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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
my phone has been rooted for 1 year now and so far have had no problems what so ever, but just recently i flashed synergy rom and all hell broke loose. my phones 4g works fine and so does wifi but my 3G would not start, it would turn on for about 1 second then go straight to 1x.
things i have tried......
update my profile and prl...nothing
##data##, menu, restore....nothing
pulled the battery like about 155752 times....nothing
nandroid restore to a time where it was working...thing
flashed like 6 different roms and still nothing works.
flashed new radios and still a no go..
i tried to do the whole metro pcs flash but then changed my mind not to go to metro as its network is crapy. i went to qpst and cdma and reverted everything back to how it was, so i dont see why it would mess up my 3G
i have no idea what else to do, any help will be greatly appreciated.
If it is 1x, that shows the true data strength. You may have excellent connection, but poor data in that area, or the server is just temporarily overloaded. It'll correct itself. Previously, sense roms would always show 3G even if it was a 1x connection, but most developers put in that fix to show the true strength, like in aosp.
Thanks for the reply. the thing is that my wife has an evo as well and shes right next to me and gets perfect 3g data connections, and i was getting error 67 upon trying to update prl and profile. as soon as i did the reset on the ##data## it went away, and now it wont even connect to 1x at all...man its so frustrating, ive searched and search but nothing.
same thing has happened to me, tried chatting 3 times, and called tech support once, so far no data.
try this...i did not work for me at all but it might work for you...good luck buddy you'll need it lol...this crap is frustrating as hell.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045629
ive had similar problems... just flashed a rom,, 3g working but hotspot isnt.... i need help too
Sense ROM's show 3G to identify a data connection, while the bars are actually displaying the voice connection. I believe aosp ROM's strickly display the data speed since voice reception is generally good. This may just be a placebo affect and you think you have poor 3G. I would suggest running a speed test on both ROM's (your current one and the one you found "good" data speeds on) to ensure that it's not the ROM itself.
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I've got the same exact issue, but I've been on Synergy for a while now. As of last night though, no 3g... My France's unrooted EVO works just fine, and I've been in a few different areas, so I know it's not the tower. I've done the same things the OP has done and still nothing... Is it possible for the Rom to fry out the 3g??
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Ok ive got mines working. However its still a little sketchy but atleast 3g doesnt go away. After going tjrough the steps in my last post, I did ##786# and resetted everything. Then reflashed my rom and walah!
This worked for me.
Step 1: Open dial pad , ##3282# enter
Step 2: Select "Edit Mode", then input your MSL number
Step 3: Select "Data Profile", then press menu button
Step 4: Select "Restore", then press ok. Should reboot on it's own. If not reboot.
You said you did something similar but figured it wouldn't hurt.
I did that, but didnt work for me. However every phone is different and every little bit helps.
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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.
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.
Hello, I have an evo 4g that is flashed to boost. Has been working fine the past year an last week 3g stopped working.The icon is lit up but it seems that it does not work.Internal apps in the phone recognize if it is on or not either by attempting to work if it is lit up or by giving me the message that I need a data connection if it is not lit up. Tried rebooting-battery out and back in, tried uninstalling-reinstalling ROM(which is SS_Ultra) still no 3g. Wireless does work fine. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hello, I have an evo 4g that is flashed to boost. Has been working fine the past year an last week 3g stopped working.The icon is lit up but it seems that it does not work.Internal apps in the phone recognize if it is on or not either by attempting to work if it is lit up or by giving me the message that I need a data connection if it is not lit up. Tried rebooting-battery out and back in, tried uninstalling-reinstalling ROM(which is SS_Ultra) still no 3g. Wireless does work fine. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hello Roseypat...First I would dial ##33284# and then click "Data Status" and at the very top Where it says IP Address: after that does it say EVDO Rev A (with numbers like this 170.356.123.for example: EvDo Rev A 170.123.456.789.....or after the IP Address: does it say this 1xrtt 170.123.456.789) Also, below that it will say "Last Data Error:" if it says no data thats fine, but if it has a code what was it? This will at least tell us if you have a data connection and whether it is 3g(EvDo) or 1xrtt(2g)....Because you say that the 3g symbol is there it has to have a data connection...And the blinking your referring to is indicating that it is sending or receiving data.
That being said, this usually is related to a bad app downloaded or updated right around the time that it quit working...The first thing I would do is switch it to the stock rom if possible...But either way, I'm betting if you do a Factory Data Reset on your device(which will not effect the flash it will only erase all of the users inputs and data(ie apps, etc)....I just had someone with this exact issue and the Factory Data Reset fixed it back to normal. You can find this in the Storage section of the settings menu(at least on the stock rom anyways)...Btw, just to be safe, I would remove your sd card before you do the factory data reset. Good Luck.