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so i was wondering because right now i have the vibrant and im tired of stupid tmobile, and i need a cheaper plan, virgin mobile seems like the answer, soo i wana get me the epic 4g and maybe flash it to virgin mobile, is this even possible?
I'm sure you can't. But you could flash to metro pcs.
Well Virgin Mobile is owned by Sprint, so maybe. I don't see why they'd care. If not, you can flash to Boost.
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I'm sure you can't. But you could flash to metro pcs.
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Or cricket, I think. Both 40-50 a month. If you don't travel a lot its the bomb.
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yes u can but u need a virgin mobile phone and plan setup already. Also i don't think we can disscuss how to do it. But when i was searching how to get my epic to virgin or boost i found directions for both. I went with boost cause it was cheaper to pay a local service because i didn't want to buy cdma workshop. I have seen people do the epic/evo on virgin on ebay a few times. But you would have to send your phone to them.
Also you can buy Epics already flashed to boost but it will cost you around $400. $50 unlimited everything with shrink. Never seen a Epic for sale that was already flashed to virgin.
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yes u can but u need a virgin mobile phone and plan setup already. Also i don't think we can disscuss how to do it. But when i was searching how to get my epic to virgin or boost i found directions for both. I went with boost cause it was cheaper to pay a local service because i didn't want to buy cdma workshop. I have seen people do the epic/evo on virgin on ebay a few times. But you would have to send your phone to them.
Also you can buy Epics already flashed to boost but it will cost you around $400. $50 unlimited everything with shrink. Never seen a Epic for sale that was already flashed to virgin.
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thx for that info man, its just virgin mobile has a sick plan for 30 bucks a month unlimited data and txt, 300 mins its just what i need, i never call just txt..
theres an epic 4g going for 250 dollars on ebay, and it works with virgin or boost mobile, could this be true?
HRodMusic said:
theres an epic 4g going for 250 dollars on ebay, and it works with virgin or boost mobile, could this be true?
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It would probably be best to PM the seller and specifically ask any/all questions you have before even thinking on trying buying. If he confirms its fully flashed over to Virgin/Boost, ur good to go.
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Ceelos09 said:
It would probably be best to PM the seller and specifically ask any/all questions you have before even thinking on trying buying. If he confirms its fully flashed over to Virgin/Boost, ur good to go.
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i did pm, i even asked him if i could flash custom roms\kernels etc and he said yes.
HRodMusic said:
i did pm, i even asked him if i could flash custom roms\kernels etc and he said yes.
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Flashing a ROM should overwrite whatever he did so either he doesn't know what he's talking about or he's deliberately trying to rip you off.
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Flashing a ROM should overwrite whatever he did so either he doesn't know what he's talking about or he's deliberately trying to rip you off.
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wow thx for this info, i think he might trying to rip me off, u could never trust an ebay person..
You can still flash your own rom. Wont hurt anything. Just flashed a new one on my phone today.
Yeah i flash roms all the time. hasn't effected anything. An virigin mobile is sprints network i believe so i doubt anything like modem updates would even effect the phone.
I also checked out that ebay listing i would jump on it if i where you. He's got a good sellers rating and that is extremely cheap. My epic on boost costed $400.
The only thing that would erase data settings is #786 atomic reset...
Even odining won't change them ... but mmsc needs to be reset quite often every rom flash
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chris is right, ##786# is one of the few things that can reset your data settings. (although this doesn't always guarantee it will reset those particular settings.)
Virgin mobile is extremely easy to put pretty much any CDMA phone on to.
I have had 3 evos, 2 epics and a fascinate I've tested on them.
Good luck!
I havemy epic on VM. I'm thinking of flashing one of the gingerbread leaks. This wouldn't mess up my phone settings would it?
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Does anyone know of a epic 4g touch guide for VM?
wildzcardz said:
Does anyone know of a epic 4g touch guide for VM?
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I tried googling it for you, but I only had luck for flashing the E4gt to boost mobile
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wildzcardz said:
Does anyone know of a epic 4g touch guide for VM?
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Perhaps in the Epic Touch forums you will find one.
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Google much?
Google "epic 4g virgin mobile" and check the first result. Flashing S1 and S2 is similar, so that guide will get you started.
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Hello, I have Sprints version of the Galaxy s2 and would like to totally switch plans/service to Virgin Mobile...I have seen online elsewhere that this is possible but no direct directions on how? I would prefer Virgin but Metro PCS or Cricket would also do if they would function properly with the phone. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
There have been quite a few threads around here regarding flashing over to metro, but I haven't seen anything about virgin. Do a search for metro flashing and like I said youll find a few different threads.
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Its only possible by rewritting esn as virgin is owned by sprint and each virgin esn is scanned in their system
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i tried running search on flashing metro but the only useful info i got was for using another phone model...anywhere i can find model specific flashing info for the SPH-D710? the only experience i have with flashing is taking my old galaxy from froyo to gingerbread using odin...guessing i would need an actual guide if one exists? thanks for your help!
Look up a program call qxdm I believe or cdma workshop u have to rewrite nam and prl if u wanna go to metro then connect phone and dial ##8778# or #8778# and switch phone option to modem need any help shoot me a pm
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You sure can. I have the exact same phone on Platinumtel prwpaid which also runs on the Sprint network. Just rewrite the ESN as stated above...
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I have a sgs2 and cdma workshop on my desk top...what do i need to do to get it to work with virgin mobile?
I know ive seen some post about it. As for the esn I know for the Epic 4g if I remember right I think you needed an old virgin mobile phone for the esn
I know iv seen some saying the sgs2 disnt need a "donor" phone..but i heard sonething about changing something for the 3g to work i just dont see video or info how to get the esn to virgin...i have cdma workshop but not sure what to do with it..lol
There's a guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404270
(I hope it still works)
I have a quick question: is it possible to flash BACK to sprint after flashing to virgin mobile? This is with an epic 4g touch that had a clean esn.
warriorwithin120 said:
I have a quick question: is it possible to flash BACK to sprint after flashing to virgin mobile? This is with an epic 4g touch that had a clean esn.
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Yes, it should just be a matter of reversing the process you used to flash/pgm your device to VM... Assuming you did retain all of the relevant data from your original setup...
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Yes, it should just be a matter of reversing the process you used to flash/pgm your device to VM... Assuming you did retain all of the relevant data from your original setup...
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Does anyone know if you need to flash the virgin mobile version of android 4.1.2 onto a sprint epic 4g touch in order to use Virgin mobile or can you just use any of the sprint roms and just swap the info out from a virgin donor phone.
thanks
Gentlemen, I would caution you on discussing the changing of ESNs here in XDA. As I'm sure you know, flashing this way is now illegal and talking about piracy and the like in the threads is frowned upon by the mods. Just trying to help. Good luck!
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Hi, i'm buying a Samsung galaxy s3, and i worry about bad ESN phone that i can't use on my tmobile account.
For that reason, i think i will pay for a s3 ATT ( if ATT s3 is a bad ESN phone than i still can unlock and use it with my tmobile account, right? )
But i hear someone said that if i use a unlock ATT phone then tmobile data plan won't work on that att phone. I don't know if this is correct information or not.
Can someone help me out?
Thank you very much.
Also Is there anyone to avoid bad esn phone on craiglists?
Furthermore, is there anyone to buy a bad ESN Tmobile phone, and somehow i can use it with tmobile ?
Once its been blacklisted it will not work with that specific carrier. If you want to buy one off craigslist...have the seller meet you at a at&t store or T-Mobile and have the rep check if the imei for you. If the seller is unwilling to do that...don't trust it.
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Once its been blacklisted it will not work with that specific carrier. If you want to buy one off craigslist...have the seller meet you at a at&t store or T-Mobile and have the rep check if the imei for you. If the seller is unwilling to do that...don't trust it.
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I hear some story that the phone is good at the time people trade phones. However after 1 month, it become a bad ESN phone.
If Tmobile rep check the phone for me, will it avoid that situation?
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I hear some story that the phone is good at the time people trade phones. However after 1 month, it become a bad ESN phone.
If Tmobile rep check the phone for me, will it avoid that situation?
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honestly, even if the tmobile check, the imei will still be good during the transaction. it isn't until the seller contacts asurion which will most likely be a couple days later to report it lost or stolen. Im not sure how this can be prevented. Some people suggest to call t-mobile have the imei registered to your account right away, or even to leave a note on your account for it. But most likely asurion is the one who are blacklisting the phones not t-mobile.
This isn't CDMA. ESN phones are no good the moment they are determined that they are stolen or tied to account with a over due balance. On the other hand. GSM phones usually don't get blacklisted. And even if it is blacklisted it is only blacklisted to its specific carrier. So you shouldn't have a problem bringing the phone to T-Mobile.
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Sound right.
Furthermore, may I ask if i buy a ATT S3 to unlock and use it with Tmobile, will Tmobile data plan work on S3 ATT phone?
i c some thread said that it won't work, or it won't function fully. is that true?
kingkard said:
Sound right.
Furthermore, may I ask if i buy a ATT S3 to unlock and use it with Tmobile, will Tmobile data plan work on S3 ATT phone?
i c some thread said that it won't work, or it won't function fully. is that true?
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You'll get 3G with T-Mobile. It will work.
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defnow said:
You'll get 3G with T-Mobile. It will work.
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Is that just 3G or HSPA+ ? I was thinking the same thing ?
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You will not get 3G. If I am correct you will only pick up EDGE data since the networks run on different bands and AT&T phones are set to run on AT&T bands and not T-Mobile.
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You will not get 3G. If I am correct you will only pick up EDGE data since the networks run on different bands and AT&T phones are set to run on AT&T bands and not T-Mobile.
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Is there a way you can modify a band settings software wise, in order to work with TMO 4g prepaid plan? I have an i747 ATT unlocked and would like to use with TMO next month. Thanks for your input.
That I am aware of no. There is thread started on here were there is a bounty to get it working, but it seems like it is not going to work.
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Is there a way you can modify a band settings software wise, in order to work with TMO 4g prepaid plan? I have an i747 ATT unlocked and would like to use with TMO next month. Thanks for your input.
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I juts bought an unlocked AT&T S3 today and i am using T-Mobiles prepaid plan. So far i have been getting 4G in some places but EDGE mostly and i want to know what can be done about this. Im thinking of selling or trading this phone for a T-Mobile unlocked version. If there is anything else that can be done about this do let me know.
hello, everyone...
I bought galaxy s2 sprint off my friend for 100 bucks and now have it on virgin mobile working nicely
just wondering can I flash this SPH-D710VMUB_GB28_1014481_Rooted_Restore.exe from rwilco12.com without bricking??
I ned to fix mms only thing I'm missing
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hello, everyone...
I bought galaxy s2 sprint off my friend for 100 bucks and now have it on virgin mobile working nicely
just wondering can I flash this SPH-D710VMUB_GB28_1014481_Rooted_Restore.exe from rwilco12.com without bricking??
I ned to fix mms only thing I'm missing
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I have a sprint Epic 4G Touch that I'll soon no longer need on my sprint plan, and was thinking about putting it on my fiancee's virgin plan. What did you do to get the sprint phone onto the virgin plan?
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I have a sprint Epic 4G Touch that I'll soon no longer need on my sprint plan, and was thinking about putting it on my fiancee's virgin plan. What did you do to get the sprint phone onto the virgin plan?
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Isn't that illegal these days? Unless your carrier lets you?
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jdsingle76 said:
Isn't that illegal these days? Unless your carrier lets you?
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You're assuming the only option is to change the phone's ESN, I didn't assume that, and was asking the OP how he went about getting the phone activated, nothing else.
Maybe the only option is an ESN swap, in which case I wouldn't be interested, but until the OP has told me otherwise, I'm curious.
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You're assuming the only option is to change the phone's ESN, I didn't assume that, and was asking the OP how he went about getting the phone activated, nothing else.
Maybe the only option is an ESN swap, in which case I wouldn't be interested, but until the OP has told me otherwise, I'm curious.
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Ahhhh, makes sense thanks for clearing that up! :thumbup:
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well I have htc evo v 4g and the phone die, so I refused to buy another phone till my friend sold me the d710, and I use my HTC ESN is already in virgin mobile database, and I called they me my MIN which I couldn't get off HTC because was dead. than I just program it into the phone and f there's ton of tutorial how to do it. I'm on 35 dollars plans... why would it be illegal if I'm paying for my services...
Well its in the grey area. And xda doesnt want it to be discussed within their site. Pm sure. Just not in the open.
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ok, I got my answer, thanks, it wasn't what I was hoping for, but at least now I know that there is no "non-fishy" way of doing it.
I need help flashing a Sprint Galaxy Note 2 to Straight Talk. Any help would be appreciated. I have DFS already.
I know it can be done. I'm just debating doing it myself or paying $10 for a flashing service. I've heard both good and bad about one called cyberflashing and I don't know anything about any of the other services.
There are many different flashing services that have windows apps you run on a regular computer. You connect the phone to the computer running the app and they go in through the Internet and do everything. I haven't found cheaper than $10 and some are over $50.
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I know it can be done. I'm just debating doing it myself or paying $10 for a flashing service. I've heard both good and bad about one called cyberflashing and I don't know anything about any of the other services.
There are many different flashing services that have windows apps you run on a regular computer. You connect the phone to the computer running the app and they go in through the Internet and do everything. I haven't found cheaper than $10 and some are over $50.
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As long as your device has a clean esn you will not need to flash to straight talk. It will use sprint towers since it is a sprint phone. They do charge you 15 dollars to add your esn to their network via CDMA bring your own phone option. The service is cheap but they took forever to port my number over and customer service is a bunch of buffoons. Don't expect them to be very helpful, they are rude, always sound like they are partying and they can't answer many technical questions.
Will you get LTE with straight talk if you get them to add your esn
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Will you get LTE with straight talk if you get them to add your esn
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I have had lte working on a d710 from sprint. So it should work on an L900. It worked as soon as it was activated and I used it until I got my L900 which I flashed to pageplus because the sprint coverage sucked so bad at my new place. You see it works on its native network on Straight talk so lte should work on your note2.
Ahh okI flashed my note 2 to Verizon prepaid and my unlimited 3g is fine for me but my mind keeps itching for 4g lte lol but I'm pretty sure sprints coverage sucks in my area in sc so I'll have to check before I switch
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