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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovertech1:
1)Downloaded APN manager from market, deleted all apn's and put the apn info in this thread on page 5 in an apn(didnt activate the apn though)

2)flashed MetrOFF 1.2 for gingerbread AOSP roms(on XDA in another thread for the Eris i believe). This puts an AOSP messaging app in which doesn't work properly(FC's when trying to change settings) but will send mms.

3)Installed GOsms from the market and changed mms size to 500k and changed enabled the "disable default app's notifications" option. If you use this app and want real MMS, make sure to select MMS before sending the message. by default it sends a GO share file message of some sorts.

Note-It took a couple of messages to go through before the double notification stopped...not sure why.

This procedure worked for me...results may vary though, lol. Maybe I just got lucky :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mangordi89:
Ok got it, I'll give it a shot. Thanks man!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarfleetCommunications:
I'd be curious to know when/if they start throttling data or not... I can see myself easily going over 2GB a month now without tethering (mp3 downloads and youtube) and unfortunately, their website dosen't show the amount of data used.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
did some one got the 3025.prl yet?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
You sure there's a 3025 PRL?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gambino967:
evo flashed with 3024 prl but mobile network type says 1xRtt

I have a Evo flashed with PRL 3024 it has the 3g icon in the corner but under mobile network connection it says 1xRtt instead of EvDo rev. A , My wife ascend currently on prl 3023 says EvDo rev. A does any one know why it doesn't say EvDo rev. A under mobile network on the my evo or is just my phone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
Yes here in Dallas yesterday I saw a friend LG optimus and it is 3025.prl but can't borrower it to extract the prl
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
R right, Thanks.

As soon as I get or find it ill post it.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
Ok tan kyou
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
3025 prl

ok here is grabbed from my brother's lg optimus using cdma workshop

there are tow files on the zip 3025 is from nam1 and 3025-1 is from nam2 hpe it work
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gambino967:
evo on prl 3024 with 1RxTT instead og EvDo Rev. A

I have a Evo flashed with PRL 3024 it has the 3g icon in the corner but under mobile network connection it says 1xRtt instead of EvDo rev. A , My wife ascend currently on prl 3023 says EvDo rev. A does any one know why it doesn't say EvDo rev. A under mobile network on the my evo or is just my phone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Thanks man!

Did you get 3G working with it?

It's like Metro blocked my 3G access. My fathers BlackBerry with 3024 PRL gets 3G and my EVO right next to his gets 1X. This happened like about 4 days ago, before it was fine.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey Guys,

3G is working on 3022 PRL. :D

For those that need it here's a link:

http://db.tt/bN1G26KD

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrguru2011:
What's a good help guide on handling prl?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
what did you change in the prl?

and have you tried the 3026 prl to connect to 3g?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
I'm here by San Fernando Valley (Shadow Hills) and I know it is weird that some users havent connect to 3G still. anyway 3025 & 3026 never worked for me either..

---------- Post added at 08:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 PM ----------

I put some numbers and things from the PRL 3026 because 3026 never worked for me.. Everytime I would force EVdo I never get signal..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Exactly what happens with my evo. Everytime I force it via changing preferred mode to HDR, it would never get any signal whatsoever using Prl 3026. Changing it back to automatic would get a signal just fine.

can you elaborate on what and how you changed the Prl file?? I thought all of that was somehow encrypted or unreadable ....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geovanyglaude1:
Ok I have prl 3026, stock rom rooted and I still cant get 3g. Im in stamford ct which I heard is metros main areas . HELP ME PLEASE CAUSE 1x AINT CUTTIN IT
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey geovanyglaude1,

First make sure theirs 3G in your area by maybe asking a local Metro store.

Have you tried the DFS settings I posted in the OP?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geovanyglaude1:
I love the fast reply. And yea I called the metro people and they said Stamford CT is a main area for 3g . I'm on Samsung admire by the way
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Okay, The Samsung Admire is a Metro branded cellphone, it already comes programmed to work on MetroPCS fully out of the box. So if your not getting 3G my suggestion would be to take it to a local MetroPCS store and have them check it out.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geovanyglaude1:
They gave me the bull**** that 1x is the same as 3g .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geovanyglaude1:
Now they're telling me that they don't have any 3g phones.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
That's not really bull**** I used to think it was. See metro throttles thier 3g to about 400kbps from the info I have found. Flashed phones somehow aren't getting throttle(the ones that get it ). Thier reason for doing that is for people to be able to differentiate between thier 3g and 4g coverage. Since in most markets thier 4g only averages about 2.5mbps which is slower than some 3g for say atat or Verizon. There reason behind even rolling out 3g coverage was to take some of the load off the LTE towers. For example how would you feel if you have a 4g phone and your browsing and lose your 4g signal and it drops all the way to 1x. You wouldn't be too happy with your service provider. As far as what metro tells you there not technically lying since they are not even advertising 3g coverage. So its basically a catch 22 with metro for all of us that are expecting more out of our service. But if were patient I'm sure one day they will really be able to compete with the big companies.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geovanyglaude1:
Yea when I have grandkids lol. Thanks for the information though
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
That's how I feel too. I've been trying to get 3g since October.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I'm pretty sure your going to an official MetroPCS corp store, they always tell customers a whole mess of bs. Try going to one of the stores that flash any phone to MetroPCS.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
General Thread & Site Information

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to share with you guys that the thread has now reached the 100 page mark! Thank you all for activly participating in this thread :D

Also my MetroPRL website now have 2,750 views also Thanks to you guys :D

Remeber when your over at the site downloading a PRL or reading info please click on a few ads, Thanks again everyone.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I think I figured out the 3g issue. I haven't got it. But after months of this I'm seeing that people trying to flash these phones to other carrier like verizon and only getting 1x data. And its something to do with the ha and AAA passwords . So in thinking for the housini phones we need the passwords from the phone that was used to flash. Yea hard in most cases but most stores that flash use the same phone everytime so if we can get someone cool to share the passwords from the phone used to flash we will at least know if that's what's stopping us from connecting .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I'm pretty sure that the password for the HA and AAA passwords are suppost to be your MetroPCS MSL Code.. But as soon as I get home I'll look into it.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I know but if there is some mystery meid from that old phone they flashed with. I'm thinking if we use the msl code from that phone. I'm gonna try to get it from the guy that flashed mine. Hopefully it gets us somewhere.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Yeah check that out then, you could be right. Maybe the ones that get 3G are because they were flashed using the phones MEID, but the ones that aren't is because they were flashed using another MEID creating incorrect passwords.. But I'm still doubting this... Try it and let me know what happens man :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Changing to the apns settings stated in the first page broke my mms. Here is what I used, can you guys please check if its right:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<apns count="1">
<apn name="internet" numeric="311660" mcc="311" mnc="660" apn="0" user="mynumber@mymetropcs.com" server="wap.metropcs.net" password="mymslcode" proxy="wap.metropcs.net:3128" port="3128" mmsproxy="wap.metropcs.net" mmsport="3128" mmsprotocol="2.0" mmsc="http://mms.metropcs.net:3128/mmsc" type="MMS" />

</apns>

Here is the apns before I changed them to the above(btw changing back to these brings back mms):

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<apns count="3">
<apn name="MetroPCS" numeric="310027" mcc="310" mnc="027" apn="0" user="" server="" password="" proxy="" port="" mmsproxy="" mmsport="" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="http://mms.metropcs.net/mmsc" type="*" />
<apn name="Production" numeric="310027" mcc="310" mnc="027" apn="1" user="" server="" password="" proxy="" port="" mmsproxy="proxy.metropcs.net" mmsport="3128" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="http://mms.metropcs.net/mmsc" type="mms" />
<apn name="Android" numeric="310027" mcc="310" mnc="027" apn="internet" user="*" server="*" password="*" proxy="" port="" mmsproxy="" mmsport="" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="null" type="null" />
</apns>

Also, with either apns I still get internet but at slow ass 1x of course.

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Regarding the AAA and HA shared secret values, when I initially used DFS to read off phone, they were both blank! So, to test I inputted my msl code(as stated by JD) in both HEX values and plain text but made no difference. What exactly are those values supposed to be? And are they used to authenticate your device in some way? If they are, then how come we are all getting internet?

I still also say that people that are not getting a 3g connection is because their phone was flash in 'a certain way' than others that are getting a 3g conn. The towers are somehow identifying this and only letting you connect at 1x. So no matter what we do to our phones, change settings or whatnot, the towers will never let you connect. Thats my theory, hope its not true though lol:p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
What? Are you sure? Try changing the APNS and then restart your phone. You do have an HTC Evo right?

The HA & AAA values are used for EvDo connection.

Nice theory, but so far any theory is accepted, since none have been confirmed.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Yup, restarted twice as I always like to since I know it may sometimes take several restarts both cold and hot. And yes I have an HTC Evo 4g from sprint. Did you check the apn though, is it correct?

If the HA and AAA values need to be there, then what is the correct values that should be there?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geovanyglaude1:
Where can I find those stores that flash metro pcs and by the way I was the first on the 100th page :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Okay, The APN is correct the only thing I see different is the MNC.

I've always put my MetroPCS MSL Code into the HA & AAA values.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Congrats you were the 1st on the 100th page :D

I would try searching the web for a store that flashes all types of phones maybe one that offers different service providers also.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
You guys wont believe this. I HAVE 3G!!!! It's not steady but pretty close I think I'm gonna have to play with the prls now. All I did was change preffored mode to wcdma_only and band preferred to pcs only. Since after my research of metros technology I decided to try it and its the first time I've even seen a 3g icon and have data when I have it. Once I get this totally figured out ill post instructions. I used a dfs that someone sent me to do wcdma I don't think the demo version has it. But I'm sitting outside target waitning on my girl to cone out and I have had it the whole time so were getting close. About time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
O man I'm excited now hurry up and get home and make a quick guide.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
NICE! remember to post your APN file details as well as what your supposed to put in the AAA and HA values. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Congrats man this is great news hopefully it will work for everyone else!

So all you did in DFS was set your pref mode to wcdma_only, and the band to pcs? That's it? Really? :D

*Somebody else try it out and post results, It would be great if this were the solution.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
what i did to get 3g..

Ok guys here is a quick guide since im only gonna be home for a minute. I will edit later so jd can update the op if this works for anyone else.

In dfs on the Nam tab pref mode=wcdma only then the band pref= pcs only all the others i have set to home only.

Here is the link to the dfs i used the setting are a little different.Im not sure i its updated or what. Either that or i used the wrong one the whole time http://www.multiupload.com/7G5R1WJRPK

For my apns i have the apn.conf rar file that is in mdiaz's signature.

I also used root explorer and edited my build prop where the scripts didnt. There is a few ro files that say( ro.main.cid=spcs_001 )i changed all of them that said that to( ro.main.cid=METRO0001 )make sure metro is all caps then 001. Just change the spcs you see on those i think there is four that says that. I also changed in the build prop where it says cdma mode preffered to wcdma_hdr mode preferred. Im not sure if my changes to the build prop helped but its pretty easy to do just go into root explorer hold the build prop until the menu comes up and scroll down to open in text editor and change those few things.

I will make this more user friendly later i just wanted to do what i can now. i hope this helps everybody else that hasnt been able to get 3g.

Ps im setting my girls phone up like this now and were going out where i know its full 3g ill update later once i got both phones going with it. Good luck everyone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Thanks mteezey, I will add it to the OP and most probably my site also as soon as others try it, I'll give full credit to you :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Well did this work for anyone else? I'm even getting 3g at home now its only evdo0 at home with a low signal so speeds aren't much faster. I got my phone on prl 3022 and my girls on 3025 hers seems to have a better signal so far. I really hope somone else got this to work too. It only took us a hundred pages of this.thread. LOL someone wake up so I know if this worked for anyone else.

It's crazy I wanna try some other prls but I'm afraid to mess it up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
That's great news man, go ahead and try other PRLs, maybe the 3026, I'm sure you'll get better signal with it.

Yeah it took 100 pages, I haven't been that active recently because I've been extremely busy. Now we need someone else to confirm that this is the solution.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Ive tried it with prl 3024,3025,and 3026 and no luck. For your information, since I have CM7 rom, dialing *#*#4636#*#*(*#*#INFO#*#*) I was able to modify preferred network to WCDMA Only. I tried it also using DFS you provided but no avail.

I also notice(since ROM is different im guessing) that build.prop is different than yours. I dont have ro.main anywhere in there. There is, however, ro.ril.def.preferred.network and it equals to 4 which means it connects to CDMA/Evdo. There is also ro.telephony.default_network and it equals to 4 as well. Changing the preferred network in DFS or via *#*#INFO#*#* does not modify build.prop So what I tried doing is manually changing ro.ril.def.preferred.network to equal 2(which is WCDMA Only) but no luck. I have yet to travel to another location to check.

sorry for the long explanation, I just wanted to let everyone know what Ive tried.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I remember when I ran cm that there was not much to the build prop at all. So that could be a good thing I guess. But 4 is correct for preffered network. I was getting all my 3g on 3022 it was going back and forth all morning from 1x to 3g I tried updating to 3025 since that what metro phones around here get. But got nothing on that I reverted back. But when i set wcdma on dfs then once its set that way when i go into advanced settings I can watch the preffered mode change from wcdma only to evdo and back to cdma auto so my opinion would be change it on dfs then do auto on the phone . I'm not messing with mine any more I changed prl like a half hour ago back to 3022 and it hasn't been changing I'm about to go out where there is 3g now so ill know more in a few

Quick question if you look on sensorly map are you right in the green for 3g. Cause when I'm at home I'm like 3miles outside the main area. I was still getting both 3 and 1 at hone this morning. Just curious if you know your right in 3g and did you switch to pcs only?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Ok, I will do the change in DFS and update PRL to 3026 since Ive seen a couple 4g metro phones updated to that prl here and leave it at that. And yes I did switch to pcs only. Will be traveling to a couple different areas later today and monitoring it see if it connects to any of the towers around outside.

Also, could you do a speed test and post the results?. Curious how fast it is in your area.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
When i ran the speed test i was only connecting to evdo0 my ping was in the low 500's download was 170 and up was 190 so not much improvement but a little. Im so pissed at myself for switching prls though. earlier before the change everytime my 1x signal would fade 3g would come and stay for a while and going back and forth. but now that i tried 3025 and got nothing. i reverted back and its not even flip flopping for me. Im gonna go the places i went yesterday to see if somehow a tower i was by refreshed my phone to connect or something. Cause it all started i had it switched to wcdma only then when i was at ikea and went to use my phone i had no service but my open signal widget said evdoA so i started keeping an eye on my phone after that and it started getting 3g once i was closer to detroit. so it seems like once i connected that one time after changing the settings it stayed. This is th closest ive been though after months of not getting any 3g data. i just gotta figure out why that prl change stopped it. cause im on the same prl that was getting it now. confused. just added those pics so you guys know im not bullsh$#in. : )
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
This is all exciting...hope something works for all trying (me too)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey guys,

So it hasn't worked for anyone else? :(

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iskootie:
A Little Help Here For DFS 3.3.0.7 The Options Are Not The Same There Is No WCDMA_Only Or PCS Only Help If You Can :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey,

That sounds extremely strange, You do have an HTC Evo correct?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iskootie:
Oh No I Have A Droid Incredible
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexFG:
Has anybody been able to get the HA/AAA to authenticate? Some of us are getting 3G without it authenticating but I believe that if we solve that little problem we might be able to get even higher speeds. I flash these EVOs to boost at the store almost every day of the week and the only way to get 3G on them is by copying the HA/AAA passwords from an original, fully provisioned Boost phone; otherwise the customer will only get 1x and no 3G.

The process on metropcs is simpler but at the same time it's a little different, I have tried to put the MSL on the AAA share and HA share fields in both decimal and hexadecimal notation but its not working. So the MSL definitely does not go there.

Right now my EVO 3D has 3G and I'm using PRL 3026, the speedtest.net app doesn't work most of the time but xtreme labs speedtest works great; I'm getting around 400 to 500 kb down and 1.4 mbps up. I have to play around with the settings a little bit to correct that cuz it should be the other way around.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
He is right that's why I linked that dfs in my instructions.

---------- Post added 1st January 2012 at 12:01 AM ---------- Previous post was 31st December 2011 at 11:29 PM ----------

I was thinking the same thing about the msl. But then my 3d started to get 3g yesterday after i changed to the settings i posted. However after messing with prls it hasnt connected since this morning. I wonder if there is a universal code to put in as the password. I didnt touch anything othr than going from 3022 to 3025 and back to 3022 so not sure what changed. What do you have your settings at for your 3d?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Just a thought, have you checked your settings at DFS? When you put back 3022 prl, it might have 'reset' some settings. It has happened to me before, else Im probably losing my mind, phone has a mind of its own:eek:(it literally does)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Yea I double checked everything the setting I set to pcs only switched to auto but I switched it back. Everything else is the same. **Scratching head**
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexFG:
My settings are pretty much the same as the ones in the first post; I have switched between 3020,3024 and 3026 without losing my 3G. Triple check your settings on DFS and then double check on QPST, something must have changed or reverted somewhere. If everything fails then write down your MDN, MIN/MSID, make sure you know how to get your SPC back up any important info and do a ##786# reset to revert everything back to it's original state that way you can start from scratch.

However I don't recommend that unless you really know what you are doing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
what radio version do you have? I did exactly that dfs to qpst then back to dfs. The only thing i can think of is maybe my prl updated while i was out yesterday and i didnt look to make sure it was on 3022 still. But i dont think that is possible on a flashed phone. Im getting ready to go out so ill know soon if i get it again. It started yesterday after i lieft home but stayed once i got here maybe i just need to leave again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
that sucks, tryied mteezey little thing, no dice,,,,

I know i had everything good,.. I actually flashed both my evo's... none have 3g, i just say its my area we have to wait, 3022 is the best... but 90% of times with 3g i have no data....

but i decided to change everything... i did ##786#... i had to do everything from scratch... but still no 3g...:(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blayznaz:
Has anyone tried "metropcs" (lowercase & no qoutes) as the HA & AAA Shared Secret? Works for me with SimpleIP selected as well as my MSL as the password in the PPP section of QPST for my Incredible & Eris & Hero (which is Sprint).