Heres the run down
..I had my phone remotely flashed to boost
Being that im currently in a area with not the best coverage
I was testing every tweak to enhance my 100-185 kbps
so i came across a provision reset tweak
That screwed things up erasing some stuff
To the point where the phone had to be activated
Luckily going to the sprint zone app and activating restored everything
Or so i thought.. Now network has problem staying connected, 3G sign appears and leaves randomly, and when it is connected the d/l indicator sometimes doesnt appear. Speeds are as low as 8 kbps
Speeds before was no lower than 116 with 1 bar
I also get error 67 when trying to update prl
Any help would be appreciated
if your phone was remotely flashed and you don't have the passwords from your account, you might be out of luck.
I would suggest to contact the person that remotely flashed it for you...
Do you have the donor phone, the one that was used for transferring the service ? Because if you have it in your possession, you will be able to manually transfer the information one more time.
Sprint is blocking activations on phones flashed to Boost
After flashing hundreds of phones to Boost (Evo's, Galaxy S2/S3) I woke up at 5:00 A.M. 11/4/12 to discover that the Boost website was under maintenance.
After they were up and running I went to activate a newly flashed phone on my test account only to find that my normal activation method (through the Sprint Zone after cancelling the hands-free activation) no longer worked. The message was that I needed to take my phone to a Sprint store to activate it.
So I just figured I missed some minute detail flashing the phone or I had a bad donor phone. I flashed this Galaxy S2 again using a different donor phone and received the same results.
I then proceeded to try and re-activate several Evo's and Galaxy's that I had recently flashed and activated on the same test account a few day's earlier with the same results.
I am no newcomer to flashing. Has anyone heard of Sprint taking any counter-measures to prevent flashed phones from activating on the Boost network?
I have tried manually entering the phone number and MSID. I can get the phones to work but no internet.Keep in mind that these phones were all activated a few day's ago with no problem.
Any help would be appreciated as I have 5 or 6 Ebay customers who will be calling me today for help with their activation and I will not be able to activate their phones.
Related
Hey, so the other day my phone stopped getting reception of any kind. No phone calls or data connection, I just have the No Service symbol in the task bar. I have taken my phone all around the city, and it still says no service. It has been like this for a couple days now, so I doubt that T-Mobile is having a massive outage in my area (Pittsburgh). Does anyone know anything I could do? I've tried many soft resets, a couple hard resets, flashing different ROMs, and flashing different radios. I also checked my payment info and I'm not late for a payment or anything. So any help?
Also, the error reads "Dialed: The answering modem has disconnected. To check your connection settings and change them if needed, tap Settings." I looked around in settings and I wouldn't know what to change.
I had the same problem with ATT, it turns out some how I had no data settings on my account, so the network couldnt talk to my device, called tech support, they asked for my IMEI number, added me back, problem disappeared. every 3 months the networks send a request for phones to answer back at times the main frame then checks the IMEI numbers against whats on your account, if they dont match the data part can be dropped which stops the phones from communicating with the network. In my case my phone worked fine, but any txt msgs sent or pix msgs would always come back with that error, or after every hangup of a call.
Ok thanks. I'll try calling them later today
hello, i am new to this, but have a little experience flashing routers. anyhow i flashed my epic 4g to boost last night and the the texting and calls work fine, but i have no 3g. i was wondering if there is a easy step that i can do to get the 3g working. also i was wondering if i shut my epic off can i turn my doner phone (sanyo incognito) back on? i see instructions on here how to do it ,but i already flashed my phone and am not sure if i can turn the incognito back on. i know that i cant have them both on at the same time. thanks in advance!!
This could have gone as a question here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891077
But pretty much, turn off your epic, turn back on your sanyo, make sure you have internet connection on your sanyo by checking a webpage using 3g, not wifi, then follow those instructions.
If those instructions don't work, you definitely typed one of the passwords wrong. Do it again, preferably using copy and paste and make sure you're putting the right passwords into the right places.
i figured it out!! i was putting the 20 0's in for the boost AAA key.... the boost AAA key is shorter than the sprint one. the only problem i'm having now is my 3g speed is real slow. do you know of any tweaks to speed it up a little? i'm going to root my phone tomorrow.. thanks for the help and sorry this post was in the wrong spot...
Sounds like you might have to update your prl (preferred roaming list), It basically tells your phone what towers to connect to. Download the latest prl, mine is 11115. (And I have sweet service )
Basically using Qpst service programming, go to the roam tab and put your downloaded ".prl" file where you see an area to insert a file and click "write to phone" That most likely should help out, if not then it may have to do with the service in your area. I Hope that help you out.
Here's the link for the prl I use (11115)- http://team-nocturnal.com/showthread.php?41-Collection-of-PRL-s
epic 4g on boost -- only 3g is working
I loaded the 11115 prl file and my 3g speed is super fast now!! It created another problem thou. I cannot make or receive calls now. Also I sent myself a text from my other phone and it came thru, but next to the message it said "failed"???...
When I try to make a call it says "error 16 switch 172" then tries to redirect me to customer service...
Can I use this 11115 prl with my phone flashed to boost? Or is it for sprint only?
I would love to just use one phone, but I guess if I have to I can use another phone (service) to make calls and texts and get on the pay as you go plan and use my epic for the internet only, for $.50 a day..
Thanks for all the help guys. It is really appreciated!!
I just went through that with my buddy's phone cause he was bouncing back and forth between the Incog and Evo he uses. Just let the Epic bring you to customer service, give them your number, name and pin, and they'll do the rest. Its a new "security feature". Quick and easy. Keep the battery OUT of your other phone from now on. Just to be safe.
can some one tell me if this can fix my slow internet.
I get the 3g icon but my internet is slow and has been
since i put it on boost.I have tried everthing i know but
can not seem to fix it. and if i do this will it mess up my srink\plan
this is what i found in one of the thread and want to try this.
he HA/AAA's appear to be generated based on the ESN/MEID and MDN combination. When running across this issue, here are the steps I take to resolve it:
1. Turn off both the donor and flashed phones.
2. Go online to your Boost account and go through the Update handset process using a third Boost Mobile MEID (I have one you can use for the switch...PM me
3. After a few minutes, go back in and do another Update handset, this time using the MEID that came off the donor. Be sure to leave your donor phone off!!!
That's it! This has always worked for me. Sometimes it takes awhile for the phone to provision. You may get an error message that says that the number isn't in service...just hang in there!!
Welcome to sprint's wonderful dial-up 3g speeds. Nothing you can do except switch to Verizon and get REAL 3g speeds.
I recently bought an Evo 4G with a bad ESN and flashed it over to Boost Mobile with a Rant. After hours upon hours upon hours of tweaking, talking to customer support, having them update whatever, attempt to update my PRL and a ton of other things, I finally got my calling, texting, and data working properly.
After updating my baseband and other things, trying different PRLs manually, I managed to once again fix my phone and get it working after customer support(and myself) screwed it up a bunch of times. Interestingly enough, it says Sprint and not Boost Mobile, and still works. However, the internet is slow as hell. It doesn't seem too far off from the speed of the original phone, though. Which never apparently never got 3G in the first place, but was 3G capable and is on the $50 unlimited data plan. Also, the MMS doesn't work.
I've tried a bunch of different ROMs as well and ultimately it turns out that no matter what I do the MMS doesn't work(pictures in texts), and the internet is only about ~120kb down and ~160kb up. I've tried changing the MMS server from mm.myboostmobile.com to mm.myboostmobile.sprintpcs.com. It always seems that under EVDO Engineering in the ##debug# menu it always either says 0 = Not Authenticated or some number and =, ie 62=62=62=62=(or once or twice earlier but not ever lately 2 = Authentication failed).
Along with that, the voicemail icon doesn't work and it seems that sometimes calls will be dropped and go straight to voicemail with no notification, no ring or anything. There's no way for me to know when or how often this happens so I'm constantly checking my voicemail. I've looked all over, tried more things than not and it really seems like I'm running out of options..
Thanks in advance
EDIT: So apparently after messing the last ROM my MEID(as shown in my nai of profile 0) has changed back to the original MEID/ESN/whatever of the Evo, not the donor phone. However, the internet is still working fine, as is voice. I'm not sure if I'm going to mess with putting it back for now, since it's a pain in the ass to re-write NV items and all of that.
_____________________________________________________
edit 2: it seems like after flashing the last ROM my ESN/MEID is back to the donor's information..
try just flashing a rooted stock 4.67 sense rom and update your prl, then data profile
for mms under ##data# enter the url as follows
http://mm.myboostmobile.com
Thanks for the reply,
I installed a rooted stock 4.67 sense ROM. Same as with all of the other ROMs, I get an error 67 when I try to update my PRL and profile. The internet seems even slower. EVDO is still 0 = Inactive. Voice works, but calls are on occasion being dropped(straight to voicemail) and I don't believe MMS works, after changing the MMS server. Updating it manually to the latest(60868) PRL wasn't possible because ##prl# wouldn't work, but it's already updated to 60868. Nothing has changed except the fact that I'm now on the stock ROM and the internet might be slower than with any other ROMs.
______________________________
edit: now a lot of my calls are getting dropped and I'm getting an error 16 when trying to dial out. It seems that if the 3G symbol isn't there(which isn't even 3G, rather data), the call will fail to complete. It won't always fail if the 3G symbol isn't there, though. This really sucks..makes it seem like I should just drop trying to get data and MMS working and switch to a cheaper plan or something.
Update: turns out MMS works on the stock sense ROM
Update 2: That and it seems that ##768# factory reset gets everything to work(with still slow internet) but with the original MEID of the Evo. If I could somehow get the donor's phone information on the phone before the hands free activation actually started..
Now the EVDO Engineering status is going between 1 = Init and 0 = Inactive, but the authentication now says that it failed. Before putting the proper information via QPST on the phone, the EVDO stays inactive and unauthenticated. After putting the proper information in, EVDO tries to work but fails activation, 2 = failed authentication. Feels so close..
Nothing's changed but I believe I'll be able to get it to work if I could somehow pause the hands free activation after resetting ##786#, enter the proper HA/AAA passwords, and continue with the proper information..
It makes sense, after hands free activation before putting in the passwords internet is slow and EVDO says 0 = Not Authenticated. After hands free activation and then putting in the proper info there's no data and EVDO says 2 = Authentication Failed.
Does anyone know how to get the phone into diagnostic mode while in recovery? I'm pretty sure that'd do it, and then the phone would have the proper information, THEN activate. Either that, or if I could somehow start hands free activation without a reset after putting the right stuff in.
Thanks in advance..
You cant.
If I were you I would reflash the phone.
I've reflashed at least 10 times with 4 different ROMs, different kernels, baseband versions, all with the exact same results except most recently MMS working with the stock rooted sense ROM. The biggest problem at this point is probably the fact that a good portion of calls are going straight to voicemail and there's no way for me to know about it unless I manually check my voicemail. The speed of the internet is reported to be around 120 kb/s down and 160 up, in reality it's more like 10(ie when downloading from the play store). I've tried every single thing I've found on the topic on XDA and another large forum. Nothing has changed the end result of slow internet speeds, and lack of EVDO authentication.
No, not reflash the ROM.
Reflash the phone, or start at reflashing your items.
solved
So I found someone locally that claimed they could do it and I took them up on their offer. He told me that my profile 1 wasn't changed, so apparently I couldn't write profile 1. That was what was causing all of the problems. I think it might have something to do with the fact that nv item 1192 gave me an access denied instead of working and regardless of what I tried it wouldn't work.. Oh well. Thank god it works.
My E4GT flashed to Boost stopped working on 3G. I am able to call and receive voice calls without any problems, and the 3G icon is still present (which means the donor's passwords are correct !!). I flashed my phone to Boost in January and it worked perfectly until today (8/17/17), around 2 PM. I updated the PRL and Profile, but nothing changed. I rebooted several times and still nothing.
The funny thing is the 3G stopped working on my father's E4GT at approximately the same time today (also flashed to Boost).
Things the phones have in common:
- the Boost flash was done by me, from Sanyo Incognito phones. Both phones are on Boost Shrinkage plan, now at $45 per month (my father's phone was flashed a couple of weeks after mine, so it can't be some road-block from Boost for the Shrinkage subscribers).
- both phones have the 3G icon displayed, but only the green arrow lights up (the uploading indicator) ... the orange arrow does not light up, so the phones never receive any download data.
Things the phones do NOT have in common:
- my father's E4GT was updated to ICS a couple of weeks ago, using the Over The Air update (3G worked perfectly in ICS, no problems there). My phone is still running Gingerbread EL29.
To add more mystery to the issue ... Back in February, I also flashed my sister's E4GT to Virgin Mobile (Virgin uses the Sprint Network, just like Boost) and her phone works perfectly. The only difference between my sister's flashing procedure and my father's and my phone is that, my sister's phone has the original CAVE AKEY from the donor phone which was Virgin's LG Optimus V ( Sanyo Incognito doesn't want to let you read the AKEY ). So why is it that E4GT works on Virgin Mobile but doesn't work on Boost Mobile, while both networks use Sprint ?
The way I see it:
A) either Boost Mobile stopped the 3G on ALL the Sanyo Incognito phones, so the E4GT phones using the Incognito as donor stopped working ...
B) Or Sprint updated their towers to require the CAVE AKEY in order for 3G to work (unlikely because the Error 16 that comes up the first time after flashing, when making a call, is because the AKEY does not match Sprint's records, so the operator updates it in order for voice calls to work ... in other words, the AKEY is only used for voice, not for 3G)
C) ..... I'm open to suggestions ....
Does anyone else on Boost have similar problems ?
Boost could just be having data issues right now. It happens.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda app-developers app
I fixed the problem. Here's what I did, just in case someone else's phone experiences the same symptoms.
-from the dialer, type ##3282# ...
-click EDIT and type your MSL code
-select EVDO from the menu
-I waited about 3 seconds while the signal bars and the 3G icons disappeared ... then I waited another couple of seconds for the icons to re-appear
-then I pressed the back button until I was back in the Home screen
NOTE: I didn't change any settings during this procedure, the 3G restored itself just by entering and exiting this menu
It looks like the radio resets during this procedure and everything restores back to normal. It's interesting that updating the Profile and the PRL did not help, even though the radio resets itself after performing said updates.