I successfully flashed my Epic 4G Touch to Boost Mobile using the Incognito guide and was able to get my settings absolutely perfect, if not better than if it was with Sprint.. My download speeds are averaging 1mb/sec, MMS works flawlessly, and for the first time ever I was able to download something using 4G, and 4G service has not been released in my city, there is just a small stretch of road that picks up 4G signal briefly. I live 54 miles North of San Francisco so i guess it came from there? Anyway, I would be glad to help anyone trying to set up there phone on boost but I make no promises as too the success rate. I updated my PRL through settings, update, and I am on 61007 now. This PRL is ten times better and stronger than any other I have tried, and could be the reason why 4G works. I dont know.
I included screen shots to show the 4G Active on my Epic Touch, and a picture showing the speeds im getting on 3G. Yesterday I could not download any faster than 15kb/s on my OG Epic running Boost and now im averaging 1mb/s!
Congrats I'm sure a few others will find this useful also.
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You can't roam in boost like you can with Sprint right?
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Question: How did you do 4g without a valid subbed 4g mac id?
Or did you use a donor 4g mac address?
Thanks in advance
a guide would be great. i am considering boost mobile.
I'm working on a guide, however it's going to be difficult considering all the tweaking of settings I went through. I think the best thing is for me to share my QPST and other configuration settings
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I def. Want someone else to try and let me know.
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i have my e4gt flashed to boost as well. My 4g connects but directs to a sprint website saying my plan doesn't support 4g. How did you get around that?
Have mine working but 3g suck not getting good speeds at all and signal goes up and down
liz31979 said:
Have mine working but 3g suck not getting good speeds at all and signal goes up and down
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Mine too... I've tried speeds in Pittsburgh DC and Vegas this week... all really slow!
Why would you guys be expecting better service or speeds? Boost is owned by sprint (last time I checked) and uses their equipment.
eagercrow said:
Why would you guys be expecting better service or speeds? Boost is owned by sprint (last time I checked) and uses their equipment.
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You are correct sir..lol, I am also looking into boost since their plans are cheaper then Sprints and goes lower per every 6 month of on time payments. I really don't need 4g and have only used it maybe a hand full of times since the days of the epic.
Boost is pretty much Sprints little bro...just that Sprint gets the better phones and Boost gets the hand me downs in a way.
Unknown Zone said:
You are correct sir..lol, I am also looking into boost since their plans are cheaper then Sprints and goes lower per every 6 month of on time payments. I really don't need 4g and have only used it maybe a hand full of times since the days of the epic.
Boost is pretty much Sprints little bro...just that Sprint gets the better phones and Boost gets the hand me downs in a way.
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I understand going to them in order to save money. I just don't want people leaving this thread thinking that if they flash to boost they will have better speeds or service.
eagercrow said:
I understand going to them in order to save money. I just don't want people leaving this thread thinking that if they flash to boost they will have better speeds or service.
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Yea i know where you are come from same towers, I am really considering of switching to Boost after 13 yrs of Sprint to save some $$$$ now that we can flash the EpicTouch. I will still be getting pretty much everything just like my 450 Sprint plan the only thing different is that I just will not have 4g service yet will be paying less for my service.
im not expecting better speeds. I left sprint for boost and my 3g speeds on my evo were much better. I was hoping for the same speeds on boost. It sounds like its a sprint 3g problem lately and will hopefully get better(for boost users as Well)
i would like to know how to do this....
the OP has shown screenshots connecting to 4G.. but never a screenshot of active data moving. Id be willing to bet the browser redirects him to the 4G signup page.
I was with sprint for 15 years before i switch to Boost. Most phone i bought without contract feeling that they offer better customer support when not under a contract but at the end was paying to much paying $125 on a unlimited plan. My time to overpay is over. lol
Ive owned the Evo 4g and the Evo 3d on Boost and speeds are way better on those devices than on the Epic Touch 4G. Hoping for a updated soon
The op left us hanging with the 4g info..
I know there is a way but it requires a clone of a valid 4g subbed account.
If anyone can outline this please post
Did anyone get OTA (over the air) programing to work?
I would really love to know if anyone can get that working
Hi a friend of mine wants to trade his Epic 4g Touch for my Evo Shift. I'm pretty sure it's worth the trade but before I do I wanna know what's possible on it first.
What all carrier(s) can the Epic be flashed to?
What's the best performing/fastest carrier available?
And is the flashing process easy?
Thanks in advance
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Hi a friend of mine wants to trade his Epic 4g Touch for my Evo Shift. I'm pretty sure it's worth the trade but before I do I wanna know what's possible on it first.
What all carrier(s) can the Epic be flashed to?
What's the best performing/fastest carrier available?
And is the flashing process easy?
Thanks in advance
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First he's either trading off a bad device or doesn't understand his E4GT is superior in all ways to the Evo Shift.
Get the ESN and call Sprint to make sure it's clean.
Make sure he hasn't damaged it in any way, internal or external.
There are several Galaxy SII's so check the model number. Ours is SPH-D710 which I think can only be supported by Sprint, although it seems like there's a post somewhere about flashing it to Boost and US Cellular. (Found the links)
For flashing to Boost
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419488
For flashing to US Cellular
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531303
Keep in mind phones that run on Sprint can not run on AT&T or Verizon networks. (I stand correct, thanks booksyx) apparently it can be flashed to Verizon.
Flashing on this phone is super easy so long as you read and follow all instructions and when in doubt, ask questions. There are several incredible ROMs currently for this phone of both Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich flavors. Read in the development section to see for yourself.
The post above me has many incorrect statements.
The epic 4g touch can run on almost any CDMA network. I currently have mine running on Virgin Mobile. It can also be flashed to boost mobile, cricket, metro pcs, verizon, etc.
They key to getting it working on those networks is to have a donor phone where you can extract all the NAM keys, esn/meid, and data keys and flash them to the epic 4g touch. Really isnt to hard once you have all the keys to write them.
My epic 4g touch has everything working on virgin mobile. Calling/SMS/MMS/3g/Wimax. However you will have to go elsewhere for a wimax solution. Best part is I only pay $25 a month for all this!
The ESN is clean and it's also relatively new. Not 100% sure what the exact model is but i'll find out when he gets off work.
The whole reason he's making the trade is because EVO is his favorite phone. He was going to trade me his iPhone 4 for my EVO but then I found out that even if I flash the iPhone 4 that Data and MMS dont function fully. So I didnt want that.
But If the Epic is that much more superior that makes me want it more now, as long as I can get it fully functional on a prepaid service that is.
I wasn't aware there was so many different versions. Because he didnt tell me it was an Epic, all he said was Galaxy S II. So I ended up posting in the wrong forum. But his is Sprint though so everyone said it's an Epic 4g Touch.
That's good that it's relatively easy to flash. I personally prefer boost, but whatever is fully functional and runs the fastest
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Does every carrier require a donor phone to Flash to?
brooksyx said:
The post above me has many incorrect statements.
The epic 4g touch can run on almost any CDMA network. I currently have mine running on Virgin Mobile. It can also be flashed to boost mobile, cricket, metro pcs, verizon, etc.
They key to getting it working on those networks is to have a donor phone where you can extract all the NAM keys, esn/meid, and data keys and flash them to the epic 4g touch. Really isnt to hard once you have all the keys to write them.
My epic 4g touch has everything working on virgin mobile. Calling/SMS/MMS/3g/Wimax. However you will have to go elsewhere for a wimax solution. Best part is I only pay $25 a month for all this!
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Many incorrect? lol I see one (oh make that two, didn't know that about Verizon) and that's why I said thinks like *I think* as in I'm not 100% sure, just going on what I've recently read here on XDA.
Thanks for clarifying that though.
I'm just about done with my Verizon contract looking for a pay as you go phone plan. The boost plan is nice but not until now were there any attractive phones. They're advertising they have a Evo phone. Which ive always loved but could never being in Verizon. Is the Evo on Boost the same phone as the sprint model. If so then I can root and use all of the same roms kernels mods etc. If not then that's a bummer
Thanks
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I was considering flashing my Epic to Metro since my contract is up with Sprint and was wondering if it still works? I called Metro and they said that the phone would be removed from the network within a few months. Is there any truth to this? My second questions is can I run CM9 on Metro? Thank you.
My buddy got a samsung Fascinate flashed to metro, I hear it was sorta similar to the epic. I also hear that CM9 worked out for Metro flashed phones.
I have a rooted Evo runnin on CM7, but i'm selling it on CL, and a guy is wondering if i can flash it to Boost? but, i heard you needed a donor phone?
According to this guide you do need a donor phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182260
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