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[Q] epic not yet registered to sprint network - root

I have a samsung epic 4g for sprint. it was given to me by a friend who works for samsung. I havent registered the device with sprint yet. I was told that the device is locked for sprint. if i root it can i use it with other cmda networks??
its a brand new device running Eclair. I want to upgrade and root to FROYO!!
please help

Its possible. There are a few threads about t-mo and cricket and boost mobile

Tmo and cricket are gsm...
You can flash it to metro pcs or boostmobile and get 3g
Not sure about verizon tho
Also, I think you'll need MSL's and stuff
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I could have swore cricket was cdma.

DiGi760 said:
I could have swore cricket was cdma.
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That's cause it is.

Unlocking HTC EVO 4G SPRINT CDMA for other network....

I recently got HTC EVO 4G SPRINT CDMA as gift which is network locked. I have searched this forum and I got results saying S-OFF and NAND UNLOCK......does tis mean that the phone will be unlocked sothat I can use it with other network.......
I just had a look at how to S-OFF my phone, The proceedure says to turn on FASTBOOT by going into settings>power but I cant find power option in the settings menu......I'm running on Android 2.3.3 with HBOOT 2.16...........Can someone please tell me how to enable FASTBOOt......
And also please provide me the proceedure to unlock my phone for any network......

Applications>fastboot
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thanks man.........but do you have any idea how to unlock this phone to any carrier.

You can will need the carriers prl. I seen people posting cricket and metro pcs flash able rom. They have in evo general developing page.
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HTC EVO 4G SPRINT CDMA for other network
I also want to know about that . I already root and install custom ROM from Digital Karma 777 . But HTC evo 4G don't know my network . Please tell me how to sim unlock for another CDMA network .
culua said:
You can will need the carriers prl. I seen people posting cricket and metro pcs flash able rom. They have in evo general developing page.
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Where is the most legit thread for putting the evo to metro pcs?
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Does sprint have the imei problem

I've been ignoring it all this time cause I was on stock and I thought imei were a GSM version of esn and sprint phones didn't have them
Can someone tell me the effect of having no imei on a sprint phone and how it happens
Thx
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sprint and cdma phones don't use imei numbers. so no there is no imei bug

That's what I thought but if you go to settings>about device>status we have an imei number
But thanks for telling me it don't matter
Now I can go on a flashing spree with no concerns
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Sprint does have IMEI numbers but they don't use them like the evo lte, you might loose it but you won't problems connecting to the network a verizon guy loss his but still connected to network lte like normal
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If you lose your IMEI you will probably not be able to connect to LTE. 3G and everything else should work, but I'm pretty sure LTE will not.
I say this because LTE is a GSM technology, which is why I think we have IMEI on our phones in the first place. I haven't heard of anyone that reported the bug yet on Sprint, though.

[Q] unlocking epic touch

i got a sprint epic 4g touch phone(usa) and i wanna use it in India.It doesnt have sim slot but it is possible to use "tata or reliance" because i know 1 guy who is using this exact phone with tata service here!! I just wanna know whats the procedure behind using sprint phone in india!

You have to register the meid in the reliance database and a few tech stuff and off you go!
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[Q] Can anyone help me?

Hi,
First off I live in Ireland where we only have 3G networks. No 4G at the moment.
Now my question is, if I buy a 4G capable phone off ebay.com with a "bad esn" can it be used on 3G networks in Ireland?
Basically can a 4G phone work if I pop a 3G sim in there?
Also in order for this to work I would guess the phone would need to be unlocked. As far as I can see there is a few "bad esn unlocked" phones, but is the procdure to unlock a 4G bad esn phone just as easy as a normal 3G phone?
Thanks in advanced.
Christopher.

If you unlock it, you should be able to use a 4G-capable phone on 3G. I can't see why not.
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TheMan0790 said:
If you unlock it, you should be able to use a 4G-capable phone on 3G. I can't see why not.
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Thank you soo much!

Bad ESN is for CDMA phones. Does your service provider do GSM or CDMA?
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why not just buy a gsm phone and not worry about a bad ESN phone or whether or not a 4g phone will work with a 3g sim? used gsm nexus has to be cheap as all get out by now on ebay or swappa or a thousand other sites.