I just got a PRL update automatically pushed to my phone. I am now at 60683. On Evo I always had to manually check for updates so that was kinda cool.
Anyone else get this?
I got this update too. Was just about to make a thread and saw yours. I'm at 60683 and oddly have signal now in my office at work (which I never have). Not getting my hopes up yet, I will conduct a few more tests but I can at least say that for now, it seems to be giving me better signal from the new PRL
Yeah I got mine yesterday (well lastnight) Have not noticed anything different with this one though as of yet.
I'm currently on 61081 and I'm updating now to see if anything changes.
EDIT: Just upgraded to 61083. outside columbia, sc here.
That PRL should only affect Puerto Rico.
11/16/11: Sprint Releasing National PRLs Ending in xxx83
Sprint will release PRLs ending in xxx83 to servers starting Wednesday, 11/16/11. These PRLs will be released to drive additional cost savings for Sprint in Puerto Rico markets. There's no customer impact.
Sprint will proactively push the PRLs to subscribers with push capable handsets/PDAs. Subscribers with Mobile Broadband devices will need to accept the PRL update prompt via Smartview to receive the release.
I just manually updated to it and now my data hardly works anymore. Hmmmm.
At least so far ...
EDIT: it eventually got back up to regular crap data speeds. w00t!
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Same crappy data lol. After I updated but hey sprint is trying.
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I'm currently on 61081 and I'm updating now to see if anything changes.
EDIT: Just upgraded to 61083. outside columbia, sc here.
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You have 61083? Like the guys above I am at 60683.. Just updated manually
just manually updated to 61083 and now i don't even have 3g in my house where i used to get 3g at 1500 kps. now only on 1x sprint is really testing my patience....
manually upgraded and im in california
I manually updated mine, but my reception is really good anyway
I'm in class so I can't manually udpate atm, but I did notice that mine's on 60681. I wonder if this PRL solves the LoS bug that is related to roaming.
I'm sorry, maybe i'm dumb, but why would a roaming agreement affect your radio?
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I'm sorry, maybe i'm dumb, but why would a roaming agreement affect your radio?
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It is rumored to be related to roaming.
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I just updated manually from 60681 to 60683.
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I'm in class so I can't manually udpate atm, but I did notice that mine's on 60681. I wonder if this PRL solves the LoS bug that is related to roaming.
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Got LoS twice in a row like usual anyways... Then the ghost LoS hit me for awhile after that. Oh well good thing I didn't set my expectations high.
Manually updated to 61083, phoenix AZ
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Just manually updated mine, can't tell a difference right now since I have an Airave in my house lol. Will report back later if I notice any difference at college where i normally get little to no service. I doubt there will be a difference but let's see haha.
I just manually updated to 60683 as well. Herndon, Virginia. been on wifi all day though. hopefully it's better but I won't know until tomorrow
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Manually updated to 60683 just now. SoCal. By manually, I meant I just pressed "update PRL"
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So we are out on vacation and I can't get a 3G signal. I am using Syndicate Frozen ROM but my wifes unrooted phone gets 3G. It does work within the Sprint network but not when in roaming. Any fix for this? I also can't update my PRL here. Thanks!
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I believe that the unrooted stock rom erroneously reports 3g no matter what data signal it is receiving. Have you/she ever seen it not report 3g?
Have you run a speed test on your wife's unrooted phone. She might not be getting 3G either. Most Sprint smartphones will only display 3G as the network you're on no matter what it really is (sometimes 1x, a 2G technology!).
If she is getting at least 300kbps then she does have 3G. To get yours to work on it you need to manually update your PRL.
The attached 11114 PRL has 3G roaming nearly everywhere
Will 11114 still work wen my current PRL is 60680? Also my wife does not have a speed tester app on her phone however she is able to load things faster than I am.
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Will 11114 still work wen my current PRL is 60680? Also my wife does not have a speed tester app on her phone however she is able to load things faster than I am.
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It doesn't matter which PRL you are currently on, if you do what it says in the link you will get 11114 PRL.
However, Sprint will roll you back to 60680 you don't freeze system updates, which you can do with Antek Application manager (in the market).
So with 11114 will sprint be complaining of roaming like on 00001 or be just fine.
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So with 11114 will sprint be complaining of roaming like on 00001 or be just fine.
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If you go over 300mb while roaming it certainly is a possibility. You can still do that without this or the 00001 prl. Usually they only get mad if they notice you aren't using the sprint network at all anymore or if you do 1gb+ roaming per month.
Well as an update I never had the chance to change my PRL and give it a shot. I figured it wasn't worth making the wife mad at me for messing with my phone while we were on vacation. I still would like to know why this happened. I almost never go anywhere that I don't have the Sprint network. Thanks for the help anyways everyone!!
Yea I keep getting roaming noticed even though I already updated PRL& profile.. Then withing a hour in the same area that I had updated both I get a roaming notice again? Why is this?
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Sprint service or lack thereof
Well, I have the Sprint Version and im in Dallas, whydo i stil lonly see 3g (SLOOOOW).
I have gone back to stock and unrooted, done the updates to LG2 etc, what the hell is wrong?
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You and me both. I spoke with someone with sprint and they said some towers were still being updated and that everything should be updated by July 20th but who knows. I have picked up the 4g signal a few times and the fastest down speeds I have gotten are 500kbps.
Sprint service blows...folks are having the same issue here in the 260, but atleast your bootloader is unlocked.
Yea sprint was supposed to have kc done and launched the other day. Apparently they only turned on a few towers around the city slowly and its slowly allowing more users onto the tower over time. Possibly to help prevent an overload of some sort.
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did you turn on lte
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My friend is having the same problem with his LTEvo but I've had 4g everywhere I go since Saturday.
Turn it off and then turn it on
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Yea sprint was supposed to have kc done and launched the other day. Apparently they only turned on a few towers around the city slowly and its slowly allowing more users onto the tower over time. Possibly to help prevent an overload of some sort.
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False. Sprints lte markets have been launched, but the anticipated launch was met with 40% of the towers active. This means that as time goes on, the remaining 60% of the towers will turn on in due time.
Where in DFW has it worked, id like to see if im chasing my tail here.Im gonna call and ***** regardless.
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Where in DFW has it worked, id like to see if im chasing my tail here.Im gonna call and ***** regardless.
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I'm in fort worth but I'll be driving up to Frisco and through Dallas today and I'll post back everywhere I got it.
I have it at work not bad here
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Where in Dallas, I am at 183 and regal row, just spent an hour on the phone with Sprint Tech support, took the phone back to stock LEN and still nothing but "3g".
I drove up to Inwood and 35, still no 4g.
Guess Ill take it back to the store.
i'm in canada using Telus and i notice it switches from LTE to Hspa ALL time... very random, even in the same place there's no guarantee what it will be on
This new article at S4GRU almost deserves its own thread here, but there are already too many on this general subject. Most of it may be news to folks here.
Sprint LTE launch market connection issues
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False. Sprints lte markets have been launched, but the anticipated launch was met with 40% of the towers active. This means that as time goes on, the remaining 60% of the towers will turn on in due time.
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Like I said, not all of the towers in the area have launched...
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Do you guys know if there is an easier toggle between the two? I usually keep it on but I work in Lewisville and it's still not a 100 percent. Anyone that is rooted have you guys been able to pick it up?
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I just spent the last 45 minutes on the phone with our lovely service provider. I spoke to initial CSR, her "supervisor" and then another tech. They all said the same thing, they are well aware of the connection and battery issues regarding the phone since the ICS update. There is "nothing else to do until/unless Samsung releases a patch". They offered to send me out another Epic, which I declined by asking if the issues are known why would they send me the same problems. No answer. I say anyone else who has time should call and write in. If we push hard enough we may ever get a patch sooner or different phones. Just a thought.
Going to Boost as soon as my contract is up... Good luck with your fight! I've already contacted them and raised hell about the same issues. Doesn't make a difference. They say there is no way to fix it, blah, blah... Sprint will never survive as a company like this....
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Going to Boost as soon as my contract is up... Good luck with your fight! I've already contacted them and raised hell about the same issues. Doesn't make a difference. They say there is no way to fix it, blah, blah... Sprint will never survive as a company like this....
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You're jumping to Boost? That'll show Sprint :silly:
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You're jumping to Boost? That'll show Sprint :silly:
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Thanks for confirming this for me. I've had some serious trouble with data speeds on FF18/OTA. I've reverted back to EL29 for now.
You do know boost is owned by sprint and uses their service.
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If your ROM sucks, why not flash one of the many great custom ones?
You guys do know that the data speed has always been bad right. Right OK maybe you are just getting a taste of some network vision action and should continue being patient. Complaining to sprint is just a waste of your time IMO they already know.
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If the update has any effect on data speeds its because Sprint is pushing it out OTA over their already super slow network. For months everybody complained about not having the ics update now everybody is coming out of the woodwork complaining about it and blaming it for everything. Oh no I stepped in gum today, this never happened on GB ... ICS sucks.
This is xda where you come to customize your phone so download a custom rom already and try different modems. Sprint forums are the place for complaints.
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You do know boost is owned by sprint and uses their service.
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he he
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You guys do know that the data speed has always been bad right. Right OK maybe you are just getting a taste of some network vision action and should continue being patient. Complaining to sprint is just a waste of your time IMO they already know.
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Speak for yourself, this is on gb I don't get these on no custom ics roms
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If the update has any effect on data speeds its because Sprint is pushing it out OTA over their already super slow network. For months everybody complained about not having the ics update now everybody is coming out of the woodwork complaining about it and blaming it for everything. Oh no I stepped in gum today, this never happened on GB ... ICS sucks.
This is xda where you come to customize your phone so download a custom rom already and try different modems. Sprint forums are the place for complaints.
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You don't know what you're talking about....
All from one location. I run a speedtest using stock EL29 and get 12+mbps down/2+ mbps up on 4g. Flash the FF18 OTA which was pushed to me from Sprint and then run a speed test. On FF18 I receive .5mbps down and 1.5mbps up.
I've done EVERYTHING I can think of to isolate the problem and it is most definitely an ICS issue. I've flashed multiple modem while using the FF18 ROM, including the EL29 modem but still receive awful speeds. I've tried updating PRL and profile, I've tried changing the Wimax settings to connect to a weaker signal, but nothing changes the speeds that FF18 allows. I flash a stock EL29 rom back and immediately get normal 4g speeds again.
Now, what was that about it not being an ICS problem?
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You don't know what you're talking about....
All from one location. I run a speedtest using stock EL29 and get 12+mbps down/2+ mbps up on 4g. Flash the FF18 OTA which was pushed to me from Sprint and then run a speed test. On FF18 I receive .5mbps down and 1.5mbps up.
I've done EVERYTHING I can think of to isolate the problem and it is most definitely an ICS issue. I've flashed multiple modem while using the FF18 ROM, including the EL29 modem but still receive awful speeds. I've tried updating PRL and profile, I've tried changing the Wimax settings to connect to a weaker signal, but nothing changes the speeds that FF18 allows. I flash a stock EL29 rom back and immediately get normal 4g speeds again.
Now, what was that about it not being an ICS problem?
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Just my opinion but I started noticing bad data speeds after sprint released the updated PRL maybe you could try going back to the previous PRL
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When did this place turn into sprintusers forums? You guys know sprintusers exists right? Because xda is mostly for customs roms, so what does/doesn't work in the ota shouldn't really be a big deal here...
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Speak for yourself, this is on gb I don't get these on no custom ics roms
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So you're saying that you do get those speeds on custom ics roms then?
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So you're saying that you do get those speeds on custom ics roms then?
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No I only get them on custom gb roms as for ics my speed decreases big time even if I try different modems ics speed just sucks.
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You're jumping to Boost? That'll show Sprint :silly:
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Boost ? Good luck getting a signal while your taking a dump- never mind getting 4g or 3g. I had metro Pee See ess...crap and as soon as I entered any store- no signal.
You either get robbed every month by Verizon, Hijacked by AT&T or pickpocketed by Sprint.. pick your poison.
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Boost ? Good luck getting a signal while your taking a dump- never mind getting 4g or 3g. I had metro Pee See ess...crap and as soon as I entered any store- no signal.
You either get robbed every month by Verizon, Hijacked by AT&T or pickpocketed by Sprint.. pick your poison.
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Tbagged by Tmobile
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Boost ? Good luck getting a signal while your taking a dump- never mind getting 4g or 3g. I had metro Pee See ess...crap and as soon as I entered any store- no signal.
You either get robbed every month by Verizon, Hijacked by AT&T or pickpocketed by Sprint.. pick your poison.
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AT&T!?!?!
See my sig...
Ics ota is trash back to gb
Boost is sprint so good idea
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Everybody keep saying it's a dumb move going from sprint to boost but actually my friends boost Android phone kills my E4GT in 3g speeds. I still don't understand it aren't we using the same towers?? Smh
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Was wondering where and speed of 4G LTE in S.A....
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Lte is solid for me around dezavala/ih10, Shavano park area. Speeds around 12-18 down and 4-9 up.
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I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
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I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
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Latest update, prl, and profile update? This is probably dumb question though. I can actually see the tower I'm connecting to. Last I heard, San Antonio is only about 25% complete.
Edit: I also disabled automatic connections under mobile networks. Not sure that has anything to do with it though.
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sometimes i get some lte around northeast i live around by 410/35
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I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
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Latest update, prl, and profile update? These is probably dumb question though. I can actually see the tower I'm connecting to. Last I heard, San Antonio is only about 25% complete.
Edit: I also disabled automatic connections under mobile networks. Not sure that has anything to do with it though.
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Yes; although I'm all stock.
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I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
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Have you applied the latest OTA update (v L710VPLG8) to your phone? This update contains an important fix to optimize LTE connectivity.
I'm over by Alamo Heights with spotty connection and get randomly throughout town
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At school at itt-tech, I get some pretty *****in' speeds. A solid 28kbps down and like 9-ish kbps up.
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Not in San Antonio but in KC last night ran a speed test using the hotspot and my laptop got 23+ Mbps down just over 1 Mbps up heck roadrunner can only do 5Mbps down and 1 Mbps up, not sure how loaded network is here.
Just updated Prl...no lte at work (Westover hills)..but I hope I get it at home tonight. Will post speeds..hopefully!
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Just updated Prl...no lte at work (Westover hills)..but I hope I get it at home tonight. Will post speeds..hopefully!
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Well at home and got lte ...but it's so intermittent that I can't even run a speed test without getting network lost error...
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Well at home and got lte ...but it's so intermittent that I can't even run a speed test without getting network lost error...
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I'll ask again: Have you applied the latest OTA update (v L710VPLG8) to your phone?
I'm at San Pedro and 410, but the phone automatically connects to my home Wifi. I drive around town all day long and so far, compared to the Evo 3d I used to have, the speeds are ****ing great.
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I'll ask again: Have you applied the latest OTA update (v L710VPLG8) to your phone?
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I do not have that version .. I have updated everything.. vplg2 is what I'm running...
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I do not have that version .. I have updated everything.. vplg2 is what I'm running...
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Your LTE experience may well improve after applying the LG8 update. It includes an important fix to the logic governing when the handset will connect and/or disconnect from an LTE tower. You and all the others trying to test LTE service in the newly "launched" LTE markets need to understand this. In several scattered but related threads in this forum, it is apparent that the commenters reporting their LTE experience are mostly ignorant.
Users in places such as San Antonio, Houston, DFW, Atlanta, etc. who are trying LTE with this phone have faced two problems:
The markets were officially "launched" July 15 with only a small fraction of their towers ready for LTE, although work continues on the build-out.
The new LTE handsets, including the GS3, needed OTA fixes to change the signal-strength threshold governing LTE connections. Without the fix, phones can only get or hold an LTE connection that is quite strong.
The second factor just multiplies the damage caused by the first.
I have tested my GS3 in a city that has its LTE network substantially built-out (Waco). Before applying the LG8 update, even where the LTE signal was very strong, the phone did not connect. After the update, I found LTE service all over town.
p.s. If you really want to understand and track the LTE rollout, go to S4GRU.com, which focuses on this matter exclusively and knowledgeably.
Please post all LTE discussions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824897
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