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epic on verizon

What the possibility of flashing an epic to work properly on vz? I see it can be done on cricket....I'm not worried about Verizon having the meid in the system....anyone out there do this? Thanks

suzook said:
What the possibility of flashing an epic to work properly on vz? I see it can be done on cricket....I'm not worried about Verizon having the meid in the system....anyone out there do this? Thanks
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Why is it you're not worried about Verizon having the MEID in their system? That is all you should be worried about. If it is not in their system, they will not allow the device on their network.

I can have it added.....so back to my original question.......can it be done??

I'm sure there's a way, you just won't have 4g. May need msl. Just use getprop to get it

Of course its Possible i have did for 2 Carriers in India why not Verizon, get your MEID added and be in touch be me.

suzook said:
I can have it added.....so back to my original question.......can it be done??
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If you can have it added then I think you're going to have to find out through trial and error, as not many have that kind of access. Let us know how it goes.

if i could do it id take my epic to verizon how do i do it!

churro7 said:
if i could do it id take my epic to verizon how do i do it!
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Make a donation to suzook to get added to the system, lol.

As far as I know, I remember some people said they could call in and say they were an Alltel orphan - but since it's been a while since the merger I doubt that still works.

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i have it on vz network, talk and text work fine, but data is a no go, i have tried the same methods for cricket...but stillno go. im hoping someone can point me in the right direction

Verizon won't stop you from using a Sprint phone, but they won't help you, either. Assuming the software radio itself isn't the problem, you're basically going to have to wait until there are AOSP kernel and Android builds for both the Epic and Fascinate, then figure out how they differ and hack an Epic build to incorporate the changes in the Fascinate build. Then copy over Verizon's own apps for things like voicemail.
If you need a new radio, all bets are off. AFAIK, radio firmware signed with Verizon's key won't install on a phone expecting Sprint's cert, and vice-versa. Unlike Android itself, the radio firmware is very, very encryption-locked, because it's basically impossible to get a phone with software radio past the FCC if it's not (unless you're only planning to sell it to licensed ham radio operators, and have the means to enforce it). I'm not sure whether it was possible to reflash Sprint WinMo phones to work on Verizon because the radios used the same firmware, because the radio firmware was signed by HTC in both cases, or because someone found a way to defeat the protection.
You'll probably have better luck if you try to get 1xRTT working before EVDO. I believe there's a small difference between the way Sprint and Verizon's EVDO works (one that's entirely due to software and not insurmountable, but might be the reason why Sprint phones doing data roaming on Verizon seem to be limited to 1xRTT, assuming it's not just a business decision by Verizon and/or Sprint to allow Sprint users to only roam at 1xRTT.

Has anyone been able to solve this? I have my epic for sale or trade for a verizon phone with no offers... So I'm curious if I can just take it to verizon with me.. since its bad ass..

I fixed the data not working on an epic flashed to cricket by changing the msl to 000000 and dialing *228 so maybe try that. If you can manage to find a cool vzw tech rep get them to go into switch view in acss, go to the data section and uncheck the box that requires validated shared secret data for data use. I would help you myself but I no longer work there. Directv has better benefits I wish you the best of luck bro.
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lafronz said:
I fixed the data not working on an epic flashed to cricket by changing the msl to 000000 and dialing *228 so maybe try that. If you can manage to find a cool vzw tech rep get them to go into switch view in acss, go to the data section and uncheck the box that requires validated shared secret data for data use. I would help you myself but I no longer work there. Directv has better benefits I wish you the best of luck bro.
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if someone has a phone active already, they can extract the shared secret and write it to the Epic.
No radio firmware or ROM will make it work or not work.
lots of sprint phones are active on PagePlus. They will activate almost any CDMA device. PagePlus is a vzw MVNO.
I've said enough.. any more might be breaking the rules

I'm tryin to figure out how to do the whole entire thing from the beginning.

Nickdroid86 said:
I'm tryin to figure out how to do the whole entire thing from the beginning.
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we're not allowed to discuss that here. it's against XDA rules.
I'm sure there are many here that could give you a description of what needs done via PM or something, but we can't discuss it in the open forum.

daddymikey1975 said:
we're not allowed to discuss that here. it's against XDA rules.
I'm sure there are many here that could give you a description of what needs done via PM or something, but we can't discuss it in the open forum.
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It suddenly became against the rules to discuss using phones on different carriers? This is no different from discussing bringing a T-Mobile phone to AT&T and making things work -.- Sure there's no SIM card in this discussion and the technology is different, but that's it.

It is not against the rules. Only making a phone with a bad esn work is.
But this is a question and belongs in Q&A
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suzook said:
What the possibility of flashing an epic to work properly on vz? I see it can be done on cricket....I'm not worried about Verizon having the meid in the system....anyone out there do this? Thanks
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but what I've done to make it works for our carrier in Indonesia was back to EC05 bml stock rom then googling about cdma workshop & qpstn then applied them to your epic with Verizon parameters

Question regarding SG3 and tzones.

I currently have an iphone on tmobile, and i only get 2G because of the clashing frequencies. I want to get a Tmobile SG3 and get 4G, but if i unlock the phone will tmobile still be able to read the code of the phone and make me upgrade to a actual internet plan.
So my question is; should i buy the international SG3 or the tmobile SG3? Thanks for anything you guys can tell me.

thran8 said:
I currently have an iphone on tmobile, and i only get 2G because of the clashing frequencies. I want to get a Tmobile SG3 and get 4G, but if i unlock the phone will tmobile still be able to read the code of the phone and make me upgrade to a actual internet plan.
So my question is; should i buy the international SG3 or the tmobile SG3? Thanks for anything you guys can tell me.
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Answer, Wrong section. Move to Q&A.

they will find out regardless. even if you buy it from somewhere else. and they will make you upgrade unfortunately.

Lieu10ant said:
they will find out regardless. even if you buy it from somewhere else. and they will make you upgrade unfortunately.
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i had a feeling that was the case, so it seems that i would need to get the international version to get around that

yep. but you'll be stuck with edge

Lieu10ant said:
yep. but you'll be stuck with edge
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yea, i found this:
http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/T-Mobile
which might be helpful for others who have t-zone still

[Q] Stolen galaxy S3

Ok im new here mainly to try to find answers to my problem. Apparently i bought a stolen S3 that is blacklisted through AT&T. Phone turns on and looks like its brand new except i cant do anything on it (make calls, text, internet) my question is can there be ANY solution to this, or am i just SOL. Its fine if i am, but just figured i could try all options and thats when i stumbled upon this site. Im not asking anyone to do anything for me, just can it be done. Is it "locked" or "blocked" ? If i unlocked it would it work then? Please any help is appreciated

jjdub1 said:
Ok im new here mainly to try to find answers to my problem. Apparently i bought a stolen S3 that is blacklisted through AT&T. Phone turns on and looks like its brand new except i cant do anything on it (make calls, text, internet) my question is can there be ANY solution to this, or am i just SOL. Its fine if i am, but just figured i could try all options and thats when i stumbled upon this site. Im not asking anyone to do anything for me, just can it be done. Is it "locked" or "blocked" ? If i unlocked it would it work then? Please any help is appreciated
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Unlocked might work on tmo 2g. Other services that use att might work on prepay.
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It'll work on StraightTalk
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It'll work on StraightTalk
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So those are my options? Im very green in the cell phone lingo, if i use straight talk im not on my service right its a pay as you go thing right?
Just wish i could unlock it and be good with full function lol. Any other responses would be appreciated

jjdub1 said:
So those are my options? Im very green in the cell phone lingo, if i use straight talk im not on my service right its a pay as you go thing right?
Just wish i could unlock it and be good with full function lol. Any other responses would be appreciated
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Did AT&T tell you that it's blacklisted, or is that just your assumption? Just trying to make sure it isn't something else like a missing IMEI code.
And if it was stolen, I'd get rid of it if it were me. You can get in a lot of trouble for receiving stolen goods.
At any rate, not here to preach. You can unlock it for free using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34661189#post3466118
That said, if you use a T-Mobile sim card you'll probably only get Edge network, which is slower than dial-up (not really, but it is agonizingly slow). In some areas of the country T-Mobile has rolled out newer networks and you might get H+. Worth a shot at any rate. Good luck. :good:

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And if it was stolen, I'd get rid of it if it were me. You can get in a lot of trouble for receiving stolen goods.
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Chances are, it could be blacklisted on all GSM networks, not just AT&T. All a person would need to do is call up respective customer care, and get it disabled. If he got it for one, I don't think he'd be stupid enough not to get it disabled on other MAJOR networks.
When you got it, didn't you put in your cell sim and check if it was working or not?

[Q] Using a T999 (Tmo) as a I747(AT&T)

I currently have a Galaxy S3, running rooted stock ICS for Tmobile - and I would like to switch over to ATT and keep the same phone, just flash the ATT JB stock firmware onto it (or a custom ROM), and whatever other flashes may be needed to make it work, or something along those lines. Is this even possible?
The only reason I would think it could work is that they are both GSM phones so the tech should essentially be the same right? And since it's rooted, switching the SIM shouldn't be an issue either, as I have done so when I am travelling.
Or are there other major diffs between the 2 s3's that I am missing which make this an impossible.
I have a friend who is looking to buy a new S3 from ATT, and I would just as soon sell him mine with their stock stuff on there if they are basically the same.
Many thanks in advance to any who can help shed light on this.

U have complete wrong idea brother. You cant just flash att s 3 rom on tmobile s 3.
Find some att based rom for tmobile s3 . i think we have some.
Its almost same hardware but not same network antenna. So you cant run att 4g on it.
Simply dont flash att rom on it unless its says for tmobile.

bikrame said:
U have complete wrong idea brother. You cant just flash att s 3 rom on tmobile s 3.
Find some att based rom for tmobile s3 . i think we have some.
Its almost same hardware but not same network antenna. So you cant run att 4g on it.
Simply dont flash att rom on it unless its says for tmobile.
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I always thought that Tmo (i was actually told this by tech support once) shares antennas/repeaters with ATT... so I guess they are just piping the 4G through a diff frequency or something, and the antenna isn't tuned to pick it up. damn.
are there any carriers it WILL work with?

mikewikkid said:
I always thought that Tmo (i was actually told this by tech support once) shares antennas/repeaters with ATT... so I guess they are just piping the 4G through a diff frequency or something, and the antenna isn't tuned to pick it up. damn.
are there any carriers it WILL work with?
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The T999 supports at&t's 3G, just not their LTE (T999 doesn't support LTE period).
What was being told to you is don't flash an at&t baseband (radio), recovery, or full ROM to the phone or you risk a brick. Any of the ROMs marked *AROMA* have multi-carrier compatibility, you just choose the underlying device.

mikewikkid said:
I currently have a Galaxy S3, running rooted stock ICS for Tmobile - and I would like to switch over to ATT and keep the same phone, just flash the ATT JB stock firmware onto it (or a custom ROM), and whatever other flashes may be needed to make it work, or something along those lines. Is this even possible?
The only reason I would think it could work is that they are both GSM phones so the tech should essentially be the same right? And since it's rooted, switching the SIM shouldn't be an issue either, as I have done so when I am travelling.
Or are there other major diffs between the 2 s3's that I am missing which make this an impossible.
I have a friend who is looking to buy a new S3 from ATT, and I would just as soon sell him mine with their stock stuff on there if they are basically the same.
Many thanks in advance to any who can help shed light on this.
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Sorry to say, but you are forgetting something, a stock rooted Tmobile Galaxy S3
is not compatible with the AT&T services as well as any of the AT&T roms.
You would need to UNLOCK the phone first before doing anything else.
Good Luck!

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Misterjunky said:
Sorry to say, but you are forgetting something, a stock rooted Tmobile Galaxy S3
is not compatible with the AT&T services as well as any of the AT&T roms.
You would need to UNLOCK the phone first before doing anything else.
Good Luck!
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pardon my ignorance, but what is the diff between unlocking and rooting, and how can I go about doing it? Also, and this is an aside, the only way that i can find to change the IMEI of a T999 is by using an external box - there is no software-only method of doing this yet, correct?

re: unlocking
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pardon my ignorance, but what is the diff between unlocking and rooting, and how can I go about doing it? Also, and this is an aside, the only way that i can find to change the IMEI of a T999 is by using an external box - there is no software-only method of doing this yet, correct?
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To put it into simple terms,
Rooting a phone allows YOU to make changes to the phone which includes flashing roms as well as
allowing apps which require root access to work on your phone which are available at the play store.
But rooting has nothing to do with AT&T or any other carriers.
Unlocking a phone allows the phone to communicate with different carriers like AT&T and others.
Your phone does not need to be rooted to work with different carriers, it only needs to be Unlocked.
Also once the phone is unlocked you would need a AT&T Sim card for it to work.
Even an Unlocked Galaxy S3 will not work on AT&T unless you have a AT&T sim card.
There is absolutely no reason to change IMEI.
If you want to find out more about Unlocking, here is a link: https://www.google.com/search?q=unl...96,d.cGE&fp=db8d96ed93be75f0&biw=1017&bih=490
Check out the videos and articles.
Good Luck with the phone.

mikewikkid said:
pardon my ignorance, but what is the diff between unlocking and rooting, and how can I go about doing it? Also, and this is an aside, the only way that i can find to change the IMEI of a T999 is by using an external box - there is no software-only method of doing this yet, correct?
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This is what you need, a SIM Unlock - and it happens to be rather easy on the S3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023709 :good:

they are right. you need to unlock your phone. if you go into a store or call customer care they should be able to help you out with unlocking it. i used to work for tmobile and i remember unlocking a few peoples phones.

Any Way to Move to Verizon?

I have searched and I found many sites saying I can't bring a Sprint Note 4 to Verizon. What I'm asking here is, if I'm willing to risk bricking the device, is there any way to reimage this thing to take over to Verizon? In theory, could flashing a Verizon ROM to this phone make it work just like a Verizon Note 4? I don't want to brick it if I can avoid it, but I also am willing to risk it if there's a chance it will work.

WrlsFanatic said:
I have searched and I found many sites saying I can't bring a Sprint Note 4 to Verizon. What I'm asking here is, if I'm willing to risk bricking the device, is there any way to reimage this thing to take over to Verizon? In theory, could flashing a Verizon ROM to this phone make it work just like a Verizon Note 4? I don't want to brick it if I can avoid it, but I also am willing to risk it if there's a chance it will work.
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You can Flash any verizon based rom along with datafix and custom kernel.
For example if you are flashing verizon marshmallow rom Make sure datafix and kernel based on marshmallow.
Its not gonna brick your device or anything just make backup rom &efs first before trying.
In the worst case you will stuck at bootloop ( soft brick ) if that happens just go back to twrp and restore your backup rom.

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I have searched and I found many sites saying I can't bring a Sprint Note 4 to Verizon. What I'm asking here is, if I'm willing to risk bricking the device, is there any way to reimage this thing to take over to Verizon? In theory, could flashing a Verizon ROM to this phone make it work just like a Verizon Note 4? I don't want to brick it if I can avoid it, but I also am willing to risk it if there's a chance it will work.
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I know for sure that there's a unified Nougat build for our device that works on all carriers so that would solve your problem if you're an AOSP fan.

That's great! Do you know what that ROM is?

Here you go bud. This rom is great. Currently running it on my N910T
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/development/emotionos-t3528639

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I have searched and I found many sites saying I can't bring a Sprint Note 4 to Verizon. What I'm asking here is, if I'm willing to risk bricking the device, is there any way to reimage this thing to take over to Verizon? In theory, could flashing a Verizon ROM to this phone make it work just like a Verizon Note 4? I don't want to brick it if I can avoid it, but I also am willing to risk it if there's a chance it will work.
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Sim set up is a bit different.. I was told you can't.. Personally I hate Verizon. I was with them for 18 months, and came back to Sprint.. I love unlimited data, something Verizon does not offer anymore.. What ever issues you have with Sprint ask your self these questions. Are you willing to have to watch your data? $20 per each gig you are over. Are you ok with paying a higher price for service? If you have your phone turned off, just because you missed a payment by mistake. Are you willing to accept a $20 charge per line, to turn your service back on? Sprints service has gotten a lot better in just 18 months I was away, and I will never go to Verizon again or AT&T. Verizon told me they have no more overage charge, I believe that is BS. They claim they just throttle you down a bit, and that all companies do that.. BS again, as Sprint has never throttled me back for using way to much data, and I use a lot.

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Sim set up is a bit different.. I was told you can't.. Personally I hate Verizon. I was with them for 18 months, and came back to Sprint.. I love unlimited data, something Verizon does not offer anymore.. What ever issues you have with Sprint ask your self these questions. Are you willing to have to watch your data? $20 per each gig you are over. Are you ok with paying a higher price for service? If you have your phone turned off, just because you missed a payment by mistake. Are you willing to accept a $20 charge per line, to turn your service back on? Sprints service has gotten a lot better in just 18 months I was away, and I will never go to Verizon again or AT&T. Verizon told me they have no more overage charge, I believe that is BS. They claim they just throttle you down a bit, and that all companies do that.. BS again, as Sprint has never throttled me back for using way to much data, and I use a lot.
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It has nothing to do with preference. Verizon annoys me, frankly, but I get a phone through work and have to use that carrier. I could change my phone though.
It's not looking like I'll be able to switch because of the SIM differences, but I'm going to keep looking. I wish someone had actually done this.

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I have searched and I found many sites saying I can't bring a Sprint Note 4 to Verizon. What I'm asking here is, if I'm willing to risk bricking the device, is there any way to reimage this thing to take over to Verizon? In theory, could flashing a Verizon ROM to this phone make it work just like a Verizon Note 4? I don't want to brick it if I can avoid it, but I also am willing to risk it if there's a chance it will work.
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Did you ever get a rom to work? I'm in the same position right now and if you did get this working id love to know how you made it work. Thanks for any assistance

undeadking said:
Did you ever get a rom to work? I'm in the same position right now and if you did get this working id love to know how you made it work. Thanks for any assistance
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No, and my daily driver phone broke yesterday, so I REALLY wish I could get it to work.

So rooting the Sprint version and flashing the Verizon modems wont work? And/or downloading source for Sprint version and compile Verizon modems into said ROM?

WrlsFanatic said:
I have searched and I found many sites saying I can't bring a Sprint Note 4 to Verizon. What I'm asking here is, if I'm willing to risk bricking the device, is there any way to reimage this thing to take over to Verizon? In theory, could flashing a Verizon ROM to this phone make it work just like a Verizon Note 4? I don't want to brick it if I can avoid it, but I also am willing to risk it if there's a chance it will work.
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lazy_dingo said:
So rooting the Sprint version and flashing the Verizon modems wont work? And/or downloading source for Sprint version and compile Verizon modems into said ROM?
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Here are the issues you will face with trying to activate a Sprint branded Samsung on Verizon. #1 Verizon won't activate a Sprint branded phone on their network. #2 Sprint N4 has different LTE bands and doesn't have the critical Verizon band 13 and a few others. Verizon and Sprint operate on different frequencies also. For this reason, it can't be used on Verizon and this is most likely the biggest reason Verizon will not activate it on their "BYOD" (bring your own device) policy. If this was possible I would have kept my Sprint N4 when moving back over to Verizon. So put this dream to rest. Not possible. Sorry.