“ Originally Posted by D/\SH 
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yup but the default is two and it is called the slot cycle index aka sci
Thanks D/\SH and TaylorWckediden. its funny you posted this cause last night I woke up at like 2 in the morning all hella thirsty and it randomly popped into my head that it was not a registry but a msid hack lol. Thanks for this still.
19-FIX THE SLOW RINGER
To do this, you will need your MSL, which only Sprint (or your provider) can provide you. Open up the phone app and dial ##778# (PST). You will be asked to enter your MSL. Enter it, and you will be brought into the provisioning of your phone. From the top left, select Modem Settings. On this page, your
Slot Cycle Index (SCI) is how often your phone polls the tower for incoming calls, etc. This value is 1.28 seconds multiplied by 2^value (i.e 0=1.28 secs, 1=2.56secs) with 0 fastest, 7 slowest. The default is 2, but lowering it to 1 hasn't noticeably affected my battery life, and roughly 2.5 second (SCI 1) response time is far more reasonable than roughly 5 seconds (SCI 2)