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[Q] Unlock My Epic To Use In A Different Country?

Hey guys,
So, I'm going to take a trip abroad for a little while. Thing is, I love my phone, and I don't really wanna live without it, and I'll need a cell phone while I'm in S. Korea. I was wondering if there's maybe a way to mod the firmware or something to get it to use Korean cell towers? Anybody know? I'd really appreciate it if I could find a way to get that to work...
Thanks,
Kangaji

you have a samsung phone and you are going to south korea? ask the guys at samsung to help you out while you are there lol. ok seriously, im not sure if they have cdma networks there or not. if they do you could figure out how to flash a modem or prl that would roam on the local network. if they only have gsm networks then you'd have to borrow or buy a gsm phone and put a local SIM card in it.

Kangaji said:
Hey guys,
So, I'm going to take a trip abroad for a little while. Thing is, I love my phone, and I don't really wanna live without it, and I'll need a cell phone while I'm in S. Korea. I was wondering if there's maybe a way to mod the firmware or something to get it to use Korean cell towers? Anybody know? I'd really appreciate it if I could find a way to get that to work...
Thanks,
Kangaji
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Call or stop by Sprint tell them you are going out of country and where they might give you a code to "unlock". At least that is how it is with ATT when I was with them. Not sure about Sprint wouldn't hurt to ask.

I think the only thing that might work if you know what you're doing is wimax but it probably isn't worth the effort. If you want to use a local service provider there you'll need a gsm phone. I recommend the iPhone 2g or 3g unlocked. You can find them on craigslist for $50 or $60.
if you have $100~200 to spend get an unlocked HTC HD2 and put gingerbread on the Nand.
It looks like I was wrong, CDMA coverage is available in Korea but that doesn't change my recommendation, look here at the rates you would have to pay to roam there.
Voice Pricing: $2.29/minute
Special Voice Pricing: $1.99/min. with plan
Data Pricing: $0.019/KB
Special Data Pricing: 1x Data: $0.002/KB
Text Pricing: Send: $0.50/recipient; Received: $0.05/msg
Alternatively you could use qpst to use the phone on SK Telecom but it would be tedious and probably not worth it.

lynyrd65 said:
I think the only thing that might work if you know what you're doing is wimax but it probably isn't worth the effort. If you want to use a local service provider there you'll need a gsm phone. I recommend the iPhone 2g or 3g unlocked. You can find them on craigslist for $50 or $60.
if you have $100~200 to spend get an unlocked HTC HD2 and put gingerbread on the Nand.
It looks like I was wrong, CDMA coverage is available in Korea but that doesn't change my recommendation, look here at the rates you would have to pay to roam there.
Voice Pricing: $2.29/minute
Special Voice Pricing: $1.99/min. with plan
Data Pricing: $0.019/KB
Special Data Pricing: 1x Data: $0.002/KB
Text Pricing: Send: $0.50/recipient; Received: $0.05/msg
Alternatively you could use qpst to use the phone on SK Telecom but it would be tedious and probably not worth it.
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Qpst? You gotta link for that? I'd try one of the other ways, but I'd rather not spend any money if I didn't have to...
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Kangaji said:
Qpst? You gotta link for that? I'd try one of the other ways, but I'd rather not spend any money if I didn't have to...
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Oh ya, and thanks for the info by the way! I really appreciate it -- I e been looking at the problem off and on for a few months and haven't been able to figure even THAT out.
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Evo on Bell mobile or solo mobile data ?

is they a way to get data to work on Bell or Solo mobile i currently have my evo on Solo mobile everything working just no data ,

How did you get the cell part to work? Did you have to change the prl? If you followed instructions from somewhere could you please post a link?
Thanks
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yeah i had to change the prl to the bell prl
i cant find the page i used to do it ive tried google nothing ,
but i can tell u i had to buy a different phone and swap the numbers around (ESN)

EVO in India
I've always wanted to use my EVO in India and couldn't quite figure it out. If you do manage to find the link again, I'd appreciate it. Any info on esn swapping would also be helpful(I believe it is legal if you buy a phone and then clone the esn). Also, I thought the evo had meid and not esn(are they interchangeable?).
Thanks for the info.

yeah it is i was reading some where that in the USA its not permeated i dont know about other countries

Question for those with their EVO on boost mobile...

Alright i've flashed a few phones before...but never to boost.
It looks really confusing...so I have two questions.
1. The whole MEID thing looks very confusing, do I really need another boost phone to do this?
2. Does it work perfectly on the $50 plan or must you do the $55 plan?

qccoles said:
Alright i've flashed a few phones before...but never to boost.
It looks really confusing...so I have two questions.
1. The whole MEID thing looks very confusing, do I really need another boost phone to do this?
2. Does it work perfectly on the $50 plan or must you do the $55 plan?
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1) Yes you do need a 3G donor phone. I suggest the incognito.
2) My evo is boosted on the $50 unlimited plan with no issues (anymore...lol)

jaejudah said:
1) Yes you do need a 3G donor phone. I suggest the incognito.
2) My evo is boosted on the $50 unlimited plan with no issues (anymore...lol)
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The steps you took to put your evo on boost, could the same thing be done for virgin mobile?

Yes but you will need a virgin mobile 3g phone instead of the incognito suggested above
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I have an optimus v, can you help me any further?

Sorry but I have never had that particular phone so I do not know. You may want to search and see if there is a thread about it in this section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=836

Get rid of Sprint

Hi guys, need some help.
If I switch carrier then phone automatically get bad Sprint ESN, right? If so, thats ok, because I dont want to use Sprint.
I've got Sprint L710 but I never used CDMA before, so little bit confused with how to get rid of that Sprint and make it work with Boost even w/o 4g.. perhaps 2g or 3g if possible. Or Virgin, doesn't really matter, the most important is prepaid plan w/o contract.
I'll make a root and even if then I install custom ROM then still will be using Sprint? Or after flashing custom ROM I can go to Boost and ask them to flash their codes?
Nobody else will help me, I hope for your understanding.

As far as I know. You won't get bad esn as long as you don't have any pending balances pending.
And if you pay the early termination fee.
But I'm not sure. As far as the s3 on another net work then it would have to be flashed with whatever company your gonna use it with.
But your probably better off just selling it on craugslist or eBay and buying an unlocked international version.
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When I switched from ATT contract to TMobile prepaid I just unlocked phone, pulled out ATT sim card and go forward with TMobile. I didnt make any notifications to ATT, TMobile just transferred my number in few secs.
I mean how could I make same on CDMA? Could by example Cricket take my phone to their network? Is it possible to delete all related to Sprint from my phone, make it clean as from factory? And then come to Cricket or another CDMA carrier? In that case if I terminate Sprint contract without any notification I think ESN would be bad.

escknx said:
When I switched from ATT contract to TMobile prepaid I just unlocked phone, pulled out ATT sim card and go forward with TMobile. I didnt make any notifications to ATT, TMobile just transferred my number in few secs.
I mean how could I make same on CDMA? Could by example Cricket take my phone to their network? Is it possible to delete all related to Sprint from my phone, make it clean as from factory? And then come to Cricket or another CDMA carrier? In that case if I terminate Sprint contract without any notification I think ESN would be bad.
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Well if your gonna flash the phone to another carrier like cricket. Then bad esn or clean esn don't matter. Just go into a cricket store and tell them you need to flash your phone and they'll put other on their network.
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And am I be able to get at least their Cricket's 3G?
Or for that I need to go through special procedure with donors?

escknx said:
And am I be able to get at least their Cricket's 3G?
Or for that I need to go through special procedure with donors?
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What? lol
they should have a cricket store where they flash phones. Idk how the procedure is done, or how it affects the phones. But there might be something screwy with MMS, but you can always ask before you do it. and there might be a fix for that sort of stuff here at XDA

Cricket said that they flash only their phones and I cant keep my existing.
BTW finally we've switched it to Verizon prepaid

escknx said:
Cricket said that they flash only their phones and I cant keep my existing.
BTW finally we've switched it to Verizon prepaid
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weird, down here where I'm at, they flash any phone really.
well if your S3 is just a brick there you can always sell it.
If the price is low enough i can buy it from you, or also ebay

They said that in New York area they flash only Cricket phones.
But even good, cause because of I that I got Verizon.

Donor phones to flash evo 4g to BM

Hi guys, I'm about to cancel my Sprint account and root the evo to boost, the incognito/rant are no longer on sale except on eBay. Which of the newer cheapest phone from Boost I can use as a donor???? I am afraid to get a used one from eBay thinking it might not work. Thanks in advance.

SilverTigre2010 said:
Hi guys, I'm about to cancel my Sprint account and root the evo to boost, the incognito/rant are no longer on sale except on eBay. Which of the newer cheapest phone from Boost I can use as a donor???? I am afraid to get a used one from eBay thinking it might not work. Thanks in advance.
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I've gotten mine, always used incognito, from craigslist. Doesn't matter what condition the phone is in as long as it powers up and can connect the usb port. I've done it with the Evo and the E3D. I want to try one of the Galaxy phones next but haven't gotten my hands on one. Good luck.

I've done two now with the incognito and their both working fine.
Technically you could use any 3g phone, it just may be harder to get all the info you need since most of the directions are for those 2...
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Thanks guys, so I won't matter if the incognito has been used as a donor before?? does it has to be an incognito from Boost or any other carries who might have sold it.:good:

It has to be from boost. And it can ONLY be used as a donor once at a time.
Meaning, say a buddy uses it to flash his evo. If he's still using it, you can't.
So if your buying one, make sure its a clean esn and activatible.
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Thanks to all, I think I'm ready now. I did search CL and found a couple near where I am, just need to make sure they're ok. Thanks again

SilverTigre2010 said:
Thanks guys, so I won't matter if the incognito has been used as a donor before?? does it has to be an incognito from Boost or any other carries who might have sold it.:good:
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Just change the phone number on the Incognito it will assign new HA/AAA information.

9h0s7 said:
Just change the phone number on the Incognito it will assign new HA/AAA information.
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But that doesn't matter. When you clone the info to a new phone, its always going to use the same unique numbers. The HA/AAA are only the passwords needed to access the information.
The esn/meid are unique and only 1 phone has those numbers. Its like a network mac address.
So no, you still can only use a phone once at a time. Otherwise, I could sell just the numbers off my phone all day long.
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I'm not talking about multiple people using the same information.
I'm talking about generating new HA/AAA information so at least he would know there's no way for some else to have it like the guy he bought it from.
By activating the phone you know if its in use or not.
He wouldn't be able to even activate the phone if someone is even using the MEID or ESN.

Can't you just call boost with your evo's ESN and they'll put it on their network? No need for a donor if so.

Some people claim they have but their official policy is against it, most have said they've been denied and I haven't even tried.
They can tell what ESN is coming from where Boost and Sprint ESNs are not considered the same in their systems.

mikesalty said:
Can't you just call boost with your evo's ESN and they'll put it on their network? No need for a donor if so.
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To my understanding after reading a few blogs is that you can't do that, it will seem doable because is basically the same network(Sprint) but aparently is not possible therefore the need to flash.

Update
Just to update there are some other phones that can be use see this.
I was able to get a brand new incognito from a Sprint Store in VA, I spoke to one of the managers and they're getting rid off all the old boost mobile phones, I got mine for less than $30 they can even go lower If you buy in bulk, I thought about buying them(they had about 20) and reselling them on CL but didn't do it(not enough cash).
Anyway I completed the flash and now I am using my 4G Evo with boost, I am down to $25/month, I got the Pay as you go plan $.50/day unlimited web + $0.20/minute call. Works great for me since I don't use the phone to make calls, mostly text and web. Running ICS ROM of course with no 4G, I was paying about $93/month with Sprint.