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Us Cellular not working with Pixel on the Project Fi network.

Upon switching from a nexus 6p to the pixel XL( not worth it in my opinion the 6p was and still is a beast and performance is relatively similar on both) using project Fi I've lost all service in my area because the phone will not switch to the US Cellular network. Trying to force the network change with the proper dialer code brings up "invalid MCC". Is anyone else having this problem. I've slapped the sim back into the 6p and can access the US Cellular network. But the pixel will not use the network. Using FiSwitch to monitor provider I am using and the logs show US Cellular is nowhere to be found. Thanks in advance

LTE on T-Mobile not working AT&T working

So I got my pixel xl from Google today. It works but I am on T-Mobile and it will not connect to LTE band 4 or 12 which are in my area. I have an ATT SIM for my work which I popped in and it works fine. That said without driving around Atlanta to try to find B2 I cannot tell if it is T-Mobile or the phone. Is anyone else on T-Mobile getting LTE connection at all?
So news today I can connect to LTE. Yesterday when I got the SIM in using *#*#4636#*#* I would get zero reception forcing LTE only. The phone would only connect to UMTS/HSPAP. Today after several restarts and calling T-Mobile and Google support it is now working. Here is what I did.
First Google is saying the update is supposed to affect LTE connecting issues.
Second make sure your SIM is properly registered with your provider. They should elevate the issue to higher tech support to have them look into it. This takes up to 24 hours.
Third go to your dialer do the *#*4636#*#*, go to phone info and change the preferred network type to LTE/UMTS or LTE/WCDMA (I haven't seen a difference between them). (This info is in other threads) Then restart your phone.
The problem seems to be how the phone determines what bands the network provider uses. It defaults to CDMA as the voice connection. For me this meant the phone was always connecting to UMTS only. It seems the firmware has some kind of default setting when it senses an error out the gate. The APN settings and preferred network settings needed to be updated and the phone restarted for it all to work. I now connect to band 4 LTE in my area. I hope this helps others.

I am also getting slow data speeds on my pixel XL connected to t mobile

My XL seems to get pretty consistent LTE service and good speed on T-Mobile.

LTE in Chicago working well.
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LTE in minnesota working fine.
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Google "Pixel LTE band 4 issue"

Weird. I'm getting pretty awesome Band 4 coverage in So. Cal. I also get Band 12 here, but Band 4 is what my phone tends to be connected to, which is fine since it tends to be significantly faster.

I'm in Oklahoma on t mobile getting slow connection compared to my friends. They each have a galaxy s6 edge and get between 70-80 MBs down sitting right next to me. I'm getting 14 MBs down. I just left sprint today for slow connection. Hoping to find a way to get this resolved ASAP.

mnguyen127 said:
Weird. I'm getting pretty awesome Band 4 coverage in So. Cal. I also get Band 12 here, but Band 4 is what my phone tends to be connected to, which is fine since it tends to be significantly faster.
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I only experience the issue in downtown Toronto area and I contacted my carrier, Telus, in Canada. They confirmed that network signal in such area is mainly LTE band 4...

Just an FYI for those with the same issue. Google has asked for my shipping address after contacting them about the issue.

micah_675 said:
Just an FYI for those with the same issue. Google has asked for my shipping address after contacting them about the issue.
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Which means replacement is on its way?

Not yet I'll update the thread when I get word.

I hope that result you issue, theres a lot of people with problems with LTE band 4 around the world
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/phone-by-google/OxkJ1Sn6i5c/E_2n5dFTBgAJ
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Not yet I'll update the thread when I get word.
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Have you tried swapping SIM cards?
I pulled the sim out of another working TMO iPhone6s and my PIXEL got LTE right away.

Have an update and updated the main post.

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Have an update and updated the main post.
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Thanks. I changed mine to LTE/WCDMA. Will know how it goes next week.

All seems to be working on my end.

I was having delays in mms being sent. I was using the default APN. About a week ago I changed the APN to the one recommended by T-Mobile. Mms sends instantly now just about. I don't think it's effected much on LTE but I didn't have problems before. Make sure your on the proper APN

I sure hope there isnt a recall..My XL hasnt even shipped yet and im on Tmo

I spoke with a t-mobile rep yesterday who helped me get my issue resolved. My main apn was set up incorrectly. Now I am connected to LTE and not just hspa+. I get generally good speeds most everywhere and I have tower right by my house that must go fairly unused.

Project FI coverage/partners

My phone is trying to connect to Sprint, I think, @ -90-100 dB. Why doesn't it connect to US Cellular instead where the signal strength is -60-70 dB?
Is there a way to set the phone to prefer US Cellular? Some kind of dialer code or something?
Thanks.

nabbed said:
My phone is trying to connect to Sprint, I think, @ -90-100 dB. Why doesn't it connect to US Cellular instead where the signal strength is -60-70 dB?
Is there a way to set the phone to prefer US Cellular? Some kind of dialer code or something?
Thanks.
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There isn't a dialer code to jump specifically to US Cellular (that I can find), but there are codes to force jump to the other 2 carriers or the next available carrier, and a few other things: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/project-fi/IkOy8ZGNyPk/OWWpwxY4AgAJ
I don't know why it wouldn't be using the strongest tower, but sometimes it happens to me when I'm in a new area. I usually toggle Airplane Mode off and on because sometimes it fixes the problem without using the dialer codes.
I've had to reactivate Project Fi at least a few times due to factory resets and new phones. Only 1 time, in the Project Fi phone app, there was an option at the top to "fine tune" the SIM card to get more and better coverage or something. I don't know why I've never seen it again. Maybe search around for that.

I use an app called Fi switch and it can switch you to us cellular. There is a code but I do not know what it is either.
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gonzo237 said:
I use an app called Fi switch and it can switch you to us cellular. There is a code but I do not know what it is either.
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I saw a thread on google that said that the dialer code to force US Cellular was *#*#FIDAN#*#*

nabbed said:
I saw a thread on google that said that the dialer code to force US Cellular was *#*#FIDAN#*#*
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This worked perfectly for me, and since in my area I don't have USC it put me onto VZW EVDO. LMAO

Guys, Remember Signal strength is not equal to signal quality. On any phone, Be it using fi or not. Serving cell choice is based off a number of factors. SNR/RSRQ coming far before primary carrier RSSI, And further more RSRP.
For instance, I was in down town Tampa the other day. My Pixel XL decided it wanted to land on a far away PCI. Landing me at like a -115 on band 13. However, I was in line of sight with a known verizon cell. Using my LTE test set. I forced a connection to the tower I was physically near and it was completely unusable. Due to near-band interference on band 4. Sure, The primary carrier RSSI was -52, But that doesn't matter. And that's why the phone made the right decision to connect to the cleaner, albeit weaker serving cell.

Pixel XL and Project Fi

I was on Project Fi with my Nexus 6P and thought the service was fantastic. I'm not really having the same experience with the Pixel XL. For some reason the network switching doesn't seem to work nearly as well. This morning I was on a network with no bars for more than an hour and the phone never changed networks. I had to manually switch from Sprint to T-Mobile and then I went from zero bars to full network strength. Project Fi support hasn't been helpful at all. I'm curious if other people are having problems with Project Fi on this phone.

jhs39 said:
I was on Project Fi with my Nexus 6P and thought the service was fantastic. I'm not really having the same experience with the Pixel XL. For some reason the network switching doesn't seem to work nearly as well. This morning I was on a network with no bars for more than an hour and the phone never changed networks. I had to manually switch from Sprint to T-Mobile and then I went from zero bars to full network strength. Project Fi support hasn't been helpful at all. I'm curious if other people are having problems with Project Fi on this phone.
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I haven't had that issue, but I keep having the issue of no data connection on T-Mobile after I leave Wi-Fi.
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Jammol said:
I haven't had that issue, but I keep having the issue of no data connection on T-Mobile after I leave Wi-Fi.
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That sounds like a pretty annoying issue. Did Project Fi support have an explanation or help you at all?

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That sounds like a pretty annoying issue. Did Project Fi support have an explanation or help you at all?
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Nope. However, it hasn't happened on the O Preview 2.
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That's good. Unfortunately, running O Preview 2 did nothing to solve my issue. Project Fi tech support just emailed me a bunch of tests to perform which seem utterly pointless and in no way related to my problem.

I moved to Austin Texas right after I purchased the phone and experienced the same problem. I thought it had to do with TMobile or Sprint, but it actually has more to do with the stock firmware. Install a Lineage OS-based ROM. I no longer have any connectivity issues with the phone. I'm using CrDroid from this forum, everything is working really well.

That's interesting. I'm not sure I'm ready to flash a ROM on this phone yet given all the problems people seem to have with TWRP, flashing, root breaking and the dual partitions. But I was running Dirty Unicorn rather than stock on the 6P. I suppose it's possible that could partly account for why Fi worked much better on that phone. Still, since Fi is Google's own service it doesn't make much sense that it would run better on a custom ROM than stock.

jhs39 said:
I was on Project Fi with my Nexus 6P and thought the service was fantastic. I'm not really having the same experience with the Pixel XL. For some reason the network switching doesn't seem to work nearly as well. This morning I was on a network with no bars for more than an hour and the phone never changed networks. I had to manually switch from Sprint to T-Mobile and then I went from zero bars to full network strength. Project Fi support hasn't been helpful at all. I'm curious if other people are having problems with Project Fi on this phone.
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You had a single error of network switching and you think that it's a trend? Have you ever considered the possibility that a carrier had a network outage at this time? For more than an hour?
CRAZY.
Do you know what happened to me? I got a brand new Pixel XL/FI and it wouldn't connect to the T-Mob network for about 24 hours. Out of the box, I couldn't use the phone. You know what happened afterwards. They fixed their network.

It isn't a single error--it's been a consistent problem for as long as I've had this phone. I'll be driving and my bars go down to nothing and the network never switches. I'll be in my doctor's office and have no bars and the network never switches. I'll be in a restaurant and have no bars and the network never switches. Project Fi on the Pixel is easily the worst phone service I have ever had. It seems like I have no bars nearly as much as I have actual phone service.
The weird thing is that when I have no bars the phone is always on the Sprint network. I was a Virgin Mobile customer for years. Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network and I never had a situation anywhere in Chicago where I didn't have Sprint service. But Virgin Mobile uses CDMA phones. The Google Pixel is trying to switch between CDMA (Sprint) and GSM (T-Mobile) networks on the same radio, which I'm guessing is causing the difference in network quality I'm getting on Sprint between Virgin Mobile and Project Fi. The Virgin Mobile phones were a hell of a lot cheaper than the Google Pixel but they picked up a strong Sprint signal everywhere. It doesn't seem like the radio in my Pixel is working anything like Google promises.

jhs39 said:
It isn't a single error--it's been a consistent problem for as long as I've had this phone. I'll be driving and my bars go down to nothing and the network never switches. I'll be in my doctor's office and have no bars and the network never switches. I'll be in a restaurant and have no bars and the network never switches. Project Fi on the Pixel is easily the worst phone service I have ever had. It seems like I have no bars nearly as much as I have actual phone service.
The weird thing is that when I have no bars the phone is always on the Sprint network. I was a Virgin Mobile customer for years. Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network and I never had a situation anywhere in Chicago where I didn't have Sprint service. But Virgin Mobile uses CDMA phones. The Google Pixel is trying to switch between CDMA (Sprint) and GSM (T-Mobile) networks on the same radio, which I'm guessing is causing the difference in network quality I'm getting on Sprint between Virgin Mobile and Project Fi. The Virgin Mobile phones were a hell of a lot cheaper than the Google Pixel but they picked up a strong Sprint signal everywhere. It doesn't seem like the radio in my Pixel is working anything like Google promises.
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You'll be driving, and your bars go down to nothing, and the network never switches - maybe because there's nothing to switch to in the middle of nowhere?
You'll be in your doctor's office, and your bars go down to nothing, and the network never switches - maybe because there's nothing to switch to inside a concrete building?
" The Google Pixel is trying to switch between CDMA (Sprint) and GSM (T-Mobile) networks on the same radio, which I'm guessing is causing the difference in network quality I'm getting on Sprint between Virgin Mobile and Project Fi."
This makes zero sense. You think that your Pixel phone has bad "radio" reception because it uses "the same radio" to receive both Sprint and T-Mobile signals, as opposed to a dedicated "radio" in your Virgin Mobile phone? CDMA and GSM radios don't use the same circuitry inside your phone, they are usually two different chips which are completely independent.
My FI straight up doesn't work sometimes when it's on T-Mob for some unknown reason - USC has easily the strongest service in my town. But when I lose signal, the phone probably switches to a T-Mob because it's the next thing in line. This happens once every 2-3 months.
Look, Project FI is not perfect. I've had a fair share of problems with it. But it isn't because the hardware in your Pixel phone is inferior. It's buggy as **** and it's cheap as dirt (for a low data user.) I've said it from day one. Just hope that Google fixes the bugs, or just get rid of it.

nabbed said:
You'll be driving, and your bars go down to nothing, and the network never switches - maybe because there's nothing to switch to in the middle of nowhere?
You'll be in your doctor's office, and your bars go down to nothing, and the network never switches - maybe because there's nothing to switch to inside a concrete building?
" The Google Pixel is trying to switch between CDMA (Sprint) and GSM (T-Mobile) networks on the same radio, which I'm guessing is causing the difference in network quality I'm getting on Sprint between Virgin Mobile and Project Fi."
This makes zero sense. You think that your Pixel phone has bad "radio" reception because it uses "the same radio" to receive both Sprint and T-Mobile signals, as opposed to a dedicated "radio" in your Virgin Mobile phone? CDMA and GSM radios don't use the same circuitry inside your phone, they are usually two different chips which are completely independent.
My FI straight up doesn't work sometimes when it's on T-Mob for some unknown reason - USC has easily the strongest service in my town. But when I lose signal, the phone probably switches to a T-Mob because it's the next thing in line. This happens once every 2-3 months.
Look, Project FI is not perfect. I've had a fair share of problems with it. But it isn't because the hardware in your Pixel phone is inferior. It's buggy as **** and it's cheap as dirt (for a low data user.) I've said it from day one. Just hope that Google fixes the bugs, or just get rid of it.
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I'm not in the middle of nowhere--I'm in the middle of freaking Chicago. I also had Project Fi previously with my Nexus 6P, went to the same places and never had the problem of no bars or the network not switching. Why in God's name do people like you feel the need to post snide and ignorant comments when you clearly have nothing even remotely helpful or constructive to say? All you want to do is be sarcastic and pretend that you are smarter than everybody else. Waste someone else's time please. I'm sick of reading the garbage that you are posting.

Project Fi support has acknowledged that the service isn't working the way that it's supposed to on this phone. Hopefully that will shut up the idiot who keeps trying to argue that nothing is wrong. They are sending me a new sim card. If that doesn't fix the problem they are going to replace the phone. I started this thread because I wanted to find out if there was a problem with my device or if the Pixel XL just didn't work that well with the Project Fi service. Unfortunately I didn't really get an answer.

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Project Fi support has acknowledged that the service isn't working the way that it's supposed to on this phone. Hopefully that will shut up the idiot who keeps trying to argue that nothing is wrong. They are sending me a new sim card. If that doesn't fix the problem they are going to replace the phone. I started this thread because I wanted to find out if there was a problem with my device or if the Pixel XL just didn't work that well with the Project Fi service. Unfortunately I didn't really get an answer.
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I wish you luck, and I wish your efforts lead to a successful resolution of problems that many Project Fi users have been experiencing.
Good luck!

OP, you are not crazy. I had the same issues with stock ROM, all versions. I used signal spy and rooted to have control over switching. I had problems with both Sprint and T-Mo, but when I manually changed carrier, I got a full signal. It seemed to happen more when I was leaving a WiFi connection, but that may have been coincidence. Since I have switched to Pure Nexus I have had no problem at all. Don't know what the difference is, but I like that my phone works as advertised.

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OP, you are not crazy. I had the same issues with stock ROM, all versions. I used signal spy and rooted to have control over switching. I had problems with both Sprint and T-Mo, but when I manually changed carrier, I got a full signal. It seemed to happen more when I was leaving a WiFi connection, but that may have been coincidence. Since I have switched to Pure Nexus I have had no problem at all. Don't know what the difference is, but I like that my phone works as advertised.
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If I build up the nerve I might try to flash DU on my phone but I've never been a fan of Pure Nexus. The thing that bothers me is that I used Virgin Mobile which is on the Sprint network for over 10 years. Sometimes I had cheap phones and sometimes I had more expensive ones but I never experienced a problem where I had no Sprint signal anywhere in the city. Yet this 900 dollar phone shows no Sprint signal all over the place. I don't understand why that is. I do see a lot of similar complaints to mine on the official Project Fi support threads. If I hadn't had such great service with Project Fi on my Nexus 6P I would probably be willing to chalk it up to issues with Fi service in my area but that can't be the case.

jhs39 said:
If I build up the nerve I might try to flash DU on my phone but I've never been a fan of Pure Nexus. The thing that bothers me is that I used Virgin Mobile which is on the Sprint network for over 10 years. Sometimes I had cheap phones and sometimes I had more expensive ones but I never experienced a problem where I had no Sprint signal anywhere in the city. Yet this 900 dollar phone shows no Sprint signal all over the place. I don't understand why that is. I do see a lot of similar complaints to mine on the official Project Fi support threads. If I hadn't had such great service with Project Fi on my Nexus 6P I would probably be willing to chalk it up to issues with Fi service in my area but that can't be the case.
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Did you get your new replacement sim card? Or your new replacement phone? I have hope you can fix it for all of us.
As a side note, I was on a phone with Google Support once for over 90 minutes. This was the first day I got my Pixel XL and the Project FI sim card. Everything worked except voice. Literally data worked. Texting worked. Voice didn't.
So I spent the next 90 minutes on the phone with a very capable lad from Google. We tried everything. Things I didn't even know about.
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In the end, all it took was factory reset. And everything worked.
Occasionally, T-Mob still wouldn't work - once every few months or so, which is easily remedied by manually switching to another carrier.
Here's an app to switch stuff for your FI - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mbmc.fiinfo&hl=en
Give this buggy pos another shot!

nabbed said:
Did you get your new replacement sim card? Or your new replacement phone? I have hope you can fix it for all of us.
As a side note, I was on a phone with Google Support once for over 90 minutes. This was the first day I got my Pixel XL and the Project FI sim card. Everything worked except voice. Literally data worked. Texting worked. Voice didn't.
So I spent the next 90 minutes on the phone with a very capable lad from Google. We tried everything. Things I didn't even know about.
In the end, all it took was factory reset. And everything worked.
Occasionally, T-Mob still wouldn't work - once every few months or so, which is easily remedied by manually switching to another carrier.
Here's an app to switch stuff for your FI - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mbmc.fiinfo&hl=en
Give this buggy pos another shot!
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My new sim card is coming tomorrow. Since Project Fi worked fine with my other phone I'm left thinking either it doesn't work as well in general with the Pixel XL or there is something wrong with my particular phone. Since I've had this thing for less than a month I'm concerned Google will send me a refurbished phone instead of a new one. I spent a small fortune on this thing and don't want to get stuck with someone else's used phone when I spent that money for a new one. If the sim doesn't fix the problem I'm tempted to just keep the phone and manually switch networks when I need to. That seems to be what a lot of Project Fi customers get stuck doing anyway.

nabbed said:
Did you get your new replacement sim card? Or your new replacement phone? I have hope you can fix it for all of us.
As a side note, I was on a phone with Google Support once for over 90 minutes. This was the first day I got my Pixel XL and the Project FI sim card. Everything worked except voice. Literally data worked. Texting worked. Voice didn't.
So I spent the next 90 minutes on the phone with a very capable lad from Google. We tried everything. Things I didn't even know about.
In the end, all it took was factory reset. And everything worked.
Occasionally, T-Mob still wouldn't work - once every few months or so, which is easily remedied by manually switching to another carrier.
Here's an app to switch stuff for your FI - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mbmc.fiinfo&hl=en
Give this buggy pos another shot!
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Thanks for the shortcut. I'm using Signal Spy, which seems to have largely the same functionality as other similar apps made for Fi users. It does allow me to manually switch networks if I'm on a bad one and the phone doesn't switch on its own. It also puts an icon on the bar on the top of the phone showing which carrier I'm on, which was mainly what I was curious about on my previous phone. I never had to manually switch networks with Fi on the Nexus so I didn't start using that function until I got the Pixel.

PRL/Roam option?

Hi all, I have Sprint and I get awful reception in my new home. Back in the day, we used to have an option to manually update the PRL file on the phone and it would connect to Verizon or another cell provider. Is there a chance that this option or modification is still available? I guess my question is, do any ROMs offer roam only settings, or is there a way to manually roam. Sprint doesn't seem to care whether I get service or not, so I have to do some manual intervention on this. Any insight would be appreciated.

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Hi all, I have Sprint and I get awful reception in my new home. Back in the day, we used to have an option to manually update the PRL file on the phone and it would connect to Verizon or another cell provider. Is there a chance that this option or modification is still available? I guess my question is, do any ROMs offer roam only settings, or is there a way to manually roam. Sprint doesn't seem to care whether I get service or not, so I have to do some manual intervention on this. Any insight would be appreciated.
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There are apps like Signal Spy that are made for Project Fi users to manually switch networks since that service is supposed to pick the strongest signal from among 3 networks used on Fi. But there are a lot more networks listed than the ones Fi uses. If you have roaming enabled on your phone maybe you could switch to a different network manually even though you aren't a Fi customer.
By the way, I'm assuming you have a Pixel XL based on where you posted your question. It's more likely an issue with the phone than Sprint. I was on Sprint for years via Virgin Mobile and 100.00 CDMA only phones were much better at picking up the Sprint signal than my 900.00 Pixel XL is. I'm on Fi where Sprint is one of the carriers and Sprint shows no service all over the city which I know is not the case.

I believe with sim cards now, the prl is automatically updated, at least that is what Verizon told me

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There are apps like Signal Spy that are made for Project Fi users to manually switch networks since that service is supposed to pick the strongest signal from among 3 networks used on Fi. But there are a lot more networks listed than the ones Fi uses. If you have roaming enabled on your phone maybe you could switch to a different network manually even though you aren't a Fi customer.
By the way, I'm assuming you have a Pixel XL based on where you posted your question. It's more likely an issue with the phone than Sprint. I was on Sprint for years via Virgin Mobile and 100.00 CDMA only phones were much better at picking up the Sprint signal than my 900.00 Pixel XL is. I'm on Fi where Sprint is one of the carriers and Sprint shows no service all over the city which I know is not the case.
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Thank you for the info. I'm on the Pixel XL, but my gf has the same problem on an S7 edge. I put in my project fi Sim to see if t mobile was any better, but both seem to be weak at my house. I'll give the app a try. Thanks again
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I believe with sim cards now, the prl is automatically updated, at least that is what Verizon told me
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I had a feeling that was the case. I wish there was a way to modify the SIM card. Thanks for verifying that, it must be easier for them to keep us from editing the files.

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I believe with sim cards now, the prl is automatically updated, at least that is what Verizon told me
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Verizon works that way, but this is one of the areas where Verizon and Sprint are different in how they implemented 4G LTE. Another example is that customers can switch sim cards between 4G LTE phones on Verizon, while you have to follow Sprint's procedure to switch service between LTE phones.
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Hi all, I have Sprint and I get awful reception in my new home. Back in the day, we used to have an option to manually update the PRL file on the phone and it would connect to Verizon or another cell provider. Is there a chance that this option or modification is still available?
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I haven't used Sprint, and I also haven't tried to pull a PRL off this phone, yet this is what Sprint's website returns.
https://support.sprint.com/support/...pixel |All&question_box=update prl pixel |All

alluringreality said:
Verizon works that way, but this is one of the areas where Verizon and Sprint are different in how they implemented 4G LTE. Another example is that customers can switch sim cards between 4G LTE phones on Verizon, while you have to follow Sprint's procedure to switch service between LTE phones.
I haven't used Sprint, and I also haven't tried to pull a PRL off this phone, yet this is what Sprint's website returns.
https://support.sprint.com/support/...pixel |All&question_box=update prl pixel |All
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I've never used sprint because they always roam off Verizon where I live. The nearest native coverage is about 25 miles from where I live. That's good to know.

Sometimes if you aren't stuck with a contract it's a matter of finding who has the best network near you. I was on Sprint via Virgin Mobile for over 10 years and the network was great everywhere I went. Unfortunately Virgin Mobile won't let you bring your own phone so when I got a Nexus I switched to AT&T via Cricket. I couldn't get any phone reception at all in whole rooms in my apartment. It was brutal. After months of putting up with that I switched to Project Fi. I get good reception in my apartment with both Sprint and T-Mobile, although my Nexus 6P preferred T-Mobile and for some reason the Pixel XL prefers Sprint. Sometimes I have to manually switch to T-Mobile because Sprint reception is much spottier than it should be and Fi doesn't always switch on its own.