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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tbiggs:
correct, and i knew this. however i thought i could avoid 02 with roamctrl but i disappointed myself. i can't believe there isn't an app that can choose from a list of towers in your phones area. using roamctrl and the latest corp it puts me on the same alltel tower before any of this modification began. i also had 3g roaming on that alltel but I imagine @ 1x speeds even though I don't see a 1x icon anywhere.

so for now i am just constantly writing and rewriting prls to my phone for the best experience. which really makes me wish epst worked still. even though im on a stock but rooted gingerbread. and from my understanding epst should still work but does not for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Ok, just checking, you never know. ;)

How can you tell if you're connected to Alltel vs. Verizon btw?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tbiggs:
its found under options in roamctrl app...view network status
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dtr145r:
An application in the market called netmonitor
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hotspace:
Also, you can use notroamcontrol from the market. It'll also tell you 1x or 3g.

Can we prevent our prl from updating? I had the 11121 and it was rocking. I started to have some connectivity issues today and i was back on sprints newest 60786.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] view9234:
I'm having the same problem. Is there a way to lock the PRL so Sprint can't update it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Are you using stock rooted? Because we normally do not get any ota updates unless they are done manually on the custom e4gt roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_exactly:
Hmm, I am on 25004. Wonder why it is different?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nibrwr:
My wife's iPhone 4s has a different one too.

Anyone have a zip of 11121?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] view9234:
I think you may be confusing OTA updates (which are Android firmware) with PRL updates. I've been on several rooted ROMs (including rooted Stock ROM) over the past year and all of them automatically updated the PRL, as new ones became available. Frankly, until the advent of the 11121 PRL, I always wanted the newest PRL...now I just want to keep 11121! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Possibly but you answered my question since I've never heard of this happening on a rooted phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisnosleep:
I can absolutely confirm that it does. :eek: It sucks when they do it in the morning while I'm at work because then I have to go all day with no roaming. I can't change it back until I get to my desktop at home.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Drizzzle01:
I too can confirm it happens on rooted phones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidLiz:
I think whether you get OTA PRL updates depends on what ROM you're using...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AZImmortal:
Yeah, ROMs that are based on the stock ROM probably receive the updates.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
This would only occur if the developer was inexperienced and did not disable the OTA. I can't remember how it's accomplished but I've never heard of it on any of the Gingerbread roms I've used. Well, not the firmware OTA anyway. People using custom PRL's probably wouldn't have posted this problem in the dev thread anyway. But for the most part I've always used Blazer and Calkulin's roms.

Just found an interesting thread here that explains that there is system app that may be installed that is responsible for system updates, including PRL:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1388778

Edit: If so many people were having problems why is this the first we've heard of it (and in a big way too I guess ;))?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Ive had prl 11119 and the verizon prl and flashed new modems and new roms all the time and prl always stuck until i updated prl on a stock based rom.. never changed by itself.. right now currently on blu kuban.. who has prl 11121??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Edit: nvm.. found 11121 a few pages back.. anyone notice any diff n speed vs the 11119?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gilbydakid:
How do update your prl on cm9?

Sent from my sprint Samsung galaxy s2 Epic 4g touch with ics using cm9 on the blazing slow now network
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daryelv:
Backup your CM9 using Nandroid in recovery.

Restore your TW Nandroid Nandroid backup (you did take a backup before installing CM9 I hope). (You can also just one-click back to EL29 or whatever.)

Update your PRL using the standard procedure outlined before.

Use Nandroid to return back to CM9 backup.

There's plenty of places to find these steps, you should be able to search and find them quite easily.

-Daryel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gilbydakid:
I know how to do it that way. Just hoping there was a faster way of doing it.

Sent from my sprint Samsung galaxy s2 Epic 4g touch with ics using cm9 on the blazing slow now network
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackops11252:
Thats the only way to do it with CM9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ralphie1:
updated PRLs

Any chance there will be updated PRl zip files know some of the prl are out dated Evo LTE just got updated PRL OTA:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
I think the op gave up on this thread days ago lol.. We need people to upload new prls if they have them
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Agreed, I just flashed 0002 and it stinks!! Anyone else have any recommended verizon PRL's for roaming benefits?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
11119 or 11121, 00002 will give you roaming but it will always be on roaming even if you try to turn it off so not a good idea to use it full time anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
not true.. only 00002 will always be roaming.. 11119 and 11121 are sprint corp prls which when roaming is verizon but when not roaming is on the sprint network.. currently on 11121 and roaming i pull 1.65down and on sprint get no signal at all at home which is typical sprint in phoenix
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
LOL, thanks for the clarification. I put a comma and it should have been a period so it looks like I was talking about all three. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
There is an apk that I have always used since my OG Evo days and it stopped OTA updates on my Epic Touch as well. The apk is called FOTAkill.apk which is an apk I posted a while ago when people were having problems getting the script for to disable updates for EL29 to work. Trust me the apk works flawlessly and it was part of CM7 for the Evo as well as a few other roms.

Just do a search for FOTAkill.apk and you should be able to find it and stop all future updates if you prefer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Houndog101:
" I want to repeat that 4G WiMax is not effected by PRL, so do not include 4G in your testing."

Wow, why ??? I noticed when I updated my prl I lost speed. I only have 4g here..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Is that a quote above and your reply. If so, this is probably because you can only roam up to 3G. No 4g roaming at all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ben's:
Does anyone have PRL 60687 available?

Galaxy S III
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Someone uploaded it here. But you know this is just a regular Sprint prl, no 3G roaming, just 1x.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27302129&postcount=429
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ben's:
Compared to the new S3 PRL, 25004, I was getting excellent reception and 3G coverage with 60687. I am going to try it out on my S3 and see if it helps with the horrible coverage. It's like the release of the S2 with the horrible radio again. It's the only option at this early in the game.

Thanks for the link btw.

Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Ok no problem. Let us know how it works out because I'm sure we're going to see a few more SG3's come through here. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Upload the s3 prl for us s2 users to try? Or does it not work that way lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ben's:
Yeah sure, as soon as someone tells me how to get the phone in diag mode. I can then pull the prl with cdma.

I've tried all the known codes but nothing is working and cdma won't read any ports! :confused:

Galaxy S III
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Lol i see.. Im sure someone will figure it out eventually :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
I dont kniw anything about the prl, but I do have the S3 Radio Interface libs and jar which will work well for 3g... you just put the files in their respective places and set the libpaths in build.prop and see if Sams RIL gets you going..

At my summit while testing S3 RIL I was pulling around 2-2.2 on my good tests... But could web browse and stream just fine. Ill dig it up if you guys want it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trickshot1126:
I'm getting great results off the 00002 prl!

Thanks for the instructions!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
You know you're roaming 100% of the time on that prl, right?

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trickshot1126:
Yeah... Which i would take over what i had. I'm on wifi at work anyhow. Just using the network at home.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
But yeah, the general concensus is that 00002 is pretty nice.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Make sure you switch over and use the Sprint network for at least 125% more than you use the Verizon network, or else Sprint will dump you and you will end up paying Verizon anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Ive been on prl 11121 and have used over 100% while roaming for 3 months with no letter from sprint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] avatar120:
On 002 also for over a month with no letter
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisnosleep:
Well, something has happened to the 11121 PRL in my area. Up until two days ago, everything was working great. Now when I force roaming my 3G won't connect. Anyone else having problems?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] view9234:
Make sure that Sprint didn't 'update' your PRL back to 60687.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisnosleep:
Nope, they didn't. I think I finally got that problem fixed. I did install the next newer PRL's 12121 and 12123. I still can't get a 3G signal. I'm wondering if USCellular has blocked my device somehow since when I'm roaming, which is most of the time, I'm on a USCellular tower? I can still make phone calls, but that's all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
lol iuno bout that.. if anything they will put a block on it or give you a 50% rule violation.. i work for uscc customer service.. one thing is they dont guarantee service whille roaming but strange it just happened out of random.. have you tried 00002?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] intheb0x:
My prl actually got updated to 12121, there's a Web Site that show u all the sprint prls corporate or civil and what changes happen to each one.

The 12123 Is not different at all, only change is they removed one roaming tower. So I'd stick to 121.

I need roaming for months and haven't heard of work.

Here was my heaviest usage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Your roaming data vs network data is a bad ratio... You might be getting a letter from Sprint soon if you have a similar ration three months in a row.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisnosleep:
I'm using it now(00002). It's not as fast as the USCellular connection was but at least I can get a some data throughput. With the USC connection I would average 1 to 2 Mbps, with the Verizon connection its only .5 Mbps.

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I had a huge blowout over the weekend with Sprint and even though most of my data was roaming, they said there was no way they were letting me go without the ETF. According to their coverage map, I have coverage. Problem is, their coverage map is horribly wrong. After 2 hours on the phone to 2 customers service kids, 2 cancellations department kids and the supervisor to the cancellations department, they said they don't see that many problems with my families phones connecting or dropping calls. Trust me, I would welcome a letter. I have recordings of the conversations too. The supervisor I was talking to said that Sprint doesn't allow recordings, but my state law says different. I can see why they wouldn't want recordings though. Anyone think I should post the recordings here at XDA?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
With the network being overhauled I wouldn't worry about it much. I know we try to error on the safe side but I've talked to the Sprint people today on the phone and they said since they started implementing lte, they've had a mass volume in calls from people complaining of service outages. I would think they're a little preoccupied at the moment lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisnosleep:
I understand about that, but my area had a huge number of towers shut down by Sprint back in February or March. It was something about their lease agreement with Pioneer Towers? They know they shut the towers down and the coverage in this area is terrible, that's why I was so upset about the ETF. Heck, if they hadn't shut the towers down, I would have never read this thread because service used to be pretty good and I would have never needed a different PRL.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Can someone post all the newest prls

I'm running 11121 what's different about it from the 12*** or the 61xxx or.even the 51***
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jroocan83:
Able to change PRL on a MAC?

I'm not sure but can I do this on my Macbook? Before I try, I want clarification from the tech gods! I am in central Illinois and I have horrible service :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
If you can get QPST to run on your Mac. The you should be able to pull the PRL off. The new 60690 PRL isn't worth a **** in Knoxville. The 11119 PRL has been the best for me personally. But like I said. If you can get QPST to run on the Mac then you should be able to do it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
PRL 40450 (KDDI Mobile)

Don't know if this will help anyone, but here is PRL 40450.

It's obviously different than others since it seems to be a number range not mentioned before.

It may be because the phone is assigned to KDDI Mobile (MVNO) and not Sprint.

When someone has time can they dump the new Sprint one?

I'd like to try that out and see if that helps any with my signal issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] disturbd1:
Ok, so there are now far too many pages to read through to get the info I'm looking for:

1) Anyone in the Portland, OR area (specifically Beaverton or Hillsboro) had luck with a specific PRL?

2) I am not looking for "the warning call" or letter, but if I can simply use a different PRL that won't get me into trouble, I'd like to do so. :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metapy:
I have been using 111119 for a while in the beaverton/Hillsboro area with no problem. I can roam with 3g but it is hit or miss if 3g kicks in on roaming. Watch your roaming usage on data keep it under 300mb/month. If you don't need roaming data stick to the over the air prls.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
I have been using 11121 for the 3g roaming capability with Roam Control. Yesterday I switched to 12123 and it seems to switch to 3g roaming more quickly. I tested it in Portland, but not yet in Hillsboro. I wasn't able to get 3g to work with 12121 a couple of months ago. I will stick with it if I can get 3g on the coast and in Bend.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] niggza:
It works in portland bro, i was just there yesterday bro with that prl
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Plz post I'd like to try
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
I wonder if something similar happened in Milwaukee. Suddenly there are lots of areas that seen to be 1x that were formerly 3g.

I find myself needing to use Roam Control more often in order to do anything away from wifi these days.

To compensate for the roaming data, I've been streaming Pandora and Tune In radio as much as I can at work. Hopefully that will keep me well below the 50% ratio.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
Anyone have issues downloading MMS with the Verizon PRL?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Hero_Guy:
Anybody have the PRL prior to the latest one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
i cant use any data while roaming.. tried prl 11119 11121 00002 and now the 54045 or w.e that i found.. sprint network works when i can get a signal.. tried dif roms modems and settings.. anyone else? im in phoenix az
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
I'm getting 3g data roaming (on US Cellular) with 11115, 11119 and 11121 here on Wisconsin.

Are you sure you don't have your data roam guard on? Sometimes it doesn't actually display the red triangle along for permission to roam.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Dupe...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
PRL 12123 3g roaming is working in Redmond, OR.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Plz post it?

sent from Sprint's Galaxy S 2 powered by Touched by a GS3
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JediNinjafication:
I'm lucky to get 1x in bend/Redmond when there! Roaming in romaine village..seriously. I hate going there.

Android is upgrading...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Snazarian:
Any updates to the PRLs, or any new prl threads i should follow? My vz 00002.prl stopped providing good speeds starting last weekend...not sure which to switch to. Im in Los angeles, in the valley.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
You can find 12123 here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26838300

When I was looking for where I found it I just noticed 12124 was linked in the next post a few days ago.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
FYI everyone, Sprint is replacing the AIRAVE 2.0 with the AIRAVE 2.5. It support 800MHz and 1900MHz frequency. Be sure to call in after the 20th to get your unit switched out!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheDriller:
So I've tried various PRL's, 11119 00002 00001 and 11115. The ONLY one that works is 11115. I work in the Bakken in ND and even my buddies Verizon phone doesn't get the 3G service I get with 11115. Its an altell tower that provides but Verizon is only getting sporadic 3G. With roam control I get the best 3G up there. What I would like to know is why I get such foot 3G roaming (1.5 Mb on average) with 11115 and only 1x with 11119? Does anyone know why?

Sent from my SPH-D710 AOKP
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
How do those compare to 11121? Still on that haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
The 3G roaming agreement for those towers probably expired after 11115 was pushed. Alltell was purchased by Verizon, so Verizon would have refused to let Sprint have 3G roaming on their towers for anything less than $45 per minute (exaggerating, but that's the general attitude of Verizon regarding roaming agreements).

Have you used Netmonitor to actually identify what towers you are connecting to? In Wisconsin, the PRL's generally prefer to connect to towers operated by Cellular One (in Wisconsin, that means US Cellular) rather than Verizon. I don't think I've ever connected to a Verizon tower via roaming except when I tried the "Verizon Only" roaming PRL.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
12123 seems about the same as 11121. I have not run any tests other than checking for 3g roaming. I have yet to try 12124.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
When I am in Portland and on the North Oregon coast I roam on Verizon. In central Oregon I roam on US Cellular all according to Roam Control. I have used 11115, 11119, 11121 and now 12123 with roughly the same results. I rarely roam in Portland, but in the other areas it is nice to have 3g roaming.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Where in Roam Control does it tell you the name of the tower operator?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisnosleep:
Options tab, go down to utilities... then view network status...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
screenshots? roam control doesnt do that i thought
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mojo4321:
Are you using an old version of Roam Control? The current version is 2.2. When I first purchased it from the market last fall it did not have the "View Network Status" option. I was using an outdated version until I found out it was removed from the market (thanks Sprint).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wacky2bakky:
So i followed the steps and changed the PRL to verizons 00002. After I flashed it, it did say in my stats that was the PRL it was on. I did show better signal strength but when people would try calling me, it would go straight to my voicemail. I was able to dial out and call people and they could hear me. Any ideas? Did I do something wrong or maybe should I try another PRL? I am in cincinnati, Ohio.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Okay to be honest, the reason why I haven't updated this thread and continued the project is due to internal training and information I have received about Sprint. In the next 6 months to a year, Sprint will be producing more PRL's than it has ever made total due to the constant changes to the towers by Network Vision.

It is very very important that everyone stay on the latest PRL as much as possible to ensure they do not miss out on the updated coverage. These corporate PRLs are great and all, but if we can't keep up with them, it is better to stick with the latest "stock" PRL than the CL PRLs. There are so many changes coming to Sprint and their network it is unbelievable. So much so that it is extremely hard for me to go over every single one of them in just one post.

One thing I have seen that PRL will affect the most is coverage. I have seen an internal coverage map from Sprint for their on-network 3G and 4G data/voice network and it is beautiful. The coverage map has a larger footprint than Verizon currently has. Along with the increased coverage, Sprint is also upgrading the capacities on all of their towers to handle the excessive strain on the towers. This is going to increase data speeds for everyone. As well the additional 800MHz spectrum will bring even better data speeds to those of you who can handle the 800MHz frequency.

In absolute honesty, if you have been with Sprint for this long and put up with them, you might as well put up with them for 1 more year, because it is getting nothing but better. Even here in my home town, Lake City, Florida, where Nextel dominates. They are already starting work on the towers to equip them with the new Network Vision equipment and evaluating which Nextel towers to keep. I'll fill everyone in more as I get more information, but as it stands right now Sprint is the worst it'll ever be. It is only going to get much better from here. By the end of this year, we are on pace to surpass AT&T in LTE coverage and cities supported.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
what about phoenix? no 4g lte or wimax and cant get a signal in buildings.. were not even on the list for lte for at least a few years.. 3g roaming is my only option
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Thanks for the update!

To be honest, I'm highly suspicious of Sprint's 3G coverage map. Ever since they started disabling the 3G/1X data indicator on their phones, I just don't trust them. Or were you referring to the projected 3G footprint after Network vision is complete?

So far, 11115 is the best PRL for me here in Wisconsin. Once a month or so, if Sprint doesn't push a PRL update by itself, I update it manually just to see what happens with coverage and data speeds... The latest PRL from Sprint has me at 1x at home, where all PRL's prior have me on 3G at home.

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Just learned something new. :) I never went into the options screen other than to set my phone manufacturer. lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
I am excited hopefully this next year will quiet the haters

Any current phones support 800mhz lte yet?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RandallOfLegend:
I hope you are right. My coverage is terrible outside of my city
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KungFuDad:
You aren't just whistling dixie,

You aren't just whistling dixie, I have had to bring on additional crew members to handle the workload of new fiber optic cables being deployed for OSP (Out Side Plant) to get the wireless bandwidth upgrades connected to routers/switches in the CO (Central Office.) Business is damn good for me at the moment, and I am really happy to know I get to participate in making things better for us all.

:D