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quick question to users on metropcs..

K got my DINC Flashed today.. everything rocks. but I understand if I flash a rom my settings will be metro settings will be no more..
But am I still able to say flash themes and such through recovery..? Or say flash fonts. etc.. thanks The dude said as long as I dont change roms nothing would reset.. but im asking bout the simple things.. as im on the rom I like.. etc

Fonts would be fine, but depending what the theme changes it could create issues.
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thanks.. thats what i figured.. anything that messes with system settings etc.. would be out. but fonts and flashing keyboards or themed markets etc should be fine..

spiritcrusher33 said:
K got my DINC Flashed today.. everything rocks. but I understand if I flash a rom my settings will be metro settings will be no more..
But am I still able to say flash themes and such through recovery..? Or say flash fonts. etc.. thanks The dude said as long as I dont change roms nothing would reset.. but im asking bout the simple things.. as im on the rom I like.. etc
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I flashed my wifes dinc to cricket and I also flashed another ROM and all her settings stayed. I know with Cricket you can flash pretty much any ROM without it wiping the flash. I've done it on my old ERIS and my wifes Dinc and on my Droid X. im pretty sure metro pcs should be the same, but I would google it for good measures..
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well even the dude who flashed it said if I do a hard reset or change roms.I will lose the settings.. but he said he gives a 6 month period. so if i want to change roms. just bring it back to him and he will reflash for free.
The only downside to metro is the slow 1x speeds. but other than that. I have a signal everywhere.. and its cheap 40 bucks a month for unlimited everything.. plus between work and home. both have wifi.. the slow data wont really bother me.. Its like going back to 2002 with my ppc-6700 on sprint before evdo came.. lol

spiritcrusher33 said:
well even the dude who flashed it said if I do a hard reset or change roms.I will lose the settings.. but he said he gives a 6 month period. so if i want to change roms. just bring it back to him and he will reflash for free.
The only downside to metro is the slow 1x speeds. but other than that. I have a signal everywhere.. and its cheap 40 bucks a month for unlimited everything.. plus between work and home. both have wifi.. the slow data wont really bother me.. Its like going back to 2002 with my ppc-6700 on sprint before evdo came.. lol
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If you do a hard reset it would change the settings but changing the ROM shouldn't...I only pay 45 bux a month for unlimited everything with cricket and have pretty fast 3g.
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bigshotrob22 said:
If you do a hard reset it would change the settings but changing the ROM shouldn't...I only pay 45 bux a month for unlimited everything with cricket and have pretty fast 3g.
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ok. so I should be able to flash to say another rom. and my metro settings should stay intact? its only when i have to hard reset that i will lose settings..
I thought a hard reset is basicly.. the same as I do before flashing a rom. Ie clear the cache/dev..and clear everything.. etc..

spiritcrusher33 said:
ok. so I should be able to flash to say another rom. and my metro settings should stay intact? its only when i have to hard reset that i will lose settings..
I thought a hard reset is basicly.. the same as I do before flashing a rom. Ie clear the cache/dev..and clear everything.. etc..
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To install a ROM just wipe the dalvik cache and do the factory reset to wipe the phones current ROM. The settings dont get touched at all. If your concerned just back up your current ROM before you do anything.

make sure to do a backup!!!

Ok I got it now.. Ive just read how some people lose the data connection etc.. when flashing a new rom etc..
so it basicly safe to say do a nandroid back up of my current rom. then flash a new one.. and if it goes sour. nand back to the working rom im currently using.

spiritcrusher33 said:
Ok I got it now.. Ive just read how some people lose the data connection etc.. when flashing a new rom etc..
so it basicly safe to say do a nandroid back up of my current rom. then flash a new one.. and if it goes sour. nand back to the working rom im currently using.
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You got it..I would download apnbackuprestore from the marketplace and backup your current apns before flashing a new rom..also download autostartroot from mp after a flash..If your data still doesn't work I believe Token has a metropcs zip file that will enable data connection...give a new ROM a shot its addicting! Good luck man
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thanks for the info.. I have flashed quite a few roms etc. between my DINC and before Hero.. just metro pcs stuff is still new to meh.lol

I've had MetroPCS for a couple months now and have flashed many roms to my Dinc. After flashing a new rom, your basic talk and text settings with stay intact but you will lose MMS and internet. Just follow the MetroPCS Eris tutorial and everything should be restored. Works everytime!

See thats what i though.. gonna go read the metropcs eris tut. thanks..

flashed rom and now stuck on splash screen

I flashed my Alltel Desire with Gingervillian 1.0. When it finished it said it was successful, so I rebooted and now it's stuck on the Alltel splash screen. I tried wiping data/cache/dalvic and rebooting. Even taking out the battery and sd card. Nothing is working and I'm really pissed :/ It sucks going from an amazing Desire to an lg scoop, which is what I'm having to use now.
Any help?
Yes, I have searched the forum, but other people are using diff roms and having a few other problems. I just want to make sure I take the right advice!

Make sure the md5 of the download matches, then do another full wipe and reflash.

Ok thanks, but how do I do that? Lol

Ok I found the md5 of the download, but what do I match it too?

Ok, I found a md5 checksum checker and found out that the download did not match. I downloaded another one and now they match. Can I delete the old download off the sd card? Or what do I do?

yes, delete the old one. put the new one on your sd and flash again.
dont forget to do factory data wipe and clear dalvik cache.
you should be good (fingers crossed)

I done all of that and it's still stuck on splash screen I'm scared my phone is messed up for good.
Could I try flashing another ROM and if so how would I do that?

Isn't Alltel CDMA?
If you have a CDMA Desire you need CDMA Roms. I hope you did a backup before flashing this ROM. Try doing a nandroid restore to the ROM that came with your phone. If you want a ROM go look into cyanogen
Unfortunately there are not to many CDMA Roms. I would be happy to hook you up with a gingerbread ROM if you want!

No I didn't do a backup. So now I'm screwed? FML

Well thats not good.
You can get your phone functioning by flashing a CDMA ROM. But without a backup you can never get the phone back to the way it was given to you. So you cant ever take it back to alltel.
Here flash the first link on this page
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=bravoc
"cm_bravoc_full-33.zip" that should get the phone working but you cant take it back to alltel
Make sure you clear data/cache all the jazz you did up there

But it will still be able to do everything right? Like download apps, text and all that? I just completely voided my warranty with no reverse? Is that what you are saying?
And also, how do I flash this "cm_bravoc_full-33.zip"? Do i delete the ginger villian ROM?

Ok thank you soooo much!! My phone is working now, but I'm still unsure about activating it again and using it. Will I be able too? And I'm looking and I don't see a market so I'm assuming I can't download apps? :/ that sucks but at least its working some sort of a way! I appreciate your help!

For CM you need to flash the google apps pack, it should be easy enough to find

Thanks, I'll be searching lol. Do you know if I it will be ok to activate this phone?

What do you mean by activate?

I activated my other phone because my HTC desire wasnt working. Do you think I can activate my desire back up? Also..the launcher Icon just dissapeared?? I swear I didn't delete it lol. Any way to get that back?

Ok, I found the google apps. Do I wipe all data/cache/dalvic first before i flash them?

No, you do not clear anything when flashing google apps. sorry for not replying (didn't see page 2)
Your phone will fully function as normal, for me MMS doesn't work but i have a small regional carrier with no support. You should be fine
As for activation, you are no longer on Alltel's software. Since you didn't do a backup I don't know what to tell you. If they can activate it without seeing it that would be best. My best advice is do more research next time.
You kind of got lucky on one front though. Out of all the carriers that the desire is on, Alltel is the one with a leaked RUU (completely restore your phone with those). If you want to go back to how you got the phone you can look into that. (if you want to do that don't talk to me i don't know much about that, make a new thread)

Well thanks! I got the apps installed and the phone on and working, but I can't activate it. So that sucks. So your saying I could go back to being on Alltel's network if I use the RUU? Becasue I will definitely do that ha. I just want to be able to use my Desire. I miss it ha!

If i were in your position, i would RUU. That doesn't mean you can't activate your phone now.
(To do that on my carrier its *228 don't know about you, give that a shot)
If the above doesn't work call Alltel and tell them to activate it. But once again if i were you i would:
1. Do the RUU back to alltel's software
2. Root and download ROM Manger
3. Do a nandroid backup of alltel's ROM
4. Then get to the fun stuff like custom roms
Thats just me. Let me ask you a question, can you activate phones without going into the store with alltel as your carrier?

Activating rooted EVO w/ CM7 RC2?

I sold my old rooted EVO 4G running Cyanogenmod 7 RC2 to a buddy. I left Sprint entirely and made sure the ESN was/is clean. However my buddy said it won't activate on the Sprint system? He got transferred to a tech and when they try and do their special sprint ## whatever in the system to bring up a special menu nothing happens...
So has anyone activated a rooted [CM7] EVO on sprint before? What else can I try short of flashing back to a stock rom?
Thanks in advance.

Try this to return the Evo to stock activate it then you should be able to re-root the phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141

Aberrix said:
I sold my old rooted EVO 4G running Cyanogenmod 7 RC2 to a buddy. I left Sprint entirely and made sure the ESN was/is clean. However my buddy said it won't activate on the Sprint system? He got transferred to a tech and when they try and do their special sprint ## whatever in the system to bring up a special menu nothing happens...
So has anyone activated a rooted [CM7] EVO on sprint before? What else can I try short of flashing back to a stock rom?
Thanks in advance.
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I don't think it needs to be unrooted, but it does need to be on a sense rom. Flash sprint lovers, activate, then nand restore back to CM7.

You don't need to unroot, but your friends needs to flash a sense rom, myn's, sprint lovers, ect so it can work with whatever the tech is trying to do.

do the sense roms have something special in them or what?

Sense roms have all the framework, ect needed to work with the fixes. Its the same reason you can't do the gps fix on an aosp rom [CM7] and have to flash a sense rom, do the fix, then flash back.

Yep, flash to something with sense, call and activate, then flash back to cyanogenmod.
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Thanks guys!

Just tell your buddy to open up ROM Manager, open the ROM list, scroll to the bottom, choose EVO Stock, and tap the top option. Check both Backup and Wipe, and let ClockworkMod flash the new ROM.
Once he's done activating, power off the phone, hold down VolDown+Power, switch to Recovey, and restore the newest backup on the SD card, then reboot.
Ta-da! New stock repo saves the day yet again! xD

The reason being, to do ## codes, he needs to be on a Sense ROM. ## Codes do not work on CM7.

that worked, thanks guys!

Can any of you guys running CM-7 Offical final release tell me if 4G WiMax is part of the CM build?
From what i can tell its not. But i am trying to get a confirmation before i go thru the trouble of rooting and installing that ROM.
Thanks.

Aberrix said:
I sold my old rooted EVO 4G running Cyanogenmod 7 RC2 to a buddy. I left Sprint entirely and made sure the ESN was/is clean. However my buddy said it won't activate on the Sprint system? He got transferred to a tech and when they try and do their special sprint ## whatever in the system to bring up a special menu nothing happens...
So has anyone activated a rooted [CM7] EVO on sprint before? What else can I try short of flashing back to a stock rom?
Thanks in advance.
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you might have to unroot the phone first. and activate it then.

bigwrigg said:
Can any of you guys running CM-7 Offical final release tell me if 4G WiMax is part of the CM build?
From what i can tell its not. But i am trying to get a confirmation before i go thru the trouble of rooting and installing that ROM.
Thanks.
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Wimax is in CM7 final. I connected to 4G immediately after flashing it last night.

You could manually provision it, but the data password changes every time you do a change in the account, so it's going to be tough but doable. A sprint rep can give you the password if you ask nicely...
SprintZone + Sense Rom is what works 100%
If you want to manually provision it, run a shell and type this:
cd /sys/devices/virtual/usb_composite/diag
echo 1 > enable
the phone will drop you to your C: prompt and the phone is now in DIAG mode. You can use CDMA WS or QPST to provision it. After you're done you can do the same steps above but with a 0 to disable DIAG mode.

hello,
i am having some troubles.
i flashed a stock rom and it said successful, so i rebooted it.
now its just sitting on the htc EVO 4G white screen. been sitting here for about 15 mins.
any ideas?
i did a full wipe and then installed the stock rom.
thanks!!

sflg35 said:
hello,
i am having some troubles.
i flashed a stock rom and it said successful, so i rebooted it.
now its just sitting on the htc EVO 4G white screen. been sitting here for about 15 mins.
any ideas?
i did a full wipe and then installed the stock rom.
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Try a battery pull. If still not working then ruu it
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Could also be a bad download of the stock rom..did you check the md5 checksums?

Sprint drops to 1x on any new ROM

I am updating my wife's EVO. Any new rom I install drops signal to 1x. This happens on any new ROM I flash. I have done all I can think of to prevent this - update radio, wimax, PRL, NV, update profile after flash...I know this in an installation issue and not a rom issue. But since I run a SGS2 I am not on the EVO thread very often.
Yes I am rooted with S-off. I can flash multiple rom's - they all just drop into 1x (even with Airave 5 feet away and my SGS2 next to the evo getting full bars in 3g)
what am I missing??? any help would be greatly appreciated - if you could drop a PM so I can read (I'm on the SGS2 thread) that would be a huge help...Thanks guys!

I think its not the roms but your signal is actually 1x, have you tried looking at the signal in a different location
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yes, in multiple locations. If I nandroid my "good" custom rom I am at 3g, my SGS2 is at 3g, as soon as I flash another costom rom on the EVO - 1x????

yep, just verified for the 3rd time...nandroid restored my original custom rom and it's on 3g (on the EVO)
damn this is frustrating

Hey trying running the latest RUU on your evo, and then flash a new rom, thats strange because it should be showing up, make sure your radios you are using are compatiable with the roms to! And it might just be a sprint issue because my phone *evo* and my dads phone *evo* as well can be right beside eachother and get different stats for some reason :/ grr sprint!
I hope you figure it out and if I helped please hit the thanks!
Stevo

lol, trying that right now.
was actually doing that as you were typing...what do they say about great minds??

Lol were you really, thats to funny!
Aye they think alike!
Let me know how it turns out when you get the evo back together again man,
I know running the RUU fixed a lot of small issues my evo had, and I hope it does the same for you
Stevo

arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg...updated recovery to aman ra, flashed stock....no root(3g but no root). reflashing stock with root, going back to CWM, and recovering my last good nandroid....this all started because the kids were messing with the wife's phone.

Hey,
You dont need to do all that man just reflash superuser and you should have your root again if not just rerun revolutionary, if you restore your last nandroid it will bring those bugs back with you.
I am glad you got your 3g back though, and your issue should be fixed after flashing super user.
Yeah I personally like CWM better a lot of people dont.
and I have 5 sibblings, and they know how to screw up tech with out even knowing how to use it..
Kids amaze me some times lol
Stevo

damn this evo is kicking my ass.
hboot
reinstalled my original PC36.img with root
rom manager
new recovery
nand my last good custom rom
so back to where i started. old custom rom, but at least i have 3g
Stevo, thanks for your help.
this is the part that is frustrating....i have 3g, wipe dalvik/cache/data flash new custom rom from CWM = no 3g

Hey,
Yeah the evo can sure give the headache sometimes, but with enough time *and asprin* anything is possible!
Aye, aight well at least you have 3g back.
Your welcome man just trying to help another xda brother out.
Yeah I really dont know what is causing that, um what rom are you trying to flash and is it sense or AOSP?
and are you still able to connect to data and use the web and what not?
Stevo

stevovanburen said:
Hey,
Yeah the evo can sure give the headache sometimes, but with enough time *and asprin* anything is possible!
Aye, aight well at least you have 3g back.
Your welcome man just trying to help another xda brother out.
Yeah I really dont know what is causing that, um what rom are you trying to flash and is it sense or AOSP?
and are you still able to connect to data and use the web and what not?
Stevo
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not asop, old custom was nocturnals shooter, trying to upgrade to his latest release.
hboot
updated to old pc36.img
got stock rooted (old stock im sure)
rom manager
updated recovery to CWM
nadroid restore old nocturnal shooter (3g,wifi,4g, GPS all solid)
reboot and let it settle
CWM
wipe dalvik,cache,data
flash latest nocturnal
let it settle
update profile and PRL
no 3g, just 1x - and this happens on every rom...so I know this is something on my part but can't quite figure it out....oh well, wife's phone is up and working good enough for her.

not sure if I need an updated PC36.img (which i am assuming is recovery)

Yeah, I really dont know that is baffling me, I wonder why it isnt working. Um are you able to still connect to internet? & what if you try using a rom like clean rom or just something that is stock sense that is cleaned up a little? "I wish I could send you the rom I am putting together but it still needs a few things worked out"
Is she alright using the shooter rom with all the stuff working? Because it might be easier just to stick with that old working nandroid you know?
and if she the wife is happy life is good the woman is always right!
Stevo

If your loading a sense rom, you should try reprovisioning your phone after flashing, dial ##data# you need to enter your msl code, go to data profile, hit menu and select restore. the phone should reboot, it'll go through the hands free activation then check prl. Cancel that, let the rom load, then update your profile and prl. See if that does the trick.
I had the same thing happen to me on my wifes evo after loading mikg did that and 3g came back no issues

kernel?
I've been finding that the kernel is as unique as the ROM as far as the phone is concerned, and if you have the wrong combo goofy stuff starts happening... I've had a kernel recently knock out my dialer!!!??? several wipes and flashes root explorer apks etc later found the right kernel wiped flashed then wiped again reboot and boom no problem everything works.

[Q] Can't call out or in...may need stock Rom

Hey all.
I need some help!
I have a rooted Evo 4G, running MIK G Rom and today, out of the blue. I could not make any calls. Busy signal. I called a sprint guy and he said to wipe and reflash.
It worked, where I could use my phone (after I disabled google voice)
To make a long story short, I took it to Sprint. Something got screwed up where I tried to reflash and now I can't call my phone or call out. The error is that the number is no longer in service.
Sprint guys said that everything was cool from sprint standpoint..network etc and that I should reflash to a stock Rom
Is there a Rom out there that I can flash and NOT lose my Root? This is a last ditch effort. They ordered me a new phone, but won't be here for several days.
Bottom line..I want to try a stock Rom. Is there one out there that I won't lose root? I can always redo my Amon RA if I have too.
Thanks SO MUCH!
Mike

mikeinstlouis said:
Hey all.
I need some help!
I have a rooted Evo 4G, running MIK G Rom and today, out of the blue. I could not make any calls. Busy signal. I called a sprint guy and he said to wipe and reflash.
It worked, where I could use my phone (after I disabled google voice)
To make a long story short, I took it to Sprint. Something got screwed up where I tried to reflash and now I can't call my phone or call out. The error is that the number is no longer in service.
Sprint guys said that everything was cool from sprint standpoint..network etc and that I should reflash to a stock Rom
Is there a Rom out there that I can flash and NOT lose my Root? This is a last ditch effort. They ordered me a new phone, but won't be here for several days.
Bottom line..I want to try a stock Rom. Is there one out there that I won't lose root? I can always redo my Amon RA if I have too.
Thanks SO MUCH!
Mike
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U can either restore from ur back up...or...reflash another ROM. Let me knw if that helps.
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mikeinstlouis said:
Hey all.
I need some help!
I have a rooted Evo 4G, running MIK G Rom and today, out of the blue. I could not make any calls. Busy signal. I called a sprint guy and he said to wipe and reflash.
It worked, where I could use my phone (after I disabled google voice)
To make a long story short, I took it to Sprint. Something got screwed up where I tried to reflash and now I can't call my phone or call out. The error is that the number is no longer in service.
Sprint guys said that everything was cool from sprint standpoint..network etc and that I should reflash to a stock Rom
Is there a Rom out there that I can flash and NOT lose my Root? This is a last ditch effort. They ordered me a new phone, but won't be here for several days.
Bottom line..I want to try a stock Rom. Is there one out there that I won't lose root? I can always redo my Amon RA if I have too.
Thanks SO MUCH!
Mike
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Yes there are plenty of stock rooted Roms you can flash, just take a look in the evo development section.
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Thanks
Firstly, I did several wipes and flashed two different ROMS. Can't use the phone or get a call. 4G works but not 3G?
I realize that there are lots of Stock Roms but I don't know which to use. ie. Does anyone have a suggestion of a good one that won't require me to re root, etc.
Thanks..just looking for a suggestion.

Try swagged out stock. Its a sense rom so you can update profile and prl when you get it flashed and also you can use dialer codes I believe in case you have to go that route
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Thanks so much...could you please elaborate a little bit on the dialer codes?
Thanks