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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
what exactly does the image attached mean, "technically"? 3g & 1x at the same?

Taken from a youtube video of a huawei ascend. The user is supposedly in los angeles ca. So what does the huawei ascend have that the evo dont?:confused:

Another supposedly, metropcs has been advertising 3g in the los angeles area for quite some time now, over 9 months it seems.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exleh:
Okay so I did everything that was listed in the OP. I have "3G" but it's download is at 15kb/s which is bs. Also, Now I am getting duplicate text messages all over the place. I am on 3026

Im in Sacramento, California, btw

Help lol

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I have a Huawei Ascend as well and it has "3G" but it's still slow as hell...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Does your huawei ascend phone also say 3g and 1x connections at the SAME TIME?

What rom does the evo have?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I have never seen that, maybe its like a mod or hack, 1X and 3G at the same time that doesn't even make sense.

If your getting duplicate text messages and slow 3G speeds try another PRL, 15kb/s is way to slow for 3G!

How slow is your Huawei Ascend on 3G? Maybe it's just a problem MetroPCS is currently having in the Sacramento area.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exleh:
Well I downloaded Anti-SMS Bomber Pro which stopped the duplicate messages. I also an pleased to announce that I have actual 3G! It't not fast, but it did go to about 320kb/s this morning. I have a speedtest.net screenie that I will put below but I took that later and got ~ 150kb/s... better than 15 lol. I have been getting about 300 in the market downloads but it doesnt want to show that on speed test tho.

Location: Sacramento, California

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Not a mod or hack lol, that how it looks on the metro ascend, idk why
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
HA & AAA?

What do you have inputted for your HA and AAA shared secret and could you point the NV items if you know them would help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
There is that nv item package you can download from white rabbit that they generate from your phone number. I personally have been afraid to flash it on my 3d just cause if I break it I'm not gonna fins one this cheap ever again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
For the HA and AAA shared secret you should have your MetroPCS MSL number.

Now just a suggestion don't mess with the NV items its highly dangerous in my opinion.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I was talking about the picture that nightzun posted which is really strange two data connections at once.

Also congrats on getting 3G, Enjoy :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MIKEPPCX:
It's not two at once 1x is his voice connection while the 3g connection is data however you have too look at Verizon their phones used to display the same way back on the day.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
No matter what service will drop to 1x for calls. Even if you have 4g. Of course this is only until they roll out voLTE. (voice over LTE)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
this would be the best bet to get an nv item for our htc evo if we ask for some help maybe he will help. he made it for the cricket on htc evo maybe he can help us metropcs people out. :)

http://www.cricketusers.com/flashing-tools-files-programming/19558-cricket-3g-nv-item-generator.html
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
white rabbit has that generator also. It says it was only tested on MOTO droids. But i talked to the developer for the esteem (since we became friends when he worked on the ascend.) And he told me to flash that package. I have it downloaded and evrything just been afraid to flash. I'm not gonna find another 3vo for a hundred bucks again. If i mess it up

It's my understanding that it changes the nv items to what they should be for our number. The previous or phones carrier doesnt recognize MDN format. Which may be the case for us. Cause I can change the mynunber@mymetropcs.com to other numbers and nothing changes. So imo or nv is not recognizing what we have entered. Of course it has to to some extent forbid to have data but...maybe not fully. Idk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedej10:
i cant get 3g here in long island with metro :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
its hit or miss for who gets 3g and who doesnt is the way it seems. Me amongst other people having been trying to get it since this thread started. All i can say is make sure you have all the settings from the OP and try the prls if no luck you will have to join the rest of us that are trying to be patient and wait for metros 3g to improve.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Very well said my friend, Unfortunatly MetroPCS doesn't have nationwide 3G coverage.. In fact they don't even really announce having 3G coverage.

Sorry you have to be one of the ones without 3G, but I'm sure things will get better.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I have flipped between my "msl" and the words "metropcs" with no change in service.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Yup .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
All metro branded phones I have seen here in l.a. do show 3g...I can't get it for the life of me...lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
Which package is it? I have a few of those on my laptop but havent touched em
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm not sure if this is what your asking about. But on white rabbits page its the calculater above the one for msl. You just type in your phone number and it gives you the nv items. That match your number however that's calculated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
Yea, I did that a long time ago but never flashed it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Yea I haven't has the guts to. My girls friend has an EVO on metro and she broke the screen real bad the phone barely works. Im gonna flash it in hers before she activates a new phone. She just has to find one first . Lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Just for good measure in trying to get 3g, I have used the following MCC and MNC's:

310 & 27 - 1x

310 & 04 - 1x

310 & 00 - 1x

311 & 04 - 1x

311 & 00 - 1x

to no avail...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey Mexigga, glad to hear your still at it :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
My ascend used to have 310 16 I haven't treid it in a ling time. Also all the new metro phones have 311 66.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
jd,

i anonymously posted on your mpcs 3g blog as "not 100% anon jonathan" a couple days ago. I am very very new to droid/rooting/etc.. have yet to flash my first rom (still on metrodroid 2.0 from mpcs dealer flash..) i have been reading as many metropcs/flash threads as i can in order to learn. frankly, i'm pretty scared performing most of these actions 'cause i dont want to make a mistake/miss a step and destroy my phone.. anyway, i used your steps in dfs to update my prl (3026) which was very helpful because i was unable to do so in cdma work shop, but i am having a difficult time in qpst. i am at the change to 'Simple IP' step, and i can't figure out how to allow qpst to detect my phone. Note: i'm in atlanta and i've seen throughout the thread that atl gets decent 3G on metro. i'm just trying to get there. if you want to know any of my phone settings/specs feel free to let me know. i just wouldnt even know what to tell you unless you asked. i don't want to be a bother. any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

jonathan
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Open qpst configuration then click add new port. Make sure universal serial bus box is unchecked. It will show the com port your phone is on click it and add port. Then go back to menu on the top tool bar go to start. Then goto service programming. It will show your phone info in the window hit ok. Then once you get to programmiing menu hit read from phone on bottom left you will be asked to enter spc. Which should be 000000 since tour phone was flashed by a dealer. Now you can edit whatever you want.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
I flashed one and nothing happened on my end. Lol, so don't worry.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Hmmm. I might go ahead and give it a try then.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I will now add 311 66 to my list of 1X connections....lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
3G finally on my EVO!!

That's right, my EVO has finally seen 3G connection, not from MetroPCS but from BoostMobile. Yes thats right, I switched. Finally got tired of waiting(I live in an area where I doubt it will be anytime soon and Ive been waiting since Ive been a loyal MetroPCS customer which is over 3 years now). So got the guts to actually done it. Let me tell you, it was a MISSION, well at least for me, to 'flash' my evo to boost.

I know its against the rules to talk about the following(which I wont in detail) and probably shouldnt put this in this thread at least, but the following were the BASIC steps I had to do to flash my evo to boost.

-Get a cheap $30 used boost branded Sanyo Incognito

-Open account with boost, port number from metropcs, and activate cheap phone.

-Once my number was in boost side, I can play with my evo.

-Repair/Clone/Modify (or whatever you want to call it) the cheap donor phone's meid/esn over to my evo(like I said I wont go into detail since its against the forum rules)

-copy over needed nv items to evo from cheap donor phone

-let sprint/boost provision the evo ota

-change a couple of more settings here and there and evo was back up and running with CM7.1 and 3G!!

Took about 10hrs including research on the meid subject. Im getting sporadic speeds between 200-800Kbps but thats normal for boost. Ping is about 100-300ms. All in all I'm very satisfied with the end result and hope nothing happens with settings and have to do everything all over again lol

In regards to MEID/ESN repair,

I strongly do not condone illegal behavior in any way. What I did was, in my STRONG, opinion perfectly legal. I own both handsets legally and they are my property so I should be allowed to do with either as see fit, why, because I OWN them.

In regards to how-to-do-this?

Please PM me and I will GLADLY help any member out with a step by step and even we can setup a IM and do it live.

Lastly, this is way too long already, I just want to thank OP and everyone in this thread for all the help you all have given me directly or indirectly, and everyone who is still without no 3g, dont lose your hope like I did(I know Im being a hypocrite) but If you ever decide to do what I did, Im here to help! ;):D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I've been trying to get it for a very long time. No one knows the real answer.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azzy50:
I think i have tried every possible thing and still can not get 3G on my Evo and i live in Dallas. On my old Huawei Ascend I got 3G with starting with PRL 3023. So i am tempted to swap carriers lol.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
It's not real 3G here. I only got real 3G twice and it was in the garland area. Haven't got it since back then though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Yeah... Nightzun's last post saddened me.. I'm sorta giving up on trying to get 3g working on evo 4G... I'm even in a great area for it here in atlanta.. Smh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
Yea, same here. Ain't like we can't flash back to metro when/if 3G hits if we leave anyway.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yungtexas:
Nigga jshmo don't **** with me...giving up this 3g battle my ninja. Bout to hop on a major carrier eff it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
i suddenly picture jshmo as a middle-aged white lady
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Last time I.gave up I actually got 3g for a day then lost it messing with prls . If that's what works I'm trying again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rs2600_capri:
I just have a quick question.... I have a evo on metro with cyanogenMod 6.1 is there any way for me to get 3g on my phone? I heard that since I have cyanogens rom it cant be done because you cant get into diag mode. Is this true? I dont wanna switch roms, if anything I wanna upgrade to 7.1 but anyways theres gotta be a way to get 3g with the cyanogen roms.....can anyone let me know if its possible?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
I just ran a couple speed tests and wanted someone to look at my results.. See attached
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
so, i am getting much better speeds than i was: see attached screen shots
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay23:
Can anyone help? I downloaded CDMA Workshop 2.7 and put my phone in diag mode and when I go into CDMA workshop and I connect to COM 3 it says that it's connected successfully but when I try to write the prl it say failed ... phone does not answer. I'm using MetroDroid v2.2 and I was trying to write the 3026 prl.. I turned off my antivirus and everything. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azzy50:
Yeah i know but it kills me that the Ascend could get 3G and the Evo is pretty much a lost cause.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Make sure you are in the right COM port. Usually it will be 2 ports but only one will work to read/write to the evo. Also, make sure you READ(next to 'Connect') from phone and unlock it as well. To unlock, go to Security tab, under SPC type in your 6-digit SPC and click on 'SPC' and then click on 'Send'.

If CW fails you, try QPST.

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Yes its possible to go into DIAG mode without having to revert to a sense rom. I also got tired of it and did the following:

1).Go to : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1060184

and download the attached file (signed-diagscripts.zip)

2) Place zip file on the root of your SD card

3) Boot into recovery CW

4) Flash the zip

6) Reboot

7) Connect phone or from within phone extract the 'data' folder that is inside the zip file(signed-diagscripts.zip) and put it anywhere on the sdcard

8) From within phone, navigate to the folder above, and install 'Gscript.apk'

9) Let it install...to enable DIAG mode, open 'GScript' from your apps and choose 'diag_on' and when your done using DIAG mode, choose 'diag_off'

GScript works on CM7, it should also work on CM6.

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So it wasnt my intention to discourage anyone. I just felt I would report what I decided to do since it has been my intentions for more than 4 months to switch but hadnt had time and didnt know which carrier be best since I really didnt want to leave metro. Dont get met wrong, service at metro for me has been very good. I cant really think of when I had bad service from them with my evo(besides the typical drop calls here and there, interrupted calls where it wouldnt ring and go straight to voice mail, delayed txts, etc) but nothing mayor given the type of service they provide(maybe it was having the evo that helped a lot idk).So hearing that metro has 3g in my area pretty much halted it, not for long though lol.

In a nutshell, I know metro will expand to even 4g in my area but will they have comparing phones like the EVO to go with, highly doubt it, will I switch back to metro if they get 4g in my area, only IF they do get comparing phones like the EVO and mind you it has to at least be HTC(I know there are other brands as good or better than HTC but they are my fav since Im coming from owning TP and TP2). Only then will I switch back. Why am I saying all this? Is this relevant to anything?I know I have no life lol. IDK, give me a break Im on my 5th dosx and just felt like ranting I guess. JD feel free to delete if you wish.:p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yungtexas:
Lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay23:
Thanks for the info. But do y OK u know anyway I could find out what COM I'm on? And I tried to read and it didn't work on any of the COMS then i connected to COM 3 and then tried to read, but it was still saying that phone doesn't answer.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
i had a similar issue. to resolve it, i used cdma dfs instead of cdma workshop. this is an alternative method, and it's very easy. follow this link provided by JD2589, the creator of this thread:

http://metroprl.blogspot.com/p/htc-evo-prl-update-guide.html

the instructions are very clear and concise. if you're simply trying to update prl/have phone recognized on ports, this will help you. btw, all of this info is also in the op of this thread.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
To find out go to your device manager and open HTC MODEM item's properties and check there what com the phone is on. Also, make sure USB Debugging is enabled, have all the drivers installed for the phone, and that you are ONLY in Diag Mode on the phone. Do not mount your sd card to the computer.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay23:
Thanks a bunch guys ! I found what m yproblem was i dint have the HTC Diag Drivers installed. I updated and now it says 3G in stead of 1X, hope it's going to work now. Thanks again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exleh:
Worked on my Evo. Now trying it on my girl's, I am running into problems. When i try to turn into HDR mode, it reverts back to automatic when i reboot, and I have NO DATA Whatsoever, is there something else I am supposed to be doing to get data before I go for 3g?

Also when I tried in QPST Service Programming, it said NV Read Only, which is strange because it worked on my Evo...

Any help??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
current dfs settings

jd,

i was unable to attach these in a PM...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
Okay, I was trying to attach a PRL that was edited and lets me connect to 3G for awhile... but I don't know how, it says invalid file...:confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
What says its an invalid file?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Okay, Perfect I'll take a look at them when I get to my PC. :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Awesome, It doesn't let you upload .PRL files, try renaming it to for example 3026.txt and upload it or try zipping it into a file.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Here's a update of me trying to get 3g.

qpst used. Copied all settings from optimus...values changed and even tethered nai removed... Still get all data & mms but at 1x.... (sigh)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
PRL

Alright, this is the PRL I was telling you guys about... It might work for you, perhaps won't. Give it a try. Although, I am not responsible if something happens to your phone :p

Once its installed, you will have to try by putting the phone onto WCDMA Preferred Network in Advanced Settings.

Let me know if you at least see 3G for a second :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Interesting...wonder what enables the 3g... I might give 'er a go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
brief 3g speed

i got 3g for about 30 mintues last night here in atlanta. mobile speed test was around 1600kbps. xtremeleabs showed 900kbps. i had just flashed smoothNsexy v1.4.1 and happened to be updating some apps, when i noticed everything was updating super fast. woke up this morning to try again, but it's gone.....smh. looks like a couple others have had a similar experience. has anyone tried d3ja-vu's prl?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm thinking about trying it in a few. What settings did you get 3g with? OP?

I'm running that prl now. Nothing yet. Also is everyone getting 3g using their msl or metropcs for password. I keep hearing some people say they get it with metro and some with msl. We need an updated picture guide of the settings from both qpst (every tab) and dfs. From soemone with 3g and I think we might find some differences that lead to a fix. I did save settings from ascend to my pc. They don't use profiles and i remeber when I did get 3g and went back through my settings neither were enabled on mine. Plus ascend is set to mobile ip only.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Thanks for uploading it man, Just out of curiosity what changes did you make to this PRL?

Thats great man! :D

I PM'd you a setting you can change to see if you get 3G signal permanently.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Is that a modified version of prl 2004? That's what my phone says right now? I gotta be getting closer latly cause my phone loses signal all the time like it wants to connect to 3g but then 1x comes back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
You're welcome! As I said before I put some Channels number from the PRL 3026 & changed the values.

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Yes it is a modified version! Mine connects to 3G for awhile and then reverts back to 1x. My guess it's that there is something missing still.. Why don't you download Signal Map from the Market and use the widget so you would know when you are connected to 3G. Note: for me to be able to get 3G I force the phone WCDMA preferred, I loose signal and 3G appears :D I know it's strange but it works for me sometimes

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Good point! I tried metropcs as my password but it never authenticated. So I'm using my MSL. Neither Mobile IP only, I set it up to Mob+Simple, something like that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I don't get 3g period but authenticates with both metropcs or my MSL. I will try forcing wcdma this time...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm starting to think its something to do with sid along with prl cause if you look at the prl channels and the orders they go per sid/nid. So I'm thinkin if the sid value is changed to something out of your coverage area to make the tower think your not in your home area. Idk

Just can't figure it out after I got it that one day. My phone was set to cdma auto and I could sit in test mode and watch it swithc to wcdma preferred and evdo only as my signal changed. Oh yea i always have open signal on my home screen just to know for sure what signal I got LOL
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
This is my closest tower's info (using open signal)

Looks like it can give off 3g...

Wonder if doing a full wipe and rom/apn reinstall will help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm glad you posted that. Oakieville from the 3vo forum sent me some apns that had that 320 120 instead of 310 027 I'm gonna change my apns to that and my build prop. And change my home sid to the one in the pic and see if I get anything. Also still running that modified prl.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
well i got something wierd going on and cant revert it back and i was wondering if anyone has seen this before? and how can i fix it??? i have a back up on qpst and it didnt fix it and a back up of my nv item and it didnt fix it? i dont get it? it says mymetropcs.com in lock screen and current network. i have tried superwipe and different roms and prls the same thing its all there on every rom. I:confused: try to make a call and a pop comes up saying im about to make a roaming call everytime and im not roaming any help on this would be nice i have exhausted all my ideas on what to do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exleh:
Weird, did you put "mymetropcs.com" in the Carrier box in QPST? If so go to Service Programming>Display>And click the box that says mymetropcs.com and change to MetroPCS
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
i went to service programing display and in the banner box it says MetroPCS

i changed it to Metro and still the same it says mymetropcs.com so i changed it back to MetroPCS and nothing its still there after the reboot.???:confused: