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Fresh 2.0d PRL Problem

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socodef

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I flashed the new Fresh the other day. Everything was working fine, had no problems. Last night, I stopped recieving texts which has been a characteristic of my phone. I tried updating the PRL and somehow I ended up with a 2027 PRL number, when it was up to date before that. Now, I've been trying to update my PRL and it can't do it. I have no service at all.

I tried restoring back to a couple days ago, but I need to do it from manually from my laptop at work, just haven't been in yet. Will restoring it fix this or is there another fix??
 
I think I tried that. I'm going to do another wipe, a fresh install and see if I can do that.

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Updating manually is just by going through settings->about phone->update right?

hehe no. i should have been more clear, sorry.

1. you need to put the 60663.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 if it's there.
5. Your phone should auto reboot itself after installing the prl and you should then be good to go.

If you need your MSL number call customer service and politely ask them for it. It's a 6 digit number. You should have no problems getting it from them. If they do happen to ask you why, tell them you need to manually update your PRL.
 
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This happened to me also when I flashed the Fresh 2.0 ROM and I got some confusing advice on the codes to use to restore PRL. First of all call Sprint and get your MSL. Write it down somewhere safe in case you need it again! This number is essentially a "password" to let you into the software. I was told that Sprint has not been very forthcoming with MSLs recently but I was very forceful with the guy on the phone! I told him I needed my MSL to update my PRL as I had no service and that I knew how to do it and he just gave it to me without an argument!

On the phone dialer type:
##786#
You will see some information loading then a get a screen that says "Reverse Logistics Support"
Press the menu button: you will get a pop-up screen that says reset or cancel.
Press reset
A screen will open and you enter your MSL
Press OK
Press reboot

After the phone reboots go to Settings/ About Phone/ System Updates and click on "update profile"

Once profile updates successfully check you PRL and it should be correct!
Worked for me first time!
 
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I am sure the other methods will work (manually downloading PRL and loading from SD card) but since you need your MSL anyway (for either method)and since your phone should just update automatically with the procedure I listed not sure why you need the extra steps! Can anyone explain that?

cool, multiple methods.
the way I posted was the way I learned how to update my PRL manually. I've never heard of your method, but maybe I will try it out next time and see what happens.
First thing I'd do is learn what exactly is "Reverse Logistics Support", since I'm unfamiliar with that.

well from some quick searching, this will also reset your PRI. afaik, flipz put in a custom pri to make sure you can see certain apps in the market, resetting it may break that. I'm not sure.

the way I posted will only update your PRL without messing with anything else.

to each their own though, use which ever method makes you happy. :)
 
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