I'm getting an alltel cdma hero and I live in an area where Verizon has amazing coverage and alltel is poor at best. I was wondering if I would be able to use a radio from an eris on my hero?
Using a Verizon radio doesn't mean you get to use Verizons towers.
I forgot to mention I use a verizon prl too
I don't think you'll use their towers unless you are roaming. However, I use a Verizon radio on my Sprint Hero and have waaaay better service. So, try them out.
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I forgot to mention I use a verizon prl too
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Here is how I understand PRL to work:
It is not a list of all of the "home network" towers. If you are using a Verizon PRL, you will be using Verizons "negotiated" towers. These towers are from other providers, not Verizon.
I kind of doubt there is a way to snake into their network without being on their network. Ya know what I am saying?
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Here is how I understand PRL to work:
It is not a list of all of the "home network" towers. If you are using a Verizon PRL, you will be using Verizons "negotiated" towers. These towers are from other providers, not Verizon.
I kind of doubt there is a way to snake into their network without being on their network. Ya know what I am saying?[/QUOTE
I know what a prl does and on my htc diamond it defaults to the verizon network except for when im using ev-do data. I know this because my phone shows the 1x symbol im on my home network and when i dial out on *228 i get verizon and if i dial a number i cant reach i get verizon indicating that my alltel phone thinks verizon is its home network, but other than that all my questions have been answered thanks guys.
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I don't think you'll use their towers unless you are roaming. However, I use a Verizon radio on my Sprint Hero and have waaaay better service. So, try them out.
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wouldnt this be bricking the phone?
eagles16 said:
wouldnt this be bricking the phone?
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No, because it's still a CDMA radio.
Where can we get a Verizon radio?
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Regarding the Verizon radio, are you talking about the radio for the Eris dump? ALSO: I came across a VERY peculiar thread in the Evo section. It talks about how alltel was bought out by Verizon, and you can use an Alltel PRL to use Verizon's towers for signal, but still stay on Sprint. It's kind of confusing, but awesome (if it will work for us): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
I just done it d/l speeds are bout 20-30kbps faster and u/l speeds bout 60-70kbps faster
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Is there any way to unlock a T-Mobile G1 for Metro PCS? And if it's possible will everything on the G1 still work like normal? (apps/market/etc) Any thoughts/suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
You can unlock the phone through TMO if you have an account, or through a pay-to-unlock provider if you dont. Everything will work as usual on a different carrier except for 3G. The G1 is hard coded to only receive only TMO's 3G signals.
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Is there any way to unlock a T-Mobile G1 for Metro PCS? And if it's possible will everything on the G1 still work like normal? (apps/market/etc) Any thoughts/suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
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I'm pretty sure MetroPCS operates on CDMA networks, not GSM so I'm going to go with no
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I'm pretty sure MetroPCS operates on CDMA networks, not GSM so I'm going to go with no
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You can unlock the phone, but it will only work on GSM carriers
Wait, No 3G for other carriers outside of T-MO?
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Wait, No 3G for other carriers outside of T-MO?
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ATT 3G will not work due to the frequencies. They must have matching crystals. a rogers dream will work on ATT's 3G network
Has their been any development on running a Vibrant modem on the Captivate to enable 3G?
you mean running a captivate on tmobile using 3g? I could be wrong but isn't what is limiting that, the phone hardware and not modem software? not sure
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You right. It is hardware based. You will never be able to get AT&T 3G on a T-mobile phone and vise versa.
zelendel said:
You right. It is hardware based. You will never be able to get AT&T 3G on a T-mobile phone and vise versa.
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Im pretty sure u can run a captivate on tmo 3g but not a vibrant on att 3g. Or the other way around. One way u can.
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There is a version of the vibrent I think from Canada that uses the same 3g bands as att. I have both the captivate and the vibrent from T-Mobile and 3g doesn't work on either if I swap the sim cards
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Im using my t-mo vibrant unlocked on at&t. I also get 3g. The captivate unfortunately does not pick up the t-mo 1700mhz 3g.
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Im using my t-mo vibrant unlocked on at&t. I also get 3g. The captivate unfortunately does not pick up the t-mo 1700mhz 3g.
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How's the coverage and speed? Have you run a speed test? Would love to see a screen shot of this.
I'm assuming you're rooted, btw....
Hmm.. I had tried to use my brothers Nexus 1 T-Mo with my AT&T sim and I could only get Edge.
I could have sworn that the two networks are incompatible due to the internal modems and the bands that they are using like zelendel said before.
Otherwise I would've gotten my hands on a Nexus S
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Hmm.. I had tried to use my brothers Nexus 1 T-Mo with my AT&T sim and I could only get Edge.
I could have sworn that the two networks are incompatible due to the internal modems and the bands that they are using like zelendel said before.
Otherwise I would've gotten my hands on a Nexus S
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From what I remember reading AT&T uses three bands for data and T-mobile only uses one.
So I live in central Wisconsin and have a Milestone that is just sitting on my desk. I would love to get it running so it will work on the Verizon network. I know this is possible. I have it Flashed as a droid, my friend did this for me, but the PRL isn't correct. Any help/advice? I want to be able to sell this thing to have extra cash.
Thanks
uh Droid is CDMA and Milestone is GSM.
I'm in Canada so I really don't know if Verizon has a GSM network.
It definitely has CDMA since Droids run on it.
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uh Droid is CDMA and Milestone is GSM.
I'm in Canada so I really don't know if Verizon has a GSM network.
It definitely has CDMA since Droids run on it.
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Alltel used Verizon towers to roam so it should be the same. Plus Verizon bought out most of Alltel.
Does anyone have the latest Non-LTE Verizon PRL? I figure Motorola DROID 3 would be the best place to ask.
I'm also looking for the Alltel Preferred PRL too
I believe the latest one for LTE devices is 14008, but I'm also looking for the Non-LTE one. Can anyone help me out?
How do you get the prl ?
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Qpst. When I get to a computer ill link you to a thread that'll tell you how to do it
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VZW AC II/NW EVDO PRL 52644 from 12/08/2011.
http://db.tt/0yLfGrlw
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VZW AC II/NW EVDO PRL 52644 from 12/08/2011.
http://db.tt/0yLfGrlw
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Can't use it, that's an lte prl.
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Can't use it, that's an lte prl.
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Definitely NOT an LTE PRL. I got it from the PRL sticky thread on HowardForums Verizon Wireless. It is the latest current NationWide EvDO PRL. I didn't pull it from my phone because I don't have a 3G phone activated right now, but I did load it on my D3 with QPST and it is definitely a valid EvDO PRL.
I happen to have a Chinese xt883 radio running on my D3 with a T Mobile SIM, and this PRL works when loaded with QPST to run a VZW service programming on that radio and allows the phone to run in Global mode with GSM service active. This is the same way I had it setup with the prior 52341 PRL that I have from when the device was last activated on VZW.
LTE PRLs start with 140xx or 150xx and the latest that I am aware of is 15098 which I have on my LTE SIM for Bionic/D4/GNex.
The Alltel preferred PRLs start with 570xx or 580xx and I am not certain of the latest but they don't update those frequently as those areas affected are static.
I have a very large number of PRLs, mostly VZW EvDO ACII/NW as those are the ones I have pulled from my own devices for years, but I know where to get almost any PRL you might need from friends.
This is the PRL you asked for though.
Send my regards to Ken!
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Definitely NOT an LTE PRL. I got it from the PRL sticky thread on HowardForums Verizon Wireless. It is the latest current NationWide EvDO PRL. I didn't pull it from my phone because I don't have a 3G phone activated right now, but I did load it on my D3 with QPST and it is definitely a valid EvDO PRL.
I happen to have a Chinese xt883 radio running on my D3 with a T Mobile SIM, and this PRL works when loaded with QPST to run a VZW service programming on that radio and allows the phone to run in Global mode with GSM service active. This is the same way I had it setup with the prior 52341 PRL that I have from when the device was last activated on VZW.
LTE PRLs start with 140xx or 150xx and the latest that I am aware of is 15098 which I have on my LTE SIM for Bionic/D4/GNex.
The Alltel preferred PRLs start with 570xx or 580xx and I am not certain of the latest but they don't update those frequently as those areas affected are static.
I have a very large number of PRLs, mostly VZW EvDO ACII/NW as those are the ones I have pulled from my own devices for years, but I know where to get almost any PRL you might need from friends.
This is the PRL you asked for though.
Send my regards to Ken!
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That's definitely it. I'm on a Verizon plan but an Alltel convert and it's what I have on my D3.
Okay fair, enough. So this is the absolute latest one?
Is there an Alltel Preferred Non-LTE PRL? The 14XXX are the Alltel Preferred LTE PRLs, that I know for a fact.
Is it 58008? Because I actually have that.
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Okay fair, enough. So this is the absolute latest one?
Is there an Alltel Preferred Non-LTE PRL? The 14XXX are the Alltel Preferred LTE PRLs, that I know for a fact.
Is it 58008? Because I actually have that.
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VZW AC II/NW EVDO PRL 52644 from 12/08/2011.
http://db.tt/0yLfGrlw
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the link has expered. Can you please upload the most recent Vzw nationwide EVDO PRL for EVDO modems and aircards ?
To start with, kudos for this site. I have been reading it many times and am amazed at the community of developers around here.
Secondly, I searched but couldn't find my answer anywhere. And lastly, I apologize to the moderators if I posted this in the wrong place.
Anyway, here is my question: I have 2 HTC One right now, one is from Sprint and the other from AT&T. Here where I live, Sprint will only go on GSM networks but AT&T goes on the 4G LTE network. Both phones are unlocked since I am using them in Canada.
Is it possible to flash the Sprint phone with an AT&T Rom so I can force it to go on the 4G LTE network like my original AT&T does? I am in the impression that there are not many different phones except many carriers have specific bands that they use.
MAny thanks to those who will guide me in the right direction.
Bigdps
bigdps said:
To start with, kudos for this site. I have been reading it many times and am amazed at the community of developers around here.
Secondly, I searched but couldn't find my answer anywhere. And lastly, I apologize to the moderators if I posted this in the wrong place.
Anyway, here is my question: I have 2 HTC One right now, one is from Sprint and the other from AT&T. Here where I live, Sprint will only go on GSM networks but AT&T goes on the 4G LTE network. Both phones are unlocked since I am using them in Canada.
Is it possible to flash the Sprint phone with an AT&T Rom so I can force it to go on the 4G LTE network like my original AT&T does? I am in the impression that there are not many different phones except many carriers have specific bands that they use.
MAny thanks to those who will guide me in the right direction.
Bigdps
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no you can't flash a gsm rom on to a sprint phone. sprint is cdma. you'll mess up or brick your phone.
bigdps said:
To start with, kudos for this site. I have been reading it many times and am amazed at the community of developers around here.
Secondly, I searched but couldn't find my answer anywhere. And lastly, I apologize to the moderators if I posted this in the wrong place.
Anyway, here is my question: I have 2 HTC One right now, one is from Sprint and the other from AT&T. Here where I live, Sprint will only go on GSM networks but AT&T goes on the 4G LTE network. Both phones are unlocked since I am using them in Canada.
Is it possible to flash the Sprint phone with an AT&T Rom so I can force it to go on the 4G LTE network like my original AT&T does? I am in the impression that there are not many different phones except many carriers have specific bands that they use.
MAny thanks to those who will guide me in the right direction.
Bigdps
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You may want to list your specific carrier, but pretty sure Sprint's One only supports 1900MHz-band LTE.
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You may want to list your specific carrier, but pretty sure Sprint's One only supports 1900MHz-band LTE.
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This is correct. The sprint One will not be able to use AT&T's LTE on 700mhz.
Can't understand something.
I am on Virgin Mobile. When I use the Sprint phone, it says GSM as my connection. When I use my AT&T phone, I get either 4G alone or with the LTE symbol below it.
Both phones has the same menu when I do the *#*#4636#*#* so can someone explain why I can't get 4G on Sprint using the same SIM card?
I thought they only made one phone and added the rom that best suited the carriers.
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I am on Virgin Mobile. When I use the Sprint phone, it says GSM as my connection. When I use my AT&T phone, I get either 4G alone or with the LTE symbol below it.
Both phones has the same menu when I do the *#*#4636#*#* so can someone explain why I can't get 4G on Sprint using the same SIM card?
I thought they only made one phone and added the rom that best suited the carriers.
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Nope, it's much more than just software. There are several models of the One that HTC manufactures so they can optimize the antenna design to various regions/carriers.
The Sprint model can connect to the following frequencies (link):
2G/2.5G - GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
3G - UMTS/ HSPA: 1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps
3G - CDMA: 800/1900 MHz for Sprint
4G - LTE: Sprint: 1900 MHz
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I wonder than why it doesn't connect any higher than GSM? I mean Virgin has roughly the same frequencies as Sprint if I go by the chart you provided. Never thought this was going to be that complicated...
Hope I'm not hijacking this thread, but I'm also interested in trying to flash a WWE rom (non carrier specific) to my phone, while I do have a sprint htc one. I reside in a region that only utilizes GSM so i don't need support for CDMA. Higher up in the thread someone stated that doing so would lead to bricking the device, but has anyone ever tried?
You can get psuedo-4g on gsm using the sprint model, you just wont be able to tell because it will only say gsm. 14.4mbps is the 4g you get with att unless it says LTE along with it, then you are connected to att lte.
The sprint model only has the LTE radio for sprints LTE in the USA. If you slid a tmo sim in your att phone, it wouldnt be able tp connect to LTE eother since they ise different bandz as well.
Hope that made sense
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Hope I'm not hijacking this thread, but I'm also interested in trying to flash a WWE rom (non carrier specific) to my phone, while I do have a sprint htc one. I reside in a region that only utilizes GSM so i don't need support for CDMA. Higher up in the thread someone stated that doing so would lead to bricking the device, but has anyone ever tried?
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Yes, many have done that. A quick search in the general section will turn up several threads with a similar title of "I accidentally flashed a GSM ROM on my Sprint One and now it's bricked." The solution is to ruu back and you can get it working, but I WOULD NOT FLASH ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SPRINT ROM FOR A SPRINT PHONE.
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You can get psuedo-4g on gsm using the sprint model, you just wont be able to tell because it will only say gsm. 14.4mbps is the 4g you get with att unless it says LTE along with it, then you are connected to att lte.
The sprint model only has the LTE radio for sprints LTE in the USA. If you slid a tmo sim in your att phone, it wouldnt be able tp connect to LTE eother since they ise different bandz as well.
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Dont even need to get 4g working, I have WiFi everywhere I go.
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Yes, many have done that. A quick search in the general section will turn up several threads with a similar title of "I accidentally flashed a GSM ROM on my Sprint One and now it's bricked." The solution is to ruu back and you can get it working, but I WOULD NOT FLASH ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SPRINT ROM FOR A SPRINT PHONE.
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Sigh, if only i knew that purchasing the sprint version would have been like buying the bastard child of the htc ones...
demogorgon15 said:
Dont even need to get 4g working, I have WiFi everywhere I go.
Sigh, if only i knew that purchasing the sprint version would have been like buying the bastard child of the htc ones...
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So then...whats the problem you seem to believe sprints version is the only one without att LTE, when in reality, the inly one with att LTE is the att version.
You cant flash a tmo rom on your att version even though theyre both gsm.
You cant flash a verizon rom on your spribt phone even though theyre both cdma.
Like i told you, 14.4 mbps is HSPA aka "4g" on tmobile and att. And you keep saying "it only goes upto GSM". Do you even know what youre talking about? Put the sim in your sprint phone, you will get "4g" GSM speeds. Use an app like sppedtest to try it out. "4g lte" means you are connected to the lte network.
If you get wifi everywhere you go, i honestly dont understand the point of this thread.
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So then...whats the problem you seem to believe sprints version is the only one without att LTE, when in reality, the inly one with att LTE is the att version.
You cant flash a tmo rom on your att version even though theyre both gsm.
You cant flash a verizon rom on your spribt phone even though theyre both cdma.
Like i told you, 14.4 mbps is HSPA aka "4g" on tmobile and att. And you keep saying "it only goes upto GSM". Do you even know what youre talking about? Put the sim in your sprint phone, you will get "4g" GSM speeds. Use an app like sppedtest to try it out. "4g lte" means you are connected to the lte network.
If you get wifi everywhere you go, i honestly dont understand the point of this thread.
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This isn't my thread, your confusing me with the person who started this thread and also mixing up our statements.
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This isn't my thread, your confusing me with the person who started this thread and also mixing up our statements.
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Exactly. I don't even know anymore if I have had a straight answer or not!
I found a link somewhere on this site that shows Sprint phones in their lonely category. I guess it does look like the Sprint HTC One phone was made with leftovers, sort of the black sheep of the family.
I so wanted to be able to transform it in a 4G LTE working phone but now, it looks likes it's a pipe dream after all:crying:.
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This isn't my thread, your confusing me with the person who started this thread and also mixing up our statements.
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LOL yeah oops sorry. Thats what happens with assumptions
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