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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
No man, Changing PRLS & Simple IP settings have nothing to do with WiFi Tethering..

Have your flashed a new rom or kernel recently?

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

I think it would be of great help to those Dallas users, if you could maybe post a specific address/location were you get the best 3G signal and your settings such as PRL and maybe some DFS or QPST screenshots, So that the other Dallas users can go there and see if they get 3G.

Because as you've probably read on the thread we've tried almost everything possible to get those Dallas users going with 3G..

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
So you getting 3g almost any where you go?

Can you post you settings?

ROM

Prl

Settings on qpst

Radios
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savalasurge:
hi

Hi guys I traded my evo for a sprint nexus s which is now flashed to metro so .... it was great trying to work out 3g on the htc evo best of luck to you guys ... hope you all get 3g
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio794:
Question????

hi jd ,what are your second profile settings?? do they matter ?

downloaded metro droid again,flashed and still have same problem,stuck on white evo logo.:mad:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
What recovery r u using? Ra is better to wipe
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey man,

Thanks for supporting this thread, It was a pleasure working with you, and your always welcome to post any questions you may have here, Enjoy your new Nexus S phone :D

Nope. They don't matter, That's just me because I had disabled my 1st profile which was set to Sprint and enabled my second for MetroPCS.

If MetroDroid still isn't flashing I'm not sure then, are you doing clean flashes?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno_plumber:
Stock rom stock radio only thing I've changed other than root is prl currently on 3020 and the ip settings in qpst ill have to check those again but its the same one that I believe jd posted earlier this thread but like I've toold jd I'm still not on my evo this is on my admire the evo is still sprint wifes to scared to let me flash it she loves t phone more than me
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio794:
i had both profiles enabled!!!?? enabled the right one,will keep u updated and ty and thx to all for the contribution and addiction!!!!

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and another would the radios and pri files have an affect?and if they do what would be best combo as far as rom versio?what would work best for istance 4.43 and so on.thx again!!!:D:confused::eek:

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what do the nv files and pri do anyhow??sorry noob:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
Hi JD, been following the thread for over a week...

I tried all the settings, but no actual 3g signal..

If I force the hdr... I get no data...

If I leave it on automatic, it gets 3g but no data, then jumps back to 1x, then my data returns...

still waiting patiently...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Waiting patiently for new prl as well
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
If all the settings for everyone are the same across the board, and for arguments sakes lets say they have the latest PRL's Radio's etc. Then we have to start looking at plans. Because no matter the settings and where in the city of Dallas/Ft. Worth I am at this things does not pick up 3G. The only variable I can honestly think of is the plan we are paying for.

I myself am paying the 40 dollars a month plan and since we have only two phones we pay 35.00 for the second one. Since Metropcs claims only text & talk on those plans it never says anything about 3G when Metroflashed/Houdini.

All the settings are correct I mean you would think one person would have found something wrong with the settings if this was the case. I get the exact same speeds no matter what I change or tweak. I wonder if for example i jump to a plan that they offer that says 3G/4G coverage would it even work.

I even went back to stock rom, followed all the instrcutions for setting up a phone like i was new to the whole process. I reflashed metrodroid 2.2, then I went ahead and did the settings JD has kindly provided us. Not only did i do this on one phone but two. Both are EVO 4G phones and still nothing. So that is where I am at with this. It has to be capped for the plans that are under 50.00 unless you have a family plan with 4 or more phones.

Any one out there agree?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey Charlie,

I'm going to answer your question first, I'll be back and answer the others as soon as possible.

I've spoken to MetroPCS previously and they told me specificly that all their plans currently have Data.

I can personally prove this because I'm currently and have been on the 4 lines for $100 ever since the first time it came out and I'm getting 3G service.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
HEY JD..

just wanted to give u the heads up.. on bloody's thread, some very very nice person just hooked me up with the new mms package we've been waiting for regarding using MikG and sense 3.0 and 3.5...

all he asked for was our email address and sent me the file...

I'll send him a pm later, to see if its ok for me to post..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
Then there's no hope for us lol. Thank you for always answering just cannot figure out what could be stopping us from getting 3G here.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey antonio794,

I'm glad your enjoying the thread :D

Yeah just enable the profile with all your MetroPCS settings.

Now as to PRI & Radios, I think using the most recent updated ones should be better.

PRI is the Radio Version, NV files is were the phone stores information such as MEID, Wimax codes.. Etc

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey mdiaz33685,

Hmmm, That's very strange that you get 3G but it doesn't work and it bumps down to 1X.. Have your checked that all your passwords are correct?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Great, If he allows you to go ahead and post it :D

I've personally havnt gotten it working on the MikG roms.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
pm me ur email address... ill send it to u...

does the same as bloody's just newer mms..

and i noticed, the xml file is different..

it uses the settings are the same as my gosmspro, except no ports, and no proxy..

mmsc=http://mms.metropcs.net/mmsc

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yes, does that with prl 3022 works best to get the 3g signal..

if i set hdr only... with all prl from 3022-3025 = no data connection..

automatic is best... but when i see 3g is so beautiful, except no data.. till it drops back to 1x...

i believe i did this already... but I tried each prl, and change and used all settings, hdr, digital and cdma.. automatic is best..

yep all setting r correct... just weird... dont know if any one else has that problem...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
anyone in the Dallas/Ft Worth area experiencing issues today? I keep getting analog b on my phone and all the bars disappear from the signal strength also happening on my other phone too.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I'd say that's a good thing! It most possibly means their running an update to their system and towers in the Dallas area, Which would be great! :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
i sure hope so...that would be great
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimpmack:
to my amazement woke up this morning to find my fone on 3G. Did multiple speedtests but the speeds seem to be vary alot the highest it got was about 465D and 199U but shouldnt speeds be much higher then this? Had 3G all day and is faster then 1x tho. Also this was in Fort Pierce, FL and first time I got the 3G signal here So could it be they are still working on it?

-Prl: 3025

-Rom: Synergy RLS1 (No GodMode)

-Location: Fort Pierce, FL
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey pimpmack,

This is very good news, That mean MetroPCS is still working on their towers. Those speeds seem normal, I get similar speeds inside my house, outside its faster. It really depends on your area, and how strong the signal is. I'll be adding your location to the OP.

Now hopefully you guys out their in Dallas will get 3G soon! :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
Hope that two
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
Today off and on through out the day I keep going into analog B (mode) and the exclamation triangle at the top where the strength display appears. I hope its metropcs messing with some of the towers in the area (upgrading them to receive 3G)

I've read when the phone does this its in roaming, but never had this issue at all anywhere I usually go to or am at. It started this morning at 7 AM when i was leaving work (Downtown Dallas) and kept doing it even when i made it home to Frisco. It stopped for a bit between 10-1 and then started again off and on now its happening again.

So far still getting 1xRTT speeds I did upgrade the Baseband to 2.15.00.0808 that i found from over at the SOS thread. If you download that zip to your SD Card and try to reboot in recovery and you are using ClockworkMod it will give you an error when you try to flash that from the SD Card. You just have to use RA Recovery and flash the baseband on your phone and enjoy the new 2.15.00.0808
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imjjames:
How do I update PRL?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
Download the prl you wish to flash to

found in the first page on this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1288216

download them

put them into your SC Card

dial ##775#

input in your spc code #

go to update prl

find where in your sd card you put them and choose one

then press menu and hit commit changes and you are done

reboot the phone and it should have the new prl
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno_plumber:
Charlie I didn't have any analog mode or roaming today in fort worth but I did notice I was getting intermittent 1x in areas I previously had 3g of and in around the same time you were experiencing your problems. Hopefullyjd is right and metro pcs is updating. I'd love to see expanded coverage our maybe just maybe improved speeds
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey Imjjames,

If ##775# doesn't work on your rom let me know and I'll PM you a guide.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
I been outta the loop for a few days but Im gonna upload my qpst settings tonite. I had a data issue the other day too. It kept disconnecting and I was also roaming. I live in the colony bit ill be back in Garland where I got 3G last time. I'm on a different rom from last week but I don't think it'll be a problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey jsho31,

Great, Post them whenever you can. Your rom shouldn't mess with your 3G connection so don't worry about it. Dallas users are have recently been experiencing roaming issues, I'm hoping that their updating their Towers which may mean better 3G coverage. :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
I can't wait to see your settings. I noticed at times when I go check my settings they are reset to what I had prior to the changes made.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
I have been bouncing back and forth with 3g and 1x.. around 3 times I did get 3g and it gave me slow internet,

2 days ago I kept switching my PRL's.. 3022 is the only one i noticed that does that..

was getting 1x speeds with the 3g signal, but it was staying longer...

the other times when i get the 3g, i get no data, till it pops back to 1x.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio794:
I been having same problem 3g to 1x ,around lowry park zoo area i get 3g but no data,once at home,then on mlk and n.blvd.still working on it.just noticed today that my settings where switched back,to profile 1 when i enabled 0 ,and my prefferd mode to cdma,hdr to auto. Weird ,reset them and trying again

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MDIAZ wat part of tampa u located???

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not sure wat i did just booted up and have full 3g!!!!!!!! location waters ave. and n,blvd.:p

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i flashed the metro 3.0 mms script,lost sms and mms had 3g,:confused:now back to 1x

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just read all my settings with dfs and my sid was reveted back to tampa sid,4109 and i had it 6503 ???????after having full 3g??!!?!?WTF:eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
town and country and hillsborough...

I had more 3g activity in the streets driving,,

when I had sprint, I wouldnt even get 4g in my house, only if i left my phone in my bedroom night table...

I had some texting problem earlier, wouldnt let me send to my cousin, but i was able to send to others... so i delete all my messages, and it worked right away..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddieZ2:
3g fix

This was reposted by tropicalbrit elsewhere and thanks for that.

This worked for me after trying and giving up...

Here goes.

Be on a Sense Rom to do all of this.

Back up a nandroid backup. Download all the latest radios and make sure you use AmonRa to do everything. Put the radios on your sd card. Get the MSL reader from the Market and get your MSL number. Write it down, you will need it !.

Wipe your Dalvik and cache.

Flash radio - reboot

Flash WIMAX - reboot

Flash PRI - reboot

FLash NV - reboot

Using the Sense ROM update PRL. REBOOT again !

Get into dialer and enter ##3282# - go to edit.

Enter MSL number - data profile - hit the menu button and choose restore - Phone will reboot and go to defaults. When it says UPDATING PRL hit cancel.

Enter ##3282#, then enter MSL, got adavanced and change proxy ports to 0 and proxy addresses to 0.0.0.0 - hit menu and save changes. get to home screen and reboot.

Then do a full wipe at least a few times and install you new rom.

Thanks again to whoever came up with this. I can't take credit but it was the only thing that worked for me. I never had 3g until I did this. I takes time but it's worth it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey,

Is this for Sprint users...?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Looks like it is... lol :p

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Quote was taken from this

Not sure if this could help us users that don't get 3g, but is it as simple as a wipe?!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
It does seem it is for sprint users. I am still getting some issues with losing data and going into the analog b mode. I am hoping that is a good sign and they are working on the towers. I am still waiting to see if the user that is near us is going to post his screen shots. He is saying he gets 3G here in Dallas/Ft. Worth.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
Well my wife got 3g in waxahachie tx 1st time ever.It's in Ellis county on her optimus she's on prl 3025. I looked at my cell phone 1x omg.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
Here they are. I got 3G again last night but not where i live, only when i go to my moms house in Garland.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
and where is your mom house at witch street?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
Off garland rd just past miller going south

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thanks for that msg
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
hey almost where i live i'm corner of kingley and first
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
That is what is killing me...lol

(wife 3g v. my 1x)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey jsho31,

Thanks for posting your settings up.

Any of you guys tried them yet?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
I did put em on my wife s phone but like I say It's my wife's so can't realy go around streets with it LOL I guess I'm going to have to take her to diner tonight to test the phone
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno_plumber:
Ok so made the trip to plano today.had 3g leaving haltom city until I got into euless dropped out to 1x ask the way down 121 and 635 until I got to irving dallas border got 3g at royal and luna but speed test showed 115 ping 89k down and 49k up then no 3g again until 15th and alma but before I could test dropped out no 3g any where else in plano I went all east I of custer from plano pkwy to spring creek that s all I know at this point my ex s new man has metro stock everything non rooted and they actually pushed 3025prl to his phone and he claims to get 3f ask over colin county so I don't know
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
I was getting it on the southern side of Plano heading into Garland. That's where I did those speed test a page or 2 back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno_plumber:
Yeah I was really hoping to see what the 800k range felt like but I guess out wasn't meant to be back in haltom now with my little old 128k...gawd remember when that was just smoking fast if you had a128k dedicated line you were some hot ****......yeah I know I just aged myself
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio794:
HELP !!!!imsi

HELP !!! I WAS MESSING AROUND WITH MY IMSI NUMBER ON MY FLASHED EVO ,TRY TO COPY ASCEND SETTNGS WITH 3G AND ITS A NO GO :D:eek: I DIDNT WRITE DOWN MY IMSI HELPPP!! TAMPA,FL LOCATION,I HAVE NO SERVICE:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
All I get out here is about 130 on avg too no matter what unless its a 3g spot also
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
Off topic but can someone upload the advance setting apk ? They removed it from market :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey,

You got to be careful when changing settings.

I'm pretty sure you can call MetroPCS and ask them for it, Although most of the times its your 10 digit phone number, try that and if it doesn't work you'll need to call MetroPCS.

Hey,

Here's a link:

http://db.tt/6ivdnEvU

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deseo:
Either that Or you can change the line to an other phone an then put it back on you EVO that will automatically set the numbers
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm still working ob the 3g but can't get it. I forced hdr on a prl that gets 3g in Detroit. For the last week they have been popping it up everywhere here. I actually just drove past the tower by my house and there is a guy hanging from it. So I'm hoping there updating it. I just need to get my phone to switch. I saw a couple posts up that people are updating radios. But someone thought it was for sprint. Is it possible for us metro users to update radios? That's the only thing left I think. Btw I'm on mikg. 2.59 radio 2.15_003 oh yeah just to cover everything I copied everything in jds dfs with cdma tool and have all my epsts set for metro and using apn
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
Reporting back from changing settings to what was posted. Unfortunately no 3G from Frisco to downtown Dallas (deep ellum area) using PRL 0325. There were times when i would lose all bars and the 1x would go grey i thought maybe it would change over but never did. Still averaging 125k down and 145 up

I did notice in Jsho31 screen shot in the mobile IP tab under MN HA SPI it has 1234 same with the MN AAA SPI - it only lets me enter 123 not 1234. Then in the NAM tab under MIN A, and MIN D - 3950 and MCC and MNC 00. Are these things we should change as well? because mine has totally different numbers on there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
I think my 3g is blocked somehow... i got to the ##DEBUG# menu and go to EVDO ENGINEERING and i notice that when im in a 3g area my HDR Session State it goes from 0= Inactive State to 1 = Active and then it goes back to 0 = Inactive State then on AN/AAA authentication it says 0= Not Authenticated to 72=72=72=72=

any body else getting that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
Not here i am not getting any errors at all, if i force HDR on my end it stays greyed out no service.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio794:
update

this is what im up to the moment,i took a look at my girls phone(metro ascend)its always on 3g,on prl 3025.my plan to to copy all settings on her phone in hopes that i could get 3g to work.some settings wont show up when u read from phone(dfs or qpst):confused: bad sector it says,what work for me for like 3 to 5 min,was i copied her apn settings,put in my info for user and password,and its was real 3g(prl 3020) :D surf speed was really good ,then out of nowhere back to 1x.the mcc n mnc settings on apn and advance settings on phone are different.will be messing with all that next,maybe im on to some thing:cool:

tampa,fl

and on another note,has anyone seen metro apn of a metro ascend ???really funky their in 1 is in english others are in chinese i think .chk them out ,let me know wat u think.ty
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
We are like minded in that I am copying a metro optimus and its settings....will report back if I get anywhere.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Nothing good to report. I changed the settings to match optimus and while evo showed network connection, it was flat. No 3g no 1x, nada.

Done experimenting for now. :o
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macklin345:
Keep praying guys lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
:p i will pray everyday
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey everyone,

I've been very busy so I haven't been posting as much, Sorry guys :D

There's nothing new, Still haven't gotten a newer PRL, taking much longer than expected. Hopefully it will be released soon.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
There was a man hanging from the tower, Lol, Yes that should mean there working on something.

Yes you can update your radio, even if your on MetroPCS.

It should allow you to change your MN HA SPI and MN AAA SPI to 1234, So that's strange, and I don't think you have to change the other settings.

Mines is currently inactive also but I'm getting 3G signal...

Sucks, Your still not connecting to an EvDo tower.

Keep on trying you'll get it eventually. I haven't seen the ascend APN settings, Sorry.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Would yoU say cdma tool is the most effective way to get this done? I've tried from it and qpst just wondering if there not writing the prls correct or not. That's the only other thing I can think of.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio794:
update: from what i did to it i noticed more 3g than before thru out the day.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey,

In my opinion I'd definitely say the CDMA Tool is better than QPST. It's much more Advanced and Displays more settings than QPST.

If the PRLs seem like there not writing with QPST try CDMA Tool, If you like I may PM you a guide to Write a PRL using CDMA Tool.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie03:
Minor Update.

This morning while driving through Downtown Dallas even though still on 1x my ping was really the fastest its been. I was usually getting between 720-880 but this morning i was at 290-350 though the up/down speeds were still the usual

125 and 165 which could be capped.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Please pm me a guide. Worth a shot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Cool, But unfortunately your still not connecting to 3G.. I'm really hoping that new PRL comes out soon.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I just PM'd you the guide. :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovertech1:
Haven't checked in on this thread in a while...but would like to say that I was at Disney in Orlando over the past weekend and had pretty awesome 3g around there :D Probably better than I get at home in Atlanta :mad: