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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?
hello, i just bought my phone from metro pcs yesterday, flashed a rom yesterday, and i had no data, so today i though i would try a different mod, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434497 HenseMod booted up fine but no data still, so i though i messed up so i tried it again following all the directions, i though that when i unlocked the boot-loader that i had S-OFF, but i still have S-on and when i formatted the system and what not and installed the MTD-recovery.zip i rebooted and now i have no recovery menu, and cant boot, but i still have the system recovery, i was hoping there is a way to reflast clockworkmod recovery using adb shell or something,
any help is appreciated, thanks everyone
download CWM_Recovery_5.0.2.6.zip
Flash the recovery.img inside that zip files using this command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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cwm should work again now
ahead of you (; i tried that, it doesnt work...
nvm i got it thanks dude ^^, while im here do you know why i am having problems with data working when i flash a new rom? am i flashing the right rom for my service?
There us only a few roms that work on metro pcs look for one that says marvelc or a510c
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If you used mtd and resized the rom partition, I think you have to undo it again before flashing a different rom or you'll have problems.
the only problem is that now that i restored the original rom it still wont connect to data.. i will try another rom but i think it is something else
ok i tried a different rom and went back to my original backup and tryed a different kernel and i still have no data, what is there what would cause this?
I am having the same problem.
Did anyone have any luck?
Nope still walking around with no data, haven't figured it out yet. Let me know if you find somthing.
Try to reactivate the phone or update your roaming. I don't know if that stuff works with metropcs but that has to be done with Verizon sometimes.
Sent from my Sabotaged Droid Incredible 2.
Well than is there someone who knows how to do this and can tell me..
On Verizon you would press *228 then 1 to activate. To update roaming its *228 then 2
Sent from my Sabotaged Droid Incredible 2.
ok well i updated roaming and that didnt work the only way i can reactivate it is by calling customer service. my laptop died a few days ago so im going to have to wait untill tomorrow after school to call and try that, any other ideas? im going to just reflash it later after all my calls are done, to the best rom that would work with my metropcs phone. can enyone tell me what the best roms are for this service? havent seen a thread on metro pcs yet
I don't think roms are usually carrier specific. Only device specific. Are you doing a full wuoe data and dalvik cache when you are flashing the rom?
Sent from my Sabotaged Droid Incredible 2.
i tryed lots of things.. yes i wiped everything one time and restored my backup. is it in the rom or the kernel? im going to try a different kernel, they recomended here than if that doesnt work i will try that one..
Its possible the kernel could cause you a problem but the problem you are having may be rom specific. Its worth a shot.
Sent from my Sabotaged Droid Incredible 2.
yeahh that didnt change anything.. ive tried every rom besides cyanogenmod because the download link didnt work
I've heard of some people having to do an apn backup on a rom that works and restoring that backup on the broken one. That may be an unrelated fix but what can it hurt.
Sent from my Sabotaged Droid Incredible 2.
JamesJrugs said:
ok well i updated roaming and that didnt work the only way i can reactivate it is by calling customer service. my laptop died a few days ago so im going to have to wait untill tomorrow after school to call and try that, any other ideas? im going to just reflash it later after all my calls are done, to the best rom that would work with my metropcs phone. can enyone tell me what the best roms are for this service? havent seen a thread on metro pcs yet
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I have a straight up feeling that it gonna mess up your phone.....just sayin
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Why would it mess it up? Its never messed any of mine up.
Sent from my Sabotaged Droid Incredible 2.
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.
I have looked around and am still not sure which way would be best to un-root my Evo 4g. Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ? and reload the apps i want from the market ? right now i am in ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.05 ( it was originally rooted with unrevoked ) not unrevoked forever. I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while. ( not looking forward to the sprint bloatware ) or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build. Thanks for any info you might have.
Best way to unroot is to grab the unrevoked s-on tool. Flash that and run a ruu or grab a stock non rooted rom.
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so i guess wipe data is really no good ?
Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ?
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Not really sure what you are asking here. A factory reset will NOT unroot you, it will just reset whatever rom you are on. And updating contacts through Asurion? Asurion is your insurance provider, they have nothing to do with contacts....
I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while.
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You don't have to unroot to do this, just flash a rooted stock rom. This way you stay rooted. If you unroot, and then update to the latest stock rom, it will be VERY difficult to re-root.
or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build.
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I think you need to read a LOT more about rooting before you proceed to do any more, you don't really seem to know what's going on. ClockworkMod is your recovery, which has nothing to do with your rom. Updating Clockwork will not update your rom, or unroot you.
LOL I guess you are right. A LOT more reading in my future.. Thanks though.
I guess I will go ahead with the idea to update to the newest rom. I thought because ClockworkMod gave me the option to " wipe data/factory reset. " it would set it to factory default, which I thought might be un-rooted.
Side note: Asurion also syncs my phone contacts. I had to use it once when my phone was lost. to update / sync the new phone. It worked very well. Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
But thanks again. that post was very helpful to point me in the right direction. and make me feel a little foolish LOL BE WELL
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Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
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did you try setting up a new gmail account? or maybe jsut delete it on your phone and re-set it up.
not yet. but i will soon. ill let you know how it goes. I've read that it works for some and not for others. haven't found a lot of info directly from Google though. it seems they don't acknowledge the issue. but I am sure i'm not the only one experiencing the error message.
If you really like the new sprint os but hate the bloatware, why not use a rooted sprint rom that one of the devs has made, kind of exactly what sprint/htc gives you but minus the bloat!
Thanks I will. i'm very new to this, how do i go about getting the correct one ? as you can see from above. I have Alot more reading to do.
just did a search on the rom you are running. How do you like that one.
The Rom I am running is great! Just can't post the link to it in this forum due to forum rules. But the Rom I am running is similar to a stock rom, just not a stock rom of an evo 4g. It's ics os which stands for (ice cream sandwich) the new HTC os. Its the stock upgrade for most of their new phones such as the Samsung Galaxy SII. Evo 4g was left out, but due to the devs on this site and others the evo 4g will be just fine!
Edit: Well there is alot of reading and research involved. But for me the best kind of research is trial and error. I read up on certain roms that interest me that have key perks. Such as ICS (newer roms), or wimax enabled (4g enabled and typically on the older roms). Then I read up on peoples response to the roms, what issues they have had, how they have fixed them, how the developer has fixed them. And then after that I'll flash the roms and see how they run. Usually a day or two of use can tell you if you like it or not. Its like a car test drive!
That's Great. I will look around a little more. and get a new rom, I'll probably try the one you mentioned, ( found the link ) Hey, I really appreciate the info, I just need the time to screw around a little more. LOL. Be Well. I'll let ya know how it goes. It is pretty interesting.
Yes on the site you are currently on, there should be a few helpful tips on how to flash the roms and kernels properly. Good luck, also a bunch of great tips on the CM7 Wiki
All of a sudden, across different ROMS and even in stock/rooted, even with Google voice, my phone isn't receiving any texts. No notifications, nothing. I can see them if I open G-Voice in the inbox, but not if I open Messaging or Go SMS, but this started before I even installed G-Voice. Before that, nothing.
It started yesterday. Anyone else having this problem?? Is Sprint having issues or something?
Haven't had any of those problems and I'm in sprint too
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I just reflashed my radios and now I'm nandroiding back to stock/rooted to update Profile and PRL....
Hope that does it
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Looks like reflashing the radios worked. AS soon as I got booted into stock, a ton of messages started coming in
ok, so how does one go about reflashing the radios? did you do that and follow through with the nandroiding back to stock like you said?
I'm sorry. I have an HTC Evo 4g, rooted, originally had CM7 on it when the sms issue happened. took it to my friend and he put CM9 on it to see if going to a newer ROM would help. it didn't. he stated that I would probably have to go back to stock, reinstall sms from there (?) and then go back to a rom if I wanted.
I have been googling the issue and found this: forum.xda-developers. com/showthread.php?p=34337380#post34337380 which had directions to unroot and go back to Froyo, then reroot and reinstall the CM7 ROM. If I don't have to go through all that I would love not to, and this thread is much newer than that one.
also: I don't think I have a copy of my original HTC Sense or whatever base setup. not sure if the guy who rooted my phone for me saved one... also, don't think I have a copy of the CM7 I had installed. I do however have a .exe of the CM9 I currently have. Honestly, I like some of the settings on CM7 more than the CM9 I have, but oh well, I guess.
Anyway, sorry to ramble. I have had this issue not receiving text messages randomly since about November 9th. I am on a Sprint Evo but it is flashed to Cricket.
Thank you for the help! I am learning a lot as I have been looking all this up, but more info would definitely help.
-Amber.
EDIT: Ok, updated the Radios with CM-EVO_Radio-2.15.00.12.19_PRI-2.33_WiMax_NV.zip. I did not nandroid into the stock rom though because I don't think I have it saved. I've found a few apparently-stock roms on xda but I read something else that said what looks like stock could just be another rom and not have all of the original settings refreshed. I am pretty sure that when I had CM9 put on my phone to try to fix the sms issue they did a clean wipe before they installed it, but I could be wrong.
I still have not received any of my still-missing texts. =( I can still send which makes me think it isn't necessarily that I'm flashed to cricket... any other help would be most welcome. thanks.
HipKat said:
I just reflashed my radios and now I'm nandroiding back to stock/rooted to update Profile and PRL....
Hope that does it
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Looks like reflashing the radios worked. AS soon as I got booted into stock, a ton of messages started coming in
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xDisso1vex said:
ok, so how does one go about reflashing the radios? did you do that and follow through with the nandroiding back to stock like you said?
I'm sorry. I have an HTC Evo 4g, rooted, originally had CM7 on it when the sms issue happened. took it to my friend and he put CM9 on it to see if going to a newer ROM would help. it didn't. he stated that I would probably have to go back to stock, reinstall sms from there (?) and then go back to a rom if I wanted.
I have been googling the issue and found this: forum.xda-developers. com/showthread.php?p=34337380#post34337380 which had directions to unroot and go back to Froyo, then reroot and reinstall the CM7 ROM. If I don't have to go through all that I would love not to, and this thread is much newer than that one.
also: I don't think I have a copy of my original HTC Sense or whatever base setup. not sure if the guy who rooted my phone for me saved one... also, don't think I have a copy of the CM7 I had installed. I do however have a .exe of the CM9 I currently have. Honestly, I like some of the settings on CM7 more than the CM9 I have, but oh well, I guess.
Anyway, sorry to ramble. I have had this issue not receiving text messages randomly since about November 9th. I am on a Sprint Evo but it is flashed to Cricket.
Thank you for the help! I am learning a lot as I have been looking all this up, but more info would definitely help.
-Amber.
EDIT: Ok, updated the Radios with CM-EVO_Radio-2.15.00.12.19_PRI-2.33_WiMax_NV.zip. I did not nandroid into the stock rom though because I don't think I have it saved. I've found a few apparently-stock roms on xda but I read something else that said what looks like stock could just be another rom and not have all of the original settings refreshed. I am pretty sure that when I had CM9 put on my phone to try to fix the sms issue they did a clean wipe before they installed it, but I could be wrong.
I still have not received any of my still-missing texts. =( I can still send which makes me think it isn't necessarily that I'm flashed to cricket... any other help would be most welcome. thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200261..that thread should help you. It's stock rooted gingerbread with radio updates. Sorry if thats not what your looking for.
Are there in apps in existence that will restore a phone's proper mms/sms setting after being flashed?