yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
They just pushed that 2004 prl to everyone it seems. Did you just get it? Curious as to your location.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Not sure why its happening but they started pushing 02004 to flashed phones. Yes it happened to me, and I was with 1X for a good 3 days thinking Metros Data was down. But then someone on here posted about it and I check and yeah 02004 was pushed to me. Went back to 3027 and hasn't changed ever since.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatalfury:
its all bull****...... metroflash isnt going anywhere....

metropcs is still advertising http://www.metropcs.com/metro/houdinisoft/index.jsp

and houdinisoft i have talked with someone and they denied that this was true

so knock off the rumor crap....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Whoa. Are you invested in Houdini or what, homey?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] realtobaqo:
Talked to a metropcs rep. today and yes they are still supporting metroflash and i seriously doubt it will be ending soon if they are actively still supporting new metroflash customers .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .Nox:
I had pushed the 3027 PRL to my phone on Tuesday and woke up today with 2004 so I'm wondering if they just periodically push the 2004 PRL or if, somehow, they noticed me using the updated PRL (doubtful).

I'm Atlanta also.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Anyone tried prl 3028 yet? Been busy building new pc no way to write to phone yet.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
PRL 03028

I'll be trying it tomorrow in LA. Hopefully it works. Still won't help me in Bakersfield.:(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
I got that first 2004 push a couple weeks back, and nothing since. Just trying to make sense of how/when/to whom they push prls to flashed phones. Btw, I'm getting great speeds (1000kbps+) in downtown atl. I live on cascade rd in sw atl and usually get around 500 here
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Hasn't done anything new for me here....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Fingers crossed...hope it works.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
I've been using it a couple days and haven't really noticed any change here in DFW :-(

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
You ever force hdr only to make sure the prl will even connect to evdo? That's what I always do. Nice sig. Team 420 ftw
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I completely missed this post. I was completely un aware that their was a new PRL.

Why didn't anyone else let me know? Lmao.

Thanks for uploading yknujssab! Your post has been 'Thanked'

*Just posted a new post on the website with a temporary link to 3028.PRL

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I do that but always get no service. Reset, still no signal. Heading to Dallas next month and hopeful I will get 3g...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Yea when i do it I will lose signal after a few.minutes but it will be evdo. Certain prls won't give me anything so I use that as a way to test first to make sure the prl will get evdo in the area.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
No dice with 3g in Dallas I've been trying since December unless I'm doing something wrong....

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Got back from LA earlier and no luck. My wife's Admire got 3G signal by the time we got on the 405, but my Evo had 1x. :mad: Tried changing some stuff around at LAX and nothing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chainsaw5001:
I'm guessing you are on the same prl as the wife's Admire? If not may be worth a try.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
That's what I have been doing...(matching prl) but to no avail.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
That really sucks...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chainsaw5001:
Damn......bro......see you on here all the time. Wish i could help. I'm in Sacramento. All the prls seem to work. I'm using 3020 right now. Feel free to shoot me any questions. I'll try my best to answer them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrctony:
Hey have you tried: *#*#INFO#*#*???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrctony:
"be carefull dont change anything there unless you know what you doing"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
Yeah. I'm using the PRL I got from my wife's Admire which is 3028.

I think Northern Cali has better 3G. My cousin is in the east Bay, (closer to Stockton actually) and he gets good speeds. I'll be going up there hopefully in a couple of weeks. I'll be checking things there and compare.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
No I haven't....Doesn't work for me...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulaman:
Stockton is in the Central Valley, not the East Bay. There is no MetroPCS 3G in the east bay area (Contra Costa County and Alameda County). I haven't been to the central valley in a while, so I can not attest for their 3G in other parts of Nor Cal.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
What about Brentwood, Antioch, or Pittsburgh? That's actually where I'll be heading to. I just referred :D it to Stockton cause it's pretty close.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey everyone,

I just spent some time updating the overall theme on the MetroPRL Website, So whenever you guys get the chance check it out and let me know what you think, All opinions are accepted. =D

metroprl.blogspot.com

And for those of you having trouble getting MMS working on a 4.67 sense rom, Just flashed Bloodys 4.67 MMS script through Amon RA Recovery, For some reason its not flashing in ClockWork Recovery. Here is a link to that specific script only for sense 4.67 roms (successfully tested on Swagstr latest SOS X rom):

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5gs5wtgn2jgauj7

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Cool. Much more metro-y. I looked at it on my phone and it looked good.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Thanks, Yeah I was going for a full on MetroPCS theme. :)

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avishayftl:
the site looks good:) did u tried the new prl in Miami area?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Thanks, Yes I did, I'm getting great 3G Signal. =D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
I got some bad news I guess, Take it as a rumor for now, Well have to wait until the end of the month to find out for sure. Well here it is, a post that Bloody posted on his thread:

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I saw that...read an article someone posted and even the other posts...let's see at month's end.

If my evo goes down...may jump ship...lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Appreciate that. What evdo version are you connecting to?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chainsaw5001:
rev. A.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdiaz33685:
I dont think that means that they will cut us off,, i believe our phones will still work.

just not flash anymore thru houdini... unless they have another company to flash...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
+1 They're not going to cut off existing customers because of flashed phones. They would lose half thier users.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
For sure they won't cut off already flashed users, That would mean huge losses for them. Now the rumor about them shutting down Metro Flash and Houdini seems to be more real each time, and when you think about it, It makes sense. They want users to spend money on their phones! And I have to admit they have been making an effort to take out pretty good phones, they even have a dual core phone now!

But hopefully they won't shutdown Houdini, as I know plenty of people that make a living flashing phones.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xKLEINx:
Yea there's no way they could possibly do that. Maybe if it were Verizon or something. But not a company like metro that's already struggling for customers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
JD, This is awesome. I can't wait to try this rom out, thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Your Welcome, Let me know what you think after you install it. Your going to be in for a surprise with the new Aroma Installer. Swagstrs roms are always top of the line in my opinion, Great developer!

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
I gotta say that metro is NOT in any way struggling for customers here in Atlanta ...maybe struggling for respect from some people, but not struggling for customers (especially on the south side of atl.... ;) ) but whatever. Haters gonna hate.. Im gonna put that bootanim back on now. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Dang jd.....mexigga just showed me this post... didnt know how i missed it. u must have edited/modded it after you first posted about your metroblog..:p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Yes, Your correct, I added it into that post after. =D

*Big Thanks to everyone that has visited MetroPrl and to those that have clicked on ads :)

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Anyone wanna test out a mms fix I just made? 4.67 pm me
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Teezy,

Pmd u
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3ja-Vu18:
Not only because Metro wants their customers to buy their phones and make money, they might shutting down Houdini for some other legal reasons such as other companies like Virginia Mobile taking Metro to court for being flashing their CDMA Phones to MetroPCS which it was violating its legal terms and copyrights in certain places.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey everyone,

Any Dallas Tx users here?

I currently have a user asking me about getting 3G in Dallas, But I'm pretty sure 3G signal isn't working for flashed users over there but would like to confirm it first.

Thanks in advanced guys!

Edit: I remember a user called deseo on here. We spent so much time trying to get 3G working for him in Dallas and it was impossible, I was just looking over our PMs...

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Yea I'm in Dallas and I can't get 3g to save my life I've tried everything......

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
3g is on metro brand phones connects to EVDO O. I have been trying and trying but haven't had any luck yet on flashed phones I have tried a EVO 4G and a EPIC 4g phone no luck on either one just the 1x.

sent from my HTC EVO Dallas Tx
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Thanks guys, I already let the user know that 3G in Dallas is basically impossible for a flashed phone, For now.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
man I love this rom I just need to know if you're experiencing any lag on your incoming mms after you ran the script...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Both my wife and I are having issues with texts being very unpredictable the last couple days in Dallas I think its got more to do with metro than our phones..... I had about 20 missed texts randomly blow up my phone 6-8 hour after they were actually sent
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
weird....I only started experiencing this after flashing new script...up to that point I was getting them regularly.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
My wifes phone hasn't had any problems with texts until just the other day and nothing has changed on it for months
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Yeah Swagstrs roms are awesome! :)

I'm not sure what you mean by lag, It comes in and like maybe 15 to 30 secs later the picture shows up.

Try maybe updating her PRL...

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I meant delay. I am experiencing a 30 minute delay with mms/texts. Using latest prl also....just weird.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa57:
Wife had the same problem so it was metropcs end

sent from my HTC EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Now I get you, I haven't been having any delays recently. But like Killa stated above the problem lies on Metros side. Maybe their updating towers in your area, who knows. It will be fixed eventually.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
yeah...usually takes a minute. Thanks guys.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
MetroPCS pushing old PRL once again.

I just had my HTC evo violated by MetroPCS .! im back to 02004 PRL . I guess I go get the new one.

Beware guys !
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
hey guys,

when 02004 gets pushed to your phone, please post your location. it might also help to post if you have an actual metropcs branded phone or a flashed phone (though I don't think metro branded phones are getting this push...) i'm just curious to see where/when this is happening. it might shed some light on some things.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
Location: Miami

phone : HTC Evo 4g

Violation occurred afternoon Tuesday 24 April
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avishayftl:
me too same time in Miami area
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gambino967:
lost data service again

about a month a go i lost data service for my evo 4g on metropcs , and now today i lost data connection again? can someone tell me whats going on?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Hey gambino967,

What's your location?

I'm currently on WiFi, My Data connected in the morning but now it won't, so I have lost Data also. I'm in Miami, FL.

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Just verified data is down in Dallas too...

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kikwear002:
ft myers fl 2004 was pushed. maybe a few days ago just realized
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mteezey:
Anyone else lose data connection today? Both my phone and my girls have no data today.I. Detroit. Prl still same though. Hopefully its a good thing and 3g will work once fixed. Fingers crossed.

EDIT just say nymica post hopefully we get 3g when it comes back on. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Yeah- this is why i wanted to see these locations. It seems like when they push it, it will happen only in select areas (which is expected.) But I'm curious to see when these pushes occur, it seems to not be pushed to all phones in area. I'm in Atlanta and haven't gotten anything since that big push (that affected everyone about 3-4 weeks ago.) The weird thing is that we had an atlanta user on here who just got a 02004 push last week, but I didn't get anything. Does anyone else think its possible to narrow down why not everyone in these areas is getting a prl push while others in the same area are?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Lol I think I'd crap myself if we did lol! I've got spare clothes though so bring on the 3g lol!

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Lol. I like the phrase "violation occurred" .. well put.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fredy915:
I'm not metro but my step dad is and he had 3g in redbluff ca and I'm sure they have it in redding ca and Anderson CA but I'm positive they have 3g in red bluff ca

So you cab update you 3g areas :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yustis_83:
Update from Los Angeles

Hi guys i'm new in here but i have been using the great information from this forums for a while now.

Ok so i am using evo 4g flashed to Metropcs with metrodriod v4.0.

Today i got pushed the 02004 PRL on my phone, there is no DATA connection (I usually have 1X all the time in LA hitting about 120kbs).

I will hopefully be able to update this pretty soon to the new released PRL and have my data back, i will let you guys know if i get my connection back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
Even with 02004 you should still get 1x... It looks like there's a country wide data outage at the moment it's happening in Detroit, Miami and here in Dallas so it's not just you! Here's to hoping we get 3g when it comes back up! :-D

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yknujssab:
No data on Metro

I wasn't aware of the data issue until I got an MMS that failed to download. I checked ##DATA# and the settings were reverted to Sprint. I reflashed one of Bloddy's scripts and it took care of the settings but still no data.:confused: I just came home to check all my settings for data. They are all correct and I still have the same prl, 3028, and no data. I called my wife to see if she had data on her Samsung Admire. She does not have data either. I started reading all the posts here and figured it isn't just local here in Bakersfield, CA. Hopefully this means we get SOMETHING out of this:D!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yustis_83:
Ok, I guess you are right, after updating to PRL 03028 My phones are still down.

So we can confirm that the outage is pretty much national?

Confirmed cities so far then:

Dallas

Detroit

Georgia

Miami

Los Angeles

Tampa

Miramar
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savalasurge:
throw tampa in there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vyrus69:
Yeap here in Miramar, FL at my job no data service at all.

And you want to hear something funny, I got the 2004 pushed to my phone again on Monday, and when I used ##775# to update my PRL back, my SD card got write protected somehow and is now not read by the phone at all, or even in an SD card adapter.

Pretty much fried it. I was able to get the data off of it, but thats it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
Hoping for the best fellas...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exleh:
No data in Sacramento, CA. Going to flash back to Classic Sense so I can flash the 3028 PRL and then go back to MIUI :P
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
no need to do that if you have adb installed just plug your phone into your usb port make sure debugging is enabled..

type adb shell or if you haven't set that up cd to its directory and then do it,

and then type "echo 1 > /sys/devices/virtual/usb_composite/diag/enable"

enjoy you have enabled diag mode and can flash a prl with dfs, cdma ws or whatever.... of course epst works to in sense roms :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .Nox:
No data here in Atlanta either. Let's hope they aren't trying to find some sneaky way to cut us flashed data users out lol.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exleh:
Thank you, I will try this. By the way, do I only need to do this once? And then it is forever enabled? Or must I do it after each reboot, etc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
You have to do it each time but it's easier than flashing twice every time for me anyway.... I have miui on my widest incredible 2 and that is how I update her prl

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
Yep. Had been on wifi all day and didn't notice data was gone til I stepped out for lunch. Though no prl push yet
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD2589:
Back on WiFi guys, Data is down for pretty much everyone! I've tried a couple PRLs but the problem isn't their..

How are you guys holding up lol? I just went out and tried to check my forums, emails, etc and then I was like right no Data, Lol =D

JD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
I'm normally on wifi anyway trying to do anything on 1x is too slow anyway lol

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yustis_83:
anyone

Hey guys does anyone have access to a Metropcs phone to confirm if the data outage is only on our flashed phones or is also affecting Metropcs phones?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexFG:
The Data outage is only affecting flashed phones. Metro phones have internet.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atljatl:
According to yknujssab, the outage is affecting flashed and branded metro phones too.... at least in Bakersfield CA
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexFG:
I was just chatting with someone in LA and his metro branded phone has a working data connection, another one of my friends here in Miami also has working data.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
You sure they aren't like those of us that didn't notice because we were connected to wifi?

Sent from my Infected NeuRoTic ZR3D!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexFG:
Trust me I double checked more than once.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reemo4580:
Just connected a samsung freeform to my account data is working on it. Reconnected my galaxy s2 and no data... Matched every setting from the freeform to my s2 in CDMA workshop still no data.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slawson:
was there an akey present?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reemo4580:
Hold on let me check
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
Ok so I am back since first reporting the PRL push. Then around 11 pm est my phone lost data.

Questions are .. What the hell MetroPCS do that without being notified to userI think is an abuse.

So I take all data settings are there I dont need to put the data back again?

Is this means the end of the revolution?

wait and see?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nymica:
I'm confused...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
the whole thing is very confusing .. yes
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reemo4580:
As far as I can see no A-Key

Under Mobile IP Profiles on the freeform

HA shared secret = FEF1F0FADBAD4DAD

Tried to write it to the galaxy s2 and it won't stick
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slawson:
According to the above, that would indicate that we have a new authentication system, if you had your meid added, there will be NO WAY to obtain this key.

Although if you did it the illegal way, you'll have to find the proper donor phone to pull all of these settings from.

It's time to find a new carrier.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
This mean the freedom is over? I am very afraid now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slawson:
Yes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
I wouldn't go that far as to say find a new carrier....I just got all my data back and didn't change any settings. My speed is 1x
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slawson:
And you'll settle for that when there's PLENTY of other options?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reemo4580:
There has to be a algorithym they are using probably linked to the esn like before. so I wouldn't call it over.

How did you get your datat settings back mexigga?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slawson:
Yes, it's an algorithym.

There's no way to generate the AKEY's for Sprint or Boost, hence why they have to be cloned.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reemo4580:
Wait a minute may not be the issue.... Just connected another freeform to cdma workshop and it has the exact same HA shared secret key
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexigga:
for the price...yes...

I didn't do anything...it just started again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisa191:
Yes your right

If you guys have been around long enough metro did this about 4 years ago for three or four months when we all had just started flashing to their network and it was only a matter of time before they did it again. I am sure this is to preserve bandwidth to compensate for the loss they are taking on the 4G side

Question is who has an old r210 laying around - I have three and they are all toast but I have a few on the way

That phone is what we used back in the day to activate to the account and we pulled the profile and the keys and that worked

If anyone has one laying around I have an account we can through it on to test

elisa191
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reemo4580:
3G Web just popped back up in Sacramento, Confirmed on 2 different phones
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pifive:
Data is back !! Yes !

(Miami and 3g)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yustis_83:
it's alive

Ok guys just to confirm, In Los Angeles area the data is back !

i am still running at 1x just ran a test:

Ping: 1604ms

Download: 120kbps

Upload: 96kbps

Hope that everyone gets their data back soon.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slawson:
Well this is good news. Either way, it's only a matter of time before they enforce some type of auth system.