Hi all,
Thanks for a least looking at this thread and providing feedback. So here is my situation.
1. Bought EVO 4g from a friend who bought new phone and transferred his phone number from Sprint to Verizon so the phone does not have access to Sprint's network.
2. My wife has a crappy MetroPCS phone I would like to replace with the EVO 4g.
3. I have all the software that has been talked about in many threads here: diagnosis drivers, cdma workshop, prl, and a few other things which I can't remember.
4. I have rooted the phone with S-OFF and currently running MetrogenMod 4.5
Q1: Does the phone need to be on the Sprint network in order for me to get the phone working on MetroPCS?
Q2: After reading all of the forums it sounds like the phone will magically work on MetroPCS' network, but something tells me I'm missing something?
Q3: How do I get my wife's phone number transferred over to this phone? It seems I can only transfer the current phone number that the phone has even though it is not mine.
Thanks again in advance and I apologize if these questions have been asked before, but I did not see any.
Jamdev12
PS: Ok after reading and getting familiar with this stuff it seems there are two ways of doing this, but I rather get some expertise from someone first :
1. Easiest method. Call MetroPCS and request an ESN swap. Since I own both phones I don't foresee this as illegal and I've heard of people successfully getting this done.
2. Hardest method and possibly bricking the phone. Call Sprint and request MLS number. Then use the software that is available to get ESN from old phone and write it to the new phone. If done right, the new phone will act and connect as if it were the old phone.
To all, am I correct in the above assumptions?
You shouldn't need to call sprint for your msl..search the play store for "msl reader". It'll save you that hassle anyways. ....Did a quick search and found this guide over on af.. http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/538899-guide-metro-pcs-donor-flash.html .. I flashed to boost so thats the extent of my experience. Hope it helps.
Hi nrvlljr,
Thanks for this link. I will be trying this tonight and if I get it working, I'll post my findings. Wish me luck. :good:
jamdev12
jamdev12 said:
Hi nrvlljr,
Thanks for this link. I will be trying this tonight and if I get it working, I'll post my findings. Wish me luck. :good:
jamdev12
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Break a leg buddy..Just make sure to follow the instructions to a tee and you'll be fine.
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Break a leg buddy..Just make sure to follow the instructions to a tee and you'll be fine.
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Hi nrvlljr,
Thanks for the encouragement. Unfortunately it did not work for me. For some reason the phone is unable to log into the MetroPCS network as my old phone. One thing that confused me about the instructions was to save the nam1 and Nam2 data for my old phone because not once after that did I use this data to reprogram the new phone. All it says is to replace the ESN and meid numbers in the nvm folder and reboot.
Next I tried the MetroPCS tutorial in the developer forum to get MetroPCS working, ROM and everything without success. I'm able to connect via roaming, but not on my current phone number.
Anyways, if you or anyone here has any ideas, I would gladly appreciate it. At least the phone is not bricked, yet.
Thanks in advance.
jamdev12 said:
Hi nrvlljr,
Thanks for the encouragement. Unfortunately it did not work for me. For some reason the phone is unable to log into the MetroPCS network as my old phone. One thing that confused me about the instructions was to save the nam1 and Nam2 data for my old phone because not once after that did I use this data to reprogram the new phone. All it says is to replace the ESN and meid numbers in the nvm folder and reboot.
Next I tried the MetroPCS tutorial in the developer forum to get MetroPCS working, ROM and everything without success. I'm able to connect via roaming, but not on my current phone number.
Anyways, if you or anyone here has any ideas, I would gladly appreciate it. At least the phone is not bricked, yet.
Thanks in advance.
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Ok, so after more fiddling, I was able to get Data working, but no talk and text. To get data working, I had to run DFS to import the latest PRL from MetroPCS into the phone. Once I did that and rebooted the phone, 3G started to work, but still could not get Talk and Text to work.
Then I did the worst thing that I could have done, I think. I order for me to get Talk and Text working, I took the phone to a MetroPCS. Well, I let them run the phone through Houdini and now Talk and Text work, but I can't get 3G to work even though I have a plan that has Talk, Text and Data and I have reloaded the MetroPCS PRL in the phone.
Has anyone ran into this problem? Would I have to get my phone off the MetroPCS database in order for me to get 3G running again? Any help would be gladly appreciated.
Hello, I, new here..
I have literally tried everything i have read from forum to forum, post to post, from installing DIAG drivers to QPST, apn, anycut, everything i have found and cannot make my EVO to connect to the web. My sister had this phone fully working (except 4G) and now that i transferred it to my account i make calls and text but not MMS or WEB. less 3G. I am very frustrated but willing to keep on reading instructions if anyone would be able to help!!. Thank you very much and you guys are doing a very great job. miraculously i am obtaining knowledge i never even though it existed! unfortunately havent being able to solve my problem.
jamdev12 said:
Ok, so after more fiddling, I was able to get Data working, but no talk and text. To get data working, I had to run DFS to import the latest PRL from MetroPCS into the phone. Once I did that and rebooted the phone, 3G started to work, but still could not get Talk and Text to work.
Then I did the worst thing that I could have done, I think. I order for me to get Talk and Text working, I took the phone to a MetroPCS. Well, I let them run the phone through Houdini and now Talk and Text work, but I can't get 3G to work even though I have a plan that has Talk, Text and Data and I have reloaded the MetroPCS PRL in the phone.
Has anyone ran into this problem? Would I have to get my phone off the MetroPCS database in order for me to get 3G running again? Any help would be gladly appreciated.
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What kind of phone did you use for the donor flash? I had this problem with my old evo 4g. I had it donor flashed from a freeform 1. Even though I was paying for 3g the evo didnt get it. I assumed it was because my freeform didnt have 3g so the ESN being read by the network on my evo didnt require it to send 3g data. Just a guess
First, let me start by, in advance, thanking anyone who replies to this thread. Now that the formalities are out of the way.. I can't call or text at all! I've followed, step by step, the directions from cricketusers on how to flash a touch over to Cricket. I've lost multiple hours of sleep searching thru forums and websites to find an answer to my problem. If I dial out, I get Error 16, switch 211. When I stay on the line, the messages says "thank you for calling your cellular provider, please wait for customer assistance, etc." but it always says there are too many calls, try again later. I have. Every half hour. for the last 3 days. I read the tutorial on flashing to boost, so I called my sprint rep from a different phone, they refreshed what needed to be refreshed, and nothing happened. And from reading up how to flash to boost, I am assuming you are re directed to Sprint, and not a generic message, correct? I've tried multiple PRLs and either they send me to Error 16, or they just give me the busy tone. I can recieve calls and texts all day, but can't send any out. Cricket can't use the ESN from my S2 for some odd reason either. I've tried manually programming my phone. That doesn't work either. Suggestions? Any help would be appreciated!
P.S. I am pretty sure I posted this in the right place, right? lol
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did you ever figure this out im haveing the same problem and all i did was downgrade from ics to gb on my cricket phone and cricket is saying thay cant fix it that i need a new phone
Hi first off let me start out by saying I am a big newb to this kind of thing the most I have ever done is root a couple of phones and installed a couple of roms a long time ago. I didn't intend on buying my opt g but I was on Craigslist and saw it at a steal of a price so I picked it up. The phone was already previously flashed to cricket (that's what I have) it was on the sprint network before. I activated it when I got home but my data does not work I read up on line and by the looks of it I think there is a fix for this I haven't tested Mms but I will put my money on saying it doesn't work either. Can someone help me get pointed in the right direction to where I can find a tutorial or guide on how to get my data working. I found some stuff but it's for other phones and I didn't really understand the directions and the stuff I found was from 2010 so I'm thinking that's old info. In advance thank you everyone also I don't know if it matters or not but on my cricket plan I have 3g so that's what I am trying to get to work on phone
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I activated it when I got home but my data does not work I read up on line and by the looks of it I think there is a fix for this I haven't tested Mms but I will put my money on saying it doesn't work either.
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I think you just need to change the APN's.
Go to Settings->More...->Mobile Networks->Access Point Names and select the relevant APN if it is there.
If not, you'll need to find the details for your provider (Google "Cricket APN") and add them to the device (don't forget to save).
I have a T-Mobile 7" Table that I really want to make calls from. I have my sim popped in, can send sms and mms from the factory messaging app. I can not figure out how to make calls for the life of me. I have searched high and low looking for answers. I found instructions how to do it on the first Galaxy Tab but no luck on the 3rd. Also I don't want to use something like voip I want to install a phone apk to use my mobile number. Can someone please point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance and thanks for all the hard work you guys do.
Anyone?
Also wanted to point out that the Secphone.apk is in device, system, then apps, but of course can not install or use. It seems like someone of some knowledge on this subject could figure it out. I mean the tablet shows a signal like a cellular phone and also shows the 4G LTE.
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Also wanted to point out that the Secphone.apk is in device, system, then apps, but of course can not install or use. It seems like someone of some knowledge on this subject could figure it out. I mean the tablet shows a signal like a cellular phone and also shows the 4G LTE.
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Also in similar predicament, bump.
So I got my note 4 through Sprint about a week ago and immediately decided to mod it with xnote. I had a temporary number for a small period of time and everything was going fairly smoothly until I got my original number back. I can't necessarily say this is related but after that point I couldn't send mms anymore so I'm not certain what else the issue might be. Of course I've done quite a few hours of googling on the subject.
I've read to use a different messaging applications, to change between 3g/4g, ect. No luck with anything so I decided to flash my recovery image to the earliest point and still no luck. I've factory reset my phone and tried recovery again, and once again I've made no progress. I can receive mms/sms as well as use my mobile data for browsing just fine. For some reason sending is the issue.
I'm at the end of my rope and I'm feeling lost. Any help at all would be very much appreciated. I apologize in advance if I've posted in the wrong section, not been descriptive enough, poor grammar or punctuation.
I'll be checking back frequently to answer any questions or elaborate on anything.
Again any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.