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[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
so i posted about the prl on sprints website and a employee got back to me and said this

01XXX is not a regular Sprint PRL file, the regular Sprint PRL numbering schemes are the ones listed above by ratlitherland67.

The only times I've ever seen a PRL start with 01 is when a corrupt PRL file was downloaded, the phone then falls back to a built-in PRL from the manufacturer (which is usually blank). I will double check tomorrow when I get in to see if something seems to be happening on the network side with corrupt PRL files.

So I dont know what that may or may not mean but figured i would share with everyone lol

This is the post on sprint.
[EVO 4G General] gpz1100:
I suspect the sprint employee needs to be trained on this new prl numbering scheme. Else, someone really screwed up when they pushed the current prl's onto the servers.
[EVO 4G General] :
Is it possible it could be region specific or Tower specific. Maybe they are testing something.

What seems confusing to me is that you don't exactly go backwards in numbers when your supposed to go forwards. I have the 01115 Prl just updated everything seems fine still getting edge speeds -.-
[EVO 4G General] Warboy:
I got this update in Kalamazoo, MI 01115, Last time I saw a number scheme like this. It was people who converted their Evos to MetroPCS. I'm getting about 1.5Mbps on 3G.
[EVO 4G General] Tower1972:
Im on the 15 also now after updating, and my 3G speeds have taken a pretty significant turn for the best.

2.19 down

.55 up

my phones NEVER seen anything more then 1.9mb down until now, and that was in the Sprint store with an airwave
[EVO 4G General] spike99999:
I'm in arizona and have had terrible 3g speeds where I live for quite some time, and I was on 60677 for a long time. Well earlier today I was playing around with old pri's and that dropped me to 60672. After testing old pri's I went back to current and it stayed on -72...so I did the prl update and am now on 01115. My speeds before 01115 were always < 200kbps down, now I'm regularly getting >1mbps down.

I'm rooted obviously with mikfroyo 4.6, and the 11.19 radio. I read through that link of the analysis of 01115 and I don't know what it all meant but it said something about verizon's network...so would that mean that due to crappy sprint 3g speeds in the area that they force roaming for data only on verizon's network since I know for a fact verizon has a strong 3g signal in the area?

Also before this update I kept noticing my data dropping to 1x and back to 3g.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I got the weirdest speedtest results ever: 93 kbps d/l, 440 kbps u/l
[EVO 4G General] cordell12:
Sprint has found a way to throttle our speeds. Look at this thread HERE if you have this file delete it then run speed test. The file will return in about 5 minutes. I havent located what it creating it, but I think it is related to what towers you use for the majority of data. I use a verizon tower, 2 miles from my house, speeds are/were good up until recently. My down is .300 mb with the file, once I delete the file my down is 1.2 mb, file returns and down goes back to .300! We need to figure out what is creating this and how to stop it. DO NOT change permissions of the file! I did and a few minutes after I was sent into a boot loop, I was unable to recover, I tried wipe of cache, and dalvik cache, nothing. I had to nandroid restore to recover...
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
Me useful! Me can gets PRL! lol

I don't see it on there.
[EVO 4G General] themuffinman:
Same here, the first couple of months I had my evo my 3g speeds where rock solid but since then my speeds have taken a major **** and its been very frustrating. This morning when I woke up I ran a speed test and immediately got 2.5 down with a ping of 120. At first I was like WTF?, maybe my 4g was left on but it wasn't, it was all 3g. So I proceeded to run 15 to 20 more tests and all of them came back the same. Consistent speeds from 2.2down to 2.5down, sprint is definitely up to something.
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
My speeds are up only slightly but I assume its because I am in my house which doest get good reception will update when I head to work in Atlanta
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
I checked and don't have that file... wonder since you guys who are reporting this are on Verizon maybe its coming from their towers??

** I don't have the slightest idea where or how they throttle so that's just pure speculations above!
[EVO 4G General] miguelfp1:
I live in Puerto Rico (there's no Verizon here), and my phone is on Sprint's network 99% of the time, but it had the file...

got 800kbps on a speedtest before deleting it, and 800kbps after
[EVO 4G General] kemzo90:
im in san antonio to and i didint get it hw 0004 rooted
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
yeah I showed no difference in speed test after deleting it either.
[EVO 4G General] cordell12:
Weird, the file reappears every 5 minutes. As soon as it returns my data speed suck!

Edit.....

I am now at work and on a sprint tower. My speeds are good 1.3 down! That is without deleting the file. I have also noticed the file updates itself pretty often. My guess it is throttling when pulling data from a non sprint tower. If this is what is happening it sucks for me because I use Verizon tower at my house :(
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
Updated my prl to the ~15, flashed back to n41 and my swype installer wont connect, gives me a bad data connection error.

Weird coincidence right?
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
They do throttle data when roaming.
[EVO 4G General] sobis1dm:
fwiw lansing is getting the 78 prl
[EVO 4G General] cordell12:
Well the file that controls that has never been in my CM rom. deleting the file deletes the throttle. The file rebuilds itself, and updates itself, every 5 minutes or so. Depending on your tower ie; sprint or verizon if you are throttled for the next 5 minutes (or until update).

Root Explorer> DATA> SYSTEM> THROTTLE> file will be a series of numbers. What I think (may be wrong) those who got this PRL 01115 are the ones being throttled the most, I was never throttled before. Where I live I connect to Verizon, I always had good 3G speeds. Now as of late I am throttled to slow ass speeds!
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
If anybody really cares...LOL!!! For the record the 01117 PRL data speeds on 3g seem to be about as good as before update from 60678.

DL: 1.6

UL: .5

I have updated the PRL several times today and it remains at 01117 here in Gulfport/Biloxi Mississippi. Considering we have been called slow down here...hahahahaa...I was thinking this:

The PRL number actually went down from a higher 60### to a 01### so the 01115 may be a newer one than 01117? I know that is a wierd thought process but I am trying to make some since of this...
[EVO 4G General] murdercitydan:
I am in So Cal, just updated PRL and got 01115.

I am rooted on HW 0003, using Vaelpak 3.2 RC2.
[EVO 4G General] sidepart:
haven't updated my PRI yet (still on 77). My speedtest just now was the best it's been for this time of day. 1.2Mbps.
[EVO 4G General] Matt262:
Yesterday afternoon around 3:00pm CST my phone gave me a popup saying "PRL Update" -- went to look at it and it was the 01117...I was on 60677, and it updated itself...tried to look in /data/system/throttle, but my /data folder is empty, I am rooted but probably shows empty because I am using ESFile Explorer and not root explorer.

My 3G speeds are awesome now (but undetermined as to if it's the PRL or not since my CDMA mode was set to CDMA only until yesterday when I changed to CDMA Auto PRL -- now my network says EvDo Rev. A instead of 1xRTT and I've had the phone for 2 months lol). I have noticed my signal coverage is way better outside, still eh inside, but no biggie thanks to WiFi.

As to the theories of throttling, I would imagine Sprint would have enough sense to NOT do that after Dan Hesse's commercial about the definition of "Unlimited"...clearly states NO caps, NO throttling, etc...if it were to come to the open that there was a throttle put into place they could be sought for false advertising, bait and switch, etc etc and receive a lot of bad publicity, which they can't afford after the AT&T and T-Mobile fit they pitched...just my $0.02...

As for the lock bootloader, high possibility because other carriers are looking into this, but who knows...if it does happen, we've ourselves to blame for taking a service that we were supposed to pay for but didn't, and justified it by telling ourselves we have unlimited data, not even thinking that's just for the phone only, not PC's.
[EVO 4G General] sidepart:
Went down to about 800kbps. I updated and got 01115, am getting around the same, 500-800kbps down. I've seen people raging over how PRL's don't change your speeds, but it does provide some updated tower listings. I wonder if Sprint made some changes.
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
YAAAAY!!! I am not crazy!!! I may/may not be screwed with 01117 but at least I am not crazy...LOL!!!

Just curious about your general location. Where you at?
[EVO 4G General] Matt262:
I'm in Northwest Florida...I saw the thread you started and that you had the same PRL as me so I figured I'd jump in too lol
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
I am in Gulfport/Biloxi area I did however spend last weekend at Pensacola Beach...hmmm? Was kinda early for the beach but had a good time at the crawfish festival...LOL!!!
[EVO 4G General] stkiswr:
Warner robins GA just updated prl prior to posting and this I'm what on.
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
PRL's could very well change your speeds.......your roaming speeds. It updates roaming tower info, hence the term "preferred roaming list". It has no effect on what your speeds are when you are running from Sprint's tower.

That's the theory, anyway. I see people saying their speeds went up, but mine sure didn't and I didn't expect them to, either.
[EVO 4G General] freeza:
SoCal here and I got 01115 from 60677... this is also with the leaked radio 2.15.00.04.08 radio.

Someone extract the 01117 and 60678 PRLs from their phone and upload it here please :)

Also, those of you who are in the 0111x PRLs, are you using the leaked radio from the Gingerbread leak?
[EVO 4G General] wfrandy:
My speeds have sort of sucked on the previous 60677 prl. I would get anywhere from .8 mbs to 2 mbs down when at work (Reno Vassar st. tower), and .2-.8 mbs when at home (sprint Reno/Stead tower). Hard to test though because my speeds have been real erratic and hit or miss since about last October.

Now that I have updated to the 60678 prl though, my data speeds really suck, .15-.5 mbs both at work and at home. Could be a coincidence though, as I said before, my speeds haven't been very reliable for the last five or six months, could be just a normal crappy Sprint network day.
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
Yeah, I did prl update last night, and when it came back 01115, I thought something was definitely wrong. Had to check the forum about.

So a PRL update breaks the GPS fix for cm, huh? Damn! I had hoped if nand back to it it would it still be fixed. If I'd have realized it would break, never woulda updated.

Wonder what's up with numbering
[EVO 4G General] mjohnson4580:
60678

here is a link to 60678 its in rl0 format (edit sorry forgot i could upload right to the sight)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T677TIVG
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
How does the zip work? Is a prl flashable?
[EVO 4G General] Tower1972:
Guess I spoke too soon. I'm back to crappy sub 500k speeds again. I'm really beginning to think sprint throttles between certain times. At 130pm it was awesome. After 2 its crappy and after like midnight its awesome again.

Sent from Evo on premium XDA app
[EVO 4G General] cordell12:
Times and locations
[EVO 4G General] mjohnson4580:
no its not a flashable zip. You have to use epst the ## codes if you search xda then you can find out the correct way to do it. but as it is in the zip its just the raw file i pulled from qpst.
[EVO 4G General] r916:
Cali, 60677 to 60678.
[EVO 4G General] J Snazzy:
I'm still on 60676, So. Cal....weird thing is at my work my connection keeps going from 3g 1.5~ Mbps to switching from 3g to 1g. Rebooted and everything on CM7. Wondering if I should nandroid back to my sense and see if I need to update. Use to be steady 3g here at work.

Any chance this new PRL would be affecting me on the old one?

Also, if I understand correctly...if I went to my sense backup, installed the new PRL, then restored my CM7 backup...I should have the new prl assuming it updated?
[EVO 4G General] clamknuckle:
Oh my god people stop freaking out over a PRL. All the PRL does is save sprint money. In some cases if they made a major change to the towers, like adding or removing one, then a new PRL would help.
[EVO 4G General] J Snazzy:
Typically I wouldn't care...but my work is usually very good with 3g...seeing a change like this corresponding with a noticable 3g to 1g change makes me wonder what's going on.
[EVO 4G General] kf2m:
Yup. Went to 01115.
[EVO 4G General] wfrandy:
Ok, I figured since my data speeds were so bad after updating to the 60678 prl I would give this a try. After doing the above procedure I went from an average download speed of .235 mbs (lowest .93 mbs, highest .464 mbs) to 1.301 mbs (lowest .974 mbs, highest 1.684 mbs). I did 6 speed tests each time, before and after resetting the data profile and averaged them.

Amazing difference, while my speeds still suck compared to my wife's ATT phone (she averages 2.4 mbs on 3G) it is way better than it has been since I updated the prl yesterday. So if anyone else is having super slow data after updating your prl I would highly recommend giving this a try.

Edit: Just wanted to add that my HTTP PD proxy settings were already 0 and 0.0.0.0 before I reset my data profile. In other words they were the same for both tests.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
You may have to refresh the page. There are three entries there...I just checked.

If someone can pull 60678 and 01117 I will put those up too.
[EVO 4G General] tinybfk:
North of Sacramento, CA. Updated with leaked Ginger rom and leaked radio. prl 01115. Not sure if there's really an improvement the leaked radio helped my reception in some areas though.
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13123788&postcount=289

60678
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
For the curious folks... 01115 to 60678 comparison.

Basically 1115 is exactly like 60678 except that it adds EVDO roaming on VZW in the two areas below.

PRL Comparison of PRLS 60678 to 1115

-Changes-

SID/NID 340/65535 Alltel - FORT PIERCE FL- EVDO changed to: Enabled

EV-Scan: Verizon Wireless - 0080:0580(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

EV-Scan: Alltel - 0086:5900(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

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SID/NID 4138/65535 Verizon Wireless - Jacksonville FL- EVDO changed to: Enabled

EV-Scan: Verizon Wireless - 0080:0580(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

EV-Scan: Alltel - 0086:5900(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

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-Removes-

-Adds-
[EVO 4G General] NxNW:
Now I *really* stand corrected. Thanks digiblur!
[EVO 4G General] J Snazzy:
Not running leaked Gingerbread rom. Flashed from CM7 to Myns Warm...prl got updated to 01115.

So Cal
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
That's what I'm thinking, mine is an 002 and updated to 60678 but my friends 003 is 01115. We updated on different towers but both towers are right next to each other.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
I could agree with that, as my new evo is rev 0004, and I too got the 01115 PRL.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
I checked 4139 and there have been zero changes to your area recently. I even checked back to 60670. Not a lick of changes to the 4139 system on the channels it uses to connect for 1X or EVDO. So anything with the speed change was not caused by a PRL update.
[EVO 4G General] :
So Cal High desert.

Prl 01115 *saw at least 3 sprint vehicles in my region at the local sprint dealers * radio shack etc and around town) bit odd for my small town.

If it helps I'm on a major interstate. In town i get around 3G or better speeds now. In my house i average .6 Mbps. Fluctuates down to .2Mbps. It is affecting my speeds randomly.

Anyone try to match the different PRL versions into categories of large cities, small, major highways? Anyone else.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
Not really, it's not about towers, it is about system IDs.

For some areas the recent PRLs add 3G roaming on Verizon in some areas. In NC it also adds additional native coverage from another cellular company, I believe some of the surrounding states also sees this. Your phone does not show roaming, but indeed you are not on Sprint towers. See this sid here?

SID/NID 1522/1 CAROLINA WEST WIRELESS - NORTH CAROLINA 03 ASHE Added with:

Pref Geo:Same Prio:Same RoamInd:Native EVDO-Enabled:Yes

1X Scan: PCS/C

EV-Scan: Unknown EV - 0081:7C80(Same) - CLR/468 PCS/1150

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SID/NID 1522/1 CAROLINA WEST WIRELESS - NORTH CAROLINA 03 ASHE Added with:

Pref Geo:Same Prio:Same RoamInd:Native EVDO-Enabled:Yes

1X Scan: CLR/Both CLR/Both

EV-Scan: Unknown EV - 0081:7C80(Same) - CLR/468 PCS/1150

It says Roam Indicator - Native. Which means it will not show as roaming.

I would say 99% of the time you will not see a change in speeds and or coverage while NOT roaming from a PRL update. Typically when Sprint setup the PRL for your system a good while back they added all the channels they use for 1X and EV, so even if say they added some additional EV carriers in your area your phone would already know to scan for them before a PRL update even came out.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
I'm currently in RI at school.

hw 0004

60677 > 01115.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
The PRL analysis's are up on my site now of 60678. I also added the comparisons to 01115, 60677, and due to the 60677 rollback, 60676. Confused? Just check the site www.batonrougebroadband.info

Thanks for the PRL's everyone!
[EVO 4G General] miguelfp1:
it doesn't really matter, we have three phones on our account, a Hero, a BlackBerry Curve 3G and my Evo; all three got updated to 01115
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Prl doesn't show when I do ##775# I am doing everything correct cause I flash Prl's all the time..im on hardware 003
[EVO 4G General] dezel29:
updated...Covington, KY no speed difference yet
[EVO 4G General] louforgiveno:
i think the file extension needs to be named ".prl" instead of .rl0
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
your right i just noticed that in astro file manager..it reads .rlo or something like that but i thought nothing of it at first...thanks though
[EVO 4G General] louforgiveno:
np, any speed increase/decrease?
[EVO 4G General] Eat it iPhone:
Went from avg 1200/kbs to 2200 on 3g after update. Upload stayed the same. Before highest 3g I saw was 1400. Prob ties into Sprint vision, posted about in these forums

Sent from my Evo. Powered by MikFroyo, netarchy, XDA, and the tears of iPhone owners
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
If someone could point me to a quick guide on how to extract PRL, I will make this 01117 avaiable. Sorry I searched but got some dead ends.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
There's another thread about prls in this forum where someone shows how to update the prl with qpst. Its almost the same except you just hit read. Then save.. then upload the rl0 file...think that is the name.

Edit..I am on tapatalk so I couldn't copy the link. Look for [Index] PRL...that is the thread.
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=401379
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
roger that...on it.
[EVO 4G General] steal25:
Not sure if its related but i try and access Menu>settings>Wireless and Networks>Mobile networks(set options for roaming) and i get a force close. I remember being able to access this feature and like i said cant be sure if its related, but since it has to do with roaming i just thought i would put it out there and see if any one else is expeirencing the same. prl 01115
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Not at all
[EVO 4G General] steal25:
Heres some PRL comparisons

http://www.batonrougebroadband.info/

i dont understand the info maybe someone else might. i also read elswhere that the 01115 prls have something to do with 3g roaming as opposed to 1x, who knows?
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
Ok I think I got this 01117 ready to explore...I need verification if so, Thanks

http://www.mediafire.com/?e5kv3wvz1a4y1b8
[EVO 4G General] akira13126:
Just updated my PRL here in Syracuse NY. Went from PRL 60677 to PRL 60678.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
Those are awesome!! Where on earth did you find those? :D:D:D
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
Hmm...very interesting!!

Can you go to your ##DEBUG screen and see what SID/NID combination you are on?

Looks like Sprint is filling in some 3G holes with VZW 3g where Sprint 3g is not available...and the user would never realize it.

PRL Comparison of PRLS 1115 to 1117

-Changes-

SID/NID 340/65535 Alltel - FORT PIERCE FL- EVDO changed to: Disabled

SID/NID 4138/65535 Verizon Wireless - Jacksonville FL- EVDO changed to: Disabled

-Removes-

-Adds-

SID/NID 4159/52 Sprint PCS - New Orleans Baton Rouge LA Added with:

Pref Geo:Same Prio:Same RoamInd:Native EVDO-Enabled:Yes

1X Scan: PCS/50 PCS/75 PCS/100 PCS/175 PCS/200 PCS/250 PCS/25

EV-Scan: Sprint - 0084:0AC0(Same) - PCS/75 PCS/175 PCS/225 PCS/250 PCS/325 PCS/725 PCS/475

EV-Scan: Verizon Wireless - 0080:0580(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

EV-Scan: Alltel - 0086:5900(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

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SID/NID 4159/97 Sprint PCS - New Orleans Baton Rouge LA Added with:

Pref Geo:Same Prio:Same RoamInd:Native EVDO-Enabled:Yes

1X Scan: PCS/50 PCS/75 PCS/100 PCS/175 PCS/200 PCS/250 PCS/25

EV-Scan: Sprint - 0084:0AC0(Same) - PCS/75 PCS/175 PCS/225 PCS/250 PCS/325 PCS/725 PCS/475

EV-Scan: Verizon Wireless - 0080:0580(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

EV-Scan: Alltel - 0086:5900(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

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SID/NID 4654/21 SPRINTCOM INC - Jacksonville FL Added with:

Pref Geo:Same Prio:Same RoamInd:Native EVDO-Enabled:Yes

1X Scan: PCS/350 PCS/375 PCS/500 PCS/650 PCS/675 PCS/750 PCS/575 PCS/625 PCS/725 PCS/775

EV-Scan: Sprint - 0084:0AC0(More) - PCS/325 PCS/75 PCS/125 PCS/150

EV-Scan: Verizon Wireless - 0080:0580(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

EV-Scan: Alltel - 0086:5900(Same) - PCS/525 PCS/550 PCS/625 CLR/589 CLR/630 CLR/770 CLR/594

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[EVO 4G General] budroux:
The 01117 tower changes are in my general area but not close enough to be my primary tower at home. I am assuming that explains no change in my data transfer and why some others do see data changes? I mean their primary tower may have changed?
[EVO 4G General] :
From what i can tell there is now a elusive throttle named folder with some files in it re creating its self. (maybe rom specific but i went to a mikginger rom 2.3.3 and its still there regenerating this time)

Other than that I will have a comparison to see if i can get any similarities of the PRl's posted tomorrow.
[EVO 4G General] oostah:
Is this installable or dose any one one have a 01115 or 60678 that I can install manualy. Thanks
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
What NID is your area? I know it is 4159 for the SID where you are but I am not sure about the NID.
[EVO 4G General] louforgiveno:
here you go, just unrar -01115 & 60678
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
sid# 4159

nid# 52
[EVO 4G General] oostah:
Cool thanks a lot
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
Then those entries above directly affect you. Not sure why they set it up like that but basically if your phone can not connect to sprint 3g when it has a lock on the 1x signal it will connect and use verizon's 3g. Kinda weird since your area has 3g on all the towers there.
[EVO 4G General] budroux:
You have to remember that we are still recovering from Hurricane Katrina and that may play some part. We have come a long way but we pretty much had to start over...:o
[EVO 4G General] Active_Matrix:
Just updated my prl and i am at 01115 as well!
[EVO 4G General] JasonK75:
Got the newest PRL; check the sig for it and other stats. :D