys anyone of You have seen the speed of Sprint's WiMAX. As per my reasearch goes
HSPA+ ( GSM - AT&T , T-Mobile - of Course T-Mobile's 4G means HSPA+ but not LTE and thats why they do not advertise LTE anywhere only 4G ) ----------- which is also called as 3.5 G in terms of speed comparison between 3G and LTE( if You consider LTE as true 4G speeds
WiMAX ( CDMA - Sprint, Verizon - Although Verizn has more LTE Coverage than all the other carriers combined and the fact that LTE is really faster, do any of You guys have any idea about the Sprint WiMAX Speed, Coverage?
If anyone was able to try the 4G/WiMAX of Sprint, what is the speed that You are getting?
6. Because Boost also entered the so called 4G Race, and Boost bringing all of the Nextel Towers down in another 3-4 months( I was using iDEN Phone earlier ). its time to see how good the Boost/Sprint 4G/WiMAX coverage is and if You are in the coverage area how much speed are You getting?
7. As per my research goes on, for getting a 4G/WiMAX speed, I need to get a 4G capable phone as my donor, so that I can use that phone as my Donor Phone for my Samsung Galaxy SIII. So I want to know what is the speed of 4G/WiMAX?
7. Last but not the least, Is there any way that any one can look at my phone's details below and let me know, how to get the latest, baseband, radio, something, something blah blah, . But ultimately, I get everything working just like I have now on my phone and also I should be able to download Chrome Browser.
But my BootLoader ( klown80 ) screen says :
Revolutionary ( in pink background )
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.16.1002
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-AMTELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.05.02
Mar 8 2011,17:02:15
So what is that I migh have a problem with, or what is that I should do to download Chrome on my HTC EVO 4G.
Thanks a lot guys for all the help and You have a great day ahead.
Thanks,
A J.

Here's a link to the most current radios:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?8477-Radio-Update-1-21-2012-2-15-00-12-19
Hopefully I was able to answer some of your questions in the PM. I'm sure others will chime in, as well.
Sent using my EVO 4G and a magic wand

Holy Text Walls batman!...well i'll answer what I can, using the same numbering you used:
1. the 611 thing may be related to the sprint network; never used them before. Much like aosp roms, though ## features only work on sprint roms
2. usb tethering....download an app from the market, or use the native setting if your rom comes with one, then simply plug into the pc.
3. idk...but if you're getting 1.5-2mb on 3G, don't be looking to get any better, best you can get there.
4. you're gona need ics 4.x+ to get chrome browser. you'll have to flash an ics rom, or use firefox mobile; a good alternative.
5. on sprint's lte, i've seen around 25mb from my friends in lte areas.
6. idk...and idk if you will get 4G on boosts network; i don't think so, but i could....marginally, be wrong.
7. 4g vs lte speeds...completely different...you may get 15mb down on 4g vs 26mb on lte.
7. nothing really to do, besides radio. In a previous pm i sent you instructions on how to do with, with the thread,

HTC EVO 4G to Boost Mobile
Thanks guys,
1. I'm now in a confusion. Sometimes I'm connecting to 611. Sometimes I'm unable to connect to 611 and it throws me some error code at the end before the call getting disconnected.
Will try to update about this problem, after trying at different times and different occasions.
I'm also trying to get some more information on how to update my baseband and radio and mainly Android OS.
Is there any thread which any one could point me to so that I can update my Android OS and download chrome.
Thanks a lot for the support guys.

There isn't any one particular thread I can think of as far as updating your OS. Really, you can go to the Development section and look at some of the stickies for info. You can also read through the different ROM threads and see which one suits you best. Biggest thing to keep in mind is that Gingerbread ROM's tend to be the most fully-functional, whereas ICS or JB ROM's don't have working 4G, FFC (Front-Facing Camera) and other issues. As far as Chrome goes, I've never used it on my phone so I can't help you there.
Edit: Here's a link to help you. Also, check the other link I posted above as far as updating your radio. Be careful flashing the radio, as it can be a sure-fire way to brick your device if you screw something up. Just make sure you have a good charge on your battery and be patient. Some people say the radio update can take a few minutes-mine didn't take long, but it can. Don't pull the battery in the middle of the update thinking something has gone wrong.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701245
Sent using my EVO 4G and a magic wand

FinZ28 said:
There isn't any one particular thread I can think of as far as updating your OS. Really, you can go to the Development section and look at some of the stickies for info. You can also read through the different ROM threads and see which one suits you best. Biggest thing to keep in mind is that Gingerbread ROM's tend to be the most fully-functional, whereas ICS or JB ROM's don't have working 4G, FFC (Front-Facing Camera) and other issues. As far as Chrome goes, I've never used it on my phone so I can't help you there.
Edit: Here's a link to help you. Also, check the other link I posted above as far as updating your radio. Be careful flashing the radio, as it can be a sure-fire way to brick your device if you screw something up. Just make sure you have a good charge on your battery and be patient. Some people say the radio update can take a few minutes-mine didn't take long, but it can. Don't pull the battery in the middle of the update thinking something has gone wrong.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701245
Sent using my EVO 4G and a magic wand
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Well I'm not gone re-invent the wheel, though a good portion of what he said here is true; especially on the radio. When it updates, generally takes 30s...but if it dies or you do a battery pull, 90% chance of bricking.
And as far as flashing a rom, all the threads tell you, 'how to install my rom.'
Generally: backup previous rom in recovery > do a full wipe > flash rom > flash gapps [if its an aosp rom] > reboot.
The only thing you need to look for is if the rom has a2sd built in [will say in the OP], and if it does, you will need to partition your sd card, otherwise the rom won't boot up.

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4. you're gona need ics 4.x+ to get chrome browser. you'll have to flash an ics rom, or use firefox mobile; a good alternative.
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+1 on Firefox. It is getting sooooooo much better with every release! I remember when it was a joke. Not any more. I've been a faithful Opera user 'till now (and I'm not yet 100% ready to switch) but Firefox has grown by leaps and bounds. I think I can state without reservation that it is a fantastic option for Android users now.