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SIM Cards - PRL's - *22899

I was told to do a *22899. It made my PRL change to 52xxx and signal was alright but then I heard they were only 3G. So the only way i can get back to the 15xxx PRL was to get a New SIM from VZW. It was free and I just wanted to do a Signal Test to report back here.
These 2 screen shots were taken from the same location outside of the VZW Store-
52686 PRL
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New SIM PRL 15119
Im running the OTA 4.0.4 Radios.
The only way the new SIM will accept is to start fresh.
-If running a Custom ROM, Wipe Data, Wipe Dalvik Cache, Flash Rom, Flash GApps, reboot and sign in-
-if running Stock, Factory data reset.
No More dialing *22899, it wont update the 4G while on a 52xxx PRL-

Bummer. Yeah, don't do 2289. Went through this a few months ago.

tell me bout it, got the wrong info from VZW and online. oh well, i got a signal boost out of it-

You should blur out your phone number.

painter_ said:
You should blur out your phone number.
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You should have texted them that.
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El Daddy said:
You should have texted them that.
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That would have been epic lol.

fixed

alphanu22 said:
No More dialing *22899, it wont update the 4G while on a 52xxx PRL-
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My PRL is 52686 and both my CDMA and LTE are fine.

Coulro DeSouth said:
My PRL is 52686 and both my CDMA and LTE are fine.
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For now.

how do you update to 15119? I'm on 15109

mistermojorizin said:
how do you update to 15119? I'm on 15109
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PRL's are different # across the US

The 22899 trick works on devices like this if you assign the number to a saved contact (mine is called "vzw") and initiate a call to the contact (nothing new in this)... A VzW customer care rep had me do this, not knowing that it's not intended to refresh the PRL on LTE devices.
Anyway - I must have played with this about a dozen times. Works just fine, no issues, no "fried SIM" - my understanding is that this isn't an issue any longer. HOWEVER... updating your PRL this way DOES seem to load the 5*... PRL rather than the 1*... that is associated with best roaming towers for LTE devices. Every time I did this, I wound up with a 5*... series PRL as we're seeing in this thread with other folks' experience.
HOWEVER -- I had no reason at all to suspect the SIM was somehow "damaged" and "stuck" with this PRL. The "proper" way to update an LTE SIM with a new PRL is to allow the phone to do it automatically on boot, or way to have it pushed to the phone by the carrier. After "calling" my "vzw" entry I wound up with a 5*... PRL -- so pulled the battery, popped the SIM out for a moment and replaced both it and the battery. Then, before turning it on again, I entertained a bit of superstition and took the phone to a place with a known very strong 4G signal and powered it up there. Within a minute or so after boot, the PRL had changed and now read (and still reads) 15109.
Note: this is AFTER I had called the 22899 number many times and had the 5*... PRL assigned to the phone (SIM?) each time. No damage -- just needed to encourage the phone to reset the PRL properly by itself.

jonstrong said:
The 22899 trick works on devices like this if you assign the number to a saved contact (mine is called "vzw") and initiate a call to the contact (nothing new in this)... A VzW customer care rep had me do this, not knowing that it's not intended to refresh the PRL on LTE devices.
Anyway - I must have played with this about a dozen times. Works just fine, no issues, no "fried SIM" - my understanding is that this isn't an issue any longer. HOWEVER... updating your PRL this way DOES seem to load the 5*... PRL rather than the 1*... that is associated with best roaming towers for LTE devices. Every time I did this, I wound up with a 5*... series PRL as we're seeing in this thread with other folks' experience.
HOWEVER -- I had no reason at all to suspect the SIM was somehow "damaged" and "stuck" with this PRL. The "proper" way to update an LTE SIM with a new PRL is to allow the phone to do it automatically on boot, or way to have it pushed to the phone by the carrier. After "calling" my "vzw" entry I wound up with a 5*... PRL -- so pulled the battery, popped the SIM out for a moment and replaced both it and the battery. Then, before turning it on again, I entertained a bit of superstition and took the phone to a place with a known very strong 4G signal and powered it up there. Within a minute or so after boot, the PRL had changed and now read (and still reads) 15109.
Note: this is AFTER I had called the 22899 number many times and had the 5*... PRL assigned to the phone (SIM?) each time. No damage -- just needed to encourage the phone to reset the PRL properly by itself.
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Any improvement with the signal since the change back

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Any improvement with the signal since the change back
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No noticeable difference in signal with either one, although I haven't experimented in any particularly scientific fashion. In general, I get great reception with this phone -- and this didn't seem different when on the 5* PRL...

When I first got my phone, my phone auto dialed *22899. My PRL changed, but it reverted back to the original 15119 after a reboot. Not sure if I should get a new sim card or not. Signal is fine, but I live within view of a tower.

when i got my gnex, the verizon rep told me to never do a *228 on a 4g phone. didn't really explain why though. guess this is why.

quantumalpha said:
when i got my gnex, the verizon rep told me to never do a *228 on a 4g phone. didn't really explain why though. guess this is why.
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At this point I think it's just CSR urban legend. From all we've read and heard, this should no longer be something to worry about.
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it is a csr legend im an x employee and still have a gazillian friends there....and i can confirm it, he whole story how it surfaced is long and boring, just dont do *228 because it is worthless

Help me out here, you say the only way back to the old PRL is with a new sim card and factory reset? Why would the new sim not "take" with out restoring the phone?
I have done the manual prl update a few times and gotten a 5xxxx prl. I saw this thread and checked my prl again and it went back to 15xxx on its own? Do I need a new sim card???

I hadn't checked it in a while, but my phone has reverted back to the 15 PRL after using *22899 many times.
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Sprint/Google Voice calls not coming through

Has anyone had a problem with incoming calls not coming through? It doesn't happen all the time - just intermittently. I'll get a "missed call" in Google Voice but my phone doesn't ring.

have the same issue. what rom/baseband do you hae. i have the l710vpl13 and am using the freegs3v0.2.0 rom.

sg1dan said:
have the same issue. what rom/baseband do you hae. i have the l710vpl13 and am using the freegs3v0.2.0 rom.
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I'm on FreeGS3 v1.0.0 with baseband L710VPBLJ7.

quick google search came back with some people complaing that's it's sprint issue while updating towers. new to sprint in chicago where lte is being rolled out, so that can be it.

My wife is having the same issue w/ not receiving calls and sms messages but I am not.
We live in Southeast Texas so I doubt network expansion in Chicago would have any direct affect down here.

I'm in Los Angeles.

I've had that issue in VA.
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I've had that issue in VA.
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HAD? did the problem go away? or did you do something?

I reliably get calls but not texts. I am in North Texas(Dallas).

So you guys don't think it's a problem with the Google Voice/Sprint integration?

Same issue (no calls in). Seattle wa.

The only time i have issues with Google voice is when i have a spotty internet connection but i am sure you guys would have realized that by now. The only issue i ever have is in messaging it queues the message instead of sending but again i attribute that to data connection
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HAD? did the problem go away? or did you do something?
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I think it's fixed. I don't talk on the phone much anyways. I called Sprint multiple times. They said one tower among the like 5 in my area was down for maintenance and that most towers were over loaded in my area. (I live right next to a major state college). This happened right after hurricane Sandy came through which didn't do any major damage here.
After the Sprint tech confirmed I wasn't receiving calls she noted it in my account and offered to credit my account if I keep track of how many days it wouldn't work.
I'll test when my wife gets home from work in a hour.
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This is definitely a problem with sprint/google voice and it doesn't matter what phone you have. I had this issue when they first started the Sprint/GV integration and after browing the official sprint forums I found that it was the problem. Once I removed the GV integration all the issues went away. Another reason I removed it was because I would be on the phone and would get disconnected after 30 minutes exactly every time. I was using a Evo shift then, and then moved to the Motorola Photon and it happened on both of them.

Lancerz said:
This is definitely a problem with sprint/google voice and it doesn't matter what phone you have. I had this issue when they first started the Sprint/GV integration and after browing the official sprint forums I found that it was the problem. Once I removed the GV integration all the issues went away. Another reason I removed it was because I would be on the phone and would get disconnected after 30 minutes exactly every time. I was using a Evo shift then, and then moved to the Motorola Photon and it happened on both of them.
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Same here but it would drop my call at 1 hour exact.
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My issues seems to be fixed. I stopped using Google voice a long time ago. Never got the words right I'm visual voicemail which was the reason I wanted it.
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Google voice and sprint.. In Kansas... I get random missed calls too. Just will have a missed call and it never rang
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i had this happen today in Oak Park, IL. first i noticed it though.

I don't have the SIII, but I will add to the list of missing calls as well (GSII). Only weird thing is...I never got the notification like you guys did. I would use my wife's phone to the call and it would never ring on my end. But when I uninstalled the app, it worked fine.
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The best advice for anyone using the Sprint/GV integration is to just drop it because it's just gonna be more of a problem than it's worth. Most of the time you won't even know you missed a call or text until someone tells you.

Anyone having MMS issues?

Noticed this last night, havent been able to send an MMS since about 9pm lastnight. Local issue?

Still having the issue, is there some data I can clear or something to reset?

Custom rom?
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Nope, bone stock. Running ZVB.

This has happened to me before with this phone and Sprint. First question: are you using the Stock Messaging app? If so, try rebooting the device. I've noticed when I was on ZV9 or ZV8 (can't remember which one) when I would drive through an area with no signal, the radio just refuses to pick data back up. Turning Airplane Mode on and off or a reboot usually fixes the issue. If you're not using the stock messaging app, you might have to wait for an update to that app.
Sorry, that's really all I got.

Airplane mode on/off, reboot, nothing is working.

Settings are correct
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Not sure if your having the same exact issue i am. But i can't send test messages shorter than 4 words or so. This has happened to me since i got the jelly bean update. I have reset the phone, check the settings like u, root and reinstall jb, done ## something##, brought my phone to sprint...... Ihave not found the answer yet either. Its really annoying when i want to reply something short and to the point. My text messages are littered with fails. If you figure something out please let me know. And to top it off sprint says i need to spend 50 bucks on a referbished phone, to fix my issue.Wtf

I was able to send a text of more than 4 words, seems to be MMS outgoing only. I received a pic earlier this week.

I meant I can not send outgoing messages shorter than 4 words or so.
Mindspin_311 said:
I was able to send a text of more than 4 words, seems to be MMS outgoing only. I received a pic earlier this week.
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peteyo said:
I meant I can not send outgoing messages shorter than 4 words or so.
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Oh, I can do that too haha
No issues sending regular texts.

Sms apps from the play store work just fine.
I'm pissed now. Factory reset?
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Yeah, if all else fails, I'd go with that.

I think even Go Sms stopped working
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Try updating profile/prl...
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No one else has this issue?

Factory reset didnt work either

Have you tried calling Sprint to see if there's an outage in your area?

I doubt its a 2wk outage. Also, my fiancee's GS3 can send pictures no problem. I can also send pictures via GOSMS, but that is just a crutch and I shouldnt have to do that.

Mindspin_311 said:
I doubt its a 2wk outage. Also, my fiancee's GS3 can send pictures no problem. I can also send pictures via GOSMS, but that is just a crutch and I shouldnt have to do that.
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Well you can still try calling. And see if there's something they can do on their end. I had a similar problem like this before and they said there was like a data blockage to my phone or some bs. And they pretty much had to reactivate my phone.

Hot spot connection issue

Hi guys
Having trouble using hot spot. Running skynote 8.2 worked before now the computer connects but cant load the page.when I troubleshoot it it says its a dns problem. I reflashed and even flashed clean rom and jedi rom on but still no luck.anyone got any free time to help please.desperately need this feature for work.
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anyone can help? I tried to search for the solution, wiped my phone, flashed it with the same rom, flashed it with another rom, used wired, wireless and bluetooth tether.
it all ends the same. the connection drops data after a while and i can't connect to any internet.
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Having trouble using hot spot. Running skynote 8.2 worked before now the computer connects but cant load the page.when I troubleshoot it it says its a dns problem. I reflashed and even flashed clean rom and jedi rom on but still no luck.anyone got any free time to help please.desperately need this feature for work.
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anyone can help? I tried to search for the solution, wiped my phone, flashed it with the same rom, flashed it with another rom, used wired, wireless and bluetooth tether.
it all ends the same. the connection drops data after a while and i can't connect to any internet.
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Mine does that too, not just my phone but my Wireless hotspot too, (a AT&T Unite) I can keep the connection up by doing a "ping www.google.com -t" in the command line.
Yes, this will kill your battery, consider using bluetooth or USB tether.
Furthermore AT&Ts DNS servers suck use these
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Just put them in to your DNS settings in Windows.
This isn't an issue with your devices, its a AT&T issue from the looks of it. (I called AT&T and they tell me that the local tower is having issues so unless I continuously ping google I can't tether or use my hotspot for more than 20 minutes without getting DNS errors, Does it with any ROM I try, even my PlayStation Vita does it)

Sorry but my note 2 is bell variant and i'm on bell network in Canada. The only reason I'm using this forum is because AT&T has the same model unlike the other verizon and such.
So any other idea???
i also tried to set the hotspot auto turn off to always on and it seems to help a little. however every now and then i still get disconnection.
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Mine does that too, not just my phone but my Wireless hotspot too, (a AT&T Unite) I can keep the connection up by doing a "ping www.google.com -t" in the command line.
Yes, this will kill your battery, consider using bluetooth or USB tether.
Furthermore AT&Ts DNS servers suck use these
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Just put them in to your DNS settings in Windows.
This isn't an issue with your devices, its a AT&T issue from the looks of it. (I called AT&T and they tell me that the local tower is having issues so unless I continuously ping google I can't tether or use my hotspot for more than 20 minutes without getting DNS errors, Does it with any ROM I try, even my PlayStation Vita does it)
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iniquity0411 said:
Sorry but my note 2 is bell variant and i'm on bell network in Canada. The only reason I'm using this forum is because AT&T has the same model unlike the other verizon and such.
So any other idea???
i also tried to set the hotspot auto turn off to always on and it seems to help a little. however every now and then i still get disconnection.
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Did anything change when you continuously pinged Google?

I keep refreshing the page, enter new common websites such as MSN or yahoo and they all show nothing except DNS failed look up. I changed the bell apn to some tether apn bell offered but that didn't work. So now I reset the apn to have it look up the settings itself. Still having the issue..
I never had this issue until recengly like last two weeks. Iunno what could be the Cuz and I can't figure out is it my phone, rom, or laptop...
I seriously will pay someone if they can't help me fix this!
Thanks in advance to this wonderful community.
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heres what i get when i "ping" google using your command in the 'command prompt'
i still have internet but i guess when i go stream some videos it goes into DNS look up error...
i'll upload the screen pics.
when i ping it just keeps going... iunno if that's suppose to happen.
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Disable your app and use ES File Explorer to hotspot. This can help to see if it is wifi app specific issue, or a common (phone setting, DNS...) problem.
Mine works this way on Stock and no root.
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Cant send or receive mms while on wifi after updating to 5.1.1 with odin files

Title says it all. My carrier is Cricket if that helps. Thanks

elloco27 said:
Title says it all. My carrier is Cricket if that helps. Thanks
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I used to have this issue on my old phone when using Juice Defender. The app used to disconnect data when connected to wifi, but MMS uses data whether connected to Wifi or not. I'm not saying that you're using Juice Defender though, but my point is that you should check that your data is enabled through settings when connected to Wifi and trying to send MMS.
Let me know if you don't know how to wnable/disable data. If you're using a battery saver app, make sure that it isn't toggling data too.
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I used to have this issue on my old phone when using Juice Defender. The app used to disconnect data when connected to wifi, but MMS uses data whether connected to Wifi or not. I'm not saying that you're using Juice Defender though, but my point is that you should check that your data is enabled through settings when connected to Wifi and trying to send MMS.
Let me know if you don't know how to wnable/disable data. If you're using a battery saver app, make sure that it isn't toggling data too.
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I don't have any battery saving app. Please show me how to enable data with the wifi on

elloco27 said:
I don't have any battery saving app. Please show me how to enable data with the wifi on
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Nothing should off your data then, but it's always possible that it could've turned off somehow, so just double check using my screenshots.
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If data is on, then try turning Airplane Mode on then off. Then try rebooting if you haven't already (many people rarely reboot their phones nowaday. Not really a need to anymore).
If those don't work, then I'm at a loss. Sorry.
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spexwood said:
I used to have this issue on my old phone when using Juice Defender. The app used to disconnect data when connected to wifi, but MMS uses data whether connected to Wifi or not. I'm not saying that you're using Juice Defender though, but my point is that you should check that your data is enabled through settings when connected to Wifi and trying to send MMS.
Let me know if you don't know how to wnable/disable data. If you're using a battery saver app, make sure that it isn't toggling data too.
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spexwood said:
If data is on, then try turning Airplane Mode on then off. Then try rebooting if you haven't already (many people rarely reboot their phones nowaday. Not really a need to anymore).
If those don't work, then I'm at a loss. Sorry.
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Didn't work but thanks for the help I'll try factory resetting my phone.

elloco27 said:
Didn't work but thanks for the help I'll try factory resetting my phone.
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Darn. I was really hoping that that was the problem since it's an easy fix.
Factory reset should definitely help. It's just a PITA. :/
Good luck!
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my Msm/mms stop sending text on both wifi and/or data after i use Package disabler app. I enabled all apps now and it's still not working right.
It works after a reboot but stop working 5 mins later. Grrr
LLP 5.1.1