I NEED HELP!
I unlocked my samsung epic for boost mobile...
i cudnt pay it for 3 months to the phone went inactive...
wen i tried getting my number back they said i needed the old phone in order to put the active codes into it...
can i just tell them i have the old phone but put the codes into my epic??
i dont have the old phone at all anymore im going to cry if theres nothing i can do... it took me 16 hours to unlock this samsung epic :,(
and if i cant do anything about that is there a way for me to RE-UNLOCK this samsung epic to unlock it AGAIN?? or wud it mess this phone up 4 good...
Buy another incognito and activate it...then red everything to unlock the epic again..it should work just fine
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Jus Wondering B4 I do It Again...
Are you positive I can redo the unlocking process with a new incogneto since I did it once b4 with a diffrent incogneto phone?? i dont want to take the time to do this again n it not work bc of the codes or some crazy stuff
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brandond15 said:
Buy another incognito and activate it...then red everything to unlock the epic again..it should work just fine
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Are you positive I can redo the unlocking process with a new incogneto since I did it once b4 with a diffrent incogneto phone?? i dont want to take the time to do this again n it not work bc of the codes or some crazy stuff
u'll have to reflash it with a new incognito, but it'll work
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u'll have to reflash it with a new incognito, but it'll work
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ok ill try but r u positive it will work?? cuz it takes me sooo long to do it i dnt want to take the time for no reason
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i bought an samsung epic that still had a clean esn and had a guy flash it back to sprint so i have it activated on my sprint account now but all i have is talk and text i took it to sprint to c wat the problem is they told me the data is locked and none of the codes they use work can someone from xda help me please i dont know much abt this lol
The Epic was flashed to Metro PCS prior?
yes and i had it flashed back to sprint but they told me my data was locked and they cant unlock it or atleast dont know how
Might try booting into recovery and clearing your Cache. I lost data somehow and the guy at Best Buy told me to do that and it worked. If not sorry
atmk4shh said:
i bought an samsung epic that still had a clean esn and had a guy flash it back to sprint so i have it activated on my sprint account now but all i have is talk and text i took it to sprint to c wat the problem is they told me the data is locked and none of the codes they use work can someone from xda help me please i dont know much abt this lol
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I had a similar problem but when flashing to cricket, and this is how they can solve it.
Take your phone back to sprint and explain to them that the touch screen on some of the phone will not always allow you to access the Dialer code screens, it must be done from the qwerty keyboard in the dialer screen like ##data# (sometimes it works on touch screen sometimes it dont.) this problem is easily fix if you can find a sprint rep that will take the time to enter the dialer codes from the qwerty keyboard
ok the reps at sprint were acting like azzholez and didnt wanna help they jus kept saying buy a new phone and thankz solblack but that didnt wrk
do ##786#
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its asking 4 MSL?????
its asking 4 MSL????
also my device isn't rooted so i cant use the MSL app
I flashed to Boost and rooted my evo 4g, but when i go to make a call or text it won't let me. When I go to make a call I get the error 16 and they transfer me to a Sprint Rep. Is their any fix to this since I'm boost and can't use a Sprint rep. I can receive text and phone calls and even use the ne
This has happened many times on rooted Sprint Evos if u Google it. It's a security feature and prob kicked in because u registered the donor phone on the network and then registered your new phone on the network too...both with the same Esn if u get my point.
The fix for Sprint users is they get directed to sprint who then has u turn off the phone. They refresh your account settings and have u turn ur phone on and its fixed.
Try calling boost and ask them to refresh your settings or purge them or whatever. See if that works. Don't ever turn ur donor phone back on unless its in airplane mode.
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Looking for a solution for the people that were able to add their Touch Pro 2s to boost over the phone easily.... Can't call them and ask to refresh my htc lol
This is very interesting so what are the solutions for this error code 16
1. Do not turn your donor phone on
2. Do not do a factory reset
3. Do not root your phone
perhaps those are the 3 major things that can trigger the sprint error 16 security measure!
If anyone wanna add additional steps let me know we need to solve this before it gets out of hands
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blakklanta said:
looking for a solution for the people that were able to add their touch pro 2s to boost over the phone easily.... Can't call them and ask to refresh my htc lol
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try calling and see if they change your msid and refresh your account.
I've had a customer do that and idk what he told them but they changed his msid.
My phone is rooted at the moment. Downloaded and ran autoroot with a guide to find the meid locations for 2.15. First thing I did was hard reset after info went in. Thanks for the reply fam. I read elsewhere on the net to not call customer service about tp2's as they were being banned and accounts were being closed.
Just flashed back to stock to see if auto activation would start, It did not. Receiving text messages, a step forward lol... patience is the key.
I think the problem might be I used my HTC TP2 as a donor phone for my EVO. Maybe if I used a Incognito, I might not have this problem.
mase68 said:
I think the problem might be I used my HTC TP2 as a donor phone for my EVO. Maybe if I used a Incognito, I might not have this problem.
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Maybe, but I read error 16 also comes from the phone being hard reset and triggering a sprint security error. We both have tp2's.
You haven't fixed yours yet either?
Not yet fam. You will be the first one I let know how when I do get it done, if you don't beat me to it. Error 16 switch 252 my nemesis....
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Not yet fam. You will be the first one I let know how when I do get it done, if you don't beat me to it. Error 16 switch 252 my nemesis....
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Ive used all incognjtos on my flashes noone yet after 50 evos
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I did my last epic from my tp2. This time I wanted to try an evo. Just stuck at the moment.
I had another EVO I flashed from my TP2 and it worked fine until I try to put another rom on it and I wiped everything from my evo and can't get out of the skateboarding android screen. I flashed a new EVO and got this stupid error 16 crap. FRUSTRATING!!!!!
I have this same problem on my Evo. I used a sanyo incognito as a donor and I can get on the internet but no voice calls. I hear the error 16 message. I tried the ##786# hard reset. Updated PRL. I reflashed the phone. I reflashed the stock rom and still no luck. Haven't called customer service yet though.
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I have this same problem on my Evo. I used a sanyo incognito as a donor and I can get on the internet but no voice calls. I hear the error 16 message. I tried the ##786# hard reset. Updated PRL. I reflashed the phone. I reflashed the stock rom and still no luck. Haven't called customer service yet though.
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I read that all you need to do is call and have them reprovision your incognito while leaving it off, and your evo should come alive.
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I read that all you need to do is call and have them reprovision your incognito while leaving it off, and your evo should come alive.
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funny thing is my incognito works fine. I guess I would still have to call and find out tomorrow.
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correction now the incognito is doing it after trying a hard reset on that. Guess I will have to call boost tomorrow.
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I read that all you need to do is call and have them reprovision your incognito while leaving it off, and your evo should come alive.
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This works. I just flashed back to Sprint, but left it on my donor phone. Got the error 16. All u need to do is put your donor in airplane mode or turn it off. Try to make a call on the EVO and it will automatically direct u to cstmr service(not sure if it will go to Boost cstmr service for u). They prob won't ask any questions except what type of phone is it. Tell them the donor phone type. They will reprovision and u r good.u will need another phone while they do this because they will call u back on it. That's how Sprint worked.
Error 16 solution
I got the solution for the error 16 hit me up guys
I've got the solution!!!
For those of you getting the error 16 code; all you need to do is call boost and ask them to transfer you to technical support. Once they do that chances are that even those guys on tech support have never heard about error 16 so you are gonna have to turn both phones off and ask them to reprovision your phone and give you a new MSID. Then they're gonna ask you to type in your new MSID. After you do that the phone is gonna reboot and the error 16 should be gone for good.
Error 16 fix!!!!
Dial 611 from evo or android u will get error 16 wait till it connects you to sprint
they will know why u calling! And explain why u got the error
- they will ask you what phone you have
tell them the donor phone model
you boost pin
your name and last name
and zip code
and get a second # for them to call u at
then the rep will tell u to turn off the phone "donor" but ur going to turn off the evo and wait for them to call u in the second # you have provided. When they do it means they fix the error turn evo or android back on make a test call and be on that call for atleast 30 secs as the rep will ask you to do and voila! YOU HAVE FIXED ERROR 16 on your flashed phone!
hit thanks *****es
Thanks Mocoyombiflash I did exactly what you said and now I have a fully functional evo on boost.
If I odin my epic 4g back to stock, will I have to re flash/ reprogram it to get it to work with metro again. It was working fully flashed on metro but my service got deactivated.
xdanewbover9000 said:
If I odin my epic 4g back to stock, will I have to re flash/ reprogram it to get it to work with metro again. It was working fully flashed on metro but my service got deactivated.
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More than likely, since Odin formats the partitions.
xdanewbover9000 said:
If I odin my epic 4g back to stock, will I have to re flash/ reprogram it to get it to work with metro again. It was working fully flashed on metro but my service got deactivated.
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No you won't need to... I own a business unlocking phones... and u don't need to. Even though odin repartitions it does not mean it changes ur data plan. It just repatitions the phone. It will still stay on. Just reactivate your plan and your phone will work
treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
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No you won't need to... I own a business unlocking phones... and u don't need to. Even though odin repartitions it does not mean it changes ur data plan. It just repatitions the phone. It will still stay on. Just reactivate your plan and your phone will work
treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
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Unless they use the Phone EFS Clear option in Odin.
ShinyDude100 goes into a little detail about that option's use in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31140050&postcount=609
Thanks Nikon for acknowledging that, OP, cwm backup your MetroPCS rom, then have fun messing with your phone but don't lose that backup. There are fixes in mms and etc on other phones, a new one may have to be made to get all of your features working correctly. YMMV on metro's 3g working for you, as some cities claim 3g to be blocked in certain cities on flashed phones, I will dig deep into that issue eventually and post a guide sometime on regaining metro's 3g in cities who got blocked. I have a hunch on what could be blocked. Cheers and have fun.
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Unless they use the Phone EFS Clear option in Odin.
ShinyDude100 goes into a little detail about that option's use in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31140050&postcount=609
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Question... why would you want to use the Phone EFS Clear option in Odin if you want to keep it on the same carrier. People should do their homework on Odin before using. And if anything CDMA Workshop. Connect port read change msn, meid, username, password then write 000000 to unlock. Go on ur epic and input in dialer *#*#8778#*#* or ##8778# go to edit enter 000000 then change everything from there that simple. Save then reboot. Call carrier and say u want to activate or just dial *228 or *#2284 whichever u find better. And there u go
treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
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People should do their homework on ...
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Everything after this quoted bit was a great knowledge dump. (No sarcasm, it was useful info.) However, what I quoted above was where you just expected way too much of majority of readers on XDA and many other popular Android forums. Sad, but true.
Nexus S 4g flashed to MetroPCS, but I cant activate
I bought a Nexus s 4g that had been previously flashed to Metro PCS. The person just removed their Metro account 5 days ago. When I called 611, it went to the Metro recording..but I tried to call to activate, and they said go to the corporate store to have it unlocked. So I went to the store, and the guy tried to activate it, and put a couple codes and was shaking his head. His advice, " Take this to a store that does flashing and have them do some programming so it can be activated." Do I have to have it re flashed? I sure hope not. Please help!
You should ask in the Nexus S forum.
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Thanks for ask the advice guys, I odin'd back to ec05 and updated from there to fc09 and reactivated on metro, everything works fine now.
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Also I didn't have to do anything as far as re flashing, just called *228 and when through the steps
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Dunno where to put this soooo... My friend tried to root his phone with out asking me and he ****ed it up a bit. It can't connect to anything. If he tries read mail, or if he trys to open market it force quits. The phone is in front of me its running android vs. 2.3.6 model lg-ms840
umm I dunnno its so ... less sophisticated then my S2 or S3 .... I don't want to give him my old S2 he might break it and that would be a sin on the S phones.... so just send me somewhere I can put his phone back to normal any ideas? beside tellling him I can't fix it... I want to help
Help fix my buddys phone.. he works 6 days week and has a kid. guy needs a phone thanks
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Dunno where to put this soooo... My friend tried to root his phone with out asking me and he ****ed it up a bit. It can't connect to anything. If he tries read mail, or if he trys to open market it force quits. The phone is in front of me its running android vs. 2.3.6 model lg-ms840
umm I dunnno its so ... less sophisticated then my S2 or S3 .... I don't want to give him my old S2 he might break it and that would be a sin on the S phones.... so just send me somewhere I can put his phone back to normal any ideas? beside tellling him I can't fix it... I want to help
Help fix my buddys phone.. he works 6 days week and has a kid. guy needs a phone thanks
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No idea what he did, but why not just try a factory reset?
Find out what the phone is and you can post in the right form of forum for the best help. You're not likely going to do well here.
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Is it an LG Connect 4G phone? Try this forum:
http://androidforums.com/lg-connect-4g/
Thanks for the link I found a post there with information and I fixed it no problem
So ive got a spint s6, bought from dubai, unlocked and rooted apparently. After a couple of days, my phone woulndt start up cuz it was FRP locked. OK so i searched for the original firmware, i flashed it and my phone booted up again. i flashed also the 5.1.1 and 6.0.1. Here s the thing, on 5.1.1 i can make calls, receive them, receive text messages but i cant send texts at all, so my guess its that its not unlocked anymore. On 6.0 doesnt even have any signal so forget about it. I just want to resolve this issue. I cant find the setting that could help me to change the message center at all, i dont have that option in my phone, i even tried to change things with some adb commands but still nothing. So after all my guess its that the phone isnt unlocked anymore and if so, how do i unlock it? i just cant give the phone back cuz i dont live in dubai, im like a day or so distance with the plane so i just wont go back there again. If anyone could help me...please do so...im on 5.1.1 now, unrooted, i can root, i just cant send texts and i dont have the messages center
oh and also i tried the galaxy tool method from idoneapps which apparently wont work at all and im concerned about paying for that thing if it doesnt work so...yeah
I have the same problem, can't find a solution for months now
Sstylin said:
I have the same problem, can't find a solution for months now
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Happy someone finally answered. Same problem? I really dont know what the hack its going on. If the god damn phone was unlocked, why wouldnt let you send texts after the odin flash? Maybe i didnt say but the phone was opened in the back and front cuz some elements are not fixed in places. Maybe they unlocked by hardware or smth..
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My Guess in researching about this phone let me to this state that u need to unlock ur fone again take it to some software guy have him unlocked ..then try running in MM see if u have any signal i also have this same issue dont have any money to unlock rit now but u can try ..hey if u have any good results do post and share here for this...PS u dont have to go to dubai this model is G920P is US Sprint give it some software guy in ur local area
jinderation said:
My Guess in researching about this phone let me to this state that u need to unlock ur fone again take it to some software guy have him unlocked ..then try running in MM see if u have any signal i also have this same issue dont have any money to unlock rit now but u can try ..hey if u have any good results do post and share here for this...PS u dont have to go to dubai this model is G920P is US Sprint give it some software guy in ur local area
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Ill try. Ofc i wouldnt go back to dubai cuz i have no possibilities right now. Ill see how to solve this and i will share with you. I was waiting for an answer for do long on this thread but no one gave a damn..
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cosmin1112 said:
Ill try. Ofc i wouldnt go back to dubai cuz i have no possibilities right now. Ill see how to solve this and i will share with you. I was waiting for an answer for do long on this thread but no one gave a damn..
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The vast majority of users on this site are in the US. I'd help you if I could, but as I have replied in other threads on the same topic (and that is a problem too, people keep on opening up new threads) that if I can't reproduce the problem, I can't solve it.
I notice that your signature says "Sent from my SM-G925F." Is that part of the problem? Not a 920P phone?
Factory reset the phone. Then get in touch with [email protected]. hell dire t you on how to resolve. If unlock is your problem he can help.
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koop1955 said:
The vast majority of users on this site are in the US. I'd help you if I could, but as I have replied in other threads on the same topic (and that is a problem too, people keep on opening up new threads) that if I can't reproduce the problem, I can't solve it.
I notice that your signature says "Sent from my SM-G925F." Is that part of the problem? Not a 920P phone?
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Nono thats not a problem. I got a galaxy s6 edge which im using daily, its perfect. The s6 with an issue is my sister's. A factory reset wont do anything. I did that enough times already. The messages jsut dont seem to work at all and i dont find any solution. Also, i didnt find a thread with this problem and if there is, im sorry for bothering with this. I just need help..
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Nobody is OBLIGATED here.
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If you dont wish to help, dont bkther commenting ok?
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cosmin1112 said:
Ill try. Ofc i wouldnt go back to dubai cuz i have no possibilities right now. Ill see how to solve this and i will share with you. I was waiting for an answer for do long on this thread but no one gave a damn..
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Cosmin1112 try atleast getting to fix the sms issue either downgrade to 5.11 or 5.0.2 and sell ur fone..i said before i had the same issue like urs i sold my s6 bought LG G4 H815.. Now im running on marshmallow with 2 days standby time...im loving every second of it.. U should do too..G4 is actually cheaper then S6 so ur in luck
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So ive got a spint s6, bought from dubai, unlocked and rooted apparently. After a couple of days, my phone woulndt start up cuz it was FRP locked. OK so i searched for the original firmware, i flashed it and my phone booted up again. i flashed also the 5.1.1 and 6.0.1. Here s the thing, on 5.1.1 i can make calls, receive them, receive text messages but i cant send texts at all, so my guess its that its not unlocked anymore. On 6.0 doesnt even have any signal so forget about it. I just want to resolve this issue. I cant find the setting that could help me to change the message center at all, i dont have that option in my phone, i even tried to change things with some adb commands but still nothing. So after all my guess its that the phone isnt unlocked anymore and if so, how do i unlock it? i just cant give the phone back cuz i dont live in dubai, im like a day or so distance with the plane so i just wont go back there again. If anyone could help me...please do so...im on 5.1.1 now, unrooted, i can root, i just cant send texts and i dont have the messages center
oh and also i tried the galaxy tool method from idoneapps which apparently wont work at all and im concerned about paying for that thing if it doesnt work so...yeah
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