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[EVO 4G Android Development] ImJacksAmygdala:
I installed the custom splash screen that came with the EViO rom. We are talking the "htc EVO 4G" screen before the main rom boot screen right? I have tried both ##3282## and ##786# methods using EViO 2 series, then Netarchy's stock rooted final OTA, and now the latest Fresh rom and had no joy in about 20 attempts. I followed the instructions to the letter including strong signal locations. I have not tried different towers yet. I noticed that the custom splash screen does not change between roms. I'd like to know if this has a negative side effect and would like to ask if anyone has had a successful PRI 1.40 update with a custom splash screen installed.

At this point I would even consider utilizing some kind of Tibetan monk ritualistic chanting or maybe even some kind of rain dance to get this to work.

On a side note I read this: Had to remove the link but its posted by Moderator marctronixx at Android Forums.

So ya I would like to have my 1.40 PRI please Sprint...

I tried one last ##786# utilizing the latest Fresh and Amon Ra after writing this post and it finally updated!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmstwo002:
I was able to update my PRI and I have a custom flash screen and boot animation. I'm running Rooted Stock 2.2 w/King Kernel #7.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
I've done it on my wife's Moment, but not my Evo. There must be a thread here on how to do it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sHiNeR2:
I have a friend who works for Sprint. She told me she could reset my PRI, but she told me to remove my memory card first. Would allowing her to reset it force me to lose root?
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
A PRI update doesn't affect root. However if she's going to reset your PRI by giving you an OTA update or something, that would. Make sure of what she's doing before you let her do it.

Not sure why she's telling you to remove the SD card, though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sHiNeR2:
Thanks, I'll give her another call.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scooter185:
is it possible to get a log of what the phone is doing through adb during the hands on activation and PRL update, that way when someone does get the new PRI we could hopefully see what's going where and how?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
after its completed run:

adb shell dmesg > log.txt

that should create the file in your tools directory that you can open with notepad
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
I think that misses the point. I used the splash screen as an example because it's very obvious, since it's actually a file in itself, but the PRI includes all kinds of setting that can be changed independently. The PRI appears to be an industry standard for listing features and default settings on CDMA phones. Therefore, the name "PRI v.1.40" refers not to a file or a or a part of a file on the phone itself, but to a list of requirements to which the phone has been manufactured and programmed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
The real answer to what the PRI is can be found here: http://www.cdg.org/ the only problem is that after an extensive search of the site, the documents are no doubt in the members only area. I did come across another Document that Desribes a PRI as Process Roaming Indicator. So even on that site there are a couple of PRI definitions....hmmm...still searching.

Look at the chart on page 50 of this Document. Right before the CDMA Idle is Process Roaming Indicator?

http://www.cdg.org/members_only/refdocs/130.zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Thank you thank you thank you, this is the post I've been waiting for, I think.

So, doing the 1.4 pri changed your hboot from .76.2000, to .79.0000?

Is that right?!

And if so, how did you get .76.2000 back? I've given up tryin cuz I don't wanna lose eng-hboot. HOW DIS YOU GET IT BACK ?

Thank you sooo much.

Scott
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Not exactly...the PRI update does not change your root status. It simply updates the PRI 1.34 to PRI 1.40. You keep full root eng-hboot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
I think that step in the flow chart means that, once the phone has selected a CDMA service (which is what the flowchart is about), it then processes the roaming indicator--that is, it decides whether or not to light up the roaming indicator on the phone, depending on whether or not the selected service is roaming. A quick Google shows that "roaming indicator" is an oft-used term--note its use on the right side of the chart as well, in the step "Display Default Roaming Indicator", for phones set not to roam.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
I also found a PRI_sec but it leads to a member document.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Ya and also in that document it says PRI is product release instructions...LOL!!! Not real sure how important you gots to be to get membership over there. Maybe one of the higher up XDA guys could get in. Probably alot of good read hidden...
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
I am applying for membership so if you get a reference call can you act important and stuff....LOL
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
OK, good luck.:)
[EVO 4G Android Development] NetEndeavors:
I finally picked this up after 40+ attempts (both methods) over a 2 week period...

Stop and go traffic in a construction zone on I-81 southbound between Harrisburg, PA and Carlisle, PA. What i noticed is that my PRI updated but (I cancelled out of the PRL) my PRL (that must have come down with the PRI) went back to 60662!

This causes me to ask.... is this PRI update "dated" and is Sprint working on taking it off the activation servers vs. putting it on them? It would stand to reason that if all phones come out with 1.40, there'd be no need to have a PRI update in the activation process. I'm wondering if the door is closing instead of opening.... when it comes to the PRI update.

Thoughts?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tyrnight:
I got 1.40 on the first try but I had ALOT of issues with it not getting a data connection.. so I rerooted to get back the old PRI and that problem MOSTLY went away.. and now I cant get back 1.40 to try it again.. Ive tried 20+ times...
[EVO 4G Android Development] akarol:
Make up your mind. :P
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
hi cardiox,

what exactly do u mean by that? are u being sarcastic? or is there really an update?
[EVO 4G Android Development] itmustbejj:
I did the ##3282# method about 8 or 9 times and finally just did the ##786# method twice and got 1.40 PRI.

Just nandroid and do the ##786# method and nandroid back. Who cares if its a wipe if you can immediately nandroid back?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dragonlord76:
Hi, I have CyanogenMod v6.0.0 RC2 and when I dial ##3282#, nothing happen. I even tried to call that number ...LOL...
[EVO 4G Android Development] 12MaNy:
On my 7th try and still nothing yet. I'll try it a few more times, then I'm giving up. Doing the ##786# method BTW.
[EVO 4G Android Development] itmustbejj:
cyanogenmod doesn't have some carrier related programs such as EPST which is used to use the ## style codes. Try flashing any ROM with sense in it to do this then flash back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] litlepyro:
How did this work out for you?
[EVO 4G Android Development] BAleR:
Im about ready to call bull**** on this whole thing, ive tryed both methods 100++ times 100 different ways with nothing. If this is working for everyone then how come there is no flashable zip yet? I think somebody is messin with us.
[EVO 4G Android Development] litlepyro:
yep, i called shenanigans a long time ago.
[EVO 4G Android Development] akarol:
Yup. You got it. We have gathered thousands upon thousands of Evo owners to play a joke on you guys. That's right!
[EVO 4G Android Development] 12MaNy:
On my 10th try. If this doesn't do it, then frankly I dont give a **** anymore. PRI is not important enough to me to go through this BS.
[EVO 4G Android Development] XmemphistoX:
Lol, I can't get it working either but I'm not getting mad over it. Probably tried 50 times and gave. People say they don't notice any difference anyways.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BAleR:
IT WAS YOU WASNT IT!!

but really, with all the amazing devs and great things we can do no one can figure out how to put it in a zip for everyone to use? Common now somebodys gotta be holdin out. And I hope no one got a bounty for this because this is not a "fix" its a total blind shot in the dark.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BAleR:
I guess i got my hopes up, thats what i get huh, the only reason i get dissapointed is , when i first bought my evo i had it for about a week before i even tryed rooting it. And it was on 1.40 and the speeds were great!! Now that i rooted i dont get speeds good enough to stream youtube or music, my battery is always dying cus my signal sucks in my house it was much better on 1.40 i dont need someone ells opinion on the matter i know how it is. it just sucks
[EVO 4G Android Development] litlepyro:
I've heard that once you get the 1.40 PRI back, the speeds are awesome. I cant honestly tell you though. Waiting for a real fix.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tpeazy:
In the meantime, make Sprint send you the new 3G Airave. This will solve all your problems.

Tp
[EVO 4G Android Development] BAleR:
Ya, that requires dsl or some other method of internet access which i dont have, i mean i would totally pay the $100 and $5 a month but if i had dsl id just use wifi
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
No this was a legit Thank You to them for seeing that we had a PRI problem and thus releasing it in the OTA Update Push. It could have been that alot of phones were being returned with this 1.34 PRI and causing them problems or it could have been as simple as giving us peace of mind...no one know's the full reason as of yet. Either way it was in a best interest to give it to us...

This was the problem to start with: The area that contains the PRI information has not been accessed even to this date. Eventually it could be accessed but it is a difficult process and knowing this Sprint/HTC just pushed it too us. You can't Flash zip something you have not gained access too as of yet...

See above for flash zip. As far as the bounty it became null when the "PRI FIX" was given to us. Bounty's in my opinion tend to cloud things and can get kinda screwed up...better off with out them but this is just an opinion.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sHiNeR2:
Didn't really work at all. I think she was trying to send me the OTA update, which would force me to lose root. I'm going to give up on this for awhile. I've been trying consistently for the last 48 hours, with no luck here in Atlanta, GA. My speeds aren't that bad anyways.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Hmmm, but elingreens post said it 'broke recovery ' so that he/she (?) 'couldn't nand back' until 'flashing' (which I'm kinda lost on that last bit). But, it sounds like recovery was broken. I really wanna understand this before continuing to try.

Thanks to everyone, and any input.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BAleR:
I think his statement is not accurate. He said it broke recovery but i dont think he means "recovery in itself" i think he just means his "backup" was broke. I know what he means because i tryed the 786 method and with using ra recovery it indeed broke my nand backup every time. Not recovery.

Then again, i have yet to get pri 1.40 so i could be mistaken

But im 99% sure itll be ok
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jfree3000:
After downloading a stock rom and trying the method not to wipe the phone 5677675689089786789837876 times, I downloaded and used RA Recovery and then tried the ##786# method and it worked on the first try. Just do a Nandroid backup and wipe the whole thing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Thanks for input. Yeah, I think terminology is being thrown loosely. I appreciate the clarification/speculation ;)

Weird, when I did the 786 method (1,000 times, never got update yet) I was always able to flash an old nand from recovery. I this what poster was NOT able to do, I wonder?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Matt H:
Just saying. :)

And it worked my first time trying.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Negrito:
Honestly Im sorry i ever read this thread, well over an hour of my life wasted.... and im still on 1.34 and it doesnt even matter cause being able to have CM6 nightlys on my phone instead of that horrible Sprint/Sense UI is enough to out weigh any "slower" speeds i may have. Meaning I never noticed any signal loss after rooting, but then again I only had my Evo maybe a week before it was rooted rocking FreshRom. I spend 80% of my life at work or home. Work we have T1 line, and home I have a cable modem with speeds "up to 23MB/s" which usually gets me 20MB/s....

In closing eff your PRI, and have a nice day. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwterminator:
For the record, the updated pri does not preclude the use of the CM nightlies.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BAleR:
I guess we need him to clarify that :). But yes that is what im guessing hes talkin about, atleast that would be the first time ive herd a claim that it "breaks recovery"
[EVO 4G Android Development] Negrito:
No one said it did. Its been mentioned several times that rooting cause the downgrade in the PRI... How would you get CM6 on your Evo without rooting it???
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwterminator:
What I mean is you can still get your pri updated and run cm6 afterwards without a hitch.
[EVO 4G Android Development] andrw2052:
After 2 weeks and 100+ ##768 tries in rhode island and some mass.

I did it in 2 tries near cape code ... 28 miles on 495 south of 95 split.

Location Location Location. Proud owner of 1.40 PRI - whatever that is.
[EVO 4G Android Development] willy900wonka:
I got mine to work tonight on the sixth try. In Bristol county ri.

Geekfor.me has a good write up. After two failed tries, I wiped everything. Then disabled the 3G, then failed. Did it once more and it worked. Serendipitous ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] litlepyro:
do you have a link?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jim M:
Linky

http://geekfor.me/faq/how-to-get-back-to-pri-1-40-on-evo/
[EVO 4G Android Development] alwaysbelieve1:
How do you disable the 3G?

I'm in Chicago and I have tried over 30 times to use the ##3282# technique with no success. I've tried the ##786# method twice and still nothing. This is getting very frustrating and I don't know what else to do. I even went to north Wisconsin this weekend and tried it several times there still only to be stuck with 1.34.

I just don't get it!
[EVO 4G Android Development] specv:
Ive been trying with no success. I have 4g at my work, Pawtucket Providence line thought maybe 4g access would give it to me. Didn't work but at least I have about 2mb up and 7mb down. Also tried at my house and that didnt work either.
[EVO 4G Android Development] iomthd:
I finally decided to try this, used the 786 method. Got it on the second go round.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jedil1c1ous:
Same here. Anyone know what to do to fix this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] p-slim:
most people had to call sprint tech support to fix this problem, but they can fix it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] elingreen:
sorry, i wasn't being very clear (as i'm not sure which portion wasn't working)

so i've always had amon recovery, i made a nandroid before my latest attempts at the ##786# method.

once the PRI actually updated, i booted into recovery to restore my last back up, this is where it failed. the restore process would not work.

so i started the phone up, got a terminal emulator, re-flashed the latest amon recovery, rebooted into it, and the nandroid restore worked.

this leads me to believe that my nandroid backup was fine because it did restore. something during the PRI update cause it not to work.

and i know it worked when the ##786# didn't work over the last two weeks because i never had an issue with restoring until the PRI finally updated.

so i don't believe there's any risk with this other than the annoyance of having to reflash recovery in case the restore doesn't work.

i hope this clears myself up.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
Go to Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile network and uncheck it. There's also a widget for it under the HTC Sense Settings widgets.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ecow21:
Update your PRI with No Factory Reset has not work for ....HELP!!

Update your PRI with No Factory Reset has not work for me yet go no 19th try......SOS....HELP!!! mad:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Award Tour:
I'm not sure how the PRI is pushed but for whatever it's worth, I just got it from doing the ##768# (or whatever it numbers it is) method two times. Before this I tried the #3282# method a billion times just out of the strength of my laziness to not have to deal with a full reset on each boot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
I would not get mad or even stress about it at this point. There still is no clear and complete definition of even what it is yet. Hang in there friend...:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Android Development] krazyconejo:
EDIT: nvm
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stalte:
Hey I'm the genius who thought that I found the solution and it was really a hex key change. :cool: Now I'm wondering if I really did update the PRI but I can't tell if I did because of Hex key change. Is there another location that I can look to see what it is or a way to restore it to default of the actual PRI.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jedil1c1ous:
So far, they've only been able to resolve the data roaming. Voice is still broken. Not sure wth broke this besides updating my PRI.
[EVO 4G Android Development] NetEndeavors:
Root your phone again -- go back to the old PRI and then get it the way we've all been getting it...:)
[EVO 4G Android Development] marcus5ryan:
SURE SHOT

After numerous failed attempts, I ruu 1.47 and walla. Pri went back to 1.40. I was actually about to post , and its funny that the most recent reply was... to re root it. Trust me, for anyone wanting to get back 1.40 .Pri. use this method. It's a lot less headache then trying any other method. Just back up your Rom, I'm sure you can even do a nandroid and everything will be there including 1.40 REALLY GUYS, WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A FULL PROOF WAY. WE SHOULDN'T see anyone else talking about there fifteen hundred failed attempts and driving to several different towers, and location not updating. Just make it easy on your self and reroot. I think just flashing the 1.47 rooted ota is enough. And nothing else just flash your nandroid after rebooting your ota 1.47 build, and your good. I don't have link, PLEASE some one post that Rom for the newbies. You know the start over thread. P.s. from my experience u don't have to do anything else except flash the Rom
[EVO 4G Android Development] hdad2:
So you did ruu through the pc and it worked? No ##786#? I've flashed the stock rooted roms through recovery and it hasn't helped at all. It seems now most consensus is that Rom or kernel doesn't matter.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
It's not clear that the PRI is even an actual file or part of a file--see the discussion earlier in the thread about the suggestion that the PRI is just a list of defaults, and when they're updated, the PRI version is changed in the file you hex-edited. So no, unfortunately, there's no way to know what version you have until we figure out exactly what it is. It's even possible that that hex-edit would prevent it from updating on an attempt that otherwise would work (the flip side of that, though, is that manually editing it back to "1.34" could force an update even if it's updated already...conceivably).
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
Help please

not sure if this has been answered cuz I searched this forum, honestly i did!, but whenever I do the ##786# and click "reset" it just stays at the window saying "Please wait while committing change..." for like an hour now and I have tried 3 times and nothing happens...what the hell is going on?

I have SteelH Rooted stock ROM 3.26 blah blah Rev E.1

netarchy kernel 4.18 bfs

Amon Ra recovery 1.7.0.2

all updated radios and wimax

and the EPST is 2.1 so i can enter the ## codes

please help!! thanks in advance!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] takeheart:
Huge thank you to OP for what seems to be a good method.

Having said that: Any way we can get this translated into English and have a link supplied?
[EVO 4G Android Development] gavin18t:
Got it going on the 2nd try with everything you have but with Clockworks recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] litlepyro:
I tried this last week and it did not work for me. It was really just a big headache and waste of time since it did not work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dtrammell:
After numerous attempts at ##3282# I finally bit the bullet and tried ##786#. Used Amon Ra 1.7.0.2 to NAND backup, reset the phone, wiped cache/dalvik twice each, restarted.....and the phone went into a continuous boot cycle. I was only able to get it back into Recovery by pulling the battery. NAND restored, restart and the activation kicked off. Unfortunately it didn't do me any better than ##3282#, so I'm done. I'm just gonna wait until someone figures out a foolproof method for us fools... :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jedil1c1ous:
Ok... so Sprint resolved my roaming issue and told me this: ##3282# will not update anything unless they manually set it to send an update to your phone. When they did that, it updated and fixed my problem.

Whether the tech person was full of shiznit or not, who knows? But, that's what they said.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Note: I am trying to get a bit more clarification on this so take it for what it is worth: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7840566#post7840566
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
I too did this with no luck. I went all the way back to stock build that the phone came with when it was launched and tried it several times there and kept doing the different builds up to the last 1.47 build and had no luck. I also tried all the different radio's along the way as well with no luck. I will give his a shot though just to put it through its paces and report back later tonight.
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
did it go through for you? i had clockwork at first like you but then i switched because it wasn't working so I thought that clockwork was the problem, but amon ra does the same thing for me...I'm clueless?
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Hmmm, does this make you wonder if having 'update notifications' in settings turned OFF, may be hampering our ability to get the PRI update?

I know I haven't been able to get it, and I have 'Update Notifications' turned off. Anybody else chime in on this, anyone , where it either has, or hasn't worked, either way? I've also wondered if doing a Profile update right before trying ##786# may help at all. Just some thoughts. Anyone care to post scenarios they did (or didn't) get the update in ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
I have Update Notifications on, and I can't seem to get the PRI.
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
is the "Please wait while committing change..." supposed to take this long? how long is it supposed to take?
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
No. Please wait while committing change should only take about 90 seconds, tops , before it begins to update (or not). At least, that's how it's been for me, the 600+ times I've tried:rolleyes: it
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
Well dammit...then i don't know what to do. i even changed my kernel back to the stock kernel cuz i thought i read it somewhere to change back to stock. it just will not commit the changes no matter what i do. should i wipe the data and then try?
[EVO 4G Android Development] epidemike:
I falshed from CM6 to fresh to try and get this going. When I pressed menu/reset I got prompted. Any idea what this is?
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
I might be a little confused as exactly where you are getting prompted but it sounds like you are where you put in the MSL?
[EVO 4G Android Development] MTKnife:
OK, I thought I had it on, but now I can't even find the setting. Where is it exactly?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jelive:
Menu>Settings>System Updates>HTC software update>

Jim