Sprint and US Cellular versions - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can anyone tell me if there is any difference between the Epic 4G Touch and the US Cellular version of our phone.
I'm trying to introduce a friend to rooting and I can't find any forums for US Cellular models.
I do not want to steer him to the wrong info.

ewmccraw said:
Can anyone tell me if there is any difference between the Epic 4G Touch and the US Cellular version of our phone.
I'm trying to introduce a friend to rooting and I can't find any forums for US Cellular models.
I do not want to steer him to the wrong info.
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Wrong forum this is the OG with hardware keyboard. You need the Epic touch section.

ewmccraw said:
Can anyone tell me if there is any difference between the Epic 4G Touch and the US Cellular version of our phone.
I'm trying to introduce a friend to rooting and I can't find any forums for US Cellular models.
I do not want to steer him to the wrong info.
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Wrong Forum, bro. This is for the OG Epic with a keyboard.
Here is a root guide. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/19979-us-cellular-galaxy-s-ii-root/

yeah, don't know how I did that...guess while I was looking forgot to get back to my section
Thanks.

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EVO 4G in Europe

Hello,
Does anyone know whether a US version of the EVO 4G work in the Netherlands.
And is there a possible way to make it work here.
If in 2011 4g will be covered in Holland, is it going to work that way?
thanks in advance
Please search. This has been posted countless times.
The answers to your questions are all No.

AT&T custon ROMs

Friend of mine bought the AT&T version of the SG2 and wants me to root it and put on a custom ROM. Anyone have any suggestions? i'm not familiar with that version of the phone and even all the build designations are completely different. Any help is appreciated guys!
Don't you think the people in the AT&T GSII forums would be better suited to help you out?
Find out whether its a skyrocket or the international version. Then look in the forums for that
Sent from my BAD A$$ EPIC TOUCH 4G

[Q] What can The Epic be flashed too?

Hi a friend of mine wants to trade his Epic 4g Touch for my Evo Shift. I'm pretty sure it's worth the trade but before I do I wanna know what's possible on it first.
What all carrier(s) can the Epic be flashed to?
What's the best performing/fastest carrier available?
And is the flashing process easy?
Thanks in advance
tmb04 said:
Hi a friend of mine wants to trade his Epic 4g Touch for my Evo Shift. I'm pretty sure it's worth the trade but before I do I wanna know what's possible on it first.
What all carrier(s) can the Epic be flashed to?
What's the best performing/fastest carrier available?
And is the flashing process easy?
Thanks in advance
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First he's either trading off a bad device or doesn't understand his E4GT is superior in all ways to the Evo Shift.
Get the ESN and call Sprint to make sure it's clean.
Make sure he hasn't damaged it in any way, internal or external.
There are several Galaxy SII's so check the model number. Ours is SPH-D710 which I think can only be supported by Sprint, although it seems like there's a post somewhere about flashing it to Boost and US Cellular. (Found the links)
For flashing to Boost
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419488
For flashing to US Cellular
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531303
Keep in mind phones that run on Sprint can not run on AT&T or Verizon networks. (I stand correct, thanks booksyx) apparently it can be flashed to Verizon.
Flashing on this phone is super easy so long as you read and follow all instructions and when in doubt, ask questions. There are several incredible ROMs currently for this phone of both Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich flavors. Read in the development section to see for yourself.
The post above me has many incorrect statements.
The epic 4g touch can run on almost any CDMA network. I currently have mine running on Virgin Mobile. It can also be flashed to boost mobile, cricket, metro pcs, verizon, etc.
They key to getting it working on those networks is to have a donor phone where you can extract all the NAM keys, esn/meid, and data keys and flash them to the epic 4g touch. Really isnt to hard once you have all the keys to write them.
My epic 4g touch has everything working on virgin mobile. Calling/SMS/MMS/3g/Wimax. However you will have to go elsewhere for a wimax solution. Best part is I only pay $25 a month for all this!
The ESN is clean and it's also relatively new. Not 100% sure what the exact model is but i'll find out when he gets off work.
The whole reason he's making the trade is because EVO is his favorite phone. He was going to trade me his iPhone 4 for my EVO but then I found out that even if I flash the iPhone 4 that Data and MMS dont function fully. So I didnt want that.
But If the Epic is that much more superior that makes me want it more now, as long as I can get it fully functional on a prepaid service that is.
I wasn't aware there was so many different versions. Because he didnt tell me it was an Epic, all he said was Galaxy S II. So I ended up posting in the wrong forum. But his is Sprint though so everyone said it's an Epic 4g Touch.
That's good that it's relatively easy to flash. I personally prefer boost, but whatever is fully functional and runs the fastest
*Edit
Does every carrier require a donor phone to Flash to?
brooksyx said:
The post above me has many incorrect statements.
The epic 4g touch can run on almost any CDMA network. I currently have mine running on Virgin Mobile. It can also be flashed to boost mobile, cricket, metro pcs, verizon, etc.
They key to getting it working on those networks is to have a donor phone where you can extract all the NAM keys, esn/meid, and data keys and flash them to the epic 4g touch. Really isnt to hard once you have all the keys to write them.
My epic 4g touch has everything working on virgin mobile. Calling/SMS/MMS/3g/Wimax. However you will have to go elsewhere for a wimax solution. Best part is I only pay $25 a month for all this!
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Many incorrect? lol I see one (oh make that two, didn't know that about Verizon) and that's why I said thinks like *I think* as in I'm not 100% sure, just going on what I've recently read here on XDA.
Thanks for clarifying that though.

[Q] Help with RADIOS!!

I have a rooted Galaxy Nexus with Sprint running ParanoidAndriod 3.55. I think my radios are older and I need to update them. My baseband version shows L700.05 V.FC12 / L700.FC12 which I understand thier are newing radios out to download. I am having issues with signal lose making phone calls and what not. I live in a area where Sprint should have no issues with service wihich I have never had before. I am hoping that updating my Radios will help. Can someone please tell me which one are the newest and the best way to install them. Thanks.
mikagraham said:
I have a rooted Galaxy Nexus with Sprint running ParanoidAndriod 3.55. I think my radios are older and I need to update them. My baseband version shows L700.05 V.FC12 / L700.FC12 which I understand thier are newing radios out to download. I am having issues with signal lose making phone calls and what not. I live in a area where Sprint should have no issues with service wihich I have never had before. I am hoping that updating my Radios will help. Can someone please tell me which one are the newest and the best way to install them. Thanks.
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The newest radios (ga02) are in the second post of this thread. You just flash them. :http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...rcery 5.3-Toroplus ~5/25~(Collectors edition)
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
You missed the stickied Sprint radio thread in the Sprint Dev sub-forum.
Mechlin fusicMI
Thanks for the info. I just switched over to the newest ones hope it helps. Also on another note does this rom support LTE? I have LTE in my area but dont seem to ever so LTE somethimes it shows 4g but thats it. Thanks.
mikagraham said:
Thanks for the info. I just switched over to the newest ones hope it helps. Also on another note does this rom support LTE? I have LTE in my area but dont seem to ever so LTE somethimes it shows 4g but thats it. Thanks.
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Thanked you by mistake, actually.
4G symbol on status bar is a cosmetic thing... Since LTE is considered to be 4G... and vice-versa
a manta wrote this.

[Q] Flash CDMA Galaxy S III to another carrier?

Ok first and foremost don't flame me for my stupid questions!
I was wondering if it was possible to flash a cdma Galaxy S 3 to my local carrier Nex-Tech Wireless. I've dug around quite a bit regarding ESN's PRL's and programs such as CDMA workshop & QPST but I'm a bit confused as to if it's possible and what exactly I would need to get.
A couple things to preface my question.
1. I currently have a cdma Galaxy S (the actual name is the galaxy s showcase but it's basically Verizon's Samsung Fascinate). I'm familiar with Odin and how to flash/restore to stock as well as editing roms to get mms to work. (Currently calls, text, and data/3G work as long as I use the showcase modems). This could be the first issue with using a different carrier's phone ( I don't know much about the modems).
2. Nex-Tech wireless is a small regional carrier in Kansas (similar to nTelos, C Spire, Alltel, etc.)
3. I've called Nex-Tech and they told me that they won't let me just bring in a cdma phone in and activate it. I assume this means that they don't have the ESN/MEID for unsupported phones allowed on their networks or in their database of phones. I am not sure if this is the case but its a guess.
Before I go buying a cdma GS3 I was wondering if anyone had luck flashing Verizons GS3 or the USCC GS3 to alternate cdma carriers. Or if they could point me in the right direction.
I think there are a couple issues. The first would be just getting the phone activated on Nex-tech service and then the other would be to ensure that 3G would work. MMS isn't a dealbreaker because I think I can get that going, it's really the least of my worries.
showcasemodr said:
Ok first and foremost don't flame me for my stupid questions!
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We can't flame you for asking stupid questions. This is the GT-i9300 forum, so we don't know anything about CDMA S3's. Probably less than you.
We can probably flame you for posting in the wrong device forum though
rootSU said:
We can't flame you for asking stupid questions. This is the GT-i9300 forum, so we don't know anything about CDMA S3's. Probably less than you.
We can probably flame you for posting in the wrong device forum though
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Well that is a very good point. I don't suppose a moderator would like to move this to the Sprint Galaxy S3 thread please?
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