New prl for sprint that allows 4g lte connection - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I was reading this in a different place. I flashed the newest modem (ma4), which works well. I'm on prl 25010 but I believe the one mentioned was 25013. I show the 4g lte available but my phone has never connected. I was wondering if I have to update prl also to be able to connect to lte. Also heard the new airave (mine is on the way) broadcasts lte 800?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Airave doesn't broadcast lte I have one and it only does 3g sadly but if your not getting 4g lte when you are in an area where it is available then maybe you should go into settings then hit more settings then tap mobile networks and make sure you are on CDMA/LTE and if you already are toggle it back to CDMA reboot then change it back to CDMA/LTE and reboot again and see if you get LTE if no try updating your data profile since prl are associated with 3g internet and roaming only I believe it shouldn't matter but I would always update both just in case
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

I'll give that a try after work tomorrow :thumbup:
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Actually, the PRL can enable and disable LTE, but I don't think there's a single PRL for the GS3 with LTE disabled. 800MHz 1x is a different story. Each new PRL since about 25006 or so has been gradually adding more 800MHz markets.
Also, even if an airave did broadcast LTE, what's the point if it's still using your home internet connection? You may as well just connect to WiFi. And as for LTE 800 on an airave, that's even more useless because the GS3 doesn't support 800MHz LTE, only 800MHz 1x.

I have 25012 now from last night.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

I just was pushed 25012 as soon as I hit the lte area on my way home. Am going to try playing tomorrow seems I don't work. Wish me luck
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Thank you everyone always trying to learn more.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

No change for me still ****ty service
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Since 25012 I cannot connect to LTE now. Was working great on 25010.

It is probably a limiting PRL to reduce data traffic in certain areas for maintenance issues or Sprint released the wrong PRL like when I had an evo 3d a year ago.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

I'm on 25012 and connect perfectly to LTE and getting great reception and signal.
Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2

Technically the PRL does not effect your normal cell service with sprint towers only if sprint releases a bad PRL. Now if sprint has a local roaming agreement with another cell site company it would affect your service. This is my understanding I maybe wrong.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
---------- Post added at 10:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:18 AM ----------
edfunkycold said:
I'm on 25012 and connect perfectly to LTE and getting great reception and signal.
Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I live 10 miles Northwest of Dallas my LTE goes in and out. I also barely get 3g at home. Im just in a bad cell tower area. Plus I have Verizon fios internet so my airave goes in and out too. So im screwed and have to use Wi-Fi.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

No removals of LTE geographic areas in this PRL.
Sent from my little Note2

Related

[GAME] How many phones?

How many phones do you think I will go through equipped with 4LTE until I can actually use the 4LTE?
I am on my 4th 4G phone right now, still with no 4G.
Lol, until you're in an area that has 4G coverage?
Depends, check s4gru for your rollout schedule then check sprints network upgrade site and see if your schedule is up yet. S4gru has my area scheduled for phase 2 this year and sprint has my zip in the next 6month upgrade list. I've already had connection issues occasionally and when I've called sprint about it they've said they are upgrading the towers for network vision in my area and I should expect intermittent connection loss as they work on the towers, I've already seen a pretty decent jump in 3g speeds. I used to get 800kbps -1.2mbps regularly now peak I'm getting 1.2-2mbps and off peak 1.5-2.8mbps, and I never had 4g wimax here just decent 3g mostly because my house is in a sparsely populated area so my tower is well below load
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Well I am on 2 now almost for sure going to be 3-4 before Reno sees any 4G. and now with the switch to LTE it is going to be even longer.
I would expect Sprint to roll out LTE much quicker than Wimax. The problem with Wimax is it was beta and LTE is VHS. Sprint stopped rolling it out when they realized they would have to transition to LTE in order to be competitive.
-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Depends, check s4gru for your rollout schedule then check sprints network upgrade site and see if your schedule is up yet. S4gru has my area scheduled for phase 2 this year and sprint has my zip in the next 6month upgrade list. I've already had connection issues occasionally and when I've called sprint about it they've said they are upgrading the towers for network vision in my area and I should expect intermittent connection loss as they work on the towers, I've already seen a pretty decent jump in 3g speeds. I used to get 800kbps -1.2mbps regularly now peak I'm getting 1.2-2mbps and off peak 1.5-2.8mbps, and I never had 4g wimax here just decent 3g mostly because my house is in a sparsely populated area so my tower is well below load
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Where did you find your zip in an upgrade list.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk
rujelus22 said:
Well I am on 2 now almost for sure going to be 3-4 before Reno sees any 4G. and now with the switch to LTE it is going to be even longer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
y do u need lte when the casino's have wifi
riggs170 said:
Where did you find your zip in an upgrade list.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I forget the sprint site off top of my head but sprint.com has a tower upgrade site that lets you put in your address or zip and tells you all upgrades done in the prior 6 months or scheduled in the upcoming 6 months, there's a link to it around here somewhere I usually get to it from my account page on sprint.com
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Sprint.com/network
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2
starnostar said:
Sprint.com/network
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There ya go, I thought it was something like that but wasn't sure. I wanted to say it was network.sprint.com lol
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
2-1/2
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

4g in San Antonio

Was wondering where and speed of 4G LTE in S.A....
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Lte is solid for me around dezavala/ih10, Shavano park area. Speeds around 12-18 down and 4-9 up.
Sent from my SIII
I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Teczeus said:
I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium[/QUOTE
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.
Sent from my SIII
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sometimes i get some lte around northeast i live around by 410/35
chrisfales said:
Teczeus said:
I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium[/QUOTE
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.
Sent from my SIII
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes; although I'm all stock.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Teczeus said:
I live on the other side of I-10 in dezavala and no luck...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Sent from my Galaxy S III baby!
At school at itt-tech, I get some pretty *****in' speeds. A solid 28kbps down and like 9-ish kbps up.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Teczeus said:
Just updated Prl...no lte at work (Westover hills)..but I hope I get it at home tonight. Will post speeds..hopefully!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Teczeus said:
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...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
boomerbubba said:
I'll ask again: Have you applied the latest OTA update (v L710VPLG8) to your phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I do not have that version .. I have updated everything.. vplg2 is what I'm running...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Teczeus said:
I do not have that version .. I have updated everything.. vplg2 is what I'm running...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Thank you for your cooperation
Friendly Neighborhood Moderator

[Q] prl that gives you 3G speed when roaming?

Hi. I was waiting for Roam Control to work on S3 to be able to force roaming whenever I get bad 3G speeds on Sprint, which is quite often.
So now this day have come, but I can't find prl file that would allow 3G speed while roaming! I tried 24006 - still get 1x when roaming.
Modded prl like 00001 etc will just connect to Verizon network full time. Not what I need. And even with this modded prls whenever I'm roaming, still getting 1x speed on Verizon.
Is there no hope? No way to get 3G roaming speed?
12121 is working great for me in Milwaukee. None of the prl's starting with 2 have me 3g roaming. Neither did 11115, which works fine on my S2.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
I also use 12121 with 3G roaming.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
I use /0001 and get killer speeds like 1.5 -2.3 Mpb all day
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
12121 all the way. No roaming - sprint 3g, roaming - another carrier 3g.
Old school non LTE 11115 works great on Sprint 3G or Verizon 3G for me. I don't have any LTE yet so I'm not missing anything
nope.. nothing works for me here in NY
tried 12121 and 11115. still getting 1x speed
anyone got this working in NY? anyone tries to combine prls? surely if I can get 3G speed with 00001 then it is possible to do when roaming as well?
help
rostb said:
nope.. nothing works for me here in NY
tried 12121 and 11115. still getting 1x speed
anyone got this working in NY? anyone tries to combine prls? surely if I can get 3G speed with 00001 then it is possible to do when roaming as well?
help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
00001 is always roaming
..
nicholaaaas said:
00001 is always roaming
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I know. Don't need that. Just wondering, if 00001 works fine here, then there's gotta be prl that lets me do 3G roaming.
Tried 12123, same thing. 1x speed.
I am using 12124 and have 3g roaming (when available).
Sent from my SPH-L710
budde2 said:
I use /0001 and get killer speeds like 1.5 -2.3 Mpb all day
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Where are you located?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
You can use any cut to change prl on a touch wiz Rom ...just use 00001 and change when you need update prl to foo back top sprint or try them all until you find one that works
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
Epix4G said:
You can use any cut to change prl on a touch wiz Rom ...just use 00001 and change when you need update prl to foo back top sprint or try them all until you find one that works
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I know. But I also hate touchwiz. And can't switch prls on CM10. I guess you can't have everything...

cannot connect to cell network

I was in a building and had full bars but could not make a call, it kept saying "not registered on network". so i selected an ATT network and when i try to switch back it says "error searching for networks". also when i hit "select automatically" it sits on the "automatic registration" screen until the end of time. anyone have any ideas? I cant make calls, or get data. I can use WIFI fine, and even WIFI calling.
Stock ICS rom with faux Kernel. I had some system apps frozen with TB but i defrosted them all and restarted, problem remains.
Disabled WIFI calling, ReEnabled WIFI calling, then disabled it again and when I disabled it the last time I had full bars, then I just selected network automatically, worked real quick and I had 4G back too...not sure what caused it but its good now.
It's normal. Sgs3 can't roam on other towers. If you have T-Mobile it will only connect to T-Mobile towers. Have the same issue with a few different sgs3 phones. Latest being unlocked an using an at&t SIM and it does the same thing, will only connect to at&t towers. No roaming on other towers.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
I think it won't roam if there's a tmobile tower detected. If there are no tmob towers it should let you roam.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
Would that would have caused no bars and no cell data in my house later that day too? My house always has full bards and ive been getting 18Mb down on 4g there too, yet i had nothing.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
mustk1ll20 said:
It's normal. Sgs3 can't roam on other towers. If you have T-Mobile it will only connect to T-Mobile towers. Have the same issue with a few different sgs3 phones. Latest being unlocked an using an at&t SIM and it does the same thing, will only connect to at&t towers. No roaming on other towers.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Roaming is not device dependent. It's cell tower dependent. Each area is zoned. If T-Mobile has an agreement in said area with att, then you can roam. If the tower you are near is an att tower and there are no roaming agreements, then you won't be allowed to roam. And as the doc says, you most certainly will not be allowed to roam if there is T-Mobile service. But I hope and feel optimistic about the metro PCs merger. I feel that will greatly allow us to have a deeper area of coverage as well as more areas having service.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
---------- Post added at 02:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:33 PM ----------
freakasis said:
Would that would have caused no bars and no cell data in my house later that day too? My house always has full bards and ive been getting 18Mb down on 4g there too, yet i had nothing.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you reporting zero coverage in your home when you used to get full 4g? Have you tried moving to another location and seeing if it worked?
Or are you saying you have service but it's just not making phone calls and connecting to data?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
Until I turned wifi calling off, on, and and off again..... I had 0 service. I started at the hospital, and and remained when I went home, about 2 hours.... Reboots did not affect it..... I originally turned on wifi calling when I went nto the hospital because there was no service, but they have wifi..... But even when I left the hospital, I still didn't have service for hours, until I switched wifi calling off, and on, and and off again.... Then all of the sudden full signal and 4G came back. I need to mention that outside of the hospital in have had nearly full signal strength everywhere in my county including my home before and after this incident.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
Sounds to me like either the wifi calling feature got hung somehow leaving you stuck sorta in between it shutting off and the cellular side turning bback on (if that even makes sense!), or there were some issues with the tower in the area, and once maintenance was complete, you got your signal back.
Just guessing here!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
Aight well thanks for the input.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

sprint ditching 4g and reverting back to evdo ?

Since I first turned on my LGOG in my neighborhood in Miami, I've been on the eHRPD network. This week, however, eHRPD is gone from my whole zip code and evdo_a is back.
While eHRPD gave me crappy signal and horrible data throughput, evdo_a at least gives me 1Mbps. But does that mean sprint is abandoning 4g LTE for my zip code?
maybe working on it or upgrading? doubt theyd go backwards lol
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda app-developers app
Maybe a dumb question but is your mobile network mode set to lte/cdma?
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda premium
This doesn't even make any sense...
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda premium
^ What he said
Wonder if the OP knows that eHRPD and EVDO-A are broadcast from the same tower on the same channel using the same technology and the same backhaul. It is one signal, not two different signals.
I'm seeing this in my area too. Looks like ehrpd was stopped from broadcasting, logcat shows its not even trying to authenticate or connect to ehrpd. but lte is still broadcast. Time to check s4gru.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda app-developers app
I still have 4g, but I've noticed a difficulty in transition between 3g and 4g. Also, getting the IP errors like I did with Wimax. This has happened in the last day or 2.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda app-developers app
Are u all on ota jelly bean? Jelly bean may be the culprit! I haven been having the same issue in chicago, and my text werent going through.I reverted back to ics now and the problems are gone.
outerpip said:
I still have 4g, but I've noticed a difficulty in transition between 3g and 4g. Also, getting the IP errors like I did with Wimax. This has happened in the last day or 2.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Categories

Resources