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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] duke_nukem63:
Not worth it

I got one of those infamous threat letters for excessive roaming when I loaded a custom PRL on my EVO about a year and a half ago. I got lucky and they just waned me. This isnt worth the hassle.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
What ROM are you running?

If you run CM9, MUI or any other AOSP, you can't use dialer codes. You have to flash a Samsung ROM, do what you need to do, then flash your old ROM back.

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Does anybody have a way to pull a PRL off a tablet?

We have the new ZTE Optik tablets at work, and they come with PRL 22086. I notice that they have FAR faster data speeds than my phone on 11115 or 11119.

I'd like to try 22086, but there isn't a root method for the Optik's yet, and I'm not particularly keen on rooting a work device. :)

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Well, if you only use roaming when you actually need it, you shouldn't have any problems. Its the people that put their phone on Roam Only and then leave it for the entire month that are in trouble.

I use mine when I have a bad signal and NEED to make a phone call, or if I'm at a bar or something and I notice poor signal. Then it becomes a safety issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
Can you get the tablet's MSL and connect to QPST?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
I was going to use logcat to capture the MSL when I try to do ##DATA#, but I can't figure out how to enter the code. The my Galaxy Tab, I could enter it in the notepad app... But I've tried a couple different stock apps, and can't figure it out.

I'm thinking it will be a hassle getting the MSL from Sprint because I'm technically not the account holder, the company is.

Getprop doesn't display ril.MSL, either.

I read somewhere that there is a place where I can enter the MEID and it would convert it to the MSL... but when I tested it with my own phone, the MSL it came up with was not the correct MSL.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rkboid:
I have been running a 11119 for the past couple weeks, but live in Texas and really did not notice much difference. Anyway I was traveling in AZ last week and it seemed to be working nicely UNTIL my phone auto updated its PRL to 60687. I tried to search and did not see anything about a phone auto updating the PRL. Is there anything I can do to keep it from happening again? I was running blaze at the time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stormglove:
If you have Titanium backup pro, you can freeze system updates and I believe that will keep stop the PRL from changing on its own. I can't remember one time that mine auto changed and I always freeze this process.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bronzwarlock1225:
prl

I uploaded the 11119 PRL and am having GREAT success on roaming, but when i switch back to Sprint 3G i get awful speeds of about 10-50 kbps, when on the reqular PRL i get around 500KBPS....any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
The carriers have the phones programmed to periodically check for PRL updates... In theory, this gets the the latest and greatest tower list. If the new PRL says not to use Verizon but to use Cellcom instead as a first choice to roam to, you kinda get stuck.

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I got great voice reception with 11119, but data speed was far less than 11115, so I reverted back.

On 22085, I got horrid voice reception, but far more consistent data speeds, although the data speeds were nowhere near the ZTE tablet speeds running 22086.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hermeticist:
12121 is awesome in central Virginia! I get 3g on forced roaming. The nearest tower to my work is (confirmed by Sprint tech) screwed up. Fat ping, very slow download very fast upload. I switch to roaming, and the ping is a little slower but everything else is lightning.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] El_Colombiano:
Same thing. It seems that with 11114, 11115, and 11119 I get 1xrtt only when not roaming. When I force roaming, it gets 3G no prob. When I update my PRL OTA it goes fast on Sprint but will only roam on MetroPCS's HORRIBLE 3G!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
Anyone know a good PRL that works well in NJ/NY?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] klub242:
No, I was comparing 2-3 mbps last night on Verizon to basically nothing on Verizon again today. I'm also having problems with my phone getting ~20 kbps on Sprints 3G, tech support isn't sure why. They checked their towers and they aren't congested or anything/should be giving me much higher speeds.

I'm running Titanium Backup right now and I'm about to try going back to stock and seeing if something got screwed up...

~20-40 kbps max up and down on Sprints 3G when their tech support says the towers nearby are operating at over 99% IS screwed up, right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
Yup that is screwed up, got another phone to test speeds against? Seems like a replacement might be in order.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
It may be that you got a bad ip with bad routing.

Sometimes your 3g speed will differ significantly depending on which ip and which subnet you get.

I would try to go to Airplane mode, then back to 3G several times, and see if you get a better ip.

Whenever I do a speed test to report and I have time, I average about 10 different runs with the Airplane mode cycle, and throw out a few obvious extreme results.

ON A SEPARATE NOTE:

Could someone please write an app to change the prl file from the phone itself?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] klub242:
I went back to a stock kernel and now I'm averaging 206.5/58/249.1 (down/up/ping) with 2 bars of 3G. That's... better. Still, is that supposed to be so bad?

YES PLEASE SERIOUSLY. Someone do this. I'll... be happy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
It depends on your particular tower/network it's connected to.

I used to get something like 2.2/768/120 or so a year ago.

Then it went down for no reason whatsoever to about 1.7/512/150 to a good server. I can still get those number really late at night, at like 4am, when the network is not congested.

During the day I usually get something like 1.2/300/250.

You should also try a different speed test.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] klub242:
I've been trying both speedtest.net app and speakeasy.net/speedtest in browser. It's kind of weird considering it's not overly congested or anything I'm pretty sure yet I get such bad speed. Should I be trying to fix this somehow or do you think it's just the network?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
I think they are upgrading their network or something.

My speedtest right now is between 0.2-0.4 Mbps down, 50-80 kbps up, and 300 ping to most stuff.

I think just yesterday, around noon or so I was getting 1.4/600.

I'm definitely gonna open online chat and complain tomorrow.

But I don't think it's the phone itself.

Try and do profile/prl update - can't hurt.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] klub242:
Really? Good to know. That makes me a little optimistic... where do you live? I'm just south of Seattle. Also, anyone else notice slow speeds?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] churro7:
3g roaming in california?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] klub242:
Interesting, just noticed I'm stuck on 1xRTT roaming with the 1115 PRL. My notification bar says 3G but speedtest.net app says 1x and I'm getting 1x speeds. This is both at my home and work, which are 4 miles apart. Last night at one point I remember getting actual 3G speeds here is the weird part, but I've screwed with a ton of things since then.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
That would be very nice.

Hmm I think speedtest.net uses the speed to decide if it shows 1x or 3G. You are probably connecting to 3G just with ****ty speeds. IIRC ##data# should show you what your actually connected to.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dtr145r:
Netmonitor fromt he market will tell you what network you are on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] klub242:
It's definitely 1x while roaming :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zzim:
I have tried 11115.prl I have tried 00001.prl and neither of them will connect to Verizon 3G I get stuck on 1x and netmoniter does not display a carrier and says no info. Is anyone else getting this to work or connecting to Verizon's 3G?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
I'm guessing your both in an area where Verizon (or other roaming partner) is broadcasting data over the PCS band. Samsung phones cannot roam on the PCS band due to a "bug" they don't seem to feel like fixing. If you want to test this theory and have another device (nonsamsung) try throwing the PRL on that one and seeing if you can connect to 3G. If I'm right the nonsamsung device should connect fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] klub242:
Sad, my roommate and I both have this one. Is that a hardware problem or something that could be fixed by someone smart?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
I would assume firmware, but its been a bug on the epic 4g since day 1 and no dev has issued a fix so I'm not sure. Possibly its an issue that doesn't affect enough people for a smart enough dev to take notice. the bug wasn't talked much about when I was searching around for info.

Idea: try flashing a legit verizon PRL, the latest if you can find it. 00001 is a hacked up PRL so I'm not 100% sure of how exactly it works; however, if you flash a normal verizon PRL you should be able to connect to 3G data when not roaming (in this situation not roaming actually means connected to verizon towers, the phone just thinks those are home towers so it doesn't show roaming icon) the bug doesn't allow roaming on the PCS band but if its a home tower you should be able to connect in that situation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Did a real quick Google search, and didn't really see much on this... I'll dig deeper when I get home from work.

Do you know of any response from Samsung on the issue, even a denial?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
Nope, I've confirmed the problem exists but there isn't much talk about it. No clue if anyone official has admitted it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rfeagan:
00001 vs 01337?

Wondering if anyone can shed light on the differences between these two hacked PRLs. I've been using 00001 on the ET4G and I definitely have better speeds (than stock 60681) at my house, in Omaha (no wimax, probably ever). I spent a few days on the 60681 (stock) running speedtest.net around town, then another few days running 00001, and 00001 is definitely faster in nearly all areas. I'm tempted to try 01337 but just wondering if anyone can shed light on what i should expect.

On another note.... I have an og EVO (Fresh rom) running stock sprint PRL 60681, and it actually shows decent sprint speeds at my house, 900kbps. My ET4G, with stock PRL, never got much over 300kbps at my house. I've been running speedtests side by side, same time. Am I experiencing a poor quality samsung radio, or 3g radio firmware bug, at least relative to the HTC? Why would sprints PRL on my EVO work better than sprints PRL on my ET4G? Perhaps I should load 00001 on my EVO and see what happens...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Trigger911:
I used 1115 I am on boost using a epic 4g .... I didn't use roam control but my mother lives out in the middle of nowhere and version is the only towers out there really. When i roamed it told me my phone was not activated and I got an error message ... I just updated back to the old boost prl as i don't think it really helped.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prince9030:
##8778# doesnt work for me im using stock but my phone is rooted
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
ICS or GB?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Is it possible to do the QPST stuff in the temp el29 emmc ROM? I'm just curious because I am not having any luck getting my phone recognized by the program itself when I go to "add port" (yes, I have the drivers installed).

Even entering ports manually is not working for some reason.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Yes, you can do frim EL29. But you shouldn't neef to add the port manually. Did you change USB modes by ##8778#?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Yep
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
I think it may actually be windows 8 screwing me. I'm going to reinstall drivers and give up and try tomorrow on a win 7 machine if this doesn't work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Did you show hidden devices in Device Manager? And are there any unknown devices or ports that appear when in CP mode?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Going to try again now. Kies is currently reinstalling and i'm about to go back to temp el29
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Success! I had to revert to an old version of Kies for the drivers to work.

However 96dbm with 1119 o_O
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RealArmyMan26:
Where can I find 15098?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prince9030:
im already on ice cream sandwhich please can i get some light shed on this problem because every time i dial ##8778# it just says the code or phone number is incorrect
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
Doesn't work on ICS

Flash to GB
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prince9030:
gb as in gingerbread or do u kow any other roms it support because gingerbread is pretty much garbage n if i wanted to go the gb route how would i even get that on a galaxy nexus
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
GB as in gingerbread

You need to be running GB on the E4GT to change your PRL

You can then flash back to ICS and retain the PRL changed

For the GNEX you might want to ask in that forum, I have no experience with that phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeremy112683:
*#*#8778#*#*

get msl number using terminal emulator

type su

getprop ril.MSL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Will of fire:
This was on the latest, I uses this to improve my speeds but got kicked ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
Been trying this for a few days now. I can get all the prls to work but only ever get 1x data speeds. How are you guys getting 3g speeds?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Which PRL'S have you tried?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
All but the modded ones
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
I'm in NJ, and just prior to a recent trip to the Adirondacks I uploaded 12123. Normally Sprint service heading to, and in the Lake Placid area is miserable (both phone and data), and calls even get cut off on I-87 north of Albany.

I used RC to force full-time Roam w/12123, and I'm happy to report, that my signal was strong, calls were received/made throughout the entire trip, and to boot, at the summit of Hurricane Mountain in Keene Valley (i.e., the middle of nowhere), I was seeing 3G data speeds.

:cowboy:

EDITED: SORRY - PRL 12123 WAS the one that worked for me. 11119 was an older one that did NOT work (3g data) for me.

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Are you using Roam Control? If so, make sure that it's configured for your specific phone, and also set to 'Reboot Phone after Selection'.

Also, in Device Settings/Roaming/Roaming Settings, make sure that the check box next to 'Data' is filled.

I've had some hit or miss experiences before; I'm not certain that what I've suggesting will solve your issue, but it seems to work for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
Thanks for the suggestions. Tried those before posting :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tensux:
In Boston. Only the modded ones give me 3g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
Sorry - My original response to you suggested 11119. It was actually 12123 that worked for me. Good luck.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
where's the download for that? can't find it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
12123 can be found here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26838300

12124 is in the very next post.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
Thank you. Will try them out tomorrow. You get 3g speeds roaming on that?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
Yes, I get 3g roaming using 12123 and 12124, usually on Verizon. I have also gotten 3g on US Cellular and Cricket.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
Just put 12124 on my phone. We will see if it makes any improvements on signal while roaming over the next few days.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
3G roaming data speeds aren't available in every state and area
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mankix89:
It has been working for me on the Blu Kuban rom. Am I just a weird one though, or is it a feature of Blue Kuban? A couple of days ago I saw the update on my PRL to 60690, so I just did the normal steps to change the PRL back to 11119, and it worked. Without me having to flash back to GB.

PS: Is there a 11124 version of a PRL, or something similar (not the 12124 version)? Any versions after 11119 that seem to be better?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tensux:
I have had no problem getting it to work on several ics roms
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Blue Kuban is a TW based ROM, that's why you can change the PRL manually.

If you are on CM9 or any other AOSP ROM, ether ICS or GB, you don't have access to the dialer codes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ky0nkyon:
I'm getting error75 now and can't get on 3g. Any fix for this? Thank you

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Saear:
I'm wondering this myself. I can get 3G roaming in a few areas in Houston but not all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 30footfall:
00002

in Atlanta, on prl 00002 i got an amazing 26kbps down and 113 up.

this is going to take a while....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ky0nkyon:
Lots Angeles here. No 3g here.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dmonger11b:
I dunno if it's been stated but since the MSL reader app won't work on the E4GT dl Get my MSL from the play store. It does work for our phones
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Anyone have 11124
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
I have 12124 I believe.

http://115media.net/scarmon25/PRL/12124.zip

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gbean009:
Can the prl not be updated on aokp roms ? Anyone know?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
You have be on TouchWiz to update PRL and Profile.

You also have to be on TouchWiz for QPST to recognize it. I've tried every which way to get QPST to recognize the phone while on any AOSP ROM and I couldn't find a way to do it. Make sure to update profile after you do the PRL.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Any difference?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
I've been using it for a few weeks. The only difference I have seen is that I don't have to use roam control as often. A lot of the time it will switch to 3G roaming on its own an stay there. So I'm not having to force roam as much.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
do you happen to have 11124?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
How do I get my phone to show up comm port xx? I reinstalled drivers cuz it got to where when I plugged up phone windows would crash
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TAZedd:
Did you get it to work cuz I uploaded a few and only one went to roaming but no voice nor data. I'm from PR also thats why I'm wondering. I really need faster 3G.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crypt0kiddie:
So what is the flavor of the day boys and girls?!

I've been on PRL 11115 for as long as I can remember but somehow in the process of flashing AOKP MS6 Build 40 and coming back over to Calks GB ROM, I ended up with the newest Sprint PRL that won't let me us ROAM Control.

I decided to give that Verizon 00002 PRL a spin and OMFG that thing rocks my phone. I'm getting 800~1.5mb consistently. I tried the 11119 PRL too, I get eh, 300kbps on Verizon and around 100kbps on Sprint.

I'm seriously thinking it's worth the risk of getting booted to use 00002, I can always go buy an AT&T Sammy GS III when Sprint gives me the boot. I've been a Sprint customer for over 10 years, over the past 3~4 years with all these new smart phones, they have descended into the pits of hell as far as data service goes.

That said, are PRL's that will give me the roaming speed of 00002 but allow me to pop back to Sprint too via ROAM Control? What is this 12124 all about?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 30footfall:
Where are you located getting those speeds on 00002? Ive tried soo many prls I can change them with my eyes closed. (i dont recommend that by the way...)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tensux:
I have been using 01337 for what must be 6 months now. And no letter from sprint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 30footfall:
How much data are you chewing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
I've tried every prl here and have yet to hit over 80kbps. Anybody on Long Island have one they can recommend?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ky0nkyon:
Its hard to eat up data on roaming ok 1x. However, I racked up over five hundred minutes on the phone on roaming. Does that help?e

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tensux:
One month I had over 1 gb roaming. because I was using the hotspot and forgot while downloading a movie. But most of the time maybe 300meg a month roaming. I get decent 4g so most of the time I am on 4g which is usually close to 4gb a month.

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01337 is the only prl in Boston that lets me roam 4g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 22350:
Hey everybody,

Been watching this thread for a while and thinking about getting my feet wet.

I am in the Los Angeles area and I have two questions.

1. Is there a specific prl that works well for 3g speed and voice here?

2. I don't care about having sprint terminate my contract (kind of hope they will). If I force roam all the time, is terminating the contract the worst thing that will happen? They haven't caught on and come up with some other type of penalty?

Thanks

P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 30footfall:
The worst would probably be paying the life of your contract plus any overages you incur. All depends on what your specific contract says. Most of the paragraphs are pure boilerplate language. However, if when you were talking to sprint you requested certain things or you signed up for a specific promo, there will be paragraphs that are specific to your contract.

The theory of contract is all offer and acceptance. The question comes down to who breach the contract. If your contract says if you roam to a certain amount then we (sprint) has the right to terminate the contract, then you shouldn't have to pay a penalty for that (unless its in the contract).

Basically, it all depends on what your contract says. If you want out of your contract with sprint, there are other ways to getting out. Paying the ETF, talking to someone and asking, living up to your word and paying the rest of the contract. Try bargaining with them, tell me you will send in your equipment if they drop the ETF and you both go on your happy ways.

As for the specific PRL it all depends on the towers nearest to you. However, reading though the post I think its fair to say that the PRL does not control the 4g WiMAX. you either have it or you dont. I dont think there is 4g WiMax Roaming. (unless someone who is more knowledgeable on this can correct me?)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 22350:
Wll I understand what you are saying. I have been with sprint for many years.

The only people not living up to their word is sprint. When I get consistant 50kb download speed, I think it means that they are taking advantage of me, given that I am in a large well covered market.

Anyway, that is another conversation.

If I could get decent 3g coverage, that would be better than the 1500kbps I am getting (every once and a while) on 4g.