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[EVO 4G Android Development] getut:
Please help me. I'm sorry the post is so long, but please read.

I'm not completely sure what is going on. Is tower roaming security different in different areas of the country?

In other words, is a Sprint phone running one of these PRL's able to voice or 3G roam to Verizon towers in one area of the country, but the same phone running the same PRL in a different area of the country may not be allowed to roam to Verizon towers?

BTW.. I have a Sprint Hero on the everything plan and I live just about in the center of NC perfectly between Greensboro and Charlotte. Most of the time I run Cyanogen 6 for the hero (AOSP Froyo ROM).

If I use Sprint PRL's everything works, BUT at home my signal is OK, at work and at my hangar the signal is almost non-existant. It has just enough signal that it locks onto a Sprint tower, but drops VOICE calls so bad it is unusable. Data is slightly better but slow.

It seems if I use any of the PRL's talked about on this site that actually cause me to roam to anything other than Sprint towers I get varying shades of "not working".

For example:

00001.prl from first page = no 3G or 1x symbol shows at all. Only the voice signal strength bars. No call can be made. It rings one time, then a Verizon error about the phone not able to be authenticated.

60665m3.prl linked from a post = I get the 3G symbol and voice bars. When I am on this PRL with a non-AOSP ROM, I also have the roaming triangle. The signal strength is nearly maxed out. Voice calls WORK!!!! Data doesn't work at all.

40065.prl that claims roaming Verizon and Sprint from the answerman site = No real change from the Sprint PRLs. Everything works, but the phone locks onto Sprint towers even when the signal really isn't usable just like the Sprint PRLs.

***EDIT*** New info... Since 60665m3 is close but no cookie, I have been playing with that one most. I just went back to a non-AOSP ROM where I have the roaming triangle and I found a difference in behavior between the two ROMS. When using the web browser, the AOSP ROM would just fail with no data connection. BUT, when I went to the NON-AOSP ROM, and tried the web browser, there was a very sparse Sprint window that asked for my cell number. I put that in and then the data connection started working. I can browse the web and the market now works. BUT it still isn't working 100%. The gmail application is working to check email but it still won't send anything out of the gmail app. It just sits with sending.

***EDIT 2*** I have now tried 41003.prl from answermans site since I am beginning to believe I am in a divested Alltel area. It is working kind of. Voice works great with much stronger signal but I'm seeing partially working internet. Web browser works normally and I see new gmail in the app, but can't send any new out or reply to anything.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Medic1013:
Anyone update the PRI to the latest 1.40 and not able to use the prl's from the 1st post.

I was using 0001 prl fine while on 1.34 PRI but once I upgraded to 1.40 I can't make calls or texts. Making a call gets error message from verizon.

Up until recently I was having 3g coverage but one day I noticed the speeds slow down really bad. At work 50 miles away I'm in 3g coverage so I know its not my radio(I've tried almost all radios) I'm using real signal from the market to see if I get EVDO signal and I just can't get anything using a sprint prl. Once I load one of the hacked prl's I get EVDO showing full bars but I receive calls, make calls or send and receive texts. Data works fine but thats about it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wastingoctober:
Using Fresh Evo 3.1.0.3, the PRL allows me to connect to the internet but I cannot send/receive texts or place calls. Any suggestions? I've tried two other PRL versions that have the same issues. Did Sprint finally figure out a way to block this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] krazyflipj:
U need to call sprint and let them know that u can't make calls while roaming due to pri upgrade. I was having the same issues and the only way I got it to work was by calling sprint

Sent from my CM6 powered device
[EVO 4G Android Development] Medic1013:
What did sprint make you do? I have my msl so I am self sufficient :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] Knight2011:
+1

I reinstalled a 2.1 rom and rerooted to bring it back to 1.34 and I still have the problem. Any help on this would be great.
[EVO 4G Android Development] johncjenc:
I called sprint as well. They refreshed profile and pushed to phone then all was good. Still sticking with 1.34. No speed difference with 1.4 for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] krazyflipj:
Told me take my battery off and they did something on their end. Once they were done, they told me to put my battery back on and start my phone. Once phone started, everything worked. BTW not seeing any difference with pri 1.40
[EVO 4G Android Development] undefined13:
I had the same problem, I ended up having to restore from a backup, not just a new rom install. Note: Thank yall soooooo much. I can use the cell service I pay 90 bucks a month for because now I can get signal.
[EVO 4G Android Development] imex99:
i'm getting this same error but only at home..., says welcome to verizon, your phone cant be authenticated!!! When at work, 30 mins away on the 0001 prl, I don't get this error!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] imex99:
For anyone who was getting this error and called sprint? Did you tell them you were getting an authenticate error or what did you say? Please help so I can get this fixed....
[EVO 4G Android Development] frozndevl:
This is interesting, I just upgraded to a froyo rom and downgraded my EPST. Now, when I try to make a call, I get the verizon authentication message where before I was able to make calls just fine. Also looks like I am not able to make calls with the installed EPST. For now I need to go back to the stock to figure out how things are supposed to work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bluewonder:
1.34->1.40 roaming sms/voice not working fix

As per other posts in this thread, I did a webchat w/ sprint and said "I just got a pri update and am now unable to make calls/ send sms while roaming, but data works"

They did something, then had me turn my phone off and remove my battery for 2 minutes. After I powered back up it worked. The phone didn't get an kind of update messages and I didn't have to enter in anything for the fix to work.

Note: Roaming sms/ voice does not work even with the current sprint prl.

I'm still on pri 1.40_003
[EVO 4G Android Development] churro7:
my pri is 2.20_003

that good or bad im using 00001.prl and 3g every where with 150 actual KB/s
[EVO 4G Android Development] Knight2011:
I changed my rom to omj 2.2 and on a 1.34 pri. Called sprint and after they had me take the battery out and wait about two minutes,battery back in and update data profile it worked again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
I emailed Sprint on the roaming issue. What they told me was to just power off phone for two minutes the power back on. Haven't tried yet, but what can it hurt.
[EVO 4G Android Development] frozndevl:
I went back to an older nandroid and I am still getting the authentication message when I try to make a data call while on the 00001 prl. I rarely am actually roaming in my area so I am having no luck identifying if it is in fact a roaming issue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] hk-usp45:
For some reason on 2.2 the hash code ##775# does not work anymore. any suggestions how to force the phone to go into manual prl updating mode?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Just_s:
Have you gone into settings> updates> update profile? If not, do it and you should be set.

If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what would be the next step, but good luck.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Just_s:
This is covered all over xda. Do a search for "epst issues"and you will find dozens of posts. The short answer is that you need to delete the 2.2 epst and replace it with the previous 2.1 epst apk. You'll need root explorer or the like or adb if you are comfortable with that. It is a pretty easy fix.
[EVO 4G Android Development] frozndevl:
Yeah, I've updated my profile. Though, upon further investigation, I think there is something else going on with my phone. Unable to send gmail, so I'm gonna start over from the beginning to figure this out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] imex99:
I followed instructions as others posted...... called sprint and had me remove battery and they talked to me and stated the authentication error and he "said" he reset my network and booted back up and working on prl 1 again, voice, data both working. thanks for the heads up guys about calling sprint.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueblur:
Possible help for those that are having the problem calling while roaming after doing the 1.40 PRI update:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7713092&postcount=663
[EVO 4G Android Development] frozndevl:
This seems to be the consistent resolution. I had them do the same and I was able to make roaming calls again, now to flash back to a version with the old EPST and see if I can use the 00001 prl again.

Edit: So I have restored my evo back to a 2.1 ROM and now I am getting a data call error when I load prl 00001. Looks like Verizon may have "fixed" something in my area.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jncashep21@yahoo.com:
I am new here actually first posting but have you tried this on other android system phones for example, this worked on my evo just great and thankyou, now we have my wife's samsung intercept and I dont know how to get in to change the PRL, thankyou for any help
[EVO 4G Android Development] elas123:
i had the roaming issue as well. tried everything but didnt work. called sprint they said everything was ok on their side so they took my phone off network then put it back on, all FIXED NOW. that worked
[EVO 4G Android Development] r.mauldin:
X2

Same here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] arozer:
Does anyone know how to install the EPST 2.1, instead of 2.2, so I can do this trick on FroYo? =D
[EVO 4G Android Development] eldeladi:
Data roaming on sprint account shows

I started using prl 00001 about a month ago and I have been getting low evdo speeds and often lose evdo.

so about 5 days ago I switched to 01337.

today I checked my sprint account for data usage and noticed huge roaming usage of about 280,000 KB. the regular sprint data was only 3500kB.

note that there is no roaming icon showing.

so after that I loaded various prls recommended in this forum, so here are the speeds

01337

420-720 down

450-900 up

latency 320ms

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40065

600-1200 down

400-600 up

latency 290ms

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41003

1050-1779 down

318-550 up

250-300 latency

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41000

700-1600 down

170-600 up

latency 230-350ms

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60665m3.prl

20kbps down

100 up

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60670 official

100-160 down

80-400 up

latency 800-1000ms

stuck at 1x

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00001

440-600 down

500-770 up

300ms

this is in fargo ND which is apparently a divested alltell area( whatever that means lol)

prls 41003, 41000, 60665m3 all showed roaming icon and required turning on data roaming under wireless settings. I would really like to use the 4100x but I'm afraid of sprint system raising flags and showing too much forced roaming. is it safe to use them?

and why is my account showing that i used a lot of roaming data at 280MB. I doubt that in 5 days of using prl 01337 I used that much so I'm suspecting 00001 also ratted me out, :-b what do you all think.

I appreciate your input.
[EVO 4G Android Development] churro7:
well all of those show up as roaming data
[EVO 4G Android Development] jkinnison90:
They've been doing this for quite a while now... that's why I gave up on this.. if you have horrible signal, your mys well try and get a free air rave from Sprint.
[EVO 4G Android Development] churro7:
good times lol now back to crap reception at my moms
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skrypt:
I just read the last 10+ pages, but couldn't figure out if this still works.

Does it work on 2.2 (Fresh 3.1.0.3)? And is Sprint categorizing all the PRLs as roaming data?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eldeladi:
all prl are romaing data.

If all these prls are showing up as roaming data even the ones that don't bring up the icon like 00001 and 01337, then this hack is pretty dangerous especially if you are on a SERO plan. unless you just bought an evo with a 2 year contract and hope that sprint relieves you of the contract so that you are free to go with an expensive phone for just 200.

I am 100% sure that I read in the beginning of this forum that prl 00001 doesn't show any roaming data, can anyone confirm this, please?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ChiefSpoonS:
Using 4103.prl getting best coverage ever. Constantly roaming. Which isn't a issue...sprint has unlimited roam

Sent from my Fressssh Netarchy EVO using the XDA App.
[EVO 4G Android Development] InfiniteReality:
I'm on 40060 and I have no roaming at all on mine since this hack came out!
[EVO 4G Android Development] aporon:
oops wrong one sorry
[EVO 4G Android Development] ChiefSpoonS:
Ok I don't mind that I am roaming. What I do mind, is that when my lock screen is on, or when looking at the notification bar it says "Digital Roaming"

I had this Changed to SpoonS EVO...any way to fix?
[EVO 4G Android Development] liv4evr:
1)does this still work?

2)will there be any extra charges for doing this and using it?

3)which page are the comments on?

sorry if any of this sounds retarded. im retarded sometimes.

Thanks for all the help in advance!
[EVO 4G Android Development] arozer:
Quoting for an answer.
[EVO 4G Android Development] theoner1:
Where did you guys download all of these prl's?
[EVO 4G Android Development] InfiniteReality:
I got it from the OP's first post in the thread.

EDIT: Well, don't see it anymore. Try searching the forum or even google, you should find a copy pretty easily.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skrypt:
+1 To all the above.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
This is working great for me, I have the best experience with the 00001 PRL, but almost anything is better than what I had on Sprint only, very dead zone by my house.

I have not incurred any extra charge for this as of yet, but we'll see if Sprint figures it out. I use what I would call a fair amount of data, and I have 5 lines doing so, 3 of them have this PRL hack implemented.

Looking at my bill, most of my data is showing as roaming. 5 days into my billing cycle, I'm at 81,000kb normal data, and 355,000kb roaming data, I generally use over 5gb on each line per month. So, if Sprint is going to catch on to this, I'm sure I will be hearing from them.

If your trying this for the first time, you'll want to try out several different PRL's and find the one that works best in your area. I attached the Verizon PRL's that I tried out, they all had varying levels of success, with 00001 being the best in my area, Camas, WA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] liv4evr:
ok, so just to make sure... im using an evo with a 300mb roaming cap. if i do this i wont get roaming overage charges?
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
If you have a cap on data roaming, and you normally use more then that cap allows, THIS WILL CAUSE OVERAGES.

With the 00001 PRL, Sprint is showing my data usage as roaming, so use this with caution if you have a cap on roaming. I have no issues because of the unlimited plan that I'm on.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Techrocket9:
What unlimited plan? I'm pretty sure all of Sprint's plans have a 300Mb or lower roaming cap.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
I dunno, I've never actually read the fine print. But my account shows as unlimited, and I have used over 5gb of roaming data on a single line, for several months, and have not heard a word about it from Sprint. My bill for 5 lines is $256 every month.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Just_s:
Interesting. I wonder what this means for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
Okay, so I just had to go through and read the fine print on all this, fun reading.

From the fine print it self:

Off-network Roaming on Sprint Phones:Not available with single-band phones, or to customers residing outside an area covered by the Nationwide Sprint Network. Sprint may terminate service if (1) more than 800 minutes, (2) a majority of minutes or (3) a majority of data kilobytes in a given month are used while roaming. International calling, including in Canada and Mexico, is not included in plans with no roaming charges. Roaming usage may be invoiced after 30-60 days. Data services and certain calling features (Voicemail, Caller ID, Call Waiting, etc.) may not be available in all roaming areas.

Data Usage Limitation (Mobile Broadband Cards, USB Modems, Embedded Modems and Phone-As-Modem):The amount of data transmitted over our network is measured in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB). Sprint reserves the right to limit throughput speeds or amount of data transferred; and to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if usage either exceeds (a.) 5GB/month in total, unless specified otherwise or (b.) 300MB/month while off-network roaming. 1024KB equal 1MB. 1024MB equal 1GB.

So, looks to me like the 300mb roaming data limit is for Phone as Modem and Broadband Card plans only.

But, they do say that they can cancel you if the majority of your data or voice usage is while roaming. Well, I guess if they ever decide to really look at my usage, maybe they'll give me the boot, only time will tell.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
Very Interesting, what plan are you on? Mine has never looked like that, I'm on Everything Data Family Share 1500.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueblur:
EPST fix on 2.2 HOWTO:

Get root explorer (paid app)

Get the EPST.APK from the 2.1 rom HERE

Copy it to your SD card

Go to /System/app folder

Change to R/W mode

Rename EPST.APK to something like EPST-OLD.APK (by pressing and holding and choosing rename)

Copy EPST.APK (the 2.1 version) from your SD card to the /system/app folder

hold and press on EPST.APK and modify permissions so that user can read and write to it.

I then opened the file and installed it just for kicks.

Reboot

##775# should work now.

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These are what worked for me..if anyone wants to elaborate, feel free.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueblur:
I <3 you on so many levels. thanks for hooking up the PRLS that you posted here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] teddat:
does this work on CM6 RC2? thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mcbrided:
I've had roaming on both the 1500 min family data share plan as well as the 3000 minute version. In both cases, my data usage looked exactly like that.

I'm pretty sure roaming is "unlimited" as in they won't charge you for it. From what I understand, they can still cancel your account though if your roaming use is too much (whatever that means).
[EVO 4G Android Development] fachadick:
To those concerned about data roaming - to get the skinny on data roaming with the EVO, read my comments in this shortish thread (especially towards the end);

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755458

to sum up what I said in the that thread - if you're paying the $10 premium fee, Sprint knows you have an EVO. The 300mb roaming data cap is in place. Sprint has let it slide in the past, but they've just made it a priority to crack down on those users (even if a priority of data usage is on network), and some folks have received warnings in their bills.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Hrshycro:
For the 15th time, the 300mb/mo roaming cap is for data cards and older plans only. If you have one of the newer Sprint plans and you're paying the $10/mo data fee, there isn't a roaming cap on 3g.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fachadick:
Please read the other thread, where I quoted the EVO-specific tos at length, and come back.

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
That is how I understand it from reading the TOS as well.

As I said before, I have had A LOT of data roaming for quite a while, and have heard nothing from Sprint. I've been tethering while traveling for years with zero issues!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Psionicsin:
Ok I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong...

But I'm running the new Damage Control 3.5 ROM, and ##775#, ##775+call, ##778+call aren't working for me. The only thing that works is ##3282#.

Am I doing something wrong, or is something wrong with Froyo that makes us not able to touch these settings?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vudu:
You probably need to replace the epst.apk with one from a 2.1 ROM. Copy the file from a 2.1 sense ROM zip (in system\app), then use titanium backup to uninstall epst in your DC rom, then use root explorer to delete the epst.apk(or rename it to epst.bak if you want to keep it in case), copy the 2.1 version to that directory, and install it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dsh897:
PLZ HELP!!!!!

Soo i was really hesistant to try this trick, ive seen the forum kept track with it a little bit but tonight i got sooo tired of having 1 bar of service at my house. dropping calls all the time witht he g/f. I throught tonight i would give it a shot. 6 HOURS LATER its still not working.

I was running netarchy kernal x.1.9 and fresh 3.x.x.2 and read in the forums about changing the ESTP to 2.1 because obviously 2.2 my ##775# didnt work. I was successful

I flashed prl .0001 but i could not make a phone call or use data! i got the message VERIZON SERVICES CANNOT AUTHENTICATE!.. i tried *2 but on freshes rom i got an error. com.andriod.phone. blah blah force close.. i then tried stock kernal and stock 2.2 and this time *2 works but wont authenticate and shows no voice or data

Ive tried other prl's and roms. NOTHING! but i can see with the verizon service i get 5 bars!!!!!! i want it!!!

also my pri is not 1.4 its 1.34 or something... PLZ HELP!!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] fachadick:
You're making the same mistake most people make and reading the wrong TOS, please read my posts in that other thread where I quote (and link to) the correct EVO-specific TOS that you should be reading. I also explain why what you quoted above (from the wrong tos) doesn't apply to the evo.

As to the second part of your post, I'll quote mine again, and bold the relevant part.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Psionicsin:
You're very right, but now something else funky has happened.

I was able to change the prl, but about 3-4hrs later it updated itself and went back to the Sprint one. How can I STOP it from updating itself?
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
No offense, but I'll take your words for what they are, hearsay.

I'm reading the Terms of Service provided to my account by Sprint. And the only actual mention of the 300mb data roaming cap is on data cards and tethering plans. I do acknowledge that they also mention that if your roaming data is greater than your home data, they may cancel/suspend your account. So, I guess we'll see what happens.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fachadick:
No offence taken, but I don't think you read the thread I linked to. It would only be hearsay if I didn't link to the Sprint TOS (which I did) or quote the relevant passages of the TOS at length (which I also did). It would be hearsay if I just made those claims myself, or said that I heard it somewhere (which I didn't). I also addressed your points in that other thread also.

Why not read through that thread, and then let me know specifically what part of it you have a problem with? If you like, you can even comment on that thread with the parts you think are wrong, and I'll reply there, so we don't clutter this one up further.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JTNiggle:
I only say it's hearsay because it's not what I've read in my terms of service.

I'm going to go off of the terms that are provided to me by Sprint. If they decide to change that, then I will read it again. But for now, I'm going to stick with the information that they are giving me.

I know that you're just trying to provide good info, but if the TOS that your linking is different then the one Sprint gives me, why should I choose to believe it?