Hey guys, I just moved into a new apartment and realized the sprint service is horrible as well as virgin mobile.. I have my epic touch running perfectly on virgin mobile, but I just learned that straight talk uses all 4 of the big dogs towers (correct me if I'm wrong plz)
Anyways, I was just wondering what is the cheapest dummy phone from straight talk that I could use in the flash? Also, is there anything that would be different from switching it from sprint to virgin mobile?
Any help appreciated as always! Thanks
Edit: Just found this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1210240&highlight=+straight+talk+)
Just wondering if I can get the cheapest straight talk phone, or if there's any requirements. Thanks again
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I got an Evo for the intention of flashing it to boost mobile. Then I saw virgin mobile and decided i wanted to flash to them instead (same service half the price). I ended up going with metro pcs and I spent maybe 12 hours today working on this thing. I CANT FIND ONE TUTORIAL THAT WORKS! Also I'm now finding out that you cant use the evo with 3g in New York, apparently that's where I live hence a problem. Can someone point me to a good PRL, Tutorial on how to flash to metro, and a funny picture that can make me happy because I'm very angry.
can someone respond? i have a $500 touch screen desk ornament just hanging out...staring me down, mocking me
Dang 1:49 minutes, relax...
First off, you can't just flash your EVO to metro yourself. You need to go to a metro store and have them add the ESN to their database. This will active the phone and get it working for talk and text, just get the $40 plan!
To get MMS and web working follow bloody's info and flash his ROM to make life easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795182
Now to make you mad, Metro does not have 3g, you will only get 2G. The good news is there are ways to potentially get Clearwire 4G working for either free or cheap.
Virgin Mobile won't active the EVO since Sprint owns them and they don't want people flocking to the cheap plans. If you find someone that will actually do this let me know I would be very interested!
My esn is already in their database and I had service until I flashed my prl and now I have no bars can someone post the sprint prl for new york and had was it clear wire for free
jackelmatador said:
Dang 1:49 minutes, relax...
First off, you can't just flash your EVO to metro yourself. You need to go to a metro store and have them add the ESN to their database. This will active the phone and get it working for talk and text, just get the $40 plan!
To get MMS and web working follow bloody's info and flash his ROM to make life easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795182
Now to make you mad, Metro does not have 3g, you will only get 2G. The good news is there are ways to potentially get Clearwire 4G working for either free or cheap.
Virgin Mobile won't active the EVO since Sprint owns them and they don't want people flocking to the cheap plans. If you find someone that will actually do this let me know I would be very interested!
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Halabeaster54 said:
My esn is already in their database and I had service until I flashed my prl and now I have no bars can someone post the sprint prl for new york and had was it clear wire for free
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If you want Metro to work you need a metro PRL, search around it is easy to find, howard forums has a sticky, the PRL you need 02004
As for clear do read bloodykiller86 metrodroid ROM thread I posted info there on how to get clearwire to work.
Halabeaster54 said:
I got an Evo for the intention of flashing it to boost mobile. Then I saw virgin mobile and decided i wanted to flash to them instead (same service half the price). I ended up going with metro pcs and I spent maybe 12 hours today working on this thing. I CANT FIND ONE TUTORIAL THAT WORKS! Also I'm now finding out that you cant use the evo with 3g in New York, apparently that's where I live hence a problem. Can someone point me to a good PRL, Tutorial on how to flash to metro, and a funny picture that can make me happy because I'm very angry.
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Also, if you want to try a service with faster internet connection (4g), try Simple Mobile. $60 a month plans.
Hi i was looking around and I found out that they are some people who was able to flashed their epic 4g touch to verizon prepaid ,but I cant find the guide or the tutorial for how to do it. Can someone help me and tell me what I need to do to flash my phone to verizon prepaid ,Thank you ,I hope someone help me with this.
You need a donor phone from Verizon.
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Ok and what a do with the donor phone?
Research what a donor phone is, and that will bring you all the information you need to know.
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or just pay 50 buck to a buddy of mine he will do it all you need is a usb a phone a working computer
If you have metroPCS service in your town, you can also flash it to metro- text, talk, mms, web, gps all for $40 a month. I also think you can for cricket as well. Both are pre-paid carriers- no need for a donor phone.
Thank you for the help,but I will glad if you send me a tutorial in how to flash it to Verizon,due to there is not metro PC or cricket in my area just Verizon prepaid.
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Hi I flashed my Epic 4G touch to Verizon prepaid but It keeps saying roaming whats up with that everything Is working perfect but it says roaming witch probably is not a good thing??
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, But my question is I have been trying to port my SGH-L900 to straight talk, because in my area verizon is the best, and sprint is just crap when it comes to data and signal strength. I have everything working according to this guide, but for some reason the only data service I get is 1x and not 3g, I don't know if it is because of something with my data profiles, HA or AAA, or my DMU10 key? Any help would be appreciated, and Thanks in advance.
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JMHershey125 said:
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, But my question is I have been trying to port my SGH-L900 to straight talk, because in my area verizon is the best, and sprint is just crap when it comes to data and signal strength. I have everything working according to this guide, but for some reason the only data service I get is 1x and not 3g, I don't know if it is because of something with my data profiles, HA or AAA, or my DMU10 key? Any help would be appreciated, and Thanks in advance.
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Confused...Straight Talk runs off AT&T & T-Mobile networks, depending on which SIM you order...they don't have anything to do with Verizon. Soooo...maybe not possible to get the Sprint Note2 flashed to Straight Talk with 3G?
if you want to use Straight Talk I would just but the International Unlocked version of the note2.
I used a LG220c witch does run on the verizon network, I had my galaxy S2 running fine on verizon, steps were to use a samsung fascinate donor phone, clone the lg220c esn and meid to the fascinate, then clone the fascinate to the S2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473141
I've been searching for videos and guides but ijust can't seem to find anything but I know it's possible to go from Sprint to straight talk, so I was wondering if someone could be generous and help me with this, I knew I'm suppose to flash it than go buy cheap phones for cloning than update stuff, and I also saw certain roms can actually give you Verizon Lte with certain straight talk 4g stuff. I would really apperciate the help.
Newby_Leader said:
I've been searching for videos and guides but ijust can't seem to find anything but I know it's possible to go from Sprint to straight talk, so I was wondering if someone could be generous and help me with this, I knew I'm suppose to flash it than go buy cheap phones for cloning than update stuff, and I also saw certain roms can actually give you Verizon Lte with certain straight talk 4g stuff. I would really apperciate the help.
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you cant use sprint (CDMA) phone on ST only GSM phones (TMobile or ATT or International versions)
You can flash to Page Plus that's what I did with our Sprint GS3. Very good service
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I never seen no Verizon lte phone that was flashed to straight talk get them speeds just because the lte on Verizon phones use the sim cards to geth there data
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Newby_Leader said:
I've been searching for videos and guides but ijust can't seem to find anything but I know it's possible to go from Sprint to straight talk, so I was wondering if someone could be generous and help me with this, I knew I'm suppose to flash it than go buy cheap phones for cloning than update stuff, and I also saw certain roms can actually give you Verizon Lte with certain straight talk 4g stuff. I would really apperciate the help.
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I know I'm very late but Straight Talk supports byod even cdma LTE should work too. Check this out http://stbyop.com/straighttalk/ or you could buy the kit at walmart for $65 but if you buy it no money back guarantee. I put in my MEID number and it's compatible.
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polska2180o said:
you cant use sprint (CDMA) phone on ST only GSM phones (TMobile or ATT or International versions)
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I believe you are mistaken. I have a Verizon Tbolt flashed to StraightTalk. http://snyderswireless.com/ said they could flash my Sprint GSIII to Verizon or StraightTalk if I wanted, just no LTE. The guy is cool and did my last flash remotely, very informative.
(Sorry if this is an old issue and has since been addressed.)
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Hi,
I have a Sprint GS3 running 4.3 stock that I am contemplating bringing over the metro. I have a few questions for the experts here:
1. Is there a stock Metro pcs rom that I can load on this phone? Purpose would be to automate things like update PRL button to work for metro, Visual voicemail to work and remove sprint bloatware and use metro bloatware (ha).
2. Phone seems to be fine with talk and text but no data. I have looked at the guides over here but so far, no go. Anyone can help me find out what is my SID??
Thanks
hindibuff said:
Hi,
I have a Sprint GS3 running 4.3 stock that I am contemplating bringing over the metro. I have a few questions for the experts here:
1. Is there a stock Metro pcs rom that I can load on this phone? Purpose would be to automate things like update PRL button to work for metro, Visual voicemail to work and remove sprint bloatware and use metro bloatware (ha).
2. Phone seems to be fine with talk and text but no data. I have looked at the guides over here but so far, no go. Anyone can help me find out what is my SID??
Thanks
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T-mobile purchased them a while back. They quit selling CDMA phones last year and will discontinue support next year. I'm sure CDMA coverage with metro pcs isn't much better than Sprint right now either...plus, how much will they support existing towers? And doesn't Metro PCS 'flash' your phone for you? I thought it was one of those places. You should visit a store or look online regarding this.