yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Neither of those. Does that actually make a difference versus using epst?

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Not sure. But that what I used when my phone went to preferred. Also you can check your settings when your in there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Will check it out.

I am currently in Dallas. Trying all prl's...although it has been said before that there is no 3g here, I tried anyway and no 3g for me.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibeastalot:
I am having the same problem if anyone can find a way to get 3g on the flashed htc evo on metro please pm me. i have tried everything from prls to qpst i am tired of it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
If you are not in a 3g area...you will not get 3g no matter what you do.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
Metro did it again. Pushing 2004 PLR and now my Go MMS pro is not sending neither receiving messages.

Be aware guys.

I cant make calls either! it says Welcome to MetroPCS ! Nevermind.. MEtro is pushing old prl again. I just deleted some programing from my phone.. I placed back the info. Fully working. But again beware Metro Pushing again old PRLs
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Metro pushing that prl to your phone won't affect anything other than your internet speed ie; cut off 3g if your in a 3g area, or just give you slower 1x than you already had if your not. But its still an evdo prl just an old old one. I've posted quite a few times about unchecking the box in nam tab on dfs that says otapa and u will no longer get prls pushed to your phone also.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
Yes and thanks.

I went and did that but when I write with the OTAPA unchecked I did not read first.. So when I wrote I cleared my settings .. Anyways .. Ihad back of my settings.. plugged back in and ready.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
I b in confirmed 3g at metroblogspot once again, and No 3g, it must be the esn or radio , once again confirmed 3g here, although metrobrand phones get 3g:'( in my city 93304
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Bakersfield does have 3G for metro phones, but not for flashed phones. Just agreeing with you. I think it's the city/towers that govern 3G on flashed phones.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icedboy4:
Signal problem

I have the latest metro prl on my flashed evo 4g 03029, and yet my phone switches to roaming when im in Rome,GA or in New York. and my freinds have regular metro phones and have service in those areas. is there something i can do to fix this problem on my evo?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrctony:
whats your radio? I have flashed about 10 evos and never have that problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avishayftl:
My data is down i'm in Miami

Anyone have this problem ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Data outage

Here we go again. Data is out here in Bakersfield, on both flashed Evo and Metro Admire. :mad:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
No 3g no 1x?? whats up with that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yustis:
Data Down... again....

Yeah You're right...... here we go again.........

Data down in LA area.

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Ok so here's the deal in GA at least Atlanta for why i know you should be up on your flashed phone now NY it won't work since NY works on a Different Band so is Boston and Las Vegas; over there our flash phones won't work only SMS.

Check the metro pcs coverage map and select dual Band, there you should be able where your flashed phone has coverage.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey Everyone,

MetroPCS Data is down, Wonder what their up to this time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
Data back!

This is a roller coaster ride we have in our hands my friends.....:eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrctony:
data was down in sac this morning,is back now (still 3g,no PRL change)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Data is back lol, It seems pretty quick at least the tapatalk app loaded everything fast..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyder3:
What's the deal folks?

I'm planning on jumping to Metro in the next few days...are they abandoning 1x/3g in their move toward LTE?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thinkjoey:
What prl is everyone on?

I am only getting 1x

i think i am on 3028

Sacramento, Ca
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
No they are not abandoning 1x and 3G for 4G.

I'm on PRL 3029. You should try it.

http://www.metroprl.blogspot.com/p/downloads_04.html
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
...a few posts back I mentioned that after I tried those hybrid 3029 prls and put the original 3029 back on , my EVO showed a triangle in the signal area....well...how the heck do I fix that? I did a wipe, factory reset and still shows up on that prl.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
flashing the original prl 3022-3029 should fix it... it the hybrid is still in place then nothing else will touch it till you flash the other one
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Have you checked your settings on the computer? I think that happened to me and I checked all my settings with QPST.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Changing the prls via ##775# did not fix this... thanks though

I just saw that my settings were incorrect in the M.iP tab. thanks. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Cool, I'm glad you got it.:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
3029 sucks!

Hey guys,

I've been out for awhile lil busy school and work.. Been following the thread as well but I just tried the newest PRL when I finally got a chance (that's how busy I was lol) let me tell you that same day I updated to 3029 I kept dropping calls every 15 mins or so. PLUS, text messages never delivered properly to the people I'd text... I got so upset after having it for like 1-2 days.. Now I'm on 3022 which for me its still the most stable one.

Well, just wanted to share my bad experience with that one PRL.. Hope everyone is doing well. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Like I've been saying. Flashed phones only get 3g in markets that allow it. I'm in the bay area right now and have been getting 3g all day long. Even if you are in a 3g area, you will not get it on a flashed phone. I confirmed that today. I live in a 3g market and my wife's Samsung Admire gets it, but my EVO doesn't. L.A. is another market that does not allow flashed 3g service. The proof is all here.

Notice the icon on top. Been a while since I've seen it. But there it is. :D

I'm running prl 3029 and the settings are the same from JDs original post.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViciousxGaruda:
I've also live in the Bay Area, Oakland btw. So your phone is flashed and has been getting 3g?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm almost wondering in the markets that don't allow it. Like where I am(Detroit) if we paid for the smartphone plan maybe we would get it. Idk I would hate for it to be something so simple after all this time. Is there anyone on the 45 or 50 dollar plan in Dallas or Detroit that still gets nothing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
Even if we are on the $50 plan 3G won't ever work... I'm starting to believe markets such as Los Angeles, Detroit use the 1700 MHz frequencies for its 3G service as well for 4G LTE. Now, since our phones don't support those frequencies due that MetroPCS it's the only one that has 1900/1700 MHz (AWS) frequencies/bands... it's impossible for our phones to pick up 3G because it "uses" 1700 MHz (AWS) that's why we only get 1x since that one it's nation wide coverage mostly on the 1900 MHz (AWS) except I believe NY that only uses 1700 MHz (AWS)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I used to think that too. But I have gotten 3g a few times in this market. It was like I slipped through the cracks. If they were on different freq that wouldn't of been possible. Imo there is just something blocking us.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Totally agree

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alttwo:
someone please help me!!!

i did the tutorial to update my prl step by step, my prl is sucessfully updated. the problem is that i cant call, text, or get any sort of data! when i try to make a phone call, it says "to make a correct call to a mobile phone or a landline phone, press 1. something about a prepaid pin, press 2" i cant use the phone at all:mad:. i appreciate any help. also my prl is 3029 so it is up to date.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Has your phone been properly added into Metro's database?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alttwo:
Before, i had the phone fully functional with calling, sms, mms, and 1X data. I wanted 3g but now i cant even use the phone. I appreciate you replying. Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Only thing I can say is check all settings with the original post twice.. I've accidentally cleared out my settings on accident before due to not "reading" a page before writing one setting..

If that doesn't work check your account and make sure your ESN is correct.. when I "bricked" my Evo3d to downgrade the hboot it reset my meid to original... Easy fix though...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alttwo:
I will do so. I can only hope for the best
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alttwo:
ok i checked all the settings. they are all correct. how can i check if my esn is correct?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
If you log into your mymetro account it will be listed with your phone I can't remember which page for sure though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Metro is a trip. I was an hour outside the city today in bfe pretty much in canada and was getting 3g all day. But I can't get it in home area. Wtf
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Hey mteezey , what's that antenna looking thing in the middle?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
open signal

Free in the market
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Dig your homescreen mteezey. What are you running?

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
WELL that's news for a lot of people, everybody says if your in a "confirmed 3g area" you will get it, and I think that is why people get frustrated because it is not the case. I never heard anyone mention the possibility of the towers having control though, because if that were the case then doing a esn repair on my phone(and many others) and calling 611 could do the trick. I want tobuy another.same phone try it , since I needs a working one for my job and since I am a n00b I m nervous it may mess up something.

2.15.00.0808, I supposed the baaseband means radio :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
what baseband do have ? Also it sounds just right, like that other bro just said, the towers / metro is keeping you from getting it, have you ever tried to use a metro 3g branded esn?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
IMO its A lost cause. I have done this on like four different og evo and I'm on my 3rd 3vo now. And yes I have tried the metro branded esn trick but it didn't make a difference. I used my old ascend on a 3vo and an og with no luck. Also tried a freeform 3 on another 3vo. On one note it doesbt bother me since my metro 3vo gets service a lot of places my buddies at work sprint 3vo's and og's don't get any service and hve to use mine. But the terrible speeds are really starting to get to me now that I use the phone a little more on road trips for work. T-Mobile been calling my name but I want a bigger screen so atat one x sounds better but I hate atat with a passion have them for cable and internet and theyre rapists on the bill. A new one time charge every month. :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
wow after all that it does sound like a lost cause, so they have a way to stop almost everybody from getting 3g,huh.

well here in my city prepaid verizon is $50 unlimited with non android phones to chose from, and i agree att is a very hooptie company. is t-mobile the same as far as not allowing android sevices with the plan you were considering? have you read the post here about the guy who give you unlimited data for verizon to any plan for $30 ? well he wants lime $125 to start then its $30/mo after that. it lookes legit, the guy have a page on amazon.com i checked it out for a minute, seemed legit. i just drove by a t-mobile shop that had a sign said $50 unlimited, i seen it before just didnt think they where not hiding somthing ,like verizon prepqid does,o its been about a month and the sign is still there so i looked closer and it said 4g lte. so i will call them ob monday and see whats up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
Just go with boost mobile I'm content with it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
No data here in Miami !... 3g gone ! no 1x either :eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay23:
I live down in Fort Lauderdale and i get decent speeds on 3G...sometimes in certain places.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
I talk to the T-Mobile peeps and they cap you after 2gb down to 2g, although you can use android with unlimited talk,text and web for $50 & with that plan you pay full price for the phone, the HTC scense is 6 bills, besides my friend said their talk is not Amy better then metro.lol. they have a deal this weekend up to $200 back on new phones, I would never pay 4 bills. I have No problems waiting and getting it on eBay for $150 6 months later.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny.dalvik-cache:
Does this apply to simple mobile too?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
Y

Simple mobile? Never heard of it bro, I just checked it out, it is a T-Mobile network? They have thousands of plans on their web page :-D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Metro flash

Haha, I can't get enough of this modding stuff:D. I just bought two used OG EVOs and want to flash them to Metro. The only Metro store that I have found that can successfully flash my EVO and Samsung Transform is in Pittsburgh. That's in northern Cali. 4 hours away for me:(. Does anyone know of a store in the LA area that can do it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
You can check eBay. There's a few legit guys who do it on there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
How do I search for them? I tried metro flash and nothing comes up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
You should be able to find em just off searching metro PCs. If nothing is showing I'm sire those people have lost there accounts or ran out of credits by now. In la you should be able to find someone though i would just take it in and not call.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
Have You had any luck? If not, hit me up... I know this guy in LA...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
hmm, i just sold my evo to my uncle, and i activated it through *228, and it worked about the 10th try... they were having a lot of problems, but it worked just fine...

but my phone was already flashed..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Ok, where in LA? All the corporate stores can't do it because they don't know how or don't want to.:mad:

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Actually I was thinking about trying out Staright Talk on one of them. Mod seems pretty simple enough and I could do it myself without paying someone to flash it. ST is on Verizon network and I want to see if they actaully get 3G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
Those eBay guys guys been gone for quite some time,.although I took mine to a corporate store a few month ago in and out with no issues, first I called 611 and made sure that what I hear about metro stopping flashing and she said only the franchise stores are stopping and it's only because with the dealer employees not knowledgeable on anything except YouTube and checking the newspaper they have a very difficult time getting dm mode and so I can always take it to a corporate store as long as it's on the approved device list, , well I still to this day have yet official program that corporate store. Or no more credits from Houdini has any truth behind it. Well the corporate store is 90 miles from me BUT on only 7 minutes out of my when I drive to that area for work one every 2 months, so I am good in my Hood. Don't be so upset that the dealer stores have stopped flashing they only pay their employees minimum wage and 99% of the landed don't know how to do it either. And it took me a while to even do mine so imagine the headache of people have to learn how to diag mode every new android device put on Houdini, I am trying hard to defend the ignorant, since last time I checked only the 2 phones were on Houdini that I have on my plan, the 4g I subscribe and the android x my wife has. O:-)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrctony:
MetroPCS alfa values=cricket?

Is this right??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrctony:
Sorry I mean to post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622055
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
No offense but that is a weak defense.:D:p since there is a ton of phones on the approved list I can think of twenty off hand. It's just laziness. The program does everything for you ie; downloads drivers, and give on screen instructions. Pretty much put in diag for you. Stores just want you to buy there phones so they just won't allow flashing. Not trying to.flame or troll you. Just giving my honest opinion. I gave up on metro anyways. It was fun for a while having the challenge of getting certain phones on the network but I just couldn't handle the slow ass speeds anymore. Loving t mobile hspa+ and my HTC one s is the s#!@. :D and I still only pay ten dollars more than I did on metro.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrctony:
When you try to activate this phone in another acct,you need to manually enter the min,and msid for the new acct.Can not be programed over-the-air.also to avoid loosing 3g during activation soon as your hear ("we are having problems activating hour phone bla bla..) just hang up and reboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
I used DFS and changed the phone number to his, and internet setting..

or

just dial *228 and say switch phone....

u will know right away about the activation part,

u will see the provisioning on screen, then all u need to setup is the internet and mms settings..

if it sends u to an agent, hang up and keep trying... u will get through...

edit: btw my wifes 1x evo, is faster than my HTC One S on 2g, when i dont have 4g reception...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
edit: btw my wifes 1x evo, is faster than my HTC One S on 2g, when i dont have 4g reception...[/QUOTE]

2g on what?

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On what network?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
on tmobile...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Wow... Who'da thunk it?

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
You must be in a bad area for edge. I still got 700kbps dl on mine when I tested it. But this is where its at.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
WoW, you did it huh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
I'm still too cheap to go that route. Plus I really dislike contracts.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revized:
If I were to switch it would be for either 2 reasons, 1. I wanted the best coverage as to stop getting voicemail and never hearing the phone ring.

2. If motropolopious stopped using Houdini, I could never be that Mickey deed to ever be caught with an official motropolious

, besides I like history have ads everywhere in my city that says $25 all i you cant get the 4 for $100 plan anymore.n, or now I seen,not40ish ,40 period. LoL, then you go there to compare with other companies and the phones are like cheap swamp meet toys, and it's 10 more for Verizon's unlimited prepaid. Oh and now I have seen so many billboards unlimited android for less then half the other guys.lol!" Metropolis wants $65 and T-Mobile is only& 50 with speeds likey meteezy getting. Metropolis is beginning to look shameful ,if they lie so large and are so sorry on the internet speed and cost more then the "other guys too"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
on 4g, i gotten has high as 16000..... awesome,

yes, the less than 100 kbps.. in the hospital... but 4g everywhere else...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey Everyone!

What happened to this thread? lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I was wondering the same thing. I think all the regulars(non 3g getters) left to other providers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Off topic bump:

teezy,

Thanks for that Bezel. My screen is a good as new!

On topic:

I'm probably moving to boost or simple mobile. If I can get an unlocked gnex for a good price, I'm going to simple.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cameronrich1991:
hey man im sure this is stupid but im a noob and just want to make sure before i screw something up is every setting listed in the pics for the dfs tool supposed to match yours or just the ones you highlighted
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey man,

All the ones I high lighted, Just don't change your IMSI Settings because it causes problems with some users some times, and something I highly recommend is to take screens shots of your own current settings before changing anything it will protect you from any issues that may occur. Go on and let is know how it goes. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Yeah it really seems so.. :/

Their better off for sure lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Friday I'm getting my Sensation and jumping the Metro ship for Simple Mobile lol I cant wait!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Congrats lol, Enjoy your HTC Sensation it is an amazing phone!

And Simple Mobile offers great service.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Lol thank you! and Thank you all for all the help and whatnot (trying) to get 3g I have everything else on the Evo 3d working so I may give it to one of my friends still using metro I just cant deal with the slow speeds! And as for the sensation yea it's not that far off spec wise from the One S and I can swap batteries on it and add an sd card which is why I decided to go with it :) I'll still be watchin the thread as my wifes Dinc2 will still be on metro :) holding out hope for her I guess lol!

*edit* after some looking today it seems that simple mobile caps their "3g" speeds at around 100kbps.... So I may look at other providers...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avishayftl:
u should check straight talk they sell Att and tmobile sim cards on $45 plan
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Yeah that's what I'm looking at at the moment... And with that switch I may pick up a one x for 350 instead of the sensation
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crownroyal77:
3G Fixed

I wasn't getting 3G speeds after making the changes, but then I loaded a stock ROM and it's working now. :good:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Stock Sprint Roms show 3g regardless of what you are truly connected to.. :( Mine shows 3g but it's actually connected to 1x..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Nymica is dead on.

Download 'xtremelabs speed test' from the market and just run some tests from time to time in different places where you live. If there is real 3g metro service in your area, then you should be getting more than (about) 300 kbps download speeds
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
You can also get open signal maps and put the widget on your screen it will tell you what signal your phone is connected to whether it's 1xrrt or evdo ;-)