*228

[jbomb11]

Why when I dial *228 from my thunderbolt does it do nothing but prompt an ended call tone and end the call? Does this have something to do with LTE?

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[spazma7ik]

*228 is rendered useless with the 4G sim card.

 

[rob90262]

Is there a certain reason It's useless now

 

[DJBeanPole]

4G sims handled differently. *228 is not necessary anymore, and in all Thunderbolt cases, should be avoided. Follow instructions for registering the phone with what it was shipped with. SIM card handles it all.

 

[Edwill86]

*228 is for none LTE devices only!

the act of installing an activated sim card into your device will activate your phone.

when dialing *228 from an 4g lte device the system SHOULD hang up on you right away.
sometimes the system does no hang up this can acutally cause problems with already activated devices and none activated devices. resulting in needing a new sim card and other problems.

DO NOT DIAL*228 from an LTE device
plain and simple!

 

[TowerGuy100]

So how do we update our PRL?

 

[DJBeanPole]

So how do we update our PRL?

I'm pretty sure this is done automatically. But if you really would like to, I'm sure a battery pull would accomplish this

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

So how do we update our PRL?

The PRL is updated automatically as can be seen by the thread that's out there titled... http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/78184-just-noticed-new-prl-my-phone.html

Most of us had PRL 15008 and now many of us have 15011.

 

[Edwill86]

The PRL is updated automatically as can be seen by the thread that's out there titled... http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/78184-just-noticed-new-prl-my-phone.html

Most of us had PRL 15008 and now many of us have 15011.

well some ppl do have the Altell hybrid 1300X(if you are in a formally Altell service area you will have this PRL) PRL as well.
just to avoid some confusion

 

[fatboy97]

Don't be so hard on jz. It might not have been a good day for him/her/it either. I've had those types of days before myself.

Sometimes you have to take a deep breath or two before making such statements... and that goes for both of you.

I've never seen or knew what *228 is before I read some of this thread... and I've been reading many threads every day for the last 7 or 8 months... so not everybody has seen or read threads about this issue... the title is usually what starts me reading any thread here on AC.

 

[akira751]

Cool. I have a job and a family too! And i know what PRL is! Do I win?

yes you are a winner!!!!!!!

 

[Chrisy]

Hooray!
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/69796-228-equivilant.html

Good info in there OP. OP is Original Poster.

 

[Adrynalyne]

Re-opened after cleaning. Please don't make me do it again.

If you have nothing nice to say, walk away. The offenders know who they are.

 

[azn2coo]

Activation issue

Hey guys I just brought the Thunderbolt off contract at full retail price and will be receiving it shortly. I'm just confuse about activating it and since I don't have enough post I can't create my own post and was just wondering if you guys can help me through with activating it.

i currently have a Samsung Fascinate(good phone but Samsung sucks with their updates) and i just want to switch on over to the Htc Thunderbolt do i have to change my plan? I have my sim card for the HTC Thunderbolt and it just the matter of setting it up I'm confuse in and hoping you can help me through it without having to visit a verizon store.

Thanks and hope you don't mind my bad grammar as english is not my first language and I'm still learning.

 

[uflac1105]

PRL question

The PRL is updated automatically as can be seen by the thread that's out there titled... http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/78184-just-noticed-new-prl-my-phone.html

Most of us had PRL 15008 and now many of us have 15011.

My PRL is only 13006. Am I looking in the right place? About Phone>Software Information>PRL Version?

If I do a battery pull, should the phone be on or off?

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

My PRL is only 13006. Am I looking in the right place? About Phone>Software Information>PRL Version?

If I do a battery pull, should the phone be on or off?

That's probably because you are in an area that was once serviced by both Alltel and Verizon.

PRLs starting with 15 - Original Verizon towers
PRLs starting with 14 - Original Alltel towers
PRLs starting with 13 - A collection of Verizon and Alltel towers

 

[uflac1105]

That's probably because you are in an area that was once serviced by both Alltel and Verizon.

PRLs starting with 15 - Original Verizon towers
PRLs starting with 14 - Original Alltel towers
PRLs starting with 13 - A collection of Verizon and Alltel towers

Thanks. Appreciate the feedback. My area around West Michigan was a big Alltel area.

 

[Brett]

Re-opened after cleaning. Please don't make me do it again.

If you have nothing nice to say, walk away. The offenders know who they are.

Adrynalyne, where's your avatar? You can't be a mod without an avatar. It's just not kosher haha

Back on topic,
I think the whole issue with signals changes is something we are going to have to deal with (if you are currently experiencing problems, if not then you are lucky). With all of the 4G upgrades and update for our device, these problems are bound to happen. I figure that once it becomes more developed and Verizon has more experience with it, these problems will slow decrease. This is just an assumption so take it for what it's worth