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odiej34
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YOUR problem is that you ARE a yankee fan. D-Backs win in 7.
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Try it you have nothing to lose.
WizeGuyDezignz
Android Expert
The signal is loose?
Probably needs antenna fluid or something
WizeGuyDezignz
Android Expert
This just in, if you do a *228 and select option 1, at the end of the call, the device will reboot, and a software update to Android 2.1 will be installed on your screen. A new feature will be the Verizon Wireless Teleport Application (VZWTA, as we call it in tech support) You will be able to travel instantaniously to any location on the Verizon Wireless network with a push of a button.
Verizon Wireless - We Never Stop Working For You.
brought to you by a sarcastic VZW tech support rep on his day off reading a forum about how the magical prl update solves all. BS
Verizon Wireless - We Never Stop Working For You.
brought to you by a sarcastic VZW tech support rep on his day off reading a forum about how the magical prl update solves all. BS
Preferred Roaming List - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The above link is a good definition. Below is a condensed version from Phone Scoop. Note the highlighted part.
PRL
(Preferred Roaming List)
The PRL is a list of information that resides in the memory of some kinds of digital phones. It lists the radio frequencies the phone can use in various geographic areas.
The part of the list for each area is ordered by the bands the phone should try to use first. Therefore it's a kind of priority list for which towers the phone should use.
The PRL helps determine which home-network towers to use, and also which towers belonging to other networks to use in roaming situations (areas where the home network has no coverage.) When roaming, the PRL may instruct the phone to use the network with the best roaming rate for the carrier, rather than the one with the strongest signal at the moment.
Since a PRL tells the phone "where" to search for a signal, as carrier networks change over time, an updated PRL may be required for a phone to "see" all of the coverage that it should, both with the home network and for roaming.
The above link is a good definition. Below is a condensed version from Phone Scoop. Note the highlighted part.
PRL
(Preferred Roaming List)
The PRL is a list of information that resides in the memory of some kinds of digital phones. It lists the radio frequencies the phone can use in various geographic areas.
The part of the list for each area is ordered by the bands the phone should try to use first. Therefore it's a kind of priority list for which towers the phone should use.
The PRL helps determine which home-network towers to use, and also which towers belonging to other networks to use in roaming situations (areas where the home network has no coverage.) When roaming, the PRL may instruct the phone to use the network with the best roaming rate for the carrier, rather than the one with the strongest signal at the moment.
Since a PRL tells the phone "where" to search for a signal, as carrier networks change over time, an updated PRL may be required for a phone to "see" all of the coverage that it should, both with the home network and for roaming.
wase4711
Android Expert
You've dashed the hopes of many 18 years olds of this forum with your cold, cruel slice of reality...shame on you, Verizon tech support dude!
armoredsaint
Android Enthusiast
Instead, what you could do is tell people why the alltel towers are not recognized by the PRL from the OTA updates, and that a "hybrid" version is needed to actually get service in rural areas.
For the record, I said this in post #2 and again in post #6.
Telling you to do "*228, 2" is the Verizon equivalent of an IT person telling you to run a file defrag when you have a computer problem: its main purpose is to get you off the phone, hoping that you lack the desire to call back when the problem stays unfixed.
fliptwister
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Can OP change title of thread? Very misleading.
That would be very helpful. It implies there's a firmware update for the phone.
If you say its BS then why are you trained by your company to shovel it to your paying customers as a fix for there defective system and equipment? I'm copying your post and sending it to Verizon. Says a lot about Verizon. Thanks for your help in getting me out of my contract and over to Sprint.
if that makes you feel important. Trust me, you have gained alot of respect with your post.
Everyone else probably read the information on post 59 and said oh, thats what it is.
Thanks for contributing.
Yes and yes.
Hoax in that you have to do it once a month. The PRL is updated automatically by the network and when you powercycle the device. Being a smartphone owner, you should be powercycling everyday to optimize performance. The *228 is not needed for this.
Fix in that, say you decide to mess with the network provisioning for the device. Option 1 would be a good step in attempting to reprogram the device. Option 1 is used primarily for phone number changes, but can also be used for this before attempting manual programing. It can also help if you have an authentication issue.
I tipped the staff. Suggested thread be moved to the carrier thread as the prl updates do not have anything to do with smartphones or the incredible, but with cell phones in general.
personally id close it. it really brings nothing to the table that hasnt been known for years in the cellular phone industry.
of course I may be wrong. anybody wanna go to xda-developers and tell them that you have found a groundbreaking new software exploite called "the prl" that will help gain ROOT?
They will LOVE you.
GrandMasterB
Go Go Gadget Flow!
Not quite. GSM phones have their PRL updated on powercycle, CDMA phones do not. It has to manually be done and Verizon recommends doing it once every 90 days.
Preferred Roaming List
http://support.vzw.com/faqs/Wireless Service/faq_prl_preferred_roaming_list_update.html