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Help Sprint PRL Updates Thread (Latest PRL 21090)

falconey said:
Don't get too caught up in 4g speeds, unless you're downloading crap or streaming video. Even still nearly 3mb/s is good enough for video steaming.
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falconey said:
4G will shut off when you are not in a coverage area, but it should also rescan periodically as long as 4G is enabled. It doesn't turn off from a reboot. You should have an icon showing you when 4G is not connected(when 4G is enabled).
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I agree with both statements!

CarrieK said:
True. Up until yesterday I would get one bar every now and then. As of today, I am getting almost all bars of 4G at home. At work today 3G was awful.
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Give and take? lol
 
Wiley_11 said:
According to this PRL 50580 is 2G not 3G. :mad:

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Yeah, I went over there to check it out and noticed a couple people couldn't get the codes to work so I alerted them about the perils of using a third party dialer :)

That's really weird that they would push out the wrong type of PRL. Surely they didn't do it on purpose!? Maybe someone was consuming adult beverages on the job ;)
 
For the heck of it I thought I would check my 3G speeds this morning. Waaay better than yesterday when I had the new PRL. I know it is early on a Saturday morning but like I said, at this same time yesterday it was crawling!

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I am seeing the same degraded 3g performance as others (non-rooted). Just called Sprint asked for my MSL number, and now will attempt to revert back to previous PRL.
 
I'm still on 21081 and at the same 3G speeds as I've always had on this phone. Averaging around 1 Mbps, Tampa, FL.

Going to stick with 21081 given all the issues everyone seems to be having.
 
marctronixx said:
seems to be a good idea to hang on to the 2XXXX PRL. if it ain't broke....
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I am still curious as hell as to why sprint even has the prl still active. I just updated mines again for the hell of it to see if they pulled the 50580 prl and its still up. I am sure they got thousands of calls about this issue and for it to still be active really makes me wonder what else is really going on.
 
themuffinman75 said:
I am still curious as hell as to why sprint even has the prl still active. I just updated mines again for the hell of it to see if they pulled the 50580 prl and its still up. I am sure they got thousands of calls about this issue and for it to still be active really makes me wonder what else is really going on.
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I agree. But on the other hand... How many people decide to just go update there PRL for the fun of it?
 
scrosler said:
I agree. But on the other hand... How many people decide to just go update there PRL for the fun of it?
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I agree too. I just got the evo 3d and I am within my 30 days. I use the sprint application to ensure everything is up to date. My wife's evo was around 1MB download and i was at the 130kbps. Sprint troubleshooting had me get a new phone. Went through all that pain with the same speed results! I was going to take it back to get a photon. Then I found this forum and fixed it...hail to the forums. I think it is messed up that it only affects the 3d and not the 4G or shift.
 
themuffinman75 said:
That's also true but how could they not know this is causing issues? I refuse to believe that sprint can be this clueless.
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Oh no.. I agree with you 100%! I am just saying its probably not as wide spread as you think. I guess the point I am trying to illustrate is this:

Im sure they know and just dont care because it only affects a minority of users.
 
So they must be aware that they released the wrong PRL type for this type of device. I have been convinced that this is what caused my crawling 3G speed on Friday. Since I went back it has been millions of times better. This is 3G at my house now.

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