I'm trying to use QPST to backup the PRL from my phone before writing new PRLs, because my current, working PRL, 54013, is not in the "Every Sprint PRL" thread.
I have qpst installed and I have the phone connected and seems to be recognized in qpst.
I'll go over what steps I took so far. Some of this I just guessed at since I didn't find any docs that said what to do.
On the phone I did ##DIAG# and got a PhoneUtil menu:
UART:
( ) CDMA MODEM
( ) PDA
I chose CDMA MODEM
Then there is a button [ Qualcomm USB Setting ] at the bottom.
Which brings up IOTHiddenMenu:
( ) MTP
( ) MTP + ADB
( ) PTP
( ) PTP + ADB
( ) RMNET + + DM + MODEM
( ) DM + MODEM + ADB
Either of the two choices that include MODEM will cause the PC to recognize a samsung diag com port driver, COM17 in my case.
Then in QPST I can add port COM17 and pull up the service programming screen, and it shows:
SURF9615, online, from phone
ESN ####### Build ######### MEID #########
One) I don't know where to go in qpst to copy the prl from the phone. The docs that came with qpst suggest it's the Roam tab, Preferred Roaming Enable, File:[___]
Two) From the service programming screen, when I press the [Read from Phone] button, it prompts "Enter service programming code". I tried entering my MSL in there but that doesn't work. It just says "Roaming list receive failed". I don't know what "Service Programming Code" is. Is it MSL or something else?
I'm on a rooted and manually de-bloated ma7 rom with mc2 modem/radio/firmware. If this process requires any system apks to work, it's possible I've deleted something that broke it.
I don't expect anyone to be able to tell me what every single required system apk is, or to figure out why this isn't working, just to look over what I did and tell me if I'm even trying the right things.
Thanks
[UPDATE] seems maybe Service Programming Code is MSL after all.
When I disconnect/reconnect the phone and try again, and leave the default 000000 in the field, it returns with a different and clearer prompt that says you entered an invalid service programming code and the phone will not accept any write commands for the next 10 seconds, try again.
When I enter my MSL, I do not get THAT error message. So whatever is wrong, it doesn't seem to be the Service Programming Code.[/UPDATE]
you'll need to flash an older modem ....LJC modem. that should allow you to use your msl to enter service programming.....once in click Read From Phone.....then enter msl.....let it read then click Save To File.....that will save 2 files the file named "your ESN #_sp.rl0" will be the prl backup.
once your done you can flash back to your current modem......remember to backup prior to flashing anything.
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I have a Samsung Intrepid (Sprint) with WM 6.5 stock on it. I grabbed a copy of EPST and put on the device. When launched, it asks for the MSL code, so I enter my MSL, but it continues to say invalid code.
I have verified I can get into the ##DEBUG# menu using the MSL number, and I can also get into the phone number programming by hitting ##MSLNUM#. Any ideas why EPST is giving the invalid lock code message?
Thanks for any help!
Got what I wanted taken care of. Since EPST wouldn't work properly, I was able to devise a workaround:
##UPST#
Change the port to: Modem and Diagnostic
Reboot phone.
Fire up QPST configuration dialog.
Add COM port to the config.
Open QPST- should detect the appropriate chipset.
Read from phone.
Update values as you desire. I changed the Slot Cycle Index to 1.
On th System tab I set the below values:
Preferred Mode "Automatic"
Band Preference "Cell Only"
Roam Preference "Automatic"
Sprint only has PCS coverage here and it sucks, so I use this to roam. Maybe this will help someone else.
Long road almost there, error 67 :( calls & text ) but no data :( [evo on boost]
THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS... THE GOOD NEWS FIRST! i got my evo4g over to boost mobile with my boost account i already had open i can outgoing text and recieve text (no mms right now) i can call out and get calls in, works great shows my boost cell phone number on my evo and everything..
NOW THE PROBLEM...
my DATA doesn't work at all... i get the error 67
I TRIED THESE INSTRUCTIONS AFTER SEEING MY DATA DIDNT WORK..
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If data is not working move on to the next steps...
(Note: These are steps not verified by me as I still dont have neither 1x nor Evdo working but some people say 1 or 2 or all of these following steps combined worked for them, so i guess it depends on the network you are trying to get on)
1. First attempt to update your profile if it can or update PRL
Menu>Settings>About Phone>System Updates>Update Profile
Reboot and see if data works....
2. If still no Data, plug in your Hero to the computer, dial ##3424#, go to QPST folder and open QPST Configuration app.
Under the Ports Tab if the active COM port your phone is on is not in that list Click Add Port and add it.
Then go to Active Phones Tab, select the phone and then go to Start Clients>Service Programming
A new window opens, hit ok, then click Read From Phone on the bottom left, its gonna ask you for your MSL type it in
Then go to the M.IP Tab and under user profiles click on profile 0, click edit, and then deselect Profile Enabled, hit ok, then click Write to Phone.
Close the program unplug your hero, reboot it, and try your data again.
3. If still no data, plug in your old phone to the computer, open up QXDM
check Connections and make sure your COM port is being read.
Go to View>New>Common>NV Browser , in the Category Filter drop down menu, filter only Data
Then scroll down to ID numbers 1192 and 1194
Click read and copy down all the values in there until u reach 0x00
Then unplug your old phone and plug in your hero, dial in ##3424# and go to NV Browser
navigate to the same ID numbers 1192 and 1194, (just to be safe copy all the values here so you can revert back to the originals)
Then double click each value under the input column and it becomes changeable and change all the values to the ones from your old phone and hit write
Close QXDM unplug and reboot your hero, test Data again
4. If still no data, plug in your old phone to the computer, open up QXDM
check Connections and make sure your COM port is being read.
Go to View>New>Common>NV Browser , in the Category Filter drop down menu, filter only Data
Then scroll down to ID numbers 465 and 466
Click read and copy down all the values in there until u reach 0x00
Then unplug your old phone and plug in your hero, dial in ##3424# and go to NV Browser
navigate to the same ID numbers 465 and 466, (just to be safe copy all the values here so you can revert back to the originals)
Then double click each value under the input column and it becomes changeable and change all the values to the ones from your old phone and hit write
Close QXDM unplug and reboot your hero, test Data again
NONE OF IT WORKED.... SO I WENT TO THE SECOND SET OF INSTRUCTIONS.
Run the QPST config and plug in your phone, make sure your phone is detected in the COM port list. If not click Add New Port and add the one that it has detected your phone on. What it says may vary but USB will often be in the description.
Run QXDM click Options -> Communications and set the Target Port for the same one QPST config listed for your phone.
In the command box at the top type "spc 000000"
Note: If your SPC is not 000000 then you need to use the correct number instead!
If successful you will see a window titled "Command Output" that will output some text with the final line reading "SPC Result = Correct"
Next in the command box type "requestnvitemread ds_mip_ss_user_prof"
This will get you a lot of stuff in the Command Output window. It will start with the "DIAG TX item" section, ignore this one, we are interested in the "DIAG RX item" part.
The actual keys are 16 lines and marked in the output as 0-15. You will notice that quite handily both HA and AAA are both there. Take the part after the "0x" and that is actual key data. Just write down (or use word, notepad, whatever) to record this for safe keeping.
If you are doing this right then you have a long string of 30 characters all strung together for each key. DOUBLE CHECK YOUR COPYING! A single mistake will cause this to fail.
Putting the keys back into the phone:
Load QPST service programming, go to the M.IP tab. Double click profile 0 (in the white box) and use "Enter hex value" to enter your backups of your HA and AAA keys.
Write to phone.
Soft reset. (may not be required but I do it for good measure)
do "requestnvitemread ds_mip_ss_user_prof" for the sprint info and "requestnvitemread ds_mip_ss_user_prof 1" for the boost info
I'm telling you.. If you're getting the error 67, the following these steps above will fix it.. I'm on the Sprint network and the problem i was having was, in "Profile 0" The username which began with A000000 (this is actually your ESN #) Was from the original phone, not the donar phone... So i took the battery out the donor phone and looked at the ESN (not DEC) and began to type A00000 etc.
Then i used the steps above to get AAA Shared Secret from the Donor phone.. My AAA Shared Secret was 32 Alpha numeric characters...
i did that and still no dice.... i got the AAA key and the HA key .. both were 32 characters...
i even went as far as to get the profile info from the incognito phone, for profile 0 and 1, and made it exactly the same on my evo and addresses for the HA and alternate HA ADDRESS... still no dice.. i went into debug mode on my evo and even hit the restore to start fresh , and let it download the data via the servers... still didnt work...
i even re-entered the profile info and etc, for profile 0 and 1, and still not working
i know im close i just need to finish the puzzle please help.
oh yea, and when i go into debug mode it shows the authentication as failed.. i dont know how thats even possible I've triple checked the HA AND AAA keys via QXDM and they are the correct keys from the incognito boost phone.
k guys, this thread is coming about after respectfully moving the discussion from kalaker's s-off thread.
i've been looking for a while about how to back up my nv keys for data, just in case anything happens to my one v. this is thanks to New Optimus (for steps 8-10) and jmztaylor, who informed me the open sesame door trick works. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW SOME MAY USE THIS. open sesame door trick has the potential to screw your phone up if you dont do it right, or delete an nv item.
CDMA ONLY (i dont think gsm works the same way anyway)
YOU ARE NOT MODIFYING ANYTHING. All you are doing is backing up your AAA and HA keys. they are used to identify and register your device's data on the VM network. IF YOU MODIFY ANYTHING, ITS YOUR FAULT IF YOU SCREW IT UP.
step 1:
download and install qpst. im not linking to the file, you should be able to find it easily enough by googling it.
step 2:
open up qpst configuration, and let it sit in the background for a minute. install the htc diag drivers for one v from here: http://www.htc.com/www/support/
look for the one v, and download and install the HTC Sync program which will install all the drivers you need.
step 3:
close out of htc sync once its installed, its an annoying program anyway. connect your phone, make sure adb debugging is enabled in developer options in settings. open the dialer, type in ##3424# (##diag#) and a screen will come up that says on and off, with select at the bottom. click on, then select, and it will ask you for your msl code.
note: your msl code can be obtained by a app in market called MSL Reader, you need root for this. follow the prompts in the app, its easy enough to do.
step 4:
after entering your msl code and entering diag mode, go back into qpst configuration. click on "add new port" toward the bottom right, and make sure when the window opens "COMx- USB/QC Diagnostic" is selected and click ok. qpst configuration should now recognize your phone as SURF-MSM7830. if it doesnt, update your version of qpst.
step 5:
in qpst configuration, click on "Start Clients- EFS Explorer". make sure you put your msl in the box that says spc, and click ok. a please wait window will pop up, it will only take a few seconds.
from New Optimus's post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29951978&postcount=796
8. Once the phone reads completely make a new directory named (open sesame door) without the parentheses and all lower case
9. After making the new folder locate abd.exe from the android sdk install folder and press: start, run and type cmd then press enter you will get a command prompt window that opens up navigate to the android sdk directory and type; adb reboot, the phone should then reboot if you’ve done as you were supposed to.
10. After the phone reboots read it again with QPST EFS Explorer which still should be opened, you will notice that the red no access circle has been removed from the nvm directory so expand it and go to the num directory,
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
(note: edited New Optimus's post to remove links to esn/meid changing which is frowned upon in the forums, also i already had the open sesame door folder created upon making the pictures.)
left click and drag 465, 466, 1192 and 1194 to your desktop.
keep 465,466, 1192 and 1194 in a safe spot, they are how you have data on your phone. if something happens to your HOV and those are gone, good luck getting data back.
Quick noob question, do these files get generated by the carrier when you activate the phone?
whoshotjr2006
Do AKEY, SSDA and SSDB files need to be saved? if so, where are the files?
reachforthesky said:
whoshotjr2006
I know the content of file 0 and 1943. Could you briefly describe the contents of these 4 files (465, 466, 1192 and 1194)? Which one is HA, AAA, SSDA and SSDB? Are there any more important NVM files need to be saved?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
465^"Data Services Mobile IP General User Profile"^"Data*"
466^"Data Services Mobile IP Shared Secret User Profile"^"Data*"
1192 is the AAA secret
1194^"HDR Access Network Stream CHAP Authentication User ID"^"Data*"
The reference is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1954029
Got sooo excited when I saw this. Used to switch firmware's on my optimus v with the firmware of the optimus s, and use optimus s roms. Had all of my nv data and everything else backed up. Forgot you have to have be on an aosp rom for this to work because you need a port. -_- I don't have a stock backup and right now I'm tethering, so it'd take awhile to download a stock backup. Guess I'll have to wait a week or so.
nvm, I found a backup. I tried it out, and i got to the qpst efs explorer. I did the open sesame door, and it unlocked the nvs, but I only had a couple of the files from the list. I did not have 465 or 466. Also, I had an issue when I tried to recognize the phone. It did recognize the phone in diag mode with the port, but not as surfmsm7830. I have the most updated version of qpst.
I'll have to check what version I'm running of qpst, I know its close to the newest if not the newest. It wouldn't recognize my phone correctly until I had a new enough copy.
Also the first time I tried the open sesame door trick, I too had the limited nv items. I used the ruu to go back to stock, and once I did that the open sesame folder dir survived the ruu and unlocked the rest of the nv items.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my One V using xda app-developers app
What version of QPST are you using for this? I get an error "Online connection failure: Unspecified error" when trying to connect.
I think my phone isn't getting read properly by QPST because under phone it says "(unknown)" even though the other fields fill in correctly.
CDMA Workshop reads my phone no problem, but this thing no luck.
EDIT: Found an updated build and it displays the specified info under phone. Not sure what the lowest working version is, but v2.7 build 323 will not read it, build 366 will though.
If your data connection in HTC One V is getting lost or not getting connected at all, try following steps.
You must have flashed NV Dump already.
Your phone must be activated via *228 already.
Just perform below mentioned steps :
1) Put your phone in Diag Mode by dialing ##3424#
2) Get HTC Diag Mode driver if you don't have it already
3) Download DFS Demo version from DFS website.
4) Connect your phone with DFS, send SPC
5) Now, go to Programming tab -> Data ->
6) Click Read
7) At PPP tab, write "net" (without quotes) to SIP NAI, UID, Pwd field.
Restart the device and you gotta go!
How to fix "ERROR 16 - Switch ???" on gs3 flashed to boost mobile.
This is what I did. Hope it works for you
Might work in other cases.
Take battery out of flashed phone.
Connect Donor Phone
test donor phone and see if you can connect (make a test call, try to get onlne)
if not <contact boost mobile>
if it does, then connect it to pc and get PRL form it.
Load QPST, under Start Clients menu, select Service Programming.
Click Read from Phone and enter MSL (000000).
Then Save to file. This will save a .qcn and .rl0 file.
In QPST, under Start Clients menu, select RL Editor.
In RL Editor, load your .rl0 file. Go to File, Save As..., make sure type is *.prl and enter a file name. Save file.
Turn off Donor and remove battery
Connect Flashed Phone
What You Will Need
The DFS CDMA Tool
Your MSL number (Sprint) or SPC number (Verizon, this is usually "oooooo").
Obtaining your MSL/SPC number is as easy as calling up your carrier and asking for it. They will freely give it to you. Other options include using the MSL Finder app. If that does not work, you are probably on Jelly Bean, so you will need to make a quick call to your carrier.
Step 1: Enable Use of DFS CDMA Tool
The use of this tool requires a non-standard USB connection (i.e. Download Mode, or just DM).
Open the Dialer and type in ##DIAG# (##3424#).
Click on "Qualcomm USB Settings" and select "DM + Modem + ADB" then press "OK".
Plug your device into your PC and go to Device Manager.
Locate "SAMSUNG Mobile USB Serial Port" and remember the COM number (in this case, COM5).
Step 2: Load Device into DFS CDMA Tool
Open DFS CDMA Tool. If you are using the Demo version, there will be a small countdown and the app will launch.
In the upper left-hand corner, hit the "Ports" button and select the port you found in Device Manger.
Double-click the port, and double-click it on the bottom to load your device into the software.
Enter your MSL/SPC number where it says "SPC" and hit the blue arrow. You should see the log show "Device Unlocked".
Step 3: Write New PRL
Hit the programming tab, then the NAM sub tab.
On the right-side, load the PRL that you want, then hit "Write".
Disconnect your device, go back to Step 1 and put your device back to "MTP + ADB". Back out of the menu and reboot your device.
Confirming PRL Change
Go to Settings -> About Device -> Status. Scroll down to "PRL" and confirm that it has been changed.
Take battery out of flashed phone. Again
go to "boostmobile" and login/create your account.
goto update handset
enter info for another boost phone (not donor, not flashed phone)
turn on 2nd boost mobile phone
go through the steps and test it for connection (calls, internet)
turn off and take out battery.
goto update handset again
enter info for Donor Phone (not 2nd Boost phone, or Flashed Phone)
turn on Flashed phone
go through steps, reboot
nJoy.......