Great News 3G in Florida!!!!

[roly947]

I'm pretty muched capped as well, but, i do get a constant signal which is a good thing. While it's not the best, it's alot better than before. Euklid are you over clocked or stock M with the 3022? I cover from Pinecrest to Aventura and get 136k at best from 1 to 4 bars of service.

 

[new optimus]

Well, had it for about 6 weeks now and this is all I can get, even if I go sit under a MetroPCS tower. It is capped, cuts out during downloads then switches back to CDMA. It is unreliable, finicky and crap. I am running Sense ROM with the 3022 PRL before anyone starts. Can't send text while on EVDO or MMS have to switch back to CDMA to do that even with this new all glorious 3022...VERY disappointed. So forgive me if I don't seem too enthusiastic about it.

its not the prl its where you live.

I have said this before but it needs repeating.

You could be standing under a tower and if your phone doesnt see the tower, the prl list does that, you wont get service from it.
conversely though if your too far from the tower your not getting good service from it either. No matter if it looks for that tower or not.

 

[martyn357]

I live south of Lakeland (outside of Mulberry), I have tested the speed with 4 bars in Lakeland, in Mulberry, near Linder airport while at work even in Tampa. Doesn't matter where I am thats all the speed I can get. As you can see it is not much faster than CDMA as it is obviously capped. I am just glad the Optimus can connect with WIFI

 

[dphorgan2]

Im new here and registered just now for my input. I updated to PRL 3022 and I live in Palm Harbor 34683 about 10 miles west of Tampa and no 3G. Installed LTE on/off and toggled EVDO and it dumps the signal.

 

[ozlo]

Im new here and registered just now for my input. I updated to PRL 3022 and I live in Palm Harbor 34683 about 10 miles west of Tampa and no 3G. Installed LTE on/off and toggled EVDO and it dumps the signal.

I've encountered the same thing throughout the rest of Pinellas County.

 

[henalvfa]

its not the prl its where you live.

I have said this before but it needs repeating.

You could be standing under a tower and if your phone doesnt see the tower, the prl list does that, you wont get service from it.
conversely though if your too far from the tower your not getting good service from it either. No matter if it looks for that tower or not.

The PRL will give you the towers, but even if you get all the towerts, if you are on a capped market, the speeds will not be fast.

Remember the cap is temporary. So the hardest thing is over, which is getting 3g. After the testing hopefully they cap at a higher speed since evdo has way more capacity than 1xRTT for subscribers, as well as speeds..

 

[Muilisx]

I can tell you right now Boca doesn't have it yet. At least central boca doesn't.

Some of Delray has it.

In Boca, it flashes to 3G sometimes and goes back to 1x...which makes me think Boca will be the next to have it.

Fingers Crossed

Also, I did not need to install the 3022.prl. I checked and my phone shows that I already have 3022, so check your phone before thinking about manually updating.

 

[AndroidHogs]

I tried the lte onoff. But says not for cyanogen roms or other based roms. So would I have to go to stock for lte to work on my phone to turn it to evdo. Cause I get 3g now and then and data and calls works.

 

[undacova]

I tried the lte onoff. But says not for cyanogen roms or other based roms. So would I have to go to stock for lte to work on my phone to turn it to evdo. Cause I get 3g now and then and data and calls works.

You didn't actually TRY it did you? Works fine on any cm7 rom i've tried it on.

Alternatively you could just dial *#*#4636#*#* they both open the same menu...

 

[yaras1979]

Hi, ok i reinstal 3022.pri and instal lte on/off and instal CDMA auto (PRL) my network auto turn on/off 3G, i mean i am not instal EVDO only because I'm loose 1G, only CDMA auto (PRL) and system auto flashing 1G to 3G, 3G to 1G. GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[youngnex]

No 3G in Tampa, FL....anywhere

 

[Muilisx]

Alternatively you could just dial *#*#4636#*#* they both open the same menu...

This command does nothing on my Optimus M

 

[undacova]

This command does nothing on my Optimus M

What rom?

 

[sealuva]

Can someone please put up a link for the new 3022 prl? I think it was asked a bunch of times but nobody has supplied it... thanks

When I try and do an update via *228 it reverts my Eris to 02004. How did that happen?

 

[youngnex]

This command does nothing on my Optimus M

make sure you dial it on in the dialpad.... it'll give you a menu...

 

[sealuva]

Ok I found the thread that had the easiest instructions on how to manually update your prl.

1. you need to put the 3022.prl on the root of your sdcard
2. open up your dialer and dial ##775# (be patient, might take a minute or so)
3. it will ask you to enter your MSL number (Master Subsidy Lock), enter it
4. from the menu it brings up you will be able to update your prl with the file you placed on your sdcard. it will auto recognize it in the dropdown list if it's there.
5. Your phone should auto reboot itself after installing the prl and you should then be good to go.

My password or MSL number happened to be "000000"
It may be different for your phone, but once it rebooted I was seeing 3G service. It was nice to see but it is spotty in West Palm and I don't think the data part was working right since my mail stops syncing when on 3G. But great update none the less...

 

[sealuva]

So far 3G download test with 1 to no bars is (all data is working now):
330kbps down/223kbps up

1x with all bars is: 131kbps down/347kbps up