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Prl differences

My prl is currently 60681 but I am seeing people with ones starting with a 1 or 2
What's different about those?
Samsung Galaxy S Dos indeed

I checked with Sprint yesterday. 60681 is the correct one to be using according to them...I called twice just to be sure.

i understand that but what are the differences between the other ones

The prls are meant to tell the phone what cellular towers are available while on roaming. Some are using other pros in order to force their phone into roaming on Verizon's network, thus giving the phone better speeds on 3g and voice reception.
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Than k you for the responses but I might need to reword this
Why the need to have 3 different prl versions what does each do differently from the other?

They might be Corporate PRLs according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
Don't know what actual differences there are when compared to the ones that Sprint provides.

Are they rooted? Could be using a verizon prl....
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i have seen like 20 different prls. I went through probably 4 on my og epic. You can manually update to all kinds off different ones to get the best reception and data speeds for your area.

Erigion said:
They might be Corporate PRLs according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
Don't know what actual differences there are when compared to the ones that Sprint provides.
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For the most part, those are all provided by Sprint... Just not to everybody, and some are "outdated," meaning you might not get the best in-network coverage possible.
01115, for example, was meant for certain corporate customers and allows roaming onto Verizon 3G, rather than 1xRTT for data. However, it is several months old now.
60681 is the current "peasant-class" PRL, which severely limits 3G roaming, because of expired agreements with AllTel (now Verizon).

Why won't phone choose strongest signal?

I have flashed several roms, radios, and kernels to this phone and none of them will roam. Not even stock out of the box. I also have a photon and I can be in a location with little to no sprint service and the photon will roam on cdma with full bars but the epic touch wont leave sprint to roam. Db never makes it above -100. I don't even know where to begin. I have tried forcing roam, but nothing. I have went through all the settings for network and mobile data/voice every option I could think of and the phone is still stuck on sprint
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I agree.. Ive also tried the same.. Roam control is a joke to me ..

So you both have attempted to use Roam Control but to no avail. What is it exactly about Roam Control that isn't working for you two?
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jasone4gt said:
So you both have attempted to use Roam Control but to no avail. What is it exactly about Roam Control that isn't working for you two?
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For me whenever roaming control is on, it never really activates roaming and if it does the signal still is bad when the person next to me on verizon and or tmobile has all 5 bars.. So either roam control doesnt turn on fully or it doesnt want to connect to better outside network towers ??

roam control doesn't work in all areas with Sammy phones. Frequency for roaming is different. Roam control site explains it better than me.
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Btw roam control dies work. The problem is the prl. If you are using a normal pro it will only roam on 1x. You need a business prl like from korey's thread.
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Also, Sprint prl's will use VZW for roaming as a last resort.
Download Net Monitor and check to see who you are actually roaming on.
What PRL and what location are you at?
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Also the pirated versions don't work ...
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Epix4G said:
Also the pirated versions don't work ...
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Yep, that is the problem that I see most people having. They download a pirated copy of the app and wonder why its not working. The developer has implemented something to disable the roaming function with pirated versions. To use Roam Control to its full potential, either buy the app or go on a hunt for version 1.4.

I have the same problem.....p***es Me off,but im trying different modems,hopefully I get better signal or I might just try flashing my phone to boost or cellcom
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ezsoulja said:
For me whenever roaming control is on, it never really activates roaming and if it does the signal still is bad when the person next to me on verizon and or tmobile has all 5 bars.. So either roam control doesnt turn on fully or it doesnt want to connect to better outside network towers ??
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Are you sure that you are actually switching over to roaming? Do you see a small triangle next to the signal bars.

First off, your never going to roam on T-mobile since they're GSM.
Samsung phones have a "bug" where they cannot roam on the cellular band; they will only roam on the PCS band. Your friend on Verizon is probably connected to a strong cellular band signal and when you force roam your connecting to a crappy PCS signal.

I have a paid version of the app. On my photon which is a sprint phone will roam perfect. Tested the app on that phone and it made no difference, the phone already roams like its supposed to. Same house the epic touch won't leave sprints network. I can barely hold one bar with every roam setting in thx phone turned on. I installed roam control again from the market onto this phone and even the app can't get it to roam. Still 3G at one or no bars on sprint network. Also what are these prls I keep reading about on all these roms. I know I could search the forums and find an explanation on what they are how to change and whatnot but are these codes that important? And would that effect the phones roaming and signal strength? Because even with the photon not roaming and using sprints network I can hold a steady 2 or more bars but with a sucky data speed
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I'm in the same boat when in a dead zone it's a crap shoot whether the phone will roam or not
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How to force Roam?

I'm in my cottage where I normally only get one bar of service and I look at my friends on Verizon who get full service and get jealous. Is there any possible way I could force roaming? I have looked at old threads and gathered the Roam Control app, but that isn't working on my rooted phone. Any help?
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you need to change your prl
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521343
I almost always stay on a forced verizon prl
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No longer available in the market, but Roam control is the way to go.
http://www.roamctrl.com/
Used it to force roam in low signal areas, while on a 6,000 mile road trip. Requires root.

Yup....roam control. I was messing with it earlier and Prl 11121 working wonders

Good point, I forgot to add. Without a custom sprint PRL you cannot 3g roam. Use this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
and load up a corporate prl, buy roam control and you are good to go.
If you update your prl via settings after manually updating it, it will reset to a non corporate prl.

skandranon314 said:
Good point, I forgot to add. Without a custom sprint PRL you cannot 3g roam. Use this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
and load up a corporate prl, buy roam control and you are good to go.
If you update your prl via settings after manually updating it, it will reset to a non corporate prl.
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Thanks! And to all, thank you! This site has been very helpful on my Android adventures. I can't believe I ever wanted an iPhone... Dark times... Ugh.

had same issue, in ohio and sig was always hit and miss except when in columbus which was 5 min drive. was very frustrated with sprints data so i did the prl and forced roam and they shut down the e4gt line but was able to keep the 2nd line (funny cause it was a share business plan but they treated it as the 2nd line was seperate) either way they said i would no longer be able to use the roamed number w sprint at all, and the sad thing is they didnt even contact me to tell me they were going to do it....so much for showing they were in the communication business lol. anyway went to verizon w both and i couldnt be more thrilled although i dont care for verizon from the Envy flip fone days due to data plans were not unlimited. however w the new S4 and verizons LTE towers, i have AWSOME LTE DATA everywhere now (mostly) where sprint only has 3g with a pathetic at best 2 mb download speed, I now burry the speedtest.net app needle at 20+ Mbs and with the LTE which also means you can surf and talk which is great when you using the free wifi to go online w the computer and still call clients while doing so. Do what you need to do just switch back when your done so you dont go over 3 gb a month, even tho they say 300 Mb. Good luck and long live the E4gt and wimax hacks, But loving my S4....GO SAMSUNG!

Prl 25010

So I flash the modded Prl 00001 at my work because I get no signal at all. I well I did the activation refresh with ##72768# and I kept seeing I had Prl 25010 and I usually had 25009. I don't know if it is any good or not. Anyone got this Prl yet? I kept trying to reactivate because I thought it never reset my Prl. I don't know if it's any better or not. Any one else know if it's any good?
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So I flash the modded Prl 00001 at my work because I get no signal at all. I well I did the activation refresh with ##72768# and I kept seeing I had Prl 25010 and I usually had 25009. I don't know if it is any good or not. Anyone got this Prl yet? I kept trying to reactivate because I thought it never reset my Prl. I don't know if it's any better or not. Any one else know if it's any good?
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Its pretty good check it out first picture if from prl 25009 second is from plr 25010. Ps im sure if they are upgrading my towers around me so not 100% sure but so far stop good.
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Prl upgrades don't give you faster 3g speeds.
Only real difference is Baltimore has 800mhz coverage now.
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digiblur said:
Prl upgrades don't give you faster 3g speeds.
Only real difference is Baltimore has 800mhz coverage now.
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What are you, a prl police for sprint cos I found you everywhere that involves prl. Chill bro.
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aliabkad said:
What are you, a prl police for sprint cos I found you everywhere that involves prl. Chill bro.
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Guess you don't know me then.
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I got that new PRL and it sucks nuts! :mad

Came in to download the PRL, was disappointed.

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Agreed PRL 25010 for my device has given me nothing but problems. Starting around the 15th for me my device will periodically will not pass incoming calls to the phone nor incoming texts. All data works fine, all outgoing calls and outgoing texts work fine.
Also tested it on my EVO LTE and same problem happens.. Sprint support sees a high percentage of what they call blcoked calls (calls not making it to my device) and they cant explain it. 11% today, 25% on the 15th. She said anyhting higher then 5% is not good.
Ive already been told by another XDA member that PRL has nothing to do with it. BUT i think thats wrong. All this happened around the time the new PRL dropped. Call it a placebo affect but my data services and signal strenghts are lower across the board lately.
On both the GS3 and EVO LTE, and they both have the PRL 25010.
Taking it with a grain of salt tier 2 tech told me that they have seen a higher volume of issues related to call problems and data issues in areas with network vision and i told her i thought it was related to the PRL and she agreed, but we all know how those calls can go.
Prior to the update i had no service problems and was seeing the fastest 3G speeds ever (in dallas, tx and i get faster 3G and seeing more 4G LTE) I feel like im back on the old sprint network prior to all these updates.

After you updated the PRL, did you update your profile? If not, perhaps that may help.

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After you updated the PRL, did you update your profile? If not, perhaps that may help.
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Yup.. Today we did multiple data resets ##768 what ever the rest of the numbers are..
Did it twice and a few hours after each time im still not getting calls into my device.
I have done profile updates before and after PRL.

Are you in Baltimore area? That would be the only change in native Sprint service between PRLs.
What SID are you connected to? Check your ##debug# screen in the 1x section to find out.
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Dallas, TX..
dont have the passcode its looking for when i put it into debugging. MSL code doesnt work.

Type in Sprint for the code. In numbers of course.
-- "Sensorly or it didn't happen!"

So after doing a lot more research i found out how to load a PRL to my device.
I was on PRL 25010 and am now back on 25009.
Guess what, my data speeds are back up to over 1meg on 3G. (yes that was a sarcastic guess what by the way)
I dont care how many times certain users say that a RPL doesnt affect speeds or connectivity. Call it a placebo affect.
Since 25010 dropped on us i have had nothing but crap tacular data speeds..
I was unable to get over 500k down on the old prl..
3 times now with the 25009 prl i have had 1.12 megs, 1.0 megs, and 975k down.. Ping times are also a lot better..
So problem solved now that i know how to go to an older PRL..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880781
Thank You digiblur for that write up, the instructions to allow me to go back to my old PRL, and having the new and old PRL in a place where i could download them.
Im now looking for a way to do the same thing on my EVO LTE..

Post the SID you connect to as I am curious to look into this.
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Post the SID you connect to as I am curious to look into this.
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When i get home tonight ill get you the SID.

digiblur said:
Post the SID you connect to as I am curious to look into this.
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I'm on sid 22407.
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I'm on sid 22407.
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Very nice.. You are on 800SMR which increases coverage of course.
But as you can see there is absolutely zero differences between 25009 and 25010 for that SID:
25010:
SID: 22407 Sprint Nextel - Dallas TX; Longview TX; Lubbock TX; Monroe LA; Paris TX; Shreveport LA; Texarkana TX Prio:Same Roam:None
1X: S/476 S/526
EV: Sprint(0084:0AC0) P/475 P/650 P/550 P/575 P/375 P/75 P/600 P/325 P/175 P/225
25009:
SID: 22407 Sprint Nextel - Dallas TX; Longview TX; Lubbock TX; Monroe LA; Paris TX; Shreveport LA; Texarkana TX Prio:Same Roam:None
1X: S/476 S/526
EV: Sprint(0084:0AC0) P/475 P/650 P/550 P/575 P/375 P/75 P/600 P/325 P/175 P/225
The only recent change Dallas really had was the addition of 800SMR several PRLs back, even before the EVO LTE or S3 was launched. Probably what you are seeing is really Network Vision upgrades and such. Are you running a ROM that has the 3G/1X icon fixed? If not you could actually be on 1X instead due to some of the upgrades. And it is very possible to now only have 1X coverage in areas where you were roaming before. Enjoy the 800SMR... I'm jealous!

On my gs3 and evo lte (I switch back and forth periodically) I noticed a degradation of service from 25009 to 25010.
Both units stock. Non root.
Use the same server for speed test.
Same location. Either my apartment in my tv chair or office at my desk.
I do have mobile signal widget and network signal info to monitor my data connection and strength.
Several months ago my evo lte would get stuck on 1x. But that was several software updates ago. They fixed it. And when it happened I was well aware of it.
I'll enjoy my placebo affect and chalk up the better performance on prl 25009 to colder temperatures. Lol.
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Forgot to add. Roaming is set to sprint only. So I don't roam.
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NYC and Data Coverage

So I live in the city. Right now I'm using MOAR v4.01 and I cannot achieve a connection other than 1x no matter where I am in the city. I had this problem on other ROMS so I don't think it's MOAR.
I was using the Anthrax Aosp rom a few months ago and noticed I achieved a 4g connection on the upper east side but ever since then I cannot get higher than 1x.
Is there anyone else in NY getting a 3g or 4g connection? Does anyone know what I can do to try to fix this? I am using the MD4 modem (had the problem on MB1 too) and update my profile and prl often. I am really getting frustrated paying for services I can't even use. I am hoping that I won't have to unroot and reset my flash counter to bring the phone to a sprint store.
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davelikestacos said:
So I live in the city. Right now I'm using MOAR v4.01 and I cannot achieve a connection other than 1x no matter where I am in the city. I had this problem on other ROMS so I don't think it's MOAR.
I was using the Anthrax Aosp rom a few months ago and noticed I achieved a 4g connection on the upper east side but ever since then I cannot get higher than 1x.
Is there anyone else in NY getting a 3g or 4g connection? Does anyone know what I can do to try to fix this? I am using the MD4 modem (had the problem on MB1 too) and update my profile and prl often. I am really getting frustrated paying for services I can't even use. I am hoping that I won't have to unroot and reset my flash counter to bring the phone to a sprint store.
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I'm nowhere near NYC (in fact, Southern California is pretty much as far away as you can get from NYC without going to Alaska or Hawaii), but it sounds like Sprint might be updating their network. I know in many areas (myself included), Data services were extremely crippled when they were installing 4G. I would regularly get 1x in areas where I would get decent 3G. Then a few weeks later, the 3G was back. Then a month or so later 4G was up and running (it's pretty nice here at my work desk). Others have reported similar issues when the network is being upgraded.
So maybe it'd be worth a call to Sprint to see what's up with them. A part of me doubts that most of NYC would be upgraded at once, but maybe in your area there's work going on. It's worth a (relatively) quick call.

Yes, I get 3g and 4g depending where I am. I'm stock rooted md4.
Had that issue once but update profile and prl over wifi fixed it for me.
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I emailed them and they told me there is network outages in my area, but then the guy above me just said he's getting a 3g and 4g connection. Sprint really frustrates me. When I got my phone, it would say I was connected to 3g but after doing speed tests I would only get about 115kbps down. Now I'm using MOAR and it shows 1x and if I do a speed test on 1x its about the same. However, I used to get a 4g connection on 44th street and 6th ave but now I don't. I think I'm gonna go to the store today and ask them. If they tell me to bring my phone in I'll have to unroot it and reset the flash counter :/
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Yes, certain spots in lower Manhattan I get signal but can't use the service. It just don't work. Text won't send or calls won't go thru.
Yes sprint turns on and off the 4g.
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vibes340 said:
Yes, certain spots in lower Manhattan I get signal but can't use the service. It just don't work. Text won't send or calls won't go thru.
Yes sprint turns on and off the 4g.
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So I found out what was causing the issue. I went into the ##3282# menu and navigated to Others > HDR/1X Selection and turned it to Hybrid mode and now I can access 3G and I'm gonna test 4G after work.
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