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has anyone found a way to get this running on boost mobile
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I just stole an Evo and now I wanna use it on my inner city wireless network.
pimpin oh boy said:
has anyone found a way to get this running on boost mobile
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Karma is a ***** I know.
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m03sizlak said:
Translation:
I just stole an Evo and now I wanna use it on my inner city wireless network.
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And I'm dying of laughter.
pimpin oh boy said:
has anyone found a way to get this running on boost mobile
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oh and......
Next time ask this in the right section.
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from what i've heard, just punching in the MEID in the website gets the job done. flash a boost prl once you activate.
m03sizlak is the same piece of trash everyone has on ignore in #htc-evo, ignore anything he says.
m03sizlak said:
Translation:
I just stole an Evo and now I wanna use it on my inner city wireless network.
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HAHAHA!!!!
And, OP, Nope, not possible. Boost doesn't have the ESN in their system.
benjio12 said:
HAHAHA!!!!
And, OP, Nope, not possible. Boost doesn't have the ESN in their system.
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even if they don't have the esn in their systems, it's still possible. using cdma workshop, clone the esn to the esn of your existing boost cdma device.
efuse said:
even if they don't have the esn in their systems, it's still possible. using cdma workshop, clone the esn to the esn of your existing boost cdma device.
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ESN cloning = illegal
Probably shouldn't discuss it in this law-abiding forum. You'll get booted.
benjio12 said:
ESN cloning = illegal
Probably shouldn't discuss it in this law-abiding forum. You'll get booted.
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This isn't a law abiding fourm. Using HTC's proprietary drivers/software in a custom rom is illegal as well.
The only thing I could think of to say to the OP is just.. You're dumb.. I mean, really? I thought stupidity was defined when someone got an Evo working on Metro.. But you actually want a badass phone like an Evo, on a ****ty ass service like Boost?
nonpointtruth said:
The only thing I could think of to say to the OP is just.. You're dumb.. I mean, really? I thought stupidity was defined when someone got an Evo working on Metro.. But you actually want a badass phone like an Evo, on a ****ty ass service like Boost?
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one reason boost unlimited 50 per month dont do contract change phones way to much
efuse said:
This isn't a law abiding fourm. Using HTC's proprietary drivers/software in a custom rom is illegal as well.
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Using HTC's drivers/software in a custom ROM is punishable by civil penalties at the worst (and completely legal at best). Violating terms of use is not a crime and can only get you sued, not thrown in jail. Also, it really is a grey area if they could actually sue you anyways. I'd like to see a court actually award damages if you are using HTC software on an HTC device, it would almost definitely get thrown out immediately.
ESN cloaning, on the other hand, is a crime. Punishable by jail time. Although I doubt you'd get jail time if you weren't cloaning yourself onto someone elses' account, it can still be a criminal act, unlike anything you do to the ROM.
benjio12 said:
HAHAHA!!!!
And, OP, Nope, not possible. Boost doesn't have the ESN in their system.
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doesn't boost have a cdma blackberry 8330 ?
Short answer to OP question, is yes, you probably can flash the EVO to Boost. However, you should go check out the Boost forums over at Howardforums for this sort of thing.
On a side note to address the Boost bashing or whatever. People flash their phones to providers like Boost, Cricket, MetroPCS, etc. to save money. Most people, like the OP, go through a lot of phones and don't want the restrictions of being on a major carrier tied down with ETF or contracts. I personaly know 5 people with EVO's flashed over to cricket paying $35 a month for talk, text, and web vs. Sprint 79.99 + taxes..
you do realize that boost (the cdma part of boost) and virgin mobile both use sprints network right?
i mean im all for flaming the stupid and i dont know the history of the guy asking the question but there are legit reasons for wanting an EVO on Boost...Namely you save at least 30 bucks per month
and if we are going to roast people at least do it with correct information
LOL..
CDMA Boost = Sprint (without Roaming) even 3G. I have a Touch Pro2 on Boost at $50/month with 3G data. Am I stupid? I think not... What he said... Flame with correct data.
And YES, I would like to have an EVO (nice device) on Boost (inexpensive GOOD Sprint service to SAVE MONEY.)
th3b055 said:
Short answer to OP question, is yes, you probably can flash the EVO to Boost. However, you should go check out the Boost forums over at Howardforums for this sort of thing.
On a side note to address the Boost bashing or whatever. People flash their phones to providers like Boost, Cricket, MetroPCS, etc. to save money. Most people, like the OP, go through a lot of phones and don't want the restrictions of being on a major carrier tied down with ETF or contracts. I personaly know 5 people with EVO's flashed over to cricket paying $35 a month for talk, text, and web vs. Sprint 79.99 + taxes..
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You cant flash a EVO to boost because they use SIM cards
Theres already guides on boost evo but no one uses google to search. Boost doesnt use sim cards.
andre104623 said:
You cant flash a EVO to boost because they use SIM cards
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You can flash an evo to work on boost, there are multiple guides for it.
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Boost does not use SIM cards.
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Score = DUMBASS.
since virgin uses sprints tower would it be possible to use the evo on virgin because im think about buy a used one from a friend and i dont want to sign a 2 year deal
Nope would not work. If you really want a evo and your friend will sell you his then you would not need to sign a two year contract. The two is only required for people who buy a new phone or upgrade there phone and do not wish to pay retail price
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why are you starting multiple threads for the same question?
xlrdxrevengex said:
Nope would not work. If you really want a evo and your friend will sell you his then you would not need to sign a two year contract. The two is only required for people who buy a new phone or upgrade there phone and do not wish to pay retail price
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the thing is that sprint doesn't a have plan where some one can buy a phone at full price and use it on a month to month deal or do they and i just cant find in on there webpage like with Verizon i bought a droid when they first came out but paid full price but used it mouth to mouth does sprint have somethink like that
Try going to a Sprint Corporate store and asking.
PROTIP: Bestbuy is not Sprint Corporate.
The Evo on metropcs works great for me for the $40 a month price, though you'll have to get the esn added through houdini in a non-official manner so to speak. Search craigslist and there'll be a ton of adds of people who can add the evo to the metropcs network.
so in other words, yes it's possible as the cdma radio hardware is the same,
however some people who are not lawyers think it's illegal to change the ESN
even though you're not stealing any service.
Protip: Sprint bought Virgin last week. They already had 51% share and decided to purchase.
Virgin does not allow flashed phones on their network (sprint). Now you can flash evo to verizon, cricket and metropc and other verizon based providers. Cricket is nice because for 55 you get android plan with everything unlimited and it runs on network that evo was designed for.
Nothing is impossible in our world.
Anyone out there dedicated and financially capable of trying? lol
xlrdxrevengex said:
Nope would not work. If you really want a evo and your friend will sell you his then you would not need to sign a two year contract. The two is only required for people who buy a new phone or upgrade there phone and do not wish to pay retail price
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You'd be wrong if you sincerely believed this.
Works with $25/month plan perfectly...
Necrosan said:
You'd be wrong if you sincerely believed this.
Works with $25/month plan perfectly...
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so if i went to the virgin mobile website and under swap phone.. i could enter the evo 4g serial number that it ask for.. it would transfer over to the evo 4g then ? i ask because i had a rumor touch and when i got the intercept i just clicked swap phone and enter my SN and went well with he transfer.. now i want to transfer the intercept to the evo 4g.
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so if i went to the virgin mobile website and under swap phone.. i could enter the evo 4g serial number that it ask for.. it would transfer over to the evo 4g then ? i ask because i had a rumor touch and when i got the intercept i just clicked swap phone and enter my SN and went well with he transfer.. now i want to transfer the intercept to the evo 4g.
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You had the Virgin Mobile Intercept though, not the Sprint one, right? It doesn't matter that they're technically the same network. They use different databases to check ESN numbers. You'd have to buy an Android phone from them (get the Optimus V, it's cheaper and better than the Intercept) and spoof the ESN of the Evo to match the other phone's. Make sure only one is turned on at a time though or the ESN will be banned, and since they'll have the same ESN neither will work!
Is it illegal? No. You're not scamming anyone. You'd still be paying the same amount of money. Plus, you own the original phone with the ESN you'd be copying, so it's not illegal.
I'm using HTC Evo on Cricket now, and next couple weeks I'll try to make it work on Virgin base on what I did to transfer from Sprint to cricket. Just change the prl ,ip .........I'll see
Google it and I found the prl from the thread called : How to flash a phone to virgin
Good luck everybody .
I think I know what thread you are talking about, does data work on the phone as well as voice?
I've heard of people getting talk and text working but not data, so far with the evo.
Hello, So I have an intercept already and just bought an EVO, how do you spoof the esn of the evo? I really need your help guys! Thanks.
I got the email, but I've never done it.
evo
thanks for the reply. I would appreciate anyone elses help!
houboy123 said:
thanks for the reply. I would appreciate anyone elses help!
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You can find out what the data settings are on howareforums, in a thread called How To: Flash a phone to virgin mobile, but they won't tell you how to change an esn.
Some people thinks it's illegal to change esn # so we aren't allowed to tell how it's done on most forums.
If you look around online and youtube you can find out.
If you end up getting it working let us know.
was wondering if you might know how i might be able to use my now terminated sprint s2 to metro pcs? im in michigan and cant afford sprint but still want to be able to use my phone?
http://metropcsflash.blogspot.com/p/samsun-galaxy-s2-metropcs-full-flash.html
Get someone to add esn to database for you which should cost around 25 dollars depending on where you look ( you can check craigslist).
Once you can get Voice and Text working, data is a bit easier and should be covered by the guide.
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http://metropcsflash.blogspot.com/p/samsun-galaxy-s2-metropcs-full-flash.html
Get someone to add esn to database for you which should cost around 25 dollars depending on where you look ( you can check craigslist).
Once you can get Voice and Text working, data is a bit easier and should be covered by the guide.
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is there anything i can do myself or no? so find someone to add the esn, and then voice and text will work? then i follow the guide you gave me above in the link?
If you are looking for other cheap options there is always virgin mobile, boost mobile, and page plus...
I am currently on virgin mobile but am considering switching to page plus soon so I can be back on Verizon's network.
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Here is the information (Epic 4G) that can help you with flashing it yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192128 I would try Steven's link first...
I currently have my Sprint Samsung E4GT on metro, $40 plan, with everything working. Check your local craigslist. If metro is available in your area, you may find some retail stores that now can flash it for you, activate it and port your number for a price. Here is an example:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/mob/3192267303.html
montecristo1 said:
Here is the information (Epic 4G) that can help you with flashing it yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192128 I would try Steven's link first...
I currently have my Sprint Samsung E4GT on metro, $40 plan, with everything working. Check your local craigslist. If metro is available in your area, you may find some retail stores that now can flash it for you, activate it and port your number for a price. Here is an example:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/mob/3192267303.html
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appreciate the response, is it worth paying it or is it something i can do myself ?
and the craigs link got flagged..
Mainly to those folks that ported their E4GT to Metro...
...any thoughts on what you'll do now with the merger announced?
Looks like nothing will be changing for about a year at least.
But it begs the question -
Metro just announced phones like the GS3 on CDMA.
Who's going to buy CDMA phones when they will likely dump it in the next few years?
Here's what got me thinking about it:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410524,00.asp
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Mainly to those folks that ported their E4GT to Metro...
...any thoughts on what you'll do now with the merger announced?
Looks like nothing will be changing for about a year at least.
But it begs the question -
Metro just announced phones like the GS3 on CDMA.
Who's going to buy CDMA phones when they will likely dump it in the next few years?
Here's what got me thinking about it:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410524,00.asp
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This will be interesting.. Im on metro and still very tempted to try t mobile... Online they offer a $30 monthly plan 100 minutes unlimited txt and data 4g 5gb which is pretty good... I now pay 25 dollars on metro no 4g.. But im not buying a metro phone no matter what happens
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This will be interesting.. Im on metro and still very tempted to try t mobile... Online they offer a $30 monthly plan 100 minutes unlimited txt and data 4g 5gb which is pretty good... I now pay 25 dollars on metro no 4g.. But im not buying a metro phone no matter what happens
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Simple mobile 40 dollar plan unlimited talk and text web is about 2 gigs of speed equal to sprint 3 g before they start to get crabby.
I was looking to buy a sprint galaxy note 2 with a bad esn. I was told that it can be reflashed to work on boost mobile. The phone is apparently still sealed in the box. This is the response I got when I asked how the phone could have a bad esn if its still sealed in the box. "Hey Jason the esn is bad because I got these through upgrades. I tried to cancel my contract after but they refused to let me without paying the termination fee. If you're interested let me know be cause I have 2 people in the city that wants it and I'm just too lazy to travel." Im wondering whether this is legit or whether I should stay away? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Boost is owned by Sprint, so is Virgin Mobile. Don't buy them if you don't want to waste the money.
deth4uall said:
Boost is owned by Sprint, so is Virgin Mobile. Don't buy them if you don't want to waste the money.
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They don't use the same esn database and you have to use a boost branded donor to get a sprint branded device on their network.
I like to break stuff!
deth4uall said:
Boost is owned by Sprint, so is Virgin Mobile. Don't buy them if you don't want to waste the money.
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Virgin mobile is its own company. Virgin mobile is owned by virgin records not sprint. They use sprints towers
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slojay said:
I was looking to buy a sprint galaxy note 2 with a bad esn. I was told that it can be reflashed to work on boost mobile. The phone is apparently still sealed in the box. This is the response I got when I asked how the phone could have a bad esn if its still sealed in the box. "Hey Jason the esn is bad because I got these through upgrades. I tried to cancel my contract after but they refused to let me without paying the termination fee. If you're interested let me know be cause I have 2 people in the city that wants it and I'm just too lazy to travel." Im wondering whether this is legit or whether I should stay away? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If it is a good price, then buy it, the esn does not matter cause it is in the sprint data base as being bad and you are not going to activate on sprint.
Anyway the sprint bad esn is going to change via a "donor" which you need when going to boost so again that takes care of the bad esn issue.
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If it is a good price, then buy it, the esn does not matter cause it is in the sprint data base as being bad and you are not going to activate on sprint.
Anyway the sprint bad esn is going to change via a "donor" which you need when going to boost so again that takes care of the bad esn issue.
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Is there a particular donor phone I need to buy? Does it matter if its 3g or 4g?
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Is there a particular donor phone I need to buy? Does it matter if its 3g or 4g?
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It would need to be 3g, boosts 4g is WiMax which the note 2 does not support so 4g would never work.
I like to break stuff!
slojay said:
Is there a particular donor phone I need to buy? Does it matter if its 3g or 4g?
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go incognito, cause mostly all flashing docs are based on the xfering files from the incognitio.....just remember you will only have 3g, as you know the N2 does not have 4g wimax and there is still no hack as of yet to piggy back on sprint LTE network.
there are cheap incog phones on ebay, also you can just buy the files needed (NV and ESN) I think like $30 which is also all you need if you dont a phone.
Any help you can give in terms of either of those options is appreciated. I simply figured its an easy way to make a few extra bucks. Nothing major just $30 or $40. Where do I find these files? And in terms of buying a phone, I saw a 3g boost phone for $20 on ebay. That would be sufficient?
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Any help you can give in terms of either of those options is appreciated. I simply figured its an easy way to make a few extra bucks. Nothing major just $30 or $40. Where do I find these files? And in terms of buying a phone, I saw a 3g boost phone for $20 on ebay. That would be sufficient?
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well the simple way out, when I put my GF on boost was just having CDMA workshop, I bought version (3.9):
I bought the (nv and esn) files from ebay, loaded them up to a S3 called up Boost activated a new account since she was new to Boost. They had me dial ##msl# then enter the phone numbers in the proper places, reboot and that was it. It was up and working, also make sure you change the mmsc to http://mm.myboostmobile.com so that your mms will work.
What do I search for to find these files on ebay? Does it even make sense for me to do this? Is there $ to be made buying phones w a bad esn and flashing them to boost mobile?
slojay said:
What do I search for to find these files on ebay? Does it even make sense for me to do this? Is there $ to be made buying phones w a bad esn and flashing them to boost mobile?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/SANYO-INCOG...227?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abca57a2b
I dont know if buying files and phone and flashing then selling might make $$$$$$$. Example note 2 bad esn +/- 450 after if you were going to just do N2 you would need to sell for about 500 to 600 if you want to make a little something....and that is a lot of $$$ even I would pass. Now if a person brought over a N2 or any sprint phone and you put it on boost for about 100...... ten phones 1k easy money and that can be a day or a week...still good $$$, even if it is a side job. Of course - $$$$ for buying the files I think still pretty good.
slojay said:
What do I search for to find these files on ebay? Does it even make sense for me to do this? Is there $ to be made buying phones w a bad esn and flashing them to boost mobile?
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Usually flashed phones fetch more than non flashed phones, especially when the carrier they're flashed do doesn't offer them.
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I can buy a sprint galaxy note 2 w bad esn for $420. U think after all is said and done its worth it? Even if I only made a quick $40 or $50 im happy. U think I could do that?
slojay said:
I can buy a sprint galaxy note 2 w bad esn for $420. U think after all is said and done its worth it? Even if I only made a quick $40 or $50 im happy. U think I could do that?
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sure you can, it is really not that hard like Evil stated, non boost phones that come from sprint are worth it and people will bite, now that the S2 is on Boost it is not that much of a high demand...people want S3 and Note2 on boost...even EVO's...etc.
Fak! Not worth it. 420? You can buy a xbox360. I would be at the most is 150 $.
so then how do i go about flashing the phone to boost? what do you think is
the easiest and most effecient way to do it?
slojay said:
so then how do i go about flashing the phone to boost? what do you think is
the easiest and most effecient way to do it?
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if you are going to do it as a side job, then it would be worth buying CDMA Workshop(3.9) that is all the software you need. It also helps the dev a lot which is always good and you get free upgrades etc......
1. buy the files
2. load them up to the phone
3. call boost activate
4. change the mmsc
that is it.....pretty simple.
nthornton1990 said:
Virgin mobile is its own company. Virgin mobile is owned by virgin records not sprint. They use sprints towers
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Virgin Mobile USA
Main article: Virgin Mobile USA
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corporation that provides nationwide, prepaid, wireless voice, messaging and broadband data products and services to customers in the continental United States under the Virgin Mobile and Assurance Wireless Brought to You by Virgin Mobile brands.[10] Founded in 2001 as a joint venture between Virgin Group, Singapore Telecommunications Limited and Sprint Corporation, Virgin Mobile USA commenced operations in June, 2002 as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) providing services via the nationwide Sprint 1900 MHz PCS, CDMA, digital network.
Virgin Mobile USA provides services to customers via the Sprint Nextel 1900 MHz PCS CDMA digital network and via the Clearwire 2500 MHz WiMax network. Virgin Mobile branded handsets and broadband access devices are available online and at more than 40,000 retail partner locations including Best Buy, RadioShack, Target, Wal-Mart and independent dealers nationwide. Virgin Mobile branded top-up cards are available online and in 150,000 retail locations nationwide.
In 2008, Virgin Mobile USA acquired post-paid services provider Helio, Inc. In 2009, Sprint Nextel Corporation bought out joint venture partners Virgin Group and SingTel, becoming the sole owner of Virgin Mobile USA.[11]
Virgin Mobile USA is headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, United States and provides service to approximately 6 million customers.[12]
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Would the same procedure work to flash N2 to Page Plus or there is much more to it for PP?