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Could i get the Epic 4g to work with virgin mobile?

so i was wondering because right now i have the vibrant and im tired of stupid tmobile, and i need a cheaper plan, virgin mobile seems like the answer, soo i wana get me the epic 4g and maybe flash it to virgin mobile, is this even possible?

I'm sure you can't. But you could flash to metro pcs.

Well Virgin Mobile is owned by Sprint, so maybe. I don't see why they'd care. If not, you can flash to Boost.

shook187 said:
I'm sure you can't. But you could flash to metro pcs.
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Or cricket, I think. Both 40-50 a month. If you don't travel a lot its the bomb.
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yes u can but u need a virgin mobile phone and plan setup already. Also i don't think we can disscuss how to do it. But when i was searching how to get my epic to virgin or boost i found directions for both. I went with boost cause it was cheaper to pay a local service because i didn't want to buy cdma workshop. I have seen people do the epic/evo on virgin on ebay a few times. But you would have to send your phone to them.
Also you can buy Epics already flashed to boost but it will cost you around $400. $50 unlimited everything with shrink. Never seen a Epic for sale that was already flashed to virgin.

lgevo said:
yes u can but u need a virgin mobile phone and plan setup already. Also i don't think we can disscuss how to do it. But when i was searching how to get my epic to virgin or boost i found directions for both. I went with boost cause it was cheaper to pay a local service because i didn't want to buy cdma workshop. I have seen people do the epic/evo on virgin on ebay a few times. But you would have to send your phone to them.
Also you can buy Epics already flashed to boost but it will cost you around $400. $50 unlimited everything with shrink. Never seen a Epic for sale that was already flashed to virgin.
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thx for that info man, its just virgin mobile has a sick plan for 30 bucks a month unlimited data and txt, 300 mins its just what i need, i never call just txt..

theres an epic 4g going for 250 dollars on ebay, and it works with virgin or boost mobile, could this be true?

HRodMusic said:
theres an epic 4g going for 250 dollars on ebay, and it works with virgin or boost mobile, could this be true?
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It would probably be best to PM the seller and specifically ask any/all questions you have before even thinking on trying buying. If he confirms its fully flashed over to Virgin/Boost, ur good to go.
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Ceelos09 said:
It would probably be best to PM the seller and specifically ask any/all questions you have before even thinking on trying buying. If he confirms its fully flashed over to Virgin/Boost, ur good to go.
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i did pm, i even asked him if i could flash custom roms\kernels etc and he said yes.

HRodMusic said:
i did pm, i even asked him if i could flash custom roms\kernels etc and he said yes.
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Flashing a ROM should overwrite whatever he did so either he doesn't know what he's talking about or he's deliberately trying to rip you off.

063_XOBX said:
Flashing a ROM should overwrite whatever he did so either he doesn't know what he's talking about or he's deliberately trying to rip you off.
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wow thx for this info, i think he might trying to rip me off, u could never trust an ebay person..

You can still flash your own rom. Wont hurt anything. Just flashed a new one on my phone today.

Yeah i flash roms all the time. hasn't effected anything. An virigin mobile is sprints network i believe so i doubt anything like modem updates would even effect the phone.
I also checked out that ebay listing i would jump on it if i where you. He's got a good sellers rating and that is extremely cheap. My epic on boost costed $400.

The only thing that would erase data settings is #786 atomic reset...
Even odining won't change them ... but mmsc needs to be reset quite often every rom flash
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chris is right, ##786# is one of the few things that can reset your data settings. (although this doesn't always guarantee it will reset those particular settings.)
Virgin mobile is extremely easy to put pretty much any CDMA phone on to.
I have had 3 evos, 2 epics and a fascinate I've tested on them.
Good luck!

I havemy epic on VM. I'm thinking of flashing one of the gingerbread leaks. This wouldn't mess up my phone settings would it?
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Does anyone know of a epic 4g touch guide for VM?

wildzcardz said:
Does anyone know of a epic 4g touch guide for VM?
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I tried googling it for you, but I only had luck for flashing the E4gt to boost mobile
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wildzcardz said:
Does anyone know of a epic 4g touch guide for VM?
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Perhaps in the Epic Touch forums you will find one.
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Google much?
Google "epic 4g virgin mobile" and check the first result. Flashing S1 and S2 is similar, so that guide will get you started.
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Quick question

Sorry for this stupid question, but if I purchase the htc one x outright, which server providers can I use in the U.S. and how do I go about it?
Thanks and be gentle

At&t new number or port without a contract, but you must goto a corporate owned store. Do not tell them you have a pda and sign up for the 15 dollar data plan or 30 dollar messaging and data unlimited. You can do it over the phone but they will ship you a sin card .
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so I couldnt go to verizon or us cellular? Also, could I wouldn't be able to use my existing phone number, just go into the corporate store with the phone and basically tell them I want to sign up with them? Just want to make sure I have this understood before I do this. This isnt illegal is it?
Thanks again

GGerk said:
so I couldnt go to verizon or us cellular? Also, could I wouldn't be able to use my existing phone number, just go into the corporate store with the phone and basically tell them I want to sign up with them? Just want to make sure I have this understood before I do this. This isnt illegal is it?
Thanks again
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The One X international unlocked is only for certain GSM frequencies. Well, mainly only AT&T right now in the US.
Verizon uses CDMA and I think US Cellular does too. So it wouldn't be compatible at all and you'd have a brick on your hands.

AT&T, Red Pocket, or Straight Talk.
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pewpewbangbang said:
The One X international unlocked is only for certain GSM frequencies. Well, mainly only AT&T right now in the US.
Verizon uses CDMA and I think US Cellular does too. So it wouldn't be compatible at all and you'd have a brick on your hands.
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You can't brick your phone trying to use it on Verizon. It isn't even possible to try
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GGerk said:
so I couldnt go to verizon or us cellular? Also, could I wouldn't be able to use my existing phone number, just go into the corporate store with the phone and basically tell them I want to sign up with them? Just want to make sure I have this understood before I do this. This isnt illegal is it?
Thanks again
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No it isn't illegal.
Sorry for the triple post I guess it doesn't combine them all on the XDA app.
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joshnichols189 said:
You can't brick your phone trying to use it on Verizon. It isn't even possible to try
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I'm not saying it will brick it.....i'm saying he has a brick on his hands.
As in, you can use it like a personal media player....but not an actual smartphone with no service/data.

pewpewbangbang said:
I'm not saying it will brick it.....i'm saying he has a brick on his hands.
As in, you can use it like a personal media player....but not an actual smartphone with no service/data.
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Sorry haha bad day, read it wrong
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you can use it with tmobile if you are lucky enough to live in an area with the 1900mhz band

hello00 said:
you can use it with tmobile if you are lucky enough to live in an area with the 1900mhz band
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Or if you're happy to live with Edge data only.

knoxploration said:
Or if you're happy to live with Edge data only.
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Or you purchase a mobile hotspot.

E4GT Virgin Mobile stock rom

hello, everyone...
I bought galaxy s2 sprint off my friend for 100 bucks and now have it on virgin mobile working nicely
just wondering can I flash this SPH-D710VMUB_GB28_1014481_Rooted_Restore.exe from rwilco12.com without bricking??
I ned to fix mms only thing I'm missing

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mc00 said:
hello, everyone...
I bought galaxy s2 sprint off my friend for 100 bucks and now have it on virgin mobile working nicely
just wondering can I flash this SPH-D710VMUB_GB28_1014481_Rooted_Restore.exe from rwilco12.com without bricking??
I ned to fix mms only thing I'm missing
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I have a sprint Epic 4G Touch that I'll soon no longer need on my sprint plan, and was thinking about putting it on my fiancee's virgin plan. What did you do to get the sprint phone onto the virgin plan?

r0b3rtm said:
I have a sprint Epic 4G Touch that I'll soon no longer need on my sprint plan, and was thinking about putting it on my fiancee's virgin plan. What did you do to get the sprint phone onto the virgin plan?
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Isn't that illegal these days? Unless your carrier lets you?
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jdsingle76 said:
Isn't that illegal these days? Unless your carrier lets you?
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You're assuming the only option is to change the phone's ESN, I didn't assume that, and was asking the OP how he went about getting the phone activated, nothing else.
Maybe the only option is an ESN swap, in which case I wouldn't be interested, but until the OP has told me otherwise, I'm curious.

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You're assuming the only option is to change the phone's ESN, I didn't assume that, and was asking the OP how he went about getting the phone activated, nothing else.
Maybe the only option is an ESN swap, in which case I wouldn't be interested, but until the OP has told me otherwise, I'm curious.
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Ahhhh, makes sense thanks for clearing that up! :thumbup:
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well I have htc evo v 4g and the phone die, so I refused to buy another phone till my friend sold me the d710, and I use my HTC ESN is already in virgin mobile database, and I called they me my MIN which I couldn't get off HTC because was dead. than I just program it into the phone and f there's ton of tutorial how to do it. I'm on 35 dollars plans... why would it be illegal if I'm paying for my services...

Well its in the grey area. And xda doesnt want it to be discussed within their site. Pm sure. Just not in the open.
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ok, I got my answer, thanks, it wasn't what I was hoping for, but at least now I know that there is no "non-fishy" way of doing it.

[Q] Change S4 from T mobile to Verizon towers

Hello all.
As you can see by my name, Im'a Noob! i have a good understanding of computers and cell phones and can follow directions well but have not attempted anything like this so....
Here's the deal, Today i went to Wal-mart to get a new phone for my wife. I decided on the T mobile Samsung galaxy S 4 (on the Wal-mart family plan $40 a month unlimited) . unfortunately, it apparently does not get signal at my house. What i desire to do is move it to straight talk. because Verizon does have signal at my house. So from this point, is there any way to get this Galaxy S4 to see the Verizon towers and work on the Straight talk network using those Verizon towers? And If So, Can someone please post the step by step instructions (without assuming that i know what a jailbreak or unlocking is) so that i can make my wife happy.
Please and Thank you in advance for all your responses and help!!
Im'a Noob

No
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no?
ktetreault14 said:
No
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No it can't be done, or no you won't help me?

Im'a noob said:
No it can't be done, or no you won't help me?
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Can't be done

Can't be done. T-Mobile is GSM, Verizon is CDMA, incompatible networks.
Straight Talk resells service for the major carriers but for Sprint and Verizon, who are CDMA carriers/networks, you have to get phones compatible with CDMA to use on Straight Talk and vice versa for T-Mobile and AT&T.

ok how about this
LordLugard said:
Can't be done. T-Mobile is GSM, Verizon is CDMA, incompatible networks.
Straight Talk resells service for the major carriers but for Sprint and Verizon, who are CDMA carriers/networks, you have to get phones compatible with CDMA to use on Straight Talk and vice versa for T-Mobile and AT&T.
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What if i unlock the phone, then get an At&t phone activated on the straight talk network and put its sim card in the Galaxy s4? would that make the s4 work on the straight talk network?
thanks again for all your help

Im'a noob said:
What if i unlock the phone, then get an At&t phone activated on the straight talk network and put its sim card in the Galaxy s4? would that make the s4 work on the straight talk network?
thanks again for all your help
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Noooooooooo
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i saw it in this thread
elflip88 said:
Noooooooooo
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283068&highlight=verizon
they said if you unlock it and put an at&t sim in it then the phone worked?

The only solution is to sell it ... let me know how much you want for it I might buy it if the price is right
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sell it?
Romcrazguy said:
The only solution is to sell it ... let me know how much you want for it I might buy it if the price is right
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i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough

Have you tried the Wi-Fi calling option while at home? Assuming you have Wi-Fi at home...
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no ur only solution it not to sell it all you need to do is get a straight talk or a net10 sim card and pop it in the phone and than ur in business you need to update the apn settings for the phone to work..... straight talk and net10 run off of att towers so if att gets service where you live ur gonna be good..... these other people don't know what they're talking about... it has been done and it can be done
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if you can't get a net10 sim card that runs off att I have several of them and I'll sell you one cheaper than the stores have
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Romcrazguy said:
The only solution is to sell it ... let me know how much you want for it I might buy it if the price is right
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Neither the T-Mobile nor AT&T variant will work on Verizon. Period. There isn't an unlock you can do, no ROM you can flash, no special code you can put in to change that fact.
For ST or Net10 to use the Verizon towers you need a CDMA phone, which the M1919 S4 is not. As was mentioned in the post above mine, you DO have the option to run off of T-Mobile or AT&T networks either through the respective carriers or use those towers via Net10 or Straight Talk; but using the Verizon towers in any way is impossible with the particular device you purchased.

Im'a noob said:
Hello all.
As you can see by my name, Im'a Noob! i have a good understanding of computers and cell phones and can follow directions well but have not attempted anything like this so....
Here's the deal, Today i went to Wal-mart to get a new phone for my wife. I decided on the T mobile Samsung galaxy S 4 (on the Wal-mart family plan $40 a month unlimited) . unfortunately, it apparently does not get signal at my house. What i desire to do is move it to straight talk. because Verizon does have signal at my house. So from this point, is there any way to get this Galaxy S4 to see the Verizon towers and work on the Straight talk network using those Verizon towers? And If So, Can someone please post the step by step instructions (without assuming that i know what a jailbreak or unlocking is) so that i can make my wife happy.
Please and Thank you in advance for all your responses and help!!
Im'a Noob
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Its a hardware issue think of it this way its like using an AMD motherboard with an Intel processor they just don't fit together.

Im'a noob said:
i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough
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Where'd you buy it? I bought mine from TMO and was told I can return it within 30 days for a full refund. As others have posted, you can't do what you want with that phone, period.
Edit: Reread your original post. If you have to have Verizon then the phone you bought won't work. Just like a AM radio won't pick up FM stations. It's that simple. Take it back to Walmart and get a refund. BUT, if you can live with using T-mobile away from home and have wifi at home you can get a T-Mobile plan and use wifi calling and internet access at home, and the TMO network elsewhere. You want to use wifi at home anyway because it doesn't count towards data or calling usage. It's all seamless, so there's no problem using it that way.

Dude seriously I find it hard to believe you don't have Wi-Fi in your home. Because if you do, your problems are solved. Your phone supports Wi-Fi calling and messaging (SMS/MMS). This is why I switched to T mobile.

Im'a noob said:
Hello all.
As you can see by my name, Im'a Noob! i have a good understanding of computers and cell phones and can follow directions well but have not attempted anything like this so....
Here's the deal, Today i went to Wal-mart to get a new phone for my wife. I decided on the T mobile Samsung galaxy S 4 (on the Wal-mart family plan $40 a month unlimited) . unfortunately, it apparently does not get signal at my house. What i desire to do is move it to straight talk. because Verizon does have signal at my house. So from this point, is there any way to get this Galaxy S4 to see the Verizon towers and work on the Straight talk network using those Verizon towers? And If So, Can someone please post the step by step instructions (without assuming that i know what a jailbreak or unlocking is) so that i can make my wife happy.
Please and Thank you in advance for all your responses and help!!
Im'a Noob
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You can sim unlock then activate with at&T but the signal won't work well all because every carrier use different frequency bandwidth it won't be the same
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Im'a noob said:
i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough
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And when you see this magical fix, let me know...in fact wondering minds wanna know.

Im'a noob said:
i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough
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If you say you paid $650 for it today, then why not return it for a refund if you don't get TMobile service at your house? Why are you suffering yourself all this turmoil?

ferlogan said:
You can sim unlock then activate with at&T but the signal won't work well all because every carrier use different frequency bandwidth it won't be the same
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe the AT&T and T-Mobile variations are able to pick up 100% of each other's bands so this argument is invalid.

Sprint HTC 10 on T-Mobile

Hey all,
I just picked up an unlocked HTC 10 to upgrade from my Nexus 5. Completely loving the phone and wanting to get one for my brother as a gift. That said, I've seen the Sprint version on sale locally through Craigslist for cheap. Does anyone know if the Spring version will work on T-Mobile?
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It will not, sprint has a weird baseband thing where only sprint phones work with sprint and no other carrier. Sorry!

I don't mean to necro this thread too much but I was wondering if having S-Off would overcome this or is it a hardware thing?

Crawshayi said:
I don't mean to necro this thread too much but I was wondering if having S-Off would overcome this or is it a hardware thing?
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Sprint hardware code is WHL when unlocked model is WL..
See below how the LTE band support varies between them..
PERFUME#WL1/2/3/4/5/7/12/13/17/20/28/29/30
PERFUME#WHL2/4/5/7/12/13/25/26/41(認証情報より)
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minnieman said:
It will not, sprint has a weird baseband thing where only sprint phones work with sprint and no other carrier. Sorry!
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Long delayed replied but 100% false information.
Where do these people get their information, this is supposed to be XDA

jblparisi said:
Long delayed replied but 100% false information.
Where do these people get their information, this is supposed to be XDA
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Do you have a reference to how to do this?

You might try these links:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-10/how-to/unlock-t3396891/page3
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-10/how-to/tut-debrand-sprint-htc-10-flash-ruu-t3501250
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-10/how-to/tut-flash-firmware-sprint-htc-one-t3458721

minnieman said:
It will not, sprint has a weird baseband thing where only sprint phones work with sprint and no other carrier. Sorry!
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Yes it will. I actually tried this. There is a guide to unlock the sim on the sprint subforum. I followed that guide, popped in a sprint sim and changed the radio mode and It worked