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Was wondering if anyone knew someone that can add my Bionics ESN to Metro. Ive been over to howard forums but noone responds. If so PM me
The Bionic and other LTE phones don't use ESNs for network registration- it's all SIM based. Combine that with the unique frequencies used by Verizon LTE and you have a phone that won't work on any other network. Sorry. :/
Weird, I can access the CDMA part just fine, ##program send. And there's a guy on another forum that has it on cricket? I'm not trying to get it all working just talk and text.
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are there a way to get a bad esn bionic phone to be able to activate on a verizon network?
of course besides from going to verizon store and find out what is wrong with it then resolve the issues either by paying the amount that is due on the phone or if its a stolen product
thanx in advance for your help
I am rather new to GSM phones, but I have been using CDMA for awhile and wanted to know, is there a way to get a new PRL and put this phone on the postpaid tmobile network? Just a question, Im not even sure if GSM uses PRL's xD
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I am rather new to GSM phones, but I have been using CDMA for awhile and wanted to know, is there a way to get a new PRL and put this phone on the postpaid tmobile network? Just a question, Im not even sure if GSM uses PRL's xD
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If you mean a plan where you sign a contract and pay every month, then my family has a plan that is postpaid, we have the value plan( much better than the classic if the classic still exists) and there are no prls needed. Prls are for flashing CDMA phones to a new provider. For example, sprint evo 4g to boost mobile. I have never heard of a prl used on a gsm phone but i could be wrong.
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Someone linked a thread that has lots of detail on what they did to get a $30 plan (I think prepaid) ,unlimited 5GB data , text, and 100 min talk. So if u can use WiFi calling I suppose it seems practical. I cant find the link but if I searched long enough I bet I could.
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Someone linked a thread that has lots of detail on what they did to get a $30 plan (I think prepaid) ,unlimited 5GB data , text, and 100 min talk. So if u can use WiFi calling I suppose it seems practical. I cant find the link but if I searched long enough I bet I could.
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I have this plan. WiFi calling counts against your minutes though.
OP ensure you title your threads for future reference, Thank You.
How does it work? Would I b connecting to a 4g network if availiable? Will I get charged more?
The main people who use roam only are those who have better Verizon than Sprint coverage. They flash a corporate prl and get full Verizon coverage. I don't believe you'll get lte with roam only on.
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I have excellent Verizon coverage out here...maybe I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the reply.
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How do we try this? I'm new to cdma phones
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My Sprint service is moderate to poor. Loaded a corporate prl and use roam only in vipers Rom and have excellent service now. Still testing the waters with Sprint to see what I can get away with without getting into roaming issues. Using maybe 50/50 currently.
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Hi,
I switched to sprint for the One (came from verizon). Absolutely fed up with not having service anywhere...am currently running viperrom.
I activated roam only, but I dont know where to get a corporate PRL for verizon... verizon has great service in my area and I'd like to keep my phone on verizons network.
Can anyone help me out?
Thank you very much
atahmas2 said:
Hi,
I switched to sprint for the One (came from verizon). Absolutely fed up with not having service anywhere...am currently running viperrom.
I activated roam only, but I dont know where to get a corporate PRL for verizon... verizon has great service in my area and I'd like to keep my phone on verizons network.
Can anyone help me out?
Thank you very much
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880781
You will need your msl to change your prl though. Just goto sprints website and use the support chat applet and ask for you msl. If they wont give it to you just close the chat and redo it till one gives it to you. Then when you have your msl upload the prl of your choosing to your phone, goto the dialer and do ##778# and click edit mode, enter your six digit msl number. Go down to PRL and click update prl and browse to where you saved the prl on your phone, save, commit modifications then it will reboot.
Note that Sprint only allows upto 300mb of roaming data before they can do something about it. Not saying they will but they may call you if you use a lot of data roaming in a couple months and say they are gonna let you out of your contract with no early termination fee. Supposedly they will contact you sooner then later if you use a lot of voice minutes roaming, sooner then say using a lot of data. A lot of people do a ton of data roaming on purpose just to get out of their contracts free and clear
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Note that Sprint only allows upto 300mb of roaming data before they can do something about it. Not saying they will but they may call you if you use a lot of data roaming in a couple months and say they are gonna let you out of your contract with no early termination fee. Supposedly they will contact you sooner then later if you use a lot of voice minutes roaming, sooner then say using a lot of data. A lot of people do a ton of data roaming on purpose just to get out of their contracts free and clear
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If this is true wouldn't the device have a bad esn?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880781
You will need your msl to change your prl though. Just goto sprints website and use the support chat applet and ask for you msl. If they wont give it to you just close the chat and redo it till one gives it to you. Then when you have your msl upload the prl of your choosing to your phone, goto the dialer and do ##778# and click edit mode, enter your six digit msl number. Go down to PRL and click update prl and browse to where you saved the prl on your phone, save, commit modifications then it will reboot.
Note that Sprint only allows upto 300mb of roaming data before they can do something about it. Not saying they will but they may call you if you use a lot of data roaming in a couple months and say they are gonna let you out of your contract with no early termination fee. Supposedly they will contact you sooner then later if you use a lot of voice minutes roaming, sooner then say using a lot of data. A lot of people do a ton of data roaming on purpose just to get out of their contracts free and clear
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thanks so much! getting out of my contract is exactly what im trying to do, lol. it sucks because i moved to sprint and lost grandfathered unlimited LTE at verizon...no biggie i guess. i loved LTE tethering though
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If this is true wouldn't the device have a bad esn?
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meaning theyd flag my esn as bad if i tried that? thats bad, id try to sell the phone afterwards. anyone have any insight on this? thanks
on viper rom u can get lte and roam at the same time
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If this is true wouldn't the device have a bad esn?
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No, they just decide to part ways cause they arent making enough money off you when you whore data roaming There are many threads with people doing this, havent heard of them blacklisting the esn.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880781
You will need your msl to change your prl though. Just goto sprints website and use the support chat applet and ask for you msl. If they wont give it to you just close the chat and redo it till one gives it to you. Then when you have your msl upload the prl of your choosing to your phone, goto the dialer and do ##778# and click edit mode, enter your six digit msl number. Go down to PRL and click update prl and browse to where you saved the prl on your phone, save, commit modifications then it will reboot.
Note that Sprint only allows upto 300mb of roaming data before they can do something about it. Not saying they will but they may call you if you use a lot of data roaming in a couple months and say they are gonna let you out of your contract with no early termination fee. Supposedly they will contact you sooner then later if you use a lot of voice minutes roaming, sooner then say using a lot of data. A lot of people do a ton of data roaming on purpose just to get out of their contracts free and clear
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Will this work on stock rooted Sense? I also have roam control installed. I tried ##778# and couldn't get the option to load.
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Will this work on stock rooted Sense? I also have roam control installed. I tried ##778# and couldn't get the option to load.
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How did you get roam control to work I can't get it to work?
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How did you get roam control to work I can't get it to work?
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I just used the 1.4 version that is floating around here. It works on data but the speeds are not great at my house so I want to force it to Verizon.
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I just used the 1.4 version that is floating around here. It works on data but the speeds are not great at my house so I want to force it to Verizon.
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Ahh ok I don't think you can change the prl on stock rooted
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Ahh ok I don't think you can change the prl on stock rooted
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Yeah, I got impatient and installed Viper and a custom PRL. All dandy now...
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on viper rom u can get lte and roam at the same time
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your roaming on voice, the lte is coming from sprint. No sprint devices can "roam" on any other carriers lte network as the radios are not made for that. Its like trying to pick up a radio station when your tuned in to say 106.3 but your wanting to pick up 94.7 while on 106.3 its just not going to happen
So it appears we can no longer use RC on multiple devices with the same activation code.
They are offering RC for $1.00 for a short time so jump on it
I have it installed on my HTC Evo LTE and my HTC One
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I just used the 1.4 version that is floating around here. It works on data but the speeds are not great at my house so I want to force it to Verizon.
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qualitymove13 said:
Yeah, I got impatient and installed Viper and a custom PRL. All dandy now...
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If you are running ViperRom there is no need for roam control app in case you didn't know
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##778# Does Nothing
Hi all,
Although I've rooted and ROM numerous phones in the past, I'd prefer a solution I can help others with without doing the root/ROM dance. ##778# doesn't do anything on my Sprint HTC One. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Hi guys I'm new here to xda. Recently, I've just completed rooting my HTC one and s-off. I currently have the eclipticone rom installed but have NO DATA. Once I turn off the wifi I can't do anything on the internet or receive emails. Is there any roms out there for the HTC one with working everything for sprint?
Hi,
Maybe it's better to take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2215 ?
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Hi guys I'm new here to xda. Recently, I've just completed rooting my HTC one and s-off. I currently have the eclipticone rom installed but have NO DATA. Once I turn off the wifi I can't do anything on the internet or receive emails. Is there any roms out there for the HTC one with working everything for sprint?
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I think I saw a download for Sprint on PAC ROM , but I may be mistaken. I would first look there and then maybe look at the CM ROM. Good luck.
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deetea48601 said:
Hi guys I'm new here to xda. Recently, I've just completed rooting my HTC one and s-off. I currently have the eclipticone rom installed but have NO DATA. Once I turn off the wifi I can't do anything on the internet or receive emails. Is there any roms out there for the HTC one with working everything for sprint?
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You did something wrong. Ecliptic in the Sprint forum is 100% working. As most of the ROMs are.
raptoro07 said:
You did something wrong. Ecliptic in the Sprint forum is 100% working. As most of the ROMs are.
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what could it be?
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what could it be?
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pull down your settings and make sure mobile data is turned on
Fixed it
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Hi guys I'm new here to xda. Recently, I've just completed rooting my HTC one and s-off. I currently have the eclipticone rom installed but have NO DATA. Once I turn off the wifi I can't do anything on the internet or receive emails. Is there any roms out there for the HTC one with working everything for sprint?
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Good news everyone I've solved the problem. Some how my radio signal was set to LTE/Cdma. Sprint said when set to this it trys to pick up LTE or 4g first before picking up cdma.
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Good news everyone I've solved the problem. Some how my radio signal was set to LTE/Cdma. Sprint said when set to this it trys to pick up LTE or 4g first before picking up cdma.
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Would you mind telling me where you are located geographically? I too recently discovered this setting must be set to CDMA only in my area. It's SUPPOSED to connect to 3G when no LTE is available, but for some reason that's not working in my area. And this is a very recent change. About 12 days ago I lost data and it took 3 or 4 days of reboots, reflashes, and phone calls to Sprint before *I* fixed it myself by selecting CDMA only. Sprint never bothered to suggest the change because it's not supposed to matter. I'm baffled by this so it occurred to me you might be in the same area as me.
I'm located in va
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I'm located in va
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Would you mind narrowing it down a bit? Are you in one of the areas served by nTelos? In central and SW VA, there are many areas that do not actually use Sprint towers. Sprint has some sort of partnership with nTelos and I happen to live in one of those areas. I have seen info that indicates nTelos will begin rolling out its 4G network in the latter half of 2013 and it occurred to me that the sudden necessity to set the phone to CDMA Only might be related to the early stages of this roll out. Almost as if they have started the process and are transmitting some sort of partial signal that makes the phone think there is a valid 4G connection, which therefore prevents it from looking for a 3G signal. I may be grasping at straws, but after switching to Sprint 3+ years ago on the promise of "the nations first 4G network" AND paying an extra $10 for the privilege, I would REALLY like to finally have access to something better than Sprint's abysmal service in Charlottesville. :crying:
More info on this subject can be found here:
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3732-ntelos-q1-2013-conference-call/
Your towers may be broadcasting CDMA eHRPD (basically EvDo with an extra layer to help handoff between 4G and 3G). I discovered that with the SIM card in my phone being defective, I could not get data from any towers in my area even on 3G. This was confusing to me because I thought that the SIM card was only for 4G data. When I went to check the network type under the about area in settings, it said CDMA - eHRPD. When I switched my phone to CDMA only, the network type changed to CDMA - EvDo Rev A and my data started to work.
If you are using a phone with a broken SIM this could be the problem. My phone did tell me that the SIM card was not detected though, so I knew it was a problem from the beginning. Your issues could be with the towers in your area instead if your SIM is fine.
Also, there are rumors that Sprint may overbuild into nTelos territory since nTelos was not being obedient to Sprint's demands in rolling out NV at the start. This would be good for me as I travel up central VA once a year or so
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Your towers may be broadcasting CDMA eHRPD (basically EvDo with an extra layer to help handoff between 4G and 3G). I discovered that with the SIM card in my phone being defective, I could not get data from any towers in my area even on 3G. This was confusing to me because I thought that the SIM card was only for 4G data. When I went to check the network type under the about area in settings, it said CDMA - eHRPD. When I switched my phone to CDMA only, the network type changed to CDMA - EvDo Rev A and my data started to work.
If you are using a phone with a broken SIM this could be the problem. My phone did tell me that the SIM card was not detected though, so I knew it was a problem from the beginning. Your issues could be with the towers in your area instead if your SIM is fine.
Also, there are rumors that Sprint may overbuild into nTelos territory since nTelos was not being obedient to Sprint's demands in rolling out NV at the start. This would be good for me as I travel up central VA once a year or so
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Very interesting, thanks for the info! To cloud matters even more, the ROM I'm running right now, a 4.2.2 Sense 5 concoction, doesn't even *HAVE* a CDMA Only option.
And you're right about eHRPD, my phone is reporting that as well. Funny thing is, even without the ability to select CDMA Only, I'm having no problem at all with data now. Oh and one more thing that may or may not matter, I flashed a hacked PRL that forces roaming on VZW, so maybe it only works because I'm not even using nTelos' network at the moment.
All I know is that I want Sprint to get their $hit together in this area so I don't have to jump through hoops just to get reasonable service.
Ok,
So I've searched through this entire QA section and have yet to find a thread related to my question so I'm going to ask.
I recently (as in like monday 05/05/14) updated to KitKat on my Sprint Flex and noticed that my LTE wont kick on...I update my profile and PRL and it will kick on for a split second go grey (gray?) and then go back to 3G. I'm curious, has anyone else encountered this issue or could this be a simple single issue I'm the only on experiencing?
mind you, YES I do live in an LTE enabled area (no Spark ) and my old HTC EVO 4G LTE gets service just fine as does my wife's EVO LTE but my Flex just wont kick it on anymore. I even tried resetting the radio with no luck. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be very appreciative!
Other than this little hiccup, along with the KB issue, this phone is saweet!
How was your service before the kit kat update? FYI you should head over to the S4GRU forums. You will find better sprint support there. Its not a corporate sprint site, its a community of sprint customers that have lots of knowledge of the network.
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I'm convinced that Sprint doesn't want people on their LTE network. They recently started throttling their unlimited customers data once they use over 5Gb. I used a Sprint phone for a short period of time before our company switched to AT&T, and that phone would disconnect from the tower it was using whenever the phone would go idle. I would try to use the internet and it would say "no connection", but the second I made a phone call on it the connection would re-establish. It's all very strange.
Sprint blows and tmobile pays eta jus stating fact
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Sprint blows and tmobile pays eta jus stating fact
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I left Sprint last year for identical reasons. As T-Mobile was the only other carrier to offer unlimited data without hidden throttle points. I had to pay the eta but it was well worth it. Sprint may be better out in the sticks because they have roaming agreements with Verizon but if you live in an urban area you will be ok.
My 4G LTE was badass before the update to KK. I'm very familiar with S4GRU forums. My service has always been great with Sprint, so that's not the issue, I was simply curious if this is simply an isolated incident or if this is becoming a known issue..I'm content with Sprint. I'll have to look at the other forums to see if I'm the only one having issues..
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I had an issue when at my home recently with service. Since the g flex will not connect to data when on a phone call, i noticed that my service would go to nothing or 1 bar. I contacted sprint, and they told me that the 3g portion of the tower was out that i connect to when at home. They said it would be fixed by the end of the day. My advice is to contact sprint. Maybe they can shed some light on the subject. Try to contact them through the chat on the website. They seem more knowledgeable on there.
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I had an issue when at my home recently with service. Since the g flex will not connect to data when on a phone call, i noticed that my service would go to nothing or 1 bar. I contacted sprint, and they told me that the 3g portion of the tower was out that i connect to when at home. They said it would be fixed by the end of the day. My advice is to contact sprint. Maybe they can shed some light on the subject. Try to contact them through the chat on the website. They seem more knowledgeable on there.
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There is only one cell radio on the newer phones so no SVDO/SVLTE no voice/data. Wifi is separate so wifi data will still work.
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OK.
so after I posted this thread i started checking the towers around me and found out i was not the only person reporting issues about this. apparently sprint is secretly updating the towers in Amarillo for spark. this didnt come from some idiot rep at the call center either, this i found out on my own. I verified it this morning and some areas in town my little sun lights up and my speeds are ranging from 15-25mb/s depending on the area of town im in.
I also got a phone call from a friend of mine in Austin because his iFag 5s wasnt able to connect to the interwebs even though he showed LTE to be active. they appear to be updating towers continuously in certina areas. thanks for the info on some of ya'lls part! i guess i just wasnt patient enough and jumped to the conclusion of KK breakin something in my phone.