Take a moment and read these articles before reading any further: What is a prl? Part 1 Part 2
This article also was helpful for me when I changed my PRL before: Wonder How-To
You will need to know your MSL
prl series - acct- device
25xxx = residential acct - lte/800smr
24xxx = business acct (some 3g roaming added) - lte/800smr
55xxx = residential acct - worldphone lte/800smr
56xxx = corporate acct (vzw 3g roaming) - worldphone lte/800smr
16xxx = corporate acct (vzw 3g roaming) - lte/800smr
11xxx = corporate acct (vzw 3g roaming) - no lte/no 800smr
12xxx = corporate acct (vzw 3g roaming) - no lte/low priority 800smr
60xxx = residential acct - no lte/no 800smr
21xxx = residential acct - no lte/low priority 800smr [EDIT: 21100 LTE works for Spark Ready/Triband phones]
51xxx = iphone5 - low priority 800smr
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Every Sprint PRL
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Can we flash Verizon prls the same way? I loved doing it in my og evo and really miss that option! Tia
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Yup. There are a couple in there that will enable 3g forced roaming on Verizon. I'll update OP to list them
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To undo the Verizon prls ,do we just update profile, then prl in the settings? Tia
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fgcchevy said:
To undo the Verizon prls ,do we just update profile, then prl in the settings? Tia
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Yeah you can do ##786# but that wipes your data. I know there's another code to do a hands free activation. I can't remember it now
Great post. I need this because my parents live in a former Alltel area and I get zero coverage for Sprint and will not access the tower. If you want to go back to original prl...search for 25006 and follow same steps in OP.
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We call him St. nicholaaaas around here. I went back to stock and flashed 24006. I swear 3G is better even on stock. I don't know about switching but I'm getting better signal and speed. No Sprint 4G in my area.
I can speak to the performance on CM10 yet because of course after flashing stock I forgot to say yes to disable stock restore boot so trashed all my nightly backups and have yet to get a good nightly install. But hey, I'm getting very adept at restoring stock. I'm glad I went back for another reason. The pleasures of CM10 are more evident after having gone back to the original Samsung rendition.
Thanks for the PRL.
I write ny prl by using any cut. I create a prl write short cut and rename the prl to test.prl . Might be simpler no msl required
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##72786# will initiate hands free to change prl back.
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Just flashed and i will test for a day or two and give results
Flashed24006
Flashing zips in rehab!!
Thanks for this. Awesome having PRLs! The Verizon ones in Jax, FL go LoS often (connected to network, but loss of data connection). I haven't tried 01337 yet, though. I don't think LTE is affected by PRLs due to it being a GSM technology.
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Great post. I need this because my parents live in a former Alltel area and I get zero coverage for Sprint and will not access the tower. If you want to go back to original prl...search for 25006 and follow same steps in OP.
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how do I know which PRL is on the phone right now?
also, lets say I flash this, if I do an update prl from settings, will that just take it back to stock or rather released version? or once I do this, it'll break that feature.
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how do I know which PRL is on the phone right now?
also, lets say I flash this, if I do an update prl from settings, will that just take it back to stock or rather released version? or once I do this, it'll break that feature.
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To see what PRL is currently on your phone go to Settings>About Phone
All you have to do to revert back is do a hands free activation
nicholaaaas said:
To see what PRL is currently on your phone go to Settings>About Phone
All you have to do to revert back is do a hands free activation
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Mine says 25006, does that mean it's the latest?
jackal424 said:
Mine says 25006, does that mean it's the latest?
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That's latest for me...
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No need to be rooted for this to work correct? Tia
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No need to be rooted for this to work correct? Tia
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I don't think so
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No need to be rooted for this to work correct? Tia
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You are correct.
jackal424 said:
how do I know which PRL is on the phone right now?
also, lets say I flash this, if I do an update prl from settings, will that just take it back to stock or rather released version? or once I do this, it'll break that feature.
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No need for a hands free activation, you can do as you mentioned and just go into your update PRL from Settings and get it done that way to get back to your 'stock' PRL.
From my experience, disabling data first will cause this to stick more times than not.
As another guy said, use Google to search for the anycut apk and you can create a shortcut that way. It's listed as 'PRL Write' within the app. Once you do this, you can just click that shortcut, hit the button and the phone will reboot. Not a big time saver, but one nonetheless depending on how often you're planning on using this.
If you use the 00001.prl (VZW only) it will show up as '1' in 'About Phone'. The preceeding 0's are omitted for some reason.
For me personally it's the only one I use as Sprint doesn't have a roaming agreement with VZW in Chicago, so if I have a bad signal, this is my only choice.
For those of you just changing a PRL to enable 3G data when you roam, let's say naturally, you probably won't need to revert back at all. In that case, just freeze System Update so Sprint doesn't roll you back after a day or two.
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Hi, does anyone know how to force the phone into roaming mode?
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App called roam control. Roamctr.com Its $3.99 and requires root though.
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abegoods said:
App called roam control. Roamctr.com Its $3.99 and requires root though.
Sent from my Blue Kuban powered E4GT.
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And also a custom PRL programmed into the phone so you can roam on 3g.
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I tried roam control but it didn't work... what about this perl I keep hearing about?
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Taco991 said:
I tried roam control but it didn't work... what about this perl I keep hearing about?
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First of all, you have to have a legal copy of Roam Control, pirated copies do not work properly.
A custom PRL used in conjunction with Roam Control will allow you to force roam on another provider like Verizon. If you do not flash a custom prl to the phone, you will still be roaming on Sprint at 1x speeds. Using the custom PRL for roaming will give you up to 3G data speed and usually a better signal. It is best used where your Sprint signal is very low (after all, why force roam if you don't have to).
The PRL thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521343
Just download a prl zip of your choosing and install roam control from the play store? No other steps?
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Just download a prl zip of your choosing and install roam control from the play store? No other steps?
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LOL, TT you threw me for a loop there so I had to go look. It's not available in the Play Store, you still have to purchase it from the website I believe:
http://www.roamctrl.com/
The PRL thing isn't that simple. Check out the PRL thread I posted for programming info. It's not something you 'flash' exactly.
Also, PRL programming won't work on some ROMs (I think CM9 is one of them) so you'll have to search that thread if the programming steps don't work for you.
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LOL, TT you threw me for a loop there so I had to go look. It's not available in the Play Store, you still have to purchase it from the website I believe:
http://www.roamctrl.com/
The PRL thing isn't that simple. Check out the PRL thread I posted for programming info. It's not something you 'flash' exactly.
Also, PRL programming won't work on some ROMs (I think CM9 is one of them) so you'll have to search that thread if the programming steps don't work for you.
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Prl/profile updates/ hands free activation/ dialer codes don't work in any of our AOSP ics builds right now
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Or use qpst, and put a different prl on phone? Gtalk me choir help [email protected]
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Are you trying to get booted from sprint, because that is what will happen.
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I know this thread is old, but does anyone know if I force roaming on 1 phone (main line) and Sprint cancels me, will they cancel the whole account? That is what I need (to avoid the ETF). There service sucks for me and they refuse to give me anything but excuses.
Google roam control it's worth it
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Google roam control it's worth it
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I know how to roam. I just need to be sure they will cancel all lines if only 1 roams.
Nope. Others remain in contract
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So Today I thought I would begin my journey of updating manual PRLs. I have read all the guides 5x over, and am now just looking for a good PRL file. Are there any that allow us to use Sprint 3g/4g when available, and when its not, switch over to verizon 3g? Also, if I have read correctly, its safe generally to assume that if I use less than 2GB a month on verizon I am safe? Also, is using custom PRL files legal? I don't want to use a custom one if it isnt.Thank You!
That would be nice to switch over when we felt like it especially since roam control don't even work
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ezsoulja said:
That would be nice to switch over when we felt like it especially since roam control don't even work
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Agreed. I would begin experimenting with PRL files posted for other sprint devices, but since I have never flashed a Custom PRL before, and my warranty is already used, I don't want to risk it without a recommendation on a PRL file from someone over here at xda.
Also, what is the legality of custom PRL files, I have no intention of doing anything illegal.
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So Today I thought I would begin my journey of updating manual PRLs. I have read all the guides 5x over, and am now just looking for a good PRL file. Are there any that allow us to use Sprint 3g/4g when available, and when its not, switch over to verizon 3g? Also, if I have read correctly, its safe generally to assume that if I use less than 2GB a month on verizon I am safe? Thank You!
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Using prl 12123 with RC in the New York/NJ region, and Verizon 3G will work on forced roam and when I've travelled up North to the Adirondaks.
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So Today I thought I would begin my journey of updating manual PRLs. I have read all the guides 5x over, and am now just looking for a good PRL file. Are there any that allow us to use Sprint 3g/4g when available, and when its not, switch over to verizon 3g? Also, if I have read correctly, its safe generally to assume that if I use less than 2GB a month on verizon I am safe? Thank You!
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To the best of my recollection, they start *****ing at 300 megs roam in a billing period.
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ok First sorry for posting this but im too frustrated trying to search with my horrible signal on my device at home ..
my signal was excelent i moved a few miles down and now its practically USELESS
im on ics ota at the moment (exchanged phone)
im just wondering if anybody has had any huge successes with using different modems (please keep in mind before posting if you so choose I have 0-1 bars all over the and house and in the backyard , i dont think a different modem would give me 5 bars ya know )
i seen around here and app that was called roam control i think , but i had no need for it as i used to get 10+ mbs but i cant find it anymore i thought it was free ?
dude i just wanna go on youtube craigslist and FB n stuff like i used to
tried the 3/g4/g speed tweak already
thanks in advance
Oh yeah forgot to say sprint says there's excellent 4g coverage in my area and it must be my house. Hella dumb !i can't even pick up a signal let alone 4g
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hey. i think u have two options, well actually three if you consider jumping ships.
you can use the following link and push a prl to your phone that enables you to roam on Verizon, you will need RoamControl ($3.99 sold here http://www.roamctrl.com/) to manage between roaming and home state.
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898628
be careful with your roaming usage. they WILL terminate you if you use it a lot. i believe Sprint allows 800 roaming minutes and 300 MB of data per month or at least that is what i was told. the 3g speeds are slow and you cant roam on their 4g because its lte and not wimax.
Or you can call sprint and ask for an ariave. somewhere in these forums there is a post with the direct number to order it from Sprint. the airave only work at your home and you must have internet connection. if you nag enough they would not charge you for it.
Good luck to you.
Edit: Airave Number
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1407446
A lot of us are getting 0-1 bars.
Sprint has either turned down the tower reception, or this phone just sucks.
I had 2 HTC 4g devices before this, and I had FULL bars all the time in my house. Then I got this phone, and 0-1 and barely can connect to wifi, sitting next to my router.
hey. i think u have two options, well actually three if you consider jumping ships.
you can use the following link and push a prl to your phone that enables you to roam on Verizon, you will need RoamControl ($3.99 sold here http://www.roamctrl.com/) to manage between roaming and home state.
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898628
be careful with your roaming usage. they WILL terminate you if you use it a lot. i believe Sprint allows 800 roaming minutes and 300 MB of data per month or at least that is what i was told. the 3g speeds are slow and you cant roam on their 4g because its lte and not wimax.
Or you can call sprint and ask for an ariave. somewhere in these forums there is a post with the direct number to order it from Sprint. the airave only work at your home and you must have internet connection. if you nag enough they would not charge you for it.
Good luck to you.
Everyone talks about 800 roaming minutes and 300 mb roaming data, idk but my contract with sprint and account on Site say otherwise (Unlimited Roaming data and 1500 roaming minutes) why yours is different? I'm in Puerto Rico.
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Have you updated your PRL and profile?
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Whats lg8 a rom ?
Yeah i have updated the profile n prl
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ihateu said:
Yeah i have updated the profile n prl
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Radio. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
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So with RoamControl, if you have a Verizon hacked PRL, should I turn on Roam only, or automatic?
Ppl are using this on sg2 ?
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Why would a user on the Sprint SGS2 model be using a radio from the Sprint SGS3...? makes no sense lol, wrong forums?
Febby said:
Why would a user on the Sprint SGS2 model be using a radio from the Sprint SGS3...? makes no sense lol, wrong forums?
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My apologies, here is a link to the E4GT radios/modems (also updated to correct link above)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
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My apologies, here is a link to the E4GT radios/modems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
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No issue mate! If you haven't edited out your previous post, I would. Last thing you want is noobies trying to flash the radio, resulting in bricks lol!
updated, please either update our delete quotes link from your replies so they aren't confused
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Get and Airave....
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cob11341 said:
Get and Airave....
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I think I'll try a different prl ,i don't have an ISP because i used to just tether since i was getting 10+mbps. I don't have cable
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I'm interested in being able to roam on Verizon, since Sprint is a POS at my school and home, and I'm constantly loosing messages, and data speeds are very sad. Anyways, I did a quick search and found a guide on changing the PRL to Sprint's "Corporate PRL" which apparently grants roaming with 3G data on Sprint, but it seems as if though that guide is old (Sept 19 from last year) and I'm not sure it'll work on my ROM (AOKP JB) So, does that guide still work? Is it safe? If no, what are my other options?
Also, how much minutes/texts/data usage would piss off Sprint? I've been meaning to switch for a while now...
F3L1XZS said:
I'm interested in being able to roam on Verizon, since Sprint is a POS at my school and home, and I'm constantly loosing messages, and data speeds are very sad. Anyways, I did a quick search and found a guide on changing the PRL to Sprint's "Corporate PRL" which apparently grants roaming with 3G data on Sprint, but it seems as if though that guide is old (Sept 19 from last year) and I'm not sure it'll work on my ROM (AOKP JB) So, does that guide still work? Is it safe? If no, what are my other options?
Also, how much minutes/texts/data usage would piss off Sprint? I've been meaning to switch for a while now...
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It will work fine still. I'm doing it right now. I suggest flashing the Verizon PRL 00002.
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revamper said:
It will work fine still. I'm doing it right now. I suggest flashing the Verizon PRL 00002.
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Thank you, kind sir!
revamper said:
It will work fine still. I'm doing it right now. I suggest flashing the Verizon PRL 00002.
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I don't want to get too deep into this since there is a PRL thread in the forums, but doesn't that one force you to roam all the time? Sprint has a roaming limit of something like 200MB a month; if you go over that they can and frequently will cancel the rest of your contact. Some people do that on purpose, which I don't recommend or advise. If you just want to use your phone when you don't have much of a signal, use a PRL like 11115 along with the app Roam Control, that way you control when the phone roams.
yes.. oooo2 or w.e is a verizon prl roaming 100%.. i used the sprint corp prl i think 11124 or something which wasnt roaming while set to home only. but would have verizon 3g while in roam only with roam control which is compatible with jb now... however if using verizon eventually u will get a call from sprints roaming team.. and the prl thread is right. just need to be on a tw rom and when u go back to a aosp rom prl will stay until u update it
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I use the 11119 PRL that works great when I'm roaming... I roam on Verizon with 3g data and everything, but I'm on Sprint the rest of the time. It works great.
Mac of York said:
I use the 11119 PRL that works great when I'm roaming... I roam on Verizon with 3g data and everything, but I'm on Sprint the rest of the time. It works great.
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yea... 11115 & 11119 are older versions of 11124.. 11115 did best for me.. got call from sprint but got my airvana back so no need to roam here anymore
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Hi, i was wondering how i might get faster data speeds. i currently have an gs2 epic 4g touch on sprint. i rooted my phone flashed a new prl and used roam control and still cant get better than half a meg download rate.
Which ROM are you on?
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Try flashing different modems. Some modems perform better than others depending on your area.
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Turn wifi on and get off the Sprint network lol
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t0mmyr said:
Turn wifi on and get off the Sprint network lol
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Amen
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KaptainKratos said:
Hi, i was wondering how i might get faster data speeds. i currently have an gs2 epic 4g touch on sprint. i rooted my phone flashed a new prl and used roam control and still cant get better than half a meg download rate.
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sprint rep stated to me that it's a nationwide outage effecting 3g & 4g and it should be fixed by today.
Master_Ellis said:
sprint rep stated to me that it's a nationwide outage effecting 3g & 4g and it should be fixed by today.
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I would have laughed at that Sprint rep. 3g data has been a joke for along time now on Sprint. 4g it's decent but not even close to other carriers. Only good thing about Sprint is the truly unlimited data because it's so Damn slow
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I was pretty sure that reply was meant to be sarcastic just saying
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KaptainKratos said:
Hi, i was wondering how i might get faster data speeds. i currently have an gs2 epic 4g touch on sprint. i rooted my phone flashed a new prl and used roam control and still cant get better than half a meg download rate.
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If you know your MSL number
open phone dialer
dial ##data#
edit
enter MSL number
go to other
multimedia
set the proxy numbers to
0.0.0.0
0
0.0.0.0
0
exit out and reboot your phone.
It bypasses the sprint proxy server. One less data hop.
Elw00d said:
I would have laughed at that Sprint rep. 3g data has been a joke for along time now on Sprint. 4g it's decent but not even close to other carriers. Only good thing about Sprint is the truly unlimited data because it's so Damn slow
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I have a friend of a friend (yeah, I know) who works for Sprint/Nextel. Supposedly, they are knocking down 3G towers and not telling any of their customers.
Another issue that you may or may not be having is 4G downloads on custom kernels. If your 4G download speeds are very slow you may need to use a repack or stock kernel.
g_ding84 said:
If you know your MSL number
open phone dialer
dial ##data#
edit
enter MSL number
go to other
multimedia
set the proxy numbers to
0.0.0.0
0
0.0.0.0
0
exit out and reboot your phone.
It bypasses the sprint proxy server. One less data hop.
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I've done this method as well and can attest to this :good:
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egingell said:
I have a friend of a friend (yeah, I know) who works for Sprint/Nextel. Supposedly, they are knocking down 3G towers and not telling any of their customers.
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This is not true at all. Sprint is disbanding their iden network, beyond that, their towers operate at different frequencies so they carry 3g and 4g on the same tower. What your friend might have been referring to is the practice of re-directing towers when coverage is opened in a new area, which can affect existing service slightly, and typically customers aren't informed.
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This is not true at all. Sprint is disbanding their iden network, beyond that, their towers operate at different frequencies so they carry 3g and 4g on the same tower. What your friend might have been referring to is the practice of re-directing towers when coverage is opened in a new area, which can affect existing service slightly, and typically customers aren't informed.
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Personally, I think it was a sales ploy to get him to buy a 4G phone.
MHousos said:
I've done this method as well and can attest to this :good:
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I tried this method. Just places a call to ##3282# then says the phone number im trying to reach is unavailable.
Way around it??
berkoz912 said:
I tried this method. Just places a call to ##3282# then says the phone number im trying to reach is unavailable.
Way around it??
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Are you on a AOSP rom?
berkoz912 said:
I tried this method. Just places a call to ##3282# then says the phone number im trying to reach is unavailable.
Way around it??
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AOSP/CM type ROMs do not support dialer codes.
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AOSP/CM type ROMs do not support dialer codes.
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That explains it! Im on CM10 Beta.
Anybody know of a way to get faster data speeds on AOSP Roms?
berkoz912 said:
That explains it! Im on CM10 Beta.
Anybody know of a way to get faster data speeds on AOSP Roms?
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You could install a port forwarder and a proxy server and forward port 8085 to 127.0.0.1.
Just an idea.