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[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
i finally got it!!!!!!

My 2$, fresh Rom is the key. I had tried too many times to count, but noticed high success on fresh's Rom. I decided to flash it. Got it third try. In Seattle area.

The downside. When I had 1.40 before, I remember it being crazy fast. Now, it doesn't seem quite so.

(I should clarify: I flashed Fresh 3.1.0.2 because it seemed 75% of the people who got the 1.40 update were using Fresh ROM. So, flashed Fresh, did the ##786# with battery pull TWICE , always wiping cache, dalvik, and data twice. Nogo. Then...tried just the simple ##3282# method , and that's when it came. I in NO WAY expected to see it changed when I opened settings>software, after SOOO many times with no change. But, to my total surprise, there it was 1.40.003. I really really feel Fresh ROM had something to do with it. I tried so many times from stock rooted (netarchy) with no success. Flashed fresh, got it 3rd try. )

Thanks everyone. And try this on fresh ROM
[EVO 4G Android Development] bluediablito:
can nay one help me i cant get this to work i am really close to giving up

i have tried in different places and nothing please help
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
There is no reliable way. It's luck at best until the factors are determined.

Good luck.

Give up.

Try again when you're bored.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ReallyShawn:
I tried multiple times using the ##3282# mode, with no success. I also tried the ##786# and had no success. I then restored my original nandroid backup when I first put on Froyo 2.2 (Jimmy Krim's Froyo 3.0). The ##3282# mode did not work. However, the first attempt using ##786# worked! Thanks for this thread!
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
I got it. And I know exactly what I did nor is it gimicky!

I realized since everybody else was getting the home screen that the black screen must have been an error that was induced.

Anyways, I tossed it into my microwave to kill any possible signal and left it in there for a while till I figured it would time out. It didn't or at least I didn't leave it in quite long enough. After pulling it out it kept trying for a little bit and eventually gave a message saying it had failed and to update via settings->etc. After closing the message, it was connected to a roaming network. Then I checked my PRI, and it was 1.4!

So yes, there's something weird about that. I still had to update profile to actually get on the network.

Anyways, if you're going to use your microwave (which is handy since you can see what's on the screen) to block the signal.

UNPLUG YOUR ****ING MICROWAVE

This was on Fresh, with RA recovery. I used the 786 method and wiped once.

My guess is that it will work on at least that as well as some/most official based roms and any recovery though.

In any case....where the hell did the 1.4 PRI come from?
[EVO 4G Android Development] rtsirois:
I tried it. Still no luck for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
Did you try both removing it both 30 seconds before timeout and after?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Hrshycro:
I give up on this. I've tired all ways posted several times and my own ways several times. I don't think you can even get it in Idaho!
[EVO 4G Android Development] sopel10:
Taking the battery out worked for me. Thx a lot. Chicago btw

Swyped on Evo CM6
[EVO 4G Android Development] rtsirois:
I didn't try the before it timed out. I will try that now. and let you know.

Edited: I tried it several times all differant ways with no luck.

Edited: I Finally got it to work.:p After it timed out I pulled the battery and left it out over night for about

10 hours. After the phone booted up and did the activation I had the PRI Version 1.40_003.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Briz600:
Finally after many methods this is what worked for me.

Running OTA2.2 Rooted

##786#

Reboot into Recovery

Wipe Data/Cache

Install Latest Fresh

Hands Free Activation

IMO 1.4 wasn't worth my effort
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
Finally, I got it in Indianapolis.

I'll give my way which is pretty basic as the others...

I tried forever on netarchys and steelh stock roms with amon-ra 1.7.0.1 with various ##3282# and ##786# methods without any luck.

Last night got the latest amon-ra 1.8.0 and tried with netarchys twice this morning(both ##786#) and was a no go.

So, here is what worked...

While in netarchys rom hit the ##786# when it went into amon-ra I wiped cache>dalvik cache>cache>dalvik cache then proceeded to flash Fresh Evo 3.1.0.2 and let it boot up. I waited about 10 seconds after the lock screen showed up and swiped it to unlock it and then it proceeded to do the hands free and then voila I had 1.40.

EDIT: That is awesome...I just read your post Briz and we both have the same method that worked. Hopefully, this will now work for others.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Mbai2:
Didn't work for me. I must just be unlucky. I've tried different ROMs, different kernels, battery pulls, resets, wipes, in every single combination but still no luck over the past two days. I'm in Chicago. I wish Sprint would hurry up and put a legit update out so we wouldn't have to practice black magic just to update the PRI.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mastermarc:
this is essentially the same thing i did. Same success. Seems like people having lots of issues probably have the old RA which does not wipe the cache correctly (as i've heard)
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
The old RA wiped cache fine. Clockwork recovery had problems with it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
for you that have had success with the 1.40 update what version is your hboot?
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
I don't think it matters as I'm on the eng build as well as probably half the people here are.

I believe it is more of just hope and pray than anything else.
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
I think your probably right I am just grasping at straws here. I went from the 76.200 to 79 hboot and no dice.
[EVO 4G Android Development] enigmatl:
Is this the rom that is being referred to?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=743781

[ROM] UPDATED 8/7 HTC Froyo 2.2, *FINAL*, v3.26.651.6 (Rooted) DeOdexed RevE.1

And if so, he has several, will the first version do? A little bit of specifics from those who got it working will go a long way.
[EVO 4G Android Development] liny515:
Worked fine on baked snack 1.25. No wipe. Just ran the ##786# and reset.
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Tried about 20 times with various roms including stock rooted and no luck. Giving up for the night and will try again tomorrow.
[EVO 4G Android Development] autoprime:
here's something i'd love if someone could test for me... does the pri update come from the activation step.. or the prl step? my prl step always fails.. but the first activation step is successful(mdn/msid program ota... 3g data does not provision and prl update fails).

so.. after a ##786# reboot is anyone able to hit "Cancel" during the PRL update and still get the updated pri?
[EVO 4G Android Development] woofermazing:
Well that will certainly speed up the process for everyone else.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Some of the rooted users are having better luck flashing to a stock rooted 2.2 to get the update. As far as the overall benefit of 1.40 update I am not seeing much...my ping is faster and about it. Maybe the next update needs the 1.40 thus why they are giving it to us?
[EVO 4G Android Development] woofermazing:
Don't think you guys need to do any dalvik/cache wiping, and certainly not twice. I only did each once. Some did it without any.
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
Where are you located?
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
South Jersey near Atlantic City.
[EVO 4G Android Development] pongoface:
I used the very first that he posted, the day after froyo was released.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chandlerw88:
Yeah appreciate it, my phones running fine so iama chill. I used to be a flashaholic, but I haven't used since fresh 3.1 came out and I'm happy with my performance after updating my kernel so I think ill wait for a zip to come out. I'm just lazy
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheMike1:
Would anyone clarify, is it just the Provisioning/Hands Free Activation that is causing it to update the PRI to 1.40? Or is part of it the wipe itself?

Thanks :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
it works!!!

mine took about 10 tries, and i went from calk, to damage, to a stock odexed, not deo, not that it matters, stock kernal, and it worked second try with stock rom. it does work, no matter what people say, and since i was already fully rooted, and didnt download any zips or use unrevoked, i will confirm that this isnt a hex or anything like that, it is real!! dont give up, like the cowboys just did tonight!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] firsttimer44:
you might not "need" to but it's better safe than sorry. Might as well do the cautious thing than have to repeat the steps over again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] liny515:
NY. No wiped needed so its definitely coming from the reactivation. I would guess its during the provisions and not the prl since we can initiate a prl update any time.
[EVO 4G Android Development] v1pe:
When you guys did this, did you let the Firmware Update check go through?

I'm afraid it's going to apply one of the OTA's...so I canceled it. My PRI didn't update this time, but I want to make sure it's not because I didn't let the firmware update go through...
[EVO 4G Android Development] nugzo:
Worked 2nd try for me. I've been a little sick today so i wiped my butt like 4 times on the 2nd try. I used OPs suggested rom. North Carolina
[EVO 4G Android Development] xxbabiboi228xx:
Confirming it work for me on second try running SteelH rev.e1 rooted rom and did not unroot me after update.

And here is the a link to cdma workshop step by step insructions to recieve your msl code.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697487
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sporkman:
will this wipe the root ? or will i still be able to flash other roms ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Mikedick:
^^

How I got mine. This method also worked for me, 4th try, Fresh 3.1.0.1. Speeds are the same, 1.2 down, 1 up, but the latency dropped by 150-200 and is now down to 103ms. Only thing I needed to change was the recovery to RA, and Rom Manager is wonderful for jumping recoveries. I think the update applying is luck of the draw though...
[EVO 4G Android Development] zuredealz:
is this a true PRI update?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bluediablito:
why is it that everything else can be flash but the pri?

there must be more logic on how to update it other than pure luck.....

today i spend my whole day off walking around in nyc connecting to different tower and trying different method to try to update my rom...... and still the same pri no update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Because as of yet...the file/files that contain the PRI cannot be accessed so they can be extracted for a flash. It is within the same principle that no access has been granted to actually root Froyo 2.2. The root method now basically only allows you to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1...then get root...the update back to 2.2 and keep root. If you are ok with using unrevoked then just do that root method and you should be completly stock with root...including PRI 1.40.
[EVO 4G Android Development] intheb0x:
im on AC roms 2.2 and these codes dont do anything for me, i enter them in the call screen right?

they just dissapere after entering the last #, i dont really know what to do...

help?
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Some ROMS don't give you ## access...try one of the other rooted 2.2 roms.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bluediablito:
stock rom give you ### access
[EVO 4G Android Development] intheb0x:
updating my PRI made it SLOWER,

does anyone know how to GO BACK to the PRI everyone had?!?
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
You will have to re-root the way you originally rooted...that is what caused the PRI downgrade...only way to get it back to 1.34. Not real sure you really want to do that though...maybe just experiment with a few different ROMs/Kernels and see how you are would be my suggestion. It is way to much trouble to get it back to 1.40 and it may be in our best efforts to keep it updated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] intheb0x:
thanks for the reply.

before i loaded this i had really fast speeds, now they are slow.

what im going to do is wait until tomorrow night and test my speeds throughout the day, if its not fast all over the place and stays this speed, i guess thats what im going to have to do..

it could just be something with the towers right now or something like that making the speeds slow.

so is their a easy way of downgrading to 2.1 so i can RE simple root? because if this doesnt change its going to drive me crazy.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
I haven't really thought about how to downgrade it much...LOL!!! I believe you could just do the first step in the how to root guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765496 but do not do the second step. Then you have a rooted 2.1...to downgrade the PRI from there use simple root. That would get you rooted 2.1 with 1.34 PRI. I say just wait it out...LOL!!!

Edit: I advise against it once again but it can be achieved.
[EVO 4G Android Development] intheb0x:
ive wiped 2 different times now and tried 2 different roms, the speed wont budge over 400kbs...

it has to be this PRI..

i even went outside and it wont move, this is really pissing me off.

if it doesnt change by tomorrow im downgrading and re rooting.
[EVO 4G Android Development] codyco83:
I tried to get 1.4 over and over using the ##786# and wipe cache/dalvik cache with no luck. then I found a way that worked the firsi time on two evos.

##786#

When in recovery, wipe dalvik cacheX2

wipe cacheX2

wipe data/factory reset

reboot

When one of them restarted it didn't go through the network setup and couldn't make calls, but it was easy to fix, just do ##786# again and reboot without wiping anything.
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
where did you get this file? did you try flashing it? please update us! thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] cowfodder:
Finally got it. Traveling through rural Indiana. 786 method, restored my nandroid and it went through. Virus Rom.

From my Evo to your eyeballs.
[EVO 4G Android Development] touchemupent:
This is exactly what I did and have had no issues. Freshrom newest version has all the fixes with the voicemail fix. Unrevoked 3 and then forever. Now i use Bakedsnacks newest Rom. 99.9 percent perfect!
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
Has anybody tried that so called 1.40 pri zip file on page 98?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dodgeboy:
I'm also interested in this. I'm a bit skeptical, as the user that posted it only has 2 posts, but I'm hopeful as well... If someone tries this, please update the thread!

Thanks,

Dave
[EVO 4G Android Development] asrebel:
+1

Get 4G here, but can't get 1.40
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
page 99...first I have seen of it. I doubt it is true or we would have heard alot more about it. There was a guy who just hex edited the actual PRI number so it showed 1.40 but did not actually update it and may have just zipped up his method. Not real sure but I highly doubt it is a true update----might see pri 1.4 but it might not be 1.40...
[EVO 4G Android Development] intheb0x:
the PRI file is the only thing that is NOT flashable, it is part of a .img and cannot be flashed as of yet.

as for the PRI, upgrading to this pri doing the ##768 thing WORKED, but my speeds DROPPED because of this..

i somehow got my phone back to the 1.34 file without downgrading or re rooting,

if anyone cares to know ill post the steps, but as of now my speeds are back to normal 800-1.5mbs down with the 1.34 file.

with this upgraded file i couldnt get it past 400kbs for the life of me, inside or outside....

if it aint broke, then dont fix it!!

if your happy with it and its getting good speeds as of right now then i wouldnt mess with this at all.
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
I said I would check back in the thread with an update with a location change.

To recap... tried multiple times to get the PRI update while in Los Angeles... Van Nuys to be exact with no luck. Did everything and more mentioned throughout this thread. 786, 3282, reflash, deletes, downgrades etc...nothing worked.

Im now in Washington DC. I flashed the stock 3.26 OTA, and immediately did a 786 reset. First shot, got the PRI update.

I truly believe its where youre located. There is no other rhyme or reason why it worked for me this time, vs all the others besides the location change.

Best of luck to those of you still trying
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
woooops ur right...page 99. oh ok, yeah i didn't want to be the guinea pig to flash this hehehe. thanks buddy!
[EVO 4G Android Development] apcplaza:
From page 1

Update 8/28/2010 by chummer360 worked for me after trying all the methods found here at xda.
[EVO 4G Android Development] arausch:
Same here!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] oodlexaps:
What would Sprint tell us if we called and asked to have the PRI updated?
[EVO 4G Android Development] lafrad:
Mine worked mine worked!

Been trying for days.

Fresh 3.2.0.0.

##786#

wipe everything between 4 and 10 times in RA 1.8.0

"power off" in RA 1.8.0

remove battery, go do stuff for an hour.

Turn on and *BAM* good!

just don't "bypass" PRL update.... now I got an old PRL and data seems broken :(

UPDATE:

I did ANOTHER factory reset... and my PRI went back to 1.34!!!! GAH!!!!! DON'T Skip any steps!
[EVO 4G Android Development] forcelite:
So if the PRI is not flashable, how did us with 1.4 end up flashing 1.34 PRI and now stuck at that?

It seems there is a way,

Force
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
I'm giving up for now unless there is a new method...been trying for a month now and can't seem to get it. that leads me to believe it is all about location, but who knows anymore!
[EVO 4G Android Development] onelovekir:
exactly!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] htc_touch_mn:
We rooted a second phone on Wed, After trying this method it updated the PRI on the second try. My existing rooted phone that we had just flashed with an updated ROM took at least 8 tries and still nothing. We were at the exact same desk at the same time.

I continued 2 more times on my drive home on Wed, still no update.

Last night at home, I though I would try it a few more times, it took on the first try.

Go figure, I can't explain it.

I do suggest using Anon RA instead of Clockworks and doing the wipe 2 times
[EVO 4G Android Development] dan0412:
I finally got the 1.40_003 PRI update moments ago.... using this method.

I used Amon RA recovery 1.80 + Fresh 3.2.0.0 ROM; got the update at 2nd try. I have just restored my NAND backup.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Mediocrates:
I've tried all the posts, and almost gave up, but this worked. Skip the Nand backup if you don't have anything on the present rom to save. This will NOT screw up your SDcard in ANY way!

1. NAND backup. I'm on the newest amon RA recovery (v1.8.0)

2. Make sure you have your MSL (download MSL Reader in the market "root users only") and do a ##786# reset

3. Go to the Wipe option on the Main menu once it reboots into recovery, forget the factory reset option and the sd ext option, {what you want is the cache, and the dalvik-cache wipe}. Please wipe cache first, then dalvik-cache, then go back and wipe cache, then dalvik-cache again in that order. I never had to pull battery, I've done this on 3 phones running various roms, and it worked first try on each one!

Once you reboot after doing the cache wipes, let it run through the hands free activation without cancelling anything, and check the PRI. If you have the same experience I did, you will have the new PRI first try. Good luck!!! :D

I think the important part to keep in mind, is the ONLY difference in ALL the other methods I used was this time I did it in this order:

1.Wipe Cache

2.Wipe Dalvik-Cache

3.Wipe Cache

3.Wipe Dalvik-Cache
[EVO 4G Android Development] mayfly82:
Did not work for me. I too am convinced it has to do with location.I have tried every method listed here. I am in Vermont :confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
Just to be safe...have you tried this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768879

It seems to have a fairly high success rate.
[EVO 4G Android Development] holeshot77:
worked on the first try. Thank you for this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ariel7978@gmail.com:
Forgive me if your question has been answered........I used speed test but was then told about Xtremelabs Speedtest. Look for it in the market place.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ariel7978@gmail.com:
I'm on thread #133 so please excuse me if this has already been answered.........I did NOT have to call Sprint for my MSL. I did some research and found that the Market Place has an MSL reader called "MSL Reader." Load this up and it will read your MSL.
[EVO 4G Android Development] CharlyDigital:
Finally! Today using 786 method on second attempt it updated. I used fresh 3.2. I am in AZ.

Sent from inside your house...
[EVO 4G Android Development] athlet1c:
Success....... Thanks for the heads up worked for me with the rooted stock rom
[EVO 4G Android Development] mayfly82:
I tried that method as well and still no dice. I think that I have tried every possible method listed in these forums. C'est la vie.
[EVO 4G Android Development] akarol:
Got it done in Washington, DC. Had tried all different methods and when I finally said ENOUGH, that's when it worked. Lol! Yay!
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
Me too, nothing works.
[EVO 4G Android Development] slf123:
Two times

I tried all of the different ways also and could not get it. But I finally got it this past weekend. I think I was making a mistake by only trying one time then restoring and then trying again. I think you have to try the first time and if you did not get it go right to dialing ##786# again. When it reactivated and came back up I got it on the second time. Good luck!
[EVO 4G Android Development] afreed1:
tried the step by step and it worked the first time after a few attempts with other methods.
[EVO 4G Android Development] hondoslack:
I think this whole "you MUST flash cache then dalvik then cache then dalvik", etc, etc is a whole pile of hooey. It HAS to be 100% related to your location, and what towers -> servers you're connecting to. It has nothing to do with some magic potion combination of flashing, etc. If you have your MSL, the ##DATA# method should work, as it did for several individuals, but only if you can reach the "right" servers.

I for one am not wasting any more precious time with this. Although, I may give the ##DATA# method a try next time I'm in a different (more densly populated) area of town.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nuckadamus:
After numerous attempts with 3282 and 786 all over los angeles finally worked with this method

1 flashed amon ra 1.8.0

2 flashed fresh evo 3.2

3 used ##786# with wiping cache and davalik twice.

4 pri 1.4 acquired

In pasadena
[EVO 4G Android Development] hondoslack:
Another question is, isn't the PRI tied to the engineering SPL we have to use to root these? THAT (the SPL) is what downgraded us all to 1.34 is it not?
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
for some of you that cant get the PRI update what HW Version is your phone? I have 002. Not sure it it has anything to do with it just thinking outloud to see if there is anything that makes sense on this. I live in Olathe KS which is only about 15 min Sprint World HQ and have tried and tried and tried to get the PRI update with no luck. I am in Atlanta this week and tried several of the methods with no luck here either. At one point i had 1.40_003 on my phone and hosed up my phone and had to re-root it and lost my 140_003 and back on 1.34. I really think it has something to do with your account on the sprint network. Not sure why i think that but than again no of this maken sense.