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[Q] Anyone update PRI in RI - MA area?

I've been trying to update the PRI in RI - MA area for 3 days now, has anyone been successful?

andrw2052 said:
I've been trying to update the PRI in RI - MA area for 3 days now, has anyone been successful?
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Yes, I'm in the Providence area and I updated the night Goonzy put his thread out. His method involved a master reset but this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753233) does it without the reset.
I did a Nandroid backup, used ROM Manager to flash an Amon RA recovery (I usually use ClockworkMod), then I flashed the stock rooted rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743352), and then I used Goonzy's method. It took me 5 tries, but it finally worked. Then I restored my Nandroid backup and had my apps & data back with the 1.40 PRI.
Other ROMs should work as long as they support the ## data codes. I've been running CM6 which doesn't, so I had to flash to something else to start the process.
Hope this helps.

I've been trying in downtown Providence near the place mall, so far no luck. I get the 4g signal, but I can't get evo to jump to 1.4.
tied all stock roms - odexed or deodexed or even full stock unrooted (with s-off). no luck. Wiped the **** out of davlik and cache. do ##768# every time.
Which tower did you hit ? what area ?

I'm in johnston. There is 4g in providence? Sorry about getting off topic.

Yes, there is 4g in providence and I could get 1-2 4g bars in Warwick near the airport.

andrw2052 said:
Yes, there is 4g in providence and I could get 1-2 4g bars in Warwick near the airport.
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Do you know of any coverage map of 4g in this area?

I spoke to Sprint, there is no official 4g coverage until the end of the year.

I tried both ##786# and ##3282# methods almost a 100 times without success around Boston. I have given up now. Let me know if anyone has had success in MA.

Lost 4G after Radio upgrade
I live in Johnston and after reading this thread I switched from CM6 to Fresh to see if I could find some 4g. As soon as I got Fresh on my phone I was picking up a poor-fair 4G signal from my home. I should have left it at that but Fresh says you need to upgrade the radios that he has posted so I flashed both of those and now I haven't seen a 4G signal since. am spending the morning trying to upgrade mt PRI using the non-factory reset method, Ill let you know how I make out. I was wondering what people in the Rhode island area that are finding 4g are using for a ROM/Radio version. Thank you.

well I got to 1.40 with the ##786# method in Johnston(just outside of providence). Also did a full wipe and it took a few times. 4g says connecting but never does, just goes back to scanning. I'll try connecting at home when I get out of work.

whooohooooo.... I did it in 2 tries on 495 south near cape code.
I think it's all about the location.

[Q] Is there a PRL update?

Wife's warrantied phone just came back with PRL 65168. However, when I *228 on my own phone I only get 52011. Can anyone get this newer PRL?
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Turns out a hybrid Verizon/Alltel PRL was pushed to the phone for its previous user, and this was "locked" on the verizon side so it wouldn't update. This isn't useful in western NY. Tech support fixed it, and we're both on 52011. Cheers.
Sometimes I wonder what happens to the average joe who has no clue what any of this stuff means.

[Q] How to upgrade PRI

Does anyone know how to upgrade the PRI version on the Incredible. I have an AMOLED Incredible and my friend just bought a SLCD Incredible. Sitting side by side running a speed test, his phone is almost twice as fast as mine. Looking at the settings the only difference I can see is the PRI versions are different. Mine is 1.28_002 and his is 1.70_002. Does anyone know if this could be the reason why his is faster or perhaps it could be something else? If so, does anyone know how to update the PRI version?

I would also like to know how to do this, and what the latest stock verizon pri for the incredible is? I would also like to know if pri's are different for each verizon phone or just the same pri for the entire verizon network.
Sorry if this sound dumb im kimda a noob.

I updated mine by dialing *228 and choosing option 2

I am pretty sure *228 only updates the PRL not the PRI, But i could be wrong. Anyone else know if this is true or not?

well I was averaging 2 bars were I live with really slow data and lost signals on calls. Did the *228 with option 2 . Now I get full bars and excellent service. My pri is 1.70_002 and prl is 52169. So I'm assuming it worked.

cmlusco said:
I am pretty sure *228 only updates the PRL not the PRI, But i could be wrong. Anyone else know if this is true or not?
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You are correct. It would seem that the member you quoted is mistakenly thought the topic was in regards to the PRL rather than the PRI.

Me too!
I would also like to know how to update the PRI. My PRL is up to date after a *228, but PRI is still at 1.28_002.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
since the evo radios work on our phones i wonder if anything else is compatible.

jdmmike said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
since the evo radios work on our phones i wonder if anything else is compatible.
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I'm skeptical that the EVO PRI would be compatible. Seems like the PRI and PRL are more unique to the specific wireless carrier.
I may be wrong, but I won't be the first to find out if it doesn't work.

Anybody....
It's looking like nobody has an answer for this question. Maybe I'm a little impatient.

MedleHed said:
I'm skeptical that the EVO PRI would be compatible. Seems like the PRI and PRL are more unique to the specific wireless carrier.
I may be wrong, but I won't be the first to find out if it doesn't work.
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I doubt EVO PRI files would even flash; they are specific to the device. Anyhow, if you look on the EVO forums it seems a lot of people who manually updated their PRIs experienced data connectivity issues, so I wouldn't sweat it. I just returned a reconditioned AMOLED Dinc that had PRI 1.50, and compared to my first and current AMOLED DInc (which have 1.28), it wasn't any better or worse. Wikipedia seems to suggest that PRI is network resource control, although I didn't find anything specific to CDMA networks. If anything, I would bet it's the comm protocol compiled for specific chipsets' version/assembly date, thus the reason why various SLCD owners' have moderate --> High PRI version #s.

I too would like to know if incredible users can upgrade their pri like the evo guys

Sprint PRL's

Im currently using 60674 with CM7 on Sprint and Im having a hard time getting a decent signal around my house. Is there a way I can flash a older PRL or is there something else I can do to boost my signal?

digital cocky said:
Im currently using 60674 with CM7 on Sprint and Im having a hard time getting a decent signal around my house. Is there a way I can flash a older PRL or is there something else I can do to boost my signal?
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One reason ur supposed to b on 60676

VitoCorleon said:
One reason ur supposed to b on 60676
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yeah, above is right, but it's not a guarantee of boosted signal, coverage must just be bad where you are and without an airave, you can't do anything about it

You need to flash to a sense rom, update you PRL to 60676, that should help.

But, I have noticed it takes longer to send and receive txt messages since I have updated my PRL. I had a friend sit and wait outside for 5 mins before I even got the message saying that she was here.. Its never done this before I updated.

You need to flash a sense rom and update to 00001 prl
Thats a verizon prl if you didn't know. So much better for me. I just said it as a joke but it's a good option
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO

twiz0r said:
You need to flash a sense rom and update to 00001 prl
Thats a verizon prl if you didn't know. So much better for me. I just said it as a joke but it's a good option
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
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Yeah to get kicked off sprint

twiz0r said:
You need to flash a sense rom and update to 00001 prl
Thats a verizon prl if you didn't know. So much better for me. I just said it as a joke but it's a good option
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
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how long have you been running this? I am on verizon's PRL but i don't want to get kicked off sprint like i have read.

raul602 said:
how long have you been running this? I am on verizon's PRL but i don't want to get kicked off sprint like i have read.
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well then get off that prl if you want to stay with sprint

PRL does NOTHING to help your service while on sprint. PRL updates only tell the phone what towers to roam on when you are roaming, it has NOTHING to do with in network stuff. The verizon prl is a different beast, as its a hacked prl.

sitlet said:
PRL does NOTHING to help your service while on sprint. PRL updates only tell the phone what towers to roam on when you are roaming, it has NOTHING to do with in network stuff. The verizon prl is a different beast, as its a hacked prl.
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Correct. PRL stands for "preferred roaming lists". It has nothing to do with data speeds or texts being delayed, unless you are actually roaming when these problems happen.

rugedraw said:
Correct. PRL stands for "preferred roaming lists". It has nothing to do with data speeds or texts being delayed, unless you are actually roaming when these problems happen.
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Yes but in turn it turns you over to roaming on the Big V and that causes the Small S to give you the big timberland up the rectum

iitreatedii said:
Yes but in turn it turns you over to roaming on the Big V and that causes the Small S to give you the big timberland up the rectum
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If you live in an area where Sprint coverage is not good and your phone is always roaming, it would be treated the same way as forcing the phone to roam in Sprint's eyes. If you draw too much data on roam, they give you the boot. Just updating PRL shouldn't make you roam any more or less.
In case anyone wants more detailed info on PRL's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_Roaming_List

They are upgrading their network.....hopefully they are done soon in my area its driving me nuts

[Q] question about poor signal and updating radio,pri, nv

Hi all,
I've had my evo for a little something close to 3 years. Most of that time i've been in the Los Angeles area and get full bars pretty much everywhere. I recently moved out of state for a few months to a sprint dead zone and was using a microcell. Just came back to the LA area a few weeks ago and my signal strength has been pretty poor compared to what I used to get.
Sitting at my pc I've got 1 bar of signal. Going outside it'll usually go up to 3.
I haven't updated my radio, prl, NV, wimax or hboot. Currently using 2.15.00.11.19, which i guess is the radio (says baseband version) and it looks like that's a few versions behind. Although the numbering scheme for the radio's is a bit confusion since it seems to go from .11.19 to .04.08, .05.02, .08.08 - not sure how .08 is newer then .11
My hboot appears to be 0.97. Not sure how to check pri or nv version - or even what pri or nv is.
Anyhow, is it worth trying to update the radio or pri or nv? Any chance of mucking up the phone or can rollback to my current version if a newer version mucks something up? I would assume I don't need to touch hboot?