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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
So i went to metropcs and i asked them if they can get information from my houdini phone?he asked like what?i asked what is my IMSI number and he was like what what is that? and i said some numbers on the phone that yall should be able to get and he was like i dont know what you talking about it should be on your phone . i gave up and bought to samsung admires lol ill buy the Esteem friday

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3g people what radio yall using?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
All them guys just now what buttons to.click to run those programs to get them active. That's as much aa thier brains can handle.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I was gonna get the esteem. But a phone with no recovery..... Not for me. I deal with being stuck using WiFi. If it means i can do what I want to the phone .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastwanabe:
Do you guys think that the radio makes a difference on whether 3g connects or not? I ask because my evo shows 3g for a few seconds as if it were trying to connect then switches back to 1x. I know I have 3g in my area cause I see it in customers admires, optimuses and ascends all the time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I don't think it plays that.big of a part. The phone was always meant to get 3g so your radios will improve call quality signal stabilty and strenght(a little). I really don't think its a deal breaker. I tried every combo of radio pri, and nv on my EVO. And guess what..here I am still LOL. Totally kidding but I am still here. That's just my opinion though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-admire/454073-regarding-2-3-6-update-metropcs-solved.html

i was just checking this site out,
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Interesting. It seems like all the new phones have 66 for the mobile network code. I'm thinking about trying it. But that means changing it eveywhere LOL. Imsi build prop Ect ect. I actually got close to 3g today. I changed my build prop default network from CDMA to CDMA_hdr and when I set to hdr only instead of just the signal bars for a few seconds I got DATA!! Again any tine I force hdr I lose service after about 30 seconds. Also I noticed after doing that when i hook back up to dfs. And go to the data tab where my msl is normally entered it changes to */!- or something. I'm getting closer I can feel it LOL. Has anyone noticed when you check the box next to where msl goes that it manually enters some 12 digit number .. I think that's part of the problem . There is serial numbers somewhere(maybe not in memory). That aren't matching up. There has gotta be some universal code to put in those fields instead of our numbers and msl. . Has anyone tried the open sesame door trick on qpst efs file manager to view the nvm box that's normally x'd out.?

Shot from my Shoot3Rvo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
may be the case for new, but not for existing phones...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Yea I think that's for 4g. Of course I tried it. And lost data. I think I almost have it figured out. All my meid locations are zeroed out except for one. And everything I've read that says if the phone is flashed right once you zero them all out and change the one the rest follow. I'm gonna work on it more later. The program has a lot of ffeatures I'm hoping I can find a guide that tells me how to fix it.

Shot from my Shoot3Rvo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm so pissed I just paid 60 bucks to get ny phone re flashed with a new esn. And they didnt even change it. All they did was take the ROM I had set up for metro off the phone and flashed a metro ready ROM. Of course I couldn't tell till I got home and hooked it up to the computer. I figured I'd be good since that was the place that repairs meids. Fml.

So i called the store and said " what did i pay you guys to do? Flash a metro ready rom on the phone? when you can see i have it totally set up for metro already and everything worked?i told you the way my phone was set up i would not connect to 3g and i just plugged my phone into the pc and all my settings are the same you didnt touch anything." Mind you i had some of the data wrong when i took it to them because i was playing with it last night. Well they didnt even change it back to the boxes that are supposed to be checked ect. He acted confused and must of thought i was some idiot. I then told him the reason i brought it to you was because the last phone you flashed you repaired the meid (which yes i know is illegal but if a store iss gonna do it for me and i get 3g out of it so be it. Plus its not being done to defraud the phone company) so i figured you would do the same to this to make it work. so he told me bring the phone back. I get a call a little bit later from them telling me to bring in the other phone too. Im wondering if maybe they are worried since i know they flashed that one illegaly. Who knows. Im gonna have to take mine and my girls phones back there if i want to get anything out of the 60 bucks i just spent. What a PITA. Im so tempted to sell all my phones for metro and get T mobile or maybe get plans through verizon. I just like prepaid cause i can buy new phones for super cheap whenever i want and know i can hook them to metro.

Shot from my Shoot3Rvo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey mteezey,

That sucks, I'm guessing they thought you knew nothing about it. How could they charge you $60 for just installing a new rom..

Hopefully now when you go back they'll re flash your phone with a new ESN, otherwise you should ask them for your money back.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
That's exactly what I'm gonna do. Otherwise I'm gonna tell them to.flash my phone to boost since I paid for a flash. But I'm telling them ill buy and keep the donor . The f if I'm gonna let then use some phone they have done it to a hundred phones with . I'm trying to learn qxdm right now so i can try to do this stuff myself. Cause I think the problem is that a lot of the places where I scan the meid is either blank or 0xFFFFFFFF. I'm thinking if i cab get all those to match then it might work. Also wanna find out if there is a script similiar to qmat that runs on the 3d. To repair it.

Shot from my Shoot3Rvo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Perfect, I've heard nothing but good things about boost when it comes to 3G, so if you have to go for it.

Man I wouldn't mess with the NV items to much It's dangerous.

I've gotten 3G working on so many people here in Miami on Metro by simply flashing one of the latest MetroPRLs and checking their usernames and passwords on Data.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Yea that's what I don't get. It's gotta he something the way these guys up here were taught to flash. They do as little as they can as long as it will work.

Shot from my Shoot3Rvo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I have to agree with you...gotta be doing it differently.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
MetroPRL Website Updates

Hey Everyone,

I'd like to announce that my MetroPRL website has now reached over 2,000 views!

Thanks for visting my website, and Thanks to those that have clicked on a couple of ads :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
That's awesome. I'm sure its gonna get a ton of hits. If you Google metro pcs and 3g or metro and EVO its like the number one search result(well this thread) and I'm sure most people that read the op are just gonna go check it out. Out of curiosity. Plus it seems like a lot more people are flashing phones to metro lately
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
I was in the area I get 3g in today but couldn't pick it up this time. Didn't have time to revert from metrodroid 3 back to 2.2 though. Id be on a different Rom if I could get mms working but nothing ever works.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Yeah, Thanks man. I'm getting on average a little more than 100 visits every day, and it comes up on Google when your search for it. I even had some ad clicks yesterday so Thanks whoever it was keep it up :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
That sucks, Try switching PRLs. It happens to me every once in a while I usually just go back to the 3022 PRL.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Hey, has anyone in the inland empire area(more specifically perris,moreno valley area) getting 3g service with a flashed evo? Also, does the APN really have something to do with the way the phone authenticates FOR 3g? I ask since I already tried all prls posted from the OP website and different steps mentioned as well including forcing the phone into HDR mode(when I do this, phone doesnt get any service at all). Its like the phone is STUCK AT 1X ONLY.:confused::mad: And yes I know there is metro 3g in my area because I asked at a metro store and confirmed.

My evo has everything working, sms,mms,data,gps,txt/call. But still getting slow ass 1x service. I also asked at the metro place how my phone was listed, and they said it was listed as a "Houdini" phone. Another questions is(keep in mind Im noobie in cell networks), do the company use some kind of authentication meaning that, do they check your phone via maybe APN settings so they know the phone is evdo capable? Or is this 3g thing just a hit and miss thing? Else Im def going to Cricket....

Sorry for the long post....thank!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
I did, I tried everything from 3026 down to 3019.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Your probably having the same problem I have. When they flashed the phone they used a phone that wasn't capable of 3g to get the phone into the network. So yea its hit or miss just depends on who flashes and what phone they use to houdini all the phones they flash.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Just so I understand this...Metro uses an alternate phone to do a houdini flash? Or are you talking about authorized stores? Curious because that may be my issue as well....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
they did an esn change when he flashed to metro, that is why he had different serial number that doesnt belong to his phone, he was trying to put back the original info,

I really dont think the serial number has anything to do with 3g, Metro has just started 3g just a little while ago, I believe it will take a bit of more time, till there towers are all updated, and the 3g will activate like other evo's.

im using MIkRunny sense 3.5, with gosmsPro, works fine, with wifi on...

instead of 3g i keep seeing evdo....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
When they do the houdini for the phone. They have a metro branded phone hooked up to the computer also and use that phone to get the esn in the system cause its in their inventory already. So its pretty much like they are putting whatever phone they use to houdini it, infoinside your phone. so if that phone wasn't 3g your phone will not connect. And most stores use that same phone to.flash every phone that they flash. So I'm sure that doesn't help either.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
That makes sense now....thanks.

Hmmm. Having a second phone may be the case for setting up the phone, but in my case, none of my original info (ESN, etc) changed in evo after the metroflash...

I think the towers are still being updated, because even the metro-branded phones that show 3g don't have "real" 3g speeds here - they do have awesome ping times though...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
I'm using CM7 ROM, does the ROM have anything to do with how it connects?

Also, if the esn is the prob for us, the is it possible le to change it to a an esn of a metropcs smart phone so the towers can distribute the '3g' service to our evo?

I don't think the esn was changed on our phone only in their system....

BTW Talking to the sale reps at metro is talking to a old dirty shoe, everything coming out of their mouths stinks! No help whatsoever.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Yea none of the people that work for those stores have any knowledge of what they are actually doing they just know how to do it. But as far as the info changing on the phone it doesn't in any of the area we see. One of the guys referred to it as the mystery meid. Basically when they do it the other phone is just a workaround to get the phone in the system . On to the roms some roms can play a part. Since the emulater talks to the radio. But if we have everything working web/mms and the correct settings it should be enough to connect if the phone was flashed right
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
That's cause metro is capping they're 3g speeds. That's where we benifit if we connect to 3g since our phones aren't metro branded its not in the framework to be capped. Even if you call metro and ask they will tell you 1x and 3g are the same because they have it capped at 200kbps just under the real defintion of what 3g speeds are. I'm sure once metro makes all they're money back from updating everythng with LTE and evdo we will see uncapped speeds but were probably talking years from now. Just for example right now metros 4g isn't even as fast as verizons 3g in some areas. I don't even know if they're 4g is even by defintion of speed actually 4g but since it is LTE and a 4g technology they can call it that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
What I meant was, is there a way to change it in their system? Change it to an ESN that is "3g capable" by their definition.... I guess that would probably mean re-flashing the phone which in a sense is not impossible, just costly.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
How can one determine they were flashed with the mystery meid
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I'm still trying to figure that out. LOL. I tried having the kid that works at the metro store by me explain it since he is the only one that I have ever seen friendly enough to try to help. But he was honest and didn't really know. He said the houdini program just tells him everything to do when he selects what phone he is flashing. Like what drivers to install ect. But he really didn't know how it worked other than the explanation of its like putting another phone inside yours. I just donated over at cdma gurus so I can get access to the premium sections I'm hoping I can learn something there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
Guess what...... no, no 3g ye......t but I was able to play Xbox live teathering at 1x speed with minimum lag and I was surprised I even connected so now I'm really not worried about getting 3g speed at all but will work on it :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsho31:
That's not bad considering some people that use a modem/router lag a lot and not a phone with 1x. What did you play?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
battlefield 3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
What What ?? Battlefield 3 on 1x band via tethering? that doesnt sound right but if it does work for you awesome.

I want to share my story of getting 3g on my HTC. I tried for several months of getting the 3g speeds. I tried all PRLs .. but no 3g. Always it changed from 3g when I get the icon to 1x once I tried to use data. Then the new PRL came out 3026 .. I tried and no solid 3g icon on data again. Then the CarrierIQ drama started to unfold. I got Trevor program of getting off the CarrierIQ software. In the mean time that same day I reverted back to PRL 3022 and when I did the clean CarrierIQ thing ive got 3g. I have no idea if this has something to do with it. It happened to me maybe it was coincidence but after that day I enjoy great 3g speeds in most of Miami. The only areas of Miami where I dont get full 3g I would say Kendall and Homestead... the rest areas gave me solid 3g.

Again do not know if the CarrierIQ cleans helped the cause but It did to me either by luck or something..

Just wanted to share that to you guys.

Keep it up!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey killa57,

That's awesome man, Glad your enjoying your 1X speeds. :D

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

Thanks for sharing your story of 3G and Carrier IQ.

For the most part I think it has nothing to do with Carrier IQ since most roms we use now are free of it, BUT if it helped you everyone else might as well check their roms out.

Your right 3G coverage in Miami is solid except for Kendal and Homestead area, always loose 3G signal their. Hopefully Metro will fix this in the future.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Who...wha.... Trevor...carrier iq...

I aint got a clue. But I'll give it a go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Most of the devs are removing that stuff now. Depends on the ROM. Check and see if you have htcloggersapk for starters and there is some other files you can remove in the system/bin sys/ect and a few others ill get you the list when I get home. But if the loggers apk is gone chances are all the ciq stuff was removed. Treve is selling an app on the market but you can delete it all on your own for free. Jmo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Appreciate your help. I'll wait for the list. I did a search in root explorer. I do not have it. thanks anyways.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
If that's not there they probably pulled all that junk out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
What's up guys?

If you guys want a good way to check out if you have Carrier IQ in your rom, Theirs an app by Lookout in the Marketplace called Carrier IQ Detector.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Wow...according to this app, my SOS rom has carrier iq. JD...did you have the same result?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey mexigga,

Yeah man, Mines also says I have Carrier IQ.. I'm on SOS v1.9.0.5 R2, Pretty sure his latest versions have it clean but I have upgraded because this one is prefect and stable, What version are you on?

You can try the Anti Carrier IQ app but I'm not sure if it really works haven't tried it just yet I might as well update my rom.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I just downloaded the top two apps that showed for ciq and one said my device was clean and the other said that it detected some but it may be inactive.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Lol, That's strange. What rom are you on?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
Rom = CyanogenMOD 7.1

PRL = 03026

Location = South California

Loaded voodoo and carrier iq detector onto the phone and both say I dont have nothing. Why no 3g?:(:confused::(

I know its off topic but, more and more the transfer to Cricket gets closer....in that note, is it even worth it waiting to get 3g from metro pcs? What are the speeds of both? I mean, will it be better off to just throw the towel and move my business to Cricket?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Olympus Trinity XE Titan. I searched the name you said and just downloaded both that showed. For this exact reason some of those apps are hit or miss.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey nightzun,

The why no 3G question is a hard one for some. Many users just flash the latest PRL and automatically get 3G, Then theirs other users that live in 3G coverage areas and no matter what they do they just cannot connect to 3G, It is still an unsolved issue for many.

The most I can do is ask have you checked your usernames and passwords on the Data tab using DFS tool?

Or maybe try forcing HDR Mode just to check if your phone will ever connect to 3G EvDo signal.

I would say if you can't get 3G working with Metro moving on to another service provider that does have 3G working like Cricket would be the best, because an HTC Evo with 1X speeds really sucks!

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Yeah I guess, but I would trust the one made by LookOut, its a trusted developer.

What were your results did you have Carrier IQ in your rom?

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
I think the one by lookout was the one that said I didn't. The other one was a little more advanced and said it detetected some and gave me all the logcat resutls. It could of been the lookout one though that was the more.advanced. I'm gonna run it again. I just flashed a new ROM anyway. LOL
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I am on SOS 1.9.0.5 RC2.2
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Finally a recovery for the esteem. It might be time to make the move in that direction and sell this 3vo. Gonna be a step down but for fast internet I think I might be able to manage.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I'm guessing swag hadn't removed Carrier IQ from that version, but I'm sure he has on his latest version.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I would say go for it man, Although I'm sure your gonna miss Sense UI. :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
:)

Hi guys,

Can anyone check on DFS and see the general tab where the CONFIG options are.. Can you hit read and see what youve got there in the

•Ruim CONFIG

•Voice Priv

•USB CONFIG

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
PICTURE attached.

In case you cant see pic:

•Ruim CONFIG = NV_ONLY

•Voice Priv = Disabled

•USB CONFIG = DIAG_NMEA_MDM

so....what are these setting for? And do changing them help us cali peeps connect to 3g? Let us know!;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
Hey thanks so much I was just wondering because I had it different than that... Also in the past week I had changed some settings to the PRL 02004 and it lets me connect to 3G with full signal but then it reverts back to 1X ao I guess where I live 3G it's not that strong since I live by the Mountains and the coverage here kinda sucks. Well I haven't had the chance to test it out where full 3G coverage is available. Although, I don't know if changing PRL settings helped me to connect for at least a minute.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightzun:
What part you stay at? Mine has never connected, not even for a second....what the hell is wrong my phone lol:(

And I have also been to different areas around south cali(job) including, Victorville, San Bernardino, Ontario, East LA, West LA, Compton, Moreno Valley, Santa Ana, Tustin, Irvine, Costa Mesa, San Diego, and more and NO 3G! Some areas Ive been ive had either 3026, 3024 prl or 2004 and neither worked.......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whamsandwich:
Yeah, I'm in Miami. Glad I'm not the only one.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I'm sure it will be back soon. Don't worry about it.

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

Just registered to post that I'm getting 3G in the cities of Lakeland and Bartow, FL after updating the PRL to 03024 :D

I can't post my results since I'm new, but the speedtest app shows 842kbps down, 126kbps up @ 187ms. I can finally stream youtube videos :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Great, Thanks for posting!

Enjoy your 3G :D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whamsandwich:
Still no 3G here in Miami, would chasing PRLs work? I'm on 03024.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I don't think so, If there's 3G it would work on 3024 PRL its the latest.

JD