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How is this possible? I've tried to read through a few tutorials for it, but they were mainly geared towards MetroPCS and I didn't fully understand it. Can anyone help me out?
not going to happen.
Boost = iDen network
They have a CDMA network through Sprint as well.
Anyone? I know it's possible since others are doing it, I just don't know how.
I've seen it done before, seriously no one is going to tell you how to do it, you'll have to search yourself, I've tried to do EVO on Verizon, it's been done, there is nobody who will give me a step by step because it's how you do you say not traditional to do this. Sorry man I am no help. just google it. you'll find better results.
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I've seen it done before, seriously no one is going to tell you how to do it, you'll have to search yourself, I've tried to do EVO on Verizon, it's been done, there is nobody who will give me a step by step because it's how you do you say not traditional to do this. Sorry man I am no help. just google it. you'll find better results.
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I've been searching for a few hours, I cannot figure out how to do it.
Someone else was just asking about this. I posted a link to a guide there. That might get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754734
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Someone else was just asking about this. I posted a link to a guide there. That might get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754734
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Thanks for the advice, but I'm not sure if that would work. That tutorial is several months old, and no one ever tried it for the Evo or as far as I can tell any Android phone.
Honestly, there is no easy way to do it. That link I gave you is by far the easiest way to do it, but like you said, no one has confirmed that it works on the EVO. The method is not OS specific however, so it shouldn't matter that you are using Android.
Since you are trying to get your EVO on Boost, I assume you already have a boost account, so why not try it? If you don't already have an account then you should probably give up because the cost and expertise required to do this might not be worth it to you.
If you are not afraid of highly technical and highly illegal work, then I suggest you start researching how to clone the esn of the boost phone you already own.
I do not own a boost phone yet, I'm interested in this because of the cheap pay as you go plans. .30c per day for unlimited data is pretty nice, in my opinion. As towards the cloning the MEID, IF I were to do this, would everything work correctly such as gps, web, voice, etc?
Everything should work correctly, except for some sprint apps, but I haven't tried it so I can't say for sure. From what I've read it won't work on pay as you go, you have to buy the $50/month unlimited plan.
Sprint ETF + Cheapest unlimited Boost phone = $200+80= $280
You would save $20/month with boost, so after 2 years the total savings versus keeping your Sprint account would be only about $200 max. Not worth the hassel in my opinion, but maybe having no contract is worth it to you.
Ah, that sucks. If I could get it on the pay as you go it would definitely be worth it.
Open the original phone in QPST (Service Programming)
Open the cloned phone in QPST (Serivce Programming)
Go tab by tab and try to match everything us as much as possible
if the cloned phone has a feature enable in Service Programming I've learned best to just ignore it and only clone everything from the original phone
Okay after that... what to do.. You need to get your HAA and AA keys copied over, I have the steps to do that as well in QXDM but the htc Hero doesnt seem to work with these steps or the vx9100 that I have... so the only way I can get it to work it to put a different phone on your network, then turn off the original phone and turn on the clone and then transfer the clone back on to your network, when you change the phone back and *228 it, it will write the Secret keys needed to get data,
and last but not least you need to get a prl that is made for your network. I have the latest prepaid prl for verizon.
If anyone can tell me how to fix my PRI that would be great!
First of all I'm not sure the following is my problem, but any help at all is appreciated.
When I tether the Defy (CM7 rc1.5) via USB, I get a pretty good internet connection at around 3Mbps, but after a minute or two, the connections gets crappy. Web pages stop loading in the middle, and speedtest.net gives out errors on the up/down test.
It seems to me that my "unlimited bandwidth" plan is being limited by the carrier, which isn't really a new thing in the world... However, I seem to suffer from it only when I use the phone's connection on a computer.
The question then is whether there's a way to obfuscate a tethered connection, so that the carrier wouldn't know what I'm doing?
Also, is there a way to find out for sure that your provider/carrier messing with your connection?
Thanks in advance.
No clues?
I talked with the carrier earlier and they actually said that the SIM card itself might be causing the problem, after I told them a different SIM has no issues (which is true).
I'm off replacing it next week (since it is five years old), but it sounds to me like a 10/10 score on the retard-o-meter. Anyone ever experienced such an issue?
Im on 4G unlimited plan. Im not anywhere near my 2gb cap... but still maintain about a 125-150Kb/Sec download speed... and my upload is 400kb
lOL first time I have seen it reversed.. This has been like this since day one of owning my phone. Tech support isnt much help either.. just doddle around asking questions like disabling background data, etc, etc...
What should I do to increase my speeds? I tried Zepplens 3G turbocharger.. but it didnt do anything for me.
Any help would be appreciated.. Im currently on Nexusmod Beta 3... Thank you in advance.
Try a different radio. You can find them in the development section for our phone.
If u do everything possible, and find its not a problem on your end, double check. Use a friends iPhone 4 with ur sim card and check data speeds. If its still slow ur being throttled and the issue is network side.
If that's the case call customer service and escalate the call. To do this quickly when u first call in tell them u are an it technician and u are positive u are being throttled, and request network tech engineer support. Once u get to that department explain and they should be able to properly help.
The first line of defense for customer service ALWAYS assumes the customer is stupid lol. 90% of the time, they're right
I just found out this network provider named Ting, that works on the Sprint network but prepaid (way less money), they have the exact same phones as Sprint, does anyone knows how to activate a Sprint device (SG3) to Ting?
Thanks.
Ting just announced a BYOD beta yesterday, but the SGS3 isn't supported officially. Check their blog for details.
If you're feeling adventurous, keep an eye on Ting's forums, since people are always looking for better ways to bring SGS3s over, even without official support (Ting is awesome about letting users do stuff like this). There are already a few methods that mostly work, but hopefully the BYOD program will make porting phones easier and cheaper (no donor phone, no pricey software).
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I'm on these Sprint S3 forums because the S3 phone that I got from Ting is totally Sprint branded. So, it just doesn't make since why the S3 isn't on the porting list, along with the Ting newly announced Note II. Bummer.
However, you will enoy paying for what you actually use on Ting. My Sprint bill was $82 per month, but my last Ting bill was just $17 for using the same Sprint service the same way I always use my phone. So, I haven't change how I use my phone, and I get to pocket $65 per month. It's like I'm back on the old Sprint Premier plan since my monthly savings pays for a phone upgrade every eight months or so.
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I'm on these Sprint S3 forums because the S3 phone that I got from Ting is totally Sprint branded. So, it just doesn't make since why the S3 isn't on the porting list, along with the Ting newly announced Note II. Bummer.
However, you will enoy paying for what you actually use on Ting. My Sprint bill was $82 per month, but my last Ting bill was just $17 for using the same Sprint service the same way I always use my phone. So, I haven't change how I use my phone, and I get to pocket $65 per month. It's like I'm back on the old Sprint Premier plan since my monthly savings pays for a phone upgrade every eight months or so.
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thats my point, I am paying ~90 dollars a month for plan that I barely use, my reception is awful and the data plan is worst. so I cannot flash this phone to att or t-mobile (those work better on my area), Ting will be the best possible solution, paying 30-40 dollars for what I am actually getting right now.
I also love Ting. I used to pay $225 for a family plan. I now pay ~$80 for the same thing. 4 phones all sharing the account. Can't beat that price with a stick!
I have figured out how to fix MMS on CM10 for Ting.
1. Use Voice Dailer and say "Edit APN's" apns is a single word. Or use Nova Launcher and create a shortcut to edit APN's. To do that hold down on an empty spot on a homescreen. Then choose "shortcuts", then activities, scroll to settings, choose APNs. That will give you an Icon that goes directly to edit the APNs settings.
2. Click on the icon you created and look at the APN2 settings. Click on each and find the item MMSC. Change the server to be http://mms.plspictures.com
and press OK, then click the menu hard key on the phone and select save. Do this for both APN2 items.
3. Reboot and your MMS should work fine.
I have not figured out how to edit the string for LTE data yet but I am working on it.
Ouch. just ran myself on TING. $119.50 for my average month (currently paying $35) I guess I use too much data even just the MINUTES would be $46 a month (I guessed 1500 since you don't get N&W from what I see on ting)
I currently with with 500 anytime minutes BUT that includes 7-7 N&W as well as any mobile mobile to mobile. so I only really use 200-300 minutes a month that are not mobile or 7-7 N&W
so when you figure out if ting works for you or not BE SURE to account for this very critical difference.
Fixed 4G!
Ok, if you have a SGS3 and you port it over to Ting it is very easy to get it running right.
If you are running a TW based ROM then you simply update PRL and profile and it will pick up the correct settings.
If you are running a CM10 based rom there is an extra step. In the attached file (apns-conf.zip) there is a file named apns-conf.zml
Extract it to you phone somewhere easy to get to. (I put it in the root of the CD Card). Then go into the phone and use any file util that allows root operations and move that file to /system/etc/apns-conf.xml overwriting the file that exists with that name.
Reboot the phone and you are good to go. 4G LTE will now work.
By way of explanation I flashed a TW rom, used an app to extract the APN settings. Then changed the default APN settings in the file attached so that CM10 would have the same APN settings as the TW rom and it worked.
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Master K said:
Ok, if you have a SGS3 and you port it over to Ting it is very easy to get it running right.
If you are running a TW based ROM then you simply update PRL and profile and it will pick up the correct settings.
If you are running a CM10 based rom there is an extra step. In the attached file (apns-conf.zip) there is a file named apns-conf.zml
Extract it to you phone somewhere easy to get to. (I put it in the root of the CD Card). Then go into the phone and use any file util that allows root operations and move that file to /system/etc/apns-conf.xml overwriting the file that exists with that name.
Reboot the phone and you are good to go. 4G LTE will now work.
By way of explanation I flashed a TW rom, used an app to extract the APN settings. Then changed the default APN settings in the file attached so that CM10 would have the same APN settings as the TW rom and it worked.
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All this is amazing, I'm trying to get my family on Ting, and my mom has a Sprint Gnex. I've looked everywhere, read the via programming thread, but you managed to get 4g working on a Sprint Galaxy SIII on Ting?! I assume you also used a donor phone and dragon magic?
You would be my forever hero if you pointed me in the direction of what you did, and hopefully I can apply it to the Gnex.
Basically he just went to stock, saw what file was changed when he got 4G working (by updating profile and PRL) and pulled that file so you could replace it while on a CM rom
would this work for metropcs to ting? Or is this only a sprint thing?
I mean if i wanted to switch from metropcs to ting, how would i go about doing so? Get a ting SIM card and than edit the APN?
With ting. One phone with 500 mins and 10gbs of data (amount i use) would come out to $200+ wtf Lol
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ting is utterly USELESS for mobile data users.
its really designed for those people who only use minutes and text and not very much who are massively overpaying with the unlimited and high minute and data plans most of us use.
for those people its fantastic and very cheap.
for us Boost is one of the best. you can get down to $35 to $40 a month for unlimited everything.
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ting is utterly USELESS for mobile data users.
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It's 2013. If you can't find an open WiFi, you're doing it wrong.
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Its 2013 if you can find an unsecured free wifi without restricted ports you live in a strange place indeed
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Its 2013 if you can find an unsecured free wifi without restricted ports you live in a strange place indeed
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Indeed. Many smaller retail businesses here have an open network. I guess it's supposed to motivate customers or something. I'd imagine some ports are usually blocked, but I rarely need anything except 20-22 and 80 anyway.
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wow around here EVERYTHING is locked up tight. its very rare to find an open access point anywhere.
xfinity is around a lot of places (I have comcast so I can access those) but its largely useless as only the web browser works. none of the apps or gmail or any push notifications of anything like that works (port restrictions??)
the rare time I see an open access point pop up its usually too far away to get a reliable connection too and don't have time to go walking around with the phone in the air to try and find it
Master K said:
Ok, if you have a SGS3 and you port it over to Ting it is very easy to get it running right.
If you are running a TW based ROM then you simply update PRL and profile and it will pick up the correct settings.
If you are running a CM10 based rom there is an extra step. In the attached file (apns-conf.zip) there is a file named apns-conf.zml
Extract it to you phone somewhere easy to get to. (I put it in the root of the CD Card). Then go into the phone and use any file util that allows root operations and move that file to /system/etc/apns-conf.xml overwriting the file that exists with that name.
Reboot the phone and you are good to go. 4G LTE will now work.
By way of explanation I flashed a TW rom, used an app to extract the APN settings. Then changed the default APN settings in the file attached so that CM10 would have the same APN settings as the TW rom and it worked.
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Thanks i'm going to get a used S3 and use it on ting.
Looks like ill be cancelling Sprint n jumping to Ting, seems like its a really good deal. I pay $80 a month for 450 minutes which I used about 15 minutes of, unlimited texts which I sent about 4000 last month n my data I rarely use now, bc I either use Wifi or my tablet. Sucks Ill have to pay the cancellation fee, but Ill be saving more in the long run.
before you cancel see about putting another handset on the account first and see if you can "sell" the account to someone else (for free) ie do a TOL a transfer of liability. someone else gets the account they may want or need and you don't have to pay termination.
how far are you into your contract? might be cheaper to "buy out" your contract and then terminate out of contract (not usually viable till near the end though)
nerys71 said:
before you cancel see about putting another handset on the account first and see if you can "sell" the account to someone else (for free) ie do a TOL a transfer of liability. someone else gets the account they may want or need and you don't have to pay termination.
how far are you into your contract? might be cheaper to "buy out" your contract and then terminate out of contract (not usually viable till near the end though)
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Hmm Im not familar with either of those options lol, but it does sound like something I should look into. Im in my 8th month of my 2 year contract which sucks. They just told me it would $320 to cancel my contract.
Hey guys, I've been a reader of XDA for years now but for the first time in my history here I wasn't able to find a precise answer after spending days scouring every resource available. That said, if my question HAS been answered before, I throw myself to your mercy and beg forgiveness
As some of your are no doubt aware, MetroPCS is now offering a pilot program in select metropolitan areas where they will allow you to bring your own CDMA device to their network. I live in one of the pilot areas for this program (DFW). Depending on which resource I'm reading I gather that the toro either CAN'T be flashed to other carriers or that it can but that doing so is a very intensive process. My question is whether or not this new offering from MetroPCS changes the traditional answer in any way. After doing as much research as I could online I also went to a MetroPCS store and spoke with an associate who told me that all I'd need to do was buy one of their SIM cards ($18) and pay for the first month of service and I'd be good to go. I also had a look at the SIM card they are offering, and it looks identical in dimension to the 4G LTE SIM currently in my GNex. Being naturally suspicious of anything that seems to simple to be true, I held off on taking the plunge until I could pick the collective brain of XDA to be sure. The associate did guarantee that I would have access to calls, text and at least 3G data, no LTE for obvious reasons.
If this will legitimately work I'd be willing to do whatever necessary to make it work with my GNex. With regards to my familiarity and comfort level with the toro, I bought it within the first month it was out and unlocked and rooted it right away. I change my ROM somewhere bordering between frequently and ZOMGCRACKFLASH!!!1 so I'm fairly intimately acquainted with my phone and what to do when things go wrong. ADB, fastboot etc. are well within my comfort level and I'm the kind of guy that if you give me direct instructions on a process I can follow them precisely and not panic if it doesn't work right the first time. Backtrack, evaluate and try again. I'd like to hope that it will be as simple as switching the SIM but part of me knows better and would be willing to go through the process no matter how long or involved it would be.
On a personal note, I'm not doing this just on a whim or out of curiosity. I've been with Verizon for over four years but about four months ago my father was diagnosed with cancer and I've taken leave from my job to live with and care for him full time. Having no major sustainable income I couldn't keep up with my $170/month family plan bill (my fiance has a GNex too ;p). That said, we both love our phones and would love to continue using them as our primary devices for quite a while if it's at all feasible. Any answers or direction would be greatly appreciated.
TL/DR:
MetroPCS: "Here! Magic SIM make stubborn toro work on our network!"
Me: "I smell either a trap or witchcraft..."
Esteemed XDA Guru/technopath: "<ACTUAL ANSWER HERE>"
Thanks for your time
you would need to modify the VIA Chipset firmware to work for metroPCS. there is a thread about this somewhere, just search for VIA chipset, or VIA or something like that in the title.
LTE would not work. period. different frequencies.
In short, metroPCS guy = idiot.
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you would need to modify the VIA Chipset firmware to work for metroPCS. there is a thread about this somewhere, just search for VIA chipset, or VIA or something like that in the title.
LTE would not work. period. different frequencies.
In short, metroPCS guy = idiot.
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Thanks very much! I'll do some research into modding the VIA firmware and go from there. I sense a project for me coming on