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[Q] rooting my htc incredible

I own an HTC INCREDIBLE and I've been told to "root" my phone to get rid of all the bloatware. What is rooting and how do I do it? A lot of my apps and all of my music and all photos are saved to my mem card. There are some HTC apps I would actually like to keep. Also, is there anyway I could get swipe on my phone?

Yep - you can root your phone to get rid of bloatware and allow you to do all sorts of other things, basically, rooting the phone allows you to be the administrator of your phone, whereas now you just have a user account on it ... As for how to root, that's been done a lot of different ways and is explained in a number of places - you should read several how-tos so you'll have an idea of what you're getting yourself into (and whether you want to bother)... The contents of your memory card should be safe, but you should back them up anyway, since memory cards do fail during normal use. Simply rooting won't automatically remove any of your apps, so your good there, but it will give you the ability to remove apps, or even break (or even "brick") your phone, so take it easy and don't take any steps 'till you understand what you're about to do.
Here are some resources you can check out :
Ok, actually I'm not allowed to be helpful by posting links since I'm a new member, but google these terms: root droid incredible Jonamerica - that'll get you started...
As for swype the legit way to get it is to sign up for their beta (it's available on their website which I can't link you to) and go from there.

Thanks so much. I'll check it out!

Just a few newbie tips for you.
I'm new to all of this also.....rooting and flashing.
1. Read a lot before you do anything. Its not hard but readup first!
2. Be patient......2 or 3 times while I have rooted or flashed I have thought that maybe my phone is dead. Sometimes there is no visible indication that the phone is actually doing what you want it to do. Let it sit there and do its thing. DO NOT PANIC and pull the battery!
3. Backup backup backup backup BACKUP!
Have fun.....I am

wildland said:
Yep - you can root your phone to get rid of bloatware and allow you to do all sorts of other things, basically, rooting the phone allows you to be the administrator of your phone, whereas now you just have a user account on it ... As for how to root, that's been done a lot of different ways and is explained in a number of places - you should read several how-tos so you'll have an idea of what you're getting yourself into (and whether you want to bother)... The contents of your memory card should be safe, but you should back them up anyway, since memory cards do fail during normal use. Simply rooting won't automatically remove any of your apps, so your good there, but it will give you the ability to remove apps, or even break (or even "brick") your phone, so take it easy and don't take any steps 'till you understand what you're about to do.
Here are some resources you can check out :
Ok, actually I'm not allowed to be helpful by posting links since I'm a new member, but google these terms: root droid incredible Jonamerica - that'll get you started...
As for swype the legit way to get it is to sign up for their beta (it's available on their website which I can't link you to) and go from there.
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Thank you for this search link. Guide is very helpful, fills in alot of the blanks I've been having.

You're welcome.
There are numerous other guides and threads out there, so googling and reading is a good idea... I just researched it again since I rooted my wife's Inc. last night and since it has an SLCD screen I wanted to make sure that unrevoked had been updated to work with these screens - turns out it has and it worked fine. I actually had a scary moment when the phone wouldn't boot into recovery (five vibrations and a blank screen) but a google search and a battery pull saved me and so far so good since then - and I was able to uninstall verizon's backup assistant which was killing her battery every day.

Is that the only reason you rooted your wife's phone, was to remove some of the bloat? I might end up doing the same.

ramma2 said:
Is that the only reason you rooted your wife's phone, was to remove some of the bloat? I might end up doing the same.
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Yeah, that was the main reason - when she upgraded from her dumbphone, we used Backup Assistant to transfer her numbers over, but lately it's been hanging during sync and killing her battery (and/or it may be syncing over the poor 1x data connection rather than available wifi - not sure about that but it sounds like something Verizon would do (it would both be a bit more secure, and use more data they could bill us for)). Since Verizon in all their wisdom made it so you can't uninstall that app or disassociate it from your account, I figured the I'd use force and just root the phone - worked too, now her battery's lasting all day, no problem.
I also would recommend rooting to anyone concerned about certain apps wanting internet permissions - DroidWall is a great app allowing you to prevent apps from accessing the internet (or you can block just wifi or just 3g for a specific app, potentially allowing you to better manage your data usage).

make sure to read alot about what ur getting into.. And remember to always backup before you do anything (incase of errors/problems) you can always boot back to stock...happy rootin!

Check this out: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones.
That guide is specific to Cyanogenmod, and it's a little outdated, but it's a good starting point to learn what applications are required for the phone to run, and which applications are simply "extra."

Transferring 4G Wimax key from one Evo to another

I recently discovered that my RSA Keys are gone (used the app from the Market for confirmation). A little while ago, I lost my Evo, I got a replacement, and the lost unit was found and returned to me later. It supposedly is blocked from going back on the network, so I'm not going to try and put it back on my account, but I checked last night and 4G connected w/out a problem. So I'm wondering if I could Amon-Ra Nandroid the phone w/the keys, and restore that to the new phone w/out the keys? Does it seem at all plausible, or is there a simpler way to transfer the keys from one unit to the other? I've been reading a lot of the 4G threads, and it seems like it is a possibility, I'm just unsure as to how exactly I should proceed w/out horking things up more.
Is it a possibility to make backups of the keys as per step 6a of this thread, edit the MAC and transfer them over? TIA for any guidance.

take the wimax.img from the phone with the good keys (bad esn) and put it on the sdcard of the phone with the bad keys (good esn) and then in the good phone open a terminal emulator and type su then type flash_image wimax /sdcard/wimax.img
feel free to make a backup of the bad wimax partition first just to be safe

A lot of what I read indicates that the keys are specific to the MAC address. Is this correct?

whats77inaname said:
A lot of what I read indicates that the keys are specific to the MAC address. Is this correct?
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Ok, I can't say one way or the other if you can trade out your RSA keys between phones, but I wanted to tell you that sprint can unblock or unrestrict your old phone if you request them to. I lost my phone a few months ago and had to make a claim, I went through the whole process from the police report to getting my new replacement. The phone was blocked from the network a few weeks after I got the new phone - I found the old one, I called sprint and the police to let them know I had found the phone. Sprint asked me if I wanted the lock taken off it and now its the phone my sister has...works just fine, so if they tell you they cant remove the lock - tell the Rep you want to speak to a manager... now, there MAY be a limit on the days for the phone to be found before the lock becomes permanent i.e if the lock isnt lifted in 30 days or 60 days it becomes perm... but i found my phone in 3 weeks...

My understanding is you can't use another phones keys. I don't have any experience first hand, but there was a thread about this a couple days ago and everyone said the keys are phone specific and there is no way to switch.

+1
I lost my keys and researched for days. Wimax keys are non-transferable :/

Bamba1260 said:
My understanding is you can't use another phones keys. I don't have any experience first hand, but there was a thread about this a couple days ago and everyone said the keys are phone specific and there is no way to switch.
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Well, I did manage to use the aforementioned method from post #2 and got the key transferred. The WiMAX RSA Key Checker now says that the RSA key is present, so that's good. I've been researching this issue for the past couples days, there's a lot of info to process.
Edit: In the interim, I checked out this thread. I ran "fastboot oem wimaxrmac" and it didn't error out, it shows the IP address from the donor phone. It appears that the issue for everyone is that yes, the key is specific to the MAC, so the fact that the recipient phone is showing both MAC and key from the donor makes me think this might work after all.

Well, I can confirm that this method works. I am able to connect and sustain connection on 4G.

The RSA keys, mac address, username and password are all stored in the wimax image. So transferring it from one phone to another should work.

Good job, I think a lot of people will be interested in hearing about that

So a little off topic. I would like to use my laptops wimax proset 6250 to connect as its antenna seems to pickup better than the evo. Anyway to extract the keys and password so I can try to set them in as replacements for the ones in my laptop?
EVO Sent

is your proset rooted?

Sweet, I'm gonna sell a copy of my wimax image to someone who needs some RSA keys lol, I don't use 4G anyway haha

[Q] What have I done?

I think I may have just put myself in a rather uncomfortable position... Refer to the attached pictures (there should be 3 of them), they can do the lot of explaining for me.
I first just rooted the stock ROM with the toolkit
Then I set out looking for a de-bloated ROM; I thought I found that solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927267
Got the nasty surprise of having no radios at all other than NFC, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. Everything BUT GSM
So I was directed to here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925402 and once I was finally able to download it, I flashed it and still no GSM service.
Took a peek at the props (pictured below) and that is what I came across.
What have I done or what just happened here??? A little freaked out here (not as familiar with Android as I am with Windows).
Unfortunately, I lack another mobile to try my sim card in but after checking my account with my provider online, there are no discrepancies that I can see thus far. I will phone my provider in a moment when I can allocate my thoughts; don't think they would have blacklisted my phone? (sounds silly, I guess; just considering things that might be a cause... or my lack of sleep is speaking for me x.x)

The first thing you should do is flash a stock rom for your phone. You can get it from sammobile.
After flashing the rom (don't forget to factory reset), check again for mobile signal and mac addresses.
Hopefully they'll be there (sometimes some custom roms do not 'see' your phone's efs properly and usually restoring to full stock fixes it).
Also PLEASE backup your EFS. Don't take the chance!
Sent from my GT-N7100

PorscheHusky said:
I think I may have just put myself in a rather uncomfortable position... Refer to the attached pictures (there should be 3 of them), they can do the lot of explaining for me.
I first just rooted the stock ROM with the toolkit
Then I set out looking for a de-bloated ROM; I thought I found that solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927267
Got the nasty surprise of having no radios at all other than NFC, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. Everything BUT GSM
So I was directed to here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925402 and once I was finally able to download it, I flashed it and still no GSM service.
Took a peek at the props (pictured below) and that is what I came across.
What have I done or what just happened here??? A little freaked out here (not as familiar with Android as I am with Windows).
Unfortunately, I lack another mobile to try my sim card in but after checking my account with my provider online, there are no discrepancies that I can see thus far. I will phone my provider in a moment when I can allocate my thoughts; don't think they would have blacklisted my phone? (sounds silly, I guess; just considering things that might be a cause... or my lack of sleep is speaking for me x.x)
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Is your imei still present or changed?
Sent from the rabbit hole.

easy!
if you have done a nandroid restore it, if not just flash anything else ! why panic?

[Q] Page Plus Data?

While back I successfully flashed this phone to Page Plus, along with a verizon PRL and it works like a charm talk and text but I get no data or MMS. What should I do to get data? Is it as simple as getting a verizon APN or do I need to do some wacky stuff?

DQEight said:
While back I successfully flashed this phone to Page Plus, along with a verizon PRL and it works like a charm talk and text but I get no data or MMS. What should I do to get data? Is it as simple as getting a verizon APN or do I need to do some wacky stuff?
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That depends on how comfortable you are with QPST or DFS and whether you have a budget you are willing to spend to get the phone up and running. There is another thread running in this forum attempting to get 3g on Pageplus flashing an NV file, but there seems to be a number of issues that are still being worked out. Besides that, I know of two options for getting data:
1. Simplest method (and now the only one I ever use because, heck, it's freakin easy) - get Wireless Workshop. You can fully flash phones over to $10/phone and it does all the work for you. It gets mms up and running, does some kind of dmu calculation to allow you to run data at 3g speeds, and it's almost entirely automatic. Downside: you pay $10/flash and you have to buy credit in $50 chunks.
2. QPST 2.7/ DFS method (I was able to get mms and 1g data running) - I can't help you to find QPST, but a google search will get you there quickly enough or you can go with DFS, which you can download for free from their website.
It's been a while since I've flashed my LGOG (I think it was in February or March), so here is hopefully everything you need. Also, if you already know all this, my apologies. Some people seem to be having issues with getting the values to stick and if that's you, then I don't know what to tell you apart from going for Wireless Workshop. But your post sounded like you might not be in that camp, so here goes:
*You have to be on stock based rom (I usually use Lifeless or NextOG, just because those are already on my phone, but any should work just fine)
*Make sure phone is in DIAG mode - Dial ##DIAG#, then enable or yes or DIAG or whatever the option is
*Open QPST/DFS, plug in phone, and open the port in the program that shows your phone.
*In DFS you want to send the SPC, click on the PROGRAMMING tab, then edit the DATA and MOBILE IP tabs
- Enter [email protected] (#########@vzw3g.com) for the UID and NAI (technically I think the NAI should be [email protected] or something like that, but I've never found it to affect my ability to get 1g of data)
- Enter vzw for the password and shared secret values
* I don't remember which profile (0, 1, or 2) you need have as default. I think I just filled in all three and set 0 to default and it worked, but you may have to dink about for a bit if it doesn't work.
* The settings are similar in QPST, but with more tabs within tabs to fill in all the information.
That ought to get you data, and then you just need to change the mms settings.
*Dial ##DATA#, find the option for mms, click on it and choose to edit, enter SPC, change the value to http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms, set the port and proxy to nothing (this part was tricky for my phone to get it to change - I ended up switching it to 80, restarting the phone, and then changing it to nothing)
- the phone will restart and you'll be all set. If you have trouble sending or receiving mms, you can also search for wwmsgs.apk or pageplusmms.apk (though I prefer wwmsgs.apk because it looks like the AOSP messaging app)
Hopefully that helps, and hopefully I haven't forgotten anything essential. If I have, I'll try to help you get it sorted out.

+1 for wireless workshop. I flashed 2 OG's and it couldn't have been easier. I get true 3g speeds (2+Mbs), and everything else works.

bsquare said:
That depends on how comfortable you are with QPST or DFS and whether you have a budget you are willing to spend to get the phone up and running. There is another thread running in this forum attempting to get 3g on Pageplus flashing an NV file, but there seems to be a number of issues that are still being worked out. Besides that, I know of two options for getting data:
1. Simplest method (and now the only one I ever use because, heck, it's freakin easy) - get Wireless Workshop. You can fully flash phones over to $10/phone and it does all the work for you. It gets mms up and running, does some kind of dmu calculation to allow you to run data at 3g speeds, and it's almost entirely automatic. Downside: you pay $10/flash and you have to buy credit in $50 chunks.
2. QPST 2.7/ DFS method (I was able to get mms and 1g data running) - I can't help you to find QPST, but a google search will get you there quickly enough or you can go with DFS, which you can download for free from their website.
It's been a while since I've flashed my LGOG (I think it was in February or March), so here is hopefully everything you need. Also, if you already know all this, my apologies. Some people seem to be having issues with getting the values to stick and if that's you, then I don't know what to tell you apart from going for Wireless Workshop. But your post sounded like you might not be in that camp, so here goes:
*You have to be on stock based rom (I usually use Lifeless or NextOG, just because those are already on my phone, but any should work just fine)
*Make sure phone is in DIAG mode - Dial ##DIAG#, then enable or yes or DIAG or whatever the option is
*Open QPST/DFS, plug in phone, and open the port in the program that shows your phone.
*In DFS you want to send the SPC, click on the PROGRAMMING tab, then edit the DATA and MOBILE IP tabs
- Enter [email protected] (#########@vzw3g.com) for the UID and NAI (technically I think the NAI should be [email protected] or something like that, but I've never found it to affect my ability to get 1g of data)
- Enter vzw for the password and shared secret values
* I don't remember which profile (0, 1, or 2) you need have as default. I think I just filled in all three and set 0 to default and it worked, but you may have to dink about for a bit if it doesn't work.
* The settings are similar in QPST, but with more tabs within tabs to fill in all the information.
That ought to get you data, and then you just need to change the mms settings.
*Dial ##DATA#, find the option for mms, click on it and choose to edit, enter SPC, change the value to http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms, set the port and proxy to nothing (this part was tricky for my phone to get it to change - I ended up switching it to 80, restarting the phone, and then changing it to nothing)
- the phone will restart and you'll be all set. If you have trouble sending or receiving mms, you can also search for wwmsgs.apk or pageplusmms.apk (though I prefer wwmsgs.apk because it looks like the AOSP messaging app)
Hopefully that helps, and hopefully I haven't forgotten anything essential. If I have, I'll try to help you get it sorted out.
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I gave it a go with DFS, it tells me error code 89 cannot establish a data connection. then it keeps bootlooping back to the boot animation until i disable data
Edit: when i reconnect to dfs some settings have returned to their sprint settings. argh. I wish WW would just let me pay the 10 bucks for one flash.

DQEight said:
I gave it a go with DFS, it tells me error code 89 cannot establish a data connection. then it keeps bootlooping back to the boot animation until i disable data
Edit: when i reconnect to dfs some settings have returned to their sprint settings. argh. I wish WW would just let me pay the 10 bucks for one flash.
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I've been trying to rack my brain for what I did to make the settings stick, but I can't seem to remember. At one point I got that message as well, but I think between using QPST and DFS the settings eventually stayed. You could try changing some of the values by dialing ##DATA# and editing them there. I did that a few times on my wife's phone and it seemed to work ok (though the mms settings were quirky).
I have two friends coming over to Page Plus, so I'll be reactivating my Wireless Workshop account for them. I was planning to do the $50 and do $10 per flash, but it seems like there are a number of people here who would like to make the switch to Page Plus and get data. If I can figure out a way to allow others to chip in, we could all go for the unlimited license and get everyone flashed over with full 3g. The unlimited is good for 1 month and costs $75. I already have $20 of that coming my way from my two friends, so we would just need 5 or 6 more people who are interested and a way to make it happen (perhaps using teamviewer to flash them wirelessly?). I would feel hesitant about giving out my username and password, since my address and payment info are all on the account. Plus I think they limit it to one computer. But if I get it on mine, I could connect via Teamviewer to anyone interested. The whole process takes about 10 minutes.
What do you/anyone else think?
I have some time coming up this weekend, so that would be ideal.
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DQEight said:
I gave it a go with DFS, it tells me error code 89 cannot establish a data connection. then it keeps bootlooping back to the boot animation until i disable data
Edit: when i reconnect to dfs some settings have returned to their sprint settings. argh. I wish WW would just let me pay the 10 bucks for one flash.
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Just thought of a way we could do the money. Google Wallet just setup an easy way to send money to someone's Wallet account through gmail. That could be an option. We would have to keep the amount I received under $55, since I'll be getting $20 from my friends and Teamviewer is only free if it's for private use, not for commercial use. I would want to keep this at fellow LGOG users helping each other out.

[Q] Flashed LS970_ZERO_EFS but did not Backup EFS, what now?

Hi,
I was an idiot and accidentally flashed the LS970_ZERO_EFS.zip without knowing what I was doing. I eventually used DFS to be able to set my IMEI and MEID, which helped get my phone to a state where hands-free activation, prl upgrades, etc. work fine now. All non-cell activity also works fine, but anything that uses cell towers fails. PRL Upgrades and Hands-Free activation work fine. When someone calls me, my phone doesn't ring but I eventually do get a 'missed call' indicator.
I read the 'Backup/Restore/Repair Your EFS Partition' thread, which is how I figured out to how to use DFS to set my IMEI and MEID, but I'm unable to do the 'For 1X/3G working - use DFS' portion of it because I don't have my AAA Shared Secret password and my HA Shared Secret password.
Finally, to make matters even worse, I'm not on Sprint; I'm on an MVNO of Sprint called RingPlus.
What should I do to be able to get cell access working again? Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help out! :good:

JusRelax said:
Hi,
I was an idiot and accidentally flashed the LS970_ZERO_EFS.zip without knowing what I was doing. I eventually used DFS to be able to set my IMEI and MEID, which helped get my phone to a state where hands-free activation, prl upgrades, etc. work fine now. All non-cell activity also works fine, but anything that uses cell towers fails. PRL Upgrades and Hands-Free activation work fine. When someone calls me, my phone doesn't ring but I eventually do get a 'missed call' indicator.
I read the 'Backup/Restore/Repair Your EFS Partition' thread, which is how I figured out to how to use DFS to set my IMEI and MEID, but I'm unable to do the 'For 1X/3G working - use DFS' portion of it because I don't have my AAA Shared Secret password and my HA Shared Secret password.
Finally, to make matters even worse, I'm not on Sprint; I'm on an MVNO of Sprint called RingPlus.
What should I do to be able to get cell access working again? Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help out! :good:
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This might help you. It is for htc, but it mentions ringplus and pretty much fits your issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2438711

dopy25 said:
This might help you. It is for htc, but it mentions ringplus and pretty much fits your issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2438711
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Thanks! I will try moving my account to a dummy phone, and moving it back afterward. Hopefully that will force the 'initial handshake' that they mention in that article. I'll post my results after I try it out (probably sometime this weekend).

THIS!
OMG this is almost exactly where I am at. I too am on RingPlus, but my journey to a screwed EFS was different, I used Framaroot to root my phone so I could have Titanium backup and other root functions. It was great for a couple of weeks, then one morning I my network connectivity just turned off, that was a little over a week ago. I tried tech support, but eventually figured out that it wasn't my service provider, especially when I looked into my "phone identity" settings and saw everything except my ICCID and PRL were zeroed out.
I was thinking about flashing the clean EFS, but I can't really find out how to do that, I see instructions for it in the EFS restore thread, but all it says is "flash it" and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to do that.
Also, I can't get my phone to root anymore, I tried Framaroot again, and this thread "Universal Root" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38886073#post38886073 It says it worked, but Titanium Backup says it still doesn't have root.
And to top it off, my play store says no connection (tried wiping cache and different versions, date settings, can't get it).
Right now, I'm working with an almost useless phone.

Molson01 said:
OMG this is almost exactly where I am at. I too am on RingPlus, but my journey to a screwed EFS was different, I used Framaroot to root my phone so I could have Titanium backup and other root functions. It was great for a couple of weeks, then one morning I my network connectivity just turned off, that was a little over a week ago. I tried tech support, but eventually figured out that it wasn't my service provider, especially when I looked into my "phone identity" settings and saw everything except my ICCID and PRL were zeroed out.
I was thinking about flashing the clean EFS, but I can't really find out how to do that, I see instructions for it in the EFS restore thread, but all it says is "flash it" and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to do that.
Also, I can't get my phone to root anymore, I tried Framaroot again, and this thread "Universal Root" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38886073#post38886073 It says it worked, but Titanium Backup says it still doesn't have root.
And to top it off, my play store says no connection (tried wiping cache and different versions, date settings, can't get it).
Right now, I'm working with an almost useless phone.
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If you unlocked your phone with FreeGee, it made a backup of your EFS. Put those files in the flash efs zip and you should be set
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Thanks, but nope, I wasn't that smart.
engine95 said:
If you unlocked your phone with FreeGee, it made a backup of your EFS. Put those files in the flash efs zip and you should be set
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks, but I used the Framaroot APK and that was it. I kinda jumped in before I really read/understood what I was doing. I had no idea that information could be wiped.
I have been trying to understand how the whole system is setup and at which points modifications can/should be made.
I don't think I've ever unlocked the bootloader, which is what I thought FreeGee was for, I just used Framaroot to root it and thought I was good. Then 0000000000.
I have been trying to figure out if I really need to flash the ZERO EFS, or if I can just jump to using DFS to modify the ESN etc. It seems like my EFS is already zeroed. (I'd ask in the proper thread, but I'm working my way up to 10 posts...).
Thanks for the reply, there are really so many resources here it is incredible, I just need to remember to not do stupid crap (too late!).

Molson01 said:
Thanks, but I used the Framaroot APK and that was it. I kinda jumped in before I really read/understood what I was doing. I had no idea that information could be wiped.
I have been trying to understand how the whole system is setup and at which points modifications can/should be made.
I don't think I've ever unlocked the bootloader, which is what I thought FreeGee was for, I just used Framaroot to root it and thought I was good. Then 0000000000.
I have been trying to figure out if I really need to flash the ZERO EFS, or if I can just jump to using DFS to modify the ESN etc. It seems like my EFS is already zeroed. (I'd ask in the proper thread, but I'm working my way up to 10 posts...).
Thanks for the reply, there are really so many resources here it is incredible, I just need to remember to not do stupid crap (too late!).
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Framaroot was set up as a temporary root. It says that in our root guide. Some use it all the time with no issues. I played it safe with the Universal Root.
The EFS was discovered by autoprime I think, and steps were taken to fix that. Follow his guide's to hopefully fix it.
I wouldn't Zero out anything that is left. They may help you or Sprint fix it.
You're not stupid. LG just has different things to worry about compared to HTC, Samsung etc.
Good luck with everything.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Temp use of a Sprint ESN/MEID for service swap?
Does anyone out there have a Sprint ESN/MEID they wouldn't mind "loaning" me for a couple of hours so I can attempt to "swap" service out and back to my device.
The CSR I'm dealing with says that doing a swap is better than cancel/reactivate because apparently with a cancel/reactivate they actually close the account and any (prepaid) funds in there get eaten (kind of bull**** that they can't do it from some admin position that would stop that from happening, but whatever).
Thanks.

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Molson01 said:
Does anyone out there have a Sprint ESN/MEID they wouldn't mind "loaning" me for a couple of hours so I can attempt to "swap" service out and back to my device.
The CSR I'm dealing with says that doing a swap is better than cancel/reactivate because apparently with a cancel/reactivate they actually close the account and any (prepaid) funds in there get eaten (kind of bull**** that they can't do it from some admin position that would stop that from happening, but whatever).
Thanks.
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Decided to abandon this line, bought an LG Tribute for $40 and swapped to that. Super small internal memory, but other than that, not a bad phone really.