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Root 1984kbps!!speedtest.net results after a couple of tweaks

cautery said:
I've got the CDMA Workshop 3.8.0 Demo working and connected to my phone... Apparently, all I need now is/are the correct .prl file(s) to test...

Where is a good place to get them?

Second.... With the version of CDMA I have, it appears that I need to drop the .prl file in the /Favorites/prl directory to make it selectable on the other tab... No browse option that I see..

Third... Can I actually write the file with the Demo? I can't read the current one on the demo...

I'm considering just buying a license... I'm pretty sure I'd like to own this software.
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A browse option will pop up when you click the write button
XDA forums has a wealth of posts with prl files as attachments
iirc a license for CDMA workshop is about 100USD which I think is a bit expensive for personal use since you might use it a handful of times. Professionally, it's a bargain though
 
Koumajutsu said:
A browse option will pop up when you click the write button
XDA forums has a wealth of posts with prl files as attachments
iirc a license for CDMA workshop is about 100USD which I think is a bit expensive for personal use since you might use it a handful of times. Professionally, it's a bargain though
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Yep... dropped the prl in the right directory and it showed up in the drop-down on write... No go... gotta have a registered copy...

Couldn't find one easily, so I bought one... waiting for it to process now from the CDMA Workshop author.... "Evaluation Version" that I could find and trust not to be infected was simply too hard/too risky to find.

I need it for two phones right now, and I see us upgrading to new phones in the future that I'll hack on, so I'll keep it around...

$108.00 including the "fees"...

I've found several PRLs now including 11115, 60683, 21081, 00001 (force roam VZW), et al...

Now, I just need to figure out how these things are series named... I'm thinking that there are some that are not even candidates...

Basically, I need a PRL that will work for me in Shreveport/Bossier, LA as our Sprint coverage is very spotty... Verizon, Alltel, et al. have more towers...
 
Contacted Sprint and they couldn't do anything for boost account and the number I have for Boost never gives me a person to talk to that can give my MLS number. Is there any other way to get it?

Thanks
 
Now I am having a hard time finding a version of CDMA. The ones I download show up as a winzip file. It won't let me unzip because it is a .rar file. Any advice would be appreciated. :)
 
Im looking for the best PRL for Winchester, Va / Martinsburg, WV if anyone can help me. Not sure where to look
 
OK... well I finally got my licensed copy of CDMA Workshop setup.... What a pain in the a$$... those guys are really paranoid about software theft.... jeez.

Anyway... I tried 11115, 60683, 01115, and even the Verizon force roam 00001, and for me there was absolutely no appreciable difference regardless of the PRL used...

Flashed back to 61007 over the air...

Any other cool uses for CDMA Workshop, now that I own it? :)
 
cautery said:
OK... well I finally got my licensed copy of CDMA Workshop setup.... What a pain in the a$$... those guys are really paranoid about software theft.... jeez.

Anyway... I tried 11115, 60683, 01115, and even the Verizon force roam 00001, and for me there was absolutely no appreciable difference regardless of the PRL used...

Flashed back to 61007 over the air...

Any other cool uses for CDMA Workshop, now that I own it? :)
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60683 seems to drop calls for me more often to the 01115 01120 and 60681... although signal strength is the same....

All give me better signal (2 bars) at home compared to no bars on 61007...

I would like to see how 00001 or 01337 force roaming work for me
 
I now have the tools necessary to decompile the PRL files to a human readable form AND write edited files back to binary form.

I have also chased down and am beginning to learn how the files work/are used.

Don't know yet if this will be of benefit, but we'll see....
 
best results i have come across have been with prls 11114 & 11115 ...from steady 1 bar ..now steady 2 bars..no huge difference..except my 3g speeds are worse then they were with boost..currently using 11114
 
It is now my opinion that changing PRLs on the Prevail does VERY little to NOTHING positive. I do not think that the Prevail is capable of raoming off the Sprint network.

See my thread... HERE. I spent the entire day hacking on PRL files and testing the results. Not once was I able to get the phone to connect to a NON-Sprint SID.

Until we figure out how to make the phone roam, no need to waste any time jacking with the PRL.
 
cautery said:
It is now my opinion that changing PRLs on the Prevail does VERY little to NOTHING positive. I do not think that the Prevail is capable of raoming off the Sprint network.

See my thread... HERE. I spent the entire day hacking on PRL files and testing the results. Not once was I able to get the phone to connect to a NON-Sprint SID.

Until we figure out how to make the phone roam, no need to waste any time jacking with the PRL.
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The only good thing to change the prl on our phone is if your service area includes a few sprint only towers that boost does not connect to.

I live in jacksonville fl and while on the boost prl I would have fewer towers to connect to, and as you can imaging the farther away the tower the slower the data speeds, After loading up sprint prl the signal strength is better, its connecting to a tower closer to me obviously.
 
new optimus said:
The only good thing to change the prl on our phone is if your service area includes a few sprint only towers that boost does not connect to.

I live in jacksonville fl and while on the boost prl I would have fewer towers to connect to, and as you can imaging the farther away the tower the slower the data speeds, After loading up sprint prl the signal strength is better, its connecting to a tower closer to me obviously.
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I've compared all of the major/popular Sprint PRL files, and they all pretty much share the EXACT same Sprint SIDs...

There are minor differences as the files progress, but MOSTLy updates in the ACQ records...
 
Figured I would let you guys know that I get a weaker singal once I set my stuff to 4gv instead of EVRC. I get 75 dbm signal strength for 4gv and i get 95/100 signal strength with EVRC yet i get full bars with 4gv then the 3 bars i get with EVRC
 
Topken said:
Figured I would let you guys know that I get a weaker singal once I set my stuff to 4gv instead of EVRC. I get 75 dbm signal strength for 4gv and i get 95/100 signal strength with EVRC yet i get full bars with 4gv then the 3 bars i get with EVRC
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Mmmm... I think that if you look closely, you will see a negative sign in front of those signal reading numbers.... -75 dBm is BETTER than -95 to -100 dBm. :)
 
Topken said:
Figured I would let you guys know that I get a weaker singal once I set my stuff to 4gv instead of EVRC. I get 75 dbm signal strength for 4gv and i get 95/100 signal strength with EVRC yet i get full bars with 4gv then the 3 bars i get with EVRC
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I had to set mine back to EVRC because I was going from full strength (bars) to no signal at all when set to 4gv while the phone sat in the same place on my desk.
 
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