MetroPCS users, post your prl. - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

More than likely, this thread is going to drown fast since I know very few are on MetroPCS. I use to get awesome signal, but after reporgramming my epic, the latest prl I could find, kinda sucks here. The one I had before was better.
My MetroPCS prl: 3023
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my epic is working on metropcs
my epic is working on metropcs but only at 3g speed and all orignal sprint apps worked untill i reset everything now i need 4g to redownload and enable sprint apps again i am trying to figure out how to do this any sugestions would be greatly appreciated
thanks
scooby
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scooby dont said:
my epic is working on metropcs but only at 3g speed and all orignal sprint apps worked untill i reset everything now i need 4g to redownload and enable sprint apps again i am trying to figure out how to do this any sugestions would be greatly appreciated
thanks
scooby
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No 4G for metro from the Epic, it is Wimax only.

kennyglass123 said:
No 4G for metro from the Epic, it is Wimax only.
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This. ^ Metro does have 4G but it is LTE, unless the Wimax driver gets a software upgrade in the future, no Metro 4G currently possible. Though you can still pay for Sprint 4G service if you turn on the 4G radio and pay for a 24 hour pass for like 15 bucks.
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No 3g?

Ok, well I recently activated my Epic after switching to an Evo to test it out. (didn't like it) But after I went through the process of activating it with a Sprint rep on the Chat line, now my 3g won't connect, like the 3g symbol doesn't even pop up, but my 4g connects without a problem. Any ideas why this could have happened?
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What happens if you try to update your profile or prl?
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musclehead84 said:
What happens if you try to update your profile or prl?
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Wow! Thank you so much! It worked, ha I feel pretty dumb now.
But anyways the Sprint rep told me there was an outage on the 3g network, and then another one told me that they stopped using 3g and switched to 4g lol
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Yeah I wish they stopped 3G for 4g. Glad it worked for u bro.

@@@ Boost Mobile On The Epic @@@

Who here current has their Epic on Boost Mobile?
I currently have straight talk and it was OK, but now i feel it sucks. The Verizon towers have to reset my signal on my phone from time to time which drains my battery, I cant send texts to one particular person, etc ... Anyone have boost? And how is it?
When you say you have Straight Talk, do you mean your Epic is on Straight Talk? I don't know anyone who has Boost but from the thread in Dev about getting 3G working it seems everything works with the epic their except 4G which is to be expected.
For Boost in General, if you have great Sprint Service everywhere you go and don't Roam then Your experience should be the same on Boost, but it all depends on what area you are in. Kind of a hard thing to generalize.
Thanks man .. and yeupp i have it on straight talk .. and i dont like it too much.. wanting to switch, but wondering if its a good idea to switch too boost mobile.
I have an epic 4g on boost and it works great, I think its the same as sprint just a lot cheaper and no 4g. I hope they put wimax on boost so maybe the 4g towers can work. And are you sure you have simple mobile on your epic because the epic doesnt have a sim card so you can't use it with simple mobile.
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optimaljam said:
I have an epic 4g on boost and it works great, I think its the same as sprint just a lot cheaper and no 4g. I hope they put wimax on boost so maybe the 4g towers can work. And are you sure you have simple mobile on your epic because the epic doesnt have a sim card so you can't use it with simple mobile.
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No he has straight talk. Its an mnvo that operates on at&t and verizon
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[Q] Epic Flash to Boost Lost 3G

My Epic 4G was flashed to Boost and my 3G Data worked for several days and now it is looking for Sprint again and giving me USER ERRORS as I'm not on Sprint.
How do I get the 3G to work again on Boost Mobile? Novice here. Please remember that. Thanks
U have to reflash the nv items
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Never got 4G on Sprint (HTC Supersonic)

Hello everyone, I hope to check this thread for updates (read: I'm so dumb I don't check for thread updates often *laughs*).
Anyway, as the title says, I never got 4G on my phone, even before rooting it! I obtained this phone, new, around the time Sprint (began) started adding a extra rate for all smartphones (read: all smartphones will be more expensive than "simple" phones on same plan).
I'm wondering how to get 4G on my phone that is running Cyanogenmod. I am well-versed in Linux, so if the adb shell or the bootloader is required to fix, I can follow the steps you provide. Or should I just accuse Sprint for giving me a defective phone those many, many years ago, even though I never got 4G in the first place? (since my phone is rooted atm, I doubt I could win a court case.)
I appreciate any help, even if you do not know how to fix this. (read: asking around or just reading this)
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A really dumb question but are you referring to 4G LTE or wimax?
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dmonger11b said:
A really dumb question but are you referring to 4G LTE or wimax?
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4G and wimax are the same thing if you didn't know.
And OP, if you are on an ICS Rom or a JB Rom, you will not have wimax. For all you know, you might not even have 4G service in range of where you live. I personally have never even connected to a 4G network.
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i'm referring to the standard 4G pn Sprint (or whatever 4G was said to be had on "Sprint HTC Evo 4G" by Sprint)
EDIT: i'm well within the 4G area almost all day normally
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death-by-soap said:
4G and wimax are the same thing if you didn't know.
And OP, if you are on an ICS Rom or a JB Rom, you will not have wimax. For all you know, you might not even have 4G service in range of where you live. I personally have never even connected to a 4G network.
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From my understand wimax AND Lte use different radios hence why any of the new lte phones like the GS3 or evo are stuck on 3g network until LTE rolls out in the area you live. Also he stated he couldn't access 4g even before so he would be on a stock gb
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dmonger11b said:
From my understand wimax AND Lte use different radios hence why any of the new lte phones like the GS3 or evo are stuck on 3g network until LTE rolls out in the area you live. Also he stated he couldn't access 4g even before so he would be on a stock gb
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I didn't say Wimax and LTE are the same. I'm not sure sprint has even started putting up LTE towers.
OP, try updating Radios and PRL
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My underatanding from the other evo forum and GS3 it was supposed to be launched the 17th of this month and going off that is why I was asking which he was referring to. Op where do you live?
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death-by-soap said:
I didn't say Wimax and LTE are the same. I'm not sure sprint has even started putting up LTE towers.
OP, try updating Radios and PRL
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They are not putting up old towers just lte transmitters. They use all the same till they discontinue 3g.
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And if you never have been able to get 4g then I would have brought the phone back to sprint. All their 4g phones should access it if your in the coverage zone.
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If you have had the phone for more than 6 months, which it sounds like you have, you should un-root it and take it to sprint. If that is you want 4g service. The unrooting process is generally about the same in difficulty as rooting the phone was, so if you figured that out you should be able to get it backto stock. The process is different depending on your HBoot version and how you rooted it in the first place. If you want to get your 4g fixed, post your HBoot version and root method and someone will point the way to unrooting the phone.
(to get the HBoot version, pull the battery, put it back in, hold vol down, and power on the phone. You should get into the bootloader and the HBoot version should be listed there.)
I assumed it was due to not having the 4G plan before that caused my phone to never get 4G with the plans change (read: Sprint changed plan details). I should of thought of turning it in sooner, but I was not 100% smart back then (nor will I ever be *laughs*)
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adam2new said:
I assumed it was due to not having the 4G plan before that caused my phone to never get 4G with the plans change (read: Sprint changed plan details). I should of thought of turning it in sooner, but I was not 100% smart back then (nor will I ever be *laughs*)
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When you bought your evolution didn't they tell you that you "had" to get 4g coverage for an extra ten bucks a month?
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BigSmoke53 said:
When you bought your evolution didn't they tell you that you "had" to get 4g coverage for an extra ten bucks a month?
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if you mean before the "smarphone charge" was told to its users (which i pay for now), then yes. otherwise no
EDIT: i mean i pay the smartphone charge; was told it included 4G on 4G phones
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Yea lots of people didn't get 4g. It's real spotty where I live.
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I should be getting 4G; even while i'm close to/in downtown (Portland, OR) I should get 4G.
*sigh* darn companies >.>
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adam2new said:
I should be getting 4G; even while i'm close to/in downtown (Portland, OR) I should get 4G.
*sigh* darn companies >.>
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I would bring it into a store and get it tested to see if it works after you unroot, my sprint store doesn't care about root but that might not bevl the case. Then if it really doesn't work I would ***** and tell them to look up your account to show you never used 4g and see if the will give you a comp on your account.
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I never noticed any difference in speed the few times I was in California where there was 4g. I live in AZ and with sprint there is no 4g service but we still pay the fee :/
I doubt unrooting it will fully unroot it (I did edit some startup scripts since i've rooted which seemed to have no impact on my data connection (mostly for ext2 mount point on a directory "/mnt/sdcard/sd-ext" which I removed due to delayed sdcard mounting--now I use a script I manually run when I want to ... offtopic sorry >.> ), so idk if a full unroot is possible.
EDIT: *scrolls back on posts* I read that flashing someone else's radio (backed up from their device) can prevent both from using 4G at the same time. tbh, I don't know if I ever did (I hope not)
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*hopes this doesn't count as a double post*
Somehow I'm getting 4G atm... but it is in a place I tried before (many moons ago). Strange indeed.
What I just don't get is why it is now working. Did I really flash someone else's Radio? If so, was someone else with that "4G login credientals" always on when I tried before? If not, was Sprint lying to me on their online map for 3G/4G coverage?
EDIT: I want to leave this open to see if anyone has any idea as to why it was failing. Another strange finding is that it is a 1 of 3 bars 4G signal according to Cyanogenmod's standard indicator. ( +1 for tethering without having to pay over $100 USD total on Sprint)
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I've never had wimax signal at my house. Or city.
We are listed as 4g service area for "clear" wimax broadband, but they also state that it is currently not being sold here. That tells me the switch hasn't been flipped on it yet.
There is no sprint wimax one city over but they flipped the switch on "clear" broadband wimax and it's FAST.... If I get signal (its very spotty) ... . 7.4mb down. 1.14mb up.
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I was searching the intarwebz and it looks like anything more than 2 miles from the tower is pushing it for signal.
I also have the understanding that the 10$ smartphone fee is not just for 4g, but more so the nature of the beast. We have always on, always connected/pinging data devices.
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now that boost is selling epic touch

can we just go in and have the phone activated as normal and get the 4g. if avalible in the area. im in mia so i know we have wimax here.
cause i would love 4g again.
PUREKB said:
can we just go in and have the phone activated as normal and get the 4g. if avalible in the area. im in mia so i know we have wimax here.
cause i would love 4g again.
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Maybe over the phone, if you don't mention it not being a "Boost branded" device, and just give them the ESN. I've heard of this working with Sprint Blackberrys on Boost Mobile.
Do let us know if it works!
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Ha I highly doubt it. You have a sprint phone. The boost version of this phone is a boost phone. Your esn will register as different on the network. Not saying its impossible but I highly doubt it.
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