So i've searched quite a bit through the developer forums and found guides for flashing the evo to metropcs. All of the ones i found are quite old and the links for the required files are down.
I google searched for the individual files and got a few but i'm still missing some.
I'm also still unclear as to what to do exactly.
Can i flash to metropcs just by rooting and intalling a metro rom and a radio?
Will i be able to put my own metro number and text/call/browse web on my own or do i flash myself then call metropcs to complete the operation?
Ok I am on cricket not metro but I am willing to give you some help.
First thing. Will metro activate any cdma (sprint, verizon esn) or does the esn have to be one of theres. If the esn has to be there's then you will have to clone the phone. In that case I will not be able to help you.
If they can activate any esn then I will walk you through all the steps. It is real easy once you have done it.
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I'm not sure. If they can do any esn or not. So i would need to take the other phone's esn essentially?
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Hey! I purchased an htc evo from a friend of mine who fail to pay his phone bill, so the phone have a bad esn. Can someone guide me thru flashing it to boost mobile please. I look all over and couldnt' find nothing on flashing htc evo too boost. I found something on epic to boost that's about it. I heard writing the meid is different can someone please help me out. thanks. I purchase a boost incognito as a donor phone.
sakpase said:
Hey! I purchased an htc evo from a friend of mine who fail to pay his phone bill, so the phone have a bad esn. Can someone guide me thru flashing it to boost mobile please. I look all over and couldnt' find nothing on flashing htc evo too boost. I found something on epic to boost that's about it. I heard writing the meid is different can someone please help me out. thanks. I purchase a boost incognito as a donor phone.
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i have seen guides but from what i read it a royal pain the ass and don't work 99% of the time
I bet its a stolen phone
HERE'S a tutorial on flashing to metro. It will be a good start but you will need to change the addy from metro to boost. A little google searching should help you out but like I said, start here.
I know two people, that got there evo stolen too bad they can sorta still activate it on ghetto metro.
Any talk of boost/metro flashing should be banned >=]
The information in my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008909 may be helpful.
I completely agree with both nsxla and weehooherod... stolen phones shouldn't be able to be able to be activated. At the same time the way providers tie you into using their devices is as ridiculous as Apple's software copyrights not allowing you to use software you purchase on non-approved hardware (that's another topic). I have an acquaintances that is a area sales manager for a big cell company and his only argument for carriers not accepting outside phones is that they are not optimized for the individual provider's network and hence can bog it down. Yeah... mmmm hhhmm
Flashing to Metro is perfectly fine, because you don't need to illegally modify your phone, hell metro openly flashes evo's to their service.
However, putting an evo on Boost is outside of the legal guidelines since it requires a donor phone to clone onto the evo.
As far as MetroPCS and other pre-paid services bashing them is just plain ignorant. In some states you'll get better coverage with Metro than you would AT&T or some other contract providers and the prices are good.
To the OP: Metro has better coverage than Boost in my area so it might be worth checking out where you live.
I am buying a boostmobile configured Epic Touch4G, how do I restore it back to Sprint's network other then calling Sprint to configure the ESN to be setup on my line?
Thanks.
They might have stolen it which is why its on boost so if u try the esn will come back as bad...
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As mentioned don't buy it, I guarantee it has a bad esn.
That said, it is one of the easiest phone do a repair on. Google for epic 4g default 16 digit password. You will need a donor phone that is activated on sprint. If your donor phone is old enough you maybe able to get all your programming info from ##data#. If not, use QPST copy the info. Your HA AAA password maybe a pain to get. Googling will tell you how to get that too.
It is very doable. I have my E4GT on my OG Sero plan.
Before you decide to buy or not, check the ESN.
You can check the ESN online at http://www.checkesnfree.com or call it in to Sprint C.S.
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The ESN is clean, but how do I restore it exactly to be on Sprint again? Any guides?
You aren't cloning so it should be easy. I would think that the settings are pretty close already. Activate from the website and follow the programming direction. That should get you going.
If not then if you have another sprint phone. Dial ##data# on both phones and just start copying the info from the donor to e4gt. You will need the msl/Spc code to enter the data on the e4gt. If you have the msl for the donor phone enter it too, it will show more info.
Forgot, makes sure the Meid in settings/ about phone are the same as under the battery. If not, its very easily fixed.
There's a little more to it then that. If you can't get your original AAA password (nv item 1192) then you will need a donor phone. Try a ##786# reset or flashing a new radio to hopefully reset your nv items. Without the AAA password, you will not be able to authenticate your 3g and will be stuck in 1x
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How do set an Epic 4g Touch up for boost or any other pre pay?
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How do set an Epic 4g Touch up for boost or any other pre pay?
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I thought that was the purpose of this thread but no one has said anything.
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Your not allowed to talk about flashing over to boost on here.
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Was curious why one would have had one on a boost account
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I thought that was the purpose of this thread but no one has said anything.
Sent from the future.
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Funny, I read the first post as saying he wants to put a previously boost converted E4GT back on Sprint. If you want to go the other way, google is your friend. You will have to piece the process together by reading threads for different phones. Horwardsforums and mobile-files.us may prove helpful. Keep in mind many forums are purging info regarding esn repairs for fear of legal action, so that aspect maybe a little tougher to find but it is out there.
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Funny, I read the first post as saying he wants to put a previously boost converted E4GT back on Sprint. If you want to go the other way, google is your friend. You will have to piece the process together by reading threads for different phones. Horwardsforums and mobile-files.us may prove helpful. Keep in mind many forums are purging info regarding esn repairs for fear of legal action, so that aspect maybe a little tougher to find but it is out there.
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Understood. I wasn't aware that it was illegal. I was under the impression that it was like flashing to MetroPCS. Thanks for clearing things up
I looked but couldn't find a way to make the epic work on metro, is it even possible, if so how?
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It is possible as I have seen it running... you could try and go in to your local metro shop and ask if a rep there can do it for as this is how my friend if florida got it done... from my understanding not all of them will and most will not care if they mess something up so beware... I used to have the link to a video on how to get it working on boost but I can't find it at the moment but once I do I will send it over. Can't imagine its too different just switching a couple things up
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I'm on Metro. I however deleted the outdated Metro Rom I use to have since I'm no longer in Metro's coverage, I now roam 24/7 on stock EI22 using 1x roaming.
I do recall what it was though.
The begnning of my signature is what I had running with the Metro rom. It ran init. Scripts, it had autostart.root, was on EI18, and it had iptables.
I had taken my device to a place that was an authorized MetroPCS dealer for 75$. You may find a place that does it near you, just check craigslist. Walking into your average store, or even corporate store won't resolve the issue. Before anything, first and foremost you need the ESN of your epic added to Metro, which can be manually input with authorization, or by 'flashing' the phone as another device. Its def possible.
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It can be done I am on cricket now with my epic. The instructions for my flash where "other carriers" and it contained metro pc. Here is the flashing guild and the programs I had to use.. enjoy and good luck..
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It can be done I am on cricket now with my epic. The instructions for my flash where "other carriers" and it contained metro pc. Here is the flashing guild and the programs I had to use.. enjoy and good luck..
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Here is the other 2 xda would not except them apart so i zipped them for you
Most metropcs guides are outdated, keep that in mind, you also need the spc code for the password in order for mms and wap to ever work.
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How can I unlock my s3 from sprint so I can use it for virgin mobile??Please help.....
Perfect88 said:
How can I unlock my s3 from sprint so I can use it for virgin mobile??Please help.....
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Good luck. From what I have read it is possible but requires specific knowledge and may be illegal to do it (have heard it either way). Nothing like flashing to Boost. I have never seen anything on how to do it here on XDA. Not saying there isn't information in these forums somewhere, but I've never run across it in any of my searches. If it is illegal than that would explain why.
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Good luck. From what I have read it is possible but requires specific knowledge and may be illegal to do it (have heard it either way). Nothing like flashing to Boost. I have never seen anything on how to do it here on XDA. Not saying there isn't information in these forums somewhere, but I've never run across it in any of my searches. If it is illegal than that would explain why.
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Virgin does not accept ESNs that are already in the system as Sprint.
Unlocking isnt actually the term either.
Neither is Flashing. LOL Unlike MetroPCS where you can re-flash the device to work with Metro, then Metro will add the ESN to its network system for billing.
For all intents and purposes, Virgin would need to open their system up to either allow existing Sprint ESNs or be able to add ESNs to their billing system..
I really need help. This is my only phone I have. I need instructions on how to flash my Sprint LG G2 phone over to MetroPCS.
Fagaafi1 said:
I really need help. This is my only phone I have. I need instructions on how to flash my Sprint LG G2 phone over to MetroPCS.
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There are plenty of guides here to unlock your phone, did you even bother to look before posting?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2798566
MetroPCS will not be able to activate your LS980 because their system will show it as not compatible with their network when trying to activate. To get around this you have to change the IMEI of the G2 to a 4G capable GSM device using DFS CDMA Tool.
Thank you for the information
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There are plenty of guides here to unlock your phone, did you even bother to look before posting?
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Thank you for the information. I am not as savvy when it comes to phones and yes actually I crawled thru all of the posts and didn't see any information whatsoever about flashing the Sprint LG G2 phone. I thought flashing was different from unlocking the phone?
I found alot of information about unlocking, which is great, but not flashing, I even tried unlocking my phone a couple of months ago so I could use it with a SIM card but to no avail, the telephony.dbk keeps appearing no matter how many times I tried deleting it. So my boyfriend had someone flash it over for me, he's in Cali, I had never heard of flashing before then, until after it was done by said retailer. Anyhow, somebody was hacking into my voicemail, MetroPCS changed over my phone # and then it stopped working.
At least you replied when no one else did.
Thank you, totally appreciate it.
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Thank you for the information. I am not as savvy when it comes to phones and yes actually I crawled thru all of the posts and didn't see any information whatsoever about flashing the Sprint LG G2 phone. I thought flashing was different from unlocking the phone?
I found alot of information about unlocking, which is great, but not flashing, I even tried unlocking my phone a couple of months ago so I could use it with a SIM card but to no avail, the telephony.dbk keeps appearing no matter how many times I tried deleting it. So my boyfriend had someone flash it over for me, he's in Cali, I had never heard of flashing before then, until after it was done by said retailer. Anyhow, somebody was hacking into my voicemail, MetroPCS changed over my phone # and then it stopped working.
At least you replied when no one else did.
Thank you, totally appreciate it.
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Sorry I assumed you were using a Sim since I believe MetroPCS is phasing out all CDMA devices and using T-Mobile's GSM network now. If you are not using a SIM(which you should be) and you are indeed using the CDMA network with MetroPCS then yes you would have to program(flash) your phone. If MetroPCS will allow your G2's MEID on their network then all you would have to do is manually program your data settings and update your MSID and MDN. If they do not allow your G2's MEID on their network then you will have to clone the G2 using a MetroPCS donor phone. If you are not familiar with this then it's going to be to difficult for you do and you are better off paying someone to do it for you.
Also the telephony.db is suppose to be there, if you delete it a new one will be created.