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[Nexus S General] Danny DiMarzio:
I did this with my Nexus and I did a prl update on the phone, rebooted and the prl didn't change under the "about phone" settings but when I dialed *2 I was back on Sprint's network again. You just need to flash it back manually if you want the numbers to change.

This is a really easy tutorial to help if anybody needs it.

I got the information from different places and used words from

people in this thread, I just refined it a whole lot more...

**The "**" represent tips.**

**I Have attached all the files needed for this tutorial except for the phone drivers

and such. A few prls and notes are avalible to download from this post and all have

been organized in folders and tested by me and all of them work, some better than

others**

**BE CAREFULL, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU SCREW UP BUT IT WORKED FOR ME**

Follow the steps to force roam on Verizon, Using "QPST_2.7_build 323":

(1) ~Dial (*#*#8778#*#*) then change "PDA" to "MODEM" on the bottom selection.~

**This will allow the QPST program to recognize it.**

(2) ~Plug your phone into your computer.~

**Allow a minute or two for your computer to install any drivers for your phone.**

(3) ~Go to the "Device Manager"~

**You can use the Windows Start Menu Search and type "Device Manager", and click on it.**

(4) ~Look under "Ports (COM & LPT)" find "SAMSUNG Mobile Modem Diagnostic

Serial Port (WDM) (COM##) ... The "COM##" write it down, or remember it"~

**If you can't see it in the name, then right click and open "Properties"

and it will say under the "General" tab."**

(5) ~Then open the program "QPST Configuration"~

**It's under the "All Programs" list in the Windows Start Menu, inside the QPST folder.**

(6) ~Click "Add Port" and input the "COM##" you saw and close the window.~

(7) ~Open up "QPST Service Programming"~

**Also under the "All Programs" list in the Windows Start Menu, inside the QPST folder.**

(8) ~Click into the "Roam" tab.

(9) ~Click on "Browse" to get to the "#####.prl" file you downloaded then Click "Open"~

(10) ~click "Write to Phone."~

(11) ~Enter the service code (168132) and click "Ok."~

**At this Point your phone will reboot and you have your new prl.**

(12) ~Dial (*2) press send and listen to who's network your connected to.

(13) ~Dial (*#*#8778#*#*) then change "MODEM" back to "PDA" on the bottom selection.~

(14) ~If you want to go back just download the newest Sprint prl from:

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=eabe29f3770d8d15&id=EABE29F3770D8D15!678

OR,

**You can do a prl update in the phone settings and reboot(Not 100% sure if that works)**

**I have also attached the newest Sprint prl at this time(6/21/2011) feel free to use it**

The stuff below is just for informational purposes.

(BIG WARNING!!!, the Manufacturer reset will erease EVERYTHING!)

**If you want to go back to your old prl DO NOT!! use this method**

{-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------}

To do a manufacturer reset, Dial: (*#*#786#*#*)

To set your preferred network type, Dial: (*#*#4636#*#*)

MSL/Service code: (168132)
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
Dude. We know how to do it. We need the right drivers. For some reason the ones that work for most don't work for all. PC differences most likely. Someone find me the drivers!!!!

:D
[Nexus S General] Danny DiMarzio:
Ok, you don't have to ack like I'm a such pain in your tucus, I spent alot of my time trying to type up such a detailed post that wasnt even meant for you but the whole XDA community. Give me more info on your pc, what OS are you running? I'm pretty good at figuring these type of things out, like what drivers are you looking for, are you even rooted yet? Did you even download the Android SDK. You didn't give enough information for me to help you. I want to help you but I don't have to help you! I could be spending time with my family right now but instead I'm trying help one particular ungratefull person. People respond better to humble kindness than to irrational comments. PM me when you get you get some real questions, and information to at least some of my questions.

Thanks, Danny
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
Rooted? What's that? And what is Android SDK? Sorry. Wasn't trying to seem ungrateful either. You should go spend time with your family :)
[Nexus S General] eagercrow:
He's not ungrateful, just frustrated like me and many others. Yes we are rooted, yes we have ADB installed (we unlocked our phones) we just can't get our phones to show up as a modem, no matter what we do.

I'm running windows XP, many are running win7. I have yet to try my win7 PC as a test

I originally used the PDA.net drivers to get ADB to work. I wonder if that is part of the problem?
[Nexus S General] hellcatt:
yea none of us can seem to get step 4 to work

what is the phone supposed to be set to originally?

when i open that its on WCDMA preferred, then it switches to unknown by itself

*edit* i just checked my evo (deactivated) and its set to CDMA auto (PRL)

*edit* so i tried to change it to CDMA auto(PRL) then rebooted and its back to WCDMA preferred

and just how much of EVERYTHING will *#*#775#*#* erase?

*edit* i found out and it did nothing to help
[Nexus S General] zmhutchinson:
*#*#8778#*#* not working for me after GJR90 update. Just me?
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
I haven't done a prl hack before, but my prl or profile will not update, everytime time I will update it, it always fails and when prl update fails its a big issue. I dont feel like going to sprint and getting another phone...well.. atleast not yet. so I'm gonna try this method and see if it works. So I was wondering, which prl do you guys use? I've heard some xda members say that when they hacked a prl it didn't give them any service. What specific prl is best?

Sorry for not using paragraphs ..

My data sucks real bad, I'm on 01115. Any suggestions would be good.

Thanks xda members. :)
[Nexus S General] 1stloc:
Guess they might have changed the dialer codes
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
Can someone please provide a link to Samsung CDMA Tech. Drivers? I've googled it and I can't seem to find it.. I know, I know..
[Nexus S General] DtownJeff:
You guys have android debugging checked right? I have flashed my prl many times and I once forgot to have my nexus in debugging mode. I spent hours trying drivers. Turn on debugging and I was back in action.
[Nexus S General] vintage712:
Looking for drivers here as well. USB mode after dialer code does nothing.

Someone who hasn't installed a custom kernel wanna try it?
[Nexus S General] zmhutchinson:
Try installing PDAnet that installed some of the drivers I needed. If that doesn't do it for you let me know I will look for the other drivers I used.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pellen:
I hope this thread belongs here.

Anyway, today 3 Sweden said on their facebook page that their branded SGSII will have a locked bootloader, and after some questions they said that Samsung always locks the bootloader on branded versions. It got me really confused...isn't the SGSII from O2 in UK branded yet still have unlocked bootloader?

What do you guys think? Is there a good reason for Samsung to lock the bootloader on branded phones or is this just a misunderstanding on behalf of 3 Sweden?

If this now is true, do you guys think that it's a really hard lock or something that the geniouses here on XDA can solve?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pixie77:
From what I have seen it sounds as if they are confused, they probably assume we no nothing and are just talking about network lock (sim lock)

My SGS2 was from o2, it was network locked but not the bootloader. From other post it seems Samsung have said the will not lock the bootloader on the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pellen:
Yeah I really hope that too...:(

Here is the announcement translated from swedish:

and then this after me questioning the whole locked bootloader drama:

I really really hope that they have misunderstood the information.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubex:
Yeah. I also think that they are abit confused. Why lock the bootloader for a small group of users? I gonna order my S2 this week :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intruda119:
please ignore all things from customer service reps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiru1602:
Maybe they confused Bootloader with Baseband..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoTi_96:
i am on branded 3 Austria but the BL is unlocked
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pellen:
Lets hope that 3 Sweden has the exact same branded SGSII as 3 Austria then *keeping fingers crossed*
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCOGW:
They were talking about the usual carrier simlock!

There will be no bootloader-locked GT-I9100...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
An Ex-Transformer owner here, wondering if there are many other folks that are sat on the fence with regards to which tablet to buy? I popped into my local PC World today and had a look at the various tabs on display, as expected the Asus screen looked fantastic compared to the others (although it showed signs of LB). :eek:

The Acer Iconia was OK although I felt that the screen transitions weren't the smoothest in comparison, it's not the best looking tablet out there. The Motorola Xoom appears to be very well built, smooth in operation and with a mini hdmi port as does the TF. The screen isn't as crisp as the TF although this may be a contender for me, just a shame it's around £100 more than the TF. Can I get away with that .... hmmmm.

The spanner in the works, or what's preventing me from making a decision, is the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. We don't seem to have a firm UK release date or price yet, I don't think the spec is even certain yet. Bl**dy Samsung! :cool:

Anyone else care to share their 'on the fence' thoughts?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Srikar_NBK:
Well, I had 2 TF's for about 2 weeks in total and liked the experience on the device. But, had to return both, due to speaker issues. I was hoping to get the 10.1 hoping, if it would have a better CPU(Exynos) than Tegra 2, but in vain. Acer hasn't impressed me. For the price range, I guess I will go again for the Transformer, hoping that pieces from newer production batches, might have the speaker issues fixed.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_gunner:
I was sold on the keyboard dock functionality, so there wasn't (still isn't) anything on the horizon that entices me more than the TF. When the next TF (Tegra 3) goes up for pre-order my current TF will go on Ebay.

So why exactly did you return the TF?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
I returned mine mainly because of the light bleed, it was quite bad and the replacement wasn't any better. The light bleed wasn't there for the first couple of days, it just appeared from nowhere. That got me concerned that the same might happen with a good replacement. It had unbalanced speakers although that wasn't a major concern, maybe a software fix would sort that out. The TF's body didn't seem to be very substantial, I experienced SOD, it even happened when I went to return the unit .... that was quite funny really.

Please don't get me wrong folks, I'm honestly not TF bashing, just sharing my experiences with the one that I had. I would like another TF, but I'm struggling with the build quality. :(

P.S, I posted the OP here as there isn't a general Tab forum (unless I've gone forum blind) and I've been most active within the TF forum.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wdustin1:
I an currently sitting on the fence watching and waiting to see if the galaxy tab has a SD card slot if not I will prolly fall in the xoom yard

Sent from my captivate BLAZING on firefly 3.0
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
There a Transformer - Xoom comparison here http://ht.ly/1cPdhx you can clearly see that the TF has a much nicer display. The guy mentions a difference in video playback, I imaging that the Xoom is a bit smoother with it having 3.1?

Edit: It sounds like the Xoom's SD slot doesn't function out of the box, but there are ways to get around that problem.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javroch:
To be honest, there really aren't any other Tablets I'd consider, at least not Android tablets. The TF blows all the others out of the water as far as I'm concerned. It's specs are at least as good as all others, but with a much better quality screen. Also, it seems like you must've had a dud or something, but I am actually very impressed with the build quality overall.

The Samsung looks semi-interesting to me, but it doesn't offer a keyboard attachment or a fully functional office suite built in. As well, Samsung is known for their plastic / cheap feel when it comes to build quality and is also known for being the slowest manufacturer to put out updates, correct me if I'm wrong...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
Yes, I can't have had a good one that's for sure, but of the 4 or 5 TF's that I've seen in the flesh, all of them had light bleed. :confused: Thinking about it, the only reason I really like the TF is because of the screen clarity and colour. If only I could slap an IPS screen (a good one ;)) onto the Xoom's sturdy chassis! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobylspoon:
I ordered the 32GB TF from AAFES (Military retail store) but they never actually had it to ship. I was always on the fence between the TF and Xoom.

The biggest negative for the Xoom was the price but AAFES just price matched Walmart.com's $569 sale price for me with their usual free shipping and no taxes. In the end, the Xoom price was almost the same as the 32GB TF after you add on the tax and shipping to the $499 pricetag since I would have had to purchase it from another retailer.

I am looking forward to my new Xoom. Seeing how I am colorblind, I don't think I will miss the difference between the two screens, lol.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] draexler:
Hey guys,

how does Samsung Touchwiz feel in the daily usage, assuming you come from HTC Sense?

I currently own a HTC Hero, and I need a new phone. How is the Facebook integration, calendar and email client?

Cheers, Martin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotzeklotz:
Hi,

I'm used using sense on android and winmo on a HTC.

when I compare it to Touchwiz, the samsung version feels odd, unlogical.

Personally I don't care a lot about Touchwiz.

Back to your questions:

Email client: (Gmail) it's almost the same

Facebook: I don't know i don't use it.

Twitter is the same too.

Calendar: I didn't like the one on Sense and I don't like the one on Touchwiz. I'm using Smooth calendar (free app)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] αкαѕнα:
First you are just happy with your new girlfriend and don't even think bad of her if she does things you think is strange...

You accept a lot, and think you just need to adjust and that everything will work out in the end...

Don't misunderstand me now.... you still Love the looks on your girl, her beauty is stunning.... but do come to the conclusion that looks often isn't everything you need...

So.. when you recognize this sad fact you will quite fast think of solutions to reproduce your old girlfriends habits and ways of doing things you loved about her....

You would probably install a new launcher, Go SMS, Go Dialer, Go Contacts and other beautiful widgets....

And soon you realize.... Beauty and mind does exist in one package after all...

And you are in love yet again...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viva.fidel:
I've never cared for the Facebook for HTC add-on and Peep (Twitter add-on), so always used the official Facebook/Twitter app sync.. Touchwiz does have its SNS aggregation app which is similar to HTC for Facebook/Peep, but not using it either

Linking contacts is the same in the Touchwiz contacts app as it is in the HTC contacts app. Although Sense does auto-link contacts far more efficiently (always autolinks whatsapp contacts whereas I've had to do that manually in Touchwiz) and there are no notifications for suggested contact merges in Touchwiz.

The calendar is the same, doesn't look as nice but offers essentially the same functions

The email client is a bit better as it has multiple Exchange ActiveSync support with HTML rendering.. also allows split-view in landscape mode which is a nice touch.. although it is a bit of a battery hog.. have 3 accounts set up on push and it uses over 15% of my battery, used to use Seven on my HTC and would use under 5%.

Overall, I prefer Sense over Touchwiz
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clarkgable:
I used to own the HTC Desire. I like Touchwiz a lot. Personally, I think that sense looks a little tired now. Even their tablet looks like a bloated version of their existing phones. But then touchwiz is all new to me, and I love the SGS2, so maybe my judgment is clouded.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godutch:
I miss sense, it has so many little touches touchwiz (and 3rd party launchers/widgets) miss.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CandyAndy:
Coming from Sense first from TP2 and then from Desire there was quite big change.

But I didn't actually like Sense that much and used to use Go Launcher.

I am still using Touchwiz but there are some issues which are really annoying.

First of all the home screen is the most left one. That is so stupid. Probably the biggest issues with touchwiz.

Calendar app I think is better than with Sense. I actually uninstalled smooth calendar after finding this.

Also strange thing is that with Sense I could look my facebook pictures from the gallery application. Currently I cannot do it or then I just dont know how to do it. But that is a big downside.

After all touchwiz is not so bad as people are complaining. I dont miss the extra eye candy from Sense 3.0 and there are some good things with this UI. I would give it 7+
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wazzamatazz:
I've come from an HTC Desire and for me, TouchWiz is a clear improvement over Sense in some ways, and needs a lot of work in others. It certainly feels faster, but that might just be down to the horsepower that the GSII has available. Also, you're not forced to have 7 home screens. I have 2 home screens with my essentials on them and nothing else. I guess I'm a minimalist :)

Facebook integration is decent, although the Contacts app isn't as good as Sense at auto-linking Facebook contacts to your existing contacts. Calendar is nice, although for some reason it can only pull in your events calendar from Facebook. As I recall, Sense was capable of pulling in events and birthdays. I don't use the built-in email app (I use the Gmail app instead).

Other niceties:

- Built-in MSN client

- Decent camera (far better than the Desire anyway)

Other niggles:

- The lock screen takes some getting used to. I ended up installing an alternative because I didn't like it.

- The apps list is more akin to how apps are ordered on the iPhone than on other Android devices: you have to manually order them rather than them being ordered alphabetically.

- The media scanner is unable to process the metadata in AAC/M4A files. They play just fine, but show up as "Unknown Artist" etc. in the music player.

All in all though, it's a brilliant phone. I was blown away by how fast it is coming from a Desire, so moving to it from a Hero will blow your socks off.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gustopher:
Don't care for it personally - feels clunky and outdated.

I went SPB first and now LauncherPro - much happier.

If I had been stuck with TouchWiz though it'd still have been an excellent phone...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stratplayer:
I never cared for Sense on my HTC device when I used it, I flashed a stock CM7 based rom.

So the look was minimalistic.

The TouchWiz needs some work doing to it, for example (and I may have missed something here), the programs in "Applications" are added in the order installed. I prefer the A - Z scrolling icons (not the list you can get it TouchWiz).

LauncherPro for me any day, or GoLauncher maybe as a 2nd choice.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoogWeed:
TouchWiz doesn't do it for me I'm afraid... The dialer is great, but I don't like the dock/app drawer at all.

It took me ages to get used to Launcher Pro after using sense, but now I cant use anything other than Launcher pro (with it set up the way I like).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
You know a default.prop edit changes that to have the default screen wherever you want.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] no1male:
how do u do that pulser?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LawAce:
I went HTC Sense (On a Hero) to an iPhone 4 to SGS II.

Played on a DHD a lot whilst having an iPhone 4. I find Touchwiz 4.0 quite nice, very smooth and I prefer the browser to sense I have got used to the smoothness of the iPhone. Never liked the way the Sense browser scrolls and to be honest it's hardly changed since the Hero days, etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwerx:
used a couple of htc devices with sense, the last one was a rooted desire with a combination of sense 2.1 and sense 3.0 and I must say that in terms of hardware samsung is ahead of any htc right now but touchwiz has nothing to do with the usability of htc sense

I don't like the calendar on SG2 (app and widget) and I need that, I don't like that SG2 social hub is not better integrated with contacts ... etc. I just love my new SG2 but I have to say it, HTC did a great job with sense

And one important thing - SG2 "smart" dialer is not so smart and some contacts I will only find if I make a search contacts, they will not appear if I type first few letters from the name .... and I hate that ... it was so easy on HTC to call someone when driving ....

I can't wait for a decent port of htc sense 3.0 on my SG2

until I will find it I have to remove touchwiz and buy spb shell 3d from the market
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modena.ch:
I came from DHD and Touch Pro 2, Tytn II with Sense.

Don't like the Touch Wiz/Samsung

-Keyboard (spezial characters on second page)

-E-Mail App (no multi Mail markers to delete at once)

-Music Player

-Facebook Integration

-Dialer

-Wheater

-no control over WLAN, GPS, 3G, Data Connection, Bluetooth, Thetering, Fly Mode and many more options etc. in one place

etc.

SGS II has a lot of power an could handle Sense easy, once it has been portet.

Sorry but TW is IMHO crap...

Would love to see a Sense Rom on SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
am i the only one that actually likes touchwiz??! I find it does everything really smoothly. Sense was overwhelming. It changed too many things! Once landscape is introduced for touchwiz il probably be using it by default.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ITPiraten:
Indeed, I love the TouchWiz interface and gladly choose it over sense. Since you can install a calendar widget on Samsung, but you can't get away from sense on a HTC. TouchWiz is really fast and don't change the Android experience in a bad way.