wont switch to evdo 1x only

[watson540]

ive done various things to try to fix this. called sprint a few times. i dont live in an evdo area so it hast bothered me too much

sprint told me to take my phone to a sprint store as they seem to think its a hardware problem. the guy i spoke to said i could have it replaced but i dont believe that cause i dont carry insurance on it

which means taking it to astore is uuseless. especially since i dont want to flash original rom

anyway..whenever i use the fieldtest app to check it out. it says n/a in every single field for evdo! it didnt use to do that

sprint also gave me my msl so i could reset data profile which i did. also did iota as well

so do you guys really think this is a hardware problem? and will sprint replace my phone?

please any suggestions that dont involve dealing with some pimple faced sprint guy would be much appreciated