Prl update - Motorola Photon 4G

Anybody else update there prl to 51081? I just noticed it was updated
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snoopy1e11 said:
Anybody else update there prl to 51081? I just noticed it was updated
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Yup...mine did the same. 51081
Speeds Averaging 550Kbps

Bandage said:
Yup...mine did the same. 51081
Speeds Averaging 550Kbps
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Yea im bout in that range i gotta test again
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I had better speeds before the prl update.
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mikel719 said:
I had better speeds before the prl update.
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same here...

My speeds are slow on the test but everyday use its just fine
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yup slower speeds and less bars with the new prl

Harry_Spade said:
yup slower speeds and less bars with the new prl
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I still get full bars, the data speeds just are lower for me now.
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Is there any way to reverse, fix this yet? My speeds are suffering greatly.

A prl update shouldn't affect your speeds at all... Unless it adds or removes a tower you were always roaming on before.
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codee said:
A prl update shouldn't affect your speeds at all... Unless it adds or removes a tower you were always roaming on before.
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ehhh
actually a prl can and will dramatically change data speeds...
stock vs a modified one such as 0001.prl changes my speeds by about 1.5 mbps

dtr145r said:
ehhh
actually a prl can and will dramatically change data speeds...
stock vs a modified one such as 0001.prl changes my speeds by about 1.5 mbps
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That's because that 0001 prl is a Verizon prl. Which is roaming off the Sprint network. As for the new Sprint prl for the Photon, I wouldn't be surprised if this new prl affected data speeds. I'be learned to expect creeping snail data speeds from Sprint.

Speeds reaching 1mb now
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Im on 53115 and its pretty good.
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Is that Verizon
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I've always maintained the latest PRL from Sprint. Worst case scenario I can always switch to 000001 but I see no need to. I get decent coverage in my area.

The new prl automatically updated on my photon last night and I can tell there's a difference in signal strength and data speeds. I was getting two bars on average inside my house with very slow data speeds. Now I'm pushing solid four to five bars and data speeds are noticeably faster. My house has a metal roof by the way and the Photon is the only phone that has been able to pull good signal inside my house. The radios in the Motorola Photon are second to none. This is real world testing.
I put money on the Photon in every signal strength and call quality test. Its a freakin' BEAST of a phone and EVERYBODY quickly tells me how good and clear they can hear me on this phone.
My 4G is also better after this prl update.

tx_dbs_tx said:
The new prl automatically updated on my photon last night and I can tell there's a difference in signal strength and data speeds. I was getting two bars on average inside my house with very slow data speeds. Now I'm pushing solid four to five bars and data speeds are noticeably faster. My house has a metal roof by the way and the Photon is the only phone that has been able to pull good signal inside my house. The radios in the Motorola Photon are second to none. This is real world testing.
I put money on the Photon in every signal strength and call quality test. Its a freakin' BEAST of a phone and EVERYBODY quickly tells me how good and clear they can hear me on this phone.
My 4G is also better after this prl update.
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Which update did you get?

edlex said:
Which update did you get?
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My updated prl is 51081

tx_dbs_tx said:
My updated prl is 51081
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Oh ok, thanks.

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[Q] Horrible speeds?

Just ran a speed test on my phone and im getting awful speeds. Around 300kb on average. Running stock rom ke5 radio and matrix kernel. Any idea why it is so damn slow with full service bars??
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Move to question please can't do it from the app my bad.
although it probably won't get answered there.
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Yes you're right about wrong area... but keep in mind bars mean nothing.. I could have two bars on my nexus s and my friend could have full bars on his evo 3d and I'd still have better data speeds than him. As of late sprints 3G speeds have not been great.. 4G is where its at.
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Also if you were using the speedtest app itgives really inconsistent results. I use speakeasy.net on my phond
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Maybe try another radio? I mean data speed isn't a kernel issue
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Sprint sucks! I never have a service where I used to have before and 3g feels like 1x most of the time.
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Sprint sucks! I never have a service where I used to have before and 3g feels like 1x most of the time.
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I believe boost, virgin and the other Kroger pay as you go services are killing us.
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This is mine on 3g with 2bars. Oopppss can't really see it but its 1.8mbs crazzy
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update your prl/profile.
sometimes sprint's speed sucks, sometimes it's great. i get inconsistent speeds... sometimes i'll get 1.5mpbs on 3G, other times I'll get 300kbps...
Updated both prl and profile and i'm pulling down speeds of 199kb. Awful. My upload is faster than my download haha.
On wifi I'm pulling speeds around 16mb
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Known issue, wrong sub-forum, thread closed.

Evo vs Evo 3D - signal wise..

Why is the Evo 3D so ****ty getting any reception?
In my house, all of my OG Evos used to get easily 1-2 bars, and 3g even worked in the basement.
When I switched over to the Evo 3D in June and since then I've been having problems getting service, dropping calls or what have you. 3G doesn't work at all...
Work in basement? Fuggetaboutit...
I'm forced to use Airave/Roam Control.
Does anyone else know a solution to getting better signal, like my old Evo 4G?
(and it's not just my phone, I've gone thru 6 phones.)
U can always use the .000001 prl. I find signal to be stronger with the evo3d than any other.phone but this is after the radio updates awhile back. Bars dont mean signal and just because it says 3g doesnt mean u have 3g. The old evo was bad about always saying 3g.
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Are you on the latest firmware/radios?
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U can always use the .000001 prl. I find signal to be stronger with the evo3d than any other.phone but this is after the radio updates awhile back. Bars dont mean signal and just because it says 3g doesnt mean u have 3g. The old evo was bad about always saying 3g.
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I know all that. And an app called "Roam Control" works just like the PRL trick.
KB112 said:
Are you on the latest firmware/radios?
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I'm on latest MIUI.
Not sure what Radio I'm on or how I even check it.
The go eve would always say 3g even when it wasn't on it. Miui Shows you what you are really on. Also you need to compare the real signal strength, not just how many bars.
Roam control will only give u limited roam speeds, likr 200kb max or so. .000001 prl is full 3g and can roam speeds up to 2mb
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cajones42 said:
Roam control will only give u limited roam speeds, likr 200kb max or so. .000001 prl is full 3g and can roam speeds up to 2mb
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It also can get you kicked from sprints network.

Is this phone actually faster than the 4g?

Hello, I just got a new evil 3d becuase of the dual core processor because I thought that the internet would be faster. Is there a configuration needed? With my 4 g my speeds are in the 400 and now with the 3d "dual core" processor I'm in the 200's
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The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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gk1984 said:
The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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Nicely put...
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gk1984 said:
The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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Thanks!, understood 100%. Would you recomendar an antenna booster or something like that? I have the airwave coming on Monday, does that actually help?
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metro77279 said:
Thanks!, understood 100%. Would you recomendar an antenna booster or something like that? I have the airwave coming on Monday, does that actually help?
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Yes, it will.
Have the airave as well... Works very nicely
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You'll return it in a week, once you see how slow 3g is with sprint.
IF your lucky, you might get 100k up / down, but typically, only 25k
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You'll return it in a week, once you see how slow 3g is with sprint.
IF your lucky, you might get 100k up / down, but typically, only 25k
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This is dependant on location. I'm not doubting you are experiencing slow network speeds, but it's purely a matter of tower saturation, and your surroundings. I'm consistantly seeing downloads in the range of 1.0-1.7 mbs. Sometimes, at night, I can break 2.0 mbs, but that's because there isn't much activity. But, I'm in a major metropolitan area, with strong network coverage from the major 4 carriers. There was a blip for about 8 months where the speeds were really slow, but Sprint fixed the tower by my house, and now I'm back to normal.
And, to the OP, I didn't notice any difference in download speed between my Evo 4G, and Evo 3D.
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This is dependant on location. I'm not doubting you are experiencing slow network speeds, but it's purely a matter of tower saturation, and your surroundings. I'm consistantly seeing downloads in the range of 1.0-1.7 mbs. Sometimes, at night, I can break 2.0 mbs, but that's because there isn't much activity. But, I'm in a major metropolitan area, with strong network coverage from the major 4 carriers. There was a blip for about 8 months where the speeds were really slow, but Sprint fixed the tower by my house, and now I'm back to normal.
And, to the OP, I didn't notice any difference in download speed between my Evo 4G, and Evo 3D.
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exactly it all matters were u are with any network. ive been with sprint forever and ive always seen consistent 3g speeds in my hometown ranging from .8-1.7mbps recently ive moved from the east coast to the west coast and im still seeing great speeds but not the same around .5-1.0 which still works and i somehow managed to move from the best 4g city to another great 4g city haha always see speeds of 5-12mbps
metro77279 said:
Hello, I just got a new evil 3d becuase of the dual core processor because I thought that the internet would be faster. Is there a configuration needed? With my 4 g my speeds are in the 400 and now with the 3d "dual core" processor I'm in the 200's
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>evil 3d
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The Airave doesn't provide 4G Signals. It does however provide 3G Data Connection which is usually faster than what you'd get from a Sprint Tower. Also Depends on your internet connection that you'd be hooking the Airave up to.
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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metro77279 said:
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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metro77279 said:
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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Or WiFi?
Edit.... Lol someone beat me to it....
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My evo 4G is actually a lot better about picking up a 4G signal, but the speeds are about the same with both. The 3G and 4G antenna are still on top with the 3D but the wifi and Bluetooth are indeed on the bottom of the phone.
If you're not getting at least 600kbps on 3G call sprint and let them know. That's the minimum speed they advertise do usually they'll credit your account for it.
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Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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The airave creates a voice signal and data..... But the data is useless if you have wifi...
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The airave creates a voice signal and data..... But the data is useless if you have wifi...
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Exactly... That's what thought..
I'm getting a 3d tomorow as a asurin replacement till the galaxy nexus comes out
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Wordlywisewiz said:
Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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The while point is the reception. If I use WiFi, sure It's even better than that. But hahaha lmao, lol
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Besides, there are some ROMs that dont have WiFi yet so this would be really helpful
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New data speed for spokane wa.

So I had been insanely bad data speeds. Changed my prl and now look I was getting 140 max now I'm getting well take a look. Very happy now. Except my upload speed fluctuate a lot, is that normal?
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So I had been insanely bad data speeds. Changed my prl and now look I was getting 140 max now I'm getting well take a look. Very happy now. Except my upload speed fluctuate a lot, is that normal?
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ha what PRL did you change to?.....if its one of the VZ based ones on the forum here just be careful as Sprint will not think twice to hit you with a little letter when you go over the roaming allotment...
Sprint's data speeds are so crappy, don't expect you speed tests to be similar. And upload speeds are usually never as high as download.
And yes, be careful if you flashed a Verizon PRL not to go over 300mb a month.
Prl 11115 I don't think I'm.ever in roaming, how would I see if I am
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Prl 11115 I don't think I'm.ever in roaming, how would I see if I am
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Think thats the Sprint Corp PRL....though I could be wrong...
You should always know exactly what your flashing and adding into your device before doing so btw, so you should know exactly what PRL you have to be honest...
I yep it is for Sprint corporate. And I understand that I was just trying to give insight to those in my area that my data speeds went up. My apologies for not researching enough. Moderators please close thread
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I am also in Spokane, we only have 4G in the downtown area and along Sprague Ave out to the valley... I have tried a few PRLs but I don't think they make a real difference as far as speed goes
See I didn't even know we did, now I do and get one 4g bar weak lol
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bsanto9 said:
See I didn't vent know we did now I do and get one 4g bar gay lol
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yeah its super weak... *sigh* and now LTE is the new thing

Any one else...

Really looking forward to a Sprint leak so we can have a new firmware update actually built for our phones and hopefully a little better radio performance?
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eh, mine is doing just fine how it is.
I just recently got stationed in Ft. Gordon, GA and my signal is worthless. Most everyone here is using AT&T and tethering off of 4G while I'm lucky to have 1 bar of 3G. Seriously I can't even stream a 5 minute YouTube video on my phone.
Supposedly there's some girl in my barracks that has a Sprint iPhone who gets good service.
I'm starting to wonder if it isn't my ROM. I'm using the ICS meanROM.
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I just recently got stationed in Ft. Gordon, GA and my signal is worthless. Most everyone here is using AT&T and tethering off of 4G while I'm lucky to have 1 bar of 3G. Seriously I can't even stream a 5 minute YouTube video on my phone.
Supposedly there's some girl in my barracks that has a Sprint iPhone who gets good service.
I'm starting to wonder if it isn't my ROM. I'm using the ICS meanROM.
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If you flashed the vm firmware might be that if not have you updated profile and prl
Edit also when I was in the navy some barrack rooms didn't get reception never understood why
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But the leak was built for a carbon copy of our phones. It won't be much different when released officially. If they release radios with the update, you'll still be connecting to the same network.
Just don't get your hopes up for a big difference.
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But the leak was built for a carbon copy of our phones. It won't be much different when released officially. If they release radios with the update, you'll still be connecting to the same network.
Just don't get your hopes up for a big difference.
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Outside of possibly being a lower priority on sprints network cause your phone is.tagged as a virgin
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SoraX64 said:
But the leak was built for a carbon copy of our phones. It won't be much different when released officially. If they release radios with the update, you'll still be connecting to the same network.
Just don't get your hopes up for a big difference.
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The firmware breaks a lot of stuff. Since the firmware 'update' by freeza I get dropped calls and my 3g connection completely dies until I restart my phone
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Really looking forward to a Sprint leak so we can have a new firmware update actually built for our phones and hopefully a little better radio performance?
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I had this issue too my RTSP and HTTP settings changed to either 0 or it was blank. I changed it back to the normal sprint settings and I got more bars and a little better data speed.
ElJimmy said:
I had this issue too my RTSP and HTTP settings changed to either 0 or it was blank. I changed it back to the normal sprint settings and I got more bars and a little better data speed.
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That has zero effect on signal strength. It might effect data throughput but not signal strength.
I doubt official firmware will boost performance over stock sprint firmware we have now.
mswlogo said:
That has zero effect on signal strength. It might effect data throughput but not signal strength.
I doubt official firmware will boost performance over stock sprint firmware we have now.
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Not saying it does but before this I could not get more than one bar at my house where I normally get 3-4 could be something else on Sprint's end but it seemed better after this change.
Are we expecting the leak of the Sprint ROM soon? Did I miss something over the weekend?
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Are we expecting the leak of the Sprint ROM soon? Did I miss something over the weekend?
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Sometime next month
I'm waiting patiently
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banccalif said:
Sometime next month
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I figured... We'll probably only get the full release, not a leak of any sort.
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But the leak was built for a carbon copy of our phones. It won't be much different when released officially. If they release radios with the update, you'll still be connecting to the same network.
Just don't get your hopes up for a big difference.
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I remember how much the radio updates always improved my og evo. Lol
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